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THROWN FROM THE RAILS
AN ISLE OF HOPE TRAIN WRECKED
BY A BROKEN AXLE.
Sunday Excursionists Given a Lively
Shaking Up—Two Cars Derailed and
One of Them Partly Upset The
Breaking of an Axle Under the For
ward Car the Cause of the Accident
—The Passengers Brought Back to
the City in Horse Cara—Narrow Es
cape from a Fatal Disaster.
The outgoing City and Suburtian train,
■which left the city at 10:2!> o'clock yester
day m rning, was wrecked a mile south ef
the White Bluff road crossing by the break
ing of an axle. The train oonsisted of
three coaches and a combination car, and
was crowded with passengers, for Isle of
Hope and Montgomery. A large number
of ladies and children were on board.
After passing the Savannah. Florida and
Western crossing, the engineer opened out
his engine as he reached the stretch of
straight track, and was making fast time.
Conductor Rahn was going through tho
forward car when the axle broke. There
was a heavy jolt ns the truck dropped.
Mr. Rahn seized the bell rope, but it was
drawn tight and the engine gong would not
ring.
Tne forward car was a combination
smoker and baggage car. The smoking
section was crowded and the passengers
sprang from their seats tho instant the
6aock was felt. Mr. Rahn ran forward
through the baggage-car and signaled the
engineer from the forward platform. Tho
couplings between the forward car and the
one next to it wore torn out and the train
pulled apart the locomotive and combina
tion running ahead a quarter of a mile be
■ fore they came to a stop,
BREAKING OF THK AXLE.
The jolt that was felt was caused by the
snapping of the axle under the rear truck.
The break was close to the wheel, and as
the truck dropped the wheel lay across the
track and derailed the second oar. The for
ward truck was demolished, and the front
end of the car dropped down.
The third car passed over tho obstruction
in safety and kept the track, but the last
car was thrown off and was nearly upset in
the ditch. Fortunately the sagging of the
front end of the secontf car acted as a brake,
and when the fourth car left the track, its
momentum had bee.n somewhat lessened,
otherwise it would have bean turned com
pletely over and smashed to pieces, and the
passengers in it badly injured, if not killed.
As the truck under the combination car
drooped on the cross ties, the heavy strain
snapped the axle on the other side, leaving
both wheels on the track. The strain on
the ears tore out the couplings, and the
train broke apart.
RAN AHEAD OF THE TRAIN.
When the passengers got out the engine
and forward car were away ahead of the
second and third cars, and the last car was
partly overturned in the ditch some distance
bock. .
The passengers were pretty well shaken
up. but aside from a few bruises, no one was
injured. One young woman was so badly
frightened when she got out that she threw
awav her parasol ana pocketbook. When
asked what she threw them awav for, she
excitedly exclaimed: “Oh, dear, I don’t
■want them.” For a few minutes, until all
the passengers were out, there was a good
Meal of excitement.
LOOKING AFTER THE PASSENGERS.
President Johnston was driving in the
Southern part of the city when the acci
dent occurred. The train had not gone out
of sight, and he saw it stop. Knowing that
something was wrong, he hurried out
road. Before reaching the train he learned
that there was a wreck. Leaving his horse
be sent a messenger back to the city for half
a dozen horse cars and another engine to be
brought out. Supt. Alley was at the
depot, and firing up an engine
he started out with a force of men. The
passengers in the meantime had been trans
ferred to the horse cars and were brought
into the city.
The wrecking force went to work, and at
6 o’clock last night the track was clear. All
of the cars except one were brought into
the shops. New trucks will have to be put
under two of them. The damage to the
woodwork of the cars is comparatively
small. __
IN FAVOR OF A BTOCK LAW.
The Way the Fence Law Injures the
Email Farmer.
Hezekiah Brown, a well-known colored
man, living at Dittmersville,’jiear the south
ern city limits, had a practical illustration
a few days ago of tho way in which the
fence law injures the small farmer. Ho
had a splendid crop of corn, from which he
expected to get roasting ears in a
(few weeks, but when he looked at his little
field one morning the fruits of his labor
were gone. Fifteen bead of cows which had
been turned out by bis fellow-citizen’s liv
ing in the city, were breakfasting on what
little there was left. The cows bad either
broken down his fence or. as Brown sus
pects, some boys whom he had reprimanded
for bad conduct, pulled it down and let the
cattle in. Hezekiah don't see where allow
ing cattle to graze at-large benefits the poor
man.
SUM OF SUNDAY ARRESTS.
Allegations of Larceny, Vagranoy and
General Laxity of Morals.
Thomas Riordan and James Harbin, sup
posed to be sailors, were found sleeping iu a
car on the Ocean Steamship wharves, aud
were taken into custody charged with being
suspicious characters.
George Wright (colored) was arrested on
*a charge of tho larceny of a fan from a box
on the Ocean Steamship wharves. Wright
is said to be a hard-working negro, and
that, being under the influence of liquor, lie
did not intend to commit the theft.
Peggy Monigalt was locked up for fight
ing and being drunk and disorderly.
John Hams (colored) was run In for
making a vieious assault upon Bam Price,
corner of Habersham street audY’ork street
lane.
HAD HIS FINGER AMPUTATED.
An Excursionist Gets His Fingers Un
der a Moving Train.
