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6 GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS. Big Profit in Stock Raising In Sumter County -The Governor to Issue an Address in a Few Days on An Un known Topic—Tax Digests Still Roll ing in on the Governor. GEORGIA. The Ocmulgee has fallen sufficiently for the boats to resume their regular trips. An attempt was male to burn out the carriage and wagon works of C. H. Osborn, at Griffin, Wednesday night. At the election for County Clerk in Whit field county, to fill the unexpired term of A. M. Hamilton, resigned. Digory blind was elected by thirty-two plurality, S. W. Mote lieing next to him. A gentleman from Virginia writes to a triend at Fort Gaines that if $25,000 can he raised in Fort Gaines for a cotton factory $75,000 will be brought from his town, if Fort Gaines wants such an enterprise. The unrulier of 1 wiles of cotton received at the depot in Washington since September, 1886, are 17,681. The receipts of Isß3 were the largest on record —18,406 bales. The crop of this year will proliably exceed these figures. Another big land sale was consummated in Scriveu county last Tuesday. E. D. White purchased the plantation owned by John A. Sibley, near Oliver, known as the Sibley place, containing 2,000 acres, paying therefor $5,000. Last Friday on the plantation of W, H. Carswell, about seven miles northeast of Hawkinsvlile, a negro boy 13 or 14 years old shot his little 3-year-old sister in the head with a pistol, from the effects of whii h the child died in a short time afterwards. The boy claims that the shooting was acci dental. There was no witness to the affair. During a recent thunderstorm, the house of Mrs. Bessie Whatley, at Pearson, Coffee county, was struck liy lightning. The weath’erhoarding on the east end was con siderably ripped up, while the electric cur rent shivered the plate, ran on the inside, ripped off the mantel piece and stopped the clock and watch. Fortunately no one was hurt There is a man living in Clarke county who has a coat and vest that he has lioen wearing for fifteen years. The material is nearly as good as when new. and he is still using it. He has been married in this ap parel twice. This is a longtime for a coat and vest to last, and if everybody did not have to invest any oftener than this, there would be but little room for clothing stores. At the Bohannon House, in Harmony Grove, are a pair of magnificent Siberian bloodhounds, ordered out from Philadelphia by Hon. T. E. K'-y and Dr. L. G. Hardman. After the race thut Capt. Oliver made to catch the burglars they saw the need of such a pack of dogs and paid a large price for them. They are now in training aud bid fair to track tip all the burglars and mur derers in the country. Within a few days the Governor will, if report be true, issue some sort of an address to the people of Georgia, but on just what line, or In just what manner it will be written, or for what purpose, no one seems to know. The Governor is non-committal and reticent iipou the subject,, and none of the executive officials appear to know any thing about it. In a few days the matter will doubtless lie developed. An accident to a freight train on the Georgia road near Conyei-s Wednesday night caused a delav in all the passenger trains. An axle under a union trunk line car broke, causing several cars to be thrown from the track Intelligence of the acci dent was sent to headquarters at once, and Maj. Green and Supt. Hemphill were soon upon the scene and gave the work of clear ing the track their personal and energetic attention. A train hand on the freight, whose name is said to be Lawtrell, was con siderably hurt. A few afternoons ago one of the younger bovg of Griffin was out driving with a visit ing young lady. Ho had whispered sweet nothings in her ear for some time, and they had been received in such a manner as to lead him to believe thut they were ai-eept-a ble. Finally he concluded to put his arm around her waist jnst to see how she would take it. To think was to act with him, and as he encircled her she turned to him with great indignation (!) and said: ‘Til give you just five minutes to take your arm from around me.” in n quiet Griffln-youth-tono of-voice, he said “Make it ten.” Comptroller General Wright received the tax returns from the following counties Thursday: Franklin county returned 91,600,768, an increase of $22,658; Wilkes county returned $6,021,638, a falling off of $0,538. The aggregate increase Thursday was $18,120. which makes the aggregate in crease up to date something over four mil lion of dollars There are but few counties yet to bo heard from, and the fulling off has been so decided of late days thut it is lie lieved the increase for the whole State for the year will lie much less than what it was first estimated to be. Dalton Citizen It is said the corn is so rank, dark and green on the Connasaugn bottoms that the light from the tiro-flies can be seen flickering tiirough its sombre shade, even when the sun is high in the heavens. An old farmer tells a pood one aliout a fel low who lost his way in one of these vast, dark forests of corn, and was utterly unable to extricate himself. An exploring party, ■with lanterns, vent in search of him. When, at last, “the lost was found,” lie was discovered in the top of a tall cornstalk astraddle of an e . r of corn, where he had been watching for the last twenty-four hours for the sun to rise. The night train on the (‘antral road took away from Augusta Wednesday fifty of its most disreputable citizens, who go to find work on the Goodwater extension of the Central system, near Birmingham. Many women were in the party. A laughable in cident occurred shortly before tin- train de parted. A negro man walked into the depot, and was hailed by one of the recruits already within a coach,‘and asked if he did not want to go with the party. “Where/" When assured that the trip would not cost him anything, lie handed a watermelon he had under his arm to a bystander, and said: “Here, take this to my -wife, and tell her I am gome to