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GEOHGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
Dougherty County's Confederate Vet
erans Form an Association—A Proba-
I bility That Fox Hunting Will be
Revived in Southwest Georgia A
Monster Snake Killed Near Albany.
GEORGIA.
There is a gentleman in Athens who has
Blade #150,000 in the past ten years.
Capt.. Beusse, of Athens, was one of the
49-ers who went to California in search of
gold.
At Milledgeville the entire faculty of ihe
college were re-elected, and Cant. Mathe
son’s salary was increased from #BOO to #9OO.
John H. Coker harvested one of the finest
oat crops ever gathered in Dougherty county.
From 110 acres he threshed out 1,900 bushels,
besides feeding a great many away in the
straw.
The Confederate veterans of Dougherty
county have organized an association. Capt.
R. Hobbs is President; W. H. Gilbert, Vice
President; and J. T. Hester, Secretary and
Treasury.
At Columbus Saturday a negro boy
named Howard Lamb had two fingers cut
off while feeding the sausage mill of Messrs.
Smith Bros., near the market house. Dr.
George Grimes rendered the surgical treat
ment and the boy is doing very well.
Darien Timber Gazette: Darien needs a
factorv of some kind, it matters not on how
small a scale to commence w ith. A start in
the right direction is all that is needed. As
to material we have it in abundance. The
finest clay for making bricks, hard w oods of
every description, a supply of pitch pme
for quality at least second to none in the
world, and palmetto and moss iu unlimited
quantities right at our doors.
A gentleman of Albany, who has excel
lent judgment and tine Lido as to popular
amusements, says that he has been thinking
about the erection of a pavilion for dan
cing, and with bath rooms below, at the
creek. He estimates that an average of
fifty an evening would frequent the
grounds. If constructed it would be mod
eled after the pavilion at Police DeLeon
Spring, at Atlanta, with ten-pin alleys and
other amusements below the dancing hall.
Batli rooms would extend out over the
creek.
Darien ’limber Gazette: The fart that the
coastwise shipments of pitch-pine timber
and lumber increased from 14,000,000 super
ficial feet in 1885 to 84,000,000 feet in 1888,
as has been shown in the annual report to
the government, is a patent argument in
favor of Darien's progressiveness. Coast
wise vessels arc almost without exception of
shallow draught, and no difficulty whatever
has been experienced in inducing such ves
sels to come here. Hence the great increase
in this line of shipments. Foreign sliije
ment.s, we have no hesit aney in predicting,
would increase in like rummer were the en
trance over the bar deepened so as to make
the crossing safe for foreign vessels of largo
size. This will doubtless he accomplished in
a short time, and we shall then bo able to
boast of a live town.
Darien Timber Gazette: Capt. Rasmus
sen, of the Norwegian bark Forsoget, some
days ago cabled home to the underwriters
company, in which his vessel is insured,
asking at what draught the company would
assume the risk over Doboy bar. The
prompt reply was Is feet (Norwegian), equal
to about 18W English feet. While 19 or 20
feet would have been equally
safe for the company, we still have
reason to feel pleased at this fact, as it
shows that confidence in our bar is being
restored. The unjust clamor that was made
by some captains two or three years ago re
sulted in these far-off companies refusing to
risk more than 11 fort draught over the liar.
Now they' have come up to feet. Per
haps a year from now, with some work
done by the government, they will not he
particular about restricting Vessols of any
size.
The old-time sport, of fox-hunting that
was so generally indulged in Dougherty
county, was a pleasure extracted from ne
cessity. Reynard was a pestiferous denizen,
and preyed unceasingly upon the tender
lambs of the shepherd s fold, ami on tho
chickens of the housewife's hennery. These
depredations forced the necessity of the
decimation of the pest, and extermination
if possible. Dogs were kept in packs, trained
to scent and follow tho trail of the foxes,
and what was a necessity was
happily converted into a sport that
afforded one of the most pleasing
diversions of the country life. The prow l
ing, wily foxes were so closoly hunted years
ago that they were greatly thinned out, and
fox hounds were neglected. The conse
quence is that very few fox dogs arc to bo
found in the country, and the foxts are mul
tiplying greatly to the annoyance of farm
s whose lambs and chickens they molest.
A planter said at Albany Saturday that the
foxes are multiplying so that ho intends to
collect a pack of dogs and return to the
“chase” as in the good old days of tho jiast.
Some five or six years since a monster
snake was seen in Rawls Pond, six miles be
low Albany, and the gentleman who saw it
related his adventure to a number of in
credulous friends. It has remained to this
day a matter of test among the acquaint
ance* of the frightened gentleman, the re
ported propoi-tions of the huge reptile.
Among the number who beard the state
ment with a mental reservation was Dr. C.
P. Hartwell, who owns a large plantation
embracing the larger part of the swamp
surrounding the pond. The doctor is now
however, a firm believer, but it required
seeing to convince him. One day last week
he was out in the field with his farm hands,
and iia vmg occasion to go into the edge of the
swamp encountered a snake, the sight of
which almost took his breath away. The
reptile showed fight, and the doctor railed
lor his laborers. One responded, but seeing
the snake, ho fled. The others were called,
and with great polps the brigade surrounded
his snakeship, and made an attack that re
sulted in its death. Dr. Hartwell says that
he thought he iiad seen big snakes before,
but all native snakes were midgets by this
monster, which was lurger than any he ever
saw in any circus museum. It proved to lie
of a variety of water snake, about ten feet
lone, nearly as large as uu ordinary man’s
thigh In circumference, with a very huge
bead. When it opened its mouth it seemed
possible for it to enclose a man’s head.
FLORIDA.
