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6 ITEMS IN' THREE STATES GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE. Two Mules Drowned at Athens but the Driver Escapes -Two Girls Peppered With Shot Near Fort Valley-A Printer Who Claims to Have Been One of the Party That Captured Ex-President Davie. GEORGIA. Rer. H P. Smith, ol Crawfordsville, died Tuesday. Hartwell’s greatest used just now is more and welling houies to rent. Twelve tnoiintain wagons with apple- and chestnut* were in Hart well last week. A capitalist from South Carolina has re cently invested over SIO,OOO in city real es tate at Tallapoosa, mostly suburban lots. The foundation of the school building at Hartwell Es being laid, and the building will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possi ble. There was no Sheriff's sales at Hartwell last Tuesday, buf Sheriff Roberts sold at public outcry TOO acres of land which Drought $.'>,400. Douglas Blalock (colored,) was stabbed by a white man named John 800, at Barnes ville, a day or two ago. The exact nature of his injuries are unknown. Ten bales of cotton, rescued from the steaker Katie disaster, were stolen by, as vet unknown, thieves, from the river bank, between Mills’ landing and the lake, in Scriven county. Someone shooting on Dr. Greene’s farm near Fort Valley a nav or two ago shot two girls who were at work on the place. A number of shot were embedded in their faces and head- but the wounds are not serious. The store of D. B. Rigdon, in Bulloch county, was burned flown last week and $1,500 in money lost, besides a large stock of goods, upon which there was no insur ance. The fire is thought to have been the work of an incendiary. Jack Nash, a traveling printer, who worked a day last week in the Smithville .Veres office, says that he was one of the party that capl ured Jeff Davis. He states l hat.’he took Miss Winnie, then a little tqd dler. in his arms, carrying her some dis tance. Judge James M. "Welborn, of Warrenton, had the misfortune to either lose or have stolen from him last week the sum of $360. He had been tarrying the money in his pocket, but when he went to examine, Mon day morning, it was gone. There is no trace of the thief. W. B. Seav. construction ‘“boss” on the Araerjcus, Preston and I.uinpkin. while stepping front the tram to the embankment of the road near Rochelle, Thursday, was thrown down bv the caving of the embank ment. and fell on his left arm, dislocating his shoulder. There is a lad on Fait Hill, near Warren ton, who started out in January with a small yearling wm, to school five months, and has 1 1 adjd around until he has $35 in cash, a bettor yearling, four goats, and is now clcaring him a cottou patch at night for next year. At Dawson, 8 V. Brown, manufacturer of and dealer in wagons anil buggies, has failed, and J'fd., - John TANARUS, Clarke has ap pointed Hon. nomer 8. Bell receiver. As sets about $4,000, and liabilities about $6,500. Cause of failure heavy competition with Northern manufacturers and poor col lections. Saturday a Griffin merchant saw a man trying to get change for $lO who had been dtie him a bill for some time. He walked up to him and requested payment. The debtor turned to him and said, “Here, take this |lO and give me credit for it; 1 can’t get it changed, so you might as well take it.” He took it. Five large brick stores, with solid glass front*, are being erected corner Taliaferro and Spring streets, at Tallapoosa, by Dr. E. H. Edward* and M. A Cason, both of Due West, S. C., and will be completed and ready for use by Jan. 1. These will lie by far the finest business houses yet erected in Tallapoosa, and will lie rented or sold as soon a* completed. Last Tuead • / morning the town of Rut ledge was shocked and saddened by the sud den death rif Jlv ; W P Quiliian of heart disease. Rev. uuillian w; a young man and a bright n, io*. c of die Method i.-t Con ference. He had just returned from quar terly conference at Pleasant Hill the day before his death, and though somewhat fee ble, none dreamed that the end was so close. Fart Gai ir : Advertiser: A c r *ain farmer came :o town and stopped all eight with a friend. The next morning b f ore day he awoke, aed began yelling out orders, to arouse the household, as he did at home. After causing his friends to think that he was crazy, or that the house was afire, he discovered where he was, his commands ceased in short order, and he left before breakfast. Charles Hinton, who died recently at Hickory E'lat, Cherokee county, was well known noth in Carroll and Haralson coun ties, having lived for a long time near old Villa Rica, where he raised a large family. He was 07 years ot age, and had been a member of the Methodist church seventy five years, and a class leader for sixty years. No charge detrimental to Ills character had ever been hrought against him. Elbert Hill, of the Buck Creek district of Schley county, lost a daughter. Miss Katie, l>out IS or 19 years old, last Sunday night, of typhoid fever. While the family were yet in deep grief over the loss of the fair daughter, relentless death again seized in his cold embrace a younger son, John S. on Thursday, and bore him to the grave, thus robbing this once bright and happy home of two of its cherished inmates in less than a week. There is an abundant of iron ore within two miles of Buchanan, some of which has been assayed and showed over 55 per cent, of pure iron, of fine quality. It is said to lie an undisputed fact that all of the Talla poosa Land Company’s ore is much nearer Buchanan than Tallapoosa, and every mine they have opnM is only from otw half to three miles from the survey on the Buchan an route, while the Land Company don’t claim chat they have a single mine nearer than five miles from Tallapoosa. i<afayette Messenger: The unwritten part of the exposition is the most striking. At Ballard’s restaurant a hungry Alabam ian came in and sat docvn at a table where a man was eating his