Birmingham.” And ho went. Dawson has been visited several times lately by a man named Blackwell, who pre pares a concoction that he says will cure almost every known ailment tonmn. While there several weeks ago he became cngagisl in a fuss with n citizen of the county, and gashed him severely on the hand with a knife. Last week Blackwell returned, se cured a stand and begun sidling his stuff on the streets as usual. .Saturday he was very impudent to several country g mtlemen anil roundly abused them. At night , through fear of those whom ho so grossly insulted during the day, he folded his tent" mid, like the Arab, “silently stole away.” at the same time forgetting to settle his lioard bill at the hotel. Wednesday night Acworth was treated to a little romance in the way of a novel marriage. Will Rolmrte, of Big Shanty, has been furnishing n house at Acworth and busily engnged arranging things around for about a week, and rumor had it that Mr. Roberts was to complete the outfit shortly with somebody's daughter, without pa's consent. Sure enough, a few friends, who were informed, met Mr. and Mrs. Roberts at the depot on the arrival of No. 19 at 7 •.'ill o'clock They were mai ded 111 Atlanta at 5 o’clock and came immediately to Acworth, accompanied by Frank Gibson and Miss riiui a Dunn. The party repaired to Mr. Roberts’ honse. where a sumptuous repast we* served. Mr*, llolvcrts is the daughter of Mr. Charles Houston, of Marietta Two negro men undertook to cross Dry Fork creek at Mobley Hill Wednesday in a one-horw wagon. When they got into the 1 stream they found that it was deep enough to swim their horse, which became out in fled in some way and could not get across. n the meantime the Is sly of the wagon was takwi up by too water aud started down stream with the two men and the trunk belonging to n Mrs. Moss, of Wilkes county. One of the men swam out. but the other could not swim, and as the wagon body turned over, he would have been drowned had it not been for another colored man who happened to !>e near by who went in and rescued him. Tile horse was also cut loose from the wagon and saved, but the trunk went on down stream and was lost. Last Thursday, while \V. T. Peek, of Talia ferro county, was on his wav to White Plains, he hail some trouble with some ne groes. Mr. Peek had missed some corn from his field and had accused a negro of stealing it. The negro gave him some insult and Mr. Peek slapped him for it. This caused bad blood, and on the morning aliove nanlod Mr. Peek was met in the road by two n" groes who told him to halt. He did not halt, out went on. ns ho was unarmed. He had not gone far before two more negroes stepped out in the road and the two who followed him also came up and surrounded Mr. Peek. It is said that one of them ha/1 a knife drawn and another pulled up a pis tol so that it could lie seen and threatened to kill or brutally whip Mr. Peek. How ever, he succeeded in getting away from them without much trouble. Ho swore out a warrant for Burt Alexander, Brad Shorter and other*. Sat unlay night the Sheriff caught Burt and one of the accused parties escaped at the time they arrested Burt. A gentleman who lives near Ellijay put his fine watch in his pants pocket and wended his way to the cotton patch for the purpose of hoeing cotton. Boon after chop ping up a few bunches of grass he felt some thing cold on his leg and thought it was a sand cutter t raw ling up his pants. Ho at once dropped Ills hoc and grabbed his pants, pulling them tight to his leg to stop the lizard from crawling, and commenced heating on it with his list. After knocking and stamping all the cotton down in a half acre patch, his wife ap peureduDon the scene, anti excitingly ex claimed what in the world is the matter, are you sick t No, there is a lizard up my pants and I j-u-s-t feel him now, biting. By this time lie decided to pull off his pants to see what it had done, and to his chagrin he found that his watch tiad slipped out of his pocket, and fell the length of the chain down his leg and he had absolutely broaen his watch all to pieces, and drove the parts of the crystal into his leg. He is now convalescing. Some time ago the Union Lind and Oil Company of Macon was (firmed and pur chased a tract of land In Kern county, Cal., twenty-one miles long by three in width, containing about 45,000 acres. Lust spring James 11. Campbell paid a visit to the prop erty and was much pleased with the pros pect, In the valleys he found excellent grazing lands, and on the mountain slopes lie found signs of oil and rich mineral de posits. A day or two ago the company re ceived notice from the manager of the oil wells that he struck a fine flow of forty barrels per day. He desired to go deeper so as to strike a bigger stream, but was compelled to drive down a strong force pump so as to get the oil under control liefore he could continue boring. The, stockholders of the company feel highly elated, arid the prospects are that Macon will develop half a dozen “Coal Oil John nios” before Christmas. Another property at Coalman, Ala., in which Mr. Campbell is interested, promises to pan out quite as well. Natural gas has been discovered there, and the owners of the property are very hopeful of a fortune in it. A second flood of rain visited Elbert county last Sunday and Monday that liter ally swept everything before it. The water courses in the county reached a height of 5 feet above the overflow of one week ago. Every bridge in the county has been swept away and all the mill-dams so far as heard from. M. V. Day’s and J. 8. Pulliam's mills on Beaverdam creek wore washed away. The loss to the county in bridges alone will probably reach All the crops on the water courses that were left by the former overflow are totally ruined. Cotton on t he uplands has been damaged by the continued wet weather. At least 15 per cent, of the corn is also damaged, large quantities of it being on the ground. The totol loas to the county by the two freshhts will not fall short of *150,000. There are ten washouts on the Elber tou railroad in fifty