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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. thb sews op the two states TOlil> IN PARAGRAPHS. fJnako Bite Cured by Applying the Flesh of a Newly Killed Chicken- Chops Off His Little Brother’s Finger —Two Thousand Prevented from Vot ing In Sumter (jpuuty. GEORGIA. Herndon thinks of boring an artesian well. Albany is bound to have a high school for boys. J. F. Myers will soon start a paper at Guyton, Effingham county. There are several applicants for gov ernment positions at Athens. Treasurer Hardeman nas his letter heads stamped with two keys. Material is being placed on the ground to build the Waynesboro bank. The Americus Republican prints a page of tax defaulters for the years I*B3 and 1884. Tbere are a number of parties in Athens who are amusing themselves raising silk worms. The old Liberty bell passed through At lanta Sunday. It was available for in spection for several hours. A Sabbath school of about thirty mem bers was organized at Shady Grove last Sunday by Calvin Henderson. Maj. Wilkins will soon tear down his warehouse at the depot at Waynesboro. Whether he will rebuild is not known. Commencement exercises are now in progress at Luoy Cobb Institute at Athens. They will close to-morrow night with the graduating exeroises. The city authorities of Waynesboro have just completed the takingof the citv census, and the population foots up 55S whites and 902 colored, a total of 1,460. .lodge Hutchins hag refused to grant a new trial in the case of Mrs. Bain against the Athens foundry, for damages. The case will be taken to the Supreme Court. Gov. McDaniel fls at Dahlonega attend ing the commencement exercises of the North Georgia Agricultural College. W. F. Glenn, of Dalton, will deliver the com mencement address next Wednesday. William Jones, formerly of Liberty county, but lately residing in Thomas county with his son, Dr. S. .J. Jones, died Saturday morning. He was in his S4th year, and leaves a wife and four children. Kimball, Wheeler & Cos., of Atlanta, have just closed a contract for furnishing plans for anew court house for Ogle thorpe county. The cost of the court house is $20,000, and the plans are very handsome. Tennille correspondence News, June 15: Mrs. Isaac L. Smith departed this life at 7 o’clock yesterday evening, aged §3. She leaves a husband and live children to mourn her loss. There is considerable sickness in this vicinity. There are over 2,000 voters in Sumter comity who cannot take part in the com ing election by reason of not having paid their taxes. About three-fourths of this number are blacks, and yet their taxes generally do not amount to more than sl. Argument in the Ralston will case was begun In the United States Court at At lanta yesterday. Mrs. Ida Ralston seeks to break the will. George B. Turpin, to whose children Mr. Ralston willed the $50,000 worth of property in question, is the defendant. The city assessment on the Kimball House is $450,000, which entails a tax of $6,750. The assessment on the Markham llouse Is SIIO,OOO. The highest assess ment on a private residence in Atlanta is $40,000. which is placed on the home of Col. John T. Grant. On the Buena Vista Railroad, near El lavilie, last Thursday, little Tommie, the livo-ypar-old son of Mr. L. W. Dixon, of that place, fell into a stock-pit which was full of water. The little fellow would have drowned had not his oider brother, Win stead, gone to bis assistance and pulled him out. Two of Ben Matthews’ little boys, Cary and Robert, were playing with' a little wagon wheel at Dallas, last Wednesday. Cary was hacking on it with a hatchet and Robert put his hand on it to take it iiwaV from him. when the stroke of the hatchet cut the forefinger off of Robert’s right, hand. A# I’olieeman Gillam, of Rome, went ell duty Friday night and started info his house he was encountered by a large dog which suddenly made- a lunge at him. The dog ntiseqd its mark, however, and Gillam }!i!ld down on him with his pistol, killing him instantly. Mr. Jester, of Athens, carries a large sear on bis hand that was made by a rat tlesnake when he was a boy. Mr." Jester, when he found he was bitten by a rattle snake, immediately made tracks for homo, and his brother killed a chicken and split, it and put the wounded hand into the quivering flesh of the chicken. The flesh ot the fowl turned perfectly gr< n as the poison was drawn from the ii nd. Mr. Jester was entirely cured by the operation. X negro man ott Mrs. Garrard's planta tion in Baldwin county, it is SHid, pun ished his wife for leaving him a few days ago and locked her up In a room of his h mse at night. The next morning she es caped from the house and went to Mr. Garner’s place. Ho followed her and as soon as he tound her commenced shooting at her with a pistol. One ball took effect in her arm, and, as she fell to the ground, he became alarmed and ran off. He has not been arrested as yet. Dr. David Bagiev, who died last week, was a remarkable man. For a quarter of a century or longer he has been an itinerant physician all through the counties of Dooly, Worth, Colquitt, he, rieii, Lowndes and others lying east ward. He niHde it a rule to visit his patients monthly, and he was very