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6 THREE STATES IX BRIEF. k>EORCWA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE. Overcrowded Jail —Sudden Death at Augusta Augustus Pests Suicide at Covington Stockton's big Jug Trade - Valdosta’s F.ah Feast—A Valuable Pair of Specs. UEOIGIi. Stockton ships lots of jugs to Valdosta. I Thermometer 10'-' at Valdosta one day last week. The Atlanta Journal comes out in pink tinted paper, and will use that color in the future. There is not a bald-headed man in Ftron wood. This speaks well for the married Jadics of that town. * . At least three opium dens arc K ing oper ated in Augusta, it is said, by Chinamen, and their customers are becoming numerous The lire alarm bell, recently purchased b\ the Madison City Council, has arrived, and has teen placed m the towerou the new eatv hall. The Fourth of July will be largely cele brated in Macon. The jaiblic library' is get ting up the biggest entertainment it has ever given. Another new train of cars painted wine color, adopted by the Central railroad sys tem. was sent out from the Macon shops Sunday morning. "The popgun has been strangely silent for the par* week. The small boy must be plan ning another agony for us, v apprehensively Remarks the Smittiville News. More jugs are sold at Madison now t han ever before in the history of the citv. They rare tilled with anti-prohibition, and shipped •to the neighboring ary counties. A Tennessee fruit broker confesses that his customers prefer Georgia rattlesnake "watermelons to these raised in Tennessee. The Georgia melon is on top wherever- it igoea Mr. J. B. L. Cobb makes a capital libra rian at the Athens University. Ho has (systematized the shelves and indexed the ibooks so that he can find the smallest volume. The Macon Construction Company have awarded the contract for the bridging, trs kJeing and the crossties of the South Georgia and Florida raili-oad to Messrs. Baker & sPittman. of Thotnasville. There are thirty-three prisoners confined iin the Macon jail. Frost, the bigamist, and Charlie Williams, the burglai-. have lwf>n carried to the convict camp. Frost wept bitterly when being taken away. Great preparations have been made in .Dawson for the commencement of the South •Georgia Male and Female College. The !commencement sermon was preached ves terday by the Rev. J. R. Par ker, of For Fyth, l Mrs. J. W. Butler, formerly Miss Mollie Johnson, of Griffin, died at Chattanooga 1 Thursday, after a long illness of inflamma tion of the bowels. She was married three tmonths ago. Her remains were taken to ’Griffin for burial. • The closing exercises of Bainbridge Acad emy at the court house Saturday night was witnessed by a large and well pleased audi ence. After prayer by Rev. Mr. Crumphler. Miss Annie Campbell delivered the salut atory address in a charming manner. On*B. S. Irvin's place, near 'Washington. Wednesday afternoon, two negro bovs were axaimning a pistol. hen it was accidental]v discharged- The hall lodged in the abdomen of one of the boys. He died Thuradav afternoon from the'effects of the wound. A negro brought into Alboav recentlv a huge loggerhead turtle weighing SO pounds. Hi* turtleehip was caught on a trot line in the Flint river. The bend and neck were as large as that of a fidi-grown bull Jog, and its claws were two inches long and looked frightful Mr. Dnweil, of Birmingham, is in Madi son superintending the construction of a magazine for storing dynamite and giant powder to he used in hut-ding the Macon and Ohringtoo railroad from Madison to Athens. Toe site selected is about a mile from town. Henry Walton, the negro who killed Tink •Daniel on Friday, May 37, failed to get a new trial and was sentenced by Judge John T. Clark, on Thursday of last week, to be hanged on Saturday, Aug. -'>. He commit tal a cold-blooded murder and will meet the fate be deserves. Mr. Ivey, who farms near Smithvilla, re ports that on Sunday last he heard one of his nogs squealing, and, running out, he found that an alligator had seized and was endeav oring to drag it into the pond. The hog suc ceeded in getting away, but his flesh was fearfully lacerated. Senator Alfred H. Colquitt delivered a lengthy, able, interesting and instructive address on agriculture before the annual meeting and Itarbecue of the Richmond County Agriculture Society Friday. He ■was highly flattered upon the fine oration. Congressman (ieoi-ge Bai nes also spoke upon the same subject. The Catherine Killain case was decided in the Atlanta Superior Court at 10:40 o'clock Saturday night, after occupying the court’s attention since Monday. A verdict of $12,040 was returned for the plaintiff against the Augusta and Knoxville railroad. The damages sued for. killing of tho plain tiffs husband, was $25,000. Fresh fish in large quantities came into Valdosta last Wednesday. One wagon brought about five bushels from the Orassv Fond, and during the day throe or four buggy loads came in from different directions, and in the afternoon the negroes began to come in from the creeks near town loaded with warmouth perch. Fish, and good ones, sold cheap. Nearly all the peach trees in and around Athens are withering and dying. The leaves wrinkie up and turn yellow, which symptom is followed by the death of the tree. It is doubtless caused by insect*, for which no remedy is known? The peach crop in tins climate, of late years, is a total failure. The blight on pear trees has about disappeared. There are at present ten prisoners in the Glynn county jail, nine men and one woman. Seven of the men are working on the chain gang and two are convicts from Wayne county, sent for safe keeping until called for by the keeper of the penitentiary. The woman is craz\ and will probably be taken to Miiledgeville. While workmen were engaged in the At lanta yard of the Western and Atlantic Friday afternoon In jacking up an engine the jackecrew slipped, allowing