miles. No trains have arrived in Elberoon since last Satur day, and mail communications from every direction arc cut off. The County Commis sioners have decided to build several subs inn tial bridges at the most important crossing points on the larger streams in the county, and will begin work at once as communica tion is cut off in every direction. Americus Recorder: Quite a number of farmer* of Sumter and adjoining counties have, during the pust two years, devoted considerable attention to stock raising, with most gratifying success. The result is that home-raised horses and mules are fast be coming numerous, and hundreds and thou sands of dollars that heretofore went to Tennessee and Kentucky every year for the purchase of animals, is now being saved to the farmers of this section. It is esti mated that a horse or mule can be raised in this section for less than f (0, and at three years old sells readily for from $135 to $2OO, owing to size and blood. Among those in this immediate vicinity who have given at tention to this lucrative business are Capt. John A. Cobb, Capt. C. W. Felder and Al bert Brady, each of whom liuve n large number of colts anil brood mares, and who propose to enter extensively into the busi ness, Capt, Cobb, having al ready some twelve or fifteen colts, of flue pedigree which he values highly. Mr, Brady has raised several beautiful horses on his farm near Americus, and would have no difficulty in disposing of them ut figures ranging from $335 to $BOO. Why all farmers in this section do not raise their own hoi-sos is u mystery to us, for at such figures as those given above there is u fortune in <he business as compared to cot ton raising, and the trouble and ex|>ense attached to it unmunts to almost nothing as compared to farming. James I). Mound Is the general store keeper and ganger who has charge of the bonded warehouses of those grain distilleries which are suspended. Monday afternoon he left Atlanta for Hoy, in Gilmer county, tor the purpose of withdrawing two pack ages of liquor from the distillery of I. I). Kdmuudson, who lives a few miles from Roy. Sheriff M. Cox, of Gilmer, and Deputy Collet -tor Anderson accompanied Storekeeper Matind. Having performed their several missions they were about to start back. Kdmundson, Sr., talked to them in a friendly way, and just before they took their departure told them that ho cotlld show them n much bettor road than the one by which they hail come. He pointed out the way and went with them a short distance. Then lie left them and the three horsemen wooded their way merrily. About a mile from the warehouse they oamo to Tlckanetaly river, a small stream, which they forded. Sheriff Cox and Sir. Mauud were a few yards in advance of Mr. Alex nnder. The two former had crossed tjio stream and the latter was nearly across and was letting his hoi-se drink. He was startled by a pistol shot. It was exceedingly dark niirt ho could not see the prison that fired. Whoever he was must have been hidden in the bushes only a few yards off. for the Hash blinded Mr. Alexander, so close was the weapon to bis head when it was fired. “What's tliatf” cried Sheriff Cox and Officer M nund in one voice. The only answer they got was three more shots hi quick stnxos slon. By this time the trio hail come to gether on the opposite side of the river, ’l'hoy <x>uld not see who was doing the shooting, so they started to ride off slowly, keeping thoir eyes skinned all the time. They hud not proceeded twenty yards when a t'usilade was fired in upon them from two side*. They drew their pis tols and returned the fire, but their shots were ineffective because they could not see the men at whom they were firing. Mr. Maund was a little distance from his com panions when a man jumped from out the woods and leveled a riffle at him. The would-he murderer was not more than fifty feet off. He pointed thegun at the officer and nulled the trigger. Tnere was a blind iuc flash wd Mauud ’* hat was soeu to fall THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. AUGUST 13, 1887. from hi* head and his horse plunged madly. The miscreant that fired the gun fled back into safe cover. It was thought that Maund was shot, hut ha soon allayed these fears. Jumping from his horse, he picked up his hat, which contained a bullet hole. Had the bullet gone half an inch lower it might have killed Maund. The band of murderers kept up firing all the while, and it is regard ed as little less than a miracle that the three men escaped with their lives. The only reason that they were not killed was because their assassins could not see them, owing to the darkness, Finally the shoot ing ceased, and the officers rode away as rapidly as they could, considering the rough road and the extreme darkness. After going some distance they found it impos sible to proceed further in the road A large tree lav across the road, and there was a deep ifitch on either side. The men ex amined the place and came to the conclu sion that it was designed as a death trap. Then they understood how it was that they had been directed to follow this route. They firmly believe that their enemies meant to allure them to this place and then kill them. The two men blame old Mr. Edmundson. They say that had they not started for home much sooner than the moonshiners expected, they would certainly have been killed. FLORIDA. One of Bartow’s greatest needs just now is a system of water works. Alachua's temperance rally at Gaines ville Wednesday was a big success. The Bonifay Town Company propose building a brick store. The contract has been let to May & Cos., of DeFuniak. Before'the formation of Lake and Osceola counties there wore 125 public schools iu Orange county; now there are seventy-five. The citizens of Dade City and Blanton vicinity met in Dade City on Aug. 6 and formed a fanners’ society and trucker’s alli ance Work was bejrun on the now Methodist parsonage, in the rear of the Methodist church at Bartow Monday morning. It is to cost about $1,500. At Dade City, Cant. Johnston, of the Waldo Advertiser, has arrived with his new