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6 GEORGIA AM) FLORIDA. NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS. An Effort to Bo Made to Close tho Barrooms at Rome After January 1. —The Havoc Played By the Floods Among the Crops in Various Parts of the State. GEORGIA. Gen. George S. Black, of Augusta, was buried IVednesilay. At Clarksville the high water has carried away the bridge, dam, rare, dye house, etc., of the Seque woolen mills. The Empire Lumber Company will in a few days commence the erection of three largo dry kilus at their mills near Frazier. The tax of Houston county for 1887, as assessed by the County Commissioners, for county'purposes amounts to 8 18,587 08. Col. L. A. Hall has been employed to de fend James Osburn, of Wilkinson county, charged with the murder of Isaac Collins. He succeeded in having Osburn admitted to bail. A fine shepherd dog, belonging to B. P. Blanton, of Griffin, attempted suicide Tues day night bv jumping from the second story veranda. The cause is supposed to be the illness of its master. Purine the llood thousands of the finest ■watermelons drifted down the river. At Prinoeton Factory, Athens, a sein was stretcheri across the stream and a great many melons were caught. Within the next three weeks the Dalton flouring mills will begin work, operating the new roller process. A large force of workmen are engager! in rapidly placing tho new machinery in position. The wheat yield in Whitfield county, though not as large acreage seeded down aw usual, was a remarkably heavy one, and more has been brought to market thus far this year than for a number of years past. Chattanoogans are arranging to build a dummy railroad from the nearest point on the Western and Atlantic road to Catoosa Springs. This would make the springs more convenient of access, and increase their popularity as a resort. The heavy rain which fell on last Tues day night caused a break in the milidam of Knox Proa., near Aloova, and their flue pond was reduced to the run of the creek. About forty feet of the dam was carried away, which is quite a heavy loss. In Clarke county the injury to crops by the rain-and high water is fully as serious as thought on lottom land, but uplund corn and cotton are not seriously impaired. Our farmers will reap much better crops than they did last year, in spite of this drawback. The saw mill of M. A. Walker & Cos., located in Pond Town district, Dodge county, was destroyed by fire on Wednes day night last. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiarv. The loss is heavy with no insurance. The mill will be rebuilt and In operation within a few weeks. Tlie freshet played havoc with Pope Wat son’s crop, up the river from Hawlciimdlle on tie Chauneey farm. He liad thirty acres or more of corn that promised a yield of thirty bushels per acre, nearly all of which is now covered with water. In addition to tills, nearly all of his fencing has boon ■yyashed away. Capt. P. E. Boyd, of Leary, was in Paw son last Sunday. He stated that three re liable gentlemen rode over and closely in spected Primus Jones’ cotton fields three weeks after his first I vile had been pulled, and that not an open boll of cotton nor a burr from which cotton had been picked could be found on all his premises. Extensive preparations are being made for a reunion of the surviving member* of the companies from Lincoln county who fought in the war between the States. The reunion will take plaoe at Lineolnton on Aug. 11, when a big barbecue will be given. All the old veterans from the adjoining counties have been invited to attend, also. Ben Murphy, a colored lad about 13 years old, suffered a serioua accident on Saturday afternoon last while attempting to jump from a flat car on the Amoskeag tram road, a few miles from Eastman. The boy jumped from the train while it was in motion, and bv some means fell tieucath the ponderous wheels, literally crushing liis left leg just below the knee joint. Quite a curious incident happenod in tho •tore of C. H. Moore, at Perry, one dav last week. Just one week before he hail pur chased a lot of eggs, and had them in a bowl in one of his front windows. That morning he heard the ohirpiug of a chicken, and investigating, found some of the eggs hatching. Four chickens were hatched out, and one of them is now alive and thriving. J. C. Williams, of the Willmoro Lumber Works, suffered a very painful accident last Friday. He was superintending the load ing or a car with lumber, and by some care less movement of an employe, Williams was struck by a 4by 6 scantling under the chin, causing him to almost bite the cud of his tongue off. The unfortunate gentleman Smx -ceded at once to Macon to have his in uries treated. There is said to he a movement on foot to close the barrooms of Koine on Jan. 1 next. As is already known several of the bar rooms have licenses from the city until next April, but the State license* expire on Jan. 1. The ail voce, tee of prohibition say that the saloons cannot run after the first cif next year without violating the law, ns it will be impossible to have State licenses granted after January. The recent rains have, of course, dam aged the growing ootton crop* in Dougherty county, more or less, and in some fields con siderable injury has ensued, but the pru dent conservative farmers estimate the in jury as slight There will be, beyond |>er adventure, a fair crop harvested, and Al bany will receive BO per cent, more cotton by wagon during the approaching season than last. The expectations of lurge re ceipts in August at Albany will not bo re alized, as the wet weather has set bock the maturity some ten days. The steamer Stewart came near meeting with a serious accident one day last week on her return trip from Abbeville. At a point near CJrady’s shoals the boat struck on a rock, knocking a hole in the hull under the bow, through which the water began to pour at a rapid rate, hut fortunately it was aooA discovered and the punqis were