Georgia Historic Newspapers

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GEORGIA'S LEGISLATURE.
GLENN’S BILL TO REGULATE THE
GRANTING OF CHARTERS.
A Measure of the Kind Recommended
by Goe. Nortben In Hie Annual
Message—Bills on Third Heading—
The School Fund In the Senate—The
Physicians' and Druggists’ Bill—
WorS of the Railroad Committees
'Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2.—The special or
der In the House to-day was a Senate bill
by Mr. Glenn of the Forty-fourth district.
It proposed to amend act 3, section 7,
page 18 of the state constitution so that ail
corporate power and privileges to banking,
insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, ex
press and telegraph companies snail be is
sued and granted by the secretary of state,
in such manner as shall he prescribed by
law. Much of the time of the legislature is -
taken up now with the granting of such
charters, and there 19 no absolute uniformity
in the practice of granting and restrict
ing them. The present method is cumber
•ouie and discriminative. The g -vernor,
in his inaugural address, recoinnitsndei
•uch a reform as 111 the interest of economy
and justice. . ,
The bill received two or three vernal
amendments, and finally one providing t at
in the event the secretary of state should
be incompetent or disqualified, then the
legislature shall provide now and by whom
bis powers shall be exercised.
In tbit perfected shape the measure was
opposed by Mr. Whitfield of Baldwin, and
then bv Mr. Sears of Webster.
Mr. Hartndge of Chatham made a tolling
•peeci- in opposition to the bill.
()ther speeches were made. That by air.
Fleming of Richmond iu favor of the meas
ure was particularly forcible and effective.
Speaker Howell concluded the debate in
a strong argument for the bill.
The bill contemplating a:i amendment to
the constitution required 117 votes. It re
ceived 1315, only 11 tiemg cast against it.
The following resolution by Air. Faust of
Oglethorpe was passed;
Whereas. There are very important measures
that Btioulil be acted upon by this general
assembly, particularly the pension, educational
and railroad questions; the re fore
Resoli ed, by tjio House, that the committees
of the general assembly having those matters
in charge ate hereby instructed to consider
such measures as are before them at once, and
to report to the House Wednesday, Hept. f>. In
order that such bills may b ■ disposed of before
adjournment.
The special joint committee to investi
■ gatetbe ‘‘land scrip fund,'’ submitted in
the House to-day, a minority report
[ signed by Chairman Hand of tbeHousoand
, Chairman Hill of the Senate. It is geuer
' alty unfavorable to the state unlvet sity.
>’ There are five members of the committee,
* the majority report being signed by three
Pimeaibers.
k The pilotage bill by Mr. Duu
;,wody, oi Glyuu, was made the special
order for to morrow- morning.
5 Mr. Linder wood, of Franklin, introduced
( a bill to establish the venue in oases of
damage to land caused by dams or other
( obstructions in water ways. The follow
ing were among the
BILLS ON THIRD READING:
f By Mr. Goodwin of Fulton— To provide
l for the admission in evidence of certified
‘exemplifications of the records and minutes
)of municipal corporations and to provide
I that the recitals in municipal tax deeds
I shall be deemed prima facie evidence of
>the truth of such recitals. It was passed,
j; By Mr. Goodwin of Fulton—To appropri
[ ate SSOO for repairing and painting the roof
lof the capitol. The bill was passe t.
‘ By Mr. Sapp of C nattaho jehee—To amen A
■•action 4372 of Ihe Code so that persons
usiug obscene and vulgar language in the
presence of a female may be bouud over to
the superior court for trial. It was passed.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
•' At the afternoon session of the House the
( following bills were passed on third rond
f ing:
! The committee substitute for the bill by
Mr. Johnson of Appling, to require railroad
companies to furnish equal accommodations
and separate cars for the different roads,
•was taken up.
Mr. Lewis of Haneook offered an amend
ment substituting for the words, “shall be
I .guilty of a misdemeanor,” the words, “shall
be ejected from said train.”
Mr. Goodwin of Fulton offered a sub <ti
tute to trie bill as it came from the com
(■mittee.
Mr. Twitty of Jackson argued against
the new substitute for the reason that
dummy Hues should be allowed to separate
single cars by a partition.
Mr. Goodwin argued in favor of his sub
stitute, and several members made speeches
pro and con.
Mr. Goodwin’s substitute was passed and
sent to the Senate.
Tho bill by Mr. Graves of Newton to re
quire the payment of a license by owners
and keepers of dogs wa3 tabled at tho re
quest of the author.
The bill providing a system for working
the public roads of the state And for regu
lating the same was made a special order
for to-morrow morning atjfl o'clock.
In the Senate.
Anew bill was introduced by Senator
Smith to provide that children
living in Georgia, but attending
school in adjoining states, shall be enti
tled to their proportionate share of the
state school fund, aud to provide for the
payment of same.
A resolution was passed extending thanks
to Messrs. Harris and Sinquefleld for cour
tesies extended at Tennille during the re
cent trip to tßavannah.
The following bills from the House were
read for the first time:
By Mr. Clifton of Chatham—To amend
the charter of the Middle Georgia and
Atlantic Railroad Company, so os to change
the location of the principal office from
Machen to Savannah,
By Mr. Ryals of Chatham—To oharter the
Savannah and Oconee Railroad Company.
By Mr. Crowder of Monroe—To require
non-resident corporations and their agents
to make returns and pay taxes.
