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AN HISTORICAL COUNTY.
FAMOUS MRS AND NOTED PLACES
OF LIBERTY.
A Visit to Sunbury, Dorchester end
Midway Church-Names Known to
Fame—Bsrly Saltiers and How They
Lived—Some Anecdotes That Have
More Than a Passing l Interest.
I have reoently visited the eastern por
tion of old Liberty oounty, known in
colonial ti nea as St. John's parish, and
passed several days amid the scenes and
haunts of my youth and early manhood.
Nature, indeed, wears the same Inefface
able profile and landmarks,albeit thousands
of broad acres once teeming with rich har
vests are now oovered with broomsedge and
brambles, but almost without exception
the hospitable and handsome abodes of the
OLD NOBLESSE
have disappeared or are now crumbling
into ruin. The besom of a civil struggle
unparalleled in history has swept over this
region, leaving it paralysed, despoiled of
its wealth and well nign deserted by the
whites The latter result was caused by
emat cipation and the Insalubrity of the
climate. The land owners formerly in a
prosperous condition were too poor to
travel or seek summer retreats during the
unhealthy season on the seashore or la the
piuey woods. To do so would leave their
crop* at the tneroy of the hundreds of
negroes, many of them too lazy to work,
and subsisting mainly by theft. Ueaoe
impelled by
STEBN NECESSITY,
a very large portion of the Fourteenth
district of Liberty county has been divided
up into small lots of twenty-five and fifty
acres each, and sold to the more thrifty
blacks.
The owners, for the most port, either re
tired to Walthourville, Flemiugton and the
upper part of the county, or s ught their
fortunes in other fields. Thus they are to
lie found in all portions of the state and
union, carrying with them wherever they
went that high civilization, intelligence and
morality which had beeu their character
istics for five generation*.
The above remarks as stated, apply solely
to that part of the county south of the Sa
vannah, Florida and Western railroad.
The upper portion uuder the Impetus of the
lumber and terpentine industries has in
creased rapidly in wealth, iutelligenoe and
population. A signal proof of this may be
found in tbe fact that from thiß region
comes our erudite state school commis
sioner,
HON. S. D. BRADWELL,
your own efficient Solicitor General Fraier
and Hon. J. N. Norman, who elected
Gordon, and rendered good service to his
constituents in the last general assembly.
Walthourville also furnishes the lieuten
ant colonel of our oavalry regiment, E. P.
Miller, who is also a sucoessful and enter
prising merchant; Judge Harden, and the
talented young pastor of the Presbyterian
eburoh there, Rev. William Way. who is a
son of Edgar Way, o.:e of tbe b-st teachers
in your city.
Liberty Is also represented in Savannah
by Supt. W. H. Baker and Samuel Spencer
in ber public schools. Dr. R. Harris in the
medloai faculty, mid Hon. -Eneas Way, a
brilliant member of the bar.
It will thus be eron that despite the
glamor cast over everything by the war
and tbe poverty of the people, this noble old
county is again grandly
STRUGGLING TO THE FRONT,
and of late years hes made wonderful
strides in the march of progress. The chief
object of the writer, howevor, on this
occaaiou Is to talk about his late visit into
the erstwhile famous distriot of Liberty
county now lrreyereutly, by some, styled
“New Africa,” which includes Midway
church, Sunbury and the adjacent sea
coast. After a buggy drive of about five
tnilea from Mclntosh station through a
country as level as Holland and Intorspersed
with swamps, but thickly settled up by
small negro freeholders, and at Sneisonville,
boasting a capacious church and school
house, tbe latter presided over by “school
marms” during the winter months, with
feelings akin to deepest reverence wo halted
in front of
VENERABLE MIDWAY CHURCH,
that sacred fano around which clusters so
many historic associations and treasured
traditions.
It is just 100 years since the present
structure was erected to replace the tabr
nacle destroyed by tbo British under CoL
Prevost, and under its oaves may still be
collected tbe wrought nails and molten bits
of glass which yet remain to attest that
vandal aofc.
Tbe building, which is 60 feet long by 40
feet In width, was originally painted a
bright red, whioh has been followed at
divers times witli repeated applications of
while lead. But the elements, assisted by
tbe hnmid climate after the lapse of a few
years invariably destroys tho latter, and
the old red crops out again just as a man’s
true oharaotcr is curtain to tie revealed de
spite subterfuges, falsehoods and white
washing—vide some of our radical politi
cians.
