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GEORGIA ASP FLORIDA.
NEWS OP THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
DubUn< Tipplers Make Things Lively
During Their Saturday Night Orgies
—A Negro Boy Killed by the
Cars Near Sunr.y Side—Judge Loch
rane's Will Believed to be in His
Brother’s Keeping in Ireland.
GEORGIA.
Lumber is being put on the ground for
the new hotel at Abbeville.
About 2,400 voters have registered at
Rome for the corning election.
The line is being surveyed for the new
•treet ear Un#exU>nsion in East Rome.
Up to this writing the crop outlook in
Columbia county is unusually promising.
Many of the old fanners say that the
crop outlook in Liberty never was better.
A slight rise in the river has enabled the
steamer Ada to resume her schedulo from
Albany.
At Macon Tuesday Barkley, the counter
feiter, was sentenced to four years in tho
penitentiary.
Joseph Thorpe was acquitted of arson at
Macon Monday. He was charged with
firing M. Elkan's store.
Henry S. Feagin. of the eastern portion of
this county, has four acres in cotton that
will average three feet in height.
On the third Saturday In July Macon will
vote on the question of making a five-year
contract with the gas and water company.
At Blakely, Saturday, fire destroyed the
residence belonging to Nathan. Spivev’s
children, of Quitman county, and occupied
by" Bev. R. B. Taylor.
George Robinson, who is Treasurer of the
colored order of Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of Sandersville, is said to be a de
faulter in tho sum of SSO.
At Aldington the store of B. F. Jones, a
merchant, was entered by burglars on last
Friday night and i-oblied of about S2OO
worth of general merchandise.
Them are great beds of tale on the plan
tation of Capt.. T. F. Newell, lying just out
of Millodgeville, on the west and near to
the Centi-al and also Macon ami Augusta
railroads.
At the regular meeting of the Grovetowu
Baptist church on Saturday last $065 were
subscribed towai-d the erection of a now
house of worship. This is a good start, when
it is remembered that the above amount
was pledged by six membors.
Hon D. N. Smith, State Senator from the
Twenty-fifth Senatorial district, died at his
home, near 4vey, Tuesday morning at 9
o’clock. He had suffered many days from a
severe attack of typhoid fever. Senator
Smith was in the prime of his life, and was
one of the most prominent young legislators
in the State.
Raccoon Manufacturing Company have
purchased all the machinery of the Bartow
cotton mills, located at Adairsville. There
are 56 looms, IS cards, 13 spinning frames,
1,888 spindles, and ail necessary shafting
belting, in fact everything complete. This
lot of machinery will fill Raccoon and
double its capacity.
George King, who lives near ' Buokhead
several miles from Atlanta, and who was
bitten by a rattlesnake, is suffering most
horrible agonies. He is delirious and is
affected very much like a person with hydro
phobia. At times it takes two men to hold
him in bed. His right leg is greatly swollen.
and his whole right side is affected by the
poison.
At a meeting of tho citizens of Forsyth
Monday the question of the advisability of
extending the city limits to one mile fi-oni
.the court house instead of half a mile, as at
present, and of establishing a free school
system was discussed. Upon motion of A.
W. Bramblett, which was carried, Maj. J.
R. Banks was instructed to have a notice
grepared to that effect, and have it pub-
J. T. Duncan’s barn, at Dublin, was
destroyed by fire Sunday. The barn, con
taining more than 300 bushels of com and
several thousand pounds of fodder, burned
to the ground, and with all its contents is a
complete loss, there being no insurance.
The other smaller buildiugs in - the barn
yard were burned also, with the exception
of one crib, in which was stored this year's
oat crop.
At the last meeting of the Fulton County
Confederate Veterans Association a resolu
tion was adopted appointing a committee to
wait upon Gov. Gordon and request him to
attend the next meeting, to be held on the
evening of the third Monday in July, and
five the Vets a talk. The committee
aving performed its duty make the pleas
ant announcement that t.ho Governor has
consented to be present.
Treasurer Hardeman, Secretary of State
Barnett, Principal Kee|>er Towers, the
Attorney General and the School Commis
sioner will not ask the Assembly to pass
any laws for their benefit. Comptroller
General Wright will, in all probability,
urge the passage of a bill which defines more
clearly the duties of tho Insurance Com
missioner, which office he holds by virtue of
his position as Comptroller General.
Capt. R. E. Park, of Macon, has just re
ceived a letter from New Yorf stating that
a cargo of blooded Shetland ponies wall ar
rive at that port on July 28, imported direct
from the Marquis of I/mdonderry’s estates
in the Shetland Islands. Capt. Park thinks
of ruuning up there to examine the stock.
He has been very successful in breeding
these ponies cat his stock farm at Holton,
and is rapidly introducing them in Middle
Georgia.
The LaQrange Female College is on a
boom. Tlie trustees have guaranteed $lO,-
000, and will erect an annex to the boarding
department, thereby giving ample accom
modations for 100 boardel-s. The college
building* already erected will also be much
Improved and beautified. Water works and
other conveniences will be added. Work
begins at once, and everything will be com
pleted for the fall session, which opens
&pt 21.
Monday morning two mulatto women
boarded the East Tennessee, Virginia end
Georgia southlwund passenger train, from
Atlanta, and instead of taking seats in the
car assigned to colons! people, they seated
themselves in the ladies’ car. This 'crested
quite a commotion among the white occu
pants of the car and a great deal of indig
nation was expressed. Threat* to put them
off were freely indulged in, but were not
carried out.
Judge John T. Duncan, Ordinary of
Laurens county, lost his bam and stables
Monday morning at 2 o’clock by fire. The best
opinion is that it was the work of an in
cendiary, There are no suspects as yet. No
insurance. The less will aggregate several
hundred dollanf. All of his com, fodder
and oat crop, just harvested, was consumed,
and it was with great difficulty that his
horses anti mules were rescued from the
burning building.
