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The Virginia enterprise., 1896-07-17
FROM THE IRON MINES.
NOTES RELiTITE TO
OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY.
Mesa6a and Other Iron Ranges.

Joseph Sellwood, backed by a
company of eastern capitalists,
has purchased the Vega, and
the property will be actively
wrought throughout the balance
of the season. Mr.. Sellwood is
an expert mining man and does
not believe in seeing idle proper.
ties, and this sale is a good one
for this portion of the range.
We note by the Northwestern
Miner and Marine Review that
"Supt. Fayal is working the
Wallace for all she is worth, i"
and that "the Victoria is closed
down, and Capt. Pearce is work
about half force at the Besse-
mer." Taking such items as a
criterion, the Northwestern
Miner and Marine Review is an
invaluable sheet to people inter-
ested in iron mining.
The large Vulcan shovel at
the Oliver made a record On
Wednesday, loading 1856 cars of
ore.
The stock pile at the Adams
is being shipped, loading being
done with a steam shovel. But
little else is being done at this
mine.
The Oliver company at pres
ent employs a force Of about $50
men, and shipments ;s~e going on
at a lively rate. This company
will easily eclipse any record
ever made by a Minnesota prop
erty this season, the output thus
far being considerably in excess
of 100000 tons.
The Drake & Stratton company
are employing from $50 to 800
men on their stripping on the
Oliver and Lone Jack and in
loading at the Ohio.
The Hale IS shipping some 40
cars per day, the out put going
to the Thomas Iron Work, at
Hokendauqua, Pa.
Andrew Erickson, who was
injured by a premature blast at
the Oliver some three weeks ago,
died of his Injuries at the Vir-:
:ginia Hospital, on Saturday eve:
ming last. The funeral ceremop-
les were held on Monday, being
conducted~ ~9ffom< the Swedish
Lutheran church. Deceased was
"a years of age, single, his par
euts residing in this city.
Active mining operations haye
been resumed at the Mahoning
and about 100 cars per day ARE
being shipped.
Work on the stripping con-
tract at the Mahoning; by Wins
ton Bros: & Dear, progresses
nicely. some 1000 yards per day
being moved. A new engine has
been ordered and will be put to
work on this contract, which will
considerably increase the out
pat.
A natural drift in No. 1 shaft
at the Hull, 100 feet from sur
face, was found by the miners
while at work. The extent of
the opening is not known, the
men being timid about going in
to it, being fearful of invisible
from below.
The Virginia enterprise., 1896-07-17
Genuine Meersclt0M,n Pipe Free.

You are entitled to a ticket
with each purchase which will
give you a chance on a genuine
meerschaum pipe given away
Saturday evening at 10 o'clock
at theCalifornia Wine House.
The Virginia enterprise., 1896-07-17

absence of Mrs. Pastoret.
Nothing has yet been heard of
the proposed change of location
OF the postofice. The receiving
of bids closed on Friday last.
The new brick building being
erected by Supt. Wallace next
to the Bank nears completion,
This block will be occupied by
M. E. Levy & Bro, of the New
Cheap Store, with their elegant
stock of crockery, glassware and
novelties. 1t is understood that
some new lines will be added to
their stock when they get into
their new location.
The D. H. Moon cottage on
Lake Boulevard rapidly nears
completion and will soon be
ready fol occupancy.
! DR.. Stuart Bates, E. B. Haw-
kins and w. P. Mars were in at
tendance as delegates to the re-
publican congressional conven-
ton at St. Cloud yesterday.
| Mayoi TrueIs;n, of Duluth, is
said to again be casting his
weather eye toward the office of
county sheriff. Keep casting,
Henry; perseverance and votes
plenty of each-is all you
need.
W.. West, deputy clerk of
the court, Duluth, was in the
city on Tuesday:
Fred Lerch was over from
Hibbing on Wednesday.
r. A. Yates. of Minneapolis,
an experienced laundry man, has
succeeded j. J. Booth as mana.
ger of the Virginia Steam Laun-
dry.
Fishing parties to Ely Lake
are numerous these days.
A cottage prayer meeting will
be held at the pleasant home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Ross, on Wy
oming avenue, this evening
The Florada cottage on Lake
Boulevard will! soon be occupied
by P. J. Ryan and family, the
finishing work on the house be-
ing done this week.
A. L. McGregor, the Walnut
street blacksmith and wagon
maker, erects a wagon shed
across the street from his main
building.
Bushels of wild raspberries
are being picked in this vicinity
daily.
A. J. Ross attended to busi-
ness matters in Hibbing yester-
day.
The EveIeth Star is greatly
worked up over the editorial
mention of Hon. O. D. Kinney III
our last issue. but in many of his
statements Bro. Bowling is SIM
ply a liar. We have other use
for our space than to waste it
upon an importation of Dowling's
stamp, and believe that this con.
else statement of truth is the
proper method of answering his
harrangue, cen though the Ian
guage may be more expressive
than eloquent,
The republican county conven-
tion is called to meet at Duluth
on July Both. The primaries for
the election of delegates thereto
will be held on the evening of
the 28th.
Herman Krause, Carl Otis,
Sam Shapiro and Ted Brooks
left on Tuesday morning for
their 'farms' in the Sturgeon
lake country. They will tend to
their crops and do a little fishing
before they return.
Solomon Sax returned on Tues
day from Hibbing, where he had
been to look after business in
terests.
At the meeting of the common
council held on Wednesday eve-
ming, committee was appointed
to look up the Indebtedness of
the city and another to look up a
site for a city hail. with the idea
of bonding for the purpose of
cleaning up our Indebtedness and
for improvements. We trust
the city hall deal may material
ize more rapidly than has our
new hotel.
Where is the Virginia Gold
and Silver Club?
w. H Stultz, county superin
tendent of schools, was in the
city on Tuesday,, making The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
ALMOST A PLAGUE OF RED ANTS.
HouscI1eepers Overrun by the Lit
tie Annoying Pests.