dinner. Seeing a glass of milk on the table and being thirsty the newcomer reached out, took it and drank Krt of it. As he set it down the man who and been robbed looked him in the face and said, indignantly: “That’s blank cool.” The other, entirely misunderstanding him, replied pleasantly: "Yes, it has ice in it.” A team of mules belonging to McGiuty & Hunnicutt, of Athens, was driven near the banks of the river at Moore’s branch [Satur day. The team was drawing a brick wagon. The driver carried the wagon too near the brink and the mules being alarmed hacked the whole concern into the river. The ani ruals floundered helplessly in the water and lashed the river like sea snr|>euts, but before they could be cut loose from the harness t hey were drowned. The waßm was after ward fished out. The driver escaped. The mules were worth 9350. Hartwell Sun: John B. Maxwoll, one of our oldest citizens, asked us a few days ago if we had noticed that October of this year had five Sundays, five Mondays, five Satur days, and that there had been five changes of the moon all in the afternoon. We had not, but we told him that if anybody had Daniel E. McCurry was the man. Mr. Me- Ourry was in our office Tuesday, and in reply to the, question, answered: “Yes, I have noticed it. It occurred the same way twenty-eight years ago, will occur again twenty eight yearn from now, and so on until the end of time. In fact, a year repeats itself every twenty-eight years.” Mr. McCurry is a walking almanac.” Sherman Sims and several i-ontpanions went hunting near RutWlge one dav )at week. AVhen night came on Sherman did not return with the balam-e of the party, hut little vas thought, of it until next morn ing. when Sherman was found dead in the woiids with his head blown open, and the f (round bespattered with brains. It was a inrrible sight the fatal gun lay beside his lifeless form in a maimer that left doubt as to accident or suicide. AA’ben questioned about the matter his companions declared Alley knew nothing sure in the case, for Sherman Sims got separated from them, and they saw no more of him, nor heard any report from his gun. they supposing he had gone homo, and were shocked to learn of his terrible fate. While making its regular trip out to Rocky Ford on Thursday morning the Svl vama train ha-l a narrow ami marvelous escape from being wrecked. Three ears of lumber, a freight box and the passenger ixiaoh were attached to the engine, and at the foot of Reason hill, while making almut twenty miles ae hour, the engine and the four front cars ran over an iron tie lying in its place, but without a single spike to hold it in position. AVhen the coach reached the snot the tie was out of position, hilt the ear ran along on the crossties until the next bar was reached, which it mounted and went on without any accident. Conductor AVells felt the bumping and knew that something was wrong, and on the return trip the tie which was lying almost crosswise tne track was spiked hack in position. FLORIDA. Mr. Harvey, of Wilcox, had a valuable horse killed by the cars Friday. Palatka has at last a street railroad. The grading and track making commenced on Oct hi. Tiie .South Florida railroad now gets weather reports every morning* and post* copies in the post offices and at its depots. It is said that all the furniture for the San JuandeClloa Hotel at Orlando has Iss n purchased and will reach here by Dec. 1. AA’hile digging on a newly cleared piece of land near Oakland recently, Mr. AA'inkel man found a large number of Indian heads. J. S. Capon, of AVinter Dark, has had over applications in the past three weeks for cottages during tiie next season. At their meeting at Enterprise this week the Volusia County Commissioners appro priated $l,OOO for use of the County Board of Health. The County Judge's office at Orlando is kept busy making out arid forwarding to Lake and Osceola counties transcripts of ■probate records. The son of our postmaster, H. R. Shine, of Cedar Keys, was run over by a horse on last Thursday, and several ribs were broken besides other injuries. The groves around Hampton and AValdo are surjiassing themselves this year in every way, which makes the industrious farmers of that section feel good. Almut. 3,(100 pounds of fine blue fish ar rived at (V-dar Keys on Tuesday per sharpie Bouito. They were shipi>ed mostly to the New York market via Savannah. It is considered almut Crown Point that seventy-five boxes of vegetables te the acre is a fair yield, but 100 is not uncommon, and in rare cases 150 to 200 boxes. At Marianna. Thursday, the prominent members of the Farmers' State Alliance met and perfected the plan of tlc-ir paper. It will Is- improved and many valuable ad ditions will be made. The Citizens’ National Bank of Orlando, has started out under very favorable eu-- i-umstances. Notwithstanding the dull times its business is first-rate, and far be yond its most sanguine expectations. On account of the sudden spell of cold weather the Oakland public school was suspended Monday, there being no way of heating the room. Mr. Wise is putting in flues and stoves, so that this will be obviated in the future. H. Stephens, who had Ranlet’s Cafe at Orlando leased for the summer, and was re ported us having skipped the town, is now m Jacksonville working hard to pay off whatever little claims there may be against him. Oakland has voted in favor of incorpora tion. The first municipal officers are: Mayor, P. A. Dentens; Aldermen G. D. Ackerlf. A. J. Grant, J. F. Bedfard. Henry Kauffman, A. M. Taylor; City Clerk, AV. P. Gilkeson; Marshal, F. E. Eastman. Hon. Emory P. Beauchamp, who pur chased projierty near Orange City last week to the amount of sl2,Oik) is from Indiana, and was under the Hayes administration a Consul to Germany. He has friends who contemplate coming South this winter, and will, no doubt, become interested in the Orange City section. The well sunk by the AVekiva Shingle Company, near Glen Ethel, illustrates the