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2 GEO RGIA'S_STAT E ROAD. ME. DEAN CONTINUES HIS SPIfECH IN FAVOR OF SELLING. Many Strong Points Made in Behalf of His Measure—Mr. James Opposes the Sale and Defends thp Constitu tionality of State Ownership—The Proposition to Teach Hygiene in the Schools Lost. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 18.—In the Senate to-day consideration of the Brady bill, the special order for to-day, was deferred to next Wednesday, and the debate on the Dean bill was continued, with Mr. Dean on the floor. He believed the minority report must be a dream. The arguments are without reason. Their claim that the sale of the road and payment of the public del t will impair the State’s credit is uno of the strongest. The State is paying in interest, j on its debt, more than the income on j this property. That the State's credit will 1 be impaired by wiping out the pub- j lie debt, is a proposition he could not understand. Another objection is that the educational fund w ill Is- decreas ed, and hazard and cripple the whole educa tional system of the State. The argument is fallacious. If Georgia, burdened with a great debt, with an annual interest to pay of #175,000 more per annum than the in come on this road, has built up and sup ported a school system, will she not l>e bet ter able to support and maintain the system with this deb; wiped out and no interest to pay? It will be merely a change of funds, for the #150,000 now given the school fund #150,00u must bo taken out of the tax funds and paid on the public debt. FAVORS A BETTER SCHOOL SYSTEM. He said he was in favor of a better and higher school system, and that would he one ol the good results of the bill. On the mat ter of betterments, the sjieaker said that if it Ik- true, as claimed by the minority re port, that the bill encouraged the idea of paying betterments, he would as earnestly oppose the measure as any one, but that fs not true. There is nothing in the bill that anticipates the payment of the betterments. You cannot force such a construction. This proposition under the bill was to commit the State to the contrary gosition and stand by it. The rate has the right to receive the road ns it is today, with all the improvements that are in the nature of fixtures. On the ques tion of railway stock, as much as the State could presume to sell or deliver would be #600,000, the amount of the rolling stock owned by the Stats- in the original inven tory. The minority report claims that the sale of the road would tie opposed to the express-i will of a large majority of the people of Georgia When this ques tion was discussed before the people the facts were not fairly brought out. Since they have been brought, out, the people do not feci themselves bound by an expression of opinion made by them some time ago, and in the light of reason will now favor the sale. NOT A BAD BUSINESS POLICY. The last objection is that the sale at the price fixed would be a bad business policy. To this Mr. Dean replied that the price would extinguish the State- debt, would re duce the State tax. and save the cost and expense of collecting it. The argument needed no reply. It was also claimed by the minority that it is not the time to sell the road. Why not? The lease is about to expire, and as a business proposition we should l-e prepared so that the State lv> not forced into either a lease or sale. There can tie no argument upon that issue. It is saiii bv som- that the pri-e is too high, and by others that it is too low. Mr. Dean made a rapid inventory of the road with the terminal properties in Atlanta and Chattanooga, to show that the minimum price fixed in the bill was entirely justifiable. Tu>* time has passed, if it ever were right, when the State should build and oporate railroads. Private wealth and individual enterprise can now accomplish these things and find them profitable investment;. The State should let them alone. THE MIXOKITY’B VIEWS. Mr. Jam*n. of the Thirty-sixth duitrict, who signed the minority report, in his argu ment against the bill, said he had been un able to see in the Federal or State constitu tion anything to prohibit either the State or Federal government owning, maintaining or operntmg a railroad. These constitutional questions did not come before the jieople when the Senator from the Forty-second was elected, but, on the contrary, when he asked for their suffcrago he claimed t hat lie was opposed to the sale of the State road. He believed the people of Georgiu were op posed to the sale of the rood. None of the great statesmen of Georgia have ever frnuid any constitutional objections to the State's owning the road. It was left for the Sena tor from the Forty-second district to find constitutional objections which escaped Alexander Stephens and Herschel V. John son. It is not true that the road corrupted the politics of Georgia from 1850 to now. The Executive, Legislature and Judiciary huvo stood as high as any in the Union. The speaker esteemed it a pleasure to stand in his place and deny that legislation has been corrupted by this road, Georgia’s Henators ami Representatives will compare favorably with any State in the Union. What Executive of Georgia has ever been corrupted by the Stale road ! AS GOOD AS THE BEST. The executive department of this State, before, during, anil since the war, lias been as well managed a* that of anv State in the South. Since the war the property of the State has increased from ?1!U,2h5,521 to 8&41,OUO.OOD in ISB7, and the Stato is going on and on to a greatery prosjierity. The charge of corruption is u reflection on the State which cannot lie sustained. The op position to this bill is prompted by no other motive than the conviction that tho bill Is wrong, and we propose