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THE MIX STILL GOES OX.
THE FLOOD CONTINUES TO DEVAS
TATE THE RICE FIELDS.
New Breaks in the Banks - Tho Islands
Totally Submerged The Planters
Making Desperate Efforts to Save
What Little is Loft—The Estimate of
• Loss Increased.
Tho threatened destruction of tho rice
irop * was tho talk of the city yesterday.
There is no one other industry here that
?ould affect so vitally the interests of the
Sity residents. In the good old antebellum
times them was no such close opposition
mid sharp rivalry as now, and the prices
regulated themselves according to a full or
hall' crop. Now all this is changed.
Between Louisiana on one side and
India on tho other the planters have a
aard rub. Before it' only half a crop was
Kcured the prices advanced so the planters
realized nearly ns much as if the entire crop
aad been gathered. Now, with the prices
down, the planters have to work unceas
ingly, and if floods or other causes produce
i short crop the market is not af
fected by the shortage at all.
Therefore they * feel doubly blue
aver the threatened loss of their
entire yew’s work. About three-fourths of
the nre is now in the blooming stage; a
anall portion is maturing, and still another
part, the June rice, as it is called, is from
ten to fifteen inches high.
THE PLANTERS AT SEA.
The effect of the flood on the crop is not
known, but the planters are at sea
regarding it No one has had any
Axperienco with an August freshet
before, and its effects can only bo
guessed at. Col. John Screven, in his forty
years' experience as a rice planter, never
bad occasion hefore to fear a flood at this
teustvt Hb can offer no reliable estimate
Df tlie damage, but his opinion is that it will
be great, lie thinks the head will mould,
producing a “blast.” His plantation below
the river is not submerged yet, and
ao danger is apprehended from the
river side. If the water continues to
rise, as the dispatches from Augusta would
indicate, all the fields I .clow the city will lie
flooded. Tile water has entered the swamps
mill is coming down in full and unabated
force
DESTROYING THE BANKS.
Rcjxirbs from the scene of the floods still
•how an Increase in the fall. One feature
was noted yesterday, and that was the
new and disastrous breaks in tho banks.
The Vamexbre creek embankment is in tod
Shape. Beside the large amount of earth
washed from it, the break is enlarging, be
ing now lftO fret long and very deep. In the
Bench Hill plantation banks there are live
bad breaks, two at the (turrett place anil
one at Taylor’s Laurel Hill plantation, and
the tremendous current is making breaks in
many others. The flood gates are also
broken and washed away, and other
iiainagc done. Yesterday at 1“
o'clock Mr. Huger’s Woodland place
mi the Carolina shore was covered. At 55
o'clock the Fife place was partially covered,
uni at 5 the Murray Hill plantation, just
opposite the Bacon mills, was toing sub
merged. The water was swiftly speeding
down in an irresistible volume, and it is
predicted that all the lower plantations will
be flooded to day or to-morrow.
SAVING THE PIECES.
The planters are all busy on their places
trying to make everything secure, flood gates
Are tied, bridges pinned or weighted down,
planks secured, &c. The buVns generally
ire all on mounds, or are built on brick or
wooden pillars and they will hardly be en
(angerea. Few Ixxits are in use yet, but
the increasing floods will necessitate their
ise to-day. All over the upper fields
the water is from five to six feet
doep and the current strong.
From the barns or mounds the sight
is a disheartening one. On every hand is
•eon nothing but a dreary waste of mud
solored, seething, rushing wator. Hero and
there a lonely tree stands up out of the waste
jf waters, and small portions of the highest
unbaukuicnts yet..remain in some parts.
THE ISLANDS SUBMERGED.
Argyle Island is all covered, the Gibbons
place being the last one to disapixiar.
The water is pouring over the banks of the
island and doubtless much damage will
Mimic in that res[>eot alone. The up]>er por
tion of Hutchinson island is not touched yet
•inl (josMbly will not be submerged, as the
111 k river is so wide that an ample outlet
is left for the crowding waters. Onslow and
Ilia islands arc both under water, the river
it that point resembling a huge lake.
There is one peculiarity of the flood that
is noticeable. When the tide is on the ebb
the water rushing out of the gullies
nrevpnts tlie flood progressing much. On
:ho flood tide, though tin* current in the
river is unchanged, the tide bucks up the
water and then the freshet spreads out.
HIGHER AT OGEKCHKK.
It is said that the damage will lie great,
flepending, however, on tne amount of rice
In bloom. The water will kill this and pre
vent its heading. That now heading will
probably be all right if the water does not
remain on it too long. It is thought the loss
will lie fully TO to NO per <s>nt.
Reports from the Ogeochee indicate still
higher water yesterday than the day before.
The planters there have no idea how
nigh the river will go and are very
Apprehensive. The current is so strong
over the rice fields that little drift wood or
iebris is left thereon.
INTERESTED SPECTATORS.
The elevated points of vantage were in
Jemand yesterday, as hundreds visited the
City Exclmngtvto view the scene from the
tower. The view obtained was well worth
tlie tiresome trip up the long ascent.
Supervisor Gross, of the Charleston and
Savannah railway, telegraphed at 1 o'clock
Yesterday from tlie Savannah river bridge:
'‘Water is now four and u half inches
higher than it was at N o’clock this morning
And still rising at the rate of one inch per
aour. The water lacks twenty inches of
being to the top of the piers; it is now three
inches over the top of the pivot Dier and six
inches over tho floor of tho watchman’s
ilianty.”
The signal service reported tlie height of
tli e river at Augusta at 10 o’clock las! night
to to 38.2 feet , being a rise of 3.4 feet since 2
In the afternoon, eighi hours previous. The
water is reported to bo still rising and the
probabilities arc that the flood will to
greater than either of the two previous
ones. With such a volume of water coming
lown on sn already overflowed river the
ruin it will cause can hardly to estimated.
