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FELTON’S BILL PASSED.
NO DOUBT BUT THAT IT WILL
PASS THE SENATE.
The Vote in the House 93 to 69—A
Crowd of Ladies in the Gallery
Greet the Result With Applauso—A
New Charter Proposed for Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., July 20. — In the Senate
to-day a hill to amend an act to establish a
new charter for the city of Atlanta, and the
several acts amendatory thereto, so as to fix
the amount of the surplus or sinking fund
permanently at $175,000, and to authorize
temporary loans from time to time not
exceeding $75,000 in any one year,
and the same to be paid oil ami retired out
of the income of the year in which said
loans arc made before the y sir expires, was
read for the third time and passed.
Mr. Powell, of the Twenty-second district
chairman of the Finance Committee, re
ported favorably the bill to provide a jus
tice court house in each militia district.
Mr. Butt, of the Twenty-fourth district,
introduced a bill to incorporate the Buena
Vista Loan and Savings Bank.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE BILLS.
The -General Judiciary Committee re
ported the following bill favorably:
A bill to transfer the county of Twiggs
from the Oconee to the Macon circuit. Also
a bill defining where suits against pel-sons
imprisoned m the penitentiary shall be
brought, how service shall tie made and pro
viding for the filing of defenses thereto.
Also to provide for the approval, custody
and record of the bond of county school
commissioners and for the giving of anew
or supplemental bond when neces
sary. Also to provide for the
record of executions issuing upon judgment
of courts not courts of record, fir which be
ing courts of record have no execution
docket . There was a minority report ad
verse to the-passage of this bill.
Mr. Brantley, of the Third district, intro
duced a hill to nmend section 1,070 of the
Code.
The Dupont, Macon and Florida railroad
bill wa-s reported favorably by the com
mittee.
In the Houso.
In tlie House to day Mr. Black, of Gordon,
offered a resolution calling on the commit
tee to investigate the charges against
Messrs. Rank m and Fain to report. He
represented the county in which both re
side. His people were greatly interested in
the report, and it is duo Messrs. Fain and
Rankin that it should be made.
Mr. McLendon, of the committee, ex
plained the causes of the delay, and said
there would lie a full report as early as
possible. The resolution was tabled.
The unfinished business was the wine room
bill. Quite a number of amendments were
offered, but ail were voted down except a
section providing that the tax lie collected
like other taxes under the local option law,
and as in the case of defaulting tax payers,
and a section providing a penalty was also
added. Several members spoke on the
amendments offered, but a steady call for
the previous question shut off many. The
bill passed by a vote of US to Oil. The result
was loudly applauded, es|iecially by
the ladies in the crowded gal
lery. It is not doubted that
the bill will pass the Senate. The bill im
poses a tax of SIO,(NX) on persons dealing in
domestic wines to the exclusion of foreign
wines, alcoholic and malt liquors, but ex
empting dealers in domestic wines made
from grapes and berries grown on land
they own, rent or lease, the tax to be 'ol
lected like other special taxes, and t.he pen
alty being provided in section 1,510 of the
Code.
CONVICT CAMP SCANDALS.
Houck and Smith Still Going- for Each
Other’s Scalp.
Atlanta, Ga., July 20.—A meeting was
held this afternoon by- the penitentiary in
vestigating committee. Mr. Smith, the ex
whipping-boss at Old Town, testified as to
two bastard children liern at the camp of
the colored women, giving reports impli
cating Dr. Houck, the camp physician, at
the time. The time of the
Committee has been largely taken
up with the fight between Houck and Mr.
Smith, Dr. Houck charging Mr. Smith with
cruelty to convicts, and Mr. Smith charging
Dr. Houck with criminal intercourse with
the negro women convicts. Both charges
are pretty well supported.
Capt. James, the Old Town lessee,
was on the stand a few
minutes, and gave the opinion that the sys
tem would lie improved by having a State
warden at each camp as a State official, al
though he thought the only advantage to
the lessee would be that the warden would
be paid by the State.
PLANT INSTITUTE.
Citizens of Waycross Pledge Them
selves to Support it.
Waycross, Ga., July 20.—For some two
mouths past a building, to be known as the
Plant Institute, has been in process of erec
tion upon a lot located in the new part of
the town by H. B. Plant, of the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway Company.
The funds so far subscribed and collected
had been expended and a mass meeting of
citizens was called to meet in the institute
at 10 o’clock to-day. The meeting
was opened with prayer by Rev.
J. M. Marshall. Capt. S. D. Brad well, of
the HinesviUe Academy, and Hon. W. A.
Wright addressed the meeting in the in
terest of education. Capt. Brad well made
a happy effort, and heaped encomiums upon
wire grass Georgia A considerable sum
was subserilied, and the meeting pledged
itself to support the institute and carry it
to completion. The building is now inclosed
and painted, and only needs the inside work
to lit it for occupancy.
SUICIDE BY SHOOTING.
▲ Woman Ties a String to a Trigger to
Kill Herself.
Adairs ville, Ga., July 20.—This village
was thrown into a state of consternation
this morning at 7 o’clock by the death of
Mrs. Emma Alexander at her own hands in
a temporary fit of insanity. Crazed through
ill health, she procured a shot gun that was
in the house, tying it to the bedpost with
a string to the trigger, she then sat. in a
chair with the muzzle to her head, and
shoving the gun back pulled the trigger,
which hurled the contents of the heavily
charged weapon through her brains, carry
ing away the top of her head and covering
the room with blood and brain. The
funeral took place this evening.
