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BRUNSWICK, > GEORGIA
SATURDAY MORNING, 8EPTEMBEB 26,1888.
Hon. Tom Hardeman has been ap-
pointed Postmaster nt Macon, Ga.
Hog cholera is raging in Iowa, and
twenty-four hours is all that it takes
to wind up a fat porker.
Small-pox has made its appearance
very mysteriously in a tenement house
on Grand street, New York.
Gun. Robert Toombs, now in bis
74th year, is ill, and fears are enter
tained that he will not recover.
The Florida Southern Railway, a
narrow gauge, sometimes runB cars at
the rate of fifty-two miles per boar.
Alappaha is looking up. She is
digging an artesian well, and several
baudsome new buildings are going up.
Returns from tho smail-pox in
Montreal figures up 210 deaths in one
week, ending September 20th. There
were 41 deaths last Sunday.
The electric motor has proved a
success on the New York elevated
railway. Grades are no impediment.
Tbo inventor says he can run cars up
the side of a li iise if he wanted to.
••VALUED INSURANCE” LAW.
The yacht Puritan, that won the re
cant race over i lie Genesta, was sold
this week at uiietiou. She. brought
$13,500, and was purchased for u gen
tleman in Boston, whose name does
not appear. .
A resolution has been offered in the
Georgia Legislature to allow the less
ees of the Western & Atlantic Rail-
rond to change the gauge of the road
to suit that of other roads with which
it connects.
Savannah is moving in tho matter
of artesian water. She proposes dig
ging one or more wylls nt or near her
present waterworks, the water to be
used through the present water mains.
Other wells will probablv be dug on
tbo suburbs for the benefit of those
not reached by the present sysiem.
The fa'e of tho Chinese is getting
to he a serious question on the Pacific
coast. Tho people of that section
saom determined to get rid of them
by means fair or foul. Scores of them
have been killed, and scores more will
be unless the government does some
thing to put a stop to the wholesale
butchery that lms beeii going on. ■
■ ——
Tho people of Lake City und Co
lumbia county, Flu., are stirred to
the very ceutre over acts of lawless
ness ou the part of Duval Selpb and
his son Bogue Selph, w.ho killed,
without provocation, young Kirk
land, of Kirkland Station, B. & W.
R. R., who was living in Lake City,
aud nlso firod upon two other mm,
wounding them seriously. They m
iu earnest, and mean to put a stop to
such lawlessness. Kirkland's remains
were tnken homo this week. A reward
of $900 has beeu offered in nil for the
murderer. If be is caught we wouldn't
give much for bis life.
Atlanta receives annually $52,000
’revenue from liquor liceDses, but, not
withstanding this fact, mimy of her
citizens are determined to carry the
city by storm for probibition. Sum
Inmuu offers $5,000, Green Dodd $5,-
000, and James English $2,500 to
ward a campaign fund. The prohibi
tionists uro organized, and claim that
they will carry the city t>y 2,000 ma
jority, and that it will help the town
iu a business way, whilst the other
party claim that the election will be
close, und that if liquor is driven out
of Atlanta she will be set back twenty
years. How great minds do differ,
when they see things from different
standpoints.
Beloit, Wis., Sept. 22.—A fatul dis
ease prevails among the bogs iu a sec
tion a few miles west of tbis city, and
it is said that at least one thousand
bogs have died within two weeks.—
Extensive pork raisers have lost en
tire h<-rds. Most every farmer in Sir-
land, III., has lost from $200 to $500
worth of hogs aud some cattle.
The entire State seems worked np
at tbis juncture 'on the above subject,
brought about by on effort in tbe
Georgia Legislature to pass a new
insurance) law, tbe main gist of wbicb
is to compel insurance companies to
pay tbe full amount of tbe insurance,
no matter whether that amount of
loss was sustained or not. For in
stance, if a merchant has ten thous
and dollars of insurance on his stock,
and when bis stock, by sales and otb-
erwise, get down to $5,000, burns out,
ho should receive tbe full amount of
iDBurance be is paying od. Theiojus
tice of this is patcot on tbe face of it.
Again—suppose a party insures a
house, and year by year renews the
policy. In tbe course of ten years the
house has gone down from decay and
neglect, and is not worth as much by
one thousand dollars ns nt first
Should the company insuring be made
to pay tbe full insurance on that bouse
should it burn ? We think not; nnd
in tbis we differ with rdembers of tbe
Legislature if we understand the bill
might.
Now, we are nwnre that in mnny
instances people are cheated out of
their deserts by the insurance cornpa'-
nies, but ns a rule this is not the case.
