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2 MACON IT TO THE TIMES. A PLAN TO SECURE THE SCHOOL. OF TECHNOLOGY. LreflpntAtfon by to the Tocli nolneicftl Commission of tho bar Laboratory at Vluevlll® and an Annuity of 53.000 per Year to bo Guaranteed by the City in Addition —Burning of Sanford's New Ice Factory. MACON, Oi., Aug. 23.—A large meet tng of Macon’s prominent citizens was held this morning at the Academy of Mueio to consider some action whereby a bid might be made for the location here of (he State School of Technology. Wash ington Dessau was made chairman. Benrv Horne, at whose instance prinoi paßv the meeting was called, stated the ; object and plan for its accomplishment. | Hib idea was to form a company with J $50,000 capital to purchase the laboratory | property at Vineville, put it in thorough repair, equip it with the necessary ma chinery and appliances, erect suitable cottages on the grounds for professors and students, and present it complete in ! every detail to the Technological Com mission, giving with it ten acres of (ground surrounding the building, to be used for such purposes as the school ■would in time require, the corapauy to require irom the city of Macon in re. urn tin appropriation of $3,000 per annum, guaranteed. The question as to the oitv’s right to de vote her revenue was sprung, upon which the following committee was appointed to .advise upon the matter and report to an adjourned meeting: W. A. Huff, W\ W. •Carnes, W. B. Hill, Henry Horne, ■S. H. Jamison, *5. C. Hendricks, J. F. Hanson. Isaac Hardeman, C. B. Willingham, L. A. Jordan, T. D. Tinsley, S. T. Coleman, S. K. Jaques, W. F. Price, K. F. Lawton, G. W. Gustin, J. A- Ortne. W. G. Solomon, A. E. Boarcle man. B. H. Plant and Benjamin C. Smith. ‘The committee will meet to-morrow. GEORGIA’S CAPITAL. CITY. Attempts by tbe Prohibitionists and Antis to Reach a Compromise. Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 23.—The ten-room residence of United States Marshal Nelms was set on fire by incendiaries and totally destroyed Saturday night. Par ticulars were brought to the city to-day by Marshal Yelps, who received severe injuries, and is on crutches. The Marshal lives near Smyrna, Cobb county. The family retired at the usual hour. Beside the Marshal, his wife and child,were Lane Stewart and his wife, relatives, and Mrs. Morris, a visitor, from Union Point. The tire was discovered at 11 o’clock and the inmates barely escaped. The house bad been tired in six places and was not long burning to tbe ground. Attempts were made to tire the house on two other recent occasions. At the time of this fire, a neighbor says, a man on a horse went by using his whip vigorously. Tbe Marshal says he suspects parties and expects to get them. They are supposed to be moonshiners. He thinks they have intended for some weeks to kill him. The loss is estimated at $7,000. with no insurance. Nothing was saved from the fire, which also destroyed several out houses. GEORGIA’S OLD RECORDS. At the last Legislature J.S. Morgan, ol London, formerly of New York, pre sented the State tne original manuscript journal of the Georgia trustees of colo nial memory, which had never been print ed. Recently Mrs, Mary Deßenne, ot Savannah, generously bore the charge of printing a few copies for preservation in the great libraries of this country and Europe. The volume is au elegant octa vo of 500 pages, the impression limited to forty-nine copies, and dedicated to the memory of George Wimberly Jones Deßenne, whose widow she is. She presented a copy to the State, which reached tbe executive offi3“ to-day. sent through Charles C. Jones, Jr., who tendered the gift in a letter of character istic literary polish. The Governor re plied to-day, accepting tbe gilt (or tne State, thanking Mrs. Deßenne and ex pressing profound appreciation ot the value of the volume as an addition to the fund of the colonial literature of the State. The volume will be placed iu the archives of the executive department. AMERICA’S LAND LAWS. The English government has instructed its Consuts in the United States to report on the nature, extent and operation of the homestead and other exemption laws in their districts. The Consul at Chatlcs ton has requested the assistance of Sec retary ot State Barnett tor Georgia in se curing enactments on the subject, and the Governor has directed that tne desired Information be furnished. The Democratic Executive Committee of the Thirty-fifth Senatorial district, com posed ot Cobb, Clayton and Fulton coun ties. met here to-day and called a convert lion of the district for Sept. 11 to nomi nate a candidate for the Senate. Fulton will name tbe candidate. Fulton county’s tax returns show an increase of $660,335 instead of $1,000,000 decrease as was expected, it has been understood from information derived from official souroes that there would be n heavy decrease, and there ip some sur prise over it. Tbe Comptroller General tas not accepted the digest. THE FARMERS’ CONGRESS. The Georgia delegates to the National Farmers’ Congress, to be held at Minne apolis dwindled down to R. J. Redding, of the Agricultural Department, and A. T. Mclntyre, of Thomasville, who lett last night. John Clark, white, about 40 years old, was convicted in tbe City Court tordav for cheating and swindling, because bo begged small amounts to help bury a dead child when he bad no child. A conference was held at the Kimball House this afternoon between the prohi bitionists and antis. About forty promi nent members of both sides were present. It is reported that an effort was made to effect a compromise ol the whisky question on some basis that would unite tbe city. It is understood that the conference was brought about by the prohibitionists. Ai. effort was made to compromise ou high license, and aiso wfiolesalp and quart, liceuses. The proceedings of the confer ence are difficult to learn, but it is re ported that the conference agreed on a wholesale) and quart license, wnich it is proposed in somo way to work .drough the Legislature. Strong antis say to night that they will not indorse or accept any compromise which does not include a retail license. MB. PRINGLE'S NOMINATION. A Fuller Account of the Twentieth District Senatorial Convention, Sanijersville, Ga., Aug. 22.