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ESTABLISHED 1826.
MACON, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1881
VOLUME LV-NO. 15
JtFAt RF.FItAIX.
•‘Do yon loro me?” eho said when the skies
And wo 1 walked wbero the stream through
AD the fcancbcs glistened;
And I told and retold her my love was
Whilo'sho listened andsmiledgind smiled
and listened.
‘•Do yon love me?” she whispered, when
days were drear, „ , . ,
Vnd her eyes searched mine with a pa
tient yearning; .. _
And I auswcred, repeating the words so
Whiteriio listened and smiled as if slow
ly learning.
‘•Do yon love mo?" she nsked, as we sat at
By ttw stream, enshadowed with antumn
Her dSeeiSiad been laid as in peace on
Bnt she raised it to ask for the sweet old
stoiy.
And I said—“I will tell her the tale again—
I will swear by the earth and the stars
above me!” ...
And I told her that uttermost time should
Tho fervor and faith of my perfect love;
And I pledged it and rowed it, that nought
should move,
While she listened and smiled in my faco
She whispered once more—“Do you truly
love me? ’ [John 3^ 0 . ReUly ,
FIIUIT.
\OT I.V F.XCOVRAGIXG FROS-
PF.CT.
What tho Farmer* and Correspond-
enta Think «f Middle and Southern
UeurgL-t Crop*.
The Trrmnipn and Messenoeb’s call
for reports upon the present condition of
the fruit crop in middlo and southwestern
Georgia has drawn forth a number of per
sonal and written replies from farmers,
fruit-growers and special correspondents.
Tho condition of the frnit crop may bo
jalged from the opinions below given.
Col. Lee Jordan reports a personal ex
amination of tho fruit crop in the neigh
borhood of liis plantation in Loo county,
and the peach crop nearly entirely destroy
ed.
Capt.J. P. Fort, Bibb county, reports
every tree in fig orchard killed and ent to
th? ground. Of eevon varieties, nono es
eiped.
Col. E. C. Grier, secretary of the State
Fair Association, Griswoldvillo: Fifteen
seres of peaches; total failure of crop.
Col. I!. K. Bark, Howard distriot: Person
al .-lamination of peaches. Will make a
third of full crop.
Special correspondent in Baldwin coun
ty reports frnit crop materially injured bnt
not destroyed.
Oorikw, WfLinrsox, County, April 8.—
V .rm. rs report fruit ull killed. This is a
heavy loss ns this section is one of the best
fruit counties in the State!
Maihumllvillb, Aprils.—Your card re
ceived this morning and content* noted.
Tin- present prospects for a crop of fruit in
this section are as follows: Apples, grapes
and strawberries, afull crop. Blunts half to
third ofacrop the “Wild Goose,” one of the
most popular market varieties for Georgia,
ha> a f ill eropof yonngfrnit. Beaches fourth
to third of acrop.Tho late blooming varie-
ties.sadi as Early Alexander,Bcatrioe.Hale’s
Early and others have half to three-fourths
of a crop, while tho early blooming varieties
which have shed tho bloom, as Tillotson,
Amelia and White English, have bnt very
few perfect young peaches left on the trees.
Fig trees, as a general thing, are all killed
to the ground, except one variety, “Celes
tial." which at present gives fair indica
tions of a good crop. Peers and cherries
arc seriously injured. Yours very resjiectr
fully, Samuel H. Humph,
Willow Lake Nursery
B-iLisonnoKE, Ga., April _8.—Yonr postal
card asking about the condition of frnit to
hand, mid in reply would say that tho peach
crop will In, an entire failure on my place,
anti, from wlnt I have heard, it is not
touch better anywhere in tho neighborhood.
Fig trees have been killed to tho root by
the severe winter, and, consequently, could
no: be injured by the late cold snap. Of
pears, apples and plums, I think wo will
have an average crop.
Geo. D. Wadley.
ilri.tiBD’s, April 8.—By request, this
morning I will state that the peach crop in
■his section is almost a total failure. Plums
and apples not hurt. T. S. Mabcy.
Gbiswoldyuak, Ga., April 9.—Yonrs of
tho sth, inquiring about the condition of
fruit, duly received. In reply, a* to my
place, would say, that fruit trees are all
looking well, have wintered better than
jwn-tl, and very few havo died. Out oi a
large number of trees sot lost fall all nro
'•live. Beaches aro seriously injured, though
1 think tuy trees will bear ns many ns last
fear. Apples and pours aro not injured,
and are very full of fruit, though late.
Blums, nectarines, apricots and quinces are
nearly all killed. Fig bushes aro all killed,
*’,>’• I think will sprout again from the roots.
Grai*. are not injured; strawberries are
not injured, though Into. I commenced
.‘hipping 1st March, 1680, but it will be
nearly May before any shipments will be
taaiie this year. Yours very truly,
H. K. Buowst.
Cctubebt, April 11.—Tho prospect was
generally goad for fruit, prior to the lato
‘pel.s of severe cold. The destruction by
theiu has been very grout, but not of tho*
entire crop. The tender varieties of plums
mul apricots appear to be generally killed.
1 he into and hardy varieties of this fruit
seem not to be hurt. The figs are killed
jutd the leaves blighted, and the trees seem
“> tie dead on the outside. Peaches bloom-
e, irregularly—tome trees were in bloom
«mic oihers had only swollen buds, and
jacy md net ull come together on the same
>‘er,. lhe early pouches have shed their
).u -m-., and on cutting through the young
poaciio*,.they are either dead or black, or
* *>lnek speck in tho center that tndi-
before maturity. Among
jao.ie , hat k.oomcdlalo and bad the old dry
b.ootu around them when tho cold camo,
there are many that nppe tr to be entirely
sound—enough for a good crop. Pears are
nucertmn here in any season ; some had
“loomed and were killed or damaged. Olh-
,. s are blooming since the cold. So of ap-
. -Neither of these crops are generally
Allied up to this time. Tho strawberry is
bl ‘t so far os 1 can perceive not effect
ed by the cold. There are, in my garden,
an sizes and a good crop of blooms and tho
ntti-s are growing. Randolph.
ituiou, April 9.—The opinion of most of
‘he l armors in this section is, that tho frnit
emp h nearly all destroyed. Some little
•nay tat left—about the same as last and
year hef ,ro last. Farmers are considerably
“vliind,som# having to plant their corn ovor
entirely. No cotton seed planted yet, tho
weather being bo unfavorable. B.
CocuBMt, April 9.—Fruit, from what wo
«tu see and learn, through this section is
vided the fruits do not fall offgis many pre
dict will be tho case.
_ H. T. CONNOB.
BLOOimxLD, Bibb Comm, April 1L—In
reply to your inquiry with reference to the
fruit crop: After a careful examination of
my trees, 1 think, from the present condi
tion, there will be a fair crop of peaches. I
send you twigs from some of my fruittrees
which are as much exposed ns any in my
orchard and you will see that tho young
fruit appears to bo all right. Apple trees
are in full bloom now and promise a good
crop. Plnm trees are fall of young fruit
uninjured. Pear trees aro in full bloom and
I think are uninjured. Raspberries nro
all right and promise a good crop. The fig
trees aro reported killed by everybody.