John Tumor, a young white man in the
employ of Padgett, Graham & Doit*, mot
with a painful accident at Home Monday.
Ho was on a scaffold prying soma rafters,
iphen the crowbar ahpiied from liis hand
and knockol him off. The distance to the
£ round wa* eighteen font. Turner fell on
is feet, which resulted in the breaking of
both honee of Ilia left leg just above the
aukle. and his right foot and leg were con
siderably bruised.
Sunday night Milledgeville was disturbed
by a negro by the name of Butler, who was
an inmate of the asylum some ten yearn
•go When discharged h found employ
ment in the city. Up to Sunday night he
proved to be a sane man and a good worker.
He jwraded Liberty street using profane
language, singing, and throwing stones at
house*. He entered several yards and made
the dog* stand buck, but did but little
to the premises. The Chief of
Police was notified, and succeeded in arrest
ng the lunatic.
It now reems that the dream of the people
of Romo for the past several years for a big
i is about to be realized. Monday
afternoon the who have inter
ested themselves-in met to talk
it over, and the satisfac
tory to all concerned. The sum of $85,000
has already been secured and $12,000 or
$15,000 more are in sight. The hotel will
probably be built on tho southwest corner
of Kuwaiti and Court streets. It will front
174 feet on Howard street and 00 feet on
Court street. It is hoped that tho money
will be raised and tho (lift broken within
fifteen days.
Elgin Lochrnne savs lie lias not been able
yet to find his father’s will, if one was left.
It is reported that I adore he died Judge
Loch rone, said the will would be forthcom
ing in due season. Last May Ferdinand
Loohrane, of Armagh, Ireland, paid a visit
to Judge i/x-hrane in Atlanta. He spent
some time here with his brother, not leaving
for the Emerald Isle until May 20. It is
now believed that Ferdinand Loebraneto >k
the will with him on his departure and that
he now has it. Several persons who were
closely associated with the Judge are con
vinced that the will is in the brother’s pos
session, and that in a short time he will
make it known.
The Piedmont Exposition lias thus far re
ceived applications for over 100,000 square
feet of floor space. This exceeds the space
in the main hall by 15.000 square feet, and
to meet the demands the architects are now
preparing plans for another building,
500x90 feet, to l>o used for machinery and
agricultural displays. The neve building
will lie of the same general design as the
main building, with extension ends and cen
tres. Three hundred hands are now at work,
and matters are moving along rapidly and
satisfactorily. The track will be completed
in about two weeks. The main building will
lie ready within four weeks, and by
Sept. 15, at the latest, all will be in readi
ness.
Sunny Side was the scene of a horrible
acccident Monday, in which Snow Prothro
lost his life. When the 11:30 train pulled
out for Atlanta, Snow Prothro and John
Taylor, two colored youths aged about
fourteen, crawled up on the front trucks of
the rear coach. Their feat was witnessed
by several, all of whom were astonished by
such a display of recklessness. It was the
intention of the two hoys to ride to Atlanta.
As the train was rolling into Sunny Side
Prothro attempted to jump off, when, it is
supposed, he lost his footing and fell ob
liquely across the track, the wheels crush
ing across both legs, cutting off the left one
just below the knee, and the right one about
four inches above the knee. He died about
5 o’clock.
The question of establishing by local tax
ation a public school for Covington is being
agitated at this time, and a meeting of tho
citizens was held Monday to consider the
matter. As the establishment of the school
will largely depend on the question as to
whether or not the city can secure the use of
the buildings of the Georgia Methodist Fe
male College, the only action taken was to
appoint a committee to confer witii the
trustees of that institution with a view to
ascertaining whether the North Georgia
Conference (which controls the institution)
would grant to the city the use of the col
lege buildings in the "event that a public
school should be established. It seems that
a large majority of the citizens favor the
establishment of the school.
St. Simon's Mills had her second fire last
Saturday evening. The fire occurred in
what is known as the “old hoarding house”
—it ip the original Cooper residence. The
fire communicated from that, building to
tho company’s office near by, burning that
also. The origin of the fire is not known.
It seems that the occupants of the house,
Mr. and Mrs. Wynne, had a few hours be
fore built some fires in the different chim
neys of the house to dry out tho dampness.
At the time of the fire they were over at a
neighbor’s, near by. When the fire was
discovered the whole inside of the house was
envelojied in flame and smoke, so that noth
ing could be saved. Rev. Mr. Wynna lost
his entire library—valued at SI,OOO. He has
been gathering it for several years.
Wayei'oss Reporter: Some time since a
young fellow of Waycross was very much
frieved at the way his girl treated him.
'hey were to take a drive one afternoon,
and our friend was or hand with tho best
turnout lie could secure. Just liefore get
ting into the buggy, however, the manner
of his girl changed from that of kindness
and affection to icy-coldness, and positively
refused to accompany the young man. As
she made no explanation of her strange ac
tions, he was nonplussed and can’t under
stand it yet. But we have got into the se
cret at last and are prepared to toll him.
He had. accidentally or otherwise, allowed
a rod hair to blow on to his coat and cling
there. His girl’s hair is block,and you know
how the dear girls are about such things.
Now, maybe if he can explain how that
troublesome red hair came to bo on his coat,
they will make up and peace will again
reign in Warsaw.