It ie reported that Lakeland will soon hr.ve
a patent medicine manufactory.
The improvement bnotn still continues nt,
Lakeland notwithstanding the dullness of
the season.
Mr. Cumbeo. of Lakeland, reports that
bis boys brought in forty-scvca alligator
skins from a recent hum,.
The material for Altoona's new paper, the
■Register, Ims arrived, und in about twelve
or fifteen days its first paper will be iwued.
At Altoona Pr.' F. Owen is busy moving
into bis new drug store, and will soon l"
neatly housed in an elegant and commo
dious building. •
A oarload of empty beer bottle* was sent
from Lakeland to New Orleans the first of
last week. The bottles were the accumula
tion of nearly three years.
There is a rumor of a third cigar factory
at Lake City. There are now two in suc
cessful operation there, and .Savannah par
ties are prospecting with a view to estab
lishing another.
The new county of Lake is destined to ho
one of the finest and most productive in the
State. The new commissioners will meet
within thirty days for the purfio.se of locating
the new temporary county tout.
The Teachers' Institute convenes at Boni
fay this week. The convention will take
place in the new hotel and from nil advices
will bo well attended. Ate. Holmes will sub
mit some of bis educational theories to the
meeting.
Lieutenant Ham Hmoke, of Gainesville,
ha* been assigned to the Ki.xth United Hub's
waaujr with hcadi,uarteis at Huit Lake I
I City, Utah. This position places him in the
I same regiment with his old instructor,
! Lieutenant. A. L. Wagner, formerly con-
I ueeted with the East Florida Seminary.
| At Bonifay the recent rains have had a
i wonderful effect on vegetation of all kinds,
: notably cereals, which seem to have taken a
i fresh lease of life, so vigorous has been their
i growth. Corn and cotton look very prom
ising, while grapes arc just coming into niar
j ket. Peaches and figs are quite plentiful.
The Bonifay Brick Company aro in
oreudng their plant, being s > much encour
aged with their first burning they are lay
ing nut a now yard. All their first output
has been sold at a remunerative price, and
it is reasonable to predict that Bonifay
brick will lie one of the paying industries of
West Florida.
Mr. Holmes, of Bonifay, is now busy
making arrangements for his mattress fac
tory. He proposes utilizing the moss so
common on the oak trees to the south of us.
It is well known that the moss contains
hypnotic properties of no mean type. This
industry is in its incipient suite, and to Mr.
Holmes, the enterprising pioneer of tho
business, there is money.
Mr. Martin, one of the lowa settlers at
Bonifay exhibited an alfalfa or lucerne
growing quite rank and vigorous. It was
sowed about April 1 with oats, in a field of
comparatively poor soil, and its present
growth and healthy appearance, considering
the dryness of the season, speaks more for
West Florida and Bonifay in particular as a
sheep and cattle section than a volume of
writing on the subject could do.
A young man living a few miles from
Altoona went to call on his best girl a few
evenings since. His dog Cora followed him,
and before the evening was over took a no
tion to see what the well needed, and went
to tho bottom. The j oung man went back
early the next morning and fished the dog
out with the water bucket. How the dog
lived through the night is u mystery, as the
water ill the well is fully five feet.
There is a curiosity in the line of an orange
tree in the grove of W. H. Barlow, on Lake
Jesup. The tree is budded on sour stock
ami has been in bearing for two years. It
has upon it at the present time an orange
from last year not yet ripe, a dozen or so of
this year’s crop, and is in bloom again. This
tree blooms twice each year. Mr. Barlow
has refused several good offers for the tree
and can hardly lie induced to sell the buds.
An old gentleman from Higliley passed
through Altoona one day last week en route
to Rockdale county, Ga. He came to that sec
tion in October last, and intended making it
his home, but not finding everything like he
expected, he decided to return. His tale
was pitiful, stating as lie did that he would
have to walk from Jacksonville, not having
the funds to pay his way on the train. The
old gentleman said people might think be
was foolish, but that he had a niece 8 years
old that wrote him in every letter that she
wanted to sec him. It appears that idl on
earth that nerves him is his fondness for the
little one.
Up to date G. D. Younglove & Sons, of
Gainesville, have shipped 3,350 crates of
tomatoes, and will ship about 800 crates this
week, making a total of over 4,000 crates.
The average selling price is something over
81 90 jier crate, leaving a net profit of alxiut
81 per crate. Many tomato shippers have
not been so successful ns the Messrs. Young
glove, but their success is wholly due to the
fact that they gave their business their own
time and attention. Of course they made
big money out of their tomatoes, but any
person who will go at the business in the
proper manner can Is- equally successful.
Florida vegehiblo farmers can, with proper
care, make a financial success of tho busi
ness.
The Woman’s Missionary Society met at
Gainesville Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.
The exercises were opened by Mrs. Peeler.
Tile treasurer and corresponding secretary’s
reports were read, which consumed tho
morning session. In the afternoon the
annual election of officers was held, and re
sulted as follows: Mrs. J. T. Harris, of
Ocala, President; Mrs. I)r. Peeler, of Kis
simmee, Vice President; Miss Louise Tucker,
of Sanford, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs.
Hartridge, of Jacksonville, Treasurer, and
Mrs. Frazier, of Jacksonville, Auditor. The
report of the financial condition is very flat
tering, and shows that the society is in a
good condition. The reception at the Roche
mont House in the evening was a pleasant
social affair, and was much enjoyed by the
missionary workers.
