The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, July 12, 1887, Page 6, Image 6

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6 GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS. 'fisherman’s Luck at Cumberland —A Btorage Warehouse Wanted at Bruns wick—Dalton’s Indignation Against the Governor Not Nearly aa Deep as it Was Reported - Acworth’s Post master Nearly Poisons Himself. GKor.r.iA. Elberton’s new bank will not open till fall. There will be a barbecue at Anthony Bhoals soon. Albany's Methodists intend to build a new church edifice. An old negro of Monticello lias caught sixty-five turtles since May 30 by his count. The Sixth Georgia liattalion has been in vited to attend a barbecue at Talbotton July 21. Hannibal Cropen. of Mitchell county, died from hydrophobia Saturday after horrible suffering. Thomas E. Blackshear, of Thomasville, has shipped over 500 crates of pears from two scree of ground. There are said to be not less than 100 negroes in Athens who make a living by selling whisky on the sly. Stock for the new road from Birmingham to Brunswick is being subscribed, by the medium of notes payable when the rf>ad reaches Brunswick. About $300,000 worth of new buildings are now in course of erection at Macon. Contracts involving an additional expendi ture of as much more are on the tapis. Clark Kelly of Monticello lately killed a blue crane that measured six and a half feet from tip to tip and six feet high. When killed it had a one pound carp in its mouth. A lamp fell in Dr. Brumby's drug store at Athens, Thursday night, and Yiroke a three gallon bottle of cologne. Dr. Brum by bays it damagod him twenty-five dollars. Asa fitting farewell service in the old Presbyterian church at Thomasville, Rev. A. W. Clisby, the first regular pastor of the church, pireached the last sermon in the old building on Sunday night. Arrangements have been made to hold the annual meeting of the Zion Baptist Associa tion in Brunswick, beginning to-morrow. Reduced rates have been made from all points in the State, and a full attendance is expected. S. J. Casseis, of Thomasville, has in his safe a check for $l,OOO from a last winter's visitor. It was received by Rev. Mr. Tiller a few days since with the request that it be appropropriated to the building of anew Baptist church. William Thompson, who is the postmaster at Richmond Bath, had his store and a fair stock of general merchandise totally de stroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The post office was alsp burned. ' The property was partially insured. Adj. Gen. Kell .Saturday received the resignation of the following officers: Capt. Geo. C. Stewart,of the Griffin Light Guards; Second Lieut. R. L. Singleton, of the Scriven Troop (cavalry). No elections have yet been held to fill these vacancies. The citizens of Cooksville, Franklin county, met Saturday and resolved to build a first-class school house. Lumber is now being rapidly hauled to do the work. The house will be completed and ready for the commencement of the school in a few weeks. The citizens generally of Canton havo made all arrangements, and now await the coming of the members and ail visitors to the North Atlanta District Conference of the M E. Church South, which will assemble there to-morrow, and remain in session until the Sunday following. Mrs. Walter Gordon, of Atlanta, who has been spending several months at Thomas ville, left for the up country on Tuesday. Mrs. Gordon has purchases! a handsome piece of suburban property near town and will build a winter home. Her late hus band was a brother of Gov. Gordon. Nearly every boy in Athens has a collec tion of bird eggs, generally about 150, though ranging from twenty-five to 3,000. Their collection is usually prohibited by the boy’s parents, and are gathered in secret. From this cause birds are getting scarcer every year, and you never see a bird’s nest around town. Ambitious collectors pay os high as $'J for some eggs. The Barton Fruit and Wine Company have commenced the manufacture of black berry wine at Stegall's, in Carroll county. This company has sold thousands of gallons of choioe domestic wine made from apples, pieaches, pears, plums, berries, cherries, grapes, muscadines, and in fact everything in the fruit line. These sales extend from Vermont to New Mexico. At a meeting of the Dougherty and Ijee county subscribers to the stork of the Co lumbus Southern railroad. Col. Nelson Tift wax selected to represent them rt the orgau izatton of the cornpiany to take place at some near day in Columbus. The proxies were signed, and Col. Tift will cast the vote for the entire number of shares subscribed by the citizens of Lee and Dougherty. Athens Banner-Watchman: We notice several parties in Athens wearing the uni form of the Salvation Army, and appear rte proud of their trappings. We learn t the donning of this uniform for three months entitles a penitent to start out as a preacher, with full authority to pass around the hat. It is certainly an easy wav to make a living—much better than hard work. The State Librarian has been busy for some weeks sending out the seventy-fifth volume of Georgia reports. Saturday 180 boxes filled with reports were sent off. A large number of volumes have been sold in Atlanta, and copies have been sent to the county officers in every county in the State as the law directs. In a day or two the Librarian will furnish the number of vol umes sold thus far. A Mr. Johnson, of Jefferson county, Fla., lost a s.