He Wants to Hear from Her.
Col. John H. Ketehum then command
ing the One Hundred mid Fiftieth regiment
of N“w York volunteers was severely
wounded oil Argyle Island, on Din*. 21. IStH,
hiring the siege of this city. After it* oc
ni]Wtlou by the Union army Col. Ketehum
tvas taken to the house of a widow liv
.ng somewhere in the centre of the city,
who kindly cared for him until lie was coii
i atescent, when he was sent North. Col.
Ketehum is now a member of Congress from
New York, and would to glad to hear from
:he lady, whose name ha* escaped his mem
ory. Any information on the subject sent
to tbo Mor.vixo News will to appreciated.
Struck by a Squall.
The schooner June Bright arrived hore
pest, rday from Bath, Mo., with a cargo of
00. Capt. Barter roport* having had calms
And southerly winds. On last Saturday
night at 7:!V> o'clock. Bixiy's Island north
west, twelve milos distant, u squall came
Out from the westward, lasting about five
minutes, during which time it tore the fore
And mainsail all to pieces, but doing no
other damage Just previous to this puff
Of wind she lav tocalmed. There was u
at ge fleet of sail In the vicinity. Hhortly
liter wards she took a northeaster and ma<le
wett r rapid *>!•.eg down the r.xv<t.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Hero and There by the
News Renorters.
There were two arrests for disorderly con
duct and one for obstructing the street yes
j tsrday.
Tho Pulaski Loan Association will hold a
! meeting this evening in tho office of Gar-
I raid & Meldrim.
| The Merchants' and Mechanics’ Loan As
j sociation will meet this evening in the office
! of Jackson <t Whatley,
j A meeting of the Guards Battalion has
| lxion held, aud an invitation has been ex-
I tended 1> v them to the President to visit Ha
vannah in October.
The members of the Workingmen’s Be
nevolent Association will assemble this af
ternoon at the residence of the late William
Yenkon, at 2:30 o’clock, for tin* purpose of
attending the funeral of Mr. Yenken.
The Italian bark .Alba was cleared yester
day by Messrs. A. R. Salas & Cos. for Bar
celona with 2,928 barrels of rosin, weighing
I, K 1,32.5 pounds, valued at $6,000, and 2,400
white oak staves, valued at $3OO. Total
valuation of cargo, $0,300, Cargo by
Messrs. S. P. Shotter & Cos. and Rafael
Hulas.
Messrs. James K. Clarke & Cos. cleared
yesterday the British bark Pohona, for Lon
don, with 2,500 barrels of spirits turpentine,
measuring 128,111 gallons, value 1 at $37,900,
and 2,4.52 barrels of rosin, weighing 1,112,260
pounds, valued at $4,370. Total valuation
of cargo $12,270. Cargo by Messrs. 11. T.
Moore & Cos.
The bark Harah A. Staples from Philadel
phia, arrived Imre yesterday with a cargo
of coal consigned to Messrs. Dixon & Mur
phy. Hhe had liecn on the voyage thirty
two days, ami she was almost given up as
lost, but the captain reports having expri
encod headwinds and calms which caused
the vessel to make no headway.
Jake Smart (colored) was committed to
jail on a warrant issued by Justice Reynolds
for assaulting another negro with n knife in
some part of tho Old Fort. Smart is a des
perate character, and Constable Coleman
had a tough time in bringing him to tho
Justice’s office. Ho resisted and fought tho
Constable. On the way to the jail he again
made a fight for liberty, and tho officer
bad to quiet him by knocking him down.
The Anderson Street Presbyterian Sun
day school bail a festival last evening in the
hail at the corner of Duffy and Whit
aker streets which was largely attended,
and was very successful in every respect.
The object of it was to procure the means
to build a room for the infant class of the
school. The festival was superbly managed.
The different ways provided to entertain
wore so varied and attractive that the
dimes nnd uickles slipiied out of the pockets
of visitors with surprising quickness. Those
who are building up this Anderson street
school are deserving of every encourage
ment.
AUOUST AS PLEASANT AS MAY.
A Cool and Duetless Trip by Rail—The
Test Run of a Sleeper.
The Central railroad has under considera
tion the substitution of standard sleeping
ears in the place of those that have been in
use on its lines for a number of years past,
and to make a practical personal test of the
merits of the care of the several sleeping car
companies, General Manager Belknap pro
poses to try them on the road. Yesterday
morning the Mann Boudoir car “II Barbiere"
which linslieen in use for several years on tho
route Imtween Cincinnati and New Orleans,
whs run from tho depot to llalcyondnle,
with a party on board consisting of Col. W.
D. Mann, President of the Mann Boudoir
Car Company; General Manager Belknap,
Sunt. Hege, nnd Directors A. Vetsburg anil
J. K. Garnett, of the Central; Col. J. H.
Extill of the Morning News, unil Mr. Wel
don of Enenimj Times.
The “Mann” car, as those who have
traveled in them know, is divided into
single and double compartments or state
rooms, the berths being placed at a right
angle with the length of the ear. The
“11 Barbiere” is handsomely tttt<*d up with
all the conveniences which are necessary to
make traveling not only comfortable, but
luxurious. A special feature of tho oar,
however, is its thorough ventilation and its
freedom from dust anil cinders. This result
is obtained by a system of artificial
ventilation. The ventilating apparatus
consists of an external Linnet presented in
each direction, with internal hinged deflec
tors so attached as to gather air
whichever way tho car is running,
carrying the air down into
an apartment , filled with ice, in the end of
the car where the heating furnace is kept.