fine possibilities for irrigation that exist in almost every section of Florida A 3-inch fiipe was su :k 73 feet, and a flow of a gal on per second secured, or from 50 to 60 gal lons per minute. The water has a very slight taste of sulphur. The dredge Herndon, Capt. Malison, finished up its work in the harbor at Cedar Key last Saturday. The net result is a channel across the Middle Ground 1,300 feet long, 70 feet wido on the bottom and 10V£ feet deep at mean low water. These meas urements have been verified by Capt. E. J. Corrigan of the local pilot service. AV. P. Mining, living within two miles of Oakland, brought into town the other day, a fine lot Of string beans. He has a very large crop of them, and those brought here realized $3 per bushel, at which rate he has an offer to dispose of the entire yield as they become fit for market. These were planted about the beginning of September, and are, therefore, an earlier crop than those realized from the usual time of planting, three or four weeks later. The Lake Butler region is reported to l>e in a most flourishing condition. New build ings are going up in all directions and the saw mills in the vicinity are Fixed to their utmost to supply the lumber necessary to erect the buildings. P. B. Jaudon ha* just completed n handsome house and hant, and the entire settlement shows great thrift and enterprise. Joseph Blanc, on Irving Jan-' don’s place, has just sold forty acres of tim l>er to the Griffin mill, te be immediately worked up into dressed lumber to be used in building the depot at Waco, near Jau don’s place, and substantial improvements. Perry Duncan, a colored man, died at Crown Point on Oct. 17, and in what was deemed a somewhat mysterious manner. He was perfectly well up te Saturday night, and the next day, after taking a dose of medicine for a slight indisposition, died in fifteen minutes. A Jury was summoned on Tuesiiay morning, an inquest held, and a verdict rendered of "death of heart disea -o.” Some of the people near by, not satisfied with this rendering of the case, held a meet ing on the following Saturday, upon the strength of some new evidence. The old jury was re-summoned, and witnesses re examined. It took an entire day do arrive at a verdict, which has not yet been made public. A careful estimate of the number of orange and lemon groves, ,-ind the space they occupy at ana near Crown Point re veals some interesting facts. Commencing at the old grove of ( apt. Sims and extend ing thence to the AVashburn grove is a single enclosing fence five miles long -the middle or dividing fences having mostly rotted down. Within this area are 650 acre* of hearing orange groves, comprising trees from 13 to 15 years old down to those just set out. The number of acres, under the same fence, to lie planted with vegetables, such as cabbage, encumbers, tomatoes, egg-plants, etc., is 350 acres along with 80 wres more outside of said fence, anil not over a mile from the station—making i!3O acres for one section alone, “with more dis tricts to hear from." SOUTH CARO UNA. Darlington county is out of debt and has >l,OOO in her treasury. A Washington architect is drawing the plans for anew depot ut Lam-aster. The Methodist church at Greenwood is to be greatly improvod architecturally. THE MORNING XEAVSt MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1887. A telephone line is in course of erection between Williston and Maverick-Mills. Alvin Hart is having a telephone line erected between Edgefield ami Trenton. The State Convention of the A\ oman * ('hristian Temperance Union adjourned at Columbia Friday. The Marion Iron Works lias been organ ized at Marion a* a joint stock company, with a capital of $9,000. The four trestles on the Three C’s road in Latica-ter county have been completed, and the road lord is ready for t he rails. A convention of the third and fourth class postmasters of the Fifth Congressional dis trict was held at Anderson on Nov. 4. The Rev. B. W. Whilden. of Abbeville, has l>een unanimously called to the pasto rate of the Baptist Church at Williamston. The Rev. T. I). Clark, who recently re signed the pastorate of the Edgefield Bap tist church, w ill move to Washington, D. C. Col H. W. Addison has called a meeting of the disabled Confederate soldiers of Edgefield county, at the court house, on Nov. 7. The entries for the State fair are being made with great rapidity, and are as numer ou* as they have ever been. There is abso lute cei-tainty of a splendid exhibit. At Greenville, Friday. County Commis sioner Goodwin awarded the contract for building Easley bridge over the Saluda river to Contractor Day. The bid was $1,475. Gov. Richardson has l>een invited bv the Chamber of Commerce of Birmingham, Via., to attend the convention of the Gulf Department of the American Shipping and Industrial Iveague in that city on Nov. s. o and 10, but declined on account of the near approach of the legislative session. Railroad Commissioner Bonham, after inspecting a section of eleven miles of the Wilmington. Chadbouru and Conway rail road, has authorized it to \[hfc for travel. Thirty-one miles or tnis road have now been inspected and opened, and track laying has progressed within six miles of Conway, the terminus. Joseph Harris, freight engineer,’’ charged with responsibility for the recent railroad collision near Greer's, surrendered to the Sheriff at Greenville Tuesday. went to Spartanburg Tuesday afternoon on a writ of habeas corpus to apply for bail before Judge Norton, ami was released upon fur nishing a bond for $3,000. Greenville will soon have another cotton mill. The new concern will manufacture plaids, and C. H. Lanneau, late manager and treasurer of the Huguenot plaid mill, is at the head of the scheme. The capital will be $35,000. The site has not yet been fixed, but will probably be inside the limits. The new cotton warehouse of the Camperdown mills is about complete and cotton is being stored in it. The Sinking Fund Commission held a meeting Tuesday and wound up the busi ness of the fiscal year, receiving the report of the Secretary of Suit*-, who is, ex-offlcio, the agent of the commission. During the year, by the application of the funds in the hands of the commission the State debt has been reduced $32,517 -‘>o, and there is at present an available balance in hand of aliout $27,000. Of the thirteen railroads which have sent their reports for September to the Railroad Commission, the Laurens railway Is the only one which shows a decrease In earnings from September. 