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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
I HE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
r.iL.l> I.V PAftVGtUPHS.
. r.entlem-in of Scriven Connty Wines an
With a Revolver— Burning * ,f
Mill n Chattooga Couotjr-Ths *on
jnmt to tien. au<l Mrs. Toombs.
I£ORGIA.
Tostmaster Gorham, of Sparta, died
Thursday.
Taliaferro Superior Court will hold an
„ i ourued session next week,
Mrs. G. M. Williams, of Cedartown,
who became insane, has been sent to the
iisvlum.
K Sundav school was organized at the
Methodist church at Vienna last Sunday
aiternoon.
The proposition now before Atlanta is
to get the State fair by putting $50,000
into fair grounds.
The Mcvclists of Atlanta have formed
an association and will shortly begin work
on anew race track.
Charles A. Beazley, who has been the
Ordinary of Taliaferro county for fifteen
vears, died at Crawferdville Thursday.
Vienna Superior Court adjourned n
last Saturday, and the expenses of the
two week’s term wiil approximate $1,500.
A substantial and bona tide advance in
the value of Augusta real estate and a
steady improvement in public feeling Is
reported.
John Johnson, a school boy, jumped
from a train at Cartersville Sunday, and
broke oneof his legs and narrowly escaped
being killed.
Gen. John B. Gordon witl deliver the
address at the unveiling of the Confede
rate monument at Myrtle Hill cemetery,
at Borne, on May 10.
/U Rome, Wednesday, $ ft,500 was
raised for the new hotel. The prospects
are encouraging. Fifty thousand dedans
will be spent on the building.
Bobert Arnett, one of Sylyania’s oldest
citizens, has a sorrel mare now 32 years
nld from which he has raised ten colts,
and the old veteran still draws the
plow.
Jonesboro was once ealled Leaksvllie,
in honor of Sam Leak, of Griffin. Mr.
)>eafc passed through Jonesboro once and
failed to stop, and the people changed the
name.
W. D. Creech, of Sylvanla, owns a cow
that gave birth to a calf marked swallow
fork in each ear, his own mark. The calf
also has solid white eyelashes about 3
inches long.
The ladies of the Augusta Memorial
Association met Thursday and made ar
rangements for the celebration of Memor
ial Dajr. The military and the Academy
Cadets will be invited to participate.
A difficulty arose between J. Felder
Meyers and his brother-in-law. J. M.
Xesslar, last Sunday afternoon at Lovett,
during which the latter received one or
two slight pistol shot wounds in his legs.
William E&son, of Tat Dall county, says
be put the water on the first wheel that
run the first factory, that spun the first
cotton in the state of Georgia. This was
at the Belleville factory on “Sperrst”
creek.
Elisha Cline, aged about 60 years, fell
off the steps inside the cotton factory of
Jam°B Atherton, at Too Ny, last week
and broke bis neck. The fall was only a
short distance. He leaves a wife and
several children.
The ladies of the Park Association of
Columbus have decided to renew their ef
forts in the work of beautifying the place,
and Council will be asked to restore the
appropriation of $K> per month tor the pay
o! a park keeper.
Anderson & Lawrence's milt in Chat
tooga county, about eighteen miles from
Rome, was burned to the ground Thurs
day night. The loss is between $3,000 and
$4,090. The fire is supposed to have been
the work of an Incendiary.
The Board of Trustees of the publie
school of Columbus held a meeting Thurs
day night, at which the Superintendent
reported that there are in attendance in
the schools 646 whites and 778 colored pu
pils, making a total of 1,424.
Mrs. J. F. Powell, who resides in South
Rome, while at work in her yard Thurs
day, passed near the fire used to heat the
pot of water, and her dress was ignited.
Mrs. Powell was badly burned from the
waist down, and is in a dangerous con
dition.
The new directory of Columbus, which
Is being gotten up for that city and sub
urbs shows a population forßrownesville
and Girard of 7,324, which is an increase
of over I.POO si nee the last census was
taken. The work of canvassing the city
has not been completed.
The ox that was kilted at Rome Tuesdav
belonged to Dr. J. B. 8. Holmes. The
madness of the animal is not now attrib
uted to hydrophobia, as was first sup
posed, but resulted from severe licks upon
t lie bead with a large stick, thus addling
the brain of the beast.
I. W. Waters, of Scriven county, a short
time since in riding over bis farm discov
ered an eagle which had been preving
upon bis lambs, and having his pistol
along he fired at it at about Arty vards
and brought down the bird. It measured
b.'i feet from tip to tip of wings, and Us
talons when open measured 7 inches.
The monument to be erected over Gen
eral and Mrs. Toombs’ graves is to be of
Italian marble, and bus been already
ordered. The shaft will be twenty-five
feet high. The inscriptions to be on the
m mument have not been decided on, but
will oe simple. The graves are located in
a pretty place near the entrance of the
cemetery, and east of them are beautiful
pine trees.
The Maosr. Landlords’ Protective Asso
ciation completed organizing Tnursday
itight. It elected officers for the year, as
follows: H. TANARUS, Johnson, President; M.
B. Freeman, Secretary and Treasurer;
Executive Committee, T. C. Hendrix, Fe
lix, Corput, T. J. Ware; T. C. Hendrix,
1 resident pro. tem. The first Thursday
night in each year was chosen as the time
•or the annual meeting.
Thft traod jury of Dooly county, in view
*>l the stringency of the times, recommend
’ hat the Ordinary defer the building of a
new jail, as was recommended by the last
grand jury, but that he levy a s|ecial
tax of one and a bait tenths of one per
cent, for two years, and that aaid tax
81,1,11 remain intact tor the express pur*
of building a county jail at the expi
ration of the two years.
