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NEW SERIES, VOL. V-N O." 11 THOMASVJLLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1S93. The people demand prompt action on the part ol tbe senate in dealing with the financial problem. With the Sherman act repealed and yellow (ever knocked out at Brunswick everybody would ieel better. In addition to Brunswick's other troubles it is feared that the storm did great damage there on Sunday night. That was a graphic and splendid write up oi the great storm in yester day’s News. The News is a great paper, ‘ wooragim hews Duncan Barbee at the residence of Miss . Bessie Blackshear on Friday - evening COMES -FROM THE—CITY BY THE SEA. j I’uuusiiKO Kvkuy Saturday. was a oomplete success in every res pect. Tbe attendance was large and the aflair passed off in an extremely pleasant toanner.- Many of the; cos tumes were very pretty. They were aa fallows: Miss Vint Fatten—Bed Biding Hood. Mias Anna Patten—A bunch ol Lilacs. Miss Eva Jennings—Night. Miss Evelyn Mallard—Marigold. Min Anna Mallard'—Tambourine girl. Corner Jackson Street. The Sherman act is doomed and damned. No New or Suspicious Cases Yesterday—All Idle or Vicious Classes Who Refuse’to Work are Being-Run Out of the City —The Deserving Poor, -Pro- vided For: t • *• r- -t r-J ( Alabama towns against Atlanta; aro quarantining rAVAUi.it IS auvaSCB. Congressman Russell made his first speech in’Congress on Thursday. 8pJ3laI to TDfES-ENTSBPAUli.] Brunswick,'Ga., Aug. 26,1893,— There are no new or suspicious cases of fever in Brunswick to day, and the Congress will declare a general quarantine against the Sherman act, The government is taking energet ic steps toward controlling the yellow fever in Brunswick. And tbe chances are that the government wifi succeed in its aims. on Monday. Shun the man who wants to dis cuss the silver question, as you would the pestilence. It should be borne in mind that the fever has hot been declared epidemic Pensacola and Tampa are all right now, A few more days will decide whether the lever is to be epidemic in Brunswick or not. The outlook for the suppression oi the disease is good. in Brunswick There is one thing to bj for; the debate on the silvtr is over m the house. thankful question The calamity howlers have been in their glory for several weeks. ''They have contributed, largely, to the gen. eral demoralization, but their stock in trade is playing out. Times are grow ing better. Editor Wrench is standing nobly by the city of Brunswick. . He is getting out his paper without print ers or carriers. He should be re membered by the people of that city, when the clouds have rolled by. SA young woman with three hus bands who bas been held.for bigamy at Saratoga, N, Y , says io defense i that she is a monomaniac on the sub. ' ject of marriage. But that’s no reason ' why she shoo’d have more than her share, while there’s a multitude : of ; similar monomaniacs arourd unpro vided for,—Ex. Thomasviile is still in luck: She miased the storm, or rather the storm missed her. It’s all the same. A miss is as goed as a mile. This re minds us, however, that September is, , usually, more or less stormy, and it , would pay farmers to get the cotton , oat of their fields as rapidly aa pos- t aible. I \ Mias Mildred Christie, of Jackson. ' vdle. who has been spending some • weeks with Miss Minnie Dillon, in this. cBy, left yesterday for MonticeUo to the regret of muq new made friends. Dixon brothers live from one tS two miles sou'h of the line dividing Leon , county, Florida, and Thomas county, j Georgia, and have always lived'- and j firmed in Leon county. 1 He “ihe first bale” of the Thomasviile market I has therefore, ‘‘for a number of years,” , come from Leon county, but the fhomasvilie papess have “for a ourav i her of years,” insisted on crediting |]ge . Messrs, Dixon’s first bale to Thomas, county. This is unfair, and unneigh- boily, particularly in view of-the large amounts of cotton and trado Thomas? vtlle gets from Leon couoty. by reason of being nearer the line than Taila- $60b.. /. To tbe county making the second best display, $100. To tbe county making the third best deploy, $300. . To,the individual making the larg est and best display of products grown or produced by her or him, Or under his or her direction, $150; second best MtveuTlejgemimberof applicantafor G ' BJ1 “ d * ife ’ ° f T “> ^grifinditabno.gmihio tosupply them. Thu u tbe only „ . , . .. - , , ... town Satnrday night - summer stnee I have been in the ° business that vacant houses were so The .protracted meeting at little carce.” This speaks well for tha,! Ochlockonee church in the forks of prosperity of the place. TnctnasviUej'river, c’ostd last Sunday night.; Eigh- is far ahead of many Georgia towns in j ‘.ecu additions were made to the plbitof prosperity. *«hurch membership. : nr uviacc. , ; ?. KlCUtCY. Miss Christie is a most charming young lady, and was quite a social favorite duriogjier stay here. Her numerous admirers wiil look forward to another visit from her with pleas ure. .Y- ..... \Vc arc now prepiirctl to ftttQiali guod machine male l<rick in aoj qrnstttj and at reasonable jirices. . * Tliymauville Biitk Jo., -C..U. WILLIAM^ Onager. up and get a pension, and a liberal Pension Office takes care to make it near the maximum. U. C LANEY. r tl. Du PHYSICIAN AND 30." OEON. Vot'LTiUS. COLQUITT ).,UA. t .Tt r.