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GEORGIA JIND FLORIDA.
Sews of the Jwo States Told in Para
... graphs.
A Valuable Cup Off 9t. Simon’s
Island— A Negress Makes a Desperate
Attempt to Cut a Man’s Throat—A
Sensational Shooting* Affray at Stiles*
boro.
GEORGIA.
The Irwin Countv News tcils of a Sycamore
man whp married his second w;fe nine
day* after the burial of the first-
There are two notable twins in Balter county.
They are women, are. enjoying life
at the comfort :*bie age* of 90 years
At Quitman Tuesday M. Mailet. receiver
ol the Quitnaui Laimber x ‘on.pauy %nd th-’
ton a:;d Albany railroad, 3di-i both properties
lor 'isfio.txx.t
At a meeting of the tomini.vsionr of Bib v *
county Tuesday a resolution wsss - .assmi indor
lag the candid Ac y of Capt- Je■ Hollis tor
principal Keeper of the peuileutia ry.
Mayor ai xantier <■; Augusta firw notice
1
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through the city ana r - .'.ring ? hem to be pro
ceeded by-a i.iWMiuMi wiii -" -tr:*:lv enf 01.
The Bergen Improvement Com pan v has ap
plied a charter in toe r ymi ii t enor court.
The petitioners arc V.*. O. All sot; i .iroiine 'l
-and W. J liewitt of Ni w Jersey, a'(!
Win. k. Recknagel of-Gly tin county. It i- sim
ply u plan of co: porate existence to cure fi r
large mtergats held L>y petition w-rs in that sc.:.
laon.
The suit brought more than two years ay &
by Dr W. V. Hurt vs. Dr J. B. Hinkle, of
AtherlcuS, TOY payment of rtn ac -ount of *6*.
and which was attended uUtmatei v by such i
unfortundte circumstances the tragic death
nf two citizens and the wrecking of three j
happyhohio.s. was paid in full Tuesday with i
accrued Interest.
Brunswick Call: W. R. To’wnsend the well
known planter, came down from Jamaica '1 ucs
day. Asaii evidence o' whai Olynn’s farm
lands can do. Mr. Townsend sai e he produced
this year on several acres of lard an average
yield of seventy-two bushels and .six ouari-s <f
corn to the acre. This phic *s tily/di county m
the front ranks of corn producing c uuniies.
Wellbonse & Son. paper bag manufacturers,
have purchased the vacant lot in fro.ut of Dr.
M* C. Martin s drug store on Decatur street, at
Atlanta, and will begin mmu diately tAe orec
tiou of a 6 story building, bavin;* ordered 400.*
pricks. This is done to give room for Iheir
large and increasing business. The lot is bD
leet front and 120 luet deep, the rear front be
imr on the Richmond and Danville railroad.
Andre w J. Laird. LaGrange s ex postmaster
has* been arrested in Los Angeles. Cal. lie
tied 1 from LaGrange about a year ;i o with a ]
number of money order blanks in his posses
sion. he continued to use these and to raise i
money on them, getting as much :.s .WOtf from
one place alone. Chicago. It was by means of
these men y orders that he was finally dis
• covered. He will 1 o brought back to Atlanta
for trial. When arrested he was going under
the name ot Louis J. Jack, and scorned to be in
easy circumstances.
News lias-reached Villa Rica of the destruc- !
tion by lire of the dwelling house and contents
of Deputy sheriff George VV. Furr of Paulding
county. Mr. Furr was in town having oLie
c otton ginned, and his wife und children were
In the cotton patch, not far from the house.
The little t>oy who came for Mr. Furr says it
caught from the cook stove. Nothing was
saved. It has only been a few days since the
nlfils.of Mr. Henderson, located in the same
settlement were destroyed by tiro, with about
ilGu bushels of wheat and a quantity of corn.
A shocking accident occurred at the depot at
Clayton Monday night, resulting in the almost
lnstaut death fc>f rue negro and iho crushing of
aurither, whfch will pro. ably prove fatal. Jhe
negroes were Jim Berry and Norris King, the
two hands employed at the railroad warehouse
at this place. They were standing one on each
side of a large trunk which stood on the depot
platform, and were in the act of transferimr it
from the platform to the bagguya ur. Thev
had takeu one step with the trunk bet* cm
them when they were caught by a bucking
frelghtc&r and rolled and crushed horribly.