‘>o bill in front of S. J. Casxels' at Thomnsville on Wednesday evening. Joseph Fasti, while walking along the con crete pavement, about 10 o'clock that night, discovered and picked up the valuable piece of paper. Mr. Johnson left next morning without knowing the bill was found It will be pleasant news to him. Mr. Paj bolds the bill for the owner. The eccentric rod on the engine of the Buena Vista and Eliaville railroad broke when throe miles from Eliaville Friday. The rod droppe-d down and Struck a cross tio, when it was bent upward and punched a large hole in the boiler, causing the steam and hot water to fly in every direction. The engineer immediately reversed his engine nuu stopped the train without damage to any of' the passengers. Through the untiring exertions of Mrs. C. A. Biedermaun. anew Catholic chinch has been erected in New Switzerland, located in Habersham county, eighty three miles from Atlanta. Bhe is very rtosirousof completing It, and proposes to radle off for the bonelit of the church some elegant Hwiss jcwelrv. consisting of a gold crons and necklace, gold rings and gold watch valued at #IOO. There will be 300 chances at #1 per chance. Thursday last H. M. Futnmn, Acworili’.s postmaster, by mistake, swallowed a tea spoonful of digitalis. He realized the mis take the moment he swallowed it, ami nt once sent for Drs. Green and Humphries. In the meantime he drank copiously of warm water and salt and swallowed tobacco juice, and by the time the doctors arrived he hail thrown up everything in him and had left but little traces of the deadly poison in his system. At Elijy Friday, little Garnett Allen, aged ten years, the oldest son of the ordina ry of Gilmer county, was drowned in Car teeny river, near the reeidence of J. L Jar rett. He was in ha thing in company with * ■umber of little boys, where tto water was very deep, and, being of a fearless ilispod tion. be leaped from the bateau into the wa ter. where, after several effort* of the little boys to save him from a watery grave, be was drowned. Atketi Lanntr- Watchman: lie'K Mr. I Worley, a pure and eminent Methodist min ister of Elbert county, has been pleaching some very conservative sermons in Elber ton that, we are glad to learn, have had the happy effect of bridging over a hitter state of feeling between the two churches in that town. Now let Rev. Mr. Carswell, the Bap tist preacher, follow ilr. Worley's example, and we will predict ft long reign of jieace and harmony. A wealthy gentleman, who for twenty five years has been in search of summer sunbeams in the semi-tropical South, and w hose wanderings hail led him into every winter resort ir. California and the South, expressed himself last April as having fdftnd the perfection of a winter climate in Al bany. He expressed himself so much de lighted with the climate, and so pleased with Albany and her people, that he would, under Certain conditions, be willing to erect a $150,000 hotel there for the accommoda tion of winter visitors. At Mitt-hell a night or two ago two mulat to boys, brothers, named Bill and Tom Hil son had a misunderstanding about some money matters. Tom let his temper get control of his judgment and proceeded to settle the matter with a club and a knife. He struck Bill aud Bill shot him, killing him almost instantly. Coroner Walden summoned a jury and held an inquest. The verdict of the jury was in effect that Tom Hiiv.n came to his death by a pistol shot from the hands of his brother, who commit ted the deed in self defense. Comptroller General Wright received Saturday the annual tax digest from Brooks county. The amount of property returned for the county was $2,312,215, an increase of $89,111 over the digest of 1886. While this is a large and commendable showing, the county is still behind, for in 1885 it re turned $2,394,352. It will thus lie seen that there is a considerable different* between property returns for 1885 and 1887. If the rate of increase continues to stand, it is likely that in a year or two Brooks county will make up its lost record. On J. F. McDuffie’s plantation, near Abbe ville, a few days ago, there occurred a seri ous fracas between Joe Hudnail and Mr. McCrandford, brothers-in-law, and also sons-in-law of Mr. McDuffie, in which both men, with knives in hand, used them freely until both were disabled from wounds re ceived, and loss of blood in the terrihio coin bat put a quietus to the affair. Both men’s wounds are serious, if not fatal. The causo of the occurrence was some misunderstand ing between them in regard to a piece of land for setting out potato vines. As < ifficer Abel and Mr.Cherry.the watch man for Jacques & Co.’s store, were stand ing in front of the store of Coleman, Bur den & Solomon, at Macon, at 3:15 o’clock Saturday morning, they felt a shock which they are certain was that of an earthquake. Every window in the building rattled as if there had been an explosion inside. As it occurred at an hour when there were no persons except the police on the streets, and other people were asleep, there was no •alarm. Officer Abel is satisfied that it was the tremor of an earthquake, and consid erable of a tremor at that. In st Hun day morning Judson Hodge, a young man 10 years old, living near Ocean Pond, Lowndes county, went in swimming in Clayton's pond with several smaller boys. He swam out into the pond upon a plank and rolled off and liegan to sink. It is sup posed he wus taken with a cramp. One of L. A. Wisenbaker’s boys, about half grown, sw am to him and seized him by the arm, but was unable to swim out with him, so the unfortunate young man sank to tile bottom and drowned. The neighborhood was aroused too late of course to save his life, but they fished the body out Sunday afternoon. A remarkable sp*ctarular phenomenon was seen at Sandersville Friday afternoon. The sun, setting behind a western bank of cloud, tnrew a lateral reflection, of perfect symmetry, across the entire heaven, resting upon the eastern horizon, and widening at the zenith. Owing to the irregularity of the cloud’s summit, other smaller path-like illuminations were defined, all seeming to rudiate from both horizons and to meet