THE PHYSICIANS AND DRUGGISTS BILL.
The bill by Mr Baldwin of Randolph, to
prevent physicians and prescription clerks
from getting drunk and providing for a
penalty for tne same, was taken up as the
special order for the day. Numerous
amendments were made, and considerable
speech-makiDg was indulged in, but a
substitute by {Senator Terrell, which pro
vided for the punishment unier section
4310 of the Code, was passed. The bill
also makes them liable for damages to
parents and customers.
A majority report on the land scrip fund
was made to the {Senate. They give the
history of the fund, and say that in their
judgment it is doubtful if the agricultural
and mechanical college has ever been estab
lished by legislation, and recommend that
this be done.
The resolution of the House providing for
the payment of mileage to members and
officers for the present session was concurred
in, as was also the resolution of Mr. Flem
ing of Richmond, to provide for a revision
and codification of the criminal laws of the
atate. *
Work of the Railroad Committee.
At a meeting of the Senate railroad com
mittee this afternoon Senator Lane's bill to
make the Terminal railroad lines responsi
ble for loss or over charges on freight was
reported by substitute.
Senator Nunnally’s bill to prevent com
binations was made the special order for
uext Tuesday.
To-morrow afternoon Mr. Atkinson will
appear before the committee to argue in
favor of his bill to put express and sleep
ing car companies under the control of the
railroad commissioners.
A Home Insurance. Company.
Jacksonville, Fla., (Bept. 2.— There is
considerable talk among business men of
organizing a home insuranoe company since
the insurance men have raised the rate 50
•er cent, in the last two months.
LITTLE APPOINTED.
Gov. Northen Selec's an Assistant At
torney General.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2.— Hon. William
A. Little was to-day formally appointed by
Gov. Northen to be assistant attorney
general, to serve for one year.
SKETCH OF MR. LITTLE'S LIFE.
Wm A. Little was boro iu Talbot county,
where he spent his Loyh > "I and youth.
He entered as a private m t ; e confederate
arir.v, and served through the car, coming
out with the rank of captain of cavalry. (in
many a field be displayed rare courage, and
was several times complimented for his
braverv. After the war he studied law,
was admitted to the bar. and began the
practice at Talbott >fi, in bis nativoY muty.
{soon afterward he was appointed assistant
secretary of the state .Senate.
in 1872 Gov. .Smith appointed him solicitor
1 general of the Chattahoochee circuit and he
! nioved to Columbus, where be has since re-
I sided.
He was a delegate to the constitutional
convention of 1877.
Iu 1882 he was eieoted a member of the
House of Representatives from Muscogee
county, and served in the session of 18S2-’B3
us cbariman of the finance committee.
Ho was re-electad iu I '“-5, aud was, upon
the assembling of that body, chosen
speaker.
After quitting the legislative halls Mr.
Little turned fcis attention to the la v, and
has been engaged in its practice ever siuee.
WATSON AND I IVINGSTON.
An Effort Made to Get a Joint Rail
road Debate.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2. About 100
names, all alliance members of the legis
lature, had been signed to-day to a petition
for a joint debate between Congressman
Watson and Col. Livingston on the railroad
question. That was considered enough.
This afternoon duplicate letters of notifica
tion were sent to Messrs. l.ivingßton and
Watson, hoping they would comply with
the request for a joint debate.
These letters were signed by Messrs.
Whatley, Matthews and Sibley of the
House, and Messrs. Walker and Lane of the
Senate.
Col. Livingston stated here to-day that
he would do nothing of the sort. Repre
sentative Watson is yet to be hear and from.
Col. Livingston, it must be understood, is
also yet to be heard from formally.
MISS HARDEMAN DEAD.
Sudden Death of a Grand-niece of
Gen. Robert Toombs.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 2.—A death that will
be mourned by hundreds of people in the
state was announced here this morning. It
is that of Miss Mary Toombs Hardeman of
Washington, Wilkes county. She was the
graud-nieoe of the late Gen. Robert Toombs.
Her father, Judge Sam Wilkes Hardeman,
has been absent from his seat in the legisla
ture for several days at her bedside at
Lookout Mountain. Only last night he
wired a relativo hero that liis daughter was
better, the chauge for the worse being u
sudden one.
Miss Hardeman was in her l!)th year, and
was one of the most beautiful and lovely
women in the state. She was very popular
and a genuine type of Georgia womanhood.
THE RATE COMMITTEE.
Prominent Savannahlans to Appear
Before It To-morrow Evening.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2.—Maj. Ryals
made arrangements to-day for Mayor Mc-
Doniugh, President Purse of the board of
trade, and President Warren of the cotton
exchange to appear Friday evening and
make statements or speeches touching on
the Berner bill, now under consideration
before the railroad investigating committee,
and upon the question of railroad rates gen
erally.
Douglas Dots.
Douglas, Ga., Sept. 2. —Therehave been
very heavy ruiifs here every day.
The new hotel of David Lotts is nearly
completed.
Brick ure now being manufactured for
the new jail. It will cost about $1,700 when
finished.
There are eleven fine buildings in course
of erection iu Douglas. This is the largest
town in Coffee county.
Mrs. William Fletcher of Minnie. Ga.,
died last week.
The Morning News is the only paper
that reaches Douglas the same day it is
printed.
End of an Important Case.
