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2 WORK OF LAWMAKERS. THE STATE ROAD COMMITTEE’S MEMBERSHIP INCREASED. \[v. Butt Contends That All Bills Re lating to the Road Should be Turned Over to the Committee as Well as the Resolutions-Several Bills Passed. Atlanta, Ga., July 20.—1n the Senate to-day the action of yesterday on the reso lution for a joint committee of three from the Senate and live from the House to whom shall be referred all resolutions relating to the State road was reconsidered. The reso lution was amonded by increasing the number of the joint committee to five from tho Senate and nine from the House. The resolution as amended was agreed to and ordered transmitted to the House. On this resolution Mr. Butt said he did not think it broad enough for the purposes for which it was intended. He thought the committee should be intrusted to consider all bills as well as resolutions relating to the State road. Ho thought the resolution ought to lie recommit ted. He himself was opposed to this Legis turo having auvthing to do with the State Road. The next Legislature is the proper one to. dispose of that question. The law is broad’enough now for tho protection of the State's interest. On a vote the motion to reconsider pre vailed. Senator Powell’s insurance bill was tho special order for the day, but the order was displaced and the bill was recommitted. Mr. Robbins introduced a bill for the relief M the tax collector of Talbot county. The following bills passed: To incorporate the Buena Vista Loan and Savings Bank. To incorporate the town of Williamsburg, In the county of Calhoun. To incorporate the Nexvlife Water Power and Granite Railway Company. To incorporate the Wuycross Air-Line Railroad Company. To amend the act incorporating tho At lanta-, Birmingham and Great Western rail road. The Senate adjourned to Monday. In tho House In the House to-day the Railroad Com mittee reported favorably on the bill to amend the charters of the Rome and Car rollton and Rome and Northeastern Rail road Companies. Also on the bill to incor jiorate the Blue Ridge and Atlanta Rail road Company. The Committee on Education reported favorably on Mr. Denny's bill to amend, revise and consolidate the common school laws of the State and to provide for the holding of teachers institutes. The Committee on Finance made an ad verse report on tho bill to levy u tax on dogs. The special Judiciary Committee reported in favor of the bill to regulate the capture of terrapins in the [State. The Committee on I Tinting reported fa vorably Calvin resolutions to provide for the printing daily of 300 copies of an ab stract of the journal of the House for tlie use of the member;, and Clio resolution was adouted. The following new bills were introduced: By Mr. Howell, of Fulton —To amend the charter of the Atlanta Home Insurance Company. By Mr’ Perry, of Gilmer—To amend sec tion 313 of the Code so farms applicable to Gilmer county: also, to amend the charter of the town of Ellijay By Mr. West, of Habersham—To umoud Section 20-in of the Code, adding one yoke of oxen where there is no liorse, to property exempt from levy and execution. By Mr. Barker, of Hart—To incorporate the Hartwell Loan and Savings Bank. By Mr. Mathews, of Houston —To amend section 4579 of tho Code, so as to exeni|t from its provisions persons who observe Saturday as the Sablvith. By Mr. Coney, of Laurens—To provide for the registration of tho voters of Laurens countv. By Mr. Way of Liberty—To punish tear ing down or defacing notices postdft by railroad companies. Also to amend section 70s of tbcC le by striking out the elaus - re quiring the slacking of spiv >.l by railroad trains on approaching crossings. By Mr. Sims of Lincoln--To provide for for the pav of excused jurors. By Mr. Hogan, of Lowndes—To amend the act incorporating tho city of Valdosta. By Mr. Felton, of Macon—To amend tho act incoriKirating the town of Montezuma. Also a bill to iiieoiqmrato the Montezuma {Steamboat Comivmy. By Mr. Stewart, of Marion—To authorize B. tax of 150 per cent, on the State tax for Marion county. By Mr. Howard, of McDuffie—To create a txiord of commissioners of McDuffie county. By Mr. Hughes, of Montgomery, for tho relief of the sureties of George Vv. Davis. Also, for the relief of J. Y. Kill. Also, a bill for tho protection of gaino in Mont gomery county. ALso, a bill to create u county court for Montgomery county. By Mr. Little, of Muscogee —To extend tho provisions of an act to incorjiorato tlie Georgia Insurance Company. By Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee—A reso lution recommending to Congress the com pletion of the improvements of the Cirntta noochoe river. Also a resolution for the re lief of the Mutual l'uud Life Insurance Company. Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, moved to take up for action the resolution providing for the payment of the stenographing of the rob-Penitcntiary Committee. It passed. THE PRISON RILL. Tho eoinmittoe of the whole resumed con sideration of the ref irmntory prison bill. Mr. Cla v, of Cobb, oppooea the passage of the bill in its present shape. He said that l)r. Felton’s eloquent and able speech of yosterday did not reach the bill os presented. It referred not t- 1 youths and women only, but to criminals of every age. This showed the importance of having the report of a committee on every bill before action on it by the House. Ho referred to inconsistencies and errors in tho argument of Dr. Felton. He was no champion of the present penitentiary system hut no wanted a Is’tP r substitute N-foiv passing till. bill. Referring to Dr. Felton’s charges about women having babies in the camp ho said it was difficult to secure u jierfect system, and that accidents some times happened in the best of regulated families. It would lie hard to substitute n system in which sm-ii accidents would not liupocn. The bill does not propose to deal only with criminal offenders, but with