—The Democratic Convention of tbe Twentieth Benatonal district convened here yester day, and was called to order by Hon. John N- Gilmore, ebairman of tho Executive Committee. Hon. Samuel E. Whitaker, of Baldwin, was made permanent chairman of tbe convention, and Dr. J. B. Roberts, of "Washington, secretary. Tbe delegates in attendance were: Hancock—Judges F. L. Little and R. H. Lewis, Capt. G. li. Brown and Capt. J. It. Sasnett. Baldwin—Hon. S. K. Whitaker, Jacob Carraker and George T. Whilden. Washington—J. B. Roberts. O. H. Rogers. J. C. Hannon, U. E. Houghton, 0. C. Walker aud M. A. Wood. On motion of Judge it. H. Lewis, oil Hancock, the following resolutions were 1 unanimously adopted, to-wit: 1 Rut Irrd, That we fovo'- tbe Railroad | Commission law tis It. now stands. 2. A’,*,. >cfd. That the princii'le Of local op- 1 I tion should iw mu n.ained as the truo Demo i craticruie for dealing with the liquor ques- I lion, and ihat the party i:nth of the district i is pledged to the right of the people to pass upon the issue every two year*, as now pro vided, and that the liquor question should he kept out of polities. 3. RtMlrnl, That approving the rotation . principle thus far practiced m our .Senatorial I nominations, in our opinion it is the right of all ihe delegates from the ditTorcnt counties of the district to participate in future nomi nations upon terms of ahsoluleeqnality, look ing only to the nomination and election of the best and most capable man lor the office to be tilled, and having due regard to the fairly ex pressed with of the Democracy of the county ; from which the Senator is to be chosen. The Executive Committee lor the next two years was elected, as tollows: Washington—G. D. Warthen, J. W. | Smith, J. C. Duggan. Hancock—J. L. Culver, G. R. Brown, J. j R. Sasnett. Baldwin—G. T. Whilden, J. C. Whita- , ker, C. R. Harper. Tne nomination beiDg now in order, Judge f. L. Little, with a few highly eulo gistic remarks, presented the name of Hon. C. R. Pringle, of Washington, and moved his nomination. Mr. G. T. Whliden, of Baldwin, elo quently seconded the motion and the convention adopted the same unanimous ly by a rising vote. lion. O. H. Rogers, J. Caraker and Judge F. L. Little were appointed a com mittee to notify Mr. Pringle of bis nomi nation and request his acceptance. FLORIDA ON THE WIRE, Sanford’s New Ice Factory Destroyed by Fire —A Negro Flies bis Knife. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 23.—1n an altetcation to-night at Thomas Baxter’s saloon on Ocean street, Charles Blount, recently from Waycross, Ga., shot twice in the stomach and is supposed to have fatally wounded Charles Woodard. Both are colored. Blouut was arrested and lodged in jail. At Gainesville this afternoon the Jack sonville club beat Gainesville by a score of 10 to 5. Louis Dowling, a family grocer at La- Villa, assigned to-day to W. P. Sumner. His liabilities are not stated out they arc believed to bo covered by the stock. Reports having been circulated outside, this State that yellow fever prevailed in Tampa, inquiries by the agent of the As sociated Press here show that the report is absolutely false. There has been no case of fever on a steamer between Havana and Tampa, and all other Florida towns are in good health. SANFORD’S ICE FACTORY BURNED. Sanford, Fla., Aug. 23.—B’ire this morning destroyed the new ice factory just completed. The loss is SIO,OOO, with ho insurance. Only a favorable wind prevented the destruction of the town. WOMEN IN GERMANY. A Young Girl in Berlin University— German Types. From tho y&w York Tribune. Berlin, Aug. 3.W r omen, it is well known, are excluded from the colleges and universities of the German empire. Both men and women look with derision and disdain upon the girl aspirant to aca demical honors. They do not consider women capable of advanced training and are tbe bitterest opponents of coeduca tion. Girls’ schools are laughably ele mentary. History and languages, it is true, they nave at their tongues’ end; but that is all. The “three R’s’’ form the Rubicon of their pro gress. Young men are taught from the very cradle to say “Thank God that I was born a man.” Nursed with such ideas, growing up under such opinions, it will be easy to fancy the excitement caused among them by the appearance of a young English lady in the "chemical” lecture oi the celebrated Prof. Hoffmann a few days ago. The German students have a pecu liar way ot expressing interest, satisfac tion, admiration or pleasure—a boisterous stamping of the feet. But it is a reward coveted by the obsequious professor and the only measure of his popularity. This peculiar applause greeted the feminine candidate as she took her seat—“in ele gant costume and hat,” it is said—on the bench fronting the docent. In the labora tory, where she has begun work, she is treated with great deference, escaping, too, the