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8 GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS. A Small Sized Riot at a Barbecue Near Augusta— Rome’s Postal Revenue Sufficient to Entitle Her to the Free Delivery System Daltonites Said to bo Indignant Over the Commutation. GEORGIA. The organization of a cavalry company is talked of at Brunswick. Tlie St. Andre ws coast buoy is afloat. This is the one used by the steamers. The eonferenoe of the Homo district of the Methodist Episcopal church is in session at Borne. Mi's. Cleveland will accompany the Presi dent to Atlanta when he comes to visit the exposition. Daltonitos are said to I>o indignant at the commutation of Holman's sentence. Lynch ing is talked of. The colored citizens of Washington hnvo organized a fire company and purchased a hook and ladder truck. There is a movement on foot to petition the Ordinary to order an election on the whisky question in Gordon county. The annual convention of the Whitfield County Sunday School Association will he held at Five Springs on Saturday, July 30. Hon. 11. H. Carlon has a young man named J. H. Arnold taking a list of all the white voters in the Eighth district, that lie might know their names and w here to ad dress them. Col. Tift, of Albany, h.as ordered the pip ing, and says he will lay mains and l<e pre pared to furnish persons in the northern part of the city with water from his arte sian well boforo long. The Clarke Light Infantry, of Augusta, will leave on their Greenville excursion this morning at 7 o’clock and return Monday. The excursion is given to raise funds for the purchase of new uniforms. The 8-year-old son of Mr. Ilan, about four miles from Decatur, was bitten by what is supposed to have been a mad dog, in five different places, last Friday. A mud stone was applied, and it is hoped did good. In Qetolier the Princeton factory at Ath ens will be sold at public outcry, and it is reported that Dr. Hamilton will probably buy it. This is one of the best w’ater powers around Athens, and can easily operate three times as much machinery as is now in u, Mai. McClung, of Gwinnett .county, has been living in the same house where he new’ lives for fifty-three years. During all that time lie has lieen in lion Smith’s district. Rocently the district lines were so changiti as to cut him olf in another district. He says he does not feel at homo. The mills of T. J. Merritt, about five miles south of Gainesville, were burned lust Saturday night. As there had been no tiro about the premises since the night before, the presumption is that it was the work of an incendiary. The loss will amount to several hundred dollars, with no insurance. Collector Crenshaw has forwarded to Washington his report for the fiscal year ending June 30, I*B7. This shows the office to lie in excellent condition. For the year ending June 30, the collections from ail sources wore $336,698.77, as against, $(103,- 971.91 for the year ending June 30, 1886. The balance in favor of this year is $32,- 736.86. Charles Townley's grocery at Dalton was burned out a fow days ago. Mr. Townley had only a few hundred dollars' insurance on his stock of goods, but before the sun went down that day the generous, liberal hearted citizens of Dalton liad raised a sum necessary to cover all losses, anil forced the unexpected donation ujiou the grateful gen tleman. A Walker county constable by the name of Hayos was arrested Inst week on the charge of obstructing the mail. Hayes levied an attachment on the horse used in carrying the mail from Ringgold to Rock Spring, compelling the mail boy to walk the entire distance. Hayes was taken before Commissioner Walker, and in default of bail was committed to Fulton county jail. A woodcock was flushed in the heart of Albany Thursday. It was almost as gentle as a chicken, and flew from one side of Broad street to the other, greatly to the temptation of sportsmen to risk being (hied for shooting it. This bird is not plentiful in that section, at)d its appearance on a crowded thoroughfare excited a good deal of speculation as to how it came to bo there. At a meeting of the Confederate Veter ans Association of Troup county resolutions were unanimously adopted inviting all of the survivors of the Thirteenth and Sixtieth Georgia regiments C. 8. A., to meet their comrades in LaGrange on the first Wednes day in August to attend the annual reunion of this association. Ample provisions will be made for their comfort mid enjoyment. The contract bus been awarded and St. Paul s Episcopal church, at Augusta, will be one of the handsomest churches in the city. The entire building will be recoiled and repainted. The building will be wains cotted, and the frescoing and painting will be very elegant and elaborate. The win dows will all be elegantly decorated with stained glass. The chancel will be recessed and the acoustics made excellent. A paragraph in the Macon Telegraph notes the omission from Mr. Munro’s list of Georgia brigadiers in the Confederacy the names of Moxley, Sorrel and Oirardey. At tention is oalled'to the omission, also ‘of the names of Gen. Phil Cook, Gen E. P. Alex ander, Gen. C. A Evans and Gen. L. J. Gar troll. Perhaps other names should also lie included. The omission doubtless arises from defective records at Washington. Commissioner Henderson received Thurs day from Primus W. Jones, the great first bale mac, ten magnificent melons, aggre gating 540 pounds. The melons were cut during the day, large numbers of the mem bers of the Legislature partaking thereof. Commissioner Henderson also received yes terday the first new sweet potatoes of the season, the early variety, coming from the place of H. E. W. Palmer, at Edgewood. At Macon Wednesday afternoon, at mill No. 2, Miss Lizzie Brooks, one of the opera tives, lost her