- his «-i\ « 'ft * !«■ UolqV* Many suspended banks are resum ing in the West. ' Keep Don't let the town pushing it forward. g U.CULi’blTLit, Physician and Surgeon, MOULTRIE, • - * GEORGIA. OSVrs his services to the 'itizens o o!quilt mi l i-ljictsal counties. Thomasviile his ample money to handle the cotton crop. Tbe ready cash will be paid by Thomasviile cotton buyers. Sunday was some what breezy. Many thought a storm was brewing. g <;. Uil.KNi ON, ATTHltNEY AT UW, Ample funds are in Thomasviile to buy and pay for all the cottoa brought here. r Wntt'i store, corner Broad Wedd'og bells will, ere long, peal forth their joyous chimes iu Thomas vilie V. A. 1IORROOKS CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Send your cotton to Thomasviile, where the highest market price will be paid for it. I'hss an 1 Hinalea Finhki >3 io rnukc < ontmcis Tor iiuis of buildings, public brick or wood. Best It is said that fishing has been bet ter iu the Ochlockonee this season than for mauy yean past. We told you good times were cora^ ing. September, wi'h its r will usher oysttrs. The country is safe. Scientific Americas Agency for ^ twnmw Autma# itrwr?iiS J A m £ d GRIBBEN ioc;ractor and Builder, THOIIASVTLLE, • - • - Pi* jmasvil.e is paying cash for cct- ion. Ttu.re is plenty of money here to hambe the whole crop of the ouaiy. 1 to make contracts for, Qr i-'.-n.-fS ot buildings, public it her brick or wood. Will nd 3|>frcificutions il required, v building done mil on me ilii mi mates, whether con- t rue or not. I w'.ll guaran. in nil mt work. I refer tc tiding* erected by me ii i I to all j nriied for whom I Shop no ?lrtcher street, 2nd i* jn. II d-ly. We have tun big buttles, (••-■ii- boys) l olcling 10 GALLOWS e.K'li, They cost §'..75 each in .Yew York. We will sell them at §1.00 car'll. Nice and clean. The thing for syiup and wine. R, L. HICKS & CO. uaiEimm The next game between Quitman and Thomoavile wib probably be played at Boston, on neutral ground. The bicycle lever is dying out iu Thomasviile. There are a tew casts yet, but they are reported couvaleEC- Kow if a circus or a good shou.d coiui along Hard time have to take a back s*.at come. We are indebted to Mr. 11. C. Lambert for some very lovely water hyacinths grown iu his yard ou Sew ard street. There are comparatively few iule workmen around Thomasviile. New bail lings are going op and improve ments being made on every hand. The farmers who raised their own hog 1 and hominy, and there are many of them in Thomas county, are not aflteted by ihe money stringency. A six foot alligator was on exhibi tion at Cochran & Lee's stab’es yes terday. The gatorjwas caught by a arming paity at the river a tew days ag»- • The Carabelle Road. Tallaiias?ee, Fla., Aug. 24.— Col. W*. A. Simmons, of New York, president of the Georgia and Florida Investment Company and general counsel of the Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia railroad company, arriy- ed here a few days ago accompanied by Col. J, A. McDufiy, New York agent of the Savannah, Americas and Montgomery railroad and a gen* tleman ot large experience in .railroad matters, who has come to look over the entire field and provide for the management and operation of the new road. He will secure terminal facilities, make contracts for steam* ship connections on the gulf, with the express and telegraph companies, locate stations, saw mills, etc. All the material and equipment are contracted for and will be paid tor as delivered at the Florida Central and Peninsular depot iu Tallahassee. The syndicate backing tbis enter* prise has ample capital and Col. Simmons has carte blanche to do whatever io hisjudguient is necessary for the speedy completion and equip ment ot this new Use to the gall. '1 he road will traverse a fine tim ber section heretofore untouched and ostly owned by this company which has contracted for a daily output of 100,000 feet of lumber, all to be ship* ped oyer its l:ne. The first cargo of raiw is expected here next week, and the contractors claim that they will lay the first ten miles of track iu U u days, and that the entire line wi! be completed by