Grapes have not been hurt and will, I have
no doubt, be abundant For six years,
without exception, our farms have yielded
large crops and I be! eve will do so invaria
bly. Blackberries never fait R. A. N.
Boltnoboke, April 11.—In yonr issue of
tho Sth inst., yon request truthful data n3 to
the “fruit crop, especially tho peach, fig,-’
etc. Eastern Monroe replies: Peaches
gouorally killed—so tho neighbors north,
east, south and we3t on adjoining lands re
port. The writer’s are as sonnd os a dollar
—the “dollar of our daddies.” Fig treos
are “dead as Hector”—but little hope of
oven a sprout putting out from the roots.
Grape vines living—do not seem to have
been even injured by the excessivo cold.
Nine-tenths of the plantors nro plowing up
and planting over corn fields. Incalculable
damage was dono to lands by tho recent
floods. E. Tailor,
Secretary Georgia State Grange.
TnoMASVM-E, April 10.—Tho Leconte
pears aro nearly all killed by cold weather.
We will have tiuo specimens but no crop.
Peaches have not been injured. Tho first
setting of grapes are all killed, bnt the sec
ond setting will yield a small crop. Apples
are not damaged at all. Plums only
_ tly so. Strawberries are injured a good
deal. Bananas were all killed last winter.
The first crop of figs are killed, but this
happens vory often. Japanese persimmons,
a fruit lately introduced, were not damaged.
The gardens are nearly all rained.
J. H. Merrill.
Fruit Farm, Bird Go., April 11.—Your
card received on Saturday, and according
to yonr request I send you a report of my
fruit crop ou my placo and in this imme
diate neighborhood:
I have made a careful examination and
find that the peaches and pears' aro all
killed, for which there was a fine prospect
up to the time of tho severe late frost about
ton days ago.
The early apples are injured but from
present indications there will be a good
late crop.
Cherries noorly all killed. Of straw
berries, I think there will be a full crop.
It has been tho most disastrous year for
figs I have ever known; for not only the
young wood that bears the fruit, but in
many instances the trees are entirely killed.
Although somewhat injured, 1 think
that there will bo a fair crop of plums, es
pecially Newman and Wild Goose. Tho
early grapes are injured, such as bad put
out, but fortunately tho shoots are not all
put out nt the same time, nature having
provided, in most cases, secondary ones
which take their places, if tho first fruit
buds are killed. Sumo varieties do not put
out until all danger from frost is past, and
us is always the case with mo, I will have a
fine crop.
I have made examinations and inquiries,
andtbesamo report will answer also for
this neighborhood. _ E. R. Astcont.
The Macon nntl IlruiiHulck extension
nad the ItnllroiKl t'oiiimisniou.
Savannah Sean.
In its Thursday's issue, the Macon Tel-
eokapii and Messenoeb publishes
quite a lengthy interview with Air. R. T.
Wilson, one oi the purchasers of the >Ia-
coti and Brunswick railroad, regarding
the extension of that line front Macon to At
lanta. That gentleman says ill effect that
nothing lias been decided ou regarding
such extension, and a conference is yet to
be held between his co-purchaser, Col.
McGIteo, and himself to consider the mat
ter before a filial determination is arrived
at. Indeed, he admits that no loute for
the proposed extension has yet been set
tled upon, for lie says closer surveys will
have to be made, and then the subject will
be again discussed.
Air. Wilson gives various reasons fortlie
delay in commencing work on this exten
sion, but the prime and real reason is
tersely expressed In a reply made by him
to a question propounded by his inter
viewer, os follows:
“We shall probably go ahead and build,
trusting to the Legislature to protect us.
I do not believe the people ever intended
to place in the bands of three men twenty
'million dollars’ worth of railroad property
to control. It has tho effect of retarding
the development of the State. Capital, as
you know, is sensitive, and capitalists
hesitate to invest beyond their control.
We may have good men to-day and bad
to-morrow.”
This cliarly means nothing mow nor
less than that so long as the present Rail
road Commission law is in force, tho ex
tension of the Macon and Brunswick rail
road from Macon to Atlanta will not be
built. Mr. Wilson utters simply an ax
iom when he says that capital is sensitive
and capitalists do not lay out their money
for sentiment, or when It is, after being
expended, to pas3 beyond their control,
lie might have gone further, and said
what ho ami every one knows to be strict
ly true, that capitalists do not invest
their money on contingencies, un
less they have very positive
and unmistakable reasons—amounting
almost to certainties—for believing that
such contingencies arc in their favor.
When lie says, therefore, that “wo shall
probably go ahead and build, trusting to
the Legislature to protect us,” ho merely
means to say that the work will be pros
ecuted provided his co-purchaser and
hiinselt have positive guarantees that the
Legislature will protect them from the
Railway Commission, and as such guar
antees are well nigh impossible to be giv
en, it may, at once, be concluded that tho
proposed extension will remain in
abeyanc3 until the Legislature meets.
If, then, the commission law is
repealed or greatly modilied the road will
be completed. If not it will be abandoned,
for any one can readily [understand
how the purchasers would infinitely pre
fer to pay over their forfeit money of a
few thousands rather than expend tens of
thousands in prosecuting a work, which,
when finished and their money is expend
ed, will quietly pass from boyond their
control into tho Jiands of three disinter
ested gentlemen.
This is but a practical illustration of
the truth of the position wo have always
taken regarding the Railroad Commission
law ot Georgia, viz., that whllo it remains
in force It mnst crush out all future rail
way enterprises Is this State, and conse
quently prevent lier future development.
The history* of this Macon and Brnnswick
railroad extension is undeniable proof ol
the‘ustice of This decisiou. No State
which has such an arbitrary and UDjust
law upon its statuto books can make
progress. Only when a State regards
the charters which it grants to railways
as solemn covenants between herself and
the corporations, and—so far from- s^ek-
SENDING tJSWOBD.
OVU XEWSGATMERERS' WORK.
FernandlM and Jacksonville Ball'
road—Nt John’s and Its Attraction
—Fighting Flame* In Forsyth, and
the Low the Town an Be red—New*
Picked *p In Sdlledaeville.
Tho new route opened between Jackson
ville and the seacoast at Fernandina is one
of tho most important achievements in the
history of Florida. Ready access to tho
interior has been one of the great wants of
the day, and this now link inoets this de
mand, and shortens the distance between
the North and West and Florida very mate
rially. It has awakenod fresh hopo and
renewed vigor,.both iu Fernandina aud
Jacksonville, as to the possibilities of
Florida, and there can bo no just
reason why both cities should not be
largely benefited by this new road.
