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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
Perry’s Bad Plight—The Belled Buzzard
Brought Low - What the Athens
Ladies Object to--A School Racket -
A Turbulent Scene In the Atlanta
City Court.
OEOROIA.
Atfcuita has a starch manufactory.
Perry is soon to have two brass bands.
Milled grvillo is to have anew fire com
pany.
Albany expects to have her third hank
soon.
The Georgia Legislature will reconvene on
July 6.
The Warren county gold mines are being
developed.
All the prisoners of the Hall county jail
escaped Friday night.
An elegant new depot is now about com
pleted at Rabun Gap Junction.
Montgomery Superior Court has been ad
journed, owing to Judge Kihbee’s sickness.
The people of Madison county have great
faith in ttie Augusta and Chattanooga rail
road.
The Salvation Army meetings at Athens
are simmering out since tho novelty has
worn off.
The work on the Gainesville cotton fac
tory is progressing rapidly. The building is
50x150 feet.
Last Friday Monti cello scored its sixty
fourth man shot down on the public square
since the war.
About Jufie 30 or 33 a select party of
Griftinites will leave for a two weeks’ trip to
Pablo Beach, Fla.
The clerks in Macon are agitating the 6
o'clock dosing movement. We trust that
they will be successful.
Mr. Ike R. Barr, a prominent young man
of Columbus, died at his father’s • residence
near that city Monday night.
Mrs. F. M. Brown, the proprietress of the
Brown House, Sylvania, was married Tues
day night to J. J. Longest, of Richmond,
Va.
The Telegraph says the indications are
that the State fair next fall will lie su
perior to any held within the past several
years.
Perry Journal : Cropsare very tine in this
section at present, and are in good condition.
Mr. 8. J. Wells has the largest cotton we
have seen.
A few days ago W. A. Sims, of Daniels
ville. killed’a large rattlesnake that meas
ured about four feet in length, and bad four
rattles and a button.
James McCollum was in Summerville
Monday for the first time in twenty-three
years, though he has lived all that time
within eight miles of the town.
The election for captain of the Madison
Home Guards came off last Friday, and Mr.
W. S. McHenry was unanimously elected,
the vote polled being forty-five.
The Athens agent of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals threatens
to prosecute the police for shooting the
ownerless curs that infest that burg.
At Norcros3 Monday evening Mrs. Mary
J. Murray, of that place, was united in mat
rimony to Mr. Moses P. Strickland, of Pal
las, Tex., Rev. J. L. King officiating.
The District Conference of the Eufaula
district, Methodist Episcopal church South,
will convene at Perote, Bullock county, on
Aug. 10. Bisbop Duncan will preside.
Anew dnilt’ paper, the Graphic, is hilled
for Gainesville this week. The editorial
control will he under Prof. A. W. Van
Hoose. and business management T. H.
Sanford.
Athens Banner: The original manu
script of “Home Sweet Home” was not in
terred in the coffin of Miss Mary Harden,
as reported, but is in the possession of a lady
of Athens.
Prof. A. W. Van Hoose, of the Georgia
Baptist Seminary at Gainesville, will next
■week break dirt for the erection of the main
building for that institution. It will be
60x140, and two stories high.
The Canton Advance is contemplating
issuing a daily during the meeting of the
North Atlanta District Conference, which
will be held at that place from July 13 to 17
—in all about five or six issues.
The colored Knights of Labor in Macon
are moving in the matter of an improve
ment company of their own. There are to
be 2,000 shares at #3 a share, and each mem
ber is required to take two or more.
The Tolbotton Methodist and Baptist
Sunday schools picnicked at Person’s Moun
tain Spring Saturday, where good things to
eat were in abundance. After dinner a free
ride to Bostick was very much enjoyed.
Dorse Williams, of Madison county, says
he can show the G., O. & N. road a route by
which it can reach Elberton with only one
stream to cross and a cheaper and shorter
way than the one surveyed.
Mrs. Martha G. Ward, living near Bethel
■widow of Mr. Payten Ward, drew her back
dues on a pension this week, which amounted
to S9OS. She will receive sl2 per month the
balance of her life. Her husband was in the
war of 1812.
Mr. David Croft, father of Conductor
Croft, of the Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama railroad, died in Carrollton Sun
day. at tbe advanced age of 92 years. Mr.
Croft was a most estimable man, and a large
number of friends mourn his loss.
Sunday evening lightning struck a col
ored man’s house, near the house of Mr. H.
L. Brittain, in South Athens. The family
were all sitting in the house. None of them
were hurt. The house was owned by John
Henry Mack, and was badly damaged.
From Jan. 1 to June 4, a period of 155
days, it is shown by the records in the signal
service office that as compared with the
normal temperature and rainfall there has
been in Atlanta a departure of 113* excess
of temperature and 14.47 inches of deficiency
in rainfall.
Athens must be “enjoying” a veritable
summer siesta in business, according to the
following from the Banner-Watchman:
“The sidewalks are so grown up with grass
that ladies have to walk in the middle of
the streets in many imrts of our city. Can
not this be remedied f"
Last week Polk Hinton’s wife broke into
Thomas O’Bannon’s house in Broomtown
vul]ey, Chattooga county, and stole a quan
tity of clothing. She was brought in .Sat
urday night and put in jail; was tried Mon
day, and lief ore night was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary.
On Saturday aftsrnoou a negro boy, who
in some way got into the Macon union depot,
grabbed a tin box containing sls tielonging
to T. C. Parker and ran through the depot.
He was seen to take the box and run, but be
was too fleet-footed to lxi caught, and the
matter was reported to the police.
Charlie Nash, of Jackson count}', says
that there are plenty of peaches at the old
Nash place, near Harmony Grove. It is on
a high ridge, and Mr. Nash says ho has no
ticed tliat for tho past fifty years frost has
never killed all the peaches in that neighbor
hood. It is the place to start a fruit farm.
The stock law is not propcclv enforced in
Athens, says tho Banner-Watchman , for
you oau any day sea a number of cows at
large on tne streets. Parties turn them out,
to nick gram on the sidewalks, when the
animals wander off. Heverat private yards
and gardens have been invaded and bad 17
injured by these wandering kino.
