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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
RAIL AND CROSS TIE.

Trainmester r. c. Anderson of the Geor-
gia Pacific has resigned, his resignation to
take effect Dec. Is. His successor has not
yet been named.
The annual report of President Inman, of
the Richmond Terminal Company,
which will be presented to the stockholders
meeting next week, will show that the COM
pany has no floating debt. and has cash in
bank, 1926. 600; loaned on demand 1895, GOO
besides $2,5O0, 600 of good active collaterals
in the box, exclusive of collaterals behind
the trust bonds.
formal complaint of violation, by the
Louisville and Nashville, of the interstate
commerce law, is to be made In Kansas
City. The complaining parties have evil
derce in the shape of letter to the farmers
alliance from Passenger Agent Chipley
Offering them free transportation to the al
lance convention at Ocala. Fla, now in
session, with stop-over privileges. If found
guilty the Louisville and Nashville officials
are liable to IS, 600 fine or imprisonment, or
both.
George +. Chase of Fernandina has been
granted letters-pa ent on divided axel for
railroad cars The co struction Is an axle
from one side which meets and enters the axle
from the other side for distance of three
feet, and revolves within it. With the
straight axle now in use, when a car is going
oioehei q curve, tHo OutsitAO WuSel only
slides along the track, throwing great fric-
ton on the other wheel. The invention is
designed to obviate this by allowing one
wheel to turn faster than the other.
The annual meeting of Central railroad
stockholders will be held Dec. %, instead of
in January, as announced Yesterday.
Stockholders and their families will be
passed free over the company's road to the
meeting from Dec. % TO %, inclusive, and
will be passed. free returning from the 23d
to the q b, inclusive, upon presentation of
| their stock cert ficetes to the conductors.
The annua! election for directors will axe
place Jsn. 5, and stockholders and their
families will be passed free over the COM
! pany's road to attend the election from Jan.
to 5, inclusive. and be passed free return
ing from Jan. to Z, inclusive.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
CITY BRkVITIES.

The sailors in port will hold a concert in
the rooms of The Port Society," tonight
at O'Clock, to which the ladies are cordially
invited.
Irene Hindley, al old offender, was be-
fore Mayor Sclwarz yesterday morning on
charge of drunkenness and cursing on the
streets. She was fined $15 or tnirly days,
and, not being able to pay the fine, will
look after the cleaning OF the Jail for the
next month.
Joe Waters the colored man who figured
in Justice Naughtin's CO r5 week before last
as the prosecutor of CORTLAND Dixon, whom
he alleged shot him on Aug. 49, was before
the same justice hITaself yesterday on a
charge Of assault, preferred by bis wife.
Waters gave bond of $500 to keep the
peace.
A newly born infant was found on the
corner of Floyd and Perry streets last night
by P icenan Mcdugh. The infant was
c0lored and was evidently not may hours
old. There was no clue as to its mother.
nor any evidence as to who left the Child on
the street. Sadie Hooker, colored woman
who reached the child about the same time
as the policeman, took 1t in charge until
this morning.
The weather yesterday was cool, pleas
ant and bracing. The day was generally
fair throughout the country. The
| thermometer was reported from 80 to 12'
above zero at various . aces in tha north
west at O'Clock last night 1t does not
appear that this section is to have any of
the cold weather prevailing there, no vever.
| The signal Observers local 70 ecast for to-
day is for fair. slightly warmer weather.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
ITS FIRST MBETING.

The Choral Society Rehearses Three
Choruses at Armory Han.
A preliminary meeting of the Savannah
Choral Society was held last night at
Armory hall About thirty-five ladies and
gentlemen were present, and three choruses
were rendered under the direction Of Prof.
Willard n. Smith.
The object of the society is to furnish the
finest of choral entertainments to the music
loving people of Savannah during the
winter months. When thoroughly organ
izsd the choral society proposes to present
the best selections of the great composers.
The total membership of the society is
about sixty, bat the opera prevented many
from attending last nights meeting.
Prof. Smith was highly delighted with
the initial rehearsal, aad feels confident that
in few months Savannah can b asst of
having one of the finest choral organiza-
tions in the country. The test musical tall
ent of the city is connected with the new
society.
The society will meet next Thursday
night at S:l5 o'clock at Armory hall, and
receive the report Of tue committee on or
ganization, which meets on Monday night
at Prof. Smiths residence. The committee
is as follows: Mrs. J. J. Gaudry, Miss Marie
Lesesue, H. A. Dumas, c. H. Carson, Jr.,
and r. A. Salas
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05

