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6 GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS. A Man Who Went to the Mexican War as a Youth Under Gen. Jackson Seeking a Pension at Augusta A Negro Stricken Down by the Sun at Augusta. GEORfiIA. J. C. Martin, of Cuthbert, has commenced Work on his new iron warehouse, which will I* completed by Aug. X. The Prohibitionists of Atlanta are sup plying the Chief of Police with money with xv. ich to work up casts against violators of the prohibition law. There will be a walking match, foot race, water fight, wheelbarrow race and general assortment of amusements at Cuthbert on July 2fi. A big time is anticipated. Dr. Hubbard, of Crawford, on Saturday last performed the difficult operation of re moving a tumor that weighed a half pound from a lien. Dr. Hubbard will make a S|e cialty of surgery. The Thundering Spring baptist, church, in the Red Bone district of Ixu county, has been reorganis'd by Kcv. J. C. Bass. It now has, through his efforts, a large and in creasing congregation. The cotton crop in the neighborhood of Cuthbert promises a larger yield this year than for several years. The corn crop is not as good as last year, but with good seasons will turn out very well. Lightning struck the ground in Rev. J. W. Lord’s cotton field in Jackson county, killing the cotton on a plat of ground about two rods square. On this spot were two melon vines which were not at all injured by the lightning. The negro, Ed Bailey, who was shot by 8. G. Beekom at Bluffton week tiefore last, died Monday evening. Coroner Robinson held an inquest and the jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. The evi dence showed the shooting to be entirely un avoidable on the part of Mr. Beekom. There is a Miss Ahl living in Appling county, about ten miles from Baxley, who is 10 years and 2 months old and weighs 180 pounds. She weighed at the age of 7 years 110 pounds. She is no higher than children usually at her age, so you inny judge she is a sight. Persons who have seen her say she is as broad as she is long. On Sunday afternoon, during a shower of rain, accompanied by a slight wind, an old china tree that stood opposite the south gate of the Executive Mansion, at Milledgevdle, fell, striking the telegraph wires, tearing them down for 100 yards. Only a few (If these old trees now remain in the city, elms having taken their place. The African Methodist Episcopal church nf Lumber City gave a festival on the night of July 9 and voted several prize's, among which wuts a gold-headed cant*. There were two candidates, Rev. H. H. K. Hall anil H. B. Hammons, a bartier. Hammons was the winner of the stick, which brought the church SIOO. Hammons’ majority was *72 80. The metal warehouse of the Swift Manu facturing Company, at Columbus, is about complete. It is a handsome building. Steam was turned on the new Pearce cotton mill for the first time Monday. It will soon be in full operation. The new Muscogee mill is being rapidly completed The brick work has l eached” nearly to the top of the second story. A force of hands will lie put to work next week at the cotton compress at Americus. The machinery will be given an overhauling and put in readiness for o|wration this fall, while large adilitions are to be made to the building in the way of sheds, platforms, etc., for the convenient handling of cotton. The company is confidently counting upon pressing 40,000 (tales of cotton this winter. The third and last company to compose the Macon fire department will go on duty on July 17. The company will occupy the old engine house of No. J,” at the intei-sec tion of Poplar and Third streets, which has been fitted up in most convenient shape for the boys and the steamer. The steamer is now daily expected from Elmira, N. Y., and when it comes will be put on duty at once. Fire broke out. in Mr. Sehriever’s store at Brunswick Monday night. Tho store and stock was destroyed entirely and that part of the building used ss the residence nearly so. The adjacent buildings, however, were saved, although one of them was in eight feet of it and caught three times. -Mr. Schriever estimates his stock at about $3,000 and the building at SI,OOO. The total in surance is $2,400. The annual reunion of the First Georgia Regiment and Twelfth Georgia Battalion takes place at Kandersville Aug. 3. Unusual and elaborate preparations are being made to make the occasion pleasant and profit able. Col. Henry D. Capers, Gen. Clem Evans, Gen. Gordon and other distinguished gentlemen who are members of the associa tion are expected to be present and to ad dress the veterans. Rev. R. W. Anderson, rector of St. Stephens’ Episcopal church, of Milledgc ville, has notified tho vestry that he will send in his resignation next Sunday. Mr. Anderson’s resignation has been expected for some time. He is a thoroughly educated man and a good preacher. It is very un fortunate that ho became involved in the “german” controversy, ami it is thought that that hastened his resignation. Monday morning Deputy Marshal Har ris, of Detoctivo Shackelford’s men, ar rived in Macon with ex-Postinaster and mail carrier, George F. Browning, of Tel fair county. The ex-official is charged with having made false returns. He is said to have illegally sold postage stamps, and lie was carried before Commissioner Erwin for a hearing. Commissioner Erwin hoard the case and Browning was held in S3OO hail. In 1836, after the scare occasioned by the burning of Roanoke by the Indians, the male inhabitants of Americus rendezvoused at what is now the court house squnre, with guns in their hands, to repel an expected at tack from the Indians. Many of the women and children had in the meantime been sent across the river for safety, and a camp of a milo In length was established for the fugi tives at or near the present site of the town of Drayton. Athens nanner-Watchman: It is file gen ernl impression that Dr. Westmoreland should notice in some manner the card of Dr. W. D. Carter, of Winterville. Dr. Car ter is a gentleman and a physician who