lines levied upon the inadverten cies of her masculine mates. She has. of course, not matriculated, but received permission from “His Magnificence,” the rector, to attend the course as “hospes.” It was difficult to obtain even that privi lege in conservative Berlin, aud It was only accomplished by dint of powerful letters from Cambridge, where the young Indy is a tutor in Newnham College. A German lady of the emancipated school attempted to brave public opinion a few years ago and attend the lectures of Prof. Du Bois Raymond. She was so annoyed by ogling students, who one and all fixed their monocles on her classical features and let the words of tho teacher go by unheeded,that she had to be screened from their impertinence and finally leave the voom. A rather pathetic story is told of a woman in Leipzig who tried to overcome the laws. She was a poor girl, and disguised as a young man entered the “Varsity” with honors, and took ner place in the laboratory as a student of chemistry. She applied herself assidu- I ouslv during three years, and distin guished herself beyond her fellows. Her popularity was great, though she was innocently called tbe “lady” because of her feminine appearance—the students little dreaming bow near the truth they came. But her sex was discovered on the day of her tinal examination, and de spite prayers and entreaties she was not allowed to graduate. Her expenditure of time and money went tor nothing. l’rot. Rudolf Virchow, the learned surgeon and physicist, has lately pre pared some interesting tables concerning the color or the hair, eyes and skiu among the German school children. Six million, seven hundred aud fifty-eight thousand, eight hundred and twenty-seven pupils were examined, oeing nearly four-fifths of all tne youth of ‘*A 11 U” age. Of these 2.149,027—31.03 per cent.—belonged to the blonde type, 949,822—14.0.") per cent.—to the brunette, aud 3,609,978—54.15 per cent. —totbe blonde-brunette or nixed ivpo, distinctly showing that more than one half of the entire number are in the latter category, two-tbirds ol the remaining 40 per oent. being blondes. The territorial division oi the principal types corresponds accurately to the geographical boundaries of North,South and Middle Germany: 43.3 —3(5 per cent, ot the pure blondes being fouud in the northern districts, 32.5—28.3 per cent, in the middle, and 21.5—13 per cent, in the southern ones. The river Main thus becomes an antbropolo gicallineof significance. In general, the further south one goes the more brunettes he meets—South Bavaria mustering but 14 per cent, blondes. Among tbo 75,370 Hebrew children the mixed typo predomi nates also, the pure brunettes outnumber ing the pure blondes, however, three-fold. W bereas the relations of the blondes to the brunettes among ibo Christians is 31.8 lo 14, that among the Jewish children is as 11,29 to 42. The gray-eyed and dark haired predominate in the mixed type. Many other results were brought to light of more interest, however, to Germa ly, than to tbs world at large. Prof. Vir chow has devoted years to study of this nature and bis deductions may be ac cepted as categorical. A blouse waist, closed invisible at tho back, has tight lining with a ribbon belt, l.ace sleeves. At the neck is a narrow, Inng.pointed yoke, covered with lace like that of the sleeves. SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, AUGUST 21,1886. 'VI[AT MEXICO KKALLY IS. IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. Good Commercial Chances for Ameri can* Who will be Patient —Mexican Home and Business Life Described. From tho Foie York Star. Washington, Aug 21.—Despite the pa cific tendency of affairs, whereby an ami cable settlement seems all but guaran teed, and the fact that until Gen. Sedg wick shall have accomplished his mis sion there is a confessed fertility in fur ther speculation, ibe Mexioan imbroglio romaios the preferred topic of the hour here. There is no thought of war, for in the face of things, as revealed to the most ordinary observer, that cannot seriously be entertained. The President and all but two members of his Cabinet are ab sent from town, whipping trout streams or taking their summer’s rest, while the Secretary of State, who remains at his post, is occupied there in the maiu with the routine business of the department. The person, therefore, who is at pains either to talk or write oi war under such circumstances is one who delights in strife and sighs for a constantly running stream ot gore, or else some dutiful and gifted correspondent who replies to an urgent demand trom the home office. Dis cussion now is of the country of Mexico, the real character ot its people and the value and stability of their institu tions, and very largely of the busi ness development and prospects. The average conclusion arrived at, it is unnecessary to sav, is not at all compli mentary to that "country or its people. The average American either holds Mexi cans ana Mexico in utter abhorrence, or eisc looks down patronizingly as uppn an intellectually stunted and a scrub race, appropriately inhabiting a land possess ing few advantages but innumerable ob jections. If he conceive of conquest it is always accompanied by the condition that the natives would have to be driven out or exterminated; that under no cir cumstances could thev be trusted or even endured as feilow citizens called upon to help sustain a social ana political fabric ot enlarged and improved proportions. One bears a great deal of this sort of thing nowadays—almost any company will supply it—but now and then some