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r AII.Y ENQUIRER • SUN: C0I.U1IEUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST I, 18*6. ColiraibustCmjuictr^uii. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. 58 YEARS OLD. Daily, Weekly mid Sunday. pru-mjj "KOJIKTIlINti tllill I SAVINGS BANKS." fuller tin* above caption the Atlanta (’'institution of t!;> .ith contains an edi tonal from which we take this extract: ' rea ,|,j thin: "In a private note to the Constitution Mr. ; "Colonel Thomas, treasurer of the home, says Thomas Camp, of Covington, writes as follows:" the profits from the sale of beer will pay all police, ‘I note with interest jour articles on state fl r( , department, and hospital expenses, and Dayton telegram the other clay contains j P ectc ? toarrive there on the Hth day of this statements not only interesting but sur- 1 1 have given the oldest of the servants, who is ■ and a member of our church, a few One paragraph of the telegram i lines to be deUveied'to you "rm their arrival in Columbus. . , . , ... jj,-ti.se locate them on the lot you have Kindl> nr.virl-i'l for my residence. furnish them with Food aii'l fuel,” bunks. Mr. Atkinson, of Boston, writes me that the state savings institutions of Massachusetts have on deposit two hundred and forty millions branch.' clothe all of the 5000 inmate* of the Central The ENQUIRER-8UN is issued every day, ex tept Monday. The Weekly is issued on Monday. The Daily (including Sunday) is delivered by carriers in the city or mailed, postage free, to sub- ■Dribers for 75c. per month, $-.00 for three months, $4.00 for six months, or $7.00 u year. The Sunday is delivered by carrier hoys in the city or mailed to subscribe $1.00 a year. of dollars, the savings of farmers and mechanics. Why could not Georgia found institutions that would enlist the confidence of her working peo ple. nnd encourage a thrift like unto that of Mas sachusetts?’ " • In response to this suggestion, we will say that the Constitution has frequently advocated the establishment of savings banks in Georgia under state laws similar to those that are in op- postage free, at eration in New England. But. somehow or other, the legislature has had other fish to fry. In gpeakinir of thD, a contemporary tel Id us that the daily consumption of beer roaches sixty barrels, and “three bar-tenders are kept in a rush.” from loo i a no luei, direct them how to fix up the dwelling house for us before we arrive, and pro tect and direct them as you may judge to be best. P will probablv be about the 20th of this month before I shall arrive in Columbus. My whole family wi.l go with me in two carriages. I am. gentlemen, very respectfully yours, Thomas Gouldino. Thk Mexican revolution is only “a tempest in a tea-pot.”—Jacksonville Times-Vnion. , u ought to be made a bigger pot than that, mominar until liulit. When the saloon I Secretary Bayard ought to get the biggest pot he Open* there arc ahvavs “ from three to \ can find and boil the last one of the greasers, rive hundred thiratv 'veterans” ill line, Hot water is the only cure for the outrageous Under such a law as that on the statute books of Maine, the people of Georgia would have the ad- Thc Weekly is issued on Monday, and is mailed io subscribers, postage free, at 81.10 a year. Transient advertisements will be taken for the ! vantage and benefit of local savings institutions ; more Daily at |1 per square of 10 lines or less for the in every large community, and thus would be first insertion, and AO cents for each subsequent laid the foundation of that thrift and economy i kly at $1 for each in- , that are characteristic of New England. Georgia Is a richer state than Maine in every element that promises success; but Georgia is far behind Maine in the elements of real success and pros perity.” Tlu» above is entirely misleading, a.* insertion, and for the We •ertlon. All communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of corporations, societies or individuals will be charged as advertisements. Special contracts made for advertising by the | year. Obituaries will be charged for at customary fates. None but solid metal cuts used. Ail communications should be addressed to the Enquihkr-Hun. the infuivniv is that under the laws of Georgia savings bunks cannot be estab lished. This is by no means the case. It is true that there i- no general state law authorizing the establishing of savin; waiting to get their beer checks, of which eaeh one receives “six and no every day. At rive cents a cheek, this seemingly small total of thirty cents per man per day suffices in the aggregate to clothe the 5,0(10 inmates and pay other expenses out of the profit, (in the same ra'io, it would only he necessary to allow each veteran to drink eight glasses of beer a dav I iiluct perpetrated upon Ihe United States gov- ueiit. 