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PREPARING TO TRAVEL
6CUUER RESOBT2R3 MAY PACK
THEIB TRUNKS NOW.
The Excursion Season Opened and
Low Bates in Effect from Now Until
Oct. 31—The Objectionable Short
Limit and the Iron-Clad Clause Done
Away with This Year—Summer
Travel Expected to Begin Early.
Some of the Popular Besorta.
Ticket Agents Dowell of the Central
railroad and Haines of the Savan
nah, Florida and Western railway
received yesterday the new rate books
f,r the summer excursions. The agents
will have a good deal leas annoyance
this season than they had last season. The
tickets will not have to be signed by the
purchaser, subject to the same conditions
as was the case last year. When a ticket is
sold it is good, at the summer rate, until
Oct 31. Last year the excursion tickets
were limited to continuous passage, and the
purchaser had to sign the iron-clad ticket
As the arrangement was, many pleasure
seekers were so annoyed that they aban
doned some of tbe trips. The Southern
Passenger Association sa w this and at its
meeting in Florida in December it made a
speedy change. By the pres-at arrange
ment a person who holds a ticket to Asue
ville may stop over at Augusta or any
place on the line, and spend half or as much
of the three months as is desired, and the
same may be done returning. The new
arrangement is very convenient to those
who go to resorts.
NO CHANGE IN RATES.
The rates are about the same as they were
last year. Few ealis have been made for
tickets yet, but the agents have been
deluged with inquiries about which is going
to be the most popular near-by resort. The
agents say that probably Tallulah Falls
and Asheville will lead.
They were the most popular resorts last
year, and, from the tone of the inquiries, the
agents think that they will be so this
season. The rate to Tallulah is sl6 75
and to Asheville sls 50. Spartanburg and
Toccoa promise to be popular also. The
rate to the former is sl3 25, and to Toccoa it
is sls 70. These were both popular places
last year. Lookout Mountain will catch a
good many people this year, as will Warm
Springs and Clarksville. Marietta will be
popular, but hardly so popular as last year.
Gainesville, Ga, will get ite usual number,
and Morristown and Mount Airy will come
in for their share. Waihalla, S. C., anew
resort, is becoming popular, and the agents
anticipate a big travel in that direction.
Virginia points will be more popular this
season, it is thought, than they were last
season. Such resorts as Rockbridge Alum
Springs, Virginia Beach, Roanoke and
Afton, Va, will draw largely. White Sul-
Shur Springs, W. Va.. promisee to be popu
ir. Coming next to Asheville, in North
Carolina resorts, are probably Wrigbtsville
and Morehead. Tickets to western resorts
in Colorado, Manitoba, Utah and Minne
sota will be given longer limits.
THE TYREE EXCURSIONS.
The excursions to Savannah and Tybee
from Macon, Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston
and Jacksonville, the agents think, will be
larger this season than ever before. Special
trains will be run after June 1 from Au
gusta, Jacksonville and Charleston to Sa
vannah and Tyteew Looking to this end
President Purse and General Agent Wood
ruff have put the Savannah and Atlantic
railway in splendid condition by increasing
the facilities in every |K>ssible way and by
improving the road bed and equipment.
The ticket agents are holding themselves
in readiness for the rush. They think that
as the winter was unusually warm, tbe re
sort seekers will leave early this year. Last
year travel was not forward. Pleasure
seekers took their own time about getting
away, and at no time were the agents
crowded by purchasers. They are straight
ening up their offices now, and putting the
resort tickets first in the ticket cases and
making everything ‘-handy” in the event of
a “rush.”
CRUSHED BY THE WHEELS.
A Colored Man Loses His Life While
Eeating His Way on a Train.
Realis Silva (colored) was run over by the
early morning freight on the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway yesterday at
the four-mile post Silva’s left arm was
cut off, and his right leg was severed close
to his body. The wounded man was sent
In to the city and was taken to the
Georgia Infirmary in a horribly mangled
condition. He was gasping for breath
when he reached the hospital. He lingered
a few hours and died.
No attempt was made to dress the wounds
for it was apparent at once that the man
could not survive.
Silva was discovered soon after the acci
dent by a track hand on Section Master
Griffith’s car. The section master was the
only person who got the particulars of the
accident Mr. Griffith said that upon going
up to the wounded man he asked him how
the accident occurred. Silva replied that
he was beating his way from V/ay cross to
Savannah. lie attempted to get off, when
he slipped from the ladder and fell under
the wheels. Mr. Griffith stopped the next
passenger train, and sent the man into tbe
citv.
Silva had relatives living at Sou*h villa
and it is supposed that he was making his
way to that point when he attempted to get
off tbe train. Ho was 30 years old, and was
a carpenter by trade. He had been in Wav
cross some time, but it seems that he was
unable to secure employment, and he started
back to Savannah.
Coroner Dixon went out to see the dead
man, but after some investigation found
that it was not necessary to hold an inquest.
The body will be buried to-day.
A PIONEER LUMBERMAN.
Col. William Donovan Retiree After 35
Years as a Mill Man.
Col William Donovan of Wadley was in
Bavannah yesterday. . Col. Donovan was
one of the leading saw-mill men in Georia
until a few years ago, when he sold out his
interest. He began business at Wadley,
where he now lives, in 1855, and ho has
worked like a Trojan ever since. He has
accumulated a fortune, and he can weil
afford luxuries the balance of his life.