1886. The net increase of the thirteen roads for the month is $77,009. The increase is large for all around, varying from 5 j>er cent on the Chester and Lenoir to 50 per cent on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and 54 per cent on the Cheraw and Chester. The Richmond and Danville roads in the State show a net increase of 29 per cent. Hon. Jefferson Davis has been elected on honorary member of the Confederate Sur vivors Association of Richland county. Mr. Davis wrote a characteristic letter of ac ceptance. The following Generals were elected honorary members: John B. Gor don, AVade Hampton, M. C. Butler, G. T. Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston. A resolution was passed inviting Gov. Gordon to deliver an address before the association at its annual meeting to be held on the next Memorial day. A committee was appointed to extend the invitation. The marshals who have been appointed from the several counties in the State to serve at the State Fair, will be ejtpected to tie in Columbia by AVednesdav morning, Nov-. 9, when they will act as an escort to the delegates to the "forty-year farmers’,” convention from the Grand Central Hotel to the Fair grounds. The Old Farmers’ Con vention will meet at the fair grounds, at 11 o'clock a. m., Nov. 9 At lOo’clockthe pro cession will lie formed in front of the Grand Central, and will proceed to the fair grounds. At a meeting of the Board of Trade of Columbia AV’ednesday a letter was read which had been received by the secretary from Col. Pearce, the President of the board. Col. Pearce stated that Capt. Reed AV’hitford, assistant engineer, and Cnpt. Bixby would have the government steam boat Congaree at Granby, three miles from Columbia, on Monday, Nov. 7. The boat will be put at the disposal of the Board of Trade and will run down the river as far as Congaree bridge at Kingsville. The Board of Trade has invited the United States Senators, the South Carolina Congressmen, Mayor Rbett, Gov. Richardson, the State Senators and Representatives of Richland county and the press to make the run down the river on this lioat. The steamer will take the excursion party to the Congaree bridge, and they will return to the city on the evening ti.Ln from Charleston. The penitentiary authorities have con cluded the sale, to ('apt. liichard O’Neale, of 155 bales of cotton front the two Seegers’ places at 5.95 c., and about sixty-eight bales from the State farm, at 9c. The proceeds of the first sale are to be divided equally with the Seegers, but the money from the State farm crop goes exclusively to the pen itentiary. Tiie State's share this year of the crops on the plantations worked on shares will be about 500 bales of cotton, 8,000 bushels of corn and a large quantity of pe;is and other miscellaneous produce The freshet, caterpillars, etc., prevented this return from being very much greater. The penitentiary has been more than self-sus taining this year. A yearagothere wasadebt of alvml $'21,000 hanging over the institution. The Legislature app 'priated $'25,000 to its support during tb year. At present the debt is about *17,000, and there is $lll,OOO worth ot cotton to cover it. While the Htate cannot this year be refunded its $25,- 000, the record shows that the penitentiary has earned almut $4,000 above its expenses during the fiscal year just closed. At Sumter Thursday the subscribere to the stock of the Simonds National Bank met. and in the course of his remarks Dr. Simonds said that an effort would tie muds to make the hank a government depository, and that no advantages possessed by any hank any where would lie wanting to this one. It wi 11 be run and backed by the First National Bank of Charleston, tn the coui-se of the proceedings stockholders protested against Sir. Wallace being made \ ice President, on the grounds that the people of Sumter did not want him. This opinion is shared by a largo number of business men in Sumter, who are opposed to placing any one in the hank ho was directly connected with the adminis! ration of the defunct'national hank of Siurltcr. They claim that the officers of the bank were inefficient and should not be returned to positions of trust. Dr. Simonds was quite Licensed at this protest, and threatened, if thus annoyed, to draw out and form another hunk, taking nil the stock himself, and then selling it out to such per sons ns he might wish to have in it. it is generally supposed that Capt. James M. Carson will lie elected cashier. The com mission for the organization of the State Bank was received from the Secretary of State this morning, and the liank will he organized and under way in a short time. The books for subscription have been opened. Three maiden ladies living shout nine miles south of Anderson, were considerably alarmed a few nights ago by the rattling of stones against their dwelling, the bursting of guux'af-s add other noises near the house. Sunday Aborning their neighbors were in-! f; rnpei of tpe treatment they had received, i and effort nnaie by several gentlemen j in the community to apprehend the perpre trators of the cowardly deed. After a little shrewd work it was ascertained that two' negro beys, one about 11 and the other 14 years of age had undertaken to frighten the ladies from their home. The community te came somewhat excited about the blatter, and. after an informal | confeijenw determined upon their course of