They are pretty prompt people, nnd
are ready always to make good all
losses sustained. They also often
charge too high rates, but that does
not make it right to punish the whole
for tbe errors of the past. If tbis law
is passed almost every company do
ing business iu the State say they
will be forced to leave. This we can’t
nfford to allow. Insurance we must
have. Besides, there is another fea
ture to tbis iusuranee business That
we inigbt do well to consider: Un
scrupulous persons often take undue
advantage of the insurance compa
nies, and thereby defraud them. Is
it then any wonder that these compa
nies are careful bow they act, and
that they should at times seem a little
bit obstinate? Let us treat boih
sides with fairness, and protect both
insurer nnd insured.
the rand of man.
It. J, M. Dlscuues tho Past and Fret*
entortlie Pine Belt or Georgia, nnd
tbe Change* Made by Man.
GBANT’S OLD KKGIMBNT.
Col. Fred Grant Aiiatver* the Bloody
Shirt Cry.
Nkooa, III.,Sept. 23.—The reunion
of the veterans of Gen. Grant's old
regiment, tho Twenty-first Illinois
Volunteers, began hero last night.—
Col. Fred Grant was given a very-
hearty reception. In response to re
quests fur a speech, the Colonel said:
"I do not. intend to make \ou n
speech, for I have not been trained as
a public talker. I have here a docu
ment that I would like to re id to.you.
[t is the last Hues written by my fa
ther upon matters pertaining to the
war, und it has never before been
made public. As he entered into the
war with yon for his first companions,
aud its he lms always spoken of your
regiment with affectionate interest, it
is fitting that vou should be first to
hear his partiug words. This is what
he wrote upon tbe pageBl hold here:
“ ‘I feel that we are on the eve of a
new < ra when there is to be great har-
,,,,,,,\ ta-r'ween Federate and Confed
erates. I cannot stay to be a living
witness to tbe correctness of this
prophecy, but I feel it within me
that it is to bo so. Universally
tbe feeling expressed for me
ut tbe time wheu it was supposed
that each day would prove
my last, seems to me tbe beginning
of tbe answer to “Let us have peace.”
Expressions of these kindly feelings
were not restricted to any section of
country, nor to a division of tbe peo
ple. They camo from individual eiti-
zeus of all nationalities, from all de
nominations—Protestant,Catholic and
Jew, nnd from various societies of the
land, scientific, educational, religions
and otherwise. Politics did not en
ter into tbe matter nt all. I am not
egotist enough to suppose all this
significance should bo given to tbe
latter, because I was tho object of it,
but the war between tbe States was o
very bloody and a very costly war.
One side or the other hud to yield
principles they deemed dearer
than life, before it could bo brought
to an end. I commanded the whole
of the mighty host engaged on the
victorious side. I was, no iimttei
whether deservedly or uot, a repre
sentor of that side of tbe controversy.
It is a significant aud gratifying fact
that tho Confederates should have
joined heartily in this spontaneous
move. I hope the good feelings
inaugurated may continue to the end.
A general amen went up from the
veteraus, nnd the meeting adjourned..
Docqlasville, Ga., Sept. 19,1885.
Editob Advertiser and Appeal:
In May, 1858, in company with a
genial friend, I passed by private
conveyance from Brunswick toWnres-
boro,'thence to the neighborhood of
tbe present site of Eastman. We were
iu no hurry. We to'ok in tbe country
and surroundings leisurely. We were
not land hunting with a view to To
on to, by any means. The reverse.
Each one was encumbered with a
couple of piny woods lots of wild
land, of which we fbnnd ourselves
possessed, in consequence of some
wild trades in which we had indulged.
In middle Georgia, our theu place of
residence, an old blind horse, broken-
down watch und a lot of wild land
—either one—pnssed currently in
trado nt the par value of ten dollars.
Hence our encumbrance nnd visit to
this regiou of illimitable expanse of
fine forests over n quarter of a cen
tury ago. At that time only at long
and tedious intervals did rude pine
log huts present themselves with
the most forbidding surroundings—
naught lovely, nothing inviting in nl 1
this vast solitude, save Nature clothed
in the majesty of her glory. On every
side, far beyond the range ol human
vision, was a continued pine latid car
peted with green spread out in pano
ramic beauty. Grove ufter grove of
majestic trees of fleecy foliage, with
now and then a pine larger and taller
than the rest, standing liken ytand
old patriarch of the forest, who had
for ages iu silence stood with unin
terrupted vision guarded this wide
expanse of younger growth. These
grand old trees with their hundreds
of concentric circles of wooded tissue,
which bad been forming quietly, reg
ularly and mysteriously for ages,
were high enough aud stout enough
to make masts for the largest vessels,
or lumber sufficient for a common-
sized house. Through this whole
country no roads penetrated, save
wlmt had formerly been deer-trails,
and subsequently cow-paths. These,
however, were still sufficient for all
the practical purposes of transporta
tion for the sturdy pioneer, hia travel
ing being usually done on foot., or
with his pony or otie-horso curt (if lie
aspired to the ownership of one'), gen
erally without the expensive snpeilln-
ity of an iron baud for the clumsy
wheels. The time wo write of was
over a quart)r of n century ago—a
ljug time, is it not? Tho greater
portion of an ordinary life-time of an
active man. Iu this region of coun
try iu this spaco of time man has been
active, aud tho changes wrought
through his agency have been great.