II don't know what 10 buy for Christ
mas" Is long standing delusiou, whose
alarming proportions are easily dispelled by
a cursory glance over the myriads of pretty
and valuable things with which Sternberg's
Art and Jewelry Palace swarms
"Swarms" may not be exactly the word,
but it is comprehensive and expressive, and
about covers the case. 1t isn't necessary, of
course, to detail the resources of this house
in the line of fue Jewelry, Diamonds,
Precious Stones, Watches, etc., as their
pre-eminence in this branch is q foregone
conclusion.
Two floors display loads of fine Silver
ware, Onyx Clocks and Tables, Brass
Stands. Bronzss, Art Wares, fine China,
Cut glass, Japanese Wares. Piano and
Banquet Lamps. Vases, Statues exquisitely
mounted, Cutlery and innumerabls other
articles, whose utility or appropriateness
can only be appreciated by being seen and
admired. The S;srnbergs long experience
has been utilized in the Selection Of this
stock, and when it comes to goods suitable
for Holiday or Bridal Presents, they hntter
themselves in being able to satisfy every
wish, no matter how exceptional or exclu-
sive. Holiday purchasers, when doing
the town, should by no means overlook
Sternberg's, the most likely place of all to
find Just what they are in search ofn-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
a SLIGHT FIRE.
An East Broad Street Tenem snt Dam
aged to tho Extent OF $50.

An East Broad Street Tenem snt Dam
aged to the Extent OF $50.
Flames were discovered iss ling from the
two-storv frame tenement at the south invest
corner of East Broad aud Hull streets last
night about $3.50 O'clock. A clerk in Bar
bour's store, at Price and Hu lti lgdon
streets. turned in an alarm from box Al, and
engines a ), hook and ladder truck No.
., hoe reel No. and Protection hose COM
pany responded.
After hard pulling through heavy sand
the fremen reached the fire and extlngusAed
it in little while.
The house was occupied by w. H. Lotion,
a conductor on the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, and is owned by TSad
Fipcken of Waycross.
The origin OF the fire is unknown. Mrs.
Lotion, with her child, had been away
from her house all day 1t has been her
custom to go TO her mothers house when
ever Mr.. Loft was away on the road.
The fire started in the bedroom on the
second q or. fronting Hall street. One side
of the mantel was completely burned away,
as was also pt rtion of the floor and cell
ing. The fire made its way through the
the weatherboarding on the East Broad
street side ana burned hole in the wall.
The damage to the house will not exceed
$50, and it is not known whether or not it
was insured. The bedroom furniture was
slightly damaged with water
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
THE JURIEs NOT IN SESSION.
A Quiet Day in the Superior Couri
Yesterday.

A Quiet Day in the Superior Court
Yesterday.
The juries not being in session there wss
but little business transacted in the superior
court yesterday.
A remitter from the supreme court IN the
case OF Joe Smith, the little boy who had a
leg cut off by train on the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway two years
ago. was fled in the superior court and
made the judgment Of the court. The We =
dict of the Jury, which was slssaIned by the
supreme court, was for $1,000.
bendheim Bros. * Co. VS.. Lymus A
Washington, foreclosure OF mortgage, two
cases. A RUE uisi was granted IN each
case. The amount was s59l 10 in each case,
besides interest, costs Of court and SlOO at
torney's fees.
john ROurSe vs.. Frederick Winter, me-
chanic's lien; an order allO wing settlement
OF case was passed.
A new trilI was granted in the case OF
Henry Coleman VS. the Ocean Steamship
Company upon the motion OF the de-
PENDANT
c. F. Rossignol was reappointed a COM
mercial notary public.
The grand jury will probably be sum-
moned to meet tins afternoon If Judge
Faliigant is not called out OF the city. Ii It
does not meet to dag it will not be called 10
meet before Tuesday, if Thea. Several i'm
portsnt criminal cases are yet TO be inyesti-
gated by the gra1l jury.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
A Z eleerapn to the Brain