balance in some way while trying to sit iu a window, and fell to the ground. She had an open knifo in her pocket j which entered her side when she fell, inflicting what is feared is a dangerous wound, as the blade turned in the direction of her stomach. The young girl was car ried to her home near the factory and a physician called. A hitch has occurred in the preliminarv anangemonts of the anti-Prohibition party of Whitfield county. The jvtition, praying for au election, presented to the Ordinary last week, was found upon examination to have been im properly drawn up, or not in accordance with the law bearing upon the subject. So anew petition w ill have to lie niude out and signed again, which will necessarily ouu.se a delay of another mouth. Thursday Comptroller. General Wright re ceived a number of returns from the Tax Collectors in all part* of the State. The routine business or the office is very heavy just now, and it is difficult to keep up with the work, owing to the constant interrup tions. All the insurance ooiniianies doing business in the State have made their srmP annual returns, as required by law, save two; these ore the "UuiLxi Life and Acci dent,” and the ‘‘Equitable Accident.” The report for the fiscal your of tho Itonio poitoffler, ending June 80, 1887, has boon muuo out and it i found that tho rov considerably over SIB,OOO. This will give the city a free delivery system, a* the jxidt.nl laws give it to any city having a gross revenue of SIO,OOO per annum. Post master Ailltms will immediately call the at tention of the department to tills fact, and it is expected that the system will he In force Here within three or four months. The Washington Chronicl* seems to be determined to Toad the van. It is a weekly paper, but lately it has been coming out twice a week. It oamoout on the same day u the Oazelte this week, and hi older to g t ahead of the Gazelle, it hired a team to distribute its issue around the county in ad vance of tiie Gazelle. The vehicle went with Gilpin spied around the county, carry ing a banner inscribed “The Chronicle Hpe ciai Mail.” The Gazette is also hard to beat. At Clarksville George W. Caroline, a man 75 years of age, was married Monday morn ing to Mrs. Amanda Carter. Caroline has been married four times, nnd the third and fourth time he was married that his wife could homestead on his property, which was advertised for sale. He brought Mrs. Car ter in town Monday inorningalioutOo’olock, was innrried, and his wife took out home stead before 12. He went home happy, hav ing seemed a wife and fixed his property safe again. There is in Col. Smith’s convict camp an old gray haired white man from Hart county, who was sent, to the jieiiito ntiarv for arson. His time is out to-day when lie will Ik- released. He bus not been aide to do any work since his sentence. He is looked upon as a dangerous character, and the g<*>d propie of Hart refused to sign a petition for his pardon. This convict belongs to a good family, and his children married nice peo ple. He will not find a very warm welcome on his return homo. Col. Smith, of duel fame, has a field of 300 acres planted in anew variety of corn. There are from throe to seven largo ears on u stalk, and competent judges say it will make a third more than any other variety of Corn known. Col. Smith got some prolific corn, and by crossing it and saving only the best and top ear for sets!, succeeded in bring ing it it]) to this perfection, lle’is delighted with it. and says it is as near perfection as corn can be. This gentleman has 100 acres planted in sweet potatoes. State School Commissioner Orr is busy tabulating the reports of tho number of children in the public schools of tho various counties. It will be several days before the various per cents of the number of white aud colored pupils of school age in atten dance will lie completed. The conclusions the figures will justify will astonish many peopio who have always believed that Geor gia was behind in tho march and progress of the people in jHipular education. The figures will show tire IS Into to bo far ahead of some Northern (States. At Rome Thursday R. T. Armstrong concluded negotiations for tho erec tion of a magnificent hotel, to cost $125,000. The hotel will be located on the corner of Howard and Court streets, and will bo one of the handsomest hotel buildings in the South. It will be elegantly furnished. Mr. Armstrong’s architect from Birmingham, is now in Rome, and is drawing plaus for the building. Property in the neighborhood of the projiozed hotel is in great demand, and boom prices are offered, but jjroporty own ers are not willing to soil. The Georgia Southern and Florida Rail road Conijiuny has offered the citizens of Vienna, Dooly county, land to build anew ti wi on, aud also to build anew court house if they will remove tho town to the road. Tiie delegation from Vienna ex pressed themselves as pleased with the offer, nnd left for home to consider the matter. The road will run within two and a half milos of the present town, but as they have not purchased the lands in that section yet, they are not prepared to say iust how far off tho new town will bo located. At Marietta a novel practice was intro duced Thursday in Justice Winn’s court. Whitman brought suit against Messrs. Miller & Wallis for 90c. for part of wages unpaid. Justice Winn said that he w ould donate his costs and the bailiff said he would give half of his, the amount being so small. Justice Winn suggested that the parties should throw heads and tails to de cide the matter, to which the parties agreed, whereupon, by consent of all parties, the court tossed up the coin, which fell in favor of the defendant and judgment was awarded accordingly. R. H. Lumpkin is charged with having ruined a white girl of Augusta, aged 