There are tOO people living in DeKalb
county- whose combined nge ageretrates
tV-- 1 year*, making an aeerage of S2>£
J ' trs. One citizen died nrtrhtone Moun.
tain a few days since at the ripe age offbl;
"'I another Was seen in his yard chop
wood some weeks ago. and linen he
ing uked his age, replied that he was it".
He was bale and hearty, and slung bis
nx wPb all the agility of a 20-year-old
! | y, chopping wood to get off to a Satur
day picoic.
Macon ie rapidly becoming one of the
cities of Georgia. In the near
JiHure the following Important onnvrn
' onswill be held there: The Woman’s
ristian Temperance Union on April 21
*nd 22; The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
>1 asona on Apnl27; Georgia Press Asso
elutlon on April 2>; The Grand Ixalge of
of the American Order ot United Work
men on May 12; The State Sundav School
' 'invention on May 13. 14 and 16; the
r iremen’s parade on April 16.
,At Macon, Thursday, Bernard Skalow
*l;i. dealer In dry gooda. Cherry street,
made an assignment to Messrs. Wolf A
i-ro. to secure them. The amount due to
Masers. Wolf & Bro. is s2,lift'), to which
i* added the attorney’s tee of 6200. Be
the amount mentioned several
“Dialler ones are due other parties.
®*-ssrs. Css ter ,fe Anderson Hold tria an.
count for S6OO due a firm in New York.
They are dissatisfied with the assignment,
and will endeavor to upset it. Skalowski’s
assets are about $2,000.
FLORIDA.
At Oviedo James Jelk’s large two-story
packing house will soon be completed.
N. L. Pierson, near Seville, is about try
ing an experiment with blooded cattle. '
Almond trees are in Dlonm at Mr. C. A.
Bacon's place, below Ormond-on-the-Hali
fax.
Renjamin Bovd, Tax Assessor, will be
gin his work of assessing the property of
Putnam county on April 2.
The County Commissioners of Putnam
county have refused to accept the new
jail recently built at Palatka.
R. W. Boone has sold bis tract of 11
acres in the eastern part of Orlando to
Massachusetts parties for $5,090.
T. J. Lawton is building anew store 25
by 50 feet two stories high, the upper part
to be fiuisbed for a hall for pttbiic use.
i The ordinance granting T. G. Eaton the
1 gas franchise has passed the Sanford city
l council. The works are to b completed
| by Dec. 1.
The new hotel enterprise at Orlando Is
I progressing smoothly, and amounts are
I being added to the fist every day. A large
' sum has already been raised.
About 40 acres of land lying in the north
western portion ot Ocala is now being sur
veyed. It will be laid out in lots and
known as Dumps addition to Ocala.
Bids amounting to $25,000 have been re
ceived from some towns for the location
of the Methodist college. Nothing has
been dons to secure Hs location at Or
lando.
The street railway from Orlando to
Maitland, via Wilcox and Winter Park,
is being talked of again. Persons who
know, say the railway would pay now, as
all these places are growing.
The lemon trees are putting out nicely
at Orlando. Only some of the branches
were nipped by the freeze. The limes
were seriously if not fatally Injured, but
are petting out sprouts again.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop W hippie, of Minne
sota, will preach in 8t- Luke’s chureb, at
Orlando, on the first Sunday in April.
Apostolic rite of confirmation will be ad
ministered by him on that day.
8. V. Harkness. of Cleveland, 0., Vice
President of the Standard Oil Company,
is making great improvements on the
Russ grove, one and a halt miles north
east of Orlando, which he recently pur
chased.
At the last meeting of the City Counci 1
of Ocala it was decided to make the cur
rent assessment of taxes at 10 mills, 1
mill of which is to be paid in cash and
appropriated to the sinking fund and in
terest on bonds for the payment of the fire
engine.
Mr. Bigelow, of the Seminole String
Band, of Orlando, had his violin, valued
at S2OO, stoleu from him last week, and
bis friends in the city have decided to give
a hop at the West End Friday nivbt to se
cure funds to purchase another instru
ment tor him.
The new ice company of Orlando will
erect their warehouse next to Cooper’s
machine shop, on Gertrude avenue, front
ing the South Florida Railroad. The
building will have a capacity tor between
600and 1,000 tons. The company will be
ready tor business in the summer of early
fall.
Capt. J. B. Parramore has sold the lot
on the corner of Orange avenue and
Washington street, at Orlando, to T. B.
Price and James W. Andorson, of Ur
bane, 0., for $3,200. Capt. Parramore
purenased this lot, together with a small
part which he sold some time since for
S4OO, one year ago for $1,500.
The large and haudsome building on
Wright street, near the railroad, Pensa
cola, owned by W. A. D’Aleinberte and
occupied by Mrs. Clifton, who kept a
boarding.honse, was consumed bv lire
Tuesday. The house was valued at $2,500
and insured tor $1,250. All the hoasehold
effects of Mrs. Clifton’s were saved,
though somewhat damaged in being re
moved.
Saturday lightning struck L. Lytle's
residence in Bartow, and shivering the
boards and weatherstrips on the west end
of tbe house, knocked down the stove pipe
and shook up things lively all about the
house. It set a window curtain on fire
near the bed where part of the family
were sleeping, ana might have caused the
destruction or the building, but for tbe
prompt action of the family in putting it
out.