proeelfnre. The two boys had confessed j and awaited punishment. The father of the boys-was informed that one of two : tilings must be done—either he must whip tb naked backs at the boys in the presence of the crowd or the law roust take it* course. | The father Chose to administer the lashing ( and asked for a committee to say how many j licks should he given. The committee was I appointed, and It ut once decided that the j younger boy should have fifteen stripes j and the Oliver one-forty. The father put on i the whip Just Fight, and was grateful that the gentlemen allowed him to do that rather than bring his boys to jail. E. O. Frierson, in Charleston A 'civs and Courier: It was recently stated in a ser mon to the young men of "Laurens that this town received its, name from John Laurens, son of Henry Laurens, who was born in Charleston in 1755. Henry Laurens, accord ing to Ramsy s " History of South Caro lina,” was a successful merchant in Charles- j ton, and during the Revolutionary war was sent by Congress as a minister to Holland, | but was captured or the way by a British : ship and imprisoned in the Tower of Lon- j don. John, his son, was subsequently sent I by Congress to France to negotiate, in com- J pany with Benjamin Franklin, for aid from the Farm b to asist the colonists in gaining *.®eir independence. He and Franklin Arranged the plan ol cam paign of | 1 pd, w hich culminated in the surrAder of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. John 1-ann-ns then returned to South Carolina, and was elected a uiem lier of the legislature, which met then in the town of Jacksonboro about thirty five miles above (’harleston. Ho was killed at the age of 37, at a place called Combahee, in attempting to rejiei a party of British, who had made a raid on that place to get rice during the British occupation of Charleston. The assertion was made that the town and •-minty of Laurens were named after John Laurens. But a gentle man has denied the correctness of that statement and affirms that the town and county were named after Henry Laurens, his father. Can you kindly assist me in settling this question < THE CHARLOTTE JONES CASE. What the Clerk of the Decatur Supe rior Coart Has to Say About It. Editor Morniv'j Sews: An unintentional injustice, I think, is done me in an Atlanta dispatch in the Morning News of Nov. 3 in reference to the sentence of one Charlotte Jones (isMonedl. I was not the Clerk of Decatur Superior Court at the time of the trial and senteme of said Charlotte, and, therefore, I cannot sav whether or not a copy of the amended sentence referred to was sent to thi, keeper of the penitentiary (and Cant. News and not Col Towers was then the keep#) and am certainly not re sponsible for any lack of notice In the case. As to change of her sentence, as soon as the facts were-brought to my knowledge by Mr. O. M. Rawls, of this county. I immediately sent to Col. Towers a copy of the amended sentence, which explains itself, and wrote him as quoted in the Morning News of Nov. 3. These are the facts in relation to the case sp far as I know them. In the same dispatch your correspondent says: was a somewhat similar case from Decatur county a few months ago.” Now let me stare the facte in that case. The case referred to Is that of the State vs. Simon and Minerva Brock. They were in dicted for and convicted of burglary at the November term, 1886, of our Superior Court and sentenced for a term of one year in the penitentiary, and sent right off to prison. Their counsel, Hon. D. A. Russell, moved for, and at the May term, 1887, of said courL_nblained anew trial, and then entered for them a plea of guilty of larceny from the house, Upon wdiich (by and with the consent of their attorney in writing that they serve oitt such sentence as the court might impose upon them wherever they were then confined), they were sentenced to a term of imprisonineht of six months, instead of one year, and the very day on which this new sentence was passed I made and mailed to Col. Towers a copy of it, and supposed that he had received it until Col. Russell informed me that the defend ants were still in prison, some time after their term had expired, and I then made atid sent to Col. Towers a second copy of the rtmended sentence. These are the true fact* of the cases. Please publish this in justice to myself. C. A\ T . AVimberlky, Clerk Superior Court Decatur County. LINCOLNTON’S MURDER. Full Details of the Tragedy from an Eye Witness. From the Washington (Go.) Chronicle. The neighboring little city of Lincolnton was startled Thursday evening at 8 o’clock by the sharp report of a pistol coming from the direction of the posh office. It was found that J. H. B, Mathews (commonly known as Boots Mathews) had shot and killed Mr. D. C. Snelson, a highly respected citizen of that place. ORIGIN AN# DETAILS OF THE DIFFICULTY. It seems that Boots Mathews had been ginning for Snelson, and while there bor rowed some plank from him. On Thursday Mathew* finished ginning and removed his machinery.' That evening the two men met hi Lincolntpo, when Snelson said to him: . -.-■ “Mathews.did you return that plank you borrowed from wej” Mathews replied. “No.” Snelson tsen said: “You are going to re turn them, hurt you:’* Ms thews (Kaid ’No.’’ “AVell, then," said Snelson, “you are guilty of >i rfltalalty trick.” Whereupon Mathews 1 pulled out a 38-ealtbre Smith & AVesson pistol and shot him just below the left temple. Snelson fell to the floor njortally wounded and lived only a few minutes. There were present at the shooting Messrs. P. J. Holliday, J. J. Murray, S. L. AVi Ike* and George Av. Part ridge. The first idea that occurred to those present was to render all assistance possible to the wounded man. Mr. AVilkesran fora doctor, while the others did all they could for Mr. Snelson. During the excitement Mathews escaped and left for jiarts un known. THE CITIZENS OF LINCOLNTON are very much outraged, and are scouring the country high and low for Mathews. In addition they hate offered SIOO reward, whieh rewani will doubtless he supple mented by Go . Gordon. Clerk T. S. Hollingshend andS. L. Wilkes came to AVashington Thursday night, and teiegriiphed toAhe various cities so as to horn Mathew* in. Mathews js tt kinsman of some of the AVilke* county Mathews family, and a nephew of W. N. Merrier, the cotton factor, of Augusta, The Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of murder at the hands of J. H. B. Mathews. ,: ONE HUNDRED HOLLARS REWARD. The citizens of I lincolnton offer a reward of SIOO for the arrest and delivery of J. H. B. Mathews. The fowl mg is an accurate description a possible do give now: Mathews is about six feet high, has dark hair and dark complexion, weighs about 160 pounds, cross-eyed, and is 30 or 37 years old. He has a slight linip in walking. Phillips' Digestible Cocoa Produces a fee Ting of lightness and buoyancy as against that of weight, headache and depres sion, so common wil h Ihe ordinary cocoas. Your druggist and grocer have it- SHirPIXG. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOE—. New York, Boston and Philadelphia. PASSAGE TO NEW YORK. CABIN $3O 00 EXCURSION 32 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO BOSTON. CABIN $2O 00 EXCURSION 32 00 STEERAGE 10 00 PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (via New Yore). CABIN. .. $22 50 EXCURSION 36 00 STEERAGE 13 50 THE magnificent steamships of these lines are appointed to sail as follows—standard time: TO NEW YORK. CTTY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. J. W. Catharine, TUESDAY, Nov. 8. at 11:00 a. h. TALLAHASSEE. Capt. W. H. Fisher, ERI DAY, Nov. 11. at 2 p. m. CHATTAHOOCHEE. Cant. H C. Daooitt, SUNDAY,'Nov. 13, at 4:00 P. M. NACOOCHEE, Cant. F. Kemptox, TUESDAY’, Nov. 15, at 5:30 p, if. TO BOSTON. CITY OF MACON, Capt. H. C. Lewis, THURS DAY, Nov. 10. at 1 p. m. GATE CITY. Capt. E. R. Taylor, THURSDAY - , Nov. 17, at 7 p. m. TO PHILADELPHIA. [FOR FREIGHT ONLY. | JUNIATA Capt. S. L. ASKiNS, SATURDAY, Nov. 12. at 3:00 p. if. DESSOUG, Capt. N. F. Howes, SATURDAY, Nov. 19, at 9 A. M. Through bills of lading given to Eastern and Northwestern points and to ports of the United Kingdom anti the Continent. For freight or passage apply to C. G. ANOERBON, Agent, City Exchange Building. Merchants 1 and Miners’ Transportation Com’y. Baltimore. CABIN $l2 50 SECOND CABIN 10 00 THE STEAMSHIPS of this Company are ap pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti more as follows—city time: WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Sxow, MONDAY, Nov. 7, at 11 a. m. WM. CRANE. Capt. Billups, SATURDAY, Nov. 12, at 4 p. M. WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Sxow, THURSDAY, Nov. 17, at 8 A. M. WM. CRANK, Capt. Billups, TUESDAY, Nov. 22. at 12 M. And from Baltimore on the days above named at 3 p. m. Through hills 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., Agents, 114 Bay street. SEA ISLAND ROU TEL STEAMER ST. NICHOLAS, Capt. M. P. USINA, /COMMENCING MONDAY, Oct. 31. will leave V J Savannah from wharf foot of Lincoln street for POBOY, DARIEN. BRUNSWICK and FERNANDINA, every MONDAY and THURSDAY at 4 r. city time, con necting at Savannah with New York. Philadel phia, Boston aim Baltimore steamers, at Fer nandina with rail for Jacksonville and ail points in Florida, and at Brunswick with steamer for Satllla river. Freight received till 3:30 p. M on days of sail- Tickets on wharf and boat. C. WILLIAMS. Agent. PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. Tampa, Key West, Havana. Stifl-WREKI.Y. SOUTH-BOUND. I.v Tampa Monday and Thursday 9:30 p. m. Ar Key West Tuesday and Friday 4 p. m. Ar Havana Wednesday and Saturday 6 a. m. NORTHBOUND. Lv Havana Wednesday and Saturday noon. Lv Key West Wednesday and Saturday 10 p.m. Ar Tampa Thursday and Sunday 6 p. m. Connecting at Tampa with IVest India Fast Train io and from Northern and Eastern cities. For stateroom accommodations apply to City Ticket Office S., F. & W. R'y. Jacksonville, or Agent Plant Steamship Line, Tampa. C. I>. OWENS, Traffic Manager. H. S. HAINES, General Manager. May 1, 1887. Compagnie GenerateTransatlantique —French Line to Havre. BETWEEN New York and Havre, from pier No. 42. N. R., foot of Morton street. Trav elers by this line avoid both transit by English railway and the discomfort of crossing the Channel in a small boat. Special train leaving the Company's dock at Havre direct for Paris on arrival of steamers. Baggage checked at New York through to Paris. LA BRETAGNE. nF-lousELix, SATURDAY, November 5, 8 a. m. LA NORMANDIE, he Kkrsabiec, SATUR DAY, November 12, 2 p. M. LA BOURGOGNE, Frangecl, SATURDAY, November 19, 8 a. m. PRICE OF PASSAGE (including wine): TO HAVRE First t abin,Winter rate slooand $80; Second Cabin, $6O; Steerage from New York to Havre, $25: Steerage from New York to Paris, $3B 80; Including wine, bedding and utensils. LOUIS DE BF.BIAN, Agent, 3 Bowling Green, foot of Broadway, New York. Or J. O. SHAW, Eso., 30 Bull sti'eet, Messrs. WILDER & CO., 126 Bay street, Savannah Agents. Niederlandisch-Amerikanische Damp fschiff-fahrts-Geselischaft. kocnidich - NisderMische Post Rilligc Route naeli unit ron Deutschland. Postdainpfer aegein von New York und Holland jerteu Sonoaliend. !. Ca.juetotemzciueFahi-t)s42 I Estcurbillets $BO a.•• " “ 52 I “ 60 r.wiseHr.NoecK 10 den billigsten Freiseo. GEN. AGENTUR: •25 South William street, New York. GEN. PASS AGENTUR: 18 and 30 Broadway. New York. AGKNTKN: At Savannah. Ga. JOSEPH COHEN &. CO., and M. S. CQSULICH Si CO, SHIPPING. For Augusta and Way Landings. STEAMER KATIE, Cut. J. S. BEVILL. Til TILL leave EVERY WEDNESDAY at 10 v v o'clock a. u. (city time) for Augusta and way landings. All freights payable by shippers. JOHN LAWTON, Manager. RAILROAD*. East Tennessee, Virginia k Georgia R. 11 GEORGIA DIVISION. The Quickest and Shortest Line ■ BETWEEN Savannah & Atlanta. C COMMENCING Oct. 0. 