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6 ITEMS IX THREE STATES. GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE. Progress of Brunswick’s New Enter prises—Freaks Amone the Peach Orchards Near Athens- The Outlook In the Southwest Georgia Water melon Bolt—A Big Sale on Sapolo. GEORGIA. A post office has been established at Ilill sniiS. Brunswick’s street cars will be running by- July 1. The new bank building at Cedar town will soon be compk ted. Brunswick's new factory will begin manu facturing ioe this week. The Chattahoochee river is still too low for boats to carry much freight. A poet office inspector spent several days in Alapaha and vicinity recently. Several of Gainesville's summer visitors have had fires the past two mornings. CoL Robert Morrison, owner of the cotton compresses in Chattanooga, is at Brunswick. There are several applicants for the posi tion of principal of the Brunswick city schools. A movement is on foot to raise means for the erection of a band stand in Hanover park, Brunswick. The steamer John J. Seay arrived down with the first lead of bagging of the season from Rome Friday. Brunswick's naval stores receipts for this year will be, it is claimed, at least 75 per cent, greater than last. The stock law for all that part of Dougherty county west of Fiint river be came operative Friday. The commencement exercises of the Sibley Institute took place at Mt. Airy Friday. It was very largely attended. If no storms appear on the scene this year over 100,000 bushels of rice will be harvested next season on the great and good Aita maha The foundation for a Baptist church in Sumner is being laid, and from present ap pear&noes the building will be a handsome structure. As the first Monday in July will occur on the 4th, which is a national hobday, the * Court of Ordinary of Stewart county will be adjourned to Tuesday, July' 5. Work on the technological school building at Atlanta is being pushed rapidly. The excavation is about complete and the stone work will be commenced Monday. The Columbus Messenger is the name of the negro paper to be published in Colum bus. B. T. Harvey, fonnerly of Guerry ton, Ala., is the editor and proprietor. At Carrollton Jim Brown and old aunt Lindy have gone into the soap making busi ness. They have made up 400 pounds, which they- propose selling at 4c. a pound. Lieut. Carta- finds it difficult to charter a steamship to work on Dobov bar. A powerful tug-boat will be secured for this work if a steamship cannot be secured soon. Mr. James Dukes, who lived about six miles from Rome, on the Texas Valiev road, died suddenly last Thursday night. He was sitting smoking his pipe when ne suddenly fell over and died. He was 82 years of age. . Among the applicants for the principal ship of tne public school, who have visited Carrollton the past week, are Prof. La Hatte, of Gainesville, Prof. Weaver, of Thomaston, and Prof. Jones, of Roanoke, Ala At Griffin Friday United States Commis sioner T. R. Mills tried William Crowell and T. J. Crowell for illicit distilling and bound them over under a bond of 8200 each, to appear before the United States Court at Atlanta. Carrollton now has an organized chess club, limited to twenty members,! W. C. New President. The club have provided a room and all the conveniences necessary to make their meetings of great social pleasure to the members. Master Tommy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Walker, met with a painful accident at Alapaha last Wednesday evening. While cutting oats on an oat cutter one of his hands was caught in the blades, and was cut to the bone in several places. The time allowed by law for filing insur ance returns and paying tax expiree on July 1. Heveral companies have not yet complied with the requirement, and unless they do so within the next few days they will bo com pelled to pay a penalty of $4OO. A meeting of,about twenty of the young attorney* of Atlanta was held Thursday night in the office of J. W. Austin for the purpose of organizing a debating society. Another meeting will be held soon, when a permanent organization will be effected. For years it has,been known that there has been gold on the place of M. B. Spruell, of the rath district of Carroll, but some recent developments, we. understand, have shown that the vein is very rich. This dis covery ha* created some little excitement in that section. About the last of January, Jc6se Chamblaa, of the Twenty-eighth district of Bucnter county, sowod three bushels of wheat, and .last Tuesday, after cutting he thrashed out forty-eight bushels.' This is a flue result, considering the season ho has bad on bis crop. On and after July 1 daily mail service will be extended to Louvale Correspond ent* heretofore addressing their letters to Hannahatehee. Stewart county, should re. member that tne name of the post office has been changed to correspond with the name of the station, Louvale. At Brunswick the Georgia Sawdust Chem ical Company have filed their petition for Incorporation with the clerk of the court. Key will manufacture, from saw dust, oils, turpentine, alcohol ana crude acids. They will take worthless material and convert ft into something merchantable, and thus benefit the country in developing its re sources. Alapaha Star: Last Sunday we received from Mr. XV. M. Avera, near Nashville, five cotton bolls, nearly grown, which were taken from one stalk. We did not leam how much cotton Mr. Avera has planted, but if he had 200 acres of it Col. Primus Jones, of Baker county, would have a lively opposition for the first bale honor. He may have it anyway. J. B. Norman and son J. T. Norman, of Colquitt county, were in Albany Fridiay. They brought in about 4,000 pounds of wool and eight bales of cotton saved ovor from last season. They sold their wool at 28%c., and were {mid for their cot ton. It is not hard to understand how such farmer* as they make money in any