In this article, a mere desultory narrative
of happenings by the way and personal in
cidents, I cannot assume the role of
historiographer for this grand old religious
foundation. Its career and work has been
for one and a half centuries illustrated by
tbe lives and deeds of her sons who have
been distinguished in all tbo walks of life.
Suffice it to say, that In a district that never
polled over 300 white votes, Midway has
sent forth over
FIFTY MINISTERS OF THE OOSPEL.
Among the number the famous revivalist.
Rev. Daniel Baker, Revs. Samuel and
Joslah Law, father and eon; Rev. C. C.
Jones, D. D., Charles O. Screven and
James Screven, fattier and son; Robert
(Juarterman, S. S. Cassells, Peter John and
Somner Wlun, the present chaplain of the
state Senate, John Jones, Patrick Moll, late
chancellor 9f the state university; James
Cosby and many others, of whom want of
space forbids mention.
THE PASTORS OF THE CHURCH,
dating from the first settlement of the
colony on May 16, 1753, to the close of the
late civil war, eight pastors filled the pulpit
of Midway churob. Their names are as
fellows: Rev. John Osgood, who emigrated
with his flock from Dorchester, 3. C.; Rev.
Moses Allen, Rev. Abril Holmes, D. D.;
Rev. Cyrus Gildersleeve, Rev. Murdoch
Murphy, Rev. I. S. K. Arson, D. D.;
Rev. Sumner W inn and Rev. D. L. But
toeph, D. D.
Since that period there has been no reg
ularly elected pastor, but Rev. Waite,
a worthy Congregational minister from the
north, has preached regularly to the negroes,
the white congregation having been scat
tered and dispersed by the war. At this
time, the colored communicants number
about 500, and a small rent is charged for
the use of the building, whioh is devoted to
keeping up the cemetery.
MIDWAY CEMETERY.
This hallowed spot covers several acres,
and is surrounded Dy a massive brick wall,
moss grown, and hoary with age. Here a
multitude of tomb stones and monuments
of quaint design and imported from abroad,
with their touohing inscriptions tell the
story for more than 140 years of frail hu
manity.
In the early days of the colony little
seems to have been known of the subtle in*
licences of malaria or hygienic rules.
Hence the mortality among the settlers was
simply fearful. Judging by the reoord on
the tombstones at Midway,
FORTY YEARS
was about the limit of human existence,
aud very few lives extended beyond that
period. In the immediate section first oc
cupied by the emigrants,intersected as it was
by sluggish swamps, full of stagnant pools
alive with living animalcule and choked
up by prurient and noxious vegetation, It ie
doubtful whether the Pontine marshes of
Italy were more deadly in their
effoct upon the human system.
As time rolled on, however darlv
avoid^x®^” 01106 tauKht the settlers to
ex Pp® ure to the night air and sun
cawed to*, all to slek more
durln * ‘he summerjsolttiee.
i lh .l th i? re Was * m irked improve
ment in the hygienic condition of the com
ma alty.
In this venerable churchyard repose the
remains of many noble personages not un-
KQown to fame.
Among them may be mentioned the gal
lant partisan general in the first war for
Independence Gen. James Screven, who
fell in an ambuscade by the British about
t o miles from Midway meeting house,
pierced by eleven bullet*; Commodore Mc-
Intosh, Gen. David Stewart, Rev. Dr. C. C.
Jones, CoL William Maxwell, Daniel
Lambert tbe munificent benefactor of the
>lony, and the forefather* of the Mallards,
*ays, ijuartermans, Bakers, Winns. Ba
con* and the long list of those who first
cast in their lot with the breve meu who
dared the perils of tbe wilderness, and the
tomahawks of the savage to enjoy the
messing* of oivil and religious liberty.
Rearing an hour among the tombs which
lie embosomed beneath the boughs of ma
jestio live oaks, one of which, the monarch
of the forest measures 9 feet in diameter,
your scribo continued his journey to
DORCHESTER,
six miles east of Midway, and named after
Dorchester, Mass., where tbe oolonists from
Dorchester, England, first landed aad estab
lished themselves, afterward removing to
Dorohester, 8. C., near Ashley now, and
finally, in 1752, to Midway, Ga. This com
munity suffered terribly during Sherman’s
raid, and nearly all of the old inhabitants
have died. It was sad indeed to
note the changes that "had taken
place. Still, mindful of the example
of their forefathers, they oontinue
to worship Gad in a neat church edifloe, and
enjoy the ministrations of their own faith
ful pastor, Rev. Mr. Montgomery. Here
a sister of Hon. John E. Ward, Mrs. A.
