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Georgia Affairs.
Dalton celebrated Monday, the 10th inst, as
Memorial day.
The body of young Speer, whose death by
Irownirg in the Savannah river we announced
. tel* graph a few days ago, was found on
Wednesday last in an eddy at the mouth of
Hawk * Gully in the Savannah river. This
.,*ms to be a particularly fatal spot. A Mr. J.O.
Hackney, who lives on Miller street, Augusta,
•nd who found young Spear’s body, says that
u e has taken out as many as thirteen bodies
rom that “death circle.” It is described as a
miniature maelstrom.
We learn from tbe Augusta News that five
hundred thousand dollars, the amount requlr-
by th'* charter of the Sibley Manufacturing
( ompany before a permanent organization can
be made, is so nearly subscribed that Mr
josiah Sibley, tbe temporary President, has
called a meeting of the stockholders for Wed*
nesday, May 26th, for the purpose of effecting
such permanent organization.
Miss Maggie Chapman, one of the victims of
the recent terrible disaster at DeGive’s Opera
House, in Atlanta, is reported to have died on
The Koine Tribune editorially denounces the
Railroad Commission as a species of inquisi
tion which is odious to the people and which
the next Legislature will spurn.
The DeKalb County News says that Jolly,
under the advice of his counsel, has ceased
making statements
The colored people of DeKalb county have
appointed llic fourth Saturday in May for their
annual memorial exercises over the grave of
O i R. A. Alston. All friends of the deceased
an- invited to be present and participate.
Another member of the press gang has dis
play'd his bravery. On Tuesday last Mr. C. R.
Hodges, of the lrwinton Southerner and Ap
pent, was married to Miss Aurora J. Bower,
daughter of Judge J. C Bower, of lrwinton.
We extend the usual congratulations and
wishes for future happiness and prosperity.
The Albany fair opens on Wednesday next
and will continue for three days. The New*
states that everything is being put in “apple
pie” order at the fair grounds. The race
traok Is In splendid condition, the flowers are
blooming, the walks are clean and the whole
grounds show that active preparations are be
ing made for the exhibition.
The Elberton News says that the farmers of
Elbert county have scarcely finished planting
cotton yet, having been delayed on account of
too much rain. The gross Is taking the start of
most of it that has l»ee:i planted, and should
the rains continue throughout the month, it
will give the farmers a hard struggle to get the
mastery of it.
The Cartersville Free Press says the outlook
for the wheat crop in that section is very
dlcomy. It has conversed with farmers from
ill parts of the county and beyond its limits,
&ad the universal report is that there is no
hope that with the most favorable seasons
from now out, a half crop can be expected.
“Indeed,” says the Free Press, “there are many
farmers who are willing to sell their prospects
f- r the seed sown. Some have plowed up their
wheat and planted the ground in corn and cot
ton. We have never known a more gloomy
outlook for a wheat harvest.”
The Thomasville Post gives an account of
the death of Gus Stephens, a colored man, em
ployed on the farm of Captain L. L. Varne-
doe, three miles east of Thomasville, being
struck by lightning on Tuesday last. He had
jast finished his dinner and started to the field
when the thunderbolt fell and he was seen to
reel, stagger, spin around for a moment and
then fall dead. The unfortunate man had a
piece of silver in his head, having some years
ago undergone a trepanning operation. It Is
thought that this attracted the electric fluid
and caused the catastrophe.
The Calhoun Times says there is a man in
Gordon county, not far from that town, who is
wtj-eight years of age, but who cannot tell a
nickel from a quarter of a dollar.
The Dade County Gazette reports the sad
r.*-ws of the suicide of a young man Darned
Sam ( lark, residing [near Sulphur Springs, on
Saturday last, by shooting himself with a
patch Aberration of mind, the result of dis
appointed affection, is assigned as the cause of
the rash act. Ho was a sober, industrious
Jcung man, and was highly esteemed in the
community in which he lived.
W*- Lave received an invitation to attend the
anniversary meeting of the Phi Mu Society of
the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dah-
•onega, which took place last evening. The
programme was a very interesting one, and
consisted of an anniversary address by Mr. G.
T Clark, of Atlanta, and a debate on the ques
tion, “Should the United States Army be in
creased?” in which Messrs. H, E. Wilson, of
E Wpt. and J. E. Godfrey, of Madison, advo
cated the affirmative, and Messrs. W. J. Neal,
^ Adairsville, and W. S. Wilson, of Egypt, the
W,
[The Hirinnett Herald says: “Some of the
■Were of the Savannah, Florida and
‘'••'’.••rn Railroad have applied to the United
Nate* Court for an injunction to restrain the
Kai.road Commissioners from enforcing their
i.' -v schedule of rates. They claim that the
* a! can hardly live now and meet its debts
^l-ouses, and if their rates are reduced it
mfcrupt the road. The plaintiffs attack
tQe act establishing the Commission upotr ihe
- r mud that it is unconstitutional. This is re
garded by the Atlanta Constitution as a high
‘‘aoded outrage upon the sovereignty of the
Cite. It seems to take it for grauted that the
teJeral judiciary will jump at the chan:*e
fr weeping away this Railroad Com-
c ‘*100. and that another step to
wards centralization will l>e secured. It. strikes
l; this is ratner far fetched. Every citizen has
’ l;e riirht lo appeal to the courts to obtain re
press for his real or supposed injuries, and it
tne duty of the court to afford him a remedy.
* “ uc!l a c ’ ase justifies it. And it
* ,‘ u f r f, ' r lh ‘ country, it there is any doubt
„ •?. \ T 'Rality of tbe Commission, that that
‘ T eul ^l now. It must be settled
- nornatively at some time, and there is no
wagon why it should not now be finally dis-
I sea ci. so that the Commissioners and the
corporations may know whether their acts are
lu pursuance of a law the validity
■of which cannot be attacked.”
Wednesday last Colonel H. S. Haines,
tf-*^ rin i - nl I he Savannah, Florida ana
(f ti ra - Kailwa y, addressed a mass meeting
i n \ c . ltlZeDS of Dougherty countv, at Wii-
“ORhatn s Hal!, Albany, on tbe railroad law.
v “®* Vew * teys that he gave his hearers some
' U interesting information, and, among
* Z^ r things, said that after the standard uni-
of the Commissioners had been
promulgated. lie had those rates applied to the
his road for the past eight year*,
a that it resulted in the startling tact that
would not earn, by about sixty thous-
dollars, enough to pay the interest on its
“ds. He then went before the Coinmis-
with a statement to that effect, and
fiiibiting the necessary result, ho was
Harmed that in due time tney would issue
official decision. This was. after a few
.■ «**, publ'shed. allowing twenty per cent,
on thd uniform standard r*tes. This
*ould operate urijustly upon bis road, as
a£ e * left a tleflcit (Jf some forty thousand dol-
he very just'y remarked that if thej'
Justified in making any alterations, they
dffid certainly nave allowed a sufficient in-
lo Permit a Dyt income commensurate
tbe demand of actual expenses.
Tdegravh: "Last night Sandy How-
• a colore i man who keeps a small restau-
JJ:' opposite the jiil on Fourth street, was
. hu l- v cut in the left side by Charley Moore,
i^mith, also colored. A Telegraph and
reporter called on the wounded man
ilt after the cutting, and from him
with*following account of the affair-
■■ -JI > • a Email bill at the restaurant, and
\ was stopped Last night he entered
j? e< *tabi Whment, and after a few words with
f}°*;ard, d. Vw his knife and announced himself
"polling foi* A tight.' Howard immediately
^oed hi.*o,’ as he expressed It,
Proceedeo’ to pound him severely.
h°th Csen were on the floor.
J** k°t in several ralres with the knife, one
d J*ch entered just bflow the heart, ?»ro-
-in?-. aboat tout iuches long. The
cui to the hollow, however,
' 'qgh s^ ere, K not a danger-
' j>*c5gived j.'uta over the
• - .One blew of the
irt six inches
^ood. The
knife
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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
minated fatally for Howard. The wounded
man was cheerful, and did not appear to be
suffering much. Moore escaped arrest."