Jim died in about twenty minuter.. Norris is
in a critical condition.
Lawreocovllle Herald: Last Sunday niuht
Maria Winn, colored, made a desperate at
teniptfoeut Marshal Barker's throat. They
were cam,.-: home from p.caching and Mac
Shalvas with another girl. This so enraged
Maria that she stepped In front of idle couple
and with a raxor struck al Barker’s throat. She
missed her aim. but cut an ugly gash on his
chin. Then a (risporate light followed. Mil no
further damage was done except a bv-stumlcr
was knocked down with a rock. It was a nar
row escape; If the razor had struo'i his throat
it would have provd fatal, 'the marshal was
notified or the trouble and he went after the
woman who did the cutting. The house where
she lived was searched but sho could not I e
found: on further examination sho was found
lying down on t..p ot the house. She wa- car
ried to town and lodged iu jail to answer tor
the offense at the next term of tho court.
Brunswick Call: Josesph W. Wallace, the
“Ingeatous Joe,"known throughout this section
*s a collector of things quaint,curious and rare,
now has iu his possession a relie worth its
"wight in gold. It is an old-fashioned Kilter
wine cup, and is doubtle-s nearly two cen
turies oid. The ci p from all appearances, was
beaten out by a silversmith, ami on the front
side has engraved in old stylo script, tho let
ters, •T. II.’B. ’’ Mr. Wallace, while o:st ring
in St. Simon s sound in 18JT> longed up’,his cup
with a bunch ot oysters.) and d:as kept it ever
since.endeavoring to traue up its history, tie
finally concluded that It was lost overt oard
from the yacht of Commodore Thomas Helio
trope Bloom. who camo to this coast early in
the eight,*onth century on exploring expedi
tious with Gen. i iglethorpo. Mr. Wallace wa*
once offered fiftv francs tor this cup >,% a re
presentative of Haronliothschild. who was at the
Jme in correspondence with a Jewish citizen
of Brunswick. The tiaron was getting up a uol
lection of curios, and when lua attention was
dra-xn to this cup the offer was made but
stoutly refused.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun; Tuesday morning
between the hours of 5 and 6 o'clock Jesse
Allen, who lives on First avenue, between
Thirteenth anil Fourteenth streets, was robbed
oi *ll7. all his earthly possessions. The r,<l>
ber.v was particularly cowardly, as the victim
Is an old man of N> and tho money was tbo
savings ol over a year, some features ot the
affair are especially pitiful and untorlunate.
Mr. Allen, wbo keeps a irult si and in tbo front
part of his house, had succeeded in scraping
together this amount of money, which he had
deposited la the lank On haturdffy he drew
It all out und went up to Harris comity on -Sun
day to place it in the safe of a friend. Not
finding h s friend nt home, he returned on
Monday, nringing the money back with him
and for safe keeping hid it between the mat
tresses of his bed. yesterday morning al the
time stated above he stepped out of me room
to give some orders to a woman livii g a few
doors above who does his eookin and up n
his return discovered that someone hid taken
advantage of his short absence and roul cil
him of his money. The saddest part of all :s
that Mr. Alien was robued in a -out tho 'a no
manner a year or so ago of all lie liad ihou.
This second calamity has almost completely
prostrated the old man.
Detective Bill Jones tbe celebrated •■Swamp
Fox.’’ has returned to Atlanta from a most suc
cessful trip t.n Alabama. ilesuccw in .ind
ingin jail with plenty of"evidern : lio ll.inks,
to convict Allen Pt-ters. Nalhau l'uters and
Abe t’ruwford. thiee of tac most no:,", in -:,in
burners, ami all round lncendmrie>. that have
infested Georgia and Alabama in the lust tlir, e
mouths. Their first iuecndiarv act was tli
t urning ol the gin bouse, earring,-house and
sit head of mules cn the primal:, uof Dan
Bradley. That wasiu Alabama. :■*. across
the line from Florence, in i-tewnrt co i tv.
Georgia. Their next outrage w,.he burning
ol the gin house on the plant itiun of lien I itz
gerald, brother of- Senator W. \V Kit u:eru!4,
near Omaha, on tho s.::n railroad.