From the stomach is the great sympathetic
nerve in the eDigastrium. Let digestion become
seriously disordered, and that disorder is sure
to finl a reflection in symptoms which react
disadvantageously upon the organ of thought.
Insomnia, nervousness, eaus eiess depres ion
and anxiety, are all manifestations Of dyspepsia
The best means OF remedying and restoring
tranquility to brain and stomach, and of regl-
iating. it may be added, bilious secretion, is to
taeea wineglassfu of Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers before meals during the day and before re-
firing This course begun, reform in the direc-
ton OF complete bodily well-being has begun
with it. Constipation. sick headaches
neuralgia, r eunatism ami Inaarial complaints
are among the troubles in which the Ritters Is
speedily and thoroughly beneficial. Don't
delay, but take the sure course at once I'D
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05

A bank will be established in Monroe at
an early day.
J. B. Toomer of Athens has purchased a
beautiful home at Mount Pleasant, on
Charles on harbor, for a summer resort.
J. B. Toomer of Athens has built another
store on bis property near the Northeastern
depot, and he has leased it for three years.
w. D. Bigelow, of Dawson, has sold a
half interest In the fine farm he recently
bought from .. T. Jordon to John Turner,
the price being 200.
Mr.. Voss is now unloading fifteen cars of
iron for his electric street railway at Ath-
enS, and says if he had tie crosstiss would
begin the work of track laying a. once.
During the last few days business has con-
siderahly improved at Athens, and cotton
coming in is quite brisk. Merchants are
more hopeful, and report the outlook as a
great deal brighter.
In addition to his other vocations, Guy
Hamilton of Athons has made a complete
sucress in the management of several ex-
tensive plantations this year. and will ship
1000 tales Of cotton to Augusta.
The price of Athens property is still in
creaslng, and the demand fine. A place
that few months ago sold for Sc, $50 can
now be reSold for IS, COO. but the owner
asks $40, 900, and will get that price, too.
One of the most progressive towns on the
Georgia Pacific railroad is Douglasville. 1t
numbers now 1900 people-every carpenter
ia the place has a fat job, or there are not
enough to build all the houses wanted Be-
sides all this some Of the newcomers are
actually living in tents until their houses
can be finished.
y. D. Adair of Atlanta bought W. B.
Grifiin's warehouse and brick store at Sunny
SHE at public sale Tuesday, paying $3.50 for
the warehouse and S415 for the store and lot
Mr.. Adair refused 500 bonus for his bar
gain in these purchases in less than thirty
minutes after they were knocked off to him.
Either piece of property was considered
worth more than was paid for both.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
PAID FOR HIS ANTICS.

Ben Eazzard Fired $50 for Beating
and Cursipg Women.
Ben Hazard tcolored) while under the
influence OF liquor, on Nov. 26. entered the
residence Of ]. 8. Wood and beat Jane
Cooper, a servant.
He made his escape, and Wednesday night
visited the house of Rachel Hunter, another
colored woman, against whom he had a
grudge He cursed and abused her.
and wound up his performance by
breaking down the door. After salts
flying his anger he went of, but the Hunter
woman was determined Hazard should
not escape as easily as he did in his former
escapade.
Policeman Floyd was notified and sue
ceeded in capturing him yester lay morn
ig. The prisoner was before Mayor
Schwarz, and both women appeared as
witnesses against him, After hearing the
evidence Mayor Schwarz sentenced Hazard
to pay fine of $50 or serve thirty days on
the chain-gang.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
THE RIVER AND HARBoa.
Happenings Along the Wharves and
Among Jns Shipping.

Among the shipping.
The Portuguese bark Glama was cleared
yesterday by Roosevelt & Esteve. for
Oporbo, with 160J bales of upland cotton
weighing 7S9,034 pounds. valued at ST.
0s7 40 Cargo by Roosevelt q Esteve and
j. Cuyas.
Wilder & Co., cleared Yesterday the
British steamship Norfolk for Liverpool,
with 3s72 bales OF upland cotton. weighing
1908, 955 pounds, valued at S177. $50, and
1877 bales sea island cotton, weighing
769, 2S3 pounds, valued at $156,060. Total
valuation Of cargo 1858, $50.
The steamship Chattahoochee. which ar
rived yesterday morning, brought out new
naphtha launch for Green & Gaynor, to be
used on the river in connection with the
ietty work of which the firm he's the con-
tract. The launch was out On trial yester-
day, and proved to be speedy as well as
handy. She is a neat craft.
The fishing smack Mallnda Wood of
Noank, Conn. Capt. 81. Latham. arrived yes
terday to enter on the regular fish ng season.
She came by way of the snapper banks,
where 500 red snappers were taken, being
her first catch this season. he other
schooners Of the feet, the Belle Of the Bay,
Gertrude Summers aud the John Feeney
will not return for this season. In the past
two seasons they have not been as success
full as ia former years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
The Masonic Election.