season. They recently sold 7,000 pounds of wool in the Albany market. Two weeks ago the burning of Stonewall Academy, in the Morven district, was re ported. Soon after the burning of the academy the teacher, Mr. Williams, opened his school again in a small house near by belonging to Mr. Golding. Ou Monday morning last this building was also burned, A nogro woman was suspected of the first burning, but a boy. perhaps 15 years old, is doubtless the incendiary. A fine lot of cattle and a splendid landed property changed hands during the past week. W. C. Wylly, agent, for owner, sold to Mr. Lay, of Clyde, 0., the Spalding cate tie on bapelo Island, and leased that gentle man the “South End” and “Barn Crock” places for a term of yearn. Mr. Lay is a practical farmer. Mr. "Lay will bring down from Ohio a colony of thrifty farmers, and the old island—Kapelo—will bloom as the rose. Several years ago when a Baptist associa tion met at Antioch church John Irvin, of Stewart county, entertained at his home 16!* delegates and ministers, and cared for the horses of over half of them during the ses sion of the association. Of course he did not have room enough for them all to sleep in "™*i hut he took care of them in royal styie mat, barbecued beeves and shotes in prbfu ' Sion Vo reed them upon, U takes a tuau with nerve and unbounded hospitality to tackle a crowd of this siMafor a week. The premium list for the Northeast Geor gia Fair Association, of Athens, is now in the hands of the printer and will soon be ready for distribution. The purses for run ning and trotting are very good, especially for Georgia raised horses. The free-for-all is S4OO. The purse for the best trotting horse iu the adjoining counties will be one of the features of the association. Wilkes comity will send some splendid trotters hi compete for this prize, and Banks county has already gone into training to capture the prize, XX hile at the store of L. B. Bosworth the other day. the editor of the Amerieus Re publican saw a side of white meat weighed that pulled down the beam 150 pounds. It brought sl2 75. Presuming that the other side of the same hog weighed the same num ber of pounds, it will be seen that the two sides brought $25 40. The shoulders and hains were sold for $-10 50, making a total of $->•>00. Adding to this the Lard, backbone, spareribs and head, the price of the hog can be safely put down at no less than SOS, which would buy a good mule. On St. Simons the railroad is now in operation from Egmont dock to the beach, and the pavilion in connection therewith is finished. On Thursday the dancing plat form was staked off. It will be fifty feet wide by seventy-five feet long, and will be ready in time for the Knights of Pythias picnic on June 29. This beach is fast becoming a popular place of resort, and the manage ment have determined to spare no exjiense to add to its attractiveness. It is claimed that when the large hotel is finished, much of the patronage that now goes to Cumber land will go to'St. Simons, because it is easier of access and has communications with the outside world by telegraph. Amerieus Republican: Old Andy was ly ing asleep in the shade of a tree, when fie was rudely awakened by a farmer, who said: ‘-Get up; I want you to hoe cotton. Fifty cents a day and two meals.” Andy siowiy opened his eyes, got up on his feet, stretched himself yawning, and said: "See here, white man; dis am a land of freedom. Hoe cotton.”contemptuously, "I isn't gwine ter do it Sprung chickens ain here. Xvater milluns am ripe. Blackberries on de briars. Roas'in’ ears nearly cum. and talk about spec-table culered genernun howin' eotturn. No, sah! I’se gwine to help de white man ter keep too much of his craps from rottin’ by helping myself. Can’t work now.” Allen R. Johnson, who lives on the Lex ington road, near Athens, has an orchard foil of peaches, while all his neighbors’ have been killed. Sir. Johnson last winter trimmed up his trees and plowed the land among them. They took a fresh start, and were late blooming. Capt. Henry Beusscc says that while travelling in Elbert county he passed a large peach orchard, and while there was no fruit in the orchard except on two trees, they were loaded with peaches. He asked someone the cause of this, and they explained that the fruit on these trees were saved by hanging a horse-shoe on one of the limbs. He says that sure enough he noticed the horse-shoe on the favored trees. At Amerieus a few days ago a negro man was on the streets with a live rattle snake which he proposed to let bite him for 10c. or a drink-of whisky. Someone gave him a bottle and told him to drink, which he did. and then pulling out a snake with ten or twelve rattles on his tail, he held his wrist where the reptile could strike. He then called for more whisky and filled up. He allowed the snake to bite his armseve-al t imes, when he got so drunk that he tumbled in a heap. The snake was examined and it was found that the fangs had been extract ed, and in striking, it was impossible for it to make a scratch. Some of the deluded parties turned it loose to get even with the sharp negro. Patrolman E. H. Cochran was found on his beat at Atlanta Saturday morning una ble to take care of himself on account of some kind of attack which had bereft him of his reason. Patrolman Cochran left his jiartner, Patrolman Hadley, and went to the rear of the Fifth ward. He was on this beat about two hours when Hadley also went to the rear of the Fifth to join him. Gochran was found playing with his pistol and club, and acting in a very strange man ner. Hadley questioned him and soon found thnt he was not in his right mind. A car riage was procured and Cochran w-as sent to his hi >mo on Filmoro street. It is thought that Cochran has some brain trouble, the result of too much exjxwure to the hot sur.. About tt o’clock Sunday evening, at D. J. Moore’s, four miles west of Carrollton, a