Among the many cases before court at
Ocala this week is the old case of Charles
Mason, who shot William Peach in
November, 1884, at Klemmgton. The par
ties are both colored, and some ot tbe
most prominent citizens of the county are.
summoned as witnesses). Tin* ease has
been brought before each term ot court
ever since the shooting occurred and
nothing has been accomplished. It has
already cost the county more than boin
the parties involved are worth.
Tbe Florida Spring Exhibit, which
opened last Monday in the armory ou
Laura street, Jacksonville, has steadily
improved both as to the quality of dis
plays ot fruits and flowers and in tne at
tendance and interest manifested. Addi
tions were made to the Columbia county
exhibit in tne shape of a cutting from the
tta plant in perfect condition, a specimen
of cork from the cork tree growing in Lake
City, and some tong staple eotton. Col.
C. R. King also ssnt down a sample of
scuppemoDg wine, seven months old,
which is very fine. This can be manufac
tured. Col. King says, at $1 per gallon at
a profit. A pepper tree has been sent down
in the United States Court at Jackson
ville Thursday the case ot David B. Parce
vs. E. W. Bond for $40,000 damages re
ceived by a fall at DeLand landing was
completed by the jury returning a verdict
in favor of tbe plaintiff, assessing the
damages at $15,006. It is expected that
tbe case will go to the Hupreme
Court of the United States. In the
case of the United States vs. Maria
Valentine, which was argued and sub
mitted last wsek. Judge Pardee rendered
a decision ordering tbat a decree he given
in favor of the defendant, and tbat tbe
plaintiffs’bill be dismissed. This mitt in
volves about 50 acres of land in Fairfield,
which includes lauds owned by the State
Park Association, Mr. Columbus Drew,
Dr. J. U. Paine, and others, aud a consid
erable amount of valuaule property, over
the title of which the defendant holds a
United Hates land warrant, granted her
husband some years ago. The plaintiffs
claim that this deoidou only disposes of a
"side issue” is the case, and does not by
any means settle toe main issue.
I'olHoulng liirtlM.
From the Butler {(fa.) HernlA.
We learn there are a great many black
birds, field larks and doves, in the fields
two or three miles south ol town. The
black bird and field lark is said to be very
destructive to small grain,such as wheat,
oats, corn, etc., but the dove is said to be
very harmless id this respect. So annoy
ed have become the farmers in the neigh
borhood of Mr. Msrtain Chapman’s with
the birds, tbsteome one has adopted the.
plan of poisoning the birds with stryeh-’
nine. A great many bird# of all kinds .
bsve been touud recently lying scattered i
over the fields dead. We would wain i
all bird hunters from shooting,or eating |
birds killed ta this locality.
Angus'* Factory Ntock.
A correspondent ot the Athens /fanner
furnishes the following comparison of
Augusta oottou factory stock:
" lass, im,
Jan 1. March *B.
Augusts factory.. S4 S
Uranttevtlle tsotsvy t* wo
I. an* Icy factory <*
Kntsrprise (••om.) SO *}
Knterorise (pret’d)......... so
King Bulls •‘‘t< **
Hulls* mills —... M IS
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. MARCH 27,1886.
STRANGE CASK OF LUNACY.
A Keeper's Story ortbe Cattse that Made
a Lady Mad.
From the J{'icon (<r i.) Telegraph
A tall, powerfully-buflt man walked in
to the reading-room at Brown's hotel re
cently, and sat down in a rock
ing-chair near the grate. His dress sug
gested a clergyman, except that his coat
did not button up to the chin. He had in
his hand a eopy ot the Telegraph.
At tbe table a reporter was busy with
his scratch-book, expanding some notes.
He gave the man a hurried glance as he
settled himself iu tbe rocking-chair, and
thought no more of him.
At the end of twenty minutes tbe re
porter felt a touch on his shoulder. Glanc
ing up he discovered the tnau standing
over him.
“is there a lunatic asylum in thie-city?’’
the man inquired.
The reporter dropped his pencil and
pushed his efiair back.
“N—no, sir,” he said, feeling rather
queer.
“I bad heard that the Georgia lunatic
asylum was at Macon, and, as I am con
nected with an asylum in New York
.State, 1 thought that l would visit it.”
"Tbe Georgia lunatic asvlum,” the
reporter said, "is near Miiiedgeville, a
town distant from Macon about thirty
miles.”
"Indeed? Well, lam sorry. lam re
turning irom Florida, where, during the
winter, 1 have bad charge of a lady
whose mind is sligntly clouded. I stop
ped off here under the impression that the
lunatic asylum was in the city. My name
. is Ross.”
The reporter joined Mr. Ross at the
grate ami interviewed him.
“What is your position in the asylum
with which you are connected?” he in
quired.
"I am a keeper—the oldest at the asy
lum. 1 have been connected with the in
stitution thirty years.”
"You roust have had some singular ex
periences within that period.”
"1 have, indeed. Tbe truth is, L
have had so many that 1 find it difficult
to keeo them separated when 1 think ol
them.”
“But there is one question that you can
answer, no doubt, without getting’ things
mixed. What do you consider the most
remarkable case of insauity, as to the
cause, that you remember?”
“Yes, that is a question I can easily an
swer. I remember a case—the patient is
now dead— which occurred about two
years after I became a keeper. It was tbe
most remarkable 1 ever heard of. A lady
who resided in New York city had a very
pretty little girl. Tbe child was about 6
years old, and between her and her moth
er tbe warmest affection existed. The
child died. The mother was, of course,
greatly distressed, but, in the course ot
time, regained her composure, and, final
ly, her good spirits. About three years
after the death of the child it became nec
essary to remove tbe remains from the
cemetery in which they bail been inter
red to another. The mother was seized
with an unaccountable desire to have trie
coffin opened, iu order tnat she might
view what was left of her child. Her de
sire was opposed by her husband, but she
so strenuously persisted that he yielded.
