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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-08
THE SUBURBAN DRAINAGE.
Inspector Desvergers Points Out the
Need OF Work.

Inspector Desvergers Points Out the
Need Of Work.
Inspector Desvergers of the Citizens San :
itary Association, in his weekly report, deals
at length with the drainage question.
The approach of the warm season brings
into Importance the condition of drainage
around the city. The drains in the low
lands to the east, south and west of the
city, the inspector says, need looking after.
While the dry culture department
smaller drains have been neglected
in many places. Bradley's creek has
never been put in efficient condition.
The quarter drains in those portions of the
Lawton plantation, sublet by the city to
individuals, have become entirely OBJ
structed by the treadings of cattle and
horses pastured upon them. The quarter
drains upon the low lands of the springfield
plantation are in like condition from the
same cause. If, as understood, the Spring
field plantation was purchased for the pur-
pose of controlling its drainage ia the inter-
est Of sanitation, and the lease of the Law
ton plantation to the city secured with the
same view, it is strange, the inspector says,
that brick.yard excavations should be in
creasing on the former. and that the pastur-
ing Of cattle by tenants and sub-tenants on
DOG0 S0Oulu Dc permitted DY
the city authorities. He also re-
ports that additional drains are needed in
the section between the Lovers lane settle
ment and Rstill avenue, and additional
sewers in that south of Anderson street,
between Price streets and the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway. He also re-
ports that water is let in through defect
i've trunk on the Ocean Steamship Com
pany's lands at evry food tide.
In reference to cemeteries the inspector
says that Laurel Grove exhibits evidences
of being we'll kept, but that the old Gene
terry is in a condition which would warrant
as an inscription over its entrance the fol-
lowing sentence; COZ what significance the
bones of the dead to the living" This
cemetery is not now, as heretofore, merely
used as a common fowl and duck
run, but it has developed
into possibilities as stock range Two
sheep now browsing about the scattered
fragments of its broken tombstones suggest
such possibilities, though they may have
been placed there as impounded estrays, or
with a view of testing their usefulness in
keeping down weed growth. If there for
the latter purpose the goats should not be
left out. They would materially aid in the
work of DISCRIMINATING weeds, and such a
disposition of the goat would be a happy
solution of problem which has been dis
turbing element in Savannah politics for
many years.
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Stage News.

"Thermidor" is to be undertaken In Paris
again. When recently interrupted there
was cash advance sale of nearly 100000,
all Of which had to be refunded.
Thou Shalt Not" promises to sheolize the
already sulphurous atmosphere Of the stage,
and Dunlap's Stage Net0s remarks that II
will, no doubt, get blue blazes when pro
duced.
Edmond Gerson, the great theatrical
traveller. has returned from St. Petersburg
where he went to offer Anton Rubinstein
CPS, 900 for Fifty Nights in America. u
Rubinstein refused, and suggested that the
souvenir of America was not quite pleas
ant He is director of the Imperial Russian
Conservatoire, and lives in palace on the
Prospect Newsky, where six secretaries and
as many fiunkies have to be passed to get at
the musical autocrat.
The wife of Stuart Robson died last sum
mer. The couple had lived happily together
for nearly thirty-four years. This fact has
not deferred the theatrical gossips from
adding another pang to the Comedians sor-
row by circulating the report that he is en-
gagged to be married to a lady of his com.
pany who is young enough to BE- his grand
daughter. A similar report was circulated
last summer in respect to Edwin Booth, W he
was announced to be on the eve of marriage
with the 17-year-old daughter of Lawrence
Barrett.
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LOCAL PERSONAL.

