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8 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. ‘^ ' '*■ R^*=='®'.S IS| .jj*a 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