Quitman Free Press: “Col. H. S. Haines, the
talented manager of the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railroad, gave our people a full
grown talk last Monday evening, at the court
house, on the subject of the Railroad Commis
sion. setting forth in a clear and logical argu
ment of one hour’s duration the defects of the
law creating the Commission, and their mis
application of the law, bad as it is. in assuming
to fix ‘just and equitable rates' by which, if
carried into effect, they will certainly succeed
manfully in depriving the owners from realizing
upon their Investment *just and equitable’
dividends. If the law contemplated a»3 such
thing as doing an injustice to the railroad inter
est of the State, then it is a nullity, and should
be erased from our statute books. The whole
truth of the nmtt-r is, the law is wrong in prin
ciple, and should never have been enacted.”
Says the Marietta Journal: “ A friend wants
to know why we don’t present our candidate
for Governor. In tbe first place, we have no
candidate. We don't expect to be made rich
or poor by the election or defeat of any aspir
ing politician to any office. It is true, however,
that we are desirous of good and true men be
ing elevated to positions of trust, and we be
lieve there is sufficient intelligence, virtue and
patriotism in the supporters of true Democracy
to select a worthy candidate that will prove
acceptable to the people and be overwhelming
ly elected. Therefore, we see no necessity of
hollering our throats sore before the procession
comes in view.”
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
THE PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH
HOUSES YESTERDAY.
Pendleton on the Kellogg-Spoflord
Ca«e-The Appropriation Bill Be-
ported —How the Money 1m Spent
Congressional Com mil tee Notea
Municipal Code for Washington,
D, C.
CAUGHT IN AN ELEVATOR.
Perilous Situation and Narrow Es
cape of a Boy.
The seven year-old-son of General
George NY. Wingate, on Tuesday last,
wandered from the family apartments iu
the new Windsor apartment hou-e, at
Fifty-fourth street and Broadway, New
York, and hearing a noise in the elevator
shaft, leaned over the railing and looked
downward. He was on the sixth floor.
The family had on that day moved into
the apartment house from their Thirty-
fifth street residence. Temporary rail
ings of boards had been put at the ele*
vator openings on each floor. That
against which the little boy leaned bad
not been securely fastened by tbe work
men, and tbe top board gave way. The
boy was thrown forward by his
weight into a chasm that de
scended ninety feet. The elevator was
at the bottom of the shaft, and the
central rope suspending the elevator
swung directly iu front of the boy as be
pitched forward. He clutched at the rope
and caught it; but the weight of his
body carried him beyond the rope and
his feet etruck the iron valve rope at the
opposite side of the shaft. Letting go
of the elevator rope, the little fellow
seized the valve rope. His weight on
the rope opened the steam valve in the
engine in the basement, and the elevator
started up the shaft with a jump. A
gentleman who was in the act of passing
out of the elevator to the first floor nar
rowly escaped being crushed between
tbe elevator flooring and the top of tbe
elevator opening on tbe first floor. By
tbe merest accident a workman was near
the elevator opening on the fifth floor,
and hearing the valve rope rattling
against the side of the shaft he looked
into the opening. The boy had slipped
down a little way and was within reach.
The workman seized him and pulled him
through the opening in a second. The
boy w as not hurt, and it is said he did
Dot make a sign or sound of fear either
before or after the accident. He had
be n accustomed to light gymnastic ex
erciscs with poles and ladders.
HASTENING TO HIS DEATH
Terrible Scene on the Nexv York Ele-
vated Railroad.
About 4 o’clock Monday afternoon E.
G. Goodall, a harness maker, of No. 304
West Twenty-fourth street, New York,
attempted to cross the tracks of the
Ninth Avenue Elevated Railroad at the
Watts street station. He was struck by
a down train and instantly killed. Just
as be had reached the top of tbe stair
way the up-train was at Desbrosses street.
He purchased a ticket hurriedly and
started to run through the gateway and
cross to the eastern platform. The gate-
tender. seeing the down train only half
a block away, quickly shut the gate and
shouted to the man, “Hold back!” Good-
all, apparently misunderstanding the
guard, ran around the gate to the plat
form and jumped upon the track. He
fell upon his hands and rose in time to
see the dowu train coming towards him.
The guard ran upon the platform, but
could not reach him, and Goodall crying
“Good God!” attempted to clutch the
engine. The engineer saw him and put
on the brakes. This was of no use.
Goodall w T as thrown upon his face, the
front wheels passed over his head and
arms, and the train came to a full stop
with the other wheels resting upon the
lower portion of the body, which was
earned along about forty yards. Tbe
engineer and fireman jumped from the
cugine, and the passengers alighted. An
hydraulic jack was brought,*and for an
hour and a half the passengers worked
with the employes to raise the engine.
The bodv was cut,in pieces. In the eve
ning Thomas Goodall, a custom house
inspector, who is a brother of the dead
man, went to the station house and had
the dead body taken away. Mr. Goodall
was thirty-one years old, and leaves a
widow and one child. The gateman,
John Dickinson, the engineer, Charles
Tyler, and a citizen named William
Stump, and others who saw the accident,
agree in saying that Mr. Goodall lost his
life solely by bis recklessness in the ef
fort to save two and a half minutes’
time, that being all the delay that
would have been occasioned by waiting
for the next train.
The Lost Atalanta.
New York Sun.
As day after day goes by, the hope of
ever again seeing the three hundred lads
who sailed away from their English
homes in the Atalauta grows very faint.
There is barely a possibility that the
training ship is afloat. She was thought
to be a stanch vessel. In 1853, when
she was the Juno,and carried twenty-six
guns, she was commissioned as senior
officers’ ship on the Australian station.
That she should have been thought
worthy of this imjjortant duty shows
that she was then considered a service
able ship. During that commission of
four years, she bad plenty of hard work,
and many long and tempestuous voyages
in African, Indian and Asiatic waters.
On the coast of Arabia, she beat to wind
ward once 300 miles against a strong
southwest monsoon; she met a terrific
gale to the southeast of New Zealand,
and hard weather on the South Pacific
Ocean. In all these she behaved re
markably well, says Commander Key,
who sailed in her. But that was nearly
thirty years ago, and ships do not last
forever. She was then manned, more
over, by a full crew of competent sea
men, able to handle any vessel in any gale,
if men could handle her. But when the
Atalanta quit England for her cruise she
had but eleven able seamen on board. The
rest of the crew were f the lads, who cer
tainly could not be expected to handle a
vessel in a tempest even though they
were all plucky.
Mr. Eddy gave Miss Hintzleman a fine
set of jewelry, at Newbern, N. C., and
she wore it for several weeks. Then he
brought a suit to recover it, on the
ground that he had simply lent it to her.
She testified that, by the terms of a
mutual agreement, she was to pay for
the jewelry by kissing Mr. Eddy every
morning for a hundred days. He called
and got his kiss, on bis way to work,
every’ ^ a y f° r a ^uut a month. Then he
grew bold, and wanted to take a hug as
well as a kiss. There was no provision
in the bargain for hugging, and she re
pulsed him, even restricting his kisses to
a mere touch of his lips to her cheek.
He thought he was being cheated, and
hence his efforts to recover.
Affections of the Liver, Bilions Disorders,
Sick Headache, etc., are thoroughly cured
by Dr. Jayne's Sanative PI116. Acting as &
general laxative, they remove all Irritating
and fecal matter from the bowels, gradually
change the vitiated secretions of the stomach
and liver, and restore these organs to a
healthy condition.
myl5-S,M&W3t—dlpw4p
By Telegraph to the Homing News.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, May 14.—The House met
at eleven o’clock in continuance of Thurs
day’s session, and immediately went into
committee of the whole, Mr. Cox in the
chair, on the legislative, executive and judi
ciai appropriation bill.
Mr. Page, of California, offered an amend
ment providing materials used in the mines
of the United States shall be procured after
due advertisement and from the lowest
bidder.
After a short debate the amendment was
withdrawn.
Mr. Warner, of Ohio, offered an amend
ment requiring the Secretary of the Treas
ury to make a detailed statement of the
manner in which moneys appropriated for
incidental expenses of the Treasury Depart
ment were expended. Adopted by a vote of
76 to 62.
The committee then rose, the session of
Thursday closed and that of Friday com
menced.