1 HERK .... several farmers clubs in our county, ild i: do for them to take ill hand the pr;perrepre.eiitntioii of lilt county at the Mont- Kou.erv state lair It is not too early to begin am: Russell certainly should be there. We sug- o,., ., ftheir consideration.—-Russell Ala.) Register. Editor Waddell has struck the key note and should keep sounding it. There are a dozen far mers within less than that many miles of the ! county site who could get up a splendid fair pay for his support and themselves. In fact it is almost like going to a Iieer as well. If that would not be per petual motion, it will take a prohibition ist to discover what it would lack of it. Don Cameron is one of the ablest as The charge preferred against Deter Tucker, New York correspondent of the Chicago Herald, by the agent of the And now the wicked newspaper men | | )lin )- 3( j, u , where there is a surplus of j well as one of the most practical poli are talking About the size of Senator ■ , U(irR , v n0 difficulty will be experienced ticians among the republicans in the liluck Jack Logan s ears. Gentlemen, L n 0 ^t a j n jng the necessary authority for j United Status senate. In response to an let his ears alone. I hey were a birth- | establishing a hank as safe mid secure as ] enquiry as to what states the democrats day present. I any that can he found existing under will probably gain United States sena- tht laws of Maine and Massachusetts. A ' tors, he tells the Philadelphia Times that charter can easily lie obtained on apply-1 “We eh ing to the legislature, as the code pro-I we don’t the next senate may be demo- society for the prevention of cruelty to i vides fov this. It is the lack of means cruttc. I tell you we are down to close children, is a serious and sickening in- and not the want of laws which operates | quarters. We have lost one senator in dictment. Il is to he hoped, for the sake ' against savings hanks, of the profession, that he can prove his The savings bank of the Eagle and innocence. j I'henix manufacturing company, of this city, is it refutation of the statement that Georgia cannot found institutions that will enlist the conlidence of her working people, and encourage a thrift like unto that of Massachusetts." This institution Wli.t.i \m Siorr, the oldest inhabitant of Hill ti 1111 iui', died thereon Monday. He claimed to he 1 o.'i years old, and to re member the Amend "f Washington. If Scott says he didn’t nurse Washington, the rest of his story ought h. he believed, j "' n ' t "'b ,,lllize ' 1 under special charter from tine hundred and eight of Washington's i ‘he state of Georgia, and on the first day of January of the present year, tlie as sets were S3,g0ti,017.i:j, while the un divided profits were in exact old nurses have died up to date. Thu opinion is gaining ground 'aiming liistn- rians that Washington was death. nursed b tills A nrwsi-ai'i.k limit in Illinois recently brought suit against forty-three men who would not pay their subscriptions and obtained judgments in cadi ease for the full amount of the elaim. Of these, twenty-eight made ailidavits that they | The bank pays six per cent, interest, and owned no more property than the law this, together with the absolute security allowed them. Then, under a decision : to depositors, has attracted general atten- ol the supreme court they were arrested tion and has grown so strong that it has figures. The object in establishing savings hank was to encourage the em ployees of the mill, and others in like circumstances, to practice habits of econ omy and thrift, by affording a place where their surplus earnings might be both profitably and securely inve.-ted. Virginia and may lose one in Indiana. I hope not. New York will lie a close light. Miller's term expires up there. If our fellows don’t look out we may lose one there. Connecticut is not a certain state, and we can’t tell what may happen in New Jersey. There’- enough to beat it- already. If I’m going to help, of course I want to hav paving the way. I have seen in the newspapers some doubts a- to our ability to carry the legislature this fall, but don’t believe that. If v.e lose it, it will he our own fault. I tun helping all I can to get gni'd men who can be elected.” fair to visit the farms of Col. Brannon. Captain Brinson, Messrs Jurl Ware anil Ike Evans, al most within a stone’s throw of Seale. Judge Oneal, Htr.scti Brothers anil some others, living right in the town,could make a Hue showing at an agricultural fair. Charley liges. Burt, Dexter and others down that way could add materially to such an institution. These men ought to let their light shine by showing the products of which Russell county is capable.and Editor Wad dell should stir them up, even to the risk of hav ing some of tiieir ears cut with standing collars. now suffering from destructive red the wild with crops in evening News. Our cotemporary should clip closer. The above editorial paragraph was quite appropriate six weeks ago, but readers who roam through lux uriant fields of cotton and corn can afford to smile at it now. TAFFY FOR 5MLU MSS. An Early Awakening and a Morning Ride Up the Road. More A linnf Cro|m anil the Ihirk side to Some of the Fanners—Low luunls In Uulloek u Scene III Best [tut Ion. Hut Uplands Alt Hlirlit-Cliiit About Clever Coiiillietors—A Model Hotel ill t ntoii Springs—lliirtslioro a l.lvely I’liiee—I'laees, Peo ple mid Events Along the Line. Editorial Correspondence Envuirer-Sun. On the Wing, July 31.