The road itself has been built daring tho
miserable weather of the past winter, and,
consequently, it progressed slowly under
tho peculiar difficulties, and while stfmo
places are not os smooth as desirabl > yet
the track has been substantially put down
and the road bed aud bridges constructed
with the view to permanency. After a few
months of trimming up, this road will be as
good as t he best. The coaches ore splendid
and constructed with a special view to com
fort in a warm country. Tho conductors
aro polite, accommodating and efficient,
while tho officers of the road are so well
known in railroad circles that a word of
commendation is entirely superfluous. I
tun under special obligations to Capt. A. O.
Macdonell, the general ticket agent of tho
road. The country through which this line
lasses of course is not attractive, os it has
jeen a wilderness of pino trees, palmetto
and marsh grass. There were only one or
two houses visible on tho new line. It will
be improved. We cross Amelia river, the
inland steamboat route to Jacksonville, the
Warsaw river, a stream of considerable
width, and Trout creok, which is nearly
a half mile wide and navigable. It would be
a big river in our country.
The distance between tho two cities is
about thirty miles, and shortens the time
some three hours over, tho former ran. Tho
trains have boon crowded every day since
the opening. Hundreds of Northern people
aro availing themselves of this short lino in
returning home. Tho enterprise i3 an
assured success already.
The Macon exenrsionists are scattered in
every direction, and it would bo impqssi
Ala ‘n itiafinrAf *'••’.
Milledoyille, April 11.—Capt E. J.
White, one of the oldest uitizens of this
place, died from a stroke of paralysis this
afternoon. The attack come on about 12
o’clock Saturday night He was on the
streets at a late hour Saturday evening and
many of his friends congratulated him
upon his looking so well. He was uncon
scious from a few minutes after the attaok
came on.
Winter in these parts seems not only to
“linger in tho lap of spring,” bnt to have
chosen that locality as a summer resort
Tho • reports from the fruit crop
are so contrary that to giro
yon a reliable statement is almost out of
the question, From all reports, however,
I am safe in saying that if not entirely de
stroyed the crop of overy class is vory
greatly injured. Such os we will have is
likely to bo of a very inferior quality. The
oat crop is not near so good of for the past
two years. I heard a day or so since that
tho local companies of. tho old Second
Georgia would be with us some time in
1 lay. Bully, we will show them and any
body else who comes along how glad wo nro
to see them when they got here. Mat v of
ns will be. Write you on tho 20th. 0.
“very materially damaged as yli?though way to violate those charters
| «« have had plenty of tefand frwt sinro i“ splrlt.it not inreality—detenuinesto
the trees bloomed oub 1 — **'“■ *" “ n
. L vtontwi, G*., April 9.—The peach crop
miuy neighborhood (six miles northwest
, ! ll i» place) has been destroyed by tho
cold weather, and fig trees killed to the
ground. Apples and pears not materially
tejured. John R. Hudson.
WAsHmota^ Couxtt, ‘GjC, April 11.—I
send you peaches gathered from as many
trees in au orchard with a northern e-ep's-.
“re. There is not a full crop, but us many j aro i
*« the trees can bring to pertbotior., p. Jf bly.
protect the corporation in all their rights
tinder their charter^, will railroads be
built and such State developed. And the
difference between tbe prosperity of a
State which thus encourages railway con
struction in lier limits, and one which
crushes out all railway enterprise, will
very speedily he manifested.
Joint Buio&t is reported to have stud
that Americans alone, among mankind,
hs habit of signing thoirnames lug-
ble to discover their whtr
ment seems to have been the ruling
passion, the grand object of the trip, ana
wheravor they are they are enjoying them
selves. And they do this in every conceiva
ble way, and not more so in investigating
Florida cariosities than in impressing tho
credulous native and the wonder-struck
Northern visitor with their individual im
portance. They talk largely of investments
in orange groves—that half of Georgia is
ready to move into Florida at once, uni!
the whole transaction winding up with tho
S nrchaso of a small alligator, n cane and n
ozen oranges. Abscacoifrom home, and
[peculiar surroundings expands the soif-im-
S irtnnco of some people wonderfully. The
ncop boys intended it only os a joke,
[however.
Jncksonvillo has wonderfully improved
since my visit a year ago. In fact all East
Florida has received “a boom” in the. way
of prosperity during the past year which if
rightly appreciated and improved will do vol-
op into a grand advnncemepb Tho misfor
tune attending the appreciation of real es
tate is the wild fancies of men, who take
advantageof tho prosperity of tho hour and
advance the prico of property at such an
extravagant rato ns to drive off all sensible
purchasers, so that investments cense and
the whole tido of prosperity is checked.
Some very extensive transfers of property
have been made this winter and contracts
entered into for tho erection of buildings.
Men of menns in tho North, and especially
old men, after spending ono winter in this
mild climate, feel that they ore compelled
to come hithor every winter. The expenses
of a fashionable hotel lifo are exhaustive,
even of the most ampio fortunes, and hence
these men are now baying ground at vari
ous points and will have _ cottages erected
during this summer ready for occupancy
next rail. It will bo a groat saving of
money, nnd at the same time n wonderful
increase in comfort and pleasure.
The trip up the St John’s is to tho writer
the most enjoyable feature of a Florida
trip. Quite a crowd of Maconites made a
pilgrimage to St. Augustino, the oldest and
the quaintest town in America. Everybody
wants to visit this city, nnd hence the pow
ers that be take advantage of this desire
nnd render it the most expensive trip on
tho St. John’s. They expect to get a chance
at a man only once in his life, and hence
they bleed him profasely. An empty pock
et-book is oftentimes tho only relic that
some people carry away. But the trip is
worth taking nevertheless, nnd one that
will be always remembered, not only from
the cost, but from tho wonderful curiosities
seen and quaint sights that have, been en
joyed. Everybody was pleased with Green
Cove and the “Riverside.” Some of the
Itoys said they had to grasp their probosces
tightly between thumb and finger before
they could relish tho sulphur water. The
excursionists seemed to enjoy tho trip
hugely—the only complaint being the want
of hotel accommodations at some points,
and tho disposition that some landlords
had to take advantage of tho crowd.
Tho homeward trip was with
out special incident, bnt _ everybody
was content to return to Georgia soil and
remain, with the exception of tho million
aires who wore prospecting for orange
groves. ,
Tlioro never havo been so many pooplo
in Florida before during ono season as
this, and they have loft an immense
amount of monoy scattered through tho
country. True, a great deal of the money
paid to tho landlords goes back to the
North for the supplies used in the hotels,
but a good share is put in circulation hero.
Tho early vegetable crop has been great
ly damaged by tho cold nnd tho loss will be
heavy among the vegetable growers. One-
third of tho crop is lost according to the
bo«t estimates made.
Tho ride from Fernandina to Brunswick,
partly by moonlight was delightful. At
half past nino o’clock wo committed our
selves to tho care of Dick Harris, tho most
accomplished conductor on tho Macon nnd
Brunswick railroad, nnd gave ourselves up
to dreams and recollections.
Jack Plane.