A painful accident occurred at tho Char
leston aud Savannah railway junction last
night. An excursion train on the Charles
ton and Savannah, from Charleston, was
coming in and had come to a dead stop, ns
is usual, when Thomas Mercer, one of the
excursionists, got off the train to recover
some coins thut had been thpjied from his
pocket in removing his handkerchief. The
train started unexpectedly to him, knock
ing him down and one of the wheels ran
over and crushed the forefinger of his loft
band. Picking himself up he caught tlie
train, and coming on to the city had the
iujured member surgically treated. He at
tributes the accident to his own carelessness.
Funeral of George Ch. Qsmundsn.
The funeral of Mr. George Ch. Goniutulen
will take place from his late residence, No.
60 Broughton street, at 3 o’clock this after
noon, and will bo attended by Z uubbabol
Lodge, F. &A. M., the German Friondly
Society. Savannuh Turn Vorein, and Teuto
nia Lodge and Teutonia and DuGuesclin
Uniformed Division!- Knights of Pythias,
Elected High Chief Ruler.
B. H. Webster, delegate from J. J. Mur
ray Tent, I. O. O. R., tit this city, was
elected High Chief Ruler of North America
by the High Tent, in session at Fhiladel
lhialast week.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Hero and There Oy the
News Reporters.
St. Joseph’s Infirmary received four pa
tients yesterday.
The semi-annual meeting of tho County
Road Commissioners will be field at tho
court house on Friday.
The steamship City of Savannah takes
the place of the steamship Gate City on the
Boston route temporarily, while the latter
lays up for repairs.
Tne fishing party to the i thick fish banks
yesterday returned last night. The excursion
ists reported having had an enjoyable trip
and plenty of fish. *
The city’s water supply will bo shut off
at 10 o’clock this morning for the purpose
of coinple ing the repairs to the main at the
Ocean .Steamship wharves.
There were 189 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's last week,
against Is) in the preceding week, and 107,
1(0, Ist and 183 in the corresponding weeks
of 1887, 18SG, 1885 and 1884 respectively.
Health Officer Brunner’s report shows
that there were 16 deaths In th“ city last
week, 8 whites and 8 blacks. There were
8 deaths of children under 10 years of ago.
During the corresponding week last year
there were 17 deaths of children under 10
yours of age, showing that there is less mor
t lity among young children this year than
there v.nsl ist year.
It appears that Mr. Bteinecker, who was
rescued from the deck house of the Hattie
N' Gore on Pelican beach during the high
tide of Friday night, is far from being an
invalid. George A. Bossell, a Tybee fisher
man, who \eut to his rescue, says that ho
had a lusty pair of lungs to call for bolp.
Steinecuer is a Baltimorean, and is working
on the new Ocean View Hotel.
CHILDREN'S DAY EXERCISES.
Interesting Celebration By Trinity
Sunday School.
Tho children’s duy exercises at Trinity
Methodist church yesterday were very inter
esting. The exercises began at 5 o’clock
with the song, “Th“ Valley of Blessing,” bv
the school, after which Mias Annie Bow
man recited “Little Will.”
The exercises by the infant class wore ad
mirably carried out. The singing of the
little ones was especially excellent. Miss
Merina Fulford’s rendition of “The
Model Church” could not have been better.
The school after that sang “At the Beauti
ful Gate,” and a collection was taken up
for the benefit of the poor Sunday schools.
Short addresses wore made by the pastor.
Rev. E. H. MnGehee, and the superintend
ent, Dr. 8. A. White. It was incidentally
mentioned while the pastor and superin
tendent wore addressing the scholars, that
Trinity Church Sunday school is 67 yea re
old, and that it is older by five years than
either the Presbyterian or Baptist Sunday
schools. Eighty-five ycarsago the thruede
nominations formed a Union Sunday school,
which was kept up for twenty years, when
Trinity church withdrew, and established a
Sunday school of its own. Within five
years afterward tho Baptist withdrew, and
it was not until then that the Presbyterians
and Baptists established Bunday schools of
their own. Trinity Sunday school num
bers now 232 scholars.
BUILDING UP TYBEE.
Some of the Improvements That Are
Going on Ihere.
Tybee appears to be enjoying a healthy
boom, and building and remodeling is very
general on the island. Among the improve
ments going on a Morning News reporter
noted the following yesterday:
Mr. Ulmer, of the Central Bank, is put
ting up a handsome cottage.
Mr. WiUfam Kehoe is remodeling the
Smart cottage.
Black Bros, are remodeling the Sullivan
cottage.
Mr. J. H. Furber has remodeled the
Tilton House, uud is building a hotel ad
joining te be known as Furber’s Point
House. The furniture wa- received last
Saturday, and to-day Mr. John Wright, of
the Seaside pavilion, and his wife, will t ike
charge, and the house will be thrown open
to the public next Sunday. Mr. Furber is
remodeling two or three cottages, bus built
twenty-six bath-houses and wilt build
twenty-six more. He intends to put up*a
statiou, when trains will stop there to put
off and take on passengers.
Mr. H. H. Lewis has nearly completed
the Ocean View Hotel, which was recently
opened to tho public. It has the largest pa
vilion on the island, being 90x70 feet.
James Nayler has commenced the erection
of a boarding-house.
Charles F. Graham will begin the erection
of a billiard parlor this woek.
With the present hotel accommodations
on the island not less than 700 people can be
dined at one sitting. The building boom at
Tybee affords very encouraging evidence
that it is becoming a favorite seaside resort.
Tho island was full of visitor* yesterday,
hundreds of them taking their baskets and
picnicking in the groves and on the beach.