—Your corre spondent has had a good deal to say about the crops recentiv. The reason of this is that there has been and is now a good deal to say. But the farmer is not always making hay while the sun shines. His crops are not all the time growing while he is sleeping. The farmer’s lot is not in all cases the very happy one that poets and enthusiasts tell us about. At this time, while most of the sections which we have visited are teeming with abounding crops and the prospects encouraging to the high est degree, there are others where they have been effectually DROWNED BYjFLOODS of rain and the promise of a whole year’s toil has been destroyed by the deluge we do not undertake to say, but that they are just the best fed of anybody in the country we know to be a fact. They make it a point to stop for meals at the Brown house, at Union Springs, and there is not a better eating house anywhere within our knowledge. We have traveled around considerably, and as the Enquirer-Sun very kindly loots the bills, we always make it a point to stop at the place where wears most liable to get the best to eat. Mr. Brown not only places the very best that he can And upon his table to tempt the ap petite, but he will have none but the most expert and skilled cooks and attentive ser vants. He looks after the interest of his guests, and makes them as comfortable as ft is possible for him to do. One stopping at the Brown house and then taking astroll over THE CITY OF UNION SPRINGS, lie is fully prepared to see it at its best ad vantage. It has a population of about [ 2500 inhabitants and is a live, progressive place. Surrounded by a fertile country, the local trade is amply sufficient to sus tain the city and the commercial interest is constantly extending into larger fields. The principal business done is in the way of supplying the farmers. This is large ly done by advancing supplies through the summer months, farmers here, !Ue elsewhere, using the bulk of the crops be fore they nre made. It Is true the city trade is quite an addition, but there are not enough manufacturing industries to add materially to the number of consumers who make glad the hearts of merchants when “settlings” come. We cannot linger, even among such clever and nice people as are to be found here, so we speed away to HURTSBORO, lotion once a specimen which they were powerless to stay. This is j and here is one of the livest and most pro- ruinous to individuals but fortunately such l gressive little towns on the Mobile and Gi- losses are not very widespreadjaud is en- i rat'd road. On reaching this place, Mr. A. ‘. , , , , ’ ', * ■ , . H. Stevens, the agent of the road and eor- tircly local in its character, oiuce leaving ; respondent for the ENQUIRER-SUN, took us Columbus we huve obtained very fair re- I in tow and very kindly showed us around, ports from Russell, Pike and Bullock On entering the depot at Hurtsboro the first counties, withinformation concern- - jJJ? iSMSlSSiir“ffl®J,SS£ ing the crops in Barbour and Henry coun- j a lad about six or eight .years of age, seated ties in Alabama. On an average I’ike j upon a high stool and manipulating the county has the best crops; we.have seen, I telegraph wires^ M e handed hint a news while Bullock has suffered most from the - item for the Enquirer-Sun, which he wet weather. The stand of cotton in Bui- immediately sent, and with as much lock is rated at 30, the condition at 70 and I c . 0 . 1 recti,ess ns__ though he Mas for petty lummy and buninl over in the sum of $300 uadi. All but six gave bonds, while the six went to jail. In the dynamite trial at Ulticago the state bus introduced direct evidence showing that three of the defendants were actually engaged in the homb-tbrow ing that proved so destructive in the , , , . , , , 1 lay market riot. The circumstantial evi- i ' vl ! olt i l ,enshal,1 f l’ 01 '* 1011 ? f our l >ro l ,ert )'’ reducing it to ashes, the insurance, eash been made the depository of the state of Georgia. In regard to the safety of this bank, the president in his last annual re port says: “Our property, as before re marked in this report, is insured for $1 ,- 027,000 in ninety-seven of the most re sponsible companies doing business, and should a destructive fire sweep over the deuce is so abundant and connected that there is no possibility of doubting the I " 0,,w " ue “’ 1 water 1 ’°" er n,,, ‘ guilt of the accused. The case has been : PT!'