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CAPITAL OF THE STATE
A BDMOB THAT COMMISSIONER
ERWIN WILL. RESIGN.
Judge Allen Fort Mentioned as Hie
Successor special Registrations
Necessary for Elections on Issuing
Bonds-The Oyster Beds Survey—
Decisions of the Supreme Court.
Atlanta, Ga.. March 10.—It is rumored
that CoL Alexander Erwin will follow the
example of Maj. Wallace and resign *from
the railroad commission. Judge Allen Fort
is mentioned in the same quiet way as his
probable successor, or at least as desiring
the appointment.
SPECIAL REGISTRATION NECESSARY.
The supreme court to-day reversed the
judgment of the court below in the Albany
case, on account of which the proposed
election on bonds in Atlanta was recently
declared off. The court ruled that when an
election is to be held to decide whether bonds
shall be issued and the public debt increased,
a special registration of the qualified voters
should be had prior to the election.
THE OYSTER SURVEY.
Ensign J. C. Drake of the United States
coast and geodetic survey has .notified Gov.
Gordon that the oyster survey in Geirgia
waters has been completed. Accompany
ing the ensign’s letter comes a set of dupli
cate projection charts. The officer regrets
that be is unable to furnish a copy of the
report of the survey. He says, however,that
it will doubtless soon be published in the
form of a bulletin.
CONTROLLER MASON IN TOWN.
J. W. Mas n. controller of internal
revenue, is in the city, and to-day went
through and examined the federal offices
here. He will leave Atlanta to-morrow.
A petition will probably be presented to
obtain the pardon of John Swift of Elbert
county, who at the ago of 13 was given a
twenty years' sentence for assault with in
tent to murder. His extreme youth at the
time of his conviction will be the ground.
The assertion that Senator Brown will be
in the race for the senatorship at the expira
tion of his present term is emphatically
denied by him.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
The following supreme court decisions
Were hauded down to-day:
Holenahead vs. the town of Lincolnton,
from Lincoln. Dismissed.
Lamar vs. Sheppard; from Sumter.
Affirmed.
Alfred vs. Haile; from Decatur. Re
versed.
Boyce vs. Poor; from Decatur. Af
firmed.
Clark vs. the state; from Mitchell. Re
versed.
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
Vs. Bteeuenger; from Decatur. Affirmed.
Welch vs. Agar; from Dougherty. Re
versed.
Preston vs. the Central railroad; from
Dougherty. Reversed.
Pendleton Bros. vs. Johnson & Harris;
from Dodge. Affirmed.
Standard Machine Company vs. Holton;
from Mitchell. Reversed.
Williams vs. Donaldson, assignee; from
Decatur. Affirmed.
Forrester vs. Tift; from Dougherty. Re
versed.
Fields vs. Carlton; from Dougherty. Af
firmed.
Western Union Telegraph Company vs.
Carroll; from Thomas. Affirmed with
directions.
Collins vs. Wilcox; from Pulaski. Af
firmed.
Houser vs. Williams: from Talbot. Re
versed.
A len vs. Pearce; from Talbot. Reversed.
Castleberry, ordinary, vs. Jefferson; from
Chattahoochee. Affirmel
Gibson vs. Cohen; from Talbot. Affirmed.
Hudson vs. Hudson, administrator; from
Muscogee. DismisstdL
Scaife vs. Emmons; from Mitchell. Af
firmed.
Fleming vs. the city of Bainbridge; from
Decatur. Dismissed.
Rouse, Hemps tone & Cos. vs. Frank &
Cos.; from Decatur. Affirmed.
Barks vs. Morgan; from Dougherty,
Reversed.
. Stephens vs. the mayor of Albany; from
Dougherty. Reversed.
Thomas vs. the state; from Early.
Affirmed.
Jacobus vs. Wood; from Pulaski,
Affirmed.
BRUNSWICK’S WIRE BUDGET.
Pan-American Delegates and Vice
President Morton Wanted as Guests.
Brunswick, Ga., March 10.—Bruns
wick’s invitation to the pan-American con
gress to visit here was formally presented to
Secretary Blaine to-day by W. F. Penni
man, who is Brunswick's special representa
tive in Washington. Mr. Penniman will
urpj the acceptance of the invitation, and
it is thought that the pan-American party
will make Brunswick one of the points
visited if the southern tour should by any
chance be made.
MORTON INVITED.
A special committee from the council and
board of trade left vesterday for Jackson
ville to insist on Vice President Morton
visiting Brunswick on bis return north.
The committee was composed of Mayor J.
J. Spears and Aldermen M. Ullman and J.
B. Thomas from the council, and J. E.
dußignon, O. Downing, Jr., A. A. Gaddis,
J. H. McCullough, and D. T. Dunn from
the board of trade. If Mr. Morton comes
he will be royally entertained.
SEVEN BURGLARIES.
Seven burglaries and attempted burgla
ries make up the total for Sunday night.
The residences of L. Goldsmit , H. M. Mil
ler, W ill Mahoney and Joseph Stewart were
entered, as were also the stores of H. V,
Howard, Will Howe and William Moore."
