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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
ELINOR;
Aunt Ruej Legacy.
BY MRS B C.LOCKE.
CHAPTER VII.—Continued.
In the course of a month Wildwood was
reudv for its occupants, and in a short time
the family were established there. The
house had been fitted up with Mrs Cleveland's
characteristic good taste, and with lavish ex
penditure, that lady having spent some days
in Baltimore selecting furniture, carpets,
curtains, glass, ch na and all the appurtenan
ces of a well ordered house. Elinor and
Stella each had a ro'm furnished according
to her own taste®. Elinor’s was in the second
story of the right wing, just across the hall
from the one which her father had fitted up
for c. library filling it with choice selection of
books which he had brought with him from
England, and where he spent the most of his
time. Elinor was often his companion and
whenever she could drew him from the soli
tary life, into which he w u s fast relapsing,
to/'in her in a walk, ride or visit. Elinor
missed the home feeling predominant at
Earnscliff and Grace’s gentle companionship
but otherwise she was quite as pleasantly
and happily situated as she expected to be.
M s. Cleveland, was pleasant and courteous
and rather inclined at times to be confl len-
tial and affectionate, but met with no re-
gpon efrom Elinor, who though polite and
respectful, could not quite get over a cat
with a mouse kind of feeling, when in her
presence.
With her keen, instinctive penetration sh9
had fatho ned her step mother’s character,
and discovered the plan she had forme’o:
making her penniless son the husbind of Mr.
Clev.-1 tn l’s heiress. Stella could be agr ex
ble and companionable when she wished, but
she seldom exerted herself for the benefit of
h >me, ch® -sing rather to hold her powers in
re*' rve for the soclil circle, where she would
appear in an entirely different light, in her
gayety and animation. She and Elinor ap
proached to nothing like an intimacy, though
they were friendly. Robert, when he was
at hom r ; pleasant and Elinor’s favorite
of the three decidedly, but he spent the
gr a irt of his time in hunting, riding
about i he country followed by his dogs, and
loungirg about the streets of the country
town, “mussing political matters and gath
ering up uie news to retail at home. It was
no uncommon occurrence to see him come
striding in late in the afternoon his boots be
spattered with mud, his spurs jingling at
every step, his linen soiled and tumbled,
and his coat unfinished, followed closely by
his favorite dog, and seat himself with his
hat on, and begin in bis easy careless manner
to relate some amusing occurrence of the
day. It was so characteristic of him that
Ehnor and Stella could but be amused,
while his lady mother could not tolerate his
indifference to appearances. She would at
once tell him to go to bis room, and not re
turn without polished boots and immaculate
linen.
He would be back in a short time, a gen
tleman in manner and appearance ana be
agreeable entertaining and unobjectionable
except for a slight tinge of rowdyism, which
exhibited itself occasionally in a slang phrase
or unpolished expression. He had a quick,
apt mind and though not fond of study
caught up and assimilated information from
every source. Between himself and step
father there existed good feeling. Mr. Cleve
land had taken great interest in the boy and
though he found him badly spoiled, he soon
discovered that he had excellent traits and
set himself to calling these out.
In person R iherc was low and stout with
dark hair and eyes, and a jatty black mous
tache wb'c'i be had a habit of twirling and
twisting through his fingers as he talked.
Constant intercourse was kept up between
the yonng people of both families ml through
the golden summer and hazy autumn months
in walks, rides and parties of pleasure, the
time sped rapidly by and brought the day of
departure for Howard and his friend. About
the same time came a letter from Miss
Rhuhama Ros®, written with the quernlons-
ne-s of age and increasing infirmities, urgent
for a visit from Elinor. She had written
once or twice a year to her aunt ever since
she had been at Earnscliff and immediately,
up Mr. Cleveland’s discovery ofhis daugh
ter, he had written to Miss Ross offering'.her
assistance and begging her to come and make
her home with them as soon as they should
be settled at Wildwood that they might at
tend to her wants, and return so.ue of the at
tention she had bestowed upon his wife and
child.
She wrote and declined, saying her wants
were few and simple, and the home where
she had always lived was too much endeared
to her to be left now; but a severe attack of
the rheumatism, and soon after, the sudden
death of old Tom, caused her to write for
Elinor, and though she could not make up
her mind to leave, she agreed that they might
make some more comfortable arrangement
for her there. In a few days these prepara
tions were completed and Elinor and her
father on their n ay to visit the home and
friend of htr childhood.
CHATTER VIII.
It was late in the evening when the trav
ellers arrived at their de-tination. The red
headed, barefooted help, stood idly lounging
at the gate, bucket on arm, while the uu-
milked cows grazed lazily along the lane
waiting to be called. Her astonishment was
great as she watched the handsome carriage
coming slowly up the lane but exceeded all
bounds when Mrs. Cleveland called to her as
the carriage halted and enquired for her
mistress; she could only stand and gaze with
eyes and mouth wide open until the question
was repeated, when she turned ana bounded
nimbly off in the direction of the house,leav
ing the visitors to follow at their leisure.