put to work. The water was thus kept checked until a plunk could be nailed over the hole and tho leakage (Ironed, when she proceeded on her way to Huwkinsville without further trouble. During the flood n number of cattle on Mansfield’s farm in Bibb county attempted to swim out of the swamp, and coining to a high bnrlmd wire fence, it drove them back. They then swam over the bars nnd into the yard, and found the hayloft so near the level of the water that they scriuiibled into It. To-day when parties visited tho farm they found that tho waters had recoded, ieavingthe cows high and dry on top of tho hay. They h. 1 -i ot this during the days of the overflow, and were apparently quite contented with their elevated station. The principal keeper has been notified of the ev iiiie of a white convict named Rich ard Jac kou, from the camp at liresston, la-low Macon. Jackson was from Miller county uud was sent up for life for murder. Hi* physical condition being such as to un fit litm for manual labor, be was not re quired to do much work, only occasionally I<i mg called upon to work in the garden. A few day* ago he won plowing turnips in tho garden of the camp, and when no one was observing him, let down the fence, got on the mule and quietly rod* away. Jackaon has not been heard from since. Dalton Citizen: We have taken pain* to inquire of citizens from every part of the county as to the condition of the crops, and the replies have almost invariably been tho same— *'crops were never better at this sea son of tlie year.' 1 Cotton is doing oxcoje ttonally well, and corn i* about os fine as tin) land is capable of producing, In fact, the prospect of good crops of every kind w* m vur more wowUiug, aud without au aei ..lent, too much rain or some other crop ; calamity, the farmers of this section will be j in a better condition another year tiian they i have been since the war. Louis Gilbert (colored), who lives ou ths i plantation of J. T. Reeves, near Lawton ville. in Burke county, committed murder on Tuesday by beating and kicking to death Ia 7-year-dld step-daughter, named Laura j Foreman. He got into a frenzy over some I trifling act of iTisobetlicace, and boat the I child to death. The verdict of the jury at tho inquest was willful murder. Ha at- I tempted to escapo after committing the | crime, but was captured, and is now safely | in jail. The killing was exceedingly heart less and brutal, as narrated by the helpless mother of the child and wife of the mur derer, who stood by and appealed to him to desist and not kill her child. Elberton Gazette: It commenced raining here in the afternoon oil Thursday of last week, and with the exception of short in tervals between showers, has continued to rain until this, Tuesday morning. Tho crops ot bottom lands luive nearly all been under water since Friday last, and it is thought they will boa total loss. The dam age to crops in this county is estimated at from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO. On Friday a miniature cyclone passed a few miles liolow Elberton, blowing down houses, trees, fences, and destroying the crops in its track. No person was injured that we have heard of. The loss is very heavy upon those whose erojws were ou bottom lands. Wednesday Comptroller Gonoral Wright received digests from the following coun ties: DoKalb county returns $3,801,810, an increase of $30,034; Heard county returns $1,001,013, an increase of $3,044; Oconee county returns $1,021,005, an increase of $55,454; Burke county returns $2,885,031, an increase of $111,408; Fannin county re turns $520,033, an increase of $10,395; Cher okee count y returns $1,9:50,829 a decrease of $29,227; Whitfield county returns $2,231,- 414, a decrease of $131,848; Hancock coun ty returns $2,655,303, a decrease of $20,019. The aggregate increase of the eight coun ties yesterday was only $24,141, which, ad ded to the $3,483,777 previously noted, makes a total increase to date of $3,507,918. The hard rains of tho jmst few days have damaged the corn crop of Lincoln county to the amount of 50 per cent. All the bottom lands have been revered with water for three days, consequently the crops on the water courses are completely ruined. Tho Savannah river at Lincoln is higher than it has ever been known to be in years, and Little river is seven feet higher than it has ever risen liefore. Dill’s mills, on this river, have been completely washed uivay, and all the other manufactories seriously damaged. The rains also damaged the cotton crop to a considerable extent by washing and beat ing, and three chimneys in town were un dermined by the rains and fell. Up to this time the crop prospects in the county for the year had never lieen better, but the rains have played havoc with them, and the farmers are fooling very blue. Covington Star: An almost unprece dented rain-storm has prevailed in this sec tion, as well as throughout the entire State, since last Wednesday evening. Over 16 inches of water have fallen at Covington up to this writing, Monday, with no prospect for an early abatement. Tho country is completely flooded, and great damage has been done the crops, bridges, and other property. Tho streams are higher thau they liuve ever been known before, even by “the oldest inhabitant." The crops adja cent to tho rivers have been submerged for several days, and are completely ruined. We cannot particularize, but all our poo ple having bottoms lands near the rivers in cultivation, have been grout sufferers, and some have lost all their crops. The louses in Covington are not very heavy, and consist mainly mtbe destruction of foot, bridges, washed, streets and side walks, leaky houses and flooded cellars. The Georgia railroad is a heavy sufferer in our county, and it will be some time before the damage can be repaired. T(ie culvert over Cornish creek, between Covington and Alcova, is washed out, with about 150 feet of the embankment, which is 70 feet high at that point. All travel lias been temporarily