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RAILROAD !II;TTI;I!MF.\TS.
SENATOR JAMES INTRODUCES A
SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS.
An Investigation of the Whole Subject
by the Present General Assembly
Urged-The Senate Passes the House
Bill to Prevent Grave Robbing-More
New Bills Piled Up.
Atlanta, Ga., July 18.—In the Senate
this morning the betterments question came
up again in the following resolution, intro
duced by Mr. Janies:
Whereas, The lease nil the Western and At
lantic railroad will terminate on Dee. 29. IS'JO;
U Whereas, It is plain and manifest that the
lessees claim large sums of money of the State
for betterments in the way of rolling stock, lay
ing additional track ami other improvements
placed on said road: and
Whereas, Tht* **xi£t‘iK’i*s of the ease doniaiKi
that the present (ieneral Assembly take some
divided action in regard thereto, and in order
that the legislature may act intelligently in re
lation to this important matter: lie it therefore
Resolved, l>y the (senate and the House con
curring, that a joint Committee tie appointed,
consist mg of five from tin* Si'mite nnd eight from
the House, which said committee shall proceed
at once to investigate ail such matters and
things in connection with tin* leasing, operating,
management and cent ml under the lease con
tract.nnd ail Other matters nnd thingsconmvteil
therewith, so as to clearly and intelligently un
derstand the rights of the State and the lessees
in relation to tile same, and report back to the
Senate and House at as early a day ns practi
cable.
1. Who compose the present lease company
and the amount of stock owned by each lessee*.'
il. The character and value of the rolling
stock and other equipments received by the
lessees irom the State, the condition of the road
and all properly connected therewith, at the
commencement of tlie lease.
3. The character and value of the rolling
stock and other improvements placed ou the
road by the lessees, and the character and value
of all other improvements placed on said road
by said lessees and claimed by them as better
ments.
4. And whether or not the State is liable under
the ienst> contract t" pay said lessees for any
such betterments, and wliether or not the lessees
are authorized under said lease contract to re
move any of the rolling stock or other lietter
nients from its road.
Resolved further. That for the purposes of
carrying out the provisions of these resolutions
said committee lie authorized and empowered
to send for persons anti papers, and to subptena
witnesses.
PROTECTING CEMETERIES.
The House bill for the protection of ceme
teries and the encouragement of medical
science by authorizing the distribution and
Use of unclaimed dead liodies for scientific
purposes, passed.
The bill to exempt the members of the
Atlanta Artillery from jury duty, was re
committed.
Mr. Northcutt of the Thirty-fifth district,
introduced a bill to amend the charter of the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad, au
thorizing extension to Knoxville, Tenn., and
to run into Atlanta over the Western and
Atlantic n lad from Marietta, if an arrange
ment can be made with the lessees.
The resolution of Mr. Jackson, of the
Thirty-seventh district, providing for the
sale of the old penitentiary and other lots in
Milledgeville, the proceeds to bo applied to
repairing the old capital, was passed by a
substitute providing for a joint committee
to examine the proiierty and the propriety
of its sale for the purposes indicated. The
regular hours of the session wore fixed at!)
to l o'clock.
In the House.
In the House to day the fight of last Fri
day over the Marietta and North Georgia
railroad was renewed, on the motion of Mr.
Howell, of Fulton, to reconsider the action
refusing to recommit. The friends of the
bill, which proposes to let this road in to
Atlanta from Marietta, make this fight as a
last hope. Messrs. Howell and Weil, of
Fulton, made almost a lone struggle for it.
Mr. Weil said the purjHiso was
to run the road from Knoxville
to Atlanta. He answered the objection that,
the road was “the child of the legislature”
and said that the State had extended its aid
to half a dozen other railroads. The duty of
the Legislature was not simply to guard the
interest of the State road to Uavo
a corner in a railroad, but to
guard the interests of the whole
people of the State. The Marietta and
North Georgia railroad did not ask further
aid of the State. It had ample capital. He
named the East Tennessee road, to which
the State had granted a charter, and said
that it ihd not kill the State roan. The
credit of the State was based on the honesty
of its people and not on the State road. If
there are objectionable features in the bill
strike them out, but don’t kill
the baby in its swaddling clothes.
FAIB PLAY ASKED.
Give us tho same rights you give other
I'oails. He lm<l voted for the Augusta and
Chattanooga railroad, which might take
business from the State road, berauso he
thought it was right and due to to the peo
ple who asked it. A railroad from Atlanta
to Knoxville would boa railroad
indeed, not a little ono-horse concern
such as hail boon aided by the
State in other instances. lie insisted that
the State' would make by this road more in
taxes than the State road would lose by it.
All tliat he asked was fair treatment and
consideration for tho bill—a hearing in
court for it—and that he intended to have.
He commented on tho thin committee
meeting which ordered an advance ro|x>rt
on the bill. If, after a fair hearing, the
charter ought not to bo granted, don’t
grant it.
Mr. Arnheim contended that “this rail
road had lmd its day in court.” He re
counted the history of the bill in its several
stages in the House tuid in the Railroad
Committee and its sub-committee, the vari
ous amendments that had been proposed.
He insisted that the Legislature should act
in regard to this matter as a man would
with his own property.
A LUSTY tIAHY.
Referring to the comparison of the road
to a babe lie said it would be a baby lusty
enough to digest the whole State of Georgia.