Having reached the cottage she threw open
the door, exclaiming in loud tones:
“Somebody dun come, Miss Ruuiy.”
“Don’t come rush’ng in that way, Polly!
who is it?’’ said Miss Rhuhama turning to her
with a frown.
“Dju 1 o, ma’am; man and a gal; kinfolks
mebby,” she added as she backed out and
spread the door wide open for the strangers
to ente-
Miss Rue was much changed since Elinor
ha i last seen her. She looked older and if
possible thinner,and could scarcely rise from
her large arm chair to greet her visitors.
She gave them a hearty welcome having re
cognized Elinor as soon as she came in; bnt
she immediately sank back on her seat over
come with emotion and a sharp twinge of the
rheumatism
“Dear me, and it’s Elinor, really my little
Nellie, come back to see her poor, old aunt.
I’m so glad, oh! I’m so glad,” she half sobbed,
She bad found out how much she cared for
Elinor.
“Yes, aunt, I have come back to take you
home with me, and here is papa, too, come to
thank you for the care you took of his poor,
little orphan baby,” said Elinor,bnsying her
self with fixing her aunt’s stool and cushions
more comfortably.
“Oh, yon mustn’t thank me,” said Miss
Rhubama as Mr. Cleveland shook her hand
warmly, and poured forth his gratitude in
word:, “1 didn’t do the haif 1 ought to, I
know; I see it all now.”
“Yes, yon did, dear aunt; yon have noth
ing to reproach yourself with. I was a wilful
elf, I well remember, and tried your pa
tience purposely many a time.”
They remained some days using their ut
most persuasive powers to induce Miss Rhu-
hama to consent to remove to Wildwood to
which she at length consented, provided she
should recruit sufficiently to undertake the
journey before cold weather set in. Elinor
remained with her until she improved. They
employed the bright autumn days in de-
ligh> ful walks and rambles over the moun
tain, visiting the scones and haunts of her
ch dbood, and recalling memories, some
brig-1 and some sad of that early time.
Her aunt continned to improve but slowiy,
fcu Betsy was assiduous in her attentions to
er child’s wants, and she found Polly quite
Handy and efficient with some one to direct
her.
Elinor was returning from the village one
evening where she naa been to mail ft letter
atid make some little purchase, whm she_ dis
covered a thin wreath of smoke just rising
above the summit of the mountain, beyond
me narrow strip of meadow land in front of
cue house’ It caused her considerable uneas
iness as she feared it must proceed from a
tire which had in go-oe way broken out. The
ground was so thicklv strewn with dry chee-
nut leaves, pine tops and knots that a fire
could spread rapidly, carrying destruction
before it and endangering the few, isolated
dwellings scattered about through the moun
tain. She well remembered what a fright
the burning of this same mountain woods
had given them in her childhood. She re
membered the terrible scene when the fire
crossed the ravine and girdled them around
with a belt of name and the wild exer’ions
of the men to save the house, which was only
accomplished then by a change in the wind,
and a pouring rain,
Sne urged the old pony into a fast trot, as
the wreath of smoke merged into a thick
black volume. There was a chill November
wind blowing, and by the time she retched
home the fire had spread rapidly.reacbed the
top of the mountain and was slowly begin
ning its descent. She found her aunt, P. illy
and B tsy all in the greatest state of excite
ment and alarm as they rushed from place to
plnce to watch the descending flames.
A few moments after Elinor’s return Betsey
said she would hurry home and send the
old man and the boys up to burn off the
meadow.iu case the fire did cross the ravine
so there would be a safe place. As darkness
closed in, a grandly fearful spectacle was
seen. The burning trunks, stamps and pine
k- o s scattered about in ttaelarge space burned
over in the afternoon gleamed in the darkness
like the lights of a distant city, while the
broad belt of fire w ith its thousand tongjues
fanned by the increasing wind, came leaping,
hissing crackling and roaring nearer the
ravine, or stopped for a moment to catch
some gian dead pine,in its fiery embrace, went
flashing with almost .lightning rapidity to
the top.