*’'' "L" 1>a - V pver - v ; Mlar w " owe * splendidly handled for the state, amt ' '*«-lu.hng the savings, and return to the without tlie corruption of the jury the 1 l0 |'' e1 '' 1 ,e ta l ,lta l all ' ! a * ai ’= e detected anarchist murderers can have SUI ^ * ls .' If this does not demonstrate that sav- j ings hanks can he established in this ' state, and that tliev can lie made a -uc- no chance of escaping the death by strangulation they so richly deserve. i os-, there is no need of Pinking to fur ther argument. There is no fault in the law. it is ample. All we need is the inclination to save money, an t to have it in sufficient amount to lay away a little for a twinv dav. 1*1,AVER OUT, "bite ta a stage .mil all lui-u am actors." "Played out” is one id the slang phrases which holds its own and is very express ive. It is generally used in a hopeless and despairing sense, signifying that the game is over and the player is worsted, il is quite true with many that “one mail in his time plays many parts." Iluw to play them well and siteeessliiliy is a se- crn’i worth knowing and one which, with most ot us, is learned too late, tine onlv has to look over the daily papers to see the history of the world in miniature, and to learn something of the parts which are being played on the chess board of life by the different individuals and nations of the earth. " As it was in the beginning, it is now, and ever shall he, world without end.” Some play to win, others get ingloriously left. Some piny the rolls of honor, others of shame. ISome play adroitly; the plots of others are very thin. As it “takes all kinds of people to make a world,” there are nec essarily very many parts to be played, and I lie cast is intricate and the plot hard to unravel. The first great duty of life is to choose tlie part to be acted, and the next to learn to act it well. "Honor amt shame from no condition rise: Act well yonr part, there all the honor lies." Whether your role is in peace or war, among the professionals or with the “horny handed sons oftoil," prepare to meet its obligations honorably and squarely. A man may be a success among farmers as well as among presidents, among plebians as well as among kings. Whatever thy hand rinds to do, if it is honorable and of good report, do it with thy might. And then when your task is done you need not look at the ominous words “played out" as a fearful and in comprehensible handwriting upon the wall, but may contemplate them as the . “finis” of an honorable and useful life. Only to the bad man who has played VERY heavy uonm mehs. ignobly and lost are they fraught with The Chicago Tribune is an oracle on evil. The good man on the verge of the subject of whisky. It states that the eternity feels no alarm. As he looks back subject of the overproduction of whisky is upon parts well played, he feels that the agitating one branch of the business eotn- final playing out process is a pleasant inuuitv. Of course the overproduction surprise. Old Time with his scythe may of whisky is an important thing, but it is cut him down, but it is only as the gar- an elk to an elephant when compared to nering of (lie ripe grain. One of the best the over-consumption of it. As just one reflections for youth or age is the thought instance of this we may refer to the that past acting lias won the cointneuda- j saloon operated in connection with the tion of God and men. I Soldiers' home, at Dayton, Ohio, A tr is KNumitAGING. The outlook fur tin' future prosperity uf Columbus grow.- brighter day by lay. Di a little mure than two week- from to day track laying mi the i icorgia Midland and Gulf railroad will begin. Tin-grading bus been about completed for twenty o ld miles. Between fifteen and twenty thousand cro s sties are now lying along side the Southwestern load ready to he transported to the city when needed, and live or six thousand will come up from the Mobile and Girard road. Huge stacks of them are now at Scale awaiting orders for shipment. The surveying party is actively engaged in ascertaining the best and uio.