14 years, and induced her to run away with him. The girl's name is Dillman. Efforts to arrest the pair had not lieen successful at last accounts. Lampkin for a number of years ran a barroom in Athens, and was a member of the City Council. After prohi bition went into effect he moved to Au gusta. He still owns valuable property in Athens, and his wife resides there. His daughter married a son of one of the larg est dry goods merchants of Augusta, and his son is now a prosperous and highly re speetod young man of Atlanta. When Lincoln’s signature shook off the shackles of the slaves in the Mouth there was among the negroes who parted with Col. Tom Hardeman, of Macon, a man named George. He drifted away, but tho love of the old master never died in his heart,. He located near Americus, and now and then as the years sped by, would send Col. Hardeman a few peaches, or something of the kind, in kind reineuiberanoe. Wednes day the Colonel received n prepaid telegram which read: “George Hardeman studs crate of chickens to Morse Tom. George Hardeman.” As may be imagined, there was a lump in the Colonel's throat when he received that message from his old-time slave. Mr. Beall was seen at the East Tennessee depot at Macon, Thursday, sporting a most unique scarf pin. It was a miniature hat, of the Southern slouch style, made from a scrap of the one the boys cut up and divided out as souvenirs on the occasion of Hon. Jefferson Davis’ visit to Atlanta last year. Surrounding this peculiar setting is the legend, "Jefferson Davis, 1888.'’ Mr. Beall says that a man from Michigan met him soino time ago, and just made a regular set to for its ixMsossiun, offering him a big price for it. He refused to part, with it, tolling tho Westerner that he did not wish them to carry it up North where people were so fund of cursing Jeff Davis, lie values the relic very highly. Rev. Dr. J. G. Armstrong, of Atlanta, the deposed rector of St. Philip’s Protestant Kpiscopul church, has accepted an invitation to address the Fayette County Sunday School Association on July 20. When it is recollected that Episcopal preachers are not usually to be found in the union Sunday school ranks, but. on the contrary, holding off to themselves, tho assent of Dr. Arm strong to address such an institution is re garded as of some significance. Add to this the further fact that this is the first public fraternization of Dr. Armstrong with any religious body since his suspension from the Episcopal ministry, and some people read in it an indication that tho doctor may yet secure a now field of religious usefulness. Tho Macon Board of Trade held its annual mooting ami election of officers Wednesday, with the following result: President, lien C. Smith; First Vice President, Charles K. Campbell; Second Vice President, Hardin T. Johnson; Directors, 11. D. Adams, 1. B. English, 8. 11. Jaquee. For the other three directors there was no election, the vote being a tie tirtwoen W. R. Cox, 11. Horne, George T. Kershaw, L. E. Culver. W. A. Doody, George T. Harris and W. H. Bone. It, wus necessary to an election that the three receiving tho highest number of \otes would be chosen, but it occurred that those gentlemen received an equal number of votes. The election for the throe directors was booked to take place at the rooms of the board yesterday. E. E. Campbell having declined to servo, an election for First Vico President was also to be held yesterday. The commissioners of roads and revenues of Fulton Jcounty have determined to do everything in their power to restore tho lost records. The matter was brought, up at the regular meeting of the board Wednesday and a lively exchange of views upon tho_ subject was the result. Col. George W. Adair started the ball rolling by reading the following resolutions: “That a committee of two bo apjxiinted, who, to gether with tho attorney for tho county, shall confer with the abstract company for the purpose of obtaining the consent of its officers for the i-ountv to duplicate the lost records from tho abstract books; and that if tho officers of the abstract company refuse to allow the county to duplicate the lost rec ords from the abstract books then the com mittee is iuatructfcd to at once advertise a local bill to repeal the special privileges heretofore given by the Legislature to R. C. Mitchell dfc Cos., aud their successors gad u*- feUtoS. TIIE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JULY 9. 1887; Rumors were currentJa6 Augusta rarly ! in the week that a riot had occurred on | Monday at a public barbecue, held near Lit- I tie Spirit creek on the Fourth. Correct por j ticulars could not be obtained tint 1 Tt ut ! day. The following are the facts: The bnr j becue was served at Mr. Walter’s mill house. During the progress of the festivi ties, angry words were exchanged between Seaborn Moore. John Butler, and Josiah Hogan, all employes of the Georgia Chemi cal Works. Words came to blows, and pis tols were drawn and fired at random. The whole neighborhood shook with terror. A regular stampede from the tables en sued. arid but lor the courage of a couple of men lives might have been lost. The case was reported to Judge Eve, who sent out an expert to hunt up the offenders. The diffi culties in getting at them caused great, reti cence on the part of the authorities, some of the parties being notorious characters. They will be punished to the full extent of tho law. Samuel 11. Rumph, of Marshallville, Georgia’s great peach grower, was in Macon Thursday to have a photograph made of bis favorite, Elborta. Elberta is a magnificent variety of poach now selling in Now York at from $7 to $9 per bushel; it is large, slightly ovoid, of a delicate creamy tint, flushed with red on one side, magnificent in flavor and melts in the mouth. The peach is not anew one as poaches go, but seems this year to have reached a perfect develop ment. On one branch, a foot and n half long, which he brought to have photographed for tho cover of liis new catalogue, were fine ripe peaches, nnd the cluster weighed probably ten or twelve pounds. Single peaches that had not been crowded were also brought, and .would proliablv have weighed ten ounces each. This splendid peach is n sprout from the old Chinese cling, and with its cousin, the Belle, likewise produced, bids fair to meet with a great demand next fall. 