Winn, resides at an advanoed age.
A PILGRIMAGE TO "LAUREL VIEW."
Four miles further east and situated upon
a broad estuary from v the sea stands tbe
dilapidated residence of tbe oourtly John
Elliott, who represented Georgia in the
Senate of the United Btatea from 1810 to
1834. It* location was one of surpassing
loveliness hightened by every charm that
a refined taste, cultivated intellect and
abundant wealth could add to it. The
dwelling,by far the most imposing structure
in the county, wa* lofty and elegantly
finished, commanding, perhaps, ths finest
water front on the Atlantia coast. It is
situated on a high bluff jutting out into the
river upon a
TINY ISLAND
formed by two deep ravine* with a babbling
brook flowing through euch, their sides
oovered with holly, cedar, myrtle, oak,
magnolia trees and vines, forming a perfect
picture of the “boskv dells" we read of.
Those streams cut their way to the river
a few bundre i feet on either side of the
mansion, which was apprjarhed iu tbe rear
by a massive bridge, and in the Ifeenator'a
time were spanned by rustio bridges near
the river, leading out upon tho beautiful
serpentiue walk that bordered tho water.
The whole was shaded by magnificent
forest trees draped with gray moss, in whose
sheltering boughs hundreds of chattering
Jackdaws built their nests, reminding one
of the noisy rooks of old England.
SENATOR ELLIOTT
was a typical southern gentleman: hand
some, genial and hospitable. His establish
ment was kept up in baronial style, and
many wore the grand dinings and entertain
ments given to bts friends and guests.
STOLE HIS HEAD.
It is within the memory of the writer,
some fifteen years before the war, when the
family vault at old Midway was broken
open by vandal hands, and the skull of
Senator Elliott carried off. Nothing else
was disturbed, and the supposition is that
it woe the nncaimy act of some medical
student who wished to adorn his office with
the model head of the dead statesman.
Before leaving, I clambered up, at the
risk of life and limb. Into the tottering
dwelling of the deceased, and stood once
more within the vast withdrawing room
which had onoe resounded to the tread of
many feet and strains of tho 3weetest
rnuslo. But, alas! it was In ruins, and noth
ing remained to recall the glories of the
past save tho old-fashioned lofty mantle
ple-e, with its oarved and stuccoed adorn
ments —sic transit gloria mundi. Sadly
turning away, my next objective point was
was dear old
SUNBURY,
the home of my early childhood, distant
two miles down the ooast, the bridle path
passing through an Arcadian soene of for
est, field and brake, lit up ever and anon by
the bright sheen of the placid waters,
stretching far away into the distance. This
historical spot has already been fully de
scribed by the graphic pen of tne author of
tho "Dead Towns of Georgia,” and there is
bnt little to add concerning it. It is suffi
cient to say, like Goldsmith's deserted vil
lage, it BtUl retains all of its magical nat
ural beauty, which no eye, nnlee* dead to
every sensation of what is unique and
lovely, can behold without the keenest de
light.
SOLD TO A SYNDICATE.
Within a short time it has transpired that
one of the phosphate companies of Florida,
attracted by tho harbor and the looks of the
place, and, perhaps, thinking phosphate
beds might be found there or iu the vicinity,
have purchased a considerable portion of
the old town with a long extent of water
front. Since tbon there have been no
further developments.
NOTABLE INHABITANTS.
This ancient town was once the abode of
many distinguished men who have figured
in the annals of the commonwealth.
She can boast of two governors, Richard
Howley and Natbau Brownson; two signers
of the declaration of indeoeudence, Lyman
Hall and Button Gwinnett; two United
States senators, John Elliott aud Alfred
Outhbert; two members of the lower bouse
of oongress, John A. Cuthbert and W. B.
Fleming; one foreign minister to China,
John E. Ward; many prominent clergymen
—Rev. William Whir, D. D., Rev. Charles
O Screven, Hev. Samuel I.aw, Rev.
J. 8. Law, Rev. S. G. Hill
yer, D. D., Rev. Thomas Ooulding, 1).
