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Newspaper Page Text6 ITEMS IN THREE STATES. GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH CABO UN A PUT IN TYPE. Military Company Dis bands—A Negro Brutally Murdered Near Waycross Murder Over a Gambling Game at Waynesville— i Crazy Quilt Made Out of Lottery Tickets—Cattle Dying in Taliaferro. GEORGIA. Anew hotel it among the possibilities at Cordele. Athens will soon have a thorough system of electric Are alarms. E. G. Davis bat been elected marshal of Bylvania and has gone on duty. President Nunnally wants (10,000 for a new building for Mercer University, A big vein of coal has been discovered in Floyd county twelve miles north of Rome. The military company at Warrentou has disbanded aud the guns hare bean shipped back to Atlanta. F. W. Shelton, a merchant, has departed from Dublin, leaving his store closed and several bills unpaid. Mai M.. Soeer has sold his plantation rear Plains of Dura to Mr. Joan Goodwin, (or (3,000 cash in hand paid in. Ellen King, a negress, is in jail at Thomasrille charged with setting Are to Mr. Beebe’s stables on Thursday. Thomas J. Roland, who lives about three miles nor.h of Gainesville, has made 700 gallons of syrup on six acres of land. A negro was killed Friday at Waynes ville on the Brunswick and Western. Whisky and cards were at the bottom of the murder. While at work in the Central shops at Wacon, Friday, E. Edmunds, a machinist, liaa his left arm caugut in some shafting and terribly lacerated. Statisticians estimate that the cities and and towns of Georgia have gained since the war (60,000,000 in value, while the country has lost (30,000,000. Mrs. S. L. Whitenurst of Macon, while trying to escape from a cow on Spring street, Friday, stumbled and fell on her hands, breaking her left wrist. At Milledgevflle, Friday, a dummy traiu ran into a horse and buggv here to-night, killing the horse and recking the buggy, but no other damage was done. The Senate and House c unmittee of the legislature made a tour of inspection Fri day of the state academies f >r the blind, white and colored, located at Macon. While walking along College street near the cemetery, at Macon, Mark I. Harris, a D-year-old negro boy, was seized with a con gestive chill, from 'which he died iu a few' minutes. D. C. Nelms, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the killing of M. Fagans in Banks county several years ago, will receive a pardon and bo released on t lie 14tb inst. B. 8. Kittrell, one of the largest mer chants and planters of that section of Georgia, died at his home just across the line of Laurens in Johnson county on Thursday night last. Judge Thomas Barber died at his home near Ogeechee on Thursday night. He fell from his piazza about a week a* >, and sus tained injuries which caused his death. He was 76 years of age. A young lady of Columbus has made a crazy quilt out of Louisiana state lottery numbers that failed to “connect” with prise wheel. The numbers ore worked in silk of beautiful colors. A case that is invested with a groat deal of interest is set for trial before Judge Richard Clark at Atlanta this week. It is that against ex-Tax Collector Wilson, on a charge of embezzlement. In Taliaferro county cattle are dying with a most peculiar disease. They are only air-k a few days and drop off with little warning; and the matter is getting serious. It is thought to be bloody mur rain. The Jekyl Island Sporting Club imported two or three years ago 127 English pheas ants. Last year over 1,000 birds were raised and safely reached maturity, and the island now Contains between 2,000 and 3,000 pheasants. At Lafayette a few days ago Rev. J. J. S. Calloway baptized, for the first time in an experience of twenty years in the min istry, a convert four score years of age. He entered upon the work of his Master in the thirteenth hour. J. B. McGee has been superintendent of the Bibb county chain-gang about fifteen years, and it has been thought that he had a vested privilege to hold it as long as he pleased, but it seems that he will have stout opposition at the coming election before the board of road commissioners, A special term of Wilcox superior court will be held this week, commencing to-day. It is called for the express purpose of trying Willie Williams (colored) for the murder of Conductor Whigham, also for the trial of John Williams (colored) for the killing of another negro at Rochelle. Parks Clarke of Elberton, who lashed Mr. Henry in that town for voting the republican ticket at the last presidential election, will be tried before the United States court at Atlanta for the offense. It is reported that two other prominent gentlemen will also be arrested. Wednesday of last week M s. J. D. Strick land sold to Rev. A. H. Waters, for Sidney Fassavant of Pennsylvania, his farm iu Duck Creek valley. Walker county, for $4,500. It is the entering wedge that opens the way for the influx of a large num ber of the best farmers of Pennsylvania The new station oti the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad on the Chick amaug.a battle-field hashel ed L. A Osburn. He had t o acres that he offered for (50. Thir y dollars was the best hid he could get. Since