'Mr. Humph has 360 acres in fruit,, and plants more every year. This is his twentieth year in the business, and he says if there is ii better section for peaches than Middle Georgia he does not know where it is. A curious story comes in from South Macon. A few days ago a small negro boy jumped on one of the wagons of Mr. Jere Hollis, whose place is about three miles out, and stopped at the place. Mr. Hollis fed him, and thought that after allowing him to run about tho farm for a dnv or so he would send the waif back. Ho noticed, however, that, whenever he mentioned send ing the In}' back to town to his mother the little fellow would appear to be greatly agi tated, and would shudder so terribly that Mr. Ilollis was curious to find out the cause. On Wednesday Mr. Hollis sent the boy in with his little son Paul, who, after a long search, found the mother, who lives in Bouth Ma con. As soon as the mother laid eyes on tho boy she rushed to him, seized him as if she wanted to tear him to pieces, and with a stick administered a fearful lieating. While this was going on Paul saw in the house where two younger children were chained to the floor. When Paul returned home and reported what he had seen Mr. Hollis determined to have the matter inves tigated and the inhuman woman properly dealt with. Tho matter will be laid before the authorities. Jesse It. Griffin, of Carrollton, ail cx-Con federate soldier, after twenty years of mar ried life, became the father of liis first child, which was u boy. Jesse remembered the fine physical appearance of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, and with this remembrance, coupled with his high regal'd for Lee’s character, both as a soldier and civilian, he namoil his boy Fitzhugh Lee Griffin. Some time afterward Griffin communicated this fact to Gov. Lee by letter, sending a photograph of his boy, and asking as sole return a photograph of Lee as a present to the boy. Gov. Lee promptly resjxmded in the following autograph letter: “Mr. Jesse R. Griffin, Carrollton, Ga.—Dear Sir: I have duly received your very kind letter and with it the picture of Master Fitzhugh Lee Griffin. Please accept my sincere thanks for the very kind expressions con tained in your letter, and for the very great compliment you paid mo in naming your only child after me. I only wish I felt worthy of what you have lieen good enough to say about me. I have given the picture a place in tho Governor’s house here, and will always take the liveliest, interest in the future of young Master Griffin. Please pre sent him my kindest regards and also the picture I send herewith. Very truly and sincerely yours, Fitzhugh Lee.” Much comment is made upon the effort of certain parties to have the Stone Mountain circuit abolished. In a recent number of the DeKalb Chronicle it was said: We are of the opinion, however, that, the best thing to lie done is to hand Clayton county over to Flint or some other circuit, and place DeKalb back with Fulton, and let Fulton and DeKalb comprise the Fulton Judicial Circuit. In answer to this the Jonesboro News of this weekdays: Asti) “handing Clayton over to Flint or some other cir cuit,” wo will say t hat the people of Clay ton have sat dowii on the idea of being “handed over.” Clayton county don’t propose to be a convenience any more. There is no good reason why the Btone Mountain circuit should be abolished or changed, and its establishment was an net of wisdom on tho part, of the Legislature. In the first plan* the bill creating the circuit wisely so arranged it, that the Judge of the Stone Mountain circuit, while not engaged in the courts that composed the circuit, should hold court In Fulton, assisting the Judge of the Atlanta circuit, as the business of tlmt circuit is so groat aud increasing each year that it is impossible to give the cases that should be brought to trial a hear ing; and even now, with tho assistance of the Judge of the Btone Mountain circuit, we are told the docket is crowded, and many cases iu which the rights of the peo ple are concerned cannot bo brought to trial. The jieoplo of Clayton county want tho circuit continued. FLORIDA. W. A. Merryday. of Palatkn, has raised a watermelon weighing 02; 8 pounds. The colored Baptist church, on Reid street, Pa’atka, is closed iu and will soon be ready for use. W. H. Henson, who was shot at Haw thorne last week, is recovering. There will lie no prosecution. Tiie llnptist church of Bartow received thirteen accessions last Sunday. The rites of baptism will be administered to six of them to-morrow evening at Six-mile creek. The brick block of \V. J. AVebb, being built on Lemon street, Palatka, opposite Mr. Groom's store, is nearing completion and will soon Ih> in the hands of the finishers. There will lie a tournament and ball at Worthington Spring* on the afternoon and night of Tuesday, July 12. Knights from the counties of Alachua, Bradford and Columbia will participate iu the tourna ment. Charles H. Webb has sold liis interest in the Florida Chronicle , of DcLand, to his partner, Rev. M 8. Leeta. Mr. Webb, to the regret of the many friends ho lias made at Do Lund, will make his future home in Jacksonville. Hon. Norman T. Bcott, n member of the late Constitutional Convention, is now re siding