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2 WILD RUSH OF THE WINDS. Several Vessels Wrecked in the Vicin ity of Key West. No Estimate of the Lose of Life or Damage to Property Possible at Present—The East Coast Weathers the Storm Without Lobb of Life, and With Less Damage to Property Than in Last Year’s Blow. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 29.—Wire com munication has been restored to all por tions of Florida visited by the storm and by Monday all damage to the railroads will have been repaired and trains will be running on schedule. Dispatches to the Times-Union to-night from Titusville, Jupiter and other east coast points where the storm was sup posed to have been most severe, state that no lives were lost and that the dam age to property is not as great as in the •form of last year. To-night tho Times-Union received a special cablegram from Key West, which is the first news from that city since last Sunday. The cablegram to the Times- Union is as follows: “Key West, Fla., Sept. 29.—The wind commenced blowing on Sunday afternoon about 4:30 o’clock, and continued until Tuesday night, blow ing hardest at between 11 and 12 o’clock Tuesday, when its velocity registered 102 miles an hour. GREAT DESTRUCTION TO SHIPPING. “There was great destruction to shipping along the islands. The wreckage extends from Dry Tortugas to Cape Florida. “No estimate of the loss of life or of damage to property can be made at pre sent., Six men have been picked up and brought into this port since Wednesday two of them severely bruised. “The French barkentine Cambrone, from Jamaica, loaded with logwood, was driven within 100 yards of the shore. The crew was taken off by the Key West Wrecking Company. “The schooner Lilly White is supposed to be lost, having left Punta Rassa Sun day night. On Monday night she was seen off the northwest light house in com pany with the schooner Hero, which has since come into port dismasted. “The French bark Mariello, lying in the harbor, was capsized. A BUILDING BLOWN DOWN. “The large building of E. H. Gate, on the south beach, was blown down and part of the roof of the United States na val department was blown off. “The crack yacht Sophia was wrecked off Talhunobes on Monday afternoon about 3p. m., and is being repaired pre paratory to being brought to this city. “There is a large vessel bottom up at Turtle harbor, name unknown. “The German bark Nada, from New Orleans to Lisbon, laden with flour and staves, stranded on Long Key bank and is a total loss. The wreckers are saving the cargg. “All the bath houses along the water front are washed away, and many orna mental trees uprooted. Otherwise, little damage was done to the city.” TUB BIG HOTELS ALL EIGHT. St. Augustine, Fla., Sept. 29.—Trains are running south to Palatka. The wires are repair*! and all messages are sent Dispatchls received frd&t Titusville' state that comparatively little damage was done other than to the wires along the Indian river by the storm. A train went to West Palm beach Thursday morning, returning Friday to Espanola, tho seventh station south of Palatka. A washout north of this point of three miles will be repaired by Mon day. No serious damage was done at West Palm Beach hotel, Royal Poinciana or Lake Worth. The wires are still down between here and Jacksonville, but they will be in Working order Monday. SWEPT BY THE SEAS. Bev. Thomas Dixon Has a Startling Experience on Cobb’s Island. Washington, Sept. 29.—A special from Cape Charles, Va., says: “Tho storm has abated in this section to some ex tent. The wind blew from the north east a regular hurricane for three days and three nights unceasingly. The waters have receded and steamers will resume their regular trips between here and Norfolk. The first tidings received here from Cobb’s Island about 6 o’clock last night, when Rev. Thomas Dixon, who is summering on the Island with his family from New York, managed to get over to the main land. He said: ‘We have been living right in the Atlantic ocean for the past three days. The storm •broke on us last Tuesday night late, and for three days and three nights the wind blew a regular hurricane from the north east. Wednesday and Thursday the wind seemed to increase, and the entire island was submerged in three feet of water, carrying away fences,* outhouses and threatening destruction to all who were living on the island. Rev. Dixon says that by actual measurement 200 feet of Cobb's Island and beach were washed away by the enormous waves that lashed the shore, and that the inhabitants state it to be the most violent storm they have had for twenty years. All vegetation and some pigs were destroyed. No lives were lost. The water went down to its normal condition yesterday morning.” BINGERLY IN THE SADDLE. fie Formally Accepts the Nomination for Governor. Philadelphia, Sept. 29.