punctual. He would require a sort of retainer’s fee of Horn $5 to $lO, and so touch monthly from each patient. He dealt with old chronic ailments princi pally. Ho was a botanist, compounded his own drags, and many of his patients "">uld have no other physician. He knew c'c. v bridle path In all the great piney V- 1-i region, ar.d was never at a loss (or * lodging place. In the good old days, when Americus w:n young, they used to have sorno high chi times. A gentleman who remembers Uio,. day s Bays that nt such times hh 1 "lions, or any special attraction suf- Pc cm to draw a crowd, they used to arm t; i ms. Ives with hickory sticks and go at J' rough-and-tumble. There was a stand " c loud between i’nndtown (now Ella v, Hc) and Danville. When the two par* t‘ - chanced to meet here they were sure pi have a regular battle, and If a Danite ''cut, to I’ondlown, or vice versa, at elec on time they generally cleaned hint up. <p;ei. they took the Sheriff and carried him j 1 the woods and kept him away till the 1 cal hours ol sale were past, so as to pre v, 'nt him sidling some lands that were tdvorUsed to lie sold at public outcry. Thursday evening the figure of a man " lt!4 60011 stealthily emerging from the ""oils near the track ot the Central Bail ?! '*<•, about a mile oast of Bronwood. 1 wo white men, who hunpeninl to be near, "'re attracted by tbe suspicious move ments ot tlio figure, and concealing them •"il'os watched it. The invste rt"u figure looked up and down ww track, and being satisfied that be wss unobserved, picked up an !. r ' ,n raw and laid It across the track. I no two men rushed forward to capture ti! *’ rut,! h. who proved too fleet for them. , '"7 got close enough to the fugitive, however, to Identify him as G. W. Abrams, a negro living in the neighborhood. On I riday morning officer Cooper, of Albany, who happened to be in Smitbville, sue- | ceeded in capturing the culprit, and turned him over to the Marshall ol that place. About 12 o’clock Friday night a tragedy W’as enacted in Walker county which may result in death to one of the partici pants. The principals to the affair are two colored youths. It seems that the parties were rivals to the hand and heart of a dusky damsel, and one of them becoming terrible jealous of the other swore ven geauce. Both parties attended a school exhibition Friday night at the Chattooga Church, which is about six miles from Lafayette, and after tbe close of the affair th,e boys got into a quarrel. Ihe quarrel waxed warm, and one of them pulled out a pistol and planted it against his antagonist. The trigger was pulled, the ball entering under tbe shoulder-blade of the left side, going through the lung. The negro is in a criti cal condition, and is not expected to live. The would-be murderer left for parts un known, and has not been board of siuce. The Indians were a wise race in many ways, and in no particular did they show their sagacity more than in the selection of the sites for their towns. They gen erally selected a place where the lands were fertile and the country abounded in same, and if possible near a good fish stream. They did not cut away the large timber, but only cleared away the under growth, and raised their crops of corn and pumpkins under the shade of the larger trees. These towns were always healthy. The whites who first settled the country always settled in the old Indian towns. Not far from where Americus now stands there was a large Indian town, and one of their most trav eled trails originally ran near where the court house has since been built. Near Magnolia Dell was a favorite crossing place on Muckalee creek. They must have enjoyed themselves in these beautiful woods, which were well stocked with deer and turkeys, and the streams tilled with fish. For many years prior to their removal there were a great many wild bees, and although Mr. Indian hated the bee because he was the herald of the pale face, yet he was exceedingly fond of the honey, and would labor assiduously with his little tomahawk felling the gigantic pine where the bees had laid up their winter stores. Speaking ol the work of the board of visi tors at the State University at Athens Col. I. W. Avery, the Chairman, says: “The board found the university in a much better condition than they did last year. There was a higher grade of scholarship, a greater excellence in all minor details and a very fine senior class with a very high average. The hoard went more thoroughly into the matter of scholarship and into the methods ofteaching than any previous board had done in a long time, and made a close and searching investi gation into every matter connected with the and scholarship of the in stitution. The board questioned the fac ulty very closely in regard to their methods of teaching, and they became im pressed with the fidelity and skill of the whole faculty. The board discussed a great many of the matters connected with the curriculum of the universiiy, aud found that there were deficiencies grow ing out of the need of more money, and that the needs were of such a nature as should be supplied and the deficiencies corrected. For instance, they found that there was no chair of botany or natural history, an absolute essential, especially to those