The Masons are preparing for a succession
of feasts. The annual meetings and cleo
tions OF officers of the various lodges occur
this month, and each lodge will have a
supper on the night of its annual meeting.
Clinton Lodge holds its annual meeting
Monday night for the election Of officers,
and orders have been given Fried & Hicks
to epare supper for Tue occasion.
Zerubhabel Lodge Will have its annual
meeting and acco npanyiug feast Thursday
night, and Solomon's Il dye will follow suit
shortly. The other lodges will celebrate
their annual meetings il ike manner some
time this month,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
FORCING THE HOLIDAYS.

Six Colored Boys Arrested for Start
ing Bonflres in the squares.
The small boys of the city, both white
and colored, have been having a royal time
for the last few weeks with bonfires in the
squares and streets, and the firing of
Chinese crackers.
The police have made efforts to catch the
youthful violators of the city's ordinances
but the boys are too wary and fieetfooted
for the guardians of the peace, who had to
content themselves with extinguishing the
fires and getting laughed at for their pains
Yesterday afternoon the mounted police
took hold of the matter in earnest, and as a
result SIX boys will face the mayor to tell
why they undertook to force Christmas.
Four were captured in Whitfield and two
in Chatham square
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
Prophet Hicks. Prediction.

Hicks, the st. Louis weather prophet,
predicts as follows for December: Cold.
light weather during the opening days of
the month. The observation indicates a
period Of storminess and change from three
to FIVE days with the 9TH as the central day.
Cold days VIII follow until the 18th or 18th,
when southerly winds will bring storms.
Look for cold and slees from the 14th to the
PSI, and heavy winter gales and storms.
Christmas will be crisp and cold, with sleet
and snow. Thawing and raining and snow
ing from the 2Sth TO the 3lst
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
THE EAsTRzN QUESTION.
Prof Triop's Lecture at CATHOLIC
Library Hall Last Night.

a
Library Hall Last Night
Prof. Trip Iectured upon a subject Of
exceptional interest last night. a. the Ca.ho-
lie Library hall, and proved himself equal
10 the occa ion.
The lecturer began by sketching the rise
and decline Of tue Ottoman power. giving
vivld accounts of the horrors which fol-
lowed In the wake of the cor Querlng Turk.
The phenomenal growth Of Russia and her
aggressive policy were Complementary
descrl bed and discussed.
The strained relations OF Russia and
England, and the plaAs, purposes and pros
poets OF eacn were rendered in a mastery
manner. In apt language Prof. Trip
pictured the great leaders, who in the past
aud the present bold the destines Of the
nations in their hands. The relation of the
various EuroDean countries to that vexe1
and impsrfectly understood eastern ques-
ton was presented clearly and intelligently.
The complications that led TO the recent
Fra cO-Germen, Russia-TurEIsh, and At
ghanistan wars, were graphically sketched,
as well as the recent German crisis, t1e
partition of Africa and the general move
ments Of the western powers on the checker
board of European politics.
The lecture closed with a description of
tue great battles of tie Crimean war. The
speaker's powers wers reinforced by maps
and engraving.
The third and concluding lecture viii
Re given tonight on the ill-starred Mexican
expedition from its inception TO its tragic
close, with the life and career of Macmillan
and Carlotta, with personal "reminiscences of
the latter. An illustrated view will be given
OF the Panama canal and the other pro jected
routes across the continent. This is under
S God to be the most attractive of the three
lectures given here
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
GEORGIAATTHE BIG FAIR
Col. WAY WORKING FOR A REP
RRSENTATIVa EXHIBIT.