the staiou has been established, he divided his ground into lots. He has sold three for (110 and has five loft. The contract was let at Griffin, Saturday, for the erection of the building for the electric light plant. It was taken by the Aycock Manufacturing Company, who are bound to complete the work in 'fifty days. They agree, however, to have it done in thirty days, at which time it is expected yiat the machinery will be ready to put in. At Augusta, Friday night, while the crowd was leaving rhe gallery of the thea ter, a negro bov was seen to make an attempt at turning out the gas jet on the stairs. Had he succeeded trouble would have ensued, for a stampede would in all probability have resulted. The bov was afterward arrested, giviug his name as Andrew Glover. Atlanta Journal: Mr. Clifton of Chat ham, known as “the old war horse from Chatham," was in t e chair Saturday morning, when the committee of the whoie house had under consideration the disabled veterans bill. It was Greek meet Greek. The members, recoguizi g the eternal fit ness of things, gave him a round of applause, which be received with smiles aud blushes. Sylvauia Watchman: An old negro, Spenoer Jenkins, who works for Mr. V. H. Burns, had his fo jtcut off,u few days ago by anew mowing maculae which Mr. Burns was using in his pea field. The old man was in front of the machine cutting down a stump and the driver did not sec him. The blade struck his foot and cut it smooth off. Drs. Alec Matthews and E. A. Perains were summoned and amputated the leg. Athens Banner: lion. A. F. Pope tells u* that many cotton fields in Oglethorpe •re being stripped by the caterpillars, and the stalks look line the dead of winter. After these insects have destroyed the leaves they next eat into the young bolls, causiog ttisia tf wither and fall off. Of course they do Injure the older c turn, but are playing n*voc with ilm , p !, uUllKt U | wlllc(l u£ M 0,1 P U< * by the The joint committee of the Houae and Sen ate appointed to v sit and investigate the j convict camps in Dodge county have dis charged that duty and returned to the capital. The committee consisted of Sena tor Jones and Representatives Albritton, DeLacy, Hobbs, Ward, Frazier and Mr iver. The committee visited tue camps at Chaun oev, Dempsey, Gresston, and at the Empire lumber mills. They found iu all 326 con i vi -is. and report them well cared for and oontsnted. The camps were generally found in excellent condition. At Macon, Friday, Lanier & Anderson filed a suit for Thomas Troy, R. H. Plant et aL of Macon, against Talbott Sons of Rich mond, who have a branc 1 offici in Macon, for nearly (9,000 damages for failure of certain engines aud machinery to work, which Talbott Sons had contracted for plaintiffs’flouring mills. Plaiutiffs bought 3,000 bushels of corn, which the engine could not grind, and the corn was left on plaintiffs’ hand, and the market price went down on grain while In tue plaintiffs’ pos session. Plaiutiffs levie lon a certain engine of tue defendant so as to locate the suit iu Macon. • An examination of the list of registered voters in this county disclos'd the fact that there are quite a number of old men iA the county. This list shows that there are forty-two from 76 to 75 years of age, eleven from 75 to 7 9, thirteen from 81 to 89, aud one 106 years of age. The last mentioned is a negro named B‘iairaok Walker, who lives about five miles from this place. H is a farmer aud is ii good health, aud leads an active life. The < etogenarmns are as follows: Manson G ass, 81; Samuel Johnson, 81; Harry Camp, 82; William J. Skinner, SR; Alfred Livingston, 85: H. H. Ogietree, 86; Henry Gaither, 88; Littleton Pettv, BR, aud Stephen Mayfield, 83; and also the following negroes: Peter Drummond, 81; Arnold Dab iev 83; Green Bucket , 83, and Simon Alien, 88. All of these men except two, Dr. Henry Gaither and Rev. Stephen Mayfield, are farmers, and nearly all of them are enjoying comparatively good health and strength, and leading active lives. Brunswick Advertiser: A day or two ago a roving negro appeared at a tl < camp near Waycross, ana, after swaggering around for awhilo, told tue hands teat he had come for money and wanted it, and must have it. They remonstrated, but of no avail, ami finally he informed them that unless they planked and iwn some mmey for him he would proceed to shoot at once, meanwhile flourishing a sixteen shooter around. They f nled to put up tfte cash, and he proceeded to carry out his threat. At the first crack of his rifle the hands scattered and ran In every direction. A second shot brought down one man dead, the ball going right through his body. That chap ran away from North Carolina for a similar offense. florid*. Live Oak needs an artesian well. The Monticello merchants are doing a fine business. The colored Baptists of Monticello are improving their church. Judge Broome holds court in Osceola county hegiuning Oct. 8. John G. Bordea and fa mily have returned to Green Cove from the North. The Putnam county jail has twenty-seven prisoners confined within its walls. The Congregational church at New Bmyrun is moving on;to ward completion. Dr. A Anderson has decided to remain at St. Augustiue aud resume