-t practical route for the extension of the Columbus and I ‘ western road to Birmingham. As soon ) as this is obtaine. the line will lie In- i cated and construction begun immedi ately. What these two roads will bring to Columbus has already been stated by the Enquirer-Sun an 1 il is unnecessary to repeat it here. < *ur peopleare not unmindful of the en couraging prospects tlm! now loom up for us in the near future. This is well. They should keep the 1 louse in order. The history ot ( olundms never piesented a more united people than now reside within it- corporate limits and in the surrounding suburbs. The prosperity of the city is made common cause. No fall ing hack and no lagging is to lie found only among those who are powerless to stay the wheels of progress, l.et the people continue this and in les time than we would imagine, many would lie as tonished at their own success. Tin: Cincinnati Enquirer take in a while to be* humorous. liei of its wit: If Grover Cleveland does not knock the gree.se spots out of that oleomargarine bill the country will lose faith in him. Just why our contemporary wants what little I grease there is in oleomargarine knocked out, ) .1 hand ill pro it does not state. To start with the best imita- i lions are ns clean as butter, but this is no incen- i tive to the Enquirer. Microscopists have had | oleomargarine under examination and have come to the conclusion that strong, healthy per sons could eat oleomargarine without serious injury, but that invalids and people of weak di-. i gestiou might be seriously affected by it. The I chemist innocently suggests that the imitation . , . . I should he properly labelled mid the ingredients A MnilKH in the lapel liaat* Journal made known; but this would be destructive of a j raises the question whether bricks or , very lucrative business—the fraudulent sale of dimension stone set in mortar make the ten cen ts* worth of fat for thirty or forty cents’ I worth of butter. It is this fraudulent sale that , should be stopped, and this can be effected, | not by tax laws, but by providing a simple and thinks that easily applied means for punishing the fraud. was twenty-eight years old Monday la-t. and William .1. Florence celebrated tffs fifty-fifth birthday on Tuesday. These events are. of course, regulated try the stage calendar, which is sometimes a few years slower than Dr. Jacob Townsend's almanac. We hasten to remark that the above paragraph is from the New York World. The idea of “Our Mary" being twenty-eight years old is prepos terous. She was just nineteen in June. Every body ought to understand this, as it lias been impressed upon the public for the past ten years. According to the Eufauta Times, Hon. W- C. Oates lias sent out to the congressional delegates j a neatly worded invitation to he present at a : j banquet to he given by him on the nth day of ; August to the convention which meets in Eu- | fauia. , In spite of all the drawbacks the Canadians es- j timate that the Yankee fleet has taken $750,000 j I worth of mackerel from Canadian waters this i j season. The Prince Edward fishermen are not | ■ equipped like the New Englanders and cannot ! I compete with them. There seems every reason I for an amicable settlement, which would be of ] : benefit to both parties. j A Washington c rrespondent hears that Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. Robert E. Lee's I youngest son. 1* likely to represent the Alexau- 1 dria district (including .Mount Vernon and Ar- | iingtoni in the next house of representatives. . Old John S. Barbour, who lias represented this I . district in the house for years, a handsome old fellow, with white hair and a white mustache, the crop prospect at 7o per cent., while a i operator. His ! s Duunie comparison with the same time last year Stevens, a son of Mr. A. FI. Stevens, and is f' perhaps the youngest operator now haml- places it at 78 per cent. The cause of THE LOW AVER HIE iii Bullock county Is the almost entire fail- 1 tiro of the prairie lands known as the black ' belt. Some of these lands that will pro duce from thirty to forty bushels of corn with suitable seasons will not make the seed that was planted. Cotton lands that have made upon an average a bale to two acres are complete failures this year and even the bumblebees have been forced to ling the wires. After cutting one of Alex’s best watermelons, and he has fine ones, we took a stroll over the place and were struck with the neatness and general appearance. It reminded us of n late visit to Longview, so perfectly was everything in order. A long talk with Mr. Long, the present mem ber of the general assembly from Russell, revealed the fact that the merchants of the place are doing a very good business nnd returned to the legislature for another term. best foundation for heavy machinery, and especially for machinery that is sub ject to great vibration. II the use of asphalt, eitlieir by itself or in | Mary Andersou combination with masonry, may be made much more durable than masonry. It is non-vibrating and therefore conducive to the life of the machinery. As a striking instance of its value, he mentions a pow erful stone-breaker at work in Paris. It was erected on a foundation of ordinary masonry, and so shook the surrounding ground that artisans in the neighborhood obtained a temporary injunction against its use. The owners of the stone-breaker thereupon .