small cyclone gathered and started in that immediate vicinity, and there are no tidings of it farther than half a mile in a south westerly direction from Mr. Moore's, from whence it came, traveling toward the north east. The wind and storm were followed by a heavy fall of rain. There was a con siderable falling of timlier, which of course, did some damage to the growing crops, while a good deal of fencing was wrecked and dashed down. Corn was tangled and blown down, and the shocks of wheat were scattered promiscuously over the fields, and much of the grain was doubtless shattered as the wheat was very dry. The farms visitediby this storm were those of X\ r . R. Parr, B. M. Burrow, A. B. Handley, D. J. and J. XV. Moore. Ed A. Richards has returned to XX’ashing ton from the Wilkes county oil region. Mr. Richards went down on" Monday for the purpose of making further tests, and gives a most flattering account of the outlook. He brings back soveral bottles of oil and a lot of sand, which is almost oil itself. Dyna mite was used to tear up the rocks, and each blast showed that the prospects bright ened. A pit was sunk to the depth of (i or 8 feet, and the direction of the vein located. Mr. Richards is fully convinced that oil will be found in abundance. A large deposit of terra alba also was discovered. This sub stance is largely used, and is valuable when ever transportation facilities can bo had, and it is jnot likely that these will be long wanting at Anthony Hhoals. land owners along Broad river are taking a very deep in terest in the present developments, and very reasonably believe that their splendid coun try will reap great advantages from tho proposed railroads, oil wells and factories. Other discoveries arc likely to be mado in the next few days, which will bring oil seekers from far and near. Seventy-five cars of melons have passed All >any within the past two days. Tne dis tribution continues to 1)0 most excellent, which justifies the growers in hoping for good returns. .The seventy-five cars were distributed as follows: Cincinnati 14, At lanta 15, Chicago 5, Cleveland 3,. Nashville 4, Bt. Louis 5, Pittsburg 1, Birmingham t, Evansville 1, Detroit 1, Decatur 1, Toledo 2, Lexington 1, Charlotte 1, Durham 1. Knox ville 1, Lima 2, Louisville 4, St. Paul 1, Pittsburg 1. New Orleans 2, Frankfort 1, Jackson 1, Danville 1, Chattanooga 1, San dusky 1. The shipments usually increase at this time, but they are falling off, and the expectation at Albany is that, they will continue to decrease. The solicitors for merchants and railroads have pulled up and left the line of the Savannah, Florida and XVestcrn railway below Camilla. The indications are that not more than half a crop will bo gathered on an average through the State. That section, though it has suf fered greatly, is much better off than some other parts of the melon belt. At one sta tion below Macon, growers with 30, 10 and as high as 00 acre* in melons will not be able to gather a car from the whole Held. FLORIDA. Lake City consumes 12,000 pounds of ice cverv week. The Clay Guards, of Green Covo Spring, aro reorganizing. The oat crop of Columbia county has yielded very well. The prospects of the orange crop for Co lumbia county are rtattenng. Acres of jiotato vines were put out in Clay county during last week. Anew time table goes into effect on the Florida Southern railroad today. The severe wind of June 12 blew off a good deal of the pear crop in Columbia county. Postmaster Thompson, of Lake City, has THE MORNING NEWS : MONDAY. JUNE 27, I*B7. succeeded in obtaining a mail route to the south via Fort XVhite. Henry Imuders, of Clay county, has grown sugar corn on his place this year that equals field com in size, and yet it is as sweet as its name implies. The large crops of peas, the largest com crop since the war, have enabled many of Columbia county’s farmers to make good their losses on cotton, and prevented them from going in debt. Oranges in Clay county will be put to the I test should the rains much longer continue I owing to the rush of the sap in the trees and the likelihood of the young fruit burst ing their jackets in the vain endeavor to grow fast. Miss Emma Thursby, who is now in Eu rope. has contracted severe cold, which has compelled her to cancel her European en- j gagements. She will spepd next winter in Floriia, a part of which time will l>e spent at Blue Spring, with her uncle, L. P. Tmirs by. The steamer Crescent City, of the Beach & Miller line, of Paiatka, has been tempora rily withdrawn from her route and taken to Jacksonville for repairs. During the with drawal of the Crescent City the steamer Georgea will make the former steamer's run and the Mary Draper takes the Georgea's run. A street car company is being organized at Paiatka to construct a line of road, be ginning about where the proposed union depot will be and running down XVater street to Lemon, and out Lemon to the grant line. The money is in sight to build this line, and will he available just as soon as a charter is granted, which has been ap plied for. At Green Cove a daughter of Thomas Scott, mistaking a bottle of magic oil for hair oil, poured it over her head, and soon the scalp and her face was fairly burn ing from the effects of the oil. Mr. Scott took the precaution to rub lard over the head and face of the little sufferer, so that by the time he had reached the doctors office the lard had had the necessary sooth ing effect, and the danger was over. Fisherman Johnson, of Green Cove, made a big haul one day last week opposite Green Cove, and near Florence landing. On pull ing in his net. a fifteen foot alligator and a eleven foot shark were wrapped up in the meshes of the net. stiff in death. These monsters had become entangled, and, in their scuffle to get out, had more and more entangled themselves until they were com pletely wrapped up in the net, when they were drowned. The Seville saloon