who are studying agriculture. They found that the supplemental farm, while it is very finely conducted, needs more money In order to he run properly and bring out its full value. There is a large building there with 36 rooms splen didly adapted to college purposes. This building they are utterly unable to use because they cannot pay teach ers for it, and Prof. White, who is at the head of this department, has advocated that a part of the money from the inspection ol fertili zers he used in perfecting this farm, and in putting it upon a proper basis. There are only four special students in agricul ture, whereas there used to lie a great many, and the reason of it is they have not enough money to properly run the de partment of the institution. The board discussed the value and necessity of en larging the technological facilities of the institution. As it is they now train physicists, chemists and engineers. Thev ought to be able to turn out practical workers in wood and metal, telegraphy, stenography, and kindred matters. The board realized the necessity of enlarging these technical facilities of the institu tion.” FLORIDA. Gainesville’s schools are all closed. A windmill is being built at Tainpa. There are a good many land buyers in Bartow. W. H. Hankins is building anew store at Bartow. Five rooms are being added to the Web ster House at Bartow. A. B. Snavefy, of Archer, died in the North a day or two ago. Quail shooting, deer hunting and fishing are good around l’ine Level. The brick foundation for the new M. E. church at Orlando is laid. Three petitions for liquor licences are in circulation at Titusville. A firm of shoe dealers contemplate erecting a brick block at Orlando. There is a strong probability that Pal metto will have a 50-room hotel soon. At Kissimmee the contracts were let for the erection of five new dwellings last week. The boring of an artesian well at the Gainesville Opera House has been aban doned. Charlie Howard is at present carrying the mail between Titusville and Can averal. ,J. N. Hooker & Cos. are having a largo warehouse built in the rear of their store at Bartow. It is rumored at Tampa that the steamer Margaret will soon take in Punta Kassa in her route. Business generally is lively at Fort Meade, and thrift and progress are every where manifest. Tampa Catholics will soon erect a large school building on their lot in the north ern part of town. The new steam tire engine was shipped for Orlando June 2, and la expected to ar rivo about the 20ih. Tampa bolioves that trains of the Flori da Southern Bail road will he running into that place by Aug. 1. There are three men being groomed Tor the Mayoralty of Tampa—one doctor, one merchant, and one lawyer. O.F. Laney, of Titusville, has accepted a position as one of the assistants at the light house at Jupiter inlet. The Tom AJtan residence at Port Orange is said pi Us the finest on the Atlantic coast south of St. Augustine. There is quite a boom at Owen. Two or three new buildings aro being built and several now groves being planted out. The remains of young Palmer, who died at LaGrange recently, have been for warded to his home at Worcester, Muss. It is rumored that a syndicate has been formed North to build a SIOO,OOO hotel in Tampa, and that work will commence on it by fall. The medical department of the Florida University lias not moved yet and is not likely to move if any eftort Is made to keep It at Tallahassee. W. T. .Jackson has purchased the build ing he now occupies as the Itocheiuont Hotel, at Gainesville, and will add to it a thirty, perhaps fifty, room addition. Charley Ham and Btaker, two of tho SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JUNE tfi, 1885. remnant of the Seminole Indians in Florida, were in Bartow last week, and were induced to have their pictures taken. The Bartow Informant demands that the proper authorities give immediate at tention to certain places in that town which endanger the health of everybody in it. . At Tallahassee the steamer Wslkatom iea is all ready to slide on the train and take to St. Mark's and launch. She will soon bo making daily trips to James Island. ?■. T. Harris, proprietor of the Gaines ville (oundry, baa turned out 25 cluster columns for the Montezuma hotel ol Ocala; also, 150 feet of heavy oast fencing for the Ocala cemetry. Orlando will vote July 25 on the ques tion of issuing $50,000 in bonds for erect ing water works and establishing a sys tem of drainage. The SIO,OOO school pro ject is also still on the tapis. At the next meeting of the Tampa Board of Trade a resolution will be presented asking Congress to donate the Fort Brooke reservation to the town of Tampa under the town site act. At Fernandina, in the Circuit Court, the trial of John C. Counts for the murder of Alexander Hamilton, colored, was con cluded and resulted in a verdict of ac quittal. The defendant’s plea was self tlefense. The young men of LaGrange and Titus \ille are anxious to arrange a match game of base ball for July 4, and in order to make a success for that occasion will play any club in V olusia or Brevard counties. Cadet Hills, of Tampa, was the only one out of the entire number of scholars at the Bingham (N. C.) school who attained the highest degree