his practice. It is said that eggs and chickens were never so scarce in the Lake City market as now. Another daily newspaper, under the man agement of E. C. Post, is to be issued at Palatka soou. W. H. Merrill has been appointed post master at South Jacksonville, vice G. N. Winald, removed. While coming down stairs at ber resi dence at Orange city Tuesday night last, Mrs. Shivers fell and dislocated her right arm. Oglesby Bros., of New Smyrna, captured on Tuesday evening 1,276 pounds ..f sea bass, the weight of each fish ranging from 5 to 20 pounds. Prof. List of Bt. Augustine made a bet Friday that he could play for six hours o > the piano without stopping, which he did, a.’id won the bet. Mrs. Flora Truslow, wife of W. A. Tliur low and sister of Mrs. J. T. McLaughlin of St. Augustine, died on Friday, Sept. 27. at Johusoa City, Tenn. The Columbia county ora ge crop is estimated at from 250,660 to 360,006 oranges, and about all the growers prefer to sell in L ike City instead of shipping. J. E. Alexander passed through Orange City tor the coast Friday. He says that be received a (2,0 X) fee iu his railroad case ho won during the preseat term of court. S. Snyder aud A. S. Mai >y, living near Uaukenah, robbed a bee tree at the head of the Waucis-a one day last week, from which they took eighty pounds of nice honey. At Green Cove Springs Mr. Wilson has c uumenced the erection of another build ing directly north of, but adjoining, those on Maguiilia avenue just finished. It will be 22x50 feet, but only one story. A large number of the citizens of North City and Pumpkin Hill suburbs of St. Augustine are discussiug the question of a municipal government. Col. A. Smionds has been declared mayor pro tem. Sanitary report of Monticello for the month of Seotember: Population, 2,000 marriages, white 2, colored 1; deaths, dropsy 1, whooping cough 1, swallowing potash 1 all colored; births, white 1, colored3. Sani tary condition good. Hamilton county declares her loyalty to tho principles of the farmers’ alliance ex change. Friday the stockuolders nut aud elected a board of directors for tue p urjn.se of conducting a branch exchange at Joiup with a capital stock of (5,666. Mrs Lilian Hitchcock-Coit, who has gained considerable notoriety bv giviug slugging matches in her parlor, and other wise astonishing New York and San Fran cisco society, was formerly a resideut of Palatka, toe daughter of Dr. C. M. Hitch cook, U. S. A. Mrs. Mary E. Dickison, wife of Gen. J. J. Dickison, will soon publish a history of the battles of the late civil war fought iu Florida. The book will contain 230 pages, a id will be ready for distribution early iu December. “Dickison and His Men; Rem iniscences of the War iu Florida,” is the title of the book.” Owen Robinson, who for some time past has been living at Eureka, Cal., has re turned to his old home iii Orlando Mr liobiuson says that California is far from being the paradise that many imagine, and that tho great secret of her success in ob taining i emigration into the state has been through her extensive advertising. Live Oak Banner: The farmers of the Sixth distric have donated twenty-five bushels of corn to John 1. Harrell, the old gentleman who had his entire crop com pletely destroyed by the heavy rains some weeks since. There have been several donations tendered Mr. Harrell by the good farmers of this section of the county •Iso. Tue commissioners of Putnam c.uutv ordered the assessor to lax the Presbyterian and Episcopal church parsonages on the ground that they were not occupumP by their respective ministers, but rented to outside parties. Thuisiay a., attorney appeared before them and read the law on tue sub ject, whereby they rescinded their former order. About teu days ago a crowd of negro©. were fired iuto at Palatka, the wetjvou utvi being a Winchester ilfle, an i two of them killed. Suspicion felt on a negro named Horace Lee, and the lod-faiigshle sheriff of Putnam county, James 1L Hheiiey, has been on hu trail ever since. He finally Joceted him at Live Oak end made the capture Friday. Palatka Herald: B. P. Calhoun of this city returned yesterday afternoon from Ormond on the ooasi, having in iu* fwseea THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1889. sion the saw to a sword-fish which mens ural six feet two inches. A gentleman who came over on the : ame train says that the lucky men who caught the fish was Mr. Calhoun himself, ana that it weighed 1,686 pounds, and length of fish ten feet s.x Inche.. Lake City Reporter: Another great and pressing need of Lake City just now is a tannery to work up t e thousands of pounds of dry hides tnat are bei. g shipp and away. We are told by one of the local dealers that at present prices for raw hides it requires an ext a large one to bring over 75 or 86 cents, while the same hide, worked up iuto leather, will bring (2 50 to (3. Not a dwelling to rent in Lake City. Capt. McDonnell has informed the Fer uanlina .Yews that tue rumor to the effect that the railroad company had given up all ide i of building their shops tnere, aud had notified the Town Improvement Company that they were ready to surrender the deed to lauds made over to them for that pur pose, had no