has been closed by Charleston whisky houses, and the whisky traffic at that place is a thing probably of the past. There has always been at "that place a strong element among the older class to stamp out all prospects of a saloon ever opening there. The efforts of the ladies of that section have been an important factor in preventing the sale of whisky ■there, and through their counter petition, with the help of tne Seville Company, thev came near defeating the petition upon which the present license was granted, and it is hardly possible that another petition, signed by a majority of the electors of that district, will ever be presented again. Green Cove Spring: On a recent inspec tion of the farm of one of our progressive farmers, Mr. J. C. Batten, we had the op portunity of viewing an elegant patch of tobacco, which, by the way, is anew acqui sition to the various crops grown in this vicinity. There were some 300 stalks in the patch referred to, and they stood full 3 feet nigh, with leaves one foot in width by two feet long. The seed were Obtained from North Carolina, and were planted during the month of January. Sir. Batten is familiar with the growth of tobacco, being a native of North Carolina, and he is positive that his tobacco will compare favorably with any he has ever seen, and that the 300 stalks will produce $l5O worth of good tobacco. 8o far he has “wormed” and “suckered” his tobacco but once, which is an item of considerable importance, and but few of the leaves of the plants show signs of attack by the worms. Green Cove Spring: Bee culture, while yet in its infancy in this State, is destined to play an important part in the rank and file of Florida industries. The fact that our forests are alive with swarms of these busy little workers, and that they lay up large stores of sweets in their native haunts, is proof positive that they are here at home, an l that being domesticated they will great ly increase the supply of honey. Some few of our fanners hive “swarms” now and then in the rude old “gum,” and in the early summer “smoke them out” and amply repav themselves with honey for the little trouble they may have had to secure the bees. To show what a source of revenue bees might bring in to the farmer, we might cite the robbing of seven of these hives oy J. C. Batten recently. After reserving a fair allowance of honey for his family, Sir. Batten brought over 100 pounds into mar ket, for wluch he received $23 80—pretty good pay for the trouble of “hiving” the Dees in rough boxes. A year ago no one in Lake Citv dreamed of the establishment of a cigar factory. A few of the sagacious farmers of the vicinity were experimenting with tobacco, but they were generally regarded as visionaries. Mr. Geer especially was denominated the “to bacco crank.” But he eared as little for their contempt then as he does for praise now. vile went straight ahead and succeed ed in developing an intense interest among the people in reference to tobacco culture, which culminated in tho planting of a quantity of tobacco seed, which has produced a mod erately large crop of the “Florida Havana,” of excellent quality when cured. Mr. Geer established his factory last February in the two-story building on the south side of the court house square. There was no demand for Florida cigars; he set to work to develop it. After various discouragements he finally succeeding ill placing his orders on a perma nent basis, and now, he has demands for more than he can supply, and will double his present force within two or three weeks. The Paiatka bridge question has been definitely settled, that is so far as the ter mini part of it is concerned, and is as fol lows: The eastern end will start from a point 200 yards north of Hart’s grove and come directly across the river to a point just north of the present dock of the Jack sonville, Tampa and Key XVest railway. The bridge will have a draw of 230 feet, with a passage on either side of the draw pier of eighty and ninety feet, which will be ample room for tho largest steamers to pass through. There will Tie a wagon drive of seven feet on either side of the bridge. Both the Paiatka and St. Augustine, and the Mt. Johns and Halifax railways will cross the bridge, and were at work Friday surveying routes to the eastern terminus. Gen. Bentley, of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railway, was in Paiatka Friday and looking over the ground, and arrangements are being made for a $30,000 union depot, which will be located near or on the spot occupied by the present passenger depot of the Jacksonville, Tatnpa and Key XVest. The building of the bridge and union depot will lie of much benefit to Paiatka merchants, for about $50,000 will be ex pended there, or near there, in their con struction, and the bulk of that amount will be expended by the laborers on the work. SOUTH CAROLINA. A recent census gives tho jxipulation of Newberry as 3,125. Columbia is getting ready for the free postal delivery system. Aft effort is being made to form a build ing and loan association at Clinton. The total amount of property on the tax hooks in Abbeville county amounts to $5,- 929,381. Efforts are being made to secure sufficient subscriptions to erect a cotton factory at Columbia. Valuable quarries of granite have just been discovered in Waxhaw township, of Lancaster county. Fletcher Mims', late of Reevin', has moved to XValterlsiro, and has established large saw mills near there. A specimen has been found on the lands of •Tames B. Adams, in Edgefield county, that u> supposed tv be vooL The Governor has appointed Willie C. Preston a Commissioner of Deeds for South Carolina at Kansas City, Mo. Iron ore has been discovered in Clarendon county, near the lumber mill of J. A. MC- Lure,"on the Central railroad. James Martin, who recently died in Edge field county at the age of 97, was the last survivor of the war of 1812 in that