overhead. The sun appeared to have set in the east also. The curious sight was noted with much wonderment by many citizens, who did not remember ever having seen the heavens similarly spanned before. Gov. Gordon drew a warrant on the treasury for SIO,OOO in favor of the Tech nological School Commission on Saturday. The warrant was drawn in favor of the members of the commission. Samuel M. Inman receipted for the warrant, signing his name as Treasurer of the Technological School Commission. The money wilfl he used in the payment of construction ac counts occasioned by the now building now going up. IJnder tne decision of the Attor ney General, the money appropriated by the legislature is immediately available, and the commission has from time to time drawn warrants as the money was needed. Brunswick Advertiser: A. T. Putnam, William R. Bunkley and a few others lmd a regular “whooping" time two days ago on Cumberland. Mr. Bunkloy has just bought a tine net 105 feet long, with mushes small enough to catch shrimp. With this the party went around to the mouth of the inlet and began the work of seining. The first haul cot half a bushel, the second throe pecks and the third two bushels. Among the catch were several bass, the largest weighing twenty-seven pounds, and a num ber of others weighing a* much as ten and twelve pounds, besides crabs innumberable. One 3-foot shark got penned up by the net, but he went through it like a rocket. Griffin News: It has just “leaked out” that there is a young man living in our midst who was secretly married last summer, tak ing for his bride one of the fairest and most fascinating young ladies who ever visited our city. Ihe affair has been profoundly kept as a secret until yesterday, when the gentlemau in question gave the tiling away with the remark: “I am expecting my wile next week.” The balance of tho party were “thunder struck,” as it were. They used every means of persuasion to obtain a full confession, but the groom was not at all communicative, so the party had to content themselves with his promise to develop the whole affair as soon as his wife arrived. The followiug commissions were issued Saturday by the Governor: P. P. Pirklo, Justice of the Peace for the 1,407 th district of Jackson county; J W. Rivers, Justice of the Peace for the 1,134 th district, Campbell county, vice George Si. Thompson,deceased; Frank Rawls, of Miller county, was also commissioned Treasurer of the county. Xo other commissions were issued during tho day, and the Governor took no action m the various matters pending. It is probable that on his return from Athens he will send into the Senate n list of his appointments made during the recess. The number is not very large, und the entire list will be doubt loss continued without debate or objection. A special from Dalton declare* that tho published reports of the iudignation there at tho commutation of Holman's death set: tenco are greatly exaggerated; that the hanging of Gov. Gordon in effigy wns dono by a few drunken men, and is condemned by tho people generally. The ringleader of tho affair makes the statement that he was too drunk to know tho import of their ac tion, and swung up the elllgy more for tlie tun that was in it than through any <lisi>oci tion lo reflect on the Governor's conduct, It is further stated that the general cause of complaint from the assembled crowd was not at the commutation, but at the late tour at which it was ordered, thus bringing them miles from their homes through tho rain only to be disappointed. Jasper county was laid out by the name of Randolph in is*)',', jut eighty years ng". But tin* name was changed to Jusper in 181 U, in honor of .Sergeant Jus|ier, whoso gallant deeds in the war of the revolution chum the gratitudo of ever- American. A part of Jasjier was setoff t-. Horgan in 1813, ami a paid to Newton in IKjl. The county now is 34 miles in length, and 10 miles in breadth, and contain* 384 square miles. There are imbedded in the soil gold, iron, granite, mica, quartz, felspar, jasper, tourmaline, garnet, row* quartz, and tlivs fti*e uirtz, and graphite. Within a few b.,rfh-**i yards of JtonticoUo is a mineral toe o iißq'a of wuioU arc muU lo U) THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JULY 12. 1887. impregnated with medicinal qualities. An effort will be made to utilize this spring. At a meeting of the citizens of Canton, Saturday, held for the purpose of making arrangements for providing entertainment for tlie delegates and members of the State Agricultural Society, which will assemble there, on Aug. 9, it was resolved that every courtesy and accommodation possible lie extended to the society and ita members. Unless more than the usual number attend the meeting, they will be entertained in such a manner as will satisfy them of Canton’s hospitality. Homes have been provided for 1500. but possibly the town can care for a few others. Just at this time the hotels and boarding houses are filled with summer boarders, who are there in quest of health, lest and recreation, and hence it is that homes for only 300 can be definitely ar ranged for. It will be expected that the members pay #1 50 per day while there. Comptroller General Wright received Sat urday the return of the Bell Telephone Company for the second quarter of 1887. The boxes returned were 1,973 in number, an increase of 34 over the number of the preceding quarter. The State tax on tele phone boxes is $1 per box per year, payable quarterly. The amount of tax for the second quarter is $498 £5. The company is paying the tax protested against the levy, on the ground that "it was extremely oner ous and nearly double the tax heretofore paid by the company under the previous law, which provided for a tax of 1 per cent, upon gross receipts. Again, it is a discrimi nation against the company as compand with the tax of IJ.