—The democratic campaign in Pennsylvania was formally opened this afternoon, when at the head quarters of the state committee in the Lafayette hotel the several candidates were notified of their nomination. Rep resentative democrats from all over the state were present. Attorney General W. IL Hensel, who by reason of the fact that he was permanent chairman of the late democratic state convention, was chair man of the committee on notification, in a brief but effective speech notified the can didates of their nomination. When Mr. Hensel had concluded Mr. Singerly read a letter of acceptance for himself and tho other nominees. A. LEHMAN DEAD. Me Was the Hoad of the Largest Dry Goods House in the South. New York, Sept. 29.—A. Lehman of New Orleans died in this city last even ing. He was on the way home from Eu rope. Mr. Ix'hman was the head of the largest dry goods house in the south. He was 00 years old, a native of Gomer ahiem, Rhienpnlz, Germany. He went to New Orleans forty years ago, a poor boy, became a peddler and finally established himself in the dry goods business, which he built up until it was the largest in the south. He was president of the Touro infirmary, aftd prominent in all the Jew ish charities of New Orleans. DUTY ON IRON BEAMS. An Important Decision Against the Fedeial Government. Boston, Sept. 29.—An important de cision was rendered to-day by J udge Colt in the United States circuit court against the United States government. The case was that of Joseph Birtwell against Col lector Leverett Saltonstall, and has been pending in this court for a number of years. Tbe law points involved are the same as in similar cases now pending in circuit courts in many other states, and this was a test case. Birtwell is an importer of iron, and some time ago imported into this country iron beams, which were used in the con struction of the new court house. The poods were invoiced as “manufacturers of iron,” upon which there is a lower rate of duty than upon iron beams. The collector classified them as “iron beams,” and the higher rate of duty was paid by Mr. Birtwell as he desired to use the beams at once. Ten days after this duty was paid he entered a protest, but the government con tends that the protest should have been made at the time the duty was paid. On this point hinges all the other cases which have been brought against the government to recover duties paid under protest. It is estimated that the amount involved in all the cases pending, is about 125,000,000. The case will be ap pealed. CARLISLE’S CLERKS. The Reorganization of the Force to Go Into Effect To-morrow. Washington, Sept. 29.—The reorganiza tion of the olerieal force of the treasury will go into effect Monday next. The changes necessary to accomplish the re sult were made to-day. No dismissals were made to-day, but eighty-eight clerks were dropped from the regular roll and placed on the temporary roll at reduced salaries under the appropriation to bring up to date the work in divisions of the treasury that are behind. It is believed that this work will continue about two months. The forty-two dismissals made in the treasury on Sept. 15 took effect to-day. A net reduction of 143 people of all grades is made in the reorganized clerical force, but as vacancies occurring in the past year have not been filled, only forty-two dismissals had to be made to bring the force to the reduction point provided by congress. The efficient clerks of the eighty-eight put on the temporary roll may be provided for as vacancies occur hereafter, as they can be reinstated within a year. SLAIN BY A LAWYER. An Old Feud Ended by a Shot at a Prize Drill at Piokens. Charleston, S. C , Sept. 29.—A special to the News and Courier from Pickens, S. C., says: “At Mount Carmel, ten miles east of Pickens, J.W. Latham was fatally shot by J. E. Childress, a lawyer of'' Pickens. Latham was shot at close range in the right side, and lived only three hours. Childress immediately made his escape, came to Pickens and is now in jail. Not a word was said before the shooting. There was a crowd around them. One witness stated that Latham walked up and struek Childress with a stick, and then Childress shot him with a pistol. Latham fell, saying, ; He has killed me. ’ “The hill was crowded with people and the excitement at once was intense, women and children screaming and faint ing. - - “The crowd had assembled to witness a prize drill of the Pickens Guards. The shooting broke the affair up. “The cause of the trouble was said to have been an old feud. The jail is - ■ -.