November,, The above, taken from yesterday’s News will be read with iu tires’, in riiomoaville. Messis Davidson and Mclulyre artr pushing their work rap* i ily to completion. Now. the next thing, is to bring th- iineouio Thom- aaviile, a* onteiupJat d. To Help Stricken Brunswick. Thcmasville is always ready to lend its aid to the desti ute and distressed. When Mayor Hopkio’s card appeared in yestctd-iy nroroing’s I’imes-Enteu- PRISE calling on the people to respond to the cry ot dsttress I rum Brunswick, two ot our 1 fading cit sens started with a list, and went arourd among the business men silcit.og contributions. In a short tunc they collected and turned ovt-r to Mayor siopkirs $100, which be one: expressed to the relief commit tc of ihe stricken city'. In addition to duo a nurabrrofcitizens sent their contnbu ions ui ^rocer:es, etc, dirct to the comuiUtce. Should additional fund, become necessary the people stand ready to subscribe again. Mias May ne Davis—Fortune Teller. Miss Daisy Scott—Simplicity. Miss Ruth Mitchell—Baby Rath. . Miss Emma Mitchell—Baby Bine., Miss Nellie Pringle—Butterfly. Mias Matsie Hopkins—Greek girl. Misa Blanche Baker—Flower girl. Miss Minnie Dillon—Gypsy. Miss Carrie Williams—Innocence. Mies Mildred Christie—A pink rose.- The costume of Baby Ruth was exs cellent She looked qnite like a baby with a long white dress and iu* fanl's cap, and with a big doll iu her arms. The gentlemen were as follows •* Mr. Eugene Smith—“Squire Gib-. bon8*” Mr. James Hopkins—Sailor boy. Mr. Joe Tillman—Indian Chief. Mr. Raiford Robison—Prince. Mr. Russell Wiggins—Cow boy. Mr. Jim McDonald—Dude. Mr. Jack McDonald—“The Great What Is Iu” Mr. Duncan Barbee—Clowu. The gentlemen uot in costume were Heeth Varnedoe, Sam Baker, Lee Neel, John Pittman, Charley Pittmin, Coyle Mebane, and Ben Ainsworth. Mr. Barbee was splendid. Ho re* minded one of the famous Johnnie Lowlow and he acted his part well all the eveuing. Among tbe spectators the reporter uoticed Misa Bsesie Backshear, Miss M-unie Blackfbear. Miss Mattie Davn, Miss Katie Winn, Miss Annie Paine, Misses Nettie and Florine Smith, Miss Annie Scott and others, all of whom enjoyed the party a- much as those who actively partici pated. Miss Blackshear’s home is an ideal place fur a party aud she left noth ing undouerwhich would add in any way to the pleasure of the young people Mr. G. R. Carter, from the forks of the river, brought to this office yes terday a set of eleven ratties and a button, which was taken from a rattle snake killed by him a,few days ago. Mr. The-i Titus, who has been rus ticating for the past few weeks in North Georgia aQd Tennessee, re turned home Sunday, looking much improved by his outing. Mr. X. a McMath killed a monster rattlesnake on his place, three miles from town, the other day. His snake- sbip sported ten rattles and a button and measured five feet and a half in length. JACKSON STREET, NEWS DEPOT. ALL THE LATEST PKRIODIVAIaS, .VIAGAZ1VE8, MOTHERS AND WESTERN DAILY PAPERS. ALSU A FULL LINE OF A dance was given at the opera house on Monday night last in honor of Miss Emmie McIntosh, of Thomas viile. All who went enjoyed them selves immensely.—Bainbridge Demo crat. Books and Statationery REVOKE. nuke the pi- tucky Stublt!9, The Thomasviile base ball dub are talking about making Mr. Jos. Clif ton a member of the organization. They want him aa an “encourager.” He certainly “whooped the boys up” on Thursday. Com- The Miccosnkie Drainage pany is still at work draining the lake and entertain bright' hopes of success.—MonticeUo Constitution. If they do succeed it will break up some jolly fishing par i?8 from Thom asviile. A Good Move. The road commissioners cf Thcmasville D.strict had a meeting at ll e court bouse yesterday morning. The object of the meetijg «as to consider a plan for improving the condition of tie loads through >ut the At a previous meeting the suggesttoa was made that ” a road macnine similar 10 that in use by the ci'> b* bought and put to work the count) roads. At the meeting yesterday ii was agreed to try tbe scheme on one road for eix miles oat experiment. The city's road machine will be rented and a close account kept of all expenses incurred on the roads that the cost of the pro posed plan may be compared with the present system. If it proves a suc cess, and we have no doubt it will, a machine will/ be bought for the purpose. We think the plan is a good one. More and better work can be done at less cost with one of theso machines than by any other mode, axd we feel confident now that the initiatory steps have been taken, that it is only a matter of a very short time until all our country roads will be worked by machines. When this is done Thomas county will have the best roads in tbe State. Prof. T. Hall