Sandersville is .a prohibition town by a
largo majority. Tlie Mayor has had but one
or two cases of drunkenness to dispose of
sinee February. The town has been a model
in the way of order and easy-going. Many
of its citizens stored away some of the ar
dent for family use, and snake bites and ac
cident. A doctor had hid away some fine
old Cognac l irandy for medical use, where
he supposed no one would find it save him
self. It was hidden in an outhouse. The other
morning same five or six bore of tender
yeais were playing hide and seek, and dur
ing the play one of the boys hid in the box
where tlie brandy was hid. lie gave the
alarm. They proceeded to divide out the
hidden but found treasure. One boy 6 vears
of age soon began to show unmistakable
signs of drunkenness. He was assisted to
tiie house by two of his comrades of the
same age. His parents, of course, were
greatly excited. 110 could not lie drunk be
cause there was no whisky in town! He re
covered.
At Dublin Saturday night another in
stance of almost unexampled drunken law
lessness and open defiance of the town
authorities and common law was given
upon the streets. Such exhibitions are
becoming far more frequent than pleasant
of late, and may vet result in serious
trouble. Tho disturbance Saturday night
grew out of an attempt on the part of the
town marshal to arrest an individual from
tho'country, who was making himself very
obnoxious by swaggering, millying and
swearing. The attempted airest was resisted
by tlie inebriated party and his
friends, and it was with difficulty
that serious trouble was averted.
It is said tliat during the disturbance one
young man, liuving been deputized to assist
in quelling the commotion, armed himself
witti a double-barreled shotgun, loaded
with buckshot, pud paraded tho streets, de
manding a countersign from everyone who
passed, and even stopping the Mayor
and tho Marshal.
At Griffin Monday K. L. Snider, a mer
chant, shot at Charles Wolf, McFarland,
Boyles & Co.’s butcher. Tho shooting caused
quit* a little breeze of excitement, which,
however, soon passed over. Tile cause of
the difficulty, as stated by the participants,
is as wide apart as tho two poles. Snider
says that he approached Wolf aliout a busi
ness matter, when Wolf begun to curse and
abuse him; that he then came back to his
store and got his pistol and went liaok,
wkei’etlpnq Wolf approached him and struck
him will) an ax-handle. He then shot at
him. lie was stmek again with a door bar,
and he fired the second time. Both shots
went wide of tho mark and buried theui
selvua iu the coiling of the store. Wolf
claims that tinkler came into the store where
he was staying and without any provocation
liegan shooting at him. After he fired tho
first shot he struck linn with a little stick.
He say* he had had no troublo with Snider,
and is at a loss to know why ho should have
been attockod in such a Violent manner.
Both parties are under arrest.
A boiler explosion occurred at Andy
Hudson’s, at Harmony Grove, Monday. J.
A. Sugar's engine and separator were at Mr.
Hudson's threshing wheat and G. B. White
bead was in charge of both. The engine
was a tt-horse power engine, and when the
boiler exploded hud on 108 pound* of steam.
The force of the escaping steam blow the
engine sixty-five yards in the air. It was
blowu over tue separator and oue corner of
THE MORNING NEWS: THURMAY. JUNE 30. 1887.
the stable. G. B. Whitehead was killed in
stantly. His body was blown over the sta
ble. and his hear! was found in a
field forty yards from where he
was standing. When struck his
brains, lungs and entrails were scattered far
and near. His heart has not yet been found.
Four others were seriously injured by the
explosion. Frank Whitehead’s left arm was
broken, and he was otherwise considerably
bruised up. Bud Whitehead was badly
scalded from the waist downward. Fred
Hammond’s left foot was badly mashed.
Larry Hudson's right side was considerably
bruised, ami one or two ribs fractured.
Besides these, several others were more or
loss injured.
Dr. H. S. Lucas, who has for several
years been successfully operating the Lfurel
creek corundum mines at Fine Mountain, in
the eastern part of Rabun county, has very
suddenly stopped all his works. The
doctor has for some time been running a
general store to pay his hands. He lias been
running a force of from sixty to seventy
five hands regularly. A few days since the
hands waited on the doctor and informed
him that unless he paid them one-half cash
for their labor they would not work any
longer, which lie refused to do, and has or
dered the hands to vacate his houses at
once. He is packing everything up and
moving to another mine which is operating
in Macon county, North Carolina, so the
mines are, stopped for the present, at least.
This will be a heavy blow to a great many,
as they will he entirely out of employment.
The hands are citizens of the surrounding
country, who are not making any crops, and
of course, it is too late to pitch a crop now
for this year. The doctor says that more
than half the hands are in debt to him more
or leas, that he was hoping that during this
year they would, most of them, catch ,up
and support their families.
An accident occurred on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad about
11 o’clock Saturday night near Ooltewah
Junction, by winch considerable damage
was done and five men came near losing
their lives. Freight train No. 26, east
bound, left Chattanooga at 8 o’clock Satur
day night, and when it reached Tyner’s it
ran in on the side track to allow the east
bound passenger train to pass. The freight
train followed the passenger, and when near
Summit was reached the freight did not
stop to allow passenger train No. 11 for At
lanta to pass, as it should have done. The
freight men believed they could reach Oolte
wab Junction ahead of the passenger, but
they soon found out their mistake. When
within a half mile of Ooltewah the flying
passenger train overtook the freight, and
ran into the caboose with terrific force. A
negro brakeman in the caboose happened to
be loooking out and saw' the approaching
train He quickly awoke four men, ana
they all ascajied before the caboose was tole
-Bco{>e;i. All of them would have been killed
but for the negro’s timely discovery, as the
caboose was torn to splinters, as was also a
box car. The engine was also badly dam
aged, but no one on the passenger train was
injured Two of the freight train crew
were very severely burned. The track was
cleared early Sunday morning, and all trains
resumed schedules.
FLORIDA.
Bartow w'ants a national hank.
A number of new dwellings are soon to be
erected at Trabue.
An Ocala sunflower is thirty-five inches
in circumference.
Nearly every town in the State will cele
brate the Fourth of July.
