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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
ROBERTSON GONE AGAIN.
BIuftonions Tender Him a Shot Gun
Party.

DAAAkOnAOu5 4GlaEE a C4DL ATuQ
Party.
Ex-senator J. D. Robertson Of South
Carolina has shaken the dust OF Bluffton
off bis feet, and departed this time SEEM
ingly for good His departure was Mastered
by a shotgun party which called upon
him at Bluffton a couple Of weeks ago and
riddled his house with buckshot, and shot
of portion Of the flying senator's coat
tails. The first news Of the affair was from
Robertson himself, who took the steamer
Alpha at some landing this side of Button
the next day. He told Capt Strobhar
of his narrow escape, and showed him his
oveTcoat. which was riddled with buckshot
on both sides.
1t was at first thought that the buckshot
story was Of Robertson's own manufacture
and that the shooting was done by himself
In an effort to manufacture a southern
outrage" to help him in his solicitations for
aid for his various schemes in the north.
The Outrage" however, was unsolicited.
Robertson spent last summer and part
of the fall in the north after having been
summarily requested 10 leave Button for
his own good and the community. A
young girl was mixed up In the affair. che
particulars Of which were published In the
4upHNlN6 NEWS uJ the NlL0e.
Since November Robertson has been
making his headquarters at the De Soto
while in Savannah, making occasional
visits TO Button. He has become holder
of late, and appeared Il have permanently
established himself at Button again. The
last Of December, according to the state.
ments of Button people, no was called
upon by band Of mounted men on horse
back, presumably citizens of Button.
They told him 60 come out, making
threats Ct their intentions Robertson re-
piled by firing through the window with a
gun or pistol. The crowd then opened a
fusillade upon the house and riddled 1t with
buokshot.
Robertson made his escape through the
rear aud received charge of shot in his
clothing as he fled.
1t is thought by residents Of Button now
in Savannah that the party did not go with
the intention OF merely soaring Robertson
away, but Of Kidding themselves Of his OBJ
noxious presence. 1t is said that he will be
killed if ne ever returns to Blulfton.
Robertson has had his buggy and house
hold goods sent to Savannah TO be disposed
of, and they are now in the hands of G. H.
Dorset. lie said nothing Of the affair 10
passing through Savannah, and has spent
but little time here sioce, remaining in
Charleston or elsewhere at distance
In letter to the MORNING NEWS from
Charleston, dated Jan. 6, in reply to the
charges made against him last summer
after denying specifically nearly every one
OF them and denouncinR them as malicious
lies, Robertson makes a number OF scan
dalous charges against the people Of Button.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
COATES g. CO.'S FAILURE.

Garnishments Issued Here to Secure
the Philadelphia National Bank.
The failure of Joseph II. Coates & Co. Of
Philadelphia. and the consequent closing of
the firms branch at No. 40 Bay street in
this city, has tied up good deal of cotton
here.
Garnishments were secured yester-
day by McAlpin & LaRoche, at
torneys for the Philadelphia National
Bank, upon all Of the leading cotton firms
In the city which control warehouses, and
upon the public warehouses, to secure the
banks claim of ,005 McAlpin & La
Roche were instructed day before yester-
day, when the rumor of Coates & Co. q
failure became known in Phila-
delphia, to enter suit here, and to
issue foreign attachments on all cotton
which might he in Coates & Co.'s name 1t
was necessary 60 secure a $50, 600 bond to do
this. The papers were drawn up night be-
fore last by McAlpin & LaRoche and ].
r SausSy, Jr., who is associated with them
securing the bond they were not served until
yesterday morning.
The garnishments are returnable to the
February term of the city court The suit
Is on five notes of S., 900 each to the Phila :
delphia bank. The failure was caused by
the protest of one of these notes. Messrs.
McAlpin & LaRoche say they have little or
no information concerning the failure, ex-
cept their instructions from the Philadel-
phia National Bank to take steps here to
secure its claim.
MIR. K. W. Gamble, representative of
Coates & Co. here, was seen last night, but
he declined to make any statement. He
said that he had no information concerning
the failure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
CITY BREVITIEs.