a portion of the engine to descend on the leg of William bear, causing a compound fracture above theltnee and driving an iron pin under the knew cap. The injuries are exceedingly painful and dangerous. -School Commissioner Orr will. In a few days, make his report to tho Commissioner of Education nt Washington. There i no connection between the office of State School Commissioner and tho national coni mis ioner. The report of Dr. Orr will be entirely voluntary, and will contain some very interesting information in rogaid to the percentage of the races in the pub’ic Khools of Georgia. The election to determine whether or not •n additional tax of 2 mills should be levied closed at Handersvilto Saturday, nt 3 oclock with the following result; For taxation, SO; against taxation, ti*. As the law requires that two-thirds of the qualified voters in the city must favor the levy be fore it can be ordered, and 19rt having regis tered, the vote against taxation prevailed bv a majority of 51. lleuoe the public school prospect in that city is lost. The Comptroller General received a letter * r “ m gentleman in Elberton Fri-Uv in which his attention was called tp the lijan ner of making tax return*, and calling Ins official notice to the fact that the peooie in that county were not required to make nnv . rTD . t,O n- also noting other , The Controller Gen wal was asked to pica* Uav u Uiv present method repealed or use bis influence in having the law strict.,' tvxnpitad with. The orxnnMtt cement exercises of the Camilla Academy mll come off on next Thursday and Friday, and in the evenings on the same d>> an exhibition conducted by Prof- Car-roll and Powell, in Bennett s Hall. This wh.vd has si-.st.v.iiod itself splendidly, and better conveniences in the way of tri. -.'e room and a bettor location are only nreried. with it* jmescvit cfllc.eut and eminently qualified touchers to make it a complete success The literary ctuh is iu a flourishing condition. Friday night while Policeman Hatcher was pat,-oiling the Augusta union del'd he noticed H colored woman apparently in much pain. He secured a hack ana drove the wom an to the police barracks, w here she was or dared to 1* carried at once to the hospital As Policeman Hatch, r. supporting the woman, ascended tlie flight of stairs she dropped dead from cause supposed to have lieon drnjisy of the heai-t. Hei-e uame is not known, but she stated at the depot that she lived on the Sand Hills. The closing exorcises of the Callaway In stil use. near Sardis church, in Wlikes coun ty, and of which Fro! Rhodes is the popu iar principal, t.sA place Thm-sdav night. Recitations, dialogues, darlamations, read ing of original compositions and essays, music, etc . w as the programme of theeven ing. Frof. E H CAllawa'. of Waynes boro. G.v. the hands, aue and talented sou of Rev. B. M Callaway, delivered the literary address. Cu tea large crow and attended this exercises from Washington. Mercer University commencement liegins with a tine pt .gramme on Friday. June 24 This commencement will lie one of the most brilliant in the history of the university. The orator* who have' been select'd to de liver the addresses are nion of ability and eloquence. Rev. Mr. Eilis. of Baltimore, who will proach the comment- -ment sermon, is one of _tne first pulpit orator* in the United States. The music of commencement Sun day service* will be rendered by a brilliant quartette, consisting of Miss Jessie llarde- Uian, Mrs. Sindall, Mr. Lowrv and Mr. Julian Price, w ith Mr. Arthur Wood organ ist. Brunswick Mechanics' Building and Loan Association held their third annual meeting on W ednesday. The President, presented the reports of the Secretary and Treasurer, from which we make a few extracts: Series A. W i shares has paid in 3t> installments f21,(i00, and hold mortgages to the amount of *55,400; each share m the series has *i)o 33 assets to to its credit. Series B, 500 shares has paid in 17 installments *8,500. and holds mortgages to the amonnt of *19,200: each share of this series has *l3 50 in assets to its credit. The association has only 1,100 shares in all, and yet the expenses have been only 5 9-10 c. per share per month. Last Thursday a murder occurred about five miles below Dawson. Tarbo Bradford icolored" shot Lee Frost (also colored! with a gun, killing him instantly. There are various rumors in regard to the killing. The facts, as near as can be ascertained, are as follows; Bradford left home early on Thursday morning, telling his wife he would be absent during the day, but in a short while after leaving he quietly returned and concealed himself in the loft of his house. He watched there until about 12 o’clock, when his w ife came in, soon followed by Frost, upon which Tolbert hastily came down out of the loft and quickly grabbed his gun and killed Frost. The committal trial will take place to* lay at 3 o'clock. Thomasville Times: The chain-gang were taken down to the six-mile post on the Dun canville road on Tuesday for the purpose of curtuu down the short" but very steep hill near the post. Thev took an early start and put in a spiendid dav's work. In addition to the guards. Mayor Hopkins, Sheriff Hurst and Marshal Spair went along, arid the way the boys made thedirt fly was a sight. They cut the hill completely down. The work was fiaisb.vi by 4 o'olo s. Stc'p hiiis have bean cut down by the gang on every other road loading out of Thomas' ille. The work done on Tuesday will be duly appreciated by the hundreds who have had to pull up that steep hid at the six-mile post. Over 200 square yards of dirt was moved. There is very considerable excitement in Camilla over the shipment of melons. There are some eight or ten farmers ship ping, an-i quite as many soliciting patron age for different lines of railroads and houses, east, north, west aud southwest. Some are selling on the ground at prices ranging from sfco and Upwards. The