Brunswick, Ga., Sapt. 2.—After taking
evidence for five days the case of H. R.
Symons vs. the East Tennessee railroad was
concluded to-day. This case was compli
cated, and was referred to Solicitor Brant
ley as auditor. Symons handled about
SIOO,OOO worth of cotton for tho road, and
he claims the road owes him about SB,OOO
for freight which he paid. Judgment ’will
be given before Oct. 1.
They Received Stolen Goods.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 2.—Detective
Patterson of Macon, assisted by Officer
Goodbread of Brunswick, to-day arrested
Richard and Thomas Hook (colored),
wanted in Macon for receiving stolen g uds.
The Hooks were arrested a year ago, gave
bond, skipped and since have been keeping
store in Brunswiok.
RUNB OF THE RACEhS.
Sheepsboad’s Events Witnessed by
4,000 Spectators.
Sheepsheao Bay, N. J., Sept. 2.— About
4,000 persons attended the races to-day. Tho
traok was fast. The events were:
First Race.—Sweepstakes, SI,OOO added,
penalties and allowances, seven furlongs.
Arabo won. with Tauuey second and Chaos
third. Time, 1:27 2-5,
Second Race.—Partridge stakes for 2-year
old, six furlongs, on the turf. Rex won by two
lengths from Madrid, who was naif length be
fore Azra. Time, !: 16 15.
Third Race—Handicap sweepstakes, SI,OOO
added, one mile and a furlong. Cassius won,
with Kingmaker second and Lizzie third. Time
1:56.
Fourth Race—Purse SI,OOO, for 2-year-olds,
selling, futurity course. Ludwig won, with
St. Pancreas second and Absconder third. Time
1:111-5.
Fifth Race—Purse SI,OOO, selling, nine fur
longs. Willie L. won, w ith So Ho second and
Ocypete third Time 1:28 3-5.
Sixth Race—Purse $1,250. Turf Handicap,
mile and quarter. Carroll won, w ith Snowoall
second aud Virgie third. Time 2:15.
V AT LATONIA.
Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 2,—About 4,000
people witnosse 1 the Latonia races to-day.
Pleasant weather and a good track made the
conditions favorable for a good time. In
tho programme to-day the fourth race was
ruled off because the withdrawal of Whit
ney and Forerunner left but two starters.
The prime favorites won every race except
the fourth. Tho following is a summary:
First Race—Selling, one mile. Cip Pean r
won. with Abilene second aud John Adams third.
Time 1:44 44-
Second Race—Selling, five furlongs. Falero
won. wltn Puryear second and Wautauga third
Time 1:03(4.
Third Race—Selling, for 3 vear-ol is and up
ward. one mile and fifty yards Hu-hn • won.
with First Lap second and Quotation third. Time
1:48(4.
Fourth Race—One milo and 100 yards. Daisy
F. won. wi-n Palisade second and bonnet
third. Time 1:4344
Fifth Race—Purse, 2-year olds that have not
won this year one mile It required seven trials
to get t its fi -id off, and when the tap was given
to go Sunflower, with Jockey Lewis, remained
la/. !y standing at the post. Tnere was no ad
vantage worth mentioning to anyone in th •
start. Fanny S. won, with Mary H. second and
London Smoke third Time lif
Gingham Weavers Strike.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 2. —The
weavers at the Barnaby gingham mill quit
work to-day, alleging poor wages as rhe
cause. There is also some difficulty with
the overseers. About SAI looim are idle.
The weavers are not members of the union.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1891.
i VOTED TO REDUCE WAGES
MEETING OF FALL RIYER’3 COT
TON’ MANDFC ATURERS.
The Reduction to Go Into Effect Oct.
5-The Amount Not Definitely Set
tled Upon, but It is Thought to be
About lO Per Cent.—They Claim That
There is No Profit, but Loss Id the
Business.
Fall Rivsr, Mass., Sept. 2.—The Cot
j ton Manufacturers’ Association held a meet
ing this afternoon and voted to reduce
wages. The matter of revising the schedule
of prices now paid was referred to the
executive committee of the association,
which will report as soon as possible. The
reduction is expected to go into effect Oct.
5, although the amount is not generally
understood, even by the manufacturers, but
it is believed that it will average 10 per
cant.
AN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION.
The manufacturers have issued the fol
lowing explanation from the report of the
executive committee, which was adopted
by a vote of two lty-uine out of thirty-throe
present. The last general changes in the
prices paid for labor made by the associa
tion was an advance that went into
effect Feb. 13, 1888. Since that
time a revision of the schedule
for mule spinning has been made amount
ing to an advance of about 5 per oeut.
C >m petition in skilled help work, for which
a schedule has been fixed, has reduced the
wages paid such operatives quite ma
terially.
NOT ONLY NO PROFIT, BUT A LOSS.
Meantime, the value of our product has
steadily declined until we have reached the
point where there is not only no profit, but
a most decided loss, iu continuing to manu
facture goods on the present basis of coet.
For the purpose of comparison wo will take
theraarket valueof a cut of forty-five yards
of print cloth, assuming tbot the amount of
cotton required in its manufacture is eight
pounds.
A COMPARISON OF FIOURES.
In February, 1888, when this body de
clared that the condition of business war
ranted the paying of prices for labor then
adopted, middling cotton was 10% ceuts
per pound, and priut eiotb 4 cents per yard.