Called Out and Stabbed.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 20.—Informa
tion has just been received here of a fatal
Stabbing affray this evening at Oakland, a
suburb of Jacksonville, between negroes.
Eli Brown lias been intimate with A. M.
Dowling’s wife for some time, and to-night,
Dowling having made some threats during
the day. Brown wont to Dowling’s house,
and, calling the latter to the door, plunged
a sheath knife into his body several times,
finally breaking the blade iii the shoulder.
The cries of the wounded man attracted a
crowd of negroes, who caught Brown and
brought him to this city and turned him
aver to the authorities. Dowling will die.
Colored Teachers Feel Slighted.
Atlanta, Jnlv 20.— Some agitation ex
ists among the colored people hero over a
supposed slight to the colored teachers by
the management of the I’ealnady institute.
All the colored teachers tailed to attend to
day, although Gov. Gordon was present to
deliver the opening addre-js. The colored
people fancied that they hud been insulted
by School Ooiiniitxsionor Orr, but now
realize their mistake. All will go on as
•Bioothi-' ut> over.
TARPON TOPICS.
Items From the Gulf Coast Metropolis
—Railway Progress.
Tarpon Springs, Fla., July 20.—Indira
tions all point to a good crop this year, and
our growers are jubilant over the prospect.
The Tarpon season is now about over, and
the catch has been unusually good. Mr. J.
C. Boyer, our brag fisherman, has caught a
number of very large ones, all averaging
about 150 pounds. The largest catch of the
season was made by him about two weeks
ago, the fish turning the scales at exactly
I'U, pounds.
We are to have an artesian well in the
near future. Work is now going on, and
drilling lias been done to a depth of 250 feet.
It is tho intention to keep on until a good
(low of water is obtained, when a system of
wati r works will be established throughout
the city.
The great attraction for our young men
at present is a camp near the mouth of the
Auclote river. Several ladies, under proper
otiaperonage, have undertaken to rough it
for awhile, and do away entirely with tho
services of the other sex, and have gone
into camp. They cut their wood, carry
water, catch fish, etc , and ure thoroughly
independent in every way. It is even
rumored that they had a coon hunt one
night, and that three victims was the re
sult of the expedition.
The lighthouse now building on Anclote
Key is being carried rapidly upward, and
will bo finished in the early fall.
The Orange Belt railway is rapidly ap
proaching us, and rails will lie laid into
Tarpon early in October. Track is now lie
ing laid close into Macon, and grading
bet ween there and here is going on rapidly.
Quarantine is still maintained atour port,
and every precaution taken to secure im
inuuity from contagion.
DADE CITY OUT OF DEBT.
A Large Hotel to be Completed by
Oct. 1.
Dade City, Fla., July 30.—'The treasurer
says that Dado City is out of debt and has a
reserve fund. Five car loads of cattle left
this place July IK. The County Com
missioners of tlie new county, Pasco, met
here to-day, this being the county*site, and
organized, and the isnids of the various of
fleers were approved. Tlie large hotel is to
be completed by Oct. 1. G. M. Roberts, M.
I)., aim others, sold a number of lots of land
the |iast week.
Klierslie, a young town situated four
miles from Dade City, is to have a depot
and sidetrack. This town is beautifully lo
cated, and has an elevation of 123 feet above
the sea level, and is nineteen feet higher
than any other point on the South Florida
railroad.
PROSPEROUS COLUMBUS.
Several New Enterprises on the Tapis
—The Gas Light Company.
Columbus, Ga. , July 20.— Tlie stockhold
ers of the Columbus Gas Light Company
held their annualjneeting to-day, at which
T. E. Blanchard was elected President,
Ainory Dexter, Secretary and Treasurer,
and E. H. Jenkins. Superintendent. The
following were elected Directors: W. L.
Clark, C. B. Grimes. Ainory Dexter, 1). F.
Wilcox and T. E. Blanchard.
Several new enterprises will lie inaugu
rated here soon. Jones Bros. A Caveny,
three young business men of Atlanta, have
established a large wholesale grocery. Gar
rett A Sons have bought the Moore corner
for $14,000, and will build a largo wholesale
grocery house on it.
Key West Stands It Well.
Key West, July 20. —Three new cases of
yellow-finer appeared yesterday anil one
death occurred.
NO YELLOW' JACK AT MEMPHIS.
Memphis, Tenn.. July 20.—Editors, hank
officers and the Board of Health unite in
denying that yelimv fever exists here, as
has been reported in New York. The health
board says: “There is no yellow fever in
Memphis nor any suspicion of any, nor is
there any grounds for the report that there
lias been any suspicious cases of fever.”
Suing a Railroad.
Athens, Ga., July 20.—Tom Yerby, the
negro boy who, a few days wi, was thrown
from the trestle on the North O-stem railroad
by an approaching engine, has entirely re
covered from his bruises and yesterday he
filed a suit in the Superior Court of Clark
county against the Northeastern Railroad
Company for $2,000 damages. He is a
sharp young negro, and if there is a dollar
to lie had no will strain every muscle to
get it.
Mr. Pfeiffer’s Funeral.
Pensacola, Fla., July 20.—Tlie funeral
of H. Pfeiffer, Sr., took place to-day. It
drew the largest attendance that has been
known in this city. The street in front of
the deceased's former residence was literally
jammed with people. The several tire or
ganizations were out in uniforms. The
large number present testify to the high re
gard in which ho was held.
Four Fingers Cut Off.