truth iu it, aud that, oa the c >ut>ary, he th night the company would begin work ou the shops iu a very short time. Kissimmee Leader: While a boy and girl of Mrs. J. P. VVilson ware fooling with a pistol last Saturday, the girl in some man ner accidentally made it go off, the ball plowing a ridge iu the boy’s forehead broad and wide enough to lay one’s Unger iu and about 2% inches long. Dr. Given was called, wno sewed aud fixed up the wound, and the young follow can thank his lue*.y stars that it Is uo worse. It does l’t pay for 16 or 12-year-old children to be fooling with firearms. The Palatka train, due at St Augustine at 6:15 o’clock Friday evening, met with an accident near jJernfieid, resulting in the wrecking of two coaches. Engineers and firemen are constantly on the lookout for cattle along this route, but now and then the engines knock one or two into the ditches. Friday the engine s ruck lour at once. The engine pissed by in safety, but tho two c isches were derailed and tue track badly damaged. Fortunately there were but few passengers on the train and no one was hurt. Orange City Times: William Jackson, who was indicted by the grand jury at the spring term of cou. t for false swearing in prese .tiug a bill to the county for expeu-.es incurred in the distribution of ballot boxes for use at the last election, had a nearing last Tuesday. His'attoruey, St. Clair- Abrauis, had the iuoictment quashed for the reason that Mr. Jackson had never s worn to any such bill, merely presenting one for such services It was also shown that there is no law regulating a schedule price to be paid for such sarviee. Special Deputy United States Marshal Braiuerd of Bau Gallic, Brevard couuty, ariived at Jacksonville, Saturday, with the Ho.i. \V iiliatu Kwa i, an ex-member of the E londa legislature and a prominent demo crat of Dale county, under arrest. Accom pany! g them were five white men, citizens of Dade county, t;reo brought as witnesses fur the government. The affidavit filed, aud upon which the warrant of arrest was issued, is as follows: “United States of America, Northern district of Florida. Before ine, Philip Waler, a commissioner of tho circuit court of the United States, iu and for said district, personally came J. N. Stripling, who being duly sworn, on his oath says, that he has god reason to believe that J. William Ewan, on or ab >ut Nov. 3, A. D., 1886, at and iu the county of Dade, within said district, the said J. W. Ewan being then and there dep uty clerk of thejcircuit court of said counts of Dade, did secure and take into his cus tody and charge f>r safe keeping, as such deputy clerk, the certificate of the result of an election held in said countv on Nov. 2, 1886, at precinot No. 3, Elliot’s Kev, for a representative ia congress, and that the said J. W. Ewan, with intent to affect the result of said election, did fraudulently and falsely alter and change said certificate by making it appear theron tuat twenty-eight votes were polled at said precinct tor such representative, whereas in truth and in fact only 15 votes were cast at said election at said precinct, which is in violation of the laws of the United States, and contrary to the peace and diguity thereof. J. N. Stripling. Sub scribed and sw ri to before me this 3J day of July. AD. 1889. Philp Walter, U. S. commissioner, district Florida.” A re porter asked Mr. Ewan who gave the information upon which the charge was based. He said he opposed James Wood Davidson of Dade county. District Attorney Stripling also said that Davidson furnished the information. Mr. Davidson is claimed to be also a democrat, aud wus Ewan’s competitor for legislative honors, and brought a contest in the last legislature and succeeded in oustiug Ewan. Mr. Stripling also said that ha had bean directed by Attorney General Miller to pro ceed with the oase. Ex-Attorney General Garland had also directed Mr. Call, ex-dis tri t attorney, to prosecute the case, but owing to want of funds to "procure wit nesses, the case had to be postponed from term to term of tne United States court. Hon. C. M. Coop#'-, attorney for defendaut, moved, as a material witness for the prose cution had not arrived, to discharge the prisoner. This Commissioner Walter over ruled, and said that he would issue an at tachment for said witnesi, adjourn the case over to Oct. 17, and place Mr. Ewan under (500 bail until t at date. The bail was promptly given by Mr. Ewan, Messrs. Charles Peacock and William M. Mattais of Dade county becoming sureties. Marshal Mizell said the reas m ttie witness was not present was because he did not have money to pay his fare. SOUTH CAROLINA. Seneca’s cotton and oil mill is fast near ing completion. J. A. Godfiu, a prominent man of Greon ville, died Friday. Ex-Gov. Bonham, chairman of the state railroad commission, bus boen quite ill for the last few days. Florence shipped 902 bales of cotton dur ing the month of September, against 422 for the same month last year. A sham battle will be one of the features of the state fair at Columbia. Every c >m panv in the state is iuvitod. The gover.ior will review the troops. Capt. Wm. Quirk of Florence has gone to Washington, D. C., on business with a claim he has had