at Concord, and is suffering with can cer on his neck, which does not np|K*ar to be improving, but, on the contrary, seems to be growing worse. One of l'ahitin's oldest landmarks has vanished—-t he old Dalton mansion is no more. The building of the Academy of the Sacred Heart is soon to be moved on to the site it occupied and the grounds will be tastefully laid off and beautified. A movement is on foot in Pensacola to organize a stock company and buy and fit uji UaiTocheville, a place near that city for a club house and grounds. This is one of the most delightful places in the vicinity of Pensacola nnd is easy of success both bv hind and water. Rev. W. G. Booth, of the Methodist church of Concord, who lias been blind for some time, placed himself under the treat ment of the celebrated oculist, Dr A. W. I < allioun, oi Atlanta, Ga., and lias been con siderably benefited. Tho prospect* for bis recovery me very fair. Quite a thunder storm visted FruiUanc. Park Tuesday afternoon. Lightning struck G. 8. Meaeham’s residence near a window in the upper story and set an umbrella on fire that was leaning against the wall in the lower story. Fortunately all were in tho front of the house opposite where the house was struck and no serious damage was done. Col. G. A. Karweise, n civil engineer of large experience and representing a consid erable amount of capital, is in Pensacola for the purpose of investigating the feasibility of establishing a large plant for building iron ships there, and also for the manufac turing of machinery, jiutting in dry docks, etc. There was a shooting Scrape at DoLaml last Sunday night between two negroes. One attempted to burglarize a house, when he was discovered by the owner. The bur glar drew his pistol and fired upon the other, whereupon tho owner oi the house filled the burglar with shot from a shotgun. The Deputy Sheriff arrested both parties Mon day night. Michael Roach, of Mandarin, had about three acres in watermelons, from which he has gathered, for sale, fully 0.000 melons. These he sold for an average of a little more than 10c., making a total of more than S6OO for three acres, or S3OO per acre. This has lieen occupied not to exceod three months, and can now bo again utilized by cultivating it as a vegetable garden. The DcLand Rifles, notwithstanding >,the fact that they have not been mustered in as State militia under the new law, aro by no means discouraged, and are drilling weekly. Their enlistment in the State militia has been accepted under the old law, and the officers of the company have received their commissions and made requisition for arms, etc., which are expected to arrive iu a few weeks. Mr. Monroe, of South Jacksonville, left home a few nights ago for the North. His wife, who is a dress maker, followed him soon after with her two children. She was in such haste that she left the furniture in the house for the neighbors to take care of and also five or six wedding dressfes un finished. The exjiectant brides will be obliged to find a Jess uxoriul ilressmakento finish their outfits. G. F. Flewellen, of Lochbie (Orange Lake ■ post office), on the Florida Southern rail way, sent iuto Palatka the finest carload of watermelons ever received there. There were about 1,000 of them, averaging over 20 pounds each, and some of them running up to 50 pounds. He shipped a carload to Denver, Col., at a cost or S4OO for freight. They arrived in good order and sold well, the only complaint being that they were too large. Messrs. Devault and Daunielson, of Uma tilla, had three acres in cabbage which netted them from the commission merchants 81,461. George V. Devault had two and at half acres in cabbage for which he received $753. He paid out S2B for fertilizer aud not over tliut amount for labor, doing the bal ance of the work himself. He commenced Nov. 1 and was through May 1. John Proub received $443 from one and a quarter acres in tomatoes. John A. Mitehnur sold a small patch of tomatoes for sl33—at tho first ot shipping season tho purchaser shipped tho crop and received $3Ol. These are facts and a few instances of what was done this year, for there were 14,689 boxes, barrels, etc., of vegetables shipped from Umatilla this year. Next year she will send 30,689. Gainesville Netcs: Two weeks ago a Gainesville merchant advertised in the Sa vannah News for a salesman. In a few days he was besoiged by letters asking for the position. He wrote to one of the appli cants, a young man by tho name of Hop kins, telling him to come at once or telegraph at what time he could come. Several days elapsed without bringing either the young mail or a telegram. The merchant con cluded Hopkins wasn’t coming, and made arrangements for another clerk. Monday morning the first young man arrived from Savannah, but was informed that he was too late, as other arrangements had lieen made. Nothing more was heard c f the mat ter until yesterday, when the merchant was informed that a suit in law would bo insti tuted against him by the young man for breach of contract. Lee Mulford, of Ogden, under date of July 5 writes the Mousing News as fol lows: I see in your ably written report of the blue and gray at Gettysburg on the Fourth, you speak of the meeting as the “first camp-fire of the blue aud gray,” In justice to as fine a corps of men as ever charged a battery or took in a prisoner, I wish to correct an error by calling your at tention to the visit of R. E. Lee Camp, Con federate Veterans, to the Seward Post, Grand Army of tho Republic, of which I have the honor to be a member, at Auburn, N. Y., just two years ago. On that occa sion there was a great deal of jealous senti ment buried, ami the formality of shaking hands over Secretary Seward's grave was gone through by two of the opposing forces. After a most enthusiastic parade, arm