Forsyth, April 11.—On Saturday night
last, between 12 nnd 1 o’clock, a terrible firo
occurred here, which consumed seven busi
ness houses on the north side of town, four
of which were wooden buildings and three
of brick. Tho firo originated in tho wooden
I building near the northwest corner of tho
sqmre, occupied by Hill & Center’s bar,
and from which M. Greenwood's drygoods
store caught and two other wooden build-
lings in the roar. Tho flrocontinued to bum
rapidly up tho street eastward as there was
a strong we3t wind, destroying every house
in its path as it went as wo had no means
at our command to arrest it in its mad ca
reer. Wo were entirely at tho mercy of the
flames, nnd tho best we could do wan to save
what we conld from tho burning buildings.
When the firo reached Mr. W. W. Anderson’s
buildings they provod to be firo-proof and
did not bum. His two nnd BramblettA;
Bros.’ one were all that were left on the
street. Tho losses were as follows:
Loss. Ins.
J. B. Maynard $ 300 $ 200
Wm. White 200 ....
Rineberg 2,000 1,000
Greenwood 8,000 4,000
Solomon 750 7C0
Hill LOGO 75g
II. O. Smith 2,000 1,500
W. Tj, Smith 3[500 1,500
J.T. Brooks 2,000 1,500
We have one the best engines in tho
world. If we only know when tho fire
would be and could have it on the spot—
but, unfortunately, we never know, nnd
consequently it has never bec-n of much
service yet. The only regret is that it was
not burned, too. It Is one of those porta
ble soda fountain arrangements, C.
Fohsyth, Ga., April 12.—Tho fire of
which I wrote you yesterday turns out to
have been the work of incendiaries. Mr.
G. D. Allen, our mayor, believing the
fire to have been incendiary, dispatched to
Air. Jones, the detective, of Atlanta, to
come down imm6d!;?«ly aud lerret out
the matter. Sir. Jones,' accompanied by
Mr. J. F. Hildebrand, a detective, arrived
yesterday morning. Mr. Jones relumed to
Atlanta, and left Mr. Hildebrand to work
tip the case. Two negro boys, Wes Pye,
about eighteen years of aga, and Stephen
Wynne, 10 years old, were suspected. Mr.
Hildebrand had them arrested at once,
and took Stephen Wynne to- a private
room. Mr. H. says Stephen was very
much excited, and asked why he had been
arrested ? Sir. H. told him lie knew too
well why he was arrested, and af
ter some conversation with him
the negro gave himself away, and fi
nally made the following startling con-
fession: He said that Wes Pye and him
self made a plot two weeks ago to burn
tlioso buildings, for the purpose of geltiug
goods; that they were to meet on Satur
day night last; and did meet to oxecute
their fiendish purpose; and crept around
in tho rear of the bar-room, a
wooden building, and put straw
underneath, and each one Insisted on the
other applying the match, but finally they
agreed that Loth should apply the match
at the same :iime, and iu three hours
$20,000 worth of property was reduced to
ashes. Stephen Wynne testified to all the
above statements nt his commitment
trial this afternoon In the county court,
and also confessed to tbe detective that he
burned Mr. Hussey’s store a short time
ago.
Forsyth has lost $75,000 worth of prop
erty by fire witliiu the past throe years,
all of which was supposed to have been
incendiary, and might have been stopped
long ago, had the authorities employed a
detective as Mr. Allen did. Mr. Hilde
brand deserves much credit for the skill,
shrewdness and dispatch displayed in fer
reting out this crime and bringing the per-
petretora to justice.. ' ]
Our talented and] bamtsuine young
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0UTHERN SECURITIES.
IWTlEFfl OF T4 AND
CEXTRAL RAII.KOADSTOCK.
Are Beeeat Hlfb Price* Kxtnn(Mt
For Their MeeurillreT—tttrength of
tbe turn panic* and Hie Value ol
Their Resource*---Northern Capitol
Let Loose In southern Markets—New
York Planting; Hundreds ol Thon
sands In Awrnsta.
Chronicle and Coiutitution ilist.
The past week has been without parallel
in the stock market of Augusta. Under the
excitement of railroad combination and
the stimulant of New York capital, opera-
tors have seen one of our favorite home
securities tower way up in tho list and
round off in a golden ball. Three weeks
ago the man who would havo loadod up on
Georgia with the thought of seeiug it scale
143, would have been thought mod. But
facto sometimes overleap the wildest fiction.
Two great corporations havo opened their
pnrses; Georgia railroad stock ha3 been
rakejl, scraped and blocked, and has com
manded prices without precedent since tho
war. Nearly every available share was
lifted from Augusta and scores of country
stockholders have thrown their cloven
investment upon tho market, unablo
to resist the bloated figures. No soon
er did ilu- furor for Georgia cease thnu ex
citement in Central commenced, nml, al
though no sncli violent iieut has prevailed
among the brokers, yet the stock shows an
excitement and strength well marked and
growing. It may bo well just now. then, to
stop and inquire how much of this stock-
flush is hectio and how much is ruddy
glow; whether speculation has boon tho
principal cause of the extreme activity of
one or the buoyanoy of the oth-r. Ina tem-
K rary lull of the market, an analysis may
made which might provo Loth interest
ing nnd profitable; for, let it be remember-
Vlt 7 -— L -‘“—
cd, “it is not the billows bnt tho culm level
of the sea from which heights and dopths
are measured.”
, WHAT IS THE TRUE VALUE ? •
It is not an uncommon thing, daring
prosperous times, to note rapid rises or
fancy prices in worthless stocks. So
marked and successful is speculative effect
that (tood securities, too, are frequently
buoyed beyond their line, and it beoomos
difficult to reestablish the real standard.
Frequently is the question asked: What is
tbe t(uo value of Georgia railroad stock ?
Tho vnlno of any railroad stouk, admitting
font its bonded indebtedness is well in
ban
the ,
of the road. When we say importance of
the line, wo mean the amount of business
which its position commands. The traffic
which the Georgia railroad controls, we all
know, is enormous. Since reoont combi
nations of Western roads with South At
lantia outlets, it lias secured all the busi
ness it could do.
Evqn without any combination or ar
rangement, it conld not be shnt off from
Western freight, as has been shown. It is
bomi j to claim n heavy share of tho West
ern and Atlantio through freight cars; for
Auimsu*. wlsioh b *!»• •<»•*♦»« r»f *Ko SnniK
Atlantio railroad sogmont, is properly the
Sundry account, .ju 276,874 34
Express, B. R. and bank 1,616,301 11
Rents, leased lines and inter
est 712,080 33
Cash on hand 235,660 52
Profit and loss 614,516 78
$15,150,798 SO
Capital Modt....f.'.;...' $ 7,500,000 00
Funded debt 13,617,000 00
Duos and deposits 855,310 17
Unclaimed dividends 68,735 67
Ocean S. S. Company 112,919 95
Bills'payable 65,715 36
Earnings R. R. and bank 2,824,516 62
Sundry dues to other railroads 106,510 55
$15,150,793 30
The Central railroad owns the following
valuable property in the way of stock:
Shares. Value.