- -.-. y— -■ W MINERS TO BE RESCUED. Four Men Given Up for Dead Found Alive in a Colliery. Scranton, Pa., Sept. 29.—A report has been received here from the Northwest colliery, near Carbondale, that the four imprisoned miners, who were supposed to have been crushed by a fall of rock Thursday afternoon will be delivered alive during the night. A large lorce of rescuers have been at work since the cave-in occurred and late last evening they could detect a voice from the chamber, where the men were supposed to lie dead. At 6 o’clock this evening, conversation could be carried on and it was learned that all the prisoners are alive and supplied with a quantity of water, but are without food. The fall of rock, extending over seventy feet in a gangway, is the largest in the his tory of this region, where imprisoned men were finally rescued alive. There is a scene of intense excitement around the mouth of the mine where the accident occurred. The families of the entombed men can scarcely be restrained from going into the colliery, so anxious are they for the welfare of their relatives. The men have now been in the colliery forty-eight hours without food. SLAIN IN HIS STORE. A Man Loses His Life While Lying in Wait for Thieves. Washington, Sept. 29.—A dispatch from Raliegh, N. C., says: “James Brown, superintendent of the Ixmg Island cotton mill, near Statesboro, missed articles from his store, and Thursday night slept in the store to catch the thief. Yester day morning his daughter went to the store, and found the door unlocked and the body of her father lying on the floor with a bullet hole in his head and evi dences of a fearful struggle between Brown and the thief, or thieves.” Pope Leo and the Legitimatists/ Rome, Sept. 29. —The Courriere Di Napoli says that the pope’s object in sum moning Mgr. D’Hulst to Rome, is to in struct him to inform the Due D’Orleans that his holiness does not approve of a legitimatist agitation in France. HOOD’S Sarsaparilla is care fully prepared by experienced phar macists from Sarsa parilla, Dandelion, Mandrake, Dock, Pipsissewa, Juniper Berries, and other well known vegeta ble remedies. The Combination, Pro portion and Process are Peculiar to S Hood’s, giving it curative pow er Peculiar to Itself. Hood’s arsaparilla Cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum. Sores, Boils, Pimples and all other affections caused by impure blood; Dyspepsia, Biliousness. Sick Headache, Debility. Catarrh, Rheumatism. Kidney and C Laver Complaints. It is Not What We Say, but what Hood’s Sarsaparilla Does, that Tells the Story— Ho od ’ s Sarsaparilla URES Hood’s Pills win new friends daily. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1894. RADWAY’S " PILLS, Always Reliable. Purely Vegetable. Possess properties the most extraordinary tn restoring health. They stimulate to healthy action the various organs, the natural conditions of which are so necessary tor health, grapple with and neutralize the Im purities, driving them completely out of the system. RADWAY’S PILLS Have Long Been Acknowledged as the Best Cure for SICK HEADACHE, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, CONSTIPATION, DYBPEPBIA, AND . All Disorders of the Liver. t#"Full printed directions tn each box; 9 cents a box Sold by all druezists. RAD WAY & CO., 32 Warren street, N. Y» A JUDGE’S FAMILY IN PERIL Three of Its Members Barely Missed By Flying Bullets. The Wife the Intended Target of the First Missile—Her Daughter and Then the Judge Have Narrow Es capes—The Judge Unable to Conjec ture Why Any One Should Want to Kill Him. Chicago, Sept. 29.—Judge Brentano of the supreme court and his family have apparently been marked out for assassi nation, although the facts have been kept quiet. The first attempt was made to kill Mrs. Brentano about 7 o’clock Wednesday evening. She was standing in front of a window in the kitchen when a shot was fired, and the next instant a bullet came crashihg through the pane of glass, barely missing her. It went through the outer screen and lodged in the wall oppo site. Thursday afternoon Judge Bsentano’s daughter was playing in the back yard, when another bullet crashed into the rear of the house, coming evidently from the same direction as the first. THE JUDGE NARROWLY ESCAPES. Last night Judge Brentano himself was the one who came near being killed. He was in the kitchen in front