But little was taken by the thieves, Mr. Mil
ler’s loss being the heaviest.
Chicago’s Soft Snap.
St. Augustine, Fla., March 10.—To
day’s game here resulted:
Chicago 0 4 2'o 4 0 0 0 o—lo
Philadelphia ...0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 o—s
Batteries—Coughin. Kethidge, Vickery, Glea
son. and Clements. Umpires,Lauer and Decker.
Capt. W. E. Smith Dead.
Albany, Ga., March 10.—Capt. William
E. Smith died here this afternoon at 2
o’clock. His remains will be interred at 10
o’clock to-morrow morning with military
and masonic honors.
Normal Schools at Albany.
Albany, Ga., March 10.—The normal
schools of the Georgia Chautauqua, under
the tutorship of Drs. Palmer aud Anderson,
opened to-day.
A Colored Sexton Smoked Out.
Rome, Ga., March 10. —Fire at 11 o’clock
last night destroyed the residence of a col
ored sexb n t.ear the cotton factory. The
less is not over SSOO.
“5 es, sir, it is a great problem; how we
are going to keep the streets clean,” said tho
abseuL-miiided man, as he slowly walked
along with clouded brow. And tkeu ho
threw the scrajis of the letter he hail been
tearing up into the gutter.— l\j
For Tliroal IMaraM**, Cough*, Cold*, etc.
effectual relief H found in the use ,f "Hrown't
Bronchial Troches." Price 25 cenU. Sold onlu
in boxes.-.htv.
Important to Florida Tourleta.
Hotel 1 tackle, Jacksonville, Fla., entirely new
Host .’late,lately funnelled, hew . quipped and
moat modern hotel in thoelty. American and
garopenn plan; rooina n suite, ”--iinmnr
,r , *'*■' O'Uiplete lippolmmenu Must
oeutra location in too Olty; nn.nlUi. e. meet
ah tram* Heat* $3 u, sj,, r day. European
'’ZZ&S-Adi I'*' 1 '*'* 4 p " r tU> LM. Uooiuu,
FORT VALLEY ON A BOOM.
Enterprises Which Assure the Pros
perity of the 'i own.
Fort Valley,Ga., March 10. —One new
enterprise begets another. At least that is
the way it looks regarding Fort Valley.
The investment and improvement company
had hardly got on its legs before the alliance
came to the front with an enterprise in the
shape of a cotton seed oil mill and guano
factory with a capital of #IO,OOO. A prom
inent altianceman told the News corre
spondent that the money would be paid in
within th“ next thirty days, and work on
the building commenced within two
months.
The alliance has plenty of members with
sufficient cash surplus to accomplish this
good work, and the enterprise is a certainty
beyond a doubt. Fort Valley is keening in
the front rank with all the live and pro
gressive towns in Georgia. There are now
four ra.lroads diverging here, and the pros
pects seem bright for another one from
here to some point on the Savannah and
Western which will give it a more direct
communication with Savannah.
THE AGRICULTURAL WORKS.
Among the well established and paying
enterprises here is the Georgia agricultural
works, which manufacture the celeb rated
“Centennial" Cotton gins and attachments,
and wagons; Martin’s iron foundry, which
makes the best iron castings s uth of Rich
mond, Va.; Authoine’s machine works:
Hyatt's buggy and carriage factory. These
enterprises employ a total of 150 hands.
W manors of other manufactories are in the
air, and the investment company will take
tue lead in erecting some of them. These
alone give Fort Valley a great advantage
over any town in Southwest Georgia, to
say nothing about her immense fruit in
dustry, which is the largest and most suc
cessful in the southern states.
Capitalists have an eye on Fort Valley.
The Ohioans started the ball, and progress
is the motto of the people, who invite all
seekers of good schools,’ good society, pro
ductive lauds, healthy climate and good
shipping facilities, to come to Fort Valley
and buy a home.
HERE IS A FEMALE HERCULES.
Emily Harper’s Suddenly and Wonder
fully Developed Strength.
From the New York World.
Rochester, Maren B. —Nearly every one
within twenty miles of Alexander, Gones
seecounty, has heard, during the last few
weeks, more or less concerning Miss Emily
Harper and her wonderful and suddenly ac
quired strength. Physicians from every
town in the county have been here to inves
tigate, and wise men from the east ad
every other direction have seen her and
shaken their wise heads and deptrted with
out leaving aly of their wisdom behind
them. Small wonder that the wise men
are nonplussed and the learned doctors puz
zled, for who ever heard of a delicate young
woman, for whom the lifting of a tea kettle
was a burden, suddenly developing into a
female Hercules! The detailed account of
Miss Harper's case has not yet appeared in
print, in spite of the excitement it Las
caused.
Miss Harper is a delicate looking, though
quite handsome young woman of 18 years,
and weighs about 111) pounds. One day
about three months ago her mother noticed
that Emily broke a great, many household
articles while handling them. She would
grasp the slender stem of a goblet and it
w ould break into pieces. She would under
take to clean a lamp chimney and it would
be shivered into fragments in her hands.