£percent, on gross receipts levied upon telegraph and electric light companies, as this tax amounts to more than IX per cent upon gross receipts of the telephone company. And thirdly, for other good and substantial reasons.” Brunswick Advertiser: As new enter prises spring up, we see need for others still. The organization of anew bank with $lOO,- 000 of capital suggests the need for a large bonded warehouse, where goods purchased in large lots, “on time,” or sent here “on consignment,” can bo stored and money drawn on them from bank. For instance, if Mr. A. sees an opportunity to buy 100 hales of cotton and has but money enough to buy twAnty-fivo bales and no bank account to speak of, he can by stowing same in this bonded warehouse, deposit receipt for same in bank and draw for three-fourths of the value of same. This enables men of ordinary means to do a large business on other people’s money, and that without any danger to the lender—the bank. The opening would be a good one for some man of even ordinary means. There are really no public ware houses here, either bonded or otherwise, and not enough private ones to do the business of the town. Who will ccftne in and take the fieldt Mayor Price, of Macon, with City Attor ney Patterson, A. E. Roardninn, superin tendent of the Macon Gas Light and Water Company, and Joe Hall, of Gustin & Hall, attorneys for tho company, met at the City Hall Saturday, and the five-year contract to supply the city with water was duly signed by the Mayor. There was some sur prise on the part of the citizens when it be came known t hat the contract was signed, as tho bill enjoining the city from making the contract has been filed and had also been published. When askod about it Saturday City Attor ney Patterson said: “The contract was to havo been signed to-day anyhow. I drew the contract, which embraced all the amend ments wanted by Council, and Rubmittted it to the counsel for the water company. He took it home with him last night and looked over it, and yesterday when the directors of the company met it was pronounced all right. It was then signed by Mayor Price. That’s all right. There was no restrain ing order. I saw Judge Simmons before it was signed, and as he did not give any order restraining the city from making the con tract we had a perfect right to sign it." FLORIDA. The large hotel at Dade City will be com pleted by Nov. 1. The new factory of Perry & Cos., of Lake City, turned out 10,000 cigars last week. There have been 40,530 pounds of wool shipped from Milton this season, and that means about $13,000 in cash. New' settlers are constantly arriving at Bonifay, and they all seem favorably im pressed with their surroundings. The newly-appointed County Commis sioners for DeSoto county met on Monday last at Pine Level, the temporary county site. Dr. Farrior, of Chipley, is putting up a largo store. The building will lie 26x80 feet, and will be a handsome addition to the town. The peach crop around Lake City has been splendid this year, and the later va rieties are now ripening in luscious abun dance. Mr. Shepard, freight manager of the Pen socola and Atlantic Railroad Company, is going to build a handsome residence at Bonifay. After drilling down forty-five feet work had to lie sus|iended on the Altoona artesian well to await the arrival of iron casing now overdue from Pittsburg. The Bonifay Manufacturing Company has now on hand some 850,000 feet of lumber, all of which has been sold at remunerative prices to a Pensacola dealer. Work on the new Methodist church at Altoona is progressing rapidly and will le completed this fall. The corner-stone will he laid with Masonic ceremony early in Au- gust. At, Kissimmee Mr. Sullivan’s oldest son had the misfortune to fall a few days ago with an ax on his shoulder, cutting off the little Unger and nearly severing the next one on his right hand. The contract for putting down the foun dation of the new opera house at Jack sonville has been awarded to Contractor Valade, and the construction of the same ■was commenced yesterday morning. The Dado City town election July 8 re sulted as follows: Mayor. J. K. Davis; Mar filial, J. C. Blocker; Clerk, E. A. Hull; Aldermen, R. H. Jones, J. I). Bummer,' C. W. Bell, N. H. Garner, and H. \V. Coleman, Dr. Robbins, or (triando, lias received a paper confirming his fears that his store building, valued at It,ooo, was burned in the Clarendon fire in addition to his drug interests with lus brother-in-law ut that place. The Methodist Conference at Chiplev is now in full session There are many dele gates from Florida, Georgia and Alabama, some ninety in all, and their accommoda tion is a matter of no email concern to the citizens. A colored bny tramp, giving his mime ns Will Jackson, from Eufnula, Ala., has been breaking into and robbing houses at Chatta hoochee. In default of bond ho has h,*en committed to jail to await tbo action of the next grand jury. Tho railroad meeting held nt Altoona Thursday was largely at tended and import ant measures were taken. The meeting re stored harmony where before there was a slight discord. All are now working for the common interest. At the Lakeland Council meeting on Thursday morning ii was decided that an election should be culled to levy a tax upon the people for school purposes in Lakeland. The elect ion will be ordered by proclama tion at an early day. The new electric light scheme at Orlando has Imsmi ulworls-d by the gas company. There are minors in the air that still an other company or partnership is being formed for the speedy introduction ot tho Wostinghouse system. The Bonifny Laud Company roiiort the selling of considerable fanning land* to now settlers, and quite a number of town Iqts have recently boon disposed of, so that the prospects for the fall