HouseI1eePers Overrun by the Lit
tie Annoying Pests.
Savannah housekeepers are suffering
from an epidemic Of red ants. The lit
tie insects appear suddenly in immense
swarms and from whence nobody knows
In the houses where they appear. they
suddenly swarm around piece OF cake,
a lump OF sugar or anything sweet, no
matter where the morsel may be left. and
in some of the houses where they are IN
usually bad they attack the eatables on
the table while the members of the fam
lily are at a meal.
The most common means of protection
against them Is to stand the legs of Ia
bles and refrigeratOrs on which food Is
placed, in cups of water and even then
the pests get aboard in some way Moth
ing is tight enough to keep them out
cake tins, sugar bowls are all the same to
them. and one lady says she even found
them alive in an air tight can Of fruit
All sorts of remedies have been put on
the market to get rid Of the pests Some
OF them are good, some work for awhile
and some are worthless Nothing. II Is
believed, has been discovered that will
keep the insects out Of a house when they
once set their minds on going through Il.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
1T Is LEE HUNG CHONG.v
That Is the Way savannah CeIestIaIs
Pronounce 1t.


Ii Hung Chang. the distinguished Chi
nese diplomat at present making a tour
Of the world, seems to be about the only
subject that can arouse an Amerlcanized
Chinaman from his chronic state Of tact
turn lthargy. and only then when the
person wishing to engage in a conversa-
tion about the viceroy evinces a determi-
nation to hear something or stay while.
A Morning News reporter in view of
the interest centered in Mr. Chang and
his early visit to the United States, asked
several of the Chinese colony in Savan-
nah what they thought Of it, A China
is proverbially reticent, and seems to fear
every stranger. II counting conversation,
is doing so for no good purpose.
"Whatee want" queried one blue blous-
ed celestial Undismayed by the pet aver
sion to talking where the hope OF a little
laundry work does not cut any figure an
EFFORT was made elsewhere.
Finally an obliging Celestial was found
on Broughton street who seemed willing
to talk about his distinguished country
man. He said when he was a little boy
he had seen Ii Hung in China and remem-
bered him very well.
How you sayee him?" Lii Hung
CnOHBt ulScdFulnS the American tmper-
no sayee Ii Hung Chang; sayee Lee Hung
Chong; thatee way Chinee sayee him. 4"
The error was corrected and the diplomat
was referred to thereafter as Lee Hung
Chong," discarding the American imper-
lection in the pronunciation of the august
name.
Propitiated by this the Chinaman told
all he knew about Ii, and perhaps some
more. The second man in the Chinese
ON, fan he l.
This staggered his listeners,
who remembered having seen some report
of his wealth, but, not being aware of the
Chinese standard Of riches, acquiesced in
the proposition, and the laundryman went
on to say that In China there are many of
his fellow officials that are far Weather
With touch of pride In his tones, he re-
ferred to Ii as being a "velly smattee"
man. The Viceroys progressiveness and
liberal views on foreign improvements,
and their Importation were spoken of, and
received great deal OF praise.
The celestial spoke of the rail-
roads and telegraph, though the
latter word was too much for him, and he
had to resort to the use Of signs to make
his meaning clear, that Ii Hung had in
troduced into China and, probably sizing
up his visitor for soft thing, told him
about railroad from China to Japan,
across the Japan sea, that he was con-
templatlng building.
Lii the celestial is conceded to be very
popular in his country. and among the
Cinnamon in this country.
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THE LAST OF THE DESSOUG.
THE FAMOUS VESSEL TO BE BBOK-
EN- Up AND SOLD IN PIECES.