H. C. Harris, one of the directors of tho
Atlanta and Hawkinsville railroad, was
present at a recent meeting held ut Vienna
and proposed to extend the road through
Dooly bounty via Know and Vienna to some
' Pp'nt, Wovided the citizen*, would sub
a'ul ** ve thK right of way '
WtJeok for Clarke, county was
*'Hn t thiß time. Both corn
Khteth^uST!„ ® <wt lhir? y day* ahead of
and they a, ,• just, as fine
Ujc * uU Helds me clean
and the crops in splendid cone ttion for the
summer’s rain. It is generally predicted
that fine seasons will prevail from this time
on.
Last Sunday Capt. Carlton, of Clark
county, had a colt badly torn by a wire
fence. Another resident a short time since
had a valuable pointer disemboweled and
killed by a bar 1 1 while the animal was
jumping through the fence and between the
wires. More than one horse has been lace
rated and killed by these spiked fences in
Athens.
The Recorder says there has not been a
vacant dwelling In Americas in twelve
months. With her healthful air, her pure
mineral water, the fruitfulness of the con
tiguous country, the accumulating railroad
facilities and tho push and vim or those en
terprising jieople, Americus is taking and is
destined to take a high rank among the
cities of Georgia.
Lightning struck the switchboard in the
Southern Telegraph office at Griffin Sunday
afternoon, and was communicated to the
outside by the ground wire. The shock
greatly affected the horse attached to the
carriage of (’apt. M. L. Bates, that were
hitched in front of the Methodist church.
They were thrown to their knees, but not
seriously harmed.
Adam Goettz, who lives near Vineyard’
three miles above Griffin, was forced to kill
both of Ins largo yard dogs Sunday after
noon, they having gone mad. In their mad
ness they came in collision and tho smaller
dog of the two was badly tom up by the
larger dog in a fight which they had before
they were dispatchod. They were considered
very valuable dogs.
The Wrightsville and Tennille railroad
made Its return to the Comptroller General
Monday. The road has been consolidated
with the Dublin and Wrightsville road, and
the consolidated return amounted to ¥ll4
711. Last year the returns of the two roads
were consolidated, and the return this year
shows an increase of 30 per cent, over
amount returned for 1886.
Tho proposition to issue a half million
dollars of Fulton county bonds and devote
the proceeds to the improvement of the
public roads of the county meets with oppo
sition. The Knights of Labor oppose it on
account of the county commissioners being
elected by the grand jury and not by the
people, leaving the inference that the'com
missioners might not pay out this sum so as
to benefit the Knights.
Middle Georgia Argus: Mr. Bailey Car
michael placed on our table on yesterday
the finest stalk of cotton we have seen this
season. It measured ten inches high. He
informs us that he has thirty acres equally
as good as the specimen shown us with other
fields a little interior, besides a fine crop of
corn. Mr. Carmichael is one of Butts' best
farmers, and raises his own hog and hom
iny and consequently lives at. home.
E. M. Dun son, one of the most prominent
citizens of Jackson county, died at his home
near Harmony Grove Sunday night at 9
o’clock. Mr. Dunson had been suffering for
some time with dropsy, and it is thought
that it reached his heart Sunday night,
when he passed quietly away. The deceased
had reached the ripe old age of three score
years and ten. and was well and favorably
known throughout all that section.
Nine colored men and women were
brought into Sylvania on Monday night by
Sheriff Mills and lodged in jail, on account
of some little dispute about hoeing. This
gay crowd collected together several days
ago in young Mr. Odonis’ field, near Mob
ley’s Pond, and made wild threats against
the young mail’s life, and were only pre
vented from attacking him by the presence
of a shotgun. The case was settled Wednes
day momingj and the prisoners went on
their way rejoicing.
The commencement exercises of the
Southern Female College, at LaGr&nge, will
begin on Friday evening, June 10. An in
teresting programme has been prepared, and
the public generally is invited to lie in at
tendance. Among the attractions addresses
will Ixi delivered by Janies H. Pittman,
.Esq., of LaGrange; S. P. Gilbert, Esq., of
Columbus, and L. Wardlaw Smith, Esq., of
Atlanta. The exercises will continue through
■Wednesday, June 15, and every feature on
the programme will be of special interest.
Alexander Davis, of Toccoa, killed an Ira
mouse crane Friday morning. He killed
him ,on the wing, at a distance of fifty
or sixty yards. It was near his father's
lisli pond,and fell into the pond when killed.
He measured the crane ana found his size as
follows: Eight inches from tip of bill to
eve; 63 inches from tip of bill to tip of toe;
75 inches from tip of wing to tip of wing,
and 30 inches from tip of bill to body.
Three cranes were seen, but Mr. Davis did
not get an opportunity of shooting at any
others.
William Hamilton, a colored citizen living
near Mt. Vernon, was brought to town in a
wagou from a few miles out in the country
cut all to pieces. There had been some
trouble between Richard Farmer and'Ham
ilton with regard to Farmer’s wife. The
woman went out to see her brother, two
miles below town, and Hamilton also went.
Richard found it out. When Richard ar
rived upon the scene things were in such
Condition that he thought it the proper
thing to use his razor. Hamilton's bead was
almost cut off.
.Sunday evening L. F. Humber, of Colum
bus had nis left leg broken just above the
ankle joint, bv lieing thrown out of his bug
gy, in front of his residence, on Fourth ave
nue. He liad just jumped into the buggy,
which was standing in front of the gate,
and while turning m ound to drive In the
opposite direction, he topped the horse
lightly with the whip. This caused the
horse to piunge and turn the buggy in. such
a manner as to throw Mr. Humber out. The
ton* of the fall came upon the left leg,
breaking both bones.
North Georgia Times: The famous
belled buzzard has at last tx*en brougli low,
and he no longer alarms the superstitious by
his lofty flights and mysterious sounds.
Landrum Davis shot and killed his buzzard
ship a few days ago, ami found upon in
vestigation that a steel trap was hanging to
one foot, and attached to the trap was a
small chain, which, as the buzzard flew,
would strike against the steel trap and make
a noise like tho ringing of a bell. This is
doubtless the “belled buzzard” of which wo
have heard so much.