Landrum Lodge No. As, F. and A. NJ,
meets tonight.
The Vernon Oyster Company will per-
manently organize at 6 O'clock this after
noon at the Office Of Hull & Lathrop.
The Christian Endeayor Society meets
tonight at Trinity church to rehearse the
music which will be rendered on the occa-
sion Of the assembling of the state conven-
ton in this city shortly.
In the account OF the funeral of the late
William Hunter. pu lished in Yesterday
MORNING NEWS, the names of William
Neyle Habersham and w. Pearson Hardee
were omitted from the list of pall-bearers
by some inadvertency. The gentlemen who
acted in that capacity stated that they were
selected by the deceased from among his
nearest friends, and doubtless in the order
In which they stood in his esteem, and on
the List Mr.. Habershams name stood first.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
QUEER SORT OF WEATHER.
Something Wrong With the Way 1t Is
Managed.

Something Wrong With the Way It Is
Managed.
The country is having some queer weather
just now. 1t is showing in Florida and
freezing at New Orleans, while 1t is too
warm for overcoats in New York and Bos-
ton.
The cold wave did not reach quite as far
east as Savannah yesterday, but was play
ing havoc down in Florida last night. It
is "a below zero in the north west while
the northeast is enjoying regular spring
weather. The gear OF the wea Their office
appears to be all out Of fix, and rain storms
and cold waves appear to have gotten away
from their regular ATTITUDES. The atten-
tion OF the administration is evidently so
engrossed with the Chilean affair that the
weather lie being neglected. The ate ntion
Of congress should be called to the subject
The maximum temperature yesterday at
Savannah was 81, and the minimum $50.
the mean temperature being about B above
the normal for the day. The total rainfall
for the "a hours ending at 8 O'Clock last
night was .O3 OF an inch. The rainfall from
S:45 to 10 o'clock last night amounted to .32
Of an inch. At s O'Clock snow was falling
at Mobile, Ala, Pensacola. Fla, aud
Nashville.
Mobile reports fell of little over three
quarters of an finch of snow for the preced-
ing twelve hours, Pensacola and Nashville
report only a trace.
Cloudiness prevailed in Mississippi,
Southern Louisiana, Ohio, along the lower
lakes and Ia the North Atlantic states, with
rain and cloudiness in the South Atlantic
states, and over the peninsular of Florida
Fair weather prevailed in the Upper Miss
issippi valley. upper ake,region, Indiana
and west of the Mississippi.
The following telegram was received
yesterday morning from Chief Harrington
of the weather bureau:
Hoist cold wave signal Temperature will
fall about 200 by O'Clock p. m, Jan. 10.
Bismarck, n. D., reports an evening
temperature of "a below zero, st. Paul and
North Platte Sc below and Omaha 90 be-
low. The temperature is 4e below the
freezing point at Mobile, g below at Pen
saoola and at freezing at New Orleans
while at Boston the temperature is az
high as $50, New York so, Philadelphia
469 and Norfolk $50. The forecast for
Savannah and vicinity is rain and colder.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
THE CATHOLIC KN1aHrs
Branch No. 80 Elects OH GERS for the
Next Year.

Branch No. 80 Elects Off GERS for the
Next Year,
Branch No. 80. Catholic Knights of Amer
ica, elected the following officers last night
for the ensuing year:
Spiritual Director-Very Rev. E. Cafc
ferty.
Presidential. A. O'Brien.
Vice President-John f. Crohan.
Recording Secretary-P. j. OConnor.
Financial Secretary-T. ]. Beytsgh.
Treasurer-James OBrien.
Sergeant-at-Arms-J. N. Anderson.
Sentlnel-W. Y. Farrell.
Trustees-Thomas Ennis, James Leonard,
j. j. Gaudry.
The report of the recording secretary
showed that there had been about $50, 900
paid out in assessments since the organiza-
ton Of the branch 10 1879, and about 500,
0O0 had been received on the payment of
death benefits
A state council of the Catholic Knights OF
America will be held in Savannah in April.
John +. Crohan and p. J. O'Connor were
elected delegates to the council, with Will
lam Kehoe and Francis Hart as alternates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
The Guards, Banaft.

A grand entertainment will be given at
the theater next Thursday evening under
the auspices of the ladies' auxiliary of the Sa-
vannah Volunteer Guards. The programme
will consist of burlesque. entitled "a
Quaker Meeting" which will be silently
attended by twelve young gentlemen who
will not say a word, and twelve young
ladies who will make a strong effort to dc
the same thing. No doubt this will be an
amusing feature.
A farce, entitled delicate Ground will
be participated in by some OF the favorite
talent Of the city. The scenery will be artls-
tic in design and in perfect keeping with
requirements of the specialties
Tickets for this novel entertainment are
Is cents each and for sale by the captains OF
the Guards and Lieut.. John II. Bryan al
Oglethorpe bank. Tickets can be exchanged
for reserved seats without extra charge at
Lvingston's pharmacy, on and after next
Saturday morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
Changes In Dun's Agency.