influx of new comers is very eneouruging. Mayor lteoves of Eufaula. the moving spirit in the proposed new railroad from Eufaula to St. Andrew's Bav, is nt present, in England, consequently there is no rad way now* vf importance, Tito pmyc.'t? for its speedy construction, however, are favorable. It will open a belt of pino tim ber to the markets unsurpassed in Florida. A large tumor, measuring 4J* *>▼ *'• inches, was removed Saturday from the abdomen of Mrs. J. T. Beeks. of Orlando, by Drs. Dickinson, Shelby, Lawrence and Killmer. Mrs. Beeks had ta-en suffering for several months from the tumor, but her general health would not admit of so serious an operation at an earlier date. The patieut is doing very well at present, and is expected to entirely recover soon. The Sunday school picnic at Chatta hoochee Saturday was a success. It was largely attended from the surrounding country. Prof. Key ami Mr. Lake made addresses. On Wednesday the examination exercises of Mt. Pleasant academy were at tended by a very largo number of people. The speeches, dialogues and other exercises were very satisfactory. Gov. Perry was present and delivered a very able address. There is going to be erected at Chipley a fertilizer manufactory. Two men from the North, Lewis Wisclogel, of Albion, Mich., and Frederick Wiselogel, of Indianapolis, hid., have procured a suitable ten-acre lot inside the city limits, and will put up the building and get tbe plant together at once. They are both men of experience in this in dustry and will make money. It is the only concern of the kind in Florida, and as farm ing is extensively carried on, this factory ought to give farming a fresh boom through West Florida. W. H. Hancock, of Lakeland, one morn ing not long since noticed two cows fighting not far from his house, hut did not pay much attention to them until late in the afternoon, when he again noticed that they were still at the same place, and one of them was down. Taking his son with him, he went to investigate and found that his finest milch cow was dead —having hail her neck broken by the other cow. Their horns were fastened together in such a manner that they could not be loosened until the dead cow’s horns were sawed off. Mr. Dickenson, of Orlando, jumped from a moving train at Winter Park on the morning of July 4, no stop being made oil account of the crowd waiting to board it. He fell head foremost into a ditch. Fortu nately he was not hurt. Trains were so crowded with passengers on Independence Day that no stops were made till an extra, consisting of box and flat cars, was improvis ed. There was no choice, and the stately and dignified citizen climbed hand over hand to a seat on top, and as they shot away with the dense black smoke from the locomotive curling around the line, sitting like a row of crow-s on a ridge pole, all thought of Gold smith’s lines, “Mail wants but little here below.” Among the visitors to Sanford on the Fourth were'two girls from Orlando, named H. Stukenborg and Mamie Hutton. When the train departed in the afternoon, these girls got separated from their friends, and whether previous arrangements hod been made or otherwise, the girls were taken by some of the young men who live in and about Sandford, to the St. Gertrude Spring, and in the grove there the night was spent, as was Tues lay and the night lollowing.and, indeed, until late Friday afternoon. Infor mation was received at Sandford Wednes day that the girls were missing, and the police were put on the watchout for them. News of tneir whereabouts was as certained but they eould not be found. Sat urday Marshal Hodge, of Orlando, in eom pany with Mr. Binford, went out to Ger trude Spring, and news gathered from per sons in the neighborhood confirmed the ru mor that the girls and their followers were near by. When the <lflicers got in close pur suit the girls, in company with two young men, made their way to the lake, where they took a boat and made their way out toward Enterprise. Tho officers returned to the city, se cured a boot and crossed over to Enterprise, but to no purpose, for the parties had not crossed the lake, but made a dodge and re turned to their old place. At this juncture of the game Marshal Wheeler and Sheriff Thrasher were on the lookout, and the latter was at the right place at the right time to take the girls in tow. They were taken to the city, and when the Sheriff returned he was given charge of tne prisoners. They were held until morning, when Mr. Hodge returned with them to Orlando. One of the girls, Minnie Hutton, is said to be of weak mind, and the other is slightly crippled in limb and very greatly so in morals. A meeting of the special committee of the Jacksonville Board of Trade on lumber rates was held Satin-day at the board rooms. Col. Frank B. Papy, traffic manager of the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, was present,but declined to go into explana tions or arguments for the asserted reason that the rate to Fernandina had been raised $l5O per car toad, making it what it was before the reduction. He seemed to consider that this action settled the complaint made by the board. The News-Herald says: “This action, how ever, is in no sense whatever a settlement of the matter. Neither Jacksonville nor its Board of Trade ever asked any railroad company to increase it i rates to'anv point whatever. The people pay enough already for their transportation, and no increase of rates can truthfully be attributed to the de mands or wishes of the merchants of this city. Anyone who assumes such a position assumes it dishonestly. The difference of $1 50 per carload, however, is not a fair or proper difference, being only a difference of 30c. per 1,000 fi-et, when it should be fully 60c. per 1.000. Jacksonville cares nothing for the relative rates to different