Ocean S. S. Co 7,950 $795,000 00
S. W. R. R 7,775 777,500 00
V. B.R.R 80,000 00
Savannah, Griffin and N.
Alabama 155,000 00
Mobile and Girard R. R..4,361 -436,100 00
Upson County R. R 1,517 151,700 00
Eatonton branch 395 39,500 00
M. & A. Association 500 00
Western railroad of Ala
bama 836,843 00
Savannah Cotton Ex
change.; 1 200 00
LEASED AT LAST.
MB. WAOLRY GETS COXTROL
OF IKE GEORGIA,
friend, Mr. Harry Sbaip, the courteous ! distributing paint of the Southeast. It is
and efficient prcscriptiouist of Alexander f<?e only Western dependence of oastGoor-
<fc Mnnie’R drill." sum* loft vestordav for ' 8> a and western Carolina, and condenses
a. Mooie s urug store, tat yesterday tor f n nTmiles of main lino a certain business.
Coliiminis to attend the mesliiu? of the R wa9 the first route ever projected from
Columbus to attend tlie meeting of the
pharmaceutical association, of which he
is a member. He has, by close attention
to business aud hard study, won for him
self a position in the front rank of his
profession. He is perhaps the best chem
ist for his age iu the State, and lias many
friends here who are proud of his attain
ments. R. L. G.
IIawkinsville, April 12.—We have
made inquiries from parties in Dooly,
Wilcox, Irwin and Pulaski counties as to
the effect of the recent cold ou fruits.
There Is quite a diversity of opinion ou
tbe subject. Borne thiuk much damage
has been done, others thiuk that little or
no damage has resulted. All agree that
the injury, if any, is not yet mauifest, but
those claiming injury allege that It will
become apparent as the fruit develops to
maturity. From persoual examination
ot plums, peaches, pears aud apples,
we are of tbe cpiuiou that no real damage
has been done. Borne of the fruit iu
more exposed positions ou the trees lias
been injured to a small extent aud will
drop oil', but this will be a benefit, for
trees of all kinds are so heavily fruited
that they could not mature all the Iruit to
any degree of perfection. The cold, at
the most, will only thin out aud save the
manual labor of so doing—we do not
think it will prove at all hurtful Wo have
uaver seen them generally so heavily
fruited. Tlie pine forests have been a
mass of blooms which indicates a heavy
crop of mast next fall.
Gardens aud fields aro recovering from
the effects of the cold. We kuow of to
matoes, squashes and beans uncovered
that were not so much injured but that
they will come out and do tolerably well.
Irish potatoes were bit down but are com
ing out agaiu. Sioux.
Gohdon, Ga., April 12.—Mr. J. F.
Burney, a youug man well-known in
your city, accidentally shot himself
through tbe foot Saturday night while
trying to let down the hammer of his pis
tol. The wound is painful, but not dan
gerous. B.
ROUREOMX A KEF OT.
Daring Deed or a Quartet to of Beck-
lesa Uarrotcrs.
JVa thing ton lit. ublicau, Sth.
One of tbe boldest cases of garroting
ever perpetrated iu this section of the
country occurred last night on the plat,
form of tbe Baltimore aud Potomac de
pot, .while passengers were alighting
from the train from New York, which
reached here shortly alter ten o’clock.
Among the passengers was Rev. A. G.
Uaygood, of Atlanta, Ga., who carried a
valise iu each hand. He had reached a
point about halt way up tbe platform,
when lie was jostled against by a party of
men, one of whom knocked his right arm
up, while a confederate slipped his hand
iuto Mr. Haygood’s coat pocket and deft
ly extracted a pocket-book containing up
ward of $150. Mr. Haygood was so sur
prised for a minute.tlat he was unable to
give an alarm, aud when he recovered suf
ficiently to state bis lass the garroters had
disappeared Jn the crowd. Officer Kear
ney, who is on duty at the depot, conduct
ed Mr. Haygood to police headquarters,
where be stated his case to Detective Ac
ton, who at once started out to hunt the
garroters. Owing to the meagre descrip
tion given of them, however, it is consid
ered doubtful if Mr. Haygood ever sees
men or money ag' iu. Tho robbery was
dona so quickly bat none of the other
passengers were aWare of auything unusu
al going on until it was too late to
render any service. According to Mr.
Haygood’s statement there was four men
concerned in the affair, one of whom was
very tall and dressed In light clothes. Ev
ery hotel and restaurant in tho vicinity
of the depot was visited by the detaAives
last night in search of tho perpetrators,
but no traces of them could be found, and
it is supposed, that they were “old profes
sionals.”
Dow He Gets Bendy.
Xctv Fork San.
George Frisbie Hoar, the Pecksniff of the
Senate, is said upon excellent authority to
practice in night raiment before his bud-
room mirror the impassioned gestures
with which he intends to illustrate tiis next
day's speech.
the sencoast to the West, and is the princi
pal feeder of this section now. Those are
facts. Lot us see how the figures bear us
out. Below will be tound an abstract of the
income of tho road for the past seven
years:
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Dividends
Total income
Road oxpetisos
incidental expenses
Interest on bonds
Total expenses
Balance
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Tho value of such property con scarcely
be estimated. The premiums demanded at
home and the eagerness with which Geor
gia nnd Control railroad stocks aro sought
abroad are most substantial evidences Of
their worth. During the past fifteen years
of tho unsettled condition of the South, the
comparative poverty of lier people and tlie
incompleteness of her commerce, South
ern property has been undervalued and
Southorn securities havo been hold nt dis
counts. Floating capital in the Sonth was
scarco; monoy of the North, if not locked
up in govormnont gold bonds, was care
fully kept away from Southern investment.
But within the lust two years tho Soutli has
witnessed the revival of besiness, and en
joyed the restoration of confidence. The
commercial barriers of tho sections havo
;iven away even before political differences
lavo been entirely settled, nnd tho South
feels the first overflow of Northern money.
The rabid miser, Gaspard, of Normandy,
in the haunted castle, was no more capable
of boarding bis coin within His bosom, than
one section is to pon up tho flow of capital
from the South. The exhibition of last
weok then, wo conclude, whilo containing
something of the speculative, was moro
than anything an exhibition of tho confi
dence of Northern capital in Southern
stock. Wo do not think we exaggerate
when wo say that 20,000 shares of Goorgia
stock have been stacked up in Now York
and that much Central is being added to
tbe already large amount now on hand.
Georgia railroad bonds are also being
eagerly purchased by Northern bnyers.
Only last week an Augusta broker placed
in Now York City, $250,000 of stock in a
now fuctory extension for Augnsta. Such
exhibitions nro encouraging, bnt the free
dom with which Northern investors now
sock Southern securities will enable our
people to moro correctly value their stocks
and bonds;
Georgia railroad stock, as prominont rail
road officials and capitalists, after "exam
ining the showing wo havo given above,
Ylstbe Booth CO roll no Bo! I rood—Tho
Goorslo Moil rood Rented Oat to the
Owners of the Corolloo Bond for
Ninety-Nine Years—What President
Phialiy ctoys of the Compact—Tea
Per Cent Dividend*.
