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Brunswick. Georgia.
CITY OFFICKRS.
Mayor- M. J. Colson.
Aldermen- J. J. Spesrs, J. P. Battoj, F. J : • Doer-
Ilinscr, 8. C. Littlefield. J. M. Coiiper, 1. Wilder,
W. W. Hardy, J. B. Cook.
Clerk 1t Treasurer—JameiHouaion.
gSSSSS*.
^fo^Kr o/GuarMIotM and Clerk of Market—D. A.
^PrrtPkyMan—l. B Blaln.
Season Colored Cemetery—Jackie White.
Ha. oor Matter—Matthew Shannon.
Pori Warden*—Taos O’Connor, A. E. Wattles, J •
M. Dezier.
standing oofttairrrxxa or council.
Finance—Wilder. Cook and Spears.
STr.R/va, bnains A Baiuoxa—Harvey, Hardy and
L To ^commons—Harvey, Hardy and Bpears.
CxMKAitr.u»—Littlefield, Doe^flinger and Hardy.
Ha duo a—Hardy, Cook and Littlefield.
Pursue building*—Harvey, ^ouper and Wilder.
Ra, u.ioaD8-Wilder, Spear, and Hardy
Education—Cook, Couper and Wilder.
Pol.cx—Wilder, Coos and Harray.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Cnatoma—H. P. Farrow.
CoUecior Intornal Revenue—D. T. Dunn.
Dcpaty Manual—T.W. pester.
Po.tmaeter—Llnu, North.
Cooimieeioner—C. H. Deiter.
Shipping Jommltaloner—O. J.
OCEAN LODGENo- 214,FAM.
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Secretary. "•
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fraternally Invited to attend.
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A. B. WATTLES. K. of B. and B.
MILLINERY!
Miss HETTIE WILLIAMS
IS NOW
llECEIVINO a large and well-se-
leoted stock of
Millinery & Fancy Goods,
LACES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Pattern Bonnets
in ... the *« Yort ^
Ooilarettes^Ladies Underwear
('■IILDUEN’S DRESSES. Etc.
Dress-Making a Specialty,
In all the meet faahloneble etylee, order, prompt-
ly filled. aprtfriy
&.i.C*or*TT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
ora,-e next t»AnT«nn.x»a»D Apfxal building-
Lmsx U. Han ,E4 *- S “ rrH
Harris & Smith,
Attorneys and Ct a^iow «t law,
Will practice in aU the court, of tha Brniuwtg Or-
Uit, and In Mclntch county of the Earterai Clr
cult, and in the U. 8. Courts. Offlce
"treet, near the ADVXSTIlia an> Are*aL omce,
Bruaewlck OeorgU. janas-ly
AN ENGINEER’S STORY.
Some very Thrilling Reading from
Heal Life.
Atlanta Constitution.
“Was I ever in an accident ? Do
yon suppose, young man, that a man
ever bandied a throttle for thirty-five
years without being in an accident ?
Wbat do you call six collisions ? If
yon bad ever been on one of two en
gines that were dashing like fury at
each other, and had seen them come
together and be themselves with their
trains smashed into smithereens, yon
wonld have somo idea of what a real
railroad accident is. Yon are a young
man. Yon was never in the war. Y6u
read in the histories about the fights,
but you never saw the slaughter nor
smelled the smoke of battle, and if
.you never stood on an engine jnst in
the crash of a collision you simply
don't know a thing about it,” and
clever Bill Mitchell, of the Central,
rested one hand carelessly on the
throttle of the “Chipola,” stroked hiq
iron gray whiskers with the other,
and looked at the Constitution's
young man in a quizzical sort of way,
as much as to say: “What do you
think of that, my boy ?”
The reporter waited a moment, and
urged the veteran engineer to give
him some leaves from bis diary.
"I could tell you some interesting
things about my experience of thirty-
five years as an engineer,” wus^the
reply, as the engineer tnreed his tow
el over and hunted about for a dry
spot on which to wipe his newly-
washed face. Then he climbed down
from the engine and seated himself
on the end of a crosstie, and taking
oh a far-away look, he began:
“The first real accident that I was
ever in was nearly thirty years ago,
before I came on the Central. I was
on the Georgia road then—I have
been on the Central thirty years—
thirty years, exactly, on the 6th of
next May. One day we were coming
,'np a long grade on the Georgia road.
I was running the “Hercules." In
front of us was a train loaded with
iron. WUen the train ahead was to
wards the top of the grade, the three
rear ears broke loose. I was just go
ing op, with a speed of about twelve
miles an hour.’ We knew nothing of
the acoident that had befallen the
front train. It was out of our sight.
The loosened cars started down to
meet us. They started slowly, then
their speed grew faster and faster,
until they flew recklessly down the
track. Without engine or train men
they dashed along around the carves
toward me, while I was quietly climb
ing the Mil to meet them. All at
once they dashed aronnd a sharp
carve and in an instant they struck
us. Some of the bars of railroad iron
were thrown seventy-five feet The
box that I was sitting on was .knock
ed from under me, but fortuAtely no
one was seriously hurt.”