Alapaha, Ga., July r 20.—D. E. Devane,
a very worthy and estimable young man,
employed by It. B. Gray as bookkeeper, at
Pino Bloom Hill, met with a sad accident
yesterday. He was passing through the
mill anil picked up a small piece of wood,
and in attempting to saw it at an edging
saw his hand was caught and lie lost four
fingers from his left hand.
Pardon Asked for a Negro.
Atlanta, Ga., July 20. — Application has
boon made to Gov. Gordon for the pardon
of William Mcßae, n negro serving out a
sentence in the penitentiary as one of the
Eastman rioters. It is claimed tliat lie is
innocent of any complicity.
COLUMBIA’S CRACKSMAN.
Ho Proves to be a Man Wanted in this
State and Florida.
Columbia, S. C., July 20.—Stout, who
was arrested at Grovetown Sunday for
burglary turns out to lie a notorious cracks
man. He is also known by tho names of
James Kelley, William Kelley, and Janies
l-nmlicrt. He burglarized Stellings’ stole
in Augusta two years ago, burglarized at
Harmony Grove and Norwood, Ga., recent
ly, and is thought to have been one of a
gang doing burglar work in Georgia re
cently. Ijust month ho was arrested and
jailcil at Key West, Fla., for complicity in
a burglary, but claims to have briliodtho
jailer anil escaped. His wife, who was ar
rested at the same time, is now incarcerated
at Key West.
Tobacco’s Acreage.
Louisville, July 20.—Messrs. Glover
and Durrett, of Louisville, have compiled
reports from 4.207 correspondents in Ken
tucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri and
Illinois in relation to the tobacco acreage
of I*B7. The dark and heavy tobacco plant
ing in those States is indicated to be 111? ] ;>
iKir cent, of that of INNti, anil the hurley to
bacco planting is II |mm- cent. The aggre
gate planting is 30 |ier cent.
The Color Line.
Chattanooga, Tknn., July 20.—8 y order
of the interstate commission depositions
were taken in tho case of W. H. Council
(colored). President of the State Colored
Normal College at Huntsville, Ala., against,
the Western and Atlantic road. Council
claims damages for ejection from a train of
that road near Dalton. The case lias ex
cited great interest in this section, and the
result ol the investigation is watched with
great iuterest.
Senators Going to Alaska.
Helena. Mont., July 20. —Senators Vest,
Plumb, Allison, Harwell and Cameron, leave
here to-night for Alaska. Ex-Gov. Hauser
ucconmamez them.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1887.
MARKS OX NAVAI,STOKES
A BILL MR. BRANTLEY WILL IN
TRODUCE IN THE SENATE.
The Measure Indorsed by the Manu
facturers’ Protective Association-
Tho Friends of the Bill Deny Any
Desire to Legislate Against the
Interests of Savannah or Brunswick.
Atlanta, Ga., July J3O. —The following
is a copy of a bill prepared for introduction
in the Senate by Mr. Brantley. Its intro
duction will he withheld for a few days in
order to allow parties at interest to be heard
from who have not yet been advised of its
provisions:
A nii.i. to he entitled an act to regulate and con
trol the inspection and sale of naval stores
(tar. pitch, rosin and turpentine) in tin* State
of laenrtfia; to provide penalties for violation
thereof, and for other purposes.
Section 1. licit enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby
enacted by authority of the same, That no in
spector ot naval stores now appointed or here
after to be ap]M)inted by the corporate authori
ties of any city, or the < >rdinary of any county,
shall lx* or become during his term of office the
agent or clerk of any buyer of naval stores, or
of any factor, brokerage or commission mer
chant engaged in the buying or selling of naval
stores, or of any manufacturer engaged in the
production of naval stores, and any inspector
violating the provisions of this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall forfeit his office, and in addition
thereto shall Ik? punished as is prescribed in sec
tion 1810 of the (Jode.
Sec. 2. lie it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, that no corporate authority, incorpo
ration. or Ordinary, haviugthe appointment of
naval stores insjieetors shall have }>ower to au
thorize or empower inspectors of naval stores
to charge more than six (6) cents per barrel for
insiHvtiug rosin, including weighing, inspection
anti cooperage, nor more than nine (9) cents per
barrel for inspecting spirits of turpentine, in
eluding gauging, inspection, bunging
and cooperage. and any inspector
of naval stores charging or demanding
more than be. for inspecting a barrel of rosin,
or more than 9c. for inspecting a barrel of
spirits tuqs'iitiue, shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall lie
punished as is prescribed in section 4810 of the
Code, provided that no inspector shall be com
pelled to make an inspection of rosin or spirits
turpentine until those fees are first paid.
Sk . 8. Ue it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That when any inspector shall place
his brand upon a barrel of rosin, thereby desig
nating the true grade or quality of said rosin, or
shall place upon a barrel of spirits turpentine,
his brand thereby designating the number of
gallons contained in said barrel of spirits tur
pentine. it shall be unlawful for any person
other than a sworn and bonded inspector to
change, remove, alter, erase, or In any manner
interfen* with saicl brand or brands, or cause
said brand or brands to l*e changed, removed,
altered, erased or in any manner interfered with,
except as is herein after provided in this act, ami
for each and every violation of this section the
person so violating shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished as is prescribed in section 4310 of the
code, and where a fine is imposed .one-half of
the same shall go to the informer.