The colored people of Union Grove church,
noarCarnesville, are having a racket over a
school. It hits two claimants, Sal lie Sitter
white and George Davenport, and lxith are
clamoring for tlie school. Bailie taught the
spring term and made up her school for the
summer, uiui was resting easy when George
Davenport came in as an Interloper, made
up a second school and now claims the school
for the summer or free school term. The
patrons held a meeting in the academy in
which several of the members became bois
terous. Sallie seems to have tho bulge on
the, professor, and from accounts has the
following of tho patrons.
Judge Ilansell at Thomasrille Saturday,
issued warrant; on 176 special presentments
of the lust grand jury of illegal voter* at the
prohibition election last summer. The
Sheriff and his deputies began taking charge
of the offenders —mostly, if not entirely,
negroes—that afternoon as they took their
usual Saturday stands about thi* street cor
ners. ’ At night the jail was filled to over
flowing, The process of trying them will
have to tic very rapid, or for want of jail
room they will have to be corraled. There
will 1* u very small jierccntage of convic
tions, ns a great many paid their taxes after
tho defaulter*’ list were made out.
A mad dog went through Buchanan
Thursday evening. It met Mr. Laniard
Fulbright in the street, near his house, and
jumping at him, bit him severely in three
different places—one bite on bis leg and tin*
Others on each hand. TIIO dog pussed
through town, followed by Las Summerlin,
Sheriff Goldin and others on horses. They
got In shooting distance of the rabid canine,
but failed to kill him. They say the dog
wus taken with violent fits when he enino to
water, and showed all the symptoms of
hydrophobia, Mr. Fulbright "started Fri
day to Atlanta or Fuirburn, where ho will
have a mudstone applied to the bitten place*.
The Greene Rifles are drilling hard in an
tiopation of their visit to Moinoc to attend
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. JUNE 9, 1887.
the drill. The boys drill well, and the other
companies who attend would do well to look
to their laurels. The gayotles at Monroe
will begin on July 20. On that day the
drilling for tho prize, a handsome gold
medal, to be awarded to the best dialled
company, will take place. On July 21 there
will be a big barbecue, at which will take
place tho target shooting. The exercises
will draw to a close with a grand ball at tho
Wniton, Monroe's magnificent hotel. A great
many prominent people will be hi attend
mice. Gov. Gordon, Adj. Gen. Kell, and
others have signified their intention Of being
present.
A few da vs ago there occurred near
Dowdy, in Madison county, eight miles
from Athens, the most atrocious crime ever
committed in this section. On last Tuesday
a colored woman by the name of Eberhart
had a child 5 years old severely beaten by
two colored boys, aged 6 and 11 years.
After they committed the deed they in
formed the child’s mother of what they had
done, and told her that next day they were
gohig to whip the child to death. The
mother, thinking nothing of the matter,
went as usual to her work, leaving the child
at home. During her absence the young
fiends came, and with sticks, rock* and
switches beat the child to death, its limbs
lieing mashed into a jelly. The young
murderers then went to where the mother
was at work and told her of what they had
done. The woman returned home only to
find their story true. Great excitement
prevails in the section Of the murder among
the negroes. The child was buried without
an inquest being held.
The Atlanta City Court was the scene of
quite a sensational row Tuesday. The
Evening Capitol thus describes it: “Sadie
Lyons, another frail but decidedly unfair
female, was arraigned for disorderly con
duct and using profane language on tbe
same occasion and at the same place as Liz
zie Jackson. A young negro boy was the
first witness to be called, and as soon as he
had made his statement Sadie faced him,
and then excl aiming,‘You lie, you dirty
black scamp,’ jumped on him like a wild
cat. lie tried to get out of her way, but
she would have used him up had not officers
interfered. As they pulled her off she hit
ft back-handed lick and struck a good col
ored sister in the mouth, after
which she proceeded to demolish Of
ficer Joe Green. With the assist
ance of a brother officer Joe managed
to hold her, during which time she paid her
respects to the officers, the witness and the
court in a manner that demonstrated that
she knew all about the science of profanity.
As soon as quiet was restored, Judge An
derson sentenced her to pay a fine of $49
and costs, and to serve twenty-five days in
the stockade, and at the conclusion of said
sentence she bo held to answer the charge of
contempt of court. As soon as the sentence
had been pronounced she was conducted
back to the prisoner’s room, and on the way
there she shook her fist at the Judge and
told him in very emphatic language that he
could send her to a place generally conceded
to he a great deal hotter than this world, if
he’d only let her get chance to stick her
knife into the black witness.”
FLORIDA.
Roses and mulberrips are life's chief de
lights in Pino Level. .
H. A. Vogelbach has assumed the associ
ate editorship of the Melrose Daylight.
Report says the Norris silk farm at High
land Park, near DeLand, will receive gov
ernment patronage.
A squasli raised near DeLand weighs 40
pounds, and measures 48 inches in circum
ference and 24 inches from stem to blow.
The rubbish is being removed from the
site of the St. Augustine Hotel, preparatory
for the new stores to be erected by Capt.
Vaill.
The Tavares Herald has changed its date
of issue from Thursday to Friday. The
Herald is a good paper, no matter on what
day issued.
Lakeland is better supplied with milk than
any other town on the South Florida road.
It bus two first-class dairies furnishing the
real article.
It is said that Green Cove may have two
more two-story brick blocks this year. We
all hope the good work may bo‘ consum
mate- 1.,
Reed Sc Steele, of Titusville, are now
nicely located in their now and commodious
storeroom, and now have one of the finest
stores in town.
Anew jxjst office to be called Indianola,
and located two miles south ol Melbourne,
on the Indian river, has been petitioned for.
Samuel Field will bo postmaster.
Hon. R. W. Davis, of Pnlatka, savs most
emphatically that he is not, a candidate for
the position of Railroad Commissioner, and
wouldn't take it under any consideration.
Upwards of 30,000 pounds of wool have
been marketed at DeFuniak Springs this
year. Wool is now demanding a good price
and seems to be a profitable industry in that
section.
The many friends of C. H. Alleyne, of
Bartow, will be glad to hear that though he
was one of the passengers on board the Brit
tannic during her recent collision he escaped
uninjured.