Her mother supposed carelessness was the
cause, and reproved her for it. Now the
girl was as yet unconscious of her
newly acquired strength, the break
ing of the articles being due to this lack of
knowledge and tne power to gauge and
adapt her strength to her requirements.
This in itself was the cause of quite a
calamity, for as soon as her mother had
ceased chiding her, Emily threw her arms
around her and gave her a good hug, just
to show tuat she bore no resentful feeling.
Upeu relaxing her grasp, Mrs. Harper fell
to tne floor with a moan of pain. An in
vestigation disclosed the fact that two of
her ribs were broken.
Mr. Harper %va3 absent at the time of the
occurrence, and upon his return questioned
his daughter concerning the accident. Tne
girl, anxious to justify herself, rushed up
to her lather witu the exclamation: “This
is all I did.” She placed her arms ah >ut
him and gave him an affectionate squeeze.
Mr. Harper, in speaking of that embrace,
said: “I was once hugged by a bear in the
Maine woods; I have wrest ed back-hold
with some pretty strong men; but I never
in my life received such a shaking up as
that girl gave me when she snowed me all
she did to ma.”
Of course, these two hugs made it plain
that Miss Harper had suddenly become
possessed of remarkable strength, and in
spite of the efforts of the family to keep the
matter quiet it soon became the talk of the
town. The writer visited the family yes
terday and witnessed some of the girl's feats
of strength. She easily duplicated all the
ordinary acts of the stage athletes, and Dr.
Duval of the New York School of Anatomy,
in company with Robert Marsh of the New
York Psychological Society, will be here
next week to see Miss Harper and investi
gate her case; but it is doubted whether
their explanation of the marvel will be of
any more value than the forty and one
already given.
HIS HOME A DRY GOODS BOX.
An Old Man Lives for Ten Years In a
Strange Abode.
From the New York Star.
Kansas City, Mo., March B.— Humane
Officer Marran has discovered a queer
specimen of humanity, who, for the past
ten years, has been existing, not living.
It was reported to the humane society
that a sick man was living jp a box out in
an open field near the exposition, and the
officer was sent to investigate. Just north
of the exposition building is a vacant field
which has been overgrown with weeds, aud
through the patch ran a well defined path.
Following this path the officer came upon
the abode of J. C. Hammond, who, for ton
years, has been a hermit in the midst of the
city. For a house he ims taken two large
dry goods boxes and thatched the cracks
and joints with barrel staves.
Around this strange den the old man has
dug a trench to keep the rain from washing
over his floor. I’or a bed he has a board
two feet wide, and long enough to uliow
him to lie at full length. This board, two
pieces of burlap and a tub composed the
furniture of the novel house. When the
officer went to the house be found the old
man kneeling in his box sorting over a tub
which was partly full of decaying potato
peelings, onions aud apples. On one side ne
had put an old cabbage, which had been
food for the rats before it came into his
possession.
Hearing the officer’s voice, the old man
crawled out cf his dou aud asked him in u
startled voice what was w.mtod. When
told that he must go to the county farm,
Hammond burst into tears, and said:
“I have lived this way for tho past ten
fears, and have been dependent on no one.
cannot go to the poorliouse.”
Tho old hermit said his wife was dead,
but that lie had two boys. One was a wan
derer and the other h id apositio i in Heim’s
brewery. Hammond is a well known figure
in the neiguborbood. Ho wo irs u b.ack
Prince Albert tout, ad when lie walks he
carries a long stick. He keeps linns .If clean,
and in his conversation shows good educa
tion, and must once have beeu a man of
position. He was taken to the county farm.
“Well, I gave you a violin your last
birthday; are you making progress f" “O.i,
va*. uncle. 1 can’t play very well yet, but
I’m Mirely making progress, for my teacher
said yesterday, ‘My, Jack, there you are
again—several bars ahead.’”— JCpoch.
sl in in. ii. Liter ItrguUtur lis* finer been
known to (U n> euro nil liter disease* ~A<tv.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1890.
WHERE THE ROADS MEET
AND WHERE TRAVELERS WAIT
FOR BOATS AND TRAINS.
Down the Placid Apalachicola—A Town
Without a Raliroad Literature
Gleaned from Walla—Places to Which
Tourists Go, but In Which They Do
Not Tarry Fancies of a Weary
Drummer.
River Junction, Fla., March 7.
Chattahocbee—River Junction!
The short twilight of a February evening
has faded away, and darkness has closed
about the scene as l take a seat on the plat
form in front of the Riverside b otel, near the
wharf. I look out across the placid river at
the red and greea lights which gleam from
the great iron draw-bridge of the Pensacola
and Atlantic railroad, spanning the Apa
lachicola at this point, and listen to tne
restful murmuring of the water as it glides
against the piers of the bridge. Ever
and anon the mournful hoot of an owl
comes from the neighboring swamp, mingled
with the harsh croak of the inevitable bull
frog. Faintly falls upon the liste dug ear
the sweet but distant tones of the evening
bell at the Florida asylum, which the soft
breez-s bring across the swamp from the
village of Chattahoochee, two miles away.