To-day middling cotton is 8 7-10 cents per
pound and print cloth 213-10 cents per
yard. In February, 1888, the margin be
tween the market value of forty-five yards
of cloth and its cost of 50 cents was left for
supplies, incidental expanses and profits,
10-day that margin is only 14 ceuts.
A REDUCTION RECOMMENDED.
In view of those facts, your executive
committee believes that the time has come
whon some action snould bo taken toward
reducing the cost of production, and in
order to bring the matter definitely before
you for consideration, unanimously recom
mend that a reduction in wages of the op
perativos be made, to take effect October,
1831. The motion for curtailment was lost
by a vote of 19 to 8.
THE STRIKE ON AGAIN.
The Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Troub e Renewed.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 2.— The Lake
Erie and Western railroad strike has boen
renewed. On the Lafayette division traffic
again is at a standstill, no trains having
been moved to-day. A few trains have been
tied up on the I’eru division, but a majority
of the freight trains are running. The
Sandusky division is as yet unaffected. Tue
men stopped work to-day because the new
schedule was not satisfactory to them.
General Manager Bradmiry expressed
himself as being much surprised whon the
meu on the I’eru division went out again
this morning. He says the men have sub
mitted some new demands to him that were
not mentioned in the basis of settlement
just fixed upon. He is also inclined to the
opinion that the strike is largely one of
sympathy for the Lafayette division strik
ers.
Death from Heart Trouble.
Albany, Ga., Sept. 2. —William Cope
land, an unmarried man, who has resided
in Albany for several years, and who has
been working in Andrews & Woodins’
variety shops for some time, was found
dead in his bed at Mrs. Smith’s boarding
house, on North street, this morning. He
retired last night apparently in good health.
Heart trouble is supposed to be the cause of
his death.
McNamara in Chattanooga's Jail.
Chattanooga, Tenn. , Sept. 2.—Chris
McNamara, who killed Reese Fowler here
early on Monday morning and was ar
rested at Roanoke yesterday, reached this
city this morning, and is incarcerated in
jail. He claims that the shooting was acci
dental. Both men were gamblers, aud the
murder followed when McNamara lost Ins
temper after losing his money iu Fowler’s
place.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PIG.
A Triumph of Art Over Nature-The
Result of Judicious Blending—Mod
ern History of a Much Slandered An
imal.
From the Saturday Review,
The development of the pig is a triumph
of art over nature. Nature’s pig, the wild
hoar, is not a very gainly animal; nature’s
pig, agaiu, domesticated aud fattened, in
the form of the common farm pig, is little
better than a necessary evil; but nature’s
pigs from different quarters of the world,
mixed together, remixed aud judiciously
blended by the scientific breeder, eventu
ally produce a creature which is a joy, if
not exactly a thing of beauty forever—or,
at least, uutil it is made into bacon. It is
absolutely painful to a man who knows
what a pig ought to be, maybe, and
often is, to hoar people who should know
better say that they “hate pigs.” Such
people have no eyes for form, or tuey
would not speak thus of animals showing
the graceful curves of the best breeds of
Rerkshires, Chinese and Yorkshires.
Undoubtedly the British pig of the end of
last oentury must have been an ugly ill
favored-looking brute—indeel, many of his
modern representatives are little better—
but by degrees there came importations of
Chinese, Siamese, Maltese aai Neapolitan
pigs, which, if not altogether satisfactory in
themselves, brought “corrective iiifiuences”
to bear upon our native monstrosity. The
native monstrosity, again, acted as a cor
rective upon the alien, and so we went on
breeding, crossing, selecting, effecting the
survival of tbo fittest and the coring of the
less fit, until we obtained those glorious pigs
which ore only so far short of perfection as
to make us teal ous iu the hope of som e day
attaining to it.
It is mortifying to the Englishman to
know that, while be was still content with
a great, leggy pig, the Sooth Sea Island!,
on their disc every, were found t o be well
stocked with a small, black, short-legged
pig. As to the Chinese, they have been far
ahead of us for centuries, and in most of
the provinces of China pork is, at present,
much mor- abundant than mutton. It is
some consolation to reflect that America
has been behind us, pod that the pig is not
indigeueous to North America, although
his first cousin, the peccary, is a native of
South America. The Americans, however,
have made up for lost time, ana we have
nothing in this country that can vie
with the great pig-meat factories of Chicago.
In respect to the treatmeut of pigs
in other parts of the world, it is said, when
we look at our own refined and w-il-cared
for favorites, to remember that in some
parts of India semi-wild pigs are allowed to |
work their own sweet will in the streets as
scavengers. In short, they take the place
of drains, and they go where they p.ease in
perfect safety, for n .body has the least de
sire to eat such evil livers. Yet it is of faith
among pi ft fanciers tnat their pet is na-
turally a clean animal; that he only rolls in
mud for hygienic purposes; that bu hates a
dirty sty, and that, if left to himself, he
would feed almost exclusively on chestnuts,
acorns and truffles.