The next depredation wa . committed
nt l'lortnci. qn the old Bob Toombs plantation,
where BieV robbed and burned tiie gt no on the
Fitzgerald plantation. Dct, live Bill Jones
was scut lor and wenl to work on th, ca.-o with
the result above sta ed. lie had w ith him Ben
F Uageruld. Judge Harrison of Lumpkin and
Mp. Thompson, who owns a part of Iho old
'loornbs plantation, aud but tor them, the m
ccudlurlt-s would piolably have paid tin pen
alt* of their crimes. There was u large crowd
of lUlxcuk gathered, with the avowed purpose
ot lynching tho uettroe . :ut tLro.i/li ihe
tool-beaded and wise counsel of the m u who
had them in charge, it was averted, and the
prisoners were safely landed.
Home Tribune: There was a sensational
shooting mulch at StiiesboroTuesday morning,
'lie connwarns were Hob Me lnnis a mer
chant of St 1 isboro, aud l>r J. D. Goodwyn, a
com, liiutmti of a farmer ami doctor It n um,
that the nrm of swinuy A McGinnis bought a
I ule of cotton from Ur Goodwyn. While
weighing Ihe cotton Mr McGinnis and tho due
tor had an alteruttio.i stout the uiiioiui r ol
dampness. Dr. Goodwyn disputed th w i tof
Me ..unis and linully the futUr ex lait ~i
‘•Voiieallai Goodwyn thiCa h. hand to
, hiti hip pocket While All Gin.., . stood pith a
knife in bis, with cvtO' opportunity, suy eye
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THE CONSTITUTION,
A 1 LANI,A, CjA|
witnesses, of killing his opponent. Instead of
this he laid the knife on a hale of cotton and
said: "You look like a pretty good man. let s
light it out." Goojtwyn picked up a weight und
threw ft at Met Minis, Inking him on the
head. and. cutuimr the scalp. McGinnis
struck the doctor with his list and
kilo,iked him , down, then knocked
film down neuin and hatiered up the medical
gentleman until he gave. up. McGinnis then
lot up. As he did so. Uoortwyn drew his pistol.
Tom Haney; one of the witnesses, took it. away
from him. andthrevr.it in the grass. Jna further
struggle Goodwyn .secured it, and McGinnis
exclaimed: "If you want to fight it out that
way I’ll go get a gun." Ho went to Mr. Haney’s,
who lives near by. and stepped out with a
breechdahling Klfvtgun, which he loaded as he
stepped from the porch. Goodwyp took to
cover. lie dod -ed behind a store, and. peeping
around the corner, tool: a rest and deliberately
tired twice. McGinnis stood eoo!j . then sud
denly raised his gun and tired quickly. The
shells were loaded v.-ith bird shot. One struck
the doctor in the forehead, another In the, neck,
and several in the shoulder. Once move Oiood
wyr fired, and again the bullet went wide of its
mark. He then made has escape.
hi .01X1 PA.
The orange crop around Ocala was not much
damaged by tho rocent storm.
A ear load of oranges a day is now the aver
age from silver Springs by steamer.
P. Barantine, an old and respected citizen of-
Putnarn county,, died .at bis residence at Buffalo
Bluff last night, aged ,10.
Messrs. Uedemann & Cos. are opening up a
wholesale grocery establishment in one of tho
l-’lor da Commercial buildings on Water street,
at l'aiatka.
Tjvo ot H. M. Flagler's sailboats arrived lb
Jacko.-nville Tuesday on the steamship Algon
quin from New York, and five more are on the
way. They will ho sent to Palm Beach by rail
to be put on tho Indian river for the winter
tourists' use.
Gov. Mitchell has removed Joseph H. Peo
ples, tax collector of De Soto county, tor sus
pected malfeasance In office, and appointed
HughC. Moi’arlaue of Tampa to bt, mate at
torney for the Sixth judicial circuit, vice
Palmer, resigned.
For the first time in eight days mail camo
Into Cocoa from the north on Tuesday after
noon. it took the, postmaster about three
hours to distribute it. '1 he offouts of tho storm
hav ■ about all been.ohlllerated.-amt thu town
lias settled down to its habitual quiet.