Presently is heard the whistle of a freight
train and even the rumble of the wheels in
the distance, as the train approaches
the junction to the east of the
river. And now the roar and
noise of the cars die away,
the bell has ceased its ringing on the Chat
tahoochee highlands, the hooting of the
great swamp on! is stopped for a time, and
even the big frog is at rest. Nothing is
heard but the never-ceasing murmur of
the river as it hurries onward to the gulf,
and as I sit there on the quiet platform of
the hotel, enjoying the fragrance of a good
cigar, I fall into a reverie.
T ***
In the journey of life—l think—how
many thousands of people of all sorts and
descriptions, ages and conditions, have lin
gered temporarily at this well-known spot,
celebrated among travelers? How many
souls who have now pas-ed away from
earth forovor have walked this platform
and gazed upon this self-same river, and
listened, perhaps, to these nocturnal sounds?
What hopes and fears, what joys and sor
rows have animated or depressed alike
human breasts at this quiet station in the
swamps of Florida ? Yet, though tue stream
of life has ebbed and flowed for many long
years through this gateway to the gulf,
and thougn the poet and novelist could
here have found abundant material for
song and story, the fact remains that no
pen has ever done the plac i justice. Many
thousands of Americans, now living, who
have visited Chattahoochee, some perhaps
having been detained there for days at a
time, will be carried back in memory to
the place as they read these lines, and
doubtless the picture will come back fresh
as life to their mind’s-vision. Down the
vista of years will come floating back to re
collection the little hotel elevated on pil
ings; the majestic river flowing be
tween its willow-fringed banks; the
big railroad bridge; the Florida Central aud
Peninsular warehouse aud tracks built o i
trestling; the little island in the river just
below the bridge; and an occasional timber
raft lazily’ drifting by on its way to “Apa
lache.” Perhaps will be recalled the intense
monotony of the spot, the awful stillness
which usually reigns there wheu no boat is
at the wharf, with n<* sound to be heard save
the drowsy tinkle of a cow’s bell in the
swamp, the plunge of a flsh in the river, or
the scream of a \ild goose as an occasional
flock passes overhead on their way to their
feeding grounds at Lake Ochesee.
***
To those who have never visited Chatta
hoochee or River Junction I will explain
that considerable confuison has always
existed among travelers as to the “identity"
of the two (or rather three) places. In
other words, many persons have found it
difficult to tell “which was which.” There
are three separate and distinct points, all of
them being termed sometimes “Chatta
hoochee,” and all situated within a
radius of three miles. The first settle
ment here was at the present village
of Chattahoochee, in the shape
of a fort built by the government many
years ago, during the fierce Indian wars.
As the tide of civilization advanced, and the
red man retired suiienly to the everglades,
the necessity for the fortress passed a w.iv,
and here upon its site, in 18—, the govern
ment of Florida erected the state asylum
for the insane. This is a well conducted
institution, having at present many patients,
under the management of Dr. H. P. Smith.
The asylum and grounds are on the outskirts
of the village of Chattahoochee, which con
tains about 200 inhabitants and has a half
dozen stores, and a postoflice of that name.
The village is situated on an elevated plain,
which is reached by a succession of high
hills after leaving “River Junction,” one
and a half miles distant.
River Junction is the station and post
office of that name, and is the terminus of
three great railroad lines, viz.: the Savan
nah, Florida and Western, the Pensacola
and Atlantic, and the Florida Central and
Peninsular (formerly the Florida Railway
and Navigation), these big railway linos
here converge at a junction situated in the
heart of one of the sickliest and most fright
ful swamps iu the south. By what process
of civil engineering, or by what “accident
of geography” this important railway junc
tion came to he located at this spot, the
writer has never found any one able to
answer. Certain it is that a more unin
viting or gloomy place exists not on this
continent. The railway passenger station
and telegraph office, the union freight de
pot, three or tour small stores, a small
hotel, a couple of negro restaurants, a water
tank, a turn table, and a network of rail
way tracks, and you have a picture of this
well-known junction, the ,“uight-mare” of
all West Florida travelers. The station
and warehouse, the tracks, and most of the
buildings here are on “made ground.” The
cleari ig is bounded on the one side by the
swamp of tho river, and on the other
by that of “Musquito” creek, a
dismal looking stream w iiich flows directly
by the juneti n. The mosquitoes of this
place have a national reputation. The
writer can cheerfully testify to the fact
that they are the most vicious, able-bodied
and altogether persistent insects he has
ever encountered. The malaria at River
Junction is deadly and ever present. Dur
ing the summer the railroad crews go out
every evening on what they call a “health
train” to either Quincy, on the Florida
Central and Peninsular, twenty-two miles
distan , or Snead’s, on the Pensacola and
Atlantic road, five miles across the river,
where they spend the nigh.s, returning at 7
o’clock in the morning.