suspended, and we have had no mails from Augusta since Friday. A transfer of mails and passengers was effected on Monday morning. It is impossible at this time (Monday) to form a correct estimate of the losses iii this county. Wo do not believe they will fall far short of SIOO,OOO. Tho following is the programme for the summer mooting of the State Agricultural Society to be held at Canton Aug. 9, 10 and 11: First day—Convention ojtens with prayer at 10 o’clock a. m. Address of wel come by Col. W. H. Perkinson, of Wood stock, Ga. Response for the conven tion by Capt. J. G. McCall, of Quitman, Ga. Privilege motions. Semi annual address by President Livingston. Roll ealh-M and perfected. Adjournment for dinner. Afternoon session—An w hlress, “Disease Destructive to Domestic Animals, by Dr. J. N. Cook, veterinary surgeon, At lanta, Ga. An address, “The Farm and Fireside,” bv Maj. C. H. Smith, (Bill Arp), of CartersvUle, Ga. Reports of committees. New business. Resolutions mid miscella neous business. Adjournment. Night ses sion, experience meeting—All questions dis cussed under the ten minutes rule. Second day—Convention opens with prayer at 8:30 o’clock a. hi. Reports of special committees. An address, “Tlie Tariff and its Relation to the Farmer,” by R. J. Guinn, Esq., of Conyers, Ga. An address, "Law in its Re lations to Progress,” by Hon. W. C. Glenn, of Dalton, Ga. Miscellaneous business. Ad journment for dinner. Afternoon session— An address by Hon. Robert L. Berner, of Forsyth, Ga. An address, “Common Schools,” by Dr. Gustavus J. Orr, State School Commissioner, Atlanta. Discussion on reports of commutes. Unfinished business. Adjournment. Night session, experience meeting—All questions discussed under the ten minutes rule. Third day—Convention opens at B:3U o'clock a. m. An address, “Improvement of worn-out soils,” by I)r. L. Mattox, of Homerville. Report of experiments of tho University farm, etc., by Dr. W. J. Jones, of Athens. Miscellaneous business. Adjournment. Af ternoon session—Election of officers. Select ing plats: for next meeting. Discussion on any new or unfinished business. Report of the executive committee. Usual closing resolutions and ceremonies. FLORIDA. Burglars are busy ut Orlando. Tho amount of unpaid city taxes due IV latku is nearly $2,000. Tlie rain has materially affected the coring and gathering of fodder in Jefferson county. At Oakland C. H. Tilden has purchased an interest in the ding business of Milliol iaud & Harris. William .lames, of Jacksonville, is in Pen sacola to organize a Postof tho Grand Army of the Republic. In less than three month* from now the seventeen landings on Like Apopka will be increased to twenty. The new hotel at Mnuticalio is now 1 icing finished with rapidity, and will certainly be ready for winter tourists. At Auburudalo fine luke trout are easily caught with the live minnow since the heavy rains have cooled the waters. It is said that Tom Lloyd, of Lloyds, has a number of acre* planted in corn that will yield ut least UK) bushels per acre. Guava bushes are very heavily loaded nt Auburudalo, and later in the season tills fruit will bo more abundant thun over before. The Western Union telegraph wires are L ing extended along the line of the Grange licit railway from Oakland to Minueola and Clermont, George I. Davit and Mr. Wood, of Mount Pleasant, have innile two shipments of to bacco, weighing 2,009 itouudx, which was considered very fine leaf tobacco. All the county records, book* nnd papers were moved from Sanderson to the new court house Wedneuiay, and Maelenuy is the county seat of Baker county at last. Judge J. C. Tilton, judge of Yulce lands, bus been appointed by the Governor as nicest to knnet uiJ chuim. til wtttkn ou tho i THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. AUGUST 6, >BB7. Florida Southern railroad reserve lands ill Polk county. The tax levy In Jefferson county tlie pres ent year is j>s mill less than that of last year. The total assessment is as follows: State 44. j mill*, county (for all purposes) 10 mills—aggregate 14* i mills. The weather nt Branford is of a kind so utterly damp that crops of all kinds are suf • ering. Tlie fodder crop will be almost en tirely lost, and the effect of the constant ruins ou the cotton crop is most disastrous. The near crop in Jefferson county lias realized well, the shippers securing from $1 to $2 per bushel. Two or threo years hence Jefferson will place many thousand bushels on the market, and it will prove a lucrative source of income. The Governor lias made the following ap pointment* for Duval county: Loton M. Jones, to be Judge of the Cou..ty Criminal Court; A. W. Owens, to be County Solici tor; Courtland Buckman, to be Clerk of the Criminal Court, and T. A. MacDouell to lie State’s Attorney of the Fourth Judicial Cir cuit. The plans have been drawn, the brick ordered, and work will commence Sept. 1 on a round-house at Faintka for the Jack sonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company. This building will contain six stalls, that is space for the housing of six locomotives, and will bo located near the machine shops. The premises of Eli Williamson (colored) are among the most notable along the shore of John's lake. His fine vegetable garden, orange grove and nursery are among tlie finest in the State, in evidence of which it may lie stated that he has been offered $'45,000 for the place, which sum was re spectfully declined. Z. Adams it Cos., wholesale and retail grocers of Sanford, have received bill of lading for a lot of line teas imported direct from Japan, billed from Yokohama. This tea order was given by Messrs. Adams & Cos. to the drummer for the Japan house, and is the first direct importation ever made to Sanford. It comes through Macondray & Cos., of Han Francisco. The South Florida Railroad Company laid off tlie town of Auburnilale in admira ble style, with broad streets and avenues, and with drives on tho lake frontage. A park of eight acres was left