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„DAILY ENQUIRER • SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IT, 1886. J,A1? V A Spring that Secures Immunity from Death and Decay. A Sermon Preached at the Flint Baptist Church by Rev. Robt H. Harris Last Sunday Night, an:! Reported Specially for the Enquirer-Ban. Text: “Living Water.” John 4:10. In the arid regions of the east there are two classes of wells—shallow excavations, containing brackish water that has soaked down through alkaline sands; and deeper openings, supplied with fresh water from subterranean springs, or “veins.” The former is called, in oriental lan guage, stagnant or “dead” water; the latter “living water.” When Jesus said to the Samaritan woman, “If thou knewest the gift of God and who” (I am i, “thou wouldst have asked of (me) and (I) would have given thee living water,” she gave His words a literal construction: She thought He alluded to the character of the water in Jacob’s “deep well,” upon whose curb He sat. Hence her reply, as recorded in the next verse. But He had another and a deeper meaning, ns she soon discovered, and as we presently shall see. Three hundred and ninety years ago the belief was prevalent, if not universal, in Europe that somewhere in the unexplored regions of the earth there existed the “fountain of eternal youth.” A limpid spring, a draught of whose crystal waters and a plunge into whose pellucid depths would arrest age, stop decay and rejuvinate man, insuring to him perpetual youth and absolute exemption from natural decrepitude and death. This belief, it seems, was especially strong in Spain, where it swayed all classes from the king and his courtiers to the peasant and the pauper. The desire to find the fubled spring was intense and all-absorbing, and the haughty don, the dashing cavalier and the vagrant ad venturer all turned their eager eyes toward the newly-discovered wilds of the western hemisphere as the favored region, where their bright hopes might be fulfilled. Before that time dauntless men had, doubtless, sought that fountain in the desert’s heart. The alchem ists of old had failed in all their efforts to brew or distill the “elixir of life,’’and men lmd concluded that the immortal draught, in which their faith was still unshaken, could only be found as poured from nature’s alembic into some lone basin of the wilderness. So they toiled onward, over thorny roads and stony paths, through billowy drifts of burning sand, freezing by night, under the ex treme and suddeu fall of temperature, scorched and blistered by day under the terrific glare. With aching bones they stood at morn, and rolled their wild and sunken eyes upon the sun, as he bounded like a ball of brass above the gray horizon line, growing and glow ing into fiery life and incandescence fierce, as up he rose; at noon, the parched skin hanging in shreds and strips from their bleeding faces, they sought the shadow of the cracked and baking rock, to hide them from his focal eye, now open wide upon them like a white-hot furnace door. The desert was strewn with bleaching bones of .horses, camels and men, and frenzied beings mad with thirst, plunged down the rocky gorges, or rushed with frantic fury up the stony heights— but, alas! the spring, the fountain of immortality WAS NEVER FOUND. And, thus, countless thousands perished in the blistering sand storms—of dire disease—of famine and of mortal thirst—in vain quest of an immor tal draught. At last the desert search was abandoned and longing hearts reached out to ward the alluring western wilds, whither Co lumbus had taught the way across the trackless ocean. But none had yet formed a just coneep- tiornof the extent, nor the character of the newly discovered lands, and there was a great diversity of opinion as to the probable location of the fabulous fountain. Some thonglit it might be found on one of the Bahamas. Oranello located it in the continental region, west of the Orinoco, whither, more than a century later, Raleigh nought it in vain, whilst others maintained still different theories. In the meantime, DON JUAN PONCE DE LEON, a trusted lieutenant of Columbus’ on his second voyage, having, for reasons that I need not men tion, become separated from his chief, proceeded with three vessels, upon a voyage of his own planning, and discovered a region that he named Florida, in honor of the day on which he landed—Pascua Florida, the Palm Sunday of the Spanish Catholics. It is long since I have read the history of those events, and my recol lection may not be strictly accurate, but I think Ponce sailed along the eastern coast of Florida as for as the latitude of St. Augustine, whence he doubled on his track, passing around the south ern point of the peninsula, discovering the Tor- tugas, and pushed his way as far north perhaps as Tampa bay. He had been promised the gov ernorship of all the lands he might discover and colonize, so he landed and attempted the con quest of the country. Advancing from the shal low waters of the surlless shore across the snow- white beaches and the sandy dunes, he traversed the pine-crowned hills and pressed his way into the dark and noisome* swamps of the Kis simmee and the sjumbrous Okeechobee. There, in the gloomy shadows of ftinereal cypress boughs and wierd palmettoes and clinging lianas, festooning creepers and trailing vines, where gleamed the epiphyte and perennial orchids bloomed above the giant ferns that threw their enormous