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^1(C J^dvcrtistr-Jfofiviil. Do you keep sun time or standard time ? The "piping for Judge Atkinson's artesian well has arrived. Eight barks are lying at quaran tine, and at Xiiick River one ship and three barks. Telephone subscribers will please add to their list telephone No. 5— C. L. Elliot, Groceries. The new park .fountain is expected in about ten days and will be a rich ornament to our park. Messrs Greer* Shudinan are get ting their stables ready on St. Si mons Island for the dwellers at the beach. The lumber for one of our steam laundries is arriving, and the propri etor of the other goes to New York in a lew days to buy machinery The smiling countenance of Mr. R. L. Branham is now seen daily be hind the counter ftf Mr. H. T. Dfitin’s store, where heretofore was seen that of our young friend Lonsoerg. The Beach Hotel Company will have a photograph taken on the 12th inst., of the hotel and the entire Georgia Press and their ladies—a copy of which will be presented to each editor. Our (ire boys are a political anom aly. They arc ardent Protectionists, and favor “taxation for revenue,” yet they clamor for "free trade” in excur sion tickets with “no reduction of the tariff.” There were forty arrivals of ves sels in our port for the month of April—a pretty good showing for a spring month. The pilots have cer tainly had good picking for the month. Mrs. A. Kaiser had a happy sur prise last Saturday afternoon b^ the sudden appearance of her broth ers, Tobias and Louis Iltiyip. They think a great deal of their sister and little Recta and Gordon. (.’apt Dart got a letter yesterday from Adjutant Kell, id'Atlanta, stat ing that requisitions had been made for 100 touts for the St. Simons en campment, instead of 50, and that there would bo no dilliculty in get ting them. We always send away for our straw berries. and yet we can raise just as fine strawberries here as qre raised anywhere. We have on our table at this writing a dish of these from the garden of Mrs. J. S. Marlin, that will equal in size and quality as any we ever saw. We are requested to state that the large doll on Mrs. Berryman's table during the Catholic fair was not raf fled,and any person who took a chance at the same can have his money re funded, if he so desires, by applying to either Father Ilcnnessy or Mrs. Berryman. The Atlanta Constitution says: "The hotel takes first rank as a de veloping agent. It was Thomasville’s hotels that gave that city its prece dence over its neighbors, and (yields it its rich winter revenues. It is the superb Oglethorpe that is building Brunswick up. The “Inn” gives An niston its boom, and the “Tavern" establishes Decatur as the best of North Alabamn Towns. The Protection Company of Daw son have sent our Protection Co., a photograph of their race track, Judges* stand, etc., with their line engine in the foreground. Our boys want to see the reality, so will go over in person nt the contest. The photograph can be seen at M r. W. F. Doerllinger’s jewelry store, where can also be seen the prizes for Thurs day’s contests. , The Thomasvillc Enterprise deliv ers tuc following which is us true as gospel: “To be successful, the local newspaper must be intensely local in its character. Wo would not be understood as meaningthnt it should Regenerate so as to become thechron- j. ler <-f small gossip, or the medium til>• iiiirli which the modern newspa per Jenkins spread his stale and vapid platitudes concerning Mr. or Miss Jones before the public. The Y. M. C. A. have ordered their gymnasium apparatus and same will reach here in time for the grand opening June 1st. We are truly glad to know that so much has • been ac complished in this direction, and would say to our people, lend all the aid you can to this institution. Its power for good is already being felt on tile young men of tlfe town. Well! Well! Well! There is go ing to be something new under the sun. The Mayor and Alderman and the entire police force have been in vited to attend services nt the Irfetli odist church of this citj’, Sunday week. The invitation has been ac cepted and we may expect to see pn that occasion the novel sight-of the entire city Council and police march to church. Now we advise that this thing be kept up, for they do tell a joke on one policeman, that he stray ed into a church and was so carried away that he forgot to go on duty at the right hour, and