A change of fashion has taken place of
late in the modern British pig, not through
the taste of the fancier, but through the
more practical if lass artistia demands of
the bacon curer. The fact is that curing
has been revolutionized. Formerly the lean
of bacon and bam used to be hard, un
palatable and fearfully npd wonderfully
salt, fld the fat, as fat, was good enough;
not even the system iepown, os “mild
curing," the lean is excellent. It may
easily tie understood, therefore, that during
the dark ages of bacon curing the chief ob- ■
ject of the pig fatteuer was to pro
duce the largest VosMblo amount
of fat to lean, whereas at present
it is to produce the greatest possi
ble proportion cf lean to fat. There have
been changes, again, in the ideal shape of
the pig. and those have been brought about
by the alterations iu the prices given per
pound in the market for certain portions of
the pig's carcass. For instance, the shoulder
and neck are now about the least valuable
carts of his body, consequently the im
mensely developed crests and shoulders,
which used to oxcite so much admiration,
are now odious iu the eyas of the practical
breeder. Without entering into the details
or "Sdes of bacon,” such as “prime
streaky,” “thin s reaky,” “middle of gam
mon,” “fore end,” etc., we may remark
that there are about seven distinct prices
for the seventeen different parts of the
“skies,” to say u, thing of the head and
trotters.
If we were asked which modern breed
was probably the most direct desce idant of
ths aboriginal pig of this country, we should
be inclined to say the Tamwcrth. This
breed has been steadily irtoreasiog in favor
during the last few years, The common
idea of a Tamworih’s color s dull rod, with
black spots; but it varies froth a deep, rich
red to a brick-duot tint, and in some cases
it is of a dark slate oolnr. The unculti
vated Tarn worth is hardy, ugly, leggy,
long-nosed, and slow in growth; the im
proved Tamworth is also hardy and long
in tho nose, but he puts iu lean quickly
and fat slowly, which makes him the pig
of the period for curing on the modern sys
tem. The black Berkshire is stiil
a very popular pig, nnd for many
years he was generally liked better
than any other, although he had to mako a
iiurd struggle to ovorc tine a strong preju
dice which existed in certain localities
against his color. This pig, as well as the
Essex, was improved many years ago by a
cross of Neapolitau blood. The prot,ability
that the Berkshire breed has been black lor
a very long peri xi has been questioned.
Black pigs with white points can be traced
back for seventy y ars in Berkshire; yet it
has been confide, t'.y nsserted that the pig
of the district used to be tawny, with black
spots. At auy rate, crosses of Berkshire with
white pigs frequently produce offspring
with a certain amount of red, which
shows that this breed, like the Tamworth,
originally sprang from the old red pig of
the country. Tho produce of a Berkshire
sow by a white boar is almost always white,
but, curiously enough, dark colors often
appear in later crosses. The chief faults to
toe guarded against iu buying Rerkshires are
iight flanks, short, drooping quarters, some
approach to leggiuoss, unduly coarse hair,
aud deeply furrowed sl.in. They should
not be marked with white except on tho
nose, forehead, tip of tho tail, and feet; but
if they have no white upon them at all it is
probably that they have a cross of Essex
blood in them.
The Essex is quite black, and is some
thing between the Berkshire aud small
Yorkshire in shape. If not very well known,
he is a very good pig, and shows considera
ble breeding. It has often been contended
that the large Yorkshire is the truest living
representative of the aboriginal pig of the
country. So far as his drooping quarters,
lurgo head, long nose, strength of bone, flat
sides aud tendency to narrowness are con
cerned, we willingly admit it; but we can
not truthfully say that thisenormous, white,
furinyurdy-lookmg pig is exactly our idea of
a wild boar. A few years ago pigs of this
breed used to be fattened until they
weighed, in some cases, as much as bullocks
—one which was a winner at the Royal
Agricultural Society’s shows at Carlisle
and Derby weighed nearly half u ton—but
they are killed much younger now, and,
being rather lean pigs until they reach a
certain ago, they are well suitod to the
present demands of bacon-curers. The
small Yorkshire is a breed formed by cross
ing the large Yorkshire with the Chinese.
He represents the highest pinnacle to which
art can attain iu the production of fat,
and for this very reason he does not meet
with the approval of the modern curer.
His breed, too, has been very much in
bred, with the usual results of delicacy
and unproductiveness. It may be observed
here that all breeds much crossed with the
Chinese are less iu favor than they were a
few years ago. Tho middle white York
shire is a variety of the small white, and it
may bo that that breed has a great future
before it Thus far it is somewhat unde
fined in its form and uncertain in its prod
uct. The Lincolnshire pig is. like the pike,
“a voracious feeder." and it is large, iop
eared, and ugly. The common white pig of
Scotland is a long-snouted, leggy animal
something of the large Y’orkshire type,and
a slow fnttener. Nevertheless ho makes an
admirable cross with the Berkshire.
‘‘Gallant Little Wales” also has its pig,
and from its red aud black hue—plum
puddiug color, as it is profanely called—it
may claim to be descended from the ab
original wild boar, which used to be hunted
by those wild Welsh kings, from whom
nearly every Welshman claims to be
descended. Both the Welshman and the
Welsh pig have become a little mixed in the
course oi their long doseont, and the pig is
an excellently vulgar-looking beast, whose
only value consists in his making a hardy
outcross with other breeds.
One great drawback to pig breeding—
aud observe that this is not the fault of tho
pig9—is tho violent fluctuation which is
constantly taking place iu their prices.