Mr. Covert, of New York, Chairman of
the Committee on Agriculture, reported a
bill making appropriations for the support
of the Agricultural Department. Printed
and recommitted. It recommends the appro
priation of $213,000, which Is $13,600 less
than tbe estimate.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, and at 2:20 the
commitee rose and reported it to the House.
The first amendment, on which a separate
vote was demanded, was that providing that
the salaries of storekeepers and gaugers at
all distilleries that mash less than sixty
bushels of grain per day, shall not exceed
fifty dollars per month while the distiller
ies are in operation, and thirty-five
dollars while the distilleries are
not in operation, and that at all other dis
tilleries, storekeepers and gaugers shall not
receive exceeding fifty dollars per month
when distilleries are not in operation. The
vote resulted yeas 102, nays 100. No other
amendment of importance was voted upon
separately and tbe bill was passed as
amended by yeas 189, nays 12.
Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, then rose, amid
some confusion, ±to call up the adjourn
ment resolution. Mr. Tucker, of Virginia,
raised the question of corelderarion, stating
that he desired to move that the House go
into committee for the consideration of the
tariff bill.
The House by a vote of 133 to 75 decided
to consider the adjournment resolution.
Mr. Gibson demanded the previous ques
tion, pending which Mr. Mills moved to re
commit the resolution to the Committee on
Ways and Means, with instructions to report
a bill providing for the free importation of
salt and printing paper before it reports the
resolution for final adjournment.
After some discussion, Mr. Mills’ motion
was defeated—yeas 90, nays 116.
Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, then re
sorted to dilatory motions, but withdrew
them to allow a motion for & recess, which
was carried.
The evening session will be for the con
sideration of the municipal code for the
District of Columbia.
In the Senate, Mr. Kernan presented a
petition of the Maritime Exchange, twenty
fix ship owners and seventy-five seamen of
the port of New York, for the passage of a
bill transferring Bedloe’s Island from the
War to the Treasury Deprrtment, for marine
hospital purposes.
A large number of petitions from manu
facturers for the passage of the Eaton tariff
commission bill were presented, among
them one by Senator Burnside, representing
capital amounting to $200,000,000 in the
manufacture of cotton.
Mr. Beck, from the Committee on Fi
nance, reported favorably on the House bill
amending the laws relating to Internal reve
nue. Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Morgan, from the select committee
on counting the electoral vote, reported ad
versely on the Senate bill to fix a day for
the meeting of electors for President and
Vice President to provide for the counting
of the electoral vote and for the decision of
questions arising therefrom. Placed on the
calendar.
He also reported from the same committee
a concurrent resolution adopting a joint
rule for the counting of the votes of elec
tors for President and Vice President, which
was placed on the calendar.
Mr. Eaton presented the memorial of
Davis Hatch, of Norwalk, Conn., praying for
redress for Injuries sustained through the
action of the government of San Domingo,
aided by the connivance of American ofli-
cials. Some debate thereupon ensued,
pending the conclusion of which the morn
ing hour expired aud the matter went over.
After voting down a motion to adjourn
until Monday, the 8enate resumed con
sideration of the Kellogg-Spofford resolu
tions. Mr. Pendleton, who had the floor,
said the Constitution made the Senate the
judge of its own members. It was a judicial
body so far as was necessary to determine
all matters relating to the qualification of
those who claimed seats therein. It had
this jurisdiction always and could grant
rehearlngs upon sufficient grounds. There
fore, in his judgment, the principle of res
adjudicata was not 6trictly applicable. If a
man should be admitted to a seat upon
forged "papers the admission certainly
could not be considered final. The
plenary powers of rehearing and
reversal however should be exercised
cautiously and conservatively. Courts
granted new trials only upon the discovery
of fraud, error or new evidence. The Sen
ate would respect the solemn decision of the
former Senate, unless it should plainly ap
pear that essential facts had been ignored or
fraud practiced. Iu tho present case all
the allegations as to the illegality of the
Packard Legislature and the corruption of
the returning board aud of Kellogg were
made before the decision of 1877, by virtue
of which Keltogg was seated. No new
evidence had been adduced. He said he
did not agree with the Senator from Geor
gia that the decision of a State as to its
Legislature must in all cases bind
the Senate. The Senate could not reverse
itif decisions to conform them to those of a
State. Its solemn judgment must be made
upon the best evideuce procurable at the
time as to which is the true Legislature.
The testimony taken before the committee
on this cas* proved nothing but the utter
▼allainy of witnesses. It did not prove
SpoiTord’s charges. Whether they were
susceptible of proof or not he did not
know, but he would not vote to set aside
the former action of the Senate upon such
evidence, even If it were new evidence.
At the conclusion of Mr. Pendleton’s ar
gument, Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, spoke
iu opposition to the resolutions. They were
then informally laid aside, and a number of
private bills considered and passed.
A bill to arrange for the better accommo
dation of the Congressional library was then
taken up, and after some amendments, was
passed.
The Senate then adjourned until Monday.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE NOTES.
WALniNGTON, May 14—The House
Commerce Committee to-day agreed
to amend the river and harbor bill,
with reference to the manner of expending
the money appropriated by the bill. The
proposed amendment- provides that the Sec
retary of War shall let to the lowest respon
sible bidder, all the public work authorlred
by the bill,except the surveys and estimates.
The contracts to be made after due public
advertisement for^proposals.
Senator Jones, of Fiorida, has appeared
before the House Appropriations Commit
tee and urged the insertion in the sundry
civil appropriation bill of a liberal specific
appropriation to he used in repairing aud
placing the Pensacola navy yard In a condi
tion of efficiency.
JUSTICE FIELD CARRIES THE RICHMOND PRI
MARIES.
Washington, May 14.—Private advices
from Richmond, Ya., state that the friends
of Justice Field carried the primary elec
tions In that city yesterday, electing fifty-
one out of seventy delegates to the State
Convention.
TERRIBLE disaster.
Sixteen Men Burled Allve-Three
Taken Out Bead.
By Telearaph to the Homing News.
Chicago, May 14.—A dispatch from Nor
way, Mich., says: “A little after midnight
Wednesday, No. 2 shaft of the Lumberman
Mining Company’s LuJington iron
mine, located eight miles from here, caved
Id, burying alive sixteen miners. This shaft
was fiity feet deep and contained five feet
of water. John Tie, Isaac Winn and Oliver
Gardiner were working directly at the bot
tom of the shaft and were taken out dead.
Others who were working in drifts were
taken put »live.
THE BRUNSWICK FAIR.
Cloilns Bay—Good Attendance—Ne
gro Rider Badly Hurt—Awaltins
the Premiums—Exciting Regatta—
A C’apaixe, Etc., Etc.
Special Teleoram to the Morning News.
Brunswick, Ga., May 14.—This was a
fine day and there was a large attendance at
the fair. The steamer City of Bridgeton
arrived at 11 o’clock.
The award of premiums took place.
The scrub running races were not success
ful. One colored rider was thrown and
badly injured.
The fair closes successfully with a grand
ball on the fair grounds to-night.
The regatta was very exciting, a strong
wind prevailing, which rendered the change
of jib frequently necessary. The Irene
capsized near the last buoy, but the tug
Hamilton went to her rescue and she was
righted and Is now on her way here, all safe
on board. The boats that entered were the
Wave, by Mr. Wylly; the Orllla,by Mr. Dart;
the Island Home, by Mr. Dart; the Betsy, by
Mr. Couper; the Irene, by Mr. Hardee; and
the Kate, by Mr. Jones. The time of the
Wave was two hours, twenty-four minutes
and fifty-eight seconds; the Orllla,
two hours, eight minutes and four
teen and three-quarter seconds; the Island
Home, two hours, twenty-nine minutes
and fifty-two and three-quarter seconds;
the Betsy, two hours, thirty-one minutes
and eighteen seconds. The Kate fell out
about the middle of the course. Captain
Dave Kemp sailed the Wave splendidly,
and Fred. Wylly kept the pump steadily at
work. It was a fine race, and created great
enthusiasm.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
The Injunction Caw— Hearlug Poat-
poued — Juatlce Bradley to Pre-
aide.
By Telegraph to the Homing News.