those charge'll with misdemeanors also. It would permit the sentencing of Ui'ial offenders to tho penitentiary, as well as perpetrators of henoux crimes, lie said the bill would send all worn m convicted if great crimes to the reformatory prison, with boys of 10. Hi iatd that if there was any thing that could ruin a boy it was u bud Woman. The sixes ought U) Ik; kept separ ate. He intimated thill the bill would sod 200 or 300 women and hoys to w ork a farm of 500 it civ's and said that il would cost $2.5,000 to support them, including the pay of tho superintendent,, guards and trustees. He was in fHvor of human treatment of the convicts, but wo owe something to the honest people of Georgia. A GOOD SHOWING. Mr. Arnhcim read prison statistics to show (hat tl'e rate of mortality in the Georgia penitentiary system was fnr below thut of most Northern States. Ho said that the death latent Senator Brown’s camp was 2k 50 j sir liu'idre t;ut (,’ajit. Lowe's camp, 1.20, snd at C’apt. Janus caiup only 96, yet the gentleman from liartow iiad avoided allusions to Senator Drown’. ) camp and iqs'iit all his denunciation on Capts. Ixwve sun I James'. He criticized tlie gross irregularity in the pune.h.iiwit of coav,e2. •* • *oag ~ and m;xo, instituted by the I bill. Women and youths are to be sent to j to the house of correction for heinous crimes, and older offenders to the penitentiary j for trivia! offenses. The bill win; ! merciful to criminals, but what comfort did it afford to those who may be outraged or ! robbed by them? While the tax-payer is ) toiling ami digging day and night for a mere living the convicts at the reforma tory prison are to be support'd at their ex pense. Up to the adoption of the present system each convict cost the State $319 per annum. Does anybody want to return to that system? The convicts of Georgia were, turned loose with a suit of clothes and money to pay their transportation home, according to law and the contract with tho lessees. Ho read from instructions to the lessees to show that tlie State had required humane treatment of its convicts. He rea/1 also from Dr. Tucker’s speech lief ore the National Prison Associa tion to Rlmw that ho recognized the justice and necessity of the punishment of crime, and that Georgia dealt leniently with her criminals. He said tbut. no State in the Union could make u better exhibit than Georgia as to their treatment. [Editorial Note. —Owing to trouble on the wires it was impossible for the Western Union Company to transmit the balance of the Atlanta special in tune for publication in this issue.] RUIN IN THE RAIN. Railroads ami Bridges Badly Damaged The Savannah Rising. Augusta, Ga., July 29. —Rain has fallen continuously here and in the up-country for thirty-six hours, and tho consequence is that the Savannah river is rapidly rising. Tho water is now 19V4 feet high and is still rising. Another foot and a half will play havoc with the river farms below here. Tho boats being built at the wharves in Augusta for the Augusta Steamboat Company are securely anchored to previ nt their being carried away during tho night. THE FARMS FLOODED. Augusta, Ga., July 30, 1 a. m.—At mid night the river is 26 ! j feet and still rapidly rising. Farms along tho stream are wrecked, and it is feared at the present rapid rise that even the city may be inundated. Streams all around the town are swollen and there are washouts on all the railroads. The South Carolina railroad train due here at 10 o’clock to-night will arrive ut 8 o'clock in the morn ing. The train on the Georgia road due at 8.15 o’clock is ix it yet in. The train on the Knoxville road was de layed two hours by u land slido ut Clark’s Hill. Tho train on tho Augusta, Gibson and Sandersvillo road has not been heard from. Beach Island farms arc overflowed. DISASTROUS RAINS AT WARRENTON. Warrenton, Ga., July 29.—Very severe rains have fallen here in the past two days. Several washouts are reported on the Geor gia railroad between this point and Macon. Trains will not be üble to get to Macon be fore Sunday. At Potto’s pond, about five miles from here, the water is four or iivo feet deep around bis mill. All the wagon bridges near here are washed away. Low ground crops are almost entirely destroyed. A CYCLONE AT WATERLOO. Waterloo, S. C., July 29. —A cyclone passed within half a mile of this place this morning, doing terrible damage to small houses and crops. Many fatalities are re ported. On W. W. Walker’s plantation a cabin was blown down and a negro woman was killed and several children wero hurt. The air was filled with limits, leaves, cloth ing, etc. A terrible rain fell here. A TORNADO IN NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Neb., July 29.—Meagre particu lars have been received of a disastrous tor nado that passed over til - town of David City at 0 o’clock this evening. One man was killed and over half the buildings in tho town were demolished, including tho Union Pacific and Burlington und Missouri dejsits. A large brick school house, Metho dist and Congregational churches, and sev eral stores and many dwelling houses wero wrecked. The damugo is estimated ut $209, 000. A SEVERE THUNDER STORM. Franklin Falls, N. 11., July 29.—After three weeks of hot weather unequalled in this [State, a violent thunder storm occurred last night, raining ten hours, wonting high win's and breaking down crops, and doing thousands of dollars of damage. KILLED BY A HIGAWAYMAN. A Civil Engineer of Jacksonville Way laid in the Night. Jacksonville, Fla., July 29.