press, and will publish a pajier called the County Democrat. Mr. Kelly, who lives on the Raines place in the northern portion of Leon county, killed twenty-four moccasin snakes in his yard one day last week. Work was liegun last Monday on the Ens minger brick block, on Park avenue, San ford. This block will be occupied by J. C. Ensminger with his photograph parlors. A day or two ago. at the residence of the bride’s brother-in-law, Mr. I>. A. Miller, at Hanford, Miss Rollie Payne was married to E. C. Parkhurst, Rev. Dr. T. W. Moore officiating. Through the enterprise of the South Florida Railroad Company Orlando now has daily weather reports. The telegrams will lie posted every morning on the bul letin board at the depot. A flock of cranes are said to have passed over Tallahassee last Saturday going south ward, whooping as loud as their throats would let them. They are supposed to have come from the North. The Knights of Labor in Jacksonville have offered a reward of SSOO for the ap prehension of the murderer or murderers of Grant Connor, the unfortunate engineer of the ill-fated steamer Twilight. At Monticcllo, Thursday, the first bale of cotton of the crop of Jefferson county for the year 1887 was sold by L. Q. C. Lingo to J. G. Turner & Cos., and was shipped by them to Savannah. It was classed as low middling. Alfred S. Small, a noted all around negro crook, who has spent several years of his life in jail, was arrested at Jacksonville Thursday by Sheriff Holland, for commit ting rape on the person of a negro woman in La Villa. The ground on which the Campbell block of buildings were erected, at Tampa, which were destroyed by the fire lost week, was bought eight years ago by Mr. Campbell for S6OO To-day the ground will readily sell for $25,000. The Governor has made the following ap pointments. H. J. Stewart, of Hamilton county, to be State Attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida; W. C. Hargrove to be Clerk of the Circuit. Court of Putnam county, vice Haughton, declined. The channel of the river at Tampa is be ing filled up with saw dust and trash that is lieing continually dumped into it, and if the City Council neglects much longer in muk ing or enforcing ordinances already enacted steamers will not be able to reach the rail road wharf. The whisky men of Bartow sent off 300 circulars Wednesday to brewers and dis tillei-s soliciting contributions toaid in fight ing the coming election. They are luying low and kerning quiet, but they are going to work with the energy of desperation to carry Polk county wet. The good citizens of Homeland have ill-mod a colony of negroes living near that, town, because the negroes have been threat ened with a mob from a neighboring town. Beside* the guns furnished these inoffensive negroes, they have reserved a few Win chester for private purposes. Excitement was can-el In Jacksonville Thursday morning over the rumor that an other murder hud been committed iu La Villa, but investigation showed that War ren Hall, a well-known negro, had badly mauled one of the negro Aldermen of La Villa namod Hilliard Wheaton. A. H. Dennis, the owner of the famous Scripture grove in Hillsborough county, has got some splendid blooded stock on his place in the wav of chickens ami dogs. He lias a four months old pup, a German mastiff, the lather of which weighed 200 pounds, and tile puppy bids fail- to tip the scales at even a larger figure. Judsun & Rainier are booming the little town of Wakiva nnd purpose making it one of the prettiest and most attractive places in South Florida. They are now erecting a large storehouse which they will have well stocked with goods by Oct. 1. A post office will soon be established and other improve ments are in progress. The Florida Architectural Building Com pany is the style <>f Longwood's new factory firm. The drv-kiln will hold 30,000 feet at one time, ami the ordinary time of drying will be six days, making ft,IKK) feet per day, as we stated, but it is exited that if neces sary it cau be pushed to get the same quan tity dried in half the time, thus doubling the output. Some days ago at Apalachicola several small boys were on the beach Ashing, and one of them was bitten just, above the heel and on the bottom of the foot by a seven foot alligator. His ’gatorship was shot and killed. Those who were ore sent state that the l>oy had a ro|x* in the water trying to rope the saurian, nml, coining close to his ’gatorship, was bitten. The rapid way Mr. Scarlett, the owner of Orange llill, is disposing of the many eligible lota is, one nught almost say, phe nomenal. When in Indianapolis, some five or six weeks ago, he sold to parties there $20,000 worth at very high figures, averag ing sftoo an aero. These parties will be down this fall, and some are even now com ing, who after an examination return en thusiastic over their purchase*. Col. D. H. Elliott has lieen appointed gen eral land agent of the South Florida Rail road Company, with headquarters at San ford. to take effect Aug. Ift. All correspon dence relative to lands of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company in Florida, the Plant Investment Company, and the South Florida Railroad Company, should Is- addressed to him, or to Mr. George Fox. chief clerk land department., Hanford. George F. Register was ill Tallahassee last wis-k and reported several Kev West schooners anchored at St, Marks,'and the people thci’eahuute somewhat excited over the prospect of vellow fever being brought to that port. Upon the recommendation of the City Council and members of the Board of Health, Gov. Perry appointed a Board of Health officer* for St Marks and that port will be quarantined against Key West until the danger is past. Rev. Father Gihone, of Key West, last year built an academy for the colored youth of the city on a valuable lot adjoining Gato ville. He now has nearly finished a fine academy for whites. This school will be taught by the Bi others of the Order, who are expected here about Sept. 1. At an early date a Cuban college and chapel will erected. Father Gihone is doing