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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
FLORIDA'S BAPTIsTs.
The Exercises Throughout the Con
vention Full Of Interest

Inc Exercises Throughout the Con-
vention Full Of Interest.
MONTICELLO, FLA, Jan. 27.-The Bap-
fists, during their convention, have made a
very favorable impression upon the people
Of Monticello. The exercises throughout
have been very interesting and instructive.
A great amount of church work has been
accomplished, and all are impressed with
the hospitality of Mon lcello.
Among the distinguished men and women
are DIR. and Mrs. c. c. Biting of Philadel-
phia, DR.. A E. Dickinson, editor OF the
Religious Herald, Richmond, Va; Rev.
7. +. Bell, assistant secretary of the foreign
mission board of the southern Baptist con-
vention, Richmond. Va, Miss Day of India
missionary TO the "Talugus,n and Mrs. L.
b. Tilford Of DeLand, secretary of the
woman's work of Florida
The commitment trial of Coot Williams
and Phoenix, charged with burning the Sa-
vannah, Florida aud Western depot about
three months ago, took place here Satur-
day. They we're brought up by a very
screwd negro detective. who joined them,
pretending that he had been badly treated
by the Savannah, Florida and Western
The above then made him their conf
dante" and disclosed the whole affair.
bill Nye" of New York is at the st
Elmo, and has taken rooms for the winter
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FLORIDA'S CAPITAL.
Tho Assessed Value OF the Amin ala Of
the State-s


TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Jan. 27.-With
three COUNTIES, Dade, Duval and Lake, yet
to hear from, the aggregate assessed value
OF animals in the state is S5,0l5 043. The
total number Of horses. mules and asses is
81, 442: neat and stock cattle. AL ,5sl; sheep
and goats, 1Oi. 80. hogs, l1S,9l2.
Some scoundreI or scouudrels broke into
Leon Academy few nights since and de-
stTOyei all the books. battered 10 the fur
niture. shattered the clock AMI smeared the
walls, desks seats with ink The teacl-
ers have been keeping the 10 it-er quIe- II
hopes Of obtaining a clew to the guilty par
ties. but have so far failed.
In its general presen-men the grand
jury Of this county says:
Our citizens are being arrested on frivolous
charges preferred by parties who have no con
ceDtIon OF the sauctty OF al oath. carried ~
AMI 20 miles from their homes, their business
interests and their with ISIS to be examined
before United States Commissioner Philip
Walter.
We 10 solemnly protest against the action Of
the iud Of said court in r-sciu linz the order
Of his able, just aud far-mindei predecessor.
for holding terms OF sal court at Tallahassee
and Pensacola, where citizens charged with viO-
latio1s OF election laws might be tried near
their homes and their witnesses. and We, in
BEHALF Of our people, express t1e hope that. in
the approaching trial of citizens Of this and
sister counties, Judge Charles Swayne will 50
exercise the great powers cOnhded to him By
law that the confidence of this people in his
fairness, If heretofore shaken, will be restored:
that the respect due TO the federal judiciary
from all persons in this state may not be loWere
and 70 the end that orr peope may have no
cause 70 look upon federal judges as partisan
foes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
A Peculiar Industry.

The raising of kids for their skins is a
principal industry among the French noun
tanners, and it supplies no small part of
their subsistence. SOftness, delicacy of
texture, and freedom from blemish are
principal factors in the value Of kid skins.
and to secure these great pains are taken.
Diet IS the principal thing; the mothers
milk is what keeps the kid in perfect condi-
ton for the uses of the glover. As soon as
the young animal begins to eat grass the
value of the skin declines, for with u grass
diet its skin Immediately begins 30 grow
coarser and harder in texture, and its chief
merit yauishes. 1t is, therefore, kept
closely pen ed, not only to prevent
1t from eating grass, but also to secure
its skin from accidental injury from
scratches, bruises, etc, which are fatal to
perfection. When the kids have reached a
certain age at which the skins are il the
best condition for tleuse of the glover, they
are killed, aud the skins are sold to travel
ing oawkers, through whom they reach the
great centarS If the tanning industry at
Annonnay, Milbau, Paris, and Grenoble.
The superior quality of these kid skins, due
t. climatic uses, it is that has given
France the supremacy in the manufacture
of the finest grades of real kid glOves-a
supremacy that viii doubtless be 10 q main
talned, lnasmuch as foreign manufacturers
must in general rest content with second
rate skins, unless they maintain agents on
the ground, policy that some English and
American houses have found necessary.
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THE BLACK-HRADED RUG
The Damage Being Wrought by the
Pest in the Pine Forests.