It would have the Western and Atlantic,
the East Tennessee and the Georgia Pacific
at its merry. He asked, can wo Ih>w in
bumble deference to the gentlemen of the
Atlanta Chamlier of Commerce,
and complained of their activity
in support of the bill. He made a vigorous
and telling speech, accompmiioi 1 with mim
icry and pantomime, la opposition to the
motion to reconsider, Mr. Howell said the
question is not one that affects alone the in
terests of the city of Atlanta, it affects the
interest of the whole State. He plead for
careful consideration of the ques
tion and an opjiortunity to hear
from the people before the slaughtering ef
the hill. He said the i>< licy of the State was
Opposition to monopolies. The representa
tives here were no more trustees for tho
State road than for any other road
in the State. Nearly all tho mem
bers present would vote a charter
for a railroad eomi>eting with nnv other
road in the State, and all tliut he asked was
tho same treatment for this read. If time
were all wed to hoar from the people of the
State he would bring in such an endorse-
Ulfnt of this road as was never before given
to any road in Georgia.
A DUTY.
It was the duty of the legislature, licfore
passing finally tinon this measure, to give
its advocates ana the iicople an opportunity
to lie heard from. He criticised Mr. Aru
heim’s assertion tliat tho representatives of
the road were heard from in the committee.
He said that c. meeting of the business men
of Atlanta hiu' been called to-<Lay to con
sider tho question, and he was willing
that tliut meeting should s|ieak for Atlanta.
He wanted time to give not only the Kail
road Company but tho people time to tie
hearu from. Had the legislature forty
yars ago established the jKiliry of monop
oly now insisted on, instead of the prosper
ous and progressive condition or North
Georgia to-day. the same conditions which
then existed would have continued to exist.
The same argument was made against the
Richmond ami Danville charter and the
Hast Tennessee charter as was made agninst
1 ‘-dU Ui ’
this road, but instead of w-recking the State
road its business and value had greatly in
creased. He only asked the recommitment
of the bill to the Railroad Committee, when
the committee and the House would havo
the same control over it that they have now.
Mr. Chappell, chairman of the Commit
tee on Railroads, replied to the statements
that the bill had not had a fair chance in
the committee. He said t ley were not true.
He insisted that a fair and full hearing had
been given to the friends of the bill.
MR, ATKINSON’S DEPOSITION.
Mr. Atkinson, of Coweta, said that the
recommendation that the bill do not pass
had come from tho Railroad Committee,
after it had been given full and lnir
hearing by the committee. Why,
then, this motion to recommit? Bo
not deceived by the plea that it is to allow
tho people along the liao to !*• heard from.
They had had ample opportunity. An ad
verse report on the bill was an advantage
which its opponents had and ought to keep.
He said that he would raise his voice against
a bill to charter anew road from Newman to
Atlanta liecauseit would encroach upon tho
chartered rights of the present road, and
on the same principle he opposed this com
petitor of the State road. He declared that
the people of Georgia would never consent
to the consummation of this measure, and
he could not believe that this Legislature
would ever permit it. The motion to recon
sider was tabled.
Mr. Franklin, of Thomas, offered a reso
lution for the appointment of a joint com
mittee to confer with the State road lessi-es
in regard to their claim. The resolution
was referred to the Committee on Finance.
NEW BILLS.
New bills were introduced as follows:
By Mr. Terrell —To incorporate the town
of Woodbury in Meriwether county.
By Mr. Howell, of Fulton—To extend tho
corporate limits of Atlanta so as to include
Piedmont Park for polio- purposes; also a
bill to incorporate the Georgia Terminal
Railroad Company.
By Mr. Felton, of Macon —To provide for
the appointment of a solicitor for the
County Court of Macon.
By Mr. Lamar, of Richmond—To amend
section !l of the general tax act of 1877-8.
By Mr. Watts, of Stewart—To amend
section 4625 of the Code.
By Mr. Morgan, of Pulaski —To define
the posting of land.
By Mr. Feathorston, of Floyd—To amend
the act incorporating tho Rome and Car
rollton Railroad Company, to change its
name bi the Chattanooga and Columbus
railroad.
Tho Sub-Committee on Education, to
whom was reported that portion of tho Gov
ernor’s message relating to the co-education
of the races at Atlanta University, consid
ered that matter this afternoon. They will
probably report favorably on Mr. Glenn’s
bill making white and negro scholars dis
tinctly separate.
Crawford, the negro member from Mc-
Intosh, is it member of this committee, and
seemed rather to agree with the other mem
bers of the committee, but thought Presi
dent Bumstend, of the Atlanta University,
ought to is; given a hearing. The result
will probably be that Prof. Bumstead will
go before the committee Wednesday.
MATT RYAN DEAD.
He Was Onco Chief of the Atlaifta Fire
Department.
Atlanta, Ga., July 18.— Matt Ryan, ex-
Chief of the Atlanta Fire Department, died
suddenly hero this morning of congestion.
Mr. Ryan came to Atlanta twenty years
ago from Ireland and began clerking for
his uncle, John Ryau, the dry
goods man. Six months ago lie
went into the dry goods business at Bir
mingham, where his health failed. Three
weeks ago he returned to Atlanta. He was
about 40 years old, and leaves one child, a
little girl.