When CoL Donovan began sawing Jogs
the country was one black forest of pines
with ouly three mills in a radius of several
hundred miles to use it up. He began with
a small engine and saw, and managed to
get out from 5 000 to 6,000 feet of lumber a
day. Reppard and Wadley were the other
two mill men. They were considered the
largest mill operators In the state, but their
capacity was not over 10,000 feet a day By
his indomitable pluck and energy Col.
Donovan gradually increased his facilities
and also his trade. He began to ship lura
ber to all parts of the state and later to
adjoining states, and in a few years he was
dipping lumber to other countries.
VV hen he disposed of his interests Col.
JJonovan was turning out upward of 60,000
elf ™ lu “ b ? r a t)d it was going to
all paits of America nearly, and to a good
many foreign points.
mac widely known
’ “ nd his acquaintance
He will “ aud Bouth Carolina.
auint llttliT* * 5 1S „ r COUntry home ln the
quiet little town of Wadley, where he will
be free from the stir and bustle which has
baou attendant upon all of his work.
Tea is Mot Always Tea,
Eut Sirocco, so familiar to European
travelers as finer than any known here Jhas
a strength and flavor unequaled and its
purity is insured by sealed packages. Sole
growers ore Davidson & Cos., 1436 Broad
way, New York. Savannah agents. Lipp
inan Bros.
LOCAL PIRSONAu.
L. Walter of Baltimore is at the Screven.
J. W. (Jutland of Dover is at the Screven.
R. J. Phillips of Waycrosa is at the Mar
! shall.
Joseph Hull returned from Atlanta yes
terday.
J. W. Davidson of Waynesboro is at the
! Screven.
L R. Aiken of Mount Pleasant is at the
Screven.
L. T. Meitzler of Charleston is at the
I Screven.
(A K. Jelks of Valdosta is a guest of the
Marshall
E. N. Benson of Boston is registered at
the Pulaski.
M. Sohutt of Louisville is registered at
the Pulaski.
F. G. Hancock Qf Atlanta is registered at
the Screven.
Mrs. Rankin of Boresford, Fla, is a guest
of the Pulaski
Hu bard Bell and J. F. Casey of Boston are
at tbe Pulaski.
J. A. Williams of Eastman, Ga, is a guest
of the Marshall.
J. H. Daniel, Jr., of Millen was at the Pu
laski yesterday.
Miss Sadie EL Lennox of Boston is stop
ping at the Pulaski
Dr. W. S. Lawton and family go to Tybee
to-day for a month.
J. D. Hollister of Palatka, Fla., is stop
ping at the MarshalL
8. Johnson and wife, of Brunswick, are
guests of the Screven.
C. Kilburn and wife, of San Francisco,
are guests of tbe Pulaski.
W. H. Payne and wife, of Darien, are
stopping at the Marshall.
Emory Cason and wife, of Warrenton,
are guests of the Pulaski.
J. R. Manning and N. L. Mayer, of Phil
adelphia, are at the Screven.
Mrs. O. P. Love of Macon is visiting her
mother on West Broad street.
William M. Ingraham of St. Augustine,
Fla, is registered at the Pulaski
Mrs. S. A. Borden returned yesterday
from a visit to friends in Gordon.
A. B. Brandt and Geo. G. Coffin of New
York are stopping at the Pulaski
L. D. Hill of Cordele came up to the city
yesterdav aud stopped at the Screven.
Miss Laura Cooper left for Marlow last
night to spend some time with friends.
F. H. McMillan of Gainesville, Fla, spent
yesterday in the citv, a guest of the Mar
sh aIL
George N. Boardman and wife, of Chi
cago, are spending a few days at the Pu
laski.
J. M. Barnard sailed yesterday on the
steamship City of Macon for Boston with
his two children.
Mrs. G. D. Thomas and Misses Maggie
and Tillie Morton, of Athens, are visit
ing Mrs. W. D. Krenson on Jones street.
Col. C. H. Olmstead returned from
Augusta last night, where he has bean
attending a meeting of the military
advisory board.
E. M. Wilson and wife, E. E. Wilson.
Master Willie, and Miss Lula Wiison of
Hotel Cordova, St. Augustine, Fla., ’are
stopping at tbe Pulaski a few days.
Robert T. Pace, formerly of Montgomery
A1 a, and of the Western railroad of Ala
bama, bas moved to Savannah to live. He
is chief clerk in Cspt J. C. Haskell’s office
at the Central railroad.
THE FIRE BTATIONB.
The Changing of the Boxes to be Com
pleted To-day.
Chief Pnder expects to have all of the
new fire alarm boxes up by to-morrow
night.
The electrician and his assistants are hur
rying the work as fast as possible.
After to-day the work will progress
much more rapidly than it has tx?eri pro
gressing. The boxes will not be so far
apart. Four new stations were established
yesterday.
No. 35, at Gordon and Barnard streets.
No. 42, at Lincoln and Gwinnett street a
No. 37, at Gaston and Lincoln streets.
No. 46, at Henry and Bull streets.
The change* are as follows:
No. 35, Gaston and Bull, in place of No.
31.
No. 41. Price ar.d Huntingdon, in place
of No. 46.
No. 43, W aldburg, east of Price, in place
of No. 28.
No. 45. Drayton and Waldburg lane, in
place of No. 41.
No. 31 will be placed at Drayton and Tay
lor, a ne w station.
No. 28 will be placed at Lincoln and Jones
also anew station.
WEDDED IN MIDMAY.