Gainesville Advocate: Mr. C. E. Pear
son, of Archer, left at this office Saturday,
two of the finest specimens of plums it 'has
ever been our pleasure to gaze upon. It is
the Kelsey Japan plum, and is about the
size of a turkey egg, the largest one weigh
ing three and a quarter ounces. Tho tree
boars at two years old and is said to be a
very prolific bearer. These trees thrive
well in Alachua county, und era long tho
shipment of the delicious fruit bids fair to
be one of the best paying industries of this
section. These and nearly every other va
riety of fruit trees can be had at the
nurseries of T. B. and C. E. Pearson,
Archer, Fla. Wo advise our people to give
the KoLioy Japan plum a trial, as it is ono
of tho most delicious fruits grown. They
are grown on a large scale in California and
ore said to do equally as well in this Suite.
The grand jury in its last presentments
called attention to the alarmingly crowded
and unhealthy condition of the Duval
county jail. As there were some five or six
United States prisoners confined there tit
the time, the presentment was forwarded to
the office of Attorney General Garland at
Washington. Previous complaints had
called attention to the fact that that these
prisoners—three white, the remainder col
ored—had been confined in the common
cage with tho county prisoners without
nni]x>r provision for cleanliness or health. It
hud I iron alleged also that it was the custom
to serve but one meal a day—in the morn
ing. After consultation with the au
thorities here and an examina
tion into the condition of other
county jails, the Attorney General
decided to make a change. The United
States Marshal is authorized to remove
United States prisoners from the jail at
Jacksonville to the jail at Monticelio. As
the revenue derived from the government
for custody and support of it.s prisoners goes
chiefly to the county Sheriff, that official in
Jefferson gains wlmt Sheriff Holland loses.
The Monticelio jail is declared by those who
have recently inspected it to be a model of
cleanliness and neatness. It is kept so
scrubbed and polished that it fairly shines.
It has accommodations for over thirty pris
oners, but as there are only six criminals
confined there at present, the accession of
government convicts cannot crowd it
Disgusting Skin Diseases.
Wliat zpectuiio is more disgusting than
that of a man or woman witii a skin disease
which shows itself in pimples and blotches
on hands, units, fnce and neck' It is simply
impure blood. See whut Brandueth’s
I'li.L.s did for a chronic case:
For four years I was in the Mounted In
fantry in the United States army, residing
during that time principally in ’iVxa.-.
Almost all of that time I had a chronic skin
disease, characterized by an eruption over
the entire surface of my legs and thighs,
anas and chest. The (lootin'* termed it
eczema. 1 hud given up all hopes of ever
living cured, when Brandueth’h •Pills
were recommended to me. 1 concluded to
try them, mid did so, and I have thanked
God daily since then that I did mi. I think
1 umwl them altogether for about three
months, mid, by that time, wan completely
cured, and have not had any trouble
since. My skin is as clear as any one’s.
George ( ‘madman.
Pineenning, Mich.. Dec. 8. 1885,
Advloe to Mothers.
Mr*. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should
always be used when children are cutting
teeth. It relieves the little suffer at once; it
produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving
the child treun min and tho little cherub
awakes ns “blight os a button.”
It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain, re
lieves wind, regulates the bowels, mid is the
best known remedy for dim i ho*a, whether
arising from teething or other cause*. 25
coot* a bottle.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. JULY 5. 1887.
PROTESTANTISM IN MEXICO.
Tho Hard Field in Which American Mis
sionaries Have Been Struggling.
City of Mexico Letter to the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Protestantism has not made great prog
ress in Mexico, and this is rather surpris
ing. Tho Mexican people overthrew tho
Church power in politics, banished the
Jesuits, the Dominicans and other orders
and drove the nuns from the convents at th3
bayonet’s point. They confiscated the prop
erty of the church, appropriated the tresa
ures of the altar ana in many ways inani
tested disapprobation witii the long-estab
lished religion of the country. Would it not
be supposed, naturally, that after such an
upheaval, such a pronounced manifestation
of sentiments, here would lie a field ripe for
the harvest 1 Representations of denomina
tions which were in sympathy with tho re
form movement thought so, and came to
Mexico to offer these people anew religion.
But what a welcome they received. They
were stoned and persecuted, and after many
years of struggling are just obtaining a foot
hold. In this population of 10,000,000 peo
ple there are about 5,000 Methodists and
perhaps as many Presbyterians. The rest
are Catholics or nothing. An attempt was
inudo to found a Reformed Christian Church
when the Liberal party gained the ascen
deucy and carried out its sweeping measures
of reform. This new Church movement
had its origin here, and it promised tot a
time to develop into something important.
The membership ran up to 0,000, but it fell
off to one-fourth that aud now little is heard
of it.
HITTER OPPOSITION.
The Mexicans arc prejudiced against mis
sionaries, and show their feeling in various
ways. All the progress made by either
Presbyterians or Methodists has been by the
hardest kind of work. Corresponding effort
in the States would have produced much
greater result. With a few exceptions,
buildings occupied by the missionary
churches formerly belonged to religious or
ders, and were included in the property
confiscated in 1857, but that fact can hardly
account for the prejudice against Protes
tantism, for the former church property
is used in many other ways without
any manifestation of sentiment on the sub
ject.
The property which the Methodists own
and occupy as the headquarters for their
denomination in Mexico was once the clois
ters of the convent of San Francisco. It
is in the heart of the city, just across the
street from the Iturbide and Jardin Hotels,
and, as a real estate speculation, commands
the admiration of unbelievers. The place
was bought for something like #IB,OOO, at a
time when values were very low, aud is
worth nearly ten times that sum.