this work from his private fortune. It is a grand thing for Key West. George H. Cecil, the General Manager of the Doßary line ot steamers, received a tele gram Thursday from New York announc the sale of the steamer George M. Bird to some New York parties. The sale was con summated through Mr. James McComb, of Enterprise. The telegram did not say to what use the boat is to lie put, or whether the new owners would keep her in Florida or take her into other w-atei-s. This is the pioneer steamer of the Deßary line. It is now in the range of possibility that Chattahoochee is to liave a newspaper and a preacher to aid in the development of her resources and morals. Rev. L B. Wilson, of the Patterson, Ga., Advance, after spending some days there and at otner places in search of a location to remove to with bis paper, after returning home, has written back that Chattahoochee’s induce ments are greater than any of the places he visited and has engaged a house for his family and is expected to arrive soon. Rev. Lucius Waterman, of Fishkill-on the-Hudson, has donated SI,OOO to colored work in the diocese of Florida. The bishop, after consultation with the Rev. Mr. Water man, has determined to present the gift to the colored congregation in Tallahassee. Under Dr. Carter, a few colored people in Tallahassee have been struggling for some time to erect a church. Tney have the means to purchase the lot and with this gift will have in a short time what has been so long desired. Mr. Waterman also pre sented SSO to the colored church at Palatka. The Board of County Commissioners of Gadsden has established the five divisions of the county and ten voting precincts, w ith one justice of the peace for each voting pre cinct. Tlie assessed value of personal and real property in the county will amount to about the same as last year ; $309,193 is the amount of assessment of railroad property in the county, as furnished by the Comp troller. Taxes will not vary much, if any, from those of the past year. The County Commissioners offer to pay SI,OOO, if the town will duplicate it, for an artesian well in town, and the town has already sub scribed SBOO. Somewhat of a sensation has been created out in the Shepard neighborhood, eight or ten miles from Chattahoochee, liy the re port that a mad dog was going at large. The people did not seem to realize their danger, or take in the situation, mitil after several dogs nnd hogs had been bitten in the neighhorhood, all or which died soon after they were bitten. A sow that was bitten by the dog bit all of her pigs, after which she and the pigs soon died. The dog was shot at once by Mr. McAlpin, but not killed, but was found dead afterward, having died from the disease, as did all the hogs and dogs that were bitten. At Green Cove Spring, Thursday, the Rev. Alfred A. Preabrey was found guilty of assault and battery upon his wife, Mar tha. From the evidence produced it seems that the couple have not lived upon very amicable terms since their marriage last May, and some time ago the reverend gen tleman made matters worse by committing the assault. Mrs. Preshrey was loath to make their private affuirs public, but finally was compelled so to do, lienee the above result. The courthouse was crowded, a large num ber of ladies being present. Justice Greer presided. The jury recommended mercy, and a fine of $lO and costs was imposed. The Holmes County Commissioners, in answer to the prayer of a numerously signed petition, have ordered an election for the location of a county site to take place Sept. 5. There are several places contend ing for the honor all through the county, such as Westville, Summerville, Ponce de Leon, Cerro Gordo, and last thoiigh not least, the city of Bonifay Wherevor it is located, however, cm- place would be pref erable to tlie outlandish spot where it stands at present, namely Cerro Gordo: situated several miles from the railway, and reached by a road which in wot weather is impassa ble; destitute of hotels or any sort of ac commodations, a site marked by the destruc tion of five court houses already, the work of incendiarism, it is truly an uninviting spot. The Bonifay Land Company has agreed, in the event of the county site being fixed at Bonifay, to build, free of cost to the county, a suitable court house, and to pro cure an iron fire-proof safe in which to keep the county books and records. On last Thursday Maj. J. H. Alien, a well known attorney of Orlando, was arrested and brought before Justice T. W. Shine for trial the next morning upon tho following affidavit of Judge J. L. Bryan: “State of Florida, Orange county. —Before me person ally came J. L. Bryan, who, being duly sworn, says thnt on the day of July, A. D. 1887, and thence continuously from said day until the day of the making of this affidavit, in the county and State aforesaid, one J. H. Alien, a man, and one Powers, a woman, the said J. H. Allen and the said Pow ers, not being then and tnero married to each other, did lewdly and lasciviously associate and oohabit together to the groat and common nuisance of all the people, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided ami against tlie pence and dignity of the State of Flori da. J. L. Brvan. Sworn to and subscribed before me Aug. 4, 1887. T. W. Shine. J. P. At 9 o’clock Friday morning Justice Shine’s office was crowded with spec tators to see what wa going on. Maj. Allen and his attorney, A. J. Rose, were on hand, and the trial liegan. The defendant asked for a change of venue, which was re fused, as the defendant refused to give any reasons for the request. Tho defendant then made a motion to quash the indict ment as no county was specified in the war rant. This was granted nnd anew warrant was issued. Allen was re-arrested, but the indictment was again quashed as no date was specified upon which the alleged offences were committed. This was done at the request of the prosecuting attorney, Judge Mershon. The case was then post poned under anew w riant until Wednes day of this week, but as Allen was absent at that time it was postponed until