of proficiency. The high est mark any oadet can attain is 50, which is perfect. The books of the Tampa Street Railway Company were opened for subscriptions on Wednesday and $40,000 in stock was taken. One capitalist in Tampa will take 150 shares if the project is pushed In a busiuess-like manner. Tbe lamonia Lake region was visited Tuesday by a heavy wind storm. A few trees and fences and much corn was blown down, but the corn is gradually straightening up again, and the damage is thought to be only slight. The suit brought against J. A. Mereier, of Jacksonville, on account of certain strictures against the Aldermen of Fer nandina for tbeir strict quarantine regu lations during the small-pox epidemic at Jacksonville, has been dismissed. As evidence of the rapid development and improvement of the Manatee region, it may be mentioned that there are "now King built tour substantial wharves and warehouses, three of them at Palmetto, on the north bank of the Manatee river, and one on the opposite bank at Braideu town. No clue bas yet been obtained to the fate of Clay county’s missing Sheriff, Mr. Wright. A reward of SIOO has been offered for information that will lead to his restoration to his home or the recovery ot his remains. The searchers have been unable to find any trace of him beyond the point where his traoks became obscure in the pine woods near a large swamp. It is generally believed that the Sheriff Is dead, but a few persons express the opin ion that he has fled. Tampa Tribune-. Capt. McKay’s new steamer—the Cumberland—arrived in port Friday morniDg, having left Savan nah last Sunday evening. She brought the mail from Key West, and will take the place of Washburn on the route between Tampa and Key West. The Cumberland is 130 teet long, 18 feet beam, draws feet of water, and is a good ten-knot boat. She has compound engines and the latest improved machinery. Capt,. McKay will have her fitted up in first-class style for carrying passengers. Tallahassean: The question as to date of original charter of Grand Division of Sons of Temperance, State of Florida, having been mooted, we made inquiry and were shown a traveling card printed on parchment and granted to Mr. J. B. Col lins as a delegate to represent the Grand Division of Florida in the National Divi sion which was held in Philadelphia, Pa., in June, 1859. The CBrd is dated Monti celio. Fla., May 25, 1859, and tbe seal ol the Grand Division attached bears date Dec. 8, 1844. From this we see that the above was the first and original Grand Division of Florida. Tallahassean: Since the inquest was held on the body of young Edmund Du- Bois, found hanging in his father’s barn last Sunday week, new evidence, it is claimed, has been ferreted out that con nects the colored man, Henry Mann, more closely with tbe affair than was at first thought. Justice West decided to retain the prisoner until further developments. A most searching investigation nas been going on for more than a week. About 30 witnesses have been summoned, and many of them closely examined. Tbe evi dence is purely circumstantial, but it is said that a pretty well connected chain can be gathered when it is ail in. From reliable sources it is learned that Leonard G. Dennis, the ‘-Little Oiantof Alachua,” whose death recently occurred at Gainesville, did not, as reported, die ot excessive drinking, drinking a quart of whisky on a wager, nor of delirium tre mens, but of hardening of the brain. His malady made him quarrelsome, and, toward the last, it was feared he might involve himself in some serious act of violence. He did not do so, how ever, but passed away quietly irj bis bed. For some lime past he had slept in a room with bis nephew, and at about 3 o’clock on the morning of the duv be died he rose and began dressing. His nephew woke and asked what wns the matter. He re [Afd to the effect that he did not feel well a™ preferred to sit up. Then he sat down in a rocker and put his feet on his bed. The nephew again feel asleep and lift) not wake till 8 o’clock, when he tound his uncle sitting In the same posi tion, not asleep, but wholly unconscious. Assistance was called and vigorous restorative* applied without result. He laid all day in the same otupor. and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon breathed Uls last. Facts, i't'oiri the Farms, GKOUUIA. Some excellent cotton around Gerard. Burke county, has been cut off one-third or more on account of lack of rain. The plum, blackberry, huckloberry and dewberry crops aro unusually prolific and abundant this year in Dougherty county. In the Glades district of llnldwin county graiu Is being harvested, wheat promises an average crop aud oats a lair yield, though there Is but little sown. A stalk of cotton two feet In height and thirty aquari a on it was taken from one of S. A. Gray’s plantations in Burks countv Friday, nmt while he does not claim that bis crop will average as good, be hss much cotton ev,‘ti better. Mr. Gray says the crops on all his plantations are remarkably good. He Is one of Burke’s best and largest planters, culti vating several farms, and running about fifty plows In all. Albany Mew* and Advtr titer: We no ticed some squusli and encumber vines yesterday morning that were dead. A few days ago ttiey were green. On inspec tion the vines were found Pi be covered by small bugs with a shield-like white shell on the back and the wickedest of Isiw legs. They are likely Bherman bugs. Will they attack the melon vines? It will not he amiss to have an eye to them. Vinos wither under their touch. FLORIDA. Crops continue promising in Leon county. Bartow is well supplied with pine apples, watermelons and oocosnuts. 