The Chamber of Commerce appointed a
committee to-day to memorialize the Ixigisla
ture to |iss the bill to extend the Marietta
and North Georgia railroad to Atlanta.
PEABODY INSTITUTE.
The Peabody Institute for 1887 opened
here to-day and will be in session two weeks.
The attendance is fair. Gov. Gordon wel
comed the visitors in a brief speech. Tho
lecturing will begin to-morrow. The col
ored and whito teachers will occupy sepa
rate halls.
Clark llowoll, brother of Col. E. P.
Howell, denounced Charles A. Collier in a
severe personal manner in the Constitution
building to-day. Mr. Howell branded Mr.
Collier because he says the latter promised
to vote for Park Woodward for
City Clerk at the late election,
and. afterward east his ballot
for J. H. Goldsmith, who was elected. Mr.
Collier did not resent the insult. Park
Woodward is a brother-in-law of Mr. How
ell. Mr. Collier is on Alderman, and is
also President of tho Piedmont Fair Asso
ciation.
WOMEN AND THE MISSIONS.
Meeting of the Savannah District at
Sylvania.
Sylvania, Ga., July 18.—The Woman’s
Missionary Society for the dis
trict met in the Methodist church in this
place on Saturday. Mrs. L. R. Carswell, of
Waynesboro, presided over tho meeting.
Tho welcome address was delivered by Mrs.
W. L. Mathews, Jr., and answered by Miss
Hattie Gresham, of Waynesboro. After a
short address from the presiding officer, the
reports from tho various societies in the
district were read. After tlie.se
were concluded Mrs. Carswell
and Mrs. J. P. Wardlaw, of Savannah, gave
some earnest, interesting and spicy talks to
the delegates and audience. Altogether, the
meeting was a pleasant and entertaining
one, and the large congregation was sorry
when it closed.
The conference will meet next year at
New Houston Street church, In Savannah.
Reunion Eighth Georgia Regiment.
Rome, (4a., July 111.—At a meeting of
eoinpanvs "A” "E” and “II” of Eighth
Georgia Regiment the following, offered by
Col. John R. Towers, was adopted:
Owing to the excitement incident upon
tho prohibition campaign and the extreme
hot weather, it lias fieen deemed expedient
to defer the meeting of the survivors of the
Eighth Georgia Regiment until Tuesday,
Aug. 26, at which time a cordial invitation
is hereby extended to all the members of the
command to meet with us on that day.
It is earnestly requested that the com
manding officer of each eom]iany confer
with the members at once and report to the
secretary how many will certainly be pres
out so that accommodation may be provided.
Tho railroads have granted one faro for
round trip.
E. J. Maoruder, Chairman,
John J. Glace, Secretary.
State Military Matters.
Atlanta, Ga., July 18.—T. D. Rockwell
was to-day commissioned Second Lieuten
ant of Company B of the Savannah
Volunteer Gunn Is.
N. C. Munroe has sent the Adjutant Gen
eral from Washington tho muster rolls of
the Second and laird Georgia regiments
and an additional list of Georgia brigadiers.
Stubbed from Behind.
Athens, Ga., July 18.—List Sunday
night, as Basil Watkins and wife were re
turning from church in East Athens, some
one slipped up tiehind Mr. Watkins and
dealt him a severe blow in the hock with
some sbariepointed instrument, inflicting a
wound three inches long. Mrs. Watkins
thinks the person was a negro, and says she
would recognize him if she could see him
again. So far no arrests have been made.
Stabbed Over the Heart.
Jacksonville. Fla., July 18,—a negro
named Mack Williams got into a difficulty
yesterday with another negro named Ches
ter Jones. at Green Cove Spring, and staliNG
Jones over the heart.. It is thought that the
wounded man is fatally injured. William
*v ro#v|.
'HIE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1887.
A SAVANNAH NEGRO SHOT.
He Fires at a Man in a Car and Later
Resists Arrost.
Habdeevills, S. C., July 18. —Sunday, as
train No. 85 from Charleston to Savannah
was about three or four miles north of
Ridgoland, a negro named Gillen, from Sa
vannah, hod some words with another negro
who was sitting by a colored woman in the
coach. Gillen pulled out his pistol and fired
once at the man and then ran to the door
and jumped from the train. The shooting
created great excitement; one lady fainted.
By this time tho conductor arrived and
quieted the passengers. To-day Gillen was
seen near ltidgeland and constable I hand
ing went with a warrant for his ar
rest. Finding his man on tho
public road, between ltidgeland and Green
viile. about 12 o’clock he attempted to ar
rest him, when Gillen resisted and drew a
pistol on Blanding, but the constable being
too quick for him got the first shot and hit
him m tho left side just below the ribs.
Gillen lived about one hour. The shooting
was done in the presence of Trial Justice
Burnett and a negro named Green. The
Coroner was notified at once and an inquest
is being held.
FARMING IN LEON.
Fruit Growing and Stock Raising Prov
ing Very Profitable.
Tallahassee, Fla., July I®-—Fruit
growing and stock raising are proving very
profitable employments in this fertile sec
tion of Florida. Every week shipments of
fine stock are made to points in East and
South Florida. There is also an increasing
demand for the excellent quality of butter
produced in this county from rich Jersey
milk.
Farmers are greatly encouraged by the
fine appearance of the growing crops. Cot
ton is growing rapidly and fruiting heavily.