stands high in his profession, and lie cannot be ignonsl under the code of honor. The people of this section of the State are anx iously looking to see what will be done in the matter, for of course Dr. Westmoreland will not ignore it. At Augusta, yesterday morning, a young negro named E<l Smith was sitting near the pump at the junction of Jackson and Twiggs streets. The lad was bare headed under the burning sun. Soon he was per ceived to full. When help came he was in convulsions and seemed to lie very much affected about the head. Ho could not speak, and during the whole afternoon the i returned at intervals with plain manifestations of severs pain. It is sup posed to he a ease of sunstroke. \ terriffc and destructive wind and hail storm passed near Madison Sunday evening, about 8 o'clock, accompanied by the most vivid lightning and deafening thunder peals. The lightning struck a large elm tree in front of Judge Si wall's former resi' deuce, this tree having been torn to pieces by lightning four years ago. The drops of Charles Donand anil neighbors were completely destroyed by the hail and wind. These crops were unexceptionally promising prior to the storm, and now one would scarcely think a crop had ever grown an the land. No one was injured personal ly }r killed as far as known. Ben Fuller, an employe of the Augusta, fMaon and Bandera vide railroad, Eada p&niliar accident happen t,o him on Monday, lie was on the excursion train which car ried the great crowd of colon* 1 people to finer Crock. The train came to a stop op- I I posito the barrel factory within the city limits and Ben got off. As he stepped down from the train lie struck against the hip pocket of a negro standing against the side of the car. In this pocket was a sharp shoe maker’s knife, which struck Ben under the right shoulder blade indicting a painful wound. The physician attending said had the wound been a little lower Ben’s life would have been in great danger. The Secretary of tlie Executive Depart ment has received from Wesley Shropshire, of Chattooga county, the counsel for Henry Pope, under sentence of death for rape in that county, and now confined in Fulton jail, an affidavit with the request, that he procure Pojie’s signature to the same. The affidavit is for the purpose of securing Pope anew trial, his counsel having determined to adopt that manner of getting the case before the courts again, it is thought that in view of tho turn matters have taken there will not lie the least difficulty in get ting the prisoner anew trial. The result of that trial as yet is a matter of the veriest speculation, but a number of people do not hesitate to affirm that the facts in the ease, as brought ont by the recent developments, are sufficiently strong to give Pope his free dom. Monday principal keeper Towers, of the penitentiary department, read of the capture of James Jenkins, a notoriously desjierate convict who esrup-xi from the penitentiary in I*B2. He was edßvicted in April, IHSI, at Dougherty Siqierior Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Some weeks ago Jenkins, who has lieen living at Brunswick since his escape and who had married there, was arrested for assaulting his wife. He was sentenced to the chain gang for six months. M. A. Wiggins, a railroad man, succeeding in identifying Jenkins as tho escaped convict, the Glynn county authori ties turned the prisoner over to him in order that he might deliver the man to the princi pal keeper and obtain the $lOO reward. All this happened some days ago, and as yet nothing has lieen heard of Wiggins or Jen kins at the office of the prineii>al keeper. On Sunday night last Escott Brown, a quiet and popular young man who lives in East Athens, was returning home from church with a young Atlanta lady, a cousin of young Brown’s, who was on a visit to the family. The young couple had crossed the river and were half way up the steep hill when, without warning, someone hurled a large stone at Mr. Brown, the missile strik ing him on the side of the head with such force as to raise a large lump. It did not knock him down, however. The assailed party at once turned around to see someone that he took to he a negro man making off’ as fast as his legs could carry him. He is not entirely satisfied, however, that it is a negro, hut he judged so from the dress and manner of the man as lie rapidly fled. Brown did not pursue his assailant, as he did not think it advisable to leave his fair charge, so the fellow- made good his escape. At Athens Saturday the committee of tho board of trustees amended the rules of tho government of tho old Franklin college as fixed by the “Senatus Aeademieus.” Tho ohl law was that any student convicted of sending or accepting a challenge to fight, a duel, or bearing such a challenge, or in any way aiding or allotting such a duel, should be expelled by the faculty. The words “con victed of” are stricken out by the commit ted? and the following words are added at the end of the section: “And any stu dent so ex[ lled should not bo recalled except by a vote of the board of trustees.” So that the law amended requires that any student sending or accepting a challenge, etc., shall be expelled by the faculty, and shall not Is- recalled except by a vote of the lioaril of trustees. Tho old law under which the faculty was working was framed in 1853, and really required a student to he con victed in court before he could be expelled, hence the amendment. One farmer at Quitman has already realized #KK) from a small area planted in melons, and is not yet through shipping, while another living near the same place has sold #250 worth of cucumbers from a single acre. Besides these, there are num bers of other trackers in that section, all of whom have made money out of the busi ness this year. I zee county is fast coining into prominence as a melon-growing region, the net returns for the present crop up to this time amounting to something like #7,200, and the shipments increasing daily. Peaches are also grown and handled profitably. Messrs. Rumph & Moore, of