Tho “ex-convent,” as they say here in
speaking of such property, has had astrange
history since the confiscation. It was sold
to parties who put a temporary roof over
the large court and conducted a circus there
for quite a period Then it became a thea
tre, and when the hall of Congress at the
National Palace was burned, the Mexican
Deputies held their sessions in the covered
court. As the chanting of the nuns hud
liecn succeeded by the “whoop las” of the
ringmaster, so the brief strut of the actor
was soon over, and political eloquence awoke
the echoes in the corridors. But the Depu
ties moved to another theatre, and again the
clown had his say. The second circus com
pany failed, and then it was that representa
tives of the Methodist Missionary Board
made an offer for the property and secured
it. Tlie building lias I iron transformed
somewhat. A permanent roof was placed
over the court, and what was the open patio
is now the nudieneo-room.
TIIE METHODISTS BEGINNING.
Rev. Dr. William Butler, a writer of re
pute in the Church, and formerly of India,
was the founder of the mission in 1873, and
the late Bishop Gilbert Haven spent some
time here assisting and counseling in tho
work of organization. The present head of
the Methodist missionary work in Mexico is
the son of the founder, Rev. John IV. But
ler, a broad-shouldered, energetic, fearless
man, who joins business-like methods with
his religious conviction. When resident
Americans speak well of a missionary he is
pretty sure tube a rather superior person.
“John Butler,” as they call nim, for the
American in Mexico is seldom reverent, is
very popular with the colony. His Chris
tianity is of the practical order, as many an
impecunious and fever-smitten countryman
has found out.
In the old convent building, which eonsti
tutuos the missionary headquarters of tho
Methodists for all Mexico, are a church, a
chapel, a boys’ school, a printing office and
the residences of the pastor, tho presiding
elder and the native preacher. Mr. Butler
has uuder his charge here in the City of
Mexico an English-speaking congregation
and Sunday school, two native congrega
tions, two Mexican schools, and besides
these ilutios ho looks after the publication
work of tho mission and holds tho purse
strings.
A COME-TO-STAY POLICY.
Tlie Methodist policy in Mexico has been
to take hold of tlie important centres, and,
os soon as possible, secure good properties.
This gives the work a look of permanency
and inspires confidence on the part of the
natives that the missionaries have come to
stay. The next place to which attention
was given after the foothold was secured at
tho capital was Puebla, the so-called City of
Angels. There a part of the old Inquisi
tion property was purchased. It was, at
the tune, in possession of a Hebrew who had
no special love for Romanism or Protestant
ism but who could see no difference between
the clink of a missionary dollar mid a sec
ular coin. The Hebrew sold to Dr. Butler,
who turned the Inquisition quarters into a
chapel, school ana dwelling house. The
Puebla mission has outgrown its building
and a larger place has been secured near tho
centre of the city.
After Puebla, tho Methodists turned their
attention to the mining city of Pachuca. A
site was purchased and tvvo school houses
and a church were built upon it.
Orizaba, iu the State of Vera Cruz, was
the next location, and a good property was
secured there. When the Mexican Central
was built through, the field thus opened was
entered and missions were established at
Queretaro and Guanajuato in properties
purchased for the church. At Miration s, a
manufacturing village about thirty miles
from the City of Mexico, a location was se
cured, and upon it lias been erected the first
church built alter the style of American
places of worship in Mexico.
THE FIELD DIVIDED.
The two American boards which have un
dertaken the work of establishing Protest
autism in Mexico have gone at it m a fairer
spirit toward each other than is sometimes
manifested in the States, While the Method
ists have founded missions in the cities men
tioned, the Presbyterian* have chosen other
places, among them Zacatecas, Saltillo, San
Luis Putiisi, Jerez and Lerdo.
Each of the eight cities in which the
! Methodists have lieen working have branch
I missions in outlying towns, so that alto
j gather there are forty five organized Meth
j islist ■•oiigmgatloiis and twenty other towns
m which there is occasional preaching.
The mantis give 1,300 ■■oiiimuniottnti, but
it is explained t hat the policy of being ex
cessively strict in the reception of memliers
has Imen adopted, “boeuuse of the low con
dition of morals prevailing here.” The
number of “adherent*" is much larger,
reaching 5,000 This includes the children.
There are twenty-nine .Sabbath schools with
1,205 scholars and i wenty-clght day schools
with 1,204 attendants. One of the most im
portant branches of Methodist work in
Mexico i the Theological School at Puebla
where twenty-eight Mexican young men
are Icing educated for teachers and preach
er*.
THE SPREAD OF SKEPTICISM.
If Methodism or any other Protestant
faith Is to obtain a permanent lodgment j
and muko headway against the Romish
Church iu Mexico, it is through such a i
movement as this with the voung men. The
weak place in the ranks of thi* great Catho
lic army is where the young men stand. At I
the present time there is such a spread of I
unbelief aud speculative philpsqvhy within '
; this element that the Church authorities
are alarmed. The students in the colleges
( o the City of Mexico and at other edtiea
| t onal centres have their philosophical socie
i ties, and boldly assail the church. It is
J freely asserted by the leading priests
i that they fear this skepticism much
I more than they do the effort of the mission
aries.
l’ne Methodist Theological Seminary at
Puebla is at this time receiving special at
tention from the board in New York. A
' location has been secured and a grant of
funds has I icon made recently for a semi
nary building. At the present time tho
Methodists have la church property #438.-
790 and in schools aud orphanages #88,550,
nearly a quarter of a million invested iu
real estate.
SECRET PERSECUTION.