An invigorating southeast wind was blow
ing all day, and the surf was full of bathers.
Tho morning train took down eight coaches
and the afternoon and oveuing trains were
made up of nine coacaes each.
BIG SHIPMENTS OF TRUCK.
Th Atlantic Coaat Line's Fast Vege
table Freight.
The weather last week was very favora
ble for digging potatoes, and vegetables
have beeu marketed in such largo quantities
that the shipments for tlie past seven days
are far in excess of the week before, which
was the heaviest in the history of the Atlan
tic Coast Line.
The following figures show the daily ship
ments to the North via the Atlantic Coast
Line from Charleston and Savannah for
the week just closed; Monday 54 carloads,
Tuesday 06 carlou<l, Wednesday 66 car
loads, Thursday 06 carloads, Friday 72 car
loads, Saturday 109 carloads; total for the
week, 433 carloads.
The shipments Saturday aggregated 109
carloads against 88 carloads for tho preced
ing Saturday. To carry this immense vol
ume of vegetable freight it required four
trains. The three trains which went North
Saturday aggregated 94 carloads, 39 of
which were from Charleston, 18 from
Young’s island, aud 37 from Savannah.
Fire From Exploding Naphtha.
An alarm of fire was turned in from box
No. 27 a'few minutes after 1 o’clock yester
day. Two engines responded, but returned
at once, as the flames, caused by an ex
ploded cau of naphtha, were ext inguished.
The cun exploded in the residence of J. H.
Ellon on Charlton stroet, near Habersham.
A servant was refilling a lamp, and the
supposition is that he allowed the candle
tlmr he carried to come in contact with the
naphtha. The damage was slight. Mr.
Elton, in trying to extinguish tlie flames,
received a small burn in his face.
Trinity Sunday.
Yesterday was Trinity Bunday. The
mystery of Holy Trinity has been from an
early date commemorated as a festival, the
obeervanre of which is said to have been es
tablished in Kugla id by Thomas a’Becket,
near the close ot the twelfth century. The
day was observed in all the Roman Catholic
ana Episcopal churches by special services.
Especially For the Ladiee.
This afternoon Prof. Whitman, Graduate
Optician, devotes bis time to the Ladies,
and will give free eye tests to those calling
at his office, 114 South Broad street.
Summer Tariff.
The adoption of a rummer tariff at the
Harnett House, below wh t has hei etofore
been the ru eat that excellent otel, is s ire
to be productive of atisfactory result., and
indicates the wisdom of the mu .u.cment.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 28. 1388.
THE LEAGUES’ LEADERS.
SAVANNAH, BIRMINGHAM, CHI
CAGO AND CINCINNATI.
A Hard Fight Among all the Clubs—
Savannah's Chance to Push Ahead
in the Interstate League Race-
Charleston Pushing Memphis for
Second Place in the Southern League
—This Week's Games.
Savannah at Augusta.
Columbus at Atlanta.
That is the way tho first series of the
Inter-State League gomes will be played
this week. Savannah and Columbus start
off a tie on gamos won, but Savannah has
lost one game loss than Columbus and still
holds the lead. Tins week Savannah will
play Rix games with Augusta and stands a
good chance of getting well in the lead,
while Atlanta and Columbus, which are
more evenly matched, will have the field to
themselves. Everything so far is in Sa
vannah’s favor, but the club will have to
play good ball to hold it position with
Columbus and Atlanta, both of which have
strong clubs.
THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE RACE.
The positions of the fiouthern League
clubs remain unchanged, buttliero has been
considerable shaking up in the last two
weeks, and the i>onnant race has now as
sumed a very different, aspect. The tnll
enders are gradually coming up on the
leaders, and already tho four clubs are suf
ficiently bunched to moke the fight excit
ing. Charleston is still .reaching for the
top, having won three out of four games
played with the leaders list week. The
Pelicans have also pulled into shape again,
and are making things interesting down in
the Crescent City, Tho following is the
schedule of games for tills week: Memphis
at Charleston Monday, Tues ay, Wednes
day and Thursday; Birmingham at New
Orleans Sunday, 1 u<s iay, Wednesday and
Thursday; New Orleans nt Charles
ton, Memphis at Birmingham. Saturday.
Next week all the clubs will lay off one
week from Thursday, June 7, until June 15,
when Charleston will open hor second series
abroad at Birmingham. The following are
the records up to date:
Standing
Percentage
Gaines Won
Sew Orleans.
Memphis
Charleston
Birmingham.
Clubs.
Birmingham 9 j 5 5I 19 . 598 1
Charleston ... 4 4 7! 15 454. a
Memphis 5 I 6 .... 8 19 .558 2
New Orleans 4 j 8 j 6 |....| 13 . 393 4
(James Lost.. lIS 18 |ls| 90 | '
THE 810 LEAGUES.
The following is the standing of the clubs
in the National League and American As
sociation :
Won. Lost. Position.
Chicago 21 7 1
Boston IS 11 2
I'olrolt 15 12 3
New York 18 11 4
Philadelphia 11 13 5
Pltssburg 11 14 6
Indianapolis 9 18 7
Washington 6 19 8
Cincinnati 22 6 1
St. Louis 18 7 2
Brooklyn. 20 9 3
Athlete 12 14 4
Baltimore 11 14 5
Louisville 9 19 6
Cleveland 9 30 7
Kansan City 7 19 8
Games Yesterday.