to stand by what we believe is to the best interests of Geor gia, and the future pros|>eritv of the State. There is a logical reason for the opposition to the bill, and it is founded on honesty and patrinti.,m The total cost of the read to the people of Georgia was £'>,570,000 What has it puid the State? It has iiid a hand some income ever since its completion to Chattanooga. Mr. James reviewed the finan cial nianegeinent of the road up to the time of the lease showing that the road lias always been profitable, even though in certain years, owing to bad management, the State did not get the lienetit of it. ONLY ADVOCATING THE RIGHT. The said lie wus simply advocat ing whut he believed wus right, and, in lii.s judgment, the best interests of Georgia, and be was not to lie turned from that,'position, as the gentleman from the Forty second had been, by tbe influence of newspapers. The people thein.'hos have olreaey spoken on this subject ut tile polls and they opposed the sale of the road. In answer to the argu ment that competing lines were depreciat ing the vuluo of this property, the speaker said let these compet ing lines be built. The State road will always boa paying nro|ierty. Tho busi ness of the rood is now double what it was when the Haul Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia road was built. Tlie speaker re ferred to the remark made bv Mr. Dean that, the minority report was like a dream, and said the Senator's course, when he was elected to the Legislature on a platform of opposition to the sale of the road, wus more like a dream thuu is his position now in in troducing the bill advocating the sale. The lieople of Georgia don’t want to part with this property. Let us stand by them and their rights. If the profierty is sold under this bill he predicted that when tbe year 11115 comes the State will have no road, no revo pjie from tbe road, and will be ns badly in debt us now. This property will increase in value every year, and in 11115 it. is hnpoasihle to say what it will be worth. He was satis fied that the price fixed in the bill is far below its real value. The Satiate then adjourned. In the House. In the House to-day the Committee on j Agriculture made an adverse report on the ; bin toelect the Commissioner of Agriculture jby the people. There was also a minority report. Air. Hunt, of Ilanco’k. a resolu i tion relieving the Houso special committee j to investigate and report upon the manage | rnent of the lunatic asylum from the per formance of that duty, because a sub committee of the regular committee on the Lunatic Asylum had been charged with it. He contended that the appointment of the special committee was a reflection upon the regular committee. The fact was brought out that the sub-committee appointed at the last sj-ssion to make an in vestigation did not have a quorum, only two of its. members meeting at MiUedge ville, and did n t make the Investigation. They agreed as to this fact, but differed as to some of the reasons given. Mr. Hunt contended that if the House distrusted its regular committee the proper course was to appoint anew committee. MERE SHAMS. Mr. Kenan insisted that the late investiga tions made were mere shams. He related the circumstances under which the special committee was appointed, and content led that the proper time for opposing its ap pointment was 1-efore the ordering and ajs pomtment of the committee. He insisted that he had for months been trying to in duce the regular committee to make the in vestigation without success, and that there were matters at the asylum that ought to lie investigated. The resolution was lost. The special order was a bill to amend section 1-501 of the Code to require study of physiology and hygiene in the public schools as relates to the effects on the system of alcoholic liquors. Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, proposed to amend by adding terrapinology am i opposed the whole bill on the ground that it was unconstitutional and could be productive of no practical good. He contended that the teaching of hygiene, or the effects of alcoholic stimulants, did not come within the constitutional limitation of teaching, in the public schools, to the elementary branches of an Engjisli education. Ho com mented in a humorous way upon examina tions in hygiene in other States, and upon the medical terms used in such examina tions. He concluded by withdrawing his amendment. FAVORED BY THE WOMEN. Mr. C'alx-in read a petition from the State officers of the Woman’s Temperance Associ ation in favor of the passage of the bill. Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, supported the bill as requiring instruction that ought to tie given to children, instruction intended to make them healthier and hotter men. He sniil such instruction inet th* l approval of scientific men every where, and he favored giving it a trial. Mr Harrell, of Webster, elaborated the objection of Air. Candler that the bill was inconsistent with the constitution, which re stricted teaching in the public schools to the elementary branches of an English educa tion. He also insisted that the bill would Vie impracticable in its operation, because none but physicians could stand a satisfactory examination on hygiene and sanitation, and Is- competent, to be chosen as teachers. Mr. McCord, of Richmond, offered a pro viso that the Ixioks on hygiene shall he fur nished to children without cost. lie thought the i-onstitational objection was a good one, and that the requirement of the books to lie furnished free might, restrict the experi ment. On the vote the bill r.us lost. NEW BILLS. The following new bills were introduced: By Mr. Howell, of Fulton—To change the name of the Atlanta Insurance Company to the Atlanta Banking Company. Also