crop will fall off 50 per cent, irorn the estimate of two or three weeks ago. There is n por tion of Mitchell county. including Camilla, and the melon fanners within an area of some three or four nu ies. where it is quite dry, and hence the tailing off in the yield. The crop in nil of that section of country, extending to other counties udjoining, will be short, and the supply will certainly be lielow the demand. Mrs. Barnard, of Headland, Henry county, Ala, is visiting her brother, J. M. "B. Kelly, Carrollton's efficient Superior Court Clerk. Mrs. Barnard has in her possession a de cided curiosity in the shape of a pair of gold spectacle* which have Been in her late husband s family for upwards of 200 years. Although intrinsically worth only *l2 or *ls, the original cost of the heirloom is said to have been equivalent to *75, and it is worth many times that sum to it* present owner. The treasure lias lieon transmitted from generation to generation, after the manner of an old English estate—always going to the eldest born. Mrs. Barnard’s eldest daughter now owns the spectacles, which ure in a splendid state of preservation, having never been broken but once. Giles 8. Whither committed suicide at Covington Wednesday night by hanging. Mr. Whither was 82 years of ago", the father of a large family and well to do. For many years he ran a’ liquor house. When mv liibition began to close in around the oiMn trv in which he lived he became greatly ex cited and vowed that the country was ruined. E'er since he was compellid to close up hi* house his mind lias liecn effected. Wednesday he took n notion that the Pro •hibitionists intended to torture him, and during the night he got up and expressed his plirpoee ot hiding from hi* enemies in the barn. Thuni lay morning the liody was found dangling from a rope which was at tached to one of the joists. He mast have climbed up to the roof, and, scaling one of the joists to the centre of the barn, attached the rope one end to the joist and the other end to his neck, and, thus prepared, leaped iuto the space below. The hoards of trustee* of both of Thonias ville’s institutions of learniug met Thursday, to moke arrangement* for another year. Girl* will lie admitted to the branch o’f the university again. Thev were admitted last year, and it cut into the patronage of tiie female college considerably The tuition there was lowered, but this'did not satLst v some of the other board, who held the ba! sure of power, and think some changes shoal- W o made in the female college. The female college board regard this ns an un reasonable fight. and are considerably wor ried about it. They sent a messenger to the other board in the morning to promise that they would mnke a bettef school of their establishment, but this had no effect, and the branch of the university will be a mixed school again. After this the female college Isiard met in the afternoon, and, after a long session, concluded to ran the college as it was last year, only to look after it more closelv. Tiiumonh, the forger, now confined in Wiitkinsvillo jail, is the hardest man to handle that has ever la-on in durance vile in the county. 110 was caught u few days ago trying to get out, mid has been chained down so that it is iinjxvoible for him to escape. He got p'Hsouoii n piece of tin and sawed out a plank in tii" floor that was 13 inches wide ana 2 inches thick. When Sheriff Overby caught him he immediately brought a chain that will weigh 50 jtounds. and had a collar made of iron to go around his neck, and then drove a very large staple some distance from whore Tinimons was to sit, and also drove in another about three feet from the first. He cries when ho is caught up with, and seems to think that he has a hal'd time. He says if the Sheriff had put a small chain on him he wouldn't trv to get out, but that ho will break the biz chain w lose than v w o weeks. He says if Ue can THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JUNE 20, get the deed* hack to iiis land that he will withdraw the suit and go to the chain-gang, ns ho would have a bet ter chance to get away than with Sheriff Overby. Florida. Tallahassee Sire companies drill at night. Rev. A. A. Barnett is now located at Mad ison. The name of a Live Oak merchant is B. Small. The jetties at Volusia bar have been com pleted. Tallahasseans are still feasting on straw berries. Peaches are selling for *2 per bushel in Gainesville. Monroe county’s poll tax goes to the county school fund. Anew Presbyterian church Is being built at Titusville. Ex Gov. Stearns is improving his prop erty ut Quiucy. The demand for houses at oceds the supply. , The Episcopal church at Tallahassee is soon to be enclosed with an iron fence. Probably the building of tho railroad bed from Thomasville to Monticello will be com menced early in July. A correspondent of the Jacksonville Herald writes from Titusville of “horseflies aud blind mosquitoes by the thousands. - ’ Henry Mcßride, of Mellmurne, ha* ripe lemons on a tree that, sprang up from the root of a tree only seventeen months old. Thirty bushels of corn per acre is reported from Geneva, Orange county, on high hummock land without on ounce of fertili zer. One hundred and fifty hands are at work on the Tavares. Atlantic and Gulf railway at Oakland. The head men say construction trains will be running into Oakland within six weeks. It is estimated that 10,000 crates of vege tables and six carloads of melons have been shipped tills season from Crown Point sta tion, which at this time last year was not in existence. On Tuesday night last a difficulty oc curred at the Occidental saloon at Tampa between W. C. Campbell and M. M. Nel son. During the melee Nelson's son struck Campbell on the head with a billiard cue, inflicting a l>ad wound. Class Blocker, a colored employe of Buoki & Son. of Ellaville, had his hand caught and badly lacerated in the edger recently. He