of the same window before which his wife was stand ing Wednesday evening. The third bullet from the revolver of thi unknown miscreant came through the window pane about six inches from the hole made by the first piece of lead. The bullet missed Judge Brentano’s head by about three inches and went into the wall close to the first one. Judge Brentano cannot imagine why these attempts should be made to kill hirti or his wife and daughter. He is not willing to say that he thinks the shots were fired by a wonld-be as sassin. UNABLE TO EXPLAIN IT. “It may be the work of some irrespon sible person who is trying to make a scare, or a careless marksman,” said he. “I do not know of any enemies who would like to kill me, or of any late official acts I have done to incur the displeasure of any set of men.” * Judge Brentano has been on the su perior court bench of Cook county for bbout four years. He is the judge who tried the Prendergast case, but does not believe that his connection with that trial has anything to do with the shooting. Detectives are at work on the matter. A PLEA FOR STATE RIGHTS. Gov. Stone Opens the Democratic Campaign in Missouri. Carthage, Mo., Sept. 29.—Gov. William J. Stone opened the democratic state campaign in a speech here to-night. His opening period was in defense of state rights. He said: "The sovereignty of the state is in peril. I protest against the right assumed by the federal authori ties of exercising police power in the state of Missouri, or in any state of this union. “I yield to no living man on the point of national patriotism; 1 yield to none in fidelity to the republic, in devotion to the union. But Jeffersonian democracy is the very essence of a perfect union, and in the application of its principles is to be found the most substantial assurance of national permanency.” HOPPED ON BY HAWKE. The Englishmen Defeat the Quaker Cricketers Disastrously. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 29.—The re sult of the second international cricket match between Lord Hawke’s eleven and tbe team representing All Philadelphia ended in a disastrous defeat for the home players, the Englishmen winning the match by an inning and forty runs. The Englishmen scored 211 runs yesterday in their first inninngand the Philadelphians made 107 in their first inning this morn ing, and were compelled to follow on, and were retired •in their second inning for 64, a grand total of but 171 in their two innings. ONLY ON A LABK. Atlanta’s Missing Restaurant Cashier Found in the City. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 29.—James Fuller, the restaurant cashier who disappeared Thursday night with a roll of money in his pocket, and was thought to have met with foul play, was found by city detec tives in a room on Whitehall street. The young man had merely been enjoying a lark. A detail of city detectives bad been scouring the city for him for two days at the instance of his employers. LYMAN STILL IN OFFICE. The Commissioner Denies a Report That He Has Resigned. Washington, Sept. 29.—A report be came current to-day that Civil Service Commissioner Lyman had sent his resig- I nation to the President. When asked j about it, Mr. Lyman would not talk on j the subject further than to say: “I have not resigned, and have not said to any one : that 1 had done so.” Cotton’s Low Water Mark. New York, Sept. 29.—0 n the cotton ex change this morning both the October and November cotton futures sold below 6 cents for the first time in the history of I the exchange. "* VETO POWER OF THE LORDS. Roseberry Still Declines to Disclose His Policy. Distrust of the Premier’s Sincerity Pervading the Radicals, Irish and Whole Liberal Party Only a Straightforward Declaration on the House of Lords and Home Rule Questions Can Save Him From Be ing- Overthrown. London, Sept. 29.—80th private appeals and public warnings by the leaders of the Irish party have failed to disturb the reticence of the ministry with regard to the policy they intend to pursue during the coming session of parliament, and the position of affairs political verges on a great crisis. Lord Roseberry shirks in every way bringing before the cabinet the question of the government’s policy with reference to the House of Lords, fearing that dissensions will arise and that the ministry will be disrupted through the withdrawal of the members opposed to the abolition of the veto power of the peers. Since the retirement of Mr. Gladstone, although the question of abol ishing the veto power of the lords has been in the fore front of the country’s politics, it has not once