D., Rov. Mr. Shannon, Rev. A. T. Holmes,
Rev. John Jonee, l>. D., among the number,
besides others not mentioned; one learned
barrister, Hon. William Law; two Judges
of the superior court, Law and Fleming;
to say nothing of the physicians, soldiers,
including our gallant Adjt. Gen. Kell,
teachers, missionaries and wealthy planters
who have illustrated this grand old town in
the past, now practically dead aud buried.
THE OLD CEMETERY.
After diligent search, aided by a friend,
at length 1 discovered in a tangled Jungle of
vines and forest growth the site of the
venerable graveyard whioh has been used
more than 100 years. Here were the tombs
of the Law, Fleming and Dunham families,
and In a sequestered spot, the last resting
plaoe of that renowned educator and
divine.
REV. WILLIAM M’WHIR, D. D.
Perhaps no other man has impressed him
self for three generations more vividly upon
the people of this section. He literally
christened, taught and married grandsire,
father and ohildren during a period cover
ing at least six decades. He;was an erudite
scholor and firm believer in the virtue of
Solomon’s remedy for bad boys—the birch.
This is his epitaph as inscribed upon a
plain marble slab :
Rsv. William McWhir, D. D.
Born, County Down, Ireland.
Sept 0,175®.
Died in Liberty county
Jan. 31. 1861,
He came to the United States in 1783, and
settled at Alexandria, V a., from whence he
removed to Georgia in 17V3. . ..
Dr. McWhir was intimate in the family
° f obk. washimoton,
and served as tutor to some of hi* nephews.
He has often spoken to the writer with no
BtUe pride of fcia great patron and friend,
THK MUKNINU NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1891.
the Duke of Asgyle, who was probably the
most extensive laud holder and agricultur
ist iu Scotland.
WALTHOURVILLE.
This pleasant village is the last I will
mention in my recent visit to Liberty
county. The writer spent the holy Sabbath
there, and was delighted to meet many of
his old frlemisand acquaintances. It was
his good fortune also to greet
PROF. JOSEPH LB CONTE, LL. D,
of the University of California, en route
for Europe, who is a native of Liberty
county and an old collegemata. Time is
dealing tenderly with him, and few men
have achieved greater renown in the re
public of letters.
Tne young pastor of the Presbyterian
church, Mr. way, is doing good work here,
and the exercises of the day were deeply in
teresting and instructive.
HON. SAMUEL M'IVER.
Your readers will doubtless remember
Sam Mclver, who recently represented
Liberty oounty In the general assembly.
Sam is a good maa, very friendly to the
whites and a Chesterfield in his manners. I
have known hi a from boyhood and always
found him clever and upright. He has de
veloned wonderfully, and was true to hie
constituents of both races.
Several > ears ago. before Sam had posted
himself in politics and the law, he was
elected Justice of the peaoe, and was not a
little elated thereby. Some of hi 9 first
rulings as reported to me, are too good to
suppress.
In one criminal oase, after bearing the
luminous argument of the counsel for the
prosecution, when Henry M. Law, who
represented the defense rose to reply, the
justice In his politest manner, informed
him It was useless to prooeed, os the court
had already "made ud its mind” in the
premises. Low, however, insisted upon
being heard, and at length was allowed
that privilege
Irritated by the effort to sllenoe him, it It
said the talented young advocate made one
of the happiest efforts of his life completely
captivating both court and audieuoe.
Sam, who bad listened with rapt atten
tion, despite bis recent ruling, surrendered,
and exclaimed to oounsel, "My master*, tlx
the papers to suit yourselves, your humble
servant is ready to sign them.”
Again, in a criminal suit for hog-stealing
against Peter Jones, Alfred H. Stevens, the
principal witness for the prosecution hav
ing been examined, the accused followed
with his statement. After hearing tbe lat.
ter, tbe oourt in emphatic terms ordered
hie Constable Peter to
ARREST THE WITNESS,
Stevens, whom be declared was the real
culprit, and he would send to Hinesville
jail and the state penitentiary In three days.
Tbe alarmed witness, Stevens, forthwith
made a dash for the window, and carrying
the sash with him, leaped from the 89cond
story to the ground and escaped in the ad
jacent swamp.
I am tempted to oloee this desultory epis
tle with still another of Sam’s judicial ex
periences.
Tbe story goes that he was plowing in the
field when a man presented himself and
asked for a warrant for the arrest of a cer
tain party on some criminal charge.