with tho depot in the centre. Bermuda grass was planted on part of the purk, and it is now a beauti ful green sward. It is designed to further beautify and improve these grounds. Cattle are being killed daily by the fast trains on the South Florida railroad, near Fitzhugh station. The flooding of the low lands has driven them out, and they loaf on the track. The fast train Sunday night killed three fine oxen at one dash, and on Monday night the cowcatcher again swept the track clear. Horns and things in the ditch Lire circumstantial evidence that throe more lover.) of wire grass would graze no more. A rather dull looking "cracker” boy came into the Oakland post office the other day, who, as the sequel proved, was not so dull after all. Mr. Wise asked him what he would have. “Don’t want nuthiu,” said tlie boy. The Postmaster, being a little wag gish, said: “Dili you bring anything toput it in'” “No; nuthin’ to put that in, Va:jso the bottom of the basket is out!” Then Sir. Wise subsided, and there was silence “like unto death.” James McGuire, son of the late Sergeant McGuire of St. Augustine, is supposed to be wandering, while laboring nndor a stato of temporary insanity, in the swamp near Sweetwater, on tho Jacksonville, St. Augus tine and Halifax railroad, in a nude state. His clothes were run over by a freight train Wednesday morning between Sweet water and Suniterville, but nothing has been seen or heard from him. Sheriff Her nandez and a posse are out with the citizens living hi that neighborhood, hoping to find him. Reports from the farmers of Leon county give encouraging assurance that the recent heavy rains have not damaged the cotton crop as wo* feared. The piaut is retaining its fruit anil is growing stoadily. Tho yield so far is very fine and picking will soon be gin. Crepe of corn and other supplies for home consumption are unusually produc tive. Farmers are greatly encouraged at the prospects for relief from tho depression occasioned by the short crops of tlie past two year.*. The outlook for the increased prosperity of Leon county is very flatter ing, and all indications ixiint to permanent advancement of community interests. On Nov. 15, 1880, there was not a single building ou the present town rite of (4uk laiul, Orange county On the above date the first train of the Orange Belt railway reached the place, and at present it has a three-story hotel, with forty rooms, two boarding houses, seven stores, one newspa per and job office, one restaurant, one meat market, one billiard room a lurge and beautiful church is nearly completed, and a flue school building, to lie ready next season, is underway. Over forty residences are completed and about 350 ac tual residents in town. The general offices of the Orange Beit Investment Company and of tho Orange Belt railway are located there, with their extensive mills and shops. The town is rapidly growing, aud several heuvy investments have been made by Northern capitalists. A young man, seemingly from the rural districts, went into a saloon in Palatku and was Lintcred by one of tiic inmates to pluv a game of pool. The gentleman agreed and six games were played, all of which the countryman lost. He then started out and was asked it he wouldn’t take something, which invitation was accepted. Again the man started for Hie door, but was asked by the mixer of drinks if he did not in tend paying for the games of jksil ho had lost. Tlie answer was that tie did not owe anything. The barkeeper liecamo wnitliy and insisted upon payment, but without effect. The young man said he was going home, aud would not pay for the games, as'he had not wagered anything; that he thought they were playing for fun. By this time tlie liquor man’s blood was at a rod heat, and a blast of—not Sunduy school —words went forth upon tho head of the young mail, who finally invited his late antagonist out on tho street, but lie didn’t go. So tlie young man from the country quietly withdrew. Madison If reorder; Tlie mooted ques tion us to whether Jacksonville will be pre pared to handle the growing cotton crop sis-ms to bo tuking shape. Much interest lias lieen manifested in tno matter in tho cotton bolt of the State nnd as Jacksonville is, or rather should lit', the natural shipping isn't of Florida, tlie result of the discussion lias lieen unanimous among the proas that if proiicr preparations for handling the crop m Jacksonville are made that city would got the bulk of the present crop. Of course many cotton buyers are under obligations to factors in Savannah for favors received tho present ns well as in past years, which favors must lie reciprocated by sending them enough cotton to moot the demands made of thorn. This obligation settled they will bo free to dispose of the balance of the crop which passes through their liund3 ns they si*e lit. And ns business men they will see fit to ship through ports offering the greatest advantages for them. Savannah is prepared—Jacksonville, though being as above said, the natural seaport of Florida, is not. Sim Ims no cotton men, sho has no warehouses nor compresses. At Jacksonville Thursday some laborers were employed in cutting down a large tree, which sbxxl iu front of tlie Chester House, northeast corner of Adams and Julia streets. Capt, (A. Greraleaf, who boards in tbs Chester House, was watching their opera tion*. and seeing they were nhort-handed tix'k hold of one of tlie ropes attached to u fork in the tree to rentier the men soma as sistance. Whim everything was ready they commenced to pull on the ropes, tho tree began to tumble on an incline towards tho house, uud tho men fearing danger let go their rope* uud fled for safety. The Captain, like a hero, hold on to the rope*, and for a moment stood under thu tree, but on look ing up saw the huge monster faffing towards him. lie commenced to back, but hud gained a few steps only when ho fell on the flat of his Lick and tiio tree 'U over lum. Tiie spectators thought he was killed, but upon examination