OCALA SENSATIONS.
A Nuptial Surprise -A Lawyer Cow
hided by a Doctor.
Ocala, Fla., Oct. 4.—l)r. K. F. Drown
1 and Mrs. Mary Nelson wero married this
evening in the Methodist church by Kov
Mr. l ike. Tho bride had just arrived on
tho afternoon train. The groom, besides
| a Methodist preacher, is a famous
canrdr doctor aud runs a sanitarium hero.
The wedding was a big surprise.
The excitement is su-greet ut Lnki> Weir
over Mrs. Starke’s death that lynching I
was threatened the Harters. Dr. Thoma s I
J. Myers had them brought to Ocala and!
they have been given a, hearing before j
Judge Hill, who bound them over for a
hearing before the grand jury in tho sum
of c .on. Col. Spencer appeared for tho
state and ItayJiuUock for the defeu.-e
Ocala was full of excitement to-day'
This morning a prouutuin'l physician horse
whipped a Sunday school superintendent
in the postoffico. 'I he do.-tor had put a
bill in the hands of a lawyer for services
rendered the Sunday school man. Tho lut
ter wrote t!io attorney that tho M. IJ. was
N. G., att ignoramus, etc. The doctor
hearing of this lay in wait for the offender
aud gave it to him about noon.
Will Knox, a horse trader, attempted to
show off a saddle auiinai. Ho had great
difficulty io mounting, and before fairly in
iu this saddle, tho horse started on a dead
run around the square, part of tho way
over the sidewalk, the excited spectators
expecting every uiouichtto sen the rider
dashed to death against the availing. Leav
ing Lie sidewalk he look to thetroot aud
ran fully a mile before Mr. KnoxVuuld con
trol him, who never wavered in the seat of
tho ike die, though his escape from death
seemed miraculous.
An Anti-Option Convention.
Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 4. -Tho Vicks
burg Cotton exchange uml Hoard of Trade
at a yint moating of Uicir committees have
called an interstate convention in the in
terest of anti-option to meet in this city on
Nov. UJ All cotton manufacturers’and
buyers, planters, ucrchuult and bunkers
in the cotton states are invited to attend;
many invlvatlous will also bo extended to
pubUg men, and every cougroGinau iu the
state is e>peett and to be present.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894.
LIFE SAVING SERVICE.
The Men Who Save Storm Tossed Mari
ners and Ships.
History of the Service— Tho Kind of
Kan Uoquired ia it— The Numb :r of
Stations and Their Equipment— What
th. Be-vice Ha3 Accomplished.
Washington, Oet. 4.—Now that the
equinoctial season with its attendant
storms anl consequent interruption to
navigation is here, the condition and effi
ciency 4f the United states life saving
service becomes a matter of concern to
those engaged in maritime pursuits.
General Superintendent Sumner I. Kim
ball. who established the service in 1871,
and is still at its head, said in an inter
view to-day that the service has never
been in better condition for thorough and
efficient work. The stations have all been
examined and throughly equipped during
the sunim r to such an extent that he felt
safe in the assuranco that there is not now
a defective piece of apparatus in use. The
personnel of tho crews is pronounced ex
cellent. They have been sublectod -to
thorough drill and practice. The recent
inspections by officers of the revenue cut
ter sort ice, tho reports of which have just
been Submitted, speak in the most satis
factovy terms of tho work accomplished
and _ predict an excellent record for this
fall’and winter.
Kxv'tpt by those Erectly connected with
it, •r tto owe their lives to its timely
operation, there is probably no other de
partment of the government so little kuown
or appreciated. Generally there exists a
sort of a confused idea as to what it really
means or consists of. In the minds of the
public, especially those inland, it occupies
the place the "tin soldier’’ occupied some
years ueo before the effectiveness of the
iniiiiift had been demonstrated. Nothing
could bo more unjust, aud a cursory review
of the faces as they exist eannot but be of
interest.
Strange as it may seem the life saving
service is fast becoming one of the most in
teresting and important departments of the
federal government, its achievements in
the future are as far beyond' conjecture as
its possibilities are illimitable, lit is by no
means a visionary dream, nor is it even
improbable that in the course of time the
coral reefs and other desolate spots in mid
oeoaii may bo brought within the purview
of its supervision. Asa matter of fact pre
liminary steps have already been taken
looking to an international compact to this
effect.