11. L. Scranton will sum a poultry farm at Tampa. He bas purchased a 12-acre tract for the purpose. Shipments of vegetables still continue from Palmetto, though the bulk of the crop has already gone to market. The recent rainfall has put field crops and the different varieties of fruit trees around Fort Meade in fine condition. B. IL Doss, of Leou county, is jubilant over his cotton crop, lie says that some of his cotton had two blooms to the stalk as early as last Wednesday. He has just discovered the first worm oti it. A Tallahassean set a hen not long since on a lot of -her own eggs and six turkey eggs. In due time she hatched off a brood of little chickens and four young turkeys. She carried them all together until the other day when an old turkey hen came along, and having no babies of her own, adopted the four little turkeys. The old hen protested against the robbery, but it was no use, the old turkey captured the little ones and all are now happy. Altoona Index: A number of items have been published in regard to Dr. J. K. Webster .t Son’s famous strawberry patch at this place. Some of the state ments are absurdly incorrect. We give the following figures, obtained from I)r. Webster himself, and they may be relied upon as correct: The ground cultivated to strawberries is just nine-sixteen the ot an acre, and there were picked this season 3.500 quarts, or 100 bushels. Berries were picked early in January for tamily use, and have been used daily ever since; but the first shipments were made in Febru ary, when they netted him about 75 cents a quart; during March the same. In April the price dropped to 50 cents per quart, and during May to .'45 and 40 cents. Recently the local markets have been supplied at 15 cents. Dr. Webster esti mates that an acre, properly bandied and on suitable ground, could be made to net the owner SI,OOO. Tampa Tribune: Wm. B.Henderson re turned Saturday from Havana, where he had been for the purpose of meeting with the Cuban cattle buyers looking toward tbe revival of the cattle trade with South Florida. While there he met with the Butohers’ Association and conferred with them in reference to the matter. He also visited the different slaughter pens to see the class of cattle used, and how thev compared with the Florida cattle. At the time of his visit they wen killing Honduras cattle that had been m pasture on the island eighteen months, and he says that they were the finest cattle he ever saw. The native cattle that they were butchering were also very fine. The result of his investigations is— taking into consideration the heavy duties on cattle, the scarcity of money on the island and the unsettled condition of affairs there—that, if we expect to do any cattle business this season, the prices wil l be extremely low. and it will be at a loss. Felix L. Taylor, of Clearwater, early last fall, set about one-quarter of an acre of well cow-penned and carefully pre pared land in egg plants, and, not being able to give them the attention required, he lost quite a number of the plants, but thinks he saved enough off of the quarter aero to plant one-fifth of an acre in a good stand. After he set them out he found time to work them but one time, and that was done with a hoe. A plow was never put among them at all. His first shipment was made on Dec. 20, and that, and one other made during the month of January, did not pav him on account of cold weather North, amt there being no market for them at that season. These first shipments were tin very finest of the crop. One dozen filled a half barrel crate. The best returns be received was $2 85 clear ol expenses. He shipped in all from the little patch 55 half barrel crates and 39 vegetable crates, aud letquUe a number spoil on account of there being no market when they were in the right condition to ship. Besides lie has on hand 10 or 15 crates which will be thrown away, as the market has failed for them. He has received for 55 half barrel crates s6l 77, and has the 39 vege table crates yet to bear from. A STOLEN CHURCH. How a Dispute Was Settled and How the Edifice is Now Going to Ruin. From the Sew York Mail, In the early part of last century Wick ford and McSparren, two email towns near Newport, R. 1., engaged in a quarrel over an Episcopal church building, which was among the first edifices of the kind erected in New England. The church was at McSparren, which had been dis tanced in size and importance by Wick ford, and the latter determined, after many stormy scenes in the vestry, upon a spe cies of cdup d’etat. The road from where the church was located to Wick ford was every rod of it down hill, and, while It might prove a comparatively easy matter to get the house down there, it would prove literally an up-hill undertaking to get it back again. Accordingly, one evening