in arm, the veterans attended a matinee and appeared upon the stage as required by the lines of the play, and at night a camp-fire was held in a skating rink capable of hold ing 5,000 people and which was more than filled. I think this must have been the first blue and gray camp-fire, and I do not doubt that to the R. E. Lee Camp may bo traced the outburst of pent-up fraternal feeling which lias been so generally felt during the past, two years and whicli has taken all the starch out of tho bloody shirt of contract managers at the North Gainesville Record: Through the kind ness of Dr. W. 8. Porter we enjoyed a nice ride on Saturday last, and a visit to the extensive pear orchard of Porter and Cessna, about one and a half miles southwest of the city. Herein a rich hummock piece of ground we found in all about 1,000 or 1,200 LeConte pear trees, which have lieen ret from three to six years. The growth is n iar velous, and many of the older trees have been loaded with fruit. On one branch about three-fourths of an inch in dinmeter, there were fourteen very fine specimens in a space of twelve inches. This is the first year of bearing, and some of the trees have had from one to three bushels of pears. About forty-five bushels had been shipped and a., many more nearly ready, and this, too, after lieing injured by the cold wave of March, when many were in full bloom. We have sampled a lew of the pears, which were brought homo and laid away for u few days, mid are now in fine eating condition. Beside this, they have a line nursery of pear, pouch and Jajiim per simmon trees for market. (Sonic of the per simmons arc now hearing fruit while yet in the nursery rows. They have also persim mon trees planted out among the penr trees, which arc growing finely. In a few years the fruit from this orchard will havo "to bo shipped by tho carload. They have a bo nanza here superior to any orange grove in the county. It is now a settled question that tho pear will do as well in this vicinity as in the more northern portions of the Btnto and of 8outl) Georgia. , ' PRINTER A\ I • BOOKBINDER. THE OLD RELIABLE! GEO. X. MOHOLS, Printing and Binding, 934 Hay Street. New Machinery! Nfw Materials! Best Papers! Best Work! K<’ Dray. JVo Dlu ittr. Kn Humbug. TOOTH PASTE. FOR THE TEETH. ( \RIENTAL TOOTH PASTE, Cherry Tooth ' / Pauli", Churcoal Tooth Paste, Sliifneld's Croani Dentifrice. Lyons’ Tooth Tablet s, Arnk-a Tooth Heap. Thompson’s Tooth Soap, Carbolic ’f° u * h Powers and Washes all kinds at STRONG S DRUG STORE, comer BuU and Perry street lane. |A>R SALK. I'll Vow >rs, just the tbimr X for wrappers, only Ift rents a hundred. WW iqi m> cento, at the inudaesa oillco. SHIPPING. .OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOE York, Boston and Philadelphia. PASSAGE TO (NEW YORK. CABIN . $2O 00 EXCURSION 3a 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO BOSTON. CABIN $3O 00 EXCURSION 32 00 -STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (via New Yoke). CABIN $22 50 EXCURSION 36 00 STEERAGE 12 50 TIIE magnificent steamships of these lines are appointed to sail as follows—standard time: TO NEW YORK. CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. J. IV. Catharine, SUNDAY, July 10, at 9:30 a. m. CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. H. C. Daggett, TUESDAY, July 12, at 11 a. m. NACOOCHEE, Capt. F. Kempton, FRIDAY, July 15, at 1:30 p. si. OF SAVANNAH. Capt. F. SMITH, SUN DAY, July 17. at 3 p. m. TO BOSTON. GATE CITY, Capt. E. R. Taylor, THURSDAY, July 14,1 p. m. CITY OF MACON, Capt. W. Kelley, THURS DAY’, July 21, at 6 p. m. TO PHILADELPHIA. [POR FREIGHT ONLY.] , JUNIATA, Capt. S. L. Assins, SATURDAY, July 9, at 9 A. m. DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY, July 16, at 2:80 p. m. Through bills of lading given to Eastern and j Northwestern points and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. For freight or passage apply to C. G. ANDERSON, Agent, City Exchange Building. Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Com’y. For Baltimore. CABIN $l2 50 orX'.jNb <_A r. IS' . .. 1-j ... THE 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, J uly 19, at 6 p. in. WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Snow, MONDAY, July 25, at 11 a. m. And from Baltimore on the days above named at 3 p. m Through hills lading given to all points West, all the manufacturing towns in New England, and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. JAS. B. WEST & CO., Agents, 114 Bay street. SEA ISLAND UOU TE. STEAMER DAVID CLARK, Capt. M. P. USINA, TiriLL LEAVE Savannah from wharf foot of * V Lincoln street for DOBOY. DARIEN, BRUNSWICK and FERNANDINA, every TUES DAY and FRIDAY ut (i p. m., city time, con necting at Savannah with New York, Philadel phia, Boston and Baltimore steamers, at, Fer liandiua 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 24 hours after arrival will be at risk of consignee. Tickets on wharf and boat. C. WILLIAMS. Agent. SEMI WEEKLY LINE FOR COHEN’S BLUFF AND WAY LANDINGS. THE steamer ETHEL, Capt. W T. Gibson,will leave for above MONDAYS and THURS DAYS at 0 o'clock p, m. Returning arrive WEDNESDAYS AND BATURDA YS at 8 o’clock p. M. For information, etc., apply to W. T. GIBSON, Manager. Wharf foot of Drayton street. Fo.’ Augusta and Way Landings. STEA ME R K A TIE, Capt. J. S. BEVILL, WILL leave EVERY WEDNESDAY at 10 o'clock a. m. (city tlmej for Augusta and way landings. All freights payable by shippers. , JOHN LAWTON, \ Manager. PLANY steamship line. Tampa, Key West, Havana. SKMI-WKgltl.Y. SOUTH BOUND. I.T Tampa Monday and Thursday 9:30 p. m. Ar Key West Tuesday and Friday ( p, m. Ar Havana Wednesday and Saturday (3 a. m. NORTHBOUND. Lv Havana Wednesday and Saturday noon. Lv Key West Wednesday and Saturday 10 p.m. Ar Tampa Thursday and Sunday 0 p m. Connecting at Tampa with \\Vst India Fast Train to ami from Northern and Eastern cities. For stateroom accommodations applv to city Ticket Offices., F. Jt W. R’y. Jacksonville, or Agent Plant Steamship Line, Tampa. (’. D. OWENS. Trallte Manager. 