Adjoining that is ax closet containing a
shallow lank of water and a filter made of
a body of “excelsior” (tine wood shavings,
in a box of wire netting, the fibre being
kept wet by water dripping from an ice
crate. The air ultor passing through the
filter is carried through the apartment filled
with ice, ami then distributed through a
longitudinal fine, extending along the base
of the wall on one side of tlio car. In this
fine are small openings, through which the
cold air is admitted into the cur.
A scientific test, marie of this system of
ventilation showed that 579 cubic feet of
air per minute was supplied to the car. Tho
vitiated air is discharged by exhaust outlets
in the roof. Though the day was hot and
nil the windows and doors closed and a ma
jority of the party smoking the thermometer
registered 72’, and the atmosphere was
fresh and comfortable during the entire
trip, the foul air and tobacco smoke being
earned off rapidly by tho exhaust
outlets. A similar process fo* heating
and ventilating the car is used in
the winter, except that in place of the closet
being tilled with ice, the heater is filled with
a coal fire. The experiment of how the ap
paratus would operate in the winter was
not tested yesterday, the excursionist* tak
ing Col. Mann’s word for it.
The trip was a very enjoyable one. The
absence of heat and dust, and the smooth
track of the Central, and the easy riding car,
ma t*' it appear ax though it, was a pleasant
May day trip. The party returned to the
Savannah depot about 5:30 p. m., satsifieri
that there is such a thing as comfortable
traveling in hot weather.
AN EXPLOSION OK GAS.
Tho Generator at tho Gas Works
Goos Off.
A violent explosion was heard through
the city last night, coming from the direc
tion of the Mutual Gas Light Company’s
works. Chief Fernandez, of tho Fire Be
partinent, a policcninn and a reporter
went to the works to learn tho extent
of the damage. No amount of screaming
and pounding on the iron gate with rocks
would call forth a response so the gate was
forced, and all, save Chief Fernandez, en
tered. Tho watchman was found
fast asleep, and when ho was
awakened and askisl what the extent of
the damage ho replied that he was awake nt
the time, out there was no damage. The
generator had been repaired the day before,
j anil had just been fired up
I last night. When he put the
j coal iu ho removed the top nnd
I the heated gas, reining in contact with tin*
i cool air. exploded. That, was his explana
tion. Finding that no damage was done
tho investigators left ami the vigilant night
watchman Went back to sleep.
Big Money in Ducks.
Tho Augusta Chronicle soys; Mr. Ward
Alien, of Allen’s station, whr in the city
yesterday. He makes a business of duck
hunting during tho season and says last year
lie killed and shipiied ov**r $2,400 worth of
game. He has a complete outfit remjiowsl
of decoys, a duck bout, nud guns made
oHp*elally for the business. Ills jounievings
j in season take him among the small island*
that line the co i*t up as fur a. Grargetawii.
Ho is now waiting for tin* sea-on to open
when lie will again wag** war on the armies
of teal, English and other kind* of ducks
; '■*•; •• • •*•’*• 'valors.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1887.
FEES OF MAGISTRATES.
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR PAYING
THE JUSTICES.
A Lawyer’s Opinion on the Constitu
tionality of the Bill What the Effect
of its Passage Would 80--The Mag
istrates Complain of Injustice-Tho
Reason for the Prevalence of Crime.
A bill is now j lending in the Legislature,
the object of which is to provide for the
payment of Magistrates for work done by
them in criminal cases. Its purjiose is to
repeal the act of 1870, which is a special act
for Chatham county. This act of 1870 al
lows the charge of $3 for drawing a bond,
and provides also that the fees of the Magis
trates and Constables shall be ns is pre
seribed in paragraphs 3690 and
3700 of tho Georgia Code, and
these two provisions are also made
in the new bill which is pending. Sections
3099 and 3700 are the sections specifying the
amount of costs to lie taxed by Magistrates.
The only striking point in the bill is the pro
vision that the costs of tho Magistrates
"shall” be paid out of the insolvent costs.
One of the most learned gentlemen of the
Savannah bar said yesterday that the word
“shall” was the only point to the bill; that
the Magistrates wanted to get into the in
solvent costs first and have the payment of
their fees insured. At present the stat
ute provides for their payment, placing
them on an equal footing with the officers
of the court and giving them their pro rata
of the insolvent costs. That, is u part of the
act of 1870, but the Magistrates have never
discovered that they were entitled to that
and have never put in a claim for their
share, so the insolvent costs have been
divided between the Solicitor General, the
Clerk of the Court and the Sheriff, but if
their part was claimed it would lie paid to
them.
NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.
If the pending bill is passed aud the act of
1876 is repealed they will bo worse off than
they now are, for the effect will bo only to
repeal the former act and leave them under
the general law now existing and which
governs all counties except Chatham, for
they cannot pass another special act for
Chatham county, because since the enact
ment, of the law of 1870 special acts have
become unconstitutional, and if thut act is
re poults! and this one passed it will be un
constitutional anti the magistrates of Chat
ham county will lie entitled to only such
fees as the statute provides for other coun
ties, and the only means of securing the
fees will be the same as now, viz.; To send
the bill of costs to the court trying the ease
and receive their pro rata of the insolvent
costs. But in one particular the magistrates
will get the worst of it. Under the act of
1870 they may charge $3 for drawing a
bond. If t hey come under the statute they can
charge only 81 for that service, and a very
profitable source of revenue will be cut off
from them.
WHY THE BILL IS OPPOSED.
There is a good deal of opposition to the
bill because of tho provision that the Jus
tices “shall" receive their fees from tho in
solvent costs. In rare cases only do the
criminals who are prosecuted, have money
enough to pay costa, but the claims are ai
lowed by the court, and when gamblers, sa
loon-keepers and others violate the law and
are fined, the tine goes to the payment of
insolvent costs, and the statutes provide
that they shall lie divided pro rata, but if
the ponding bill should become operative,
the Magistrates would receive their costs
in full, and after that the officers of tiie
court would get what was left.