When your bailiff urges you to sell because
you have got “sadly too many,” you get
wretqped pricos, and the only consolation
to you is that “pigs it vssry low.” When
pigs are “up” and you want to sell you
either find t hat you have none to spare, or
else your bailiff declares that it would be "a
thousand pities” to part with them now
that “there’s such a lot o’ keep.” An
average pig fattens mo9t quickly
from the time he weighs nine stone
to the time he weighs • twelve
stone,'and, in the present condition of taste
in baepn, it pays be§c to kill him whon he
weighs about twelve stone. Sows should be
fut.eued after they have produced a second
or third litter, howejver great the tempta
tiou to have “just one mere.” “O, that we
were all as lit to die as that pig I" said the
pious farmer; but it is not so easy to say
exactly when a pig is fit to die as some
people suppose. Iu dismissing the subject,
let it be said, to his credit, that the pig is
the most economical moat producer on a
farm, and that he is about tho only living
creature about a gentleman's establishment
that Lays a; all.
Ths magnitude of the figures concerning the
operations of the railways of the United States
in lHtsi, presented in Pot's Manual, is indeed
wonderful. When it. is r-raembered that the
total revenue of the tfpUed States for the year
ending June SO, 1801, w-as 5332,;00.0n0 the vast
tie <s of the earnings of the railroads, £1.586,-
0001000 may tie b ttyr arp eciated. The net
enriliags of the roads, |S4i,iJMO (XM, almost equal
the gross receipts of the Uuiiel States And
tnen 11s to the trathe, k is hard for the mind to
grasp tho figures. About 1,500,000 passengers
a day. nud every day in the year, almost
2,000.000 tons of freight per dav. and an aver
age of revenue train mileage of over 5,000,000
per day.
Valley City, N. D., has, it is said, one of ihe
most extraordinary specimens of horse llesh In
existence. He is a sorrel, stands fully 13 hinds,
or 6 feet 4 inches from floor to withers; his legs
are 3 feet 0 inches before touc iin the body, and
a smail broncho can easily walk uu ler him. A
man 6 feet in bight can’t s<cover his hack, even
When standing on tiptoe. In length he is fully
1* feet, or 17 feet from lip of nose to tip of tall
When standing with his head as ordinarily
checked up a six foot man, by standing on tip
toe, can Jus: touch the base of his car.
WHIRLING INTO SPACE.
AN AERONAUT'S FATAL FALL OF
SEVENTY FEBT.
Striking? on Hia Head, He Is Instantly
Killed—The Unfortunate Man Tan
erled in the Ropes and Fulled Up
Through the Air by Hia Feet—Ten
Thousand People Witnessed the
Horrible Accident.
Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 2.—George R.
Woods of Union Sq uare, this county, met
with a frightful accident at the Oswego
county fair grounds this afternoon, which
resulted in his immediate death. One of
the attractions was a balloon ascensio i and
parachute jump by Prof. Frisbie.
Woods was oae of the volunteers
engaged in holding the big gas
bag on the ground while it was
being inflated with hot air. When every
thing was in readiness, and Prof. Frisbie
was getting his parachute ready, smoke was
seen isssuiug from the balloon. A cry was
raised that the balloon was burning, and
the volunteers all let go except Woods. In
au instant
HE WAS WHIRLING IN THE AIR,
and the {horrified spectators saw that he
was entangled in the ropes. When about
twenty-five feet from the ground he partly
disengaged himself and let go. The ropes,
however, were round his legs, and he was
soon shooting rapidly upward, his leet first.
Ho kicked furiously for a minute or two
and then his body shot downward, head
first. When he was picked up he was dead.
About 10,000 persons were on the grounds
and wit jessed the accident. Woods fell
about seventy feet.
COL. CORYELL’S WATERMELON.
It Had a Remarkable Interior that
Mad a Good Bas3 Bait.
From the New York Sun.
Hammondsport, Aug. 29.—A remarka
ble story comes from Pulteney, and it is
vouohed for by Pilot Harry Morse of the
Lake Keuka steamer Urbana. It was told
him by Alderman Baker of Pulteney, who
had it directly from the lips of Col." James
Coryell, also of Pulteney.
“I had been fishing over along Bluff
Point for two or three hours the other day
and couldn’t get a bite,” said the colonel,
"and sj I thought I’d go ashore, get in a
nice shady place, and cut a watermelon I
had brought with me, and get some satis
faction out of that. 1 raiod the water
melon in my own patch, and I knew it had
a right to be a good one. I had three hooks
on my leader, baited with young frogs, and
I left the bait on, placing the line on the
ground, so the frogs could go in the water
or stay out, just as they ploased. I ripped
the watermelon open,and hadn’t any sooner
dona so than X dropped it and jumped ten
feet and, I guess, yelled some.
“Some people might have had nerve
enough not to jump and yell. but it’s my
opinion that any op.e who had been cutting
a watermelon as I was, and saw three green
snakes, over a foot long, come squirming
out of the inside of the melon, would have
been likely to jump and holler just
as I did. The snakes came out of that
melon in a hurry as soon as it was cut, and
tumbled to the ground. They paused there
a minute, and then all three of ’em made a
break for those young frogs I was baited
with, and the first thing I knew I had three
green snakes hanging to my hooks, wiln tho
frog bait inside of ’em.
“They kicked and wiggled around and
tried to get away, but there they were. I
went and picked up the watermelon, and
found that it was nothing but a shell. The
snakes had cleaned out the inside until it
was as smooth aud dry as a tobacco box.