Thomas Martin OF Button is at the Pu-
laski-
John n. Buxton Of Atlanta is at the
Screven.
T. H. Showers of Atlanta is registered at
the Screven.
W. w. Williams Of Aiken, 8 c., is ct
the De Soto.
Mr.. aud Mrs. P. h Ward are spending q
week in Fernandina.
G.. A. Follin of Wilmington, n. c., is reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles II. Lord Of Boston
are registered at the De Soto
Mrs. and Mrs T. F. Hunt Of Carbonate.
Pa, are stopping at the De Soto.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Kendrick of Bruins
wick are stopping at the Screvsn.
Representative Lester and family arrived
home from Washington yesterday.
Mr.. aid Mrs. A L Chew and Mr.. and Mrs.
). 4. Smith OF Glenn, N. Y, are stopping
at tee Pulaski.
Capt. q. c. Taliaferro has returned to the
city from Virginia, after an absence OF sew
eral months.
Mr.. and Mrs D. II. Fowler, ]. M. Stew
art and Mrs. T. G. Wait of New York are
guests of the De Soto.
Mrs. William STAIRS, Mrs. John Foran.
Miss Grady and Miss Ferguson leave for
Jacksonville this morning on a pleasure
trip.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr..
Charles Peltz and Miss Lille Buckwald, on
Tuesday evening at O'Clock, at the resi-
dence OF the brides parents, No. 145IS Cor
don street.
Miss Anna Dorney and Miss Marion
Roberts, two millinery experts, arrived
Yesterday from New York. The former
will have charge of Altmayer's millinery
salesroom and the latter will be at the head
OF the trimming department
Dean Newman, A. c. Wright, James d.
Newman and Preston Herbert left last
night for Millen to attend the wedding OF Mr.
w. +. BARLEY OF Augusta and Miss Cassie
Newman. a niece of Mr.. Dean Newman, at
Mlilen to-day. The bridal couple will 20
to Augusta this afternoon and will make
their future home there.
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CITY BREVITIES.

The Savannah Volunteer Guards will
hold their regular monthly meeting at the
armory tomorrow night. The Guards
meetings have been largely attended of late.
The fire at West & Co.'s saloon yesterday
morning started from the range, which
was partly broken and let out the fire out
in the rear. There was no insurance, and
the loss is in the neighborhood Of 1000.
The Independent Presbyterian church
has decided not to put In the old style pipe
organ similar to the one in use some time
before the church was destroyed and now
doing service in the First African Baptist
church. No style of organ has yet been
decided upon, and the church will be COM
pleted without the organ. 1t may be some
time before one is put in.
Prof. j. w. A. Wright of Livingston,
Ala, will lecture in the banquet room Of
the De Soto hotel at $50 O'Clock Friday
night, March 20, upon "De Soto and His
Travels" A lecture upon the subject of
the old Spanish explorer and his wander
ing campaign 10 America will be peculiarly
appropriate in the hlndsome building which
bears his name, and to that extent COM
memorates hislmemory.
A little white girl was knocked down and
run over by buggy at the corner Of
Bull and Broughton streets yesterday after
noon. The driver, a young white man,
stopped his horse as quickly as possible and
jumped out to see if the child was injured.
An examination showed that she was more
frightened than hurt, having received but
one or two slight bruises. The accident
was purely unavoidable on the part of the
young map, es he was driving in a slow
trot, and the little girl ran directly under
the horses feet. Neither party's name
was ascertained. The accident created q
little excitement and quickly drew
crowd
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AT THE COURTS.
Gossip Picked Up Here and There in
the Court Rooms.