the Wlokford ites mustered their forces, collected all the ox teams for miles around and went up there. The house was quickly placed upon wheels, and, while the residents of McSparren Hill were slumbering quietly in their beds their meeting-house was on its way to Wickford. Great was their astonishment when they looked towards their cherished house tu the morning to find naught but tbe foundation walls re maining where tho house iiail stood at sunset the night before. There was some very vigorous language used, which was received by the W ickfordites with all tbe complacency of men who were aware of the fact of possession being nine points oi tbe law, and of it* being literally an up hill job to get the house back again where it started from. This was in the year 1800,, and the house has remained on Us present site ever since. Some ten or twelve years ago the cor poration built a neat church edifice on the mam street of the village, with a tower and a dock, and the old church has not been used since. It has not, however, ceased to be an object ot public, interest. It is visited every year by hundreds ot people from different parts of the country, many of whom have inscribed their names iu pencil on its walls. Tue house is Uul succumbing to tho ravages ol time. A gale of wind in 1869 denuded it of its tower. Every year its power of resist ance is becoming less, and unless some thing is done before long in the way of re pairs this interesting relic will not be in a condition to enter. FLIRTING WITH a PKINOKSB. A Field Marshall Who I* Intimate with Royalty. From a Lawton Letter, I caught tho Duke of Cambridge the other day in a funny position. I bad busi ness with an aid-de-camp, and In a mis take went into tho Duke’s room, lie had bis easy toggery on and was at the win dow looking upon tho park und grounds of Marlborough House; and. oh, shock ing, making signals apparently of a most affectionate character to a young ladv at an opposite window. In the ardor of Ills signaling business the Duke had not heurd my footsteps on tbe enrpet, and I thought the best thing I could do wai to discreetly and silently back out. As I did so the lady leaned forward and the sun ahone on her faco and I recognized the Princess of Wales, who, with some of tbe youngsters, was sitting In a sort of exposure, enjoy ing a bit of gossip by signal with the old warrior, on whose every movement at that moment the eve* of all Kuroite worn, figuratively,’upposed to be resting. In stead of signing warrant* creating armies to march forth to destruction, the old boy was diverting himself in his peculiar and unique manner with the young folks of the royal family. I afterward learned a regular code of signals had boon estab lished by tlie Field Marshal by which he could communicate with the Prince or Princess, lie sits facing the window, and tbe moment Albert Edward or Alexandra appears up lie jumps. "Are you coming over to have a bit of ten derloin f” asks Albert Edward. “Afraid 1 shan’t be able,” replies the coniraander in-chief. “There's such a lot. to do. llart iugtou is coming up directly, ami he’s such a deuce of a fellow, with ins wanting to know and his parliamentary questions. Hut I’ll tell you directly. Did you say onions or mushrooms?” “Oh, tic,” re sponds the Princess; “mushrooms, of course.” “Oh, well, that decides it,” says the Duke; “it I can’t have beefsteak and onions I’m not coming over.” Albert and Alexandra confer. "It’s all right,” signals Albert; “muons it is. You better say ‘yes."” “Well, Hartington may go hang; C’H be over in an hour.” Amldowa go the windows. THE MOUNT VUK NON FINANCES. A Detailed Report, of Receipts amt Ei pemUtures Etude I'ubtio. Arum the Waihinjton. Poet. The Mount, Vernon Ladies’ Association makes the following report to the public of its thiunoiul condition, as approved by the recent council; “The funds of the as sociation are in .better condition than heretofore, the surplus of revenue fiom ‘general receipts accounts,’ by which is meant from boat, entrance fees and sales on the place, after payment of expenses, being $2,945 60. The principal of tbe en dowment fund, wlucti is invested in gov ernment securities, amounts tos3o,ooo,and the balance of interest therefrom, in hands of the treasurer,is $2,502 80. That sum, with the balance above mentioned, $2,945 60, ban been appropriated to much needed repairs to mansion and tomb, and to the improvement of the grounds. The very foundations of the old mansion have to be carefully watched and protected; the walls and fences enclosing the estate require constant repair, drains have to be kept in order, und roads mended, the pe culiar nature of the soil making continual vigilance necessary. The lollowing ap propriations were decided on by the Grand Council: $1,200 for repairs on mansion; $1,600 for anew wharf; SSOO for repairson tomb; SBOO for improvement of garden and grounds, and rebuilding portions of garden waits and lending'; leaving o balance of $1,348 40 to meetany additional expenses for repairs that may be found accessary during the year.” The Origin of Alice Howard. Peril letter to the Chicago Tribune. Yet there arc curiosities less easily ex plained, amt where the philosophical enthusiasm of Michelet would