releasing M. C. Martin, as security on the bond of Allen Johnson. By Mr. Cliapiieil, of Muscogee—To amend Section 49! of the Code. By Mr. Vezcy, of Taliaferro—To authorize the Georgia Electric, Mining and Improve ment Conqiany of Taliaferro county to con struct branch lines of railroad, etc. By Mr. Font.', of Bartow—To amend an act to establish a eitv court of Bartow. By Mr.Coggin, of'Banks—To prohibit the sale of spirituous or malt liquors within three miles of the Gildersville Baptist church in Banks county. Measures on third reading fared as fol lows: The resolution of Mr. Arnheim to appro priate #US to the Jackson Light Artillery, of Albany, to reimburse them for money expanded in mounting and repairing cannon belonging to the State, passed. For the bill introduced by Mr. West, of Habersham, to prescribe the gazette in which county officers shall advertise, the Committee on Printing reported as a sub stitute a bill to regulate official advertising. The substitute constitutes tho Ordinary, Sheriff and Clerk of the Sup-rior Court a board to select the gazette for their county, and requires all legal advertisements to tie published in the gazette so selected. Mr. Harrison offered an am -ndment giv ing the advertisements to the wiper having the largest bona fide circulation in tho county in counties where there aro two papers. This amendment was rejected anil the bill was lost. BAVANNAn’s POST OFFICE SITE. The general Judiciary Committeereimrtcd favorably flit' hill to code to the United States jurisdiction over land in Havuuimli for a post office. A favorable report was made on the hill to establish the boundary line lietween the States of Georgia and Tennessee. The Railroad Committee decided this af ternoon to re|>ort favorably the bill char tering the Savannah, Macon and Binning ham railroad, with an amendment that it shall not run within ton miles of any other constructed road, and that the charter is void if the Savannah, Dublin and Western shall complete and operate 100 miles by Oct. 10, 1888. U The Penitentiary Committee this after noon reconsidered its action of yesterday on the Ini I for a board of pardons, which was favorable. The Governor to-day signed the act amending section 3010 (6) of the Code so as to provide for annual revision of the jury lists in counties having towns of 10,000 or more inhabitants. He has also signed the resolution urging upon Congress the improvement of the Flint, Chattahoochee and Apalachicola rivers. He has alio signed tin'resolution for the relief of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance company, of England. v A ROW AT THE RACES. Errors in Posting a Horse Give the Bookmakers a Soft Thing New York, Aug. 18. —At Monmouth Park to-day the enjoyment of the day wus marred by an exceedingly unpleasant bet ting dispute and disturbance in front of the judges’ stand. For the selling race. The Bourbon, though marked as a starter on the board, was erroneously scratched in the lotting ring. At ' the lasi minute he was marked as a sturtcr, and l ets went on him. As luck laid it The Bourbon won. Then a shout arose as all the people who hail backed Luna Brown, who finUued second, claimed thut The BourUiii was not n starter when they bet their money. The judges de cided that Bourbon finished first , and Luna Brown second, and that bets should Lx- jiaid accordingly. This of course was a decision greatly in favor of the liooknmkers, us ouly a few of them bod laid against The Bourbon. Two linns, fridge & Cos., and Appleby & John son acted honorable and announced that they wouhl pay Luna Brown and Relax bets up to the time The Bourbon was marked as a starter. Tho attendance was very large, the wuather flue and the truck good. Fol lowing is a summary: First lUcr. -Three-quarters of a mile. Cy clops won. with Hess second,and Salisbury third. Time 1:1ft. Skcoko Rack-Three-quarters of a mile. Omaha won. with Tourmaline second, and Taragon thir l. Time 1:1791 Tiiikp Haci!- Mile and a half. Virenzi won. Almv was tbe ouly other starter Time v!:* Kocbth Hack Mile and an eighth. Conne mara won, with Rupert second, uml ITcciosu third. Time 1: .Via!. THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1887. Fifth Racf Three-quarters of a mile. Slum tier won. with Pyramid second ami Larchmont third Time 1:1714- Sixth ILk k--Seven-eighths of a mile. The Bourbon wou. with Lima Brown second and Relax ihir.l Time 1:31. Seventh Rack— Steeplet-ha-*' over the short coin's, itef-ree won, with If ercules second and Littlefellow third. Time 3:0? A POSTPONEMENT AT SARATOGA. Saratoga, Aug. 18. —To-day's races were postponed until to-morrow on account of rain. AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE. Gov. Gordon Urges that Georgia be Properly Represented at the Centen nial Celebration of the Constitution at Philadelphia Executive Office, ( Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 15, 1887. i To the People of Georgia: Th" centen nial celebration of the adoption of the con stitution will be held at Philadelphia on Sept. 15, 111 and 17. The fifteenth day is set apart for a pro cessional industrial display, illustrating the progress of the country in the last one hun dred years. The sixteenth will he devoted to a grand military parade by the troops of the differ ent States and Territories, accompanied hy their rospecti ve Governors with their staffs, and by detachments from the army and navy of the United States. The special services of commemoration will occur on the 17th, at which the Presi dent of the United States will preside, and an oration will be delivered by Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court of the United StaP*s. This brief outline will indicate the princi pol features of the eelebral ion. One hundred years ngo. on Keb. 10, 1787, at