When the coffin was opened and she look
ed in, the motuer beheld nothing but a
few bones. She said nothing, but return
ed to her home apparenuv in her usual
state of mind. The next day her actions
showed that she was violently insane. At
the dinner table she seized a piece ot beef
bone, and shrieked out that her child was
being eaten. Nothing could be done to
quiet her, and, when tbe bone was taken
trom her, she attempted to kill herself.
In order to prevent her from committing
suicide, the bone was returned to her.
She was sent to the asylum, where she re
mained six years. During ail that time,
she never once relaxed her grasp of the
bone.”
The reporter made a note of the story,
had some further conversation with Mr.
Ross, and then bade him a gcod-by, and
sauntered out into the office.
"That’s a queer fellow in the reading
room, that preacher-looking fellow,” he
said to one of the clerks.
"Yes,” the clerk replied, "he is a queer
fellow. That’s , a Cinciunati
drummer.”
The reporter pulled his hat down over
his eyes, turned about, and marched
out ot the hotel in search of a truthful
man.
A DEN OF SERPENTS.
■even Vicious Water-Moccasins Attack
a Young Couple in a Boat.
From tie Auguata (fiti.) Ckron’rt*.
Although the season ior big snake sto
riea has not yet arrived, a thrilling en
counter with a nest of writhing reptiles
occurred recently on the first level ol
the canal, in which a young man was bit
ten on the thigh, and which would in all
probability have resulted fatally bad it
not been for his celerity in procuring the
services of a physician. U would seem
hard to give credence to the story, but it
is true, nevertheless, and well authenti
cated. We give the account substantial
ly as told by the young man himself:
It oeing a pleasant afternoon, and one
well auited for the purpose, he aDd a
young lady friend decided to take a cruise
on the “raging canawl,” and accordingly
embarked in a trim little craft. Their
trip was un enjoyable one until alter
passing the hign bridge. Tue south bank
of the canal, a few hundred yards above
thia bridge, as is well known, is covered
with a dense growth of bHsbes and water
rushes. Here, through a careless stroke,
the boat shot into the mass of weeds, the
nrow sliding well upon ths bask. At this
juncture a hissing was beard, and to
the young couple the air and rushes seem
ed lull o< snakes; all appeared badly
frightened, and broke away from the boat,
with the exception of a six-foot monster,
which, in bis endeavors to escape, landed
square in the lap ot the oarsman. The
young fellow attempted to rid himself of
bis obnoxious oomnamon, when the rep
tile instantly bnried Us fangs into bis
(high. It slid off into the bottom ot the
boat at ooca, however, and the young
man sprang into the water, and made lor
the bank with all possible speed. At the
•rat appearance of the moceasins the
young lady si-roamed and jumped out up
un the sbore.thus placing herself beyond
the reach ot danger. Several men bad by
this time arrived upon the scene, and by
their advice the young lellow repaired im
mediately to tne office of a pbysiclau and
had bis wound attended to. lie save the
bite caused acute pain for a time, accom
panied by aizzliicas. l.ast night, with
the exception of irritation around the
wound, be hail recovered entirely, and
was out on the streets as usual. Seven
snakes were counted, and three of them
were instantly dispatched by the men,
but It was only alter considerable trouble
that the moccasin in the boat was killed.
He bad crawled beneath one ol the lock
ers, and for acme time resisted ail at
tempts to get him out.
Tlie Hiatt-Eyed Heathen.
From the Athena [Ha.) Bonner- WoUhonn.
Athens has no ambition to add a Cbloa
mun to Its Hat of merchants, aDd we trust
the thing now in our midst will not be
given any enoouragement. In Augusta
tb -y buy all the refused and decayed pro
visions >b*t tny can find, and after they
g ttu-ny rh a secret process are sold as
good *'oek. No honest dealer can com
pete with these creatures, lor they live
like brutes. We want to see Athene
grow, hut not by adding Mongolians Pi
our population. The Chinese are now
being driven from the West, ami this fel
low will doubtless prove but the forerun
ner of a swarm sf htn coonlrvinen The
pig-tall now in Athens should be taught
that bis room is worth more than his
company.
A SILVER STOMACH.
An Interesting Offer to Cross-Kyed
People.
From the A ?*<•• (Ga ) C'ironicU,
lr. Wilbur lectured in Masonic Thea
tre Wednesday night to a very large au
dience of ladies and gentlemen. His lec
tures aye upon tbe anatomy of the human
body and a fine line of skeletons, models
and charts suable tbe lecturer to make
himself clearly understood, and toexplain
the uses and action of the hones, muscles
and functions of the body so that old and
young can comprehend them.
Tbe dog with tile silver plate In his
stomach, with a tube conuectmg it with
the outer world, was brought upon the
stage, and was a tine specimen ot canine
strength aud vitality. He had cancer of
the stomach, and Dr. Wilbur says was a
mere skeleton when he operated upon
him. The cancer was cutout and the sil
ver plate inserted in the stomach. The
dog was kept under the influence of an
aesthetics for several weeks until it bail
properly healed up. being ted during tbat
time through the tube in his stomach,
and for nine weeks eating nothingby way
of his mouth. He is now as robust and
lively as any dog you wish te see. Out of
five operated upon tuns way only one died.
Tbo Doctor thinks it a satisfactory de
monstration that cancer of the stomach
can be cured. Tbe deg lapped up a dish
of milk with avidity, and sb-od quietly as
it ran out on tbe stage when the cork was
removed.