Parker left yesterday for Groover vilie, where he goes to take a school, commencing next Mon day morning. Prof. Parker is thorough teacher and the people of tbe Grooverville neighborhood are to be congratulated on securing his ser vices. :k to day, atmospherio conditions are unfavora ble for spread. * Relief ia comtng in rapidly" for thfe deserving poor. Rev. J. A. Thomp son and Ed F. Cook are famishing relief certificates to people certified to as being in distress by reputable citizens, which are honored at the conimissary. All able bodied men are beiog or ganized, and under efficient superin tendents, put' to work on sanitary street work at a salary of twenty five cents per day and rations for family. An extra police force cf twenty-five men has been put on to enforce Mayor Lamb’s proclamation to run alt idle or vicious classes out of the city wbo refuse to work. Tbe citizens are hopeful and tho outlook is cheer- A Needed Improvement. Wc wonder if it has ever occurred to tbe merchants and business men of tbe city, who are soliciting and holding out inducements for tho trade of the country paoplc, that there is absolutely not a hitching rack in town to which“those who come . here to trade may'secure thtir teams. There is a city ordinance making it a violation of the city law to hitch to any shade tree, and the country- muu who drives to Thomasviile to do his trading must carry his team to the stables or fasten to some lence and lay himself liable to damages to the fence. There should be a num ber of hitching racks put up in dif ferent parts of the town. If we would encourage the country trade we should prepare p’aces for them to put up thtir stock. We trust cur usines8 men will see that this neces- y is rupplied at once. Jas. F. Evans & Son. In another place wtl be found the large display advertisement of this well known firm. They are offering everything in.their line, consisting of wagons, buggies,, harness, etc., at greatly reduced prices. Their stock of these goods is large and complete, and those desiring to purchase any thing in this line can do well by giv ing them a pail and getting, their prices. ’ * They also advertise to secure for all who bring cotton to their ware house the very highest c price for the* staple. Mr. Eyans has been in the cotton business in Thomasviile for many years and knows it from the ground op. He is jn position to do more for the cotton growers than any one else, and nhfin be srys that he will see that his customers get the very top price for their product, he, means what he says. He is too well known to need any endorsement at our hands. His repu tation as a thorough, reliable business man is unsurpassed and those who favor him with , their patrpnage will be treated fairly and squarely. There is an abundance of ready money in Thomasviile to handle all tho cotton in this eeclion. Those who bring their staple here will get the cash in exchange for it. Albany News and Advertiser: With well filled barns and smoke-houses at the end of tbe year, the farmers’ lines will have fallen in smoother places compared with other years gone by. It is true that the present low price of cotton has a depressing influence upon the farmers, bat when he take* into consideration the fact that he has made the present crop with much less expense than hereto fore, he cannot help but be encour aged, notwithstanding the low price of cotton. Steamships and other vessels billed to leave Savannah, deferred their de parture on account of the report of the weather bureau. It foretold the coming of the big storm. “Old Probe” gets in some good work now and then. Mr. Hill, as usual, got in some uns called for flings at Cleveland in bis speech in the Senate last week. The country still believes in Mr. Cleve land. The per capita ol money in the United States, according to the statis tics of the director of the mint, is $25.- 17. The debt, les3 the sinking fund, is SI 2.12 per head. In Great Britian the per capita of money is $18.60, and of national debt $87.79. Change of Schedule. The attention ot the traveling pub- : is called to the chaoge of ihe local schedule of the S. F. & W. Ry , which appears this morning. There has been but few changes made. No. 5 from Savannah now arrive at 6.20 instead of 6:25; No. 6 from Albany, which foimerly arrived at 6:30 now gets here a; 6:35. No. 5 for Albany now leaves at 8:15 instead of 7:50. No. 52, local freight, for Albany leaves at 2:05 instead of 1:45. While these changes are slight, it would neverthe less bo wc 11 for all traveling pt ople to ake notice of them. Th3 new Biptist church is beginning to assume houelike proportions. Mrs. W. B. Dukes and children, of Chastain, were in the city yesterday en route to Boston, where they will spend some time visiting relatives and friendsJ Valdosta has established her quar antine camp three miles from the city. The last issue of tbe Times says: “About a dozen citizens of Bruns wick, former residents of Ya’dosta, who have fYieuds and relatives here, were stopped at the quarantine sir.