The Damage Being Wrought by the
Pest in the Pine Forests.
The naval stores factors are receiving ac-
counts from their correspondents in the
interior Of the ravages OF the black-headed
bug or worm, which is said to be destroying
pine trees by the thousand
The bug is not new thing in the woods
but is an old habituel He is something
like the caterpillar. He cannot stand cold
weather, and whenever freeze occurs he
hies TO more congenial cline. Providence
has been more than kind to him this season
The winter has been so mild and summer
like that he has got in his work on the pAe
tree. lie Is found along the edges OF dried
up ponds and places where there is decay
ing wood. he is especially fond of tue
CHIPS which the turpentne operator chops
from the trees around the boxes, and from
these he attacks the tree itself, if the weather
is favorable. He gets between the bark of
the tree and the tree itself and attacks the
sap, gradually working his wav I'D TO
where the operator has blazed the tree.
After circling this spot he has virtually
sapped the life out of the tree, and it is of no
more use except for wood. The turpentine
operators sweep the chips away
from the tree into "a pile.
and thus keep the bug from the trees to
some extent, ana IN wet seasons they de-
stroy the chips by burning them, but it is
too dangerous an experiment in very dry
weather
The bug is found in old fields where
there Is decaying timoer. His ravages in the
turpentine territory were never fell severely
in this section before 1882 and 1888, when
the crop was shor ened by the bug. In the
great storm Of 1881 thousands of trees were
blown down and across one another, and
the bug went from tree to tree. A we'll
known factor yeste day said that there is
no doubt that the big has done great deal
of harm. Ia fact, all that it can do
The factor was asked why no report of
the Insects work was made on tue board of
trade. be replied that the exporters are
always accusing the factors and planters of
concoctlng and circulating bull stories, and
this might be charged as one of them
An exporter was asked about the bug.
and he said that ne had no doubt of tina
bugs exis ence i'll the forests swat and
you will see just as much turpentine and
rosin next seas IN" he added, las ever, if
not more"
The effect of the reports from the tur-
pentlne farms seems TO have no visible
effect on the spot market, and turpentine
steadily declined last week all the VIII 10 that
the farmers letters were being received.
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BERRIES AT FANCY PRICES.
The First Of the Seasons Strawberry
Crop Selling at 70 Cents BASKET.

The First Of the Seasons Strawberry
Crop Selling at 10 Cents q BASKET.
Strawberries ara coming in, in small
quantities. Owing 70 the early supply, there
is big demand, and any kind of prices are
paid f r them They are selling now for
from - cents 70 81 basket. Tlis is about
| six weeks earlier than Savannah got straw
berries last year.
The strawberry season proper does not
| begin until the latter part OF February or
| first OF March, when ordinary cold weather
| prevails during the winter season. This
| winter has been an exception to the rule
| The mild wea her has started the berries to
| gro wing and ripening early.
Within the last two weeks frOsts have
occurred, but the farmers have protected
the berries with rice chaf. Toe vines were
| covered with the chaff and scarcely any Of
the truckers have had vines damaged by
fr1ss. One trucker said yesterday that If
no more severe weather occurs within the
next six weeks than has occurred the straw
berry crop will be a very large one.
During the winters Of 1873 ami 1876,
strawbe rles were on the market nearly the
entire season. They were for sale Christ
mas, and were shipped north New Years
ne demand, although great, did not keep
prices up, and the Consequence was that
SIi 10 "a guf4b INV pilt-o dAA Tue StdoOAs
and IN the end no5 much more mon y was
made by the growers than if the season had
bee not 50 favorable and the supply
orter. The trucker said that there is
always good demand for strawberries here,
and II the supply does not exceed the de-
mand good prices are realized on the crop.
What is the highest price ever paid for
berries herep be was 3s6e1.
Two doll RS BASKET. This was a fancy
Taripn pf 4 al harras
sold at that price, though"
"Whenn
I'm the spring of 1873. Berries had been
long time Ia ripening. The winter was
severe and the vines were killed, most of
them, so that when the demand for the
fruit was greatest the supply was not much
IN advance of what 1t is now. At that time
truckers asked what they pleased, and it
was only matter of who had the most
spare money, among con umers. The largest
pole I the parsimmOn."
The trucker said that of late years
farmers are better prepared to protect their
crops against cold, and the cultivation Of
the berry is greatly improved.
is the quality Of the fruit improved?"
Very much. Last season berries were
grown in Chatham county that were little
smaller than an egg. Before that time it
was only now and then that such fruit las
grown. When a trucker found berry as
large as that he put it on exhibition"
The strawberry show at the Floral Art
Association last year surpassed any ever
seen before in Savannah.
The quality OF the berries is very good.
Those which nave been on the market are
good size and the flavor is very Fl e.
The absence of rain has made the berries
not quite 50 large, but they are much frmer
ana Sweeter than they are in rainy seasons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
AT THE COURTS.
Gossip Picked Up Hero and There in
the Court Rooms.