Atlanta,Ga. , May 14.—The hearing in the
Uuited States Court, In the injunction suit of
Morris K. Jessup against the SavannalqFlori-
da and Western Railway, and Georgia Rail
road Commissioners, was adjourned to-day
till June 15th, when Justice Bradley will be
present to hear the argument.
THE FIRES IN PENNSYLVANIA
AND NEW JERSEY.
Town of Milton Destroyed—Fire Still
Raging—Telegraphic Communica
tion Interrupted—^Terrible Destruc
tion or Timber Land* and Pro
perty.
By Telegraph to the Homing News.
Williamsport, Pa., May 14.—It Is re
ported that a fire which commenced in Mil-
ton, Pa., about 11:30 this morning, has de
stroyed fifty buildings, including the car
shops, machine shops, and Methodist and
Reformed churches. Unless the wind
changes the entire town will be destroyed.
They have telegraphed here for assistance.
Telegraphic communication is now inter
rupted.
Milton, Pa., May 14.—Afire broke out at
12 o’clock to-day in the car works, and a
heavy northwest wind prevailing, it was Im
possible to check the progress of the flames
until the entire business portion of the town
was destroyed. It is estimated that 400
buildings have been burned, including all
the churches, hotel, banks, newspaper office,
tbe gaa works and depot. Assistance came
from Sunbary, Danville, Williamsport,
Lewisburg and Watsontown. Several bodies
have been recovered, but they are burned
beyond recognition. Two hundred and fifty-
families have been rendered homeless, aud
are camping out in the fields. Supplies of
provisions and clothing are needed at once.
It is impossible to estimate the loss at
present.
Harrisburg, Pa., May 14.—Governor
Hoyt has sent a circular telegram to the
Mayors of all the cities in this State inform
ing* them that the town of Milton has been
almost entirely destroyed by fire, and that
three thousand people are left homeless and
destitute, and suggesting that meetings be
called everywhere in aid of the suffering
people.
Milford, Pa., May 14.—Extenftive forest
fires continue to rage about here. Over
three million feet of lumber, besides a vast
amount of valuable timber, have been de
stroyed. Several houses and barns have
been burned. Six thousaud acres of land
are on fire this morning. The damage can
not be estimated. Considerable game has
been killed by the flames. The fires are
nearly all the result of Incendiaries. A
slight rain is now falling.
Atsion, X. J., May 14.—Fierce forest
fires are now burning in this region and
have already destroyed one hundred square
Imiles of valuable timber lands and vine
yards. Twenty-two buildings have been
destroyed in and about the village of Great
Republic.
THE GALLOWS.
LATEST NEWS BY (’ABLE.
ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL INTER
ESTS.
American Competition—Howlt Moat
be Met—Foreign Wheat and Cereal*
—Interest* on Land Di*>entbralled.
By Telegraph to the Homing News.
London, May 14.—James Caird, an
eminent agricultural authority, in a letter
to the Times on British agricultural pros
pects and American competition, says: "It
may be useful to show the pressing need
for the early removal of every imdepiment
which unnecessarily hampers us in the
competition to which we are now ex
posed. Nothing like the present depres
sion in the agricultural interests has been ex
perienced 6ince the repeal of the corn laws.
In nine years there have been seven defec
tive wheat harvests, causing a loss to Eng
lish wheat growers of more than thirty
million sterling, with no compensation in
higher prices. The Introduction of foreign
meat and cereals Is of immense benefit to
the consuming classes of Europe, and
American statesmen believe they are rapid
ly gaining control of this trade, and
can maintain It at lower prices. It
must be met by the production here
of articles which will not bear long
storage or carriage, such as milk, fresh
butter, early meal, vegetables, hay, straw,
potatoes aud the sugar beet. All Interests
in land, whether of owner, occupier or
laborer, must be disenthralled, control of
dead land must be removed, sale and trans
fer of land must be simplified and cheap
ened. Encumbered and unwieldy estates
will then be broken and subdivided to
form numerous properties. The drain of
agricultural labor and capital of the
United States and Canada, which has
already commenced, and which noth
ing can prevent from continuing and
increasing, will alter the existing conditions
of agricultural property In England. Our
agriculture must adapt itself to the change
freely accepting the good it brings and
skilfully using the advantages which greater
proTimltt to the best market must always
command.”
The Times, In an article commenting on
Mr. Caird’s letter on British agricultural
prospectsjand American competition, says:
“The remarkable facts which Mr. Caird dis
cusses appear to point Inevitably to the
conclusion that the agriculturists in this
country mu6t greatly modify the direction
of their enterprise, and concentrate their
capital and labor on articles on which
America aud Australia cannot compete
with them. But there is nothing to show
that new fielde of enterprise are not open to
them, which will be, at least, as remunera
tive as the old.”
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NEWS
Buulan Naval Movementi on the
Pacific—Emigration from Scotland
—Attempted Suicide—The German
Army—English Labor Trouble*—
Cuba aud Commercial Keiorm.
THE COMING SESSION OF THE
PRUSSIAN DIET.
Important Proposal* by the Govern-
inent—Change* In the May Law*
—Prince Bismarck 9 * Conviction on
the Church Question.
Execution* In Spartanburg, S. C.
aud Buffalo, N. Y.—Murderer* Sen
tenced.
By Telegraph to the Homing Xews.
Charleston, May 14.—Thos. White, a
white man aged twenty-eight, was hanged
at 8partanburg to day for the murder of
Pet Hawkins, a colored youth of eighteen.
The execution took place in the jail
yard, no one being present but the
relatives of the condemned, a euard of
ten men, a clergyman and sheriff. Strenuous
efforts had been made to secure Executive
clemency for White. He was calm and col
lected, mounting the scaffold with a firm
tread and without betraying the slightest
fear. Ills last words were that he wanted
everybody to know to what whisky and bad
companions would bring a man.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 14.—Carl Manke
was executed here this morning for the mur
der of John Atloff, at Elma, April 2d, 1879.
Augusta, Ga., May 14.—In tbe Richmond
Superior Court to-day Henderson Jones,
colored, was sentenced to be hanged Friday,
July 9th, for the murder of John G. Harral-
son, and Robert Ruffin was sentenc'd to the
penitentiary for life, for the murder of
Jerry O’Hara.
THE CALIFORNIA EVICTION
CASES.
The Victim* of the Hanford Tragedy
—A Citizen* 9 Committee Appointed
—Determined to Hold Their Home*
By Telegraph to the Homing News.
San Francisco, May 14.—The victims of
the Hanford tragedy were buried yesterday.
All business was suspended and the whole
population attended the obsequies. An au
topsy has been made on the body of Hart,
but no evidence has been taken by the Coro
ner. A citizens’ committee has been appoint
ed, composed of settlers residing on the lands
no: within the railroad grant, and uncon
nected with the league, to effect a compro
mise with the railroad company. The league
are urging the railroad proprietors to pre
vent depredations by Irresponsible individ
uals, and seem determined to permit the
commission of do overt act, but will con
tinue to hold their homes at any cost.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Yeaterday’* Transaction* on the
Stock Exchange—A Weak aud Un
settled Market.
By Telegraph to the Homing News.
New York, May 14.—The stock specula
tion to-day was irregular and unsettled in
early dealings, but later a strong feeling
prevailed, and the best figures of the day
were generally current at the close. At the
opening, prices advanced V to 2# per cent.,
tbe latter on Canada Southern, but the mar
ket soon became weak and a decline of
to per cent, was recorded. During
the afternoon a strong buying movement
was inaugurated and resulted In an advance
of 3^ to 3^ percent., th ecoal stocks, Cana
da Southern and Pacific Mall leading In the
Improvement. The advance was well main
tained to the close. Transactions aggrega
ted 437,000 shares. Including Chesapeake
and Ohio 10,000, Erie 110,000, Kansas and
Texas 16,000.
The baby’s cries are Its only method of
letting you know that it suffers and needs
Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. Price 25 cents a
bottle. m,15 It
By Telegraph to the Homing News.
London, May 14.—A Berlin dispatch to
the Times says the session of the Prussian
Diet will open on Thursday, 20th Inst. It
was at first believed that only bills regard
ing reforms in the administration would be
introduced, but now it is announced that
several other Important proposals will be
made by the government, the most Import
ant being the bill by which the government
hopes to be allowed to make some changes
in the May laws. The recret regarding the
text of the bill is very strictly kept, so that
all communications made by the different
journals cau only be conjecture.