lumber shippers, who snip via Fernandina. Coming from whatever point you please, via Baldwin, it is twenty-eight miles further to Fernandina than it is to Jacksonville. Indeed, the distance from points west of Baldwin to Fernandina is only five miles more to come in to this city and go to Fer naudina by the Fernandina and Jackson ville road than it is to go via Callahan. We wish Fernandina to keep and enjoy her low rate, but if the railroad can affoi-d, as it does, to carry lumber from, say, Dilutee to Fernandina, seventy-five miles for sl3 per car load, it can also afford to carry it from Olustee to Jacksonville, forty-seven miles, for $7 52. That is the inevitable logic of the rule of three. Gov. Drew is reported as saying that a raise in the Fernandina rate cannot affis-t tho lumber men now there, as they are all protected by special contract.” A HORRIBLE DISCOVERY. A White Babe Starved to Death by a Negress. ■fVoiii the Augusta (On.) Oazette.. Cue of the most revolting cases in the criminal annals of our city came to light Inst night under the scrutiny of a Gazette reporter. Anna Walker, a notorious mu latto woman of übout 50 years, lives on Walker street opjiosjto the iXnion depot, mid keeps an eating house. A(mut three month-; ago some |iarties discovcitsl a young white child in her house of which nothing defi nitely could Ist ascertained. On Sat urday night last tluj child died, anil thereby hangs a tale. Tho child dead njqx'ars at least syearsof age instead of four or live months. Its hands are long and bony and its frame is sunken, bearing every evidence of starvation. Up to 1 o'clock lust night the child was lying in Anna’s house unrolflned, and no preparation had 1 xvu made for Interment. Anna has been drunk for two or thnx* day.-,, und on Saturday night when she eamo into her house she tottered to the crib where the l>ov la v, and took him up with the intention of feeding him, but lie wasdead. She continued drunk all yesterday, and when a reporter called at her house lust night, she was not quite over her spree. Questioned, she said that three months ago tho child was given to her, bj’ whom she did not know. Questioned further, she said that the child ha-1 been sent to her from out on the Georgia railroad by express, and t hat money had been sent regularly to de fray the child's expense*. Hue would Hot toll Irotn whom or from what place she got the child, professing ignorance. The story is cousidenst all bosh by parties who know her character. She said that tlie child died last night (Sunday) of measles, BU'J lliat site whs nut aliie to bury it, but had been to a doctor's to get a certificate that she might giro the body over t<> the city authorities for burial, but the doctor to whom she went was not in town. The case is shrouded in the dark est kind of mystery and needs to have a thorough investigation. This woman had a child not long ago in about the same man ner as this last one, and attended by the same mysterious circumstances. She kept it awhile and it died. An inquest will prob ably be held to-morrow, though it is not known that the authorities are acquainted with the case as yet. A PENSION FRAUD. A Widow Remarries and Draws a Pension as a Widow. From the Griffin <Ga.) Xeic*. The fact of a fraudulent receiving of pen sions in Spalding county has come to light, and in a manner that the parties concerned hardly relish. Just one week ago this morning an agent from the pension department arrived in the city for the purpose of looking into the matter of the widow of Mr. Thomas Brooks drawing a pension on account of the deceased having been in the war of 1812. He arrived here and investigated the matter and found that she had remarried after the death of her former husband, and had never received a pension until after the date of his death and her re-marriage. The faets of the case, as near as we could learn, are these: In May, 1870, Mr. Thomas Brooks, an old and honored citizen of this city, believing that his days w r ere nearly ended, made his will and in the following July died. For about six months his widow mourned and at the end of that period married l)r. A. H. Hatton on Dec. 18, 1870. The marriage ceremony was performed by Dr. J. O. Woolsly. It seems that Mr* John Brooks, familiarly known as Big John Brooks, came in possession of the information that Mrs. Hatton could gain a pension as the widow of Mr. Thomas Brooks, and persuaded her to consult a lawyer, which was done, but the lawyer informed them that Mre. Hatton could not receive a pension as Mr. Brook’s widow as she had remarried. The matter was kept quiet for some time, and it is stated that in February, 1886, Col. S. C. McDaniel, of this city, at the instiga tion of “Big” John Brooks, drew the neces sary papeis to secure the pension, which were carried to Mrs. Hatton to sign and then carried before Justice of the Peace C. B. Bostick to be attested. The first paper that was sent to the pension office was executed in February, 1886. and on that paper $~:;i 65 was drawn as back payment. The number of Mrs. Hat ton’s certificate is 34.333, and it is claimed by parties that John Brooks has received a big portion of the money drawn, as he al ways transacted this business for her, for which service he received half of the pension money. We understand, however, that the matter will be settled by the parties inter ested refunding the money that they have received, which total amount is $875 65. AURIC ULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. M 1 GARDEN. Lawn Mowers, Three Sizes, Ladies’ Garden Hoes, Hand Plows, Hedge Shears, Priininng Scissors and Knives, Garden Trowels and Weeders, Fountain Pumps, Rubber Hose and Reels, —FOR SALE BY Palmer Bros ————^w——■——— HARDWARE. EDWARD LOVELL TSONS, HARDWARE, Iron and Turpentine Took Office: Cor. State and AVhitaker