been discussed by the cabinet. Every section of the liberal party is waiting with strained anxiety for some ministerial declaration, while Lord Roseberry urges them to be patient. The adoption of the programme re cently proposed by the Duke of Devon shire and Mr. Chamberlain, making their complete absorption of the unionists by the conservatives, the chief feature of which was the revision of Mr. Chamber lain’s scheme for Irish local government to the extent of creating countyncouncils with the central legislature located in Dublin, is now doubtful. Lord Roseber ry’s communications rather indicate that until the cabinet shall be settled upon the policy to be pursued regarding the House of Lords, at the councils to be held in November and December, no definite pronouncement upon the subject ought to be expected. ROSEBERRY UNDER SUSPICION. The feeling of distrust of the sincerity of the premier is not now confined to the radicals and Irish, but prevades the whole of the Liberal party, and only a straightforward declaration of policy on the a House of Lords and home rule questions can save him from being over thrown. In a letter recently written, Henry La bouchere says he despairs of the govern ment, and that he and the following with him will in the future pursue an inde pendent course. William O’Brien, Justin McCarthy and Timothy Healy have made declara tions in which they notify the govern ment that unless the government's atti tude on the House of Lords question is clearly defined at the opening of parlia ment they will use their un doubted power _ to bring a dissolution. If Lord Roseberry de cides to satisfy these demands be will find it necessary to reconstruct the min istry. expelling therefrom the element hostile to the House of Lords reform. Once the Irish leaders are made to feel absolutely certain that a bill abolishing the veto power of the lords will be intro duced, it is understood that they will allow the government to act at their dis cretion as to the time of the measure’s presentation to parliament. Lord Roseterry has already promised the Welsh tha first measure to be considered at the coming session shall be the bill for the disestablishment of the church in Wales. The conservatives, as soon as a bill de priving the House of Lords of the power of veto shall have been announced, will adopt obstruction tactics on every meas ure presented, and will continue on the course until the House of Commons and the public at large shall have had ample opportunity to discuss in all its bearings such a vital change. GLADSTONE AND THE CUP. Mr. Gladstone is out in a letter affirm ing his adhesion to local option, though, he says, he hoped further steps might have been taken to cope with the fright ful evils of drink. This letter from the ex-premier has restored the equanimity of the temperance party, the organs of which advocated the issuance of an ulti matum by the government on the subject. ELECTION OP THE LORD MAYOR. The London corporation, though gen erally looked upon as the hotbed of in trigue or corruption, usually hide their rivalries over the spoils from the public view, but the contest to-day over the election of a lord mayor was too heated to admit of concealment. Much recrimi nation was indulged in by the contending parties. According to regular rotation, Sir Joseph Renal, representing the Al dergate ward, ought to have been elected to the lord mayorship. Sir Jo seph for the past four years has been a promoter and director of nine great com panies, the united capital of which reaches the sum of £3,302,065, and not one of which paid a dividend. The shares of these companies, too, were without quo tations. Possibly Sir Joseph might have slid into the lord maj’or's chair without a scandal had it not been that he suffered from the cbliquy attached to a succession of his predecessors. Sir Joseph White head, who was elected Jord mayor in 1890, lies under the stigma of having been engaged in disgraceful company promo tions; Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs assisted while in office to float two of the biggest swindles known in modern times, and Sir Joseph Savory in 1892 pledged him self not to join any board during his year's term as lord mayor. Within a few weeks of the time when he was installed in office, despite his pledges, he became a director of a company which obtained the contract for lighting the city by electricity. Sir Joseph Renal has written an open let ter in which he protests that his connec tion with the various companies of which he is a promoter or director have resulted in loss to him. A