MarshaUville, are shipping hun dreds of crates of them North every day, where they sell readily at an average of #0 tier bushel. Fruit evaporators have also lieen erected there, and thousands of bushels of fruit that cannot bo shipped profitably are evaporated and sold readily at good figures. The people of that immediate sec tion are wisely turning their attention to this industry, and instead of eking out an existence by cultivating cotton altogether, are devoting much of their land to orchards, which, in course of time, will yield them a handsome return upon the investment. Capt. A. C. Sneed, of the Atlanta Rifles, returned home from Cumberland Tuesday highly pleased with that resort. He thinks it the best place for a military encampment that lie has yet seen, as it is very cool and has a sea breeze unsurpassed by any resort. Capt. Sneed made all the final arrangements for the company's approaching encamp ment, and decided on Mount Airy for the camping ground. The company will pitch its tents in a grove of large, stately oaks, which will furnish sufficient shade. Just in front of the grove is u beautiful drill ground about 100 yards wide, which will be used for bathing while the tide ts up. and when down the company will drill on the beach. An excellent pro gramme has been prepared, one which will tie very interesting to witness. Among the special features might be mentioned that, while the Rifles are on the island the Bruns wick Riflemen, with their famous hand, will spend a day as the guests of the Rifles. This visit will be the Occasion of a regular jubilee. It has been unanimously decided that the camp lie named “Camp Gordon,” in honor of our Governor, and also that an “invitation lie sent to Gov. Gordon and staff, asking them to accompany us on our encampment, and it is hoped the invitation will lie accepted.” N. H. Bu.su, of Thompson, was in Augusta Tuesday on matters looking to tho proper drawing up and certifying of p[>ers that will entitle him to a pension under tho bill passed at the last session of Congress. Mr. Bush when a lad of lti was mustered into service for ouo year. Had he Ison 21 he would now be entitled to his pension—the hill provides only for veterans (ifi years of age. Ho went out with the Richmond Bines, n .sunpany formed in that county, Cunt. Daniel \V. Dill commanding, Eieuis. John Phinizy, Jr., and A. H. McLaws. The company rondezvoued at Columbus, where field officers were eloeted June 27, 1 S4*>. (Jen. Henry It Jackson, of Savannah, was chosen Colonel. They then proceeded by boat to Mobile, and there took ship for Brazos Island. On the trip the Fourth of July was llttingly observed, the orator for the*day being Incut. John Thin izy, Jr., a talented son of John !*hiui.-.v, K*q., late of Augusta. Mr. Bush lieutu his years lightly, and from appearances sill enjoy many mom The recollections of the scenes and incidents of this year of voluu teer service are keen and vivid. U ■ suy> he was one ef tile first to land at the storm nig of \ era Cruz. The only survivors of his conijiany known to him are M/ij. A. H. MeUaws and William Darby, a painter at the (b-orgia railroad shops. Mr. Bush's ]i |h . s were proisTly attest.si in Clerk Keen er's ofilec, mid he has only to wf.it the reach ing of his n;M year to seiniro his ismsion, ' siiould his petition, to let him share the saute benefits with his older comrades in arms, be refuse I. Adel correspondence Valdosta Timex: A neighbor iHtssmg along tlw Union road Inst week on seeing our clever jiostmaster with bare arms clutching tho plow handles with the grip of a giant and reining Ins horse across the rows and the uprooted corn and cotton lay withering in the sun, stopped in amazement and inquired: ".lack what on earth do you moan by plowing through your corn and cotton in that.rttyJe 1" "SVliat do I mean I Why sir. I mean to jay off my land in town lots.” “Town lots! thunder! Don’t you think you’re very hasty übout THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1887. it?” “No sir, I don’t. A man often misses a good chance by being too slow. This is one time I’m heeled.” "No sir,” continued he, taking anew chew of tobacco as he liegan to scrape the caked dirt from his plow with the toe of his shoe: “You are in the heart of a great town — twill be to your interest to invest. I’ll sell you—let roe see—where—now will he the best stand?’ Here heanpears for a moment in deep study; then brighten* up and con tinues, as he points with his index finger to a corresponding furrow in the field over the other side of the lane, “Yes, there is Grady avenue. I'll sell you a business lot on thnt side; better strike while the iron is hot; want to keep these lots on this side for my own use; then I’ll sell you a nice residence lot over there on Cleveland square.” Here lie pointed across tile lield to some new stakes where might be seen fresh furrows in which lay withering cotton plants. Haralson Banner: On Monday evening about 2 o’clock, during a thunder shower, the house of Mr. E. T. Smith, who lives near the railroad, two anil a half miles east of Bremen, was struck by lightning. Mrs. AA'iliiams, a daughter of Mr. Smith, an in mate of the house, and her sister Fannie, a girl of 12 years of age, were seated on the veranda oti the north side of the building at the time of the shock. The floor was torn through directly under Mrs. AA’iliiams’ right foot, tearing her shoe and stocking into shreds. After Mrs. AA’illiains recovered from the shock she found Fannie prostrate and lifeless upon tho floor beside her chair. Amid this awful perplexity she thought of her little babe, some two weeks old, that she had left ill a crib in an adjoining room. Leaving her lifeless sister, sho made her way to the crib. On reaching the room she found the tesiiling in tho crib on fire; snatching tho child from the flames, she clasped it to her bosom with a heart full of thankfulness for its deliverance. By this time the other members of the family had recovered from the shock. Fannie was breathing, but otherwise unconscious. The electric shock seemed to