Washington, May 87.—Base ball games
were played to-day with the following
results:
At Brooklyn—
Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 x—4
Base hits—Louisville 0, Brooklyn 8. Errors—
Louisville 4, Brooklyn 0. Batteries—Ramsey
and Kerins, Terry and Peeples.
At New Urloans —
Birmingham. 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 x —B
New Orleans 0 0800020 1— 6
Base hits -Birmingham 13, New Orleans 12.
Errors—Birmingham 9, New Orleans 3.
Around the Bases.
The Nailers of Washington square de
feated the Orientals yesterday afternoon by
a score of 8 to 9.
THE COLORED BAPTI3TB.
The Sunday School Mass Meeting at
the First African Church.
Yesterday’s exercises in the Colored Bap
tist State Sunday School Convention were
unusually interesting. The morning session
was taken up with a sermon by the Rev. J.
M. Jones, of Quyton. His subject was “The
Macedonian Call.” The church was
crowded and many were uuable to gain ad
mittance at all. The various Baptist pul
pits, over twonty in number, in the city,
were tilled by visiting ministers.
The afternoon session consisted mainly in
a Sunday school mass meeting. Over 1,000
scholars were in attendance. Each Sunday
school was allowed ten minutes to hold such
exercises as it wished. The exercises of the
six schools represented consisted of essays,
recitations, singing and addresses.
The night service was devoted to a ser
mon by Rev. C. T. Walker, of Augusta.
The speaker’s text was Ezikiel xvxiii., 11.
His theme was “that God willeth not the
death of the sinner.” His discourse was not
a short one, but so interesting was it, that
the congregation seemed unwilling for him
to stop. Tue collection for the day was
se:> 9i.
The programme for to-day is: Essays on
Sunday school work by several of the dele
gates, reports by the corresponding secre
tary ana treasurer, the appointment of
the Executive Commit.toe aud th time and
place of holding the next convention. A
special feature of the day wilt be the me
morial service for deceased Sunday school
workers. To-morrow night the driogate*
will bo banqueted at the Odd Follows ’,
Hall by the Sunday schools of the city.
How to Guess the Speed of Trains.
Fi-om the Kansas City Times.
There is not one person iii oho huudred of
tho millions who travel on railroads in the
course of a year who lias any idea of tho
speed of a train. A large per cent, of even
the regular trainmen of the country cannot
tell with any dogree of accuracy Low fast
a train is running. Frequently engineers
are dispatched on a trip over a lino of rail
road with lust,ructions to run at a speed of
a certain number of miles an hour. The
engineers do not carry a speed indicator,
but have learned by various methods to
gaugo tlieir engines so as to make only tho
slightest variation from their orders.
The majority of engineers use their driv
ing wheel as a gauge. They know its cir
cumference mid, by counting its revolutions
within a certain time, can tell very accu
rately the speed nt which they lire running.
Another method is to time tho run between
mile posts, nnd still another is to nuke cal
culation* from tho number of telegraph
poles passed in a certaiu time. These poles,
in a level country and where four or five
wires are used, are spaced so that they are
thirty to the mile. If ouly a single wire is
used they are spaced from twenty-five to
twenty-eight to the milo.
The most accurate method, and the one
most in use tiy experienced railroad men, is
to count the number of rail joints the train
passes over in twenty seconds. The rails in
nearly all cases are thirty feet in length,
and the number passed over in twenty sec
onds is the sp ed per hour a train is run
ning. For instance, if a passenger sitting
in a sleeper mu count thirty clicks of the
wheels on a rail Joint in twenty seconds the
ti a! i is running nt the speed of thirty milee
i u . huu .
The 11;*: Melons of the season at J, S.
I Colli i " , IJJ Congress street.
WAYS OF THE WAITER.
One of Them Talks While Waiting for
His Tip.
“An’ yo’ think Its er mighty fine thing
tor bo er hotel waiter duz yo’?”
The question was put by an old-time
waiter, a day or two ago. “Wall, its not
ser fine I tell yo’. Kose vo’ see deso peeka
jaokits er jumpin erroun in here wid de
slippuz on, an’ er airin deyseves, dats no
earny resin w’v dev sees er happy time. No
lu’h, its jes de ’vers übdat. When we goes
in de kitchfu a’tor er ginewine good meal,
we specks tor fetch it ter de pusson we likes
de bes’, and we has a diaergroobul time
ub gittin’ it, shoze yo’ bo’n.
1 i;if de time dey gim us spotted taters, an’
when dey don’ do dat, dey gim us stubboa
cow stake, an’ I ‘fuses dat ev’y time, ka-e
Ise shame ter see pepul 1 lacks er hummiu’
an’er hawin’wid er tuff steer neck. Now,
ef iny pusson wut Ise nuvor had de pleshuro
ub his ’quaintans comes in an’ sets down at
dis tabul I fus’ fines out ef he’s come ter
bo’d. If he is, den Ise preshus sho’ ter
stumbul up on cr good dinner fur hint; it’l
fetch outen him wut he is. If he’s ergener
muu he’l slip er quarter on de plate, an’ I
nuver goes back on dem kine.
“But, suppose he don’t ‘ante upP ” the
old waiter was asked.