***
The accommodations for travelers and
tourists at River Junction have always
heon distinguished for incompleteness and
discomfort. They are not as bad n>w as
they used to he. Several years ago an old
fellow named Hymson kept tile hotel,
w ieh stood on the banks of Mosquito
creek. It was a lugubrious caravansary iu
every sense of the word, and the luckless
traveler forced to stop there had every
reason to “remember his experience.”
Some years ago a Savannah drummer, on
being asked his impressions of Chatta
hoochee, replied that he could best describe
them in a couple of lines of second-class
po try:
River Junction Vosqulto creek!
Uhl Uymson's hotel—and little to eatf
. ***
Having wandered with tho gentle reader
to the classic village of “Cliattu
h sichee,” thence to tho cheerless
mid unattractive “River Junc
tion,” wo will now return to the little set
tleiiion ou the b~ka of tho river mi lor
•■I iw the jiihotio.i, wtier> our article be
gin*; this dlgretwhui being inves.ary to do
hue tho difference between Chattahoochee,
River Junction, and the river proper. The
wherehouse and wharf and Riverside hotel
are all the property of the Florida, Central
and Peninsular railroad, which was the
first railroad to build to Liver Junction.
This was in the year 1874. Then, by means
of a long trestle, the truck of thisjroad was
extended to the riverside. The Pensac da
and Atlantic railroad was finished
to River Junction in 1883. It
lands and receives passengers at a
little platform on the eastern side of the
river, just below the Florida Central and
Peninsular wharf. From the river to the
junction the trestles and tracks of both
roads run parallel. One mile above the
river station the Chattahoochee and Flint
rivers have tbeir confluence, forming the
Apalachicola river. From here to the city
an i Bay cf Apalachicola it is a distance of
120 miles. Bainbridge. the present head of
navigation on the Flint, is 30 miles above
this point. Columbus, the head of naviga
tion on the Chattahoochee, is 240 miles
above us.
The steamboat business is a big thing on
these rivers, and it must he profitable, judg
ing from the number of boats running and
the superior character of the vessels them
selves. On no river in the south (the St.
Johns and Mississippi alone exceptej) does
the traveler meet With such elegant and
comfortable and fast-running steamers.
There are five boats in active service, all of
them triple-decked and fitted with all mod
ern improvements, including electric lights
and safety appliances. The names and
cantains of these steamers are given below,
Fannie Fearn, Capt. Munn.
Million H. Smitn, Capt. Scull.
Ellis, Capt. Lapham.
Naiad, Capt. Whitesides.
Lotus, Capt. Randlette.
All of the boats ply between Columbus
and Apalachicola, the round trip consuming
about six days.
***
Apalachicola, or “Apalache,” as it is
called for short by the boat people, possesses
the distinction of being the only American
port of importance which is not reached by
any railroad. All communication with the
outer world being by water, the steamers
passing Chattahoochee are, of course, the
sine qua non of the traveler, as well as the
citizens of Apalachicola. The government
pays $5,000 per year to the steamboats for
carrying the mails there, and at this little
station the pouches and bags are trans
ferred to and from tho steamers. There is
a telegraph line to Apalachicola, which ex
tends across the country from Marianna, on
the Pensacola and Atlantic railroad.
**
The agent of the Florida Central and
Peninsular and the boats at the river
station is genial Joe Albert, who has been
here several years. He is popular with
everybody, aud is as clever as he is red
fcaired. He and his amiable little wife keep
the Riverside hotel, and set an excellent
table, and provide tho traveler with a clean,
comfortablo room. They do all in their
power to make their guests feel at home,
and certainly contribute much toward
making a stay at that quiet and lonesome
pi ice endurable.
The student of human nature can find a
rich field here in which to pursue his inves
tigations. All sorts of people stop here —old
and vouug, rich and poor, male and female,
Americau aud foreigner, Jew and gentile,
military and civilian, business man and
tour.st, drummer and man of leisure. Hav
ing some time on my hands one day, I be
came interested in some of the “scribbling”
left on the walls of the hotel office and hall
way; also in some of t o bed rooms, and as
some of these pen products are quite origi
nal I have preyrved them.
***
One would-be poet, who seems to have
struck the place when tho boats were badly
out of schedule, writes:
Great God of love,
Look down from above,
Upon us in tender compassion!
• And send us a boat—
Anything that will float—
No matter what the fashion!
This is signed “W. L. F.,” May 4, 1886.
Underneath is written the feeling sentence:
“I indorse the above.”
[Signed.] W. K. Aulick,
Lexington, Ky.
Another scrub poet, who has failed to
give his came, writes in a bold, defiant
band:
Men that travel on the river
Are sure to get worried,
For you can just bet your liver
These boats can't be hurried.
A rhymester (who is probably from
Savannah) gives us the followiug beautiful
lines:
The rose is red,
And its leaves are green;
Here is my name
When I ain’t to be seen.
—A. J. Amaiian.
“Miss Addie Fountain,” under date of
“June, 1887,” writes: “Detainedhere three
days and four nights.” (If Miss Fountain
had remained much longer she would have
probably become liable for “street” tax.)