The magistrates say that there is a great
injustice inflicted upon them; that they
issue warrants, moke arrests, send consta
bles to take the prisonor to jail, hold the ex
amination, and if the crime is a felony
write down all the testimony and send it up
to the Superior Court, and for all this they
do not get a cent. These, however, said a
lawyer, are the costs which entitle them to
their pin rata of the insolvent costs, but
which they have never claimed.
WHY THERE IS SO MUCH CRIME.
There is another feature to the bill
which is quite an important one, a Justiqe
said “The reason there is so much crime
in Savannah is that we are not paid for
running down criminals. We know of
thieves who ure in the city, of gambling
houses that are running in full blast, and
other crimes and criminals, too, blit there Is
always more or less danger of bodily harm
when an officer attempts to arrest these
people, and no officer is going to take the
risk and trouble of doing it when he knows
that he will not got a cent for it. If we
were paid for our work there would be an
incentive to hunt down crime and
take some chances. If the county
would make some provision for iwying
us I guarantee that in six months
the citizens of Savannah would be perfectly
safe in going to sleep with every door and
window in their houses wide open.’’
WHERE THE DANGER LIES.
A lawyer said, however, that the great
danger in providing for the payments of
Magistrates was the very fact that it would
furnish an incentive to hunt up crime.
“There are some bad characters holding po
sitions as Magistrates,” he said, “negroes and
some whites, too. They are as unprincipled
as any men could he, and it would be an ex
tremely ilungerous thing to pay them for
arresting and sending up men held for fight
ing nnd similar offenses. They send men out
to pick fights and create disturbances in or
der to make their $3 on the bond, but if they
paid fees for this work in addition to the
lxmri fee they would ‘hunt’ up too many of
these things. The host thing to do is to let
them pass their act repealing the act of 1876
and then we’ll have the new act declared un
constitutional, and the magistrates will get
81 for their bonds and their pro rata from
the insolvent cost and stand on a footing
with the magistrates of other counties,
where they ought to stand.”
The magistrates do not think that their
bill will be passed. In fact, one of them
said that it certainly would not, but it is
understood that they will draw up another
if this is defeated, and try and get one that
will not arouse the opposition that this has
excited.
ATTACKING A POLICEMAN.
A Gang of Roughs Moot Their Match
in Officer Bender.
Officer Bender was attacked by a crowd
of five or six disorderly hoodlums on the
corner of Barnard and South Broad streets
at Ithis morning. They piled on him,
struck him on all sides and attempted to
wrest his club away. Tho officer guvo
them more than they bargained for,
and they attempted to escape. One of them
- Htudstill—was collared by the officer and
the gsiift tried to rescue him. Hi Bosch here
came gallantly to the officer’s aid, and siv
iug the unlooked for addition to the officer s
forces, the rest of them fled. Htudstill was
jailed. At the barracks ho gave the follow
ing names of those who were with him:
James Downing, Basil Tanner, Will
Mathews a ad Tom Hicks. The officers
kiv this is the same gang that assaulted a
Mr. Sullivan some tuuo ago. Htudstill has
just been released from jail for his part in
that affair, and he stands a good chance of
speedily occupying his old quarters again.
The police are on the trail of tho others, and
are bound to break them up.
The Illumination at Tybeo.
The proprietor and guests at the Ooean
House have engaged the Union Comet Band
to furnish music at Tyliee to-night. There
will lie music and dancing and the hotel
and hatch will be illuminated with Chinese
lanterns. In addition to the regulnr trains
ther • will Ik* mi extra train leaving the city
at ‘.'Plop. in. and the island at i0:30 n. in.
The ocei ,on will Is* an excellent one for all
who wi ,c ;<> spend a pleasant evening on
WANTFD HIS WIFE.
Mrs. Susan Campbell Attempts to
Shoot James S. Collins.
Mrs. Susan Campbell, the keeper of an
alleged assignation house on West Broad
street near Hull, and Jas. S. Collins, a
brawny huckster, were jailed last night,
the former charged with attempting to shoot
Coli ins and he with disorderly conduct. Col
lins makes the following statement : “Have
been murrried sixteen years, and we have
four children, aged 7, 11, 13 and 15 years
reflectively. For tho last year I have
noticed "frequent absences of my
wife, who would stay from home
over night, giving as the reason
that she had been with her friends. Last
winter she wont off ten days, but I couldn’t
find out with whom she was. This evening
she went out and I suspieioned something.
After she had been gone a long while X started
out after her. On going into Mrs. Camp
bell's I found her in a room. We talked to
gether and she said she would go home with
tne. Just as we started, that woman, Mrs.
Campbell, came in and caught me by tho
vest and drew a pistol on me, cursing me all
tho while. I wrenched the pistol from her
and walked out the door, she begging me to
give her back the pistol. My vest was
nearly torn in two by her jerking me so.
When 1 got out I hallooed for the
police, and they came and urrested uh both.
My wife said she would come up, but she
slipped off and went away. It’s wrong to
have me up here.”
Mrs. Campbell, a slouchy, half-dressed
woman, of about 45 years, denied Collins'
story, and said he tried to choke her. Her
story is as follows: “In the evening a
woman, Mrs. Collins, came in and asked if
she could sit down fora few moments. I said
yes. I went out in a rear room then, but
hearing someone screaming and hallooing
ill the front room ran back. Collins had
come in, and when I came in the room he
was beating his wife and cursing her. I
tried to sepurate them, when he turned on
me and hit me once. 1 then rushed into a
side bedroom and got my revolver out of the
bureau and ordered him out of the house.