—This morning Jacksonville was thrown intogreat excitement by tho fact that the unconscious body of a young civil engineer named Harry Hoke Greenway was found lying nbout 800 yards from the terminus of tho railroad track in LaVilla. An examination showed that lie had been struck on the skull with a heavy instrument, and his pockets being turned inside out showed tliut roblsiry had prompted the aid. lie was carried to the county hospital, and, although every thing was done for him, bo expired at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Tho deceased was from Baltimore and was highly connected, being related to Robert Garrett, the railroad mag nate of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A negro named ‘Small was arrested on suspicion anil jailed. Otllcors are also on tho t rack of a white man who is also suspected. Grcenway remained totally unconscious until his death, so that the particulars of tho crime were not learned. Edith, tho 8-year-old daughter of W. S. Walker, di<sl of typhoid fever today. Israel Jones, the negro who was charged with arson on Tuesday night, wus discharged this afternoon by Judge Baker on a writ of halx'iis corpus, ns the evidence was not con clusive. MORMONS SHOW FIGHT. Their Foea in Augusta Warned that They Will Shoot If Necessary. Augusta, Ga., July 30, 1 a. m.— Thirty persons returiiol at midnight from a cru sade against two Mormon elders who have been preaching their fnith in tho suburbs. The mob wont out with the intention of ku ltluxing the elders. This i.; the fourth crusade of tho kind, but the Mormons have not boon harmed, nor have the city police interfered. There seems a determination to run the elders out by violent treatment. It is reported that the elders have armed themselves, and give warning that, being denied public protec tion, they will tight it. out on their own hook. Tho matter is creating a deal of ex citement. Elborton Etchings. Kluertuv, Ga., July 29. Brud Hill (colored) and his two sons, Archie and Eli, mid Jack Heard (colored) were convicted in ilia County Court yesterday of riot. The lines and costs in the case will aggregate something over 8200. During a recent thunderstorm, lightning btruek live tunes within the coi-pirate limits of Klberton. Fortunately no one was in j jured, trees having boon struck in each In- I : lance. Klberton jail contains eight prisoners, I among whom one is charge i with murder, one with rape and another with assault i with intent to murder. Ran Into a Culvort. Cutubkfit, Ga., July 29. —The passenger j train from Macon ran'into a culvert seven mik - Mow town Wulnesday ufteruoen. A j negro woo-l-passcr had a thigh broken in jumping from the train. No one el-c was hurt. Tli" Fort Gaines train also ran off ilie | truck a mile from Coleman. No one was ; hurt. Both accidents were caused by the | heavy rain. Mit" Lanotbv says that by applying slmulta lieoie 1,7 6ir eif Iren; hip mid dlv., lire hie demon i; : in.t sue is thoroughly acqimiuuxl wilh the ci; Roms of the country. TIIE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1887. HAWAII'S FALLEN PREMIER. Gibson’s Adventurous Youth—From Coachman to Prime Minister. From tho .XV w York ?/i rotd. Anderson, S. C., July 2C. —Hawaii's fal len Premier, Walter M. Gibson, spent some of the earlier years of his life in iS"Uth Carolina. He appears to have had an adventurous youth. There are men living here who hunted the doer with him on tbs banks of tin-Seneca river and over the hills of that wild and beautiful country which lie him self calls “The Switzerland of America/’ These men remember him well, and it is from them that this sketch of his life in South Carolina-has been gathered. Of Gibson's birth and Isiyhood but littlo is known, although it is believed that, hav ing run away from home at an eat ly age. In took to tlie sea, and t hat his experience there was wild anil varied. 11c makes an individual allusion to this early life in a l>ook entitled “The Prison of Weltevreden.” It is said that he had been taken prisoner in Greece und liberated by the keeper's daugh ter. profiting by a herald advertisement. Gibson came to South Carolina a mere youth, before 1140, ns a coachman of a very wealthy and aristocratic planter of the up country, Mr. William Van Wyck. Mr. Van Wyck had just lieen married and hud taken his wife to New York city. Then being In need of a driver to take liis hoi-ses and car riage back home he advertised for one. Gib son had just returned from his first adventur ous voyage with empty pockets, a head full of romance, and a desire to see tho South— to hunt the Indians still lingering in the mountain fastnesses. So lie applied for the place offered by Mr. Van w yck and was accepted. A LINGUIST AS A COACHMAN. On the road Mr. Van Wyck and his wife, conversing in French and German, were much surprised when their new coachman warned them to use some other language if they did not w ish him to understand them. They were more surprised when they found that he was a really intelligent boy. Mr. Van Wyck took a great interest in him, lent him book- and discussed matters with him frequently. He afterward made him a tutor in nis family. When the party reached their Southern home the rare sight of a white servant at tracted a great deal of attention toward Gibson, and as he was a gentleman and a well informed one, whose life was a real romance, tlie interest of the community was well awakened in him. In his book bo speaks very highly of tho jieoplo among whom he was thrown. READING AND ROVING. IJe spent much of his time in reading. He spent even more time in roving over the hills and by the clear streams of tho lieauti ful Piedmont region in both South Carolina and Georgia. “Tho best of my early years,” says he, “wore spent on the waters of the Savannah on lioth of its banks, on the Carolina and on the Georgia side. . I hn.vo travelled these waters from the Tybec mouth to the utmost limit where a steamer s keel can run; then, with shoulder to a boat pole, have urged with slow and straining step, the flat bot tom cotton barge uu to tho shoals of the Sen eca. I have canoed on Keowee and Twelve Mile and have waded or crossed on some sinipli; l”g every branch and spring stream running down from the Saluda hills on the the one side and the Currahec on the other.” Much of this roving was in search of silver that the Indians used to make bullets of and he