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§rtmwick jfdteitijSq. Reports from'Fl'orida estimate* this lesion's orange.crop at two million boxes. . •» Have yon been to the tent meeting yet ? (in to night, and hear what the preacher lias to say. There is some talk of Brunswick being altlieted with a circus about the 19th inst., a sort of a Wild West show. The Senate ycste.duy passed a bill . punishing newspapers for publishing lotteries. This is a atep in the right direction. The new Jewish Synagogue will lay its corner stone on the 12th inst. The Masonic fraternity of this city will perform the ceremony with the us sal rites. -.apt, P. S. Morris left Wednesday over the E. T. V. 4 G., for Frank- ' t, Ky. 'lie has been summoned e by a telegram from there an ting the illness of his aged th who is now past his 80th-mile (#»*■ sontrd of Dr. J. A. Butts. The LSrs^ ut ®“ * Uur *’ or< ^ is being ( '>s- TtJr. Butts remaining ut the D< 1 V Dr. Burford hus moved lithe Kaiser block. I)r. Butts' is on corner of Dartmouth 4n streets, in one of the Higlit 'J. Bracken, our former was in the city Tuesday. I thoiw-n from McDonald's mill ^engine for the Darien ' writ It will ho taken hence tha.ae end of the railroad \c iron is now awaiting [ Oj Harris, the mother thry Harris, the grand- r t. Balch are here to |h 2 tcr "’ith Mr. and Mrs. ml tre here, from their k «% enjoy tlie inild ovswick and drink her P*%ter. tack, of Boston, Muss., (ician readied tho city i visit to his nephew, bavy, whom ho lias not Kenty-cight years. The Fas a pleasant one, indeed, hese years of separation. Jou thin and lean, and want by? then read this item. A i lived near the park and hk pure artesian Water every ig beforo breakfast, has grown so fat that Bhe moved away to got other water. Try it ye thin ones, The cow question is again stirring up the people—all because those win have “hooking" cows do not keep them up. But for Alderman Parker, a little child in Now Town might have been gored to dcatli yesterday. An ordinance covering the parts of town patrolled by the police would meet witli popular favor, hut not one cov ering the territory between Jckyl Is land and Jcsup. Personal. Mr. Joe I.asserrc, an old veteran member ol the Riflemen,resigned this week as a regular or active member and has bad bis name placed on the roll of honorary members. Mr. Las- serre is uti old soldier, having fought in the Confederate war. fie feels as if he had been an active member long enough, and now retires with laurels on bis)brnw,having done his duty well both in active service and ut home.— MV. J. P. Cates was elected, last eve niug, a uew member, so the company loses nothing in point of members. "Siatc Makers.” We have beard a great deal of lute about “ slate makers,” in connection with city politics. - Who are slate makers ? The responsible citizens of Brunswick in meeting assembled, or some scheming politician working for place and'preferment ? Tho Ad vertiser i* getting sick of all such talk. Is Brunswick to be ruled and governed by a sel of slate makers ? Is it not time for the people to rise up in their might and ilo their own slate making ? Is it not about time we wcre.organizing another "Garfield club ?” Or, perhaps, better still for a "Cleveland and Hurris- n club ?'* We want our best men to fill the offices of the city, and not those whom place-hunters and slate makers want. The Advertiser does not know who the slate makers arc trying to put in, or even who the so-called slate makers are, but this ivedo know--it is high time that the business men and citi zens of the city were getting togeth er and making out a sure enough “slate" of the best men in the city. We want business men to munage our offices, not meaning to cast any in sinuations ns to any names mention ed so far.- Not a Bit of It. Brunswick ians arc a lcetie jealous of her big grown-up sister Savannah, and will probably have a delegation here to capture Gov. Gordon and bis party when they visit us. This little pleasantry from the Sn- vannuh Local is rather unjust. Brunswick has no cause to be jeal ous. Her “grown up sister" ' lias some advantage in size, but it isn't always the “big gill" that walks oil' with the eligible young man. The small, but sprightly “little sister'' sometimes plays her cards to capture him, while the older sees the silver locks appearing and the crow feet ooming, but the suiters ‘aisappenrr- ing. It is fair to believe that should the Governor visit iih, lie would for get the old fashioned airs and staid demeanor of the “old maid sister" in the bewitching smiles and captivat iug vivacity of the younger and more charming maiden. Good Advice. The Duricn Gazette in its last is sue gives some good advice to the people of that county who made such a line record for their county at the Slate Fair. Here it is: “To the people of Mclntdsli conn