At last the fire reached the ravine and
spread far away, up the steep sides of the
narrow gorge, finding fresh fuel in the tufts
of dried grass; the long growing ferns, and
thickly spread juniper leaves. Seth Jones
had arrived with his boys, and several other
men from the village below, and had burned
the crisp frosted grass from the meadow,and
were prepared to carry out the furniture,
and other contents of the cottage immediate
ly if the fire came across the ravine, for the
wind was now blowing furiously, and they
knew there was no chance whatever of saving
it should it catch fire. Polly had been sent
up the mountain to watch the progress of the
fire and soon came hurrying down with the
alarming intelligence that the wind had
carried some burning branches over, and the
fire was rapidly spreading down towards
the house on this side, The men hurriedly
set to work and soon everything was in a
wild state of confusion, to which Miss
Rhuhama added no little, by her repeated
or Irrs or en’rjat'es to save this or that, and
instructions to them to be careful as she saw
some cherished object in heedless hands.
They carried her out in her large arm chair,
and deposited her in safety, beneath a large
chesnnt in the meadow; where Elinor stood
by trying to console and comfort her, but
her efforts were almost fruitless, as the old
lady could not sit calmly down and see her
old house become a prey to the flames with
out greiveus lamentation, and then she
would stop as she thought of something else
and say to her:
“There dear, do run and see about that pot
of currant jelly,and don’t trust Polly with the
jar of spiced peaches, and them green
sweetmeats done with loaf sugar. And oh’
my, do see if they have brought down the
big chist with them sheets and things, and
there’s that quilt my grand mother made;
and don’t forget whatever yon do the chanev
tea set, my mothers weddin present and,
and” but Elinor was speeding away to
see the first orders executed, and would re
turn only to be sent back on similar ones
until everything was out.
Now aunty I am going to save a piece of
my dear old willow to plant at Wildwood;
it was the depository of all my childish joys
and griefs, and I must have a memento of it.
Sue was off in the direction of the spring;
she sprang upon the old trunk, and possessing
herself of a flourishing branch jumped down
again; but in doing so twisted her foot, felt
a sharp twinge, a sickening sensation and
fell fainting to the ground.
She bad lost consciousness but a few mo
ments, when she felt a dash of cold water in
her face; at the same time she was gently
raised and her eyes opened:
Opened upon the very handsomest face
she ever beheld.
“There can you walk I What made you
faint ? ’ he asked as he raised her to her feet.
“1 think I sprained my ankle when 1 jump
ed: No, I cannot stand,” and she sank oack
again.
“Then I must carry you, for in another
minute the fire will reach us.”
He raised her in his strong arms and car
ried her back to the meadow.
“Aunty, do help me to thank this gantle-
tleman. 1 fell and sprained my ankle. I
would have perished in the fire if he had not
come and brought me away.”
“R ither thank one of the men up there, for
he saw you first-,’’ said the stranger, “but I
being more active than he, reached you
first.”
By this time the fire came sweeping on like
a thing of life in the destruction it was car
rying before it, the stable fences, the garden
palings, the dairy, the old willow at the
spring, the hoary old chestnut, which bad so
long cast its sheltering shade over the cot
tage, and last of all, the old home itself, al
though for a long time its white plastered
walls and roof, covered with wet blankets,
held out against the devouring element. They
had all gathered around Miss RHubama, and
were gazing in silence upon the grand but
awful sceue, until the work of destruction
being well nigh over, Seth spoke out
his honest sympathy.
“Well, well, neighbour, don’t fret about
what can’t be helped; we all done our best,
and we are sorry your bouse is gone, but you
saved everything as was worth the savin’,
and ’taiu’t like as you had no place to go, like
mauy another if they git burnt out in the
mountain. Here’s Miss Nellie jest waitin’ to
take you to a comfortabler place than this;
not that we won’t be sorry to lose you,
though, as has always been our neighbour.”
Seth, with his boys, and the stranger, who
took an active part, fixed up a temporary
shelter for Miss Rhuhama and Elinor and
then started for home, as the fire was rush
ing on that direction.
Elinor had time to observe the stranger’s
appearance as he rendered assistance in mak
ing them comfortable. He was tall, strongly
built, dark-bearded, with a silver-mounted ri
fle that rested against a tree and his shapely
limbs clad in a grey hunting suit, from which
she inferred he was one of a party of city
gentlemen, who had passed up the mount »in
that morning on a deer chase.
The morning dawned clear and bright, a
brightness which only made the black and
ruined scene look more forlorn, and caused
Miss Rhuhama a fresh burst of sorrow, in
which Elinor heartily sympathized, for she
had a real attachment for her old home and
its people and surroundings. The stranger
was gone, and she did not even know his
name. He, however, bad learned from Seth
who she was, and such incidents of her life
as were known to the good farmer.
CHAPTER IX.