* ugusta Chronicle
Yesterday morning the air about the
Georgia Railroad Bank was thick with fog
and rumor. It was known that in addition
to the regular mooting of directors, several
of tho corporation kings had loaned their
ponderous presences to the councils, and
in the murky view every move was magni
fied and overy image loomed into a ghost.
On the. stock markets oil war uncertain,
Banks demanded large margins from oper
ators, and in tho heavy atmosphere nothing
but danger signals could be seen. Each
man on tlie street had his own translation
of transactions within tho banking rooms.
Some said that Mr. Wadley’s friends had
enough of stock to control the Georgia
road, and had gono in to get the keys
from tho colorod janitor and take pos
session. Others asserted that the Rich
mond nnd Danville railroad, which
was represented by General Haskell,
on tho ground, had offered 12 per cent, to
tho Georgia stockholders and was prepared
to buy out tho Central, too, if pushed to
the wall. Naturally enough, the more ab
surd a rumor was the more credence it ob
tained, and at 12 o'clock tbe board tempo
rarily adjournod. When it was found that
nction hud been deferred until a committee
was ready to report, confusion bocame
worse confounded. Tho excited brokers
declined to be comforted and tho hungry
refused to eat. There was not a single di
rector who indicated the line of policy to
be adopted. All wore as innocent os iambs,
and even Mr. John H. James, who had 3,-
000 shares of Georgia in liis bank, had a
look on bis face which resembled a bank
check—3igtied ? bnt not filled out. In short,
ho seemed resigned, but whether from de
light or chagrin could not be detected. Mr.
Fisher and Mr. Wadloy looked serene and
dignified—the one os if he wore spending
Sunday in Aiken; the other as if he wore
baying lumber for his Washington county
saw mill. And yet all of these gentlemen
know what bad been determined upon, and
were only arranging details for a stupen
dous operation. Georgia railroad stock
Glancing at the net income account of
tho road, wo have, on March 1st, 1880:
Not earnings railroad and bank.$124,512 77
Dividond A. and W. P. R. R 32,000 00
Dividend Romo Railroad 14,893 15
Rent rolling stock W. R. R. of Ala 18,000 00
Coupons account 110,00000
Miscellaneous 8,513 00
$607,91983
Dividends (6 per cent) $252,00000
Interest ou bonds 9^630 00
Interest on M. nnd A. R.R. bonds 39,22012
Interest on W. R. R. of Alabama. 83,260 00
Taxes, legal expenses, etc 17,645 00
Balance surplus for tho year .... 122,264 00
$607,919 83
This year’s etatemont, though not yet
published, far exceeds this. The net earn
ings ot tho Railroad and Banking Compa
ny are nearly $100,000 in excess of last
year’s, same date;whilo thoy have n surplus
of over $30,000 more than per last report
Tho bank itself lias made, for tli9 year,
$41,000, or 1 per cent, of the whole capital
of tho company. Some idea of tho enor
mous property of the Georgia railroad may
be gained when it is remembered that, ex
clusive of the Macon and Augusta rail
road and branches, it operates 231 miles;
that it owns jointly with tho Central rail
road the Western railroad of Alabama; that
itown3 the Mncoa and Augusta railroad
entire, and the Port Royal railroad one-
fifth. The Georgia railroad owns 4,000
shares of Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock—worth nearly $500,000; 1,489?£
shares of tho Rome railroad—quite $150,-
00J; 50 shares Pori Royal nnd Augnsta
railroad—$5,090. Between October 10th,
1666, and J nmiary 15th, 1880, tho Georgia
railroad hud paid in dividends $3,870,570.
Such a showing is, indeed, a sound one;
it is no wonder that the tho regularity of its
dividends nnd the stability of its company
hat o commanded higher prices for its e took.
Let ds look in the sumo way at
THE CENT UAL BAILWAY.
Here, too, is a great corporation operating
nearly, if not quite, 800 miles 'ot railroad;
tlie principal feeder of the largest coast city
in Georgia. One look nt their general bal
ance, say, August 31, 1879, a fair sjieclmen,
will suffice:
Construction and equipments 7,800,000 00
Real estate ..'... 93,233 00
Stock aud bonds of other com-
just .
it should not be. We should then adviso
all those who hold Georgia to remain con.
fident of tho value of their stock;nor should
Control holders bo fooled by a flare up in
speculative circles. Both these stocks are
gilt-edged, and nro worth twenty dollars a
share moro than they are ordinarily quoted
at. Let those who havo sold Georgia and
Central, then, : einvest if they can, for these
securities are backed by growing corpora
tions and gold rimmed property. There
will continue to be prime demand from
the North for Southorn securities, and theso
two will always be favorites in the list
coxiiEixa.
His Coming Tussle with the President.
Washington Special to the Chicago Tribune
The Conkling men announce with some
flourish of trumpets that they mleud to
make istue with the administration. It
can be stated that, while the administra
tion docs not seek a contest, and has not
sought one, the country will probably soon
know that Garfield is President, and that
Senator Conkling i3 not dictator of this
country. The President is the last man
to seek a quarrel. He is fond of peace. He
will go further to avoid trouble than most
men ; but, if once aroused, he is a good
fighter. Koscoe Conkling has never had
such a contest as that which be now in
vites with tlie President. Grant solved
the Now York problem by giving Couit-
ling all the patronage, yet the factions iu
tlie Stato were not healed and the Repub
licans lost the State. Hayes gave Conk
ling none of the patronage, and, although
the factions were not healed, tim Republl-
cads did better. Garfield has tried
A BETTER PLAN TUAN EITHER.
Ho finds two armies, extending from New
.York to Buffalo, in front ot over/ office,
demanding recognition for themselves and
humiliation for their opponents. He has
chosen to recognize, aud not to permit
those who fought the unit rule at Chicago,
aud who made hU nomination possible, to
feel they have been neglected or aban
doned. Ho has recognized both tho fac-
ions with great offices, and he is now
lireatened with tho open, aggressive hos
tility ot one. Those who are able to
speak with authority say that Garfield
will accept tlie gage of battle if It shall bo
tendered to him, aud that Conkkdg will
find a fo’eman worthy of his steel. The
administration will claim full responsi
bility for tbe nomination of Robertson,
will not withdraw it, and Is confident that
Robertson will bn confirmed.
Tho President does not intend to be tlie
executive clerk of any memberof his Cab-
net, as has been charged. Neither docs
he intend to be a clerk to register
THE DECREES OF MB. CONKLING.