No admission is charged ami no collec
tion is taken up. Tbe doctor is advertis
ing a medical college in Louisville. Ky.,
and says he will eure, free of charge,
without pain, in a few minutes, rfae first
case of cross-eyes brough to him.
Postal Changes.
Postmasters Commissioned Fourth
class offices: Arthur Haice, Lexington,
Ga.
Star Service Changes—Georgia: Route
15355. Lumpkin to (uchtiert. From April
5, 1886, curtail service so as to begin at
Benevolence, omitting Lumpkin, decreas
ing distance 43 miles. 2. From same date
reduce service on residue of route to
twice a week.
Star Service Discontinued—Georgia:
Route 15354. Lumpkin to Americas. From
April 3, 1886.
Changes in star schedules—Alabama:
Route 17,334. West Point. Ga.. l>> Smith's
Station. Ala. Leave West Point Tues
days and Fridays at 1 p. m-; arrive at
Beulah by 6:35 p. m.; leave Beulah Tues
days and Fridays at 6:35 a- in.; arrive at
West Point by 12 tn.; leave Beulah Wed
nesdays and Saturdays at 0:35 a. ar
rive al Smith's Station by t 2 m.; leave
Smith’s Station Wednesdays and Satur
days at I p. in.; arrive at. Beaulah by 0:25
p. m.
! Specinl service discontinued —Florida:
Auruirtta to Brevard, from March 22,
1886, •;
Pest office site changed—Georgia: Sa
nta Luca, Gilmer county, three-fourths of
a mile southwest, on route 15US.
Postmasters commissioned—Commis
sioned March 20, 1886—fourth class, offi
ces: James L. Jar yard, Loudsville. Ha.
Post Gflimta Established—GitwkiAd Spi
vey, Putnam county—Special fretn Ea
ton ton, 10 miles west, on rente 16014,
Spartft,2o miles north.
New offices—James H. Spivey, tqawev.
Putnam county, Ga.
Acting Postmaster— Msrrih 0, 1886, S.
M. McCounolly, East Point, Ga.
: Almost fatal Poisoning.
From the CarUrtoiVr (Go.) Cotrunt .
There was a regular sensation in Dr.
Cason's household Friday night. The
j doctor bad purchased some aouso meat
during the day and it was served at sup
per. He and Mrs. Canon and a little
daughter partook freely of the meat.
Soon after they retired, they began to
grow deathly sick and to vomit freelv.
The situation became ahtrmlfiT Ip a few
nalnafe*, and Df, Jehnaop, was sopt for.
When the physiciau arrived he saw at a
glanoe that be had a genuine l poisoning
case oil band. Emetics were administer
ed and kfiei an bb,ur or so ot bard, work
the pAUijiW were carried through safely,
although at times it was thought that all
efforts would prove futile. The Cason
household was in a state of exetelhent.
and vHI was It, for the poison Itr* 1 nicked
as if ft"- wvmld prove tatal. The fdatliy i
have all about recovered and swore oil'
from saase meat. The moat that caused
the trouble was cooked in a large brass
kettle, afid an Immense quantity or vine
gar being' poured npon It, prattle fag' a
powerful jHisuning agent.
A War MMc.
From the Perry (fra.) otrine Journal.
Mr. Thomas S. Gammage showed ns
last Monday a New Testament that was
taken front a knapsack on the battlefield
of Olustee, Florida, on the evening alter
the fight, in 1864. It was the property ot
a Federal soldier, who. It is presumed,
was killed In the battle, ft was presented
by the New York Bible Society. On the
back fly-leaf it bears the written inscrip
tion: “Tho property of Chester M.
Spraeite, Company H. 7th Regiment New
Hampshire Volunteers. Presented at
Morris Island, South Ca’oiina, Sept. 26th,
1868.” It also bears the inscrip,
tion, “Maj. Gen. y. A. Gilmore,
Cornd’g Department of the South.”
Mr. Gammage was engaged in that
battle, and this testament was procured
from a comrade, together with a lew other
mementoes that were not preserved. If
this should reach the eyes of any member
of the family ot the former owner of the
testament, rl will be cheerfully presented
to them on application.
More Fine Jerseys.
From IK* Rom* {0 1.) Courier.
The Northern express Thursday brought
to Rome three beautiful voung Jerseys,
two heifers and a fine bull. They are all
ot the Unions signal family. Ths bull Is
particularly wcß-bved, was sired by U.
W. Karloe's great “Signaldo.” for which
he has refused an offer of SK),(MJO. His
dam belongs to Mr. Win. Burgess, presi
dent of the International Pottery Com
pany, and took the flrst premium at the
New Jersey fair ia l&M.astne beet cow in
the blale, with over 2UO registered Jersey
cows in the ring. Tbeee hue young ani
mals* were selected by Mr. .1. B. Carver
while North last fall, and have been win
tered at Trenton, N. J., and are in line
condition. Thev will be added to bis
young herd on his Armuobee stock farm.
Kg* Hticking.
McKknurray’s store, in tee Warrior
district of Bibb county is a great place of
resort tor the young men of tbit neigh
borhood. On Tuesday afternoon quite a
large party aseembled at the store and
engaged lb various -ports. A good deal
ol liquor was swallowed, hut not quite
enough to make anybody druak. In the
midst of the sport an egg sip-king match
was proposed. Ben Yarboro was selected
ae Crawford county's enampion and Reub
Saunders as Warrior's. At the end ol
tbe contest Yarboro had slicked l woutv-,
two eggs sod Saunders twelve, end both
men were perfeotlv sooer. This
seems to prove that raw eggs are a good
antidote to tbe effect* of liquor as well as
of poleou.