was fined by t he Mayor $5. A half dozen young men from the Y. M. C. A. held a Gospel meeting Sunday afternoon in the loft of the old store nnd warehouse of Cook Bros. * Co. This meeting was de signed especially for the benefit of the sailors in port, who have no op portunities for religious service at sea, and feel themselves ostracised and excluded from such privileges while in poll. Little dodgers an nouncing th™mceting were distrib uted on the different vessels and sail or boarding houses, and about fifteen of the hardy sons of Neptune, with rough exteriors but tender hearts, availed themselves of the occasion, and seemed greatly interested. The meeting lasted about an hour, and none seemed to mind the improvised seats of unplaned boards supported by empty boxes. It is hoped that this may prove but the beginning of an organized work for this greatly neglected class. Brunswick should have a reading room and sailor’s bethel for them, and we hope the matter will soon be pushed. The Bciieli Hold. Mr. Jas. l’ostell is back from At lanta whither he went to perfect ar rangements for a manager for the St. Simons Beach Hotel. He informs us that he has secured Mr. Frank Warren, a man well known all over the State, and for years connect ed with the Kimball House of Atlan ta. He was with Mr. Crittenden in the Kimball and remained there af ter Mr. Crittenden left. In short he knows just wiiat is wanted. Mr. Warren will be down to take charge on the 2(lth inst., and put things in order preparatory to the grand opening on the first of June. The street car line from the ocean pier to the new hotel will be finished to-morrow and everything will'be ready for June 1st, which will inaug urate an era unprecedented in beach hotels in theSoulh. • More Growth. Whenever “suburban" residences begin to crop out here and there around a city, we are sure of one thing, which is that that city is on the upward tendency. It simply means growth, and we are glad to announce that such is "Ihe case in this city. Mr. Osborne, .Supervisor B. it W. II. R. is putting up a.hund- some residence near Judge Atkin- sou's nt Back Landing. Mr. B. B. Gray has given out a contract also for a similar building. Thus it is that there is springing up a demand for property in that section. Mr. W. E. Weed is architect for both the above houses. More Hriek Residences. Mr. Jas. Ren wick, bf New York, has recently purchased, through the Hopkins' Real Estate Agency, of this city, three old town lots at a cost of $.'1,900, and will erect thereon a num ber of brick residences to rent. STEl* BY STEP The Encampment Scheme Pro gresses—Last Night’s Meeting. The second meeting of citizens to further the St. Simons military en campment was held Tuesday night at L'arioso Hall, and was called to order by Mayor Dunn. The first business was the calling for reports ot committees. Lieut. Morris, chairman of committee on grounds, reported no work done as yet, but that the committee expeeted to visit the grounds to-day and de termine upon a plan of operations. The committees on subscriptions, prizes, transportation and reception were each culled, hut none had yet gbtten the affairs in shape todomore than simply report progress. CAl'T. BAIINEV DAHT Was then called upon to give the re suit of his trip to Atlanta. He re ported gratifying progress at that end of the.line, and urged upon the committees the importance of getting promptly to work and making all things ready. He found the Adju tant General absent from the city, but the Governor had approved the matter most cordially, and said tl|at lie would see that an official requisi tion was made on the General Gov ernment, through Senators Brown and Colquitt, for Georgia’s quota of tents, adding “You shall have them if the State has to buy them.” But just here another friend appeared in the person oftlie Colonel of an Ala. baina regiment, who promptly offered the use of their tents, in the event none could be secured from the gov ernment. This disposed of the chief obstacle, the next being that of cots. This Captain Dart thought could be avoided by flooring each tent with lumber and providing cheap beds. Frizes would be the next item in expense. The special work of the lady committee will be the procuring of a banner, which would constitute a prize for the best company, to be kept by them until the next encamp incut, and again contested for. Oth er prizes \yill also he needed, in