Sara replied: “Youug maa, take this plow
and go on working until the oourt has time
to retire to the closet and reflect upon your
case.” This was duly done. But again I
would repeat that the ex-member from
Liborty is one of the best and most reliable
ooiored citizens in that whole region. He
is n< >w much better posted In the law and
politics and enjoys the respect of the com
munity. H. H. J.
SINKING SIX WBIK3.
A Hols Without a Bottom In the Alle
gheny Valley.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Yesterday tbe Allegheny Valley Railroad
Company Increased its farce of laborers at
Johnston station, fifteen miles from tbe
Union depot. It is trying to surmoar.t a
strange difficulty there. Before it succeeds
it may have to call into play more engineer
ing skill than was necessary to scale the
Allegheny mountains with the tracks of tbe
Pennsylvania railroad.
A hole has been discovered apparently
without any bottom. It is only about 150
feet long and about forty feet wide. For
six weeks tbe company has been trying to
fill this up. Every day, Sundays included,
it has dnmped into it an average of thirty
carloads of blast furnace slag. The pit has
thus iDgulfed 1,300 carloads of the cinders,
which, on an average of oight tons per car,
would make 10,080 tons. Yesterday, when
a reporter visited tbe spot, there w as not tho
slightest indication of where this vast
quantity of slag had gone to. The ground
was still sinking beneath tbe workmen’s feet
nearly three feet In twenty-four hours.
WHERE THE TROUBLE EXISTS.
From Hulton to Logan’s ferry the Tal
ley railroad runs along what is known as
"the narrows.’ 1 The roadbed was cut from
the side of a mountainous range of hills,
aud there is but one track. These bills are
the highest between Pittsburg aud Kittan
ning. It is the steepest incline imaginable
from the summit to the water’s edge. The
railroad trails along this hillside probably
thirty feet above the river. The trouble
lies midway between Holton and Logan’s
ferry.
Six weeks ago the edge of the embank
ment near the river was leveled ofT, and
slag unloaded at the spot for the purpose of
“making” ground for the second track
which the railroad has projected. Next
morning the slag had practically disap
peared and another trainload was brought
up from the city. Its forty loads sank out
of sight in two sights’ time. Three or four
train* were then dumped in quick vucoession
aud a llue of railroad track constructed
over its surface. It was of no use. The
ground continued to sink and the railroad
siding went with it. It was feared that an
ugly job was on hand, and a gang of ten
men was stationed at the spot. It has
never left it since, being kept busy shovel
ing slag and shifting cars, only to see the
earth swallow it all.
THE TRACKS SINKING ALSO.
The worst feature of tbo trouble is that a
week ago the ground under the main track
commenced to sink also. All trains were
ordered to “slow up” upon approaching the
pitfall and pass over cautiously. Saturday
morning there was a sheer drop of seven
inches on the main track, and a heavy
freight train was wrecked. Now two
watchmen make soundings on tho track all
night, and the company is resorting to
heroic measures to dud the bottom of that
hole. The slag of all the furnaces iu Pitts
burg will be dumped there but what it gets
a stationary roadbed.
“Some days we put in forty carloads of
slag,” said Section Boss Joseph Morgan,
yesterday, “and some days only twenty.
Yes, thirty carloads per day for tho past six
weeks would be a fair average. In the
mnrniogs we find the side track, and all the
ground between it and the mam track, sunk
from two to three feet. Lately it has been
sinking as fast os three feet every night. I
am sure I don’t know where all the stuff has
gone. The ground practically sinks before
our eyes. Look here!”
And be took the reporter to the south end
of the break, and pointed to tne ground
right at their feet. Sure enough, there was
a orevice, or crack, in the earth two inches
wide. Over the slag every day is damped
some thirty or forty more carloads of earth,
and it was in this earth that the crevice ap
peared.
CAN ALMOST SEE IT GOING.
"That crack has come there since day
light, sir,” a workman said. It was then U
o'olook a. m. only.
“The main track does not sink quite that
much,” replied the section boas in response
to questions. "You see now I have it
really higher than the track beyond the
break. Well, that is to allow for the
amount it will sink. By night it will be
lower than the other part of the lioe. In
twenty-four hours, probably. the main track
sinks tea inobes or a foot. If you had an
accurate measure you would discover that it
is sinking now while you watch It AU
this ground you are standing on is."