fronds aloft into the reeking, miasmatic air, and where fever and death lurked in the stagnant atmosphere, bold Ponce and his mailed followers encountered the j fierce Tustenuggees, of the Everglades, and their j hideous warriors, whose horrid warwhoop drowned , the booming of the bittern and the bellow of the saurian, wid whose poisoned arrows were dead lier than Bie fangs of slimy snakes that writhed in the fetid ooze and squirmed about their bus- kined feet. There could be no conquest without war to the death. And de Leon might have abandoned his bootless invasion, had he not from captives heard A STORY OF STRANGE FASCINATION. “Far in the depths of yonder forest” (pointing to the westward of the glittering “bear,” that looked from the cold north, upon the flick ering camp fires), the captives said, “ there is a bright, blue spring, and whosoever drinks of its clear waters and bathes in its cool depths,will remain forever young, and disease to hitn will be unknown.” That is what the Spaniard under stood the Indians to say. This is probably what they did say, and I veuture the suggestion mod estly : “Away to the northwestward of this spot there is a spring of clear, blue water, cool and re freshing to the taste, and delightful for the bath. It is located in a region of wonderful salubrity where sickness is almost unknown, and where air; and the bright fishes below you, surrouuded by their rainbow halos, their fins gleaming with prismatic hues, seem poised between the heaven and the earth. This lovely spring is encircled by stately evergreens, whose graceful boughs hang pendant above its bosom like a feathery emerald fringe around some priceless, crystal gem. It is THE BEAUTIFUL WAKULLA, the peerless Florida fountain. It is a delight to quaff its sparkling waters and to lave the weary limbs in its cooling, azure depths; and it is located in a region once noted for its salubrity. Reach ing away to the north and westward, beyond the Ochlockonee, in Florida, and nearly to the Flint, In Georgia, there is a lovely land, of swelling un dulations, clothed with towering pines, inter spersed with odorous hammocks, of beech and grand magnolias, studded with silver lakes and threaded by* amber streams, where the pioneers knew no physician and needed none. That is the region, perhaps, of which the Indians spoke But de Leon was advancing in age, his brow was seamed and his cheeks furrowed by toil and care, bis hair was streaked with grav and his limbs were weakened by hardships, by battles and by years. HE LONGED FOR YOUTH again, and he struggled to reach the spring; but in his second attempt he was permanently foil ed. Struck down by a poisoned arrow, he wus carried to Cuba to die; and thus the only man who ever thought that the. immortal fountain was palpably within his reach, breathed out his lif<? before his eyes cauld be gladdened by its sil very sheen. Gradually the superstition faded from the minds of men, and now there is none left to believe in the existence of the fobled fountain. But there Is an innate longing in the human heart for the refreshing diaught that somewhere must be found. Argument is not needed to convince men of the immortality of the soul. The conviction of this truth is in grained in the minds of the most barbarous tribes, and we know, without external proof, that there is an eternity of punishment or reward. We know that we must drink from the putrid pool of stagnation and death, unless we can find the gushing SPRING OF HEALTH AND LIFE. This conviction, doubtless, caused the material istic minds of men more readily to believe tlie fable of tlie physical fountain of immortality, which, possibly, originated in a misconception and misconstruction of the figurative, spiritual il lustrations of the Holy Scriptures. Awakened iu the twilight of the earliest morn ing, here, the soul yearns for the opening of the incorporeal day. “The future is man’s immemorial hymn — In vain, goes the present a-wasting — To a golden goal, in the distance, dim, In life, in death, he is hasting. The world grows old—and young-and old. But the ancient story still bears to be told. Hope smiles on the boy from the hour of his - birth; k To the youth it gives bliss, without limit; It beams, for old age, a star on eaith. And the darkness of death cannot dim it: Its rays will gild even fat homless gloom, When the pilgrim of life lies down in the tomb. Ne’er deem it the ‘shibboleth’ phrase of the crowd, Ne’er call it the dream of the rhymer; The instinct of nature proclaims it aloud, ‘We are destined for something sublimer.’ ” Goethe never uttered truer words than these. We are conscious of an immortal destiny, and tho soul thirsts for the water of life. “Oh ! that I might find the immortal spring!” cries out the anguished human heart, “and drink, and drink, and live forever, insured against decrepitude, exempt from cankering cares that kill.” WELL, I HAVE FOUND IT! The “Fountain of Eternal Youth!” And I am not the sole discoverer. The woman of Samaria found it and she drank of the “living water, flowing from the Throne of God. Her townsman found it, who “believed on Christ for the saying of the woman.” as well as those who “believed because of His own word.” The redeemed, in all ages, have found the spring, and Christians be fore me, to-day, have found the sour :e of that “river, the streams whereof make glad the city of our God.” It is the “fountain filled with blood,” the precious blood of