- tiouj and sent to camps iu the pine woods, three * mites Ireuu V&ldcsta, where couifcrtable tents vrere ars ranged fur them by relatives before they came. They are entirely isola ted aud will be required to remain there until the - lime expires for the possible development of fever among them. A rela’ive carries supplies ‘ to within several hundred feet and then gives a tigual and retires. They then go out to get the supplies.” Louisville, Ky., Aug. a6.—The Fourth National Bank, one of the five Louisville banks to suspend payment during the recent panic, resumed bus iness to-day. The City National and the Merchant National will also resume within a few days. An informal meet ing of the stockholders ol the Ken tucky National Bank will be held to discuss the matter of re-opening that instil u ion. Miss Annie Paine, of Way cross, who bas been spending some weeks in tbe city visiting relatives and friends, left yesterday for Chicago. She will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jelks. Prof. A. Q. Moody, who was a prominent member ol the faculty of the Peabsdy Institute lately held m Thomasviile, has been invited by the teachers of Pierce county to take charge of their County Institute, which is oow in session at Blacksbear. Prof. Moody has accepted and is now performing the duties to ,which he has been cal'ed. This call was quite unexpected, and it is a merited com pliment to one of the best teachers id Georgia. A Fever Problem. Editor Times Enterprise*. A preacher, whose duties keep him traveling all the time^ is unable to procure a health certificate because he does not ttiy more than two or three days in any one place. When be teturns to Thomasviile will he be allowed to s-.ep off tbe train at quar antine station—a mile South of town —and go to his heme in the country? If not will he be In such a predicament as was the Chinamaq who slipped into Canada, tried to cross the Niagara bridge, was stopped by the American authorities and was not allowed to -go back to the Canada side 1 R. L. Fulton, Evangelist Suwanee Presbytery. Mrs. S. B. Van Dyke and Miss Carrie VanDyke left yesterday for New York, where they will spend some weeks visiting friends. Mr. VanDyke accompanied them as far as Savannah. As a resn't of the big storm I on the coast, and its threatened appear ance in this section on Sunday, I issued a $3,000 storm policy on a hotel in town to-day,” said Mr. J. Hansell Merrill to the reporter yes terday. She Mr. Arthur Baruch, of New York, has arrived and is now in charge cf the dress goods department of tbe Levy *Mercaatile Company. Mr. Barnch is a very pleasant gentleman, and is & most experienced dry goods man. He was prior to coming here in the silk and dress goods depart ment of Simpson, Crawford & Simp son, one of tho largest bouses in'New York. Ho will prove quite an addi tion to the clerical force of 'this well known establishurnt. Austin, Tex , Aug. 26—Cotton planters in town to-day toll doleful tales about ihe erudition of cotton, which is suff. ring lor rain, and they assert th»t 1 hey will not make more than a brie to six acres. Buyers are promptly paying for all offered. The ruling price is 6A cents to-day for midcbng, but many farmers refuse to take this and haul their cotton home to hold for higher prices. Items from Darien Gazette: A great cry is now going up for a State Baard of Health, but will tbe Potiphur Peagreens hear the'cry and act accordingly. President Cleveland is conscier tious in whatever be does. He is an honest President and there is nothing small about him. The legislature ought to provide for a State Board of Health; but will they do it? We doubt it unless a united effort by the pres* and people is made. A prediction:—The Wilson bill in the house, and Vorhee’a bill in the senate, will both .pass. Few congre:8tnen appreciate the fact that "silence is golden.” Some of them may repent this. Not a bushel ot corn has been ship ped into Brooks county this year, but thousands of bushels have been ship ped out of it. The country has also sold thousand of pounds of meat more than it has bought. This is the reason why Brooks is to-day in better shape than any county in Georgia*— Free Press. Yesterday’s News was filled with a graphic account of the great storm in Savannah. The wind blew at the rate of 70 miles an hour, and an im mense amount ot damage was done. It was one of the most destructive storms ever experienced in that city, not excepting tho great storm of 1881. More