poll has been called for with the purpose of obtaining the vote of the entire guild electorate. The ballot ing will take place on Oct. 3. ISINGLASS’ BIG WINNINGS. The sporting public is agape over the enormous amount of money won by Mr. H. McCalmont’s 4-year-okL Isinglass. Since the colt appeared on the turf his winnings in stakes alone have reached £56,935, beating the record of the Duke of Portland’s horse Donovan, whose win nings footed up £55,154. Mr. McCalmont Save Your Money. One box of Tutt’s Pills will save many dollars in doctors’ bills They will surely cure all diseases of the stomach, liver or bowels. No Reckless Assertion i For sick headache, dyspepsia, 1 malaria, constipation andbilio ' usness, a million people endorse .TUTT’S Liver PILLS Jwhere g S Brown’s I|. also backed his horse heavily and won a large fortune. Since Isinglass first ran, as a 2-year-old, he has won every contest with the exception of one in which he has been engaged, and he promises to add to his record the cups to be run for at Ascot, Goodwood and Doncaster. Expert judges assert that great as have been the deeds already performed by the colt, he has never been seen at his best, and they pre dict that before he bids farewell to the turf he will outdistance every rival. RUSSIA TO DESERT FRANCE. Advices received by great financial houses in London are understood to con firm the worst news regarding the condi tion of the Czar of Russia. His majesty’s condition is said to be hopeless, and his death can be delayed but a few months. The general opinion in this city coincides with that expressed in Paris and Berlin, to the effect that the accession to the throne of the czarewitch will result in de priving France of a friend. Persons closely associated with the czarewtich believe that when he ascends the throne he will materially alter the policy pursued by his father, and will cul tivate cordial relations with Germany and England and hold aloof from France. The fluctuation in rentes during the week are attributed to the impression that the czar’s death would cause a tremendous fall in prices. _ Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, keeper of the privy purse and private secretary to her majesty, has tendered his resigna tion of his office, pleading that he is in infirm health. The queen hesitates to accept his resignation. The Modern Beauty Thrives on good food and sunshine, with plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form glows with health, and her face blooms with its beauty. If her system needs the cleansing action of a laxative remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant quid laxative Syrup of Figs.—ad. A PARNELLITE MANIFESTO. The Other Factions of the Irish Par liamentary Party Bitterly Attacked. Dublin Sept. 29.—The independent, or Parnellite, party has issued a manifesto, in view of the anniversary of the death of Charles Stewart Parnell, who died on Oct. 6, 1891, bitterly attacking' the other factions of the Irish parliamentary party, saying: ‘‘The mass of the people who went wrong last election have been disillusionized. They are not likely to remain long in the service of a govern ment that confesses its inability to do anything for Ireland, nor remain attached to a parliamentary party conspicuous in haying failed in the first essentials of unity, discipline and independence, and which has succeeded onlj' in hiring to strangers those services which were solemnly pledged to Ireland. “A general election is a certainty in the near future, and even were it the avowed policy of the Irish allies of the govern ment to continue the present moribund ministry in office,they are too demoralized and divided by deadly internal strife to be useful to even their British paymas ter. We may expect, therefore, before the date of dissolution, individual appeals to the constituencies from out of the ranks of the Irish allies themselves.” PLIGHT OF THE PIGTAILS. China’s Emperor Attributes the De feats to Incompetency London, Sept. 29. —Advices from Shang hai to the Central News says the emperor attributes the recent defeats suffered by the Chinese forces to incompetency and corruption, and this fact has caused almost a panic in the palace, and has ren dered the position of affairs in China ex tremely serious. The correspondent of the Central New? in Tokio telegraphs that the commander I of the Japanese warship Naniwer, reports that in company with the Akitsushima, on Sept. 23, he made a search of the Gulf of Tairenwan, in Manchooria, and found stranded there tbeChinese cruiser Kwang- Kai. Upon sighting the Japanese