Prince Bismarck, Iu his speech iu the
Reichstag Saturday, expressed the convic
tion that the church question is in closest
connection with all political matters now
under debate. It is, therefore, believed in
many circles that the bill will be used to
break up the alliances between the
Particulari8ts and tho Ultramon
taues, but until now the Centre party has
not given any signs that they are
willing to accept the pacific offers of the
government. They will certainly regulate
their proceedings on tho instructions they
will probably receive from the Vatican. Dr.
Majuoks, the former editor of the Germania,
and at present a member of Par lament, has
gone to Rome. He is said to be commis
sioned by his party to ask for orders upon
the subject.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
A Review of tlie Liverpool and Lon
don Market* for tbe I'aat Week.
By Telegraph to trie Homing News.
Liverpool, May 14.—The leading grain
circular says: “The grain trade during the
past week was generally steady, although
only moderately active. At the principal
markets during the past few days tbere were
diminished offerings of English wheat, and
foreign was held for a shilling per quarter
advance, which, however,somewhat checked
tbe demand. A good continental inquiry,at
a further Improvement of 6d. to Is., con
tinues for cargoes off the coast. At Liverpool
and the neighboring markets, since Tuesday
there has been a fair business done. The
prices of corn are again rather dull. To
day’s market was fairly attended. There
was a good demand for wheat, and most de
scriptions improved a penny. There was a
good consumptive demand for flour at ex
treme rates. Corn was in fair request and
advanced fully a penny.”
London, May 14.—In Mincing Lane during
the past week there has not been much
change. Holders of sugar have been firm,
and succeeded in obtaining a further ad
vance for spot and afloat. The sale
of coffee by the Dutch Trading
Company went off at about one
percent' below valuation. Good ordinary
is quoted at 39;^' against 40)% cents in April.
The market here Is dull. Large stocks have
had a depressing influence on prices, which
have fallen upon all except good and fine.
Tbere was a steady demand for rice afloat.
FRENCH POLITICAL HORIZON.
Tlie Debate on the Public Meeting*
Bill—Bat Little Hope of Political
Tranqnlllkv*
By Telegr aph to the Homing News.
London, May 14.—The correspondent of
the Times at Paris, discussing the debate on
the public meetings bill in the Chamber of
Deputies yesterday, says: “The temper of
the Chamber as revealed to-day leaves but
little hope of prolonged political tranquility,
or of that stability without which tile
French horizon will again become
threatening. During the debate on
the clause of the bill entitling tbe
government’s representatives to disrolvc
any meeting the Chairman of which
had tolerated appeals to revolt or armed
demonstration, a coalition of the extreme
Left and Right nearly succeeded in inflicting
defeat on the Ministry. M. Gambetta, Presi
dent of the Chamber, saw that the govern
ment was about to be put In a minority, and
cleverly suggested the recommital of the
clause, which proposition was accepted by
both sides.”
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Circular of tbe Cotton Brokers* As
sociation.
By Telegraph to the Homing News.
Liverpool, May 14.—This week’s circu
lar of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Asso
ciation, says: "Cotton was In improved de
mand Friday and prices were firm. Busi
ness has since been extremely limited
and the market dull and Irregular. The
market was steadier at the decline on Wed
nesday and Thursday. American was In
fair request but business was limited, and
with an extensive supply quotations are
reduced 3 16d. Sea island was in moderate
demand, Florida being more freely offered;
the lower grades, Imperfectly prepared,
receded half-pence to a penny. Futures
were dull and depressed until Tuesday, and
prices declined 5-16JL Since then they have
been steadier, and prices hardened )sd.
The final rates show a decline of 5 32d.
to 3 16d.”
THE NEW PREMIER.
HI* Attitude on the New Commer
cial Treaty—Probable Resignation
of M. Leon Say.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 14.—A Paris correspondent
of the Manchester Guardian says: “Premier
Gladstone prefers not to open negotiations
for a new commercial treaty until the tariff
laws have been passed by the French
Senate, in order to leave a sure basis of
discussion. If Mr. Gladstone persists In
this attitude, it is feared that M. Leon Say
may resign tbe French Ambassadorship to
England, which he only accepted for a short
time, and solely for the purpose of this
negotiation.”
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
THE BLACKBURN COTTON STRIKE.
London, May 14.—The bravado of last
week manifested by the striking cotton
operatives at Blackburn has entirely died
away, and it is not too much to an
ticipate that the strike will terminate
in ten days. The Executive Committee
of the Oldham Limited Liability Companies
Association has convened a general meet
ing for the 25th inst. to consider the best
means of reducing the production of yarns.
The Darwen weavers intend to abide by the
resolution to support the Blackburn weavers
with a levy of three pence per loom, even
if the Darwen sheds are put on half time,
as th*-masters threaten.
COMMERCIAL REFORM IN CUBA.
Havana, May 14.—The desire for a com
mercial treaty between Cuba aud the United
States Is daily becoming more pronounced.
The President of the Board of Commerce
has issued a circular advising merchants to
use all the means at their disposal to pro
mote the conclusion of a treaty. The 7W-
umfo, In an editorial, seeks to show that the
Cuban Conservative members In the Cortes
are yielding against their own will. The so
lution of the question of commercial re
form for Cuba Is only possible in a Liberal
spirit.
STRENGTH OF THB GERMAN ARMT.
London, May 14.—A Berlin dispatch to
the Times says: “When all the new forma
tlons planned and worked out in their
minutest detafis by the German War Minis
try are completed, the total strength of the
army will exceed two million men.”
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
London, May 14.—A Paris dispatch to the
Times says: "Toe widow of Count De Noe
Cham, the celebrated caricaturist, who has
been in a desponding state since her hus
band’s death, has thrown herself from a
window and lies In a precarious condition.”
RUSSIAN NAVAL MOVEMENTS IN THE PACIFIC.
London, May 14.—The Globe says: "We
learn from Cronstadt that the Russian Gov
ernment contemplates sending the great
ironclad Peter the Great to the Pacific, and
that four other men-of-war for the Pacific
are fitting out.”
THB EXECUTION OF THE BERLIN TRHATT.
London, May 14.—A St. Petersburg dis
patch says Lord Granville’s circular In re
gard to the execution of the Berlin treaty
entire satisfaction in the highest
circles there.
EMIGRATION FROM SCOTLAND.
Glasgow, May 14.—Emigration from the
Clyde to America Is Increasing rapidly. Tbe
Anchor Line steamer Devonia left last night
for New York with live hundred steerage
passengers.
FAILURE.
London, May 14.—George Clark & Co.
tea merchants, have failed. Liabilities,
£60,000 to £90,000.
THE M. E. CHURCH CONFERENCE.
The Election ol Editors—Consecra
tion of Newly Elected Bishop*.
THE UTE RESERVATION.
A Powerful
Formed to
tory.
Secret Organization
Invade Their Terrl-
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Denver, Col., May 14.—A powerful se
cret organization has been formed here for
the purpose of invading the Ute reserva
tion without waiting for Congressional ac
tion. They intend to go through Gunnison
and Eagle River counties to the Rio Grande
and will fight the Utes if necessary.
GENERAL DOMESTIC NEWS.
Bayard the Choice of the New Jersey
Democrats — The Atlanta Opera
lloune Disaster—Lexington Race*
Death of a New York Chief Justice
—The Recliablten—An Editor Sen
tenced.
By Telegraph to the Hominy News.
LSXINGTON RACES.
Lexington, Kr., May 14.—The first race
to-day, Longfellow stakes, for the get of
Longfellow, mile heats, resulted as follows:
Mamie R., 1, 1; Annie G., 3, 2; Sportfellow,
2,3. Time 1:46^; 1:50 V-
The second race, for all ages, two and
one eighth miles, was won by Volturno;
Jiles Johnson second, War Lass third. Time
3:71.
The third race, mile heats, for beaten
horses, resulted as follows: Florence B., 1.
1; Virgil, 0, 2; IlamadoD, 2, 3; Bailey, 3, 0;
Harry distanced. Time 1:43; 1:43^.