The Fourth of July celebration at We
laka promises to be a great success. En
couraging assurances of assistance and good
will are being received from all over the
peninsula.
Plant City shipped two car loads of fine
big melons this week, and will perhajis ship
more next, week, to say nothing of the vege
tables that are going forward by every
express train.
At the burning of the Scott House, at
Apopka on Saturday last, two of the board
ers, Mr. John Scorino and R. A. Vanier,
lost all their clothing and valuables to the
amount of $1,200.
The volume of business done in each de
partment of trade in Palatka for the last
year, aggregates $1,454,000. Over 330 men
are employed in the various branches of
business in tho city.
Judge Settle has issued an order author
izing the Receiver of the Florida Railway
and Navigation Company to purchase two
■ trainers. They will lie used on the Apa
lachicola and Chattahoochee rivers.
The youngsters of Bartow, becoming
tired of the national game of base ball, are
now heading their energies to master the
game of muiublepeg. The way they go for
the jieg in tho ground would put a young
Berkshire pig to shame.
Tho people of Ocala are circulating a pe
tition asking that Col. John M. Martin, of
that place, bo appointed one of the railroad
commissioners. Leesburg would like to lie
represented on tho commission in the person
of Hon. William A. Hooker.
A strong pressure will be brought to bear
upon tho Orange City city Council at their
next, meeting to have them establish a
quarantine there, as New Smyrna, the east
ern terminus, is liable to lx-come infected
by vessels putting in Mosquito Inlet.
A queer decision wax rendered by a court
at Tavares the other day. A man was tried
for breaking into a car on the side track
there, and acquitted because in Florida there
i.s a law against breaking into a house or a
vessel, but none against breaking ititoa car.
Excursion trains on the Florida Southern
railroad, going south, leave Bartow Sunday
mornings at, 7 o'clock a. in. and arrive at
Puuta Gordtt at 12 o’clock in., and leave
Puuta Gorda at 6 in the afternoon, thus giv
ing excursionists six hours at Charlotte Har
bor.
The Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf rail
rood has between 200 and 300 hands at work
1 m tho Hernando side of the iVlthlacooclilc
rivoe cutting out the right of way. This
look.-i as if the Silver Springs, Ocala and
Gulf would bring tourist* into Brooksville
by fail.
Tho orange crop In the Lee .burg Hectjnu
will not be more than one-half as large as
usual this year, but what fruit there* is gives
indication of lieing larger and finer than it
has been for years, ana, ns such, will proba
bly command liettcr prices in the market
than heretofore.
The steam schooner Louis Buck!, Capt.
Mount, arrived at Jacksonville from New
York last Thursday with a general cargo,
which was discharged. She was reloaded
with a cargo of 215,000 feet of lumber at the
Florida Railway and Navigation dock,
and left on her return trip Saturday after
noon.
It is understood that a furniture factory
will shortly be established at Acton. An
upholsterer there is meeting with consider
able success, using a <qxdal method of
stuffing mattresses, chairs, etc., with pal
metto and Spanish moss, and will soon
largely increase and develop his business.
R. 8. Hanna, of Charlotte Harbor, was
admitted, on motion made before His Honor
Judge Mitchell, last week ih open court, to
practice law in the Sixth circuit,. Mr:
Hanna is formerly from Tennessee, where
he was admitted to the bar and practiced
one year. He is an intelligent and pains
taking young man.
Cant. J. W. Havllee writes to the Pino
Level Times that they are shipping about
6,000 crates of vegetables from the Manatee
river section every week; that the crates
net about $2, and that the shipments will
continue until the last of June, lienee tho
cash derived from the vegetable business
through that season will tie some $72,000.
The largest ’gator ever shot in the State,
probably, was taken out of Lake Parker,
at Lakeland, Thursday night by J. It.
Smith and a representative of the Cracker.
He measured 13 feet 9 inches from tip to tip.
The hide will be tanned and sent, Nortn.
while the head, bleached and polished, will
pose above the sanctum door of the Cracker.
DeFuniak Springs lias one blacksmith
shop, one town ball, twelve hotels and
boarding houses, one saw mill, two variety
works, two schools, two law offices, one
church, one barbershop, one livery stable,
one bakery, one tin shop, one jewelry sspp,
one restaurant, two millinery stores, one
drug store, one hardware store, seven gen
eral merchandise stores and two newspa-
pers.
The Jacksonville Bar Association has been
recently organized in that city among the
mom Iters of tho legal profession residing
there. The officers of the Association aro
President, Louis J. Fleming; Vice President,
Horatio Bisbee; Secretary, Charles S,
Adams; Treasurer, D. U. Fletcher; Execu
tive Committee, A. W. Cockrell, W. B.
Voting, J. C. Cooper, J. M. Barrs and H.
H. Buckmau.
Several large sea turtles were turned at
Pablo Beach Sunday night hv a party of
gentlemen, consisting of C. A. Root, W. W.
Jones, M. G. Smith and A. F. Perry, One,
weighing 575 pounds, was turned about
seven miles south of Murray Hall. A con
veyance was sectired and the monster taken
to the hotel. Thomas Lodwith and Victor
Hart turned one weighing over 300 pounds
the same night. Turning turtles by moon
light is exciting sport.
Great excitement prevails at Bloomfield
now over the location of the County site for
the new i Lake) county. Bloomfield is one
of the many towns claiming to lie the most
desirable places, it being near the centre of
the county and on high rolling land.healthy
and a pleasant place to live, and as free
from frost as any part of Florida. There is
food prospects of two railroads soon, one
rom Leesburg via Bloomfield and south,
and one from Tavares via Jlloomfleld anil
the west. When those two roads are built,
Bloomfield will have a genuine .boom.
Vegetable shipping is nearly over at
Bloomfield for this year. Snap beans, toma
toes, etc., were shipped from March 1. and
were in the Northern market ahead of all
others, the growers realizing from $2 to $3
per head, and the prices continue good. On
the south side of Lake Harris growers usual
ly plant early gardens in October and
November, and plant for the Northern
market on Jan. 4, as there is danger of
vegetables being hurt with cold while being
shipped North before March 1. Therefore
growers only want, rain enough to make
vegetables in the middle of winter to supply
the home market.