Her Last Voyage From Savannah 10
Philadelphia "A Little More Than
Year AgO-Advertised Mt Auction
But Nobody Bid For Her-HIstory
of the ship which Brought Cleo
patra's Needle From Alexandria to
New York.
The old steamship Dessoug of the Ocean
Steamship Company's fleet has gone to
the marine graveyard at Cow Bay, Long
Island. where she will be broken up. and
whatever metal or other parts OF value
sold.
The Dessoug sailed on her last voyage
from Savannah a little more than year
ago-on Aug 20. 1895. She went to Phila-
delphia with cargo and in the fall went
to New York. where she was laid up She
was offered for sale and finally was adver-
tised to be sold at auction last month but
nobody bid for her.
The Dessoug became famous when
Lieut. Commander Henry H. Gorringe
successfully transported in her the Egyp-
tan obelisk now in Central park, New
York. That was in 1880. She was subse-
and was bought by the Ocean Steamship
Company in 1881 for its service between
New York and Savannah. Her class ex-
pired last autumn, and she has since been
laid up.
The Dessoug was built at Hartlepool
England, in 1864, for the service Of the
khedive Of Egypt, and was first called the
Denton. She measured 1867 tons, was 2S3
feet in length, 80 feet beam, % feet depth
and was constructed OF iron.
When, in the fan Of 1879 Commander
Gorringe's party went to Alexandria to
undertake the removal of the big mono
lith, W. II. Vanderbilt having assumed
the expense Of the undertaking, the Des-
soug was selected as a suitable vessel in
which to transport the Obelisk, and $4,000
was paid for her.
The obel.sk stood about twenty feet
from the shore, and its base was buried
ten feet in the sand. Special machinery
had been taken to handle It, and after It
had been moved out to the water and
placed IN a crib fixed on a pontoon, the
pontoon and the Dessoug were placed in
craving drydock, head on to each other
hole thirty feet long ard twelve feet
high had been cut in the starboard bow of
the steamship below the water line, and
through this Cleopatra's Needle, in the
thirty-ffth hundred year Of its age, was
rolled on cannon balls, which formed a
sort of ball bearing, working in the groves
of channel iron, placed above and below
them.
Once inside, the massive stone was al
lowed to rest along the keelson, and stout
snoring was fixed about it to make it inn
movable It's weight was 1876 tons, and had
it moved with any rolling OF the ship
there would have been a very fair chance
OF the vessels capsizing
The ribs and plates having been replaced
at the bow, the Dessoug sailed from Alex
andria June r. 1880, and passed Gibraltar
June %. When 1900 miles from land, on
July 6, the propeller shaft broke. A spare
shaft had, fortunately, been part OF the
vessels belongings when she was purchas-
! ed, and this was substituted, the vessel
proceeding under sail while the work was
going on. 1t was a twenty-flve-day voy-
age from Gibraltar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
WILL BE ALDERMAN RYALS.
THE MAJOR SETTLED IPON As
AID. CAROLAN's SUCCESSOR.