Speaking of the treatment received by
the missionaries, Mr. Butler says:
“In the early days a groat deal of perse
cution was pnuured, but that spirit seems to
have been mitigated, at least in the import
ant centres. While it is true that in some
of the outlying stations an occasional mob
is heard of, the missionaries do not have to
endure that continuous and violent opposi
tion that characterized the first few years
and which caused the opening of several
martyrs’ graves. We have been fortunate
in not losing any of tlie foreign missionaries
from violence, the victims having bean na
tive helpers. There is no doubt, hoxvever,
that there is a great deal of secret and lmder
hauded opposition in the cities as well as in
the outlying towns. Native members have
lost their employment, their friends, their
standing in society, because they have been
seen going into Protestant Churches. But
after all, tho majority of them have remain
ed firm, mid w r o know of every few cases of
personsgoing back to Romanism after once
embracing our faith.”
PRESS AND PULPIT.
A feature which has proven one of tho
most important aids to the mission w'ork is
the publishing house which the Methodists
conduct. As people go into the church they
pass between the editor’s room oq one side
and the book-room on the other. Upstairs
is the composition room, and just behind
the pulpit, are the presses. The Rev. Mr.
Butler and his associates find that they can
reach the eyes of the Mexicans when they
can not tho cars, and it is not certain that
the puipit would not have to go before the
press did.
On a visit to the United States in 1878,
Dr. Butler received from friends the sum of
#12,000, which he expended in a complete
outfit for a small printing office. His pur
chase Included a cylinder press, a steam en
gine, stereotyping machinery and material.
It will interest Methodists generally to learn
that from this printing office is now' issued a
publication which has the largest circulation
of any illustrated paper in Mexico, and is
about self-supporting.
MEXICANS AS READERS.
This paper goes into every one of the
twenty-eight States of Mexico. It is re
ceivea by President Diaz and each member
of his Cabinet, by every Governor in the
Republic, by all the public libraries and
reading-rooms and by many army officers ,
besides its general circulation. The title oi
the paper is El Abogado Cristiano Ilus
trado. Besides the paper, the printing of
fice turns out the text-1 Minks used in the
Methodist schools, the native ministry tracts
by the thousands, and a Sunday school
paper. In 1888 there were published 2,458,-
210 pages of religious literature. Mexicans,
even of tho common classes, do much more
reading than is generally supposed. They
are not patrons of newspapers, but the pub
lication and circulation of little pamphlets
and books is a great business in this country.
Everything, good and bad, in literature, is
translated into the language. These paper
bound hooks are carried around by hawkers
and sold in all parts of the country. In Ira
guato, which is one of the most "backward
of Mexican cities, an American recently ob
served the doltish-loosing porter of the little
hotel lying on a bench and poring over a
well-thumbed book hour after hour. His
curiosity at length prompted him to see
what was the xvork over w'hich the boy had
become so absorbed. It was a translation of
Robert Browning.
Not so Green as He Looked.
From tlie Chicago Herald.
“One of the most unsightly trailing boats,
I ever saw on the river,” said the old cap
tain, ‘‘pulled up at New Orleans. It was that
of an liulianian from ’way up the Wabash,
popularly supposed to be the home of tho
greenest "of all river people. ’Twas loaded
with corn, an article in demand, and lay
ers were numerous. The boatman’s price
xvas satisfactory, but he astonished and
drove into bursts of laughter all purchasers
by declaring that he would not accept gold
or silver in payment, as they were so much
counterfeited,"but that he must have Indi
ana paper money, as lie knew it was good.
The sale was made. The purchaser began
measuring to estimate the load. The
Hoosler said: ‘What are you doin’T Meas
uring tho load,’ the buyer replied. ‘Ah,
paw, you don’t. We’ll measure that corn
in the half-bushel. I’ve hearn enough
about you Sutheniers.’ Everybody laughed.
After considerable coaxing he agreed to
allow it to lie measured in the ‘new-fash
ioned’ way, but positrcely refused to accept
anything but Indiana paper money. Tno
buyer by hustling over the citv was finally
able to accommodate him. The man from
the Wabash sold tils boat to another
party and took steamboat passage at once
for the Nurtii. On unloading the corn it
was found that fully one-third of the space
intimated and paid for as corn was occupied
by a huge empty counter-like structure
running the entire"length of the boat. But
the honest Hoosier was out of reach before
the discovery was made.”
BROWS’S IKOX BITTERS.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
WILL CURE
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS and FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN in the BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
KIDNEY AND LIVER
TROUBLES
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red
Lines on wrapper.
tak*: no other.
IcMoiiil k Ballantyuc,
IRON FOUNDERS,
Machinists, Boiler Makers and Blacksmiths,
it Alter act nt era or
STATIONARY and PORTABLE ENGINES,
VERTICAL and TOP-KCNNING CORN
MILLS, SUGAR MILLS and PANS.
\ GENTS for Alert and Union Injectors, the
simplest and moat effective on the market;
Gullett Light Draft Magnolia Cotton Gin, the
best In the market.
All order* promptly attended to. bend for
ih'lco LUL •
SHIPPING.
. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FOR
New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
PASSAGE TO NEW YORK.
CABIN S3O 00
EXCURSION 33 00
STEERAGE 10 00
PASSAGE TO BOSTON.
CABIN S2O 00
EXCURSION 33 00
STEERAGE 10 00
PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA.
(via New York).
CABIN •.... $23 50
, EXCURSION 30 00
iSTEERAGE 12 50
'TUIE magnificent steamships of these lines
I are appointed to sail as follows—standard
tints:
TO NE W YORK.
.TALLAHASSEE, Capt. W. H. Fishexi, TUES
DAY, July 5, at 6 p. m. ,
CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt. F. Smith, FRI
DAY, July 8. at 8 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. J. W. Catharine,
SUNDAY, July 10, at 9:30 p. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. H. C. Daggett,
TUESDAY, July 12, at 11 a. m.
TO BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. W. Kelley, THURS
DAY, July 7, at 7:30 p. M.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
[for freight only.]