Dozier & Bickers have closed out their
business in Bartow and will return to
Georgia.
Bay trees that were planted ont on Ox
ford streets on Arbor day now have beauti
ful blooms.
The court house at Brooksville is being
moved gradually toward the centre of the
public square.
The Governor has remitted the whole of
the fine against John A. Freese, of San An
tonio, amounting to S9OO.
The Seminole Indians had their green
corn dance last week, and rejoiced greatly
over their bounteous harvest.
The receipts of the custom house at Key
West last week were the largest of any
week for a long time—s23,ooo.
George R. Schultz will add ten or twelve
rooms to his Tarpon Hotel, at Punta Rassa,
in time for the fall and winter travel.
The firm of Boully & Wilhelm at Arcadia
lias been dissolved by the withdrawal of the
former, who is succeeded by Dr. Medlin.
Shipping watermelons is all the go at Ox
ford just now, and the crop is conceded
to be one of the best raised in several years.
* Seventy-five beautiful cabbage palmetto
frees will be planted on the streets of Trabue
by the Florida Southern Railway Company
soon.
Trout fishing from the Trabue wharf can
not be excelled. It is no unusual thing to
see 75 or 100 fine trout drawn out in a fore
noon.
The Labor party of the State will meet
early in the fall at Pensacola or Jackson
ville, to arrange for uuited and co-operative
action.
Owing to tho recent heavy rains, the St.
John’s river is rising very rapidly in South
Florida, and a great deaf of tne low lands is
overflowed.
It is the intention to have the new Meth
odist church building at Arcadia in a suffi
ciently completed state to hold the quarterly
meeting in.
The Kerr City Advertiser has just issued
a fourteen-page number, in which the ad
vantages of the city and vicinity are enter
tainingly presented.
At Jacksonville, so far, between $20,000
and 821,000 have been subscribed for the
sub-tropical exposition. It is expected to
raise yet about SIO,OOO.
T. J. Perry, of Fort McCof, has already
picked from a little over an acre of land
over 100 crates of cukes, which he has sold
for $2 and higher per crate.
Mr. Sowers, of Seneca, has now 12,000
vines growing, embracing thirty-five varie
ties of American graiies, und is making a
complete success of their culture.
The Church of the Disciples at Pensacola
is negotiating for the purchase of the old
Presbyterian church, which will be vacated
wßien the now church is completed.
A. W. Gilchrist started from Trabue for
Palatka Wednesday to sign contracts for
delivering 2,100 barrels of shell to be used
on the grounds of Hotel Punta Gorda.
N. Schlemmer has purchased two lots on
Second street, Cedar Key, and will erect
thereon a large business block. The founda
tion of this block will be of concrete, and
the building of brick.
At Cedar Key the foundation for a
Methodist church is being built near the
corner of C and Third streets. It is pro
posed to erect a small but handsome and
comfortable building.
The corps of engineers are now camped
at the Cray place, near Brooksville, run
ning the preliminary line of the Orange
Belt railroad. It will not bo long before
they reach Brooksville.
The old powder magazine at Tallahassee
has hern condemned and abolished by the
City Council, and the 2,000 pounds of pow
der now stored there ordered to bo moved
out within thirty day*.
Tho board of trustee* of the First Congre
gational church, of laike Helen, ha* de
cided to go on with the erection of the
building at once, and have awarded the con
tract to J. P. Mace, for $2,790.
'Hie walls of Dr. Thompson's office build
ing at Ocala are going up. The foundation
of his brick block, SOx 100, two stories, on
Magnolia street, is being laid. The work on
E. W. Agnew s brick block lias also begun.
A great deal of tohoceo is now ripening in
Columbia county, and cutting is becoming
quite general. The quality on an average
is better than that of last year, and if proj>-
ly handled, from now out the crop will com
mand a good price.
Dr. Cromwell brought into .Gainesville
Friday morning a hill of teosfnte. which
came from one seed. There are thirty-three
good stalks on it, the height of winch k a
feet. It will average 7 feet. It was fitt
ed about the last of March. '
’Marion county lias a female asnirnl for
medical honors who will soon vis the
great city of brotherly love to take lsires
on the treatment of the sick and the rugs
that heal the afflicted. She is a youijand
very promising lady, still in her teem
A Methodist church has been bt *t
Trabue, and services will lie hold 'ice a
month—by Rev. W. C. Jordan on iday
preceding the fourth Sunday In eaehffinth
and Rev. F. M. Durrauee on the fit Balv
bath in each month. There is a bt of
about S2O yet unpaid on the church.
Revs. It. C. Brooks, J. A. QuA"rnian
and J. E. Clark will canvass Orlancf l the
interest of Colored State Fair, to Ixeld in
February, 1888. Sanford, Palatk Ocala
and Gainesville will also be visitednd tho
city offering tlie best induceniontwill be
selected as the site of the exhibitioj
The shed which served as a flint room
and store house for the Ahrens 'lub at
Ahrensville. was with Its contents, etroyed
by fire Saturday night. It is tlimit, with
no reason for thinking otherwise, ftt some
miscreant was taking a mean renge, for
some fancied wrong, on a membe>r mem
bors of the club, ana fired the plao
Readers of the News will rermtor a
robbery which was committed aGxford.
Sumter county, about a month ag< Wright
& Frayer were the victims, and thamoynt
stolen w-as SBOO. The lierpetraffs have
been caught. They are three ladander 15
years of age, and all the cash habeen re
covered. The checks the lads bund.
John H. Squires, 17 years old, nt with a
sad accident on June 27 while burng near
Winter Haveu. His gun went ff acci
dentally and shot nearly all his rijjt elbow
away. The elbow was bent at thome, and
the charge entered a few r inches how and
came out above. The ann will hae to tie
amputated, but no more serious esult is
feared at present.