The corn crop is excellent. An unusually
large acreage Is being planted in potatoes
and other root crops.
Associate Justice Van Valkenburg of the
State Supreme Court, lias been prevented
by ill health from attending th® court
during the past few weeks, but Judges Max
well and Raney are proceeding with tho
work of the term.
A FAITHLESS WIFE’S SUICIDE.
The Wife of a Doctor Finds Tell-Tale
Letters Among His Effects.
Jasper, Fla., July 18.—Mrs. Edward
Johnson, a married woman at this place,
has tieen for some time too intimate with
Dr. J. H. White. The doctor’s wife a few
days ago found some of tho letters
written by Mrs. Johnson to the doctor
and sent them to Mr. Johnson, the woman’s
husband, upon learning which Mrs. Johnson
committed suicide yesterday by taking mor
phine. The community being a very moral
one it will not be surprising if the doctor is
made to leave the place.
OPENING THE BOOKS.
Hendricks’ Campaign Promise Being
Fulfilled.
Washington, July 18.—Assistant Secre
tary Thompson has directed the Assistant
Treasurers of the United States, who have
accounts with Messrs. Bartlett & Hobbs,
disbursing officers of the Treasury, to state
the condition of those accounts at
the dose of business. The last examination
of the accounts of these officers will not
be completed liefore the end of the week.
The examination of the accounts of the dis
bursing officers of the Second Auditor’s and
Sixth Auditor’s offices lias been' virtually
completed, and though no formal reports
have yet been made, the Secretary has been
informed that the result was entirely satis
factory.
ONLY THE GOLD UNCOUNTED.
The count of the cash and securities in
the Treasurer’s office, which began May 23,
will probably be concluded this week, ns
only the gold coin remains to be counted.
The funds on hand amount to $95,500,000,
of which #61,500,000 was in standard
silver dollars, $25,000,000 in gold coin, #2,-
000,000 in fractional silver com, and the bal
ance in notes and certificates. In examin
ing the silver vault several bags containing
standard dollars were found to be short two
or three pieces each. These were gradually
recovered, however, as the count progressed
until all were found. Ho far as known not
a single penny’s deficiency has yet been
found.
AN OIL CAN EXPLODES.
The Old Story of an Attempt to Hurry
Up the Fire.
Pittsburg, July 18. —Mrs. James Smith,
of Four-Mile Run, was fatally burned, and
her husband and sister-in-law, Amie Smith,
quite seriously injured last evening by the
explosion of a can of kerosene. Mrs. Smith
attempted to start a fire in a stove with the
oil and the flames communicating to the
can caused mi explosion. Tho burning
liquid was scattered over the two women,
setting fire to their clothing. Mr. Smith
came to their rescue, hut before the flames
were extinguished his wife was burned so
badly that she will die, and Miss Amio had
sustained painful injuries. Mr. Smith had
both arms and his face badly scorched in
his efforts to save the women. This makes
the sixth oil can fatality in this vicinity in
forty-eight hours.
NOT FLEECED BY RUNGE.
The National Bank of Galveston
Denies a Sensational Report.
Galveston, Tex., July 18.—There is not
a word of truth in the statement emanating
from Houston that Julius Riuige had drawn
uj >n the First National Bank of this city,
during the jiast week or more, to the extent
of #600,000 or SBOO,OOOO. The hank is per
fectly solvent and this morning publishes a
denial of the above statement in the News,
and says it is prepared to meet all demands
on call. There are no new developments in
reference to the assignment of the firm of
Kaufman A Runge, and none ore expected
until the arrival of Julius Runge, who is
now en mute to his home from New York.
He is expected to arrive Tuesday.
A Now Yacht for Florida.
Wilmington, Del., July 18.—The liar
inn Holiiug! worth Company has con
tracted to build a steel schooner yacht from
designs by Cary Smith for Chester \V. Cha
pin, Vice Coiiiinodoitj of the Florida Yacht
Club, of the following dimensions; Length
over all. 132 feet; waterline, 110 feel; beam,
27 feet; deptli. 10 feet. The yacht is to be
finished about November.
Overdone.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Richelieu and Arthur have, for some
time, tieen boarding at a down town board
ing house, lm t recently Ins-oming dissatisfied
with the rigidity of its dining-room econo
my, they decided to change their hidings.
Wishing, however, to advoid any unpleas
ant feelings on the part of their landlady,
Richelieu said to her:
“Well, Mrs. Slopslinger, I suppose I shall
bo coui|>elled to leave you. My roommate
desires a locution nearer to his business, and
of course I shall waiit to ls> with him. Wo
regret to leave you, as our relations have
always tieen of the most pleasant charac
ter."'
Mistress H , with great affability, as
sured him of her good will, and wished him
all comfort in his new quarters.
This evening, while packing up, Arthur
remarked: “Old hoy, I thought it wasn’t
just the tiling for us to slip off without say
ing anything to our landlady, so 1 ran
down just now and told her you wanted to
get further up town, and that, of course, l
should want to go with you—”
“The devil you did! 1 said tho same thing
of you this morning!”
Tah'oft" ■
A MOTHER’S CRIME.
Tho Strange Way in Which a Tramp
Saved a Baby’s Life.
From the Manchester Times.