succeeded in finding a deposit which he afterward worked but xvith no great success. WOOING IN THE BACKWOODS. Again, he speaks of his early wooing among these verdant hills: "When I was yet a boy I met, in my wan derings in tho backwoods of .South Carolina with a fair, gentle girl of my own age who had never been more than a half day’s ride from the plantation of her father. We of ten sauntered together in the still woods of MiUwee on summer days. We would wiule barefooted the shallow, pcbblv streams; cross the deep, rapid creeks with mutual help of hand to our tottering steps, as wo walked tho unsteady swinging trunk that bridged them over. Wo rambled hand in liana to gather wild grapes and the musca dine; then we would rest beneath tho dense shade and at the foot of some great tree, and talk of our boyish and girlish fancies, and then without any thought as to mutual tastes, character or fitness, or anything that had to do with the future, but listening only to the music of our young voices, to the alluring notes of surrounding nature, and having only our young faces to admire, wo loved, and long ’ero I was a man we were married.” EARLY WEDLOCK. Gibson’s wife was a Miss Lewis, whose home was not more than eight or nine miles from this town. She did not live very long, however, but bore him three children, two sons and a daughter. During his wife’s lifetime he taught school, both in the country and in Pendle ton village. His former employer assisted him greatly in getting up these schools, but Gibson did not like to teach, and ho soon gave it up anil commenced to run a boat on the Savannah river, liis wife died about 1849, and now lies buried in tho old Lewis burying ground. SEEKING NEW ADVENTURES. Soon after his wife's death Gibson, leav ing his children with his wife's relations, went down to South America, and there en tered into the bubble scheme of founding a navy for a Central American State. When this bubble burst Gibson took the vessel ho had purchased and sail is 1 the seas, a free trader, until he was arrested by the Dutch in Sumatra. His book treats of his confine ment and escape from the prison of Wol tevmlen. He was aided by n woman. Tho tale is well told and very romantic. His escaiHi was effect si in IN.:;, and he then re turned to Booth Carolina, remained there about six months and t.Kik his children with him to Salt Lake City. It is reported that ho joined the Mormons and engagisl in purchasing lands tm- them, lie was in .Salt Lake City during the late civil war. [Since leaving South Carolina tiihson has liecTi keeping up a lax c.'iT.'.spimdoiieii with several parties in this town. He returned here alsuit 1871 and delivered a lecture on sheep raising in the islands which nearly in duced all the young men of Anderson to go back with him. but, inn'ortuuatoly for lus pros|HX'ts, ho let if out the next tiny that t here was lopri wyjt here, thi nigh of Into years several of the young men have left here and joined him. Gibson has many warm friends here, and when he returned from Sumatra a meeting was held in Pendleton expressing sympathy for him, and resolutions were adopted ask ing Col. J. L. Orr, then just electul to C in gress, to recover damages from tho Dutch. He has a sister who keeps a candy m >rc on Broadway now. The rest of liis story is common property. Aching Too Much. fVmn the Morion. (Ga.) I‘i'riot. Copt. Payne, who has just finished the survey of the road lietwoen IsiUrosse aid Americas, ran ujs.u a queer old customer the other day. ree print below u verbatim report of the conversation; "ljiiyn’ isuit another railroad?” “Survey ing for one," \va the reply. “(filin' through my burn.*” “Don’t see liow w can avoid it. “Wall, now, mister. I ealcorlate I've got somethin' ter say 'bout that. 1 want you to understoii' that I’ve got sutliin’ else tew i lew besides run out tew open jo id slut them lbh>i*s every time a train want* ti w go through. Eyituy yfab sees a revolt started against block I'muclelntli us u biotl* for men's evening die. 'tins season no less imrson than 11. Id,tv Wall, known t- June as Ihe King of the Dudes, is ut the head f the I‘elH'llinu He has .ip|M-nnsl in a HnruPiga Dill room nltiriid In a emit and iro i sers nuulc of wiue-eeloiv t cloth, nud a vvuist vom. of white sa(ln brocade. Tlie ffiagucUne Bouquet, Atkinson’s new perfume. This super!i distillation sweetly recalls flagrant Iwi . Mowers. Bright jewels in a setting of ncriH'tual snow. THE WORLD’S BIG GUNS. Some of the Monsters Built for the Ships and Ports of Foreign Powers. Fit mi the Xew York Sun. Washington, July 20. —The havoc made in the Atlanta’s fixtures by the inadequacy of her gun carriages to hold and control her pivot guns, calls attention to the fact that while the latter are very powerful for an unarnfored cruiser of her size, they would make a small show compared with the heaviest ordnance now carried in war shir is. The progress of thirty years in construct ing heavy guns has been extraordinary. The largest pieces found on war vessels in 1800 threw a Imll weighing ON pounds, with an initial velocity of 1,570 feet per second, and an energy ot 1,100 foot tons. Now ini tial velocities in high power guns have been increased to 3,100 feet: projectiles at the maximum weigh as much as 2,300 pounds, and in some cases are propelled b v charges of nearly half a ton of powder, while the 1 10-tem gurts of the lienbow reach an energy of about IK),(KXI foot tons. Passing over the triumphs obtained by in termediate calibres, which were remarkable in their day, we find that the largest French .steel guns, such ns are used for the arma ment of the Terrible, completed at Brest, the Itequin, built at Bordeaux, the Indomit able, built at I ..’Orient, and the Caiman, finished at Toulon, weigh each about 76 tons. They deliver a projectile weighing 1,71(1 pounds, with a muzzle velocity of 1.739 feet per second anil a muzzle energy of 30,000 foot tons. The guns arc rified breech loaders. The