street*. Warehouse: 138 and 140 State street. DRUGS AND MEDICINEST” Don’t Do It! Don’t Do What? 117 HY don’t walk our tony streets with that ▼ ▼ nice dress ortsuit of clothes on with Stains or Grease Spots in, to which the Savannah dust sticks “closer than a brother," when Japanese Cleansing Cream will take them out clean as anew pin. 25c. a bottle. Made only by J. R. H ALTIW ANGLER, At his Drug Stores, Broughton and Drayton, Whitaker and Wayne streets. STEAM LAUNDRY. SAVANNAH STEAM LAUNDRY, 131 Congress Street Blankets aid lace Curtains Cleaned as Good as New. SEE OUR* NEW REDUCED PRICE LIST. Work Called For ancl Delivered. UNDERTAKER. w. i. i) iSTonT" U N DERTAKER DEALER IN AM. KINDS OF COFFINS AND CASKETS, 43 Bull e treat. Residence 59 Liberty street, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. M BURBA S RAILWAI. City and Suburban Railway. Savannah. Ga., May 81. 1887. ON ami after WEIINESP.AY. June Ist, the following schedule will be run on the Oud side Line: have ARRIVE LEAVE IBLE LEA VS CITY. CITY. jOF HOPE. ! MONTOOMEnY *5:55 ti:4B 6:80 * 10:43 8:40 8:15 I 7:50 **3:45 8:00 1:30 I J;00 17:1.5 6:40 6:15 | 545 There will he no early train from Isle of Hope on Sunday morning. •For Montgomery only. I'a*senders for Isle of Hope fen via Montgomery without extra charge This train allonls parents a cheap ex cursion before brealcfast for young children with nurses. ••This 3:85 p. m. train last out of city Sunday afternoon. tOn Saturdays tius tram leaves citv at ru r . J. tt. JOttA’STON. SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR New York Boston and Philadelphia. PASSAGE TO NEW YORK. CABIN S3O 00 EXCURSION 32 W STEERAGE v 10 00 PASSAGE TO BOSTON. CABIN S3O 00 EXCURSION 32 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (via New York). CABIN $22 50 EXCURSION 36 00 STEERAGE 12 50 THE magnificent steamships of these lines are appointed to sail as follows—standard time: TO NEW YORK. CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. H. C. Daggett, TUESDAY, July 12, at 11 a. m. NACOOCHEE, Capt. F. Kemfto.v, FRIDAY’, July 15, at 1:30 p. M. CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt. F. Smith, SUN DAY, July 17. at 3 p. M. CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. J. W. Catharine, TUESDAY, July 19. at 4:30 p. M. TO BOSTON. GATE CITY, Capt. E. R. Taylor, THURSDAY, July 14, lp. m. . CITY OF MACON, Capt. W. Kelley, THURS DAY, July 21, at 6 p. M. TO PHILADELPHIA. [for freight only.l DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY, July 16, at 2:30 p. it. JUNIATA, Capt. S. L. Askins, SATURDAY, July 23, at 7:30 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’ Transportation Com’y. For Baltimore. CABIN sl2 50 SECOND CABIN 10 00 THE STEAMSHIPS of thi. Company am ap~ pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti more as follows—city time: 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. GEORGE APPOLD. Capt. Billups, SATUR DAY, July 30, at 4 p. m. And from Baltimore on the days above named at 3 p. m. Through bills lading given to all points West, all the manufacturing towns in New England, and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. JAS. B. WEST St CO., Agents, SEA ISLAND 11 O U TE. STEAMER DAVID CLARK, Capt. M. P. U6INA, WILL LEA VE Savannah from wharf foot of Lincoln street for DOBOY, DARIEN, BRUNSWICK and FERNANDINA, 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 sp. m. on days of sailing. Freight not signed for 24 hours after arrival will be at risk of consignee. Tickets on wharf and boat. _ 0- WILLIAMS. Agent. SEMI-WEEKLY LINE FOR COHEN’S BLUFF AND WAY LANDINGS. THI (Mainer ETHEL, Capt W t Bmovdiffl leave for above MONDAYS and THURS DAYS at 6 o’clock p. m. Returning arrive WEDNESDAYS AN II SATURDA YH at 8 o’clock p. M. For information, etc , apply to W. T. GIBSON, Manager. Wharf foot of Drayton street. For Augusta and Way Landings. STEAMER KATIE, Capt. J. S. BEVILL, WILL leave EVERY WEDNESDAY at 10 v ' o'clock a. a. (city time) for Augusta and way landings. All freights payable by shippers. JOHN LAWTON, Manager. i j I PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Tampa, Kay West, Havana. KEMI-wr.KKI.Y. SOUTH-BOUND. I.v Tampa Monday and Thursday !):30 p. m. Ar Ka.v wont Tuesday and Friday t p. m. Ar Havana Wednesday and Saturday Gam NORTHBOUND. Lv Havana Wednesday and Sat urday noon. I.v Key West Wednesday and Saturday 10 p.m. Ar Tampa Thursday and Sunday ti p, m. Connecting at Tampa with West India Fast Train to and from Northern and Eastern cities For stateroom accommodations apply to Pity Ticket < dflce S., F. & W. li'y, Jacksonville, or l'lanl Steamship lane, Tampa. C. D. OWENS. Tratnc Manager. H. R. HAINES, General Manager. May I. 18S7. < O.VI KAt TORS. Tj.' FALLON, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, 01 DRAYTON KTF.SET, SAVANNAH. I? STIMATI:s promptly tunusUed lor budding J o£ any cUt*. RAILROADS. ' sc'he f> u £Te ' CENTRAL RAILROAD. Savannah, Ga., July 3. 1887. ON and aftr this date passenger Trains will run daily unless marked t, which are daily, except Sunday The standard time, by which these trains run, is Bti 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 ArGuyton 8:07 am 6:4optn Ar Milieu 0:40 am 11:03 pm 7:30 pm 8:45 pm Ar Augusta..tl:4s pm 4:00 am 9:33 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. .7:23 am 7:09 pm Ar Eufaula.. .4:33 am 3:50 pm ] Ar Albany.. .10:00 pm 2:45 pm Train No. 9t leaves Savannah 2:00 p. m,; ar rives Guyton 2:55 p. in. Passengers for Sylvania. Wrightsrille, Mil ledgeville and Eatonton should take 7:10 a.m. train. Passengers fur Thomaston, Carrollton. Perry, Fort Gaines, Talbolton, Buena Vista, Blakely and Clayton should take the 8:20 p. m. train. N072. NoTT No. 6. No. 8. ‘ Lv Augusta 10:00 pm 6:00 am Lv Macon... 