As be spoke the corner of a great block of
slag on the edge of tbe embankment broke
off without any apparent reuse. Presently,
another huge block settled to one sije with
a sullen murmur. Within sight the repor
ter counted four other big pieces of slag
from which the lighter cinders > coast nally
crumbled or rolled off, ai though shaken
and impelled forward by an unseen force.
Continuing the section bees said:
“Whenever the main track is found to
have sunk to a dangerous level, we ‘jack’
her up and fill in under with more dirt We
keep the running portion of tbe road per
fectly safe that way, though, of course, if
we didn't keep that operali >n up it might
sink out of sight.
AN UNDERGROUND WATER CURRENT,
“It has always been noticed along tbls
spot that after a period of high water in the
river, the main track would sink some. It
we* very little, though, and only happened
once in a long while. This is the worst fit
of ague it ever got. No, tbe river, even at
flood-tide, never reached the level of the
tracks. It seeiued to effect the bolt xn of
the earth hill In soma mysterious way—un
dermine It like, th .ugh if you look down at
the edge of the water there you will find
tho land perfectly solid. The water must
have some connection away under the sur
face of both hill aud river.”
Tbe section boas said that there were two
theories in the uegnliorho i for tbe trou
ble, one that a bed of quicksand caused the
sinking, though be was at a loss to under
stand how the river had not washed it all
out long ago. The other idea is that far
beueath the surface there is a slipping rock,
along the face of which the earth and slag
slide off into the rtver. This theory neces
sarily carries with it tbe assumption that
there Is a wonderfully deep hole In the river
just there, aud this assum, tion is held by
some people who declare that the river just
there has no bottom, and will drink up all
the slag the railroad will feud to it through
the bole. Asa matter of fact, the Alle
gheny river is deeper at this point than any
where else above Pittsburg. The stroatn
takes that sweep known as Logan’s eddie.
SLIPPED INTO THE RIVER.
“It is 38 feet deep in low water,"
said EL W. Bigtey, an old resident there,
“and in 1“53, when the Allegheny Valley
railroad was built, it was forty-four feet
deep at low water just above the Bright
hou&e—a hotel near tbe scene of the trouble
—and forty feet deep at exactly the spot
where the sinking is now observed. Gov.
Johuson was contractor of the Allegheny
Valley railread when it was building, and
one morning thirty-two year* ago, he came
up to this same spot to fiod his roadbed,
ties aud all gone. They had slipped into tbe
river over a blue, soapy mud. He dug
down througn this forty feet and threw in
hundreds of logs. Ho got 1,000 fence rails
from me and sunk them into the ground.
That seemed to furnish some bottom, al
though high water intothuriver lias always
seemed to undermine the 100 feet in an
unknown manner.
“My theory," continued Mr. Bigley, “is
that a bed of quicksand exists under there,
and that the slag, being heavy and plenty
of it, is squeezing this out into tbe river. It
is either quicksand or some pulpy sort of
mud that at some time or another was the
bed of the rl er or an underground stream,
and thus is influenced by the river’s rise and
fall. There it a sure way to test this. Take
a skiff and see if a sandbar has ieun re
oently to form 300 or 800 feet below the
spot, and if it has you may reply upon It
that quicksand is being squashed out into
tbe river by this mass of slag as It sinks
lower and lower down in tho bowels of the
earth.’’
Perhaps Mr. Bigley’s statement that tho
depth ot the river here has decreased from
forty feet in 1853 to twenty eight now may
furnish a clew.
THEY FOUND A BAG OF GOLD.
Then the Careless Mr. Zborron SBys '
He Threw It Away.
From the Few Forts World.
Bt. Louis, Dec. 24. — Grant Miller aud
Joseph McDermott, who work tor Peter
Zborren, a granitoid sidewalk contractor,
say that ou last Saturday afternoon, while
laying cinders for the foundation of a pave
ment, they discovered a bag of gold dust the
size of a merchant's grain sample sack.
They charge that Mr. Zborren took it
away from them. Mr. Zborren admits
that the men found a sack, which McDer
mott, who formerly worked in a smelter,
said was gold, aud took it and throw it on a
brick pile in his yard and someone carried
it away.
If it was whnt the men claim It must have
been worth |2,000.
FOUND AN INDIAN TOMB.
Skeleton of a Man of Hnormous Pro
portions Unearthed Near Boston.
Boston, Dec. 24. —An ludian sepulcher
has been unearthed on “Fish Marsh,” in
Saugus. The tomb was about 7 feet below
the surface, and It contained the skeleton of
a man of enormous proportions, whioh
crumbled to dust on exposure to the air.