JUNIATA, Capt. S. L. Askins, SATURDAY,
July 9, at 9 a. m.
DESSOUO, Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY,
July 16, at 2:30 p. 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 Building.
Merchants’ and Miners’ TransportationCom’y.
For Baltimore.
CABIN sl2 50
SECOND CABIN 10 00
IMIE STEAMSHIPS of this Company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti
more as follows—city time:
GEORGE APPOLD. Capt. Billups, SATUR
DAY, July 9, at 10 a. m.
WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Snow, THURSDAY,
July 14, at 3 p. m.
GEORGE APPOLD, Capt. Billups, TUESDAY,
July 19, at 6 p. m.
WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Snow, MONDAY,
July 25, at 11 a. 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.
SKA ISLAND It OXJ XBL
STEAMER DAVID CLARK,
Capt. M. P. USINA,
V\fn*L LEAVE Savannah from wharf foot of
* * Lincoln street for DOBOY, DARIEN,
BRUNSWICK and FERXANDINA, 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 Fer
nandina with rail for Jacksonville and all points
in Florida, and at Brunswick with steamer for
Sat ilia river.
No freight received after 5 p. m. on days of
sailing.
Freight not signed for 21 hours after arrival
will be at risk or consignee.
Tickets on whart aud boat.
C. WILLIAMS, Agent.
For anil Way Landings.
From JUNE 6th until further notice the
ST EAMER KTU EL,
Capt. W. T. GIBSON,
Will leave for AUGUSTA and WAY LANDINGS
D.ivery Monday at O I’. M.
Returning, arrive at Savannah SATURDAY
at W. T. GIBSON, Manager.
For Augusta and Way Landings.
*, ,x** , ff
STEAMER KATIE,
Capt. J. 8. BEVILL,
\\'ll.!, leave EVERY WEDNESDAY at 10
’ ’ o'clock a. m. (city time) for Augusta and
way landing*.
All freights payable by shippers.
JOHN LAWTON,
Manager.
PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE.
Tampa, Key West, Havana.
EKMI-WKEKt.Y.
SOUTHBOUND.
I.v Tampa Monday and Thursday 9:30 p. m.
Ar Key West Tuesday and Friday 1 p. in.
Ar Havana Wednesday and Saturday ha. m.
NORTH BOUND. ,
l.v Havana Wednesday and Saturday noon.
I.v Key West Wednesday and Saturday 10 p.m.
Ar Tnmpn Thursday and Sunday ti p. m.
Connecting at Tampa with W est India Fast
Trs n to an r from Northern and Eastern cities.
Fur stateroom accommodations apply to City
Ticket, oniee s, K. .V W R'v. Jacksonville, or
Agent Plant Steamship I.ine. Tampa.
, , o D. OWENS, Trainc Manager.
H. B. HAINES, Ueneral Manager.
Mav 1, ISB7. *
l. a. McCarthy,
Successor to Chas. E. Wakefield,
PLUMBER, GAS and STEAM FITTER,
fs Barnard street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Taloohono arx
RAILROADS.
SCH E l/u E E “
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Savannah. Ga.. July 3.1887.
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 36 minutes slower than Savannah city time:
No. 1. Nt. No. 5. No. 7.
Lv Savannah .7:10 am 8:20 pm 5:15 pm 5:40 pm
ArGuyton 8:07 am G:4O pm
Ar Milieu 9:40 am 11:03 pm 7:30 pm 8:45 pm
Ar Augusta..ft:4s pm 4:oOam 9:35 pm
Ar Macon I:4opm 3:2oam
Ar Atlanta... .5:40 pm 7:15 am
Ar Columbus.. 0:30 pm 2:45 pm
Ar Montg'ry .7:25 am 7:Q9 pm
Ar Eufaula.. .4:33 am 8:50 pm
Ar Albany. . 10:00 pm 2:45 pm
Train No. 9t leaves Savannah 2:00 p. m,; ar
rives Guyton 2:55 p. m.
Passengers for Sylvania, Wrlghtsville, Mil
ledgevillu andEatonton should take 7:10 a. in.
train.
Passengers for Thomaston, Carrollton. Perry,
Fort Gaine.s, Talbotton, Buena Vista, Blakely
and Clayton should take the 8:20 p. m. train.
No. 2, No. A 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 7:40 am
Lv Eufaula. .10:15 pin 10:49 am t
Lv Albany.. s:osam 11:55am
Lv MUlen— 2:28 pm 8:10 am 8:15 am 6:20 am
Lv Guyton.. 4:03 pm s:olam 9:40 am 6:68 am
Ar Savannah 5:00 pm 6:15 am 10:80 am 8:00 am
Train No. lOf leaves Guyton 3:10 p. in.; arrives
Savannah 4:25 p. m.
Sleeping cal's 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 Milieu.
Train No. 1 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 Millon 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 Olllee 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.
C COMMENCING June 12, 1887, the following
I Schedule will be iu effect:
EASTERN LINE.
Fast Night
Express. Express.