Set. 4. Be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That if any .inspector shall fraudu
lently place any other than the true grade or
quality upon a barrel of rosin, or fraudulently
place any other than the exact numlier of gal
lons unon a barrel of spirits turpentine, he shall
Ih* guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion thereof shall Ih* punished by a fine of SSOO,
one-half of w hich shall go to the informer, or
by imprisonment in the county jail of the coun
ty for six months
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That all buyers of rosin shall have
the right, to erase or lvmove from the rosin bar
rels the ins]lectors braud designating the grade
of saiii rosin, and to sulistitute therefor any
private device, sign or mark, provided always
that said private device, sign or mark so sub
sit uted is not the same as any of those used by
the inspectors in this State to designate the
grade or Quality f rosin.
Sec. 9. Ik* it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the provisions of this act shall
go into effect on the first day of January, I.SBH.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
DRAWN AFTER DELIBERATION.
Senator Brantley said to the News corre
spondent, to-night, in reference to the hill;
“This bill has neon drawn after deliberation
and consultation with the various parties at
interest, and the effort has Ihh*ii made to so
word it as to meet all possible object ions.
The friends of the bill have no desire to pass
any measure that will Ik* inimical to the
commercial interests of Savannah or Bruns
wick. and in order that the boards of trade
of those cities may be fully acivised of the
proposed tending legislation, copies of the
bill have been formally sent them and their
co-operation solicited. If they should see
proper to suggest any amendments to the
lull, the suggestions will bo received in the
proper spirit, and, if consistent with the
convictions of right and justice of the
friends of tlie bill, will l>e acceded to. The
only aim of this measure is to secure fair
ana honest dealing in the naval stores busi
ness. For this end its friends are prepared
t o make a determined statu I. The presenta
tion of this bill, instead of the much
more radical one suggested by the commit
t<h* of the Manufacturer's Protective Associ
ation is an effort toward conciliation and
compromise. The extremists on the other
side of tin* question ought to. and no doubt
will, meet it in tho same spirit. This bill
will have the hearty support, and aid of the
Manufacturer's Protective Association. A
light upon it is not anticipated.”
TROUBLE IN THE COKE REGIONS.
Strikers Attack and Drive Off tho Non-
Union Men at Work.
Pittsburg, July SO.—A special from
Grcensburg, Pa., reports a conflict between
the miners at work at the Mammoth Coke
Works and the strikers. A party of forty
strikers marched to the works this afternoon
and after driving ofT Sheriff Byers and
six deputies forced fourteen men at work
to quit. In the melee three of tho non-union
men were severely beaten. Sheriff Byers
has called upon the Governor for militia to
protect the men, its ho says his force is in
adequate, and destruction of property and
(xirhaps loss of life may result. The si rikers
are ugly, and the impression in Westmore
land county is that, the strike is very far from
a settlement, notwithstanding the action of
yesterday's convention at Everson and
Soottdale, whereat both the Amalgamated
Association and Knights voted to return to
work.
FAILURES IN BUSINESS
Tho Hurlbert Paper Company Makes
An Assignment.
Springfield, Mass., July 90.—A i>etitioii
in insolvency was Hied at Pittsfield yester
(lay for the Hurlbert Paper Company, of
South Lee.
Tho failure caused great, surprise. The
mills turned out N,OOU pounds of paiicr
every day, business has Ixvn good, and it
was supi>(>Hed they were sound to tho core.
The liabilities are estimated at 100,000,ami
although the schedule of assets has not. yet
Ihvii Mod, they are estimated not to exceed
25c. on the dollar.
COTTON FACTORS FAIL.
New Orleans, July 20.—T. L. Aircv &
Cos., large cotton factors, have failed. Their
liabilities are about $500,000. Tho cause is
cotton and coffee speculation. Mr. Ali ev is
President of the National Cotton Exchange.
DRAPER A CO. FAIL.
New York, July 30.—John H. Draper
A Cos., auctioneers, have failed. The nu
bilities are not stated.
Birmingham’s Now Bank.
Birmingham, Ala,, July 30.—The Amer
ican National Bank will Ix'gin business to
to-morrow with a capital of $350,000.
Young ami Middle-aged men, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred affec
tions, ns loss of memory mid hyjxx'hoiidria,
should enclose 10 cents in stamps for large
illustrated treatise suggesting sure means
of cure. Address, World's J hsiM'nsary
Medical Associemtlon, Buffalo, N. Y.
at Th-enlx. Art., the thermometer has boeu
registering 117° ami at Needles it has registered
'aA in t)ii' s'ntd.i.
OHIO’S CONVENTION.
All the Delegates and All the Candi
dates on the Battle Ground.
Cleveland, 0., July 20. —The Demo
cratic State Convention, which meets here
to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock, will
nominate candidates for Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor, Attorney General, Treasurer
of State, Auditor of State, two Judges of
the Supreme Court, und a member of the
Hoard of Public Works. The 0.18 delegates
have all arrived, and tho candidates are
all on the ground. The principal contest
will be for Governor. The candidates for
this office arc Congressman James K. Camp
bell, of Butler county, Thomas E. Powell,
of Delaware county, and Congressman Mar
tin A. Koran, of Cuyahoga county. Geo
graphically they come from the southern,
central and northern portions of the State
respectively.
A WHISKY TRUST.
Western Distillers Working Up a Big
Monopoly.
