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1 Editorial Not«R. The farmers in the Georgia Legis lature number 133, lawyers 74. If Darien had a big hotel it could he easily be filled with northern tou rist this winter. A weekly newspaper will soon be published at Cordeie, on the Arncri- cus, Preston and Lumpki road. The Berrien County Pioneer is the atest candidate for t public favor in he newspaper field. It is published at Sparks, Berrien county. The Legislature meets on Novo in ber 7th and will be composed of good timber, but they will be apt to forget when to adjourn, like their prcdcccs sors. The city of Buffalo has 50 miles . Of asphalted streets. The cost of keeping them In repair during the past five years has been seventy-five dollars. 11 is said that “Old Hutch” is pro paring to corner the wheat market .again, and run the price of bread up still higher. Isn’t the old man rich enough without continuing to rob working people of their bread? The Atlanta Constitution truthful ly says the man who loafs around with his hands in bis pockets, prom ising his support to this and that candidate, should think of his fami ly. If he desires to do something praiseworthy in the supporting line. A Georgia editor makes the follow ing announcement in his local col umns: “We have on hand an excel lent clothes washer, which we got for a year’s advertising. As we have no clothes to wash, we are offering the thing for salo cheap, and to the per son buying wo will throw in a free local notico and a year’s subscription to our paper." The old dodge of taking the vote of the passengers on a train to ascer tain their presidential preferences is now being resorted to. The demo eratlc interviewers always find a sol id train load for Cleveland, while .the republicans find that all the travel ers these days arc for Harrison. Bather queer, and yet just what might be expected. A Massachusetts inan who got a wife by advertising, has just shot himself after only six months of married life. This incident ought not to lessen the advertising patron- ago of the newspapers. They ought not to be expected to do their sub scribers courting fouthem, and when that duty is put upon them they arc apt to make n mess of it. The Boston Herald deplores the discovery in its own state of the greatest deposit of plumbago in the world. That article is now on the free list and lead pencils arc won derfully cheap. Now “protection’ Inay be called upon to heautraliz ’ nature's bounty and make plumdngo scarce and dear. The owners of the deposit will grow rich quickly. 'The'Atlanta Constitution says: The enumeration of the Georgia school population shows some inter esting facts. That number of chil dren between the years of six and as increased 52,050 since cording to the ratio adopt- latc Commissioner Orr, ’ns that the whole population State has increased 100,000 in six years- A curious fact is rat the girls have a majority in the r cities and the boys have a majority in the country. The ratio of increase has been about the same among the white anti colored. The Recorder says: .A‘young lady who wanted to show that she had the best ana smartest scholars in the Sunday School, meeting one on Lee Rti-ucl she edited to him to stop. Af- i rivluetng him to the young gentleman that was escorting her to WHALERS IN A SEA OF ICE Thirteen Vessels And Five Hun • dred or Six Hundred Hen Stock fast. San Fbancisco, Oct. 27.—The whaling bark J. A. Howland arrived here from Fox island, in the Artie ocean, to-day. She reports the fol lowing thirteen whalers in the ice, with little prospects of being able to get out: Andrew Hicks, William Bayliss, Saucer, Z. A. Breeze, Ohio Second, Rosario, Reindeer, Eliza, Mars, Hunter, J. H. West, Hidalgo, and Ocean. The whalers Thrasher and J. A. Freeman have gone to their assistance, but it was not thought at the time the Howland left Fox island that they would reach them before, they were broken up, CATCH OF THE SEASON. The Howland reports that the catch of the entire whaling fleet up to a month ago was 122, the greatest number of which were taken by ves sels now fast in the ice. The news of the perilous situation of the ves sols was brought to the whaling ren dezvous by the bark Lucretin. The master of that vessel reported that when he left the ice, Sept. 27, the others were firmly fixed in it with apparently not the remotest chance of getting out. The position of the vessels