Mr. Thomas Gamble Marries Mias
Florence Kilpatrick.
Mr. Thomas Gamble and Miss Florence
Kilpatrick wore married yes'erdny after
noon by R9v. T. H. Blenus, pastor of the
Christian church. The w edding was very
quietly celebrated, ouly the immediate
friends and relatives of the bride and groom
being present. The ceremony was per
formed at 4 o’clock. The happy couple
were the recipients of many congratula
tions. They will reside at Charlton and
Price streets. Tbe bride is a charming aud
popular young lady, the niece of Mr. Frank.
E. Rebarer, clerk of the city council, nnd
of Mr. E rank McLaughlin. Mr. Gamble is
a member of the Times editorial staff, and
Is a bright writer and a talented newspaper
man. He is formerly of Richmond and
Philadelphia, where he was connected with
leading papers. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble re
ceived many valuable remembrances from
friends in Savannah and abroad.
A PICTURE OF GEN. ANDERSON.
It is Presented to the Savannah Rifle
Association.
The Savannah Rifle Association had it 9
regular practice yesterday afternoon at
Groenwich park.
Before the target practice the association
was presented with a fine crayon picture of
its late esteemed president, Gen. R. H. An
derson. On behalf of those members who
subscribea to a popular fund for the pur
pose, ('apt. James IV. MoAlpin presented
the picture in a few appropriate remarks.
Charles N. West, Esq., was requested to re
ceive the picture on behalf of the associa
tion, which did, referring to the loving
disposition and gentle nature of their late
president, recognizing too late that he was
not fully appreciated, although held in the
highest esteem possible during his life.
Death of a Union Society Boy.
Willie Black, a Union society boy, died
at the Savannah hospital yesterday morn
ing. The lad was attacked with dysentery
ju s t after the society’s anniversary last
month. Medical aid and careful nursing
was provided for him at the Orphan house,
but he continued to get worse, and on Wed
nesday he was brought to the city aud
placed in the hospital. Young Black was
admitted to Bethesda Aug. 7,1883, aud was
in his 17th year at the time of bis death.
He was a very bright boy. and was a favor
ite with every one at the Orphan bouse. The
funeral will take place from his mother’s
residence, Indian street lane, first door west
of West Boundary street, at 10 o’clook this
morning.
Buwannee Sulphur Springs,
So well known to the citizens of Savannah
for its curative powers and delightful cli
mate, now offers special inducements as a
summer resort. To those contemplating a
trip a.iay for a weak or more, we would
say: Go to Suwannee—there you will flud
rest, comfort aud every convenience.— Adv.
TIIK MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1890.
IN A CONVICT CAMP.
Visiting Day With tbe Chain-gang— A
Peep into the QuarterA
The victims of judicial wrath were ea
joving themselves to the limit of the
: < hains that encircled their legs a day or two
' ago when a Morning News reporter
visited Capt. Allan’s convict camp in the
Schley woods, just opposite Minis
swamp.
The camp contains sixty-two colored
male prisoners, and is in a cool and secluded
spot in the woods. To a person unac
quainted with the manner of keeping petty
offenders a visit to a chain-gang camp is a
novel experience. Tbo present camp is not
stationary. The shelter consists of a long
canvas-covered tent with a wooden
platform running parallel to
the sides of the teat the entire length of it.
Upon the platform is stretched a single
and üble-folding blanket, which serves as a tod
for the prisoners. The guard’s watching
place is a small wooden structure directly in
frout of the inaiu do r of tbe prisoners’
tent Two other small-sized tents were
used by the guards and overseer of the camp
as sleep; ng quarters.
The prisoners’ quarters, although they are
in cl se proximity to each other, have every
facility for ventilation in the way of side
screens to keep out the rain and hot rays of
tbe sun.
The wooden platform upon which the men
sleep is about twenty-four inches from the
ground, and the camp is drained by a nar
row ditch. A pump has been placed at the
camp close to the prisoners’ quarter*.
The convicts, despite the fact that
they are in chains, and some
of them are loth to stay there
for manv months, manage to make
Sunday a day of enjoyment, if it can to
called such. A number of the convicts
have excellent voices, and they use them to
good advantage whenever a “singing bee”
takes place.
Capt. Allen’s camp has four guards in the
day time, when the men are at work in the
swamp, and one at night, The prisoners
were kept at the camp in Yamacraw woods
where a fence has been erected and a
number of stationary houses built, but only
the meals for the camp are prepared
at that place now and are carried to the
present camp. A colored female convict
does the cooking. Breakfast is had at 4:30
o’clock in the morning, dinner at
12 o’clock noon and supper at
6:30 at night The menu is not
an elaborate one, but if it is sufficient for
tbe guards it Is certainly elaborate enough
for the convicts. Green peas, molasses, and
“hominy” play a prominent part in the
roll of eatables. Pound cake, ice cream,
bon bone, and other delicacies are not kept
in the camp steward’s stock. The men put
on clean suits every Sunday, and bathe once
a week. Religious service’s are held
at the camp every second
Sunday, when a local colored preacher and
sometimes a white preacher visits the con
victs.
There are four “trusties” in Capt. Allen’s
camp. One of the “trusties” has no
chain attached to him. The “trusties” are
usually the men whoso terms have about
expired, or tho-e who have given no trouble
to the men at the camp.
Whea theJNews reporter approached the
camp a “trusty” was pacing up and down
a path about 100 feet from the camp attired
in the regulation stars and stripes, puffiug
away at a pipe about the color of his face.