He choked me and took my pistol. I called
for tiie police, as I was afraid he intended
to kill me. The police then brought me
here.” Mrs. Campbell then said Collins did
not support his family nnd was drunken
and quarrelsome. She bemoaned her own
fate as she said her two children, aged 18
months and 4 years, were all alone at the
house sick with whooping cough. The case
will be heard this morning and justice
meted out.
READY FOR AN EMERGENCY.
The Fire Department on Duty While
the Water Supply Was Cut Off.
The water supply was cut off from the
city last night at 10 o’clock in order to
connect the oil mills with the main leading
from the Water Works to tho city. A
reserve supply of water was stored in the
reservoir in Franklin square for use in the
event of a fire, *but no water
was left in the mains for supplying
the usual demands of tho city.
Chief Fernandez had the entire force of
the lire department, regular and call men,
on duty all night, and tne horses hitched up
ready to move at a second’s notice. Engine
No. 3 was placed at tho river, at the foot of
Whitaker street, and furnished tho Morning
News with a supply of water for its boilers
during the night, and also pumped into the
Whitaker street main so as to keep the
mains full in case of fire.
Local Personal.
Col. E. Y. Clarke, of Atlanta, is in the
city.
Mr. William Falconer left last eveningfor
Gainesville, Ga.
Mrs. George W. Ilaslam, and her daugh
ter, Miss Nellie, are at Jenkinstown, Pa.
Maj. C. Williams and daughters were
passengers on the steamship Chattahoochee
for Now York.
Miss Falligant, the daughter of Hon.
Robert Fallignnt, returned to the city yes
terday from Augusta.
Mr. aud Mrs. George B. Whitesides were
passengers on the steamship Chattahoochee,
which sailed yesterday for New York.
Among the passengers on the steamship
Chattahoochee for New York were Capt.
John Flannery and family. They go North
to spend the remainder of the summer.
Mrs. Sarah Sullivan, Miss Sullivan and
Miss Kate Brown left for the North by the
Atlantic Const line last evening. They will
be absent about six weeks, and will spend
the greater part of the time at Newport and
in the vicinity of Boston.
Among tho arrivals at the Screven House
were M. r. Summers, Frank Summers, O.
D. Nathans, Philadelphia; Chas. E. Pamour,
Macon; M. Cohen, Sandersville; Thos. C.
Whitnor, Atlanta; Chas. Y. Case, D. A.
Kemp. L. Stern, Jim. L. Henry, New York;
Chas. R. Tawson, Thos. P. Sherbon, Balti
more; John H. Shank, Ohio; A. Sterner, S.
Lew, Eufaula: W. H. Marinaduke, Flori
da; Frank Smyth, J. M. Conway, Augusta;
Wm. Donovan, Wadlev Ga.
At the Pulaski House were E. Y.
Clarke, Atlanta; J. R. Motto, Charles
ton; R. H. Neal, Louisville; J. F.
Lathrop, Memphis; W. F. Clair and wife,
Miss Edna Clair. Miss Etta Clair, Williams
port, Pn.; W. E. Cohen, W. W. Fraser,
New York; J. Pierce, Boston; F. Howes,
Washington, I). C. : Daniel Rafferty, Phila
(lelphia; H. V. Dale, Jersey City; J. E.
Montague, Hot Springs; W. Tunstall, New
York; William McGray, Augusta; William
O’Hara, Columbia, S. C.
At the Marshall House were R. H. Mur
phy, Waycross; T. O. Farmer, Macon; V. J,
Joiner, Sandersville; C. W. Carter, Iva J.
Carter, Jitdsnn, Fla.; Mrs. L. B. Owens,
Atlanta; J. M. Bninbridge: D. W. Ham
mond, Sanford, Fia.; W. G. Lagerquist,
Macon; E. A. Gordon, Herndon; E. H.
Wyman, Hampton, S. C.; L. J. Belt,
Herndon; H, P. Mattox,Homerville; W. P.
Keeney, Evansville, Ind.; John G. Ruge,
Apalachicola, Fla.
At the Harnett House were L. A. Wiscn-
Imeter, Valdosta; W. N. Nash, McArthur;
John Milton, Jr,, Marianna, Fin,; C. A.
Cortina, Orlando, Fia.; Michael Berk, New
York; L. H. Blair, T. B. Bnrrill and wife.
Jacksonville, Fla.; W. E. H,listed and wife,
Hartford, Conn.; J. H. Nelson, J. J. Mize,
Pelham; R. F. C. Smith, Eden; J. H,
Stuart and wife, Baltimore; E. B. King
man, Pittsburg; Peter Nelson, H. Humes,
Beaufort, S, C.; Cant. T. W. Willetts,
steamer Grace Pitt; William Winter, Swan
sea, S. C.; A. W. Patterson, Nashville, Ga.
A Now Auction and Brokerage Firm.
Messrs. Marshall <t McLeod have opened
an office at 110)4 Broughton street, where
they will conduct mi auction, commission,
real estate nnd general brokerage business.
The firm consists of Mr. W. J. Marshall and
H. A. McLeod, gentlemen well-known in
business circles in this city and well desorv
ing the patronage of those who have any
business in their line.
A Rare Investment.
Attention is called to the notice of L. &
B. S. M. H., who evidently mean business.
An examination of their assortment of pic
tures is a treat to all, mid wo do not think
many will be able to resist the temptation
of purchasing one of those 22x28 Oil Paint
ings, usual price only $2.50, their clearance
"price 25 per cent, off, places them within
the reach of all at $1.8.8, which is less than
the frames could lie bought for.
I Ueo It Myself.
John E. Jones, Fort Valley, Ga., one of
the leading druggists there, states that he
commends Dr. Digger’s Huckleberry Cor
dial because he u* r. it himself and knows
what the value of it is for bowel trouble.