Hornet fling New.
ArontAke Fuller tie.) ile.trhi
There residue ie our town a lady, who
to her tsn knowledge, has never eaten a
meal cooked by a wiloicd person. What
Is still more Singular, fbis lady.after every
meal she has ooofced, washes tbe outside
as well as tin- inside ol her (looking
utenslla, and given herself do rest until
one side of the titenell is as clean as the
other. We speak from our iiersoaal know
ledge when we say teat a clean, white
bamlkorohinf laay he drawn across She
onislits ot any of her cooking utensils
without being dttcolored thereby.
WADE’S MANSION BURNED.
Destruction >f One o 4 the Finest llesl
ilruccs on the Savannah River.
From the .iujuita Ct i.) Chronicle.
Intelligence was brought us by the
steamer Katie Thursday afternoon of the
total destruction by fire of the residence
of Hon. U. P. Wade, at Mobley’s Pond,
Bcriven county, last Tuesdav evening.
Tbe origin of the conflagration is un
known. Besides the dwelling, tbe over
seer's house, stables, fences, etc, were all
destroyed. Loss $30,000, insurance $2,500.
Wade’s mansion has been noted ns tho
finest residence os the Savannah. It was
of two stories, with garret, splendidly ap
pointed and magnfficently furnished. The
loss on the furniture will in Itself reaeli
$3,000. Mr. Wade's library, or between
4,000 and 5,000 volumes, worth in the
neighborhood uf $6,500, was completely
ruined, only a tew books of the valuable
selection being saved. The cost of con
struction of the building was $17,000.
The three-floor stables ami overseer's
residence were also dost roved. The
former were probably the bent equipped
in the enmity, and were valued al $2,000.
The stock were saved. Tbe overseer's
house was burned to tbe ground with fur
niture, etc. The loss by the burning of
fencing, flower gardens, valtiaWe shade
trees, etc, is by no means insignificant.
Tbe conflagration resembled the bitrn
ing of a snuUt village, aud could be seen
for miles. Overseer Judkins and persons
employed on the place did everything in
their power to check the fury of tho
flames. The wind was blowing at the
rate of 80 nil ton an hour at the time, ren
dering efforts to control the flames futile.
Mr. Wade has tbe syui)>Atby of the com
munity.
To Change 14aiuls.
From the Kaet4l.au (t/aA Timet.
Wowe reliably informed tbat the office
of the Southern Express Company will
change hands at tui early (lay when Mr.
B. W. Pemtietan, the depot agent, will bo
put inohargM. i£is said that the East
Tennessee, Virginia and‘Georgia railroad
has made arrangements with the express
company to manage all tbeir business
over this line of road, woioh means to [ait
all the offices iu charge of their agents.
An Obi Note.
While walking along the stree-tsof Dub
lin a few days ago Dr. Hicks picked up a
note given cn Dec. 22,18.74, by J.C. Towns
to Wooten A Boyd lor the sum of SB4 29.
The note was dated at Lumber City, and
with tbeexception of dust is in-agood state
ol preservation. No credit appears on it,
and tbe interest on it for thirty-one vears
at 8 per cent. wouOl amouut to upwards
of S2OO. But, perhaps, the giver will
come in on tlie statuie of MmUat'ou.
Jttf&iral.
CLINCMAN’S
Tobacco
REMEDIES
The Greatest Medical Discovery of
the age. No family ought to he
wPbeut them.
THE CLINGMAH TOBACCO OINTMENT
THE MOST EFFECTIVE PRKPARA
TI ON on th market for A !**l HE (IKK
for llrbltm Hu never tailed to giro
Prompt reli*>/. Will euro Anal Ulcoro, Abaeva*.
Ihtula, Tetter Salt Rheum. Barber’* Itch, Ring
wunan. Pimple*, Sore* ami Buals. Frier 50 eta.
THE CLINGMAH TOBACCO CAKE
NtTIKKN OWN BEMKIIY, Cures ill
Wounds, Cute. Bruises, BDrain*.8 Drain*. Erysipala*. Boim.
Oarbuoclea, Bone Peloua, Ulcers, Sores, Sore &./*,
Kor-e Throat,Bunion*.Com*, Neoralffia.Rheuxnatira
Orchitis, (loot. Rheumatic Gout. Olid*, OougfM,
Brunchiya, Milk Laff, So aka* and Dor Bitea. Stiugfl
of Innecta, Ac. In fart al!ay* all local ImUlion ant*
Inflammation from whatever cause Price 2. eta.
THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO PLASTER
Prepared according to tke mo*! ae.ientlfli
anmiplra, af the PIT REST SEDATIVE
INGREDIENTS, compounded with the parHßt
Tobacco Floor, and m upeeially recommended tor
Onmp, Weed or Cake of the Broaxt. and for that clam
of irritant or inflammatory maladies. Ache* and
Paina where, from too delicate a state of th *y*tn.
the patient is unable to beer the strtmgerappKcat hi
of the Tobacco Cake For Headache or other Aches
and Faina, it is invaluable. Price I. eta.
Aak your druggist for tJjfwe remedies, or writeto tbe
CIINGMAN TOBACCO CUBE 00.
DURHAM. N. C, U. S. A.
s.s.s.
Scrofula of Lungs.
