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2 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