Ho intends to be aud will be President
ot the United Stales, and will exercise bis
constitutional functions in nominating
petsons whom'be considers worthy to till
the public offices. The responsibility is
with the Senate alter tlie nominations are
made. Tin) New York custom house in
particular tho administration chooses to
regard as a national office, and as being In
no sense under tho control ol any Senator
from New York. The vast percentage of
imports of the country enter at that port.
It is the only seaport which Iowa, Kan
sas, Nebraska and other States havo. If
Roscoe Conkling shall lift the knife to de
stroy the Republican party, lie may find
that the point is turned toward his own
vitals.
There is an urgent demand for laborers
Jut bow from Colorado, New Mexico and
Texa?, where new railroad enterprises aro
iu progress. The Denver and Rio Grande
railroad officials give notice that they have
employment for ld,O00 men, to last one
year,with apossibility of running through
tjvo years. Chinamen, no doubt, would
be accepted, bnt of even these there is a
scarcity at present. It is said there L an
indisposition on thfi part of Northern la
borers to engage in tills work, under a
vague idea that the climate is unhealthy;
biit if we may trust to the testimony of
those who ought to knotf, nothing is"
further lrom the fact. The temperature
even in mid summer Is said to be much
m oe endurable than in New York, aud
tlie winter, compared to ours, is inildue-s
itself. * 1 '
sold fit 119 during the morning, ranging
firm and full, while Central was a little
weak nt 121. Through tho afternoon the sus
pense continued, and night come on with
no solution yet. Finally, at 7 o’clock in
tho evening, the bubble burst, everybody’s
eyes were filled with soap-suds, for the
most improbable thing, of courso, trans
pired—“Tho Georgia railroad has been
leased by the owners of the South Carolina
railroad.” As soon would ono havo pre
dicted that Hamburg would purchase tho
city of Augusta; but this is how it nil came
about. A Chronicle representative was
soon admitted into the inner court and
loaded with tho following facts;
Tho board of directors of the Goorgia
ers of the South Carolina railroad, consist
ing of William M. Wadley, John H. Fisher,
Muses Taylor, Samnel Sloan and others, for
tho stun of six hundred thousand dollars
($600,000) per annum. This sum is to bo
paid, three hundred thousand dollars *ami-
annually, tho rent to commence April first,
eighteen hundred nnd eighty-one, and con
tinue for the term of ninety-nine years.
The lessors, tho Georgia Railroad Corn-
will retain tho bank building and
jg department, including all cash on
hand, nnd $25,000 in bonds of the Compress
and Elevator company of Fort Royal, and
all real estate not essential to railroad pnr-
The Georgia Railroad Company is
to retain in its custody all the bonds and
stock of the company, but tho lessees are to
have the dividends and voting power of the
stocks. Tho lessors, tho Georgia Rail
road Company, ore to pay interest on the
entire bonded indebtedness of tho Georgia
railroad and tbe Macon and Augnsta rail
road. The lessees nro to pay mteret on
tho Western railroad of Alabama.
Tho terms of the contract require tbe les
sees to keep the property of the Georgia
Railroad Company in good condition, sub
ject to inspection at the pleasure of tlie les
sors, and mnst return it in tho samo condi
tion as they receive it; nor or the lessees to
encumber tbe property with liens of any
sort, or to use it in violation of the terms of
the charter of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company. As securities for the
proper compliance with the terms of this
contract, the lessees nro to deposit one mil
lion dollars in United States bonds or other
bonds of equal value, and tho title to all
rolling stock, with such ns may be renowed
from time to time, to remain with tbo
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company.
THE DISCUSSION.
The discussion which led to this most im
portant decision was ono which was mark
ed by its earnestness and completeness.
The entire ground of the railroad situation
was token; tho status of tho Goorgia and
Carolina system well considered; with the
dangers threatening the interests of tho
stockholders of the Georgia railroad.
There was n natural hesitation over tho
consummation of any form of lease, direc
tors desiring to ba fully enlighten on all
cardinal points boforo a step so conclusive
was taken; but when tho nature of tbe case
and the fairness of the proposals were taken
into consideration, noariy unanimous con
sent was given, bat ono member of the
board voting nay. Gen.E. P. Alexander,
vice-president of tho Louisville and Nasli-
viilo, bnt who is a director of tho Georgia
railroad, was not present, b it telegraphed
his approval of the plan, which places tho
Louisville nnd Nashville railroad cn rap
port with tho now system.
To ono not nccustomod to view the mat
ter, recont operations of tho Richmond and
Danville railroad, backed by tho Clyde
syndicate, havo bccomo alarming. They
have leased the Air-Line; they have gotten
control of tho Northeastern railway of
Goorgia; they are said to bs reaching ont
after the Atlanta and West Point railroad
and the Western railroad of Alabama, in
order to complete their projected arc from
Norfolk to New Orleans, and bind the Gulf
of Mexioo to the Atlantio Ocean. They are
co-operate successfully with all points 1
and West.
THE BJtASOES SOB TUX LKASX.
The reasons for tho lease were fully out
lined by the Chronicle three weeks ago.
When we first sketched the plans of a simi-
lor combination, propositions had been for
mulated by President Wadley, of the Cen
tral railroad, and President Phinizy, with
a committee of directors, was invited to
Savannah to consider substantially the
same proposition as was yesterday adopted.
Legal obstructions placed themselves in
the way to a lease by tbe Central railroad,
however, but the terms were retained ana
the plan shifted to another quarter. Mr.
Wadley determined to go ovor with the
owners of the South Carolina railroad, and
uniting with his friends Taylor and Sloan,
put his plan into perfect form. How com
pletely this was done the conditions and
agreements above recited prove, and the
president of tho Central railroad, by “thia
most ingenious paradox,” becomes com
mander of tbe land and naval forces of
Georgia and Carolina. Since the day when
Gov. Joseph E. Brown seized Fort Pulaski
nnd captured the arsenal at Augusta; siuoe
the time when Gen. Oglethorpe landed in
the tide-waters of the Savannah, no man
has been more completely monarch of hie
survey or master of tho situation in tho
South Atlantic than William M. Wadley is
just now.
FKKaiDKNT PIUXUT
stated last evening that the rent of the
Georgia railroad to the gentlemen named
in tho contract would be of great advantage
to Augusta and tho stockholders of the
Georgia railroad. The railroad shop*
would be retained here and probably en
larged. The lessees would begin to make
something for themselves out of the road
after awhile, though they probably could
not do it for the first twelve years. The
meeting of tho stockholders in May would
probably bo tho last that would ever bo
held. Tho stockholders would certainly be
paid a dividond of 10 per cent, on their
stock, and ttiis would gradually bo increas
ed as tho bonds were Liken up and the in
terest tints paid reduced. Tho stock, pay-
10 por cent., would be worth 175.
'r. Phinizy said it was a great mistake
to suppose that tho action of tho board had
to bo ratified by tiio stockholders. Tho di
rectors were tho corporators, and conld act
without reference to the stockholders, who,
in convention, were merely an advisory
council." If a majority of tho stockholders
voted against the rent of the road after the
directors had made tho oontract, that
would not abrogate it.