“Can I go in?”
“Yes, sah,” answered the “trusty” with
a look of surprise on his countenance. The
“trusty” was not a bad looking negro. Most
all of tne prisoners are Inveterate gamblers,
and where they have not the regular
stock of “pasteboards” on hand they
make a substitute of almost anything.
The craze for totting is almost beyond
control, and they will risk chances on
anything. Every Sunday a plug of
tobacco is given each convict, which is ex
pected to last for the week, but tofore
Monday morning some of the convicts are
compelled to beg a “chew” from the others,
having lost their plug in totting.
Everything that is brought by relatives
or friends for the convicts is inspect© 1, and
not even a piece of wire is allowed to re
main in the possession of a convict The
chains are placed on the men, however, in
such a manner that it would be a pretty
difficult matter to got them off. The chains
put on the men, when not secured to the
main chain, will not allow them to run.
Guard Miller, who acts os captain in the
absence of Cant All n, sat in a chair di
rectly in front of the long canvas tent, with
a double-barreled shotgun lying across his
knees. The rest of the guards were loung
ing around in el se proximity, with revolv
ers buckled to tho belts at their waists.
“Do niggers ain’t 'fraid of d’law,” said a
“trusty,” “but dey’a pow’f ul scared of buck
shot.”
On® of the most important personages at
the camp is a well-sized, sleek-1 oking blood
hound from Senator Brown’s coal mines.
The animal is well trained, and, judging
from his actions at the camp, he is very
much averse to making friends with the
prisoners.
One of the “trusties” remarked, “Dat dog
kin run any nigger down au’ make ’em
climb a tree coon fashion.”
Sunday is “visitors’ day” at the camp,
and the colored population, and especially
the female portion, is generally well repre
sented.
The "best girl” of the convict, most often
the cause of all his misery, usually tomes to
see him, accompanied by a basket contain
ing a few delicacies. Those convicts not so
fortunate look ou with envy, and when
they undergo tho torture of witnessing the
fortunate brother eagerly devouring "city
bread” and “gravy and rice” they recall
tho time when their liberty was utire
strained and when they sat down in some
"buckra’s” kitchen and ate a good square
meal,
RAINS AND THE CROPS.
The Truck Farms in Need of the Rains
That Have Fallen.
The rains which have prevailed this week
have done an Immense amount of good to
growing crops. They have been general,
Signal Observer Denson said last night, and
the entire state, as well as Florida and
South Carolina, have been getting fine
rains. Tne rainfall at Eastman yesterday
was 2}4 Inches. At Titusville, Fla., it was
a litilo less than two inches. Over an inch
of raiu has fallen in Augusta within the
last forty-eight hours, and Savaunah in the
same length of time got about three-fourths
of au inch of rain. The indications
are, however, favorable for fair weather.
It may be that no more rain will fall in
several days. It is about freezing in the
extreme northwest now.
An Economist on KniveA
“Nine years is a long time to keep a
knife, ain’t it?” said Jailer Strickland last
night.
“Who has kept a knife that long?” he was
asked.
“I have,” and he produced an old, worn,
but very bright loosing knife. The blades
were worn as thin as could be without
breaking, and the points were worn off un
til nearly half of the blado was gone. The
old knife was sharp, though, and answered
every purpose of tho jailer. The handle
resembled buck horn, but the jailer said it
was raw hide.
“Tbe longest time that I ever kept one,”
he said, "was fourteen years. I keep this
one as a relic.”
How I Was Cured of 80-Called
Cancer.
Luiaton, Ga.
Dear Sir—This is to certify that I was a suf
ferer with a place ou my underlip for fourteen
years, and was under treatment ot different
physicians, but they did me no good. I had
lost hope of being cured by medical treatment.
1 then went to a doctor living in Florida, who
treated them by art. After going to him it got
welL apparently, for a while, but returned as
bad as ever. I then concluded to try P. p. p.
(Prickly Ash, Poke Root, and Potassium), and
after taking five bottles—pint size—was cured.
I also find it to be a good medicine to give a
good app tite and to give proper digestion.
Yours truly, L. J. Strioeaa.sd.—Aiiu,
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
SIR KNIGHTS ON PARADE.
Palestine Cos remand cry's Ascension
Day Disolay Witnessed by Crowd a
’ he parade of the Knights Templar yes
terday was a splendid display. Forty-six
knights, In tbe handsome uniform of the
order, each mounted upon a black steed
and bearing a banner, preceded by
Cobb’s Military band of twenty pieces,
mounted upon white horses, was a stirring
picture. Behind the procession of mounted
knights were the officers in carriages.
In the first carriage were Past Grand
Commander S. P. Hamilton and Past Grand
Commander W. S. Rockwell.
In the second carriage. Deputy Grand
Commander R. J. Nunn and Prelate Rev.
A. M. Wynn.
In tho third carriage were Sir Knights
Joseph A. Roberts and E. L. Hackett.
The line of march was the same as
that mapped out in yesterday’s Morxino
News. The lino wa, formed on Liberty
street, In front of the Masonic Temple,
and marched off at 4:30 o’clock. The column
moved down Liberty street to Wheaton,
thence to East Broad and through Brough
ton and Atorcorn to Bay street, thence to
” bitaker and St. Julian and around John
son square. Passing by the Savannah,
rioriila and Western railway offices on
Liberty street, the whole force was out to
see the parade, and the same was the case
on West Broad street, when the parade
passed tbe Central railroad offices.