His Election on the Programme For
To-MorrOyv Afternoons Meeting OF
CounciI-It l. Conceded That IL
VIII BE UnanImOus-The Southern
section 20 Have n Representative.
Maj G. n Ryals is about to be made
an alderman TO MI the vacancy caused by
the resignation from the board Of Mr.. ].
J. Caro.an several weeks ago. That the
major will successfully nh the aldermanic
chair. both corporeaIy and mentally.
there is not shadow Of doubt.
Some OF the majors friends conceived
the other day that he was just the man
for an alderman and promptly set 10 work
IN his behalf One OF them assured a
Morning News reporter yesterday that it
was all fixed. A majority OF the council
men. have agreed, he said. to support him.
and the result will be his unanimous cleo
tion at the meeting Of the board to-mor-
row afternoon.
MAJ. Ryals has taken no hand IN the
matter, and has made no expression as to
his desires. but it IS presumed that
''Barkis is within"
Mai Ryats will doubtless assure the
members Of council that he appreciates
the honor more than II he had been
elected governor Of Georgia. This is his
customary manner Of expressing his ap-
probation Of a nomination or an election,
and he can hardly say less this time.
Mai Ryals election will come nearer
giving general satisfaction than almost
any other man that could have been Sc
lected. He is in thorough touch with the
business interests of the city, and at the
same time in thorough sympathy with
the masses Of the people. The residents Of
the souVhside, especially, should be
pleased with the prospect OF at last get
ting a representative in council. and one
who Is thoroughly familiar with the con-
ditiOn Of affairs in that section, and whose
influence will be sufficient 10 aid in secur-
ing continuance of the Improvements al
ready begun there.
1t was not intended that the selection
of Maj. Ryals 10 fill the vacancy in coun-
ell should be made public for a day or
two yet, but a man in position to know
assured the Morning News that his cleo
ton could be regarded as a settled fact.
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Local Daily Weather Report For the
Morning News

Local forecast for Savannah and vicin-
ity till midnight. Aug. .. 1s95-Tuesday:
Probably occasional showers; no decided
change in temperature; westerly winds.
Forecast for Georgia: Showers in
southern, fair in northern portion; north
erly winds
Comparison of mean temperature at Sa-
vannah, Ga, on Aug. "A, 1896. with the
normal for the day: Temperature-Nor-
NAL, 70; mean, s. excess for this date, 4;
accumulated excess since Jan. 1. 1886. 109
Comparative rainfall statement: Normal,
%; amount for Aug. "A. 1896, 7; departure
from the pormal, 20; total departure
since Jan.1, 1886, $751;
Maximum temperature IS; minimum
temperature. 76. For same date last year.
Maximum temperature IS; minimum tenn
perature, "a; rainfall, 90.
The hight of the Savannah river at Au-
gusta at a. m. Goth meridian time) yes
terday was "A feet, no change during the
preceding twenty-fOur hours.
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Weather Bureau, Cotton Region
Bulletin, Savannah, Ga, for the twenty
four hours ending at a, m, 18th meridian
time, Aug. "A, 1896.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
CITY BREvITIEs.

There. was a slight fire at Mr.. J. H
Howard's residence on Barnard, near An
derson street, yesterday morning. The
house is owned by Mr.. James Fleming
The chemical engine No. 2. from No. )
engine house. responded to the alarm and
soon had the fire out.
The Blues and Blacks will play a game
of indoor base ball at the Young Mems
Christian Association gymnasium to-
night. Both teams are well matched and
a good crowd is expected. Two more
games. after the one tonight, will wind
up the series when four new teams will
be chosen and a new lesgue formed. The
Whites have a goci lead and look like
winners
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
MERCURY UP TO NINETY-sIx.
The Hot Wave Getting In Its UncOm-
Portable work Again.


Portable work Again.
The hot wave, which the weather bureau
predicted, arrived yesterday on schedule
time. Mercury mounted up to 90 degrees,
and did not go below 76 degrees. The
mean for the day was degrees above
where 1t ought to have been If the day
were an average one.
Nobody doubted that 1t was hot Peo-
pie consulted their thermometers to see
how hot it was, but the average tnermom-
eter that does the double duty Of adver-
Using particularly fine brand of cga-
rettes or a patent medicine that will cure
an the ills that humanity is heir to. some
times varies a few degrees when it is un-
der the strain of a particularly hot spell
and the owner has to consult his feelings
largely on the matter OF weather One
of these thermometer in downtown
office registered l0S degrees in the shade
yesterday afternoon. The standard tube
up in the weather Observers eyrie how
ever, only registered 96 degrees and fur
nished the record for the day.
Observer Sherier said last night that
the hot weather will continue to-day
though it may be relieved somewhat by
showers. There Is no decided change in
temperature in sight. AT o'clock NOR
curry was at "a degrees. A cool breeze
sprang up early in the evening and made
the night comfortable. The hot weather
wave extends along the coast. In the in
terror 1t is considerably cooler.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
LOCAL Personal.