Chicago, July 30—A large number of
distillers met her, yesterday to discuss the
organization of a whisky trust on the plan
of the Standard Oil Company, the plan be
ing to unite in a monopoly all the distillers
west of the Ohio river. It is understood
that the scheme will be in full operation in
a month, and that tlie name adopted is “The
Western Distillers’ and Cattle Feeders’
Trust.” Stock is to lie apportioned
among the members according to
the value of their plant, instead
of their capacity. The amount of stock to
be issued, it is said, will be about four times
the value of the combined plants, which is
estimated at $10,000,(KX), and it is to be
lisp'd if possible on the New York and Chi
cago Stock Exehages. The trustees will
have absolute control of production.
THE VOLCANO IN MEXICO.
An American Makes a Journey to the
Vicinity.
An El Paso (Tex.) letter to the Chicago
Tribune says: E. L. Vance has .just re
turned here from a most perilous trip to the
only active volcano in the Western Hemis
phere. His trip was one of unusual hard
ship. The volcano is twelve miles distant
from the now totally destroyed hamlet of
adobe huts, Bavispe, in the State of Sonora,
the northwestern division of the Republic of
Mexico, .about 100 miles in a bee-line from
El Paso.
“The rough nature of the country, the
deadly heat that prevails there nine months
out of the year, and the notable scarcity of
water and springs,” said Mr. Vance, "has
kept out the American prospector from a
mining region unexcelletfin the superabund
ance of the hidden treasure. Even the hardy
and rugged Mexican has failed to disclose
the secrets and wealth of this country,where
ores are said to bo exposed to and tr odden
by tho.iootsteps of wild beasts that inhabit
the place. The major portion of Sonora
has never upheld a human foot; it is to-day
practically unexplored. The discovery of
gold and silver ore on the borders of Sonora
(where it is cropping out ot the ground, and
therefore exposed to the naked evoin many
places) has already occasioned wild excite
ment here and at other places, and ex]e
ditions are preparing to start out soon.
Here and there are scattering villages of
which Bnvisjie is a type. . This now famous
town, owing to the havoc of the recent
earthquake, is wholly built of adobe shan
ties and ‘jacals,’ half under the ground, and
roofed with mud brush. It contains 2,5( K)
souls—miserable, destitute individuals. We
went via the Carralitas hacienda on the
Britton Davis ranch, lying due east of
Bavispe, in the State of Chihuahua, the
ranch being the projierty of a syndicate
of Texas capitalists, and managed by
Lieut. Britton Davis, son of ex-Gov. Davis,
of Texas. It is a beautiful valley of
grazing land to which all of the modern
necessities of life have been imported.
Here the actual journey began. Our sole
guide was a compass. We started due west
ward (by the way immediately preceding
the government exploration corps sent out
by the State of Chihuahua), entering an
almost untrodden, unexplored domain. The
country lying between the ranch and Ba
vispe is not unlike the Bad Lands of Dakota.
The Mexican government corps took to the
south, a much longer route than the one our
party selected. Imagine valleys it takes a
day to cross, mountains whose immensity is
so vast and whose height is so stupendous
that they dwarf the horizon with a narrow
circle, and you have a fair idea of the situa
tion. To conceive the fatigue and ardor of
the trip one must mid a blazing sun
that scorched and shriveled
the verv ground, a parched
and alkali-laden wind blowing at midday
and clogging the throat with its smarting
particles. It seemed to sweep the earth,
like a furnace’s breath. It was our eighth
day out from the ranch that we sighted Ba
vispe, at which time we felt the lirst inti
mation of seismic disturbance—a sharp
tremor of the earth. The shocks were nau
seating and frequent. We sighted Bavispe
at 10 o’clock a. m. We came to the encamp
ment of several hundred prople on the mesa
which embanked the town. The dawn of
May' 1 last the villagers were awakened by
the earth beneath them \ dilating an 1 quak
ing with a violence that reduced the place
to ruins. One half the adobes were thrown
to the ground, and the natives, terrified
with the appalling occurrence,
and panic stricken by its suddenness,
sought safety, clad only in their night
clothes, on the adjoining elevations. Since
that fatal morning no day has passed unat
tended by tremors more or less alarming,
in their apathy of despair the natives barely
noticed our expedition, that would other
wise have created great curiosity, and we
passed along almost unnoticed. There is
not a house left in the place.
Some of the inhabitants have gone South,
but most of them are too poor to attempt
to leave; it would mean certain death.
“They were not disposed to converse, and
it was useless to try to obtain any accurate
estimate of the slux-king mortality. At
Bavispe we tirst sighted our objective point,
the volcano, where wo could plainly see
dense smoke issuing from a low, square
topi>ed peak to the southwest. The dull
and muttering roar distinctly heard told of
the working of nature’s furnaces in the
bowels of the earth. The volcano is twelve
miles distant from Bavispe. over such ex
traordinary country that it took us two
whole duys to travel it. Wo followed the
dry bed of a stream of some forgotten age,
containing fissures of evidently recent
origin 4 and 5 feet wide and of an unknown
depth. From one of these spouted a
geyser exceeding in size the largest one in
Yellowstone Park. It is in the centre of a
basin of mud and sand and .spouts forth at
short intervals, say fifteen minutes. It sub
sides quickly. The water is about boiling
hot and you cannot approach very closely.