I am now 40 years old. anti have snfiYred for
the last ll.'teen yesrs with a lung trouble. I
have spent thoumiixt*of dollars to arrest the
inarch of this diseasec but temporary relief
was aH tbat I obtained, itu obih for any
manual labor for several years. A frienil
uteonvly recommended th- use of Swift’s Spe
cific <B. 8. 8.), claiming that he himself had
been greatly henelitcd by its nee iu some lung
trouble*. I resolved to try it The results
are remarkable. My cough lias left me. my
strength has return'd, and I weigh sixty
pounds more than I ever did in my life, ft
has been three years since I stopped the one of
tbe medicine, but I have bad iu* return of the
disease, and there arc no pate*or weakness
felt in my tong- I fe the barlcsl kind of
mechanical woi-k, and feel as well as 1 ever
felt since 1 vvus a boy. These. I know, are
wonderful statement* to make, but I an, hon
est when I say that 1 owe my existence and
heal Hi to-day to 8. 8. 8. I would he recreant
to the duty f owe to humanity if I failed to
ts'ar this cheerful testimony to tbe merit* of
this w. niiurfn! mi'diehic, T. J- HOLT.
Montgomery, Ala., June 25, 1885.
Swift’s specific m entirely vegetable.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
Thk Swift Sent me Cos., Drawer 3, At
lanta, La., or t#7 W. iffil Bt., New York.
Ladies
Do you want a pare, bloom
im? Complexion i ll' so, a
few applications of Haifa u's
MAGNOLIA HALM will grat
ify you to your heart's con
tent. 11 does away w itli Sal
lowness, Redness, Dimples.
Hlotdie.s, and all diseases anu
Imperfections of the skin. It
overcomes the flushed appear
ance of heat, fat igue and ex
citement, It makes a lady of
THIRTY appear hot TWEN
TY; and so natural, gradual,
and iierfeet are Its effects,
that ft In impossible to detect
its application.
Jttrfttrai.
A SUPERB
Flesh Producerand Tonic.
HEAR THE WITNESSES.
lO TO 0 POUNDS.
An Atlanta Man’s Weight and Ap
pellte.
I took tour bottle* Gulnn-s Pioneer amt
gained lr. pounds m flesh. My apuetit. hu*
bet-n restored. I Jun e procured a bit tor ue
in my family. Your* respectfully, ,
GKO, THOMPSON, 00 Humphries st.,
Atlanta, Ua.
A Man of tIH Winteia.
1 am OS year* of age, ami regard Guinn's
Pioneer a line tonic for the feeble, by ns
use my strengih lias lieen restored ami my
weight knereaaed 10 poumt*.
A. K G. CAMPBELL,
Macon. Ga.. Feb. IS ISSO. Cotton Gtu Maker.
A C>i|>|ted CoulWlerair ways:
I only weighed lla pounds when I commenc
ed Guinn’* Pioneer, and uow weigh mt pound*.
I confd hardly walk with a suck to support
me, aud can uow walk long distances without
belli, Its bene tit to me ia bevood calculation.
D. RUFUS BOSTICK,
Vt.con. (,a. Cottou Buyer.
Mr. A. 11. Itramlilrll, Hardware Mer
chant of I'onsyth. On., writes:
It acted like a charm on my general health.
I consider it a fine tonic. 1 "weigh more than
•J have for J 5 years.
Respectfully A. If. BRAMBLETT.
Mr. W. K. .tones, Macon, say*:
My wife baa regained her Htrengtb and in
creased 10 pounds in weight. !Ve recommend
OuiiHi's Pioneer a* tue heat Unstc.
W. P JONES.
Dr. O. W. Ilelhriilgc, of At lanta, ta.,
write* of Guinns Pioneer :
Guinn’s Pioneer Blood Uenewer has been
used for years with uuprecedauteii success.
It w entirely vegetable and dees the system
no haxm. It improves thi> apiietlte,digestion,
and blood-making, stimulating, invigorating,
aad toning up all the functions and tissue# of
the system, and thus boeooies the great blood
renewer and health restorer.
Gumrr's Pioneer Bloctl Renewer
Cures_H Blood and Skin tfiseasea. Rheuma
tism. “scrofula. OKI Sores. A Perfect Sprmg
Medicine.
If not in your market it will he forwarded
ion yacotpl of price. Small bottles |l. largo
' hoi tics $ I 76.
Essay on Blood anil Skin h meases mailed
free.
MACON MEDICINE COMPANY
MACON, GA.
Wholesale by OSCEOLA m’Tl.IiR, SOI/-
MONH a CO., I.II'PMAN BROS., 1, c.
STRONG and G. M. IIEIT>T A CO. Sold by
all druggists.
■BBSS 1 1 111
fruit nw& fßrorrrtro.
Lens! Lem!
ORANGES ! ORANGES !
APrLES, AITLES.
COCOANUTS.
PORTO RICO COCOANUTS!
I am the only party In the city that have
them for sale.
These Cocoanuts ars the finest and
largest that grow.
rc. POWER
(Successor to J. B. REEDY.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER,
COR. BULL A CONGRESS BTS„
SAVANNAH, - - GA.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE"
WEST BROS,
Oranges, Oranges.
Coeoanuts, Cocoanuts.
Lemons, line stock just in.
ApjiU’s, Cabbage, Turnips.
Peanuts, famous brands Elec
tric Light an<l Maud S.
RICE FLOUR. RICE FLOUR.
RICE. RICE. RICE.
WEST BROS.,
_ 208 ami 210 Bay street.
ORANGE*.
FANCY MESSINA ORANGES.
FANCY MESSINA LEMONS.
FANCY BALDWIN APPLES.
COW PEAS. BLACK EYR PEAS.
“ONIONS, ICt'TA BAG A TURNIPS.
PE ANT "T 9. IKUII URN, POTATOES.
CABBAGR.
HAY, GRAIN, Etc.