Gossip Picked Up Hero and There in
the Court Rooms.
Owing to the absence of counsel for
plaintiff, the case Of Jackson VS.. Johnson,
Kimball & Co., assigned for trial in the
United States circuit court yesterday morn
ing, went over until this morning.
Jam S MCGUIRE, a Farm street grocer,
brought tail in trover suit in Justice
Shelf alPs court yesterday against Henry
Reed. a colored employe Of the Ocean Steam
ship Company, for the recovery of Ocean
steamship check No. 734, valued at IS %.
Mcclure claimed that he purchased the
eek or Reed, and loaned it to the negro so
that ne could 60 on working for the COM
pany. At the end of the week when r ICED
should have returned the cheek to Mcclure,
50 that tie merchant could draw what was
due him l., the negro, the grocer claims
presented the Oh ok himself at TIE company's
Office and collected all that was due
on it. p. j. O'Connor, Esq. represented
Mcclure, and Z. w. Morrison appeared for
the negro. After argument by counsel the
magistrate released the prisoner upon bail
until Feb. Is, when he will be required to
produce the check or pay back the money,
and If he fails to do the one or tie other
he viii be remanded to jail
a negro supposed to have been Charles
Singleton, was lodged in jail last week on a
warrant issued in Justice Sheftalrs court.
charging him with stealing an Ocean steam
ship check valued at 50 IS. The prosecutor
was John Washington. Singleton was in
toxicated when arrested, and Justice Shelf
tall being sick, the case was brought up for
trial Saturday in Justice Patterson's court,
but owing to the absence of the prosecu or
it was postponed until yesterday. When
the negro Yves brought out for trial he
SAID that his name was John Smith,
and that he did not know the
prosecutor. He said that he has
never worked at the Ocean Steamship
wharf. The prosecutor was not present
yesterday, and the case was dismissed upon
motion Of G. w. Owens Esq.
No bust less was ira 1sacted in the
superior court yesterday. There are several
criminal cases on to-day's calendar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
FLAMES NANAVY YARD.
TWO BUILDINGS BURNED WITH
THEIR CONTENTS.


The Total Loss S1OO,OOO-Portsnouth
Sends & Fire Company to the As
sistance Of the Yard Force - The
Buildings Constructed IN Ante Bel
ium Days-Worknen Leap for Life.
PORTSMOUTH, y. h, Jan. 27.-The
largest fire that ever occurred at the Kittsr
navy ward broke out this morning a.
O'Clock in the boiler room in building No.
IS, occupied by the construction and repair
department IS a machine and plate snop
The fira qIi ky extended along Inc rafting
and oily umbers 40 building No. 46, occupied
as futtock mill, and the workmen were
obliged to jump through the windows 70
escape.
HARD FIGHT.
A general alarm was rung in and four
steamers belonging to the navy yard de-
partment were quickly on hand Despite
the efforts OF the firemen and the marine
guards, the fire extended into the machine
shop and help was then called for from this
city. The steamer Kesrsarge and hose
company were Immediately sent over the
ferry on a steamboat, and with these re-
inforcements the fire vas confined entirely
60 the two buildings.
THE BUILDINGS.
The two buildings were built in 1S45-'46,
and were constructed in silt fashion,
granite pillars being set upon a heavy
foundation and the rest Of the building was
constructed Of wood. During the war the
buildings were remode.ed and connected
togesner, making a building 400 feet in
length and 90 feet in width. The loss Is
expected to reach 100000.
Buildings No. - and 46, with their con
tents, were entirely destroyed, No - vas
full of saving and planning machinery and
No. 46 was ship-ftting shop. Among the
property destroyed was the furniture Of the
Juniata, now under repair, aud part of the
furniture OF the Lancaster and a large
amount Of stores There is no insurance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28