Jesus, and, verily, “there is no other name under heaven, that is given among men, whereby we must be saved.” There is no other fountain from which we may drink and live. We must be plunged beneath “that healing flood” to secure immunity from decay and death. Oh, ye worn and weary, broken down with toil and care and anxiety and grief! come to the fountain of life and drink your fill. You need not drag your sun-flayed limbs through scorching deserts, nor plunge through dark forests, reeking swamps and miasmatic fons. When Hagar wailed in the desert, oblivious of her o wn suffer ings, in the agony of maternal sympathy for the famishing Ishmacl, the angel said : “Look up.” The living spring was above her. I say to you to day “look up” to Calvary’s summit, where flows the crimson stream of life. Go up and drink and live. Are you young ? Ah, then, you’ll be forever young! Are you old ? One draught will stay decrepitude. Accept the “living water” of sal vation though faith in Christ and live forever more. Dear brethren, the face may become furrowed, the hair may be bleached and the eye grow dim, the bending form may totter on tremulous limbs, and men may call it age: but the heart of the Christian will ever be young. Plunge into the cool, sweet depths of the Fountain of Youth and lave the fevered soul; drink deep, and deeper draughts of the potent elixir of life; your “youth is renewed like the eagle’s;” joyous we live and joyous take our heavenward flight, at last to bathe, forever, in the boundless, beatific ocean of God’s eternal love. CITY Dltro STORE. I>rn?M. Fancy Article* and Dm* »«**«• dries. We are now receiving a new supply of all Fancy Goods and Staples in our line. An endless variety of Bristle Goods, Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, Nail Brushes, Baby Brushes, Shaving Brushes, Blackiilg and Cloth Brushes. The best 25c Tooth Brush ever sold in Ideas Suggested by a Stroll Through the City.’ The Dentist of tho Groat Metropolis Behind Those ol Columbus—A Kluvulnr Surgical Operation, Figures for Travelers to Fonder—The Olrl of tin* Fe led—Remand for a Readlng'Maelilne- VSfllh* J nIoun of a Statesman. New York is agog over the operation of a den tist who Has transplanted some teeth from the mouth of one man to that of another. They are behind tho times in the great met roj>- olis. Their dentist might have come to Colum bus ten years ago and learned from young prac titioners liow to perforin the operation which now seems to t hem so wonderftil. Col malum has even laymen who, when uudei a state of peculiar mental perturbation, have been k* own to trans plant their teeth Into another man’s nose or ear, and there are cases where fingers have been sub jected to this wonderful transplantation. But there has recently been a feat in dentistry in this city that lays over anything of the kind that has come to our notice. A gentleman walked into one of our dental rooms and asked the dentist to plug a tooth which was giving hint considerable trouble. It was a back tooth, and it was with tho greatest difficulty that the cavity could be reached. To serve his convenience the dentist pulled out the tooth, took it to bis war' . room, filled the cavity, and then replaced it in the man’s mouth. The tooth is as sound and good as any lie has in his mouth, and Dr. Tigner is the man who did it. But when it comes to doctors, whether tooth doctors or otherwise, Columbus can equal the great metropolis or any other citv. We remem ber a case which occurred not a great while ago in which a little girl had considerable skin and flesh torn from one of her limbs. In order to give her the treatment that was best, it was nec essary to procure more skin to replace that which had been torn away. In the emergency a little brother bared his arm, shut his eyes and extend ing it to the doctor said, “cut it out’” The doctor took tlie skin from the little heroe’s arm and transplanted it to the sister’s wound. If healed and grew there, and is now all right. Willie Ferguson was the brave lad’s name and Dr. Jordan tlie physician who did it. Do you travel? Then think of these figures as you rattl * along. From an examination of an article in Poor’s Manual on the railroads of the United States it appears that the total length of railroad tracks in this country up to December 31, 1885, was 128,- 969 79 miles. This would make a railroad wind ing around the earth at the equator five times and leave enough truck for an extension to the center of the earth. If pointed out into space it would reach more than half way to the moon. The total liabilities of all these roads amount to only $8,073,573,394, while their assets arc* but $214,* 261,220 more than this. The total train mileage of all roads reported was but 560,173,865. The number of passengers carried was 351,427,088, which, if things were run according to the views of the socialists, would have given every man, woman and child in tlie United States six rides on the railroad last year. The total mileage of these passengers was 9,133,- 673,956 miles, or an average of only thirty miles each; Tons moved were 437,040,099, ortons moved one mile, 49,151,894,169, or only the one hundred- thousandth part of the weight of the earth, which is put at nearly 6000trillion tons. The earnings from the passengers were only $200,883,911,which would average less than 60 cents each or only two cents a mile. The number of deadheads is not given, an important omission. The net earn ings of the roads