order to insure a good attendance and live ly competition. ^ Several other gentlemen were call ed upon but begged to be excused, when Mr. Penniman asked of C'apt. Dart the very pertinent question as to “about how-much money would be necessary to make the encampment a success. Captain Dart replied that the character of the undertaking was such that any amount could be spent upon it, though to.secuiv a good dis play and arrangements id'the grounds and assure a good at i sc lance of mil itary and others, about $1.5110 would be necessary, t he heaviest expenses of shelter and cots having been dis posed of. Dr. Schlatter wanted to know what arrangements would lie made about the commissary department. < 'apt. Dart said several of the com panies were provided with cooking utensils and would prefer to furnish and cook their own niqals. Others could lie accommodated at the hotel or a restaurant could be arranged on the grounds. The encampment would probably last under military rule for about five days, and during that time either of the three expedi ents could he made to answer. A motion was then made to ad journ until next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the Riflemen’s armory at which time Mayor Dunn suggested that a permanent organization be made. lie said he was acting as Chairman “jesso,” and would lie glad to resign at any moment. During the evening the Mayor ap pointed the following as the commit tee of ladies to assjst committee on subscriptions and donations, with power in the chairman to add to same in her discretion: Mrs. J. R. Bostwick, Mrs. IV. J. Price. Mrs. Branham, Mrs. M. J. Col son, Mrs. rilman, Mrs. Arnold Kais or. Mrs. M. P. King, Mrs. Ed. Mason, Mrs. B. llirsch, Mrs. J. M. Dexter, Miss Annie Ilino, Miss Eva Middle- Ion, Mrs. Albert Wenz, M i«8 Wil-1 Tington. St. Simons: Mrs. A. V. Put-1 nun. Miss Ida Moore, and Mrs. J. A. McDuffie. St. Simon’s Items. The handsome two story building which contains the Library Hall is nearing completion. The young peo ple die organizing fora grand ball with ices and refreshments to tak» place in a few days. The timbers are being placed for the new cedar mill. The foundations are laid for five or six now cottages. The three mills will in a few days be connected ’ by telephone, and a little talk of giving the Doctor a line to his house. The church, school house and par sonage have been purchased by the' Mill Company, and now we have a uuion church. Some talk oftlie erection of a bean tiful chapel by the Episcopalians near the steamboat docks, on a love ly lot given by ttio Company in part exchange for the old church. On we move to the front. Everybody is on an equal footing on the Island now, so far as transpor tation is concerned. All the horses are sick with distemper. The little Dudley boys have a pup py that'has been adopted by an old mother cat. It looks singular to see the young dog drawing its living from the old cat. Query: Will the canine lie blended with the feline in this instance? We are informed that Mr. Norman Dodge will soon begin the erection of a beautiful villa, costing not less than twelve or fifteen thousaniF dol lars. in the park fronting Mr. Fuller's residence, which will add very large ly to the appearance of things. Mrs. Annie Gowcn gives her board ers every day green peas, beaus, on ions, squashes, Irish potatoes, cu cumbers, fcte., and we are told that she lias been using'nll the above va rieties for some time. How is that for early gardens? Within the past week there lias been four painful accidents nt the mill. Gould * Adams have just closed a contract .to deliver to the Hotel Com pany one hundred thousand feet of lumber for the erection of twenty cottages—ten above to the northward and ten to the southard of the hotel along the beach. The rails are being very rapidly laid on the railroad from the ocean docks to the hotel. Mr. J. O. Truman lost two lingers yesterday by putting his hand too near a saw. Everything is busy here—vessels arriving every day, strangers looking around constantly. Surely liruns- 'wiek’s boom extends to our Island. M iss Addie Withingtun who lias been spending some wcc.so v i h r uncle, we arc sorry to state will leave in a few days for her homo in Bos ton. Mass. -More anon. Islander. Sudden Heath. Mr. .John R. Franklin, of this city, died quite suddenly Tuesday after noon after an illness of some weeks. It seems lie felt much improved in the morning, and