H. K. Harnal, assistant manager of Dun's
Mercantile Agency in this city, left yester-
day for Hartford, Conn, where he will as
sumo a responsible position at the agency in
Hartford. He has wide circle of friends
in Savannah, and goes to his new field with
their best wishes. Mr.. G. H. Beach sue
ceeds him as assistant manager Of the Sa-
vRnnah office. Mr.. Beach has an extensive
acquaintance among the business men of the
city. and through his connection with the
office and his experience with the work he
is TO undertake, he is thoroughly equipped
for the place he is to fill. His promotion
is q deserving recognition of his ability.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15

The ladies of Savannah will begin thi:
morning to plan for their marketing to-mor
row. A Saturdays marketing Is feature
OF the week in the life of q housewife.
1t is comfort, however, for her to know
that she can, without trouble, send her
orders direct to the market where Logan,
the butcher, attends to it with promptness
and accuracy.
To-day the ladies are especially invited to
note that an unusually fine lot of western
dressed turkeys will arrive and be ready for
sale on Saturday morning.
If you want duck for dinner you will
surely select one Of those at Logan's.
Geese and prairie fowls are also in'demand
just now, and Logan has a fine supply on
hand.
And everything that is wanted to make
up first-class dinner can be purchased
from Logan, the butcher, at stalls Nos. 81
and IS, market.
Deliveries prompt and orders always
satisfactorily filled.-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
THE VOLUNTEERS, BALL.
One of the Most Brilliant in tt
History of the Corps.

One of the Most Brilliant in the
History of the Corps.
The German Volunteers gave their 46th
anniversary ball at the Odd Fellows hall
last night 1t was one of the largest and
most brilliant in the history of the corps.
The floor was filed with dancers. Repre-
sentatives of nearly all of the companies in
the city were in attendance in uniform.
The music was by brass and string band.
The programme contained twenty dances.
AT midnight supper was served and was an
elaborate affair. After it dancing was re-
sumed. The committee of arrangements
consisting Of Capt. Henry Kolshorn,
Sergts. H. F. Kuok, G. II. Koeueman, j. F.
Fisher; Corps. f. SEMINARS and John
Stem, and Privates AID Both, John Decker,
D. Grotheer and John SION used
every endeavor to make the ball a fit
ting celebration Of the memory of the corps.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
TO BE READY IN FOUR MONTHS
The Police Telegraph System Con-
tract Signed.

The Police Telegraph System Con-
tract Signed.
The contract for the Gamewell police sys-
tenn adopted at the last session Of the city
council has been signed. The system is to
be completed and ready for operation in
four months.
The cost specified in the contract is the
same as that given in the figures reported to
council by the police committee at the last
session-$9, 700. One-third of this is to be
paid upon the completion and successful
working of the system. In addition there
will be the cost of poles, wagon,
horse and harness, and the cost
OF driver. keeping up and
repairing Of system, electrician, feed of
horse and the rental of forty -four tele>
phones, a total of S1,091 80, making the
total cost OF the system for the first year
81, 97733.
The arrangement of the boxes has not yet
been decided upon. The majority of them
will probably be put in remote sections of
the city and in the eastern and western por-
tions and near the railway and steamship
wharyes, where they are most needed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
The Golden Eagle Knights.

There will be q public installation of the
newly-elected officers Of Fidelity Castle No.
Z, Knights Of the Golden Eagle. at Odd Fell
lows hall tonight. Grand Chief A. N.
Manucy will install the officers. assisted by
the grand officers. The following Interest,"
ing musical programme has been prepared
for the occasion, and will be rendered after
the installations:
l. Quartette, Soldiers Farewell" KnkeD, by
II. w. Readick, w. Price, James NJ. Butler,
Thomas Daniels.
II. Solo, "Can You Then Love AnotherY"
(Rieger), by II. w. Readick.
Ill Duet, Wounded Soldier CNhitel by II ,
W. Readick and James NJ. Butler
~: Solo, Madeline" (White), by II. W.
Readick.
v. Quartette, Good Night" (Perkins), by H.
w. Readick, w. Price, James NJ Butler and
Thomas Daniels.
Musical Director-T A. Warth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
STAMPING LETTERS BY MACHINE.