This was four or five miles from the vol
I cano, which we could not approach in a di
rect line. We turned south and gained a
]H(ak from which wo could overlook the
! gitiit spectacle, which at night is a verita
ble imaginary hell. A river of lava barred
our first ('mil's'. It must have been a sight
that would have awed the very manager of
sheol hints ly when the hot lava, which was
cooled when our party reached there, came
rushing down the mountain side a red-hot
deluge of conglomerated mixture, which
cast a deadly heat for miles around. The
position we reached enabled us to view the
i'od-lip|(ed mouth of the volcano below us
and seemingly only about ono mile distant,
the nearest it hud liecn approached. The
crater forms a rude oval, which is lower at
the north and rises in ragged peaks to the
south. The prevailing wind from the north
favored our view. The hues of the smoke
changed constantly. It had iiecn a lake of
liquid tt&me, but there was no actual
eruption at our tli-st view. At the
farther side was a depression formed by
lava, mul a smoking river ran over a steep
declivity, where it was checked by a gulch
and turned northward in the direction of j
Bavispe. The stream stopped ab nit two
miles front its source. The sea of fire was
now ni its cooli and slate, a gray color. Our
position would have been uusife with the
volcano in active operation. Back a mile
or more on the tableland, where we camped,
we got a splendid view of a short but vio
lent eruption, and the vivid column of flame
that rose to the top and broke in succession.
Itilasted about fifteen minutes and was un
accompanied by any seismic disturbance or
by lava.
“As the object of our trip was accom
plished when we assured ourselves that the
volcano really existed, we immediately set
out on our homeward trip. At Bavispe we
met a man named Sehutz and Alvarez, a
Mexican, both of whom had been at Bacarac
during our previous visit, and here I think
we learned of a most wonderful phenomena.
They told us that a certain range of mount
ains to the Northward which they pointed
out was before the earthquake wholly lud
den by the lower range, several miles
nearer the village, and that during the
vibrations and emotions the two ‘see
sawed,’ as it were, so that the farthest
rauge was first visible and then hidden. But
now it was plainly left high above the first
range and could be sighted at all times.
The people, no wonder, thought the earth
was going to overwhelm them. Alvarez
fixes tile mortality in Bavispe at thirty
eight, exclusive of those buried in the mins.
Several women died of symptoms similar to
seasickness. Old springs dried up and new
ones appeared no 1 geysers spurted forth, the
water being boiling hot.
“The altitude must be between 6,500 and
7,000 feet above the sea. The range where
tlie volcano exists may be said to be distinct
of itself and it dwindles into mere foot-hills
fifty or sixty miles south. It is not a part
ol' the Continental Divide.
“The true range lies SIX) miles to the east
ward. Bavispe is no doubt the centre of
the recent disturbance, and the shock and
havoc of it will no doubt be found to de
crease from that point. At the C'arrn litas
ranch, from which place we started, water
Ls now plentiful. I should not omit to say
ttiat we crossed the Yaqni river, whoso
course almost defines the boundary between
Chihuahua and Sonora. It is a sluggish
stream, and we were told totally disap
peared near the Onugo coal fields —not in
the quicksand, but through a rift; while
ninety miles below it showed signs of a
previous subterranean journey in its course.
‘ 'The government exploring party sent out
by the State of Chihuahua ought to obtain
very accurate information, as it took along
all instruments for scientific investigation,
but it is doubtful if it can approach the
volcano from the south. It should be back
in a week or ten days.”
LOOSE ON SHIPBOARD.
Three Tigers Create a Sensation on a
Vessel’s Dock.
A tiger at close quarters on a steamer’s
deck must be even more unpleasant to en
counter than one in his native jungle. The
author of “Three Years of a Wanderer’s
Life,” says that he once saw three young
tigers larger than Newfoundland dogs loose
on the deck of a British India steamer,
crowded with several hundred Mecca pil
grims. The cage in which they were con
fined was large and barred on each side with
a partition running along its middle, which
had a drop door.
The man who had charge of the animals
would drive them over to one side of the
cage, close the partition, and clean out the
other side at his leisure; then barring up
the clean side, he would open the partition
and drive the tigers back, while he went
through the same performance on the other
side.
One morning he neglected to put up the
bars on the side he had finished, and so
drove the tigers out of the opposite side of
the open cage.
The animals, on obtaining their liberty,
took difterent directions; and, crouching in
the nearest corners, lay snarling and expos
ing their teeth, showing unmistakable signs
of nothing but fear —a most dangerous fear.
There was little confusion. The side of
the deck was simply deserted, and the crowd
gazed in interest at a respectful distance.
Mr. Fleuse, the third officer, myself and
the keeper each placed ourselves before a
tiger, barring their exit should they attempt
to move away.
Fleuse inquired if the tigers had been fed
that day. They had not; t hey had always
been fed on living fowls. Fleuse called for
three chickens from the hen coop. Taking
these, he threw one in the face of each tiger.
The chickens seemed simply motionless,
glued to the spot, so instantaneous was the
fixing of teeth and claws. Fleuse then went,
deliberately up to a tiger, coolly took the
loose skin of the back of the neck with one
hand, and the root of the tail with the other,
and putting out his full strength, dragged
the heavy brute along the deck to the cage,
and forced it through the open bars.
The chicken diversion acted perfectly.
The brute had no object but that of retain
ing its prey. It growled fearfully; its eyes
blazed; its teeth crushed through the
chicken; its unsheathed claws clasped and
pierced the quivering body. Ret-liot irons
would hardly have made it loosen its grip
on the bird.
Then the keeper and I helped Fleuse
in carrying the other two tigers into the
cage.
A Pneumatic Tube to Europe.
t'rym the Hartford Courant.