11. S. HAINES, Uoneral Manager. May 1, 1887. ( OVPIJ \( It)Us. P. J. fallonT BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, 22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH. T3BTIMATRS promptly furnished for building L of auy clom. RAILROADS. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia R. R. GEORGIA DIVISION. The Quickest and Shortest Line BETWEEN Savannali & Atlanta. /COMMENCING June 12, 1887, the following V Schedule will be in effect: _____ EASTERN LINE. Fast Night Express. Express. Lv Charleston 3:45 a m 3:30 p m Ar Savannah 6:4lam 7:00 pm Lv Savannah 7:06 am 1:30 pm 8:45 pm Ar Jesup 8:42 ain 8:20 pm 1:05 am Lv Jesup 3:35 pin 3:30 a m Ar Brunswick 5:35 pin 6:00 a ill Lv Jesup 10:30 a m 10:51 pin Ar Kastman 2:00 pin 1:50 a in Ar Cochran 8:40 pm 2:30 am Ar HnwUiusville. 8:30 pm 12:00 noon Lv Hawkinsville. 10:15 a m . I:SS p m Ar Macon 4:05 pm 3:50 am Lv Macon 4:20 pm 8:55 am Ar Atlanta 7:45 pm 7:20 am Lv Atlunta ~. 7 "... “lffiCO p m 7:35 a m Ar Rome 3:28 p m 10:40 a m Ar Dalton 4:58 pm 12:03 n n Ar Chattanooga 6:95 pm 1:35 pm Lv Chattanooga. . 9:30 a m 9:20 pm Ar Knoxville 1:50 pm 1:10 am Ar Bristol 7:35pm 5:46am Ar Roanoke 2:15 um 12:45 pm Ar Natural Bridge. 3:54 am 2:29pm Ar Waynesboro ... 6:20 um 4:20 pm At Ltiray 7:50 am 6:43 pm Ar Shenando’ J’n. .10:53 a m 9:35 pm Ar Hagerstown 11:55 p m 10:30 pm Ar Harrisburg 8:80 pm 1:20 am Ar Philadelphia.... 6:50 pm 4:15 am Ar New York 9:35 pm 7:00 am Lv Hagerstown .. 12:50noon Ar Baltimore 3:45 p m Ar Philadelphia... 7:49 pm Ar New York 10:35 pm Lv Roanoke. 2:30 am 12:80 noon Ar Lynchburg 4:30 am 2:30 pm Ar Washington 12:00noon 9:40 pm Ar Baltimore 1:27 pra 11:35 pm Ar Philadelphia... 3:47pm 3:ooam Ar New York . 6:20 pm 6:20 am Lv Lynchburg 6:15 am 3:05 pm Ar Burkville 9:20 am 5:27 pm Ar Petersburg 11:10am 7:lspm Ar Norfolk 2:25pm 10:00pm Via Memphis and Charleeton R. R. Lv Chattanooga... 9:25 am 7:10 pm Ar Memphis 9:lspm 6:loam Ar Little Rock 7:loam 12:5Spm Via K. C., F. sTandG. R. U. Lv Memphis 10:45 am ArKansasCity 8:20a ra Via Cin. So. R’y. Lv Chattanooga... 8:40 am 7:10 pm Ar. Louisville 6:45 pm 6:30 am Ar Cincinnati 7:00 pm 6:50 am Ar Chicago 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 4:30 p m, for Knoxville. Rome at 4:05 p m, for Washing ton via Lynchburg; Chattanooga at 9:21 p m, and at9:3o a m for Washington via Lynchburg; Chattanooga at 7:10 p in for Little Rock; Bruns wick at 8:30 p m for Atiauta. B. W. WRENN, G. P. & T. A., Knoxville, Tenn. L. J. ELLIS, A. G. P. A., Atlanta. SUBURBAN RA ILIVAY. City and Suburban Raiivvay. Savannah, Ga., May 31. 18S7. ON and after WEDNESDAY, June Ist, the following schedule will be run on the Out side Line: LEAVE ARRIVE | LEAVE ISLE! LEAVE CITY. CITY. |OF HOPE. I MONTGOMERY *6:55 6:42 6:20 10:25 8:40 8:15 7:50 **3:25 2330 1:30 1:00 t7:15 6:40 6:15 5 45 There will lie no early train from Isle of Hope on Sunday morning. *Kor 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 3:25 p. M. train last out of city Sunday afternoon. tOn Saturdays this train leaves city at 7:45 p m. J. H. JOHNSTON. FRUIT AND GROCERIES. c _a.:b :b eT. NORTHERN CABBAGE. ONIONS, POTATOES, LEMONS, COW PEAS, TABLE PEAS, FEED MEAL. THE BEST COW FEED, EYES, BRAN, CORN, OATS AND HAY. GET OUR CARLOAD PRICE& 369 BAY. W.D. SIMKINS & CO. -A.. -EL jEIXJLIL; Wholesale Grocer, Flour, Hay, Grain and Provision Dealer. ISRESH MEAL and GRITS in white sacks. Mill stuffs of all kinds always on hand. Georgia raised SPANISH PEANUTS, also PEAS; every variety. Special prices car load lots HAY and GRAIN. Prompt attention given all orders and satis faction guaranteed. OFFICE. S3 BAY. WAREHOUSE, No. 4 WADLEY STREET, on line Central Railroad. WATCH l'.s AM) JEWELRY. THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO HUY WEDDING PRESENTS Such as DIAMONDS, FINE STERLING SIL VERWARE, ELEGANT JEWELRY, FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., fsto lie found at A. L. Desbouillons, 21 BULL STREET, the sole agent for the celebrated ROCKFORD RAILROAD WATCHES, and who also makes u specialty of 18-Karat Wedding Rings AND THE FINEST WATCHES. Anything you buy from him being warrantod as represented. Opera Glnssos at Cost. STRAWBERRY CORDIALT SHUIMIK A Small Quantity in a Glass of Water Makes a Delicious Drink. IN QUART BOTTLES -AT- A. M. & W, WEST'S. EJLECTH It: UK LTS. This Belt or Rpjfenora t°r ls nmd'* oxjironsly iIF o for,bt ‘ e'ire of derange f VP/ GHlyF.yOci X ~10" tol tho generative IfttfrTDlr, vi /V |p''gaim. A continuous VA.'k-yVV n|L itjfci l_J t mini of Fleet rich v PORl'A# permeating thro - the k sWEp-sff! . parts must restore Ik NaAA’ / them to heallhy action. Rnt*a.y. '."’TU-.iII V n °t confound this IYli N v'o nN I wi,h Kl r ,ric '•>'* IIIL.II *w* l * r UllLl vertised to cure nil ills; It is for the one specific purpose For full In formation address CIIEF.VER ELECTRIC UJCI .1 UO- I**** t*cM SWCbt-.mlU C RAILROADS. S C II -E D TJ lTe CENTRAL RAILROAD. Savannah, Ga.. July 3, 1887. ON and after this date Passenger Trains will mn 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. No. 3. No. 5. No. 7. Lv Savannah. .7:10 am 8:20 pm 5:15 pm 5:40 pm Ar Guyton 8:07 am 6:40 pm Ar Milieu .. .9:40 am 11:03 pm 7:80 pm 8:45 p® Ar Augusta. .+1:45 pm 4:00 am 9:35 pm Ar Macon 1:40 pm 3:20 am Ar Atlanta 5:40 pm 7:15 am Ar Columbus .9:30 pm 2:45 pm Ar Montg’ry. .7:25 am 7:09 pm Ar Eufaula.. 4:33 am 8:50 pm Ar Albany... 