Many cases are known in which a third
party has been mysteriously influenced to
do something—often against both reason
and interest—which has resulted in the de
tection of crime. A young unmarried
woman, living in a good situation with an
Oxfordshire farmer, had with her her child,
a boy of A years old. This incumbrance
standing in the way of her ! icing married,
she made up her mind to rid herself of it.
Obtaining a holiday she left the farm with
her l>oy, giving out that she was about, to
visit a relative some mil's off. Next day
she returned, and stated that she had
left the child to be brought up by her
cousin. Tho statement was naturally be
lieved.
On the following afternoon two men were
at work harvesting in a Held on the next
farm to where the mother was employed.
One of them was a laborer, or tramp,
and inquired of his companion the best
way to get to the place where lie had
taken lodgings. The best way was told him,
and he was further instructed that when he
reached a small coppice he was not to go
through, hut round it, otherwise he might
fall down an unprotected old dry well. All
the remainder of that day the thought of
this well worried the tramp; ho
felt ah intense and unaccountable
desire to see it; and so earnestly
solicited the man working with him to ac
company him to see it tliut the other agreed
to (lo so. When they arrived at the cop
pice and found the well both were afraid to
stand on the edge and look down, and lay
down to do so. Presently one threw down
a stone, when, instead of hearing the sound
of its fall, they heard a cry. Another
stone was dropped with the same result.
Certain that something alive was at the bot
tom they promptly went to the. nearest
farm house and returned with more men, a
lantern, and ropes.
A plucky lad volunteered to go down,
and was lowered, the rope around his waist,
the lantern tied to his wrist. He found
at the bottom, 1:.’0 feet from tho sur
face, lying between four pointed perpendic
ular stakes —on either of which a man
might have been impaled a living, bleeding,
and sobbing baby boy, which when brought
to the surface, was at once recognized as the
child of the girl at the adjacent farm. The
mother after conviction, when she was asked
how,she got the child down tho well without
killing it instantly, replied thatsho had not
the heart to throw the boy down, she pro
cured a long cord, doubled it under the child’s
body, and when it reached the bottom let go
of one end and drew the cord up by the
other. The amount of heart possessed by a
mother who could leave her offspring to
slowly perish of starvation in preference to
slaying it outright must be very small both
in quantity and quality. The poor innocent
was thirty-six hours without food and in
pitchy darkness, and was so cruelly cut,
scratched and bruised that he still bore the
marks weeks afterwards, when at the trial
he was stripped and placed on the table to
show them. And hail his inhuman mother
any heart in her composition she must have
felt cut to the very core then, when the
poor little fellow put out liis arms and cried
to go to her. The death sentence was re
corded against her, hut commuted to penal
servitude for life.
THE DAYS OF OLD.
Tales of Georgians Who Went to the
Golden Gate.
Prom the Augusta (da.) Chronicle.
The gold fever in California struck Geor
gia in 1849, and a large number left Athens
and the counties adjacent. Meeting with
Capt. Beusse, we asked him about the men,
who went to the gold region and what they
were doing.
“The first party that left Georgia was in
1849, and consisted of Waters, Holder, Hitch
(a brother of Capt. J. E. Hitch), George
Pringle and Silas Reynolds. The most of
this party are dead. Silas Reynolds made
California his home for quite a number of
years, and returned to Georgia and is now
living near Fairbura. These men gave
such a glowing account of the richness of the
mines in California, that in 1858 a large
party left here on Fob. fi. It was a fearful
time getting to California. It took us
seven months and ten days to make the
trip. The fever broke out on the ship,
and a large number died and were buried in
the briny deep. The following who left
Georgia are still alive and living in Califor
nia, most of whom made big fortunes: Wil
liam England, Dan England, McCullough,
William Bruckner, Mose Bruckner, J. E.
Royal, William Ritcfc and Mr. Jenson, who
owns a large chicken farm in California.
Mr. William Ritch is practicing law and
doing a fine business. They all married in
California, and some of them have returned
to Georgia to see their friends and relatives.
The following returned to Georgia and are
scattered all through the State. Some are do
ing well, but most of them have long since
lost the gold that they brought from the
mines, while a very few have died since
their return: L. P, Thomas and son, Mr.
Ixindon Lemons, Dick Saulter, Wiley Hood,
Foil England, Joe King, H. Beusse, Stonell,
O. S. Ktnnehrew, nnd Maj. W. S. Grady,
the father of Mr. Henry W. Grady, of the
Atlanta Constitution. Those who went to
California for the puriiose of making nnd
saving money did well, but others who
were profligate and wouldn’t work did
not bring back much of the glittering dust
with them —just enough to pay their ex
penses. We had a rough time after we got
to California, and underwent privations and
hardships that were equal to any that the
Confederate soldiers went through during
the war. California is one of the healthiest
States in the Union, and all who went there
and remained two or three years seemed to
take anew lease on life. Those who live
near Athens are still hale nnd hearty, and
hid fair to live a number of years."
A BLOODLESS MAN.
A Soldier Has Daggers nnd Knives Run
Through Him Without Injury.
A dispatch from Berlin to the Philadel
phia News says: Physicians and scientists
are at a loss to account for a strange fn at:
of nature which lives but a few miles from
hero. Tho man, whose name is Otto Schrei
ber, apparently has no blood. This fact
was discovered less than a month ago, when
Schreiber, who is a soldier corporal, had a
duel with a fellow soldier. His opponent
ran him through with a sword, hut no
blood flowed, and he did not appear
to lie harmed in the least. The man was
so astonished that Otto had no difficulty in
killing him. Since that time he has let
liis comrades amuse themselves by sticking
knives and daggers through liis body with
no injury whatever, not even a drop of
blood flowing. He visited a medical college
in Berlin, and in the presence of the whole
college, had a sharp knife run through his
month, coming out at the hack of his head.