against the government of Venezuela for nineteeu years past. It is expected that the cotton seed oil mill at Florence will begin operations about Nov. 1. The buildi gs are now about com pleted, and most of the machinery in place. The Rev. A. R. Mitchell, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd at Columbia, was married Wednesday to Miss Hallie c! Thomas, a daughter of Col. John P. Thomas. The state Baptist convention will hold its next s :ssion ct Florence in November, and a committee w ill b* appointed at an airly day to provide homes for the largo number of delegates. The Butler Guards of Greenville will probably attend the Charleston gala week und compete for the (3x) prize for the best drilled company in tho state, Charleston companies excluded. The farmers of Hampton county are ra ldlv j inmg the far ners’ alliance. Thirteen sub-alliances have been organized rec-utly within tho county, aud a county alliance at Hampton Court House, with Col. W. J. Causey at its bead. Tha wife of Dr. J. A Robinson died near Due West, Fridav, from t!te effect, of chloroform a iministeral by her husbtnd. Intense suffering during a dental operatl i \ led her to ask for the anesthetic, which was administered by the doctor contrary to his own wishes. At Aiken, Monday, the case of Paul, Rudolph and Ernest Hlrsch, for arson on Beach island, was taken up instead of the M uly and lloiley case, for assault an I bat ery with intent to kill. Tha trial oc cupied two day*. I'lie verdict of the jury wo* not guilt y. A ilegists uauieJ Looey Jons, while shouting at a revival meeting Ui the ! colored Methodist church at Orangeburg i las; -Sunday night, fell unconscious to the j .Tier in an apoplectic tit. She remaine 1 in sensible for fifteen hours and died from apoplexy in tie morning. Thedi ectoriof the Conparee Construct : ion Company, at t'eir meeting Wedn-sday, agreed upon the terms of a proposition to th" management of tho Columbia, New berry and Laurens railroad for the building of an extensio i of that railroad to a point of junction with the Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad. The new deski for the House of Rep-e --sentatives, which th) secretary of state was authorized to purchase, have been received by that officer. Tneyare uandsome single desk.of antique oak—one f r each mombrr. They will be ranged around the hail in curved lines, after the plan of the con gressional arrangements. The applicati n for a charter for the Newberry Alliance Warehouse Company was filed in the secretary of stale’s office at Columbia Thursday. T e petitioners are J. A Sligh aud other alliance men of New berry county. Tile company propose to erect ware oute- at Newberrv and Pros perity, and will ha'.e its principal place of business at Prosperity. The declaration of tho People’s Building and Loan Assoc.ation of Spartanburg has been filed In the secretary of state’s office, aud a commission issued for the formation of the association with a capital of (80,000 in shares of (100 each, payable in monthly installments. Tne corpo at .rs are J >sepii Walker, A. G. FI yd, J. H. Sloan, T. H. Cannon, and J. T. Calvert. William C. Whetstone of Bowersville, who was shot ou last Saturday by J. Phil Sain, was married at Orangeburg Thurs day to Miss Eugenia W. Colson of Charles ton. Mr. Whetst me is not able to sit up, and had to be propped up by pillows vhile the ceremony took place. The marriage was to take place one wo <k iater, but tue unfortunate shooting of Whetstone changed the date. Manuel McCaskiil (colored), who shot and killed Aleck Mungo on Monday in Buffalo township, is now in the Camden jail. McCaskiil is a quadroon, rather piepossess iug iu appearam e, ah ut 18 years old, and weighs about 13 ) pou ids. Aleck Mungo was much older, possibly 35, and a heavier man. Mungo had threatened to whip or kill McCaskiil, and the lattsr claims that he fired in self-defense. A special moeting of the penitentiary board was held at Columbia, Thursday, for the purpose of investigating cases of con victs deserving of clemency, and several recommendations for t e commutation of sentences were made to the governor. The directors this afternoon iuspe -ted the big Taylor farm in Lexington county, a few miles from the city, which they desire to buy for the when authorized by the legislature. A dum my was ordered to-day by the Street Railway Comoany of Orangeburg for thirty days’ trial on the r ad. Several residents on Russell street object to the running of the dummy on the road, b - cause they think that too much smoke will em mate fro n the engine aud will prove detrimental to tiieir property. The thirty days’ trial which the dummy sellers allow tha road will probabiy set tie the affair one way or the other. At Fl6reuce Thursday Capt. W. R. Hines, freight agent of the Atlantic Coast Liu©, was superintending the transfer of a car of lumber, when a very heavy niece of timber slipped off thscar, struck him on the back of the neck and crushed him to the earth. His left leg was broken just above the auklo and he was also severely’ bruised on his side and back. He also sustained in ternal injuries which are most painful, but are uot considered dangerous by his physi cian. At Greenville