-ubstituted an asphalt founda tion for tlte masonry, and work was car ried on unobserved by the artisans who had before complained to the court of in terference with their bu-:nes-. seek pastures new for a sustenance. With - have no cause for complaint He is one of the exception of the two largest towns i solid men of the county,_auu w ill be this part of Alabama is what teetotalers call a “dry" section, yet it has rained and rained until the people began to I on the road wonder if it would never hold up. j between Hurtsboro and Columbus are sev- It is plain now to see that in eral other thriving towns and villages, but the section of which we speak farming ! your correspondent did not have the time operations were almost entirely suspend- to take them in. Notable among them is ed, the cotton and corn fields being grown’ Hatcheeubbee, a village of two or three up in grass and weeds. In answer to the i hundred inhabitants. The merchants question ns to why the land was not plow- i there seem to be doing well and it is pre- ed, a farmer replied that a mule would bog i sumed taey are,as no complaint was beard, up to his knees just from standing on the { We could not resist the temptation and hillside and looking over the flat lands. Of I made a short stop over at Seale, reaching course, this works a great deprivation, and I the Queen City of the. Chattahoochee by tlie morning train, refreshed and wonder fully recuperated from a few days tour to the country. G. where the crops are thus ruined, many persons—chiefly the negro farm hands— are face to face with destitution, and the plantation owners, with their crops all gone, and no income in sight, are unable to assist them. ALLL THE CROPS ARE NOT THUS, and Bullock will compare favorably with other counties upon the higher lands. That part of the county out toward Mont gomery and out toward Troy from Union Springs is where the greatest damage ex- | ists. In other sections the crop is reported very tine. Dr. Banks and Mr. Tarver, of j Columbus, have very fine crops growing on l their lands near Guerrytown, and with no I mishap will obtain an excellent yield of j Columbus and Weatem' 1st mortgage both corn and cotton. It may safely be said i 6s, endorsed by Central R. R 103 @105 that the crops in Bullock—where there are j Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 1st crops—are above an average and this ex- ' “tortsfage .......112 @113 r n ,. .... i■ * „ • Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 4s tends to a \ u> laige majority in at ea of : 2 d mortgage 107 @109 the county. It we have failed to impress : Georgia Railroad 7s 105 @106 the render with the fact that crops are very Georgia Railroad 6s 106 (5 toy fine, we have failed to accomplish what | Mobile and Girard 2d .mortgage en GEORGIA SEA'!' It IT IKS. A'orreclcil Ii.y John Hlnckninr, Collin]' llllH' Gil. STOCK AND BOND BROKER. RAILROAD BONDS. Americus, Preston and Lumpkin 1st mortgage 7s 100 @101 Atlantic and Gulf 7s 117 @119 Central con mortgage 7s 112 @113 Columbus and Rome 1st 6s, endorsed Central R. R. 102 @104 At! a til is i i":t an As ail ::.r piir- iptcl 1. U' r.'lisput'hes li'.ii ing s’tiow that the liqiMi disposed to give up the apology for the course i .su ,j d, they assert they are sincere de-ire to heal all differences and work harmoniously for the interest of Atlanta, it occurs to tts that if they ri ally mean tiiis the best way to accom plish it U by accepting the situation, make the best of their defeat and quit has been desired. What a day may bring forth no one can tell, but the prospects just now are such as to make all the people rejoice and be exceedingly glad. WE-ARE on the wing this morning, and ere the sun sets in the west will doubless tic in the queen city, the best and most' enterprising in all the land. We never get away from Columbus and then regret the approach of the time for returning. Wo left Troy on our return trip at an early hour. Like the citizens of dorsed by Central Railroad 107 @108 Montgomery and Eufaula 1st mort gage 6s and Centra Railroad 106. , .J@107>i South Georgia and Florida 1st. en dorsed by state of Georgia, 7 per cent 113 @120 Soutli Georgia and Florida 2d, 7 per cent Ill @113 Western R. R. Alabama 1st mortgage, endorsed by Central Railroad .109 @110 Western Alabama 2d mortgage, en dorsed 113 @114 RAILROAD STOCKS. Atlanta and West Point 100 @101 103 @104 talking aljiv.lt Atlanta going'tn the j "'ho made a firtune railroading in Virginia, lias ilemnition jm i- It it S'.lld 1IV vows just because li n? ilrink. our shaken the dust of polities olf his feet and has gone to Europe to rest. I.v the last fiscal year 22.737 new postmasters were appointed, 0536 being named to succeed of ficers who were removed or suspended and the I rest to fUl vacancies caused by death, resigna tion. etc. More than half tiie post offices are still I held by tlie old republican officials. Hubert (*. Thompson was ,, n .. 