10:00 pm 2:45 pm Train No. 9+leaves Savannah 2:00 p. m,; ar rives Guyton 2:55 p. m. Passengers for Sylvania, Wrightsville, Mil ledgeville and Eatonton should take 7:10 a. m. train. Passengers for Thomaston, Carrollton, Perry, Fort Gaines, Talbotton, Bueua 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:ooam 6:50 pm LvColumbus 11:00 pm 12:45 pm Lv Montg’ry. 7:23 pm 7:40 am Lv Eufaula. .10:15 pm 10:49 am Lv Albany.. s:osam 11:55am Lv Miller. 2:28 pm 3:10 am 8:15 am 5:20 am Lv Guyton . 4:03 pm 6:olam 9:40 am 6:58 am Ar Savannah 5:00 pm 0:15 am 10:80 am 8:00 am Train No. lot 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. S, 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 Jlillen and Savannah to take on passen gers for Savannah. Train No. 5 will stop on signal at stations be tween Savannah and Millen to take on passen gers for Augusta or points on Augusta branch. Train No. 6 will stop between Millen ami Sa vannah to put off passengers from Augusta aud points on Augusta branch. Connections at Savanuah 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 ol each train. J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD, Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent. Savannah, Florida k Western Railway. [All trains on this road are run by Central Standard Time.] 'TMME CARD IN EFFECT JUNE 19, 1887. JL Passenger trains on this road will run daily as follows: WEST INDIA FAST MAIL. READ DOWN. READ ÜB, 7:o6am Lv Savannah Ar 32:06pa 12:30 pm Lv Jacksonville Lv 7:00 ara 4:40 pmLv Sanford Lv LlVara 9:00 p m Ar Tampa Lv 8:00 p m PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Monday and l , T , jThursand Thurs.. pm) Lv... iompa... Ar Sun pm Tuesday and I . K w t - ). Wed. and I nday..p m f Ar. Key West..Lv ( Sat „ m Wednee. and I . „ ,_ i Wed. and bat amf Ar.. .Havana.. .Lv J gat., noon Pullman buffet cars to and from New York and Tampa. 1 NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS. 7:06 ain Lv Savannah Ar 7:58 p m B:42am Lv Jesup Ar 6:16 Dm 9:50 am Ar WayCroSß Lv 5:05 pm 11:86a m Ar Callahan Lv 2:47 p m 12:00 noonAr Jacksonville Lv 2:05 p m 7:ooam Lv Jacksonville. Ar 7:45 p m 10:15 am Lv Waycross Ar 4:40 pm 12:04 pm Lv Valdosta Lv 2:56 pm 12:34 pm Lv Quitman Lv 2:28p m I:B2pm Ar Thomagvllle... Lv 1:45 p m 8:35 pm_Ar Bainbridge Lv 11:23 a.in 4:04 pin Ar Chattahoochee.... Lv 31:30 ain Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonviila and New York, to and from Waycross and New Orleans via Pensacola. EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS. 1:30 pm Lv Savannah Ar 12:06 pm 3:20 pm Lv Jesup Lv 10:32 am 4:40 pni Ar Waycross. . Lv 9:23 a m 7:43 pm Ar Jacksonville Lv 7:00 am 4:15 p m Lv Jacksonville Ar 9:45 ain 7:20 p m Lv .Waycross Ar 6:85 a m 8:31 pmAr Dupont Lv s:3oam 3:25 pm Lv Lake city. Ar 10:45 am 3:45 p m Lv Gainesville Ar 10:30 a m _ :56 P In __ Lv Live Oak Ar 7:10 a m 8:40 pm Lv Dupont 7Ar~5-25 am" 10:55 p m Ar Thomasvilie Lv 3:25 a m I-®,? if Ar Albany Lv I:26am 1 ullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonviila and St. I.ouis via Tbomasville, Albany, Mont gomery and Nashville. ALBANY EXPRESS. 7:35 p m Lv Savannah Ar 6:10a ra 10:05 pm Lv Jesup Lv 3:15 a m 12:40 a m Ar Waycross Lv 12:10 a m s:3oam Ar Jacksonville Lv 9:oopm 9:00 pm Lv .Jacksonville ... Ar 5:30 am 1:0$a in Lv Waycross Ar 11:30p~m 2:30 a m Ar Dupont Lv 10:05 pm 7:10 a ill Ar Live Oak. Lv ~6:66 pat 10:80a mAr .Gainesville Lv 3:45pm 10:45 am Ar .... Lake City Lv 3:25 p m 2:55 a m Lv........ Dupont Ar~o!Sfpm 6:50 a m Ar Tbomosville Lv 7:00 pin 11 GO aiu Ar Albany Lv 4:00 pin Stops at all regular stations. Pullman sleeping curs to and from Jacksonville and Sa vannah. THOMASVILLE EXPRESS. 6:osam Lv Waycross Ar 7:oopm 10:25 am Ar Thomasville Lv 2:15 p m Stops at ail regular and (lag stations. JESUP EXPRESS. 3:45 p m Lv Savannah Ar 8:30a m 6:10 pm Ar lesup. Lv 6:25 ain Stops at all regular and flag stations. CONNECTIONS. At Savannah for Charleston at 6:45 am, (ar rive Augusta via Yemassee at 12:30 p m), 12:86 p m and 8:23 pm; for Augusta and Atlanta at - :00 am, 5:1.3 p m and 8:20 pm; with steamships for New York Sunday, Tuesday aud Friday; for Boston Thursday; for Baltimore every fifth day. At JESUP for Brunswick at 3:?X) a m and 3:35 pm; for Macon 10:30amand 11:07pm. At WAYCROSS for Brunswick at 10:00 a maud 5:05 p tn. At CALLAHAN for Ferntutdina at 2:47 pm; for Waldo,Cedar Key,Ocala, etc , at 11:87 am. At LIVE OAK for Madison,.'Tallahassee, eto„ at 10:.">8 a m ami 7:39 n iti. A t GAINESVILLE tor Ocala, Tavares, Brooks villo and Tampa at 10:55 a ni. 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 Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos. f 'ONNEI ’TIONS made at Savannah with Sa- V vannah, Florida and Western Railway. Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand ard time (90th meridian), which is 3d minutes slower than city time. NORTHWARD. No. 14* 38t 66* 76* Lv Sav’h .12:26 p m 4:00 p m 6:45 a m 8:23 p m Ar Augusta 12:86 p m At-Beaufort 6:08 p m 10:15 am Arl'. Roval 8:90 p m 10:30 am ArAlduie,. 7:40 p m 8:15 pm 10:20ain Ar Chaston 4:43 p m 0:20 p m 11:40 a ui 1:25 a in SOUTHWARD. 83* as* 27* Lv Cha'ston 7:10 a m 8:65 p m 4:00 a m Lv Augusta 12:85pm Lv Al'dole. s:loam 8:0? j> m Lv P. Royal. 7:00 am 2:00 pm Lv Beaufort 7:12 a in 2:15 pm ArSav'h., 10:15 am 6:58 p m 6:41 ain ♦Daily Ixjtweon Savnnnali and Charleston. tSunuays only. Train No. 78 makes no connection with Port Royal and Augusta Railway, and stops only at Rldgeland, Green Pond and Kavcnel. Train II stops only at Yemasses and Green Pond, and connects for Beonfort and Pori, Royal daily, and for Allrm!oe dally, except Sunday. Traiut. 35 uml 66 connect from and lor Beaufort and Port Royal dally For tickets, sleeping car reservations and all other information apply to WM. BREN, Special Ticket .Agent, ti Bull street, and at (liarleston and Savannah railway ticket office, at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway depot. C. 8. GADSDEJt. bufit j cxii a. im2>