1887, the following J Schedule will be In effect: EASTERN LINE. Fast Night Express Express. Lv Savannah 7:06 ain 1: V) p m 7:35 p m Ar Jesup 8:42 a m 3:20 p m 9:55 p m Lv Jesup 3:3.*) p m 3:30 a m Ar Brunswick 5:85 pin 6:00 a m tv Jesup B:soam 11:07pm Ar Eastman 12:12 pm 2:00 am Ar (’ochran 12:58 pm 2:87 a m Ar Hftwkinsville. 2:00 pm 11: Ea m I.v Hawkinavilla 10:05am 5:25am 11:15am Ar Macon 2:20 p m 7:30 a m 3:65 a m Lv Macon 2:25 o m 7:30 am 4:00 am Ar Atlanta 6:45 D m 11:00a m S I.v Atlanta 0100 p m J :00p m ; :85 a m Ar Rome 9:00. pin 4:10 pm 10:40 am Ar Dalton 10:22 p m 5:80 pm 1 :OJ n n Ar Chattanooga 7:00 Din 1:35 p m Lv Chattanooga... 9:3oam 10:00pm Ar Knoxville 1:50 p m 2:00 a m Ar Bristol 7:35 pm 8:20 a m Ar Roanoke 2:15 a m 12:45 pm Ar Natural Bridge. 8:54a m 2:29pm Ar Waynesboro .. 6:20 am 4:20 j> in At Luray 7:50 am 6:43 p m Ar Sheuando'J‘u. .10:53 a m 9:35 pm ... — Ar Hagerstown... .11:55 p m 10:30 pm Ar Harrisburg .... 3:30 pm 1:20 a m Ar Philadelphia.... 6:50 pm 4:45am Ar New York ftSB p m ?:00am Lv Hagerstown ... 12:50noon *i Ar Baltimore 3:45 pm Ar Philadelphia... 7:49 pin Ar New York ..: .10:35 pm Lv Roanoke 2:20 am 12:30 noon Ar Lvnchburg 4:30 am 2:45 pm Ar Washington 12:00noon 9:4opm Ar Raltimoro .... 1:27 p m 11:35 pm Ar Philadelphia... 3:47pm 3.00 am Ar NVw Yore. 6:80 p m 6:80a m I.v Lynchburg* & 15am 05pm Ar Burk ville 9:20 a m 5:27 pin A r Petersburg.. 11:10am 7:15 pm .. Ar Norfolk 2:25 p in 10:00 pm Via Memphis and Charleston Li. it. Lv Chattanooga... 9:25 am 7:10 p m Ar Memphis 9:lspm 6:loam Ar Little Rock. 7:loam 12:56 p m Via K. c.. F. s. andG. £ K. Lv Memphis 10:30 am Ar Kansas City 7:40 a m Via Cin. So. H'v. Lv Chattanooga... B:4oam Ar. Louisville 6:45 pm 6:30 am Ar Cincinnati 7:00 p m 6:50 am Ar Chicago 6:50 am 6:50 pm Ar St. Louis 7:45 a m 6:40 p m Train leaving Savannah i :86 p m, arriving at Chattanooga 1:35 p m. makes close connection with N. C. & S. L. for Sewanee, Monteagle, Nashville, St. Louis and Chicago. Train leaving Savannah at 7:06 a m. Macon at 2:25 p m and Atlanta at 6:00 p m is fast train for the East, and goes directly via Cleveland, car rying through sleeper to Cleveland, making dose connection at Cleveland with train leaving Chattanooga at 10:00 p m. Pullman sleepers leave as follows: Savannah at 7 35 pm for Macon and Atlanta, Brunswick at 6:40 ain for Cleveland. Rome at 4:10 p m for Washington via Lynch burg; Chattanooga at 10:00 i) m for Washington via Lynchburg: also one tor New York 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 rn for Atlanta; Jacksonville at 7 p. m. for Cincinnati. B. W. WRENN, G. F. A T. A., Knoxville, Tenn. L. J. ELLIS, A. G. P. A, Atlanta. SUBURBAN RAILWAYS. Coast Line Railroad. Suburban SeHedtile. CATHEDRAL CEMETERY, BONAVENTURE AND THUNDERBOLT. The following schedule will be observed on and after MONDAY, Oct. 3. 1887, week days. (See special schedule for Sunday.) Leave Savannah (city time), 7:10, 10:35, A. M.. 3:00, 1:00. *6:85 P. M. iA-ave Thunderbolt, 5:50, 8:00 A. if., 13:20, 4:00, to" 40 P M Leave Bonaventure, 6:00. 8:10 a. m„ 12:30, 4:10, 6:50 p. m. ♦Saturday night last car leaves city 7:15, in stead of 6:35 tLast car leave* Thunderbolt, 5:40, instead of 6:20, a* formerly. v Take Broughton street cars 25 minutes before departure of Suburban trains. % H. E. COBB. Suj^k City and Suburban Railway. Savannah, Ga., Nov. B. 1887. ON and after MONDAY, November 7, the following schedule will be run on the Out side line: LKAVE AMtIVE ;LEAVE ISLE] LEAVE cm. CITY. ! OF HOPE. IMONTQOMERY 10:26 a. m. 8:40 a.m. 8:15 a.m. I 7:50 a.m. *17:00 p.m. I 8:00 p.m. | 1:80 p. m. I 1:00 p. in Every Monday morning there will lx: a train for Montgomery at 7:00 a. m. Saturday and Sunday’s trains will be run leaving city at 8:25 p. m., and returning leave Montgomery at 5:00 p. m. and Isle of Hope at -5:30 p. in. •This train will be omitted Sundays. tOn Saturdays this train leaves city at 7:30 p. m. J. H. JOHNSTON, President. FRUIT ANU GROCERIES. FEED. HAY, GRAIN AND ALL KINDS OF FEED —FOR— STOCK AND CATTLE. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO Private & "Family Trade —ALSO— FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND PRODUCE. TOO BAY STREET, W. D. SIMKINS & CO. 75 BARRELS APPLES. O* BARRELS EATING AND COOKING ♦ > PEARS, 50 Barrels HEBRON POTATOES. 25 Sacks RTO and JAVA COFFEE, LIQUORS and WINES of all kinds, SUGAR, CANNED MEATS, Choice FLOUR. CANNED GOODS, NUTS and RAISINS. Nov TURKISH PRUNES, New CITRON. BUTTER. CHEESE, LARI), SUGARS, SOAP, STARCH. CRACKERS, BROOMS, pails, cranberries, grapes, etc. For sale at lowest prices. A. H^CHAMPION. Chambers’ Cut & Sugared PEACHES. DELICIOUS FRUIT. Chambers’ Tomatoes. EQUAL TO THE FRESH. Egg and Gage Plums. At—— i A. M. AC. W, ff K.ST’S. lAWYKRS, doctors, ministers, merchants, j mechanics ami others bat ing books, maga- I zines. and other printed work to be bound or nj ! hound can have such work done in the liesl style I of the binder's art at the MORNING NEWS I BINDERY, 3 Whitaker street RAILROADS. SCHE b ULE^ * ' CENTRAL RAILROAD. Savannah, Ox., Oct. lfi, p*? ON and after this date Passenger Trains win run daily unless marked t, which aradai'r except Sunday. The standard time, by which these trains nm is 36 minutes slower than Savannah city time ’ No. L No. 3. ~ - Lv Savannah .7:10 am 8:80pm S ArGuyton B:o7am ..''"••JoSm Ar Milieu 9:4oam 11:03pm 8 Ar Augusta.. 11:46am 6:l6am .. . 1 Ar Macon I:4opm B:2oam ....’. Ar Atlanta 6:40 pm 7:16 am ' * ArColumbus..o:3s pm it 6 pin * Ar Montg'rv.. 7:28 am 7:13 pm . . Ar Eufaula.. 4:87 am 4:10 pm * Ar Albany ,11:05 pm 8:65 pm Train No. 9+ leaves Savannah 2:00~n~m~~a..~ rives Guyton 2:55 p. m. 1 " ar ' Passengers for Sylvanla, Wrlghtaville Mil. ledgeville and Eatouton should taka 7 lo’a m train. ln - Passengers for Thomaston, Carmllton Pen-* Port Games. Talbotton, Buena Vista Ri.v.fl and Clayton should take the 8:20 p. m. train * No. 2. No. 4. ~ nvT's' Lv Autnista 12:10pm 9:1 opm * Lv Macon. ..10:.35am 11:00pm * I.v Atlanta.. 