Wednesday E. F. Joyce received from
Philadelphia the first consignment Of 5,000
feet of four-inch iron tubing for the water
mains on South St. George and Charlotte
st reets, St. Augustine, and Thursday'morn
ing, with characteristic dispatch, he had a
gang of twenty shovelers opening a trench
in front of the residence of Mrs. Beecher.
Mr. Joyce proposes to have the mains laid
and water flowing through to St. Francis
street within a week, thus completing the
water service from the city gates to St.
Francis street. Charlotte street will then
be treated in like manner, and so on until
his contract with the city is fulfilled.
The usually quiet neighborhood of Oviedo
has been somewhat stirred up by the unlaw
ful acts of a port of the* negro population.
One of them. Henry Underwood, broke into
A. Solary ¥ store and stole about SSO worth
of goods on Saturday night. He was traced
next morning with comparative ease by
various small articles, such as tooth-brushes,
combs, etc., that he had dropped on tho way
from the store to his bouse, where he was
Sunday morning. The goixls he had taken
were found in his house, and taken,together
with him. to the office of G. H. Pell, Justice
of the Peace, where he was held under
guard until Monday morning, when a com
mitment trial was lv*ld. The evidence being
so strong against him, the prisoner plead
guilty, and in default of $2,000 bond, va*
sent, under strong guard, to the county jail
at Orlando, to await trial at the next session
of the Circuit Court,
The government engineers, under direc
tion of Lieut. D. D. Gaillard, with head
quarters at North Beach, are getting well
along with the preliminary work for the
survey and soundings of thenar and harbor.
The triangular work was completed Friday,
and land beacons and water buoys indicate
the progress thus far made. Water gauges
and current metres will next demand atten
tion. Lieut. Gaillard and aids, with in
struments, have compared the water marks
of the Matanzas ana St. Sebastian rivers.
What has been accomplished thus far is
merely preliminary to the actual survey,
tests of currents, soundings, etc., and the
Lieutenant thinks the work will be com
pleted by Aug. 1. The little steamer Three
Links, chartered for the purpose, makes
regular trips to the North Bearn, returning
at noon and agaLn at night for the conveni
ence of the surveying party.
Moses Ward, a colored resident of Oviedo,
known to have a Invest constantly carried a
pistol concealed alxmt his person, was ar
rested upon a warrant Hundav night after
much resistance on his part. "He was taken
to tile office of Justice O. H. Pell and kept
under guard until Monday, when a commit
ment trial was held. He plead guilty,
and in default of SSOO bond was taken to
the county jail at Orlando to await the
action of tile grand jury. While the con
stable and his posse were attempting to ar
rest said Ward, another negro, Randall
Coward, Interfered with the officers and
urged ward not to submit to arrest,
and abused the officers and tried to
arivo them from the place. A warrant wn*
at once sworn nut against him for attempt
ing to obstruct the officers in the discharge
of their duty, upon which wan ant he was
arrested and brought into court, and a jury
wss summoned and the evidence of the pris
oner's guilt being conclusive a verdict, of.
“guilty was promptly rendered”, and
court, imposed a fine of fl 5 and costs, wUS
U-iiig 1*1(1, the prisoner was
It is thought that the strict
the Ihw will have a wholesome
(list part of the negro jsipulntiondis
posed to bo turbulent.
Washington and t jq University.
At a meeting of tin* graduates of this in
stitution, resident iu Atlanta, iv was re
st Ivor! to take ft*-] is to form a Georgia State
Association of Alumni, mid the umlenilgned
committee was appointed to ascertain as far
as possible tile names and addresses of all
such residing in the State. It is earnestly
requested that each, to whom the resolution
may become known, will send his name to
the chain nan ut. once, together with the date
of his graduation, to Ijo used iu future cor
respondence regarding t.bo scope and the end
of tlie proposed organisation.
Will the State impors kindly copy! Very
respectfully, M. P. Pratt, Chairman.
Edmund Berkeley.
W. T. Crenshaw.
Caju’Dell Wau.ce, Jr.
SHIPPING.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FOR
New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
PASSAGE TO NEW YORK.
CABIN .$3O 00
EXCURSION * 82 00
STEERAGE 10 00
PASSAGE TO BOSTON.
CABIN S'* 00
EXCURSION 82 OO
STEERAGE 10 00
PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA.
(via New York).
CABIN 822 80
EXCURSION 86 00
STEERAGE 12 00
r PHE magnificent steamships of these tines
1 art) appointed to sail as follows—standard
time-
TO NEW YORK.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt. F. Smith, FRI
DAY, June 10. at 9:00 a. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. J. W. Cathamxe,
SUNDAY, June IS, at 10:30 a. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. F. Kemptox, TUESDAY,
June I I. at 12:30 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. W. H. Fisher, FRI
DAY', June 1", at 3 p M.
TO BOSTON.
CITY' OF MACON, Capt. W. Kelley, THURS
DAY', June 9, at 8 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. D. Hedge, THURSDAY,
June 16, at 2 p. M.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
[FOR FREIGHT ONLY,!
JUNIATA, Capt. S. L. Amirs, SATURDAY,
June 11, at 10:30 a. m.
DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY',
June IP, at 3:30 p. m.
Through hills of lading given to Eastern and
Northwestern points and'to ports of the United
Kingdom and the Continent.
For freight or passage apply to
C. G. ANDERSON, Agent,
City Exchange Building.
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Com’y.
Baltimore.
CABIN sl2 SO
SECOND CABIN 10 00
T’HE STEAMSHIPS of this Company are ap
-1 pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti
more as follows—city time:
JOHNS HOPKINS. Capt. Foster, MONDAY,
.Tune 13, at 2:00 p. m.
GEORGE APPOI.D, Capt Billups, SATUR
DAY', June IS, at 4:00 p. m.
JOHNS HOPKINS, Capt. Foster, THURSDAY,
June 23, at 7:00 p. m.
GEORGE APPOLD, Capt. Billups, TUESDAY,
June 28, at 2:00 p. m.
And from Baltimore on the days above named
at 3 p. m.
Through bills lading given to all points West,
all the manufacturing towns in New England,
and to ports of the United Kingdom and the
Continent.