have been utterly at a loss. Take, fur instance, that which so strangely fascinates everybody when some demi-mondaine turns into hard cash her jewels and her furniture, her hotel and her picture gallery, and which 1 can only qualify as unhealthy. Great ladies and bourgeoises, hunest wo men both, visiting the palaces ol these creatures seem to ho like Eve’s nieces playing with bits ol the half-eaten apple or tying the serpent tempter around their thoats simply to judge how ho would look as a necklace. A fortnight ago it was Mile. Lue.io Kern’s orchard, this week the news papers have sung the praises of ftliss Alice Howard, ot her l.ancrets and her Melssoniers, ot precious tapestries, of her wondrous specimens of goldsmiths’ work, aud a moralist remarked that the difference nowadays between Hem-lope and Aspasiu was that the first spin their wool, while the others buy it—but in the shape of Flanders tapestry. Naturally, the story of this sale of Miss Alice Howard’s honbonniere is grafted with a legend. It was pretended that this beautiful I’arisianized English girl, bidding farewell to the devil, his pomps and vanities; deserting Paris, its e-amel ias ant; its ISo’s de Boulogne, was about to marry a Scotch nobleman, and, “the world forgetting, by the world lorgot,” hencerorth ami forever would keep her heart in the Highlands on the bunks/ of Loch Katrine. Others again forged for her a genealogy by which she was made the relative of a so-called “Lady” Howard, whose name was intimately connected with that of a President of the French republic, who, thanks to her generosity, was aide to take those first steps which placed him on an imperial throne.' Ro mance is always mixed up with every thing nowadays, slid is served up with all sorts of sauces even in this age of realism. It would la-too humiliating to national female pride to admit that this cannibal of hearts, this ghoul who has devoured millions and driven a dozen simpletons to suicide or dishonor, should have been nothing but a maid oi all work in London, a bullet-dancer at the Alhambra, a sculptor’s model alter she had been left a waif and stray on the streets of Paris, ignorant ot one word of the French language, by u disreputable blackleg, with nothing but a lovely lace, a faultless figure, and an entire absence ot scruples uiyl principle. In ten years time (and for nine years out of these toil) this creature grew to be the acknowledged queen of continental beauty, and whether she really does retire to private life ami respectability or remains still in France, sue will nomi the less have been a bril liant apparition, the perfect image of beauty, sovereign and implacable, a Ve nus of marble, worthy of the chisel of Praxiteles, with something of that icy charm which the Illustrious Gounod at tributes to Mrs. Georgina Weldon. Malarious Debility Defied. The multiform manifestations cogno mened as malaria, aud producing depress ed debility, can all be successfully defied ill any locality by a faithful use of Duffy’S Puke Mart Whisky. It promptly de stroys the miasmatic spores which infest the blood, and restores the whole system to vigorous and heulthful action. Hun dreds of the best people have derived Im measurable benefits I row its use, und mul titudes now keep a supply on hand as their infallible rock of detense against malarious troubles. Of all reliable gro oi-rs and druggists. Selling Agents for Savannah, Lippmuu Bros. JlpoUitutriO iU.itrr, rlfinlA jJ,/ |y, - Sttr. , , . • f'-or.-’ Highest award wherever sxhtbtted. GEO. MK V K lt. Sole Agent. Depot and Office, foot at Abercorn street; liraLcli i ? llj r*** 142 I lav ■ - Pm r>ooio. OMElfiil A CHEAP CASH SALE! To Reduce Stock Wo will commence on HAY 11IIG A Clearance Sale AT PRICES Enormously Cut Down As the goods of fered in this sale will be sold at a great sacrifice, TERMS WILL BE STRICTLY CASH! fruit, <§tt. Lemons! Lemons! Lemons! LEMONS! LEMONS! LEMONS! LEMONS! LEMONS! LEMONS! Oraww! Oranps! (tains! ORANGES! ORANGES! ORANGES! ORANGES! ORANGES! ORANGES! EGYPTIAN ONIONS! EGYPTIAN ONIONS! EGYPTIAN ONIONS! Bananas. Pcannts. Raisins. Heinz’s Pickles. Figs. Wilson’s Crackers. A Choice Assortment o FANCY GROCERIES, Etc. Send for quotation, before ordering else where. J.B. REEDY. 169, 169, 169. HAY, HAY, HAY! LANDING TO-DAY: CHOICE LOT EASTERN HAY. IN STORE: Potatoes, Cabbage, Oranges, Lemons, Corn, Oats, Bran, Corn Eyes, Peas, Etc,, Etc, FOR SALE AT BOTTOM PRICES. W. D. SiMKINS, 101) BAY STREET. FRUIT, ETC. OKACHKB, APPLES, CIIKKRIEH,PLUMS, 1 GRAPES, and all other kitids of tresh fruits in season. MKHHINA ORANGES u>l LEMONS. Virginia n<l Georgia PEANUTS. CANNED GOODS of all kind*. SUGAR COFFEE. TEA. FLOUR. 8 C. MBATS, LARD, BUTTER, RICE, TOBAC CO and WINES. B SELECT and BAKER WHISKY $4 per gallon. IMPERIAL WHISKY $3 per gallon. PINEAPPLE WHI-KY 41 per gallon. OLD RYE WHISKY $1 50 pr gallon. —ro* SALK bv— A. H. CHAMPION, 1M CONGRESS STREET. li.uuto uuD JOHN G. BUTLER. W M VY^r ,R A2i>t PAINTS, RAILROAD. STEAMER AND MI LI.HUPPIJ F.s.S ASli KS.DOORs.BLIN DS snd BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agent furGEORGi A LI ME.C A LOIN ED PL ASTER, CEMENTS, IIAIU aud LAND PLASTER. 0 Whitaker street, Havannuh. Ga. Htiiml.ihri. jTh. fox, MASONIC TBMPLS, COR. LIBERTY AND WHITAKER hTBBETS. Summer Uroorto. ■ OCEAN HOUSE,; TYBEE ISLAND. 