Mr.. L. W. Haskell left last night for
Atlanta by way of the Central
Miss Lizzie Wallis left yesterday to visit
friends and relatives in Button, S. c.
Mrs. T. S. Stubbs and family left last
night by the Central for Turnersville,
Ga.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Barrett and children have re-
turned from two months stay at Ashe-
willie, n. c. Mrs. Barretts health Is very
much improved by the change of elm
ate.
Mr.. John MalIoch. representative az
William Bower & Son of Liverpool, has
returned from his summer trip to Europe
and is again identified in the sea island
cotton market.
Mr.. Frank J. Cohen, publisher of Jew
ish Sentiment of Atlanta, is in the city
in the interest of that periodical. 1t =
proposed by Mr.. Cohen to make the issue
of Jewish Sentiment of Sept. s number
of especial interest, with special articles
and Illuminated and black and white illus
trations. The paper has a Savannah de-
partment under charge OF resident edi-
tor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
TRIED IN THE CITY COURT.
Judge Norwood DIsposes of a Budget
of Cases.

of Cases.
Yesterday in the city court was devoted
to the disposal OF criminal cases. An i'm
posing record was run up as a result Of
the days proceedings.
The first case that invited attention was
a plea for a new trial by the defendants
in the case OF the state VS.. Sarah Lewis
and Henry Hamilton. which Judge Nor
wood refused.
Frank Fulton pleaded guilty TO the
charge OF keeping a gaming house, but
threw himself upon the courts clemency
and produced an exculpatory AFFIDAVIT GER
tfying that four persons are dependent
solely upon him for support. With an &C
companying lecture on the evils Of gamb-
ling, the judge imposed a fine Of 500 or six
months on the Changing, the minimum
penalty for the offense.
Thomas Maybe was tn court with all OF
his witnesses to answer two special pre-
sentiments for assault and battery. but the
state was not in readiness. Through his
attorney, Maybe then entered a demand
for trial at the next term Of court.
Benjamin Shrevng and Louis Savadkin,
subjects up to that time Of his most eX-
allied majesty, the car. took the oath or
allegiance to the United States and were
declared citizens of this glorious republic
WIN ali the preTOgatiVeS ana lnnuIhtles
that distinction confers.
The charge of assault and battery
against James z. Farris resulted In YER
dict of not guilty, as also the same charge
against Jack Pickett
The state vs.. A. L. Pitts, assault and
battery, proved a case in which the jury
have evidently found trouble in arriving at
an agreement, for retiring at 6 o'clock.
Il had rendered no verdict up to midnight
The point in the case upon which the dis
cord in the jury's decision hinged, was
the determination of whether or not the
defendant had an apprOblOus epithet APP
piled to him, in which case he would have
been justified in knocking his employer
down.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
TO INVITE THE PASSENGER MEN.
A strong Effort TO Bring the Nation
al Convention Here.

- NtEOnk EHOFN 10 brlnB the NANlOn-
al Convention Here.
When the National Association Of Cen
eral Passenger and Ticket Agents con-
venes Sept. Is at Atlantic City an invita-
ton viii be extended the body to make Sa-
vannah the point for holding its next semi
annual convention.
The extending of the invitation has been
under consideration by the local general
passenger agents for quite a while and
yesterday it was decided that the conven-
tion be asked to visit this city. Now that
the question Of the invitation has been
settled, the local passenger officials in
tend TO make every effort to secure its
acceptance and it is safe to say that
these efforts will be necessary, for it is
said that no less than a dozen other cities
will be after the honor it is in the power
of the association to confer. Letters have
already been addressed to every general
passenger agent in the association, con-
veying personal invitations and expressing
the advantages that this point would af-
ford if selected.
March will be the month in which the
next meeting will occur, and Savannah
southern ATTITUDES and delightful winter
climate, with facilities for accommodation
and amusement. and its admirable connec-
tions with the Florida resorts, will offer
inducements in its favor that it Is hoped
the association will be unable to resist.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25
RAN AMUCK IN WOODsvILLE.
william Green Goes wild and Starts
to DemOIish the village.

william Green Goes wild and starts
to DemOIish the village.
William Green threw Woodsville a lit
tie settlement about four miles from the
city, into panic yesterday afternoon by
his inexplicable behavior with club and
battering ram.
Green has been nursing a grudge
against another negro, Moses Hewett for
some time. He called at the latter
house, and while Moses made his escape
after receiving a dose of the club, pro-
ceeded to demolish his door and porch.
Then, securing a stout battering ram
from the debris, he devoted a few well
directed blows at the Notwithstanding,
desisting at last from his destructive pur-
pose when the house was almost n wreck.
Not satisfied. with this damage, he started
amuck and this time beat up another
negro.
Hewett in the meantime had come to
the city and secured a warrant from JUS
tice Warlng Russell, Jr., who sent out a
constable to bring in the bellicose spirit.
Green is said to be crazy an imputation
that is born out by his energetic actions.