At some distance from the busy, bustling,
■crowded thoroughfare of Chestnut street,
Ir ii-tdelphia. there is a square enclosed
•with a high iron railing and beautifql grounds
tastefully laid off. Fountains, statues, rustic
seats, shrubbery, roses and clinging vines,
combine to make it almost an Eden, on which
stands a large and handsome house. Its mas
sive style of architecture, marble step3 and
portico and white shutters, indicate a style of
years ago. while a green, clinging old Eng
lisb ivy, which covers one end and has climb
ed far away to the roof, tells of the years it
has taken to arrive at its present state of pro
fusion. More than half a century ago it had
been a country seat, outside of the limits of
the city proper; but as Time marched on,
new streets were laid off and houses
erected around it, until it was now in a pop
ulous part of the city. A handsome doorway
led into a wide old w&inscotted hail and from
that opened suite after suite of elegantly
furnished apartments. Statues, pictures,
books, fl iw-rs, everything that culture or
taste might desire, could be found here—in
this, the ancestral home of the Carltons.
in a large room on the second fl >or, sat the
nreeent owner and occupant, the widow
Carlton. 8be was small and thin, dressed in
deep mourning, with restless, deep-set black
eyes, markedly contrasting with her snowy
hair put plainly back beneath a white tarle-
ton cap. She had a sweet but intensely sad
face that did not look old in spite of the sil
very hair. She was seated in a low chair in
front of the fire, an open coal fire, which with
a canary in the window,were the only really
cheerful-looking things in this room, whose
furnishing in contrast to the other rooms of
the house, was quite plain. No books, no
flowers or ornaments of any kind were scat
tered about, no little trifles of feminine in
dustry to indicate the taste or employment
of the owner. There were no pictures but
one, and that deserves particular mention.
It was a large oil painting, in a handsome
gilt frame, and hung over the mantel imme
diately in front of the lady. It represented
a storm at sea; a wild, dreary waste of water,
the waves lashed into fury by the be iting
wind. In the background half below a moun
tain nave was a wreck, just ready to be en
gulfed; in the foreground, a wide stre’ch of
barren sandy shore, not a rock or tree to
break the monotony. Lying upon this bar
ren shore was a man, who had been thrown
there by the waves. His right arm clinging
tightly around a broken spar, while his left
hand clutched with a death-grip a handful
of seaweed. But it was on the face that the
interest centered. To'call it handsome would
convey but a feeble idea of the exquisite con
tour of brow, lips and chin; but tne beauty
was marred by an expression as though when
the humad soul bad departed the body had
be-*u taken possession of by som9 fiend. It
was a wierd, fascinating, but very unpleas
ant picture, and one would wonder why the
lady of the house had chosen it to adorn her
room. She had been sitting quietlv for some
moments, when she raised ner nead with a
startled look as she heard a low knock at the
door. Her son, Leon Castleton, entered the
room.
“Well, mother min», I am back again,” he
said as he stooped to kiss her.
“I hope you had a successful chase.”
“Yes, we brought down three deer, but
were driven away by the mountain taking
fire.”
After sitting quietly a few minutes he
asked:
“How is he ? Does Dr. Purse give a more
favorable report?”
“No, and 1 have not been near him for a
month:” and the smile, or rather the ghost of
a smile, which bad lighted up her face for a
moment, faded away.
For a long while he sat silent. Then he
took up her faded but still beautiful band.
“Mother,” said he, “I wish you to release
me lTom tne promise you exacted years ago,
when I was yet but a child, that I would
never think of marriage.”
Sue turned upon him with a startled, stern
look.
“Leon, my son, what do you mean ? Have
you dared to speak of love to any woman ?”
she asked in her deep, tragic voice.
“Mother, for years I have heeded your
counsel; I have held myself aloof from home
and friends; have kept away from the social
circle, and tried in travel and study to find a
compensation, but it will not suffice. My
heart calls for something more. In its depths
are capabilities for loving that will have out
let. I cannot consent to sacrifice myself any
longer to a chimera of your imagination.
Why should theie not be domestic happiness
for me, as well as others I”
“Why not? You ask me that: you, who
know so well the great burden of my life;
you, who see in your own mother but the
wreck of her former self, see one who for
thirty years has not seen one happy day,
who uvea but to endure. Ah, my son, pan 9
and think, could you love a woman and bring
such a fate upon her ? Remember the curse
handed down to generation after generation.
“Mother, your feelings are morbid on'this
subject, and even in your life yon might
have had happiness if you had been less re
bellious to a dispensation of Providence, but
S ou have thrown this shadow over my whole
fe, and if ever the curse, if curse it is, which
I only consider the idle prophecy of a weak
woman, should rest upon -my head, it will be
you who have brought it down.”
“My son, I cannot. The presentiment is
too strong upon me that a happy love is not
for you. Better, far better that the name of
Castleton should die out and their posses
sions pass into strange hands. You and I
must live and die alone, the last representa
tives of this ill starred race.
Leon stopped in his restless walking to and
fro, an i g-.zed steadily at the picture over
the mantel, then pointing to the figure in the
foreground, said:
“He represented well a fit ending to the
life you would have me lead, drifting,storm-
bea'-en, cast on the shore of life fit for neith
er time nor eternity. And this,” turning to
his mother, “is your final decision for me?”