ships entering the gulf, the Chinese aboard the Kwang-Kai set the vessel on tire and fled. ENGLAND TO SEND TROOPS. The Duke of Cambridge, commander-in chief of the British army, visited the war office to-day. It is reported that tfaeduke was making arrangements for the imme diate dispatch of troops to Shanghai in order to protect the British residents, whose lives are said to be in danger from the Chinese populace. Hood’s Stopped the Doctor’s Bill. “Every year I have had a doctor s bill to pay, but last year I was advised to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and I am pleased to say that my doctor’s bill was only $3, which I paid for Hood’s Sarsapa rilla.” Mrs. S- F. Harrison, Monteith. Ga. Hood’s Pills are especially prepared to 1 be taken with Hood s Sarsaparilla.—ad. ■ - 1 CLOTH NG. YOtTCAN ‘i DO IT BY MAIL. ORDER BY MAIL and do as well as if on the spot. Fine Clothing, Overcoats, Etc. No one else in Georgia can near give you Our Quality and Prices. J Business, Dress and Wedding Suits, Uniform Suits, Overcoats, Underwear, Neckwear, Hosiery, Hats, and Furnishings. Our Children and Boys’ Department Doubled in extent this season. The biggest and finest stock South to select from. Children’s Knee Suits—4 to 14 years, $2.00, $2.75, $3.50 and up. Boys’ Suits—l 4 to 18 years, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00 and up. All prices, all styles, all sizes. Sole agents for Dunlap’s Fine Hats. We sell GOOD Clothing CHEAP. “Cheap” clothing is the dearest you can buy. Order of the LEADERS. 159 Congress Street, Savannah, Ga. B. H. LEVY & BRO. ’ IRON FOUNDERS. “ KEHOE’S WrYWORKS; W Founders, Machinists, Boiler- - f makers and Blacksmiths. M Kfods of repair work promptly done, Great reduction In price of SUGAR MILLS AND PANS. ESTIMATES PROMPTLY FURNISHED. H Broughton Street, from Reynolds to Randolph Sts. Telephone *“■ 368, Savannah, Ga __ _ carriages. , H. H. COHEN, wLeader in Low Prises . Vehicle and Harness Line, Call or write him for Prices and Catalogue. Bay and Montgomery Streets. THE ORANGE SECTION. | The Most Beautiful Part of the Start of Florida. Close Halations Between Savannah and Florida A Lucky Editor. Groves Owned by Rich Men—lm provements Being Made by the Sa vannah, Florida and Western. Maitland, Fla., Sept. 28.—50 far as I can judge this has been the wettest sum mer known in Orange county for years. With a slight intermission of about a week we have had showers daily for over three months, and of late the showers frequently run into steady rains for whole days or nights. Probably the severe storm, which commenced Monday after noon, will close our prolonged rainy sea on, and then it may be three or four months before we have another shower. , “a region of lakes.” My first visit was made to Maitland in March, 1879, and the above was the heading to my descriptive letter of that date to the Morning News. There was no railroad In all South / Florida then, and I rode over from Sanford, where the steamers landed passengers from Jack sonville, in a buggy with the late Dr. Spence. On all sides were to be seen lakes. In fact. Orange county is fairly dotted with them. I then designated this section as the “garden spot” of Florida for health, contentment and the ordinary pursuits of life, and have become more firmly fixed in this view after my recent four year’s residence here in search of re newed health. Ther are, I think, more Georgians residing in this county than , any other in the state, and they are peo- ' pie of culture and means as a general ’ rule. We are safe here from epidemics, disastrous storms, destructive frost and dangerous overflows. About this time a year we have a quite lively storm and that ends it. RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS. The track-layiug gang of the South Florida division of the Savannah. Florida and Western railway is now at work here, re- placing the mile or two gap of small rails with <O-pound steel rails, and it reminds me of my second visit here about a dozen years ago, when a little narrow gauge railroad extended from Sanford to Or lando. The difference in the rails and lo comotives then in use and those of the present day is like that of a monkey and an elephant. The little locomotive then used is still preserved at the shop in San ford as an object worthy to be studied ip connection with the wonderful railway development in South Florida during the past ten or fifteen years. And yet we have demagogues in Florida who seek to array the people—the “dear people”— against railroads as dangerous things to be allowed their freedom. But for