French have other powerful guns, those constructed on tho Range sys tem 1 icing well known. The Armstrong guns now mounted for service in the Italian armor-dads Duilio, Dandolo, Italia and Is panto weigh 100 tons each, and throw a projectile of 2,090 pounds. These have long been familiar, but the later broech-kiading gnus are improvements over the early muzzl" loaders. The most pow erful of them take a powder charge of about 772 pou’n! % and have an initial velo city of 1,835 feerqier second, and a muzzle energy of 51.000 foot tons. Guns of 105 tons have been made at Klswiek for tho Francesco Lauria, the Andrea Dona, and tho Morosiui. Li these the Weight of tlie charge is 9ijo pounds, tho weight of the pro jectile 2,01)0 pounds, tho muzzle velocity 2,019 feet per second, tlie muzzle energy 56,547 foot tons. The will undoubtedly prove most formidable weapons. The largest Krupp gun weighs nearly 110 tons. It is over 46 feet long, has a calibre of 15% inches, and tires a shot weighing 2,314 pounds, with a muzzle velocity of I/O!) feet. The maximum olevation gives it a range of nearly 7% mi);*. Its power of penetration into'wrought iron is estimated at about 41 inches at the muzzle, 31 inches at the distance of 1,100 yard-, and 30 inches at 2,000 yards. At the distance of threo miles its striking average is still about 24,000 foot tons. The Italians have two of these guns mounted in a shore battery, for which purpose they are intended. The English 110-ton gun, manufactured at Els wick, is about 41 feet long, and its actual weight 247,795 pounds. The screw block, removed in loading, weighs 2% tons. The pro.fectile is a holt weighing 1,800 pounds, and 10% inches in diameter. With 850 [xmnds of powder the actual muzzle velocity atSained was 2.078 feet, and the muzzle en ergy 34,000 foot tons; so that with 950 pounds, which the gun is constructed to use, an energy on the projectile of 62.700 foot tons is expected. Tlie recoil of the gun is very small. The British also have a power ful new gun in their 63-ton steel breech loader, which will be carried on the Itodney. It is expected to throw a 10%-inch shot, of 1,250 pounds, with a powder charge of 580 pounds, and M*utain 2,100 foot muzzlo ve locity. Should these expectations be real ized, this gun. though much lighter, will be more destructive than the 80-ton gun of the Inflexible, which takes a projectile of 1,700 pounds, with a cartridge of 150 pounds, reaching a muzzle velocity of 1,600 feet. It is said that the next step attempted iii heavy gun construction will bo that of a 150-ton monster, this project being attribu ted to tin- Essen works. It would throw a shell six feet long, weighing a ton and a half. There are also some guns under con struction which are expected to accomplish great results on somewhat now theories as in the ease of the one manufactured for Col. Hope. This is to take an enormous powder charge, and to have correspondingly great penetrative effect. But without going into the possible successes of the future, those which have already been achieved arc sullieieutly astonishing. Charleston Whiffs. A fair sample of the rice grown on 825 acres of W. 11. Bischotf & Dro.’s plantation on Pon-Pon river, was received in the city Thursday. The sheaf measured six feet in height, and the tract is said to bo good for from 45 to 50 bushels per ucre. The schooner E. C. A. True, from Kenne bec, Ms.. arrived,here Thursday afternoon with 1.1")0 tons of ico for 11. Bayer & Hon. The True is one of tho largest schooners plying at this port. On one occasion she brought 1,600 tons of coal for Win. John ston & Cos. Mr. Morton A. Waring, a guest at the Pavilion Hotel, states that about 4 o’clock .Thursday afternoon lie was robbed of 825, 810 of which was in cash and 815 in the form of a draft. Mr. Waring, alter changing his coat, had left Ins room and gone to the barbershop; oil his return lie had occasion to examine his coat, and found t hat his purse was missing. Mr. Waring has stopped payment of the draft, hut says he has received uo satisfaction for tho loss of his money, Charleston merchants are preparing for a grand gala week in Octolier next for tho re ception and entertainment of the people of ■South Carolina, and those portions of Geor gia and North Carolina which trade with Charleston. All classes of the community express t heir approval of the plan, and it is probable tliut n meeting will be held at on early day to put the machinery in motion and manage the affair. Everybody, in cluding the railroads, will lend a helping hand, and the people of the entire Stats* will have an opportunity of going down to see the "relics'* of their metropolis. Special excursions will be run at le. per mile, each way, from ('harie.ston to Spar tan burg on Aug. 1, the tickets being gool to return until Aug. 4 inclusive, nnrlanother on Aug. 4, tho tickets for the latter being good to return until Aug. 7 inclusive. The fare from Charleston to Spartanburg anil return on each of theso excursions will lie 81 45, the di il'inee from Charleston to Spar tanburg being 223 miles. The tickets will Ik* s ild only for tho regular train leaving Charleston at 4:53 p. in. These excursions ale lor the lxaietlt of jmrsons who will at tend the Farmers' Encampment atSpartau -I’urg. _ A Clear Complexion. How can you expect a eleur complexion when the blood is lull of impurities ami the stomach clogged? Tile blood becomes im pure liecause the liver does not net properly and work off the jsilson from the system, ini'l I In* certain results are blotches, pimples and eruptions. Purify the blood with .Sim mons Eiv. v. Regulator, and regulate t lie liver, stomach and bowels, and then the skin w ill become clear. Ailvico to Mothers. Mrs. Window' Hootin'ig Hvnn should always tv used when children are cutting I'Vf.ll. It relieves the little suffer at once; it plvdtie"S natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from min and tho little cherub uwaken a-. "bright as a button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes tho ehild, softens the gums, allays all pain, r.