ty: Don't stop, you did well ut Mn con, but keep the hall moving." There is more in that advice than some people arc apt to think. Vic tory so often causes us to sit down and glory over it, and then our next step is to go over and see our neigh bors and brag over it. The same rule holds good in mis fortune. Most men spend days in grieving over their losses nntl talking with their neighbors over it, whilst a fewjump right in and repair their damage as fast as possibio The latter always succeed, so will McIntosh if she cnrrics out the ad vice given by the Gazette. OUR NEW CHARTER.. Important Changes, which, when Carried into Effect, Must Prove Beneficial. Passed by tue Senate Tuesday, IT AWAITS THE GoVEKNOIt's SlOi NATuiiE to Become a Law. Something Novel. Mr. C. L. Elliot brought hack with him from Moosehcad lake a genuine birch hark canoe, made by bona fide Indians. It looks just like the pic turcs wo sec of them in books. It is eighteen feet long, twenty-eight inches beam, weight seventy pounds, and can carry seven men. but one small boy can turn it over. Messrs C. L. and Ed will try it in Bruns wick waters as soon as Porter, the painter, gets through varnishing it. Not a Candidate. Mr. Geo. Walker says that whilst lie is gratified to his friends for their good will in mentioning his name in ' connection with aldcrmanic honors, he wishes it distinctly^under- stood that he is no candidate, and will not Ire under any circumstances. to the store interest of the Geo. Wal ker Co. Merchants’ and Traders’ Bank. At a meeting of the Board of Di rectors of the Merchants’ and Tra dors’ Bank of this city, held Monday evening, an election for bookkeejier was held, which resulted in the choice of Mr. Walter U. Cook, of this city, for years past the bookkeeper of Cook Bros. 4 Co. The company have'made a good selection. Fifty thousand dollars of the paid up stock hus been culled in, and us soon as this is in, operations will be gin. The following are the officers of the company, ns far as selected: President—James M. Madden. Vice-President—J. II. Scarlett. Cashier—A. J. Lane, jr. Bookkeeper—W. B. Cook. Symrncs 4 Bennett, Attorneys. DISCOUNT BOAUD. M. Isaacs, James S. Wright, S. C. Littlefield, sr. DIBECTOUS. M. Isaacs, J. S. Wright, L. T. Me Kinnon, Jus. L. Foster, F. D. Aiken, E. Briesncck, W. S. Branham, S. C. Littlefield, sr., and J. H. Wright. Fine Hunting. Messrs. Dan Randolph, Lewis Beach and N. B. Wheeler went over to South Brunswick Tuesday on a bird hunt They came back amply repaid for their trip, for besides the sport and nlhuaiusmof the hunt, the watching ,, . . ~ ' . . ' , . , enthusiasm of tue aunt, me watcuing 11c says it is all he can do to attend of thuir favoritc dog » on tie “point” or **set,’^thcy brought back alxtr- live doves It is well known that the city fathers have been working for some time, through Messrs. Symmes and Whitfield, attorneys, on a new cliar. ter, or rather a revision of the old one, leaving out things objectionable and inserting others looking to the better government of our city, and the removal of many objectionul fea tures that would tend to make a city government more of a political ma chine. The new document passed the House several days ugo, and yestcr day reached its third reading be fore the Senate, and now only awaits the Governor’ll signature to bccomo a law. Guess he will sign it without delay. Its ;>rovisions go into effect with the coming election of mayor and aldermen for 18!»0. Knowing our people would be in terested in the etianges to tie made, the writer sought out Colonel Whit field, who lias a rough copy of the new charter, ami asked of him ashort synopsis of the changes, whic give below: After premising bv saying that the Advertiser, in former articles, lias misled its readers on one point—the number of uldcrmcn culled for by the new charter, in the original docu ment twelve aldermen were to lie the required number, but oilier advice gained piece lence, and the figures were put buck to eight aldermen, as it lias always been. With this di gression we proceed. In reply toour request, the Colonel answered : “Most certainly. Mr. Editor. The people naturally want to know the information you seek, and I will give it with pleasure." Turning over the leaves of the doe uuieut ami viewing the heads in the order given, he began : “Tho first change is in the side-of unreturned property. That is now so finely fixed and securely guarded that there can be no possible way to evade the law. If a man fails to re turn his property, the city will sell it for him and tuke out the taxes." “The new charter limits the liquor traffic. It gives the Council power to- coniine the retail of liquor to anyone locality, or even do away with it cn tirely— the whole matter being left optional with the Council.” “Tho third item I note is the en largement of quarantine jurisdiction, giving the city power to control on either side of her to within the mu. nieipal jurisdiction of Darien on the north and St. Marys and Fernandina on the south." “It also gives power to establish nnd maintain a wharf line." “The next lino feature is the ap pointment ol a police commission.