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The Advertiser and Appeal, IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT BRUNSWICK. - GEORGIA, BY T. G-. STACY. SabicrlpUoM IUim, One copy one year $2 00 One copy six months 1 00 Advertisements from responsible parties will be pr-dished until ordered out, when thetime is aot suecified, and payment exacted accordingly. Communications for individual benefit, or of a personal character, charged as advertisements. Marriage* and obituary notices not exceeding tou' Unea, toileted for publication. When ex ceed!":* that spice, charged as advertisements. A 11 letters and communications should be ad' .... gTAcYj 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. ' Regular communication! of tide Lodge ere held on tha Brat and third Mondaya In aaeh month, a* f «> ° Vtaltiu*'“d all b rath ran In good standing are fra- O.E.FLAHDtrs Secretary. "• Meets every Tnnday Dl f‘ t “l ®MUR1QHT. H. o! B. UIR8CH. V. Q. JA3. E. LAMBRIQIIT. P. * R- Secretary OGLETHORPE LODGE. NO. 24—K- OP p Meet, .very Wedundeynlght u , ... BI1 MAX RICE, V. 0. VleltTng'.nd.aH brethren'in good (tending era fraternally Invited to attend. O. H. MERRIFIELD, C.O. MAX WOE. V " 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.