A quiet but improve wedding ctemony
took place last week on the Olbtte at
Tampa. The contracting parties wte Miss
Emma Cole, of Key West, and Duel R.
Reynolds, of Phfla’delphia. The bfle, ac
companied by heir relatives and Rev J. R.
Lynn, went out to the steamer in small
boat, but owing to the quarantine gula
tions the minister was not permitted*) go
aboard The bridal couple stood at th port
gangway, which was draped w-ith the Dan
ish and American flags, while the master
in his small boat, at least twelve fft be
neath the couple, read the marriage sevice
of the Episcopal church. Rev. Mr. .ynn
and all who witnessed it say it was the lost
beautiful and impressive service evervit
nessed bv then The happy pair leflfor
New York via Havana.
The Enterprise Herald has this to ay
about the upper St. John’s: “Old residits
in this section say that the channel of he
St. John’s river, between this place nd
Blue Spring, thirty years ago, was fm
ten to fifteen feet in depth, and that he
current was swift. Now the channel is
from six to ten feet deep and the currut
sluggish. They predict also that it is a
mere matter of time ere the upper portm
of the river will be in the hands of tie
drainage and reclaimed land commitfe,
and that the beautiful, winding St. Johfs.
banked w-ith its picturesque, troaßal
growths, will be in the historic past. We
are borrowing no trouble on that sore,
however, but are still continuing tc an joy
at every opportunity the beauties of the
St. Johns, which are manifold <n Lake
Monroe.”
The misdoings of an unwise set of young
men are stirring up Crawford. It Bunder
stood that the same parties, or sonic of the
same, who made an assault on B. J. (jarroll.
at Crawford not long since, also atteked a
singing school instructor a few day: since,
who had just completed a course of ,Ktruc
tion in a public school house near MUliam
Johnson's, and have so badly used lei up
that he is unable to get away. Fro: all
that can to learned the assault was etirely
dnprovoked, as the man had given com
plete satisfaction, not a word laint
naving been made by any of the porous,
but all w-ere apparently well pleased, Yfter
the close of his school, probably last ,'itur
day, June 26, while standing in a mall
crowd in social conversation, he was sud
denly and unexpectedly struck on the jack
of the head, ana so unmercifully beata as
to be rendered helpless.
Aleck Perkins (colored), who was ding
sixty days for the city of Palatka, and vho,
in Ins refusal to work on the streets, wa in
carcerated in a sweat box with a par of
eighteen-inch gigs attached to his anlles,
succeeded in making his escape, and n a
truly professional manner. The cell in
which he was confined was one of sevcal
in the basement, its dimensions being a butt
five feet by six feet; he had succeeded in
detaching from the wail a Rtrip of wax!
twelve inches in length and one inch thiix:
with tliis he had pried out a board between
two stanchions, which left an opening if
about 12x18 inches. He was seen tnis morn
ing about 4:15, and spoken to, everythin;
seeming all right, and at 5:15, a half hoir
later, he was missed; he had taken ad vac*
tage of the time when everybody about th)
building is engaged, and with the largest
gigs in the city clamped around‘his ankle*,
had gotten 1 hut of the small opening he had
made and got off.
Speaking of a man named Milner, who
disappeared from that place a few days ago.
the Lake Helen correspondent of the lie La; id
Chronicle says: ‘‘There is no longer miy
room to doubt that he is a scamp and a
fraud. It seems that his boasts about his
money—his having $1(1,000 in bank, etc.,
were lies, coined out of whole cloth. His
brother-in-law, who came a few days ago
and took away Mrs. Milner and her children,
says lie has not a dollar to his name. He
bought out Mr. Ogden, but paid nothing oi:
the contract, and when he went to Jaeksor.
ville with Mr. Sheldon, the latter boughi
him a round-trip ticket to Lynchburg. Yu.
This Mr. Sheldon will lose, together with a
large store bill. Other crooked things have
since come to light. This fiasco places Mr.
Sheldon in an embarrassing position. Heavy
orders for goods had just !>een ordered on
the strength of Milner's promised financial
support, and engagements had been entered
into that cannot now be met.”
The most distressing accident that has
ever hapjiened in Brooksville occurred
Wednesday morning. A. V. Chelf and his
boys, Owen and Roy, drove their one horse
wagon down town to get a sewing machine
and some forage. On their return home
Roy sprang out of tho wagon to open the
gate, Mr. Chelf sitting in the rear end of the
wagon holding tho sewing machine. A*
Owen dime through tho gate the horse
locked back, saw the machine and took
fright, running at full speed down through
the grove. Mr. Chelf vainly tried to pull
Owen lack over the seat by his jacket, but
he hold on to the lines until they reached
the fence, when tho horse turned quickly,
throwing Mr. Chelf against, tho fence with
sufficient, force to knock the board off and
Owen was dashed head first, striking a
post and board at the same time
crushing his skull and rupturing a hloqd
vessel of tho brain, the life blood spurting
in a stream from the wound. Mr. Chelf,
who had been thrown prostrate upon the
ground, regained bis foot, and seeing Owen
in the condition described, took him up in
hi* arms and ran to the house. Physicians
were summoned at once, and upon examin
ing the wounded l>oy found that the skull
was fractured in several places, and that a
sharp pointed instrument had penetrated
the top of the head, rupturing an artery of
the bruin, from which no was fast bleeding
to death. Tho hemorrhage was stopped
and everything done for the poor sufferer
that could be, but he died without a strug
gle at 2:110 o’clock. Owen was nearly 12
years old. _
Exactly So.
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the Weult News one year. Tam late in
renewing but can't do without the Weekly
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SIIIPPIXG.