have pervaded every part of the building, tearing holes through the walls as though riddled by can non balls. Two guns were in a room of the building, whose stocks were shivered into splinters. One was loaded; the cap burst, but failed to go off. It visited the pantry, breaking the crockery, and, remarkable to say, turning the baking pans inside out. Under the house several fowls were killed that, perhaps, sought shelter there from the shower. Tho wonder is that any of the family escaped death. FLORIDA. Sweet potato planting has been and is still the order of the day at New Smyrna. Fort Ogden had a meeting of its citizens Friday night and raised the cash for building a court house at that point. Five hundred mechanics could find em ployment if Key AAVst was a safe place of residence for unacelimated people. The fish scrap made by the New Smyrna Fish and Fertilizer Company, is being used extensively for fertilizing orange groves. I,a-t. Saturday there was caught on Lake A]>opka sixteen trout, averaging six pounds. Tho largest one weighed thirteen pounds. At Orlando Monday the case of the State of Florida vs. E. D. Sylvester was trans ferred to Osceola county by Justice Shine. Quiteanumlierof land sales were consum mated at Trabue last week. Everything [mints to a monstrous boom this fall and winter. Sixteen hundred carloads of watermel ons have been handled over the Savannah, Florida and AVesteru division in Georgia since J une 9. The United States government has ac cepted the bid of John Lent for carrying the mail at Aurautai for the year ensuing from July 1, Dr. McNary, of Charlotte Harlior, and Dr. Roeseh, of Fort Ogden, have been ap pointed as the county Board of Health for DoSoto county. There were fifty entrances of ocean-going craft into Pensacola harbor during the mouth of June. Tho clearances for the same period were 49 vessels of all classes. Every Friday afternoon the Leesburg Rifles can be seen drilling with a view of reorganization under the new State law. Only a few more members are required. Rev. Thomas Hiatt, of Leesburg, left for the North last week to perfect arrangements for the manufacture of an automatic orange sizer, which he has had patented. On ac count of its simplicity and accuracy it promises to supersede all other sizes. The Florida Southern anil the Bt.. Augus tine anil Palntka railways have inaugurated excursion rates to St. Augustine for this week from points along the line of the for mer road. The rate from Francis to St. Augustine is $1 40; from Palatka, five miles nearer, is $1 50. Aurantai reports crops looking well gen erally. The orange trees in this vicinity have a light crop, hut the trees look well and the present growth indicates a heavy crop next year. The frost of March 19 found the trees full of sap and the fruit just set, and the damage to trees and fruit is shown in the light crop. At Orleans the rainy season has begun in earnest. The frequent showers are causing vegetation to grow rapidly. The vegetable crop has nearly all been exhausted. The people are planting tomatoes for late crop; a few are planting egg plants also. The growing corn, melons, [>eavines and pinders arc rejoicing in the daily showers. Jake McKeever (colored), of St. Augus tine. Ims Ih'i'ii given a [tension of $24 per month from Feb. 2, 1887, with a back pen sion of $1,500. McKeever filed Ids claim March 1, iMiti, some twenty-one years ago, which was rejects'll by three different com missions for want of proof. About a year ago W. H, Atkins took up the ease, and with tho supplementary evidence he was able to get Commissioner Black to re- 11 S' ll the claim, and with now facts presented, has now allowed McKeever his pension. The Gem City Guards, of Palatka, held a meeting and drill last night, at which Capt. R. IV. Davis, their new commander, took charge, (’apt. Davis made a very pleasant address to the company, and advised them to reail the new law iu reference to the duties of the State troops. He also stated that the encampment would very probably lie held at Pablo Beach. Cnpt Davis said that under the new law the noii-cnminis siuued officers of the old organization were no longer officers, but ho would appoint the same men to those I'llii'es. I’nlatku Xei'-x: With the view of obtain ing a (silato better adapted to our climate tliun any variety as yet given us. Dr. Wolitiffranek, our learned Isitanist, fertilized the bloom oftheeai’ly rose with pollen from the flower of the poach blow. He obtained toed from the crossing, and finally several seedlings. These have now fruited, and the product has the form of the peuehblow and the color of the curly rose. The flesh is exceptionally firm, the skin beautifully smooth and the Doctor believes it will give ii< a tine |Kitato for the summer months. He has none for sale now. hut will continue it., cultivation until satisfied of its value, when lie will place it on the market. An unfortunate affair occurred at the rest deuce ot i). D. Hull, of Highland, Mon day. Some linv ago Mr. Hull was given a bulldog bv Mr. Sawyer, of DeLund, which soon showed itself jaisnessod of a very ugly cliK|SKution. On tho day in question Mi l Yelvington was nlsmt to call, but. the dog would not permit her to enter the yanl. Mrs. Hull .