The sidewalks were lined with people, and
the knights made a fine show on Liberty
street. In passing Johnson square the pro
cession showed off splendidly, and great
crowds watched it from tbo hote s. As it
passed down Congress street the crowds
thronged the streets, and as the band
played the streets filled up with people.
West Broad street was almost blocked, and
Chief of Police Green, assisted by Sergt.
Killourhy aud Policeman Brantley, had all
they could do to clear the way for the
Knights. Passing down West Broad street
the procession turned into Liberty, and
thence into Jefferson, down Jefferson to
Broughton street, and down Broughton to
Atorcorn, and thence to Past Grand
Commander 8. P. Hamilton’s residence on
Lafayette square, where the knights dis
mounted. Sir Knight Hamilton invited the
knights in, and in the parlors and dining
rooms he entertained them.
Several speeches 'were made. Eminent
Commander Ballantyne, in a short speech,
thanked the sir knights for turning out and
making the parade a success. He told them
that they had made a very creditable dis
play, and invited them to drink the health
of tne host anil hostess. After thanking Sir
Knight aud Mrs. Hamilton for the enter
tainment, the sir knights drank the health
of the eminent commander.
Past Grand Commander Hamilton replied
in a short speech to the remarks of Mr. Bal
lantyne. He told them that he appreciated
tbe compliment. He loved the order. He
briefly reviewed the historv of Palestine
Commandery No. 7, and referred to the
late Eminent Commander Rockwell, father
of PASt Grand Commander Rockwell. Tbe
late Col. Rockwell was the first eminent
commander of the commandery. Sir Knight
Hamilton then spoke of the services of Past
Grand Commander Rockwell, who is now a
member of tbe commandery. Other knights
indulged In short speeches, and when it was
late in the afternoon tbe sir knights dis
banded.
CiTY BREVITIES.
The police made four arrests for disorderly
conduct yesterday.
The Savaunah Cadets will hold a special
meeting to-night to decide upon the adop
tion of a uniform.
The executive committee of Merchants’
week will hold an importa.t meeting at the
travelers’ exchange at 8 o’clock to-mgiit.
Cobb’s band has been engaged tor tho
season at Tybee. This, however, will not
interfere with Mr. Cobb’s military band in
the city.
A dispatch from Providence, R. 1., to
President Purse, dated yesterday, said, that
the two new locomotives for tne' Savannah
and Atlantic railway would leave Provi
dence yesterday.
Gus VVillman, pipeman of the chemical
engine at firemen's headquarters, was back
ing the engine horse into his stall yesterday
after the exercise and tbe animal shied, and
stepping on the fireman’s foot crushed his
big toe.
In yesterday’s paper, in mentioning the
finding of the body of Emanuel Utley, who
was drowned on Sunday night from the
steamer Crescent City, ands > published in
the Morning News’ account of the acci
dent, it was stated that he was drowned off
the steamer St. Nicholas. This, of course
was a mistake.
It is time for the commercial salesmen to
come south with their fall and winter sam
ples, and they are coming. The hotels are
filled principally now by them, and they
will to here until it gets time to go out
with spring and summer samples. That
time will be along toward autumn and
winter. A hotel proprietor said vesterdav
that the ilrumrners are coming faster and
thicker than he has ever seen them. They
are afraid of the late seasons.
AT THE OOURTa
Gossip Picked Up Here and There ln
the Court Rooms.
Richard Bell, a negro employed by Paul
Rehnborg at No. 118 Broughton street, was
arrested by Officer Humphries Wednesday
on a warrant sworn out in Justice Russeli’s
court by T. P. Bond, charging him with
assault and battery upou the 10-year old
son of Sir. Bond on Wednesday afternoon.
Bell, who is a sort of negro dude, will be
given a chance to explain his unwarranted
conduct before Judge Harden this morning.
Mr. Bond’s son stopped near Mr. Rehnberg’s
store Wednesday afternoon and began to play
with a number of alligators which wen
kept in a box in front of the store. The
negro came out of the store and, after a few
hot words with the boy, knocked him down
and kicxed him, aud it is alleged that he
struck him several times with his fist.
Young Bond informed his father of the oc
currence, and a warrant was sworn out for
the negro, and, in default of SSOO bond, ho
was sent to jail.
THE DUCK SEASON CLOSED.
It Was Not a Very Profitable One for
the Hunters.
The duck season has closed. It has not
been a very good one, the hunters say.
Although some money has been made on
the game it was due to the fact that fow
hunters were on the waters this year.
No canvas-back ducks were 83en in the
market at all and very few English ducks
were on sale. What ducks there wereiu
market brought readily from 75c to $1 50 a
pair.
The duck season begins about September
and cio.-es toward the middle of May. Tbe
sportsmen predict a better season next
year. The fields will be inviting to them.
When on the High Seas,
On tbe rail, on the steamboat, aboard a fishing
smack, or yachting on the coast, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters will be found a reliable means
of averting and relieving ailments to which
travelers, mariners and emigrants are pecu
liarly subject. Sea captains, ship doctors, voy
agers or sojourners in the tropics, and all about
to encounter unacclimated, au unaccustomed
or dangerous climate, should not neglect to
avail themselves of t ils safeguard of well ascer
tained nnd long-trie i merit. Constipation,
biliousness, malarial fever, indigestion, rheuma
tism and affections of the bladder and Kidneys
are among tiie ailments which it eradicates,
and it may bo resorted to not only with con
fidence in its remedial efficacy, but also in its
perfect freedom from every objectionable In
gredient, since it is derived from the purest
and tndit salutary sources. It counteracts the
effects of uuwholesome food and water.—Adit.