was about latitude 74 north and longitude 174 west. NEAR HERALD ISLAND. The point is about twenty miles from Herald islnnd and near the place where the Jeannette first ex perienced a tie-up. There are be tween 500 and 000 men on the tied up vessels, and unless the ice breaks up before long they will not be able to survive, as their provisions cannot hold out. A relief party was organ ized for Fox island, and the steamers Freeman and Thrasher were loaded with supplies and started as soon as possible for the vessels. The result of this expedition is awaited with considerable anxiety. Another vessel with further par ticulars is expected, to urrivc hero ffom the Artie In a few days. Seven of the whalers nrc from New Bedford. The value of the thirteen vesels, in cluding the season’s catch, which they have aboard, will aggregate over $500,000. Hon. W. G. Brantly Indorsed. Blackshear, Ga., Oct. 27.—The grand jury completed their labors Friday night and were discharged. In their presentments occurs the fol lowing: Iu as much as Hou, IV. G. Brant ley, is a candidate for solicitor gen eral of our circuit, we, his neighbors and fellow citizens^ by a unanimous ■ote of this body of grand jurors, warmly indorse his worth as a man, and his ability as a lawyer, and earnestly request our immediate rep resentative and senator in the next legislature to use nil honorable means to accomplish his election." District Elector J, A> ttl’hbnen de livered an able address yesterday at the noon recess of the court, A South Carolina negro published a card the other day giving the rea sons why he had become a democrat. They were very good reasons, but they seem not to have satisfied every body, for he received by the next mail a communication with many pictures of skulls, cross-bones, cof fins, etc. The mailing of this docu ment would have been n kuklux out rage, had the negro continued to be a good republican, but under the cir cumstances we will hear no howl from the New York Tribune. That great journal confines its sympathy to rspublican negroes and its curses to democratic whites. Col. R. M. I’ulsifer, who killed him self last week, had $250,000 insur A National Disgrace. We are glad to see evidences that oqe republican paper has some scru ples on the subject of betting. It is no oredtt to either party that wagers are pui^jdy offered and taken on the Presidential-candidates just as if they were horses on the race course, and .the openness of the shameless conduct 1$ a disgrace to the nation. The adventurous in both parties seem to be brazen in their disregard to the moral and legal prohibitions of such a-Jcourse. The Philadelphia Telegraph, republican, says: The state them that a quarter of a million dollars oj; republican campaign mon ey is locked up in wagers on the Pres idential |ontest for the purpose of building khp chances of Mr. Harri son is probably a very great exagger ation, bu; there is entirely too much reason ft r the belief that the story has substantial basis in fact. It will be remembered that some ten days ago the first incident reported in this connection was the remarkable ac tion of the sergeant-at-arms of the Republican National Committee who defiantly , flourished a ten thousand dollar check in hotel lobbies in New York. Of course the challenge was accepted, and the real work begun on both sides. The whole business is a burning disgrace*to every one con nected with it or in any way respon sible thcrjfor. It is demoralizing to the lust degree, and will .accomplish no good to anybody, but bring infin ite harm* to many. The nationnl managers, both republican and dem oeratic, owe it to themselves and the organizations they represent to clear their skirts of this whole degrading business. A Curious Decision. Macon Telegraph: Attorney-Gen eral Tabor of New York has rendered a curious opinion that may have some effect at the election next week. The effect of it is that an elector may go to the polls and vote as many times as there are tickets to be voted. Thus he may vote at one |hour for presi dential electors, at another for con gressman, "7it a third for Governor, at a fourth for count} - officers, and so In New York city on Tuesday, Nov. Gtb, according to this decision, he will have a right to take up the time of the election officers for a few minutes at no less than eight differ- cut times during the day. It is not probable that many voters will claim their