rail- | road enterprise South Florida would to day be back nearly where it was when I first saw it over fifteen years ago. ' SAVANNAH AND FLORIDA BUSINESS. The relations between Georgia and Florida have always been close and fra ternal. In her early struggles, when op pressed by political burdens aifd having very limited means of transportation for the development of her unsettled yet de sirable regions, Florida found in Savan nah and the Morning News steadfast friends and ready helpers Now that railroads permeate every section of the state, and Jacksonville has grown to be quite a metropolitan city and an important seaport, it is hardly just for political demagogues to cry out against Savannah as an enemy to Florida because of the net that her abundant facilities for handling all kinds of products draws a certain amount of business from this state. Not many years ago large steam ers—the City Point and the Dictator— used to carry it direct from Palatka to I Charleston. Now milch of it goes by rail via Jacksonville and other points to Sa- 1 vannah, and simply a change from water to rail and from Charleston to Savannah. rich men’s orange groves. During the past week the packing house of Heard ana Ralls has been shipping lemons from the famous Dommerich. grove, formerly the property of Swt. Swope of the South Florida railroad. It suggests to me to note the fact that rich men do not buy orange groves in Florida simply for their own enjoyment. Mr. Dommerich paid about $50,000 for this grove and has already expended, over that amount in an elegant family residence and in an extensive irrigating plant, etc. And then, like George Vanderbilt with his North Caro lina mansion and park, he is making everything help reduce expenses. His oranges and lemons, etc., go regularly to market and are sold with even more shrewdness than the poor man displays in selling his crop. In fact, I am con vinced that the rich man is about the only one who really makes money out of his grove—and yet he does not need it. OVER IN ORLANDO. A recent visit to Orlando gave me sev eral surprises. Hon. H. H. Dickson, formerly an Atlanta publisher and printer, and his able assistant, A. W. Acree from South Georgia, have added an orange packing house to their other business. This is the way enterprising Georgians do in this state. Orlando will soon have something to boast of—three banks on three opposite corners. The first Na tional Bank has bought the wooden build ing on the cofner opposite the Orlando Bank and will put up a brick banking house. Then three of the four corners in the heart of the city will be banking houses, something that can be said of very few cities of large size. Corners are generally gobbled up by druggists and whisky men who always have an eye to ! the best location for business. Orlando is to be congratulated on this fine ex ample of breaking the record in this re spect. It is always pleasant to chronicle the success of a country editor from Geor gia, who has come to Florida with his family, especially when he is an humble, earnest preacher of the gospel. Rev. S. D. Smith of Dahlonega, Ga., came to Orlando a few years ago and took a position on the Daily Record (now a part of the Reporter), under Editor Crabbe. The final collapse of that journal left him somewhat discouraged, yet he held on to his new citizenship, and identified himself with other enterprises until good luck “struck him heavy” in a very simple, yet valu able invention—the joining of several cans to moveable pipes from the bottom of a pan of boiling water, thereby steaming the contents of the cans for sealing. This little canning cooker is making Brother Smith rich and happy, and he has lately bought a fine residence for his family in Orlando. RUSSIA’S SICK EULEB. Hie Majesty’s Breathing Extremely Difficult and Painful. Berlin, Sept. 29—The Cologne Gazette says • “Sad news is received from Spala, where the czar is sojourning. The inflam mation of the kidneys, from which the czar is suffering, has increased and his majesty’s breathing is extremely difficult and painful. Prof. Leyden, an eminent physician of Berlin, who, it was an nounced, would reach Spala early next week, has already arrived there. Ho advises that the czar be sent to Livadia, Greece, as soon as possible. DUPUY NOT TO RESIGN. Poincarre Not to Become Francs’e Premier Just Yet. Paris, Sept. 29. —The Echo de Paris de nies that there is any truth in the report circulated by La Patrie and La Cocarde, that Premier Dupuy is to resign immedi ately, and that he is to be succeeded by M. Raymond Poincarre, the minister es finance.