yester day. More Side Tracks Than Main Line. From the Chicago Journal. “It is a fact not generally known,” re marked n railway official at the Pacific, “that Illinois can boast of a uoveltv in tlie shape of a railroad which has no duplicate in the United Status.” “ What's t’latf" asked n listener. “A road whose stock is held by tho original incorporator* f" “Nothing of tlie kind,” replied the first speaker. “The novelty is a railroad whose side tracks are nine or ten times greater in length than the main line." “ Where is such a road!” “The Peoria and Pekin Union. It runs from Peoria to Pekin, a distance of fourteen miles. That is the main line. Being a belt road, caring lor tho care of the several roads running into Peoria and transferring the cais from one road to another, it lms many miles of side tracks—over 100, 1 be lieve. This accounts for the peculiarity of a raod having more inilei of side tracks than it has in its main lino.” Imitators and Impostors. The unequalled success of Ai.lcock’s Porous Plasters ns an external remedy has stimulated unscrupulous parties to put forth imitations, which they endeavor to sell on the reputation of Adcock's. It is nn alisurditv to siienk of them in the name category ns the genuine and original porou. plaster. Their pretensions arc unfounded, their vaunted merit unsupported liy facts, their alleged superiority to or equality with Allcock’s a false preteiiso. The ablest, mtxiical practitioners and chemists and thousands of grateful patients unite in declaring Allcock’k Poroub Plasters the best external remedy known. SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR New York, Boston and Philadelphia. PASSAGE TO NEW YORK. CABIN $3O 00 EXCURSION 33 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO BOSTON. CABIN „$3O 00 EXCURSION 33 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (via New York). CABIN $23 50 EXCURSION 36 00 STEERAGE 13 50 THF. magnificent steamships of these lines are appointed to sail as follows- standard time- TO NEW YORK. CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt. F. Smith, SUN DAY, Aug. 14, at 1:30 p. m. TALLAHASSEE, Capt. W. H. Fisher, TUES DAY, Aug. 16, at 3:80 p. m. CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. H C. Daooett, FRIDAY, Aug. 19, at 6 p. M. NACOOCHEE, Capt. F. Kbmpton, SUNDAY, Aug. 31. at 7 A. M. TO BOSTON. CITY OF MACON, Capt. H. C. Lewis, THURS DAY, Aug. IS, at 5 v. M. GATE CITY, Capt. E. R. Taylor, THURSDAY, Aug. 35, 11 a. M. TO PHILADELPHIA. [FOR FREIGHT OJILY.I DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY, Aug. 13. at 1 p. m. JUNIATA. Capt. S. L. Askins, SATURDAY, Aug. 30, at 6:80 p. M. Through bills of lading given to Eastern and Northwestern points and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. For freight or passage apply to C. G. ANDERSON, Agent, _______ City Exchange Building. Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Com’y. Fob Baltimore. CABIN $l2 50 SECOND CABIN 10 00 THE STEAMSHIPS of this Comjlanv are ap pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti more as follows—city time: WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Snow, MONDAY, August 15, at 4 p. m. WM. CRANE. Capt. Billups, SATURDAY, August 90, at 8 a. m. WM. LAWRENCE. Capt. Snow, THURSDAY, August 35, at 12 ro. WM. CRANE. Capt. Billups, TUESDAY r , Au' gust 30, at 5 p. m. And from Baltimore on the days above named at 3 r. m Through bills lading given to all points West, all the manufacturing towns in New England, and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. JAS. B. WEST & CO.. Agent*. 114 Bay street. SEA ISLAND ROU TE. STEAMER " DAVID CLARK, Capt. M. P. USINA, WILL LEAVE Savannah from wharf foot of ” Lincoln street for DOBOY, DARIEN, BRUNSWICK and FERNANDINA. every TUES DAY and FRIDAY at 6 p. m., city time, con necting ill Savannah with New York, Philadel phia. Boston and Baltimore steamei-s, at Fer nandlua with rail for Jacksonville and all points in Florida, and at Brunswick with steamer for Sotilla river. / No freight received after 5 p. m. on days of sailing Freight not signed for 24 hours after arrival will be at risk of consignee. Tickets on wharf anil boat. 0. WILLIAMS. Agent SEMI-WEEKLY LINE FOR COHEN’S BLUFF AND WAY LANDINGS. r PHE steamer ETHEL, t apt W. T. Gibson,will A leave for above MONDAYS and THURS DAYS at 6 o'clock p. m. Returning arrive WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAY'S at So clock p. M. For information, etc., apply to W. T. GIBSON, Manager. Wharf foot of Drayton street. For Augusta and Way Landings. STKA MK 1 1 K A TIE, Capt. J. S. BKVILL, \\,’lU. leave EVERY WEDNESDAY at 10 " o'clock a. M. (city time) for Augusta and way Windings. All freights payable by shippers. JOHN LAWTON, Manager. PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Tampa, Key West, Havana. SEMIWKEKLV. SOUTH BOUND. Lv Tampa Monday and Thursday 0:30 p. m. Ar Key West Tu.*sd tv and Friday 4 p. m. Ar Havana Wednesday and Saturilay 6 a. m. NOUTHBC U.VD. Lv Havana Wednesday and Saturday noon. Lv Key West Wednesday and : Saturday 10 p.m. Ar Tampa Thursday and Sunday ti p. nt. Connecting nt Tampa with W est India East Train to at.a from .Northern and Eastern cities. lor stateroom mvomnn),lot inns apply to City picket Cilice 8., E. A: W. B'y. Jacksonville, or Agent llant Steamship l,i ne, Tampa. ~ . C. D. OWENS, Traffic Manager. 11. S. HAINES. General Manager. May 1, tssr Bluf fton and Beaufort Line Wharf Foot of Abercorn Street. KI'IT.AMKR SEMINOLE leave* for Bluffton, p Beaufort and Way landings EVERY TUES DAY at 9a m EVERY THURSDAY lor Beau fort and Wav Landings at 11 a. m. For blurt ton E\ LKY SATURDAY at 2 r u U. A. STRORH4& East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia R. R. GEORGIA DIVISION. The Quickest and Shortest Line BETWEEN Savannah & Atlanta. /COMMENCING July 24. 1887, the following V Schedule will be in effect: EASTERN LINE. Fast Night Express. Express. LvSavannah 7:o6am I:3opm 7:Bspm Ar Jesup 8:43 am 3:30 pm 9:55 pm Lvjesup 3:35 pm 3:30 am Ar Brunswick 5:35 p m 6:00 a m Lv Jesup 8:50 a in 11:07 pm Ar Eastman 13:12 pm 2:9) am Ar Cochran 12:58 pm 8:87 a m Ar Hawkinsville. 