it woi found that by wane providential interference, the forks of the tree had fallen on either side of him, and the Captain, to the astonishment of all, lay be neath them unhurt, but badly scared, amis makes the fifth close call too Captain has hail during his life. A Detroit, Mich., special says: “It now' appears that Hon. Charles W. Jones, the distinguished Floridian, who has mode De troit his home for the past two years, has either suddenly become convinced that it is wise to practice economy iu liis old age, or has about reached the end of his financial tether. When Senator Jones came to De troit he engaged sumptuous and high-priced apartments at tho Russell House, which lie continued to occupy and pay for regularly *o long as he was able to make sight drafts monthly on the Fed eral Treasury for his Senatorial sti pends. When his official shoes were pulled off by Gov. Ferry and placed on the feet of Gen. Finley, the ex-Sonator began to grow less prompt in the payment of his hotel bills. Ho was dunned and dunned, and finally squared accounts with a check drawn by M. W. O’Brien, cashier of the Preple's Saving Bank, and also one of the trustees of the estute of the late Francis Palms, whose daughter's name has frequently been linked by gossips with that of the portly ex-Senator, and rumors of his infatuation for the young heiress spread broadcast over tlie country. It transpires that at the present time the ex-Senator is a debtor to tlie Russell House for himself and son two months’ board, and that lie has been frequently reminded that payment of the sum due would be appreciated, lie has paid no attention to their demands, and to-night it is announced that he has transferred linn self and bis son and their bags and baggage to the Griswold House, in which accommo dations are quoted at less than half the rate which tlie ex-Senator lias been promising to pay, and where he will occupy room CO, second floor, back. The change is looked upon by the ex-Senator’s friends as a big drop for the man who claimed to have the best part of Florida under his thumb, even though the Griswold ranks among hotels of the first class. Some time ago it was reported that all of Mr. Jones’ available funds consisted of three SI,OOO United States bonds, and that he had hypothecated them for his maintenance, which will probably account for the O’Brien check.” A SLICK OFFICIAL. He Keeps the Proper Incumbent of an Office Out. From the Pensacola (Fla.) Commercial. A story of official malfeasance is rejwrtod from the north end of tho county, the charges in which, if they can lie proved, will place the offender iu a bad predicament. It will be rememliered by the readers of the Commercial that a little bit terness had lieen engendered at Bluff Springs by the appoint ment of Camoron A. Moreno, Esq., as Post master at that place, aud it is in that con nection that the strange tale runneth. Mr. Moreno, who very recently received unofficial notive of his appointment, waited in vain for many days for his commission, having forwarded lus bond and other neces sary papers iu tho promises; tho failure of the paper to arrive, of course, prompted him to write to an intimate friend in this city, who replied, stating that the commis sion, as ho hail every reason to know, liad been forwarded. Strange to say, Mr. Mo reno never received tho reply; lie wrote to another frieud here asking him to see the gentleman first written to and inquire as to whether or not a reply to his letter had lieen mailed. The first gentleman then thought ho smelled a mouse, if not a long tailed, large-sized rat, and, acting upon his suspicions, he wrote another resilient of Bluff Springs, enclosing a letter to Mr. Moreno, which the latter received all right. He was informed that it was barely possi ble that his mail was being withheld by the then Postmaster V. D. Williams, that his commission and tlie letter formerly written by the gentleman were probably then at the Bluff Spring office, and that a little deci sion on the part-of himself would doubtless bring forth the documents. Mr. Moreno then went to the post office and informed Williams that he had authentic information to the effect that someone had been tam pering with his mail, mid that he intended finding out who it was; that his commission hid beau lor warded aud someone had done away with it. A few minutes afterward Williams went down to Moreno’s place of business and gave him two letters, one con taining his commission, the other the reply of the gentleman in this city to whom he had first written. Williams' explanation of the delay in delivery was that lie often shook the mail matter out on the floor, and that probably the two packages had bonne and into a trash pile under tho counter, where he had found them. A now phase appeared upon the whole matter. When Mr. Moreno glanced at his commission lie found that it boro date of Oct. 20, 1884. Ho immediately sat down and wrote the Postmaster General, asking an explanation, and he was informed that he had been appointed to tlie office on Oct. 20, 1884: that the oath of office blank bond, etc., liad been forwarded, and that iu a failure to hear from him, several letters ask ing an explanation of his refusal to act in the matter had been written him. Not one of those was received by Mr. Moreno. It appears that in 1884 Mr. Moreno was ail applicant for the office, but never hear ing that his application had borne fruit, lie quietly paid no more attention to the mat ter, thinking that Williams, who was then Postmaster,had been continued in the office. It is believed fiWm all of these facts that Williams, acting in his own interest, had withheld all of Moreno’s mail matter that might possibly throw any light upon the situation, anil kept himself in while he kept Moreno out lor nearly three yoais. The Faithful Retainer. From the Boston Transcript. 