BAIL, AND CBOSSTIB.
There are nearly 2,000 men at work on
the Middle Georgia and Atlantic, and the
! Pay rolPthis mouths amounts to neariy f 72,-
Art Idea of asR ciatlon have been formed
I In B }*ton for the construction of a railroad
to be called the Albany, Boston and Florida
Railway Company. The capital stock, and
a large share of it has already been sub
scribed, is fixed at #50,000. The following
are the directors: M. R. Malletta, J. M.
Rushin, D. R. Blood, A. Q. Moody, J. R.
Battle, J. W. Taylor, A. B. Cone, W. M.
Brooks, and T. T. Stephens.
The Wall Street Sews says: “Both Rich
mond and West Point Terminal common
and preferred stocks show considerable
more activity and strength, owing to the
current report that the directors seriously
contemplated the withdrawal of the pre
ferred stock from the market. The activity
in this particular spocial’.y was such as to
indicate that the board has under considera
tion important negotiations which, if success
fully carried through, will result iu the
absorption of whatever outstanding pre
ferred shares there may be.”
The annual meeting of the Georgia rail
road’s stockholders was held in Augusta day
before yesterday. E. A. Copeland resigned
from the board of directors and Dr. R. D.
Spalding was elected in his place. The
election of officers resulted as follows:
President, C. H. Phinizy; directors, Stevens
Thomas, George Hillyer, William M. Reese,
Joel A. Billups, H. D. McDaniel, H. H.
Hickman, N. L. Hutchins, J. H. Alexander,
D. N. Speer, A. W. Calhoun, T. VV.
Coskory, Leonard Phinizy, William E.
McCoy, Boykin Wright, James White, R.
D. Spalding.
The st cxholders of the Columbus Rail
road Coiii pany hold their annual meeting
day before yesterday, and elected officers
and directors for the ensuing year. The old
board of directors wore re-elected, to-wit:
John F. Flournoy, L. F. Garrard, T. M.
Foley, F. D. Peabody, J. H. Henderson,
Cliff B. Grimes and George W. Dillingham.
The board organized by re-electing the old
officers: John F. Flournoy, president; Cliff
B. Grimes, secretary and treasurer; L. F.
Garrard, ntrorney, aud J. H. Henderson,
superintendent. The Columbus Railroad
Company is iu a flourishing condition aud
doing a good business.
A Macon special says that Hon. N. E.
Harris, attorney for the Covington and
Macon railroad, has just returned from
Baltimore, where he has been in conference
with Alexander Brown & Sons, the backers
of Col. E. C. Maehen in the building of the
Covington and Macon line. If reports are
true Col. John E. Jones of Macon expects
to resign the presidency of the Covington
and M'icoa road, and will be succeeded by
Hon. N. E. Harris at the annual meeting of
the stockholders, whioh should have been
held Wed iesday, but which has been post
poned until about June 1, Another report
is that a sale of the Covington and Macon
road may be effected at an early day to the
Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad,
or some other system or combination. It is
more es eutial to the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern railroad than it is, possibly, to
any other road. These rumors as yet, how
ever, are only speculative, but there seems
to be a little ground for truth.
A HOMAN CYCLONE.
The Perils of Conveying a Party of
Convict Lunatics.
From the New York Herald,
It isn’t tha pleasantest thing in the world
to travel with a convict. It is still less
agreeable to have 03 your compagnon du
voyage a lunatic who is liable to break out
and be violent at auy moment. But I think
the worst of all is to have a collection of
convict “loonies” under your charge even
for a short journey, for, mad as they are,
most of them know that they are prisoners
and enemies of society, and they couple
with this knowledge all the recklessness
which insanity brings. They are apt to be
both dangerous and ugly.
We were transferring six pri -oners of this
variety from Utica to Auburn. There were
eleven in the party, four keepers besides the
doctor, a slender young fellow and some
thing of a dude in appearance, with his fine
clotoes and gold-rimmed eye-glasses, which
he pronounced “glawses," but a good man
for all that, brave as a lion aud with
muscles like steel springs on his athletic
arms.
It was hard to say who was the m ost
nervous o( the party—the mailmen, excited
by their change of base, the keepers, know
ing well the perils of the enterprise, or the
young doctor, keen and alert, on whose
shoulders rested the responsibility for safety
delivering his charge within the walls of the
insane pavilion at Auburn.
On the station platform at Utica one of
the men, the most dangerous character of
all, broke loose and started to run away.
Instantly all four of the keepers jumped
upon him, aud, after a most tremendous
struggle, tnrew him down and overpowered
him, while the doctor, after sweeping the
others with a lightning-like glancs and bid
ding them in a low tone of authority to
stand perfectly still, whipped out a pocket
case with a tiny syringe in it and squirted a
pacifying measure into the arm of the furi
ous and foaming madman. Iu a moment or
two he had become tranquil.
“Now, get up,” said the doctor, “and do
not make us aiiy more trouble.”
The keepers relaxed their hold and the
“loony” sullenly obeyed. It was wonder
ful what effect the cool manner and the
strong will of the little doctor had upon
these misshapen minds. It was like oil on
troubled waters.