right under this decision, but it is obviously true that in a crowd- ity precinct a comparatively few persons could greatly obstruct voting y taking advantage of it, and per- :ips prevent the polling of n large irt of the vote. The struggle in New York will be so intense that there is danger that a concerted movement to obstruct voting will be made in the way pointed out by .Mr. Mr. Tabor, Allen Thorndykc Rice, the million airc proprietor and ostensible editor of the North American Review, says that he feels sure of being elected to congress this year. He was heat ed two years ago, although he spent $25,000 trying to have himself elect ed. It is probable, however, that the voters of his district will snub him as completely as Minister Phelps snubbed him in London, when lie asked that official to present him in court. LEGISLATIVE NOTES. The Candidates Pushing Their Fight for Office—The Con tests for Seats. Atlanta, Oct. 28.—As the Geor gia legislature convenes Wednesday week, the numerous candidates for judgeships and solicitor-generalship are beginning to bestir themselves. The candidates all realize that as the time for the election draws near the writing of letters to the various legislators is a thing of the past, and now they are seeking the members- elect and personally appealing to them for their votes. There will be a number of inter esting contests for these positions, there being only two or three cir cuits where there are not more than one candidate either for the judge ship or the solicitor-generalship. The army of aspirants will arrive in Atlanta as soon as the legislative members do, and some of them will get here even earlier. They will have a week or so to get in their work before the legislature begins on the elections. FOR MESSENGER OF THE SENATE. The position of messenger of the s cnate of Georgia is greatly sought after, and there are a good many candidates. Hon. A. J. Cameron, who held the position for ten years, died a few months ago. The follow ing are so far reported as candidates: Ex Senator J. D. McLeod of Telfair, Flynn Hargett, Jr., of Harris, J. P. Murphy of Jasper, E. B. Thomas of Fulton, J. F. McElvaney of Gwin nett. Mr. Smith of Coffee, for messenger, and R. J. Wilson, the one-armed con federate colonel, for doorkeeper of the house will be re-elected. As the time for the meeting of the general assembly draws nearer the indications that Hon. F. G. duBignon will be elected president of the Sen ate and Hon. A. S. Clay, speaker of tho House, grows stronger and stronger. It is not believed that either will have any formidable oppo sition when the election occurs.' • T FOUR NOTICES OF CONTEST. So far four notices of contests have been filed, .one in the Senate and three in the House. RAILWAY HAIL SERVICE. W. D. Bancroft, general superin tendent of the railway mail service, in his annual report to the postmas ter general, shows that on June 30, 1888, the railway mail service was in operation upon 143,713 miles of rail road. Clerks were employed in the distribution of mail on 126,310 miles. On the same date there were in op eration 41 inland steamboat lines, aggregating 5,972 miles, on which postal clerks were employed. While in the performance of their duties, postal clerks on railroads traveled in crews 12,032,104 miles, and those on steamboats 1,767,049 miles. While so traveling they distributed 6.528, 772,000 pieces of ordinary mail, and receipted for, recorded, protected, and properly distributed 16,001059 registered packages and cases, and 1,103,083 registered sacks. During the year 12,764 miles of now railroad service has been added, being an in crease of 9,701 miles, or 8.32 per cent The total number of clerks in ser vice at the close of the fiscal year was 5,094, an increase for the year of 243 or 5.01 per cent. During the year 6,545,202, pieces of all classes of mail matter were handled, and 1,657, 781 errors checked, showing that but one error was made to every 3,707 pieces handled, as against one error for every 3,372 pieces handled' in 1887. The casualties during the year were more numerous than for any preceding fiscal year, there hav ing been 248 accidents to trains upon which postal clerks were employed. In these wrecks 4 clerks were killed, 03 seriously and 45 slightly injured. Darien Items from the Gazette. The thousands upon thousands of barrels of apples lying ready for shipment in the buying centres of the great