OCEAN STEAMS HIP COMPANY
FOR
New York, Boston and Philadelphia,
PASSAGE TO NEW YORK.
CABIN s2° ™
EXCURSION
STEERAGE 10 00
PASSAGE TO BOSTON.
CABIN so° 00
EXCURSION 32 00
STEERAGE 10 00
PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA.
(via Niw York).
CABIN 522 50
EXCURSION 30 00
STEERAGE I 3 *>
THE magnificent steamships of those lines
are appointed to sail as follows—standard
time:
TO NEW YORK.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. J. W. Catharine,
FRIDAY, July 1, at 2:30 p. a.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. H. C. Daggett,
SUNDAY, July 3, at 4 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. W. H. Fisher, TUES
DAY, July 5. at 6 p. M.!
CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt. F. Smith, FRI
DAY, July 8. at 8 P. m.
TO BOSTON.
GATE CITY, Capt. D. Hedge, THURSDAY,
June 30, at 2 p. M.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. W. Keli,ey, THURS
DAY, July 7, at 7:30 p. m.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
[for freight 0.v1y.)
DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY,
July 2, at 3:30 p. M.
JUNIATA. Capt. S. L. Askins, SATURDAY,
July 9, at 9 a. m.
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, Agent,
City Exchange Budding.
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Com’y.
For Baltimore.
CABIN Si 2 50
BUX.ND CABIN 10 00
THE STEAMSHIPS of this Company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti
more as follows—city time:
WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Snow, MONDAY,
July 4, at 5:00 p. m.
GEORGE APPOLD. Capt. Billups, SATUR
DAY, July 9, at 10 a. m.
WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Ssow, THURSDAY,
July 14, at 3 p. m.
GEORGE APPOLD, Capt. Billups, TUESDAY,
July 19, p. m.
And from Baltimore on the days above named
at 3 p. m.
Through bills lading given to all points West,
all the manufacturing towns in New England,
and to ports of the United Kingdom and the
Continent.
JAS. B. WEST & CO., Agents,
114 Bay street.
S E AISLA NX) ROU TE.
STEAMER DAVID CLARK,
Capt. M. P. U6INA,
AT7TLL LEAVE Savannah from wharf foot of
V Lincoln street for DOBOY, DARIEN,
BRUNSWICK and FERNANDINA, every TUES
DAY and FRIDAY at a p. m., city time, con
necting at Savannah with New York, Philadel
phia. Boston and Baltimore steamers, at Fer
nandina with rail for Jacksonville and all points
in Florida, aud at Brunswick with steamer for
Satilla river.
No freight received after 5 p. m. on days of
sailing.
Freight not signed for at hours after arrival
will be at risk 01 consignee.
Tickets on wharf and boat.
C. WILLIAMS, Agent.
For Augusta and Way Landings.
From JUNE 6th until further notice the
ST EAM E R E T*ll EE.
Capt. W. T. GIBSON,
Will leave for AUGUSTA and WAY LANDINGS
Every Monday at 0 13.I 3 . M.
Returning, arrive nt Savannah SATURDAY
at 8 p. it. W. T. GIBSON, Manager.
PLANT STEAMSHIP LINEL
Tampa, Ij? *iy AVest, Havana.
f SHI-WKEKLY.
Vtii|'TH-BOUND.
Lv TampaJ Into e and Thursday 0:30 p. m.
Ar Key WiVrly fellay and Friday 4p. rn.
Ar Havana k accaiav and Saturday 6 a. m.
Ituff ,TU-BOUND.
Lv Havana \ thAs'iay and Snturday noon.
Lv Key WestNrfuigpesuay ami Sntuiilay 10 p.m.
Ar Tainpa ThiW>aay and Sunday 0 p. m.
Connecting at Tampa with West India Fast
Train to and from Northern and Eastern cities.
For stateroom accommodation* apply to City
Ticket Office S., F. A W. Ky, Jacksonville, or
Agent. Plant Steamship Line , Tampa.
C. D. OWENS, Tramc Manager.
H. S. HAINES, General Manager.
May 1, IHB7.
food PRODUCTS.
FOREST CITY MILLS.
Prepared Stock Food for
Horses, Mules, Milch Cows
and Oxen. Made out of pure
grain. Guaranteed Sweet and
Nutritious.
Bond, Hay nes&Elton
RAILROADS. _
‘schedule
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Savannah, Ga., June 19, 1887.
ON and after this date Passenger Trains will
run daily unless marked t, which are daily,
except Sunday. ~
The standard time, by which these trains run,
is 30 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 ■■■■■■ g:*>pm
ArMlllen 9:40 am 11:03 pm , :80 pm 6:4a pm
Ar Augusta. .+1:45 pm 7:15 am 9:35 pm
Ar Macon I:3opm H:&Jaan
Ar Atlanta... .5130 pm 7:30 am
Ar Columbus .9:30 pm 2:45 pm
Ar Montg'ry ■ 7:25 am 7:09 pm
Ar Eufaula. 4:33am 8:50 pm
Ar Albany.. ,lt):00 pm 2:45 pm
Train No. 9+ leaves Savannah 2:00 p. m,; ar
rives Guyton 3:00 p. m.
Passengers for Sylvania, WrightsvlUe, Mil
ledgeville and Eatonton should take 7:00 a. ni.
train. _
Passengers for Thomaston, Carrollton, Perry,
Fort Games. Talbotton, Buena Vista, Blakely
and C'iayton should take the
No. 2. tfo. 4. No. 6. 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 7:4oani
LvEufaula. 10:18 pm 10:49 am
Lv Albany.. s:osam 11:55am
Lv Millen... 2:28 pm 3:loara 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 6:05 am
Train No. lOt leaves Guyton 8:10 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. 8, leaving Savannah at 8:20 p. m..
will stop regularly at Guyton, but at no other
point to put off passengers between Savannah
and Milieu.