n Movement to Hold a State Convsn-
ton with Delegates from Every
County and City TO Arrange for the
Exhibits and to Memorable the
Legislature for Aid - Col. Ways
Advocacy of the Negro Exhibit.
Col. Charlton II. Way. commissioner
from Georgia TO the worlds fair, left last
night for Atlanta 10 take preliminary steps
toward the calling Of a state convention for
the purpose of securing q representative and
creditabls exhibits from Georgia at tie
great exposition.
Col. Way will submit plan to Gov.
Norlh and to the members Of the legis-
nature, with view to holding the conven-'
ton before the July session, 50 as to submit
a memorial for aid to properly represent
the state ct the fair.
The plan he will submit is for the gov
ernor TO appoint delegates from every
county in the state, and for the cities TO
send delegates, the convention to be held in
Atlanta.
Col Way is taking an active interest in
the proposed separate exhibit for negroes
at the fair. He aud CommIs,loner
Williams of Tennessee presented
the matter before the worlds fair commits
sion last week, and Col. Way viii support
the measure.
The colored people of Georgia and other
states" said Col. Way. shave made great
progress and are entitled to an exhibit by
themselves if they want it. Colored peo-
pie pay taxes ON more than SI5,00O00O
worth of property in Georgia.
They claim, and not without
reason, that, if their prod cts
are shown along with those of white exhIbi-
tors the public will not know that the work
is exhibited by colored people. l am in
favor of stimulating them to more active
competition with whites in manufacturing
industries"
The matter is in the hands of the execl-
tive committee of the worlds fair commits
sion. Col. Way will urge the colored ex-
hIbi6 measure at the next meeting of the
committee, and IN event Of its adoption the
general government will be asked TO aid the
exhibitors as it has aided former exhibition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
WAITING FOR AN ANSWER.
Alderman McDonough's Friends Yrs
ing Kim for the Mayoraity.

Alderman McDonough's Friends Urg-
ing Elm for the Mayoraity.
The opposition TO Mayor Schwarz's
reelection is remaining quiet until the re-
turn Of Alderman McDonough from the
country, where he has been for a few days.
AS soon as he reaches home committee
will wait upon him aud urge HIM to enter
the race.
An intimate friend of Alderman
McDonough said last night that he was
satisfied that the alderman would contest
Mayor Stewards reelection if he was as
sured of good vote.
If Alderman McDonough makes the race
several prominent business men lave agreed
to subscribe largely to campaign fund %
insure his election. One man remar Ned
yesterday that if the alderman would run
he would give $500 to the fund.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
HUNGRY BURGLARS.

a Green Grocery Entered and Beef,
Rggs an Potatoes Carried Off
Krenson s. Co.'S beef market, at the cor
ner of Waldburg and Barnard streets, was
robbed some time before daylight yesterday
morning The burglars were apparently
hungry and did not want money. They
carried off ten dozen eggs, side of beef
and several bushels of potatoes.
The burglars tore away the rear part of
the store to effect an entrance. The building
is rather frail structure, a it did not
require much strength to tear the boards off.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
To Ho1Isa

jos. S. Silva, $40 Broughton street, is
closing out his retail stock Of Crockery,
China, Glassware and Houseturnishings at
greatly reduced prices, to engage exclu-
slvelY in the wholesale trade.
Now is your opportunity for bargains in
ANYTHING in his line.
His lmportstions have been very heavy
this season, but new as well as old goods
must 20 TO make room for a Wholesale
stock. Call and soc the large line of Cham
Der Sets, Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Lamps,
Cutlery, etc, and You will no doubt find
something ~ suit you at the prices offered.
-Adr
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
" The Little TYCOON.

George w. June. ambassador for The
Little Tycoon, Willard Sponsors particu-
lerly favorite comic opera, is at the DE
Soto, aud is arranging the preliminaries for
its appearance at the Savannah Theater
next Wednesday and Thursday nights, Dec.
10 and H. He reports the opera doing
great business the present season every
where, and running with as much vigor as
when it started on its gay career five years
ago in Philadelphia, where it had a continu-
Gus run Of over two years, since which it
has been sung over the country, season
after Season with great success
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
CUT BY A BOTTLE.

Sam. Sawyer Eas Both Hands Lac
Grated at q Bottling Machine.
negro named Sawyer had both hands
badly lacerated yesterday afternoon at the
Savannah Brewery. Sawyer was operating
the bottling machine, and had both hands
around bottle when it broke. His wounds
were dressed at O'Keeffe's drug store. Saw
yer lost a considerable quantity of blood
and suffered m UGH pain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
MONKEYED WITH A SAW.

Ben Coles Loses q Finger Through
Carelessness.
Ben Coles (colored had his right hand
badly lacerated yesterday afternoon at D.
R. Thomas wood yard. Coles was attending
to the saw. and through carelessness let his
hand follow a stick of wood under it, with
the result that one of his tigers was almost
completely severed
Coles was taken to the office of DR.. r. g.
Norton, VINO amputated the finger, aud
dressed the cuts on his hand. He viii not
lie able to do any work for some time.