the court of common plea* is at work ou civil matters, and the onlv two cases of anr interest have been post poned to the next term of c urt. Oae is the case of C. E. Randolph aeai st Christian Hahn —an action for (26,006 damages for slauder. Both the plaintiff and defendant are prominent aud well-to-d > citizens. The other is the case of W. A. Dobson against Betty C thran—an actioa for (10,060 damages for the abduction of Dobson’s 12-ye .r-old daughter Susie. The Florence sub-alliance met a few days ago and unanimously res lved to sell uo cotton ssed to the Standard Oil Company or any other mill in the combina tion, provider! the home mills will buy and pay a reasonable price for the seed. It was also decided to make Wednesday of each week alliance day for selling cott m, and urge upon all farmers to bring their cotton ia oniy on that day. By this plan a largo amount of cotton will bo placed oa tho ma ket at one time, thereby inviting buy ers to come from abroad and put prices up to tbe highest possible figure. The state commissioner of agriculture has received a letter from Poynaut Louis Champ vosy Dormans (department of Marne, France) stating that he and two other viticulturists desire to emigrate to some favorable territory and enter into the making of wine. 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P|(U|P!.K- black-head*, red. rough, chapped * I IT* and oily skin prevented by (T 7 DTK Aho at, MUSCULAR STRAINS G*<i k MVU*. **•>. ki-.Ury, IT.V ML rheumatism i:h**n nolusrslieve I V JjTS uss Miauls by the 4 uticura *•“ W'-u A nil-fete PtaMW. Xk cunts. SHIPPIHG. dim smiaip mm FOB New York, Boston and Philadclphii PASSAGEIx>~NEW YORK. CABIN men an EXCURSION M 00 steerage. .. “ ou PASSAGE TO BOSTON. DIKERAGE iu 0) PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. (Via New York.) CABIN.. cum so excursion einsuAue.., j] THE magnificent steamships of these Unas are appointed to sail aa follows— standard tuns: TO NEW YORK. TALLAHASSEE. Capt. W. H. Fisher, MON DAY, October 7, at 4:30 p. m. CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt. F. Smith, WEDNESDAY. Oct. 9, 6 p. u CITY' OF AUGUSTA, Capt. J. W. Catharine, FRIDAY', Oct. 11, at 7 a M. CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. H. C. Dagoett, SATURDAY, Oct. 12, at 8 P. M. NACOOCHEK, Capt. F. Kempton, MONDAY, Oct. 14, at 9 p. m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt, C. S. Berg, WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, at 11 A. M. TO BOSTON. CITY OF MACON. Capt. H. C. Lewis, THURS DAY, Oct. 10, 6:30 A. M. GATE CITY, Capt. C. D. Googins, THURS DAY, Oct. 17, at 11:30 a. m. TO PHILADELPHIA. IFOR FREIGHT ONLV.] DESSOUG, Capt. S. L. Askinb, TUE3DAY, Oct. 8. 5 p. u. Through bills of lading given to Eastern and Northwestern points and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. For freight or passage apply to C. G. ANDERSON, Agwwe. City Exchange Building. Merchants' ami Miner/ IransporiatioaCom'/- For Baltimore. CABIN (12 so INTERMEDIATE 10 0) CABIN TO WASHINGTON 14 45 CABIN TO PHILADELPHIA 16 06 INTERMEDIATE TO PHILADELPHIA.. 12 75 r pBE STEAMSHIPS of this Company are ap- L pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti more as follows—city time: ALLEGHANY, Capt. D. P. W. Parker, SATUR DAY', Oct. 12, at 8 A. m. WM. CRANE, Capt. G. W. Billups, TUESDAY Oot. 16, at 13 A. m. BERKSHIRE, Capt. H. D. Foster, MONDAY, Oct. 21, at 3:30 p. m. WM. CRANE. Capt. G. W. Billups, SATUR DAY, Oct. 26, at 7:36 A. M. Ai.d from Baltimore on the above earned days at 8 p. m Through bills lading given to all points West, all tlie manufacturing towns of New England, and to ports of tbe United Kingdom and the Continent. W. E. GUERARD, Agent, 102)4 Bay street. SEA ISLAND koute. STEAMEKS BT. NICHOLAS AND DAVID CLARK. Commencing Monday, Feb. 11, one steam ‘ er will leave Savannah from wharf foot of Lincoln street for DOBOY. DARIEN, BRUNS WICK and F RN AN DIN A ©very MONDAY and THURSDAY at (i p, m., connecting at Savannah with New Yora, Philadelphia, Boston and Ba:ti more steamers, at Brunswick; with steamer for hatilla river, and at Fernandina by rail with all points iu F orida. Freight received till 5:30 p. m. on days of sail ing Tickets to be had at Gazan's Cisrar Store, In Pulaski Houae, and on board the boat. C. WILLIAMS. Agent. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique —French Line to Havre. BETWEEN New York and Havre, from pier No. 42, N PL, foot of Morton street. Trav elers by this line avoid both transit by English railway and the discomfort of crossing tha Channel in a small boat. Special train leaving the Company's duck at Havre direot for Paris on arrival of steamers. Baggage checked at New York through to Paris. LA CHAMPAGNE, Boyer, SATURDAY*. Oct. 12, 7 A. M. LA BOURGOGNE, Fraxgeul, SATURDAY, Oct. 19, NOON. LA GASCOGNE. Santelli, SATURDAY, Oct. 26,6 A. m. PRICE C.F PASSAGE (including wine): TO HAVRE—First Cabin. SloO and $80; Second Cabin. $00; Steerage from New York to Havre, (28; Steerage from New York to Paris, S2O; including wine, bedding and utensils. A. FORGET, General Agent. 