Now, September, 1885, wbut is tho
chaugo ? Those grand forests—where
are they ? The trees, tbe grass, the
cabins—where are they ? Gone.' An
iuvasiou of a terrible army of axemen,
like so many huge locusts, has swept
over the whole face of the laud, leav
ing nought of former native gruudeur
but treeless stumps to mark the track
of their tramp. Now we love trees—
tbe grand primeval forests trees, in all
their pristine glory, wrapping mother
earth iu their solemn shadows. We
are no Indian, thongh, nor does any
Indian blood enter our composition.
But, nevertheless, with poor Lo there
was for a while an emotional sympa
thy, when we reflected how often he
had I we ii forced to give to his pale-
faced brut he* possession of his l ight
of domain, aud leave behind him tl e
scenes of all the bullowed associations
o f the past. He was forced from this
itnd, too, os well as from other places,
a id we do Hdmit of & slight lingo of
the sorrowful thrilling our own veiDS
at tho Bight of this great change.—
Poor Lo gone, pioneers gone, great
forests laid low—all gone! What Na
ture, in tbo secret recesses of her lab
oratory, bud been for ages perfecting
in beauty ami grandeur, so suddenly
laid low by the lumberman’s axe, nnd
those extensive forests stricken down
by a terrible scourge, and forced to
yield up tbe ghost by tbe wholesale!
Upon nearing, however, on onr re
cent trip, the beautiful and highly ini
proved country around Eastman, with
its rolling plains garnished by the til
ler’s bauds, aud fields spread out iu
inviting beauty to charm the traveler
of to-day, onr feelings of sympathy
for the red man and the piuey woods
cracker was somewhat changed into n
different channel. This pertinent
qnestion at ouce presented itself, has
all this change over the spirit of the
land been of benefit? Cai lonn? Has
all this transition, within twenty-five
years, from pine trees, wire-grass,
rude tents, cow paths and deer-trails
into fields, farms, co'tages, refinement,
civilization, plenty, thrift^ commerce,
beuefitted the people any ? Has the
gripid old commonwealth of the Em
pire State of the South profited by
this change ? Has this limitless wil
derness of pine trees of years ago been
the gainer by this transformation in
to a land of thrift and plenty? In
tliis connection I pause for the E. T\,
V. & G. Railroad, with her millions of
tons of freight aud immense passen
ger list, to nuswer. Let beautiful
Easiuoin, with her churches, magnifi
cent court house, mausious, cottages,
villas and surroundings, respond,
with that superb structure, tbe Up
lands Hotel, in proportions, design
and appurtenances equal to any hos
telry in the land—a monument of
wisdom, foresight and benefaction to
its projector. Lei nil this country
from,Eastman to Brunswick, with hII
her advancements, her appreciation in
value iu real estate from ten dollars
per lot to as much per acre, even af
ter being shorn of its wealth of fiuest
growth—let the milliuns of feet of
lumber annually sawed and transport
ed from this territory, send an an
swer. Tho whole armies of mechan
ics, wood-choppers, lumbermen will
join in iu one grand reverberation to
tell of the benefits of the change from
wilderness to smiling plenty. And
1 st, though uot least, our own St. Si ;
moos Mills will join iu the grand cho
rus reflecting what her three hundred
thousand acres of land, heavily tirn-
red, now worked by her thousands
of limber-getters, fed by her own
railroad, is doing for commerce on
hitul and ou sea. Ships, whose sails
whiten every sea from New Fonndlnud
to Buenos Ayres on this continent,
and from Norway to tho Mediterrane
an on lhe eastern, laden with the fin
est Georgia yellow piue; nil cut hiu!
sawed nt St. Simons Mills by Messrs.
Dodge, Meigs A Go., M ini back tlii-
Udings of go nl news from a hundred
nations—a full response lo the perti-
nent query, “Cui bonu
R. J. M.
The New Georgia Link.
Savannah New*.
Articles of corporation of the East
Georgia and Florida railway com
pany have been filed with tlie'Secre-
tary of the State of Florida for the
building of a railroad from Hart’s
Road (Transit railroad) to Jesup.
Tbe line was surveyed lust week by
Mr. Bnshnell from Hurt’s Road to St.
Mary's river, where a bridge for cross
ing wns also designated. Mr. Morse,
General Manug- r of the road, states
that work will he eoiuineuced oti the
road by Oct. 1.
The Faateat Train In the Nuutli.^.