'ldle following Story come to the Listener from a Maino city, and it strikes him that, for once, he may break, in its behalf, the old rule never to call a story a good one be fore it is told: One evening, not long ago, there was ar rested in this city on old gentleman of po sition and cheery habits. Tho policeman said he liad found the old gentleman on the street very drunk. The complaint was en tered against him, but, as lie seemed to be able to get about, he was released on his re cognizance and si-nt homo in a hack, which be payed for with great alacrity. When his case came up iu court the only witnesses summoned to prove his condition were the policeman aim the old family servant of tho accused, a faithful and devoted retainer. The policemen bad given his testimony which w.is unqualifiedly to (lie fact of the old gentleman's intoxication. Then tho old servant wns called to the stand. There was a mingled expression of indignation on his countenance, lie testified flatly, to the surprise of the court room, that, tlnj old mail wus sober when he canio home. Tho prosecuting attorney proceeded to question. “You say that Mr wus sober when ho came home?” “Yes, sir.” “Did ho go to boil alone f” “No sir.” “Did you nut him to bed?” "Yes sir.” “And he was perfectly sober?” “Yes aii-.” “What did he say when you put him to bed ?” “He said good night." “Anything clsof” “Yes sir." "What was it? Toll us exactly what he said, every word.” “Uesaidii* how I was to wako and call him early for lie was to be Queen of tho May!” The court-room roared. And In spite of the old servant’s very (xisitivo testimony, the accused was convicted and fined. * Fragrant Kozodont Hardens and invigorates the gums, puri fies aud pe fume*, tlie breath, cleanse.*, iHiuutifies and preserves the teeUi from youth to old ugu, &fid by nil diuggizL. SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY —for— New York, Boston and Philadelphia. FASSAGE TO NEW YORK. CABIN S2O 00 EXCURSION 3!i 00 STEERAGE 10 00 FASSAGE TO BOSTON. CABIN S2O 00 EXCURSION 32 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (vu New Yoke). CABIN $22 BO EXCURSION. 36 00 STEERAGE 12 BO r pilE magnificent steamships of these lines 1 ore appointed to sail as follows—standard timer TO NEW YORK. TALLAHASSEE, Capt. IV. H. Fishes, SUN DAY, An?. 7th, at 8:00 A. a. CHATTAHOOCHEE, Cant. H C. Daooett, TUESDAY', Aug. 9, at 9:30 A. a. NACOOCHEE, Capt. F. Kehpton, FRIDAY', Aug. 12. at 12 X. CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt. F. Yu mi, SUN DAY, Aug. 14, at 1:30 P. a. TO BOSTON - . GATE CITY, Capt. E. R. Taylor, THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 11 A. SI. CITY OF MACON, Capt. H. C. Lewis, THURS DAY’, Aug. 18, at 5 p. M. TO PHILADELPHIA. [FOR FREIGHT ONLY.] JUNIATA, Capt. S. L. Asxws, SATURDAY’, Aug. 6, at 7 A. a. DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY, Aug. 13, at 1 p. si. Through bills of lading given to Eastern and Northwestern points and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent For freight or passage apply to C. G. ANDERSON, Agent, City Exchange Building. Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Com’y. For I • CABIN $l2 BO SECOND CABIN 10 00 THKSTKAMSHWfI* this OompaaT aro m-- Isolated to sail from Savannah for Balti more as follows—city time: WM CRANE, Capt. Billups, TUESDAY, Au gust 1), at 11 A. M. WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Snow, MONDAY, August 18, at 4 p. m. WM. CRANE. Capt. Billups, SATURDAY, August 20, at 8 a. m. WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Snow, THURSDAY, August 85, at 12 m. And from Baltimore on the days above named at 3 p. m. Through bills lading given to all points West, all the manufacturing towns in Naw England, and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. JAB. B. WEST & CO.. Agents, IM Say street. SEA. ISLAND ROU TE. ! STEAMER DAVID CLARK, Capt. M. P. USINA, \I7TLL LEAVE Savannah from wharf foot of BRUNSWICK and FERNANUINA. every TUES DAY am' EP.IDAY at (1 p. m., city time, con necting at Savannah with New York, Philadel phia, Boston and Baltimore steamers, at Fer nandina w ith rail for Jacksonville and all point* in Florida, and at Brunswick with steamer for Satilla river. No freight received after sp. at. on days of sailing. Freight not signed for 24 hours after arrival will be at risk of consignee. Tickets on wharf and boat. C. WILLIAMS, Agent. SEMI-WEEKLY LINE FOR COHEN'S BLUFF AND WAY LANDINGS. THE steamer ETHEL, Capt. W. T. flißßON.will leave for above MONDAYS and TIIUKS- I)A\s at ti o'clock p. m. Returning arrive WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS at 8 o'clock p. w. For information, etc., apply to W. T. GIBSON, Manager. Wharf foot of Drayton stroot. For Aufrusta and Way Landings. STEAMER KATIE. Capt. J. S. BEVILL, WILL leave UVEBY WEDNESDAY at 10 o'clock a. n. (city time) for Augusta and way landings. Ail freights payable by shippers. JOHN LAWTON, Manager. PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE Tampa, Key West, Havana, RKUI-WESSLT. SOUTH-BOUND. Lv Tampa Monday and Thursday 9:30 p. m. Ar Key West Tuesday and Friday 4 p. in. At lluvana Wednesday an<l Saturday 0 a. in. NORTHBOUND. I.v Havana Wednesday and Saturday noon. 1-v Key West Wednesday and Saturday 10 p m. Ar Tampa Thursday and Sunday 3 p. m. Connecting at Tampa with West India Fast Train t). and from Northern and Eastern cities. For stateroom accommodations apply to City Ticket Office 8., F. A W R'y, Jacksonville, or Agent Plant Steamship Line, Tampa. O. D OWENS. Traffic Manager. 11. 8. HAINES, General Manager. .May 1, 1887. Bluff ton and Beaufort Line Wharf Foot of Abercorn Street. CTEAMER SEMINOLE leaves for MofftOO, H Beaufort and War Landings EVERY TIJICS- I)AY at U a a EVERT'THURSDAY for Bean . Lnudlriga at II a. in. For Bluff Add EVERY oAfVUDAY at 2 p m AlsdLfcXJtUttiUUk ICE. ICE ! Now Is tho time wlien every body wants ICE, and we want to sell it. PRICES REASONABLE! 20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds, 75c. 140 Tickets, good for 700 Pounds, $5. 200 Tickets, good for 1,000 Pounds, $7. 