“Den I drops him, an’ when my time
comes in de kitchen I simpulsay ’easy grub,’
an’ if do head cook gim me speck taters an’
steer neck I can’ hep it, kase he do one wut
meshurs itout. Wut kiner pepul duz we has
do mos’ trouble wid? I bleb de cracker is
de fussies one ub all de gang. Deys mighty
ti’some. Dey’* too much put on an’ make
like dey know* it all t r suit me, when dey
don’ know filbuts fum pouu’ cake.”
"Talkin’ ’bout good meals, if wo gits er
good dinner we has ter make up some
iiow’ful big tales ’bout yo' all ter turn dem
head cooks’ heads.”
The waiter put his rusty hands to his face
and snickered to luins df: “I sho’ did got er
way wid ’em de udder day do.” “How was
that?” he was asked. “Wall, de udder day,”
said he, continuing, “er ugly little white
fell’r come ter my tabul, an’ ’pon ray
word, boss, he looked ez hollow
cz Jumbo’s skel’ion, an’ho’low’d, he did,
‘My frien’, if yo’ fetch me much iz I kin
gobbul up I gim yo’ dat', an lie tho’d a sil
ver quarter ter me. I look’t at him good,
deu I make out like it wuzen er good trade.
I nniuile ’roun erbout like az if I wus’at
gwine do’t. den I say, ‘I don’ keor, Ido
my leveles bos’ter crowd yo’ broad tray.’
Mine yo’, all dat time I wuser hummiu’an’
er hawin’ boqt de price, I wuser studin’ how
ter rat’le de head cook. I wait till all ob de
udder wo iters wuz out ob de kitchen, deu I
run in der' like I wuz cornin’ fur de doctor
an’ ’low, ‘two rich generinens is in er mon
stus hurrv fur somethin’ ter eat. Man, yo’
orter seed dat fat old head waiter hustl.
He cussed an’ kerfoom’d. Las’ he fill de
waiter an sav, dor take yo’ rich vidul-s. I
shuffl out ob dor fo’ iny de udder waiters
come in an’ I sot de grub fo’ little ‘Jumbo,’
au’ he roll up he sleeves an’ cut er loose. I
sod ter myself, ‘O, yo’ mer eat little fello’,
but you liubber swell big ernuff ter hole
dem dinners. But mun, sah, dat Jumbo
hid dat stuff. While 1 wuz ’stractin’ de
’tonshun ob or nudder waiter fum my tabul
dat Jumbo clean de dishez an rap on de
tabul fur mo’.
“ ‘Looker her’ mau,’ sed I, ‘I didin ‘greed
ter fill yo’ pockits too.’
“He pinted ter his mouf and say, ‘She’s
gon’. I feel in my pockits fur de silver
quarter ter ’fund back tor him and break
up de trade, but I think ’bout er nudder
plan. I run ter de kitehin, an’ time I got in
dar,’ de houd cook ho ’lows ’whut you
want nigger?’ Bed I, dem white pus
sons er grumlin, an' er cussiu’
dis place; speck yo’ better gim
me er' little mo’. ‘Dat’s wut makes me spi
de rich,’ sed the old cook, but be hustle off
a’ter de Rudder waiter full. Bimeby l o
fotch me er Rudder dinner, an’ I shuffle
back ter Jumbo wid it. When I sot it
down I seed him tdek suflhiu out fum
under he’s coat, sack lack, an’ he tuk an’
cram de dinner in ter it. He open do sack
ter me, an’, low an’ b’holel oa’h was de
tudder dinners all settin’ in tho bottom ub
de sack or smilin’ up at me. He wink ter
me an’ low’d: ‘Dis is mv idy ub rirs, old
chap,’ an’ wid dat he git up an' slip out.
I say ter mysef arter he lof, dat’s or dis’ones
little white boy. But I quit kusin him arter
while, ka-e he uz good ernuff ter gim mo
er siiber quarter."
A Truck Farmer’s Suggestion.
To the Truck and Fruit Growers of the
First Congressional Pi strict :
Tho industrias you pursue are of groat
importance and value. Your interests are
greatly involvod in having a proper regard
paid to t ho 1 rnnsporlntion lines from Savan
nah to tha great Eastern cities. The value
of your produce supports nnd makes com
fortable your families, pays a large amount
to the workingmen and increases the wealth
and business prosperity of this section of
the State. You cannot ship your
goods so cheaply in any oihor wav as by
our fleet steamers plying between this port
and Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston. They go not only at less cost
but in better order than by any other way.
You are now hampered—you cannot get off
all your freight as you need to—because of
the lack of attention to the improvement of
our harbor. The ships cannot load to their
full capacity, owing to the shoals,
and reject the transportation of the
fruits or your industry on this account,
and sticking on tlie shoals are delayed,
causing a damage to freight, aud a partial
or total loss. This is a serious, aud in many
cases, a ruinous loss. Delay or rejection of
your freight is something svhioh stares us
in the face. This is wrong and ought not
to be. While many interests are impaired
by this state of things—none so serious as
our’s. We are a part of tlie people, and our
welfare should lie considered. If we have
either an unfaithful or inefficient steward of
our interests, wo should dismiss
him and try another. Tlie beggarly appro
priation for the Savannah river and harbor
is a savage thrust at our vital interests.
Who is responsible for this if our immediate
representative is not,? When our former
representative, tho lamented Black, was
stricken with paralysis and unable from
Providential causes to rise from liis bed,
from his chamber of sickness be succeeded
iu gutting for this work $200,000 by the aid
of his colieaguts from tho State.