No mark whatever was left. He was then
exami nisi by a committee of distinguished
surgeons, who confessed themselves totally
until >le to explain the miracle. OttoSchivi
beria a Corporal in the German army,
and next year when his time is up, ho will
exhibit himself in Berlin, Paris, Loudon
und America,
Advice to Motners.
Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup should
always be used when children arc cutting
teeth. It relievos the little suffer at once; it
produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving
the child from pain and tho little cherub
awakes as “bright as a button."
It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes tho
child, softens the gums, allays all pain, re
lieves wind, regulates tho Levels, and is the
liest known remedy for diarrhoea, whether
arising from teething or other causes. 25
cents a Little.
MERCHANTS, manufacturers, mechanics,
corporations, nnd all others in need of
printin'!, lithographing, nnd blnnk books enn
hare tlielr order* promptly filled, at moderate
• prices, at the MORNING NEWS PRINTING
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FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
RANDENAUR.—The friends and relatives of
Franz Randenaur and family, and of George
Deiter and family, are respectfully invited to at
tend the funeral of the former from his late
residence, near Waters’ Road, at 4:30 o’clock
THIS AFTERNOON.
MEETINGS^
ISLE OF HOPE YACHT CLUB.
The members are requested to attend a meet
ing of the Club at 11 o'clock TO-DAY (Tuesday)
at the Commodore's office, to arrange for re
gatta. R. M. DEYIERE,
Commodore I. H. Y. C.
R. S. ChAOHORN, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTH :ES.
SAVAWAII CADETS' PiCXltf.
Members anti guests will send their baskets to
Coast Line Railroad Junction, with name on
same, and will be cared for by Committee/
Train leaves sharp at 8:30 a. m.
H. M. BRANCH,
Chairman Committee.
DIVIDEND.
Office Savannah Gaslight Company, I
Savannah, July 18th, 1887, (
A dividend of TWO AND A HALF PERCENT,
on the Capital Stock of this company has been
declared, payable on and after WEDNESDAY,
the 30th inst., to stockholders as of record this
day. A. G. GUERARD, President.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
The office of VALE ROYAL MANUFACTUR
ING COMPANY has been removed from Kelly’s
Building, Bay street, to their Warehouses on
West Br#td Street, head of Broughton,
T. C. BRYAN,
Secretary and Treasurer.
NOTICE TO TAILORS.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, 1
Office Clerk of Council, v
July 13th, 1887. )
Bids will be received at the office of the Clerk
of Council until 13 o’clock M. MONDAY, 36th
inst., for furnishing the police force with Win
ter Uniforms in accordance with specifications
to be seen at this office. The city reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. By order of the
COMMITTEE ON POLICE.
Frank E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council.
DR. HENRY S HOLDING,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
ELMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer's Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga.
PROPOSALS V ANTEI).
Proposals for Sewers and Culverts.
Office of the City Surveyor, I
Savannah, Ga.. July loth, 1887. f
1 PROPOSALS will be received until WEDNES
DAY NIGHT, July 27th, at 8 o’clock,
directed to Mr. F. E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council
of the city of Savannah, for furnishing mater
ials and building tnree hundred and sixty-one
feet of forty-two inch sewer, seventy-five feet
of thirty inch sewer, forty-one feet of
sixty inch half round culvert, together with
sundry catch-basins and bulkheads as may be
required. The said sewers, culverts, bulkheads
and catch-basins to lie built on the Waters Road,
near the property of Mr. John Schwarz.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
office of the City Surveyor.
The city reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
All bids must be signed by two sureties, before
a Notary, for the faithful performance of the
work. J. dkBRUYN KOPS, C. E.,
Acting City Surveyor.
Proposals for Culverts and Ditches.
Office of the City Surveyor, I
Savannah, Ga., July 16th, 1887. f
I PROPOSALS will be received until WEDNES
DAY NIGHT, July 37th, at 8 o’clock,
directed to Mr. F. E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council
of the city of Savannah, for the furnishing of
materials and building forty-one feel of forty
eight inch half round culvert, and forty-one feet
of thirty-six inch culvert, together with such
bulkheads and catch basins as may be required.
Also, for the digging of three hundred end
sixty-one feet of ditch, two and one-half feet
wide at the bottom, seven feet wide at the ' p
and five feet deep; and. also, seventy-live feet of
ditch, two feet wide at the bottom, five feet, wide
at t he top and four feet deep.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
office of the City Surveyor.
The city reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
All bids must be signed by two sureties, before
a Notary, for the faithful performance of the
work. J. deBRUYN KOPS, C. E.,
Acting City Surveyor.
COFFEE.
NICHOLAS LA NO.
COFFEES
AT
BOTTOM PRICES.
OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA, Parched, 30c. p*r
pound, pounds for §1
BEST RIO, Parched ~...25c. per pound
CHOICE RIO, Parched 2i)e. per pound
BEST OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA,
Green 25c. per pound
BEST RIO, Green 20e. per pound
TURKISH PRUNES at se. per poliud
EVERYTHING IN PROPORTION.