even went so far as to dress himself and go out to dinner.' He was taken suddenly ill shortly after and died at 3 o’clock. His remains will lie buried this af ternoon from the Methodist church, of this city, at 4 o'clock. Quick Work in Real Estate. Wc hear of a gentleman who last week bought a lot 90x180 feet for $2,500. Two days later he sold oft' two-thirds of it for $3,000. thus get ting his money back, and having as clear profit on the transaction $500 clear money and 30x180 feet of land besides. These arc possibilities hap pening daily. Nine in One Family. “Nigger for luck and poor man for children" is an old adage that the school census taker has been verified in a single house He found one col ored family with nine children be tween the school ages—0 and 18. Among the whites the greatest ntnn her found in anv one I'ami'v lias been seven. Several have run up to 5 and (J, but only one as high as seven, r A Youthful Murderer—A Vigi lant Grand Jury.. St. MauysGa., April 27, '87. Kb*. AnvfcKT:-i:tt-A 1'fi:ai.. • bust Monday, in company with the Court, Judge Atkinson, and various members of the bar, your correspon dent boarded the steamer City of Brunswick on our way to this pliu-e, together with a goodly number ofoqr Baptist brethren with their wives and daughters, on their way to Jack sonville and St.. Augustine. The weather was beautiful, the sun shone brightly, and with fine breeze and in' surli pleasant company the trip could not fail to be pleasant. Among the visitors who did much to make the trip enjoyable were Dr. Walker, who entertained us while stuck in the mud at “the dividings" by a descrip tion of his life and work among the Chinese. .Mrs. W. J. Northern and her accomplished daughter. Miss Anna Belle, of Sparta, and others. We reached Fernandina in safety, although behind time, and spent the afternoon in seeing the town, driv ing to the beach, taking a surf bath, etc. But all things change, and es pecially April weather. By night tlie wind is blowing almost a gale, and Tuesday morning when we re- cross Amelia Sound on a tug boat it docs not resemble the placid wa ters that we glided across so easily the day before, for now the waves are rolling and pitching and it is with difficulty that wc get across, but St. Marys is safely reached at last. There is nothing new to tie said about the town. It is just the same, “grand, gloomy and peculiar; grand in the beauty of its trees, shrubs and (low ers, gloomy in its wealth of vacant houses and deserted streets,and pecu liar when we ti member what it once was, and now is, and one is led lo exclaim, "Lo, how the mighty have fallen.” Camden Superior (,'otirt opened last Tuesday morning, and a faithful and diligent grand jury have brought many offenders tojustico and under the able management of Judge At kinson, a large amount, of business lias been disposed of. One ease tried is peculiar in its nature in that the defendant, James Williams, Jr., was a little colored boy, 15 years of age, who was indicted and tried for the murder of his little play mate, Ar thur Sullivan, about eleven years old. They two, with Arthur’s broth er, Frank; 13 years old, were playing, and from play got into a boyish light, with sticks and knives, during which Jimmie drove a knife into Arthur's head. The jury very properly convicted him of voluntary manslaughter, aud the Judge, exercising the discretion vested in him by law, tempered justice with mercy, and sentenced him to one year in the penitentiary. Three young colored men were convicted for riot, and sentenced each to 12 months or $50. l'iic: paid their fines. London Gibbs was convicted of hog stealing, and paid his $50 line. The Court adjourned to-night, and we leave for home to-mmrow morn ing. " C.I.S. Steam Laundry. Mr. David Davis has purchased the lot on Bay street next to the resi dence of Mr. Win. Anderson and will proceed forthwith to erect a steam laundry thereon. He only purchased it on Thursday last, and as to-day is the last day that excavations can lie made, he had to make fast work to get the grading all ready. He fin islied up at noon to-day. The build ing will probably be of tabby, 00x70 feet, with engine room in rear. A Novel Advertisement. Taking advantage of tin- p>.-.rnt discussion hi; city ami stm i n l lime photographer Jackson has p i: a.in clock in front of his gallery witii the following inscription; SI N TI K. THE OXI.y TIME ! yvmc i.i •GW 1 "in- (ji nj