Augusta, the General Assembly of Geor gia appiinted Commissioners to the Consti tutional Convention called to meet at Phila delphia. Under the articles of confedera tion the general government was wanting in dignity, energy, credit and that great es sential of all governments—the power to en force its own decrees. The confederation was discordant: liankruptey was almost universal; |x:pular discontent was increas ing. and the prospect for stable Republican government was most discouraging. At this critical juncture, Virginia inaugurated the movement for a stronger government ami a more (lerfeet union, by granting I lowers which experience had demonstrated could not Is* exercised bv the States. The convention met in Philadelphia in May, 1787. Its presiding officer was George Washington. Many of its members were distinguished for public services, for practi cal knowledge, and in the science of govern ment, as well as for disinterested patriotism. No assemblage was. ever better fitted to carry out the great purposes of its convoca tion. No great purpose was ever so success fully accomplished by a deliberative body. The constitution which it adopted has been for 100 years the charter of American liberties. It established a system of federa tive union capable, of illimitable expansion, with perfect safety as long as the Federal government and the States kept within their appropriate spheres This centennial will be the grand jubilee of the po: ile of these States. Occurring in Philadelphia, which is so full of revolution ary memories and associations, the occasion wfl! lie a tit one for increasing attachment to tho Union, forgetting all swfional differ ences in recalling the teachings and the lalxirs of the fathers of the republic. It is eminently proper that Georgia should lie represented at this great gathering of the States. No State in this Union can more appropriately, or with more patriotic zeal join in the jubilee than Georgia She bore her full share in the formation of the fed eral constitution. When the call for n con vention was made, she promptly responded. When the constitution was submitted she promptly ratified it. She was one of the three States, I believe, in which not a single vote was re corded against it. Whilst the great States of New York, Massachusetts and Virginia were discussing its provisions, debating eon ditionnl acceptances, and urging amend ments, Georgia accepted the constitution as it came from the hands of its framers—ar.d in the hundred years which have followed she lias never violuted ono of its provisions nor abandoned one of its principles. The Executive of the State has no fund which he can appropriate to secure a proper repre sentation a* Philadelphia. Nor has the legislature the authority to make an ap proprintion for such a purpose. I have therefore doomed it proper to call the at tention of the people to the subject with the view to excite their interest ana to ask their co-operation. When the constitution was adopted Geor gia was a wilderness. Her population fringed the coast and tho Sa van nail river, and were in perpetual danger from power ful bauds of hostile Indians. Her wealth consisted in rude tenements, in a vast, and fertile but uncultivated territory, and in the high resolve to conquer all obstacles and make successful free government on this continent. Her churches, her school houses, her means of communication and all her appliances of civilization combined did not equal those enjoyed at this day by n single neighborhood in a single county! Now she is a great populous common wealth, rich in all things that constitute a State anil feeling each day the impulse of a greater and nobler development. Notwithstanding the momentous social, political and economic problems with which she has lieen confronted in the last quarter of that century, she may safely challenge comparison with any of the great States of the union in the average financial inde pendence of her oitißens, of all nvecations and of I Kith colors, in the small percentage of jiuuperism and of erimo, in the registered numlierof pupils (white and colored), of her public schools in the proportion to pallia tion, in the number and seating capacity of her churches, in th<> peace and good order of her society, in the impartiality and purity of her courts, and in the loyalty of her sons to the cardinal principles of the constitu tion anil to the union of these States under the constitution. I respectfully urge upon the |>eople to aid in having this State fairly represented at Philadelphia, so fur as this may lie practica ble. through her military organizations and bv furnishing such evidences as wo may ho ntde to present, of her marvelous recupera tion ana material progress. If the names of proper representatives are furnished me, I will appoint full delega tions from the different counties and asso ciations. J. B. Gordon, Governor. MRS. FELTON THANKS HIM. Mr. Porter Stocks Receives a Pleasant Letter Other Congratutatloua. The case made agninst Porter Stocks in the Police Court at Atlanta last Saturday night, becuuso of his light with 11. I'. Mc- Caitiie, tlie North Carolina tobacco drum mer, who made an offensive remark about Mrs. Felton, has not been disjiosed of and cannot be until McCainie turns up. The drummer has gone. Since t he difficulty Mr. Stocks lias ri'cei ved hundreds of compliments for tbe course lie pursued, and has had a dozen letters from iodine Among the ladies who luive written Mr. Stocks is Mrs. Felton. With Mix Fel ton's letter Mr. Stocks received a beautiful handmade silk Ixxlquilt which she hud laid a wav. Mrs. Felton appreciates Mr. Stocks' conduct very highly, and in her letter says: At Home. Aug. 15, 1887. .l/u Peer Mr. Stork*: Let your friend thank you with all her heart for your brave words In her behalf: May God bless you and yours! 