She answered him by a haughty inclina
tion of her head.
“Then farewell. To-morrow my wander
ings begin again. When next you bear of
me the ocean will be rolling between us. But
oh! mother, try to think differently. Come
out of your seclusion, your voluntary im
prisonment and take broader views of life.
Go in the highways and by-ways and hunt
up God’s needy creatures. Go out into the
courts and alleys of this city and find the
sick and the poor and distressed and in alle
viating their sorrows you will find a balm
for your own.”
He walked out with a steady step and closed
the door softly behind him, and that was his
leave-taking, for she saw him no more for
mouths.
For weeks she was a prey to her proud and
stern sorrow. Then there came a reaction.
In her heart she forgave her boy, and grad
ually she began to do as he had entreated.
She came out of her seclusion and hunted up
the poor and ill and wretched, taking them
the comfort of good food and clothes, of kind
words and pleasant books and pictures. She
took once more an interest in her surround
ings and the family pew in St. James Church
had once more an occupant. The withered
heart began to revive under the influence of
its work of love and mercy.
(TO BK CONTINUED.)
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PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
O N and after June 5,1881. Passenger Train
Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-
Line division of this road will be as follows:
U.S. Mail N. Y. Exp U. S. Fast
EASTWARD. No. 43 No. 47 Mail-No.
A B 43—C
L’ve Atlanta 4.00 am 3.15 pm 6.30 pm
Arr Suwanee....D 5.18 a m 4.37 p m 7.45 p m
“ Lula E 6 54 a m 5.50 p m 9.06 p m
“ Toccoa F 8.14 a m 7.15 p m 10.16 p m
“ Seneca G 9.20 a m 8 40 p ha 11.25 p m
“ Greenv’ie H-IO 58 a in 10.20 p m 1.00 a l
“ Spartan’g.K 12.14 p m 11.40 p m 2.11a m
“ Gastonia..L 2.36p m 2.13am 4.31 a m
“ Charlotte..M 3.35 p m 3.15 a m 5.35 a m
WESTWARD. ^ "“UN Y.&p^^
No. 42 No. 48 Nq g,,
L’ve CharIotte..M 12.30 p m 12.43 a m 12 33 a m
“ Gastonia..L 1.27pm 1.43am 1.17am
“ Spartan’g. K 3.50 p in 4.06 a m 3.12 a m
“ Greenv’ie .H 5.07 pm 5.18 am 4.24 am
“ Seneca G 6 51 p m 7.02 am 5 47 a m
“ Toccoa F 8.01 p m 8.15 a m 6 53 a m
“ Luia E 9.16 pm 9.31am 8.09 am
“ Suwann-e.D 10 38 p m 10.54 a m 9.22 a m
Arr. Atlanta 12.05 a rn 12.20p m 10,35 a m
CONNECTIONS.
» with arriving trains of Georgia Central
and V. & W. P. Railroads.
B with arriving trains of Georgia Central,
A. * W P. and W A A. Railroads.
C with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad.
D with Lawrenceville Branch to and from
Lawrenceville. Ga.
E with Northeastern Bailroad of Georgia to
and from Athens, Ga.
F with Elbertoh Air-Line to and from El-
berton. Ga.
G wi h Columbia and Greenville to and
from Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
H with Columbia and Greenville to and
from Columbia and Charleston, 8. C.
K with Spartanburg and Asheville, and
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia, to and
from Henderson and Asheville, and Alston
and Columbia.
L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge
to and from Dallas and Chester.
if with C. C. & A.—C. C.—R. 4 D., and A. T.
* D. for all points West, North and East.
^■Pullman Sleeping Car Service on Trains
N«s. 47 and 48 daily, without change, between
Atlanta and New York. A. POPE,
may29tf General Passenger Agent.
MARIETTA PAPER Mill.
The Marietta Paper Mill Company mam
factures and keeps on hand all kinds, size-,
and qualities of Paper at the lowest casn
rates. SAX A. ANDERSON, agent
Jn^tn Gapyinr Company,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
OLD PICTURES COPIED 4 ENLARGED.
Agents wanted in ever^tmm and eonnty in Vu
there are no agents of ours in your vicinity, write
for retail prices, and send picture direct to us
(either by mail or express), and they will receive
our best attention. Address SOUTHERN COPY
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Georgia 232-
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Beal Estate Agent,
PORT WORTH, TEXAS,
No. 7 Main Street.
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foot of the hill Address M. Young, 173
Greenwich street, New York. 3j9 13t
Or eat Kennesaw Route,
VIA
Western and Atlantic Railroad
T RIPLE Daily Passenger Trains are run by the
Old Reliable Kennesaw Route.