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 Milieu 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. 20 Bull street, and
Depot Office 30 minutes before departure of
each train.
J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD,
Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos.
CONNECTIONS made at Savannah with Sa
) vannah, 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* 38t 66* 78*
Lv Sav'h .12:26 p m 4:00 pm 6:45 a m 8:23 p m
Ar Augusta 12:30 pm
Ar Beaufort 6:08 p m 10:15 am
Ar P. Royal 6:20p m 10:30am
ArAl'dale.. 7:40 p m 8:15 p m 10:20 a m
Ar Cba ston 4:43 p m 9:20 p m 11:40 a m 1:25 a m
SOUTHWARD. *
33* 35* 27*
Lv Cha'ston 7:10 a m 3:35 p m 4:00 a m
Lv Augusta 12:35 pm
Lv Al’dale.. 5:10 am 3:07 pm
Lv P. Royal. 7:00 am 2:00 pm
Lv Beaufort 7:12 a m 2:15 pm
Ar Sav'h.,.. 10:15 a m 6:53 p m 6:41 a m
♦Daily between Savannah and Charleston.
tSundavs only.
Train N'o. 78 makes no connection with Port
Royal and Augusta Railway, and stops only at,
Ridgeland, Green Pond and Ravenel. Train 14
stops only at Yemaasee and Green Pond, and
connects for Beaufort and Port Royal daily, and
for Allendale daily, except Sunday. Trains 35
and 60 connect from and for Beaufort and Port
Royal daily.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations and all
other information apply to WM. BREN,
Special Ticket Agent, 22 Bull street, and at
Charleston and Savannah railway ticket office,
at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
depot. C. S. GADSDEN, Supt.
June 9,1887.
GAS FIXTURES, HOSE, ETC.
JOHN NICOLSON, Jr.
DEALER IN
Gas Fixtures,
GLOBES & SHADES.
PLUMBERS’, MACHINISTS’
AND
M ill Supplies.
ENGINE TRIMMINGS,
Steam Packing,
SHEET GUM,
Hydrant, Steam and Mil
HOSE.
IRON riPES AND FITTINGS,
Lift and Force-Pumps.
30 and 32 Ijravton St.
CEMENT.
DIRECT IMPORTATION!
JUST ARRIVED
A CARGO OF
.AXaSEIV’S
Gem PortlaM Cert.
FOR SALE LOW BY *
ANDREW HANLEY,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA.
< OMMIBBIOV MERCHANTS.
-A.. 18. HULL
WAREHOUSEMAN
AND
Commission Merchant,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
FLOUR, HAY, GRAIN &. PROVISION DEALEH.
MEAL and GRITS in white Beck*, and
I mill stuffs of all kinds always on hand.
Georgia rained SPANISH PEANUT*, also PEAS,
anv variety. Special price* or) large lots.
office, m Bay street. * Warehouse, No. I Wad
luy aU'oet, on line c. K. Savuuuah, Ua,
RAILROADS.
Savannah, Florida & Western Mway
[All trains on this road are run bv Cenrm
Standard Time.] **
Time card in effect june is las-
Passenger trains on this road will run dailv
as follows: •’
WEST INDIA FAST MAIL
read nowy. „
7:06 am Lv Savannah Ar
12:30 pm Lv Jacksonville.. i, v 7-onP?
4:4opm Lv Sanford L v LVY"®
9:00 p m Ar Tampa Lv 8:00 n m
PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE
!■ .Trap,...A, )".-
SMI"
sfcrtt ••■—...j&ta
Pullman buffet cars to and from New YnSM
and Tampa.
NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS.
V:o6araLv Savannah Ar
B:42am Lv Jesup at 6isKls
9:50 am Ar .. . ...Way cross Lv 5:% and m
11:26 a m Ar Callahan Lv~2 i7 TTr**
12:00noonAr Jacksonville Lv 205 n
7:00 a m Lv.. .Jacksonville Ar 7:45 p,
10:15 am Lv Wa'ycross ~Ar 4:4OTTm
12:04 p m Lv Valdosta Lv 2:56d IS
12:34pm Lv Quitman Lv 2 : 2Bnm
1:22 pm Ar.. Thomasville .Lv 1:45 prn
8:35 pm Ar Bainbridge - ,Lv~u :2saia
4:04 pm Ar—Chattahoochee Lv 11-30 ara
Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville
and New York, to and from Wayeross and No*
Orleans via Pensacola.
EAST FLORIDA EXPREBS.
1:30 pm Lv Savannah Ar 12:06 p m
3:20 pm Lv Jesup Lv 10:32a ns
4:40 p m Ar Wayeross.
7:45 pm Ar Jacksonville Lv 7 : oo a m I
4:15 p m Lv. Jacksonville Ar 9:45 a in ‘
7:2opm Lv Wayeross Ar~fcßsam j
8:81 pm Ar.. .... Dupont Lv 5:30 a m '
3:25 pm Lv . .Lake City a7 10:45am *
3:45 pm Lv Gainesville Ar 10:30 ara
6:56 p m Lv Live Oak Ar 7:10 am
B:4opm Lv Dupont Ar _ V:2sa"m
10:55 p m Ar Thomasville Lv 3-25 aro
I:22am Ar Albany Lv I:26am *
Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville '
and St. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Mont
gomery and Nashville.
ALBANY EXPRESS.