county. The Southern Christian Advocate, now published at Columbia, Issued a jubilee number on June 21 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment. Anew poet office has been established in Edgefield county to be called Payne's. It is just across the' river opposite Chappell’s. The postmaster is W. XX*. Adams. XV. H. Timmerman has published a letter in the Edgefield Chronicle in which he urges upon the farmers of that county the importance of the establishment of a county agricultural fair. The next regular meeting of the sinking fund commission will be held on the second Tuesday in July, when the bids for the pur chase of the Owemtaw and XVythwood tracts of land will be considered. A. M. Agnew, of the Turkey creek region, is ploughing six milk cows and will make a fine crop. Last year he worked a poor mule and one milt cow. He made enough to do him and SSOO extra which he applied to a debt. Since the contract recently made by the' Town Council of Sumter with a New York house for the construction of water works has collapsed, the Council intends advertis ing in various Northern papers for bids for construction of a plant. A large pond near Thomas Clayton's store, at Buford’s Bridge, the other day was found to be full of dead catfish floating on the surface. It is supposed that the intense heat of the day caused the death of the fish, as the water in the pond was very low. / On June 22 the Railroad Commission ex amined the Palmetto railroad from the North Carolina line to the Pee Dee river op posite Cheraw, a distance of about ten miles. The commission found the road in excellent order and authorized its immediate opera tion. A communication from Sumter in a Co lumbia newspaper a day or two ago an nounced that Attorney General Earle intends to leave South Carolina very soon, and to settle in Birmingham. Ala. Col. Earle au thorizes the statement that this is a very er roneous statement, that he has never enter tained any idea whatever of leaving South Carolina Delegal Griffin, the negro who was con victed of murder at the recent term of the court at Beaufort and sentenced by Judge Hudson to be hanged on July 8, has been respited by the Governor until Aug. 19. A strong petition was sent the Governor, ask ing for a commutation of the sentence. It is claimed that Griffin was too poor to em ploy counsel, and no trouble was taken to obtain his witnesses. The Piedmont Baptist church at Bishop ville. in the upper part of Sumter county, was burned on Saturday night about 11 o’clock.- The entire building, including all the church furniture, was consumed. The loss will amount to about $1,200. It is very certain that the fire was of incendiary origin, as there had been no fire about the place for several days. No clue to the per petrators of the crime has been discovered. Richard Graham, who at 7:13 on Sunday morning last released ten pigeons of the XVashington Homing Club from the top of the agricultural building at Columbia has received a notice of the arrival of eight of the number. The birds were prevented from entering XVashington on Sunday evening by severe tnunder storms, and roosted out o'f the city, arriving at their home at 7 a. m. Monday, making the trip and resting for a night in less than twenty-four hours. At Anderson Napoleon Gaillard, an old colored man, well known in the city, and very highly respected by the white people, not only for his" good moral character, but for his uncompromising fidelity to his mas ter during the war, died there a week ago. Rebekah, his twin sister, said at his burial that after one week she would follow him. Strange euough. yesterday, just one week from the death or Napoleon, Rebekah died. The incident is very greatly exercising the superstitious colored people. At XX'alhalla G. XV. Satlor, a watchman, and J. K. Hunter, a prominent citizen of XVest Union, were arrested Tuesday night and lodged in jail. They are charged with libel, which libel consisted in writing and circulating anonymous letters of the most villainous and vulgar character implicating the best element, both male and female, in XVest Union. The parties are also strongly suspected of being connected with the burn ing on Monday night. Others are also sus pected as being connected with this infa mous proceeding. Developments are looked for at any moment. The town was closely guarded Tuesday night. The Camperdown Mills cotton warehouse at Greenville was burned Tuesday night The building contained 1.034 bales on which there was $45,000 insurance, all in New England factory mutual companies. The house was insured for SIO,OOO, which fully covers the loss. This makes the aggregate loss not less that $55,000. In spite of the com plete sweeping away of the season’s supply Col. Hammett says he will be ready to start up again in two or three days, having se cured by telegraph a lot of 450 bales in At lanta. The purchase was made at an ad vantageous price, and is specially fortunate as it removes the necessity of a long-shut down. Avery small part of tho damaged cotton will be available again. Thursday morning J. L. Hamlin, of Ahbeville, was shot and killed by A. C. and R. Norton at McNeil’s saw mill, Parler’s station, on the Eutawville railroad. Hamlin was hauling lumber, and being caught in the rain went into his house to change his clothes. There R. Norton and himself had words, and Hamlin ordered him out, when Norton drew a pistol and shot him. A. C. Norton then ran and stabbed Hamlin with a large knife. Mr. Wilson, who works at the saw mill, went between tnem and narrowly escaped being killed, as R. Norton shot a second time. Then A. C. Norton turned to his son. saving, “Do not shoot again, Richard!” They both hurried off, Norton, pere, riding a mule. However, they are now under arrest. At Bamberg R. M. Hays lost a valuable horse Monday evening through carelessness. A young man who hud charge of the horse rode into town and hitched it