*nme to her assistance, and m at tempting Pi hold the dog by the collar, was set upon and most viciously bitten in the wrist. Sol Williams, who was working near by. succeeded in prying the dog's jaw, apart and releasing tlic luidly lacerated wrist, but was himself bitten in tho hand in doing so. I)r. Gillen was sent lor and the dog shot. Tins happened in the office of P. F. Peek, Cook's tourist agent, in Jacksonville: Two gentlemen. U>th Englishmen, met for the first time in Cook's tourist office Unlay. One Ismght a ticket tor London via New York, and the other Is.ught one for Van couver, British Colombia, via New York. The ugent introdueisl them to each other, aud both look the wuo stateroom, though their final destinations are r.,000 miles apart. Soon after two others bought tickets —one for Melbourne, Australia, via Liverpool and the Suez canal, the other for San Francisco via tho Panama railway. These two cases furnish a striking illustration of the widely parting lines of travel which diverge from one point. Elijah Jordon, the black terror, who raised pandemonium at the Wayeross depot at Jacksonville last Friday, is suffering a great, deal of [lain front the wound in his back. It will be remembered that he was found nearly paralyzed front the effect of a wound in the'took, which ho said was from a bullet received in the melee. The by standers, however, say that no shots were tired except those fired by himself. When brought before the Mayor he was asked for and delivered to the county officers, and was committed to await the action of the grand jury under a charge of assault with intent to commit murder in default of $5,000 bonds. He complains of intense pain in his hips, and, as the wound is two inches above, it is evident that the bullet is dropping down. A meeting of the Democracy of Citrus county was held at Mannfield Saturday. The following ticket, in opposition to that nominated by Senator Mann’s followers a few weeks ago, was put in the field: For County Judge, Capt. C. S. Stone: for Cir cuit Clerk, C. C. Todd; for Sheriff, John Scott; for Tax Collector, S. Catts; for Tax Assessor, W. J. Rumpt; for Treasurer, J. J. Fuller- for Surveyor, H. Van Buskirk; for Commissioners. James Williams, C. C. Car roll. Juke Clements, J. D. Spooner, Porter Shari); County School Commissioners, K. T. Willis, Rev. George Fredcrrick, Rev. A. A. Wilson, H. AV. Zillner, H. J. Blaisdell. Then the whole meeting proceeded to elect a I iemocratie County Executive Committee, which resulted in the election of the follow ing gentlemen: A. O. Willard, Dr E. C. Dunklin, R. 8. Sauls berry, AV. V. Cole, and J . S. Perkins. At Orleans during a thunder storm on July ." the lightning struck several trees near J. B. Young’s goat pens and killed four of his fino Angora goats. The herd was scattered or the hiss would have been greater. Mr. Young brought a herd of 300 Angora goats from Texas to Orleans last March. The packing closely together on the cars ami improper feeding and attention caused a loss of about 100 head by the time they reached Gainesville, where they were taken off the cars. They have been doing well since they arrived. Tho grazing on the high pine lands seems to suit them. These goats produce white fleecy wool ten or twelve inches long, which sells at about 75c. per pound in the market. The points in their favor are that they will not jump fences, and are free from the offensive odor of the ordinary goat. They can live where the Florida cow would starve, as they feed on bushes, weeds, and any kind of short grass. They are not valuable for their milk. Capt. Yates, who has for some time been engaged in the Menhaden fisheries, North, has leased Calypso Island, in the St. Johns, for a term of years, and is now in New York purchasing tho machinery necessary to begin a fertilizing factory, in which he, Mr. Ferrar and others will lie interested. They will begin on a small scale and enlarge as the success of the enterprise may justify. Even from the first they- can employ about fifty moil to catch fish, out of which they will manufacture the fertil izer. The waters thereabout abound in shad and other fish known as the fowl and Ixiny fishes. From these the oil will be expressed by machinery, the remains, after being treated to the phosphates, will bo manufac tured into fertilizers of very great value. Mr. Ferrar thinks his company, though they will start on a small scale, will lie able by next year to establish a double plant. They are now making arrangements to get the phosphates from Charleston. The manu facture of those fish fertilizers has been at tempted recently on the Indian river, hut was not successful, owing to inadequate shipping facilities. The terminus of the Blue Spring, Orange City and Atlantic road is in the middle of a large grant that is one mile square anil is owned by a Mr. Andrews, of Baltimore. The railroad will make out to get right of way and that is about all. Not another foot can they or any one else purchase. That being the case several parties have put up buildings on tho railroad’s right of way for restaurant, store and post office. The receiver of the road, Dexter Hunter, was over tho other day and ordered all the buildings taken off. In the fii-st place the road Ims no authority to allow any one to build on the right of way, as tho company have not as yet got their deed from Mr. Andrews. Be sides Mr. Andrews is opposed to buildings iieing put up in front of his lots that front on either side of the road. But if he don’t intend to pc’ his lots on the market during the existence of the American republic, why should he care, if the right of way through his land blossoms out into a town I As it stands now, there ean be no buildings put up within about half a mile from the depot. The railroad will in ail probability bridge the river and make their terminus on the sea beach and lodato their turn tables, shops, etc.. over there where they can get what land they want. There is land enough anil to spare over there for a town, and no doubt when the rood is in operation up to that point a town will spring up. for it is the b"st of all tho places on the oast coast where a summer resort should be located. It is near tko inlet where the beach is several hundred feet broad. If the railroad is extended to the beach the company intends to put, up a big hotel. Alfred How ard, of Glencoe, sur veyor, measured the distance from the rail road dock to the other side of the river for the railroad company. Tlio bridge will be 1,000 feet long. Col. John AVcbb, tho Harbor Master of Pensacola, is in receipt of a letter from Capt. Farady of the baric Longfellow, dat ed New York, July A, from which a report er has been permitted to make an extract, to wit: “I made a fairly good passage to Rio, sixty-five days, a.nd got on nicely for a time; got the cargo all out and chartered the ship to load coffee for New Yol k—2o,- 900 hags at 15s. I was loaded and ready for sea when yellow fever made its appearance and cleaned ine out of all hands but young Reed, the little fellow 1 took from Pensacola, the carpenter and the second mate. All hands were in the hospital and four died in one week. 1 then got the ship fumigated, lot her lav for four days, w/ion 1 proceeded to sea. Before the t tig let go of me, outside of the harbor, the mate took sick, came to an chor twenty-five miles from Rio, went back with him, got another and started, leaving ten men, two chief mates and two stewards behind. AVe were twont'f-two Hours at sen. when the fever again bro*to out. We buried the little Ikiv and three men in seven days, during which time there tv as not u breath of wind. It was teiTi'.Jo to lie.