JAS. B. WEST * CO.. Agents.
114 Bay street.
SEA I HI, A>r X) koute!
Steamer St. Nicholas.
Capt. m. p. usina,
AlflLL LEAVE Savannah from wharf foot of
n Lincoln street for DOBOY, DARIEN,
BRUNSWIC K anil FERNANIiINA, every TUES
DAY and FRIDAY at 6 p. si., city time, con
necting at Savannah with New York, Philadel
phia Poston and Baltimore steamers, at Fer
nandina with rail for Jacksonville and all points
in Florida, and at Brunswick with steamer for
Sntilla river.
Freight received to within half hour of boat's
departure.
freight not signed for 24 hours after arrival
will be at risk ot consignee.
Tickets on wharf ana boat.
0. WILLIAMS, Agent.
For Augusta and Way Landings.
From JUNE frrit until further notice the
ST EAM E R E Til EL,
Capt. W. T. GIBSON,
Will leave for AUGUSTA and WAY'LANDINGS
Every Monday at O I\ M.
Returning, arrive at Savannah SATURDAY'
at 8 p. m. W. T. GIBSON, Manager.
PLANT STEAMSHIP MN E~
Tampa, Key AVost, Havana.
• BCMI-WICKKI.Y.
SOUTH-BOUND.
Lv TAn#|HMnnday and Thursday 0:30 p. m.
Ar Key west Tuesday and Friday 4 p. m.
Ar Havana Wednesday and Saturday 0 a. m.
NORTHBOUND.
Lv Havana Wednesday and Saturday noon.
Lv Key West Wednesday and Sal unlay 10 p.m.
Ar Tampa Thursday anil Sunday 6 p. m.
Connecting at Tampa with West India Fast
Train to un.lwom Northern and Eastern citlee.
Fur stateroom accommodutions apply to City
Ticket Ofllee S., F. & W. Ry, Jacksonville, or
Agent. Plant Steamship Line, Tampa.
C. D. OWENS, 'frame Manager.
” 11. M. HAINES, General Manager.
Thi: cheapest place ro buy -
WEDDING PRESENTS
Such as DIAMONDS, FINF, STERLING SIL
VERWARK, ELEGANT JEWELRY,
FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., is to be found at
A. L. Desbouillons,
•J 1 BULL STREET,
the solo agent for the celebrated ROCKFORD
RAILROAD WATCHES, and who also
makes a specialty of
18-Karat Wedding Rings
AND THE FINEST WATCHES.
Anything you buy from him bclug warranted
as represented.
OtieVwi UAusjesusi at Cost.
RAILROADS.
S CHE ID TJ L E
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Savannah. Ga., May 22, 1887.
ON and after this date Passenger Trains will
run daily unless marked t, which are daily,
except Sunday.
The standard time, by which these trains run,
is 38 minutes slower than Savannah city time:_
" No.!. No. 3. No. 5. No. 7.
Lv Savannah..7:oo am 8:20 pm 5:13 pm 5:40 pm
Ar Guyton 6:40 pm
Ar Millen 9:40 am 11:03 pm 7:80 pm 8:4o pm
Ar Augusta. .11:48 inn 7:15 am 9:63 pm
Ar Macon 1:30 pm B:2oam
Ar Atlanta....s:Bopm 7:3oam
Ar Columbus..s:6o pm
AT Montg'ry 7:09 pm
Ar Eufaula B:sopm
Ar Albany 2:46 pm . .
Train No. 9t leaves Savannah 2:00 p. Hi,; ar
rives Guyton 3:00 p. m.
Passengers for Sylvania. Wright.sville. Mil
ledgeville andEatonton should take 7:00 a.m.
train.
Passengers for Thomaston, Carrollton, Perry,
Fort Gaines, Taibotton, Buena Vista, Blakely
and Clayton should take the 8:20 p. m. train.
No. 2. No. 4. No. 6. No. 8.
Lv Augusta 10:00 pra 6:00 am
Lv Macon.. .10:35 am 10:50 pm
Lv Atlanta.. 6:3oam 6:sopm
Lv Columbus 8:25 pm
Lv Montg'ry. 7:25 pm 7:40 am
Lv Eufaula. 10:18 pm 10:49 am
Lv Albany.. 5:06 am
Lv Milieu... 2:88 pm 3:10 am 8:00 am 5:20 am
Lv Guyton. 4:03 pm 5:01 am 9:27 am 0:55 am
Ar Savannah 5:00 pm 6:15 am 10:30 am 8:05 am
Train No. 10+ leaves Guyton 3:10 p. in.; arrives
Savannah 4:25 p. m.
Sleeping cars on al! night trains between Sa
vannah, Augusta, Macon and Atlanta, also Ma
con and Columbus.
Train No. 3, leaving Savannah at 8:20 p. m.,
will stop regularly at Guyton, but at no other
point to put off passengers between Savannah
and Millen.
Train No. 4 will stop on signal at stations be
tween Millen and Savannah to take on passen
gers for Savannah.
Train No. 5 wil! stop on signal at stations be
tween Savannab and Millen to take on passen
gers for Augusta or points on Augusta branch.
Train No. 6 will stop lietween Millen and Sa
vannah to put off passengers from Augusta and
points on Augusta branch.
Connections at Savannah with Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway for all points in
Florida.
Tickets for all points and sleeping ear berths
on sale at City Office, No. 20 Bull street, and
Depot Office 3u minutes before departure of
each train.
J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD,
Ticket Agent. Gen. Pasd. Agent.
Charleston I Savannah Railway Cos.
C'ONNEQTIONS made at Savannah with Sa
/ vannah, Florida and Western Railway.
Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand
aid time (90th meridian), which is 36 minutes
slower than city time.
NORTHWARD.
No. 14* 38+ 66* 78*
Lv Sav'h ..12:26 p m 4:00 p m 6:45 a m 8:23 p m
Ar Augusta 18:40 pm
Ar Beaufort 6:08 p m 10:15 am
Ar P. Roval 6:2opm 10:80a m
Ar AJ'dale.. 7:40 p m 8:15 pm 10:20 am
Ar Cha'ston 5:00 p m 9:20 p m 11 :40 a m 1:26 a m
SOUTHWARD.