0 a j>, v t*i■ in Netv York polities: but lie with out prestige or practical influence. It was the same way to a certain extent v ith Joint Keilet. Mel! ahum they had j The St. Louis Globe-Democrat publishes in its helpeii into power fol'sook them in their j Sunday edition a half page of original music and own decline. The euution against putting ■ thenpassesth * same ott ou its regular weekly country subscribers as a map of Missouri. Edi- most towns, the people of Troy, while full Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent, of energy and enterprise, do not rise very I scrip. ....^ f ..,rlv The (hot i« nrnhnhlv not so nln irtv Au K usta an<1 Savannah 7 per cent 125 «! 126 fc “5v,' l met is piODaotj not so ctearlj | Central common 74 @75 attributable to that species ot apprehen- | Central railroad 6 per cent, scrip 99 ! :j<n400 sion which keeps the early worm from 1 Georgia 11 percent 183 wi84 being run over by the milk wag- 1 Southwestern 7 per cent, guaranteed. 121,122 on, as to the old fashioned fact CITY BONDS. that it is sweet to sleep late in the sum- 1 “Atlanta mer time, and especially when there is no | Augusta 7s* press of business. When one is not com- J Augusta 6s.... polled by business or circumstances to rise STATE BONDS. one's trust in princes i> sadly illu-trated in the last days and death of tluve two j men. After all, it i- best for a man that : he bear his yokes and burdens in hi- mth Wioois*. the Canadian weather proph et. has prohpeded a ,-torm for September -il, which will be the worst in ten years. 11 it will blow Wiggins to the north pole it will be welcomed by a grateful conti nent . An Old Letter. I We have been shown a letter which from its ! age and associations will no doubt be of interest 1 to our readers. ' It is written on a sheet of unruled letter paper, folded in the old style, and addressed to Messrs. Thomas, Marks and Johnson, elders of the Pres byterian church, Columbus, Ga. In the right , hand upper corner are the figures in red ink ls-3, indicating that the postage ’ in the lower left hand corner glcV indicating that the letter was on a single j sheet of paper. It is a little singular that just one-ninth of the postage is now required for the letter and about one-ninth of the time required for the wagons to airive from Columbia is now , sutticieut for the journey. *. * that the change in the rate of postage has about kept pace with the I increase in the speed of travel. The letter is from Rev. T. B Goulding, who had been chosen a» the pastorof the Presbyte- i rian church, to U. E. Thomas. Esq.. Richard I Marks and John Johnson, the elders cf the church, informing them of his setting out for his future home. Minister and elders, master and slave, have all passed away and gone, but it is pleasant to recall incidents of those identified with the early histo ry of our city, aud who are still kindly remem bered by friends and kindred. The following is a copy of the letter: tor McCullough lias a great head on him. Chicago sends word to such members of con gress as she can command, “Henuepiu canal, or bust.” If Chicago ever gets her paws into the : federal treasury it will be the United States of ; America that will "bust.” The internal revenue bureau for its first fiscal year under the Cleveland administration shows j an increase of $4,500,000 iu collections and a de crease of $155,000 in expenses. This is deinoc- | racy. | According to the Philadelphia Times there ; may be many a campaign slip between the cup of election and the candidate's lip. WtH-kp Bank Stat«-uiDiit. New York, July 31.—The following is the statement of the New York associated banks for the week : Reserve decrease $1,391,475 Loans increased 523,400 [ Specie increased 233,200 | Le jal ten lews decrease 1,961,900 Deposits decrease 1,101,900 cents, and ^Circulation increase 35,400 j vord sin- The banks now hold $12,S7S,725 in excess j of the 25 per cent. rule. early one doesn’t care how much of life goes by ou a dead run, so long as one can sleep a “beauty sleep” behind the chintz and dimity curtains which Hap about jealously in the COOL MORNING AIR OF THE COUNTRY. But if indications or circumstances should arouse the slumbering visitor—we were a visitor—and impel him out in the j h ACTCjIUi STOCKS, open air at the unholy hour of 3:30 j cSfcSi 20 t« a. m. or therjabouts, he would Muscogee 96 «r 99 find himself iu the midst of Georgia Home Insurance Company 135 @140 scenery at once so peaceful, so dewy, so Augusta 6s.. ! Columbus 7s.. i Columbus 5s.. LaGrange 7s.. Macon 6s | Savannah 5s.. I Georgia lVijs... j Georgia 6s” ; Georgia 7s, 1896... ; Georgia 7s, 1890... ...105 (a107 ...112 (aliO ..109 (2d 12 ..107 0/109 ..112 (a-113 ..101 <6,103 ...100 (6)101 ..113 (6>1I4 ...101 (6)103 ..107 108 ..103 1 ./6 101 1 . .120 (6)122 110 @111 LIVELY LETTER LIST. Jefferson M Columbia,S. C M January 11835.