THE FAST MAIL TRAIN NORTH.
Leaves Atlanta at.. .„™......™ 2:50 pm
Arrives at Lynchburg „. 1:55 p m
A —ives at Washington- 9:40 pm
Ar-'ves at Baltimore 11:20 p m
Ai rives Philadelphia „. 3:40 a m
Arrives et New York 6:45 am
THE FAST MAIL TRAIN SOUTH.
Leaves New York at _.10:00 p m
Leaves Washington at...™™....™ 7:00 a m
Arrives at Atlanta 12:40 noon
Pullman cars run daily between New Orleans,
THE FAST MAIL TRAIN
Also makes close connction at Chattanooga from
and to all points West
THE EXPRESS TRAIN NORTH
Leaves Atlanta at „„Aio a m
which makes close connection for Rome and all
points in Virginia and Teuneasee, also at Chat
tanooga for all points West,
THE EXPRESS TRAIN SOUTH
Arrives at Atlanta 8:15p m
making close connection from all points West
Also from Virginia and Tennessee points.
Information as to rates, etc,, furnished upon
application, B. W. WRENN,
240-tf General Passenger Agent
GEORGIA R. R.
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY.")
Superintendent’s Office, J.
Augusta, Ga., June 1,1881. J
COMMENCING SUNDAY, 7th instant, the
following Passenger Schedule will be operated:
No. 3, BAST DAILY.
Leave Atlanta ™...™„.715 am
Arrive Athens ™™™.....™™.... ........3 SO p m
Arrive Washington A10 p m
Arrive Camak „™ ..............113 p m
Arrive Milledgeville 4 45 p m
Arrive Macon 6S0pm
Arrive Augusta 8 47 p m
Ro connection to or from Washington on Sun
days.
No. 1, WEST DAILY.
Leave Augusta 9 35 a m
Leave Macon 7 00am
Leave Milledgeville 8 58am
Leave Camak ™„ „_.ll 33 a m
Leave Washington 10 45 a m
Leave Athens 915am
Arrive Atlanta 5 45pm
LITHONIA ACCOMMODATION.
Dally—Except Sunday.
Leave Atlanta 6 00 pm
Arrive atLithonia 7 14 pm
Leave Aiithonia. 645am
Arrive at Atlanta. 8 00am
DECATUR ACCOMMODATION.
Daily—Except Sundays.
Leave Atlanta.. 12 noon | Leave Decatur.. 1:30 pm
Arrive Decetur.l2:25 pm I Arrive Atlanta 1 55 p m
No. 4, East Daily.
Leave Atlanta ™. 848 pm
Arrive at Athens 7 30 a m
Arrive at Augusta, 700 am
No. 3, West Daily.
Leave Augusta...............™ 530pm
Leave Athens 6 00 p m
Arrive at Atlanta. 500 am
Trains Nos. 2,1. 4 and 3 will not stop at flag
stations.
Only one Change from Atlanta to New York.
JNO. W. GREEN, G. M.
E. R. DORSEY, Gen, Pasg. Ae’t.
™™ 8 30 A m
1182 a m
1218 p m
,.™ J2 33 p m
..... 1 02 p m
™, 5 28 p m
10 00 p m
South Carolina Railroad.
SCHFDIJLE:
C OMMENCING Sunday, October 16,1881, trains
will run as follows, by Charleston time,
which is about 10 minutes faster than Augusts
city time:
GOING EAST.
Leave Atlanta 8:30 p. m. 8:30 a. m,
Arrive Augusta 6-30 a. m. 4:C6p. m.
“ Charleston 1:55 p. m. 5:00 a nr
“ Columbia 5:30 p. m. 5:10 a. m.
“ Camden 8:45 p. m. 1:10 p. m
GOING WEST.
Leave Charleston 9:05 a m, 10:00 p m.
“ Columbia 9:05 a m. 9-30 p m.
“ Camden 3:50 a. a
Arrive Augusta 3:20 p m 7:40 p m.
“ Atlanta ...™_l...„™ 5:45 p m. 5;45.p m.
Ail trains between Augusta and Charleston
run daily. Day trains on Columbia Division and
Camden branch do not run on Sundays Night
trains run daily—sleeping cars on all night trains
Excursion Tickets—good for 10 day between
Augusta and Charleston—can be purchased at
(8.30 via this route.
On Wednesdays and Saturdays connection is
made at Charleston with steamships for New
York.
Tickets on sale at Unton Depot Ticket office.
JOHN B. PECK,
Gen’l Superintendent, Charleston, 8. C.
D C. ALLEN, Gen’l Passenger and Ticket Ag’t,
Charleston, S. C. 246-tf
Chickasaw Route Memphis and
Charleston R. R,
A DAILY PASSENGER TRAINS. A
SCHEDULE as follows: * ^ 188 ’
GOING WEST.