Although only a little more than twenty
years since its inception, it has neverthe
less compassed every bit of territory over
which thestarry banner waves supremacy,
in ail about lO.UUO miles. From the rui god
banks of the St. Lawrence to tho curving
shores of the Gulf, along the Atlantic an 1
Pacific coasts, the shores of the great
lakes, f!,sdl) miles in extent, and even in
distant Alaska, stations havo been estab
lished to save property and rescue im
perilled lives. Those stations constitute
more outposts of what the system will be
ultimately, but they are ail it has been
possible to accomplish within the limited
appropriations that have been made from
time to time.
The service being closely related to com
merce aud the collection of the revenues, it
is attached to the treasury department. It
was iirst established upon the New Jersey
and Loug Island coasts yv a cot e of regula
tions under the authority of somewhat
scattering aud fragmentary legislation
Pursuant to acts passed since it has been
gradually extended arid divided into twelve
districts, limited generally by prornlnen
natural boundaries. Tho total number o
stations is U 47, of which 184 are on the At
lautic, l!i on the Pacific, and 50 on the
great lakes. Those remaining are scat
tered along the gulf, the Alaskan coast,
and some of the big rivers.
Tho s.ations are located at the most
dangerous points aud vary according to
their environment aud tho nature of the
service required. In some places they
occur only at long distances while in others
they form chains of contiguous posts within
communicating distance of each other. For
Instance, Cape Cod, a narrow strip of land,
stretches directly into the ocean some
forty miles, then abruptly turns to the
northward for an equal distance,
menacing the commerce of the principal
port of New England, its eastern borders
of shelving sand bars a fringe an unbroken
line of sandy beaches, the burial ground of
numberless craft. Hero ton stations are
located nearly equidistant und designed to
co-operate with each other. From Cape
Fear us far south as tho peninsula of Flor
ida there are no stations except one on
Morris Island at the entrance to Charles
ton harbor, the westerly trend of tho coast
making it distant from the track of ves
sels and the mild climata* making ship
wrecks less frequent thau w other places.
The stations upon the oceuu beaches are
usually situated among the low sand hills,
Where they r.roprotected from storm tides,
and are plain structures de.sq.vued for the
accommodation of the crew aiid the stor
age of the apparatus. The architecture is
similar in each, tho first floor consisting
of a boat room, mess room, keep
ers room and store room. Wide, double
leaf doors with a sloping platform
from the sills to the ground permit the ruu
' niug out of the heavier appliances. The
second floor consists of a storage room, a
large sleeping room for tho men and a
spare rootp with cots tor rescued persons.
Lack station is surmounted by a lookout or
observatory iu which a watch is kept dur
ing tho day. There is also a flagstaff sixty
feet high, used iu signalling vessels by the
international code.
The equipment conststsof two surf boats,
a boat carriage, two seps of brecehe.i-bouy
apparatus, a cart for the transportation of
the same, a life car, twenty cork jackets,
a dozen signals, a dozen signal rockets, a
set of signal flags, a medicine chest, bar
ometer, thermometer, patrol lanterns, pa
trol checks and clocks, furniture for rudo
housekeeping and appliances for the succor
of n .'.cued people.
All the stations on the Long Island const,
twenty-nine oti tho coast of New Jersey
nine on tho coast between Gape Henlopen
h Pars IteegidP
oil is the kind used ggy _
in the production
of Scott’s Emul- (jpOcM*
sion—llvpophos
phitesof Lime and ■ j P
Soda are added /•
for their vital ef- ff®*
feet upon nerve
and brain. No
mystery surrounds this formula—
the only mystery is how quickly
it builds up-flcsh and brings back
strength to the weak of all ages.
Scott’s Emulsion
will check Consumption and is
indispensable in all wasting dis
eases.
Priqmmii hy Scott k Bown. V V. All ffruairlftA
MEDICM. _ __
Better
Health
Than Ever
“An attack of La Grippe, three
years uo. left me a physical
wreck, ami being naturally trail
and delicate, it seemed as if 1
never should rally again. In
duced at last to Uj
rU’t : -3
Sarsaparilla
I watt surprised after taking it
two weeks, to find I v as gaining
strength, and now i am pleased
to say lam enjoving I tter health
than I ever had ‘before in my
life.’’— Eva Braoo, Lincoln, ill.