7:35pm Lv Bavannah Ar 6:loam
10:05pm Lv lesup Lv 3:lsam
12:40am Ar Wayeross Lv 12:10am
s:BoamAr Jacksonville Lv 9:oopm
( J:oopm Lv Jacksonville Ar 5:30 am
I:osam Lv Wayeross Ar 11:80pm
2:Boam Ar Dupont Lv 10:05pm
7:loam Ar Live Oak .Lv 6:sspin
10:80 a m Ar Gainesville Lv 3:45 p m
10:45 am Ar . Lake City Lv 3:25 pm
2:55 am Lv Dupont Ar 9.35 pm
6:30 a m Ar Thomasville Lv 7:00 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.
6:05 am Lv Wayeross Ar 7:00 p m
10:25 am Ar.. ..Thomasville <Lv 2:15 p m
Stops at all regular and flag stations.
JESUP EXPRESS.
3:45 pm Lv Savannah Ar B:Soam
6:lopm Ar... Jesup Lv 5:25am
Stops at all regular and flag stations.
CONNECTIONS.
At Savannah for Charleston at 6:45 am, (ar
rive Augusta via Yemassee at 12:30 pm), 12:26
p m and 8:23 pm; for Augusta and Atlanta at
< :00 am, 5:15 p m and 8:20 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
p m; for Macon 10:30 a m and 11:07 p m.
At WAYCROSS for Brunswick at 10:00 a m and
5:05 p m.
At CALLAHAN for Fernandina at 2:47 p m;
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, Brooks
ville and Tampa at 10:55 a m.
At ALBANY for Atlanta, Macon, Montgom
ery, Mobile, New Orleans, Nashville, etc.
At CHATTAHOOCHEE for Pensacola, 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, trains
will arrive and leave as follows:
♦Daily. tDaliy except Sundays, iDaily ex
cept Mondays.
LIMITED WEST INDIA FAST MAIL.
Leave Jacksonville (J., T and K. W.) *12:30 p
m.'Sanford 4:40 p in; arrive Tampa 9:00 p m.
Returning leave Tampa 8:00 p m, Sanford
1:00 am; arrive Jacksonville (J.,T. and K W.)
6:30 a m.
WAY TRAINS.
Leave Sanford for Tampa and way
stations .. .ti 8:40 a m
Arrive at Tampa tl 1:35 pm
Returning leave Tampa at tj 9:00 am
Arrive at Sanford tj 1:45 pm
Leave Sanford for Kissim
mee and way stations at.tlo:2o a m and 5:00 p ra
Arrive at Kissimmee at .. .t 1:20 p m and 7:05 pra
Re trailing leave Kissimmee +6:00 a m and 2:15 p m
Arrive at Sanford iß:2oamauds:3spm
tiSteamboat Express.
BARTOW BRANCH.
Lv Bartow Junction.. .til:4s a m and.* 7:40 pra
Ar Bartow 12:55 p m and 8:40 pin
Returning Lv Bartow, .t 9:30 a m and * 6:00 p m
Ar Bartow Junction... 10:40 am and 7:10 p m
PEMBERTON FERRY BRANCH.
Operated by the South Florida Railroad.
♦Leave Bartow for Pemberton Ferry
and way stations at 7:15a a
Arrive ut Pemberton Ferry at 9:50 am
♦Returning leave Pemberton Ferry at. 5:00 pm
Arrive at Bartow at 8:00 pm
7Leave Pemberton Ferry. 7:00 a m
Arrive Bartow 11:20 am
tLeave Bartow 18:40 p m
Arrive Pc>nberton Ferry 4:60 p m
SANFORD AND INDIAN RIVER R. R.
Leave Sanford for Lake Charm and
way stations 5:50 piu
Arrive Lake Charm 7:15 p m
Returning—
Leave Lake Charm 6:80 a m
Arrives at Sanford .: 8:00 a m
SPECIAL CONNECTIONS.
Connects at Sanford with the Sanford ana
Indian River Railroad for Oviedo and points
Isike Jesup, with the People’s Line ana Deßary
Line of steamers, and J. T. and K. W. Ry. for
Jacksonville and all intermediate points on the
St. John'.', river, and with steamers for Indian
river and the Upper St. John's.
A! Kissimmee with steamers for Forts Myers
and Bussinger and points on Kissimmee river.
At Pemberton Ferry with Florida Soutnsrn
Railway for all points North and West, and at
Bartow with the Florida Southern Railway for
Fort Meade and points Smith.
STEAMSHIP CONNECTIONS.
Connects at Tainpa with steamer “Margaret
for Palma Sola. Braidentown, Palmetto, Mana
tee aud all points on Hillsborough and Tainpa
Bays.
Also, with the elegant mail steamships "MJ*
cotte" and "Olivette," of the Plant bteamsnip
Cos., for Key Went and Havana.
Through ticket* sold at all regular stations to
points North, East and West.
Baggage checked through. .
Passengers for Havana can leave Sanfora on
Limited West India Fast Mall train at 4:40 p m
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, connecting
same oveniug with steamer at Tampa.
WILBUR MoCOY,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
"sl'ltr KHAN RAILWAY.
City and Suburban Railway.
Savannah. Ga, May 81 ,
ON and after WEDNESDAY. June Ist. ttw
following schedule will be run on the Ju
1. r, m | ASfIIVE UEAVE tUM -
CITY. j CITY. OP HOPS. MONTOOMENI
*7:00 6:60 : • * ’ * *"
10:2.-, 8:i0 8:13
**3:25 8:00 1:*) ‘-g
+7:15 0:10 6:15 L_-
~ There will 1* no early train from Isle of Hop*
on Sunday morning. _
SLre tr
with nurses. . Kundat
*1 bis :i:26 p. m. train last out of city Sunaaj
, n 'Sat urdays this train, jeave^olD'^"^
rpo COUNTY OFFICERS.--Books and Blankl
1 required by county offlu)|*itor '•*' ™
t he courts, or lor office use .supplied to oraer
the MORNING NEWS POINTING HOUS& '
Whitaker street, Savannah. ,