The body was buried in a sitting position,
facing the east Beside the skeleton were
found a tomahawk blade and arrowhead,
an ax, and a cylindrical-shaped stone.
Near the grave au underground passage
was discovered.
Excavations are being made for the pur
pose of exploring the passage. The dis
coveries were made by workmen who were
excavating for building purposes.
_CUXICT|RA REMEDIES.
ON FIRE WITH ECZEMA
Terrible bufferings of Little Baby. Seven
Doctors and Two iiospllxls Fail.
Cured by Cuticura.
My baby boy, 5 months old. broke out with
eczema. The itching and burrdug was intense;
tbe eczema spread to bis limbs, breast, fane and
bead, until he was nearly covered; his tortur
ing agonies were pitiable to behold; ho bad no
peace and but little rest
%rJv4*xSk night or day. He was
idMk under treatment at dif-
F-"' ' Vu"vAferent times at two hos
C. store lu this city without
gibo least benefit: every
Cl jHW 7 prescription of the doe
fetors wns faithfully tried,
Vw 1 *** fbut ho grow worse all
V i. ti I the time. For months
/-1 expended about $3 per
/ week for medicines, and
k A was entirely discour
aged. 1 purchased Co
■' ~ TKTKA, Urrict’BA SOAP
and CcticvbA Rosolvsnt and followed the di
rections to the letter. Belief was immediate,
bis suffering* were cased, and rest and sleep
permitted. He steadily improved aud in nine
weeks was entirely cured, and has how as clear
a skin and is as fair a boy as anv mother could
wish to see. I recommend every mother to use
it for every Baoy Humor.
MRS M. FEROUSON.
66 W. Brookline st., Boston.
Cuticura Remedies
The greateft skin cures, blood purifiers and hu
mor remedies of modern times, instantly re
lieve the most agonizing forms of eczema and
ps rla i!- and speedily, permanently, economi
cally and infallibly cure every species of tor
turing. disfiguring, itching, burning, bleeding,
scaly, crusted aud pimply diseas- sand humors
of the skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair,
from Infancy to age, whether simple, scrofu
lous or hereditary, when all other methods and
best physicians fail.
Bold everywhere. Prioe. CtmcuaA. 60c.: 6oap,
26c.; Resolvent, sl. Prepared by tbe Poi-nm
Daro and Chxiiical CoaroßATioN, Boston.
tV r *Send for “How to Cure dxln Diseases,”
64 pages, SO illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
hi UPLES, black-beads, red, rough, chapped
rim and oily skin cured by CunccitA Soap.
OLD FOLKS’ PAINS,
Full of comfort for ail Pams, In
ftrti * flammation and Weakness of tbe
Trie J3lv Aged is tbe Cuticura Antl-Psln
Plaster, the first and only pain-kill
ing strengthening p.aster. New, instantaneous
and InfaUibte.
Sore Throat
Lameness
Sore
Sorenas&r O-
Catyfi&N O/*
mm
Piles '/fa'f
Female ///
Complaints
Rheumatism
AND ALL
Inflammation
Sold only to our own bottles. Ail druggists.
POND’S EXTRACT C0.,765ih Ave„N.Y.
V'HSX JAPANESE
/rJ&rtPiiT
CURE
A guaranteed Cure for Piles of whatever
kind or degree—External, Internal, Blind or
Bleeding, Itching, Chronic, Recent or Heredi
tary *sl.oo a box; a boxes, $5.00. Sent by
mall, prepaid, on receipt of price. We guar
antee to euro any case of Piles. Guaranteed
and sold only by
TUa HmiPT DRUG 00„ Savannah, Qa.
SHOES.
JAMES MEANS & CO.’sf~
only $3 Goodyear H'rllff- , .
toad* of Galt skin vr widely / Lq M
sSsirtised. Sold evervwbara. / - P
Thl. isttieorislnalMShoe.and / /
the best mads. Ruwaro of hoi- f- ffcjfl
tattons. Positively nou* *n- //w t • •V 3* tl
’imo imlosioiambodon lhr / -J Yf**Sl
O'lcii'Moiiic.iMeana’ F’ \.l*k l
SutShoe.’* V f ‘ \
I. HEINS 4 CO, Asr&i
Boston, Bslto. S<§* J
Full lino of SHOES for Men and boy*. For
sale hy
A. S. NICHOLS. tsavanuoli,
THE MARSHALL,
H. N. FISH’S
European Hotel and
Restaurant,
Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.