1, Marshall House,! SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, . JOHN GRESNAN, Gen i Manager,; WILL BE OPEN FOR RECEPTION OK 1 GUESTS ON IS, 188 &J THE TABLE will be kept up to theatand-1 nrd of fir*t-claiw Seaside Itenort*. The ROOMS art- all nowlv furnished'’ throughout, and newly laid with Mattings. ! The ItOUsE will lie kept in every respect I in the boat style, and the comfort, o-mvoni-4 eiict- and pleasure of the guests will bo Uiukcdr ft ir. Boarding by the Day, Week or Moafr At reasonable prides, aud Regular Boardeiwq will have the privilege when in thecityrt’ taking their Meals at the Marshall House. , Ttie hotel i supplied with artesian well* w liter, which is highly spoken ot for Its modi* ‘ dual properties. j TAL LIT LAH FALLS^ GEORGIA, THE NIAGARA OF THE SOUTH. NO SCENERY CAN EXCEL IT In beauty and grandeur. Five falls, making a total fall ot 460 feet, wll h unuyone l. 1 00 fee® deep. You will find YOUNG’S HOTEL tb* most desirable place U> stop at—2,ooo feet ot verandah, ICO rooms, and Rosamunds a beauti ful view of River and Gland Rapids; heautl- 1 ful fountains, toe cold springs. The falls are I easy of access by stairways und bridge*. A ’ great deal of money has boon expended unae ' last season in the wayof a large skating Rink, Dancing Halt aud Hilliard (mom and Soda • Fountain. Amusements— fishing, hunting, 1 dancing, ten-pins, saddle-horses, buggies, carriages, otc. Board $2 per day, $lO per week, S3O to S4O per month. Special arrangements with rumilteH. This place is roaehed by wayof the Pied mont Air Line to Rabun Gup .Junction; i tbere take the N. E. Railroad to Tallulah, j Telegraph communication and Depot in 2U0 1 yards of the Hotel. For further information apply to W. D. YOUNG. Propnotor and Owner. COLUMBIAN HOTEt; Saratoga Springs, New York. M|t. JAMES M. CASE, of the Pulaski House, will open this superior Family Hotel about June 15. Elaborate improve ments have been made. Cuisine under PROF. FELIX LOUMKNA, late of Windsor Hotel, New York. Rooms beautifully furnished, facing Congress Spring Park. A (tendance aud appointments unexceptionable. Terms: *.'( per Usv; SIS 50 to 909 per Week. Crescent Valley House, PAW LET. VERMONT, OPEN from June to October. A Beautiful H Summer Resort. New und first-closed Hotel. Rooms large, on suite or singly. Gas,! Electric Bells. Tables unsurpassed. Bath- i rooms, hot aud cold water. All modern im provements. Prices from $7 to $lO per week., For plan of rooms, prices and circulars, ad dress E. A. I.kVKNK, Manager, j SEASON, 1885. IMI.C OCONEE WHITE SULPHUR, 1 BPRINGB will heopen for the reception of] gue-ts JUNE 15, under competent manage- i meat. Resident physician and Western, Union Telegraph office In the hotel. For terms.address OCONEE WHITE SULPHUR 1 SPRINGS COMPANY. Bowdre P. 0„ Halil County, Ga. CAM SPRINGS AND BATE Alkaline JJlhia Wafer*, also Fine Iron Water*. HAMPHIRE CO., WEST VIRGINIA. NO Fugs, NO MALARIA. Where the, sick recover, ami the well are always happy. A lovely summer home. A mountain, climate un-urpasued. bend for painph'atJ Water on sale and pamphlet* free at OsCE-i OLA BUTLER’S, Druggist. .Savannah. Ga. _ _ W. H. SAi.E. Proprietor, t THE GREENBRIER, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. VA, I M MEDI ATELY on tho C. and O. Ry. The 1 most celebrated of all the mountain re sorts will open for the season Juno 1. Eleva tion, 2.000 feet above the sea; surrounding mountains 3,500 feel. Rates: s2l per week; (75 per mouth of 20 days. Send for pamphlet. U. F. F.VKI.E, Superintendent. WBontva!e Springs! BLOUNT COUNTY, TENN. 'I'HIS BEAUTIFUL SUMMER RESORT 1 is now open for the re eptlon of guest*. Elegant table. Telephone connection with Knoxville. Rates or Boakd.—Per day, $2; per week, $lO to sl2; per mouth, siia fi, $lO. CATBKILL MOUNTAINS* TKKMPKK HOURS CxPENS JUNE 17. Terms, $3 5o per day. " 70pectal arrangements by the month. Ad-: dress J. 11. TREMPBU. .Ik, Plmmlcia, Ulster Cos.. N. Y. 1 iUatrljeo ait& Jcnielrij. Honesty is tie Best Policy H This should be the rule of every merchant. H ha* been mine for 37 years—all uiy life—and I have Never Deviated from M Rale And Nover Shall! The public is convinced that it does not re quire to lie a judge of Diamond* or Jewelry, when they purchase of irie, as I take good car* of even the mint Ignorant, f agree with what is said by others, that tbere are unscrupulous people in the business who have no regard as to what karat or quality goods they sell, or 1 How Much They Overcharge Their Customers. Rut experience proves that the man who treats the public with justice, that ■*, Neither Deceives nor OvarrhurffM, Is bound to do a successful business. **y business has steadily grown aud is stilt in sreasiug, for the public appreciate* FAIR and HONEST DEALING. Having a very large and desirable stock ot DIAMONDS. WATCHES aud JEWELRY o* band, and owing to the fact that the c.bsM off the season Is near at band, 1 shall give greater bargain* than ever before to reduce stock. ! M. STERNBERG; 157 BROUGHTON HTRKET, Vegetable and Fruit CratusT WE have * full stock on oar yard. Corne r and Bart Broad WRhB. tWh furnish by car load direct from mill when BACON, JOHNSON, * 5