- lieies w iod, rugulatcs tho Inovels, and is tho lust known remedy for diarrhu'a, whether arising from toothing or other causes. 25 c ents a bottle. Bomovul. The famous New York Clothing House, now at 140 Congrisss Ht, will remove. Sept. 1, to No. 144, i-omerof Whitaker. Theou tii'c St ■*k oil. 4ut New York c -4, '> cl,wo out. Store for rent n*w fixtures tor stile. GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS. Matters of Money and Management About Various Lines. Mnj. C. B. Fenwick was in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, in the interest of lii.s proposed railroad and is accompanied by Mr. C. It. Knight, the chief engineer. He reports the linal survey and completion of the profile from Rolleston, opposite I’alatka, to Nor walk, where the road will cross the St. Johns river, a distance of eighteen miles, and savs that the grading will lie com menced between Melaka and Rolleston within two weeks. It will lie completed as far as surveyed by Nov. 1. In connection with the road they propose to operate a line of exclusively day steamers between Welaka and Silver 'Springs on the (Jckla waha, making AVclaka the terminus of the line instead of having the steamers run dow nto Falatka. They will also run a lino of steamers between welaka, Georgetown and Drayton Island. At a recent meeting of the stockholders of the Buena Vista and Rllaville railroad the following directors were elected: James M. Lowe, M. Hair, J. N. Chonoy. J. R. Mc- Michael, IV. I). Murray (of the old board), E. M. Butt, U. B. Harrold. M. Speer, J. \V. Wheatly, N. A. Smith, W. B. Baglry W. A. Black and R. J. Perry. The last seven named directors are from Amerieus, and were elected by Mr. U. B. Harrold, who is a director in the Central road, and voted the 1,100 shares held by that company. At a meeting of tho new board U. B. Harrold was elected President and James M. Lowe Vice President. It is the general impression that tho Central road intends making tho extension from Buena Vista to Columbus, that it may have a short lino from Birming ham to Jacksonville, Fla., via Albany, and to compete with the Columbus Southern. A meeting of the citizens of Green ville, S. C., was held Thursday night in the interest of the Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railroad. Hon. J. B. Humbert, of Laurens, Hon. W. C. Benet, and several members of the firm of Susong & Cos. were present, and the status of the road and its prospects were discussed at length, and it was decided to hold a mass meeting the next afternoon to appoint a committee to make arrangements to secure a sufficient number of signatures to a petition asking for the question of a county subscription in aid of the road to bo sub mitted to tho people of the county. It was the general opinion of all present tho pros pects of the road arc growing brighter every day, as it is now certain that the people of Knoxville realize the great importance of this line to them, and they have given tho most positive assurances of a liberal sub scription. One day this week Hon. W. T. Orman was in receipt of a telegram from Mr B. F. Howland, dated New* York, in which was asked, ‘'Will you authorize mo to use tho charter of the Apalachicola and Alabama railroad?’ says tho Apalachicola (Fia.) Times. Tho telegram was replied to in the affirmative. The milk in the coeoanut is this: When Mr. Orman was in Tallahassee, in conversation with leading capitalists and Mr. Howland the subject or the Apa lachicola and Alabama railroad was brought up. Mrc Orman told theso gentlemen that it' any reliable company would take hold of this road and build it, the incorporators would turn over the road, with its franchise of lIi,(XX) acres of State lands to the mile to them. Furthermore, that if an opportunity for placing the charter came to hand they were to let him know at once. Following on the heels of this is the telegram of Mr. Howland, and judging from the records, Mr. Howland lias caught on to the opportunity to place tho charter and franchise in the hands of capi talists who will build the road. Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia: RAIN Local rains, stationary-temperature, winds generally northerly, except southerly at coast stations. Comoarisoa of mean temperature at Savan nah. July*!). 1887, and tho mean of sumo day for flfleeu years. _ | Deparruro Total Mean Temperati re | from tho Departure Moon Sinco for 15 years Juiy iiO. *tT.' --or Jan. 1,1887. 83.0 i 79 8 | 3 7 | til.3 i Jomp&rative rainfall Btatement: Mean I lady Amount . D. -vu-'uro Amount tor for Mean Since lb Years. July .J 87. or _ |.j a ,i. 1, 1887. ,!7 I 124 I -|- 107 ! -1.695 Maximum temperature 84.5, minimum tern perature 70.5. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. ia. yesterday (Augusta time) was 14 0 feet—a rise of S.O during tho past twenty-four hours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 31 itours end ing tjp. m., July 2'J ISS7, 73th Meridian time. Distkicts. | Average, name. ! N sta f ' Max p ' ai “- lions. Tcll, l* Tom P fait 1. Wilmington 11 ir> ?x* .33 U. Charleston b 81 74 .07 3. Augusta 13 B*3 3.5 2 4. Savannah 21 81 73 .87 5. Atlanta I*3 81) 70 1.10 0. Montgomery 0 90 72 .07 7. Mobilo j 9 % 7V .0(i 8. New Orleans 1 J 1 99 74 .00 9. (ialvcHton i 20 90 74 .01 10. Vicksburg 5 90 74 .00 11. Little Rock. II 00 70 01 I*3. Memphis . 19 90 i0 .03 Averages 1 | 90.7 73.9 59 Observations taken at the wno moment of time at all stations. Say anxah, July : . •• p. u clty time. Tempera? un\ Direction. ] V • i' citj . ; PJ Rainfall. Name or Stations. Pert land 04 SK . I . Foggy. Poston 70 3AV .. O'M.'loar. Plork Island ... 71 New York city . 1 7(1 .S ' ill Cloudy. Philadelphia . 82 W . ..cloudy. Washington city S . ('liar. • Korf. iMc 7h S \V 70 ( I var. Charlotte 72 E i 0 01 Cloudy. Hut terns 1 7 S .Pair. Wilmington. sHri\V ... Clear. ('hurleston ........ I 82 SW 00 . .. Cloudy. Augusta i'l Xli li KO Kaiaiu ;, Savannah 70 S 1■- ill Threatenin'! .lueksonvillo To S 1* 700 Cloudy. Titusville 70 3 W 81.32 Cloudy. Kev West 1 82 .... 1 . pair. Atlanta 70 N is laHm'iiing. Pensaoolu i HI. E 12 . Fair. Mobile ho w, i'l ci"ur. Montgomery 7(. 2 . clear. Vicksburg . ...' (W XW . Clear. New Orleans i 84 W H Cie ir. Shreveport ! i-s (Tear. Kurt Smith Ks s Clear. Galveston ! M3\V . Clear. Corpus Christl ...I SI'S I 8 ...Clear. Palestine i si S J 1 . .'Clear. Drownesvlllo ] 80S H y Clear. ltiowrande j 0 Knoxville I TONE Oil Cloudy. Memphis ! HI Jf\V ... Clear. Nashville R N II . 1.... Fair. Louisville I 88 N E . Char. Indianapolis SO E ... clear. CiiieinnuU ! Mi S K dear Pittsburg 78 W Clear. lliiftalo 72 N F Clear. Cleveland 7'n , Clear Marquette- ' 70 S W Clear. Chicago Id S Clear. Duluth [ 06 NW ; .01 Cloudy. !• Dnul ' 7 s W Fair Davenport i w, B (dear. Cairo ; 84 ri ..' ,(“2(dear. hi Lott is no s ... ( Hear. Leavenworth... . sh s .. clear. Omaha 82 N 'cloudy. \ auktou TON IV .lit Clear. Hlsmarclt no w Fair. Deadwood 1 f;s,H\v . Clear. Cheyenne ! 01 s .Chur! North Platte . TI N Fair. Dodge City I 80 S Ch ar. Santa Fe | 70 S . . Clear. U. N. SAUsnenr Signal Coriis, C.s. ArniyT 1 - - - • - A YOI’KOHTKR Mit watrliuik* lm mother while s)n> “pitted** cherries. >he tuiiiverUMiiiv ono without removing tho stone. Hopeful i:u iivMuuiy j'i.urd it mu, with the i*mirk: "Moiv i- one von didn't unbutton, mamma.* i 'l.iccr:<t Ti ibunr. SPECIAL NOTICES, JJ.VsL BALL Tli-UAV. AMATEURS vs. WARRENS. AT BASE BALL PARK, 4:30 O’CLOCK. Admission 25 cents, Boys 13c. Ladies Free. NOTICE. DR. E. H. NICHOLS Will be absent from the city UNTIL SEPTEMBER IST. FOR SALE. House and Lit in WalthourvUlo, Ga. Apply to J. B. MALLARD, Walthourville, Ga. THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE,, 3 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of tho Morkixg News, embracing JOB AND BOOK PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING, BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURING, is the most complete in the South. It is thorough ly equipped with the most improved machinery, employs a large force of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of papers of all descriptions. These facilities enable the establishment, to execute orders for anything in the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con sistent with good work. Corporations, mer chants, manufacturers, mechanics and basinets men generally, societies and committees, are requested to get estimates from the MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send ing their orders abroad. J. 11. ESTILL. RECEIVER’S NOTICE. Barbkuville, Fla.. July 27tU, 1887. All parties holding claims against the firm of BROWN & ODUM, of Barberrilte, Florida, are hereby notified to send in same at once to me. By order of the court. JOSEPH LICHTENSTINE, Receiver. CONTRACTORS WANTED. Parties wishing to contract for the piling on the Savannah, Dublin arid Western railroad will address JOHN A. A. WEST, General Manager. G 6 Bay street, Savannah, Ga. NOTICE TO OWNERS.OF DOGS. City ok Savannah, I Office Clekk of Council, July 23. 1887. f The collection of the dog tax having been ac compiished heretofore with considerable diffi culty, and the efforts made in this direction by the eit v authorities having resulted in a partial collection only, notice is hereby given that in order to secure th<’payment of " tlie tax on all the dogs in the city, the authorities will pro ceed, on and after tile first day of August, 11-87. to place on the information docket for trial in tin Police Court, all jx'rsons owning dogs who have failed to make an turn thereofas provided by tho ta-x ordinance for lte'7. nwuers of dogs are requested to come forward ui once and pay the tax. No further notice will be given. By order of the Mayor. FRANK K. REEARER. Clerk of Council. DK. UEMIY 8 COLDIAO, , DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton rtreets. U LAI Eli's LIYEii IOItIIECTDR. This vegctablo 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 bo excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. Si 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, SL D„ Pharmacist. Savannah, Ga. COTTON SEE It WANTED. COTTON SEED WANTED r r , HF. SO T ~TWPN COTTON OIL COMPANY I will pay tli*‘ highest market price for clean, sound * M YTT( IN SEJ D The Company will have mills in operation at the following points in time to crush 111* .SOU son s crop of Seed, viz.: Savannah, Georgia. Columbia, South Carolina. Atlanta, Georgia. Montgomery, Alabama, New Orleans, Louisiana. Memphis, Tennessee. Little Bock, Arkansas. Houston, Texas. For sale of Seed, or with reference to See 1 Atc‘tiejes, address SOUTHERN (.’OTTOS OIL ('OMPAN Vat any <>f theal>• >ve jxdnts,r(f'TTX SI.MoNS. '1 ravelin;' A^ent, lor tie* CARo UNAS air! OKidpilA, with headquarters at ATLANTA, OEOKUIA. THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO. 'Stats op Weather. HOTELS. MEW HOTEL TOON I, (Formerly St. Murk's.' Newman Street, near Day, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTER AND SUMMER. r IM!K MOST central Houso in the city. Near J. I'ost Offli*, Street Cars ami all Ferrlos. New ami El.rraut i iiruiturj. Elcetrio Dells, Baths, Etc. sii 00 to $-'i per day. JOHN D, TOO XI, Proprietor. DUB'S SCREVEN HOUSE. r PHIS I’OpCLAR Hotel is now provided wiLli k u rnsseimer Elevator (the only one in too city) and has boon remodeled and newly fur nished. The proprietor, who lv recent purchase is also the owner of the establishment, spares licit her pains nor e:<q*ense in the entertainment of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. Tim table of tho bT veil House is supplied with every luxu**y that the market. 