33* 36* 27*
Lv Cha'ston 7:10 a m 3:88 pm 3:45 am
Lv Augusta 12:46 pm
Lv APdale.. 5:10 am 3:07 pm
Lv P. Royal. 7:00 am 2:00 pm
Lv Beaufort 7:12 am 2:15 pm
Ar Sav’h 10:15 a in 6:58 p m 6:41 a m
‘Daily between Savannah and Charleston.
‘Sundays only.
Train No. 78 makes no connection with Port
Royal ar.d Augusta Railway, and stops only at
Ridgeland, Green Pond and Rarenel. Train 14
slops only at Yemassee and Green Pond, and
connects for Beaufort and Port Royal dally, and
for Allendale daily, except Sunday. Trains 85
and 66 connect from and for Beaufort and Port
Royal daily.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations and all
other information apply to WM. BREN,
Special Ticket Agent, 22 Bull street, and at.
Charleston and Savannah railway ticket office,
at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
depot. C. S. GADSDEN, Supt.
May 15,1887.
HOSE.
Gas Fixtures,
GLOBES & SHADES.
Garden and Street Sprinklers.
Hyflrant, stn ai Sacliea
H O S E.
ill am! Forte Flips.
Wells Driven and Guaranteed.
John Nicolson, Jr.,
30 AND 32 DRAYTON STREET.
FOOD PRODUCT'S.
FOREST GITT MILLS,
Prepared Stock Food for
Horses, Mules, Milch Cows
and Oxen. Made out pf pure
grain. Guaranteed Sweet and
Nutritious.
Bond,Haynes&Elton
DRUGS AND MLim iMis.
Don’t Do It! Don’t Do What?
TITHY don't walk our tony streets with that
▼ ▼ nice dress or suit of clothes on with Stains
or OreafKJ ftjwta in, to which the Savannah dust
sticks “closer than r brother," when
Japanese Cleansing Cream
will take them out clean as anew pin. 35c. a
bottle. Mode only by
J. R. HALTIWANGER,
At Uls Drug Stores, Broughton aml Drayton,
Whitaker and Wayne streets.
cough' remedies
\ VERS’ CHERRY PECTORAL, Jayne s Kx-
XV pectorant, Hale's Honey and Tar, Bowhee'i
German Syrup, Bull's Cough Syrup, Pfao's Cura,
at
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
BULL AND CONGRESS STREETS.
MERCHANTS, manufacturer*, mechanics,
corporations, and all other.; in need of
nrinllng, lithographing, and blank book* can
have their orders promptly (Hied, at moderate
Price#, at tbe MORNING NEWS PRINTING
HOUSE, 3 Whitaker street.
RAILROADS.
Savannah, Florida k Western Railway?
I All trains on this road are run by Centr.i
Standard Time.]
rpiME CARD IN EFFECT MAY 15. lgfir
L Passenger trains on this road will run dali
as follows:
WEST INDIA FAST MAIL.
REAP DOWN. READ ’•
7:06 am Lv Savannah Ar 12:09 n'm
12;30pm Lv Jacksonville.... Lv 7:ooam
4:4opm Lv Sanford Lv I:lsam
9:00 pm Ar Tampa Lv 8:00 p m
PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE.
Lv... Tampa.... Ar JThursam,
Thurs.. . p m j t Bun., pm
A,.A W *...u
-v. „ [gjt'-j
Pullman buffet ears to and from Now York
and Tampa.
NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS.
7:06 ant Lv Savannah Ar 758 n m
8:42 a m Lv Jesup Ar (1:16 r> in
_:5O am Ar , .. AVaycross Lv 5:00 p m
ii :S0 am Ar Callahan.. .. Lv S-47
12:00 noonAr Jacksonville Lv 2:05 p m
7:00 a mLv Jacksonville Ar 7:36 pm
id: 15 a m Lv Waycross AT 4:40 afi
13:04 pm Lv Valdosta Lv 2:56 pm
12:31 p m Lv Quitman Lv 2:28 n m
.13)2 pm Ar Tbomasville Lv 1:45 p m
3:35 pm Ar . Bainbridge Lv 11:25 am
■1:04 pm Ar. . ('hsttnhoochee.T7.Lv'll:;ida rn
Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville
and New Y'ork, to and from Waycross and New
Orleans via Pensacola.
EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS.
1:30 pm Lv Savannah Ar 12-06 p m
3:oopm Lv - Jesup Lv 10:32am
*:<op m Ar... ...Waycross Lv 9:23a m
7:3.5 pni Ar—. Jacksonville Lv 7:ooaiu
4:l6pm It, .Jacksonville Ar 9:45am
7:20 P m Lv W*y0r0*.......Al- (life am
B:3lpm Ar .. „ . Dupont Lv s:3oam
3:25 p m Lv Lake City. ~.Ar 10:45am
Hi pm Lv Gainesville...... A r 10:80 am
6:55 pm Lv -Live Oak Ar 7:10a ra
8:40 pm !.v Dupont ..77. .. Ar~s:2slTm
10:56 pm Ar Thomasrille Lv 3:25am
1:22 a m Ar... Albany Lv l:2sam
Pullman buffet, cars to and from JacksonviHa
and St. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Mont
gomery and Nashville.
ALBANY EXPRESS.
7:35 p m Lv Savannah Ar 610a m
10:05 p 111 Lv Jesup Lv 8:80am
12:40am Ar... ....Waycross., Lv 12:10am
5:3(i !t IU Ar Jacksonville. - .. .Lv 9:00 p m
9:oopm Lv— Jacksonville Ar s:Boam
I:o6am Lv Waycross ,Arli:3opm
2:3oam Ar. Lv 10:05pm
7:loam Ar Live Oak Lv - 6:56 p m
10:30 am Ar Gainesville Lv 3:45 pm
10:45 am Ar Lake City Lv 3'26jTm
2:55 am Lv Dupont " Ar 9:35 pin
6:80 am Ar . Thomasville I,v 7:00 p m
11:40 am Ar Albany Lv 4:00 pm
Stops at all regular stations. Pullman
sleeping cars to ana from Jacksonville and So
vannah.