will lose the use of his fingers, even if amputation is not necessary. He has been put on half pay ifhtil he can return to work. Leesburg seems to have as good a chance for the new county site as any place in the new county. Galalia has come out as a full fledged candidate for the court house honors, and if precinct No. 1 could be made to see as Galana does, she would be the new county site. Soundings have been taken for the rail road bridge at Tampa. The greatest depth at which rock was struck was 12?'j feet and the shoalest 7. It will cross the river just north of the Bartholomew place, and a switch will be run into the mam track south of the Tampa ice factory. Tampa Tribune: Some of our citizens, in a spirit of mischief, start reports of cases of yellow fever oceuring in the town, or of someone from Key West running the block ade and being in town, and these report* are repeated and gather as repeated, and get abroad and do our town an injury. This is very wrong, and if not stopped" the town Council should find some way to punish the parties. A novel wedding took place Fridav af ternoon just after the arrival of the Olivette, off Key West. A young man from Phila delphia came to marry a Key West girl The friend* and minister went out on the schooner that lighters passengers, and through some hitch the two anxious ones could not come together, so they were spliced, she on the schooner and he on the Olivette, The contribution to the Orlando Presby terian church fund lrnve reached about 12,- 500, and a lot. just east of Berry’s wagon shop, in that city, has been purchased. The dimensions of the new lot are 150 by 187 feet, and the location is a good one, though hardly so pretty as the old one. As soon as the old lot is sold plans will be drawn for the new church. It is to be of brick, and will cost *IO.OOO. Mr. Sam Smoke, son of Dr. and Mrs. S. D. Smoke, of Micanopy, graduated with honors from West Point' Military Academy a fid received his diploma last Friday. The young Lieutenant will be home in July on a visit, after which lie will report for duty in the United Status army. Sain was formerlv a student in East Florida Seminary and has a gveat many friends in Gainesville, all of whom feel a great interest and pride in him. W. S. Webb is here interviewing the busi ness men of the State relative to the part they will take in the proposed exhibit of ‘•Florida on Wheels.” His car is in process of construction, and will be ready for the road about Sept. 1 next, when lie proposes to set out with it on a tour of the .North, ar ranging his route so as to catch the leading State rail's where the Florida exhibit wifi present fhe leading attraction. As an ad vertisement of the State it will be unrivaled. The Gainesville colored picked nine were liadly beaten iu a gihieof base ball Wednes day " afternoon at the grounds in West Gainesville by the Feraandina nine. The Fernandina boys are well disciplined aud play a good amateur game of ball, while the home nine are badly iu need of practice and a good captain The game stood Fernan dina 32. Gainesville i. Perfect order was maintained throughout the entire game, which was witnessed by about 300 specta tors. Andrew Aulin, of Oviedo, is reported as having a field of corn, growing upon re claimed bay land, which is equal to the best western corn crop. One gentleman claims that it will yield at the rate of 123 bushels to the acre. This is an immense yield. If it does one-half that it will be good enough. Mr. Aulin has twenty acres of this kind" of land, and hi- success encourages him to bring the whole into cultivation, and plant it in corn. He raised an early crop of Irish potatoes on this land before planting it in corn. lake'Weir Independent: AVc are reliably informed that the Florida Southern rail road has made the people of Lake Weir the proposition to furnish the' iron and §I,OOO if we will raise the tialanee necessary to build a spur right up to the Chautauqua grounds from any point desired on thei r present line. March right up to the sub scription list and do the part of a man. Judge Benson has all tho jvipers in "apple pie order,” and has limbered hi* tonguo —lie will make all needed explanations. IVe nre authorized to announce that a soon as this road is built a new* hotel of 100 rooms will lie erected on the Bullock lot. Maj. C’onant, of the Florida Southern, has just returned from an investigating trip to Charlotte Harbor and adjoining sections, and li>- reports as follows; At Arcadia the Board of County Commissioners and the Board of Health of lVßoto county met the railroad officials, ands most interesting meeting was held. The < 'onmiissiouers agreed to levy a tax of 2 mills, oil alio wo 1 by law, for the use of the Board of Health and for sanitary purposes. The Board of Health has established a very effective quar •antine at Charlotte Harbor, and no persons are allowed to land or to jiassupthecouutrv unlow they rail show a clean bill of health. All the accessible water points tire closely watched, and there is no danger’ of am one making their wav up through that section. The rail road officials, on their part, have undertaken th--• , of providing thorough drainage, and for policing the str'.-ats of Trnbue. and this work " ill be done in a most thorough manner. The Boon! of Health has issued orders for every cititan of the place to nut his premises in first-class inn tition. The County Commissioners anl the Board of Health of DeSoto county, Maj. Conant says, are most efficient bodies, and ore doing their full duty in the matter* above alluded to. Dr. John Burland. formerly of Palatka, is the pot t physician of' Charlotte Harbor, *uU ?ays tho strictest attention to his duti^. 