There wasn't a hole anywhere where they
could have got in that melon, but they came
out of it, certain, and f began to get a littlo
scared. But there those snakns hung to my
leader, and I didn’t know what the dickens
to do. I didn’t want to lose my leader, and
I didn’t calculate to take those snakes off
the hooks, so I made up my mind to drown
’em.
“I jumped in my board, rowed out in the
lake, aud chucked the snakes in the water,
letting out the line to get ’em as far a .vay
from me as possible, i hadn’t rowed more
than three rods when I felt a tremendous
strike, and before I knew it I was having a
nice little bout with a big fish of eome kind.
It was more than that. Those little groen
snakes had just happened to strike the fancy
of three whopping bass, and I landed ’em
after a hard fight. The smallest one
weighed four pounds.
"Well, I just rowed for home as fast as I
could, and went to my melon crop and
broke open, I guess, a wagon load of
melons, looking for some more of that boss
bass bait, but I couldn’t find another one,
aud I never was so disappointed in my life.
I asked Deacon Hess of i’ulteney if he could
explain how those snakes got in that melon.
He said he could, but ho hadn’t heard of
any of the snakes being in the country for
forty years.
“The female of this snake lays her eggs in
watermelon blossoms, aud they stay mere
until the melon takes up the blos-om, when
the eggs are enveloped by the melon aud
hatch. The young snakes live on the pulp
of the melon, and wait tne first opportunity
of gotting out. The three I released had
been delayed so long that they were pretty
near starved when they did get out, and
promptly went for those tempting young
frogs cl mine. Deacon Hess forgets the
name of those snakes, but I’d like to have
some seed of ’em. They’re the best ba6s bait
1 ever sawt”
of ires.
ENJOY*
Both the method ami results when I
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
fently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
.iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys*
tem effectually, dispels colds, head*
nehe3 and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tha
only remedy of its kind ever pro*
duced, pleasing to tho taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it tho mo3t
popular remedy known,
j Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50e
and $1 bottles by rill leading drug
gists. Any relian.e druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Bo not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FHANC'SCO. CAL.
10UISVUU, KY. YGAK, tt,)L
DEATHS.
WAYNE.—Died, in New Orleans, on tne 28th
of August, in his ?7th year, Clifford G. Wayne
of Savannah, Ga.
MEETINGS.
SAVANNAH LODGE NO 52? ST OF I*
A regular meeting of this lodge will
be held THIS (Thursday) EVENING ff \
at 8 o’clock, at Cattle hall, corner Ip Sj’jrf
York and Barnard streets. Members hKR&SSj
of sister lodges aud visiting brethren Veffesy
are cordially invited.
1 age ranks will be conferred.
R H. BACH LOTT, C. C.
M. E. Robinson. K. of R. and S.
THE EXCELSIOR LOAN AND SAVINGS
COMPANY.
The regular monthly meeting of thiseompany
will he neld THIS < Thursday) EVENING, at 7
o’clock sharp, at the Office of the Treasurer,
York street. By order of*
R. F. HARMON, President.
S. L. Lazaron, Secretary.
SPECIAL NoFICJSa.
On and after Feb. 1, 1880, the l mil of Mmv
err men f of all wlverHeing n the Hoium*Q
Naws well be agate, or at the rate of Si U) an
inch for the frit insertion. No Special Notice
inter ted for loss than $1 00.
NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.
Office Water Works, )
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 3. 1891. f
The water wili be shut off at nine (.9) o'clock
THIS (Thursday) MORNING In the district be
tween Jones aud Gaston and Whitaker and
W est Broad streets, for the purpose of moving
hydrants, and will be off a few hours.
JAMES MANNING,
Superintendent.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The captain of the British bark SOVEREIGN
will not be responsible for any debts contracted
by the crew.
R. COOK, Master.
A CARO.
The Savannah Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals acknowledges the receipt of
tho following contributions to date:
John Schwarz §IOO 00
G. O. Penton 50 00
H. L Schreiner 25 00
Lu lden & Bates S. M. H 50 00
Guckenheimer & Sons 25 00
These are independent of ordinary member
ship. Lists of contributors will be published
regultudy.
' R. A. HORNLEIN,
M. T. QUINAN,
Collectors.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
DR. M. SCHWAB & SON, the well known
Opticians, inform the public that they have re
turned from their Saratoga Institute, and can
be found at their Optical Institute. No. 23 Bui!
street. The doctors can correct any visual im
perfection that may exist or can ba corrected by
scientific lenses. No charge for examination.
WOULD YOU MIND
a little extra trouble for the sake of sound
pearly teeth and healthy gums?
YOU CAN HAVE JUST SUCH
if you will by using Edelweiss Dentrifice, for it
is the best and will not disappoint you. Made
only at
BUTLER’S PHARMACY.
Cor. Bull and Congress.
CALL ON “UNCLE ADAM’’
At No. 20 Jefferson Btreet, corner Congress
street lane, if you are short of ready money.
He will advance you cash on your diamonds,
watches, jewelry, clothing, musical instru
ments, toots, etc. Opou 6a.m.to 9p. m. ; Sat
urdays to li p. m. NEW YORK LOAN OFFICE.
20 Jefferson street, ADAM STRAUSS. Maa
ager.
FHEID di HICKS,
RESTAURANT.
RICE BIRDS ON TOAST,
OYSTERS, ETC.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
TELEPONE 546.