An unknown moralist inflicted upon us
the following:
In God we trust.
But the devil is to pay.
June 1, 1888.
“A. Ludwig, June 5, 1888,” seems
to have left his rabbit foot
at home. Here is what he writes:
“Got here just in time to be too late for
the 10:20 train. O, Lord!”
I was greatly moved by the following
lines, the author of which failed to append
his name. Says he:
O, Lord, make us truly thankful
For the blessing we are about to receive,
For the boat is coming!
Another party writes immediately under
this: “Amen.”
A good many autographs adorn the walls,
the authors of which —if perchance they
should read this article—will smile as they
recall the episode.
Atlanta is represented by “A. F. Frizzell,
representing F. E. Block;” Jacksonville by
“Bert Clarkson, April 7, 1889,” and Balti
more by “Nat. Rosenheim.” Apalachicola
has a representative in “E. H. Hopp.” and
Fort (Aaines in “J. F. Thompson.” “F.
Hugh Coryell, Chicago, 111.,” registered on
the office wall June 22, 1889, but strange to
say, indicated no preference for the loca
tion of the world’s fair. “Sadie Hopkins,
Newport, R. 1,,” left her chirographv on
the wall, also “C. H. Floyd” and ”W. F.
Hancock.”
Sig. M. Goodman of Savannah says:
“Come, take us away. Aug. 25, 1885.”
In one of the rooms 1 flud a touching
tribute to a former proprietor of the hotel
and predecessor of friend Albert. Someone
has written:
“John P. Jordan, formerly Propr. of this
place.”
Beneath which is inscribed:
“See that his grave is kept green!”
#*#
The gentle zephyrs of evening fau my
cheeks, the soft murmuring of the river
lulls my senses to repose, ray reverie glides
into unconsci usuess, and my unfinished
cigar drops from ray hand as I lean back in
my rocking chair and gently sink to sleep.
Hark! am I dreaming, or is it the whistle
of the boat? I am too drowsy to rouse up just
then,so I sleep on, until suddenly the rush of
paddles and the roar of escaping steam
falls upon my ear, mingied with the tramp
ling of feet upon the platform as the staiion
hands make ready to receive the boat. I
rise to my feet and see the “F tnuie Fearn”
fioatiug gracefully down tho broad rivor.e.i
voloped ii a blaze of light from her numer
ous electric lamps, which iiluinine the wharf,
the hotel, the willow-fr;ugod banks of the
stream, and even the big railroad bridge
below us. Surely it is a pretty and inspir
ing sight, but I have no time to linger, for
the boat will only stop a few moments, and
I must take passage for “Apalcne.” I hurry
oupotrd, tue gang-planks ere drawn in,
tho bells strike and the paddle moves, the
line steamer backs oat from the wbai f, aud
soon passes through the ilraw-bridge. The
warehouse, the hotel, and the platform fade
from view, and soon Chattahoochee becomes
only a recollection.
C. B. Townsend.
Every mother should keep Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral in case of croup aud sudden colds.
— AUv.
FTTIVERA.iI INVITATIONS.
WINKLER. — The friends of Elijah C. Wink
ler are invited to attend hisfuu-rai THIS RAY
at 3:90 o'clock p. j,., from residence of H. A.
Palmer. No. 132 Jones street.
MEETINGS.
ANCIENT LANDMARK LODGE NO.
F. AND A. -M.
The regular monthly meeting of this a
Lodge will be held at Masonic Temple _ ..
THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock,
The M. M. degree will be conferred. /Nr \
Members of sister Lodges and transient breth
ren are invited to attend.
W. S. ROCKWELL, W. M.
John S. Haines, Secretary.
OGLETHORPE LODGE NO. 1. I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held in the new
hail, in second story of lecture room of Trinity
church THIS (Tuesday) EVENING at 8 o'clock
Entrance corner of President and Jefferson
street.
The initiatory degree will be conferred.
Members ot sister Lodges and transient
brothers arc cordially Invited to meet with us.
JNO. A. HUTTON, Noble Grand.
H. E. Wilson, Secretary.
CHATHAM ASSEMBLY NO. 136. ROYAL
SOCIETY OF GOOD FELLOWS.
Regular meeting of Chatham Assembly No.
136, Royal Society Good Fellows, will be held
THIS (Tuesday) EVENING at 8 o'clock in
Sorrel building, fourth door, over telegraph
office (hall Locomotive Firemen).
G. G. WILSON, Ruler.
Jno. Henderson. Secretary.
GROUND RENT LOT HOLDERS.
The advisory committee notify me of their
readiness to report. A meeting of Ground Rent
Lot Holders is therefore called at Masonic Hall,
TUESDAY, Marchll. Bp. m. All Ground Rent
Lot Holders are urged to attend.
ISAAC G. HAAS, Chairman.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
On and after Feb. 1, 1890, the basis of meas
urement of all advertising in the Morning
News will be agate, or at the rate of SI -10 an
inch for the first insertion.
SAVANNAH RKANCH.