Leave Chattanooga 10:15p m
Arrive at Memphis 12:05p m
THE
Memphis & Charleston Railroad
Is the road that first inaugurated the sale of Emi
grant Tickets to Arkansas, Texas and the North
west, hence it is pre-eminently
The Emigrant’s Friend.
THE SHORTEST
ALL RAIL ROUTE TO ALL POINTS IN
Arkansas and Texas.
Special rates and attention given by this line to
the shipment of Live Stock and Household ef
fects in Through Cars.
Parties desiring to proepeet in Texas can obtain
Round Trip Tickets via this line at very low rates.
Baggage Checked Through.
For information as to Rates. Routes. Schedules,
etc., apply to THOS. NUN AN,
Gen’l Southeastern Agent, Atlanta, Ga,
JAS. R. OGDEN,
Gen’l Passenger Agent, Knoxville, Tenn.
T. S. DAVANT,
Asst Gen. Passenger Agent Memphis, Tenn.
jjjUilroatl (guide.
Condensed Through Time Table
Cincinnati Southern Railway.
trains south-
DAY EXPRESS.
On and after Sunday June 10, 1881, Trains will
run as follows:
Leave Cincinnati(l)
Lexington (2)
High Bridge(3)
Harrodsburg Junction(4)
Junction City(5)
Sedgemoor (for Rugby
Arrive at Chattanooga (6)
ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Cincinnati(l) 4 00 p m
Lexington (2) 7 15 p m
High Bridge (3) 8 08 p m
Harrodsburg Junction(4)..._„ 8 27 p m
Junction City(5) 8 55 p m
Arrive Chattanooga(6) „..12 20 p m
NIGHT EXPRESS.
Leave Cincinnati(l) 7 25 p m
Lexington(2) 10 07 p m
Junction Ciiy(5) „.n 23 pm
Arrive Chattanooga(6) 7 so a as
TRAINS NORTH.
DAY EXPBE88.
Leave Chattanooga (6) 5 00 a m
Sedgemoor (for Rugby) 9 38 a m
Junction City(5) 1 50 pm
Harrodsburg Junction(4) 217 p m
High Bridge(3) 2 82 p m
Lexington(2) 3 21 p m
Arrive 'lincinnati(l) 6 20pm
ACCOMMODATION.
Leave <”h«ttanooga(6) 2 20 p m
Junction City(5) 5 30 a m
Harrodsburg Junction (4) 5 54 a m
High Bridge® 6 00 a m
Lexington (2) 7 88 a m
Arrive Cincinnati® 10 25 a m
NIGHT EXPLK8S.
Leave Chattanooga(6) 730 nm
Junction City® 312 a m
Lexington® 4 26 a m
Arrive Cincnnati(l) 7 00 a m
(1) Connects with all railroads centering at Cin
cinnati, for the North, East and West (2) Con
nects with L. C. & L. and K. C. roads. (3) Ken
tucky River Bridge. (4) Connects with S. W. R.R.
for Harrodsburg. (5) Connects with L. A G. 8. R.R.
(6) Connects with all diverging lines for all points
m the South, Southeast and Southwest.
Night Express runs daily; other trains dally ex
cept Sundays.
E. P. WILSON. 8. WOODWARD,
Gen’l Pass Ae’t. Superintendent.
RE.AU CHMPBELL, Gen’l Northern Ag't.
Magnolia Passenger Route.
PORT ROYAL AUGUSTA RAILWAY,!
0 ._ _ _ Augusta. Ga., My 14,188L /
N and after May 15, 1881, the following
schedule will be operated :
GOING SOUTH, GOINo NORTH.
No. . No. 2.
D y M l. D'y M’l.
J-SJP m I'Y Augusta Arl030p m
2 20pm Lv Beech Island..Ar 9.50pm
2.4o p m Ar Jackson’s Lv 9.34 p m
'{JPm ArEUenton Lv 9.15pm
-IS p m Ar Robbins ;„Lv 9.00 pm
P m Ar Mlllett’s Lv 8.36 p m
4.04 p rn A” Beldoc ™........Lv 8.15 n m
Lv 8.15 pm
4.28 pm ArAtiSfc^wHS
4.51 p m Ar Campbellton......Lv 7.88 p m
4.52 p m Ar Bronson .Lv 7.27 p m
6.05 p m Ar. Hampton ...™™.Lv 7.14 p m
5.14 p m Ar Varnesville Lv 7.06 p m
5-44 p m Ar Early Branch,...Lv 6.35 p m
6.00 pm ArYemasee Lv 6.20 pm
9.30 p m Ar 8avannah....„..„.Lv 3.30 p m
9.30 p m Ar Charleston..™™.Lv &80 p m
7.35 a m Ar Jack8onvllle...™Lv530 p m
6.25 p m™™—.Lv Yemasee............ Ar 6.00 p at
7.49 p m Ar Beaufort Lv 4.36 p m
8-06 p m Ar Port Royal ™.Lv 4.20 p m
Baggage checked through to Savannah.