Hot and Feverish Bkiu
Avoided, and a good night’s rest secured by
drinking Moxie
For good value in Teas and Coffees go to
Stc-viss ... ’ • q f.sM.f
RAILROAD EMPLOYES.
THE PENDING BILLS REGARDING
THEIR EXAMINATION.
The Railroads Opposed to Legislative
Action—They Will Not Accept the
Decisions of Such a Commission as
Is Proposed—Their Own Examina
tions Sufficient.
A short time since there were introduced
in the House of Representatives two bills,
very interesting to railroad men. One was
the bill providing for the examination of
railroad employes for color-blindness, and
the other provides that all locomotive en
gineers shall undergo an examination as to
their morality, sobriety and their ability to
run an engine.
A railroad man was asked yesterday how
the bills were regarded by the fraternity,
and his answer was:
“This isn’t a railroad fight: it is a fight of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and the railroad companies have no interest
in it. The railroads already have better
examinations than any commission can get
up, ami they are keeping them up, too.
Such a commission would not lessen
the reponsibilities of a railroad
corporation, and tho certificates
they would issue would be of no
practical benefit. The men do not take well
to the idea of having two examinations, es
pecially when one is costly and useless.
If you want to know what the railroads
require from their employes, in the way of
examination, why don’t you go up and ask
the Central or the Savannah, Florida and
Western folks about it. You will probably
be surprised to find how much is required of
employes.”
THE ROADS THE BEST EXAMINERS.
On inquiring of Maj. McKee, of the "Sa
vnnnnh, Florida and Western railroad, re
garding the new bills and what effect they
would have, and also how the railroads re
garded the matter, the following facts were
ascertained:
In the first place the railroad compa
nies are indifferent to the bills, to
this extent. No matter what examina
tion the committee may require, it would
not help the men one iota. The road
is responsible to a certain extent, for the ca
pacity and reliability of its employes, and
they would not take any one’s certificate re
garding a man’s capability for a certain
work. Ho must pass their examination,
and then, if lie stands well, he secures a po
sition, but not otherwise. They know fully
what kind or class of work they
desire performed and they cun frame a bet
ter examination or test, to prove his capacity
for it. than can any outside committee or
board, no matter how strict they make it.
To show how severe these examinations
are and what that road requires of its em
ployes, several extracts from the book of
rulos is given herewith:
Applicants for the position of locomotive
engineer must pass an examination, to be con
ducted by the Board of Examiners under the
following rules and regulations:
4 4 * 4 * 4 4 4
Applicants must have had railroad experience
either for two years in running a locomotive or
for four years as a fireman; except that three
veal's continuous service as a fireman on tho
lines operated or controlled by those companies
will be sufficient
The examination of applicants for the position
of Locomotive Engineers will bo conducted in
the following order, viz:
Ist— Moral.
2d— Mental.
3d- Physical.
Moral, examination shall determine if he is ad
dicted to any vice which would be likely to
weaken or destroy hisself-control.such as intem
perance. vicious and high temper or rashness
Men tal examination shall determine if he has
such knowledge of the construction aud man
agement of the locomotive as would enable him
to manipulate it to the best advantage under
the various eireustances he may reasonably be
expected to encounter, viz.; the combustion of
fuel, the generation of steam, effects of grades,
wet rails, etc.: also the precautions to lie taken
and expedients to be resorted to in emergencies.
Can no read and write sufficiently well ?
Has he a sufficient knowledge of arithmetic?
Does he appear to be intelligent and of good
judgment?
Is he acquainted with the physical features of
the road—t. e.. its grades, curves, etc ?
Has he berome fully acquainted with the
train rales and other prescribed rules of these
companies?
The Physical examination must lie made by
tic company's surgeon, and should determine,
first, whether he is of sound constitution: sec
ond, whether ho has sufficient strength, activity
and endurance; third, whether he has sufficient
ly acute and reliable sight and hearing: whether
liis knowledge of ana ability to distinguish
colors is sufficient.
THEY MUST KNOW THE RULES.
The engineer holding this certificate when
he leaves the company’s employment must
have an attached blank filled up and signed
by the master of machinery, giving cause
for his leaving.
The almve rules, which comprise tho por
tion relating more closely to this especial
point of the engineer’s examinations, are
certainly iron-clad, and comprise all that
one could look for. Engineers applying for
employment must show their creden
tials from other roads and like
wise produce satisfactory evidence that they
understand their duties thoroughly. The
rules governing the employes form a book
of 140 closely printed pages, and all train
hands are required to make themselves fu
miliar with them. The rules embrace a wide
range, besides giving the laws of Florida,
Georgia and South Carolina ou the differ
ent, subjects that might come under their
notice, such its cattle laws, firing the woods
and similar matters. No trouble has ever
been caused ori this road by any color blind
ness, and no accidents have ever been traced
to any such cause.
HYPOTHETICAL COLLISIONS,
At the Central, tiie same general system
is in effect, though differing in details.
The mnstor mechanic examines the engineers
aud others thoroughly and in a practical
manner. The conductors pass through the
hands of Mr. J. M. Norman, master of train
service, who, though one of the most genial
persons off duty, is a very martinet in his
examinations. lie takes a conductor, runs
an imajpnative train out on the ratal nnd
causes it to go through a woeful chapter of
experiences and accidents and that anxious
applicant for a conductor’s berth
must show his aptitude and
railroad skill, iu entangling it from the
meshes woven by Mr. Norman and tiring it
safely in. Asa general thing the conduc
tors and engineers have ail worked their way
up from lower positions aud have proved
themselves fully competent in every re
spect.
WHY TIIE MEN OBJECT.