WHAT JUDGE REESE SAYS.
Judge Wiiliarn Reese, who was in the
Chronicle office last evening, said the new
arrangement would be of immense advan
tage to Charleston. A line of fine steam,
era between New York and that city would
be at once established. This was not a ,
leaso in disguise to the Central railroad. ■
While Moses Taylor owned betwoen three
and four thousand shares in the Central
railroad, Mr. Sloan did not have a share.
When asked where would the bank capital
of the Goorgia Railroad Bank como from
now, Judge Reese said it did not require
any capital. It would havo jest as much to
back it now as it ever did. Tbe annual pay
ment of $600,000 wonld bo responsible
and any creditor conld sue tho company
and get judgment which conld bo easily
satisfied. He believed the stock of the
Goorgia railroad was richly worth ono hun
dred and fifty as a 10 per cent, stock. He
believed that the arrangement wonld work
greatly to the advantage of the Georgia
railroad stockholders. __
olina and the (Central railroads wonkf work
in harmony together, and that Charleston
and Savannah would bo givon equal advan
tages.
Menns Digger Bnsiues*.
Washington Post.
Isays an old West Pointer who knows
Grant well: “Tho ox-Prosident has landed
in Mexico and his arrival thoreisas preg
nant with fate to that country os was tho
landing of Cortez. Mexico has been a
dream with him over since he was there as
a boy soldier—for ho was nothing more—
nnd was intoxicated with ite possibilities for
empire nnd enjoyment. Grant says now
that he wan(| sixteen years in which to de
velop the country. In six years he will be
its President; in ten year its dictator. He
goes there as a patriot, and tlie “outs” will
take np with him as a good uum to
head tnoir column. Grant talks abon
trade, nnd no donbt he means railroads and
importations and all that, bnt it is not safe
to sny that you can tell from his convei na
tion Just what he is ttanking about. Grant
means bigger business in Mexico than any
of his friends have yet given him credit
for.”
Huntington’* Sou them Pacific Road
Washington Post.
There are some very remarkablo features
of tho rente. Through a portion of south
ern California and Arizona there is no wa
ter, and there nro water-cars attached to
tho trains to supply the enginos. There is
one part of the roud where thore is a
straight ran of sixty miles without n single
station. In Arizona the road runs along a
basin for sixty miles, which is 250 feet be
low the level of the ocean. On one side
the ground is perfectly white, caused by de
posits of salt and alknli from two to four
feet deep. Betwoen Los Angeles nnd Ban
Francisco, in order to overcome tho eleva
tion, a great feat of engineering was per
formed. It is called the Loop. The train
goes through a tunnel and then winds
around on a track liko a cork screw to an
other tunnel which is directly above tho
first tnnnel, and thus tho elevation is over
come. The idea is a very novel one and has
never before been attempted.
Certainly Not.
Jlabile Register.
“Gath” has been)writing a letter about
Southern women from New Orleans. He
does not understand or appreciate them.
Certainly not: It takes a gentleman to do
that, and Gath knows about as much about
gentility us a hog docs of manners. His
letter is a compound of ignorance and
prejudice, and would lead the reader to be-
liovo that refinement nnd culture are un
known to Southern ladies. Gath is adding
to his reputation—as a scoraer of the truth.
HotrsD American Citizen Feels When
Ho Gets Into Ohio.
Burlington Uaickeye.
“I feel,” said tho fat passenger, as tho
train crossed tho Ohio line, “that I am iu
. _ - . tho laud of statesmen. There is the smell
finishing their route to Point Rock, on the j of a post-office in the air, and the low,
Tennesseo lino, and will soon have an mde- Bwee t sound of n consulate is heard iu the
pendent road to the West, through Knox- j (j 0W y distance. I see the shadowy forms
vilie and Columbia to Augusta, which will j G f marshals yet to bo, and out of tho
be nearer than through Chattanooga and ,i rn - ~
Characteristic,
BhilaUtl/jhia Times.
Hiram Price has gone into -the office of
Indian Commissioner in adranoe pf his
confirmation. Ho proposes to have his
ponies 3,751,696 00 ‘ whack at the office, anyway.
Atlanta to Augnsta. Any unprotected lino
in the Southern system then would stand
no chnnco against such a giant’s causeway,
and tlie boara of directors have concluded
that where foreigners conspire home-folks
must combine.
■ THE OEOBOIA RAILBOAD ORGANIZATION.
By the terms of 16090 the organization of
lhe Georgia railroad; President Phinizy
says, is to be fully maintained; and the an
nual May convention of stockholders this
year will be held as usual;stockholders and
families being brought free to Augusta.
Nor is there to be material change in tho
operation of tho bank, so that the business
community of this city, with whom this in
stitution is so popular, will feel no shock
dreamy gates of Impossible I see the sad
procession of never to be Supreme Judges.
It is n dear aud favored land, this grand old
atep-moihor of Presidents.”
“We all love our country,” said tho sad
passenger, “and we fight and swear and
work and lie nnd sweat and shout for the
privilege of administering her finances.
Oh, America, America, what would a
country be without offices ?”
Costly House Farntetiiug
Xete Fork Sun.
The rich Californian, Mr. D.O. Mills, lias
had a falling out with his furniture dealers,
the Herter Brothers, of Now York. The
story goes that Mr. Mills gave Mr. Herter
and experience no meonvemeneq. lhe nnli ' m Tted orders for the furnishing and
Georgia Railroad Bank, in short, will have deeorntim{ of his new house, and that when
ample capital to operate upon, with the tho biu in it nmouu ted to $1211000.
same securities as heretofore. j jhis, Mr, Mills thinks, i» exorbitant, and
TEN PEB cent. ! refuses to pay. Unless tho matter is qom-
The six hundred thousand dollars rental ’ promised, the bill will come before a judge
of tlie Georgia railroad will unable that : ( uid jury for audit.and then the public may
company to pay up the annual interest ou j gain bo mu interesting information,
its bonds—about $10'i,OJ0, and leave a 10!
per cent, dividend. It will also allow an
annual surplus of $40,003 io bp sot apart ns
a sinking fund; every time a bond is re
deemed, that much money will be added to
the dividend of stockholders; so that when
tlie debt is paid, tlie dividends will amount
exactly to 44.86 per cent.
Mr. Phinizy said, last evening, to x
Chronicle reporter, that this way not a
teOke in disguise to the Central railroad,
batons a movement in.the interest of Au-
gusteJAtheus.aud ail palate oa the Georgia
railroad. It was designed to’buffi! tip the
Booth Atlantio ports and enable them to
An Advertisement.
Chicago Timet.
Of tho two circuses iu Washington tho
people prefer Forepaugh's, though the Sen
ate galleries are free to sib
—— wnterxrerks.
Tbo schooner having on board the piping *
tat t)» Uuoii waterworks, is thirty dapa - 1 !
out trpm PbB*<WpMa, and has not yet - a
Bramrtriefe. tMM for her eafatp j
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