man appears who knows whereof he speaks, and then it is that a wholly differ ent view is presented. It is as different, indeed, as day is from night, and it serves at once to correct a gross and inexcusa ble error, and at same time enlarge the scope of the home vision. You will not find in Washington a gentleman more thoroughly informed as to Mexico and her people than Col. David Fergnson, a prominent member of the Metropolitan Club and a keen and edu cated observer of public wants. He spent twenty years in extensive business op ra tions there, amassed a large estate and enjoyed every opportunity of familiariz ing himself with the surroundings. He returned to the United States only some four years ago, but basretained his inter ests in Mexico, and through an extensive correspondence which he keeps up is al most as correctly informed as to the country audits advancement as though he still resided there. He would not dis cuss the Cutting affair with the corres pondent, but on the subject of Mexico, the business field afforded there, how it is to be improved and how the people are to be won as friends and neighbors he was most obliging and entertaining. “It is a delightful country,” he said, "once you establish yourself to advantage. The climate is mild and invigorating, and the society in the centers cultivated and agreeable. Nowhere on the earth are the better classes of people more kindly disposed or capable of truer or more last ing lriendships. The domestic life is gentle and pure. The arts and sciences are cultivated to a degree not conceived of in this country. The professional man’s course at the university is, as a ruie, much more thorough, and his prepa rations much more careful than among us. The physician, the lawyer, tbe edu cator-each is yvell equipped belore he en ters upon bis life work. I regard the publio school system there as noariy perfect. It is free you know, as with us, and in many of the States education is obligatory. There is as much religious toleration, and it is as sincere as exists in this country. The American citizen is constantly reminded, indeed, of all that enters into the aspira tions of his own countrymen for the bet terment of their social and political con dition by that which on evbrv hand confronts a fair and unprejudiced’ obser vation. The people of the two countries differ, of course, but. in nothing that authorizes hatred or contempt ou either side, or that should serve as a barrier to the existence of the corapletest, the most cordial friendship between them. The Mexicans are quick enough of apprehen sion, aud are capital companions. They do not lead the hurried, money-haunted life that we do, and it is a question if they are not tho happier In their slower natures. “You ask me about tho business field, it is very inviting to men wbo will go there and Identify themselves with tho people and their customs. He canuot hope to succeed, and he will not deserve to succeed, however, who goes there and sneei-B at his neighbors, busies himself with their private affairs, treats laws and local customs with open contempt and acts in every way as ifne considered him self a superior person. But such a coui-Be will bring iailure anywhere. Neither will the man succeed who goes to Mexico bent on making a fortune iu a short time, aud then hurrying offagaiu. Tbe fact is, too many Americans emigrate with that idea, 'i'ney are In too great a hurry. Feeling that they possess a superior order oi talent or business ener gy, an article of manufacture, they want it’s superiority recognized at once. If this recognition is denied, they grow im patient and resentful. The great requi site is patience—staying qualities. The truth is that while our articles of manu facture are greatly superior to thoso of .Mexico, a very great deal may still be cheaply aud advantageously accomplish ed with the primitive implements iu use there. Great anti important works are pushed iorward with tnem at small ex pense, and this, of course, militates against their immediate abandonment. Iu time, however, they must give place to improved methods, and, in fact, are al readv doing so.” “But the American labors under nodts advantages because of his country, does he?" “Not in the slightest degree. The Mexi cans feel very friendly towards this coun try, and respond readily enough to over turps, w bother commercial or sociul. We labor under no disadvantages that we may not in the greatest measure remove. An important point against us is that as compared with either the English, tho German, or the French, we arb poor lin guists, and there is a penalty attached to the difficulty. Take for example, tho case of a young German who leav, * a counting | room atHavreor Hamburg, and goos to ; Mexico in pursuit el his fortune. Ills j first step, alter determining uis branch |ol business, is to acquire a I knowledge of the language and of the j commercial laws ol tne country. That j emi tiles him to move along surefnotedly, and to keep his own counsels. In other J words, he is soon practically at home, i and can look out for himself. Asa rule the American, despairing after a brief j struggle ol mastering the new tongue, | takes an interpreter Into his omploy, and | operates almost solely by his aid. You | can see the danger and the disadvantage j ol (hat. The man's secrets are all ex- I posed, or become linb o to betrayal, for I his experience w'J! soon tsach him that six out of ten interpreters are reck less or corrupt gossips and that nothing is safe with them. Now to go from a purely personal embarrassment to a broader, more