ROOMS 50c. 75c, 81 per day, each person.
THE MO R RISO H HOUSE.
/ lentrally located on Una of street cars, otters
V ' pleasant south rooms, with excellent
board at moderate prices. Sewerage
aud ventilation perfect, the sanitary condi
tion of the house Is of the best. Corner Brough
ton and Drayton streets. Savannah, Oa.
THE OGLETHORPE.
Brunswick - Georgia.
A PERFECT WINTER RESORT HOTEL.
Open* JANUARY 8. Sent for Illustrated
Circular.
THE LELAND HOTEL COMPANY.
WARREN LELANI), JR , Manager.
V HURT A BBSS FRUITS. ETC. ~
FLORIDA tm-ii i
aaaaORANCEB,
Lemons, Peanuts,
Apples, Potatoes,
Onions, Cabbage,
Cow Peas, Etc.,
Hay, Crain, Etc.,
Seed Oats.
W. D. SIMKINS.
HARDWARE.
HARDWARE,
Bar, Band and Hoop Iron.
WAGON MATERIAL.
Naval Stores Suppliea
FOR SALE BY
Edward Lovell’s Sons,
155 BROUGHTON AND 138-140
STATE STREETS.
MACHINERY.
McDonough & Ballaalyo^
IRON FOUNDERS,
Machinists, Boiler Mailers and Blacksmiths,
UANCFACTUKBRS OF
STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENGINES,
VERTICAL AND TOP RUNNING CORN
MILLS, SUGAR MILLS and PANS.
AGENTS for Alert and Union injectors, tbe
simplest and most effective on tbe market:
Gullett Light Draft Magnolia Cotton Ola, the
best iu tie* market.
All orders promptly attended to. Send for
Prioe List.
NURSERY.
KIESLING’S NURSERY,
WHITE BL.TJF’B’ ROAD.
PLANTS, Bouquets, Design*, Out Flowers
furnished to older. I ware orders at Da VIS
BROS.’, cor. Bull and York sta. The Belt Hai
way passes through tbe nursery. Teeiphone*
ff CENTS gets the Sunday ague or tbe Mohs
i) nia News. Be sure and read it. For sale
at MULLRYNE-S DRUG STORE, West Broad
and Waldburg streets.
FURNITURE and carpets.
Hurrah for tie Holidays!
LindsayiMorgan
ARE SHOWING
TBE BEST# EMTHING FOB CHRISTMAS.
Right to the front of all competition we place our Elegant
New Holiday Stock—-Fine Goods and plenty of them.
Fall in Line All You People
Who wiah to sec a bright and beautiful display, and
march straight to
Santa Claus’ Headquarters,
Whore you will find low priced, medium-priced and costly
presents. Goods of every kind and description. No
trouble to get the present to suit your purse.
MAKE PEOPLE ITA-PPY,
Make them happy with some suitable gift from our Stock,
which will be useful as well as ornamental.
I’m watching and longing for Christmas.
Do you think Santa Claus will ne late?
And what will you do,
If you’re not ready, too?
Hurry up! there Is no time to wait
And, say. have you read all this ad?
It’s enough to make Santa Claus frown,
For it tells whero to buy,
And the price isn't high.
At the very beet store In the town.
Ml LIKE KIT HIKES.
No wonder for they are appreciated by old and young. Just
what they want, and will not be satisfied if they do not get
one. Our supply is limited, and wiil not be able to get any
more in time for Christmas.
CARPET DEPARTMENT.
Prices are being slaughtered ou. Table Covers,Lambrequins,
Tidies, Portieres, Rugs, Mats, etc. We have a few patterns
of Brussels Carpet that will suit you at 60 cents a yard for
THIS WEEK ONE Y,
Also a few more Goat Rugs, White and Gray $2 50, Black
$3 00, Table Covers $2 00.
Wishing you all a merry Christmas, we subscribe our
selve, yours truly,
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
Of ooursn you hove friends to remember,
And are anxious tbelr gifts should be nlo*.
If you listen to me.
They will suit, to a T.
While you will be pleased at the price.
So. make up a list of your dear ones.
Be sure you bavo ev-ry name down.
And tbls "ad.” will enow
Tbe right place to go,
For the very best presents In town.
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