Mr. Norwood, iu perfectly restored health
since 1865, secures about one-fourth of the
amount secured by the Charleston repre
sentative. and a little more than one-third
of wbat Mobile's ronrossntative secured for
his port. For weeks past he has not lieen
in his seat, and it, has been left, to Senator
Brown to speak for our port and our inter
est, while Mr. Norwood is drawing
the salary cf present Congress
man aud neglecting his duties
to secure the honors and emoluments of
auot.hor term, to the detriment of his con
stituents. Why should we not try a prac
tical, common-sense business man, who will
stay at his post of duty and guard and
work for our interest? Mr. Norwood, so
far as this matter is concerned, is a failure.
Let u* try William W. Gordon, who, Iho;>e
and believe, will be nominated, elected and
prove himself worthy of our choice by look
ing after the welfare of our class of the
workers of tho district.
G. M. Ryals.
Local Personal.
J. J. Taylor, of W ithers, Is at the Har
nett.
N. P. Brown, of Surrency, is at tho Har
nett.
8. B. Appleby, of Gainesville, is at the
Marshall House,
W. 8. Pemberton, of Jacksonville, Is a
guest of tiie Harnett. •
Mr. T. J. Quinlan, who came here to set
up lbe organ iu (he Independent Presbyte
rian Church, bos returned from Jackson
ville, whore he has set u i the now organ in
tho new St. Andrew’s Church, and will re
turn to Bont'ii this week. Ho is stopping
| at tue Harnett House.
Remember tho “Fruit and Flower” Mis-
I sion to-morrow morning, from 9 to 11
I o’clock, at the Independent Presbyterian
Sunday school room.
HISTORIC TYBEE ISLAND.
MAGNIFICENT SCENERY ALONG
THE TYBEE RAILWAY.
A Romantic Roadway Through Green
Meadows—Magnificent Surf Bathing
on tho Beach—An All Rail Route from
the Interior Without Change of Cars
-Health-Giving Breezes Kover Over
the Island Where John Wesley
Landed in the Long Ago.
Tybee! There is poetry in the name. It
is one of those musical appellations the In
dians gave to island and river, hay and es
tuary. The North American Indian was
only one remove from nature. He was its
child. He employed no letters. He heard
the wind sigh through the trees, and he
shaped sounds which ha applied to the places
he loved, whether under bowers where he
wooed tho Indian maiden, thecpvorts where
he hunted the brown deer, or the bays and
inlets where he angled for the finny inhabi
tants of the waters. Thus he named Oc
inulgee, Ogeechoo, Oconee, Appaiachee—
and the sweetest of all is Tybee.
A HISTORIC ISLAND.
Tybee must have been to tho red man in
hi* day whut Tybee will be to thousands of
civilized Anglo-Saxons in the future. He
must have disported in its surf, wantoned
with its breakers, strollod upon its beach
and roamed through its groves, finding
every object recreative and enjoyable, and
when tempest lifted old ocean’s waves
mountain high he must have listened in
awe as the breakers thundered on the beach,
and recognized that the Great Spirit was
eloquent aliko in the whispered ripple in
the reeds of the salt meadows and in the
roar of the surf. But what Tybee was
when the Indian, free as the waves that
rolled shoreward, occupied it, we can only
conjecture. It may have been historic and
pre-historic to him. We know it is sub
historic now.
We know that when topgallant mast
rose, and yard after yard lifted as the
white-sailed ship came shoreward bearing
John Wesley to the New World, that the
friendly shore of Tybee was the first land
that charmed the eye of the tempest-tossed
mariner after loqg and anxious voyago,
and that undernedth the tropic foliage of
Tv beo the first invocation to heaven from
Wosieyan iips was uttered. If Methodism
seeks its ancient shrine in the New World,
let it look to Tv beo by tho Sea.
The Tybee of yesterday was almost unin
habited. Its profuse vegetation, its grand
breezes and its beach, which standi peerless
and unrivaled among the seaside resorts of
the continent, were practically neglected
and desolate. But a change lias come over
it. It is being recognized for what is.
THE TYBEE OF TO-DAY.
The mountain would not go to Mahomet,
therefore Mahomet went to the mountain.
Tho sea, in the plomtude of its pride, would
not come to Savannah; Savannah has gone
to the sea, and Tybee now is Savannah’s
park, her out-door promenade and her bath
ing resort. It is all rail to Tybee, and all
roads point to Tybee.
It is only a fifty minutes’ ride by the Sa
vannah and Tybee railroad. But what a
ride! Miles of green salt meadows stretch
out on either side. To the left, as you go
Tvbeeward, is one of the old-time Southern
plantations, and almost hidden away be
neath the foliage of the grandest live oak
groves of tho tropics, with its spirituelle
hangings of air moss, is the
primitive model of Harriet Beecher
Stowe’s celebrated “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
The original “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” under
the umbrageous oaks of tho Deptford plan
tation, will always have a glance of interest
from tho visitor to Tybee.
CONFEDERATE EARTHWORKS.
Further on, Fort Bartow is always a
point of interest. Here is the largest defen
sive earthworks known to military history
on the North American Continent. More
than twenty acres wore inclosed, and here
the soldiers of tlie lost cause guarded the
approaches to the chief seaport citv of tho
South with a determination and valor
which challenged the admiration
of our friend, the enemy. It
commands the South Channel, the Savan
nah river and St. Augustine’s crook, and
inviting as Tybee is, many stop at Fort Bar-
tow to drink from its cold flowing artesian
well and stroll through avenue and bridle
path, for here in sylvan shades tho tales of
valor, now a quarter of a century oid, still
have a charm w henever told.