were only $206,488,993, or about $2000 to the mile of track. “This world is frill of queer things that we never get on to.” “What do you mean by that?” querried tlie rc- j poster of the dude, who seemed anxious to im- | part some useful information. “You just come down the street past that big / boarding house over there. A young fellow meets you and lie’s whistling about the nightin gale singing of you—of yon, you know, and you E’en as the main, tliy circling monody Upon tlie lone horizon meets the sky, Where foi fitly flickers in the distance for The afterglow of hope’s departed star. Pour forth, sweet bird, thy requiem, and lo! Night’s dreamy waves of sympathy o’erflow To soothe thy pain: whih thoughts attuned to thine, Molt into twilight tenderness divine. The following Is written on a flowered leaf in the same album: “They are uot ours, the fleeting flowers, But lights of God that through the sod Flash upwards from tho world beneath— That region peopled wide with death— And tell us in each subtle Hue That life renewed is passing through Our world again to hock the skies— Its native realm of Paradise.” On account of the beauty of thought in the above the secretary will, no doubt, be readily for given for making Paradise rhyme with skies. THE UANt^l'ET AT SEALE. A Urilliunl Entertainment HI van by the Yount; Men of the Town. Sealq, Alabama, contains the houses of a vi1_ lage and culture of a city. Like Mount Zion ot old, it is bcuntiftil for situation, aiid it sits among the hills like an architectural benediction. Peo ple leave there for few places, put they go there from every whmc. Society people from the largei cities of Aluhama and Georgia are fond of visit ing Seale, for there they find the refinement of the city they have left among its red hills and rural scenes and butterflies and breezes. The young men there are educated, thrifty and steady, ami the rising generation of young ladies in the village has given it a reputa tion for beauty which makes it red-lcttercd among the towns of the state. But Seale’s hos pitality is its strong point. Even a weary stranger who lands there feels like a bird that has folded its wings above its ownjnest. No full hearted fhtlier ever held out the right haud of welcome to the returning prodigal of his loins with a purer, sweeter welcome than Seale holds to friend and stranger who come within her gates. On Friday evening last a member of the En quirer-Sun staff attended a banquet in Scale given by the young gentlemen of the village to Misses Bell, of Montgomery, and Bass, of Glen- wood, who are on a visit there. The Enquirer- Sun man on his visit was the guest of Mr. Ben. J. Dun id, one of the busiest and best lawyers of his age in the state of Alabama. If Mr. Daniel can entertain a court and jury as well us lie can ft guest, there is a fortune ahead ofhiminthe law business. The Enquirer-Bun representa tive was splendidly entertained at Mr. Daniel’s home, and through the kindness ol’his host hud a horse and buggy at his disposal during his en tire stay. The bauqueb was given at the cosy and elegant hotel of Mrs. W. J. Henry. The guests began to gather at 9 o’clock, and before 10 nearly a hundred were present, the brilliantly lit parlors being comfortably crowded. The reporter has seldom Heen a more attractive company assembled on a social occasion. The belle of Seale, who is claimed by her admirers to be the most beautiful girl in Alabama, was there. The claim of hot admirers is well founded. Quite a delegation came up on the 9 o’clock train from Hatchcchubbee, and many others from the surrounding neighborhood of Scale. There were lamps above and laughter below, and a rattling of silks and tiny footfalls, while amid it all bright eyes and diamonds struggled like contending stars for supremacy of light. The banquet, which was prepared under the superin tendence of Mrs. Henry, aided by her corps of well trained servants, was superb in every par ticular. The entire affair was splendidly con ceived and prepared and conducted, and passed off without n jar ora flaw. The long evening flew rapidly away, and after midnight the happy guests took a reluctant departure. They are lucky people who get invitatl ♦ * visit Beale. GEORGIA HIDLASi» EiLI *K>. The First Shipment ofthrtloii Over tin* It >;nl -The Work* AM Along the Line Progressing Finely—A New Engine nwl New furs. The tunnel heading is fifty-live feet under. At this rate of progress the tunnel will not keep track laying delayed much. The stone piers for the iron span at the bluff are all up. This completes all piers for fifty-two miles. | The force of masons are now at work on the j piers of Flint river. i Work has actively begun between the tunnel and the river. In a month from to-day all grading this side the mountain will be complete. Locomotive No. 102, from the Baldwin Loco- motive Works, came in Friday last. Like the others it has all the latest improvements, in- think how merry and free from care he is. You hear a window open. You don’t put the two things together at all, but if you look up you’ll see a girl waving her handkerchief, and you'll notice if you look back that the man has stopped whistling and is waving his hand vigorously. Then you’ll meet another fellow. He’s whist- I eluding Westinghouse airbrake, signalling at- ling a bit of *11 Trovatore’ in a careless, happy | tachments, etc. This makes three locomotives way. You happen to glance up and you see a | already on the road. girl