in a narrow passage leading to the stables of T. J. Counts. A short while afterward a negro boy attempted to pas.? through the same alley with a wagon, and succeeded in doing so, nut. scraped the hair off and badly bruised Mr. Hays’ horse in several places. After loading his wagon he attempted to make the return trip, and in doing so Mr. Hays’ animal became entangled In the wagon wheels worse than before, and rearing up, fell aud struck on some part of the wagon, which completely crushed its skull, killing it almost instantly. The boy was taken up and given seventy-five lashes. P. H. Haltiwanger has made complaint before Justice Muller that ‘‘at the Congaree river in Richland county on Jan. 1, 1882, and over since, the South Carolina railway has committed and continued a common and public nuisance by continuing a bridge over the said river anti obstructing and interfer ing with the free navigation thereof by the people of the State.” As it was impossible to arrest, the South Carolina Railway Com pany, Justice Muller had a copy of the original affidavit and arrest warrant served upon Mr. Donald McQueen, the agent of the corporation in Columbia, and the original pa pers will be banded to the solicitor tone acted upon at the next term of court. The ob ject of the complaint is to have a draw bridge placed in the railway bridge, so as to allow steamers to pass up and down the Congaree. Since the improvement of the Santee river system by the general govern ment has been going on, it ha* licooine prac ticable for steamers to ascend the Santee, and to proceed up the Congaree us far as the bridm. If a draw shall be placed in the bridge navigation can be extended to Granby, just below Columbia. It is be lieved that the complaint ha* been made at the Instance vf steamboat owners Id Charles ton. SHIPPING. OCL\N STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR New York, Boston and Philadelphia. PASSAGE TO NEW YORK. CABIN ; S3O ft) EXCURSION 82 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO BOSTON. CABIN S3O 00 EXCURSION 33 00 BTEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (via New York). CABIN $22 50 EXCURSION 36 00 STEERAGE 12 50 THE magnificent steamships of these lines are appointed to sail as follows—standard time: TO NEW YORK. CITY OF SAVANNAH. Capt. F. Smith, TUES DAY, June 28, at 11.30 a. m. CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. J. W. Catharine, FRIDAY. July 1. at 2:30 r. M. CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt H. C. Daggett, SUNDAY, July 3, at 4 p. *. TALLAHASSEE, Capt. W. H. Fisher, TUES DAY, July 5. at 6 p. m. | TO BOSTON. GATE CITY, Capt. D. Hedge, THURSDAY, June 30, at 2 p. m. CITY OF MACON, Capt. W. Kellet, THURS DAY, July 7, at 7:30 p. M. •TO PHILADELPHIA. [FOR FREIGHT OXLT.I DESSOUG. Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY, July 2, at 3:30 p. M. JUNIATA, Capt. S. L. Askixs, SATURDAY, July 9, at 9 a. st Through bills of lading given to Eastern and Northwestern points and to porta 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. For Baltimore. CABIN sl2 50 SECOND CABIN 10 00 THE STEAMSHIPS of this Company are ap pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti more as follows —city time: • GEORGE APPOLD. Capt. Billcps, TUESDAY, June 2S, at 2:00 p. m. WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Sxow, MONDAY, July 4, at 5:00 p. m. GEORGE APPOLD. Capt. Billcps, SATUR DAY, July 9, at 10 a. m. WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Ssow, THURSDAY, July 14, at 3 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. JAB. B. WEST * CO., Agents, SEA ISLAND ROU TE. Steamer St. Nicholas. Capt. M. P. USINA, WILL LEAVE Savannah from wharf foot of Tf Lincoln street for DOBOY, DARIEN, BRUNSWICK and FKRNANDJNA. every TUES DAY and FRIDAY at 6 p. m., city time, con necting at Savannah with New York, Philadel phia, Boston and Baltimore steamers, at Ker nandina with rail for Jacksonville and all points in Florida, and at Brunswick with steamer for Satilla river. Freight received to within half hour of boat's departure. Freight not signed for 24 hours after arrival will be at risk of consignee. Tickets on wharf and boat. C. WILLIAMS, Agent. For Augusta and Way Landings. From JUNE oth until further notice the STEAMER ETHEL, Capt. W. T. GIBSON, Will leave Cor AUGUSTA and WAY LANDINGS Every Monday at 0 P. NX. Returning, arrive at Savannah SATURDAY at 8 r. M. W. T. GIBSON. Manager. PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE West, Havana. 8 EM I-WEEKLY. BOUND. Lv TamflHgViay and Thursday 9:30 p, m. Ar K* y SJAL i<-sday and Friday 4 p. m. Ar HavflVfr' ." 'lav and .Saturday 6a. m. ■Rh >RTII BOUND. Lv and Saturday noon. Lv Key \TOE Wednesday and Saturday 10 p.m. Ar Tampa Thursday and Sunday 6 p. m. Connecting at Tampa with West India Fast Train to and from Northern and Eastern citioa. For stateroom accommodations apply to City Ticket Offices.. F. & W. R'y, Jacksonville, or Agent Plant Steamship IJne, Tampa. C. D. OWENS, frame Manager. H. 8. HAINES, General Manager. _ Mat *■ liwr - Compagnie Generale I ransatlantique —French Line to Havre. BETWEEN New York and Havre, from pier No. 42, N. R.. foot of Morton street. Trav elers by this line avoid both transit by English railway and tjie discomfort of crossing the Channel in a small boat. Special train leaving the Company's dock at Havre direct for Parts on arrival of steamers. Baggage checked at New York through to Paris. LA GASCOGNE, Sahtklli, SATURDAY, July 2, 8 p. m. I,A NORMANDIE, Db Kirsabibc SATUR DAY, July 9. 8 a m LA BRETAGNE, D Jot’MßLtw, SATURDAY, July 18. 2 p. m. LA BOURGOGNE, Faanokul, SATURDAY July 23. 