As throe colors are only used, red, green
and white, indicating danger, caution and
safety, respectively, the officials spoken to
saw lio reason why the men should learn
tho nice distinctions of shade that a
dry goods clerk might perhaps he expected
to know. The men object to it because it
imposes upon them expense without any
corresponding benefit, The examination
proposed would not aid them in securing a
situation, and all they see in it at, present is
the nice prospective fees of tho examiner.
Thei siv no accidents were ever caused by
color blindness.
It is said that Ohio and Alabama are tho
only Elites which have such laws. In many
others the railroads have their own regula
tion.-., but to these tho men do not object,
for they are for their own good, and passing
that examination means something.
Off on a Cruise
May lie jolly sport, but the lovers of aquatic
sport who are not able to Indulge, can en
joy a trea’ bv calling nnd looking through
our line of Yacht pictures, among which are
included the New York squadron and the
leading yachts of the East.
I- & H. S. M. 11.
Drinking Water
Will prevent malaria if mixed with Moxie,
Best Butter 25c per pound: Cooking But
ter 30c. tier pound. Btrauss Bros’. 22 and
GENERAL RAILWAY NEW3.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
The rails are being laid on the Orange
Belt railroad at and beyond Maseotte, Fia.
J. H. Terry has taken the position of con
ductor on the Orange Belt railway (Florida)
vacated by R. M. Taylor.
The Western Union telegraph wires are
being extended along the line of the Orange
Belt railway from Oakland to Minneolaaud
Clermont, Fla.
Track laying on the Midland railroad,
Longwood, Fla., has been temporarily sus
pended on account of the failure to receive
an adequate supply of fish-plate.
The Florida Southern road is a great
gainer by the location of the temporary
county seat at Bloomfield. It will have
control of the entire passenger traffic from
the north, east and west.
It is rumored that the Florida Southern
Railroad Company are having four large
mail boats built for the purpose of carry
ing the mail between the United States,
Cuba and South America, transferring the
mails from boats to the railroad at I’unta
Gorda.
The more important new linos in Tennes
see are the Tennessee Midland, Knoxville
Southern, Cincinnati and Birmingham,
Powell’s Valley, and ono from Decatur to
Gallatin. The Tennessee Midland is to run
from Memphis to Ijristol via Nashville; the
Knoxville Southern from Knoxville to a
point on the State line between Tennessee
and North Carolina; the Cincinnati and
Birmingham from Somerset, Ky., to Bir
mingham; and the Powell’s Valley from
Knoxville to Cumberland Gap.
Joseph H. Durkee, special master, an
nounces the following sale at auction on
Nov. 7, 1887: “All that certain line of rail
road of the Florida Central and Western
Railroad Company and its successor, the
Florida Railway and Navigation Company,
extending from a point in the city of Jack
sonville to Chattahoochee, with its branches
from Tallahassee to St. Marks and from
Drifton to Monticello, including the rights
of-way therefor, the road lied thereof, the
superstructures of all sorts thereon, its
water and other stations, houses and shops,
the lands and grounds connected therewith,
and rolling stock and machinery of every
sort, provided by the said company or com
panies, or by the receiver thereof, to lie used
m operating said road, together with all the
corporate franchises of said Florida Railway
and Navigation Company, and said original
Florida Central and Western Railroad Com
pany, so far as the same relate to the lineof
road from Jacksonville to Chattahoochee,
with its branches from Tallahassee to St.
Marks and from Drifton to Monticello, and
the terminal property at Jacksonville. All
of said property above described will be
sold as an entirety, and subject (1) to the
lien of the certificates nnd notes issued by
the receiver under the orders of this court,
not paid out of the proceeds of sale, and (2)
to the lion of a need or a prior mortgage, in
favor of Edward Lewis, to secure the pay
ment of $25,000, with the interest due
thereon, of and upon the St. Marks branch
and lands at Tallahassee.
Charleston Gossip.
A policeman shot a mad dog in Church
street, near Market street, Monday morn
ing.
It does seem strange, but it is true never
theless, that the ice croam manufacturers
in Charleston get most of the cream they
use from Connecticut.
The hardware stores in the city are ship
ping large numbers of old army muskets to
the rice plantations on the coast. The mar
ket will soon be flooded with rice birds.
It was rumored on the street Mond.aj’that
Mr. G. W. Quintan 1 of New York, formerly
president of the New York and Charleston
Steamship Company, commonly known as
the Adger Line, in association with Mr. Mal
lory, the great steamship owner, intended to
put on a line of ships from New York to
Charleston so as to increase the accommo
dations. It was reported that the Atlantic
Coast Lino was nt the back of the project,
or in sympathy with it. There would be a
necessity for such a combination for insur
ing freight by a new' line of steamers in as
much as it is understood that the South
Carolina Railway is under engagement to
give all its business to the Clyde Line. The
South Carolina Railway, moreover, virtu
ally owns the Adger wharves, which now
derives business from the Clyde steamers.
Two or three Charlestonians of means and
übilitv are said to be interested in the ven
ture. but every one connected with it is dis
posed to be reticent. It was predicted how
ever, yesterday that one of the first effects
of the opposition line would be a lowering
of rates from and to New York and the
South Atlantic States. This would affect
the transportation of all business between
New York and the South Atlantic States at
least.
Home Again.
Back into our old quarters, and it feels
like home. We’ve been pent up long enough
and feel like spreading oui'selves. Come
and seous; we have a regular palace, and
looks ns neat as a pin. We’ve prepared our
selves for this move with new and attractive
goods and are ready for business. We shall
endeavor to retain the confidence our friends
and patrons have placed in us for soiling
only the finest grades of Watches, Jewelry,
Silverware, etc., of which we have an at
tractive assortment. We always carry the
largest line of first water Diamonds in the
State. M. Sternberg,
157 Broughton street.
Sunstroke
Prevented by drinking Moxie freely.