general phase of the question, the reason whv we do not sell moro largely to Mexico is that we do not offer the terms that England does. We are a nearer market, but we are also a much dearer one. The Mexican merchant of good standing has no trouble in securing six months credit in Manchester, say, and even longer time, but his Boston or bis New York or New Orleans correspondent will give only ninety days at the outside. Then we do not otter inducements lor an interchange of commodities, which is ab solutely indispensable to tne building up of business. We should not shut our gates, as we do, against what Mexico has to sell.” EDUCATED CROOKS. Foes of Society Who Could Have Made Their Mark. From tho Philadelphia yowl. The popular impression regarding bank thieves and burglars Is that they are rough and uncouth, raised in the gutter and among criminals, and without any early training which might partially eradicate the germs of inherited moral disease. This is far from being the trutb. Tbe hereditary criminal is to be found only in the lowest grades, among pickpockets and sneak thieves. Most burglars, bank robbers and forgers have been at one time well-to-do artisans or mechanics, or the sons of such, while not a few criminals of this grade are men of culture, well educated and well read. Such are usually the most aangerous and are by no means tho exceptions proving an opposite rule. Name after name might be quoted, but a few of the.cultured crim inals who have operated in Philadelphia will suffice to illustrate the proposition. A COLLEGE MAN. Louis C. Clermont was one of the most notable of educated criminals. He was of Southern birth. His parents were rich and he received a liberal education, gradu ating with honors from a college in the South. He was somewhat reckless in his conduct and his associations were of the most democratic kind. Thus he became acquainted with Walter Patterson and Ira Graysides, notorious forgers and check raisers. He joined them and made a considerable amount of money by par ticipating in their schemes. With his ill-gotten gains he went to travel in Europe and made a pilgrimage through Palestine. While in Stuttgart. Germany, he was the guest of Baron Shindle, better kuown to American detectives as Max Sbinburn, a aangerous bank robber, who accunmlalea a fortune by pursuing that specialty and then going abroad, pur chased a title and settled down as a shining light ot the old nobility, among whom bis name appears in the Almanach de Gotha. When Clermont returned from Europe he settled down in Philadelphia. He was a tall, handsome man, a fine con versationalist, and in bearing and beha vior evidently a gentleman. He got in troduced into good society here and was re garded as a valuable acquisition, owing to his geniality and accomplishments. He represented himself as a Cuban refugee and always carried a revolver. His dark complexion and complete knowledge of tbe Spanish language aided him in sus taining his assumed character. At last Mrs. Josephine Dumel. a beautiful wid ow, became his wife. They arranged to travel on their honeymoon trip, and she packed up all her valuables and $20,000 in cash. At the moment before starting Clermont gave hie bride a note to deliver to a friend, and when she returned to re join him she tound that he had decamped, taking with him the -$20,000 and all her valuables. CLERMONT TURNS UP. In July, 1875, Col. Ralph Pollard, an invalid, who had served with distinction in the Louisiana Tigers, turned up at Chambersburg. Pa., and took up his resi dence there with his wife for the benefit cf his health. He formed an early ac quaintance with George R. Messersinith, the cashier of the National Bank. The latter had a valuable library and Col. Pollard manifested wonderful knowledge of books and authors, and soon became the centre of a distinguished coterie. Col. Pollard was joined by another Southerner named Johnson and they remained in Chambersburg until early in March, 1876. One afternoon in March Pollard and Johnson dropped into the bank just about the hour of clos ing up. Johnson had a package which he requested the cashier as a personal favor to deposit in the vault until morning. The cashier refused to open the vault, but said he would keep the packet in a place of safety until the morning. He took charge of the packet, and as he turned around a bag was thrown over his head. He struggled and knocked Johnson down, and then, despite of Pollara’s threat to kill him it he made any noise, shouted “Murder!” l’ollard seized a bundle con taining $15,000, which had arrived by ex press that day, and ran out of the bank only to ho met by the persons who an swered the cries of the cashier for assist ance. He was detained and the money taken from him. Johnson escaped, but was subsequently arrested in Virginia and proved to be a mechanic belonging to New Orleans named Weeks. Pollard was sent for a term to the Eastern Peniten tiary, and there William A. Pinkerton, the detective, identified him as no other than the handsome Cuban refugee, Cler mont. Mrs. Dumel prosecuted him for bigamy and robbery. The charge of bigamy tailed because he had been married to the wo man who lived with him in Chambers burg in Chicago, and the proofs had been destroyed in the great fire, and she swore positively that there had been no mar riage. However, he was convicted of robbery ami got twelve years’ imprison ment. After various ingenious devices to escape from prison he died in 1883. In the hollow of his shaving brusn were found some stones, supposed to be dia monds, but which proved to be