-ir their moaning and howling at night, all of them out of their mind*. I expected at our time that Izhonld burv the lot: I could get no port, but, thank God, it finished up there. When I got to tic-equator, l hud only three men and the officers a I ile to work. AVheu off Hatteras, forty two days from Rio, we got a severe gale and lost some sails on aeffount of not having men to him He them. AVe were ten days from llattern, here, where we did twenty-fours quarantine and went to the city on June lit. They would give me six months quarantine in Pensacola. I was only three days discharging, and, there te ing no paying employment! offering for a long voyage, 1 have laid tue ship up until things take a turn.” A Household Necessity. (Jeorge 1,. (JrilHn, of Richmond Hill, lamg Island, N. Y., reeoniniends Allcock’s Donors PbASTEBs in the following frank language: We have been using Ai.lcock's Porous I‘lastkks for many y.*ai*s, and in fact they hove become a hourehuld neoasity in our family. In every ease where they have been applied they have proven themselves satisfactory and /iv.p immediate relief. He recommend tie *iii very highly, and trust our experience Will lie ibe tneans of inducing others to give them a trial. SOUTHWEST GSORGIA. A Good Crop Prospect-Shipments Melons and Pears. Horton, Ga., July 13.—The rail's that have fallen in abundance in this locality during the past ten days insures a good corn crop. The acreage of corn in Southwest Georgia is quite largo. The yield and the quality will be good. Cotton, too, is good, tnougii there is tear that too much rain has fallen recently for it. I have noticed the crop on a dozen or more farms thus week ana have yet to see one injured from too much rain. The prospect for jjeas, pmdfflr*, Itatoes and cano is good enough, lue melon soason, now nearing the close, has been an active and paying <ie. P u “ ,r N? money in circulation and ‘’knocking hard times higher than a kite.'' The LeC'onte pear crop is proving better than expected, both in quantity and quality, and is being marketed as rapidly as man and beast can deliver it to the railroad and express companies. Tears are quoted to-day at $3 per crate in Philadelphia. There is a nice profit in them at one-half of these figures. Thomasville has shipped up to date in round numbers 2,1500 crates east ward and two carloads west. Boston has shipped 000 crates and will ship perhaps 125 crates daily for the next ten These pears are ready sale here at 50c. per bu. m bulk and 75(<z,&>e. per crate packed. [.*' the 1,592 carloads melons moved by the istvaii nah, Florida and Western rail way up to July 9 fully one-halt have been grown and shipped by Brooks and Lowndes counties, and perhaps one fourth of the other by Thomas county. Of this Brooks alone has shipped nearly tu)o cars. Place the average ot' net returns at the low figures of S3O per ear and it will readily be seen that the total is a nice sum of money. With the melon and pear crops so profitable, backed as they' are by an abundance of home supplies for man and beast, the present cotton crop ought to be one of nearly clear profit to many. The meeting that has been nearly contin uous for three weeks at the Methodist Epis copal church continues. The pastor Rev. Julian Jordan, has iteen untiring in his la bors. Ho has hail the cordial co operation of his church and the assistance of Messrs. Chester and Crumphler, of Bainbridge, and McGhee, of Thomasville. There have been nineteen accessions to the church up to July 10. A Batch of Anecdotes. From the Alujxiha (Ga.) Star. In a Georgia city lives a popular divine who is liked by all classes. He is very fond of fishing and hunting, and does not object to telling a side-splitting anecdote occasion ally. Here is one we caught on the fly re cently: Oneo a party went fishing. There was some snake medicine along, and one or more of the party took too much aboard. In the evoning a terrific storm came up. As it was nearing the party one, more pious than the rest, knelt down at the root of a tree and began to pray for protection. About the same time one of those who had tapped the jug too often shouted: "Come ahead, you blasted old cyclone. Tear us all to pieces! Blow us to Halifax! Hurrah for the United .States and Kiuoha foonee!" When he closed, the humble supplicant at the root of the tree raised his horrified face to heaven and cried: “Oh, Lord, don’t mind what that con founded crazy fool is saying. He is blind drunk, as you can see for yourself, and he don't belong to the. church, noway.” ANOTHER. Parson F., another popular divine, tells the following good one: A negro woman, during slavery' days, had joined the church a number of times, only to be turned out for misbehavior. She had just joined again, and her master, a pious man, inquired: “Jane do you think you will stick this time?” “Yas, boss, I hab strong hopes in dat erection now.” “Did you go to Jesus for help?” “Me? Dat I didn’t! I went tode head Boss dis time. Jesus am only his son.” STILE ANOTHER. Down at Hebron church,near Jasper,Fla., lives a Primitive divine who was once a missionary Baptist preacher. One Sunday, before preaching, a Missionary Baptist, a member of the church of which the preacher formerly had charge, asked him why he had forsaken them and gone over to tiie Primitive