Lv Charleston 8:45 am B:3opm
Ar Savannah 6:4lam 7:00 pm
Lv Savannah 7:06 a m 1:30 p m 8:45 p m
Ar Jesup 8:43 am 3:20 pm 1:05 am
Lvjesup 3:35 pm 3:30 am
Ar Brunswick 6:35 p m 6:00 a m
Lvjesup 10:30am 10:51 pm
Ar Eastman 2:00 pm 1:50 am
Ar Cochran 2:40 pm 2:30 am
Ar Hawklnsville. 8:30 p m 12:00 noon
Lv Hawkiusville. .10:15 a m 1:35 pm
Ar Macon 4:05 pm 3:50 am
Lv Macon 4:20 pm 3:55 am
Ar Atlanta 7:45 pm 7:20 am
Lv Atlanta 12:20 p m 7:85 ain
Ar Rome 3:28 p m 10:40 a m
Ar Dalton 4:sßpm 12:03n n
A r Chattanooga 6:25 pm 1:85 pm
Lv Chattanooga... 9:30 ain 9:20 pm
Ar Knoxville 1:50 pm 1:10 ain
Ar Bristol 7:35 pm 6:45 am
Ar Roanoke 2:15 a m 12:45 p m
Ar Natural Bridge. 3:54 am 2:29 pm
Ar Waynesboro ... 6:20 am 4:30 pm
At Luray 7:50 am 6:43 pm
Ar Shenando’ J’n.. 10:53 am 9:35 p m
Ar Hagerstown 11:55pm 10:30 pm
Ar Harrisburg; 8:30 pm 1:30 am .
Ar Philadelphia 6:50 p m 4:45 am
Ar New-York 9:35pm 7:00a m
Lv Hagerstown 12:50noon
Ar Baltimore 3:45 p m
-Ar Philadelphia... 7:49 pm
Ar Ne w Yon 10:35 p m
Lv Roanoke 2:20 am 12:30 noon
Ar Lynchburg 4:30 am 2:30 pm
Ar Washington 12:00noon 9:40 pm i..
Ar Baltimore 1:27 p m 11:85 pm
Ar Philadelphia... 3:47 pm 3:00 am
Ar New York. ... 6:80 p m 6:30 ain
Lv Lynchburg 6:15 am 3:05 pm
Ar Burkville 9:20 am 5:27 pm
Ar Petersburg 11:10 am 7:15 pm
Ar Norfolk 2:25 pm 10:00 pm
Via Memphis and Charleeton R. R.
Lv Chattanooga... 9:25am 7:lopm
Ar Memphis 9:lspm 6:loam
Ar Little Lock 7:10 am 12:55 pm
~ ViaK.C..F. S. and oTR. It
Lv Memphis 10:45 am
Ar Kansas City 8:20 am
Via Cin. So. R'v.
Lv Chattanooga... B:4oam i :10 pm
Ar. Louisville 6:45 pm 6:30 ain
Ar Cincinnati 7:00 pm 6:60 am
Ar Chicago 6:50 am 6:50 pm
Ar St. Louis 7:45 a m 6:4opm
Pullman sleepers leave as follows: Jesup at
10:51 p m for CtuittanoAga, Atlanta at 4:30 p m,
for Knoxville. Rome at 4:05 p m, for Washing
ton via Lynchburg; Chattanooga at 9:20 p m,
and at9:d() a m for Washington via Lynchburg;
Chattanooga at 7:10 p in for Little Rock; Bruns
wick at 8:30 p in for Atlanta.
B. W. WKENN, O. P. A T. A.,
Knoxville, Tenn.
L. J. ELLIS, A. G. P. A., Atlanta.
Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos.
CONNECTIONS mado at Savannah with Sa-
I 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*
I.v Sav’h. .12:20 p m 4:00 p m 6:45 a m 8:23 p m
Ar Augusta 19:80 p m
Ar Beaufort li:0M p m 10:15 a m
Ar P. Itoyal 0:30 pm 10:30 am
ArAPdale,. 7:40 pin B:lspm 10:30am
Ar Chaston4:43 p m 0:30 p m 11:40a 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 a 111 2:00 pm
Lv Beaufort 7:12 atn 2:15 pm
Ar Sav'h.. 10:15 am 0:53 u m 0:41 a m
♦Dally between Savannah and Charleston.
tßunuays only.
Train No. 78 makes no connection with Port
Iloynl and Augusta Kail wav. aiul stops only at
Uiagehnri, lireen Pond una Ravouel. Train 11
stops only at Yemussee and Green Pond, and
connects for Beaufort ami Port Royal daily, and
for Allendale daily, except Sunday. Trains 35
and 66 connect from and for Beaufort and Port
Royal daily.
For tic sets, sleeping ear reservations and all
other information apply to WM. BREN,
Special Ticket Agent, 22 Bull street, auil at
Charleston and Savannah railway ticket office,
nl Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
depot. C. S. GADSDEN, Supt..
.ii'xsO, 1887.
FOOD PRODUCTS.
FOREST CITY ILLS.
Prepared Stock Food for
Horses, Mules, Milch Cows
and Oxen. Made out of pure
grain. Guaranteed Sweet and
Nutritious.
jßondjlaynes&Elton
RAILROADS.
Savannah, Florida & Western Railway.
[All trains on this read are run by Central
Standard Time.]
rpiME CARD IN EFFECT JUNE 19, 1887,
I Passenger trains on this road will run daily
as follows:
WEST INDIA FAST MAIL
READ DOWN. READ UP.
7:ooam Lv Savannah Ar 12:06pm
12:30 p m Lv Jacksonville Lv 7:00 am
4:40 pin Lv Sanford Lv 1:15 a m
9:oopm Ar Tampa Lv 8:00pm
PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE.
K 3 Vml Lv...Tampa....Ar j S . p m
Friday-p'm iAr Key West.. Lv
Wedues. and I T ANARUS„ (Wed. and
Sat anil Ar . Havana...Lv nooß
Pullman buffet cars to and from New Yorl(
and Tampa.
NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS.