ATTENTION, MEMBERS 1
Invitation cards for Mer- n.
chants’ Week are now at the \\
disposal of all members in /LJ j
good standing this date. I \ A
Apply to Secretary Mer
chants’ Week, care of Trav
elers’ Exchange, from which X .JJ.Vf
_ „ . .. . ~ SOlfifKfyftJmvHehs
office all invitations will be /IjJSSCIATii#
issued or mailed to you.
R. L. COLDING,
Secretary Savannah Branch.
—A SI I COR RECTI
This business has been a life-time
study; has gradually grown around me,
so that it has been necessary to enlarge
all of the many departments.
Competent, heads are in charge of each
and my experience bespeaks continued
success for all this combined energy.
Y T ou will agree that I have been b ene
fited by all the years devoted to this
business and must recognize the advan
tages I offer you in the purchase of
Builders’ Materials.
There are several profits in little
hardware, such as Locks, Knobs, Hinges
and Fittings. I am prepared to give you
short cuts in prices. Of course, I ant
likewise headquarters for regular Build
ers’ Supplies, Doors, Sashes, Blinds,
Paints and Oils, Cements. Country
orders promptly filled. Estimates fur
nished.
A, HANLEY,
Southern Builders’ Supply Depot.
[Will soon occupy my new building.]
BURST PEAS AND BEANS.
Just arrived and still coming in, large quanti
ties Buist Premium Peas, Philadelphia Extra
Early, Black Eye, Marrowfat and all other
varieties at lowest market price. Call and see
me. Yours, E. J. KIEFFER,
Corner West Broad and Stewart Streets.
A RICH DRESSING
For the hair is had in
BUTLER’S COMPOUND QUININE HAIR
TONIC.
It prevents the hair from dropping out, thor
oughly eradicates dandruff and keeps the scalp
clean and in a healthy condition. Asa toilet
dressing for the hair and mustache it is un
equaled. Only at
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
Cor. Bull and Congress Sts.
PLASTICO.
Plastico is properly Anti-Kalsomino and
Anti-Wall Paper. It possesses advantages over
paper and kalsomiues that it ought to displace
them entirely, both for plain, cheap work and
the most elaborate, as it will keep buildings in
better repair at a less cost, and much less, if
the cost and inconvenience of removing old
coats of kalsomine and wall paper is consid
ered, and the same material is adapted to
HEAVY RELIEF WORK, Modeling, Combing,
Slippling, Blending, etc. It produces any de
gree of this work in solid tints, the outer color
being maintained all the way through to the
wall or base, through the blended portions and
all, so that any abrasions are the same color as
the surface. Sets slowly, and yet harder than
the wall itself, and hardens with aga Call and
examine specimen of work.
LLOYD & ADAMS, Sole Agents.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Liberal loans made on Diamonds, Gold and
Silver Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Silverware,
Guns, Pistols, Clothing, Tools, and on almost
anything of value, at the old reliable Pawn
broker House, 179 Congress street.
E, MUHLBERG, Manager.
Highest prices paid for old Gold and Silver.
WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN UOl.a
It is a broad assertion, but nevertheless true,
that Ulmer’s “Liver Corrector," a faultless
family medicine, is worth its weight in gold.
Prominent medical men indorse it, and thou
sands of citizens who have used it bear willing
and cheerful testimony to the above assertion.
Silver medal and diploma awarded over com
petitors. Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist,
Savannah, Ga.
Price, One Dollar Per Bottle.
If you cannot obtain the “Corrector" from
your druggist, send your orders direct and it
will be forwarded by express, freight paid.
c. u. c. u.
CATHARAIMA
CERTAINLY
CURES
CATARRH.
—for sale by—
SOLOMONS &CO.,DRUGGISTS.
Market Square, and 92 Bcll Street.
CHOICE HEED HI iTu,
for sale ry
R. T. DAVANT & SON,
MIVi Bay Street.
NOTICE.
Bids are wanted for repairs to Christ church.
Plans and specification* can be seen at the
office of MR. URBAN, Northwest Corner Bull
and Hall Streets.
SPECIAL, NOTICES.
LOTH AT HOUfHOVER!
THE MAPS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED FROM
BALTIMORE, THESE LOTS ARE
NOW READY FOR SALE,
—AND—
-Ist. The public is invited before buying to go
and see them. The price, the terms and the
LOCATION MUST BELL THESE LOTS!
2nd. They are not offered for sale as “City-
Lots,” but we claim that their location is
unique, and, by reason of the railway facilities
afforded the place, it will be quilt up before the
city proper can reach it. They are certainly
worth as much as lots al Pooler, which com
mand a much higher price.
3rd. The land is high and dry, cleared up, and
has upon it improvements which cost over
SI,OOO.
4th. It is immediately adjoining the railroad
property at Southover Junction, and fronts on
Ogeechee avenue, a place that has become im
portant in the last two years on account of both
railroads backing their trains from that point
into the city, necessitating the stopping of all
trains there.
sth. The location is not more than 2 % miles
from the court house in Savannah, and if the
city continues its present growth it must reach
it in a few years.