6:soam 7:lspin * LvColumbus 10:80 pm 12:15 pm * LvMontg ry. 7:25 pm I:4oam * LvEufayia. .10:1 J pm 10:47 am Lv Albany.. 3:46 am 11:65 am * Lv Mi lien— 2:28 pm B:2oam K.!."' V-OO.m Lv Guyton . 4:03 pm 6:07 am Ar Savannah 5:00 pm 6:15 am .sioO am Train No. lot leaves Guyton Savannah 4:S) p. m. Sleeping cars on all night trains between s v vannah. Augusta, Macon and Atlanta, also M t con and Columbus. Train No. 3, leaving Savannah at 831 „ m will stop regu ariy at Guyton, but at another SriMujl’n passengers between Savannah Train No 1 will stop on signal at. stations he iween Milien and Savannah to take on nassen gers for Savannah . paosen- Connections at Savannah witn Savannah Florida and Western Railway for all points in Tickets for all points and sleeping car herihv on sale at City OlHco, No. 20 Bull street an 1 Depot Office 30 minutes before departure of each train. J-SHAW. E. T. CHARLTON, Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agent. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway. [All trains on this road are run by Central Standard Time.] TIME c\ri> in effect junk in, i*R7 Passenger tmins on this road will run daiiv as follows: 1 WEST INDIA FAST MAIL. HEAD DOWN. READ CP. LV Savannah Ar 12:06pna J - ; 3op ra Lv Jacksonville Lv 7:00 am 4: pm Lv Sanford Lv 1:15 a m .:00 pm Ar Tampa Lv 8:00 pm PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE. flasriss ■*■-*-•.** iarjs RSSWSi A.. .r,, ijji om. ami (Sat. noon. Pullman buffet cars to and from New York and Tampa. NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS. 7:06 a m Lv Savannah....... Ar 7:58 pnt 8:42 ain Lv Jesup Ar 6:160nt 9:soam Ar Waycross Lv 5:05 p m 11:86 am Ar Callahan Lv 2:47 pmi 12:00 noon Ar Jacksonville Lv 2:05 p m 7:00 am Lv . Jacksonville Ar 7:45 p m 10:15 am I.v Waycross Ar 4:40 pm 12:04pm Lv Valdosta ..Lv 2:56pm 12:34 p m Lv Quitman Lv 2:28 p m 1 :£i P m r Thomasville... .Lv 1:45 p m 3:35 pniAr Balnbridge .Lv 11:25 a m 4:04 pm Ar .. Chattahoochee. . Lv 11:30 a m Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonvilla and New York, to and from Waycross and New Orleans via Pensacola. EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS. 1:30 pm Lv Savannah. Ar 12:06 pm 3:20 pm Lv Jesup Lv 10:32 a ng 4:40 pm Ar... Waycross Lv 9:23 a m 7:45 p m Ar Jacksonville Lv 7:00 am 4:15 p m Lv. Jacksonville Ar 9:45 am 7:30 pm Lv Waycross Ar 6:85 a in. 8:31 pm Ar Dupont Lv s:Boam. 3:25 pin Lv... ..Lakedty Ar 10:46 ani 3:46 pm Lv Gainesville Ar 10:30lTm 6:55 pm Lv Live Oak Ar 7:loam, 8:40 p m Lv Xr 6:25a n 10:56 p m Ar Thomasville Lv 3:85 a m laamir Albany Lv I:Bsam. 15U:uin buffet cars to and from Jacksonville and St. Louis via Thomasville, Albany, Mont* gomery and Nashville. .ALBA NY EXPRESS. 7:35 pm Lv Savannah ...... Ar 6:loam 10:06p m Lv.........Je5uD Lv 315 am 1:80 a mAr Atlanta Lv 7:05 pm 12:40 am Ar .... Waycross Lv" Ts'io* m 7:25 am Ar Jacksonville Lv 7:00 pm. 7:00 pin Lv .Jacksonville Ar 7:25a n l* anl Lv Waycrom Ar 11:3) pm 2.J0.a m Ar.j Dupont. Lv 10:05 p m 7:10a m" All Live 6ai.lT.. .Tv "tS:!p m 10:31 am Art GainesvilitlL Lv 8:45 pin 10:4.5 am Ar .Ink.- Ciiy Y Lv 3:25 pTin 2:66am Lv 1i.0.v ••• |T7 Ar 9:35 P m 6:3ia in Ar Thoraas.' in, A.T.Lv 7:oilpm 11:40 am Ar Albany Lv 4:00 pin Stops at all regular' stations, Pullman sleeping cars to and from Jacksonville aifl Sa vannah. . \ J JESUP EXPRESS. ? 8:45 p m Lv....,..Savannah Ar m 6:10 p m Ar . Jesup Lv 6:55 am Stops at alt regular and Hag stations, v* *' CONNECTIONS. At Savannah for Charleston at 6:4.5 a m. (ar rive Augusta via Yeniassee at 18:30 p m), 12;26 P m and B:23pm; for Augusta and Atlanta at . :00 am, 5:15 p m and 8:20 p m; with steamship* for New York Sunday, Tuesday and Friday; for Boston Thursday: for Baltimore every fifth dav. At J ESUP for Brunswick at i:JO a tn and 3:35 pm; for Alacon and Atlanta 10:30 a m and 11:07 p m. At WAYCROSS for Brunswick at 10:00 a in and 5:06 p m. At CALLAHAN for Fernandina at 2:47 p m; for Waldo, Cedar Key, Ocala, etc , at 11:27 a m. At LIVE OAK for Madison, Tallahassee, eta., at 10:58 a m and 7:30 pm. A t GAINESVILLE for Ocala, Tavares, Brooke ville and Tampa at 10:55 a m. At ALBANY for Atlanta, Macon, Montgom ery, Mobile, New Orleans, Nashville, etc. At CHATTAHOOCHEE for Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans at 4:14 p m. Tickets sold and sleeping car berths secured at BREN'S Ticket Office, and at the Passenger Station. WM. P. HARDEE, Gen. Pass. Agent. R. G. FLEMING Superintendent Charleston & Savannah Railway Cos. CONNECTIONS made at Savannah withSa t vannah, Florida and Western Railway. Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand ard time (90th meridian), which is 36 minute* slower than city time. NORTHWARD. No. 14* 38t 66* 78* Lv KaVh. .18:20 p m 4:00 p m 6:40 a m 8:23 p m Ar Augusta 12:30 pm - Ar Beaufort 6:08 p in 10:15ara - Ar P. Royal 6:20 p m 10:30am Ar Al’dafe.. 7:40 p m 8:15p m 10:20 am. * Ar Cha ston 4:43 pra 9:20 p m 11:40 a m 1:25 a m SOUTHWARD. 33* 35* 27* Lv Cha'ston 7; 10 a m 3:36 p m 4:00 an Lv Augusta 12:85 pm - LvAl’dale.. 5:10 am 3:07 pm Lv P. Royal. 7:00 am 2:00 pm - Lv Beaufort 7:12a m 2:lspm - Ar Sav'li 10:15 ain 6:63 n m 6:41 a m “ Daily between Savannah and Charleston t Sundays only. . _ . Train No. 78 makes no connection with Fort Royal and Augusta Railway, and stops only at lllugeland, Green Pond ami Ravenel. Train I* stops only at Yeniassee and Green Pond, and connects for Beaufort and Port Royal daily, and for Allendale daily, except Sunday. Trains > and 66 counect from and for Beaufort and Poe* Royal daily. 1-or tickets, sleeping car reservations and 8 ‘ other information apply to WM. BREN Special Ticket Agent. 22 Bull street, and ‘6 Charleston and Savannah railway ticket offire. at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway depot. C. S. GADSDEN, Supl* Jink 6, 1887.’ ___ RIESLING'S NURSERY. Wliiio Bluff Road. PLANTS, BOUQUETS, DESIGNS, CUT- I FLOWERS furnished to order. Leave or* dera at DAVIs BROS.', corner Bull and Yoiifi stree.a. Telephone call 249