Gossip Picked Up Here and There IN
the Court Rooms.
An interesting demurrer was argued be
fore Judge Falligant, in the superior court
yesterday morning. IL was that Of father
against daughter and son-in-law, LouiE
Snow VS.. Louisa Burgmayer, ct al.
Louis Snow decided his house to his
daughter, Mira. Burgmayer with the under.
standing that he would be given home as
long as he lived. Things went smoothly for
awhile, whom for some reason not known
the daughter and her husband turned the
old man out without anything. Snow then
filed bill in the superior court asking that
the deed be declared null and void because
of the failure of his daughter to keep her
agreement. To this bill the daughter en-
tered demurrer, and on this demurrer the
case came up yesterday. Garrard g. Mel
drim represented Snow and =. L. Lazaron
ESQ.,, Mrs. Burgmayer. After listening to
argument from both sides Judge Falligant
reserved his decision.
The certiorari case Of Marcus Hunter, con-
stable, and John H. Grimm and John
Geffcken, sureties. VS.. Milly Holmes was
argued before Judge Falligant yesterday
morning, and decision was reserved. W. w.
Osborne, Esq, represented Hunter and
Judge D. A. O'Byrne the Holmes woman.
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and the astronomer must determine these
for the millions Of church-goers. Almost
all Of them depend upon Easter, and this
happens the first Sunday after the first full
moon that occurs on or after March 81. In
this way the time Of these feaSts depends
upon astronomy.
COMPUTING THE ECLIPsEs.
"But by far the most sKillful and scien-
tifc work is required in computing the
eclipses- Here upon my desk is the manu-
script work OF an eclipse Of the sun for Oct.
20, 1892, which have just completed, and
the array Of figures and symbols will give
you some idea of the labor involved, but be-
meath the outward innocence Of these sym
bols and equations there lie concealed
enough abs ruse combinations of logarithms
slnes and co-sines, tangsnts and co-tangents
the ordinary college graduate, fresh from
his Euclid and calculus, dizzy with
the intricacies Of the problem.
While It is utterly out of the question
here to give the general reader satisfactory
description of the processes involved
IN the computation of eclipses, it
Is quite easy to understand the
causes of these interesting phenomena. Ths
moon, in its journey around the earth,
sometimes comes between us and the sun,
and shuts of all or a portion Of its light.
thus causing an eclipse of the sun, and some
times the moon plunges into the earrh's
shadow, thus becoming for time partially
or totally obscured, producing an eclipse Of
the moon. The former can occur only at
new moon, and the latter at full moon As
complex as the problem is, there is perhaps
no greater or more wonderful triumph of
science than the precision with which this
work can be done, and that. too, for years
in advance.
DAY OF GLOOM COMING.
Here. for instance, is the calculation of a
grand total esclipSe of the sun, which will
occur on May Is in the year 1900, and which
will envelop nearly the entire south in its
shadowy gloom near midday. 1t will be the
most remarkable phenomenon ever wit
messed in this part of the world Ten years
ago all the phases Of this eclipse were deter
mined with grest accuracy, and we may rely
upon the results with as much confidence as
that the sun will rise tomorrow morning 4"
The astronomical calculations are the
greater portion of the work. The weather
predictions, upon which the farmers rely 80
much, are the last thing filled In. The cal
culatiOn Of the weather for whole year
ahead is a work of great difficulty, but
Prof Ashmore is very accurate in his pre-
dictions, and this is one of the most popular
features of an almanac
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-08
AN AK KLEPTOMANIAC.
A Negro Relieving Citizens of Thei
Woodchoppers.

A Negro Relieving Citizens of Their
Woodchoppers.
An ak thief is at large in the southern
portion of the city. and people living In
that vicinity would do we'll to lock up their
woodchoppers at night The man, who is
said to be a very black negro by those who
have caught a glimpse of him, seems to
have a mania for axes.
Several days ago Judge D. A. 'O'Byrne
had his kinding-wood machine taken from
the yard. He said nothing about
the theft, but went down town
and bought q new instrument. Friday
morning he was surprised when
the cook informed him that the new ak
had gone the road of its predecessor. Judge
O'Byrne happened to mention to some of his
neighbors the fact Of having two axes stolen
within few days of each other, and was
more surprised to find that they were in the
same predicament A little further in
quiry developed the fact that the thief had
been making regular haul. Mr.. Walter
Thompson lost three within a short period,
and a Mr.. Dickinson one. The latter gen.
tleman caught sight of the fellow carrying
off his ak and fired at him without effect.
What the negro can possibly want with
the axes is unexplainable, except that he
has become kleptomaniac on the subject.
The strangest part of the affair is that the
fellow don't carry off anything but the
woodchoppers. Possibly he may have
taken notion to form syndicate to clear
the surrounding country, and believes in
furnishing himself with implements In ad-
vance.
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THE RIVER AND HARBOR.
Happenings Along the Wharves and
A mong the Shipping.

happenings Along the Wnarves and
Among the Shipping.
The Swedish bark Norden was cleared
yesterday for Stettin with 1858 barrels rosin
weighing 903, $50 pounds, valued at IS, $50.
Cargo and' vessel were cleared by Paterson,
Downing & Co.
The Italian bark Monte San Angelo was
cleared by Chr. @. Dahl & Co. yesterday
for San Felim de Guixols, with Is, los
pieces Of pitch pine lumber, measuring $685.
III feet, velued at $3,4l4 20; cargo by J.
Cugas.
Strachan & Co. cleared yesterday the
British steamship Uplands, for Bremen
with 6,427 bales of upland cotton, weighing
3,l22, 799 pounds, valued at $270, 797, aud
sacks cotton seed, weighing 480 pounds
valued at $25. Total valuation of cargo
S270, 1922.
The schooner Bertha d. Nickerson was
cleared yesterday for Baracoa with ,32S
pieces pitch pine lumber, measuring %, 67J
feet, and 3, 191 pieces dressed lumber, meas.
uring 34,6O8 feet. The whole valued at
81 ,l2S 81. Vessel and cargo cleared by J. S.
Collins & Co.
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MORE oH1oANs IN TOWN.
A Business Mems Party Takes in the
City