7 a. m. PRICE OF PASSAGE (including wine): TO HAVRE—First Cabin, $120,>100 and $80; Second Cabin. S6O; Steerage from New York to Havre, $25: Steerage from New York to Paris, S2B; including win*, lidding and utensils. LOUIS DE BEUIAN, Agent, 3 Bowling Green, foot of Broadway, New York. • or .v cp- Agents tar b*v*unAh. RAILROADS. SCHEDULL CENTRAL RAILROAD. Savannah, Ga.. June 19, 1887. ON and after this date Passenger Trains will run daily unless marked +, which are daily, except Sunday. The standard time, by which these trains run, is 36 minutes slower than Savannah city time: No. 1. No. 3. No. 5. No. 7. Lv Savannah. .7:00 am 8:20 pm 5:15 pm 5:40 pm Ar Guyton 6:40 pm Ar Millen 9:40 am 11:03 pm 7:30 pm 8:45 pm Ar Augusta..tl:4s pm 7:15 am 9:35 pm Ar Macon 1:30 pm 3:20 am Ar Atlanta 5:30 pm 7:30 am Ar Columbus .9:80 pm 2:45 pm a— Ar Montg'ry. .7:26 am 7:09 pm Ar Eufaula . .4:33 am 3:50 pm Ar Albany. .10:00 pm 2:45 pm Train No. 5* leaves Savannah 2:00 p. m,; ar rives Guyton 3:00 p. m. Passengers for Sylvania. WrightsviUe, Mil ledgeville and Eatonton should take 7:00 a. m. train. Passengers for Thomaston. Carrollton. Perry, Fort Games, Talbotton, 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 pm 6:00 am Lv Macon .10:35 am 10:50 pm Lv Atlanta.. 6:3oam 6:sopm LvColumbus 11:00 pm 12:45 pm Lv Montg’i-y. 7:25 pm 7:40 am Lv Eufaula .10:18 pm 10:49 am Lv Albany.. s:o6am 11:55am Lv Millen 2:28 pm 3:10 am 8:00 am 5:20 am Lv Guyton . 4:03 pm s:olam 9:27 am 6:55 am Ar Savannah 5:00 pm 6:15 am 10:30 am 8:05 am Train No. 10+ leaves Guyton 3:10 p. m.; arrives Savannah 4:25 p. m. Sleeping cars on 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 oft 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 will stop on signal at stations be tween Savannah and Jlillen to take on passen gers for Augusta or points on Augusta branch. Train No. 6 will stop between 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 car berths on sale at City Office, No. 30 Bull street, and Depot Office 30 minutes before departure of each train. J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD, •Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia R.R. GEORGIA DIVISION. The Quickest and Shortest Line | BETWEEN Savannah & Atlanta. COMMENCING June 12, 1887, the following 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 a m 1:30 p m 8:45 p m Ar Jesup 8:42 am 3:20 pm 1:05 am Lv Jesup 3:35 pm 8:30 am Ar Brunswick 5:35 pm 6:00 am Lv jesup 10:30am 10:51pm Ar Eastman 2:00 pm 1:56 am Ar Cochran 2:40 pm 2:30 am Ar Hawkinsvilie. 3:30 pm 12:00 noon Lv HawkinsviUe . . 10:15 a m 1:35 pm Ar Macon 4:05 pm 3:50 am Lv Macon 4:20 p m 3:55 a m Ar Atlanta ,7:45 pm 7:20 am Lv Atlanta 12:20 pm 7:35 am Ar Rome 3:28 p m 10:40 a m Ar Dalton 4:58 pm 12:08 n n Ar Chattanooga 6:25 pm 1:33 p m Lv Chattanooga... 9:3oam 9.20 pm Ar Knoxville I:sopm 1:10am Ar Bristol 7:35 pm 5:45 am Ar Roanoke 2:15a m 12:45 p m Ar Natural Bridge. 3:54 a m 2:29 pm Ar Waynesboro ... 6:20 am 4:20 pm At Lunay 7:50 am 6:13 pm Ar Sbenando'J'n. .10:53 a m 9:85 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 9:35 p m 7:00 am . Lv Hagerstown 12:50noon Ar Baltimore 3:45 p m Ar Philadelphia... 7:49 pm Ar New York 10:® p m Lv Roanoke 2:20 am 18:30 noon Ar Lynchburg.. .. 4:30 am 2:30 pm Ar Washington 12:00noon 9:40 pm Ar Baltimore 1:27 pm 11:® pm Ar Philadelphia . 3:47 pm 3:00 am Ar New York 6:35 pm 6:20 am Lv Lynchburg 6:lsam 3:® pm Arßurkville 9:20 am 5:27 pm Ar Petersburg 11:10am 7:lspm Ar Norfolk 2:25 pm 10:00 p in Via Memphis and Charleeton R. R. Lv Chattanooga. .. 9:25 am 7:10 pm Ar Memphis 9:15 pm 6:10 am Ar Little Rock 7:10 am 12:® p m K. C., F. 8. and G. B-R Lv Memphis 10:45 am Ar Kansas City 8:20 am Via Cin. So. R’v. Lv Chattanooga... B:4oam . :10 pm Ar. Louisville 6:45 pm 6:30 ain Ar Cincinnati 7:00 pm 6:50 am Ar Chioago 6:50 am 6:50 pm Ar St. Louis 7:45 am 6:40 pm Pullman sleepers leave as follows: jesup at 10:51 p m for Chattanooga, Atlanta at 4:80 p m, for Knoxville. Rome at 4:05 p m, for Washing ton via Lynchburg; Chattanooga at 9:31 p m, and at 9::i) a m for Washington via Lynchburg; Chattanooga at 7:10 p m for Little Rock; Bruns wick at 8:30 p m for Atlanta. B. W. WRENN, G. P. & T. A., Knoxville, Tenn. L. J. ELLIS. A. Q. P. A., Atlanta. Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos. Ci ONNECTIONS made at Savannah with Sa l vanaah, Florida and Western Railway. Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand ard time (90th meridian), which is 36 minutes slower than city time. NORTHWARD. No. 14* 38+ 66* 78* LvSav'h .12:26 pm 4:00 pm 6:45 a m 8:23 p m Ar August* 12:80 pm Ar Beaufort 6:08 p m 10:15 am Ar P. Royal 6:20 pm 10:30 am Ar Al’dale.. 7:40 p m 8:15 pm 10:20 a m Ar Cha’ston 4:43 p m 9:30 p m 11:40 a m 1:25 a m SOUTHWARD. 38* ®* 87* Lv Cha'ston 7:loam 3:® pm 4:00 am Lv Augusta 12:85 pm Lv Al'dale.. s:loam 8:07 pm Lv P. Royal. 7:00 am 2:00 pm Lv Beaufort 7:12 ain 2:15 pm . ... Ar Sav'h.,. .10:15 a m 6:53 pm 6: II am •Daily between Savannah and Charleston. tSundays only. Train No. 78 makes no connection with Port Royal and Augusta Railway, and stops only at Ridgeland, Green Pouil ana Ravenel. Train 14 stops only at Yemassee and Green Pond, and connect* for Beaufort and Port Royal daily, and for Allendale daily, except Sunday. Tmins ® and 66 connect from and for Beaufort and Port Royal dally. For tickets, sleeping car reservations and all other information apply to WM. BREN, Stieclal Ticket Agent, 22 Bull street, and at ( harlcston and Savannah railway ticket office at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway depot. C. S. GADSDEN, Hupt. Jens 9, 1887. ROOD PRODUCTS. FOREST CITY MILLS. Prepared Stock Food for Horses, Mules, Milch Cows and Oxen. Made out of pure grain. Guaranteed Sweet and Nutritious. Bond,Haynes&Elton RAILROADS. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway [All trains on this road are run by Central Standard Time.] * Time card in effect june 19, iss? Passenger trains on this road will run daiij as follows: 1 WEST INDIA PAST MAIL. READ DOWN. READ 7:o6am Lv Savannah. Ar 12:06pn 12:30pm Lv Jacksonville Lv 7:ooam 4:4opm Lv Sanford Lv I:lsam 9:oopm Ar Tampa Lv B.oopm PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. 