7:06 am Lv Savannah Ar 7:58 pm
B:42am Lv Jesup Ar 6:l6pm
9:50 a m Ar Waycross— —Lv 5:05 pra
11:26 am Ar Callahan Lv 2:47 pm
12:00 noonAr Jacksonville Lv 2:05 p m
7:00 a m 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
18:84 p m Lv Quitman Lv 2:28 p m
1:82 pm Ar Tliomasville... .Lv 1:45 pm
8:85 p m Ar Pain bridge Lv 11:25 a m
4:o4pm Ar... Chattahoochee—Lvll;Bo*n
Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville
and New York, to and from Waycross and New
Orleans via Pensacola.
EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS.
1:80 pm Lv Savannah Ar 12:06 pm
8:20 pm Lv Jesup Lv 10:32 am
4:4opm Ar Waycross Lv 9:23am
7:45 p m Ar Jacksonville Lv 7:00 a m
4:lspm Lv. . .Jacksonville Ar o:4sam
7:20 pni Lv Waycross Ar 6:35 a m
8:31 pm Af Dupont Lv s:3oam
8:25 p m Lv .Lake City Ar 10:45 a m
3:45 pm Lv Gainesville Ar 10:30 a ra
6:55 p m Lv Live Oak Ar 7:10 am
8:40p m Lv Dupont Ar 5:25 am
10:55 p m Ar Thomasville Lv 3:25 a m
I:22am Ar Albany Lv l:2sara
Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville
and St. Louis via Thomasvilie, Albany, Monfr
gomery and Nashville.
ALBANY EXPRESS.
7:3spniLv Savannah Ar 6:10a n*
10:05 pm Lv Jesup Lv 3:15 am
12:40 am Ar Waycross Lv 12:10 a m
6::)0 ain Ar Jacksonville Lv 9:00 pm
9:00 n m Lv .. .Jacksonville Ar 5:30 anj
1:05 a m Lv Waycross Ar 11:30 p ra
2:30 am Ar Dupont Lv 10:05 pm
7:10 am Ar Live Oak Lv 6:55 pm
10:30 ain Ar Gainesville. Lv 3:45 pno
10:45 a m Ar Lake City Lv 3:25 piu
2:55 am Lv Dupont Ar 9:35 pm
6:3oam Ar Thomasville Lv 7:oopm
11:40 am Ar Albany Lv 4:00 pin
Stops at all regular stations. Pullman
sleeping cars to and from Jacksonville and Sa
vannah.
THOMASVILLE EXPRESS.
6:05 am Lv Waycross Ar 7:00 pm
10:25 am Ar Thomasville Lv 2:15 p m
Stops at all regular and flag stations.
JESUP EXPRESS.
3:45 p m Lv Savannah Ar 8:30 am
6:lopm Ar Jesup... .Lv 6:25am
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), 12:28
P m and 8:23 pm; for Augusta and Atlanta at
7:00 a in, 5:15 p in and 8:20 p m; 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 3:33
pm; for Macon 10:30 a m and 11:07 pm.
At WAYCROSS for Brunswick at 10:00amand
5:05 p in.
At CALLAHAN for Fernandina at 2:47 pm;
for Waldo, Cedar Key, Ocala, etc , at 11:27 a m.
At LIVE OAK for Madison, Tallahassee, etc.,
at 10:58 a m and 7:30 p m.
At GAINESVILLE lor Ocala, Tavares, Brooke
ville and Tampa 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
SUBURBAN RAILWAY.
City and Suburban Railway^
Savannah, Ga.. May 81. 1887.
ON and after WEDNESDAY, June Ist, the
following schedule will be lain on the Out
side Line:
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE ISLE I LEAVE
CITY. CITY. OF HOPE, j MONTGOMER*
*7:00 6:50 6:25
10:25 8:40 8:15 7:50
**3:25 2:00 1:30 1:00
_ +7:15 6:40 6:15 5 45
There will be no early train from Isle of Hope
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.
**Tbis 8:25 p. M. train last out of city Sunday
afternoon.
tOn Saturdays this train leaves city at 7:43
p. M. J. H. JOHNSTON.
GRAIN AND HAY.
Cargo Eastern Hay I
WESTERN HAY.
20.000 bushels CHOICE MILLING WHITE
CORN.
5,1X10 bushels 511XED CORN.
30,000 bushels HEAVY MIXED OATS.
100,000 pounds WHEAT BRAN.
100,000 FRESH CORN EYES.
1,000 bushels COW PEAS.
CLAY, speckled, white and mixed.
Grits, Meal, Lemons,
Oranges and Vegetables.
STOCK FEED, ETC, ETC.
Call for prices on carloads.
T. P. BOND & CO.,
158 Bay Street.
Cow Peas^
ALL KIND OF SEED AND FEED PEAS
VERY CHEAP.
—ALSO—
Hay and Grain.
—BY—
-O.S.UPIN
172 BAY STREET.
PUBLICATIONS.
CITY DELIVERY
OF THE
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS.
The undHruigiifd in prepared to deliver the
MoiiNiNn N'swh ((ttjrable in advance) at the fol
lowing rates:
One Yosr $lO <X)
Six Months. 5 00
Three Months vl 50
WILLIAM ESTILL,
(Estlll's News Depot, No. 23 Bull street.)
DY K>.
“'iZa.idiesY
DO your own Dyeing, at home, with PEER
LESS DYES. They will dye everything.
They are sold every whet o. Price loc. a package
-W colon. They have no equal for strength,
brightness, amount In packages, or for fastnese
of color, or non lading qualities. They do not
crrs l. or smut. For sab- by B F. Ulmer, M. D,
Pharmacisi. corner Broughton and Houston
streets; P. B. Reid. Druggist and Aiwthe
cary, corner Jones and Ahercorn
IhiWABO J. KueggEH, Druggist, coruar Wssl
Broad auti btewart streets.