1 ruunot Imagine w hat I haie done or am sup posed to have done that should incur such hos tility from low-creuturrH in and out of the Leg islature. lain sure t never gave either the "dew drop from Sumter,'' or the North Carolina drummer, a word of provocation In my life;ami I eertalrdy did not bring my name into the no tice of either by any act of my own. Hut the wine ns -in dead beats uiv furious that their gam.' is blocked and will lure- any traino who cau lie !(ought to do or attempt to do w hat they dare uot attempt to do themselves Give my love to that dour young wife of yours and to your good father and mother and as noon •* you get able, come to see me Hint 1 may help fliwn in mirv>> von mgiiiiil nnrl ui>)l 1 send you a little reminder made with my fingers, of mv gratirade ihv express! and when the nights lire chilly—let it rest on your feet— which carry the bravest young soul I Enow of, who is an honor to himself ami to those who love and admire his honor and chivalry. Truly your friend. R. A. Felton. McCainie, before having the city, wrote Mr. Htoeks a letter, in which he acknowl edged the error he hail made, and for which ho apologized. Wednesday he re ceived a second letter from the drummer, in which be said: Mv Dear Kir and Friend—l promised in my note of last night to write you I am rest.ag o’k My eyesight is almost ruined. You need fear no trouble. lam away till four months. I hone you will pot. be troubled any further hy the police. Write me. Your friend. R. C. Me. Fact and Fancy About the Fan. From the Albany Expret*. An observant young woman remarks: “I have been struck by the cheapness as well as beauty of many of the fans displayed in the sh(s) windows this season, and as the fan is notably a warm weather instrument it seems desirable to have it convey by its ar tistic design a sense of refreshment to the eye. Foy myself, I have no enjoyment in using a fail’ it always seems to me as if the heat created by swinging the arm to keep it in motion was greater than the coolness tem porarily given to the face by this exertion. In fact, the survival of the fan indicates the power of association; the fact that it was formerly supposed to possess a cooling in fluence being more potent than scientific evidence that it is a heater and an irritant. Habit lias made its use independent of the temperature, women especially availing themselves of it at. all seasons and under all circumstances, and from certain indications which I have noticed the fan is becoming much os it was in the days of the Spectator —an instrument of flirtation and a danger ous heguilement of young, and even old, men.” On a Broad Guage. From the Brunetrick (Ga.) Herald. The Savannah Morning News is a big paper, an excellent journal, one of the best m the South. Wise, conservative, running on n broad gauge, it is nodiscredit to follow usually where it leads. The Herald is ready to admit that it does so pretty gener ally, except when it launches out on its favorite hallucination that Savannah is a seaport. There we differ. Bradford's County Seat Starke, Fla.. Aug. 18.—Starke’s ma jority over Lake Butler, in the court houso election yesterday, was ;£> Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia: FAIR Fair weather, preceeded by local Jrain in eastern portion, variable winds, stationary temperature in the southern portion, slightly warmer in the northern pi irtion. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah. Aug. 18. 1887, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. Departure j Total Mean Tempf.rati rf. from the Departure — —— l Mean Since for 15 years Aug. 18. TT.j -i- or Jan. 1,1887. 80 0 83 0 i -|- 8 0 i— <22 0 Comparative rainfall statement |M Daily Amount 10 Years. 18 87. j or _ Jan lf 36 00 .36 | l.BO Maximum tenqieraturo 0,3.6, minimum tem perature 77.0. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. tji. yesterday (Augusta tiinel was 9 4 feet—a rise of 0.1 during the past twenty-four hours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end ing op. m., Aug. 18 1887. 75th Meridian time. Districts. | Average. Nave 'stn >f slax Min - R*in tioM.i Tem P ,Tem P faU 1. Wilmington j -’0 |92 70 .51 3. Charleston 8 94 73 .29 3. Augusta 12 j .92 70 .82 4. Savannah 13 1 96 74 .02 5. Atlanta 11 90 72 25 6. Montgomery | 8 : 94 74 03 7. Mobile j 9 94 70 02 8. New Orleans 14 30 72 .50 9. Galveston |2l !96 74 .06 10. Vicksburg | 5 jBB j 78 60 11. Little Rock ! :i 92 j7O *T 12. Memphis 10 90 70 03 Averages j I MILLINERY. Platshek’s, 138 Broughton St. Positive Clearance Sale OF OUR ENTIRE REM AINING STOCK OF SUMMER GOODS IN Millinery. Parasols, Gloves, Hosiery, Embroideries, Laces, Collars, Infants’ Lace Caps, Ladies’ Muslin Underwear, Canton Mattings, Linen Ulsters, Knit Underwear, Jerseys, and Our Great Line of Novelties Those* wishing to buy real, live bargains can never avail them selves of a better chance than w e are now offering, for what we state is posi tively bona tide. N. B. -Country orders will receive the same benefit of reduction given to our home trade. Your orders we respectfully solicit. STOVEs. Tlie Times Cook Stove. \VF TT.WE UECKIVPP the agency for this * ▼ popular Stove (over 100,000 in ue. anfi take pleasure iti offering them to our customers It is heavy, durable, and took first prize at Pennsylvania State Fair for baking. It has all the latent improvements, Including ventiUUx.l oven. CORNWELL CHIPMAN, o 1 RulMtnv The Savannah Weekly News. V Sixteen Images. For Saturday, Aug. 20, 1887. NOW READY. CONTENTS First Page —“ Rock of Ajges;" Morniijg News Library No. 2i\, “Nora of the Adirondack*,” Chapters XXII., XXIII.. XXIV.; Whittier's Homo at Oak Knoll; H** Finally Recognized Her ; The Cruise of the Sioux, a Modern Voyage