waving her handkerchief, and he stops whist- I By the 1st proximo the company will have in ling and takes oft* his hat, throwing up a smile j twenty more freight cars. that goes up higher than the water from a fire 1 The first passenger cars are already awaiting engine. A little later yo.u’ll meet another man. j shipment, so soon as twenty miles of track is He has a bad cough, a very bad cough, but he | ready. That will be veiy soon. The iron bridge gets better, squints up skyward and waves his j at Bull creek is being rapidly put in position, hand, and a girl drops a smile upon him. It’s all ] Cars will cross that Ccreck and Willis’ by next the same girl, but the men don’t know of one I Thursday. Then, there are no streams fora long another’s existence, and some day there will be | stretch. Where there is no hinderance, the a fight, for all those men will give the signal at track-laying gang get down three-fourths of a the same time and they’ll find it out.” mile of track daily. The foreman says it will be ... . . 7 . . I a mile a day soon. D.d you ever think what a (peat convenience | K im>er Cowan an(1 his oorp(j No . 3 , httvi „ g a reading machine would be? i com pi e t e( j ,| lc location to McDonough, will now What we mean is something m which you j ^ loyed bv the ttoltimbus anil Florida Rail- could put the latest novel or freshest book, turn | ComplnJ '. ln making preliminary surveys, a crank and have it read with feeling and expres* I xhe flrst slllpm ent of cotton came over tho sion. Some such contrivance as this is absolute-| r0idvcsUrdtty u waB fr(m , Bljthel and waB ly necessary to save us from being a nation of lwBn i v bale8 . This is but the forerunner of many short-sighted people. In this age everybody reads | ^ Bhipm( nts . Heverai lots of cotton arc more or less and American eyes are rapidly be coming as bad as those of the Germans, ing machine would save them. Then, too, what a sociable element it would introduce into the family. As it is now in reading households the father and mother, sons and (laughters,aunts and grandmothers, sit in a circle around the lamp, and all in profound silence road to themselves. A stranger droppieg in on them unexpectedly might think that be had come upon a family of mutes, or that each one of the silent readers was in too sullen ^nd glum a humor for speech. How different it would be with our ideal reading How the family would gather around large- shipment: i waiting for shipment. This is the kind of return A read- , wants. It is trade,, new friends and this market. A beautiful Child’s Crush for 15c. machine Combs of any kind and style. | it. as a center of common interest and sympathy! All makes of Face Powders, A beautiful assort- ! How it would unify and solidify households ! ment of Puff Boses, Puffs and Sachet Powders. ; The picture that rises before us is so wholly A large line of Colognes and Extracts from every maker of prominence. Our White Rose Cologne cannot he surpassed in the United St \Vecarry the largest and most varied assort ment of soapB of any house in the city, from 5c to 75c a cake. A special bargain at 50c per dozen. iharming that we call upon Edison to supply this great need of the hour with all convenient haste. It seems that Secretary Umar has become a day-dreamer and has even taken to poetic effu- J following changes sions. According to a Washington dispatch a | Reserve decrease new territory. The country the Midland traverses is the land that settlers want. Huch substantial citizens as J. E. Appier, and dozens ol others, are buying homes on this line. This shows plainer than tojk what the future will be. Colonel Goetchius is in Gridin and has nearly completed the right of way h rough that city. The line through the country has all been com pleted. Chief Engineer Green, after visiting Mint river bridge, was at the tunnel yesterday. ColonelP. P. Dickinson left yesterday afternoon for a trip up the line. Treasurer Grav is act ing .superintendent of the road. His long experience eminently fits him for it. JUS! MOSS HE RIVES, Happenings in Browneville and Girard Laconically Noted. Sommer Lingering In Winter’ll Lap—The Denth of Dr. Palmer -A Key that Comes l T p HiNKlnv Organization of a New Order -The Lad lea’ Sap. per— Personal, News Notes and Minor Topics. Our Browneville neighbors, in common with most people hereabouts, arc complaining of heal and dust. Several days of the week were ardent enough for July or August, and although ruin seemed threatened, none came. The skies for the past two days have been unclouded ami cerulean enough lor the poet and dreamy philoso pher, equaling the undimmed splendor of artistic Italy. Yes, “all signs foil in dry weather,” has boon fairly illustrated by the present drouth which has continued for seven or eight weeks. Mortals, true to their nature, will complain, and yet complaining is useless when Providence is nt the helm. As to business, wo are told it is picking up a little, though hardly up to expectations. Perhaps expectations are too high, as they generally are iu most things relating to man’s welfare and hap- piuess here below. Home people are never satis fied with “well enough,” and would complain were they surround d by courtiers and palaces, with the tabled gold of Midas. All in all, Browne ville is comfortable, and most of her citizens en joying the fruits of their industry. Dr. It. I*. Fulmer Killed. The citizens of Browneville received quite a surprise in the nows conveyed to them a few days since o the killing of Dr. It. U. Palmer, at Cor sicana, Texas, on tho 9th instant. It will be re membered that I)r. Palmer was a practicing phy sician in Browneville fer several years, and four or five years ago changed his residence to Texas. The news came by-a postal card from Mr. Hurry Holland to his uncle, Col. J, T. Holland. The following is the brief announcement: Austin, Texas, October 10.