—Messrs Thom- 1 Jbouson D as, Marks and Johuston: Gentlemen—I drop you a ; Knight C’ List of unclaimed letters remaining in Lively Po-t Orfice for the month ending Julv 3lst. If not called for in thirty days will be sent to the Dead Letter Office: Adair B King G Butler miss Ida Kellev S W Butler W B Miles*A E Blakely mrs D Middleton S W Cook miss M Mullins J Dunn 8 X Macollev \V Fulton miss M Martin t T L Florence mrs W E McCoy A C Frank mrs C C Munitions W A (- arner mrs J A Pattillo miss J H Gilder miss L A Pastou mrs L Hood miss C F Sheral mrs M Hix J Stovall J M P Haskey miss L Smith A J Harris mrs 8 A Scott mrs A Iven miss L Sauare H \\ atson mrs C Ware Rev J R 2 White miss C E feiy Hues to say, _my servants and a large wagon 1 When calling for these letters please say they with a team or six mules, which I have hired, set are advertised, giving date, ofl this morning for Columbus, and are ex- • j5. M. INGER9QLL, P, M. redolent with pea vine blooms and new mown hay, and"so truly rural withal, as to awaken memories of a tender age when cows were driven to pasture by barefoot boys, and infuriated fathers sought in vain for that priceless hatchet which in some way allied itself to the matter of kindling the kitchen tire, but which always hap pened to be left at the big gate or in tne barn yard by careless children. Such were our reflections as, in company with the better half and two of the sleepiest little brats the world ever saw, we wended our j way to take the EARLY MORNING TRAIN for Union Springs, and sped on the way at | the rapid rate of fifteen miles an hour. ! And speaking of trains, we have often j wondered why all conductors are not j clever, good-hearted and accommodating , like those we have met and traveled with on the Mobile and Girard road. Captain Geeslin, of the Southwestern, has been set up as a model of cleverness, but if lie is 1 any cleverer, more accommodating and more attentive to the interests of his road than Ed Musgrove, then indeed is lie a rp , rp jewel. Captain Musgrove pulls the belli liTih line on the regular passenger from Colum- j bus to Troy, and everybody who comes aboard smiles as they see they are to be under ‘his charge. Ed Davis is another prince of clever nnd good conductors, and alternates with BANK STOCKS. Chattahoochee National 10 per cent...175 (®200 Merchants’ & Mechanics’ 10 per cent..125 (6)130 MISCELLANEOUS. Confederate Coupon Bonds 1 (6) 2 FOR SALE. £1C00 Americus, Preston and Lumpkin R. R. 7s. $2000 City of Columbus os, due 1909. 25 Shares Southwestern Railroad guaranteed 7 per cent Stock. 25 Shares Central Railroad Stock. $25,000 Georgia new 4 K 2 per cent. 30 year Bonds. $10,000 Mississippi State new 6s. WANTED. Eagle and Phenix Factory Stock. Georgia Railroad Stock. Merchants and Mechanics’ Bank Stock. Georgia Home Insurance Co. Stock. See me before you buy or sell. I can always do as well, and often several points better, than any one else. JOHN BLACiMAIh Central Line of Boats, OLD RELIABLE. Columbus. Ga.. August 2,1S86. O N and after August 2, 1836, the local rates cf freight on the Chattahoochee. Flint and Apa lachicola rivers will be 011 a basis of 20 cents per dry barrel. .-..A.. " V. : Vi' ~V Passage from Columbus to Apalachicola, $6:00. Musgrote on the passenger tram. Capt. ! other points in proportion. STEAMER XAIAD Davis has a soul as lug as a meeting house, j and does his level best to make the Mobile and Girard one of the most popular iu the j country. Ail accommodation train is also Will leave Columbus for Apalachicola every run 011 this road, and the company might I TUESDAY morning at 8 o'clock, hunt the world over and not find a more Afc ™ K * genial gentleman or accommodating con ductor than Tom Gordy. We have trav eled with him, heard others talk about him and know whereof we speak. There is a peculiarity about the conductors on this road that is very striking. Unlike Captain Geeslin, but very like your corres pondent and other newspaper men that we could mention, THEY ALL LOOK HUNGRY. This may be accounted for by the fact that the selection was made on account of light-weights. Whether or not this is true Above schedule will be run, river, etc., permit ting. Snippers wilt please have their freight at boat by 8 a. m. on clay of leaving, as none will be re ceived after that hour. Boat reserves the right of not landing at any point when considered dangerous by the com mander. Boat will not stop at any point not named in list of landings furnished shippers under date of May 15, 1886. Our responsibility for freight ceases alter it ha. been discharged at a landing where no person u there to receive it. SAM’L J, WHITESIDE, PrM’t. GEO. B. WHITESIDE, Sec’y and Treai. febU-tf