2:00 pin 11:45 am Lv Hawkinsville . .10:05 a m 11:15am Ar Macon 2:20 p m 3:55 am Lv Macon 2:25 Dm 4:00 am Ar Atlanta 5:45 bm 7:20 am Lv Atlanta 6:00 ppi 1:00pm 7:35 am Ar Rome 9:00. p m 4:10 pm 10:40 a m Ar Dalton 10:22 p in 5:30 p m 12:0:> n n Ar Chattanooga 7:00 p m 1:85 pin Lv Chattanooga . 0:30lit m 10:(K)pni Ar Knoxville 1:50 pm 2:00 ain Ar Bristol 7:36 pm 6:20 am Ar Roanoke 8:15 am 12:45 pm Ar Natural Bridge. 3:54 ain 2:29 pm Ar Waynesboro ... 6:20 am 4:20 pm At Luray 7:50 am 6:48 pm Ar Shenando’J’n. 10:53 a m 9:33 pra Ar Hagerstown 11:55 pm 10:80 pm Ar Harrisburg 8:30 pm 1:90 am Ar Philadelphia.... 0:50 pm 4:45 am ArXewY'ork 9:35 pm 7:00 am Lv Hagerstown 12:50noon Ar Baltimore 3:45 p m Ar Philadelphia... 7:49 pm Ar New York 10:85 p m Lv Roanoke 2:20 am 12:30 noon Ar Lynchburg 4:30 am 2:45 pm Ar Washington 12:00noon 9:40 pm Ar Baltimore 1:27 p m 11:35 p m Ar Philadelphia .. 3:47pm 3:ooam Ar New York 6:20 p m 6:20 am Lv Lynchburg 6:15 am 3:95 pm Ar BurkviUe. 9:20 am 5:27 pm Ar Petersburg 11:10am 7:15 pra Ar Norfolk 2:25 pm 10:00 pm Via Memphis and Charleston R. K. Lv Chattanooga... 9:25 am 7:10 pm Ar Memphis 9:lspm 6:loam Ar Lillie Rock 7:10a in 12:56pm Via k. C., F. S. and G. R. R. Lv Memphis 10:30 a ra Ar Kansas City 7:40 am Via Cin. So. R’y. Lv Chattanooga... 8:40a m 7:lopm Ar. Louisville 6:45 pm 6:80 am Ar Cincinnati 7:00 p m 6:50 ain Ar Chicago 6:50 am 6:50 pm Ar St. Louis 7:45 am 6:40 pm Train leaving Savannah 7:86 pm, arriving at Chattanooga 1:36 p m, makes close connection with N. C. & S. L. for Sewanee, Monteagle, Nashville, St. Louis and Chicago. Train leaving Savannah at. 7:06 am, Macon at 2:25 ® m and Atlanta at 6:00 p m is fast train for the East, and goes directly via Cleveland, car rying through sleeper to Knoxville, making close connection at Cleveland with train leaving Chattanooga at 111:00 p m. Pullman sleepers leave as follows: Savannah at 7:35 pm for Macon and Atlanta, Atlanta at 6:00 n m for Knoxville. Roine at 4:10 p m for Washing ton via Lynchburg; Chattanooga at 10:00 p hi for Washington via Lynchburg; also one for New’ Y’ork via Shenandoah Valley, and at 9:30 a m for Washington via Lynchburg; Chatta nooga at 7:10 p m for Little Rock; Brunswick at 8:30 p m for Atlanta; Jacksonville at 7 p. in. for Chattanooga. B. W. WRENN, G. P. & T. A., Knoxville, Tenn. L. J. ELLIS, A. G. P. A., Atlanta. TYBEE RAILROAD. SAVANNAH Mi TYBEE RAILWAY. Standard Time. Commencing Saturday, July 16,1887, the following schedule will be in effect: No. 3. No. 1. No. 5. No. 7.* Lv. Savan nah 10:30 am 3:00 pm 6:00 pm 9:50 pm Ar.Tybee.il :45 am 4:lspm 7:00 pm 11:05 pm No. 2. No. 4. No. 6. No. B.* Lv.Tybee. 7:00 am 4:05 pm 9:15 pm 8:00 pm Ar. Savan nah 8:15 am 5:20 pm 10:25 pm 9:10 pm "Trains 7 and 8 Sundays only. All trains leave Savannah from Savannah and Tybee depot, in S., F. and W. yard, east of pas senger depot. Leave Tybee from Ocean House. Tickets on sale at depot ticket office, and at Fernandez's Cigar Store, corner Bull and Broughton Rtreets. C. O. HAINES, Supt. Savannah, July 15, 1887. SUBURBAN RAILWAY. City # and Suburban Railway. Savannah, Ga., May 81. 1837. ON and after WEDNESDAY - , June Ist, the following schedule will be run on the Out side Line: LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE ISLE I LEAVE CITV. CITY. jOF HOPE, j MONTOOMERY *6:56 6:42 I 6:20 ....' ~ 10:25 8:40 8:15 7:50 **3:25 2:00 1:80 1:00 +7:15 6:40 6:15 5 45 There will he no early train from Isle of Hops on Sunday morning. *For Montgomery only Passengers for Isle of Hope go via Montgomery without extra charge. This train affords parents a cheap ex cur.sion before breakfast for young children with nurses. **This 8:25 p. m. train last out of city Sunday afternoon. +On Saturdays this train leaves city at 7:45 r. u. J. H. JOHNSTON. M ATCHES AM) JEWELRY. THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO BUY WEDDING PRESENTS Such as DIAMONDS, FINE STERLING SIL VERWARE, ELEGANT JEWELRY, FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., is to be found at A. L. Desbouillons, 21 BULL STREET, the role agent for the celebrated ROCKFORD RAILROAD WATCHES, and who also makes a specialty of 18-Karat Wedding Rings AND THE FINEST WATCHES. Anything you buy from him being warranted as represented. Opoi’iL Oflas.ses at C’ost. GRAIN AND HAY. Eastern Hay, PRIME BRIGHT OLD CROP EASTERN HAY, POTATOES. LEMONS, ONIONS, CABBAGE, FEED AND SEED PEAS, VIR GINIA BLACK EYE TABLE PEAS. PEANUTS,GRAIN AND FEED, EYES, BRAN FEED MEAL. Get our carload prices ou GRAIN and HAY. 169 BAY ST, W.D. SIMKINS & CO. 1834.- FIFTY-THREE YEARS-1887. , ** *Je Wur iiiCßs, anti up aarltli the Music all the Time. GEO. N. NICHOLS, PRINTING, RINDING —4NI>- HLAXK HOOKS. complete for the Best Work. Ko slotichy work* uicu. No ]oor work. RAILROADS. ICHEDULE * CENTRAL RAILROAD, Savannah, Ga., July 3, 1887. ON and after this date Passenger Trains will run daily unless marked t, which are daily except Sunday. The standard time, by which these trains run, is 36 minutes slower than Savannah city time: No. 1. No. 8. No. 5. No 7 Lv Savannah .7:10 am 8.20 pm 5:15 pm 5:40 pm Ar Guyton 8:07 am 6:40 pm Ar Mitten. .. .9:40 am 11:03 pm 7:80 pm 8:45 pin Ar Augusta..tl:4B pm 4.00 am 8:85 pm Ar Macon I:4opm 3:2oara Ar Atlanta .. .5:40 pin 7:15 am '** Ar Columbus .9:80 pm 8:45 pm ....', Ar Montg’ry.. 7:25 am ':fflpm "A"!" Ar Eufaula 4:83 am 8:50 pm ’" ’ Ar Albany .10:00pm 2:45 pm " Train No. 9t leaves Suvainiah 2:00 p. in.: ar rives Guyton 2:55 p. m. Passengers for Sylvania, YV’rightsville, Mil ledgeville andEutonton should take 7:10 a m. train. Passengers for Thomaston, Carrollton, Perrv Fort Gaines, Talbotton, Buena Vista, Blakely and Clayton should take the 8:20 p. m. train. No. 2. No. 4. NoTC NoTsT Lv Augusta 10:00 pm 6:00 am Lv Macon.. ,10:35am 10:50pm ....... Lv Atlanta 6:soam 6:sopm ”” LvColumbus 11:00 pm 12:45 pm "" LvMontg'ry. 7:25pm 7:4oam Lv Eufaula. .10:15 pm 10:49 am " Lv Albany.. 6:05 am 11:55 am ’ Lv Milieu— 2:28 pm 3:10 am 8:15 am 5:31 am Lv Guyton.. 