of Exploration and Discovery, Illustrated; Project for Crossing the Ocean in Pneumatic Tubes. Second Page—Dr. Felton Gives the Man From Sumter a Terrible Scathing; The Marietta and North Georgia Bond Investigation; Cleveland Invited to Macon; Falling Walls Kill Three Fire men; How the Crops Show Up: Thrilling Story of an El Paso Man; A Row at Chautauqua; Poli tics and the Negro; Minor Telegraphic News Items. Third Page— Details of the Greatest Loss of Life Known in Railroad History; Ives Assigns; A Tilt Over the Pacific Roads; Cleveland's Plans; Baldwin Falls a Thousand Feet; Langston Mur der case; Executed by Shooting; Poison in a Prima Donna's Tea. Fourth Page. —Mr. Simmons, of Sumter, Replies to Dr. Felton, of Bartow; Macon Notes; Milledgevillc Aroused; Big Tax on Wine Rooms; The Flood Causes Widespread Destruction of the Rice Crops; Condition of the Sea Island Crop on August 1; Wonderful Surgical Opera tion on a Horse. Fifth Page —Further Details of the Terrible Railroad Accident in Illinois; A Similar Acci dent Near Albany, Ga.: America's Irish Funds; Chattanooga Excited Over the Discovery' of Natural Gas; Utes In War Paint; hire Eating up Millions; Georgia's legislature; Wild Cat In surance: Tallahasse * Topics. Sixth Page— lnvestigating the Illinois Rail road Disaster; Langston's Jury'; Railroad Enter prises: Some Interesting Statistics About New England Old Maids; Athens Notes; Riddle berger's Big Row; Georgias Legislature; A Button Saves a Young Woman from Being a Murderess; Minor Telegraphic News Items. Seventh Page— Agricultural Department: August Work in Florida; Time to Soty Grass Seeds; Value of Farm Pr.>diicts; Strength of Timber; Asparagus Culture: Household; Farm and Stock Notes; Popular Science. The Weather Crop Bulletin of the Signal Office: Farmers Said to Have Lost $30,000,000 by Drought; Thomas Wool folk Sick and Sad; Cleveland's Coming; Hanged While in a Faint. . Eighth Page.— Rev. Tnlmage Drags Bigotry from Its Cave and Rips Off Its Hide; Incen diarism Not the Cause of the Illinois Railroad Horror; Ferdinand Installed as Ruler of Bulga ria; Dead on the Track: Mrs. Cleveland at Church; Cost of a Swell Wardrobe; Mark Twain's References; A Law to Prevent Padding Suggested. Ninth Page —English Conservatives Unable to Put on a Bold Front: Chats worth's Crash: An Embezzler Steals on the Advice of a Law yer; The Interstate Convention of Farmers at Atlanta Addressed by Henry W. Grady; Ute In dians in Full War Paint; Minor Telegraphic News Items. Tenth Page- The News in Georgia, gathered from Correspondents and Exchanges. Eleventh Page— Round About in Florida; South Carolina Items; An Innocent Man Jailed; Georgia's Legislature; Bridges Washed Away: Florida's Metropolis Contracts for Cruisers: Section Hands to Blame for the Illinois Railroad Horror; Minor Telegraph News Items. Twelfth Page— Editorial: Why Murder is Common; The State Agricultural Society: How to Make Prohibition Successful ; The Dean Bill: The Hip Pocket Evil; Divine Healing on Island; The August Crop Report. Saving Hay; A Startling Prediction; Brief Telegraphic Sum mary. Thirteenth Page—A Murderer's Sentence commuted: Shot While Hunting; A Boiler Ex plodes; Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in Session; The Central Pool Completed; Grave Charges Against Treasurer Daniel R Kennedy; The Fulling Flood; A Gala Day and a Glorious Fight at Thunderbolt. Fourteenth Page Strange Story of Mr. Beck, and How for Twelve Years He Wore the Paint and Feathers of Sioux; A Bit of Southern Romance; Woman's Favorite Tipple; Henry Morgan, the Buccaneer; A “Moaning'' Car; Curious Industries; Little Girl and Big Bear; Courtship in Greenland. Fifteenth Paoe— Louise; An Intoxicated Roach; Like Her Elders; An Old-Time Southern Orator; Millionaire Crocker s Revenge; The Summer Line Between Modesty and Immodesty; How a Bottle of Champagne Was Won; He Didn't Enjoy Sea Bathing; A Boston Merchant with a Long Head; Current Comment; Bright Bits: Personal : Items of Interest. Sixteenth Paoe- Review of the Savannah Markets: The Darien Short Line: A Flight from Jail at I>ouisvi!lc, Ga.; Crescent City's Ambi tion; Georgia's legislature; A Growing Florida Town: Wei aka Notes. Just the jviper to send to your friends. Single copies 5 cents. For sale at Est ill's News Depot and at the of fice, 3 Whitaker street. LUMBKJK. LUMBER !_LUM BER! undersigned Is now prepared to furnish Lumber of nlj descriptions, accurately sawed to flft.v in length Orders earnestly solicited. Promptness guaranteed. Mill oi A., P. and L. Railroad, thirteen miles from Ainericus, Ga. J. W. BAILEY. Job, Sumter county. Ga. PLUMBER. ITX McCarthy' Successor to Chas. E. Wakefield, PLUMBER, HAS and STEAM FITTER, 48 Barnard street, SAVANNAH, GA Telephone 873. CONTRACTORS. P. J. FALLON, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, 2! DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH. Ij'STIMATFS promptly furnished for building J of any class. OFFICIAL. ORDININCE an ordinance—'To amend the Police rules and regulations and to relieve Private E. F. Davis from the operation of the rule amended. Section 1, Be it ordained by tin* Mayor and Al dermen of the city of v,m ih.inf'uuneil assent tiled.-that Hole lit!of iho po!U\* rules arid regu- In’ions adopted on the the 17th day of March, 1880. be so amended as to road as follows: Policemen wounded or disabled whilst In the performance of duty, or made 111 hy unusual ex posuro or service, whl receive their pity for the period thus lost lu ordinary eases of‘sickness it shall be discretionary with the Chief of Po lice. whether or not to recommend pay for the time thus lost, and his reenr.iim me.tmii for such payment shall IS-cure the same If the recom mendation Is concurred til by the Police (Y>m nilttee. but not otherwise. Time lost in every case shall be so stated on the pay toll Sr-c. 3, Be It further ordaimsl that the sum of tvw-lve dollars anil imeiy-six cent*, deducted from the pay of Policeman E. K. Davis, shall be I refunded to nini Bei 3, That all ordinances, rules and reguln- | tions id conflict with this ordinance are hereby | repeated Ordinance passed in i oimcd Aueust intb. 1*47 RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor. Aitest- WsAs* E. I.rvte f rVmtiHl I FT'VER AL INVITATIONS. KELSEY.