50 Pounds at one delivery 30c. Lower prices to large buyers. I O E Packed for shipment at reduced rates. Careful and polite service. Full and liberal weight. KNIGRERBOGKEPi ICE CO. IfL4- I3A\ ST, WATCHES AND JICWELKY.“ '~~THE CHEAPEST VIaCETo’bUY WEDDING PRESENTS Such as DIAMONDS, FINE STERLING SIL VERYVARE, ELEGANT JEWELRY, FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., is to be found at A. L. Desbouillons, 21 BULL STREET, the sole agent for the celebrated ROCKFORD RAILROAD YVATCHES, and who also makes u specialty of 18-Karat Wedding Rings AND THE FINEST YVATCHES. Anything you buy from him being warranted aa represented. Opera, G-lasses at Cost. "railroads. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia llil GEORGIA DIVISION. The Quickest and Shortest Line BETYVEEN— Savannah & Atlanta. COMMENCING July 24. 1597, the following ) Schedule will lie in effect: EASTERN LINE. Fast Night Express. Express. Lv Savannah 7:06 a m 1:30 p m 7:36 p m Ar Jesup 8:42 am 3:20 pm 9:55 pm Lv Jesup 3:38 p m 3:30 a m Ar Brunswick 6:B6pm C:(K)am Lv Jesup 8:50 am 11:07 pm Ar Eastman 12:12 pm 2:00 am Ar Cochran 12:63 pm 2:8? a ra Ar HawkinsviUe. 2:00 pm 11:15am Lv HawkinsviUe 10:05 am 11:15 a m Ar Macon 9:20 pm 8:65 a m Lv Macon 2:25 p m 4:00 am Ar Atlanta 5:4.5 b m 7:20 a m Lv Atlanta 6:oopm 1:00pm 7:35am ArlUune 9:00. pm 4:lopm 10:10am Ar Dalton 10:22 j> ra 5:30 p m 12:00 n n Ar Chattanooga 7:00 p m 1:35 p m Lv Chattanooga... 9:3oam 10:00pm Ar Knoxville 1:50 pm 2:00 am Ar Bristol 7:35 pm 0:20 am Ar Roanoke 2:lsam 12:46pm Ar Natural Bridge 3:54 am 2:29 pm Ar Waynesboro ... 6:20 am 4:20 pm At Luray 7:50 am 6:13 pm Ar Shenando’J’n. 10:53 am 9:33 pm Ar Hagerstown 11:55 pm 10:30 pm Ar Harrisburg 8:30 pm 1:20 am Ar Philadelphia 6:50 pin 4:45 am Ar New York 9:35 pm 7:00 a m Lv Hagerstown 12:50uoon Ar Baltimore 8:45 pm Ar Philadelphia... 7:49 pm Ar New York 10:36 pm Lv Roanoke 2:Boam 12:30 noon Ar Ly nchburg 4:80 am 2:45 pm Ar Washington 12:00noon 9:40 pm Ar Baltimore 1:27 pm 11:33 pm Ar Philadelphia .. 8:47 pm 8:00am Ar New York ... 6:20 pm 6:20 am Lv Lynchburg 6:15 am 3:05 pm Ar Burkvflle 9:20 am 5:27 pm Ar Petersburg 11:10am 7:lspm Ar Norfolk 2:25 p m 10:00 pm Y'la Memphis and Charleston R. R. Lv Chattanooga... 9:25 am 7:10 pm Ar Memphis 9:15 pm 6:10 am Ar little Rock 7:loam 12:55pm Via K. C., F. S. and (3. R. R. Lv Memphis 10:30 a in Ar Kansas City 7:4oam Y’la Ciu. So. R’v. Lv Chattanooga... B:4oam 7:lopm Ar. Louisville 6:45 p m 6:30 ain Ar Cincinnati 7:00 pm 6:50 am Ar Chicago 6:50 am 6:50 pm Ar SI, Louis 7:lsam 6:4opm Train leaving Savannah 7:35 p in, arriving at Chattanooga 1:35 p in, makes close connection with N. C'. & K. L. for Kewnneo, Monteagle, Nashville, St. Louis and Chicago. Train leaving Savannah at 7:03 a m. Macon at 2:25 p m and Atlanta at 6:00 p in is fast train for the East, and goes directly via Cleveland, car rying through sleeper to Knoxville, making close connection at Cleveland with train leaving Chattanooga at 10:00 p m. Pullman sleepers leave as follows: Jesup at 11:07 pin for Chattanooga, Atlanta at 0:00 pm, for Knoxville. Rome at 4:10 pm, for Washing ton via Lynchburg; Chattanooga at 10:00 p m for YY'ashington via Lynchburg: also one for New York via Shenandoah Valley, and at 9:30 a m for YVashington via Lynchburg; Chatta nooga tit 7:10 p m for Little Hock; Brunswick at 8:30 p ui for Atlanta. B. YV. WRENN, G. P. & T. A., Knoxville, Teun. L. J. ELLIS, A. O. P. A., Atlanta. 'EY BBS RAILROAD. SAVANNAH AND Tl BEE KAILWAY Standard Time. Commencing Saturday, July in,ißß?, the following schedule will be in effect: No. 3. No. 1. No. 5. No. 7.* Lv. Savan nah 10:30 am 3:00 pm 6:00 pm 9:60 pm Ar.Tyboe.il:4sam 4:15 pm 7:oopm 11:05 pm No. 2. No. 4. No. 6. No. B.* Lv.Tybce. 7:ooam 4:ospm 9:lspin 8:00um Art Sava nnah, B:lsam 5:20 pm 10:25 pm 9:10 pm •Trains 7 anil 8 Sundays only. All trains leave Savannah from Savannah and Tybee depot, in S.. F. and YV. yard, east of pas cenger depot. Ix-nve T'ibee front Ocean House. Tickets on sale at de|g>t ticket oflice. Mid ai Fernandez's Cigar Store, corner Bull and Broughton streets. C. O. HAINES, Supt. Savaxmaii, July 15, 1837. SL DURBAN RAILWAY. City and Suburban Raiiway. Savaskah. Oa., May 31. 1887. / YN and after YVE'i.VESIia Y, June Ist, the ' following schedule will be run on the Out side Line: bK.A V E ! ARRIVE I.F.AVK ISI.K t.EAVE CITV. CITY. jOF nops | MONTGOMERY *6:56 6:42 8:20 ~7i7. TT 10:85 B:4<> 8:13 7dkj" **B:Bs 2:ff) 1:30 LOO There will lie no early train from lale of Hops on Sunday morning. ’For Montgomery only. Posdcngers for Isle of Hope go via Montgomery without extra charge This train tfTordsparents a cheap ex cursion before breakfast for young children with nurse*. ••This 3:85 p. u. train last out of city Sunday afternoon tOa Salunl*** this tralc leaves city at 7:45 V U.fQU.NMWu RAILROADS, ' s b l-I E D U L E CENTRAL RAILROAD, Savannah, Ga., July 3,1887. ON and after this date Passenger Trains will run daily unles* marked t, which are daily except Sunday. The standard time, by which these trains run, is 30 minutes slower than Savannah city time: No. 1. No. 3. No. 5. No. 7 Lv Savannah .7:10 am 89S0 pm 5:15 pm 5:40 p m ArGuyton 8:07 am 6:40 pm Ar Millen 9:40 am 11:03 pm 7:80 pm 6:45 pm Ar Augusta..tl:4spm 4:ooam 9:30 pm .. Ar Macon 1:40 pm 8:20 am Ar Atlanta 5:40 pm 7:15 am Ar Columbus .9:30 pm 2:45 pm ”[* Ar Montg'ry..7:2sam 7:o9pm Ar Eufaula...4:33am 3:sopm Ar Albany...lo:oo pm 2:45pm Train No. Bt leaves Savannah 2:00 p. m ■ ar rives Guyton 2:55 p. m. Passengers for Sylvanla, WrightsvlUe, Mil ledgevillo andEatouton should take 7:10 a. m train. Passengers for Thomaston, Carrollton. Perry Fort Gaines, Talbotton, Buena Veda. Blakely and Ciaytoathould take the 8:20 p. m. train. No. 2. No. 4. No. 67’ Nu. sT Lv Augusta 10:00 pm 6:00 am Lv Macon.. .10:35 am 10:50 pm ' Lv Atlanta.. 6:soam 6:sopm ” " LvColumbus 11:00 pm 12:45 pm Lv Montg'ry. 7:28 pm 7:4oam Lv Eufaula. .10:15 pm 10:49am Lv Albany.. s:osum 11:55am Lv Milieu— 2:28 pm 8:10 am 8:15 am 5:20 ani Lv Guyton.. 