THOMASVILLE EXPRESS.
6:05 a m Lv Waycross Ar 7:00 p m
10:25 a m Ar Thomasville Lv 2:15 p m
Stops at all regular and flag stations.
JESUP EXPRESS.
3:45 p m Lv Savannah Ar 8:30 am
6:lopmAr Jesup Lv 5:25 am
Stops at all regular and flag stations.
CONNECTIONS.
At Savannah for Charleston at 6:15 am, (ar
rive Augusta via Y'emassee at 12:40 pm), 12:26
p m and 8:23 pm; for Augusta and Atlanta at
7:00 a rn, 5:13 p rn and 8:20 p m; with steamships
for New Y'ork Sunday, Tuesday and Friday; for
Boston Thursday: for Baltimore every fifth day.
At JESUP for Brunswick at 1:45 a m and 3:35
pm; for Macon 10:30 a m and 10:00 p m
At WAY' CROSS for Brunswick at 10:00 am and
5:05 p m.
At, CALLAHAN for Femandina at 2:47 p m;
for Waldo, Cedar Key, Ocala, etc , at 11:27 a m.
At LIVE OAK for Madison, Tallahassee, etc.,
at 10:58 a m and 7:30 p m.
At GAINESVILLE for Ocala, Tavares, Brooks
ville and Tampa at 10:55 a m.
At ALBANY for Atlanta. Macon, Montgom
ery. Mobile. New Orleans. Nashville, etc.
At CHATTAHOOCHEE for Pensacola, Mobile,
New Orleans at 4:14 p m.
Tickets sold and sleeping car berths secured
at BREN'S Ticket Office, and at the Passenger
Station.
WM. P. HARDEE, Gen. Pass. Agent.
R. G. FLEMING Superintendent
South Florida Railroad.
Clentral Standard Time.
ON and after MONDAY'. May 33d, 1887, trains
will arrive and leave as follows:
♦Daily. +Daily except Sundays, iDaily ex*
cept Mondays.
LIMITED WEST INDIA FAST MAIL.
Leave Jacksonville (J., T and K. W.i *12:30 p
m. Sanford 4:4opm: arrive Tampa 9:00 r> m.
Returning leave Tampt 8:00 p m, Sanford
1:00 am; arrive Jacksonville (J.,T. and K W.)
6:80 a m.
YVAY TRAINS.
Leave Sanford for Tampa and way
stations +i! 8:40 a m
Arrive at Tampa t!i 1:85 p m
Returning leave Tampa at.- +S 0:00am
Arrive itt Sanford til 8:00 p m
Leave Sanford for Kissim
mee and way stations at.+10:80 am and 5:00 pm
Arrive at Kissimmee at t 1 :S0 p m and 7:05 pnj
Returning leave Kissimmee +6:00 a m and 3:15 p m
Arrive at Sanford tß:Soamands:Bspro
tliSteamboat Express.
BARTOW BRANCH.
Lv Bart ow J unction... tl 1:45 a m and * 7:40 p m
Ar Bartow 13:55 p m and 8:40 p m
Returning Lv Bartow.. t 0:30 a m and * 6:00 p m
Ar Bartow Junction.. 10:40 am and 7:10 pal
PEMBERTON FERRY BRANCH.
Operated by the South Florida Railroad.
♦Leave Bartow for Pemberton Ferry
and way stations at 7:15a t&
Arrive at Pemberton Ferry at 0:50 a m
♦Returning leave Pemberton Ferry at 5:00 pra
Arrive at Bartow at 8:00 pm
tLeave Pemberton Ferry 7:ooam
Arrive Bartow 11:30am
tLeave Bartow 13:40 p m
Arrive Pemberton Ferry 4:50 p m
SANFORD AND INDIAN RIVER R. R.
Leave Sanford for Lake Charm aud
way stations 5:50 pm
Arrive Lake Charm . 7:15 pm
Returning—
Leave Lake Charm 6:30 a m
Arrives at Sanford 8:0° a 10
SPECIAL CONNECTIONS.
Connects at Sanford with the Sanford and
Indian River Railroad for Oviedo and point* on
Lake Josup, with tbe People's Lino and Dcßary
Line of steamers, and .L T. and K. W. Ry. fos
Jacksonville and all intermediate points on the
St. John's river, and with steamers for liidiaa
river and the Upper St. John's.
At Kissimmee with steamers for Forts Myers
and Bassinger and points on Kissimmee nver.
At Pemberton Ferry with Florida Southern
Railway for all points North and West, and a®
Bartow with the Florida Southern Railway for
Fort Meade and points South.
STEAMSHIP CONNECTIONS.
Connects at Tampa with steamer “Margaret
for Palma Sola. Braldentown, Palmetto, Mana
tee aud all points on Hillsborough and Tampa
Bays.
Also, with the elegant mail nteamsblim “Mas
entte" and “Olivette," of the riant steamship
Cos., for Key West and Havana.
Through tickets sold at nil regular stations to
points North, East and West.
Baggage checked through.
Passengers for Havana can leave Sanford on
Limited West India Faat Mall train at 4:40 MU
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, connecting
same evening with steamer at Tampa.
WILBUR McCOY,
General Freight and Ticket AgonL_
SUBURBAN RAILWAY.
City and Suburban Railway.
Savannah, Ga., May 81.1887.
ON and after WEDNESDAY. June Ist. the
following schedule will I* nm on the Out*
side Line:
tIAVt I AtIKIVE Lit A VIC IM.E 1 t.r.WK
CITY. j CITY. :OP HOPS. MONTOOMEB(
+7:00 6:60 6:35
10:85 8:40 8:15
8:80 2:00 1:3" 1:)
K 15 0:40 6:15 •'
Tii.*n* win be no early We ot Hope
on Sunday morning. , .
•F< ir Montgomery only. Passenger* for ist*
of Hope go via Montgomeiy without extra
charge. This train affords lwrents n cheap ex
cursion before breakfast for young children
with nurses, , ~
+On Saturdays this train leaven city at T:W
p. m. J, H. JOKNBTON.
HSSSKR&&SS
manhood, etc. 1 will eend a ralueblo
couutimur full ftartiouUra for home rare. fr##
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