The engineer pnnsed, and the Con
stitution urged him to take up anoth
er story.
“From the Georgia I went to the
Tennessee and Georgia road, stayed
tbero a year, and thirty years ago I
came to the Central, and here I rest.
Tho worst collision that I ever was in
was on the Central during tho war.—
When was tho fight of Jonesboro ?
Don’t know ? Well, I don’t remem
ber exactly myself. It was tho day
after the battle of Jonesboro. I was
running the “Dispatch aDd Lum
Carr was bringing out tho “Govern
or." I was palling the regular pas
senger train and Lum had a commis
sary train. Tho commissary train
should have waited for mo at Baraes-
ville, bat they did not do bo, and I
went on like a streak of greased light
ning to meet them. The "Dispatch”
was drawing eight passenger cars and
five box cars. I was making about
forty miles an hoar, and when I saw
the “Governor” I think she was mak
ing about the same time. You could
net have breathed three times before
these engines struck. The passenger
cars were smashed into kindling
wood; the engines were totally de
molished; the commissary train was a
mass of raius; one car loaded with
bulk peas was stood on r ils end, and
six soldiers who were ridiDg in there
were smothered in the peas. Colonel
Hulbert wns riding on the engine
with him, and just before the engines
struck a negro kicked him off and
thus saved his life. Out of the wreck
we took thirty-two dead bodies, and
twenty-two died a few days from the
effects of injuries received. When I
saw the “Governor” come in sight I
blew down breaks, reversed my en
gine and jumped. That was all I
could do. My arm was broken. As
I jumped across a gully just as the
engines struck, a freight car that had
left the track just grazed my head
and knocked off my cap. That was
the worst accident I was ever in. We
baried the dead at Barnesville.
A Eold Robbery.
Savannah News
Last evening, about 8 o’olock, one
of the boldest robberies that we have
ever chronicled was committed on
Bronghton street, where scores of
people were passing to and fro. About
the time mentioned a well dressed
white man entered Moscher’s jewelry
store on Broughton, near Whitaker,
adjoining Haven's art gallery, and
asked to see some watches and chains.
A number were pot on the show case
for his inspection, and he carefully
examined several of them. There was
no one in the store .at „tha time but
Mr. Mascher, and he was behind the
counter, leaning over giving the pri
ces and other information about the
watches. The customer suddenly
drew a pistol and presented it point
blank at Mr. Mascher’s bead without
saying a word. Mr. Mascher jumped
back, and as ho did so the roan seized
one of the watches and chain and
darted out of the store. Mr. Mas
cher quickly recovered from his su' -
prise and gave the alarm. Mr. Ha
vens was standing in the entrance of
his gallery at the time, and hearing
the alarm and seeing the man rash
oat of the store be divined something,
was wrong and followed the fellow,
who dashed aronnd Whitaker street
in a full run. He was pursued some
distance, but darted down the lane
and managed to effect his escape.—
Considering the early hoar and the
fact that there were so many people
on the street, it was certainly a dar
ing act.
Governor elect Batter, of Massach-
nset's, rises at G o’clock in the morn
ing and takes a walk through tho
beautiful grounds of bis Lowel home
before breakfast. After that meal,
with a little boaquet in his button
hole and a big one in bis hand, he
drives to the depot and indulges in
his “regular morning excitement,”
namely, to see how near he can come
to missing the train and yet not miss
it; and to catch tho rear steps of the
last car, just as it rushes by the end
of the platform. It seems to give him
more pleasure than a $1,000 retainer.
During the day at his office bo is usu
ally in a good hnmor, bnt when some
thing desperately annoying occurs he
is sure to exclaim that such work nev
er was seen before “since Adam was
a boy.”
- Old Probabllltes.
Courier Journal.
Gen. Hazen, in his report recently
issned shows bow effective onr weath
er service bos become. Daring the
last year eleven new stations have
been added, special reports are made
for cotton and tobacoo growers, and a
system of frost warnings has been es
tablished. Daring the last fiscal
year the, average of verified indica
tions was 88.2 per cent., which is ex
ceedingly close. There are 495 sta
tions in operation, of which 115 take
five daily observations and make full
reports three times a day by tele
graph and monthly by mail. At most
of the other stations reports are sent
by mail, 74 are cautionary display
stations, 30 special river stations and
127 are cotton belt stations. Of farm
ers’ bulletins 8,094 are displayed daily
at so many different post ffioces,
showing the weather indications for
the coming twenty-four hours. A new
and useful feature is the railway bul
letin system by which railway compa
nies post at 2,306 stations the weath
er bulletins for the benefit of travel
ers, farmers and other residents near
the stations. Indications of approach
ing frost are telegraphed to New Or
leans, where they are furnished to
the press and to the secretary of .the
Secretary Sugar Planters’ Association,
who forwards the warnings to the dif
ferent plantations in the sugar dis
tricts. -u:
A similar system of frost warnings
is abont to be established for the ben
efit of tbe tobacco-growing sections.