'oik county also maintains the strictest quarantine regulations along the line of the Florida Southern railway, and it is impossi blc for a man to go through the county without the proner papers. Maj. Conant expresses himself as being very much pleased with tho thorough manner in which the officers do'vu there are doing their duty. SOUTH CAROUVA. Winnesboro is worried " ith dogs. A cotton factory is talked of for Marion. Laurens seems bound to have a cotton mill Everybody in the State has the base ball fever. Drummers say they are not reaping a harvest. Moutmorenoi reports the fruit crop an en tire failure. O. O. Barr is rebuilding his sawmill at Edgefield. There is to be another -plcndid marriage near Greenwood. There are good rains, growing crops and smiling faces in Troy. At Walhalla the weather is quite cool, a lire feeling comfortable in the morning. The Abbeville Rifles will be among the encampers at Spartansburg this summer. The Court of Sessions will convene in Anderson to-day. Judge Aldrich presiding. Rev. J. C. Ochler has lven duly installed as pastor of the Aiken Presbyterian church. Columbia has voted a *IO,OOO subscription to the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad. There are prospects of a large cotton fft-'tory being erected by Northern parties at Greenville. The Court of General Sessions for Aiken county will convene today, and Judge Huston will preside. Prof. Miller accept**!, and then the next day deeUned, the presidency of the female college of Due West. Newberry has, by a popular vote, sub scribed *lo",000 to the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad. The Butler Guard* have received oi-ders to go into camp at the interstate encamp ment at Spartanburg. Angus J. Sitton has bought the AVare Shoals water power for *4,000 and will build a cotton factory. Mr. P. C. Gaillard, Treasurer of Charles ton county, made a settlement with the Comptroller General Friday. The jurors attending court at AVinnsboro regret that they are brought from their farms at this season of the year. The corps of engineers on the Carolina and Georgia Midland are making good progress between Union and Newberry. Seth AV, Scruggs, of Greenevilte, has been appointed United States gauger for that district, with headquarters at Walhalla. The name of the company previously re ported as being organized to erect a cotton plaid factory is the Fort Mill Manufacturing Company. The Tozer & Bial machine shops at Co lumbus have been purchased by Lyles & Haynsworth for parties who wifi put them in operation. The contractors for the Rank building at AA T iimsboro commenced work on Monday morning, and will push it forward as rapid ly as possible. The Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad Company are advertising for bids for building the stone piers of their bridge across the Broad river. The cotton crops of Sumter are excep tionally fine this year. Corn is small but promising, and the farmers are more atten tive than ever to their work. The Cliftqn Manufacturing Company, lately reported as to build an additional cotton mill, will build a short narrow gauge railroad to connect the two mills. The Town Council of I.aurens, in accord ance with the provisions of the new charter, has been working convicts on the streets in default of payment of tines imposed. The (Iraniteville Manufacturing Company expect* to erect an immense warehouse in the factory enclosure, so they can store away more cotton for manufacturing pur poses. Rock Hill will purchase a fire engine which will cost in cash—said cash to be advanced by a citizen, who will take the town's note for the money until the bonds are issued. Protracted services have been held in the Methodist church in GraniteviUe every night for two weeks by Rev. AVroten, assist ed by other ministers' from Blackville and Graham. Much interest is manifested. The truck growers of Charleston are hav ing an uncommonly prosperous season. The Irish potato crop is unusually large and of fine quality, and the average price per barrel is about double that received last year. The Board of Directors will elect a prir.- eidhi for the Greenwood Male High School to-day. Person* wishing to secure the place should s aid ill their applications by that time. T'vo assistant teachers are also wanted. A letter was rcce-ved at Greeneville Thursday evening stating that a negro uarned Scales had been arrested at Waterloo for house-breaking, ami it was suspected that he is also iinplicat.xl in the recent rail road robbery at Greenville. Prof. deCanins, the principal of the Con servatory of Music, ot Greenville, was de clared insane Thursday, and taken to the State asylum. He was one of the finest musician's in the South. He lost his reason on account of financial troubles. Charles K. AVilliford, an old citizen of Anderson eoutit.v. left home on Friday last to visit his son's house near by. Not return ing, search wan made for him, and hi* dead body was found m the woods about a mile from his home. He died of apoplexy. Col. S. A. Pearce, President of the Colum bia Board of Tvaae. lias received a letter from Mr. Reid AVhitford, Assistant United States Engineer, at Georgetown, stating that he will come up with the new steamer about July 1 to begin work on the Con garee. E. F. Henderson, who lives several miles from Greesieville, on the Easley Bridge road, had a hen on liis place to hatch out, in a litter of ten ducks, one with four legs. Besides the c ommon npixiintnients, and im mcdiattly behind them, were two other legs, which differed from the foremost onlyLy being a little shorter and of a different color. The little duck, in walking, drags the rear legs. MEDICAL. The Church: "Simmons Livor Regulator is certainly a spe cific for that class of complaints which it claims to cure. If any of our fellow beings are suffer ing from heputle disorders and haw doubts in regard to the efficacy of this preparation, we can only offer them the simple and candid nrgu ment of Philip to Nathaniel, 'Q-rne and sec.' Try the proposed remedy and then you can judge for yourselves."