Charleston, Jacksonville, and all Florida
points.
GWThrough Tickets for sale at Union De
pot Ticket Office, Angusta, Ga..and at all
principal Ticket Offices. B. G. FLEMING.
J. 8. DAVANT, General Snp’t.
Gen. Pass. Agt. sostf
Wastern Railroad of Alabama
Time Table, taking effect March 1,188a—Atlanta
Time.
GOING EAST AND NORTH
Mail and Passenger, No. 45.
neaving Montgomery.— l<hl5 p m
Arrive at West Point 12:56 m
“ Atlanta . ... M 3:00 a m
Connecting at Atlanta with the Piedmont Air-
Line and Kennesaw Route for all points East
Ho. 47.
Leave Montgomery &40 a m
Arrive at West Point 10:15 am
“ Columbus 11:10am
“ Atlanta 2:07 p m
Macon 5:15 p m
Connecting at Montgomery with Mobile and
Montgomery railroad, and at Chehaw with Tua-
kegee railroad, and at Columbus with South
western railroad, and at Atlanta with Kennesaw
Route and Piedmont Air-Line.
ACCOMMODATION. No. 4.
Leaves'Selma 2:10 pm
Arrives at Montgomery.....™ 4:33 p m
Leaves Montgomery 5:40 pm
Connecting at Atlanta with through trains via
Kennesaw Route, Piedmont Air-Line and Geor
gia railroad.
Local Sleepers on No. 3—Selma to Atlanta.
ACCOMMODATION. No. 5& 7
Leaves Selma 6:50 am
Arrives at Montgomery 9-.40 a m
Leave Montgomery 10:10 am
Arrive at Columbus 7:10 pm
Leave Atlanta
“ West Point „...,
Arrive at Montgomery
Leave Montgomery
Arrive at Selma
No. 49.
.—12:50 am
4.-00 am
™™ 8:10 a m
8:55 p m
....11:00 pm
Connecting at Montgomery with the Mobile A
Montgomery and Louisville N A 8 G 8 Railroad
and for Selma.
GOING SOUTH AND WEST—MAH, AND EX-
t « No - *»•
“ Atlanta 1:15 nm
“ Columbus ...... 3:10 p m
“ West Point .... 4:50 pm
“ Opelika 4:45 p m
“ Chehaw 5:42 p m
..rriveat Montgomery 7:00 p m
Connecting at Montgomery with Mobile and
Montgomery rail road for Mobile and New Orleans
and with Louisville, Nashville and G. 8. BsilreeA
for all points West,
ACCOMMODATION. No. 4.
Leaves West Point 3.-20 a m
Arrive at Montgomery 8:07 a m
Leaves Montgomery ... 8:56 a m
Arrive at Selma.....™.....™, . ii-an * m
Making connection at Selma with tbe Alabama
Central railroad for Meridian, Vicksbnrg and
points in Texas.
ACCOMMODATION. Na 0.
Leaves Columbus...™. , 7:00 a m
“ Opelika 10.15 a m
Chehaw ■ _...™™12:22 pm
Arrive at Montgomery — 3:20 pm
ACCOMMODATION, Na 8.
Leave Montgomery 4.-20 p m
Arrive at Selma 7:22 pm
SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION.
t « . Na
Leave Montgomery 5:30 p m
Arrive at SeTma 7^0 p m
Trains 42, 45. 47. 48 3 and 4 run daily,
Trains 5 6, 7 and 8 run daily except Sundays.
Trains 9 and 10 run no Sundays.
CECIL GABBETT,
244-tf General Manager.
Georsria Railroad Company,
OFFICE GEN. PASSENGER AGENT,
Augusta. Ga.. Angnst 15,1881,
S PECI AL ORDER No. 108.—To Agents and
Conductors: On and after Thursday, Sep
tember 1. proximo. Through Freight Trains
will not stop.to take on nr put off passengers,
at any point between Atlanta and Decatnr, or
An<.usta and Bellalr, Nor will they stop for
like Durposeat any other than the regnlar
scheduled stopping places, as per schedule in
force attime of service. Conductors will, be
fore starting from stations, ascertain the des
tination o’ passengers on thelrtrelns, and are
hereby ordered to refuse, positively, to accept
passengers for points in tbe above described
territory. E. R. DORSEY.
•316 4t General Passenger Agent.
Gf (t>on per day at taonfe. Sample
worth $50 free.Address Stin-
s A Co., Portland, Maine. 336-ly