The reports devised for tbe cotton
growers have been well received, and
have been heartily indorsed by tbe
various cotton exchanges.' Over 4,'
000 miles of telegraph are operated
and maintained along the frontier by
tbe signal service. Tbe system of
storm signals maintained by tbe ser
vice has been of great valno to tbe
shipping interest. Storm signals are
now displayed at 120 stations, warn
ing vessels to stay in port. Of the 2,-
051 signals ordered, 85.7 per cent,
were justified last year—a fnot which
speaks volumes iu favor of the sys
tem. Tbe river service, giving time
ly warning of the rise and full of riv
ers, has been of great valae also. The
experience of past years enables tbe
Signal Office to determine tbe rate of
movement of freshet waves and what
amount of precipitation will be fol
lowed by floods.
Savannah Newh: Hon. Pope Bar
row’s election to tbe United States
Senate guarantees tariff reform as far
as Georgia can, through him as her
representative, bring about In bis
recent speech beforo tbe Legislature
he showed that be fatly understood
tbe subject by showing that the pres
ent tariff takes ont of the pockets of
the southern planter every year $60,-
000,000 or $70,000,000 of tho $250,-
000,000 which they receive for their
cotton crop. The New York Timet is
a Republican paper, but even it ap
plauds Sen. Barrow’s statesmanship,
and says: "Mr. Barrow’s influence up
on tbe legislation of the Senate will
necessarily be limited, but what there
is of it will certainly not be so em
ployed as to encourage tbo theory of
a growing high tariff sentiment in the
Soatb.
When convicts are discharged from
tbe Tennessee Penitentiary they gen
erally settle down in Nashville, and de
vote themselves to tho promotion and
elevation of crime. It would be inter
esting to know wbat becomes of our
Georgia convicts when they leave tbe
chain gang. Perhaps a majority choose
Atlanta as a place of residence.
OUR HIGHEST GOOD.
[TUa matter for tbit column will be tarnlebed
weekly by Bay. W. F. Lloyd, pee tor of tbe Uetbo-
dlet church of tbla city.—Id.]
What do your children read ?
Do you know where your boys are
after nightfall 1
■ Bo careful that yon do not censure
your neighbor for his shortcomings,
when you are guilty of things equally
os bnd yourself.
Men are becoming their own exec
utors to a large extent in these times,
and wiselyl Then they know that tbe
purposes of their giving ere reached
by the gift.
He who gives money wisely for tbe
benefit of bis fellow-man does not
atone for the sin of Ungodly gnin,
but it paves the way to penitence in
some cases, and, in others, is t e only
road to restitution.
If one-half the zeal which has been
expended upon the forms and cere
monies of the Christian religion had
been omployed to fnrtber tbe relig
ions experience of the church, how
much better it would be for us all I
There are 900 Wesleyan Methodist
Churches in the Fiji Islands. Less
than a century ago the islanders were
considered tbe most depraved canni
bals in the world. There are in all
tbe gronp eighty islands, and each of
even the smallest of these has at least
one chnrcb, with a bouse for the res-
idente of the pastor or missionary.
It is right for every man to work
honestly and earnestly for the success
of his favorite party or candidate,
bnt do not indulge in “mud slinging”
or hard utterances about the men on
the opposite side. Snch a course is
unchristian, is not in oooord with the
principles of a true republic, and will
cause yon many regretSi when tbe
election is over, and your fever heat
has cooled down. This paragraph is
written for every man who reads it.
Low yoo, a cbinaman, when con
verted under the labors of Dootor
Graves, at Canton, sold himself ns a
slave, in order that he might go to
Demernra and preach the gospel to
bis fellow-countrymen there. And
this ho bus done so successfully that
he now bus a chnrcb of two hundred
converted Chinamen who are sap- •
porting missionaries among their own
people.
When you see that you must econ
omize in your expenditures, don’t be
gin by stopping yonr religious paper
»pd curtailing yonr contributions to
religious purposes. Begin with some
needless exponso which yon now en-
dulge, or at least where you will feel
the sacrifice yourself. Always remem
ber that first of all yon are indebted
to God, and that be bos tbo highest
claim upon yonr pocket-book as well
as your heurt.
Chicago has recently had two cases
oibydropbobia, and there is a gener
al demand for the killing of dogs.—
During tbe same period we have had
a full hundred cases of death from
delirium tremens, a dozen murders,
and numberless instances of wives
and children beaten nearly to death.
To die from hydrophobia is terrible,
bat not even so bad os from dilirinm
tremens. Tbero is no doath-bed
sceuo so horrible os that of the maniac
from whiskey, where devils, seen and
unseen, as of serpents, rats and ver
min of every loathsome form, crawl
upon the ceilings and sting the body
of tbe poor sufferer. It is not a fan
cy sketch. No painter can overdraw
the terrible surroundings. Hydro
phobia is bad, and so kill off the
worthless cars—bnt can wo do noth
ing for the other sufferer^?—Inter-
Ocean.
Yes, close the saloons.