Highest Awards
World’s Fair
Chicago.
and Cape Charles ahcPall L.e stations be-:
tween Cape Hgnrjr/md Haiti ras inlet aro i
connected by {telephone.
The regular crews cons: , f of seven men
selected by the keepers frpm ,aUe bodied
experienced suffmen iu the vicinity of the
stations. To oppose pofiti al. social aud
family influences in the selection of the
crews, regulations wore established making
iitness the and in ISsc
these regulations received the Sanrtion of
congress. Politics do not enter into tho
service. Its blue jackets represent no
party. As Hop*. Kimball or. e said to a
member of congress who.was urging an ap
pointment for political reasons:
‘ With tho politics of tho man I have
noLhingtodo. When a ship comes ashore
in the black gloom of night, her timbers
riven and trow clinging to tho rooting
masts, the situation calls for surf tpen and
not politicians.”
Owing to the faithful adherence to this
method tbe service is filled w ith the very
pick and flower of tho hardiest face of
beaclimen iu the world. A an evidence of
this it is only necessary to refer to the rec
ords which show that in a few cases errors
of judgment have been made, while there
is not a single ease of cowardice reported.
A regular routine of dutksis appointed
for ea. li the week ami rigidly per
formed. Monday, drill with the beach ap
paratus. boats aud gearing; Tuesday, prac
tice with tiio boats; Wednesday, signal
practice; Thursday, general practice; Fri
day. practice of restoring the apparently
drowned; Saturday, cleaning house.
This routine is enforced throughout the
year, daily report from each station being
sent to tho department, in addition the
regular lookout is maintained from
sunrise to sunset. At joints where
the patrol system is icquired the
duties aro even more arduous. Tho
night patrol iq divided into four watches,
two surfmon being designated for each
watch. They set out in opposite direc
tions keeping as near as practicable to the
shoro until the men from the adjoining
stations are met, when checks are ex
changed, which aro returned and recorded
ou the r.speotive'journals. The patrolman
is provided with a beach lantern and
several red hand lights Upon the dis
coyory of a wreck or vessel in distress the
red light is used, whifh gives assurance of
speedy assistance.
Tap-manneß of respite is praeticfflly the
same everywhere. The turbulent waters
between the wreck and tbe shore are
either crossed by a life bout or spanned by
strong lines by means of which a life sav
ing basket is passed back and forth. The
Lyle gun, which has a range of 004 yards,
is the one adopted to throw the shot line.
It is regarded as tho most efficient gun
known for the purpose, the huglish gun
only having a range of 470 yards. A greater
range than thatof the American gun would
be impracticable. The life line could
not bo made sufficiently taut to be
free from tho water aud tho wrecked ones
would ’bo drowned before reaching thu
shore. The scope of operations, however,
is from five to twenty miles, many rescues
having been madeout of sight of land.
Before enlistment a surfmau is subjected
to a rigid examination by a surgeon of the
marine hospital service. Subsequently he
undergoes atfotiier examination as to his
exportness in the management of boats and
kindred matters by the inspector of the
district. His habits must be correct and
temperate, no excesses of any sort is toler
ated. The discipline of the surfmen is
as severe as that of tho regular
army, its responsibility as great,
its requirements as exacting and the pen
alty for failure more humiliating. Unlike
tho soldier who has periods of months and
even years in camp or garrison the life
saycr is always in. the face of the enemy.
lli3 vigilance is not permitted to wane.
His purpose is a nobler one, Unit of saving
instead of taking life.' A proper perform
ance of duty in times of peril requires the
sublrmest courage and involves the great
est danger to life. The surfmau who
plunges iuto breakers, rolling mountain
high, places his life upon a hazard as
doubtful as that of the held of battle.