The old’ linlifed express train
sont’li of Mason and Dixon’s line is
said to be over the Georgia Pacific
Railroui( between Birmii glnirn nnd
Atlimui. The distance is 1(!7 miles,
and is made in the fust time of nn av
erage of 33 miles per hour. The ex
press leaves Birmingham at II o’clock
iu the forenoon, and reaches Atlanta
at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, mak
ing S'ops for passengers at Anniston,
Oxnntm and Austell, and fur water at
Lincoln, the 08 and 41-n.ile tanks.
Qoiscr, Fla., Sept. 24 —W. H.
Lemon, jiirdmaster of llm Louisville
and Nashville rood nt Hirer Junction,
Committed suicide at, Qiiinct last
night. He Was hi I dead It] lied
this morning with ii imllef-hole in his
head and a pistol in hi” Ii mil. No
reason can be assigned. He leaves a
family at Lonisvilie, where lie will be
billion. |
Waycross, Sept. 22 —At Nahimta,
Wayne county, to-nignt, during « dis
pute about 25c, between two negroes
—West Morris atul Hamilton Carlisle
—Morris drew III- pistol on Carlisle.
Oscar Marshall hitei L red, when Mor
ris tiirneo upon Marshall and shot
him through ttie bowels. Marshall
will die. Morris escaped.
The Art of Getting Vigorous
Is comprised in one very simple piece of
advise, improved digestion. No elaborate
system of dietetics is needed. If you lack
vigor, use systematically that pleasant pro
moter of it, Hosteller's Stomach Hitters.
If you take this hint, and do not commit
any excesses, there is no reason why you
should not gain in strength, appetite sad
weight. Hosts of whilom invalids are
to-ilay building a foundation for years or
vigorous health with this sound sad
thorough renovator of adilapidated
slque nnd failing energy. Dyspcps._
eradicated by it, nnd the constitution for-
Dyspcpsia is
uftu"
eh,
t must surely succumb—notably
ritlt'ii against disorders to which, if it were
exposed, it 1 ' ’ - ‘ ‘
VA|IU9VU. Ill lliuok 1UICIJT BUCUUIUU— uuiuuiy
malarial fever. Rheumatism, inactivity of
the kidneys and bladder, nervoustifM,
nnd their various symptoms, disnpiiear
when it is used with persistency, not
abandoned after a brief and irregular trial*
dwula the list of machines, being light-runniEjt
uoiuelcEs, aimplo and atroug.
J. T. LAMRRIGHT, Agent
inlylMf t For Hinger Min'tv r.n
RANDOM NOTES.
Ii. J. M. Will bo lit 1)*Mil* 4 IK’Xf
We are much gratified to learn
that our random letters from ibe up-
country und notes by the way have
been so generally rend. A promi
nent citizen of Douglnsvillo is in re
ceipt of a very interesting letter of
inquiry from Mrs. M. D. Smnles, of
New York, about this portion of
mountain Georgia, in response to a
number of the Advertiser and Appeal
sent her by Col. C. P. Goodyear and
Mrs. J. R. Bostwick, of Brunswick.
Much is the wonder and many the
surmises of onr good people as to
who is the reporter on the Island for
the St. Simons department during
tho temporary abseuce af the editor.
No one np to present writing enter-
tiiusu suspicion in the right direc
tion. Onr ow n curiosity on the sub
ject is somewhut exercised. Not in
the manner, however, in common
with onr neighbors. Iu this, we are
bound to see to the end if a ce tain
undeservedly censured class can keep
a secret. We believe that they can—
the generally accepted opinion of nn
unfair public to the contrary notwith-'
standing. This wo say: Whethernur j Bay St., Brunswick, tta*
reporter tie Mr. or Mias or Mr*, he! *■?*»
(or ehe), is perfectly sa'e. S'. Si-; ’
inons hail best lie mi her “p’s und f Q I fN j f Rj A ’
q’e,” for certainly ’‘there is s chiel! **• ®* w VJ. ’’it
amang us takin notes, and faith he’ll nvrADvrv ,
prent’em, too”—(orit may besAe will AUORNLY AJ LAW
doit ) BRUNSWICK, - - GEORGIA.
OQce in Moaio k McCrary'* I’uiUlog, up atair§.
The Old Reliable
UMBIillillT BROTHERS,
dealers in
FAMILY GROCERIES AND COUNTRY
PRODUCE,
have on hand for sale the
O-.ESDNTXTinXTES
Singer Sewing Machine ’
THE NEW IMPROVED FAMILY MACHINE
A. J. MILLER & CO.,
OF SAVANNAH,
To repreaent them in the cjty of Brun*\vick. We
are prepared to offer extra inducements to all per
•on* needing furniture. We will *ell at tsAYANNAII
PRICKS. Call and Bee wimple*.
W. A. Flor id & Bro,
P. I IIolMidorf,
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DRY GOODS.
And Groceries,