On from Fort Bartow, and until Tybee
is readied, one does not lose sight of the
white sails oi the merchant vessels corning
up tlie channel to line the city’s front from
the extensive wharves of the Ocean Bteum
ship and Central railroad wharves on the
west to tlie scarcely less extensive wharves
of the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way on tho oast. In fact, as the train
rushes on through miles of green meadows,
one can almost recognize frionds on steamer
and sailing craft, which continually ply
the waters on either side of the railroad
from Tybee roads to Savannah.
FORT PULASKI.
The frowning guns are still mounted on
tho parapets of Fort Pulaski, which is iu
plain view as the train hurries to the sea.
Crossing Lazaretto creek, after a seventeen
mile run, the north end of Tyboe island is
reached. We have passed romantic groves,
historic earthworks and outposts, frowning
forts, no longer needful since the warlike
sword has been turned into the peaceful
pruning hook, and the little birds have fasli
ioned nests in the mouths of tho voiceless
cannon, past beautiful islands, east the tow
ering light house of Tyboe whose beacon
light radiates twenty miles to sea, and we
skirt tho ocean beach for a mile through
wondrous avenues of palmetto and palm
with cottages by the sea on either side, and
the Furber’s Point House, the Ocean View,
the Ocean House and tho Seaside Pavilion
clustering about the depot whore the train
halts.
TYBEE BEACH.
The beach is crowded with tho old and
tlie young, the rich and the poor. There is
no caste here. There is no stilled style.
Fronting the mighty ocean one takes a
rigid lesson in humility.
The beach is long enough aud broad
enough and free for all, It’s impoesiblo for
the selfish to monopolize the pure mr of
Tylieo! there i* enough and to spars. It is
as free as the waves which beat upon tlie
beacii.
Here the air is pure. It is one perpetual
May on Tybee Island. It is a paradise here
at all seasons. Many places owe tholr rise
and decline to the booming advertisement.
Tybee can trust to time. Hhe needs no ad
vertising. Her beach stretching for six
uulos from north to south without n danger
point, hor breezes tempered hy the tropic
in winter and cool and invigorating in tho
summer, her groves, and bridle paths and
lovers’ walks, her unrivaled fisheries, oyster
beds and clauis, all will outlive the fretful
and petulant things that may I* said by the
envious of a resort that ought long since
to have been brought to public notice.
ALL RAIL ROUTE.
The inland trnvoler can take a car at At
lanta at night and be carried directly to the
beach without transfer, without change of
car-, without any delays, without piecing
out gaps with stroet car or boat, and taken
surf bath before breakfast, on a beach free
from the dangerous undertow of so many
seaside resorts. En route from Savannah
to Tybee tho road runs through salt
meadows, and there is neither dust nor
cinder on the eighteen miles of roadway.
Carriages may be had on the island
for drives on tlie beach. An artesian
well (lows day and nig.it in the Tybee
depot and tlie island is supplied with arte
sian water. There are spacious pavilions
for enjoying the salt sea breezes, and the
moonlights on Tybee ure unrivaled for
their silvery splendor. Ample accommoda
tion- are afforded by four extensive hotels,
two of which have lieen eroded tins season.
Arrangements have lieen recently made
so that coupon tickets to Tybee can
be purchased at all the pric-*-"-'
stations of the Central railroad,
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way and t he Charleston and Savannah rail
way, and it may be added, in conclusion,
that the Tybee railway is the only one on
the coast that runs direct to and along the
ocean beach. It is the favorite picnic re
sort, and a great family resort, and it re
quired nine coaches to bring the Sunday
visitors iu last evening and another train
went down lost night to bring back those
who stayed to enjoy moonlight on the
beach.
THE S. F. & W.’S VALUATION.
Very Nearly 815,000,000 in Property
Returned to the State.
The Savannah, Florida and Western has
.returned the valuation of its property to
the Comptroller-General. The main line of
the road is returned as follows: Two thou
sand four hundred and ninety-three acres of
land, 8141,880 ; 2 bridges, $26,727; 367
trestles, $80,413; 208 depots and round
houses, #135,113; 66 engines, $248,-
394 18; 1,214 cab and freight cars, $203,-
998 50; 101 passenger coacaes, $143,612 17;
320 miles of track, $2,109,855 79; cash on
hand and amounts due from other roads,
#109,869 20; value of other proport v, $40,-
428; total valuation, $3,246,290 77. The
Gainesville division is returned as fol
lows: Four hundred and ninety acres
of land, $245 ; 51 trestles, $6,762;
7 depots and round-houses, $1,000;
26 miles of track, $134,083. Total
valuation, $142,090. The Albany division
is returned as follows: Ten hundred and
sixty acres of land, $3,328; 1 bridge, #14,-
000; 122 trestles, $13,500 ; 37 depots and
round-houses,s7,7so; 00 miles of track,s3ll,-
251. Total valuation, $349,829. The Jack
sonville division is returned as follows:
Twelve hundred and ten acres of land, $2,-
465; 53 trestles, $13,759 ; 25 depots
and round-houses, $4,383; 41 miles
of track, $248,196. Total valuation,
$208,803. The Junction branch is returned
as follows: One hundred and tvvontv-five
acres of land, $1,252; 1 bridge, $i,700;
1 trestle; $1,323 ; 5 miles of track, #25,-
820. Total valuation, $30,095.
The Central’a Through Lines.