Col. J. H. Pierce, of Saithington, who has
tieen studying the use of pneumatic tubes,
has reached a point at which he hopes to
show that a tube across the*Atlantic can ’no
used. Following is a description of the ap
paratuses he conceives it: The tubes will
always he in couples, with the currents of
air in one tube always moving in an opposite
direction from the other. Tin- heaviest can
non will serve to illustrate the tube. A ear
takes the place of the charge, the tube to
be indefinitely continuous anil the speed of
the ear to be governed by the rapidity with
which air can be forced through. Time is
required to establish a current of air flowing
with great swiftness through a tube perhaps
thousands of miles in length, but when once
created the motion will lie nearly uniform.
The speed of the current may be made as
great as may be desired by using the steam
driver fans employed in blast furnaces.
Niagara Falls could drive blast fans and
furnish motive power to keep in motion the
trains hi connect this continent with the old
world. The temperature within the tube
may be regulated bypassing blasts of air
entering the tube through furnaces or over
ice. The speed attainable may reach I,(XX)
miles nil hour. The tube lining Atid ear ex
terior would be of polished steel with cor
rugated sides matching with wheels pro
vided with anti-friction bearings. The speed,
owing to the curvature of the earth's sur
face, will tend to overcome all weight and
the pressure will be upon the upper part of
the tube; thus there is scarcely any limit to
the s| as si attainable. The inventions con
sist in thedetails of the work.
ti ROCKRIKS.
Best Raspberry Vinegar, Qt. Bottles, -60 c
Best Lime Juice, Quart Bottles, -35 c
Best Syrups, Pint Bottles, • • -45 c
Best Vanilla, 4-Ounce Bottles, - • 25c
Best Essence Lemon, 4-Ounce Bottles, • 20c
Good Essence Vanilla, per Bottle, • 10c
Good Essence Lemon, per Bottle, * • 10c
Good Turkish Prunes, per Pound, • 5c
AT
Ills ill'S,
BARNARD S>uitfc.T.
MARRIAGES.
BEHNKEN—STROBHAR. -Married on the
evening of July 14th. 1887, at. the residence of,
and by the Rev. A. M. Winn, Euoenk E. Behn
ken and Kffie F. Stoobhar, all of this city.
No cards.
I I N ERAL IN VITATIONS.
DIXON.—-The friends and acquaintance of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Preston Dixon and family, and
of Mrs. M. .1. Dixon and family, are respect
fully invited to attend the fune.al of Mr. W.
Pre-ton Dixon from the residence of the latter,
No. Ni Hull street, at 5 o'clock THIS (Thursday;
AFTERNOON,
M EE TINGS.
ATTENTION OGLETHORPE' LIGHT IN
FANTIIV.
You are hereby summoned to appear at your
Armory THIS AFTERNOON at 2 o’clock in
Fatigue Uniform for Company Parade and
Prize Shooting, and to celebrate the First Battle
of Manassas. Honorary, exempt and pay mem
bers are requested to lie present.
By order of CAPT. FALLIGANT.
A. J. Franklin, First Sergeant.
NOTICE.
The second quarterly meeting of the Stock
holders of the MUTUAL CO-OPERATIVE AS
SOCIATION, will beheld THURSDAY EVEN
ING. July 21st, 1887, at 7:30 o'clock, standard
time, in the Long Room, general office building
of Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
Attest: 11. S. HAINES, President.
W. P Hardee. Secretary and Treasurer.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
- k ()T|tK
During my absence from the City either Dr.
Martin or Dr. Purse will attend to my practice,
R B HARRIS, M. D.
MELONS! MELONS!
3,000.
Melons very fine for sale Cheap, Central Rail
road cotton yard and front store.
J. S. COLLINS & CO.
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 Broad Street, head of Broughton.
T. C. BRYAN,
Secretary and Treasurer.
DIVIDEND NO. 7.
• Office Mutual Gas Lioitt Cos., )
Savannah, Ua., July llith, 1887.1
A quarterly dividend of one and one-half per
centum on the capital stock of this company
has this day been declared, payable at this office
on and after August loth, next, to stockholders
of record this day.
LEWIS C, LILLIE, Secretary.
DIVIDEND.
Office Savannah Gaslight Company, )
Savannah, July 18th, 1887. (
A dividend ofTWO AND A HALF PERCENT,
on the Capital Stock of this comj>any has been
declared, payable on and after WEDNESDAY,
the 20th inst., to stockholders as of record this
day. A. G. GUERAItD, President.
NOTICE TO TAILORS.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, )
Office Clerk of Council,
July 12th, 1887. \
Bids will be received at the office of the Clerk
of Council until 12 o'clock m. MONDAY, 25th
inst., for furnishing the police force with Win
ter Uniforms in accordance with sieciflc*atious
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 FOLDING,
t
DENTIST,
Office earner Jones and Drayton streets.
ULMER’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.
A MIT SEMEN i S.
SAVAM^HTHEATRE
Thursday and Friday, July 21 and 22.
Success Follows Success!
AGAIN TRIUMPHANT!
THE FORDS
In 11. T. Craven's Beautiful Comedy Drama,
Meg’s Diversion
Miss CLARA RAKER in her original creation
of MEG. Strong Cast, New Scenery, etc.
Prices 75c., 50c. and ;{sc.
Reserved Seats on sale at Davis Bros.' without
extra charge.
SECOND ANNUAL "PICNIC
OK THE
BETHESDA UNION
GREENWICH PARK,
Thursday, July 21, 1.887,
FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF THE
BETHESDA ORPHANS.
WHOLE TICKETS, SO CENTS.