There was no further trouble until we
reached Syracuse, The dangerous patient
had been very quiet since his first outbreak,
suspiciously so, the doctor thought, who
asked him several times how he felt, if he
felt all right, and so forth. In the car he
was between his keeper and the window,
and really had uo onance for mischief. But
as they were getting off the cars at Syra
cuse his opportunity came and he took it
like a flash. With a quick blow he knocked
the keeper off the car platform and do wn
on the station, then he was off upon the
other side and running like a deer along the
railroad track. The Chicago limited was
coming down the track at a fast pace, and
I expected that the locomotive would for
ever settle that troublesome patient, for it
caught him in a norrow place where he
could turn neither to the right nor left, hut
with all a madman’s cunning he lay down
close to the rails just in the nick of time and
was passed by unharmed.
But what was that upon his hee'.s—a
streak of lightning? No, it was the young
doctor, and running like the hound that
overtakes the deer. Ho escaped the limited
by throwing himself flat against the fence,
and then before the other had time to
scramble up and be off again he was on
him with furious energy. He caugflit the
fellow by the scruff of the neck, gave him a
twist, and sent him spinning like a peg top
crash against the fence. Then he had him
down and was jumping on the prostrate
body till the fellow howled for meroy.
Cruel? Brutal? Well, perhaps it was, but
I, who had seen the whole business, and
knew how quickly the madman would stick
a knife in him if he got the chance, I could
not blame him for harsh measures.
A moment later the fellow was again in
the hands of a keeper. The morphine was
applied once more and the doctor was se
renely asking how he felt.
It was not until the men were safely
lodged in their new asylum a couple of
hours afterward that the doctor broke
down, and then, trembling and with flutter
ing voice, he went to the hotel and asked
for a long, long horn of brandy. “That is
the most terrible task of any that I nave to
do,” he said. “In transferring ‘loonies’ 1
am always p ssessed by the expectation
that one of them will break loose and kill
somebody. It is not for myself that I fear
but for some harmless and unsuspecting
passenger. I would rather carry a load of
dynamite on the cars than half a dozen of
those fellows.”
Remember to-morrow, Saturday’s special
prices at Heidt’s, corner Congress and
Whitaker streets.— Adv.
FASHIONS IN WAGONS.
Something About New York’s Latest
Fad.
Blake’y Hall in Brooklyn Eagle.
Some of the wagons which New Yorkers
are at present driving in Central park
would cause a tremor of fright to pass
through the frame of a fat and overfed
cow. No oolor is too wild, no form too
grotesque for adoption, and ia some in
stances the make up of the drivers is as
extravagant as the general designs of their
vehicles. Yesterday I saw a woman driv
ing down Fifth avenue in a bright yellow
mail phaeton, with the dashboard literally
covered with brilliant silver and brass, and
a pair of huge flaring lamps on the
sides. The long pole was tipped with a
shining brass ball, easily half a foot in
diameter, and a pair of beautiful little
thoroughbred Kentucky horses, with
clipped tails, were harnessed to the cart.
They were embellished with extraordinary
gewgaws aud fixings. The collars were
covered with white canvas and the harness
was of light leather, with huge brass rosettes
at all the buckles. Heavy chains ran from
the collars to the end of the pole. The
phaeton was of great size and the yellow
wheels wore rendered more conspicuous by
spokes of flaming red. The hubs of toe
wheels were of brass, highly polished, and
on the box sat a groom with a cockade in
his hat. Driving the horses was a woman
who wore the exact counterpart
of a man’s driving coat. It
was double-breasted and of light brown
cloth. She wore gaiters of exactly
the same tint, and the coat reached down
to the gaiters. There was no suggestion of
a woman’s shape in the cut of the ooat. Her
hair was coiled close to her head, aud she
wore a small mannish hat well forward
over her eyes. The gloves were masculine iu
cut. She drove with supreme indifference,
and guided her horses through the tangle of
vehicles with as much composure as though
driving alone on a wide, level road. An
other vehicle which people stared at was
driven by a young man, who leaned very
far forward, and held the reins up under
his chin. His high stepping horses were
driven tandem to a dog cart, which was al
most as high as the top of a stage. The
wheels were simply enormous in bight, and
the box of the cart was perched far above
them on a series of "S” springs. The
man was in funereal black, and so was the
cart, aud the footman oa.tbe rear seat wore
bands of crape on the top' of his boots. The
horses were as black as night, and the har
ness, instead of being of the shiny black we
are accustomed to seeing, was dead and
lusterless in color. The whole thing looked
like a travesty on a hearse driven by a mad
man. The straining after effect shown by
most of these turnouts is so absurd that in
time it becomes repulsive. When a thor
oughly equipped turnout, driven by a man
in conventional attire, comes along, the
spectators feel a sentiment of relief, not uu
mixed with gratitude.
A Gentleman Leaving for Europe Will
Bell Furniture.
A residence richly and tastily furnished
cannot be sold out at public outcry without
making sacrifices. This, however, some
times becomes necessary, and whether one
gets within 10 or 50 per cent, of cost is not
so much of an object as to get in condition
to “pull up stakes” and leave. The public
reap the benefit and gather in the bargains.
If in quest of nice furniture, bric-a-brac,
cut glass ware or any of the thousand of
articles in daily use in a house, wait until
May 21 and attend that sale. There is a
magnificent Steinway piano on the list.—
Adv,
A Strong Indorsement.