4:oßpm 5:01 am 9:40 am 6:58 ait Ar Savannah 5:(X) pm 6:15 am 10:30 am 8:00 am Train No. 107 leaves Guyton 8:10 pTmTarrivea Savannah 4:25 p. m. Sleeping cars on all night trains between 8a vamian, Augusta, Macon and Atlanta, ulso Ma con and Columbus. Train No. 3, leaving Savannah at 8:20 p. m„ will stop regularly at Guyton, hut at no othe> point to put off passengers between Savannah and Millen. Train No. 4 will stop on signal at stations be. tween Millen and Savannah to take on passem gers for Savannah. Train No. 5 will stop on signal at stations be. tween Savannah and Millen to take on passeia gers for Augusta or points on Augusta branch. Train No. 6 will stop between Millen dncT Sa vannah to put off passengers from Augfistaanl points on Augusta branch. Connections at Savannah with Savannah, Florida and YVestem Railway for all points it* Florida. Tickets for all points and sleeping car berth* on sale at City Oillce, No. 20 Bull street, and Depot Office 30 minutes before departure of each train. i,, J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD, Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway, [All trains on this road are run by Central Standard Time.] Time card in effect june ii, 15*7 Passenger trains on this road will run daily as follows: YVEST INDIA FAST MAIL. READ DOWN. READ UP. 7:o6am Lv Savannah Ar 12:06pm 12:30pm Lv Jacksonville Lv 7:ooam 4:4opin Lv Sanford Lv I:lsam 9:oopm Ar ..Tampa Lv 8:00pm PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Monday and! , XamDa Ar j Thurs and Thurs. pm ( lv. .. lampa... .Ar Bun pra IS£%"Si Ar.. Key West..L, “J "■ ••—-l. }JS Pullman buffet cars to and from New York and Tain pa. NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS. 7:o6am Lv Savannah Ar 7:sßpm 8:42 am Lv Jesup Ar 6:16 pm 9:50a in Ar Way cross Lv 5:05 p m 11:26 am Ar Callahan Lv - 2;47 pm 12:00 noonAr JacksonviUe Lv 2:06 pm 7 :00 ft mLv Jacksonville Ar 7:45 p m 10:15am Lv YVaycross .Ar 4:4opm 12:04 pm Lv Y'aldosta I,v 2:56 ptn 12:34pm Lv Quitman Lv 2:2Bpm 1:22 pm Ar Thomasville. . Lv 1:45 pm 8:85 p m Ar. . Bftlnbrldge Lv 11:26 am 4:04 pm Ar... Chattahoochee... Lv 1 U9O a m Pullman buffet ears to and fi-om Jacksonville and New York, to and from YY’aycross and Naw Orleans via Pensacola. EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS. I:3opm Lv Savannah Ar 12:06pm 3:2opm Lv Jesup Lv lO:32aru 4:40 p m Ar YVaycross Lv 9:23 a m 7:45 pm Ar Jacksonville Lv 7:ooam _4:15 p m Lv. . Jacksonville Ar 9:46 a m 7:2opm Lv YY’aycross Ar 6:35am 8:31 pm Ar Dupont Lv 5:30a in 3:25 pm Lv Lake City... Ar 10:46 a in 3:45 pm Lv Gainesville Ar 10:80 a mi Js:s6pm Lv.......1ave Oak. Ar 7:loam 8:40 p m Lv Dup0nt....... A 5:28 ft mi 10:55 p m Ar Thomaavill* Lv 8:25 a m 1:22 am Ar Albany Lv 1:23 am Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville and Bt. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Mont gomery and Nashville. ALBANY EXPRESS. 7:BspinLv Savannah Ar 6:loam 10:05pm Lv Jesup Lv S:l6*u 12:40 a m Ar. .YVaycross Lv 12:10am 5:30 am Ar Jacksonville Lv 9:00 ptn 9:oopm Lv Jacksonville Ar s:3oam I:osam Lv YY’aycross Ar 11:80pm 2:30a m Ar Dupont Lv 10:06 pm 7:10 ani Ar Live dak Lv 6:55 p m 10:80 a m Ar Gainesville Lv 3:45 pus 10:46 am Ar Lake ('ity. I.v '8:25 pH B:6sft m Lv Dupont Ar 9:35pm o:3oam Ar..... Thomasville Lv 7:oopid 11:40am ,lr Albany Lv 4:o9fftft Stops at alt regular stations. Fhilliiia# sleeping cars to and from Jacksonville And Sa vannah. THOMASVILLE EXPRESS. 0:05a m Lv YVaycross Ar 7:oopm 10:25 a ni Ar Thomasville Lv 2:15 p m Stops at all regular and flag stations. JESUP EXPRESS. 3:45 p m Lv Savannah Ar 8:30 am 6:10 p ni Ar Jesup Lv 6:25 am Stops at all regular and flag station* CONNECTIONS. At Savannah for Charleston at 6:45 a m. (ar rive Augusta via Yemanee at 12:30 p in), 12:21 P m ami 8:2", pm; for Augusta and Atlanta at 7:00 am, 6:15 p m and 8:20 pm; with steamships for New Y’ork Sunday, Tuesday and Friday; for Boston Thursday; for Baltimore every fifth day. At JESUP for Brunswick at 8:30 a m and 3;4J pm; for Macon 10:30 a m aud 11:07 p ra. At YVAYCROSS for Brunswick at 10:00 a m and 5:05 p tn. At CALLAIIAN for Femandtna at 2:47 p m; for Waldo, Cedar Key, Ocala, etc , at 11:27 am. At LIVE OAK for .Madison, Tallahassee, etc., at 10:59 a m and 7:30 p m. At GAINESVILLE forOcala, Tavares, Brook*- vllle ami Tampa at 10:55 a m. At ALBAN Y for Atlanta, Macon, Montgom ery, Mobile, New Orleans, Nashville, etc. At CHATTA HOOCIuCB for Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans at 4:14 p m. Tickets sold aud stooping ear berths secures at BREN'S Ticket Ofllce, and at tho Paceeug* Station. WM. I>. HARDEN Gen. Pass. Agent. R. G. FLEMING Superintendent Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos. C CONNECTIONS mode at Kavnnnah with 3a < vannab, Florida and Western Railway. Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand ard time (90th meridian), which la 36 minute* slower than city time. * NORTHWARD. No. 14* 38t 60* 78* Lv Sav’h.. .12:20 p m 4:00 p m 6:45 a m 8:23 p m Ar Augusta 12:30 p Ar Beaufort 6:08 pm 10:15 a Ar P. Royal 6:20 pm .. 10:80 am Ar ATdale.. 7:40 p m H:lsprn 10:20 am Ar Cha'ston 4:43 p m 9:20 p in 11:40 a in 1:25 an SOUTHWARD. 85* ,85* 27* Lv Cha'ston 7:10 am 8:35 p m 4:00a m Lv Augusta 12:35 pm Lv Al’dalo. 5:10 a m 3:07 p Lv P. Royal. 7:00 a m 2:00 pm Lv Beaulort. 7:12 a m 8:18pm.... Ar Kav'h.,. .10:15 a m 6:68 p m 6:41 a u •Daily between Savannah *nd Charleston. tSundays only. Train No. 18 make* no connection with Pore Royal aud Augusta Railway, and stop* only a* lliilgeland, Green Pond auj Kavooel. Train 1J stops only at Yetrasso* rtmri Green Pond, and connects for Beaufort and Port Royal daily, aisd for Allendale dally, except Sunday. Trains o' and 60 connect from and ror Beaufort and Port Royal daily. . lor tickets, sleeping car reservation* ftnd ah other Information apply to WM. BKE.u Speeial Ticket Agent, w Bull street, and at fTmrieatnn and Savannah railway ticket office, at Savannah, Horlda aud Western Ibdlway dei-ot C. S. UADSDEN, lufb