8 Bowling Green, foot of Broadway, New York. Or R. W. HUNT, Esq., 30 Bull street, Messrs. WILDER & CO., 126 Bay street, Savannah Agents. Fiam Sieamsiiip Lane. SEMI-weekly. Tampa, Kay- Weat and Havana. SOUTH-BOUND Lv Port Tampa Mondays and Thursdays iv.3o r u Ar Key West Tuesdays and Fridays 4 p k. Ar Havana Wednesdays aud Saturdays 6 a. c , NORTH BOUND. Lv Havana Wednesdays and Saturdays 1 p. g. Lv Key West Wednesdays and Saturdays9r. a. Ar Port Tampa Thursdays aud Sundays 3:80 P. H. Connecting at Port Tampa with West India Fast Train to and from Northern Andi astern cities. For stateroom accommodations, apply to City Ticket Office, S , f. Jt W. R'y, Jackson ville. or Agent Plant steamship Line, Tampa. C. D. OWENS. Traffic Manager H. 8. HAINES. General Manager GRAIN, HAT, BTC. SEED IR'SrjEEL COTTON SEED MEAL, Rust Proof Seed Oats, OUR OWN COW FEED, Corn, Oats and Hay. T. J. DAVIS &c CO., IG4J HAY HTHKJCT. RAILROADS. JICKSONVILL& TAllPilji'o W wEMMf —' the TROPICAL trunk l 7„_ ' 7:0l) am112:30 pmiLv Savannah ."Aril2:li7iO( ‘ H:*i amllMAl am 4:oopm Lv.... Jacksonville ’ Tr'S-ln P m i 10:00 am 1:15 pm s:3opm Ar Bc. Augustine...'.'.'.'.'.'" i> I JiOOpm Ar.... Ormond. I.v ' ' am 4:15 pm 3:50 p:n 1 :ti pm h:SO am Lv Tn ~lf in in ri lii in i; lij '■■ ■■, i . . .:25pm 2:48 pm 10:25 am Ar Palatka Lv 4 pi; am la.ti pm i^G^Pm Vi; i 6:Bo pm Ar ...B'-ooksville Lv! ilhlOam 9-£pm B:42pm 11:40am Ar Seville !' Lv 3-66'am A;l-• • *30 4n 11:05 pra 4:45 pm 12:55 pm Ar DeLanffi. . H ' r'.S “ m 3:83 P 11:50pm s:oopm I:2opm Ar Sanfori Lv'T-iiam si,v am 2: °s'pm Ar .Winter Park Lv 11-56 nm! j - ! Ar Punta Gorda Lv l-2-Ol nm i - Trains between Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Sanford Titusville at Titusville with Indian River steamers for Rockledg", Melbourne Jupiter and [TP®'.?- onnect, ng at Port Tampa with Plant Steam,hip Line for Key West and Havana and LaU) ,v ° r W. and etc., add'^ KUffetSJeePiDgCa ”* NewYoKtO Tamp “ W,tho “ t <*anga For maps, schedule, Manager. _ _ G. D. ACKERLY. Gen p... ■.. ~ Savannah, Florida and Western waycross short line-time card in EFFECT SECT I dV< All Trains on this Road ass Run by Ci-ntb.i -t-r-vn.-r'.Jl ' C CHEDUT.E of tbr ugh trains to Florida and Southern coptine witi , ■ O pointa in the We-t and Northweat: Georgia, connecting with trains form No 27. No' 15. i No. 3. * r~NA n ,vf gr——_ __ _ From Savannih. Daily. Daily. ! Daily To Savannah. | 'iw ! oitS' ! n°‘ 5 - V Savannah 7:o am 12:30 pm 8:15 pm U Port A. Waycross 9:45 am 4:oopm 1 :<*s am L. Jackionville 7 : 00 ?.* aTni A. Brunswick.via F.T 6:20 pm r,:oOam;L. Chattahoochee \ illS * m 7:05 Pa A. Brunsw’k.viaß.&W 12:15 pm 7:30 am L. Bainbridm ,nU am ... A Albany, viaß.&W. 2:oopm I:4sam L. MonMceljtT if .'!?™ A. Albany .. 12:00 n’n L. Thoinasvilie 12-M nm A. Jacksonville 12:00 u'n 7:oopm 8:20 am L. Gainesville 12.35 pm 6:sopj A. Sanford ft:oopm L. i i v © o a k I 4:00 A r?Jsoik Pa ,O:4BPm ........ L. Albany, Via B&W. 4:45 am 7:30 M a. Live uak 6:15 am L. Albany.. .. I :-a- • A. Gainesville 10-OOsmL Waver-,,, n'.il ;'n 2:50 pu A. Thomasville 1:31 pm 7:00 am L \tlanto. via'ii'f " 15ara pm 12: 35am A. Monticello 8:26 pm ...... 10:16 “m L Jesun K inmf,' Z :, J? am 6:00 )’ A. Bain bridge 8:45 pm .. . LSn via f'¥' ' am ,o pm *:•* A. Chattahoochee 4:04 pm L Brunsw’k viaF T s-sn'.m! 10 " 15 am 9:28 P® AJr*SISgS: t. d Sjs t • ~ SLEEPING CAR SERVICE AND CONNECTIONS - , Tra _'?? 14 < V? <l „ 27 bas Pullman sleeping cars between New York Jacksonville and p„ t Trains , 8 has Pullman sleepers b-tween New York and Jacksonville Trains 5 an?i 4 27 Josup for Macon, Atlanta and the West Train 15 connects at Waycross for AlWv tL c ? nn9ct New Orleans. Nashville, Evansville, Cincinnati and st. Louis! pm n.a^' ;0: !I? ry ' cross to St Louis. Train No. 5 connects at Monticello for Tallah leaving Tallahassee 8:57 A. M. connects at Monticello with train JgTtS Trlins “and 6 ? man sleeper between Pavannah and jack-ouville. and Savannah and Lh-e Oak “ ° PuU ‘ . Tickets sold to all points and baggage c i,- eked through;‘also Oeepinnu. i —■ secured at passenger stations and Bren’s Ticket Office, 22 Bull street * b and seu!,ioUi CENTJEtAL RAILROAD OF G-aOßcri A ~ r ' 7 == ONLY LINE RUNNING SOLID TRAINS SAVANNAH TO MACON InD ATI ANT. SCHEDULE IN EFFSCT SEPT. BfH, 1889 (gTANUAHD TIME. DOTH MERIDI AN)ffi LANTA. TO MACON, AUGUSTA AND ATLANTA Lv Savannah 6:40 am 8:10 pm Ar Macon 1:20 pin 3:lsam Ar Augusta 11:42* m 6:3 a m Ar Atlanta 5:45 pin 7:00a m Ar Columous 7:25 a rn Ar Birmingham .3:20 p m TO HUME AND CHATTA. VIA ATLANTA Lv Savannah 6:4oam 8:10pm A r ß° m e 11:35am Ar Chattanooga .11:40 pm 1:00p m TO HOME AND CHATTA. VIA CARROLLTON. . a U nnah 6:40 am 810 pm , 3:53 P ™ E :25 a m Lv Griffin 8:30 am TO NEW ORLEANS VIA ATLANTA Lv Savannah 6:40 a m Ar Montgomery 7:20 a m Stmday'exoepted. 