Dauid Smith d Co., st. Louis, No.: NY
family and have derived more benefit
from your Bile Beans than from any liver
medicine we have ever used We cannot
do without them. have never before given
any one a certificate, but 1 chserfully give
this in the interest of humanity and graft
tude for the benefits l have received from
this remedy. Respectfully,
N. o. BuCKEY, Alvarado, Tex.
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A MURDER TRIAL AVOIDED.
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
a Murderer Resplted A Convict
Killed-A Burglar Baggsd.

a Murderer Resplted A Convict
Killed-A Burglar Baggsd.
ATLANTA, GA, Jan. 27.-The governor
to-day respited Polk Newton, a condemn ed
murderer who was to have been hanged at
Morgan, Calhoun county, tomorrow. APP
plication win be made for Communication of
sentence.
a reward of $3.50 is offered for the appre-
he1sion, with proof to convict, Of the
lEcer diary who fired the gin house Of John
T. Fort, in Lea county. Oct. 23.
The state penitentiary department has
been notified of the killing of William
Stewart, Bibo county convict, who
escaped from the Empire camp Jan. 81. The
night after his escape Stewart attempted to
burglarizs a house, aud was shot by the
proprietor.
A NEGREss TO BE DIssECTED
Saturday afternoon Tommy BOYD. a
negro woman, died at the Chattahoochee
brick yards Her body was turned over to
the state anatomical board and will be
dissected unless clai- med by friends. This Is
the first case in which the body of woman
has ever been turned over. under like cir
cumstances, to the doctors.
BURGLAR BAGGED.
The police to-day arrested a notorious
criminal named Sol Turner, who is sup
posed 70 have committed about thirty burg
laries.
The following supreme court decisions
were handed down to-day:
Davenport VS.. Adams; from Morgan.
Affirmed.
Putney & Co., VS.. Kohler q Co.; from
Morgan. Affirmed.
Rhodes vs.. The Georgia railroad; from
Morgan. Reversed.
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ONE OF BREWERS PALS IN LIMBO

He Says He Has Prepared Himself
for the Death Penalty.
WAYCRoss, GA, Jau. 27.-ToIn Miller
Ccoloredl, one of the rioters, and the pal of
Brewer, the Jesup desperate, passed
through here this morning from Jackson
vile, where he was arrested last night, en-
route to Brunswick. He talks freely, and
Gays ne mas made his peace with God and
loeS hot expect 20 have any mercy shown
him. ami is ready to 90 any time. He viii
10 imprisoned at Bruins wick.
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FIRST REGiMEHT7 GEORGIA A11 CAVALRY
HEADQUARTERS
FIRST REGIMENT GEORGIA CAVALRY.
SAvANi,AH, 2Tth January. 1890

Headquarters
FIRST REGIMENT GEORGIA CAVALRY
SAVANNAH, 27th January, 1890
Special Orders No. i:
An election for Captain and Second Lieu
tenant of the Georgia Hussars will be held
under the supervision required by law. in the
city or Savannah, THURSDAY, 9th Eebruary
at such hour aud place may BE- designate by
tie conman ling officer of the company, to Its
members at least five days before the election
The majority of votes cast shall decide ex-
cept in cases where the rules of the COMPANY
require more than majority. In such cases
the requirements of the company, as well as of
the law, must be complied with In casa of q
plurality or tie new election will be ordered.
If an officer already in commission be pro-
NOTED, the va ,ancy then created may be filed
at this election without further orders.
Superintendents of the election will make
their returns to the Regimental Commander for
transmission to the Governor. By order of
WIN W. GORDON
Colonel COmmandin1
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BROWNSVILLE TOPICS.
An Attempt to Shoot Burglar-The
Gun Club

THoMAsvILLE, GA, Jan 27.-Ex-Gov.
Ludington and wife, of Milwaukee. Wis.
have arrived and win spend their third
season in Townsville.
A burglar attemp ed to enter Mrs. D. T.
Luke's residence Friday night. a DO rider
secured his pistol, and when the rascal APP
peared at his room window he fired straight
at him. The ball struck the window sill.
The rogue escaped.
The Townsville Gun Club numbers
among its members many excellent shots,
While practicing last week J. Munroe Lee
broke thirty-seven clay pigeons in success
sion, many of them being doubles. This is
the best record known here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
Orlando welcomes Her Firemen.