church. He did not reply at once, but when he got up in the pulpit to preach, he saw quite a number of his former congregation before him, and then decided to inform them why he made the change. He told them that he would illustrate the cause by relating an anecdote, which he did about as follows: He was riding along one day and came to n house, in the front yard of which was a bright looking little lioy play'ing with a number of puppies. He asked: “My little man, what kind of puppies are those?” “They’re Missionary Baptist puppies,” promptly replied the boy. Tiie preacher rode ou, studying the while over the queer name the little boy bud given the puppies. On the return trip he overtook a Primitive Baptist divine not far from the little boy’s home, and proposed that they stop and talk with the little boy. Halting at the gate he called the child and asked him to bring out his puppies. He did so and the Primitive Baptist preacher asked: “What kind of puppies are those, my child?” “They’re Primitive Baptist puppies,” ho replied. “You told me awhile ago that they were Missionary Baptist puppies,” sakl the aston ished missionary brother. “They was then, because they didn’t have their eyes open when you passed, but since you passed their eyes have opened and they are now Primitive Baptist puppies.” SUBURB AH RAILWAY. City and Suburban Railway. Savannah. G 4.. May 31. 1887. ON and after WEDNESDAY, June Ist, th following schedule will be run on the Out bid** Übk LI A VI LRRTVB LKAW IMJ U CITT. CITY. or HOPK. MONTGOMERY •0:55 I 6:42 I 6:20 i 10:2*) 8:40 8:15 7:50 i 2:00 1 1:30 1:00 t7:!5 I 0:40 \ 015 There will be no early train from Isle of Hope on Sunday morning. 4 For Montgomery only. Passengers for Tsl© of Hope go via Montgomery without extra charge. This train afford* parent* a cheap ex cursion before breakfast for young children with nurses. * This 3:25 r. m. train last out of city Sunday afternoon. tOn Saturdays this train leave* citvat 7:45 v m J, 11 JOHNSTON. STO\ I>. FOR HA LB BY— HTRNWKM, At (HIPMAN Imported Bay Rum, A FINK ARTICLE, AT STRONG’S DRUG STORE, 'iuei Dull uuU Berry street luuv- SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR New York, Boston and Philadelphia. PASSAGE TO NEW YORK. CABIN $.20 00 EXCURSION 3a 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO BOSTON. CABIN $3O 00 EXCURSION 38 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (via New York). CABIN $22 00 EXCURSION. 30 00 STEERAGE 18 00 r |''HE magnificent steamships of these lines 1 are appointed to sail a* follows—standard time: TO NEW YORK. NACOOCHEE, Capt. F. Kesipton, FRIDAY, July 15, at l:3(iP. 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. CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. H. C. Daggett, FRIDAY", July 22, at 7 p. M. TO BOSTON. GATE CITY, Capt. E. R. Taylor, THURSDAY, July 14, 1 p. m. 4 CITY OF MACON, Capt. W. Kelley, THURS DAY, July 81, at 6 p. M. TO PHILADELPHIA. [FOR FREIGHT ONLY.I DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howas, SATURDAY, July 16, at 2:30 p. u. JUNIATA, Capt. S. L. Askins, SATURDAY, July 23, at 7:30 p. M. Through hills 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 this Company are 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 En Hand, and to ports of the United Kingdom arid the Continent. JAS. B. WEST & CO., Agents, 114 Bay street. SKA ISLAND XiOXJ 'JL'K. STEAMER DAVID CLARK, Capt. M. P. USINA, AX TILL LEAVE Savannah from wharf foot of it Lincoln street for DOB'JY, DARIEN, BRUNSWICK and FERN ANDIN A. every TUES DAY and FRIDAY at ti p. m.. city time, con necting at Savannah with New York, Philadel phia, Boston and Baltimore steamers, at Fer nandina with rail for Jackson ;i!le 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 lie at risk of consignee. Tickets on wharf and boat, C. WILLIAMS, Agent. SEMI-WEEKLY LINE FOR COHEN'S BLUFF AND WAY LANDINGS. ' I'JiK steamer ETHEL, <lapt. W. i. i; ig.wtll I leave for abo.’e MONDAYS and THURS DAYS at 6 o’clock p. m. Returning arrive WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS at 8 o’clock p. m. For information, etc., npoly to W. T. GIBBON, Manager. Wharf foot of Drayton s!n*i. For Augusta and Way Landings. S T IE, Cut. J. S. BEVILL, WILL leave EVERY WEDNESDAY at 10 v o’clock a. m. (city time) for Augusta and way landings. AH freights payable by shippers. JOHN LAWTON, Manager. PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Tampa, Hoy Wct, Havana. HKMI-WEEKLY. SOUTH-BOUND. liV Tr.mpa Monday and Thursday 0:30 p. m. Ar Key \Vt Tuenday and Friday 4 p. ni. Ar Havana Wednesday and Saturday tta. m. NORTH‘BOUND. Lv Havana Wednesday and Saturdfiy noon. Lv Key Went Wednesday and Saturday 10 p.m. Ar Tampa Thursday and Sunday o y in. Connecting at T.utipa with west India Fast Train to and from Northern and Kastern cities. For stateroom Accommodations apply to City Ticket Office H.. F. A W By. .Jacksonville, or Agent I’lant Steamship Line, Tampa. 0. D. OWKNS, Traffic Manager. H. S. HAINES, General .Manager. May 1. 1887. HIM KA( I Olts. P. J. FALLON, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, 22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH. IT* ESTIMATES promptly furnished for building j of wychws. RAILROADS. SCHEDULE" CENTRAL RAILROAD. Savannah. Ga., July 8, 1837. ON and after this date Passenger Trains will run daily unless marked t, which are daily, except Sunday. The standard time, by which these trains run, is 36 minutes slower than Savannah city time: No. 1. No. 3. No. 5. No. 7. Lv Savannah .7:10 am 8:20 pm 5:15 pni 6:40 pn Ar Guyton. ...8:07 am 6:40 pn Ar Milieu 9:40 am 11:03 pm 7:30 pm 8:45 pu Ar Augusta .t1:45 pm 4:ooam 9:35 pm A r Macon 1:40 pm 3:20 am Ar Atlanta . .5:40 pm 7:15 am Ar Columbus. .9:80 pra 2:45 pm Ar Montg'ry.. 7:25 am 7:0fl pra Ar Eufaula., 4:33 am 8:50 pm Ar Albany. . 10:00 pm 2:45 pm Train No. 9+ leaves Savannah 2:00 p. in,; ar rives Guyton 2:56 p. m. Passengers for Sylvania, Wrightsville, Mil ledgeville and Eatonton should take 7:10 a. m. train. Passengers for Thomaston, Carrollton. Perry, Fort Galhes, Talbotton, Buena Vista, Blakely and Clayton should take the 8:20 p. m. train. _ No. 2. No. 4. No. T NoTiT Lv Augusta 10:00 pm 6:00 ana Lv Macon.. .10:35 am 10:50 pm 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:o6am 11:55am Lv Milieu. . 