0 , at liumo or abroad can afford. MARSHALL HOUIK SAVANNAH, - - GA. | 1 FO. It I’< >l>( iICS, Proprietor. Formerly of " I the Met rop*l it an Hotel. Mew York, Mint the (iriind Vuipn. Saratoga Springs. Local ion con tral Ail parts of the city anil plucrs of intur •*ti accessible l iv street ears eointantiy passing the d*ors. Special iiidae-inenla to those wait ing tiie city to; jiiBmc:.j or pleasure. THE MORRISON HOUSE. One oL the iairgtt Hoarding Houses in the South. \FFORDS pi ■•asant South rooms. board " itli P ire Artesian W it< r ut prices to suit j tinuie wishing tabl •. regular or transient accom modation* Northeast corner Lrotightoti and , L>ray ton streets, opposite Marshall Houmo. r pO(A)I‘NTY OFFICERS Book* and llhtnkti i re/juired by eounty <l deers fr theiiMoof t he court.', or lor oIIm o us--. snnrdtiHl to or<ler oy the MOItMNii NEW.. PRLSTINU UUUSE, S ' Whitaker street, Savannah. sUMMKK RESORTS* OCEAN HOTEL TYBEE ISLAND, GA Soil battling uusurpussed nu Atlantic Const. Comfortable rooms. Fare the best the market affords. GEO. it. HODGES, Proprietor. ELDER HOUSE IXDIAX SPKIYG, Gr^Y. A. ELDER, Proprietor. Season of 1887. * * • Our bedrooms are large and airy and have been much unproved by repainting them •.nd placing blinds on the windows. The table is tirst clans: service prompt and polite; climate pood; no mosquitoes or sandbies; good Laud • f music through flic season. The water is un equaled in America, and we refer with confi dence to anyone who has given it a trial. F<r analysis, terms, etc., address ED. A. ELDER, Manager. * S. G. HEALY~&T CO., I’RORRIETOKS, SALT SPRING, NEAR AUSTELL GEORGIA. \\l ATFR almo ;t a specific for Dyspepsia, Kid > > ney Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases Ordei-s for water and all information addressed to the firm at Austell, Ga. THE COLUMBIAN, SARATOGA SPRINGS. TIIE'FAVOKITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAIILVNS Opens June 727311a. JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor. C JENTRAL 11()TEL, ROME, GEORGIA. (PAPTAIN J. M. KINDRED, Into of Calhoun l Georgia, and C. H. LEFTWICH, of Knox villc. Tfiin., Proprietors. Both commercial travelers for yours, aud fully posted as to tho wants of the public. Come and see ns. NEW YORK BOARD. 1 7Aa AND 1,707 Broadway, corner 54th. * • e vil Home kept by a Southern lady: locu tion desirable. Refers by permission to Col. John Screven, Savannah. r rifK WHITLOCK HOUSE, in Marietta, Ga, 6 combines privileges and conveniences of a first class hotel, and the comforts and pica sires 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 I Jeorgia for the accommodations. M. G. WHITLOCK. Owner and Proprietor. r I"'UE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Roik>7 * C. In the mountains of North Carolina. 4.000 feet above tho sea. Easily accessible. -Medi cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the season. For information address WATAUGA HOTELCO., Blowing Rock. N, 0. ’PIIOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, 1 Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay’ N.Y . "Unquestionably the finest location in-otha Thousand Islands.”—Horper’s iwp/., 1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. 11. F. INGLEHART, Proprietor. PANDA HOUSE, NEW YORK, 11 Lafayette V Place Centrally located: American plan; large Southern patronage; a really select, gaol bouse, from jfl 50 tier day. Write for Circular. W. W. UKQUHAKT. Proprietor. EXCIUSIONS. International Steamship Cos. Line —OF— “ Palace Steamers’' BETWEEN Boston, Portland, East port and St. John, N. 8., With Connections to all Parts of the Provinces. * PORTLAND DAY LINE. Steamers leave Commercial Wharf, Boston, S:.T* a. si . every Monday, Wednesday and I*ri day for l*onlaud, making the trip in 7 hours, affording excellent coast scenery. EASTPOJiT AND ST. JOHN LINE. Steamers leave Boston 8:30 a. m.. and Portland sr. every Monday. Wednesday and Friday for Eastix rt and St/John. ST. JOHN DIRECT LINE. A steamer \u 11 leave Boston every Thursday at 8 a 11. lor St. John direct. ANNAPOLIS LINK. A steamer will leave Boston every Monday and Thursday at Ba. m. lor Annapolis N. 8., con necting for Yarmouth, Digby, Halifax, etc. J. B. COYLE, Jk., E. A. WALDRON. ?lana; r (*r. Portland, Me. (Ten. Pass. Agt. Grand Sunday Excursion . TO BEAUFOIiT. CTEAMER POPE CATIJN will leave wharf it f ( „.t AlH‘re'rn street on BFNDAY, JULY .11 xt, at' o'clock a. m., alfording a Unu view of •11 the points of interest on the route. Faiv rouud trip 75c. Refreshments served on board. This boat can be chartered for excursions. Ctotti ai Savaniiali Summer Excursions Commencing SUNDAY. MAY Pirn, this Corn patty will sell round trip tickets to CHARLESTON, BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL, By following Trains ana at following Rates: By train leaving Sundays only, at 0:45 a. m.; re turning, leave Charleston at 3:35 p. it., Port Royal 3:89 und Beaufort 3:45 P. m. same day fl By train leaving Sunday only at 6:13 a. m.: re turning, leave Charleston Monday morn ing S2 01) By train leaving Saturday at 8:21 P. M.: return ing, leave Charleston Monday morning. By train leaving Saturday at 12:20 P. M.: return ing, leave Cltarleston Monday morning 3-i 0 Tickets for sale at WSI. BREN'S. Bull sfreet and at Depot. E. P. McSWINEY. Gen. i’ltss Agent. DYES. LADIES! ~ I AO vour own Dyeing, at linme, with i Fl-n --t i.K DYES. They will dye everj-tUW They are sold everywhere. Price 10c. a packaie* —to'colors. They‘have tio equal for strengtn, l.i ightneus, amount in packages, or for fasti** of color, or non-fading qualifies. They uo crock or smut. Fur sate fiy B. F. Ulmer. 51. re Pharmacist, corner Broughton and H ,m fre streets; P. B. Rkid, Dniggist mid Apotn eary, corner Jones und Alwrcorn stree . Upward J. Knm:ii. Druggist, corner w Itromt and Stewart stiv, ts. ' - M'MITH. LUMBER! LUMBER! '■[■’llE undersigned is now prepared to furnljjj ! I.umlier of all deseript lons, aecnrate sowed l ) fifty feet in length, fillers earnesw xolicltcd. l’ruiiiptneaa guanuitoed. Mhl \ , i’. and L. Railroad, thirteen mile" > roß .kmerieiu, Ga. J. W. BAILEY, Tub, fiumtev couutv.