5SS 7 p"£} 1....i™*... n JSS-r (©•• Ar.. Havana.. L- \£“ *•< s*t amt ( Sat.. nooo Pullman buffet cars to and from New Yorlt and Tampa. NEW ORLEANS EXPP.ESS. 7:06 am Lv Savannah Ar 7:58 pn, 8:42 am Lv Jesup Ar 6:16 nm 9:50a m Ar Waycross Lv s:® pm 11:26 a m Ar Callahan. Lv 2:47 12:00noonAr Jacksonville Lv 2:® p m 7: 00 am Lv Jacksonville Ar 7:45 p m 10:15am Lv Waycross Ar 4:4opm 12:04 p m Lv Valdosta Lv 2:56 p m 12:34 pmLv Quitman Lv 2:28 pm 1:28 pm Ar Thomasville... Lv 1:45 pm 3:35 pm Ar Bainbridge Lv 11:25 ain 4:04 pm Ar... Chattahoochee Lv 11:30 a m Pullman 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:® p m 3:20 pm Lv Jesup Lv 10:32 am 4:40 p m Ar. .. .. Waycross Lv 9:33 a m 7:45 p m Ar Jacksonville Lv 7:00 anj 4:15 p m Lv . Jacksonville Ar 9:45 a m 7:20 p m Lv Waycross Ar 6:® a m _B|Bl p m Ar Dupont Lv s:3oam 3:® p m Lv Lake City Ar 10:45 am 3:45 pm Lv Gainesville Ar 10:80 am 6:® p m Lv Live Oak Ar 7:10 a m B:4opm Lv Dupont Ar 5:25am 10:55 pm Ar Thomasville Lv 3:® a m I:22am Ar Albany Lv I:2sam Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonvills and St. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Monb gomery and Nashville. ALBANY EXPRESS. 7:35 pm Lr Savannah Ar 6:10 am 10:05 pm Lv Jesup Lv 3:15 am 12:40 am Ar Waycross Lv I2:loara 5:30 am Ar Jacksonville Lv 9:00 pjn 9:00 p m Lv . . Jacksonville Ar 5:30 am 1:® a m Lv Waycross Ar 11:30 p m 2:30 am Ar Dupont Lv 10:® p m 7:loam Ar—"..Live Oak Lv 6:55pm 10:30am Ar. Gainesville Lv 3:46 pm 10:45 a m Ar Lake City Lv 8:25 p m 2:55 a m Lv Dupont Ar 9:® p m 0:30 a m Ar Thomasville Lv 7:® p m 11:40am Ar Albany Lv 4:oopm Stops at all regular stations. Pullman sleeping cars to and from Jacksonville and Sa vannah. THOMASVILLE EXPRESS. 6:® a m Lv waycross Ar 7:® p m 10:25 a mAr Thomasville. Lv 2:15 pm Stops at all regular and flag stations. JESUP EXPRESS. 3:45 pm Lv Savannah Ar 8:30 a a 6:10 p mAr Jesup Lv 5:25 am Stops at all regular and flag stations. CONNECTIONS. At Savannah for Charleston at 6:45 a m. (an rive Augusta via Yemassee at 12:® p m). 12:9# P m and 8:23 pm: for Augusta and Atlanta a# 7:® am, 5:15 p m and 8:® pm: with steamships for New York Sunday, Tuesday and Friday; for Boston Thursday: for Baltimore every fifth day. At JESUP for Brunswick at 3:30 a m and 3:35 pm; for Macon 10:30a m and 11:07 pm. At WAYCROSS for Brunswick at 10:00 a m and s:® p m. At CALLAHAN for Femandina at 2:47 p ra; for Waldo, Cedar Key. Ocala, etc . at 11:27 a m. At LIVE OAK for Madison, Tallahassee, etc., at i0:56 a m and 7:30 p m. At GAINESVILLE for (Ocala, Tavares, Brook* vilie and Tamna at 10:55 am. 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! Central Standard! Time. ON and after MONDAY. June 18 1887, train* will arrive and leave as follows: ♦Daily. +Daiiy except Sundays, (Daily ex> cept Mondays. LIMITED WEST INDIA FAST MAIL. Leave Jacksonville (J., T and K. W.) *12:30 p m. Sanford 4: 40p in; arrive Tampa 9:00 p m. Returning leave Tampa 8:® pm, Sanford l:®ain; arrive Jacksonville (J.,T. and K W.) 6:30 a m. WAY TRAINS. Leave Sar.ford for Tampa and way stations t3 8:40 a H Arrive at Tampa +i 1:35 pm Returning leave Tampa at +! 9:® am Arrive at Sanford tj 1:45 pm Leave Sanford for Kissim mee and way stations at.+lo:3oam and s:® pm Arrive at Kissimmee at ..t l:2opmand7:®pro Returning leave Kissimmee +6:® a m and 2:15 p m Arrive at Sanford tß:2oamands:® paf +(Steamboat Express. BARTOW BRANCH. Lv Bartow Junction.. .+11:45 a m and * 7:4opm Ar Bartow 12:® pm and 6:40 pm Returning Lv Bartow..+ 9:30 a m and * 6:® 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 am Arrive at Pemberton Ferry at 9:50 a m •Returning leave Pemberton Ferry at. s:® p m Arrive at Bartow at 8:® p m (Leave Pemberton Ferry 7:® a ra Arrive Bartow 11:30am i Leave Bartow 12:40 p ra Arrive Pemberton Ferry 4:50 p in SANFORD AND INDIAN RIVER R. R. Leave Sanford for Lake Charm te* way stations s:®pm Arrive Lake Charm 7:15 p m Returning— Leave Lake Charm 6:30 a m Arrives at Sanford 8:® a m SPECIAL CONNECTIONS. Connects at Sanford with the Sanford and 1 Indian River Railroad for Oviedo and points on Lake Jesup, with the People's Line and Deßary Line of steamers, and J. T. and K. W. Ry. fot Jacksonville and all intermsdiate points on ths St. John'c river, and with steamers for Indian river and the Upper St. John's. At Kissimmee with steamers for Forts Myers 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 tot Fort Meade and points South. STEAMSHIP CONNECTIONS. Connects at Tu.mpa with steamer “Margaret' 1 for Palma Sola, Braidentown, Palmetto, 'Laua tee and all points on Hillsborough and Tamp* Bays. Also, with the elegant mail steamships “Mas cotte" and “Olivette," of the Plant Steamship Cos., for Key West and Havana. Through tickets told at all regular stations to points North, East and West. Baggage checked through. Passrugers for Havana can leave Sanford on limited West India Fast Mail train at 4:40 p Tuesday, Thursday und Saturday, connecting same evening with steamer at Tampa. WILBUR McCOY, General Freight and Ticket Agent. suburban' RAILWAY.’ City and Suburban Railway. Savak.nah, Ga., May 31. 1887. ON and after WEDNESDAY, June Ist, the following schedule will be run on the Out side Line: LEAVE I AKRIVE LEAVE ISLE I LEAVE CITY. | CITY. or HOPE. HONTOOHERI *7:® 6:50 6:25 10:26 8:40 8:15 7:80 **3:25 2;® 1:60 LOO _ +7:15 6:40 ffil-5 8 45 There will be no early train from Isle of Hops on Sunday morning. . ♦For Montgomery only. Passengers for Isle of Hope go via Montgomery without extra charge. This train affords parents a cheap ex cursion before breakfast for young children with nurses. ••This 3:28 p. g. train last out of city Sunday aft< ■moon. +On Saturdays this train leaves city at 7:45 pm. , J. H. JOHNSTON^ r PO COUNTY OFFICERS*- Books and Blanks JL required by county officers for the use oi the courts, or tor office use. supplied to orderM the MORNING NEWS PRINTING HOU&ie * Whitaker street, Savannah.