6th. We are offering these lots upon their
merit. We ask the public to go and see
♦ .
them, and note the situation. If you do'
not then see the advantages which this place
has above all others we do not want you to
buy. We know that there have not been any
lots sold on this market, and that there can
not be any sold equal to these at the priee.
7th. The size of these lots are 40x105 feet, and
the price is @SO each, in monthly payments of
@2, without interest or other expense. You
cannot buy land by the nere from any one else
at this place for less money. Try it and you
will find the statement correct.
A DISCOUNT OF lO PER CENT. ALLOWED
FOE CASH.
For further particulars apply to
W. G. WOODFIN,
1 IS Bryan Street.
j JEgEac33K3ataggaillZsZ
M'S i
vsjk. jjj
PIiSEH BEER
THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
Beg to inform the public that on and after
MONDAY, 20th inst.,
ALL LEADING GROCERS AND DEALERS
Of this city will attend to and promptly fill all
ordn-8 for family use of the Savannah Brewing
Company's
EXTRA PILSEN BEER,
6IUNCHENER HOFBRAU BEER, •
A pure and unadulterated brand of choicest
Bavarian Hops of our own importation.
THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
Will discontinue the direct delivery from that
date.
NOTICE TO SUPERIOR COURT JURORS.
All Petit Jurors of this court will appear at 10
A. M. WEDNESDAY, 12th inst., instead of TUES
DAY, 11th inst.
By order of Judge Fallioant.
JAMES K. P. CARR, Clerk S. C. G. C. Ga.
THOMPSON’S BROMINE AND ARSENIC
SPRING WATER.
Unequaled by any water or medicine. The
finest table water in the world. We ask the
medical profession to say whether or not they
know of any spring or well water that suggests
so many important uses in medicine, 'ft is a
panacea for Indigestion, PERSISTENT Nausea,
Loss of Appetite, nil i.lood and Skm Diseases
all Stomach, Kidney and Bowel Troubles, In
somnia and Nervous Complaints and Catarrh.
IT IS A FINE ALTERATIVE AND TONIC.
Pamphlets with analysis and undoubted cer
tificates on application to
SOLOMONS & CO., Agents, Savannah.
flower
AND GARDEN SEEDS
FROM RELIABLE GROWERS,
AT LOW PRICES.
—HEIDT’S.—
DRY GOODS.
New Springs Goods
ARRIVING DAILY AT
M. L. liYCJv & BRO.’S,
150 BROUGHTON STREET.
OATINEB, elegant patterns, Id 1 . Phallic* sc.
' Ginghams, Figured Lawns, Check Nain-
Boot,, ail tv in sc. and up.
Elegant line of Hemstitch Colored Bordered
Gents’ Handkerchiefs at 10c.
Laundered and Uuiaundcred Shirt* 40e. and
up
Gents’ Ikitn-t and Wool Flannel Khlrta.
Gents’ P. K. Scarfs, four for 25c.; cheap at
lUe. apiece.
Jersey* from Wo and up.
HOUSE FUR VISITING GOODS.
Stoves and ranged
TOVE3 and RANGED?
TOVE3 and RANGE O
A GOOD STOVE SAVES
MANY A BAD COOK.
When you buy a stove or
range, you want the BEST
NOT THE Cheapest.
***** *
Headquarters for STOVES
and House Furnishing Goods.
*** * * *
FINE WARES AND
CUTLERY.
MIMS
SUCCESSOR TO
J. A. Douglass & Cos.
___ STOVES '
Norton & Hanley
DEALERS INT
Stoves, Ranges, House Furnishing
Goods, Crockery and Glassware.
Will remove to the new building, York, Pres!
dent and Whittaker Streets, in a few weeks,
and are now offering the stock of
Goods in the store at 148 Bryan Street
at Greatly Reduced Figures
To Avoid Removing.
o
HASDWAtt
PALMER
HARDWARE COSKI
HAVE A FULL STOCK OF
Builders’ Hardware,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
CLARK’S CUTAWAY HARROWS.
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING,
CARPENTERS’ TOOLS OF ALL KINDS,
FISHING TACKLE, RODS AND REELS,
RAILROAD AND MILL SUPPLIES,
GUNS, RIFLES AND AMMUNITION,
Tinware, Woodenware, eto
Prices as low as any house in the South.
Savannah, Georgia.
COPPER WORKER-..
IcIILLM BEOS.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
Turpentine Stills
andfixtui.es,
General Copper Workers.
Eepalrlng a Specialty.
BANKS.
sjvSmhlm üblhi
Deposits of $1 and Upward Received.
■MM*****aißH*£M^MaiMiaM>uiaß*a*a*£iaa
DIMM ING and BOOKBINDING.
At the ItusiueHH, and up
with tlie Music all tlte Time.
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
PRINTING, BINDING
—AND—
BLANK BOOKS.
Everything complete for tlie
lh-sl Work. Nu sluuchy work
men. No poor work.
CUBA MOLASSES
CARGO SCHOONER BONIFOBM JL’ST
RECEIVED BV
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
IMPO 14 X EUH