—Dr. Palmer was killed yesterday. No particulars. A Missing Key. Nothing confuses a person more than to aj# proaeh a place of business, with the mind full of the duties of the day, and discover that the key is missing from its accustomed place. None but those who have experienced this direftil feeling can fully sympathize with one of the “fair” mer chants of Browneville, as she awoke to the con sciousness the other morning, that not only her key was missing, but also an Important page in life’s unwritten history, it gives us pleasure to state that in this particular instance the vexation was short-lived, as the sting of remorse, or the dream of reward, led one of the sterner sex to restore the missing article. Knights of tin* Holden Engle. A lodge of this order was organized in Browne ville on Friday night with sixty-two members. It is the first lodge of this order yet organized in Alabama. The officers elect are: D. E. Wade, S T. C. John Buminersgill, N. C. M. T. Lynn, V. C. H T. Waldrop, H. P. James Ogletroe, M. of R. George Davie, C. of E. B. M. Meddler. It. of E. William Morris, V. H. L. J. Goins, E. William Prlddy, E. D. N. Bishop, W. C. William Lawrence, F. G. J. F. Vinson, B. G. J. M. Boston, W. B. N Ladies* Supper. The ladies of Trinity church Aid Society gave a public supper at. McCollister Hall on Wednesday night, which, like all entertainments of the kind attempted by the Browneville ladles, was a suc cess in every particular. The supper was sump tuous, many of the best people in the community patronized it, and the result was an enjoyable evening, and cash balance of about $50. This is doing well, when it is remembered that the price of a square meal was only 35 cents. , Trillli iu u Nutshell. There is still .considerable sickness, but not much of fotal character. Cuba yams and nigger-killers are coming in freely at 15 cents per peck. The Ranch is taking stock, but still open for the reception of paid up members.) Mr. James McCollister and Miss Ida Laeroy, of Browneville, were married Thursday night. Rev. J. W. Howard officiated. The couple are quite youthful. A well digger on south Railroad street has reached a depth of ninety-four feet, and yet has found no water. Lively and Browneville are reported very quiet and orderly, and free from disturbances and sen sations of all sorts. The citizens art* generally elated at the early visit of a circus, and many will go if they have to do without a day’s rations. Now is the time for a boom iu matrimony, but we advise children t< remain single until they have age and sense enough to know what they are doing. Church Appointments. Rev. Mr. Cupps will preach at Trinity in the forenoon and the pastor at night. At the morn ing service several applicants will be received into the church. Not in*. I have sold my interest in the books and ac counts of Wade A Harrison to D. E. Wade. Harrison. Having bought the books and accounts of Wade A Harrison, I respectfully invite all in debted to call and settle at once. D. E. Wadh, its hiding place and greet that pub. func. with ft friendly sipile. Death anc^ taxes are the only sure things, and yet everybody will perhaps feel better after those debt* have been paid. Tb# youngsters and “coons”,are on the tiptoe of e»- pectancy at seeing the circus bills, and this some what allays the apprehended shortage when th« collector comes round. Ronds nnd Rond Workers. Marshal Miller requests us to give notice that he will postpone the working of the roads until Monday week, and parties who have been sum moned to appear to-morrow can come up on the 25th. This postponement is made tm the hope of rain before the 25th, aa the roads are unusually dry and hard at present. Those who prefer to pay the road tax. of $1.25 can do so during this week to J. S. G«n rett. (1 Irani llrlcfit. There is much sickness reported on Long street. The tax collector will be round next Thursday, 21st inst. Grandma Little, as she was called, died at her residence near Cochran's brickyard last Wednes day in her 81st, year. She was one of the first settlers, and was loved and respected by those who knew her. There were four interments during the week — one white, three colored; two resident and twe non-resident. Mrs. Lizzie Lloyd is putting her house north ot the creek in thorough repair, and will have it re painted. Vegetables are very scarce and inferior on a*, count of the drouth, and peas and Haters are the only hope of poor folks t his fall. The public school children can buy a copy luok and bottle of ink for five cents, and school hags for five cents et H. A. Hyde’s. COLUMBUS AND FLOR DA RAILROAD. Tin* Survey to III* Mmle Fromptly— Columbus Arts While Others Talk—An Interesting Interview With (iunliy .Ionian. Ever watchful of the interest of this city, the Enquirer-Sun has called attention to the neces sity for a railroad south of us. This paper pointed out the way the movement ought to start, and told our people the effort should be made by them—waiting never built a railroad. It is pleas ant, therefore, to place the