2:28 pm 3:10 am 8:15 am 5:30 am Lv Guyton.. 4:o3pm s:olam 9:40am6:58am Ar Savannah 5:00 pm 6:15 am 10:30 am 8:00 am Train No. 101 leaves Guyton 3:10 p. m.; arrival Savannah 4:25 p. m. Sleeping ears 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 passengai r between Savannah and Millen. Train No. 4 will stop on signal at stations bo. tween Millen and Savannah to take on passeo gens for Savannah. Train No. 5 will stop on signal at stations bo tween Savannah and Millen to take on passea gers for Augusta or points on Augusta branch. Train No. 6 will stop between Millen and Sa vannah to put otf passengers from Augusta and points on Augusta branch. Connections at Savannah with Florida and Western Railway for all points in Florida. Tickets for all points and sleeping car berths on sale at City Ollice, No. 20 Bull street, and Depot Office 30 minutes before departure oJ each train. J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD, Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway. [All trains on this road are run by Centra’ Standard Time.] Time card in effect june 19, isrt. Passenger trains on this road will run daily as follows: WEST INDIA FAST MAIL. READ DOWN. READ UP. 7:06 a m Lv Savannah Ar 12:06 p m 12:30 pm Lv Jacksonville Lv 7:00 ani 4:4opm Lv Sanford Lv I:lsam 9:00 p m Ar Tampa Lv 8:00 p m PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Monday and I , Tamm Ar J Thurs an ! Thurs.pmt v ” • iampa... .Ar j Sun pm Tuesday and i. . K . T j Wed. and Friday, pm) Ar. .Key v\est. .Lv p m Wednes. and I „ i Wed. and Sat ami Ar... Havana.. .Lv fsat.-noon Pullman buffet cars to and from New York and Tampa. NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS. 7:o6araLv Savannah Ar 7:sßpm 8:42 am Lv Jesup Ar 6:16 pm 9:50 am Ar Way cross Lv 5:05 pm 11:26 a m Ar Callahan..... .Lv 2:47 p m 12:00 noon Ar. ..Jacksonville Lv 2:05 p m 7:00 am Lv Jacksonville Ar 7:45pm 10:15 am Lv Waycross Ar 4:40 pm 12:04 pm Lv Valdosta Lv 2:56 pm 12:31pm Lv Quitman Lv 2:28 pra I:22pm Ar Thomasville... Lv I:4spm B:3spm Ar Bainbridge Lv 11:25am 4:04 pm Ar Chattahoochee... Lv 11:30 a m Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville and New York, to and from Waycross and New Orleans via Pensacola. EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS. 1:30 pm Lv Savannah Ar 12:06 pm 3:20 pm Lv Jesup Lv 10:32 a m 4:40 pni Ar Waycross Lv 9:23 a m 7:45 p m Ar Jacksonville Lv 7:00 ain 4:15 pm Lv Jacksonville Ar 9:45 am 7:20 p m Lv YVaycross Ar 6:35 am 8:81 pm Ar Dupont .. Lv s:3oam 3:25 pm Lv Lake City Ar 10:45 a m 3:45 pm Lv Gainesviile Ar 10:30 am 0:55 pm Lv Live Oak Ar 7:10 am B:4opm Lv Dupont Ar 5:25a m 10:55 pm Ar Thomasville Lv 3:25 am 1:22 ani Ar Albany Lv 1:25 am Pullman buffet cars to aiid from Jacksonville and St. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Mont gomery and Nashville. ALBANY EXPRESS. 7:35pm Lv Savannah Ar 6:loam 10:05 p m Lv Jesup Lv 3:lsam 12:40am Ar Waycross Lv 12:10am 5:30 a m Ar Jacksonville Lv 9:00 p m _9:00 pm Lv Jacksonville Ar 5:30 a m I:osam Lv YVaycross.. Ar 11:30pm 2:30a m Ar Dupont Lv 10:05 p m 7:10 am Ar Live Oak Lv 6:55 pm 10:30am Ar Gainesville Lv 3:45pm 10:45am Ar Lake City.. Lv 3:25 p~m 2:55 am Lv Dupont Ar 9:35 pm 6:30 a m Ar Thomasville Lv 7:00 p m 11:40 a m Ar Albany... Lv 4:00 pin Stops at all regular stations. Pullman sleeping cars to and from Jacksonville and Sa vannah. THOMASVILLE EXPRESS. 6:05 a m Lv YVaycross Ar 7:00 p m 10:25 a m Ar Thomasville. Lv 2:15 p m Stops at all regular and flag stations. JESUP EXPRESS. 8:45 pm Lv Savannah Ar 8:80 am 6:10 pm Ar Jesup Lv 5:25 aa? 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 and 8:23 p m; for Augusta and Atlanta at i :00 am, 5:15 p ni and 8:20 p m; with steamships for New York Sunday, Tuesday and Friday: for Boston Thursday: for Baltimore every fifth day. At JESUP for Brunswick at 3:30 a m and 3:35 pm; for Macon 10:30 a m and 11:07 pm. At YY’AY’CROSS for Brunswick at 10:00amand 5:05 p m. At CALLAHAN for Fernandinaat 2:47 pm; for Waldo. Cedar Key, Ocala, etc . at 11:27 a m. At LIVE OAK for Madison, Tallahassee, etc., at 10:68 a in and 7 :30 p in. At GAINESVILLE for Ocala, Tavares, Brooks vilie and Tainoa at 10:.Y> a ni. At ALBANY for Atlanta, Macon, Montgom ery, Mobil* New (blends, Nashville, etc. At CHATTAHOOCHEE for Pensacola, Mobil*, New Orleans at 4:14 p ni. Tickets sold and sleeping car berths secured at BREN'S Ticket Office, and at the Passenger Station. WM. r. HARDF.E, Gen. Pass. Agent. U G. FLEMING Superintendent Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos. /■CONNECTIONS made at Savannah with Sa- V vannab. Florida and Western Railway. Trams leave and arrive at Savannah by stand ard time C.K>th meridian), which is 36 minutel slower than city t line. NORTHWARD. No. 14* 38t 66* 78* LvSav’li .12:26 p m 4:00 p m 6:45 a m 8233 p m ArAngusia 12:30p Ar Beaufort 6:08 p m . 10:15 am Ar P. ltovol 6:20 p m 10:30 a in Ar Al’dafe. 7:40 p m 8:15 pm 10:20 a m Ar Cha ston 4:43 p m 9:20 pm 11:40 a in 1:25 a IB SOUTHWARD. 33* 85* 27* Lv Cha’ston 7:10 a m 3:35 p m 4:00 a a Lv Augusta 12:36 p Lv Al'dale. 5:10 am 3:07 pm Lv P. Royal. 7:<Kiam 2:00 pm Lv Beaufort 7:l2am 2:15 p Ar Sav’h 10:13 ain 6:63 pni 6:41 aat •Daily tietwre n Suvannah and Charleston. tSunoays only. Train No. 78jnakps no connection with Port Royal and Aiupista Railway, and stop* only at Kldgelan t. Ure m Pond and Kafeuel. Train II stops only at Yemassee and Green Pond, and connects for lb aufort and Port Royal daily, am’ for Allendale -laily, except Sunday Trams 31 and 66 connect from and for Beaufort' and Por* Royal daily. For tickets, sleeping ear reservations and at other inforni.it lon apply to WM. BRKY Hneci.il Ticket Agent, 22 Bull stnvt. and *• Charleston nui Savannah railway ticket oflloa at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway depot. C. 8- UADSDEN, Si I ,*. jukii9, m