7 SaV ' h 2:0 ° P ' Itoturnin ‘ f - lv - 3:30 P- “and ar. Sav’h 4:30 p. m. dadPi Millen accommodation (daily) lv. Millen 5:00 a. m.: ar. Savannah 8-00 a. m lv.Savannah 5:45 p. m.; ar. Millen 8:30 p. m. m ’ Keturuin^ Train leaving Savannah at 8:10 n. m. will atop regularly at Guyton to put off passengers E^R£? rB I? r ( ? y ! Tan, 'l- righuville, Milledgeville and Eatonton should tak/eGO train for Carrollton, Ft Otiinos, Hucnii \ Jsta, Bl&kulv (’lavt-on tiik o.in n . f * JOHN 8. BORDLKY, T. A.. 19 Bull at. ('I.YDK hoSTICK. T i ' P . A . BUBURBAN RAILWAYS. CITY RAILWAY LBAVK ARRIVE LEAVE LEAVE CITY. CITY. ISLE OF HOPE. MONTGOMERY •6:soam 6:3oam 6:CX5am 10:25am B:4oam B:lsam 7:soam" 3:25pm 2:oopm I:3spm 1:10pm t~:00pm 6:2opm 5:55 pm 5:30 pm •For Montgomery only. Passengers for Isle of Hope go via Montgomery without extra charge. And this train will be omitted on Sun day morning. •f This train leaves half hour later on Satur day evening and will be ommltted on Sunday evening. GEO. W. ALLEY Supt. Sept. 24. Coast Line Railroad For Cathedral Cemetery, Bonaventure and Thunderbolt. City Time. WEEK DAYS Trains leave Savannah 7:15 and 10 a. m.. 8, 4:30 and 6:80 p. m. Leave Thunderbolt 6 and 8 a m., 12:30, 3:45, 5:45 p. M. Saturday night’s last train out 7:15 p. u. SUNDAYS leave Bavannah 8,9, 10 and 11 a. b., 2,3, 4. 5, 6 and 7p. m. Leave Thunder bolt 7:10, 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 a. m., 12:30,2:30, 3:30,4:30,5:30 and 6:30 p. M. Trains for city leave Bonaventure five minutes after leaving Thun derbolt. Take Broughton street cars twenty (20) min utes before leaving time of trains. A. 6. DRAKE, Supt. Savannah and Tybee Railroad. SCHEDULE OF TRAINS (Standard Time). Leave Savannah daily 9:30 2:30 Returning, leave Tvbee 13:00 5:30 Saturday train will leave at 7 p. m. Family excursions every Tuesday and Friday at reduced price. R. E. COBB, Supt. MACHINERY. McDonough & Ballantyne, IRON FOUNDERS, Machinists, Boiler Makers aad Blacksmiths, MANUFACTURERS OF STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENGINES. VERTICAL AND TOP RUNNING CORN MUXS, SUGAR MILLS and PAN'S. A GENTS for Alert and Union Injectors, the ii simplest and most effective on the market; Uullett Light Draft Magnolia Cotton Gin, the best in the market. All orders promptly attended to. Send for Price List. —————— FURNACES, ETC. CORNWELL & CHI PMAN ARE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Boynton Furnaces, Baltimore Heaters and Ranges, 156 CONGRESS ST., Three Doors East of Market. MILL SUPPLIES. 1 lyiill Six;p;pidLes jerkins' packing, jinking valv^ PO ftJJJI IT J. D. WEED & CO. ( A Rpr OEMh A WJ-.rh. pay* for lbs *Jr -v daily burning hkwh. 4r*- ■ rn I nrt.i EARLY EVERY MORNING mmm u. My part %a u> cuy. Ar Mobiles 1 Ar New Orleans. . *• • 1 • &>V J n LV^ann2h. , :^. NS ..y U Ar Columbus . " Ar Montgomery **"* * iii-T** ? Ar Mobile. ..V.V.V.V; Ulf* 2 Ar New Orleans 7:ooam TO NEW ORLEANS VIA RUFaULA. ’ Lv Savannah m * ArEufaula 4 ;3 n a m Ar Montgomery 7:20a m Ar J obile I:56Dm Ar New Orleans 7 :*0 p m THROUGH TRAINS TO SAVANNAH " W 12:20 pm ‘9:30 pm Lv Atlanta ...6:soam 7:05 pm Lv Macon. 10:45am 11:15pm Ar Savannah s:4opm 6:3oam Sleeper cars on night trains. railroads. Florida Kailwa/ and Nangalioa Compan/. IN EFFECT JANUARY 20, 1830. (Central Standard time usecLj rmoans am., p means p. m. Going South. ~ . No. 3. No. 7. G ° in £ \? rth -6:00p 10:00a Lv Femandina i, 6:00p 1:40p “ “,5 2:£ 7:30p 12:20p “ Callahan “ ?:2£ ~ £ :S i U : 4sp 4-Sp Havrth*° L „ t U:0 & cSrgp;: ocar- •’ f:$Z SiS 7:50p - Leesburg “ % 6:45a 8:30p “ Tnva-lif .. £?£ £P i* : 22a'V and „° rlando Lv 6:00a C3op d and 4 daily except Bunday, and i CEDAR KEY DIVISION. 4:lopm Leave Waldn a™- 4:oi “ “ „ Amve 10:35 a m I*-! “ .. Gainesville •• 9;40 .. 5.49 .. .. Arredondo Leaye 8:59 “ 0 : * .. ,t rCher “ : “ eid .. . . Bronson “ 7-43 8.30 Arrive Cedar Key - t:S .an r t AMPA DIVISION. Leave wudwood Airly. 4:4Xpm g.Q6 “ >* , Catherine Leave 2:15 “ S;™ „ Lacooohee “ ]r yj ■■ - . . Lade City “ |T^ Ta Al Ti- :P l?ig: : L^paL 7 it'.M 44 Madison * 11.1* m. *i.S: Is :&= tea, iss®: 4"d£i •* ArrixrT?{ Ui p c ) r Leave 8:00 * w Arrive River Junction “ 7:osaa s nonro. t F * J - BRANCH. 4G5pB-2£aJ j£F* andi n a Ar B:10p 11:40t Vnr f Jacksonville Lv 4:45p 10:00a any£th^m^T J *’ fokiers - ™ a P*. ™tes and Vt- ■ v N ' S ' BENNINGTON. Traffic Manager^ Charleston and Savannah Railway. Schedule in Effect May 12th, 1889. I 'snii*iiuirH T TO and ar rive at Savannah by thanthty d thnft Une ’ Whioh fs 3a minutes slower , NORTHWARD. T „ c „„ 80. 66. No. 1-L* No. 78.* No. 83.* Ar BeuTttlOti; %S !®“. P “ B:W * ,,n 3:13 *■ Ar All’d*rlo:2s ain .... * ArAui?... 12:40pm ......... V Arthar.. 13:10 pm 6:a)pm 1':25 4in 9:4opin SOUTHWARD. , _. °. 16.* No. 35.* No. 27.* .. <;JA)ain 3:20 p m 4:00 a m F TA ,f&,-,; - 13:45 pm LvAll and I ets:3n am I:sspm Lv lieu ft 7:2i- am S;oopm 10:40 am 7:00 pm 6:44 am only*** 7 " Imily except Sunday. Train No. 14 stops at ail stations between Savannah and Yenuis-see. Train No. 78 stops only at Monteith, Harde" ville, Kidgelana, Green Pond. Trains Nos. 38 and 66 stop at all stations, for tickets, Pullman car reservations anl other information, apply to WM. BREN, Ticket Agent, IE Bull Street, and at depot, E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass. AgecS. C. S. GADSDEN, Superintendent. FISH AND OYBTKRB. ESTABLISHED 1858. M. M. SULLIVAN, Wholesale Fish aoil Ulster Dealer, 1 fid Bryan St. and 152 Hay lane, Savnnnah. Ga Fish order, for Pmita (ioi.a received hrf* have prompt atteutiou. f . PHI M INI.. MERCHANT* manufactur<rs mer.liaiittj eornoratioia, and ah others in need * I'ru.tin*, liUiograpnine, nJ I lank bo< k nave their order, pri iuiiiiy piled at Bwder.u pro*., at the MORNING NEWS FRUiTi>“ bOUIUL • WktMksr tUmL