—AT—
Nicholas Lang’s
19 BARNARD STREET.
GROCERIES.
Going Out of Bnsiaess.
FOR SALE, GROCERIES.
FOR RENT, STORE.
kn?o-wmhr
Corner Bull and Congress.
CONTRACTORS,
P. J. FALLON, "
BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR,
23 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH.
ESTIMATES promptly furnished ’or building
• of r| me,
DRY GOODS, ETC.
SUCCESSORS TO
B. F. McKenna & Cos.,
13/ BROUGHTON STREET,
Will close out the remainder of
their Spring and Summer Stock
of White Goods, Table Linens,
Towels and Napkins, Marseilles
and Honey Comb Quilts, Ladies’,
Gentlemen’s and Children’s Un
dervests, Ladies’, Gentlemen’s
and Children’s Hosiery, Para
sols, Embroideries and Laces.
N. B. —The reductions in the prices of
these goods will be worth the attention of
parties wanting the same.
CLEARING OUT SALE.
To Make Room for Fall Stock,
I will offer Special Inducements in
MY ENTIRE STOCK,
With exception of my Empire State Shirt.
r pHE following groods will be sold cheaper than
I ever offered in Savannah:
Summer and India Silks.
Cream, White anti Light Shades of Albatross.
Colored and Black all Wool Dress Goods.
Black Camers Hair Grenadines at 85c.; 40-inch
wide.
Printed Linen Lawns at less than cost.
Real Scotch Ginghams at less than cost.
Black Henriettas at $1 40 and $1 75; sold at
$2 and $2 25.
Ladies' and Children's Silk and Lisle Thread
Hose in block and colored.
Ladies' and Children's Undervests; best goods
in the market.
Linen Sheeting and Pillow Case Linen.
Cream and White Table Damask.
9-4 White Damask at $1; former price $1 50.
Napkins and Doylies in cream and white.
Linen Damask Towels in white and colored
bordered.
Linen Tluck in white and colored bordered.
Pantry Crash Doylies at great reduction.
The above goods will be offered at prices to
insure quick sale.
J. P. GERMAINE,
Next to Furber's, 132 Broughton street.
CX ’l TON SEED WA NT EIL
COTTON SEED WANTED
r PHE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY’
A will pay the highest market price for clean,
sound COTTON SEED.
The Company will have mills in operation at
the following points in time to crush this sea
son's crop of Seed, viz.: ,
Savannah, Georgia.
Columbia, South Carolina.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Montgomery, Alabama,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Memphis, Tennessee.
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Houston, Texas.
Foi sale of Seed, or with reference to Seofi
Agencies, address SOUTHERN COTTON OIL
CO MPA N Y at any of the above points, or 0. FITZ
SIMONS, Traveling Agent for the CARO
LINES and GEORGIA, with headquarters at
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
THE SOrrilERN COTTON OIL CQ.
HOTELS.
NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark’s.)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
WINTER AND SUMMER.
r UHE MOST central House in the city. Near
.1 Post (iffliT, Street Cars ami all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bells,
Baths, Etc. 82 50 to 83 per day.
JOHN 0. Toi'iM, Proprietor.
DUB'S SCREVEN HOUSE.
r IMIIS POPULAR Hotel is now provided with
1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one In the
city) and has been remodeled and newly fur
nished. The proprietor, who by recent purchase
is also the owner of the establishment, spares
neither pains nor ex|iense in the entertainment
of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit
ors is earnestly invited. The table of tho
Screven House is supplied w ith every luxury
that the markets at home or abroad can afford.
THE MOERISON HOUSE.
One of tho I .urges! Boarding Houses in the
South.
V I'FORDS pleasant Squth rooms, good board
1 V with pure Artesian Water, at prices tnsuit
those wishing table regular or transient accom
modations. Northeast comer Broughton and
Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House.
BANKS.
KISSIMMEE CITY BANK,
Kissimmee City, Orange County, Fla.
CAPITAL. - • - $.30,000
r pRANS.YCT a regular hanking business. (Jive
1 particular attention to Florida collections.
Correspondence solicited. Issue Exchange on
New Y ork. New Orleans, Nivunnah aud Jack
sonville, Fla. Resident Agents for Courts ,t Cos.
and Melville, Evans Jt Cos., of London, England.
New Y'ork correspondent: The Seaboard
N.-Mo" I i'.eV
SUMMER RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS,
Meriwether County, Ga.
W7TLL BE OPEN JUNE Ist., with first class
* V accommodations at reasonable rates.
Warm Springs are on the north side of Pin,
Mountains, 1,500 feet above sea. level and sur
rounded by beautiful and romantic scenery.
The climate is delightfully cool and dry.
mosquitoes, dust or mud.
The Spring one of Nature’s wonders, flow,
1,400 gallons of water (90 degrees tomperature)
per minute, affording the
FINEST BATHING
in America. The baths are six large pools tea
feet square, two to five deep with CLE\R
FRESH, WARM WATER unlimited.
This water is a sure euro for Dyspepsia and
most cases of Rheumatism, Skin and Kidney
Diseases. There is also here a fine Chalybeate
Spring.
Amusements of all kinds provided. Good
Livery Stable, Bar and Billiard Saloon, Fine
Baud ot Music for Ball room and Lawn.
The Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad, now
running two daily trains from Columbus to
Warm Springs, will, on the 15th of June, be
completed to Griffin, connecting there with the
Central Railroad for all points North and East.
Two daily mails and Telegraph. For furthar
information address
CHARLES L. DAY T IS, Proprietor,
The Niagara of the South,
TALLULAH, FALLS, GA.,
ON the Piedmont Air Line, in the Blue Ridga
Mountains, 2,000 feet above sea level.
CLIFF HOUSE
AND COTTAGES,
Open from June to November. For full par
tieulars address
F. H. & F. B. SCOFIELD, Proprietors.
Late of Hotel Kaatuskill, Cat.skill Mountains,
N. Y’., and Lelaud Hotel, Chicago.
ELDER HOUSE
INDIAN SPRING-, G^Y.
W A. EIDER, Proprietor. Season of 188/
tv • Our bedrooms are large and airy and
have been much improved by repainting them
and placing blinds on the windows. The table ia
first class; service prompt and polite; climate
good; no mosquitoes or sandflies; good l>and of
music through the season. The water is uu
equaled in America, and we refer with conli*
deuce to anyone who lias given it a trial. For
analysis, terms, etc., address ED. A. ELDER,
Manager.
S. G-. HEALY & CO.',
PROPRIETORS,
SALT SPRING, NEAR AUSTELL, GEORGIA
\\T ATER almost a specific for Dyspepsia, Kid
tt ney Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases.
Orders for water and all information addressed
j to the firm at Austell, Ga.
THE COLUMBIAN,
SARATOGA SPRINGS.
THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAH IANB
Opens June 25th.
JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor.
LONG BRANCH. N. J.
United States Hotel,
A Select Family and Transient Hotel.
OPENS JUNE 35, 1887.
LAI B TANARUS) *v V A N’ C LEAF,
CENTRAL HOTEL,
ROME, GEORGIA.
Ct APTAIN J. M. KINDRED, late of Calhoun,
J Georgia, and C. H. LEFTWICH, of Knox
ville, Tenn., Proprietors. Both commercial
travelers for years, and fully posted as to the
wants of the public. Come and see ns.
npHE WHITLOCK HOUSE, in Marietta, Ga. f
I combines privileges and conveniences of a
first class hotel, and tne comforts and pleasure*
of a home. Capacity, about one hundred and
fifty guests. Large, handsome, well furnished
rooms; best of beds; table good; large shaded
grounds, covered with blue grass; Lawn Tennis,
Croquet, Billiards and Bowling Alley, all free
for guests. Prices more moderate "than any
other house in Georgia for the accommodations.
M. G. WHITLOCK, Owner and Proprietor.
rpHE WAI OTEL* Blowing Rock. N.
J C. In the mountains of North Carolina.
4,000 feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Medi
cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low
est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the
season. For information address WATAUGA
HOTEL CO., Blowing Rock. N. C. _
rpHOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel,
I Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.—
“Unquestionably the finest location in the
Thousand Islands.'”—Harper’s Magazine , Sept.,
1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet, n. F.
INGLEHAIiT, Proprietor.
CHANDA HOUSE, NEW YORK, 17 Lafayette
V' Place Centrally located; American plan:
large Southern patronage; a really select, good
house, from ?1 50 per day. Write for circular.
W. W. UKQUIIART, Proprietor.
EXCURSIONS.
International Steamship Cos. Line
—of—
“ Palace Steamers”
BETWEEN
Boston, Portland, East
port and St. John, N. 8.,
With Connections to all Parts of the
Provinces.
PORTLAND DAY LINE.
Steamers leave Commercial Wharf, Boston,
8:30 A. m.. every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day for Portland, making the trip in 7 hours,
affording excellent coast scenery.
KASTPORT AND ST. JOHN LINE.
Steamers leave Boston 8:30 a. m., and Portland
5 p. m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
for Eastport and St. John.
ST. JOHN DIRECT LINE.
A steamer will leave Boston every Thursday
at 8 A M. for St. John direct.
ANNAPOLIS LINE,
A steamer will leave Boston every Monday and
Thursday at 8 a. m. for Annapolis, N. S., con
necting for Yarmouth, Digbv. Halifax, etc.
J. 13. COYLE, Jr., E. A. WALDRON,
Manager Portland, Me. Gen. Pass. Agt.
Charleston and Savannah Ry.
Reduction in Rates
—TO—
ISTEW YORK.
r PHTS company has now on ail, tickets
1 at 815 to New York via A Hondo Coast
Line and the magnificent steamships of
the Old Dominion S. S. Company, sailing from
Norfolk, Va.. every Monday. Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday and Saturday, arriving at New
Y'orlt on following evenings. Meals and state
room on steamships b abided.
Passengers should take train 78 leaving Savan
nah at 8:23 p. m. on days previous to those men
tioned above.
This route affords a delightful sea trip, avoid
ing Cape Hntteras.
Pullman accommodations and elegant state
rooms wowed on application to Wni. Bren,
T. A., 23 Bull street, or J. B. Oliveros, T. A.,
Depot. E. P. McSWINEY,
Ocn. Pass Agent.
ORDERS KOR
RULING. PRINTING, BINDING,
OR BLANK BOOKS.
Will always have careful attention.
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
PRINTER AND BINDER,
Baj Street
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