Tbe origin of (ho life saving service in
this country was established iu 1770 by too
Massachusetts Humane society, dedicated
to the rescuing of tho shipwrecked along
the Massachusetts coast. It was a volun
tary service aud drifted along until trite,
when William A. Nowell secured an appro
priation from congress of *IO.OOO. In Feb
ruary, IS7I, Sumner J. Kimball, tho present
superintendent, who was at that time chief
of tha revenue cutter service, seeurod an
appropriation of > u.OOO, by tho a:il of
which, as a nucleus, he lias been able to
evolve the present effective and compre
hensive system.
The results of the service are remarka
ble. On Feb. 3, lss ,in a night of intense
darkness, wild with sleet and snow, the
entire crews of four vessels were rescued
upon the New Jersey coast without a mis
hap. During this year only nine persons
were lost out of t,;is.) imperilled. Tho
smallest number lust in any year was in
1-tSs. Out of 3,W>O imperilled only 17 met
death. In the memorable bliz. ard of that
year, fourteen sail ■ estsels and two steam
ers weft) assisted near tho Lewes, Dela
ware Breakwater, ouly two lives being
lost.
During tho destructive tempest in IKSO
three crows near v ape Henlopen rescued
I'M person* from twenty-two stranded ves
sels, uot a soul being lost.
From laliO to 1870 .Mil lives wero lost on
tho lug Island and New Jersey coasts
alone, vvhilu under tho preseut system from
luil to IS9I, with a largely increased com
merce and corresponding increase of dis
asters, there were lost only 119. an average
of less than seven pi-V annum, being a re
duction of So per cent. The loss of life
under the existing system lias been ouly a
small fraction over one in 100.
The entire loss on all tho coasts of tho
United States since l s 'l has been only
forty-eight in exec ,s ef tho loss on thu Long
Island aud New Jersey coasts during the
preceding twenty years. There has been
attendance at t.udi disasters, involving SO,-
nt* lives, only itVJ being lost. Including
twenty-eight unfortunate wreckers.
In addition to lives saved. pro|>erty to
fbe value of saw, ; it'.aui lias been saved.
The department is iu charge of riumnor
I. Kimball, general superintendent, und
Horace L. Hiper, assistant general super
intendent.
"<’sn you tell tm the way to Ynnyvtlle?"
“G-g-a-nu on. on ran got there quick
er'!! f can t-ti-11 you."—Life.
A SPLIT IN COLORADO.
Democrats Supporting the Regular
State Ticket.
Colorado Springs, CoL, Oct. 4.—This
place and El Paso county has witnessed
many strange scenes in the past year, but
perhaps none stranger tlisa that of the
gathering at the opera house last night. It
was a meeting conducted by democrats in
the interest of tho republican state
ticket. The meeting was presided
over by a life-long democrat, the mayor of
this city, and the principal sjicaker was a
southern democrat. They spoke from the
same, platform, with the reuublican candi
date for governor. end while declaring ad
herence tn the trad itionaof the party of their
choice, pronounced themselves ready to
vote for the tatn who will give to the state
the standing before the people of the world
that it once had. Among the orators was
Albert W. Mclntyre, the republican candi
date for governor.
CORPSES ON THE REEFS.
Ghastly Relics of the Storm Washing
TTp Off Kay Went.
Jacksonville, Fla.,Oct. 4.—A special from
Key West says that fifty dead dodies, vic
tims of w recks occurring on the reefs dur
ing the recent storm, Save been washed
ashore on the is’acds. The dead are evi
dently sailors from vessels destroyed,
though the length of time which has
elapsed since the storm has
rendered the bodies unidentifiable through
decomposition. The probabilities are that
many more of those ghastly evidences of
the hurricane’s fury will be brought to
light iu a few days.
PHILIP M. PRICE DEAD.
He Was Secretary of the Light House
Board.
Fort Monroe, Ya., Oct. 4.—Capt. Philip
M. Price. United States engineer corps,
died here to-night very suddenly of oedema
of the lungs. Capt. Price was secretary of
the light house board and arrived on the
Jessemire on a tour of inspection this
morning. He was taken ill about 7 o’clock,
when Surgeons Vickery und Moseley of
the garrison were called, but their efforts
were unsuccessxui and he died within an
hour.
TRIEDTO BREAK JAIL.
Prisoners Throw a Blanket Over a
Jailer’s Head.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 4.—A special to
the Observer says that as the jailer at
Fayetteville entered the jail to-day at
neon, three colored prisoners threw
blankets over his head and all went to tho
floor iu a struggle. The jailer’s pistol was
discharged two or three times, wounding
his assistant in tho foot. One negro was
badly beaten over tho head. There were
no escapes.