a BUSINESS men q Hdrty IakeS IN the
City.
A second detachment of the Ohio excur-
sionists arrived in Savannah yesterday from
Brunswick and registered at the De Soto.
There are ten in the party: A W. Mills,
R. E. Schuck, J. E. Schuck, F. T. zollinger,
T. P. Zollinger, T. A. Hughes, l.. NJ. Lea.
G. s. Nielsen, Joseph Hauer and j. D. Lea.
Thew are all from Sandusky, o.
The party is not composed of farmers, but
Glessner's party in Atlanta last Sunday and
went straight through to Jacksonville.
They have visited SIS. Augustine. Palatka
and other Florida points. They spent Fri
day night in Brunswick and came on here
Saturday morning. They spent the after
noon in carriages driving over
the city, visiting the wharves and
business portion as well as the
parks and residence portion and going out
TO Bonaventure and Thunderbolt They
expressed themselves pleased with what
they saw.
While at the Ocean Steamship Company's
wharf the party went aboard the Kansas
City, which was lying at her dock. They
are accustomed to large vessels on the
lakes, but they ackno wledged that the
Kansas City was q little bit ahead of any>
thing they had on Lake Erie.
The visitors will spend to-day in Savan-
nah, and will leave for Charleston tonight,
From Charleston they will go to Augusta,
and may decide to come back here to the
reception of Maj. Glessner's party Tuesday.
One of the party said that Maj Glessner's
party now numbers fafty-fve, all of whom
will come to Savannah. The party started
OUT from Sandusky 100 strong.
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The Japanese Village.

The Japanese village continues to be the
attraction at Masonic hall. The Japs will
give a few more exhibitions during the week
and will leave, probably, on Friday for
Charleston.
There will be no performances tomorrow
night, or Tuesday or Thursday afternoons,
as the hall will be used by the dancing
school,
Quite sad incident is connected with the
Sanford Girls visit here. Mr.. Sanford,
father of the manager and grandfather of
the young ladies composing the orchestra,
was taken sick with the grip, and, being an
elderly man, he died. His remains were
taken north by Mr. and Mrs Sanford, who
will rejoin the company here Wednesday
The Japs and the Girls Orchestra will re-
main to finish their engagement in this city.
The performances are a novelty, refined
and well worth a visit. The skill of the
Japs. who paint and work with so much
talent, serves to teach many things in needle
and other work of that character. The
orchestra will play for dancing after the
Tuesday and Wednesday night perform
anceS,
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THE CzNrRAHs HEADQUARTERS.
The Rumor Keeps Going that They
Will Be Moved to Atlanta.

-
The Rumor Keeps Going that They
VIII Be Moved to Atlanta
VIII the Central railroads headquarters
I 60 to Atlantal
That is the question which Is being dis
cussed in Savannah now.
IL is rumored that when Mr.. Inmau is
made president Of the road, and It is gener-
ally regarded as a settled fact that he will
be, that the headquarters of the Central
railroad will be moved from Savannah
Many business men who are well posted in
railroad matters regard it as equally certain
that the headquarters of the road will be
removed to Atlanta as that Mr., Inman will
be made president.
This is a matter of great Importance to
Savannah, which has been the headquarters
OF the roai ever since its organization, over
half a century ago, aud whose commercial
Importance is so closely connected with this
road.
1t has been frequently commented on by
railroad men and others that all the rumors
with regard to changes in Central railroad
officials, including the president and several
heads of departments, have all come from
Atlanta. Even reports which purported to
come from Savannah were never heard of
here until they appeared in print elsewhere.
1t is believed that If Mr.. Inman is made
president, and the headquarters of the Cen
trail removed to Atlanta, that the Central
Railroad Bank viii be removed there also
If the various railway lines Of the Ter
minal system are consolidated under one
management there is hardly any doubt,
according to rumor, that the departments
OF general manager, traffic manager, gen.
eral freight agent and general passenger
| agent will be consolidated, with only one
head of each Of the departments named for
the system, and that the headquarters of
| these officials will be at Atlanta. AS the
pivotal or central point of the Terminal
| system Savannah will watch tho future
developments in the Centrars movements
with a great deal of interest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-08
The Abbott Companv.