Cars leave Junction at 2, .1, 4,5, 7::ii) p.
Returning, leave Park 7:31, 11, 11 p. a.
The Guards Brass and Siring Hand lux been
engaged. liillc practice for ladies uml gentle
men. Prison fur the be.<t allots.
Committee reserve l ight to reject holder of
any tick cl.
BASE BALL.
AMATEURS VS. ORIENTALS.
U.-iwe Ball lbirk To-Morrow.
ADM ISSK IN J.V.; lit >YS lSc. I.ADIF.S FRF.K.
MOLASSES.
OLD TIME
PORTO RICO
MOLASSES
AT
A 31. A C. \Y. WEST’S.
SUMMER RESORTS.
warm mmM
Meriwether County, Ga.
AYHLL BE OPEN JUNE Ist., with first elm
▼ 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, flows
1,400 gallons of water (90 degrees temperature}
per minute, affording the
FINEST BATHING
in America. The baths are six large pools ten
feet square, two to live di‘p with CLEAR
FRESII, WARM WATER unlimited.
This water is a sure cure for Dyspepsia and
most cases of Rheumatism, Skin and Kidney
Diseases. There is also bore a fine Chalybeate
Spring.
Amusements of all kinds provided. Good
Livery Stable, Bar and Billiard Saloon, Fino
Band of Music for Ball room and Lawn.
Tlie 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 further
information address
CHARLES L. DAVIS, Proprietor.
The Niagara of the South.
TALLULAH, FALLS, GA.,
ON the Piedmont Air Line, in the Blue Ridge
Mountains, 2,000 feet above sea level.
CLIFF HOUSE
AND COTTAGES,
Open from June to November. For Tull par*
ticulars address
F. 11. & F. B. SCOFIELD, Proprietors.
Late of Hotel Kaatuskill, Catskill Mountains,
N. Y., and Iceland Hotel, Chicago.
ELDER HOUSE
INDIAN SIPIiING, CFaY.
Wf A. ELDER, Proprietor. Season of IBS?.
▼ • Our bedrooms are large and airy and
have been much improved by r painting them
and placing blinds on the windows. The table n
first-class: sendee prompt and polite; climate
good; no mosquitoes or sandflies; good baud >f
music through the season. The water is un
equaled in America, and we refer with confi
dence to anyone who has given it a trial. For
analysis, terms, etc., address ED. A. ELDER,
Manager.
S. Gr HEALY & CO.,
PROPRIETORS,
SALT SPUING, NEAR AUSTELL, GEORGIA
\ \ r ATER almost a specific for Dyspepsia, Kid*
*▼ ney Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases.
Orders for water and all information addressed
to the firm at Austell, Ga.
THE COLUMBIAN,
SARATOGA SPRINGS.
THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAHIANS
Opens .Tune ££€>th..
JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor.
LONG BRANCH. N. J.
United States Hotel,
A Select Family and Transient Hotel.
OPENS JUNE 25, 1887.
I, >Y IR D .St VA X (' 1, K A T-\
<3ENTRAL 1 I< >TEL,
ROME, GEORGIA.
r< APT AIN J. M. KINDRED, late of Calhoun,
V' Georgia, and C. H. LEFTWICH, of Knox
ville, Tenn., Proprietors. Doth commercial
travelers for years, and fully posted as to the
wants of the public. Come and see ns.
rpHE WHITLOCK HOUSE, in Marietta, Ga.,
1 combines privileges and conveniences of a
first class hotel, and the comforts and pleasures
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.
ML G. WHITLOCK, Owner an I Proprietor.
nnHE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rook. N.
JL 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. < >pened June Ist for Lha
season. For information address WATAUGA
H< >TEL <■< b, Blowing Rock, N < \
f | THOUSAND 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. 11. F.
INGLEIIART, Proprietor.
EXCURSIONS.
International Steamship to. Lino
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.
KASTPOKT AND ST. JOHN LINE.
Steamers leave Boston H:3O a. M.,and Portland
sp. m every Monday. Wednesday and Friday
for Eastport and St. John.
ST. JOHN LIU LOT 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. B. Ct >YLE, Jit.. E. A. WAI.DRt>N.
Manager. Portland, Me. Gen. Pass. Agt
Charleston and Savannah Ry.
Reduction in Rates
NE W YORK,
rpHLS company has now on sale tickets
t at sls it. New York via Atlantic Coast
Line and tho magnificent steamships of
the Old Dominion H. S. Company, sailing from
Norfolk, Va., every Monday. Tuesday, Wednes
day. Thursday and’Saturday, arriving ut New
York on following evt nings. Moalft and state
room on steamships u clu led.
Passengers should take train 78 leaving Savan
nah at B:sW n. m. on days previous to thoso men*
tioned above.
This route affords a delightful sea trio, avoid
ing Cape Halt-eras.
Pullman accommodations and elegant state
rooms secured on application to Wm. Bren,
T. A., 22 Bull street, or .f B. Oliveros. T. A..
Depot. E. P. MeSWINKY,
Gen. Pass Agent.
FOR RENT.
3ST OTICE
For Rent, lrorn. Oet. Ist,
The large and commodious house lately occu
pied iiy Judge Emory fronting Pulas-!'.
Monument, corner Bull and Taylor, the Ulotoeß
location in town.
—ALSO—
An eight-room house In same locatiou.wltb aU
the Inti- improvemsntb towards pleasure uoo
comfort. <i
For particulars refer to
JOHN LYNCH, Grocer,
WLi’nker w-d