A Glass Factory Resumes.
Barnesville, 0.. Oet. 4.—The window
glass factory at tills place resumed work
to-day after a shut-downof twenty months.
The pay-roll is $‘,1,000 per week.
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I effects of a stay in thefi
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B overworked father—may fj
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Brown’s Iron Bitters
if taken faithfully. Men and women Bg
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cal Cos., Baltimore, Md. H
W. L Douglas
IS THS BEST.
tx# iT’J'W' tm NO SeOffftKlNti
gss. cordovan,
FRENCHii ENAMEULD CALL
*4AV*FILECAIf&KANCARQI
$ 3.SP POLICE.3 Soles.
*2.*17.. 5 Ooys'SchmlSmes.
•LADIES*
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ft** SEND FOR CATALOGUE
S-W-e.-DOUGLAS,
f BROCKTON, MAS3.
Yen cun cave money by purchauiug \V. L.
huUVlnB hhuf'Mi
Because, ttc arc the largest manufacturers of
ndvertiaed shoe* in the world, and run renter!
the value by stfiirpmtf the name cua price on
the bottom, which protect* you against high
pricej and the middleman’s profits. Our shoes
equal custom work in style, easy fitting and
wearing Dualities. We have them sold every
where at lower price* for the value given than
any other make. Take no substitute. If your
dealer eannot supply you, wc con. Sold by
BYCK BROS.,
14S Rroughton St.. Cor. Whitaker St
E. S. BYCK & CO.,
lfil) Jiroughton Street.
HARDWAKE^
HARDWARE,
Bar, Band and Hoop Iron,
WAGON MATERIAL,
Nai/af Stores SuDDfies.
FOK SALF. UV
EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS
IU UHvuanxos a no 13b 140 stats bra.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
SiflM
Now is your chance to get a pattern that no
one else will have but yourself.
Drummers’ Samples.
We have a full line of samples that were left
with us to sell from. Over ONE HUNDRED
PATTERNS, and each one a gem. You can save
% per cent, on your purchases by buying now. A
regular:
SIB.OO Curtain for $14.00 a pair.
$13.00 Curtain for SIO.OO a pair.
• SIO.OO Curtain for $7.50 a pair:
$7.50 Curtain for $5.00 a pair.
$5.00 Curtain for $3.50 a pair;
And so on through the whole line. Don’t be
bashful about looking at them. If you don’t want
to buy now, you can take the number of the one
you like, and we will order it for you when you are
ready.
SMYRNA MATS
As long as they last 25c.
Li IMPS AY
&
MORGAN’S.
M.LLNERT.
YOI HAYI; - SlilA
The Krouskoff S¥iiHinery opening last
Tuesday and Wednesday. The elegance
and richness of the display of French
and Domestic Pattern Hats and SVsiflin
ery is the most remarkable
ever seen South, and still more aston
ishing are the Sow prices for such high
grades of goods. S2O Hats in ftßew York
at Krouskoff’s they are %I2; sis Hats
areSSOj S£2 Hats are SB, and everything
else is sold to meet everybody at
KROUSKOFF’S MILLINERY CO.
IRON FOUNDERS.
KEHOE’S IRON WORKS,
W Founders, Machinists,
. 1 makers and Blacksmiths, NifgsL
re P a lr work promptly done. Great
£ reduction in price ot
MILLS AND PANS.
ESTIMATES BKOMI’TI.V 11KMSHKD.
M ra Broughton Btrout, from Reynold, to Knudolph su. Telephone
“ Savaiiu.il, G l
NOVELTY IRON WORKS.
JOHNROURKE&SON
Machinists, Blacksmiths, Boilermakers and Iron and Brass
Founders. ✓"T'n, a
Repair work of all kind* promptly m
ABMBnBHW B n , l i'h:iniat<’B
Mltf reduction in price* on
SUGAR MILLS AND FANS.
Send for prlre, before jtiirtha.inK eleewhere.
2, 4 and 6 Bay and I, 2> 3, 4, Sand 6 River Strcota, • - Savannah. Ci<