A Contrivance to Do Away With
Government Appointments.
First Assistant Postmaster General Whit
field has adopted unique continuance to be
used in postoffices of the first-class, taking
the place Of postoffice stampers. They have
been placed in several postoffices in the
north and seem TO give general satisfaction.
The machines will cancel and postmark
about 4 900 letters in an hour, or do about
the work of ten men, and at the same time
1t takes up no more space than one man
would. Letters Of all sizes are placed in q
chute. and q spring feeds them into the
stamper, which cancels the stamp and then
stacks the letters ready for sorting An
other improvement is that the time on the
face of the postmark will change every min
ute by an electrical connection with o
clock. Under the present system the time
mark is changed only every half hour. One
of the new machines Is used entirely for
stamping letters collected from street boxes.
In this way the poStmark will show the
exact time a letter was received as well as
how it was received. The machine is oper-
ated by electricity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
GAz' ER'5 SLAYER CAUGHT.
Arrested in Liberty and in jail in
GuYtOn.

Arrested in Liberty and in jail in
Guyton.
Crawford Jones, the negro who MUIR
dered Mac GaEier at Custom, August IA,
was arrested at Johnston Station, in Lib
erty county, Tuesday, and is now
in jail in Guyton. He made
a confession of the crime and gave
his version of the circumstances which
led to the killing. He says
that he Is from Scriven county
and had been living in Guyton only about
seven weeks when the difficulty occurred.
He claims that Gazier, who was from South
Carolina, was under the influence of liqoor,
and tried 10 kill him. He drew pistol and
shot him, believing that unless he did so his
life would be placed in jeopardy. After the
killing he left the town, because he feared
that the negro population would lynch him.
He has been working since then as train
hand on the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railroad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
LOSS OF THE RING DOVE.
TIE VESSEL Burned TO TIE
WATERS EDGE

Experience of the Officers and Crew
Five Days on the Schooner's Deck
Without Shelter, the Waves Sweep
ing Over Them and the Cargo on
Fire-The Rescue of the Crew and
the Final Destruction of the Vessel.
Capt Patterson of the derelict schooner
Ring Dove came up to the city yesterday
morning from quarantine on the tug
Theckla The shipwrecked crew will not
be allowed up until the bark Catherine is
released from quarantine, which will be
several days yet.
Capt. Patterson corroborated the
report Of the loss of his vessel IN yesterday S
MoRNINGNRws. He Joined the vessel at Port
land, Me. The captain who had previously
commanded her left at Portland. Capt
Patterson sailed Dec. Is, with 2,O25 barrels
of lime. He had good weather all the way
down to Hampton roads where
he put in, but encountered a severe gale In
the roads two weeks ago. He put out to
sea again, but the weather was heavy. The
leaking was from the vessels topsides, as
she was sounded frequently and no water
was detected with the pumps.
Sunday night, Jan. 8, the cargo was dis
covered on fire from the lime Stacking.
Capt. Patterson Immediately had every
thing sealed up as tight as possible and kept
90 until the vessel was abandoned. The
crew lived on deck and were wet pretty
much all of the time, as the schooner was
hove to. with the seas making clean
breaches over her In a heavy westerly gale
The forward house was used for dunnage
and to cook in. and when the weather was
very severe to shelter the crew. On the
following Friday the Norwegian bark
Loochoo was sighted aad signaled.
She put about and ran down to the burning
schooner. The crew took TO the boats
and went aboard the bark, abandoning the
schooner In lat. 80 40 long 75'. A hole
was cut in the deck 50 that she would be
destroyed and not prove menace TO other
vessels. She burned to the waters edge and
no doubt filed and sank.
The captain of the Loochoo treated
the shipwrecked seamen very kindly.
Sunday they spoke the British
bark Catherine from Barbados,
bound for Savannah, the captain of which
permitted the men to be transferred to bis
vessel. and they were brought here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
LITTLE DONE IN COURT.
TIE HUGHES MURDER TRIAL SET
FOR NEXT MONDAY.