paste, and it was bhlieved he intended to bribe the jailers to let him escape. A LINGUISTIC CROOK. George Leonidas Leslie, better known as George Howard, has as remarkable and romantic a career. He was born in New York State and graduated Irom a Western university. After being in busi ness in Milwaukee and San Frauolsco he joined Mike Stafford and Dunlap Scott, bank burglars, and proved one ol the most ingenious that ever attempted to crack a safe. He was concerned in the robbery of $1,300,000 from the Beneficial Saving Fund, in this city, in 1860. Sub sequently no became a lion in Philadelphia. He was accomplished and agreeable, showing culture in every word and action, and talking several languages. He married a lady high in tbe social ladder. One day iu 1870 he was arrested in Norristown in connection with a bank robbery after wounding a policeman who had shot at him eleven times without injuring him. lie gave bail and skipped, while his companions where convicted and sent to jail. He was accused of murdering a man in Dexter, Mu. His dead boijv was found at last by a roadside in Loug Island with a pistol by his side, to give the idea of suicide, lint it is believed he was mur dered in bed through jealousy by Sbang Draper and other hank burglars, "Big Frank” McCoy, who is serving out a ten years’ sentence in New Castle, Del., where he was returned after escap ing three times nod reforming, belongs to Pennsylvania, and was a surveyor and civil engineer. He is an excellent Latin scholar. Ho was also concerned in tho robbery of tbe Beneficial saving Fund. He is n man of good educational and literary attainments. GENTLEMANLY RtTE MINOR. Rule Minor, a stall tor bank sneaks. owes his success as such to the fact that he had an excellent business training, and Is so well posted in matters oi trade and finance as to be able to hold a bank president or cashier in conversation while his pals are securing the available capital. He was a business man of goou standing, is an expert bookkeeper and generally well educated. Johnny Jordan, now serving a term of two years in Syracuse, N. Y., as a bank sneak, was educated for a lawyer and ad mitted to the bar. Jack Canter, a noto rious forger, is one of the most accom plished crooks in the country. He was educated In Columbia College. Charles Rosenberg, alias Sheeny Rose, is the proud possessor of a diploma from a Ger man university. Walter E. Sheridan is one of the most Interesting of the educated crooks. He was born in Sandusky. 0., in 1838 and liberally educated by indulgent parents. Alter engaging in several ■bank robberies in the West as a pal of Joe Butts he came East and formed the acquaintance of McDonald and Bidwell, the forgers, who are undergoing a life term in London for forgeries on the Bank of England, Steve Raymond and the well-known Sam Perry. EXCELLENT BUSINESS MEN. This precious company opened an office at No. 61 Broadway. Sheridan was the head and front and was known as Ral ston, representing himself as a nephew of the well known San Francisco banker. He became a member of the Produce and Stock Exchanges, and then began to forge stock and bonds on the Chicago North western. New York Central, Union Pa cific, California and Oregon, Buffalo and Erie and other railroads. So expert a forger was he and so well was the work done that the president of the Buffalo and Erie was deceived, and purchased some of the bogus seourities. It was intended to put $5,000,000 worth on the market, and about $0,000,000 worth were actually un loaded. Sheridan, or Ralston, himself unloaded $2,000,000: Perry unloaded SIIO,OOO worth and Raymond about $90,000 worth. The party then went to Europe. Raymond was brought back by Detective Pinker ton, and is undergoing a life sentence in New York on a second conviction for forgery. Sheridan said he would never return to America, but coming back went West and adopted the name of Wal ter T. Stewart. He entered the flori cultural business, and eventually be came director of a bank. He speculated a good deal In mining stocks and fancied himself very acute. A mine was salted and he was caught and lost all his money. He “took to the road” again, was captured in this city and sent to prison, and has just been released from the Eastern penitentiary, after serving a three years’ term. Detectives, some of whom can barely write their own names, are detailed in many places to thwart the schemes of such men. Crooks, as a rule.raise model families. They know what is wrong, audit is generally found that they seek to guide their children rigidly In the path of righteousness. CORA PEARL’S SON. Living in New York and Doesn’t Know His Grandfather. From the Dublin Freeman. Whoever may have been her father, it* seems probable that she had herself a son, a living son, who, until recently, was living In New York. Possibly such a “trifle” as this may have escaped the. adventuress’ memory, or perhaps there may have been reasons why she did not allude to it, or rather did not have it alluded to in her so-called “memoirs,” which were written to order for her by a Bohemian of Paris. The man who is more than supposed by the few who know more or less of this history, and who sup poses himself to be the son of the most shameless courtesan of modern times, is now about 26 years of age. He is rather good looking. According to his story his father was a man who kept a notorious dancing room in London, and who lived with his mother for several months in the early portion of his career, before she went to Paris. His first recollections were of Paris, where he says he was taken