fruit sections of New York state arc beginning to move toward the western markets. The recent Hooding of the market ktiuekcd the prices wa} down. Goo i fruit brings only .a dollar. Apple growers who hope ! to real ize a small fortune on their fruit will he sadly disappointed. Apples, ap ples everywhere! Fall fruit brought a fair price. Then came the drop, and now buyers say that there is so much fruit that they could obtain all they want at even lower figures, but are ashamed to ask the farmer to take less. The Fine Straw Industry. The great majority of the farmers of the south arc compelled to use jute bagging this - year, but there can be no doubt that arrangements arc making, which will not only smash the bagging trust, but will result in the substitution of other materials for covering the cotton crop of the south. McIntosh county needs a county court. All quarantine will be taken off on Thursday next. The Darien bank will be ready for business by Jan. 1. The quarantine cost the city and county about $300 a month. Work on the artesian well is still going on. There are now five steamers on the river route. Thero is but very little timber com bing down at .present although: the ' rivers are in good rafting condition. The Doboy property of the late John Browne will be sold on Novem ber Ctb. Saw mill men who are look ing for a mill site at one of the great Southern timber ports could do no better than to purchase this prop erty. It is the duty <>f our citizens to assist the committee in getting a fine exhibit for the State Fair from old McIntosh county. We have prom ised to show Georgia and the South what we can do and it is the duty of every good citizen to work to this end. auce on his life, and in spite of the I reduction it John ! circumstances under which he died. 1 *■“ ■hurcli, she said to the boy: me. why did you not- attend Sunday I the policies, it is said, will bepn School this morning, you flmust haveily paid. The insurance eompa ' been sick?" ’ No, I had to stay at j seem to home and kill a eat." - The young j loguc lullV moved on. The Pullman Palace Car Compa ny is to have a powerful competitor. The Mann Boudoir Company and the Woodruff Parlor Car Companv have joined hands, and erected ex tensive works at Wilmington Del. The new company will be known as the Union Palace Car Cunpany. It is stated that it has already received the privilege of running its cars on , Ap6onHnjr Secretary of the the entire Richmond Terminal sys-: Railroad Commission of Georgia the tom. Perhaps there will now lie a j scoop of the East Tune, ssee and Cen- lccpic , elir rates. ; trial mil muds by tin- Richmond Teh- One of the quarantine commission ers of New York says that he will keep an eye on -Florida oranges this season and investigate them with a view to ascertaining whether they can convey yellow fever germs or not. High medical authorities have always regarded oranges as absolutely free from any infection or contagion. Bowaro ot Fraud, aa my name and the price are lamped on the bottom ot all my advertised shoes before leaving the factory, which protect the wearers against high prices and Inferior goods. It a dealer offers W. JL. Douglas shoes at a reduced price, or says he has them without my name and price stamped on the bottom, put him down uj a fruuu. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. GENTLEMEN. The only mil S3 SEAMLESS Shoe smooth In side. NO TACKS or WAX THREAD to hurt the feet, eaav a. hand-iewed and WILL NOT RIF. W. L. DOUGLAS 84 SHOE, the original and only hand-fewed welt 14 .hoe. Equal, custom-made ahoea costing from SO to $9. _ W. L. DOUGLAS 83.140 rOLICB SHOE. Railroad Men and Letter earners all wear them. Smooth ‘.’I'l l.: .- < .. Hind-Sen e.l shoe. No Tacks or Wa*Thread to hurt the feet. W. L. DOUGLAS SS.UO SHOE la une*celled for heavy wear. Ih -t Calf shoe f..r Hi - nrlee. vy. JL. DOUGLAS 82,85 WORKINGMAN’S count suicide in th di-.enses now-a-days, j they may be jy)—“Moike, arc vez spake.” Mike' PyJ-iffetit R. I catl. but Oi’m rienSinti' Line h 'erlaml' Bluff. lllinal IS m violation ol the b:atc eon- I Stioo.givea the small Boy. a chance to wear the be.l ! ... .. 1 shoe. In the world. I StitlltlOTl. ' All made In Congress, Dutton and Lcce. If not sold I * ... I hy your dealer, write W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton, Macs. TAYI.OH Sr FLEETWOOD. Valker of the Da- j - purchased South-; Agen:r Brunswick. Ga