MoRPETn House, )
Ipwsich, England, April 6, 1890. j
Ilimrod Manufacturing Company , 191
Fulton street, New York:
Gentlemen— Will you kindly send me a
trial sample of Himrod’s Cure for Asthma?
I have been using stramonium cigarettes
for some time, but find them useful only in
very mild attacks. Mr. A. W. Mackenzie,
brother to Sir Morel! Mackenzie, advised
me to try Himrod’s Cure. He says that his
brother uses it himself. Yours faithfully,
— Adv. C. Whitfield King.
Passengers for Columbus, Ga., can now
take the 7:09 a. m. train from Savannah,
Florida ad Western depot and bo in
Columbus at 5:20 p. m. This is via the new
route, Waycross, Albany and the Columbus
Southern railway, passing through Dawson
and Richland. See time card in this paper
for schedule figures.— Adv.
Pianoa.
Steinway, Gabler, Hosenkranz and Ileyl
Piano’. Prices as low and terms as liberal
as any other music house in the country.
No instruments sent out on trial. Perfect
new instrument guaranteed to every pur
chaser. No soliciting at private residences,
but we gladly show our instruments in our
warerooin.
—Adv. Schreiner’s Music House.
Removal.
Davis Bros, have removed (pending the
erection of their new stores) to York street,
three doors west of Bull street, facing the
ruins of the Guards’ armory, aud just in
the rear of E. J. Kennedy’s tailoring estab
lishment, where they will be pleased to
receive their friends and patrons.—
Removal.
Davis Bros, have removed (pending the
erection of their now stores) to York street,
three doors west of Bull street, facing the
ruins of the Guards’ armory, and just in
the rear of E. J. Kennedy’s tailoring estab
lishment, where they will be pleased to
receive their friends and patrons.— Adv.
Cure Your Corns by Usin?
Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint for corns
bunions, and warts; it is great.— Adv.
Removal.
Davis Bros, have removed (pending the
erection of their new stores) to York street,
three doors west of Bull street, facing the
ruins of the Guards’ armory, and just in
the rear of E. J. Kennedy’s tailoring estab
lishment, where they will bo pleased to
receive their friends and patrons.— Adv.
PCRSIXURK.
Truthful Advertising Brings its Reward
HENCE SUCCESS BEYOND OCR EXPECTA
TION. OUR
FURNITURE
IS OF THE BEST QUALITY AND LOW IN
PRICE. LARGE SALES IN PLACE
OF LARGE PROFITS.
DO NOT INVEST ONE DOLLAR BE
FORE LOOKING AT OCR GOODS.
BALOWINUM-
Will Save the Cost in One
Year’s Use.
11# A. Oiler Cos.
TII l' MORNING NEWS earners reach
I I I M every part of the city early. Tweuty-
AAA AJ five cents a week pays for the Daily,
BAKING POWDER.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of punt ,
strength and whole-omenesg. More economic.l
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold
competition with the multitude of low te,
short weight alum or phosphate powd *rs. Sold
only in tans. Koval Bakins Powder Cos it*
Wall street. New York. **
LUDDEN & BATES S. M. B. ~
NONE If THE BES
LDDDEN l BATES S. 1!. Il|
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
(c
Jonesboro, April 17,1590.
Ludden & Hates S. M. ii;
***** VVe have also a
MASON & HAMLIN Organ pur
chased * * * * several years
ago, perhaps sixteen years, and it
has given, and still gives perfect
satisfaction. * * *
Yours Truly,
Nannie M. Seawell.
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PIANOS AND ORGANS.
NONE BBT THE BESf,
Ludden & Bates S. M. H.
DRY GOODS.
clHßWffil
137 Broughton Street.
WE WILL SHOW ON MONDAY AND DUR.
INC? THE WEEK FOLLOWING NEW
UUODS:
NEW FRENCH BATISTES, exquisite designs
and tints.
NEW FRENCH PRINTED CHALLIES.
NEW TURKISH BATISTES, 36 inches wide.
NEW FIGURED ORANDIES.
NEW STRIPED ORGANDIES.
NEW PRINTED LACE SATINES.
NEW COLORED PLAID LAWNS.
NEW STRIPED AND PLAID SHEER LAWNS.
NEW FRENCH NAINSOOKS AND INDIA
LINENS,
NEW WHITE GOODS of every description.
NEW GAUZE UNDERWEAR.
NEW HOSIERY.
NEW PARA6OLS AND SUN UMBRELLAS.
SPECIAL.
FIFTY PIECES OUTING LAWN TENNIS
AND POLO FLANNELS, entirely new design!
and colorings, at prices ranging from 12)$c. to
50c. per yard.
CROHAN&IIODBER
COAL AND WOOD.
WOOD & COAL
OF ALL KINDS.
DENIS J. MURPHY,
TELEPHONE 4ft.
office 7. Drayton street. Citizens* Bank Building
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
The Boss Corn Varnish
C VURES Corns, Warts and Bunions. No knife.
/ No cutting. No pain. Sure cure or no pay.
Sold by all druggists.
J. C. MIMS& CO., Proprietors,
SAVANNAH, GA
REMOVAL!
DAYIS BROS, beg leave
to inform their friends and
patrons that they have remov
ed temporarily (pending the
erection of their new stores)
to one of the new stores re-,
cently erected by the Hender
son estate on York street,sec
ond door west of Bull, front
ing the Guards’ Armory site,
and just in the rear of Mr. E.
J. Kennedy's tailoring estab
lishment, where they are pre
pared to transact their usual
business without interruption.
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