— Rev. David Wills, Pastor of Presbyterian Ctnucb.'Wasbington, P.C. The Judiciary: "I have used Simmons Liver for Constipation caused by a derangement of the Liver, and always, when used according to directions, with decided benefit."— Hiram War ner, late Chief J ust ice of (hi. The Medical Profession: "No other remedy within my knowledge can fill its place. I have been practicing medicine for twenty years and have never been able to put up a vegetable compound that would, like Sun inons IJver Regulator, promptly and effectively move the Liver to action and at the same time aid. instead of weakening, the digestive powers of the system.”—L. M. Hinton, S. D., Washing ton, Ark. All Endorse Simmons Liver Regulator. erONLY OEVi;iNE_&I has our Z St amp In red on front of Wrapper. J. H. ZEILIN & Op., FbilaMUJ’Hl*. Pa.. Soto Propriewrs. Piiwe $i wo, SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO WAXY FOR New York, Boston and Philadelphia. PASSAGE TO NEW YORK. cabin *y oo EXCURSION 32 00 STEERAGE . 10 00 PASSAGE TO BOSTON. cabin fan oo EXCURSION Sim STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (via New Yoke). CABIN $22 50 EXCURSION SO 00 STEERAGE 10 50 vft THE magnificent Khjtfmshlps of these, lines sire appointed to Sail as follows—standard tuna* TO NEW YORK. CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. J. W. Catharixe, TUESDAY, June 31, at 6 r. a. CHATTAHOOCHEE. CApt. H. C. Daggett, FRIDAY, June 24, at i ;30 p. m. TALLAHASSEE, Capt: W. H. Fisher, SUN DAY, June 26, at 9:30 a. h. CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt, F. Smith, TUES DAY, June 2s, at 11:80 A. is. TO BOSTON. CITY OF MACON. Capt. W. Kelley, THURS DAY. June 28, at 7 a. m. GATE CITY, Capt. D. Hedge, THURSDAY, June 80, at 2 P. M. TO PHILADELPHIA. [for freight only ] JUNIATA. Capt. S. L. Atkins. SATURDAY, June 25, at 8:30 a. m. DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howes. SATURDAY, July 2, at 8:80 p. u. Through bills 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. Ag“nt. City Exchange Building. Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Com’y. For Baltimore. CABIN $lB 50 SECOND CABIN 10 00 /->i? r T''HF. STEAMSHIPS of this Company are ap~ I pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti more as follows—city time: JOHNS HOPKINS. Capt. Foster. THURSDAY, June 28. at 7:00 p. m. GEORGE APPOLD, Capt. Billups, TUESDAY, June 28. at 2:00 p. m. JOHNS HOPKINS, Capt. Foster, MONDAY, July 4, at 5:00 p. m. GEORGE APPOLD. Cart Billups, SATUR DAY, July 9, at 10 a. m. And from Baltimore on the days above named at 3 p. M. Through hills lading given to all points West, all the manufacturing town# in New England, and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. JAS. B. WEST 4 CO., Agents. • 114 Bay street. SKA ISIi AND It 6TJ TE. Steamer St. Nicholas. Capt. M. T. USIXA, YITILL LEAVE Savannah from w harf foot ef n Uncoin .street for DOBOY, DARIEN, BRUNSWICK and FERN AN DIN A. every TUES DAY and FRIDAY at 0 p. m.. city time, con necting at Savannah with New York. Philad 1- piii.i. Boston and Baltimore steamer-., at Fer nandina with rail for Jacksonville and all points In Florida, and at Brunswick w ith steamer tor Satilla river. Freight received to within half hour of boat's departure. Freight not signed for 21 hours after arrival w ill be at risk of consignee. Tickets on w hart and boat. C. WILLIAMS. Agent For Aiunista and Way Landings. w t/ From JUNE sth until further notice the STEAMER ETHEL, . Capt. W. T. GIBSON. Will leave for AUGUSTA and WAY LANDINGS Every Monday nt 0! I*. M. Returning, arrive at Savannah SATURDAY at Bp. m. W. T. GIBSON. Manager. PLANT STEAMSH! P ~ LINE. Tampa, Key West, Havana. SKMI-WEEKLY -.SOUTH BOUND. Lv Tampa JBndday and Tnur-dav 9:3n p. m Ar Key \\#y I :y i p. m. Ar Havatgjlvednesda v and Saturday 6 a. m. If NORTHBOUND Lv Hava A Wednesday and Saturday noon. I.v KeJ,'(t Wednesday and Saturday Id p.m. Ar Tm#£J< Thursday and Sunday ti p."m Cotidßßing as, Tann with West India Fast TrainMtLuul frlii Northern and Eastern cities. FoJPTSteroom accommodation-; apply to City Tickin Office S . F. A W, R'y. Jacks, tiville, or Agent Plant Steamship Line. Tampa. C. D. OWENS. Traffic Manager. 11. S. HAINES, General Manager. May 1. 1887. Compagnie Genera'e I ransatlantlque —French Line to Havre. 15 ETWEEN New- York and Havre, from pier I > No. 12. N. R..foot of Morton stn-et. Trav. eler* by this line avoid both tran-:t by English railway and the discomfort of .Tossing the Channel in u small boat. Special train leaving the Company's dock at Havre direct for Paris on arrival of at camera. Baggage checked at New York through to Paris. LA BOURGOGNE, Fkancikit.. SATURDAY. June Si, 8 A. M. LA GASCOGNE, Saktelm, SATURDAY, July 2,3 p. M. L.V NORM VNDIB, De Kersakiec SATUR DAY, Julv 0, s x. h. LA BRfcTAGNE, Ds'JorssxuK, SATURDAY. July l. 2 r. m. PRICE OF PABBAOE (Including w ine : TO HAVRE— First Cabin, sl:9', Si GO and $80; Second ( shin. SOO : Steerage from New York to Havre, $25: St.e rwgr from New York to Paris, S2B; including wine, bedding and utensils. LOUIS DE BEBLVN. AjuiVit, 3 Bowling Green, foot of Broadway. New A ork. ur WiLDfcK hi UV-. A* on to (or havauuaU. RAFLROADS._ _ __ 'sfcli EDULE CENTRAL RAILROAD. Savannah, Ga.. May 22,1887. ON and after tills date Passenger Trains will run daily unless marked t, which are daily, except Sunday. The standard time, by which these trains run, is 35 minutes slower than Savannah city time: No. I. No. 3. No. 5. No. 7. Lv Savannah .7:00 am 8:20 pm 5:15 pm 5:40 pin ArChnffou ..6:40 pm Ar Milien 9:40 am 11:08 pm 7:80 pm 8:45 pm Ar Augusta. .+1:46 pm 7:15 am 9:35 pm Ar Mac0n.'....1:30 pm 8:20 am Ar Atlanta. .5:30 pm 7:30 am Ar Columbus.9:3o pm 2:45 am Ar Montg’ry 7:09 pm Ar Fa if aula 8:50 pm Ar Albany 2:45 pm Train No. 9+ leaves Savannah 2:00 p. m,; ar rives Guyton 3:00 p. m. Passengers for Sylvania. Wright svffie, Mil lodgevilie andEatonton should hike 7:00 a. m. * train. Passengers for Thomaston. Carrollton, Perry, Fort Games, Talbotton, Buena Vista, Blakely and Clayton should take the 8:20 p. tn. train. - g xjo 4, No. 0. No. 8. Lv Augusta 10:00 pm 6:00 am Lv Macon .. 