by his moth er, whose presence he barely, yet dis tinctly remembers, having seen her only a few times when she abandoned him, af ter having, however, left a sum of money sufficient lor his living expenses for sev eral years in the hands of an old French woman, who had become really attached to him, and who wa9 really his foster and and only true mother. The boy soon got to be French in his ways, as well as his language, and at 13 would pass anywhere as a gamin of Paris. By this time Cora Pearl had become quite a celebrity of the gay capital, and on several occasions his foster mother— the kind old French woman—had told him that this notorious Cora Pearl was his natural or unnatural mother. With a natural curiosity the boy tried to call on, of to get a glimpse of, his maternal parent; but his curiosity was not recip rocated, and his efforts proved fruitless. Meanwhile, the money originally left for bis support got exhausted, and, worst of all, the kind old French woman died, leaving him to live, as so many other peo ple in Paris do, bv his wits. At this crisis of his fate he accidentally, on one of the boulevards, attracted the notice of. and did some trifling service for, quite a prominent character—an ad venturer, like himself—an illegitimate child, like himself—though of a much higher social grade. This new party was none other than the so-styled Count Louis Napoleoa Jerome Hertford de Beaure gard, the love-ohild of Louis Napoleon before he became Emperor and Miss Howard (“the beautiful Misg Howard,” as she was called at the time). Like all the Napoleon line, right and left-handed, he was smart, quick, bright, but also un scrupulous and dissipated. Anyhow, he proved a good friend to Cora Pearl’s son, who grew much attached to his patron. Dk. Peabody was walking in Boston one summer day when he collided with an old gentleman who was wiping his face with his handkerchief and with his other hand holding his hat before him. Dr. Peabody dropped a quarter in the hat and passed on with a kind ly remark. The supposed mendicant was Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who gravely thanked the benevolent doctor, put the quarter in bis pocket, and passed on. A female acquaintance not remarkable for her beauty had just been making a call u non the lady of the house "What do you think of her?" the latter asked of .Jones, h > was present. That polite youth, who prides !><msclf on never being taken at a disadvan tage, at once replied: “I have never seen her before, but she must have altered dread fully.”—From the French in fiarftniarr, Cftt Edward Lovell & Sons, 355 Broughton and 188-140 State streets, —DEALERS IN— General Hardware. TINWARE. TURPENTINE SUPPLIES, IRON AND STEEL, WAtIONWARE, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY. HORSE HAY RAKES. Best Coal for Least Money. Broken ami Egi size* lift per ton Stove ami t:he*tnut size*. SOOperton Oriters receive prompt attention. I>. It. THOMAS, West Broad SI. Wharves. 11l Bay street. Tclepboitc No. (0. f unrral gotnitattona. GILES.—The friends and acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Hknkv L. Dills ana family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the former from the St. Stephen's church THIS MORNING at 10 o’clock. |BUrttngo. Chippewa Tribe No. 4, I. O. of R. M. A regular meeting of this Tribe will be held THIS EVENING, at 8 o’clock. Visiting and transient brethren fraternally invited. A. N. MANUCY. Sachem. C. F. M Bernhardt. Chief of Records. Notice. Those interested in the organization of the Equitable Loan and Building Association will meet at the office of Jackson & w hatley, 118 Bryan street, THIS (Tuesday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. C. P. MILLER. D. P. MYERSON, W. F. REID. G. H MILLER, J. S. COLLINS, And others. Aug. 24th, 1886. Special Notice. The Captains of Teams entering for Wed nesday’s contest are requested to meet at 8:80 THIS EVENING at the armory of the Ger man Volunteers to adopt rules and for other matters coming up for discussion. GEO. MEYER. Secretary and Treasurer Committee. Sprrtal itoticeo. Special Notice. Steamer “St. Nicholas” will leave THIS DAY (Tuesday) at 3 o’clock p. m., city time, for Doboy, Darien, Brunswick and Fernan dina, instead of 4 o’clock at advertised. C. WILLIAMS, Agent. Notice. Office of "1 Commissioners and ex-officio Judges 1 Chatham County. Georgia, f Savannah, Ga„ Aug. 11, 1888. J Ordered, that the Tax Collector be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to assess and levy, for County purposes for the year 1886, the following percentages on the State General Tax of said year, to wit: For Superior Court 2714 pr.ct. $ 19,147 6 5 ForEdueation 71 pr.ct. 49,8-9 25 For Jail & Chain Gang. 27% pr. ct. 19.440 43 For County Officers 10 % pr. ct. 7,553 66 For City Court 8 pr.ct. 5,621 32 For General Purposes .38% pr. ct. 27,169 74 183% pr. ct. $128,822 05 ROB’T D. WALKER, C. C. C. W. 8. LAWTON. C. C. C. J. H. ESTILI.. C. C. C. C. H, DORSETT, C. C. C. Attest: Jno. R. Dillon. Clerk C. C. C. Savannah aiul Tybee Railway Com pany. Office of Treasurer, ill Bay St.,) Savannah. Aug. 2. 1886. j By resolution of the Board of Directors an instalment of TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT, of the Preferred Capital Stock is called for, payable at this office on or before the TENTH DAY' OF SEPTEMBER, 1886. JOHN W. BURROUGHS, Treasurer. Ulmer’s Liver Corrector. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the system. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it can not be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and indorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ulmer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. To The Public. I am running In connection with my drug business a complete and full stock of paints, oils, varnish, glass and putty, paint, varnish and whitewash brushes of all kinds My linseed oil is strictly, pnre. The above to be had at either of my stores, where you will find a complete stock ot' pure and fresh drugs. Prescription department In charge of compe tent druggist. Night calls promptly an swered, 1 am, respectfully. EDWARD J. KIEFFER, Pharmacist. Corner West Broad and Stewart, and corner West Broad and Waldburg. THE MORNING NEWS Printing, Lithographing and Binding Depart ments, MORNING NEWS BUILDING, No. 3 Wbltaker Street, Savannah, Ga. The largest and most complete establish ment in the South, and one of the most exten sive in the United States. It has every facility for the prompt execu tion of all kinds of work In BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING, BINDING, RULING AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURING. There is no order too large fos it to handle, and none too small to receive careful atten tion. Estimates promptly furnished to parties in the city, or by mail. J- H. ESTILL. Proprietor. Suburban gUilmat). City and Suburban R’y fAN and after TUESDAY, 10th mst., the yy following schedule will be run on the Suburban Line: LEAVK|A RRI V E LEAVE I LEAVE CITY. | CITY. ISLE HOPE, j MON’OMRY *+7:oo AM 1 6:50 A M 8:20 AM ! 10:25 A M *8:41 A M 8:15 am j 7:50 A M 8:25 p m 2:30 p m 2:00 p m i 1:30 p m 7:00 pm | 6::tj p m u:oo r j 5:30 p m •There will he no early train from Isle of Hope on either Sunday or Monday morn ings. +For Montgomery only. Passengers for Isle of Hope can go via Montgomery by this train wit hout extra change, 8:25 p. m. Is the last train from city Sunday afternoon. 7:30 p. m. will be the last train from city Saturday evening. Oy Sundays an extra direct train will leave city for .Montgomery at 3 r. u. and returning 6 p. M. amt 7 P. M. Last tram from Isle of Hope on Sunday 6:80 r. H. J.H. JOHNSTON, President. Custom House, Savannah, ga., j Collector’s Office, Aug. 21, 1888. j SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this office until 12 o'clock noon on the 13th day of September, 1886, for the sale of prop erty suitable as a site for the public building authorized to be erected in this city. The dimensions of the lot should approximate 90x 170 feat. Buil it in gs on proper I y sclce ted to be retained and removed by tlio owner. The department reserves iho right lo rpjeet all proposals. Proposals should bo marked “Proposals for sale of property for iho site for a public build ing at savannah, Ga.,” and addressed to T. F. JOHNSON. Collector. TEA-150 Chests Tea. FOR SALK BY C. M. Gilbert & Cos., WHOLESALE GROCERS. BASE BALL TO-DAY, Macon vs. Savannah, PLAY WILL BEGIN AT 4p. M pic nTc^ OF REPUBLICAN BUIES SOCIAL CLUB A’sar,K,’isK*' at 2 o’clock. Last car leaves naii o’clock. Tickets 50c and 25c. a k at 11 W. p. DIXON, Chairman Commits ALL-DAY EXCURSIONS TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY The Last of the Season. mgY* Thunderbolt Thaddeui* 601 " FOR WARSAW. Hi Trip fiefi REDUCED RATES —VIA Savannali, Florifla & ffesterißy. ST, LOUIS, Mo. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, Aug. 25th. Tickets on sale Aug. 22d. jo colored persons only, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TRIENNIAL CON CLAVE, Sept. 12th. Tickets on sale Sept. 9th ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION, Sept. Bth to Oct. 23d. Sale of Tickets com. rnences Sept. sth. louisvllle, ky. SOUTHERN EXPOSITION, Aug. 28th to Oct. 23d. Sale of Tickets com. mences Aug. 25th. CINCINNATI, O. CINCINNATI EXPOSITION. Sept, Ist to Oct. 9th. Sale of Tickets com mences Aug. 29. These various Art and Industrial Exposi tions in our Western cities are each year at tracting a wider interest. To enable all to visit these several cities the Savannah. Flofida and Western Railway now offer special low rates of fare, with ample time given to so and return. Further Information given and tickets sold at Bren’s City Ticket Oflicc, or at Passenger Station. JAS. L. TAYLOB, General Passenger Agent. Central Railroad OF GEORGIA. OPENING OF THE MW SHORT LI IUSUSIII SPAHTMIK —"TO JffllLEfl SAVANNAH, CA, IN 23JI0URS! Round Trip Tickets on snle, srood to return until Oct. 31, 18Sf>. For full information call on or address J. C. SHAW, Ticket Agent Central Railroad Ticket Office, 20 Bull si reel, and Depot Ticket Office, Liberty and West Broad streets. GEO. A. WHITEHEAD, General Passenger Agent. ffrorhrvi), (gutlmi, (Fit. Summer Comforts At SILVA’S. Adams & Westlake’s Non-Explo sive Oil Stoves, The most complete and best made. PATENT FLY FANS. So cheap that no one can afford to be with out one. They are a necessity. Patent Ice Cream Freezers Guaranteed equal to any made, and ! prices never so low before. The Gate City Stone Filter. Only PURE WATER can come throuj them. am still offering those HAVILAXP* DECORATED DINNER SETS AT COsl Don’t fail to look through SILVA'S stod before buying. Lyon s Block, 140 BroughtonSi NEW GOODS! LOW PRICES! A New Lot of MARKET BASKETS, WATER COOLERS, BATH TUBS, ICE CREAM FREEZERS, FRUIT JARS. MATHEWS BROS; girnttmre. _ HOLMES’ SURE CURE Mouth Wash and Dentifrice CUTRKs Bleeding Gums, Ulcers. Sore ) Sore Throat, Cleanses tne Teeth anil r filler the Broath; used aad reouwmendc" leuiling dentist*. ygi, Prepared by Uaa. J. F. * W. R. HDL- Deal lata, Macon, Ga. For sals by all #it* aad dtcOsta.