following before our renders to-day: Hearing that there had been a meeting held yesterday looking towards such a railroad, a reporter of the paper began a search for the facts. There had been no call in the pa pers, and the meeting was one brought about by the personal efforts of a few of our live citizens. Iu looking for railroad items it is always safe to .jo to railroad people. After tea last night ths reporter looked up Mr. G. Gunby Jordan and put a few leading questions to him about this, project. “We hoar, Mr. Jordan, that there was a rail road meeting this afternoon. Know anything about it?” “Ych. About twenty of the live men of Colum bus met the charter members of the Columbus and Florida railway and subscribed enough it make a survey of that road.” “You have a charter then?” “Oh! yes; we organized under that charter sev eral weeks since, appointed a committee and authorized them to make arrangements to start a surveying corps.” “When does your corps start?” “This week. Mr. Cowan, assistant engineer of the Midland, having finished locating to Vfe- Donough, will be here with his corps to-day.” “It will be a Midland corps, then?” “ No, their duties having finished with that road the Columbus and Florida will now employ the corps and foot all the expenses.” “ Does the Midland and Gulf ruilroad control this charter?” “ No; outside of a few of us here iu Columbus who are interested in both enterprises there is no identity of interest.” “ Not that—are the capitalists who are build ing the Midland backing this?” “ No, they have never heard of this road. I hope if the survey shows upright, and the peo ple along the line show any interest in the road, to get them enlisted.” “ Speaking of tlie line what will be the mute?” “ We w II run one line to Albany and another to the Georgia line in the direction of Tallahas see, I snupme. This seemed to lx* the sense of the meeting. Tlie committee appointed to-day will rcguWc the routes,” “Do you think Columbus will subscribe?” “Will they? You ought to have seen how quick we raised 4(5000 to complete the surveys, ft doesn’t take Columbus long Ut act when her in terest ic at stake.” “And it is largely at stake here, you think?” “Yes. The Buena Vista railroad is hurting us. The AmcricuB, Preston and Lumpkin has almost actually come to our warehouse doors and takes our cotton away from us. The Pensacola and Atlantic t<tok a part of our trade. Yes, we art being damaged and must get our rightful trade back.” “Do you think it will be a paying line?” “If any one bus ever carefully rend the statistics of the Chattahoochee river valley as shown in that splendid issue of the Enquirer-Sun of the 10th, he can but be convinced that a railroad through I such a country would pay. It will save Columbus j her very best trade—trade that is daily leaving ! her for want of railroad facilities. Put us in j direct communication with Florida and all its i travel, open up a wilderness of heavy timber i lands and put on a through line. Yes, it will pay Columbus tc have such a railroad as that termin ating here.” i This ended the tolk. but it but begins the work we, each of us, have before us, if we would soon see this line under actual construction. In the meantime, let Cusseta, Lumpkin, Dawson, Cuth- bert and Bainbridge answer our slogan. A pull railroad. Half way work altogethei Call and Sattla, | » P‘M> cr li,lc - Wp hci-fhv ttivp notice to our ft iemln ami ! h ' ,,r the P resent this enterprise is iu the hand* Wc turtny [pvt n >uct to out mends and cus- i , || an executive committee composed of Messrs. turners that we have closed out our grocery busi- j <j. .A. Etheredgc, li. Ounby Jordan, John F. ness in Browneville, and wish till indebted to us [ Flournoy, W. A. Little and C. B. Grimes, to call and settle their accounts and save furth Weekly llnnk Statement. New Yoke, October 16.—The following is the statement, of the New York associated banks for tlie week, and which shows the c a cake, a speem. ! Proof, which all will re K ard as conclusive, that tacreasc «... ,1.1,1, Hpnartment is kept supplied with the , , . , . , Hpccic decrease 4I7.40 1 Our drugaepamiieui ^ p ^ , the secretary has “turned to thoughts of love,’ Legal tenders increase 219,30 beBt and purest drugs. , only We have secured the services of Mr. Wm. McLendon, jr„ of ThomasvUle, a graduate in phar macy, and in every way qualified to fill prescrip tions, to which work we give special and careful even the aired feel voung.” But the minds of the j attention. Spaniaids vrereinflameif with the superstitions of | We have a full line of Teas and bp.ces, whtch their times, and misunderstanding the captives , we guarantee pure. by reason of the imperfect media of communica tion they leaped to the conclusion that the red men had located the fountain of perpetual youth. As a matter of fact, there was and there is, in the quarter indicated, a wonderful spring, circular in form, hundreds of feet in diameter and Large lot of Slate Sponges. . Give us a call. Polite attention given all. G.ve ca ciTY DRUG STO UE, ... Guo. A. Bhadkord, Manager. Ticket for Aldermen. smumu—. —. At the election on Saturday, the llth from a dark car- Dece mber next for one alderman from each ninety feet in depth, that flows .ro.uu the present members oft he hoard Hy, near one edge, of unmeasured depth, filling . ward, friends ot i ep ... the shapely basin and sending forth a sparkling | wl n support them for re^e action. river, upon whose waters