The Wayne Suit Against Capt. Blum to
be Tried in the Superior Court To-
dsy-Judge Harden Hearing Motions
for New Trials Preparatory to His
Retirement From the Bench.
No business was transacted In the superior
| court yesterday. The case of W. c. Sing
Teton against the Central Railroad and
Banking Company for damages, which was
set for trial, was continued for the term on
account Of the illness Of the plaintiffs coun-
sci. Russell & Hughes Of Athens, both of
whom are i'll with the grip aud could not
appear yesterday.
The trial of Hughes for the murder Of
Timothy Hyde in Yamacraw some time
last fall is set in the superior court for Mon
day. This will be the last criminal trial in
the superior court until Feb IL.
The case of the Wayne heirs against Capt.
Henry Blum for the recovery Of lands west
OF the city which they claim Capt Bun
secured under fraudulent purchase in 1883 ,
will come up in the superior court to-day.
The lands are valued at about SlOO. 600
Capt. Blum is represented by Col. George
A. Mercer ana the heirs by Hon. Pope Bar
row Of Athens and other counsel. The case
was fully written up by the MORNING NEWS
when 1T was filed nearly two years ago.
Yesterday was devoted by Judge Har-
den in the city court to hearing motions
for new trials. Motions were heard in sew
eral cases. A new trial was granted in the
case Of Kavauaugh & Brennan VS.. the
Central Railroad and Banking Company
on motion of the defendants. Toe other
motions were overrulsd.
The banquet in honor of Judge Harden
ment from the bench, will be given at the
DeSoto Wednesday night, Jan. 90. IL will
be quite an event with the legal fraternity.
The majority OF the members OF the bar
will be present. The number is estimated
at about forty, about all of the members of
the bar who have practiced before Judge
Harden in the city court. The details are
not near complete. but it is expected that
there will be addresses by several of the
older members Of the bar.
Samuel Robinson (colored) was before
the mayor yesterday, charged with pointing
pistol at and threatening to shoot Lucca
McKitchen, also cclored. He was turned
over TO the city court. Two disorderly
cases against colored persons were disposed
Of.
Judge Speer heard the argument in the
three-cornered admiralty case, Navlor-
Yarnell-Cambria, yesterday and rendered
a decree against one Of the respondents, the
schooner Yarnel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
WIN Not Make a Tour.

The Georgia Hussars will probably not
make fitting tour of the northern cities at
any early date. The trip was discussed some
time ago before the entrance Of the COM
pany into its new armory and club rooms
on Liberty street. 1t was thought to be
very good one by some of the members Of
the Hussars. Il has not been given any
serious consideration of late, however, and
the idea will probably be abandoned.
A considerable outlay would be involved
In the preparations for the tour and the
travelling expenses would be very heavy,
without any guarantee Of sufficient returns
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15

Are your children learning to plav n. III
or do you contemplate buying an Oh Ip..-n1
cause II will do just "a well to learn a. ~ oe
In either ease consider the matter M
take? Ao u.l5
Early impressions are the most lastin,
On an old piano a child NAV lear55 -,
notes to play, but not how to PLAY tbe,o "niea
rectly. 'uon cor
False methods and faulty touch ara oo...,
that it may take years Of practice afte1E9...5T
overcome. "@ru X
lt is no uncommon thing for a child nh
learned to play on an old worn out cas-, 40 ~, ma
piano az home. to be asked to plav' % aO'.os
magnificent new piano at the neighhor,s t9
perhaps. at party. where her parert ~
her to appear at her best. "ial
They naturally think that IL she can rlo.
on the old piano she can play better on tS6 Es
one. 80 'Ao new
Instead she fails utterly, much To tho i,
grin OF both herself and her parents " qua
tribute her i'll success to lack of confidapcao a.
This, however is not the cause
She simply has learned to play on a nisr, -,
q defective action aud does not know bo. "'t9
touch modern, well balanced keyboard u
1t were far better to give her a good nis,...
learn on, then let her play on poor one pI Il,I
than to reverse the conditions as is ns"sIil
done. usually
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
A Bun Street Improvement

The old building at Bull and State streets
Is TO be remodeled. Contracts for the i'm
provement were signed by A. R. Altmayer,
the owner OF the property, yesterday. The
work is to be done by Winton g. Burgess,
under direction of Architect Eichberg. The
building will remain two stories high. but
new plate glass store fronts are to be put in
and the stories heightened and the exterior
finished to present more ornamental ap-
pearance. The second story will contain
offices. Work will begin Feb. and is to
be completed April ].
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
Mullryne's Drug Store.

7. A. Mullryne & Co. have complete and
neatly fitted drug store on the corner Of
West Broad and Waldburg streets. Their
store is attractive and worthy of the liberal
patronage they receive. They prepare pre-
scriptions carefully and with precision. Mr..
Mullryne's personal attention TO the details
of the business is guarantee that their Gus
TONERS may always rely upon the goods psr-
chased of them.