10:35am 10:50pm Lv Atlanta 6:50 am 6:50 pm LvColumbus 11:00 pm 12:45 pm Lv Montg'ry. 7:25 pm 7:40 am Lv Eufaula .10:15 pm 10:49 am Lv Albany.. s:osam 11:55 am Lv Millen 2:28 pm 3:10 am 8:15 am 5:20 am Lv Guyton.. 4:03 pm s:olam 9:40 am 6:58 am Ar Savannah 5:00 pm 6:15 am 10:30 am 8:00 am Train No. 10+ leaves Guyton 3:10 p. m.; arrives Savannah 4:23 p. m. Sleeping cars on all night trains between Sa vannah, Augusta, Macon and Atlanta, also Ma con and Columbus. Train No. 3, leaving Savannah at 8:20 p. m., will stop regularly at Guyton, but at no other point to put off passengers between Savannah and Millen. Train No. 4 will stop on signal at stations be tween Millen and Savannah to take on passen gers for Savannah. Train No. 5 will stop on signal at stations be tween Savannah and Millen to take on passen gers for Augusta or points on Augusta branch. Train No. 6 will stop between Millen and Sa vannah to put off passengers from Augusta and points on Augusta branch. Connections at Savannah with Savannah, Florida and Western Railway for all points in Florida. Tickets for all points and sleeping car berths on sale at City Office, No. 20 Bull street, and Depot Office 30 minutes before departure of each train. J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD. Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway. [AU trains on this road are run by Central Standard Time.] Time card in effect june 19, iBS7, Passenger trains on this road will run daily as follows: WEST INDIA FAST MAIL. READ DOWN. READ UP. 7:o6am Lv Savannah Ar 12:06pm 12:30 p m Lv Jacksonville Lv 7:ooam 4:4opm Lv Sanford Lv I:lsam 9:00 pm Ar Tampa Lv 8:00 p m PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Monday and! . T . \ Thurs and Thure. pmf Lv...iampa —Ar ( g lln pm Friday y pm r Ar. Key West. .Lv }£f- Sat'"^ 8 am f Ar--Havana.. .Lv Pullman buffet cars to and from New York and Tampa. NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS. 7:06 am Lv Savannah Ar 7:58 prn B:42am Lv Jesup Ar 6:l6pm 9:50 a m Ar Waycross Lv 5:05 pm 11:26 a m Ar Callahan Lv 2:47 p m 12:00 noonAr Jacksonville Lv 2:05 pm 7:00 a m Lv Jacksonville Ar 7:45 pm 10:15 a m Lv Waycross Ar 4:40 p m 12:01 pm Lv Valdosta Lv 2:56 p m 12:34 pmLv Quitman Lv 2:28 pn 1:22 pm Ar Thomasville .. Lv 1:45 pm 3:35 p m Ar Bainbridge Lv 11:25 a m 4:04 pm Ar Chattahoochee.. Lv 11:80 am Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville and Ne,w York, to and from Waycross and New Orleans via Pensacola. EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS. 1:30 pm Lv Savannah Ar 12:06 pm 3:2opm Lv Jesup Lv 10:32am 4:40 p m Ar Waycross Lv 9:23 a m 7:45 pm Ar Jacksonville. .. Lv 7:00 am 4:15 m Lv. Jacksonville Ar 9:43 a m 7:20 p m Lv Waycross...... Ar 5:35 am 8:31 p m Ar Qupont Lv 5:30a a 3:25 PmLv .. .Lake City Ar 10:45 a m 3:45 p m Lv Gainesville Ar 10:30 a m 6:55 p m Lv Live Oak Ar 7:loam 8:40 pm Lv Dupont Ar 5:25 am 10:55 p m Ar Thomasville Lv 3:25 a m I:22am Ar Albany Lv I:2sam Uullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonvdlla and St. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Mont gomery and Nashville. ALBANY EXPRESS. 7:85 pm Lv Savannah Ar 6: 10 a m 10:05 p m Lv Jesup Lv 3:15a m 12:40 a m Ar Waycross Lv 12:10 a m s:3oam Ar Jacksonville Lv SiOOpni 9:00 p m Lv. . .Jacksonville .. Ar 5:30a m 1:06 a m Lv Waycross. ...f. Ar 11:80 pm 2:30 a m Ar Dupont Lv 10:05 p m 7:10 a m Ar .... Live Oak Lv eISTp m 10:80 am Ar Gainesville Lv 8:45 p m 10:45 a m Ar Lake City I,v 3:25 p m 2:55 a m Lv Dupont Ar 9:Bft p~ro 6:30 am Ar Thomasville Lv 7:00 piq 11:40 a m Ar Albany Lv 4:00 pm Stops at all regular stations. Pullman sleeping cars to ana from Jacksonville and Sa vannah. THOMASVILLE EXPRESS. 6:05 a m Lv Waycross Ar 7:00 pm 10:26 am Ar Thomasville Lv 2:15 pm Stops at all regular and flag stations. JESUP EXPRESS. 3:45 pm Lv Savannah Ar B:3oam 6:10 pmAr Jesup Lv 5:25 am Stops at all regular and flag stations. CONNECTIONS. At Savannah for Charleston at 6:45 a m. (ar rive Augusta via Yemassee at 12:30 p m), 12:26 p m anil 8:23 p m; for Augusta and Atlanta at i :00 am, 5:15 p m and 8:20 pm; with steamshl pa for New York Sunday, Tueeday and Friday; for Boston Thursday: for Baltimore every fifth dnv. At J ESUP for Brunswick at 8:30 a m and 3:33 pm; for Macon 10:30 a m and 11:07 pm. At WAYCROSS for Brunswick at 10:00 am and 5:05 p m. 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 for Ocala, Tavares, Brook*- ville and Tampa at 10:55 a m. At ALBANY for Atlanta, Macon, Montgom ery, Mobile. New Orleans, Nashville, etc. At i M ATT \ 11< toc'HEE 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. fJONNECTIONS made at Savannah with Sa- V. l vannah. Florida and Western Railway. Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand ard time (90th meridian), which is 30 minute* slower than city time. NORTHWARD. No. 14* 38t 66* 78* Lv Sav’h .12:26 p m 4:00 p m 6:45 am 8:23 pm ArAugiißta 12:30 pm Ar Beaufort 6:08 p m 10:15 am Ar P. Royal 6:20 pm 10:30 a in Ar Al'dale.. 7:40 p m 8:15 pm 10:20 am Ar Cha stou 4:43 p in 9:20 p m 11:40 a m R 25 a na SOUTHWARD. 33* 35* 27* Lv Cha’ston 7:10 a m 3:35 p m 4:00 a m Lv Augusta 12:85 pm Lv Al’dale.. 5:10 am 8:07 pm Lv P. Royal. 7:ooam 2:00p in Lv Beaufort 7:12 a m 2:15 pm ArSav’h.. . ,10:15 a m 6:58 p m 6:11 a m *Daily I>et.veen Savannah and Charleston. tSunday* only. Train No. 78 makes no connection with Port Royal and Augusta Hallway, and stops only at Kldgeland, Green Pond ana Ravenal. Traiu 14 stops only at Yemassee and Green Pond, and connects for Beaufort and Port Royal dally, ami for Allendale dally, except Sunday. Trains 3S an-1 60 connect from and for Beaufort and Port Royal daily For tickets, sb-eping car reservations and all other information apply to WM. BREN. S|>eoial Ticket Agent, 22 Bull street, and al Charleston ami Savannah railway ticket oftlca at Savannah, Florida and Western Kalb**/ depot C. S. GADSDEN. SuW. JUNk'J, 1667,