than five inches of rain fell within a few hours. It is a nota ble coincidence that tbe great storm of 1881 occurred on the same day, viz., August 27th. Hutchinson’s Is land was submerged, and it is feared that many lives were lost. Nothing definite has been beard from Charles ton, but is likely that great damage was done in that city also. Macon Evening News: A promi nent bauker said to the writer: “bet ter times are near at hand. Already tbe money channels feel easier. Con fidence is being restored and soon we will poise at our old time equilibrium. So soon as tbe people are over their scare money will flow out plentifully. There is not a bank in the Jand that would not be glad to lend its money to-day if the feeling of confidence was better. There is no pleasure in doing business as we are now doing it —our expense account is high but our income is very light” The crops are good and there just as much money in this coantry to day as ever there was. There is no rational excuse for this monetary de pression. The Americas people get scared easily bat they have wonderful vitality and recuperative powers. They can recover from a shock al most as quickly as they are stricken. QThe^legislaturo ought to find time when it meets in October to provide for the insane of tbe State. The county jail is not tho place to confine these poor, unfortunate people. Let the legislature act and act promptly. Dixon, tbe light weight colored champion, was knocked out iu New York the other uiglit by Plimmer. Tbe Manufacturer’s Record reports twenty new cotton mills under con* struction in the South. The country responds quickly and generously to tho appeal for help sent out from Brunswick. Albany aud Americus banka are issuing certificates with which to pay for cotton and carry on the business of those towns. Jacksonville, Fla, promptly for wards SI,000 cash and $500 worth of provisions to Bru- swick. Well done, Jacksonville. The working man, after all that has bceu said about gold and silver, pre fers a crisp green ba^k bill. It is the best paper money io the worid. A fire destroyed two hundred and fifty dwellings in Chicago' yesterday. Two hundred and fifty buildings are hardly missed in the Windy City, Certaiu newspapers in Georgia will go into spatius if the Sherman act is repealed by Congress, Well, they may prepare to do the spasm act. There is a decided let up m failures and closing down of mills. No better sign of gentral improvement in the financial situation could be detired, says the Savannah Press. The physicians are making a splen did fight against "Yellow Jack” in Brunswick. It looks like they would whip the fight. Men who faced cannon, and were unblanched by the roar ot musketry, turn pale and flee from the yellow fever. It is a great demorahzer. A Boston reporter recently describ ing a suicide, said: "He was un married, and there was no apparent motive for his rash act.”—New York Recorder. 7 ; The American house of lords, the Senate, should not fritter away valr- able timem threshing over tho argu ments used in the homo on the silver question. Enough has been said. Vote. Pension reform will not down. Hoke Smith will be sustained in his efforts to purge the rolls. The Chi* cago Tribune, one of the ablest repub lican papers in the country, says: There are men on tbe rolls receiv ing 812 a month who never fired a shot, wbo never did anything to in jure the enemy, who never saw a Con** federate soldier, and who*e health to-day is just as good as it wonld have been had they never been mastered into the service. It is an outrage on the tax-payers thatsuch things should bs. No one grudges the real soldiers what they an receiving. No one would lift a finger to take from the men who fought and marched, who knew wounds, imprisonment, hunger and disease, those pensions which a grateful coantry is glad to give them, Bat there are tens of thousands, dead beats and frauds, eating up the sub stance of the tax payers, who are in no ssnsQ^veterans,’ and who do not de serve pensions. It is known that un der the older and more rigid laws men managed by hook or crook to get pensions, though not entitled to them. Under the new lax laws laxly administered, every man who was ever mustered iu fc . the service, or, if heis dead, bis w,fe is inyited to step Liberty Baptist church, Groover- viile, celebrated its semi centennial on on the 19ih. Of the eight original members only one, Mrs. Sarah Groo ver, is left. Congress nan Russell’s first speech in congress is spoken of in flattering terms by those who heard it. He advocates free and uolimited coinage of silver. Unless yellow fever appears in a day or two at Tampa, and there ap-- pears to be no probability of it, we presume the quarantine against that’ place will raised.