FLED MEAL. BRAN, CORN EYES.
EASTERN HAY, WESTERN HAT.
WHITE AND MfXKDCORN.WHITCOATS.
Get our carload prices un ilay aad Grain,
li Bar streM,
W. D. 3IMKINB & CO.
BANANAS.
tlx. made tom* or thr lost Woa.
derfal Cares on reeord.
COCOANUTS.
We have just received too bunches of chute.
ll*H und UI.LOW HAN AN An.
Valencia Oranges,
Messina Oranges,
California Oranges.
Lemons, Lemons,
Raisins, Prunes,
Dates, Currants,
Vegetables
Potatoes, Onions, Turnips,
Beets, Cranberries,
Peanuts, Peanuts.
KAVANABGH & BBffINAB,
importer* sod Wl#lf*s4* nsalern ia foreign
au<t Domcsv f ruit* ;uid Vegetables.
■a. IIS iisv aiwn
Drroo (<sfloD*.
RUN INTO!
WITHOUT
PROVOCATION!
PLATSHEK’S,
138 Broughton Street.
BY mere accident our New York buyer ran
into one of tho Inest inducements of the
| day—namely: an immense Jon lot of Dresg
| Goods. All of this season’s design in
Sateens,
Ginghams,
Batistes,
WHITE GOODSr
They were bought at 26 per cent, below ttm
premia nrdrket value. Now wlien we gen.
aoch lots w' do uot buy to keen them on our
shelves: hut contrary, we tiave no room foe
that., and al once shave the prwes so low
ttia' their quick dtsiamal is always a positivn
thing.
LADIES, COME AT ONCE'
' For on our Dress Goods vou can save upon
one dross pattern sufficient In cover cost .to
trimmings. How is that Tor an oye-opoocr’ T
Call and Soe the Prices,
Owr anmi*!* Hno of F.M BROf DK HI K 8 am
■iliU tmutf hoAViiy p/tiro.uni vn L*
nlearetl out in a f $v day*. < rmia ummv*
diaudy if you wish toaveou needlework.
Mina Map.
20,000 yards of incomparable value*. Rettfil
carefully the prices and call and evantm,
them.
100 roH* good duality, In White and Kml
Check, lie, y ard; worth positively ei~. w4.ens
200 rolls l aitter duality, in White, Red
-Check and Fancy, 20c. a yard; drrt cheap a|
DSC.
100 roHs very fine, in-While, lied Check and
Fancy, 25c a yard; a bargain at 40c.
If you feel hke saving money buy our Mat 4
-tings. •
Opening Every Day !
Noveltig* in Ladle*’ Linen 'M*.
’Collars and Cuffs.
Nnlriiy design* Muslin Underwear.
Handsome addition* in Corset*,
New idea*-in ■ilfhterj.
Rich aeu*alioas Milk Glove*.
Newest shade* in Ribbon*.
Backed by Onr Popular Low Pirn
P. B.—Mail orders will receive our prompt,
attention. Samples of our bargain Dresg
Good* sent to any address upon application.
Pvotioo.it* ULurtrd.
PROPOSALS.
Urcrmen’aOFFicß >
KxrnsNOß Nation* !. Bsirx,
Nokfolx, VA , Feb. 1, WB*. \
. TJROPOSALs will bw received at tbateffica
I until haTTRDAY. Mnrch tb, MH6, ter
the purchase or the hereinafter meutkMwd
property in its entirety, and also for pinsessr
parcels of the same—referears being had ta
descriptive Is*** owsaid properly—which
lists, stating terms oi sale, wifi be foniMMW
upon application to the undersigned.
The right to reject my and all bid* i*-m
--. served. Viz:
Tbe extensive end vatnaMe property krrs*
! ted in Norfolk and I'ortamewUi, Va— known!
a* tbe "Seaboard Cotton Com press CowpsMnr
of Norrolk, Vs.," consisting of:
I. Tlie franchise, which, among nthng
privileges, authorizes the ntorng, ot cottofl
and other merchandise, and the iseue ot nego
tiable receipts therefor.
2. Its plant, whlrb eonsisheof three 43) flrsti
class improved Cotton Compresses.
Two (2) steam Tugs.
Three t:f) Transportation Barges.
All the adjuncts necessary to a we®
equipped establishment of this character. Its
fire-proof Warehouses, *even (7) in mimbeiC
of capacity for storage of 24.000 hales unco as
pressed cotton. .
Us four fti frame Warchnuses— metal rooto
—capacity, many thousand tonsof Fertilizer,.
Salt, etc.
its Wharves and Docks, which afford ampin
room for berthing al seme time ten neagoiiq|
steam or sailing vessels. The arwa of the
Warehouse und Dock property in Portsmouth
is about acres, together with all It* other
property, which is fully descrioed in the list*
a Give referred to.
W .41. 11. PETERS, Receiver.
f cv ale.
FOR SALE;
—IN—
WEST FLORIDA,
Home Conlainiajr 17 Rons.
ST IT A RLE FOR
BOARDING SCHOOL OK HOTEL,
—ha a—
SIX ACHES OF GROUNO,
All highly unproved and all necessary ouz
bulldiags. Hold to eloae an estate. Apply te
.1. E. CREAKY,
BLACK WATER, FLA.
FRENCH PRUNES^
Evaporated Peach©*.
Evaporated Apples.
Dried Peaches,
Edam Cheese.
Pineaopie Cheese.
New Mackerel.
GEORGE A GOODMAN'S,
liscasv uu *e WhltaHsr swam.
CULTIVATORS!
—yon s.vut BY
WEED & CORNWE’kL
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