4:9Bpni s:9lam 9:40 am 6:sßam Ar Savannah 6:00 pm 6:15 am 10:30 am 8:00 am Train No. 10+ leaves Guyton 3:10 p. m.; arrives Savannah 4:25 p. m. Sleeping ears on all night trains between Sa vannah, Augusta. Macon and Atlanta, also Ma con and Columbus. X Train No. 8. leaving Savannah at 8:20 p. m., will stop regularly at Guyton, but at no other point input off passengers between Savannah and Millen. Train No. 4 will stop on signal at stations lie. tween Millen and Savannah to take on passen gers for Savannah. Train No. 5 will stop on signal at. stations be tween Savannah and Milieu to take on passen gers for Augusta or points on Augusta branch. Train No. 6 will stop between Millen and Sa vannah to put off passengers from Augusta and points on Augusta branch. Connections at Savannah with Savannah, Florida and YVestern Railway for all points in Florida. Tickets for all points and sleeping car berths on sale at City Otlice, No. 29 Bull street, and Depot Office 30 minutes before departure of each trail:. J. C. SHAW. G. A. WHITEHEAD, Ticket Agent. _ Gen. Pass. Agent. Savannah, Florida & Western Sway. [All trains on this road are run by Central Standard Time.] 'TMME CARD IN EFFECT JUNE 19, 1887, X Passenger trains on tills road will run daily as follows: YVEST INDIA FAST MAIL. KEAn DOWN. READ UP. 7:o6am Lv Savannah Ar 12:06pm 12:80pm Lv Jacksonville Lv 7:ooam 4:4opm Lv ..Sanford Lv l:lsara 9:oopm Ar Tampa Lv 8:00pra PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Monday and i L Tamna Ap j Thurs and Thurs.. pm f 1-V ' lampa ' • Ar , Sun.. pm Tuesday and I . ~ , . I Wed. and Friday. pm| Ar.-h.ey ivest.Lv f Sft( m Wednes. and I . „ , I Wed. and it ami Ar - Havana...lv , noon Pullman buffet cars to and from New York and Tampa. NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS. 7:o6am Lv Savannah Ar 7:sßpm B:42am Lv Jesup Ar 6:l6pm 9:soam Ar Way cross Lv 5:05 pm 11:26 a m Ar Callahaa Lv 2:47 p m 12:00noonAr Jacksonville Lv 2:05 p m 7 :<X) am Lv Jacksonville Ar 7:45 pra 10:15 am Lv Wayeross Ar 4:40 pm 12:04 pm Lv Valdosta Lv 2:56 pm 12:34 p m Lv Quitman Lv 2:28 p m l:22ptn Ar Thomasville... Lv I:4spm _3:3spm Ar Bain bridge Lv 11:25am 4:94 pm Ar Chattahoochee Lv 11:30a m Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonville and New Y’ork, to and from Wayeross and New Orleans via Pensacola. EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS. 1:80 pm Lv Savannah Ar 12:06 pm 3:20 pm Lv Jesup Lv 10:32am 4:40 pin Ar Wayeross Lv 9:23 a m 7:45pm Ar Jacksonville Lv 7:ooana 4:15 p m Lv . Jacksonville Ar 9:45 a m 7:20 p m Lv Wayeross Ar 6:35 a m 8:81 p m Ar Dupont ....*.. Lv s:3oam 3:25 pm Lv . . .Like City.. Ar 10:45 a m 3:45 p m Lv Gainesville Ar 10:30 a mi 6:55 pm Lv Live Oak Ar 7:10 am B:4opm Lv Dupont ~Ar 5:25am 10:56 p m Ar Thomasville Lv 8:25 a m I:22am Ar Albany Lv l:2sara Pullman buffet ears to and from Jacksonville and St. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Mont gomery and Nashville. ALBANY EXPRESS. 7:35pm Lv Savannah Ar 6:loam 10:05pm Lv JesuD Lv 3:lsam 7:3*a m Ar Atlanta Lv 7:ospm 12: oam Ar YVayeross Lv 12:10am s:Boam Ar Jacksonville Lv 9:00 pm 9:00 pni Lv Jacksonville Ar 5:30a ra l:osatn Lv Wayeross Ar 11:30 prai 2:3oam Ar Dupont Lv 10:05pm 7:10a m Ar Live Oak.. Lv 6:65pm 100)0 ain Ar Gainesville Lv 3:46 p m 10:46 a m Ar Lake (iity. Dv 8:25 p m 2:65a m Lv Dupont..7.'.... Ar 9:Bspm 0:80 ain Ar Thomasville Lv 7:00 p m 11:40am Ar Albany Lv 4:9opm Stops at all regular stations. Pullman sleeping curs to and from Jucksmiville and Sa vannah and to and from Suvanuah and Atlanta THOMASVILLE EXPRESS. 6:05 ain Lv YVaycross Ar 7:00 p m 10:25a mAr Thomasville Lv 2:lspin Stops at ail regular and flag stations. JESUP EX PRESS. 8:45p mLv Savannah Ar 8:80am 6:10 p in Ar Jesup Lv 5:25 a in Stops at al! regular and flag stations. CONNECTIONS. At Savannah for Charleston at 6 41 a rn. Ar rive Augusta via Y emassee at 12:30 p in), 12:29 J> in and 8:23 pm; for Augusta and Atlanta at i :00 am, 6:15 p m and 8:3) pm: with steamships for New Y’ork Sunday, Tuesday and Friday: for Boston Thursday: for Baltimore every fifth day. At JESUP for Brunswick at 8:30 a m and 8:33 p m: for Macon ana Auuiita, 10:80 a in and 11:07 p m. At YVAYCROSSfor Brunswick at 10:00a man! 5:05 p m. At CALLAHAN for Fernandina at 2:47 p m; for Waldo, Cedar Key. Ocala, etc , at 11:27 a ra. At LIVE OAK for Madison, Tallahassee, etc., at 10:58 a m and 7:80 pm. AtGAINESVILLEforOcaIa, Tavares, Brook* ville and Tampa at 10:55 a m. At ALBANY for Atlanta, Macon, Montgom ery, Mobile, New (irleans, Nashville, etc. At CHATTAHOOCHEE for Pensacola, Mobile, New Orle ans at 4:1 i ]> in. Tickets sold and sleeping car berths secured ut BREN'S Ticket Office, and at the Passenger Station. YVM. P. HARDEE, Gen. Pass. Agent. It. G. FLEMING Eutwrintondent Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos. CONNECTIONS made nt Snvnnnah with Sa vannah. Florida aud Western Railway. Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand ard time tlsilii meridian), which is 3B minute* slower than city time. NORTHWARD. No. 14* 38+ 6* 78* LvKav'h .12:‘JU p m 4:00 p m 0:45 a m 8:23 pnt Ar Angus'ft 12:80 pm Ar Beaufort 0:08 p m 10:15 am •••• ArP. Royalo:2opm 10:80am Ar Al'dale.. 7:40 p m 8:15 pm 10:20 a m A)- t’ha'stou 4:43 p m 2:20 p ni 11:10 a m 1:25 a m SOU Til W ARD. 33* 35* 27* Lv Cha'ston 7:10 a m 8:85 p m 4:00 a m Lv Augusta 12:85 p Lv Al'dale., s:loam 3:01 pm Lv P. Royal. 7:ooam 8:00pm Lv Beaufort 7:12a m 2:15 p in .... • Ar Sav'h... ,10:15 a m 0:58 p m 0:41 ain •Daily between Savannah and Charleston. •(Sundays only. Train So. 78 makes no connection with Port Royal nml Augusta Railway, and stops only at Ridgeland, Green Pond anil ltavenel. Train 14 stops only at Ycinassec and Green Pond, and connects tor Beaufort and lwrt Royal daily, and for Allendale daily, except Sunday. Trains i and oo connect from and for Beaufort and Port Royal daily. . lor tickets, sleeping car reservations and an other information apply to WM. BREN, Special Ticket Agent, 22 Bull street, and at Cnarleeton ami Savannah railway ticket oflloe, at Savannah, Florida ani Western Railway Aenoi __ f. 8. GADSDEN, Supl. 4un>9.1847