10:35 am 10:50 pm Lv Atlanta.. 6:soam 6:50 pm LvColumbus 11:00 pm 12:45 pm Lv Montg’ry. 7:25 pm 7:40 am Lv Eufaula . 10:18 pm 10:49 am Lv Albany.. s:osam .... Lv Milieu 2:28 pm 3:10 am 8:00 am 5:20 am Lv Guyton. 4:03 pm 5:01 am 9:27 am 6:55 am Ar Savannah 5:00 pm 6:15 am 10:3+4 atn 8:03 am ~Train NoTlOt leaves Guyton 3:10 p. m.; arrives Savannah 4:25 p. m. Sleeping cars oo all 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 lAsscngers between Savannah and Milieu. Train No. 4 will stop on signal at stations be t-ween Millnn and Savannah to take on passen gers for Savannah. Train No. 5 will stop on signal at stations be- • tween Savannah and Milieu to take on passen gers for Augusta or points on Augusta branch. Train No. 6 will stop between Milieu 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 car berths on sale at City Office, No. 20 Bull street, and Depot Office 30 minutes before departure of each train. J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD. Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent. Easi Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia R.R. GEORGIA DIVISION. The Quickest and Shortest Line —between — Savannah & Atlanta. COMMENCING June 12. 1887, the following V Schedule will be in effect: EASTERN LINE. Fast Night Express. Express. Lv Charleston 3:45 a m 3:30 p m Ar Savannah 6:4lam 7:00 pm Lv Savannah 7:06 am 1:30 pm 8:45 pm Ar Jesup 8:42 am 3:20 pm 1:05 am Lvjesup 8:35 pm 8:30 am Ar Brunswick 5:33 pm 6:00 am Lv Jesup 10:80 a m 10:51 u m Ar Eastman 2:00 pm 1:50 am ArCocljrsn 2:4opm &30am kr Hawkinsville. 8:80pm 13:(X>noon Lv Haw’kiusville.. 10:15am J:Bspm Ar Macon .... .*.. 4.05 p m 3:50 a m Lv Macon 4:30 pm 3:55 a tu Ar Atllnta 7:4opm 7:30 am I,v Atlanta. ".7.V 12:20 pm 7:35 am Sr Home 8:28 p m 10:4*1 a m ,Vr Dalton 4:58 p m 12:03 n n Ar Chattanooga 6:26 p m 1:35 p m Lv Chattanooga... 9:3oam 9:2opm -Sr Knoxville 1:50 pm 1:10 am Ar Bristol 7:35 pm 5:45 am Ar Roanoke 3:15 am 18:46 pm Ar Natural Bridge 3:54 am 2:39 pm Ar Waynesboro ... 6:30 a m 4:20 pm At Luray 7:50 am 6:48 pm Ar Sher.ando'J n. .10:53 a m 9:35 pm Ar Hagerstown 11:55 p m 10:30 pm Ar Harrisburg 8:30 pm 1:20 am Ar Philadelphia.... 6:50 pm 4:45 am Ar New York 9:Sspm 7:00 am Lv Hagerstown... 12:50noon Ar Baltimore 3:45 pm .... Ar. Philadelphia... 7:49 p m Ar New York 10:35 pm Lv Roanoke 2:20 am 12:30 noon Ar Lynchburg 4:30 am 2:30 pm Si- Washington,.. 13:00noon 9:40 pm Ar Baltimore 1:87 p m 11:86 p m Ar Philadelphia... 3:47 pm 3:ooam Ar New York. G:9O pin 6:30 am Lv Lynchburg 6:lsam B:ospm Ar liurkviile 9:80 am 5:27 pm Ar Petersuurg 11:10 am 7:15 pm ... Ar Norfolk 2:25 p m 10:00 pm Via Memphis and Charleston R. R. Lv Chattanooga... 9:35 am 7:10 pm Ar Memphis 9:15 pm 6:10 am Ar Little Rock 7:loam 12:55 pm Via K. C., F. S. and G. R. R. Lv Memphis 10:45 a in Ar Kansas City 8:20 a m Via Cin. So. R'y. Lv Chattanooga... 8:40 a m 7:lopm Ar. Louisville 6:45 p m G:3oain Ar Cincinnati 7 :00 j, m 0:50 am Ar Chicago . 6:50 am 6:50 pot Ar st. Louis 7:45am 6:40 p m Pullman sleepers leave as follows: Jesup at 19:51 p m for Cnattanooga, Atlanta at 4:30 n ru. fo: Knoxville. Rome a> 4:05 p pi, for Washing ton via Lvnchburg; Chattanooga at 9:30 p m. and at 9:30 a m for Washington via Lynehmirg; Chattanooga at 7:10 p m for Little Rock; Bruns wick at 8:80 p m for Atlanta. B. W. WRENN, G. P. A T. A., Knoxville, Tenn. L. J. FI.US. A. G P. A Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos. C CONNECTIONS made at Savannah with Sa vannah, Florida and Western Railway. Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand rd time \9eth meridian), which is 38 minutes slower than city time. No. 11* 884 66* 78* Lv Sav'h ..12:26 p m 4:00 p m 6:45 a m 8:23 p m Ar Augusta 12:30 pm Ar Beaufort 6:08 p m 10:15 am Ar P. Rural 6:20 p m 10:30 am Ar .M’dale. 7:40 p lit B:lsptn 10:30 am Ar Cha ston-5:00p m 9:20 p m 11:40 am 1:25 a rn SOUTHWARD. 33* 35* 27* Lv Chasten 7:10 a m 3:85 p m 4:00 a m Lv Augusta 12:35 pm Lv Al daie.. 5:10 a m 3:0? p m Lv P. Royal. 7:ooam 2:00 pm [ i Lv Beaufort 7:12 a tn 2:15 pm Ar Sav'h.. .10; is am 6:53 p in 6: il a m *l>ailv between Savannah and Charleston. •Sundays only. Train )o. 78 makes no connection with Port Rovnl and Augusta Railway, and stops only at Eidgeland. Green Pond and Ravenel. Train 14 stops only at Ycmaasee and Green Pond, and connects for Beaufort and Port Koval daily, and tor Allendale daily, except Sunday. Tr.-iius 35 and 6*i connect from and for Beaufort and Pert Royal daily. hor tickets, sleeping car reservations and all other information apply to WM. BREN Stsvial Ticket Agent. 23 Bull street and at Charleston and Savaunah railway ticket office, at Florida and Western Railway depot C. S. GADSDEN, Bupt. June 9, 1887. r FOOD PRODUf 1 -. FOEEST CITY ILLS. Prepared Stock Food for Horses, Mules, Milch Cows and Oxen. Made out of pure grain. Ouaranteed Sweet and Nutritious. Bondjlaynes&Elton RAILROADS. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway. [All trains on this road are run by Centra! Standard Time.] 41 Time card in effect june 19, i*p Passenger trains on this road will run daily as follows: WEST INDIA FAST MAIL. READ DOWN. MAD r . 7:o6am Lt Savannah Ar 12 06 pm 12:80 pmLv Jacksonville Lv 7:00 a m 4:4opm Lv Sanford Lv I:lsam 9:oopm Ar Tampa Lv 8:00pm PLANT BTEAMSHIP LINE. ssff.pini <*-■**■■■■ iisra Tsss'.rii ■*>*** is*.