Hams and Strips at lowest market prices.
Strauss Bros’, 22 and 22)4 Barnard street.
It is Fatiguing.
You can generally size a man up by the
fit of his clothes, and if there is anything
(hat will make ono tired, oh! so tired, it is
the sight of a man whose garments hang on
him like “a shirt ona handspike.” Nothing
is easier than to get decently fitted—if you
will only go to the right plitce. We make a
specialty of correct fits; in fact, our reputa
tion depends on it. and we would rather
lose a sale than send out into the world a
suit that would bring us into ridicule. We
are getting ready for our fall and winter
stock, and will positively sacrifice every ar
ticle of summer wear henceforth.
The high-class clothing Underwear,
Neckwear, Hosiery and Gents’ Furnishings
- bandied by us must go at buyers’ figures.
We have made up our minds to lose as we
always do at the end of the season—and will
pockot our losses gracefully.
B. H. Levy & Bno.,
fill Congress street.
Clearing Bale.
To save trouble of moving stock to our
new store, 144 Congress, corner of Whitaker
Ht., we have put the prices of our clothing,
hats and furnishing goods down to New
York cost of manufacturing. A great sav
ing can Ist made by laying m a supply now.
The “Famous.” 140 Congress St.
Toilet Soaps! Toilet Soups!
We have some unprecedented bargains.
Strauss Bi os’, 22 and 22)4 Barnard street.
Removal.
The famous New York Clothing House,
now at 140 Congress St., will remove, Sept.
1, to No. 144, corner of Whitaker. The en
tire stock offered at Now York cost to cluso
out. Store tor rent and fixture* for Mile.
Notwithstanding the warm weather
Strauss Bros’, 22 and 22)4 Barnard street,
are still to the front nnd offering groceries
at rock-bottom prices. Purchasers will
do well to givo them a call. Goods de
livered promptly,
At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga..
you get all the comforts of tho high-priced
lio els, and save from #1 to if 2 per day. Try
It and be convinced.—Boston llmnc Jour
BAKING POWDER.
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Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvei of Purity,
Strength and Wholesomeness. More eeonomi
cal than the ordinary kind, and cannot be sold
in competition with the multitude of low test,
short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold
only in ran*. Royal Dakino Powuer Cos., loti
Wall .street, New York.
LUDUES fe BATES S. M. H. "
NOTICE!
We Have Decided to Reduce
Our Stock of
Oil Paintings, Engravings,
INDOTINTS, ETC.,
Our buyer having recently returned from
the North, where he has been so fortuna a
as to secure many rare bargains, mates t
imperative that we make room for now
stock. For the NKXT THIRTY DAYS
wo offer a straight reduction of TWENTY
FIVE PER CENT, from present stock.
(“This does not include yacht pictures just
in.”) All of our goods being marked in
plain figures, the public can rest assured wa
mean business. An examination may 1*
worth your while and costs nothing.
L. & B. S. M. H.
P. S. Room Mouldings are me 'ting with
quite a sale. Perhaps our priee of SEVEN
CENTS A FOOT FOR ONE AND A HALF
INCH GILT MOULDINGS, put up, haj
something to do with it.
CLOTHING. ~
OUR STOCK at all times containing tha
appa rel of correct and seasonable taste is
now complete with an assortment of goods
which w ill be found esi>eeially interesting for
those preparing for the country.
Particular attention is invited to our line o{
DUSTERS,
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS,
Bathing Suits,
House and Lounging Coats,
NEGLIGEE CAPS,
POJAMAS,
And the many little fixiugs which add a*
materially to comfort and appearance during
an Outing.
We are also showing several novelties in
SUMMER WEAR,
which are delightfully cool and of the styles
and fabrics used in foshionanie centres. W
will consider it a pleasure to show any on*
through our stock.
A. FALK & SON.
GKOCERIS*.
JUST RECEIVED^
Salmon & Lobsters
IN FLAT CANS.
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL LINE OF
Staple & Fancy Groceriss
AT
The Mutual Co-Operative Association
Barnard and Broughton Street Lane.
DIALOGUE
FOR PRIVATE FAMILY.
A Persecuted Man; or, Too Muct 1
Mother-in-law.
A Tragic Comedy for 1 Male and 1 Female.
Characters Mr. Josinli Sprigging (son-in-law).
Sirs. Amlnllab Mather (nmther-ln law).
Si [,nic 1. -Sitting room: Mr. H. seated at table,
right; outer Mrs. Amiuidab Mather, left, sleeved
rolled up. grasping business end of rolling pin
Mrs. >1 How now, Josiali, does my daughter;
your wife, get the piano so long talked about
or does she not (wildly gesticulating with rolliuf
pin.)
Mr. 8.- -My dear mother, do
Mrs. M. (hastily interrupting)—Don’t you dar
to dear mot her me; the name okl atnry. Takj
up that is si there and order from DAVIS
BROS.’ Piano and Organ Dealers, Savannah
Oa.. any one of their elegant pianos; they sell
the Kmilie, Kranich & Bach, Batts and Kstey
Pianos and the Katey Organs, for I saw ’en
there, and they sell’em cheaper and on easl"l
terms than anybody else, ’cause I looked atai
prl I everywhere, and know what I’m chimin
au ait.
Mr, 8. Thanks, I'll do so now. I've beer
thlnktn’ tuid wonderin' who toordar from, and
I know any firm that you recommend are ul.
(I. K (Exit Mrs. M. with widespread smile of
contentment Horn ear to ear.) *
Notkbv run burros— llano duly ordered and
re.-olvist; general satisfactionauu contentmen