—The friends aud acquaint inee of Rev. A. K"lsey and of Dr. George H. Stone and family are invito! to attend the funeral of Mas M. S. Kelsey, wife of the former, from the resi dence of her son, Dr. George II Stone, No. SO South Broad street, THIS AFTERNOON at 5 o'clock. MEETINGS. LANDBI'H LODGE NO 11. P, AND A. M A regular communication of this Lodge a will is- held THIS (Friday) EVEN ING, at 8:15 o'clock. JLJT The M. M. Degree will be conferred /Nr \ Members of sister I.odges and transient breth ren are cordially invited to attend. Bv order of F. ]). i:i,OODWOBTH; W. M. H. E. Wilson. Secretary. MYRTLE LODGE NO. 4i, K. OF P. A regular meeting of this I/ulge will be held THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock r Sister Lodges and transient Knights [J i) are invited. OTTO VOGEL. C. C. \jß*Sy Wabing Russell. Jr.. K. of K. and S. PULASKI (OI MIL NO 133, R. A. A regular meeting of this Council will be held THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock J. H. CAVANAUGH, R. Clarence S. Conkerat, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. APPLES. THIRTY BARRELS CHOICE APPLES Per Steamer to-day. For sale cheap, at L. PUTZEL’S. NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS. OFFICE WATER WORKS, 1 Savannah, August 19th. 1887. ) The water will tie shut off at 9 o’clock THIS (Friday) MORNING in the district included from HULL to HARRIS Street, and from ABER CORN to EAST BROAD Street, for the purposg of putting in a branch to new jail. A. N. MILLER. Superintendent. NOTICE. To Water-Works Builders nnd Contractors. Scaled proposals will be received at the office of the Mayor of the city of Ainericus, Ga., until 12 m. the Ist day of Septem!>er, 1887, for the fur nishing of all the material, and doing all the work necessary to complete a system of water works for said city, according to plans and specifications prepared for same,and which can lie seen at the City Council room in said city. Al! bids must lie accompanied bv a certified check for SI,OOO to secure good faith on part of contractor. The city reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. The Montgomery Advertiser, Enquirer-Sun , Mobile papers and Atlanta Constitution please copy and forward bill to J. B. FELDER, Mayor, Americus, Ga. NOTICE TO WATER-TAKERS. OFFICE WATER WORKS, 1 Savannah, Aug. 18, 1887. ( There will tie a reduced supply of water to consumers for the next ten or twelve days, owing to the necessity of using the small engine while connecting the larger pump ends to the large engine. A. N. MILLER, Superintendent. NOTICE TO GAS CONSUMERS. Office of Mittal Gas Light Cos., I Savannah, Ga.. Aug. 17, 1887 f Mr. T. B. Catherwood is no longer in the ser vice of this company. Consumers of gas are notified that Mr. Catherwood has no authority to collect bills or accounts. HENRY BLUN, President. 17 DOZEN FELT H ATS, Both stiff and soft, just opened and for sale very low, at JAUDON’S, 150 St. Julian Street. THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 3 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Morning News, embracing JOB AND BOOK PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING, BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURING, is the most complete in the South. It is thorough ly equipped with the most improved machinery, employs a large force of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of iiapers of ail descriptions. These facilities enable the establishment to execute orders for anything in the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con sistent with good work. Corporations, mer chants, manufacturers, mechanics and business men generally, societies and committees, are requested to get estimates from the MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send ing their orders abroad. J. H. ESTILL. DR. HENRY 4 COLDING, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia. Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot bo excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer's Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. NOTICE Central Railroad Ban::, i Savannah, Ga.. August 8, 1887. \ I am instructed by the Board of Directors to notify the public that this bank is prepared to do a general banking business ana solicits ac counts. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier. PROPOSALS WA vui.n. Proposals for Paying. City of Savannah, Ga., 1 Office of the City Surveyor, - July 29th, 1887. j T PROPOSALS will be received until WEDNES DAY, August 24th, at H o'clock i\ ji , directed to Mr. F. E. Keharer. i lerk of i ouucil of tie- city of Savannah. On., for the paving of that portion of Congress street m said city lying between the east, property line of West Broad street and the west property Lie of Drayton street: also, tnat portion of dui. 1 street in‘said city lying between the south lilie of Congress Street and the north line of State street, being a total area of about eight thousand square yards. The nroDosals may be for granite, grawaeke or asphalt blocks oi for sheet asphalt till* wf>x‘i llcation* of which will ho the same &s g.veu uv the Engineer IXqnrtiiient of the District of Co lumbia in their report for 188.1. Any perm m desiring to bid upon the above work, bur use different specification* from thus ■ enumerated above, may do so provided that a r opy of the specifications upon which they b:d is enclosed with their bid. All l ids fur grawaeke, granite or asphalt blocks must be accompanied hy a specimen of tlie blocks intended to be used. Separate bids will also Ire received for the fur nishing and laying of about thirty-live hundred running feel of cur istone. of cither Milestone or grain Ur of tin- following dimension*: four inches broad, sixteen inches deep, and in lengths of not less than five feel. The curbing to be dressed on the top ten inches from the top on the front face anil four inches from the lop on the rear face: to lie perfectly straight and smtan- on the ends. The right to reject any or all bids is reservod For further information address J. beBKUYN KOPB, Jr., C. E„ Acting City .Surveyor. FOR SAJJ'I. * GOOD PAYING establishment: stock in eluded; location one of the most desirable in the city. Apply to Marshall* mcleod, lllitg Bron-Oito *• -a EXCURSIONS. Central Railroad of Georgia. 1 General Passenger Department, * Savannah, Aug. !sth, 1887. 1 EXCURSION TO Augusta, Ga, $2 50 FOR THE ROUND TRIP. IEAYING SAVANNAH at 8:20 P . M . on SAT -4 URDAY, AUG. 20th. Tickets good to re ! turn on any passenger train until WEDNES- I DAY. AUG. 23th inclusive. Tickets will lg- on sale at City Ticket Office, 20 Bull street, and at Depot. J. C. SHAW, GEO. A. WHITEHEAD, Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent. Charleston I Savannahßy, V Hi! IktHiiitas! Through Pullman Service. COMMENCING June 12th a through Pullman Buffet service will lie rendered daily be tween Savannah and Hot Springs, N. C., via Spartanburg and Ashville. Leave Savannah 12:28 p m Leave Charleston 4:55 p in Leave Columbia 10:20 p m Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 a in Arrive Asheville.. . 7.00 a m Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 a m EXCURSION RATES. To SPARTANBURG £l3 30 To ASHEVILLE 17 15 To HOT SPRINGS 17 15 Sleeping ear reservations and tickets pool until Oct. 31st, 1887, can lie had at BREN'S TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at depot. E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass. Agt. SUMMER RESORTS. Ocean House TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA. SEA BATHING unsurpassed on the Atlantio coast. Comfortable rooms, neatly fur nished. Fare the best the market affords. Bathing suits supplied. Terms moderate. GEO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. KEW YORK BOARD. 1"/|" AND 1,707 Broadway, comer 54th. • I ‘hi House kept by a Southern lady: loca tion desirable. Refers by permission to CoL John Screven, Savannah. r T , HOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, 1 Westminster Park, Alexandria Bav, N. Y.— “Unquestionably the finest location in the Thousand Islands.''— Mnrqter'i Magazine, Sept., 1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F. INQLEHABT, Proprietor, HOTELS. Fifth Avenue Hotel, MADISON SQUARE, N. V. r pHE largest, best appointed, and most liber ally managed hotel in the city, with the most central and delightful location. HITCHCOCK, DARLING & CO. A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle Housa, Mobile. HIRAM HITCHCOCK, formerly of the St. Charles Hotel. New* Orleans. MEW HOTEL TOGN £ (Formerly St. Mark’s.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTER AND SUMMER. r THIE MOST central House in the city. Near I Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries. New* and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella; Baths, Etc. $2 r 0 to $S per day. JOHN R TOGNI, Proprietor. _ MARSHALL HO USE, SAVANNAH, - - GA. / 1 EO. D. HODGES. Proprietor. Formerly of * X the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Grand Union, Saratoga Spring*. Location cen tral. All parts of the city and places of inter est accessible by street cars constantly passing the doors. Special inducements to those visit ing the city fo c Justness or pleasure. DUB'S SCREVEN HOUSE. r ]pHlS POPULAR Hotol Is now provided with 1 a Passenger I'levator (the only one in tho eitv) and has been remodeled and newly fur nisued. The proprietor, who by recent purchase is also the owner of tlw establishment, spares neither juiins nor expense in the entertainment of his guests. The j>atronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. The table of the Screven House is supplied with every luxurv that the martate at home or abroad can afford. THE MORRISON HOUSE. One of the Largest Boarding Houses in the South. \FFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board with pure Artesian Wuter. at prices to suit the™* wishing table, regular or transient accomr mediations. Northeast comer Broughton *efa Drayton atrtKUs, opposite Marshall House. ( O UNICES. : CHAS. A. COX, 46 BARNARD ST., SAVANNAH, GA., —MANUFACTURER OF— GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES AND TIN ROOFING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES The only house using machinery in doing work. Estimates for city or country work promptly furnished. Agent for the celebrated Swedish Metallic Paint. Agent for Walter's Patent Tin Shingles. BRICK. Wm. P. Bailey & Cos., BRICK MANUFACTURERS, KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND. In late* QutnWlm, At tbelr yard on the SPRING FIELD PLANTATION, and will deltvertlm mku in liny part of the city u[>on the shortest notice. The best Well Brick, Pressed Brick, Hard Brown Brick, Gray Brick. Soft Brown Brick. Omen Corner Hull and Hroujrhton. at HI MON < 1 A/AN'H CIOAK STORE, where all or ders will receive prompt attention. 'i.i H". lliiist's Reliable Cabbage and Turnip SEEDS, JUST RECEIVED FRESH AT OSCEOLA BUTLEirS F'OR HALE, Old NeivHpaprs, just the thing for wrappers, only lo cents a jM tor Tfi rmilit |}(M Ipwiicnti. nGi.w