steamboats may safely | First Ward-J. 8. Garrett, ride. The water possesses the magnifying power • of a double lens, so that a silver coin upon the < bottom appears larger than when held in the hand, at a shorter distance from the eye. W hen, I in your light canoe, you glide upon the crysta toaom of the spring, you feel as if floating in the Second Ward—A. M. Elledge. Third Ward—D. P. Dozier. Fourth Ward—Theo M. Foley. Fifth Ward—N. N. Curtis. Sixth Ward- Gcorgs W. Dillingham. ^ ^ his newly acquired penchant for verse-making He has not yet gone far as to let any of his effusions go to the printer, but within the* last month he has contributed a great many verses to the autograph albums of his young lady friends. The following is from the album of a little school- j mate of his daughter: j “May thy life be like a prairie At the dawn of early spring. Sprinkled with the fairest flowers That the earth to us can bring; Twinkling fountains by the wayside Make sweet music for thy ear; Laughing streams of limpid water Every now and then appear, Bearing off'thy cares ana troubles As the waves glide slowly by; And the sun smile on thee kindly i From a bright unclouded sky. In a book of a young lady whose favorite pet is a dove, Mr. Lamar wrote the following weird verses: A tuneful mist above a silent sea O’er which thou broodeRt seems thy voice to me, A moan of widowed memory above A tidelesa depth of erat impetuous love. The banks now hold $4,619,950 in excess of the 25 per cent. rule. Ueluinbus I*mrelinking Agcnry. Being frequently called upon by parties at a distance to purchase goods and quote prices in this market, have decided to make it a specialty • in our business, and hereby solicit orders from all who may wish any assistance in the matter I of buying or having goods made up in any par- j ticular style. We arc supplied with ull the latest I Paris and New York fashion books, which we | consult in selecting buttons, trimmings and dress goods, also in purchasing cloaks, wraps, gloves, bonnets, hats, and every article that is required in making up a complete outfit for a lady. Special attention given to bridal outfits and ball room costumes. Our most accommodating and experienced merchants will give us the benefit of their personal aid and good taste in filling all orders. Address all communications to Miss Mollik Lkwih, Columbus, Ga., P. O. box 113. sepl2-lm-wed&oe trouble. Books may be found at our old stand in McCollister building. octlOselt John Bummrsgili. A Co. Notice to T»x Payers. Real estate tax is due, and will be delinquent after the 1st day of November. After that time there will be a fee charged. octlO se3t . M. f no rc it soli., Clerk of Council. More About Toney’s Wedge. Strangers, when you visit Columbus, think to cross o*er to Dr. McC’utchen’s “Lively Drug Store,” Lively, Ala., and get acquainted with prices, and then if you are not thoroughly con vinced that you have been paying too much for the wihstle on nearly everything in the Drug or j Heed line, *you can certainly see for yourself ! what’s the matter with Banner, and whe e ! Toney hid the wedge, without its costing you a out. still C.« LIKAK!l (iLEAMNCiS. Ahead—Roads and Koad Work** Fen Notes and Personals. Despite the dull times old Girard is still going ahead slowly but surely. The music of saw and hammer is heard in the land, the new colony on lying street is progressing surprisingly, the new church assuming pleasing proportions, and suit able repairs are noticeable here and there. The growlers have somewhat subsided, and the dead line on Bridge street is abolished. The roads south of the creek have received attention and are reported iu good condition. The only gloomy premonition is the advent of the tax collector, when the bottom dollar is expected to leap from TOWN LOTH For Male at Witverly Hull. Georgia. We will offer for sale on November 1st, 1886, at the above mentioned place, immediately on the line of the Georgia Midland and Gulf railroad (a new road that is being built from Columbus to Athens, Ga., connecting with the Central, East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, Richmond and Danville railroads,'. Lots suitable for building residences, stores, etc. Waverly Hall is situated in the “garden spot” of Georgia, farming lands yielding above an average. The best school and church advantages already established. Bociety is as good as any city in Georgia or elsewhere. People are alive to anything progressive, and wiilingto lend a helping hand to any who may locate in our midst. It is one of the best trade point* in Harris county, being thickly populated already, and only needs the new railroad now being built to make it the nicest town in the state. Healthfulness of the pluce is unexcelled. Water the best. Between 2500 and 5000 bales of cotton will be shipped from this point coming season. This alone will be worth the consideration of thoughtful business men who wish to do a good business without having any heavy expense. To those who wish to give their children the very best educational advantages, our people especial ly ask them to come and locate among us. AU parents ure well aw are of the advantage of edu cating their children in the country than in the cities in a moral point of view. Lots will be sold without reserve or limit to the highest bid der. Any further information or inquiries will be cheerftilly answered by applying to I. H. Pitts & Bow, 8epldwed.se,td or W. L H. Pitts, p. 1C N