The extra race, one aud one-eighth miles,
was won by Blue Lodge, Lucille second,
Ida Davis third. Time 1:51&
AN EDITOR FINED AND IMPRISONED.
Richmond, Va., May 14 —The jury in the
case of Colonel Joe R Popham, editor of
the Southern Intelligencer, on trial In the Hust
ings Court for the shooting of his business
manager, R. G. Agee, rendered a verdict of
guilty of unlawful shooting, and fixing his
puuishment at thirty dajs in jail and a fine
of thirty dollars. A motion to set aside
the verdict and grant a new trial was over
ruled.
SUIT TO RECOVER MISAPPLIED FUNDS.
New York, May 14.—Judge Lowence to
day, on application of Receiver Cutting, of
the Defunct Bankers and Brokers Asasocia-
tion,issued an attachment against John Bon
ner, the fugitive President of the association.
The Receiver ht6 begun suit to recover
$484,608 of money of the corporation,
which Bonner is said to have misapplied.
MOUNT VERNON LADIES’ ASSOCIATION.
New York, May 14 —The Regent of the
Mount Vernon Ladies’Association has made
the following appointments to fill vacancies
In the Board of Rice Regents : Miss Long
fellow, Vice Regent for Massachusetts;
Mr. Robert Campbell, Vice Regent for Mis
souri; Mrs. T. C. Richardson, Vice Regent
for Louisiana.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RBCHABITES.
Petersburg, Ya., May 14.—The High
Tent of the Independent Order of Recha-
bites, of North America, which has been in
annual session here for several days past,
has adjourned to meet at Wheeling, West
Virginia, on the fourth Tuesday In May,
1881. J. B. Marche, of Washington, was
re-elected High Chief Ruler.
WESTERN TOWN NEARLY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Cincinnati, May 14.—A special says the
town of West Liberty, Ohio, suffered from
disastrous fire yesterday, which swept
nearly half the town, destroying thirty five
business blocks, with a total loss of two
hundred thousaud dollars.
THE DEMOCRATS OF CAMDEN FAVOR THOS.
F. BAYARD.
Camden, X. J., May 14.—The Democrats
of this city held a meeting last night and
elected delegates to the State Cjnvention
favoring the nomination of Thomas Francis
Bayard for President.
NOT GUILTY.
Lancaster, May 14.—The jury In the case
of Julia Hoover, eighteen years of age,
charged with the murder of her step
mother’s infant on the 2lst of last Novem
ber, by giving it poison, brought in a verdict
this morning of not guilty.
DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE SANFOBD E.
CHURCH, OF NEW YORK,
Albion, N. Y., May 14.—Hon. 8anford E.
Church, Chief Justice of New York Court
of Appeals "died suddenly at hla residence
here at fouijo’clock this afternoon of apo
plexy.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Milwaukee, May 14.—The factory of
Mihill’s Manufacturing Company, at Fon
du Lac, was destroyed by lire yesterday.
Loss $125,000. One hundred and fifty men
are thrown out of employment.
DEATH OF A BANK PRESIDENT.
Deposit, N. Y., May 14.—Hon. Charles
Knapp, member of the Forty-firit Congress,
and President of the Deposit National Bank,
died this morning In his eighty-third year.
DIED OF THEIR INJURIES.
Atlanta,May 14.—Two of the young lady
amateurs, burned at the Opera Rouse In
this city on the 12th inst., have died.
A Merchant’s Death from Mor
phine.—Wm. John Bell, a dry goods
merchant of Norfolk, Va., died on Tues
day from an overdose of morphine, at
the residence of hi3 mother, in Brook
lyn, New York. He went to New York
on business two weeks ago, and during
this visit, it is said, he drank rather
freely. On Monday his condition was
such that a physician was called in. .Bell
said that he needed sleep, and that he
was in the habit of taking morphine to
produce it. The doctor prescribed half
a grain every three hours, but upon Bell’s
insisting that the quantity would do him
no good, the dose was increased to one
grain every* three hours. The bottle con
taining tbe drug was left by his bedside,
and the quantity taken by him far ex
ceeded the prescription.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Cincinnati, May 14.—Id the General Con
fercnce of the M. E. Church the election for
editors resulted as follows: For the Chris
tian Advocate, of New York, John Buckley,
who received 228 votes; for the (Quarterly
Heine*, D. D. Whedon, 307 votes: for editor
of Sunday School publications and Secre
tary of Sunday School and Tract Societies,
J. H. Vincent, 229 votes; for editor
of the Western Christian Advocate,
at Cincinnati, F. S. Hoyt, 304 votes; for
Pittsburg Christian Advocate, Alfred Wheeler,
editor, who received the entire vote of the
conference; for the Northwestern Christian
Advocate, Arthur EJ wards, 277 votes.
Next Wednesday was fixed as the day for
the consecration of the newly elected Bishops
and a committee was appointed to arrange
for a suitable place.
Rev. Dr. R. S. Rusk, the present encum
bent, and Rev. E. W. S. Hammond, colored,
who made the famous speech on Wednes
day for the election of a colored Bishop,
were nominated for Secretary of the Freed-
men’s Aid Society. The vote resulted as
follows; Rusk 252, Hammond 107.
The Committee on Episcopacy has agreed
to report to the Conference that in its opinion
the church needs one or more Bishops of
African descent, and to recommend that
this Conference proceed to elect at this ses
sion one such Bishop. A sub-committee of
thirteen was appointed to inquire into the
qualifications of persona for that office.
TEMPERANCE.
Annual Meeting ol* tlie National
Temperance Society—The Woman's
Temperance Union.
„ By Telegraph to the Morning News.
New York, May 14.—The fifteenth an
nual meeting of the National Temperance
Society and Publication House was held
here to-day, Hon. Wm. E. Dodge presiding.
The annual report was read, and shows a
prosperous condition of the society and the
increased efficiency of its work. Hon. Wm.
E. Dodge was elected President. Among the
Vice Presidents are George B. Wetmore, D.
D., of North Carolina; Hon. R. B. Vance,
of North Carolina; B. D. Townsend, of
South Carolina; Rev. Wm. Howell Taylor,
of Florida, and Thos. H. Jones, of
Louisiana.
The Woman’s National Temperance Union
held Its anniversary to-day at Broadway
Tabernacle. Tbe annual report showed
that the National Union embraced over
1,150 unions throughout the United States,
with a membership of more than 30.000.
Fifty-eight thousaud children were pledged
to total abstinence, and one hundred and
four reading rooms and friendly Inns were
under the direction of the union. An ad
dress on the "Educational Phase of Tem
perance Work” was delivered by Mrs. Maiy
H. Hunt, of Boston.
THE BRUNSWICK FAIR.
Tbe Weather—Amusements— Official
Courtesies—Thoma*vllle to Bruua-
wlck-il Brunswick — Farm Pro
duct* — Floral Iiall — Household
Product* — Fancy Work Depart
ment — miscellaneous Exhibits —
Some Outside Exhibit* — Pro
gramme To-Day — Tournament —
Governor Colquitt Deliver* the
Opening Addre**.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Brunswick, May 13.—As I arrived too late
(owing to failure to connect with train at
Jesup) to viait the fair grounds yesterday I
shall be obliged to commence my report* with
the second day. I learn there was nothing yes
terday worthy of special mention.
Foot races by boys and sack races were
thrown in yesterday, ai to-day, to fill up the
time aud give the visitor* lots of cheap, but
harmless and enjoyable fun. The fair officials
seem determined to do their b st to please
everybody and to afford all the fim and enjoy
ment possible.
President J. B. Habersham and Secretary J.
M. Dexter have their headquarters in a hand
some tent on the grounds, aud have given your
correspondent a cordial welcome aud every
facility for attending to business. Assistant
Secretary W. F. Stuart and Mr. T. W. Dexter
have also been very kind.
THOMASVILLE TO BRUNSWICK
Our train left Thomasville In a shower Tues
day night, and frequ-nt showers prevailed un
til late yesterday aftern-on. This made the
air cool and kept down the dust all the wuy to
Brunswick.