ORLANDO, FLA. Jan. Erin the fire
mems state tournment last Tuesday at Key
West Orlando Horse Company No. won
the first prize. On their arrival home to
dag IN uniform they were given an ovation
aud a cJnc0urse Of citizens Mayor Marks
made speech Of welcome and praised them
for the victory they won
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A Pensacola Paper suspends.

PENSACOLA, Fla, Jan. 27.-The Com
Dlercidi tnewspaper) Of. this city, for nearly
three years past pu lished a, an afternoon
daily, to-day suspended publication as a
daily. 1t viii be published henceforth as a
weekly. The Suspension leaves the daily
field % the NelcS, morning paper.
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Apalaohicola's Riot Ringleaders.

TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Jan. 27.-Sheriff
Montgomery OF Franklin county reached
here last night with four ringleadsrs of the
Apalachicola troubles, and turned them
over TO Sheriff Pearce for safe keeping.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
FOR BILJOU5NBss
Use Horsfords Acid Phosnba+a

Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
DIR. W. B. GillieS, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
says: Il have used it in typical case of
Indigestion with biliousness, and found it to
be, without exception, the best thing ever
used in such cases."
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A DESPERATE AT LARGE.
George Brooks Escapes From tn
jail at Quitman.

SCCk 10 Ia OCn6 EESaPCS 4AOAA VIC
jail at Quitman.
QUITMAN, GA, Jan. 27.-0n Saturday
night George West, the most daring and
notorious criminal ever known in Brooks
county, broke jail and escaped. West was
the only prisoner in the jail at the time.
He was carelessly left in the jail corridor,
instead Of beng locked up in his cell, and
secured heavy iron bar from off one of
the cell doors, easily hamme ed a hole
through the brick wall of the jail and was
free. There is no clue as to where West is.
The superstition Is, that he will leave this
part OF the country.
A BAD RECORD.
For a man of his age he is one of the most
hardened criminals OF the dav He is not
over 25 years old. The charges against him
were four In number. and the
most serious in the criminal decalogue.
Two were for larceny, one for
murder. and one for attempt TO rape. For
some months he was out on bond, but With
his last crime, stealing some carpenter tools
from a church, his bondsmen became
alarmed and gave him up. This was about
six weeks or two months ago
MURDER TRIAL AVOIDED.
He was to have been tried for murder at
the Nay term of the c)urt, but the proba-
bility is that he Will not be seen in this sec
ton again.
Quitman, not to be behind the times, has
several cases of la grippe, or at least this is
what the local physicians pronounce it.
None Of the cases have proved serious as
yet
There are seven northern tourists here
and there would be many more were the
accommodations adequate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28

Hotel Placide, Jacksonville, Fla. entirely
new. Most deliberately furnished and hest
equipped hotel in the city. American and
European plan. Passenger elevator and mod
ern improvements. Cuisine exceptional. rates
liberal +. N. ROGERS, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28

Scribbler-The man who calls q ballet
dancers costume dress has the magma
ton of poet.
Bibbler-Why sol
Scriobler-He gives to airy nothing a
local habitation and aname.-Philddelph ia
Press.
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AiConvict Escapes.

WAYcRoss, GA, Jan. 27.-Wylley Smith,
a convict in the city convict changing
broke out of the stockade this morning and
made his escape. Up to tonight he has not
been recaptured.
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MEETINGS.
OGLETHORPE LODGE NO. /, / o, o. F.

OGLETHORPE LODGE No. L. l. o. o. f.
regular meeting viii be held in the new
nan, IN second story of lecture room Of Trinity
church THIS Tuesday, EVENING at O'Clock
Entrance corner Of President and Jefferson
street
First degree will be conferred.
Members OF sister Lodges and transient
brothers are cordially invited to meet with US.
JNO. A HUTTON, Noble Grand.
III. F. WTIySOV S4.o-atarv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28

SHE-lfave you read Looking Sideways"y
He-1es; see it's another plagiarism.
She-How is that?
He--Every word Of it 8 In Webster's Tina
bridged. Time.
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Opera Glassas Chean.

A lovely line of fine imported Opera
Glasses are being closed out by NJ. Sternberg
81 Bro. ut cost Of importation,
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MARRIAGES.

-LARSON.-Married. on Monday Ian
q, 1890, BY dr. Naughtin, J. P. C. c, Ga,
HENRY RICH and JOSEPHINE LARSON for the
last ten years Ills faithful nurse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28

Don't Borrow opera Glasses
While NJ. Sternberg q Bro are selling fine
imported Glasses at cost, to close out.