NOS. ,11 AND 13 MARKET.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
I have THIS DAY associated with me in
business my son. Charles F. Fulton, under the
firm name of J. E. Fulton A Son for tuc man
agement of Rea: Estate and the collection of
rents.
Office 93 Bay street. J. E. FULTON.
TO DISPEL MOSUUJTOEs
Burn a small quantity of the True Dalmatlon
Insect powder, not the adulterated article.
Cupid Almond Cream will remove sunburn
and all eruptions of tho skin, rendering it soft
and white.
Mennan’s Berated Taleum Powder, for heat
and chafed surfaces. It is a safe and harmless
powder.
SOLOMONS & CO.,
163 Congress Street and 92 Bull Street.
BOLTON STREET,
Double cottage, north side, between Abercorn
and Lincoln. For sale cheap. Address
WALTHOUR & RIVERS.
Savannah. Ga.
ÜBF. DR. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR
FOR INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA,
AND ALL
LIVER COMPLAINTS.
SILVER MBDALB AND DIPLOMA
Awarded it over all Liver Medicine*.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
Freight Prepaid to Any Address.
PRESCRIPTIONS.
ROWLINSKI,
Pharmacist,
Corner Broughton and Drayton streets.
Telephone 105.
HUNTERS and BOOKBINDERS.
&£Q. RB. KIGHGLS,
PRINTING,
% B!KGSESG,
BL&&K BOOKS.
*33 A Cay St. Savannoh.
paints and oils.
JOHN Gk BUTLER,
\XI HITK LKAD6, COLORS, OILS, GLASS,
v* VARNISH. ETC: itF.ADY VIYieH
RAILROAD. STEAMER AND MILL
I’.PPLII-.S: SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS AND
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agnt tat
LADD LIVE CALCINED PLASTER, CEMIHi
HAIR AND LAND PIASTER. “
MiOoucmi struct and si oaJJaa
Haraaoan. Gcattfa.
_ CLOTHING.
GUESS!
Cali around to our new quarters and register
your guess, at the Figures and Dots on the
articles displayed in our Furnishings Goods
Window.
IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO GUESS. YOU
ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PURCHASE ANY
THING IN ORDER TO GUESS.
We merely desire to break the general monot
ony of things before the fall season opens up
$lO
In merchandise presented to the parties guess
ing nearest to the number of Dots and Figures
on articles in window mentioned.
APPEL&SCHAUL,
One Price Clothiers and Haberdashers,
159 Broughton St.
AMUSEMENTS.
RASE BALL TO-DAY.
CHATHAM vs. MUTUAL,
AT BOLTON STREET PARK. ’
GAME CALLED AT 3:30 O’CLOCK.
ADMISSION 15 CENTS,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODs
before
YOUR FAMILY
Returns you have ample time
t get your houte in order.
: A NEW
STOVE, RANGE OR BEATER,
A lew Mantel .
IN THE PARLOR.
CROCKERY, CUTLERY, Etc.
Maybe you are putting the
finishing (ouches to your new
house? We can aid you with
GRATES, TILING, GAS FIXTURES. Etc.
Barnard and Broughton Lana.
Successor to J. A. DOUGLASS & CO.
jas. "dleuss.
BANKS.
THE GERMANIA'BARK,
SAVANNAH, GA.
CAPITAL, $200,000
In connection with its general banking busi
ness it has a
SAYINGS DEPARTMENT,
WHERE
4 Per Cent. Per Annm
Is paid on deposits compounded quarterly. De
positors of all classes are solicited. With au
obliging staff of officers and conservative man
agement patrons and those desiring to deposit
with it may tie assured that their internets'will
be carefully guarded.
OFFICERS.
HENRY BLUN. GEO. W. OWENS,
President. Vice President.
JOHN M. HOGAN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY BLUN
CEO. V,’ OWENS. Attorney at Law.
P. BRENNAN, of Kavnnaugh N Brennan.
R. M. UC1.1.. of Bearing A Hull.
WILLIAM KEHOE, of Wm, Kehoe & Cos.
AMSON MOHR, of Mohr Bros.
DR. J. B. READ. >
T. F. STUBBS, of Stubbs <S: Tison.
A. P. SOLOMON, of Henry Solomon A Sons.
G. M. RYaLS.
IRVIN B. TIEDEMAN, ot Geo. W. Tiedeman &
Bro.
President." _
JAS. H. HUNTER, Cashier.
SAVANNAH HANK h TRUST (ft.
Savings Bep’t- j
ALLOWS J.O Jq
Deposits of $1 aad Upe^rd
Interest on Dopoeiu Payable Quarterly.
DIRKCTORSc
Jossra D. Wcid, of J. D. Weed A Oow
Job* C. Rowland. Capitalist.
H. A. Ksituc, KxoAanos aud lomrawca
Jobs It. Hardko. <i. uu&talist.
B* Cl. Kawih, of CMsboim, Erwin &
Howard Karow. of Straps & Cos.
Isaac G. Haas. Geoeral Broker.
M. Y. MAclin,Ya* of MY. D. L Kaolatn*.
John Lyons, of John Lyot a & Go.
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BALTIMORE - HEATERS.
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RANGES, STOVES AND GRATES
ESTIMATES MADE ON
tin roofing
Repairing and painting of same and all sorts
of Tin and Sheet Iron work.
CORXWEU & CHIPMAN.
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