I got a glimpse of Way cross early yesterday
morning, and was surprised to see so hand
some and enterprising a place. I had heard
many good things about this new and grow
ing town, but was not prepared to see so many
sunstantial buildings and attractive residences.
At Jesup I was the guest of Hon. W. H
Whaley, one of the most enterprising and sue
cessful business men of the place. He is the
owner of the Altamaha House, ‘•.nd failing to
S . t a suitab’e landlord for this line property,
e and his excellent lady have taken It in
charge, and are rapidly restoring It to its origi
nal popularity. He knows how to keep a ho
tel, although new in the business, and can also
appreciate a good daily like the Morning
Nkws.
I took my seat In the caboose car of the
lumber train on the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad with the expectation of having a slow
and disagreeable trip to Brunswick. The train
was a long one, and heavily loaded with tim
ber, but a powerful locomotive, named after a
splendid gentleman of Cobb county. Colonel J.
w. Roberts, brought us through all right,
and Conductor T. S. Sharp, brother of my
worthy friend. Conductor A. A. Sharp, made
me extremely comfortable by his polite atten
tions. I enjoyed the trip very much, although
there is nothing bet »een Je<tup and Brunswick
of any importance to attract attention,
at Brunswick.
On stepping from the train, my baggage was
taken in charge by James Blue, for several
f ears a Representative from this county in the
«gislature, and who is now running an ex
press wagon, ne made a very good colored
member, but I found him last night a better
baggage expressman.
For some time I feared I should find no place
to lav my weary head, as there is no regular
hotel in the city, and good accommodations are
scarce. I was al>out to give up in despair,
when Blue found a constant reader or the
Morning News, Mr. Charles G. Moore, who
keeps a fine boarding house for transient
E aests. and he promised to give me a sofa in
is parlor. Later at night, however, a gentle
man left on the train and 1 got his room.
Judging from the piles of lumber and timber
lying along the wharves. I should say that this
branch of business is pretty good here at pres
ent. New stores and residences also indicate
general prosperity, which ought to prevail
more and more (and I might say Moore, for he
is a prince of landlords) until Brunswick has a
hotel worthy of her reputation as a growing
city. The burnt district is largely built up with
handsome wooden structures, but the hotel has
not been replaced. I am told there is not a
brick building in the city.
farm pRonucrs.
This department, which includes early vege
tables. presents a most attractive appearance.
It is not only well filled in every respect, but
manv of the exhibits are finer than any I
at Thomasville or Rainbridge. The territory
covered by this fair is much larger, an 1 some
sections represented are taking the lead in the
culture of early vegetables.
The largest exhibitors are T. W. Bolt, Bruns
wick; J. N. Walker, Glynn county: A. N. Smith,
St. Simon's Island; J. P. Lamb, Glynn county;
W. H. Harris, Brunswick, and R. S. Clunb,
Glynn county. The display made by J. N.
Walker is exceedingly fine, and attracts es
pecial attention on the part of admirers of suc
cessful farming.
In the matter of field crops there is quite a
handsome exhibit. Some of the cotton and
corn stalks are very fine. The cotton stalks
are ahead of any I have se-n anywhere the
present season. Owing to the rain, the agri
cultured exhibits have been seen under great
disadvantage to-day, as they are located in an
open building, the roof of which leaks pro
fusely.
FLORAL HALL.
Floral Hall, like the buildings surroueding it.
is open on all sides, and has a board roof that
leaks like a sieve. If tbe day had kept clear it
would liave been a most attractive place, as
the floral display is both large and elegant, and
the building profusely decorated.
The largest exhibitor* are Mrs. D T. Dunn,
Mrs. P. W. Brewster, Mrs. T. F. Smith, Mrs. J.
M. Dexter and Mrs. L. B. Drury. Some of the
stands are arranged with great artistic skiil
and show that the fair exhibitors not only know
how to select choice plants, but are also com
petent to arrange them with exquisite taste.
As soon as the rain commenced pouring
down everybody rushed I*to Floral Hall
for shelter, but the roof soon began to leak
profusely, and in half an hour the place was
robbed of more than l Jf its beauty. Flower
tables in the centre weie hustled aside, and all
the work of the morning in arranging pretty
designs and attractive decorations was quickly
destroyed. An hour later Gov. Colquitt occu
pied the hall for the delivery of his "Opening
Address.
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS.
I find this department the most attractive,
because it is filled with jellies, preserves, cakes,
bread, butter, honey and other delicacies too
numerous to mention.
It is worthy of remark that Rev. A. C. Ward,
>astor of the Baptist Church in thi* city, ex-
tibits some fine doughnuts, and Dr. F. Brewster
a loaf of bread, both exhibits bring quite meri
torious, judging from wh^t the ladies say.
Mrs. John McCollough's caramels aod fancy
cake. Mrs. J. T. Collins' puff paste cream cakes,
and Miss Josie Nathans' May haw jelly attract
I general attention, and are highly praised. In
foot, your reporter hardly know* where to
draw a line of merit through this department.
All deserve praise.
Mrs. L. North takes the lead by making a firu*
display of jellies, jams, etc., her exhibits num-
Dexter exhibits forty four articles, with twenty-
eight varieties, some of which are very fine.
Mia S. H. Cook exhibits eighteen articles, with
eleven varieties. Mrs. Rev. A. C. Ward exhibits
twenty-one articles.
I notice a very large and handsome loaf of
bread, baked by airs. Casey, also some very
fine specimens of bread made and entered by
colored people. There is an attractive display
of Georgia syrups, and also an exhibit of green
apples, plums, lemons, limes and oranges raised
in this vicinity. Some of the orangesand limes
are preserved in a home made liquid, said to
keep them fresh for a long time.
FANCY WORK DEPARTMENT.
The ladies deserve great credit for making
this department both full and attractive. The
variety is large and the number of exhibitors
too great to allow of personal mention.
In the display of wax flowers, fish scale de
signs, shell work, worsted flower work, and
feather work, there is much to admire. Mrs.
J. B. Habersham exhibits some beautiful feath
er fans and Mrs. J. S. Marion an exquisite seed
bouquet and wreath, composed of sixty-seven
varieties of garden aud farm seeds.
The exhibits of lace work, crochet work, silk
and plain embroidery, fancy knitting, worsted
work and bed quilts are numerous and merito
rious. Some of the afghans and large worsted
work designs are very beautiful and deserve
high praise. A lace lambrequin, made of fl>h
lines, is a novelty,.but one that has both beauty
and merit to commend it to notice.
In this department I have found a quiet nook )
in which to write this letter, and I must sa;
that I have never met more pleasant act
agreeab e ladies at any fair in my life than
those by whom I am surrounded. They are not
only lidies of culture and taste, but they are
among the best and most efficient workers,
especially for rainy weather, that I ever saw
I think 1 see their hand in all the attractive
features of the fair grounds.
Among these ladies I should make especial
mention of Mrs. CoL J. T. Collins and Mrs
Capt. J. M. Dexter, of the domestic depart
ment. and Mrs. T. W. Dexter. Mrs. Capt. W. P.
Miner and Miss M. C. Blain, the accomplished
sister of Dr. J. S. Blain, of the fancy depart
ment, 1 have also been greatly indebted to
Miss Josie Nathans, one of the efficient work
ers in the domestic department, and her sisters.
Mrs. T. F. Smith and Mrs. Jennie Kenan, and
Mrs J. 8. Nathans, wife of a well known at tache
of the Morning News office. They are all most
excellent ladies, and are doing much to make
the fair successful.
MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITS.
A. W. Smith, of St. Simon's Island, on
exhibition the autograph of George Washing
ton. which was presented to him by Miss Agm s
Lee. daughter of Gen. R. E. Lee, some years
ago.
T. B. Blackshear. of Macon, adorns the
ladies’ department with a magnificent collec
tion of his handsomest photographs. The dis
play attracts much attention and is quite an
addition to tlie fair in several wavs.
Bernd Brothers, of Macon, who have the
most extensive saddle and harness establish
ment in the State, occupy a large part of the
lower floor of exhibition hall with their large
aud attractive exhibit, which is in charge of
Capt. H P. Westcott and my handsome young
friend. Sergeant E. A. Isaacs, of the Macon
Volunteers.