The Central railroad has put on a fast
train between Savannah and Montgomery
via Macon and Columbus. A through line
of sleepers is also being run over the route.
The train leaves Montgomery at 3 p. m.,
and arrives at Savannah at 6:15 a. rn. the
next day. As soon as the Columbus and
Western railroad is completed to Birming
ham a fast mail train will be put on between
Birmingham and Savannah, running
through, and making the entire run in a
little over fifteen hours. A through lino of
Pullman sleepers will be put on, and there
will be no change of cars between Birming
ham and Savannah. A fast mail service
will also bo established over the Columbus
and Western, and through mail connections
will be made with the Atlantic Coast Line
and West India Fast Mail. A fast freight
line will also be established between K nsas
City and Savannah, and through freight
cars will bo run through on passenger
schedule.
To Rebuild Its Bridges.
The Central railroad has closed a contract
with the Atlanta Bridge Company for the
construction of twenty-two spans of bridges
on the main streams of the road. The com
pany lias decided to replace twei ve of the
largest bridges on its lines with new iron ’
bridges, built after the latest approved
style aud of the best material that
can bo obtained for the purpose.
The work will commence at once. The Cen
tral people are determined upon having
bridges that they will not be ashamed of.
After these bridges have all been built, it is
quite probable that others will be replaced
with iron also, instead of wood. The com
pany is now arranging to lot out tho con
tracts for the erection of a number of
bridges on its proposed Savannah and Co
lumbus short lino. These will be let as
soon as the work is ready to be com
menced.
Tho Central’s Latest Scoop.
It is understood that the Central railroad
has purchased the entire line of the Annis
ton and Atlantic railroad system, aDd that
the authorities are arranging to discontinue
all trains on the road for the purpose of
changing it to a standard gauge. Ic is also
stated that the Anniston and Atlantic
authorities have sold their rolling stock to
a narrow-gauge railroad in Mexico, and it
is being packed up for shipment to that
country.
Railroad Clatter.
The contract for the erection of the Co
lumbus and Western round-hou-e at Br
mingham has been awarded. The round
house will be located at the corner of
Twenty-ninth street and Seventh avenue.
It will be built of brick, with stone founda
tion, and will be large enough t o accommo
date no less than twenty engines. The con
tract specifies that the round-house must be
completed within ten weeks from the time
the contract was let.
The Carolina, Knoxville and Western
Railway Company has bonded the entire
line of road from Knoxville to Augusta,
282 miles, to the American Loan and Trust
Company of New York, in trust for the
Georgia Construction and Investment Com
pany. The Georgia Company is to receive
for each mile of the road completed and
equipped $20,000 of stock and #20,000 of first
mortgage bonds. The payments, however,
are to be made by the trust company only
upon Jhe completion of ten miles of line, and
after a resolution of the directors of the
railroad company ordering the issue of the
stocks and bonds upon the report of the
chief engineer as to the work done. The
face value of the mortgage upon the basis
of 282 miles is $11,280,01)0.
The Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
people are making every effort to get their
road completed through from Carrollton
to Chattanooga within the limit fixed by
the ordinance appropriating $lOO,OOO to
tho road on the part of the city of Chatta
nooga. Under the provisions of that ordi
nance. trains must be running through irom
Chattanooga to Carrollton before the money
will be paid by the city. Tho construction
company, in making all of its contracts,
has placed the limit of completing tho
work July 1. The track extends now to
within a short distance of Rome, and the
work below Cedartown is progressing rap
idly. President Williamson is confident
that the terms of the agreement with Chat
tanooga will be complied with, and the
trains bo miming through on time.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Oki-ick Health OrnoKß, I
Savannah, Ga., April 30th, 18M8. I
From and after MAY Ist, Pins, the City Ordi
nance which specifies the Quarantine require
ments to be observed at the port of Savannah.
Georgia, for the period of time (annually) from
MAY Ist to NOVEMBER Ist, will lie most
rigidly enforced.
Merchants and all other parties interested
will be supplied with printed copies of the
Quarantine ordinance upon application to officii
of tho Health Officer. From aud after ihW
date, and until further notice, ail Steamships
and Sailing Vessels Irom South America, Cen
tral America, Mexico, West Indies, Sicily, ports
of Italy south of 40° north latitude, und coast of
Africa between 10° north and 11° south latitude,
direct or via American ports, will be subject to
close quarantine aud be required to report at
the Quarantine Station and be treated as being
from infected or suspected ports or localities.
Captains of these Vessels wdl have to remain
at the Quarantine Station until their vessels tiro
relieved. All steamers and sailing vessels from
Foreign ports not Included above, direct or via
American ports, whether seeking, chartered or
otherwise, will t,e required to remain in quaran
tine until boanled and passed up by the Quaran
tine Officer. Neither the Captains nor anyone
on board such vessels, will be allowed to come
lo the city until the vessels are inspected and
passed by the Quarantine Officer,
As ports or localities uot herein enumerated
are reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Authnri
tics. Quarantine restrictions aeuinst same will
tie enforced without further publication.
Tne Quarantine regulations requiring tho
flying of the Quarantine (lug on vessels su! dented
to detention or inspection, will be rigidly en
forced. W. F. BRUNNER, K. D ,
Health Officer.
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As we are manufacturing a
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season we can save money to
parties furnishing summer
hotels and houses. Two hotel
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