The opening attraction of the week will
be the Emma Abbott Company's concert to
morrow aud Tuesday nights. The concert
Is given by the principals in the
late Abbott company. Michelena,
Broderick. Eva Cummings and Mime.
Broderick. The programme to~mor-
row night viii include the quartette
act from Marta with Miss Cummings as
Marta" Mime. Broderick as Nancy, !"
Michelena as Lionel" and Broderick as
"Plunket" This will be followed by the
concert numbers, 'The Palms. by Brod-
erick. ''The Flower Song" in Faust, by
Mime. Broderiok, and trio by Broderick,
Michslena and Mime. Broderick.
The concert Will conclude with the fourth
act Of I'll Trovatore." with Mchelena as
'Manrico," Broderick as "Count de Luna, y
Miss Cummings as "Leonoran and Nine.
Broderick as "Azucena." The sale Of seats
is now in progress.
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Enoch Arden.

Wednesday night Newton Beers "Enoch
Arden" will be played. Heretofore all dra-
matte productions of "Enoch Arden' have
depended largely on the charm of the story,
but when the literary beauty of the play is
adorned with the genius of art, it may
safely be said that the forthcom-
ing production is one that will ap.
peal to all who admire the piece. A special
set of scenery is carried by Mr.. Beers, which
can be adapted to small or large stages.
This guarantees the staging OF the play in
every city where the company appears. In
his revival Of "Enoch Arden" Mr.. Beers
has introduced as a synchronous and APP
propriate feature OF the famous Cornish
fair scene the sports and pastimes Of the
Cornwall peasantry of the period. The sale
of seats will begin Tuesday morning, and
the performance promises TO be an event
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-08
The Storm Signals Up.

The maximum temperature yesterday was
81 and the minimum A, giving a mean
temperature of 52e. The day was cloudy
but pleasant.
The following telegram was received by
the signal observer from Washington last
night:
Hoist information" signal at 1880 D. m,
Savannah section. Storm in Louisiana moving
northeast. High northeast winds, RAIN slightly
warmer. GREEDY.
To-day's forecast is for warmer weather,
With rain
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The Merchants Week Programme.

There is more interest manifested In the
cavalry encampment than probably any
other feature of the Merchants week pro-
gramme.
II Is not generally known that the Fifth
Georgia is the only volunteer cavalry regi-
ment in the United States. Col. Gordon
never does things by halves, and there can
not be found q buster man in Savannah
just now. The regiment is assured hearty
welcome here, and every detail for its COM
fort will be provided for.
The finance committee for Merchant s.
week will begin its labors tomorrow. II
has issued stirring circular to every mer-
chant in the city. Merchants alone cannot
be expected to do everything. and, as the
committee has ated, every citizen in Sa-
vannah must cooperate
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OFFICE s. GERRY, 81 DRAYTos STREET.
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Mai g. g. Hardwick Dead.

Mai. Charles G. Hardwick died at IL
o'clock last night at the residence of DIR.
Duncan, on South Broad street, after a
short illness, from inflammation of the
bowels. DR.. Duncan. who is at st. Cath
crimes. will be notified this morning. A
notice of Maj. Hardwick's funeral will
appear tomorrow.
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The Young Mems Hebrew as

The Young Mems Hebrew Association.
The usual ladies evening" will be given
this week on Tuesday night. There will be a
dime reading and other literary exercises
by young ladies, the proceeds of which will
go TO She orphans home in Atlanta.
The association has just purchased the
lot for its future home at Barnard and
Jones streets, now occupied by fruit store
and small buildings, and will, in the course
of a year, beg in the erection Of building.
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A Basement Entered and Robbed

The basement Of No. 80 Habersham
street. occupied by g. w. Brooks. amulatto
driver for J. G. DeMartin. was entered
some time early last night by means of a
duplicate or false key, and robbed. The
thief carried Off a clock and considerable
wearing apparel. The robbery was discov-
cred by Brooks on his return home at 1880
o'clock. There is no clew to the thief.