The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-15

- taken up in the files in the renort az
W NJ w euster-Parkman case. Prof Jobn
W wooster of the Medical College at
"a ~ EaIu was charged with having killed
- re farkman and having disposed
L. 10y III the laboratory at the co.,
aL1o Weosler owed Parkman a consider
~ sum or money ana the latter had
called on the former at the lahorator,- -
tSGelNe payment He was never saan
salI' put bones and other remains were
+Sunu IN tne furnace and elsewhere about
MY, ~ "a poiatory and a set of false teeth
"aS Iuenuhed by a dentist as those he
iiau mace Tor Dr. Parkman. The case
, olI'1 national interest and became a
,,ic,io,, lVleoIe' II resulted in the con.
'lTTIOh ana hanging of Webster.
HeHrE Gays celebrated comnron,ise
measure introduced in the Senate the LAT
S part OF January, 1850. is published in
Iul, ana a lengthy account is given of the
Gea.l OF John c. Calhoun in Washington
turing the spring of Bhe year. and shortly
aIter he had addressed the Senate upon
'''e important question of the day
The Local Occurrences.
There is an account of tbe nicotine, Of
the cltizeus of Savannah to receive the
report OF the committees appointed to Sc
rect uelesates to represent the First con-
gresslonal district at a convention of the
southern states, to be held at Nashville
ms honor, Mayor Richard Wayne, pre-
sided and Maj w. P. Bowen was sec
fetary' judge Law, on the part of the
majority 81 the Wing committee, reported
me names Of James Hamilton Copper of
Glynn county as delegate and Francis s.
Bartow Of Chatham as alternate Dr.
James +. Screven, on the part of the Dem
ocratlc Committee, reported the names of
eX-GoV George NJ Troup as delegates and
Dr. w. c. Daniel as alternate. The nomi-
nations We're unanimously confirmed.
The UniOn Society celebrated it's one
hundredth anniversary during the spring
OF the year. There is also frequent men,
ton of the Chatham Artillery, the Savan-
nah Volunteer Guards. the Republican
Blues, the Georgia Hussars, the Phenix
Ritlemen, the Irish Jasper Greens and the
German Volunteers.
While adhering to is policy of neutrality
IN politics, the Morning News was thor
oughly Southern in principle. Its policy
evidently found favor with the people of
the city. Less than two months after its
first appearance it announced that it had
a larger circulation than any other daily
paper in the city, and a month later 1t
asserted boldly and frequently that il had
a larger circulation than both the other
dailies combined.
Advertising in 1850.
The longest advertisement in the first
issue was from DR.. s. Parsons, surgeon
dentist, who devoted considerable space to
his methods for the preservation of teeth
preferable to extraction. Patent medi-
cine advertising was in its infancy in
those days, but the familiar name of
Perry Davis Pain Killer appears, and
"Falligants Rheumatic Liniment or Pain
Killer is the second longest ADVERTISE
ment Edward Lowell, manufacturer and
importer of guns and everything in the
sportsmans line was a frequent advertis-
er. ]. B. Cubbedge, besides doing a book
business, advertised a variety of drugs.
The book business seems to have been
quite tlOurishing in Savannah at that time
as there were several advertisers, John NJ.
Cooper being among the number George
S. Nichols advertised boys ready made
clothing. Among the dry goods advertis-
ers were M. Prendergast & Co., Currell &
Boggs, R. Einstein and J. s. Magill. F.
Zogbaum & Co. were dealers in musical
instruments. Instead of concentrating
everything in one advertisement the fash
ion seems to have been to have a number
of small display advertisements, One
dealer sometimes having as many as half
d dozen. There was little space
for large advertisements anyway.
Savannah had shoe factory then, and
the announcement of the Savannah Bro
gan Mandatory appears frequently.
One column was given up to a city di-
rectory, giving the hours of arrival and
departures of mails and a list of the city
officers. George Schley was postmaster
and j. G. Doom deputy. Mail was re"
ceiVed by stage and steamers as well as
by the Central Railroad, which extended
at that time to Macon.
CITY officials Half a Century Ago.
rhe following list of city officers is
given: Aldermen, Thomas Purse, Solo
mon Cohen. Robert II. Griffin, Thomas
NJ. Turner, Dr. John f. Posey, Robert d.
Walker, Joseph Lippman, John Mallery,
Montgomery Cumming, DR.. James P.
Screven DOminick O'Byrne and DR.. J. X.
Saussy; clerk of of Council, Edward G.
wilson; city treasurer, Joseph Fell; city
marshal, Daniel H Stewart; city sur.
veyor. James W. DeLyon; messenger Of
Council. f. f. Strobhart; keeper of guard
house, Thomas Hefferen; clerk of the
market, John r. Johnson; keeper of pow
der magazine, Joseph E. Silveira super
intendent streets and lanes, Owen
O'Rourke: chimney contractor, Edgar Nc
Donald; city constableS Dennis Holland,
John A Richardson, r. d. Papot, A. C.
Jones, NJ. Houlihan, j. C. Blance; super
intendent city watch, NJ. Sheftall;
Henry G. Oliver: second lieu
tenant city watch, John A. Staley;
sergeants city watch. John Devanny, John
II. Thode, j. B. B. Harley and Thomas
Ryan Keeper of the pest house. An
thony 0. Segur Port wardens, Capt.
John Hunter, Thomas Holcombe, Francis
Shells, W. H. Kelly, Henry w. Smith. In
spector dry culture, william A. Pollard
Savannah was pretty well equipped with
banking capital at that time. There were
the Bank Of the State of Georgia capital
81 100000. of which $750,000 was appropriated
to Savannah. and with branches at Au-
gusta. Eatonton Athens and Washington;
the Planters Bank, paid up capital $685.
400: the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank,
with a capital of $4,000, and the Central
Railroad and Banking Company capital
81 5i9. 165. of which $685. 900 was appropriat-
ed to banking purposes
The Old Time Banks.
The officers and directors of the banks
were as follows Bank of the State of
Georgia. A. Porter, president; l. X. Tefft
cashier: william T. Williams c. P. Rich
ardsone, R. Hutchinson, H. D. Weed, b.
Snlder. N. A. Hardee, Joseph Washington,
John. Boston, directors; S. 3. Williams
IolIer Planters Bank, George w. Ander-