*- Pullman buffet cars to and from New York and Tampa. NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS. 7:00 a m Lv Savannah Ar 7:58 p m B:42am Lv Jesup Ar Srißnin 9:50 am Ar Way cross Lv 5:06 prn 11:36 a m Ar Callahan Lv 2:47 pm 12:00 noonAr Jacksonville Lv 2:06 pm 7:ooam Lv Jacksonville Ar 7:45pm !o:fsam Lv.......Waycross Ar 4:4omm 12:04 p m Lv Valdosta Lv 256 p m 12:34pm Lv Quitman ..Lv 2:2Bp m 1 :£2 pmAr . Thomasvjlle Lv 1:45 p m 3:85 p m Ar Batnbrldge Lv 11:26 a m 4:04 pm Ar Chattahoochee Lv li:3*)'a~ m Pnllman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville and New York, to and from Waycross and New Orleans via Pensacola. EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS. 1:30 pm Lv Savannah Ar 12:06 pm 3:20 pm Lv Jesup Lv 10:38 am 4:40 p m Ar. Waycross Lv 9:23 am 7:45 pm Ar JaeksonviUe Lv TOO a m 4:15 pm Lv. Jacksonville Ar 9:45 am 7:3)"pm Lv Waycross Ar 6:35 aln 8:81 Pni Ar........Dup0nt Lv 6:3oam 3:2) p m Lv lAke City Tat 10:15 a m 8:46 pm Lv Gainesville.... ..Ar 10:80 am 6:65 pni Lv Live Oak Ar 7:loam 8:40 pm Lv Dupont Ar S:Ssa"m 10:35 pni Ar Thomasville Lv 3:25 a m I:22am Ar Albany Lv I:2sam Pnllman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville and St. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Mont gomery and Nasbvilie. ALBANY EXPRESS. 7:35pm Lv Savannah Ar 6:loam 10:05pm Lv Jesup Lv 3:lsara 12:40a m Ar. Waycross ..Lv 12:16am 5:30 am Ar Jacksonville Lv 9:00 p m 9:o)pm Lv Jacksonville Ar s:3oam I:o6am Lv Waycross Ar 11:30pm 2:80 am Ar Dupont Lvio:o6pm 7:loam Ar Live Oak Lv B:sspm 10:3*a mAr Gainesville Lv 3:45pm 10:45 a m At Lake City Lv 3:25 p 2:55am Lv Dupont Ar 9:35pm 6:30 am Ar Thomasville Lv 7:00 p m ‘ll:4oam Ar Albany Lv 4:oopm ~tops at all regular stations Pullman sleeping cars to and from Jacksonville and Sa vannah. THOMASVILLE EXPRESS. 6:05 a m Lv Waycross Ar 7:00 p m 10:25 a mAr Thomasville Lv 2:15 pn Stops at all regular aud flag stations. JESUP EXPRESS. 3:45pm Lv Savannah Ar B:3oam 6:lopm Ar Jesup Lv 5:25am Stops at all regular and flag stations. CONNECTIONS. At Savannah for Charleston at 6:45 a m. (ar rive Augusta viaYemassee at 12:30 pm), 12:26 p m and 8:23 p m; for Augusta and Atlanta at :00 am. 5:15 p m and 8:20 pm: with steamship# for New York Sunday. Tuesday and Friday: for Boston Thursday: for Baltimore every fifth'lay. At JESUP for Brunswick at 3:30 a m and B:3S pm; for Macon 10:80a m and 11:07p m At WAYCROSS for Brunswick at 10:00 a in and 5:05 p m. At CALLAHAN for Femandiua at 2:47 pm; for Waldo, Cedar Key, Ocala, etc , at 11:27 am. At LIVE OAK for Madison, Tallahassee, etc., at 10:58 a m and 7:30 p m. At GAINESVILLE for Ocala, Tavares, Brook#- ville and Tampa at 10:55 a m. At ALBANY for Atlanta. Macon, Montgom ery, Mobile. New Orleans, Nashville, etc. At CHATTAHOOCHEE for Pensacola, Mobil#, 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! Central Standard Time. ON and after MONDAY. June 13, 1887, train# will arrive and leave as follows: •Daily. + Dally except Sundays, 1 Daily ex cept Mondays. LIMITED WEST INDIA FAST MAIL. Leave Jacksonville (J., T and K. W.) *12.30 p m. Sanford 4:4** p m: arrive Tampa 9roo p m. Returning leave Tampa 8:00 pm, Sanford 1:00 am: arrive Jacksonville (J.,T. and K W.) 6:30 a m. WAY TRAINS. leave Sanford for Tampa and way stations .t 8:46 am Arrive at Tampa + I:Bspm Returning leave Tampa at + 9:00 am Arrive at Sanford tl I:4spa Leave Sanford for Kissim mee and wuv stations at.+lo:2oam and 5:00 pm Arriveat Kissimmee at ...+ I:2opmand7:ospm Returning leave Kissimmee +6:ooa m and 2:15 p m Arrive at Sanford +S:2oamauds:3spm t,Steamboat Express. BARTOW BRANCH. Lv Bartow Junction.. .til :45 a m and * 7:40 p m Ar Bartow 12:55 p m and 8:40 pm Returning Lv Bartow. + 9:30 a m and * 6:00 p m Ar Bartow Junction... 10:40 am and 7:10 pm PEMBERTON FERRY BRANCH. Operated by the South Florida Railroad. ♦Leave Bartow for Pemberton Ferry and way stations at 7:15 a m Arrive at Pemberton Ferry at 9:50 a Ot •Returning leave Pemberton Ferry at. 5:00 p :n Arrive at Bartow at 8:00 p m *Ler.ve Pemberton Ferry 7:00 a m Arrive Bartow 11:90am •Leave Bartow 12:40 p ra Arrive Pemberton Ferry 4:50 p to SANFORD AND INDIAN RIVER R. R. I-eeve Sanford ror Lake Charm and way stations 5:50 pm Arrive Lnke Charm 7:15 p m Returning— Leave Lake Charm 6:30 a m Arrives at Sanford 8:00 a m SPECIAL CONNECTIONS. Conneets at Sanford with the Sanford and Indian River Railroad for Oviedo and points on Lake Jesup with the People's Line ana Deßary Line of steamers, and F T. and K. W. Ry. for Jacksonville and all intermediate points cn fh# St. John's river, and with steamers for India# river and the Upper St. John's. At Kissimmee with steamers for Forts Myeri and Bassiuger and points on Kissimmee river. At Pemberton Ferry with Florida Southern Railway for all points North and West, and at Bartow with the Florida Southern Railway for Fort Meade and points South. STEAMSHIP CONNECTIONS. Conneets at Tampa with steamer ‘'Margaret'’ for Paltna Sola. Braidentown, Palmetto, Mana tee and ail points on Hillsborough and Tamp# Bays. Also, with the elegant mail steamships ' Ma* cotto" and "Olivette." of the Plant Steamship Cos, for Key West and Havana. Through tickets sold at all regular stations t# points North. East and West. Baggage checked through. lUvseugrro for Havana can leave Sanford on Limited West India Fast Mail train st 4:*)jp m Tuesday, Thursday and Sat ur* lay, connecting same evening with steamer at Tampa WILBUR McCOY. General Freight and Ticket Agenh^ snilllltAN It VII.3V.VY. City and Suburban Railway. Pavx.v>ah. Oa., May 31. 1887 ON and after WEDNESDAY. June Ist. tM billowing schedule will be run on the Out ride Line: UATI ARRIVE LEAVE lL* LEAVE CITY. | CITY. OF HOPE. EOETCOEKIIY *7:00 6:50 6:*'. ... Will 8:49 8:15 7:50 *•:£> •::<*> l::l HOH *7 15 8:40 fi:ls 5*5 _ Thorr will be no early train from trie o( Hope on Sunday morning. . . •Kor Montgomery only. Passengers tor of Hope go via Montgomery without e*”* charge. This train afford* parent* a cheap ours on before breakfast for young cWM™" with nun*.‘a. . **lhui 3:aS p. n. train last out of city Sunday afternoon. . .. ♦On Saturdays this train leave* city at * • r h J. H. JOHXSTO>. ' I'O COUNTY Ornr-KRs'- Books and BUnM f r**quir*d by comity ofßc**m for t b* courts or for office iute, supplied to tb- MORNING NEWS PRINTING * uiuutcr ttroet, gwUMife*