Miss Caroline Stiles, a granddaughter of
James Hamilton Couper. of St. Simon's Island,
may well be proud of her elegant display of
painted china plates. 1 he delicate fluish and
perfect coloring show her to be a heaven born
artist. It is seldom that such exquisite designs
are exhibited at our fairs bv amateur artists.
Mbs Couper also lias on exhibition some ex
cellent panel paintings in the same department.
SOME OUTSIDE EXHIBITS
In the live stock and poultry department tl e
display is not large, although some fine
horses, cattle and poultry are worthy of men
tion. Hon. Thomas W. Lamb, of Glynn coun
ty, and A. T. Putnam, of Brunswick, are the
largest exhibitors.
J. Wilder & Co., of this city, make an excel
lent display of their rosin, and the Brunswick
Cooperage Works of their oak barrels. H. V.
Skipper's hand-made Geoqria oak barrel is ex
tremely handsome. W. F. Bailey & Co., of
Slaughterville, exhibit samples c-f their staves
and shingles.
Master Charlton Stacy, son of the editor of
tho Advertiser, displays twenty-five specimens
of native woods, and Master Harry William:
also makes a similar exhibit. There are als>
many excellent displays of scro.l saw work,
some of which are exceedingly delicate and
artistic in design.
One of the most artistic and ekillful designs,
and one that deserves a gold medal, is a gothic-
clock made by D. B. Stallings, of Dodge's trill,
on St. Simon’s Island. 7 he desi m is one of ex
quisite beauty, and quite elaborately executed
in four varieties of Georgia woods, of iight and
dark shades. Its execution has occupied the
leisure hours of Mr. Stallings for more than
three months.
PROGRAMME TO-DAY.
No formal programme has been carried out
to-cay, owing to the rain, but Mr. D. T Dunu.
who is iu charge of the fun department, has
given lots of impromptu fun in the way of
goat, sack, mule, toot and ox races. He is
equal to Barn urn in pleasing a crowd.
Governor Colquitt delivered the “Opening
Address.” postponed from yesterday, in F’ora
Hall at 11 o'clock to a good audience. A heavy
rain kept away the crowd until after dinner,
when the weather improved considerably, and
there was a large increase in the number of
visitors.
I find that 1 have not time to notice many
things I have seen to-day, and shall k-ep them
for my next letter. But I must allude to the
beautiful disp'ays of cut flowers and floral dt-
signs in Floral Hall, made by Mrs. T. W. Pex
ter. Miss Emma Mickle, Mrs. T. F. Smith. Mi*s
Maria Blain. Mrs. J. B. Habereham, and Mrs.
W. W. Watkins.
THE TOURNAMENT.
As the rain held up about three o'clock, the
tournament was called, and ten gallant knights
in costume rode up to the stand. Count “De-
Guy” hi command.
Dr. C. L. Schlatter. Jr.. W. C. Hffi and D. B
McKinnon were the judges, and discharged
their arduous duties to tbe entire satisfaction
of all parties interested Dr. 8. announced
that each knight would ride around the track
three times, and tilt for ten rings on each ride,
to make the quarter of a tnile inside of forty-
five seconds, and to bring all rings taken on his
spear to the judges.
After the tbrt»e rides It was found that there
was a tie for choice of first prize between Tison
ana Moore. Hiding this off Tison. took three
rings in thirty-six seconds, and Moore three in
thirty-seven secon Is. An- ther ride gave Tison
six rings in thirty-nine seconds, and Moore
eight rings in forty-one seconds. A tie for
choice of second prizes between Wiggins and
Wright resulted in five r.ngs for Wiggins in
twenty-nine seconds, and s x rings for Wright
in thirty-three seconds. Wright’s horse acted
badly on all run*, yet h* displayed splendid
horsemanship and won first prize. If Pritchard
had rode a good home he would have made a
fine score.
The following are tbe knights and tbelrrcgu
lar scores on first three runs: R. M. Tison, a«
“Count de Gay”—rings 3 5, 6; time 40, 89, 37.
W. T. Turner, as “Black Prince"—rings 4, 1, 6
time 35,30.33. W. O. Moore, as “Muret”—rings
5. 4. 5; time 32, 43, 41 (horse n&lkrd badly). H.
Gignilliat, as "Knight of Seminoles”—rings 0.
0,0: time 40. 42, 39, B. Davlr, as "Knight of
Bed Cross''—rings 1. 1,6; time 35, 3'-\ 41. W. M.
Wiggins, as “Knight of Malta”—rings 3, 4. 6;
time 31, 34, 32 G. B. Mabry, as “Knight of the
!> st Cau«e"—rings 3. 5. 2; time 36,31, 35. H. C.
Taylor, as “Ivanhoe.” was sick, and rode only
once—lines 3: time 4'. G W. Wright, as "Count
de Bussy”—rings 4. 5, 4; time S2.3i, 42. K. D.
Pritchard, of bavannah. as “Sinbad,” rode a
bad horse and took only 1, 2, C rings in 31, 33, 31
seconds. As the track was wet aud heavy, and
the arrangement of the riqs* not suitable for
the occasion, it is fair to say that the tourna
ment was a success and the display quite cred
itable. Some of the knights were attired in
handsome costum*, and the cavalcade attract
ed marked attention when on parade.
^ Chatham.
LETTER FROM DARIEN.
Promising Condition of the Rlee
Crop—The Timber Business—The
Fall Election* — The Senatorial
Nomination.
Darien, Ga.. May 13.—Editor Homing News :
Seeing a few hues in the News stating thate
short communications from the country about
the crops would be acceptable, I concluded
that n few words from this section would not
be out of place. We cannot say much for this
country about its production of corn rnd
cotton, as there Is only a limited area planted
in these staples. But ther* is a large amount
of rice raised in ibis vicinity, and the universal
opinion among the planters is that the pros
pect foi a heavy yie.d of this valuable grain
is much better thau it has been for years. As
the fields are in excellent condition and tin-
banks are solid and strong enough to keep out
the highest tid<*s, the planters are sanguine
of reaping a rich harvest. While the cultiva
tion of these fields is a source of wealth to
<>ur immediate section, it also adds materially
to the wealth and prosperity of the Forest
-4_ity, as nearly the entire crop of rice raised
on the Altamaha river is shipped to Savannah
to be cleaned aDd then sold by her factors.
The timl>er business has been enjoying a tre
mendous boom here this season, aud there is
more timber and lumber shipped from Darien
now than anv other port in the South. There
has been about 4 ».0fjn ouo feet of timber s ld in
this market since January 1st. and it is not un
usual for thirty or forty vessels to be here at
one time, loading with pitch pine timber.
Tlie Mokn(ng News is & welcome vis tor in
business circles here, and is regarded as one of
the best d i:lie» in the South, and is becoming
more popular every day.
The fall elections are fre*ly discussed here,
and, e*rly as it is, several gentlemen have been
mentioned as probable candidates for Sena
tonal honors, ihese gentlemen are all worthy
citizens in their particular sphere in life, but I
am unable to ' discover anything in their
past record that gives them any claim on
the Democratic party in the distribution of
office?. There are men among us who are thor
oughly posted in the needs of the district and
who have been ouUmoken champions of Demo
cracy for years. 1 hey were here during the
stormy and bloodv re'gu of old Tunis G. Camp-
l»ell. and fought the good fight that sent the old
reprobate from power to a convict's cell ana
restored the county to Democratic rule, there
by inaugurating an era of peace and prosperity
in our county. It is from among this sma I
band of patriots that the people should select
their Senator aud Representative. Notwith
standing the fact that he is not a candidate, I
cannot refrain from mentioning in this connec
tion our worthy young townsman, R. W. Grubb,
editor of the Timber Gazette, as one who
would perform the duties of a Senator
ably and well He stood shoulder to shoul
der with the foremost during the troublous
times mentioned above. He has frequently
been urged by friends to allow them to propoee
bis name for one of the offices in the gift of
the peop'e, but he has invariably refused, say
ing that lie was sufficiently rewarded if the
people were satisfied with the prominent part
ne took in redeeming them from Radical op
pression and misrule. Tbe people would be
. -. - -. ■■ - .— glad to have him nominated, and I havn't a
h * be elected^ bambome
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