— That takes all the police matters out of the hands of the ( ouncil, and elects the police force, discharges them summarily, or keeps them in for life, under good behavior." “It curtails the duties of the Min or, giving him simply u general super visory power, leaving all police court business in tho hands of a Recorder who shall be elected is such.” It authorizes the Council to estab lish and maintain sewerage, either ol itself or by some company or corpor ations, on tho plan of n rental—com pelling individuals in certain pre scribed limits to make connections with same, Vis shall be required by the Council." "The next grand step forward is to prevent others than qualified voters from registciing. Every such person must have lived in the State and in this city six months before lie can register, and he must also have paid all taxes against him, both for city, county and Sfhte." “The city elections must be l>ehi by the clerk and treasurer, one alder man and one free holder. I u the ab sence of these, from any cause, then any three frce-hohlers. And then the new charter lays heavy restrictions ; iu the event of A contest it must be made before the Judgcof the Superior Court.” “The registration books must be opened from the 1st Monday in Octo ber to the 1st Monday in November, inclusive." “By the new churtor the limit of puoishmcnt’is $200 or sixty days on the streets.” “ The city attorney is tho solicitor in the Recorder's court, nnd must prosecute every offender and draw every paper.” “Additional power is given, in case of danger, to destroy any goods or baggage liable to introduce disease.” “The Board of Health, although appointees of the Council, have inde pendent power, and no man is eligi ble who is a municipal officer." “Town Commons property, now leased for' 100 years, can have lease extended 500 years, any time within the next tun years, by paying the valuation act upon said property by the assessors—this to go into effect after the assessments of 1800. The money arising from said extensions is to be turned over to the Board of Education, who shall use tbc same for the maintenance of schools, the building of school houses, etc. The funds not thus used will be converted into bonds of the city of Brunswick or the coun y of Glynn.” “These, Mr. Editor, are the main points of change. Colonel Symmes and myself have worked faithfully on them. He made Iiis copy and I made mine ; then we compared the same,and have taken what wc aud the members of the Council conceived l be tbc best.” ANOTHER SCHEME. Houses built by Machinery, and Money Saved Thereby, Recognizing the fact that ainon; the greatest needs of our town, as of all fast growing places, is more house room, a plan lias been set on foot to organize a building company, who will erect bouses made to order by machinery, and at fifty per cent saving in cost. Sir. T. R. C’arskadon, tbc inventor and patentee ot the system and ma chincry, was bore this week, by invi tation, to introduce bis invention. We met him this morning, and had the pleasure of inspecting his model building w hich lie carries with him. “Wherein,” we asked, “consists the advantage of your buildings over those constructed in tbc ordinary way ?” “First in the matter of construe tion. Every piece of lumber is man ufactured, dressed and cut to order, so that anybody can put it together, bo he carpenter or not. “Second, it is elieaptfr because fin isbed up so perfectly that it needs no plastering, etc., of inside walls, as all is smooth and ready for the painter. “Third, the whole is pi rued togeth er so strongly, and so keyed up with bolts and nuts (two to each side) that tbo building is absolutely stronger than an ordinary building of same size. o much for the biiikling. My busin s- :. id is to get up a st' ok company of suy $25,000. Of u.is amount 1 put in $10,000 in machin ery, und the home people $15,000, thus establishing a plant that will employ hundreds of men nnd help build up the wasto.places. There is money in the investment and a big saving to the people wl\o want houses built, for they get rid of door aud window frames, plastering, lathing, boss car ponters'wages, sorry carpenters, and dozens of other things. LATER. Mr. Kuskardon, the West Virgin ian. who has patented the machine for building houses without nails, plastering, window ffauies, etc., all by machinery, Uas closed a trade with Mr. N. Dixon, of this city, who, with the inventor, lias organized a compa ny and takeq the State of Florida as their territory to manufacture these houses. As stated before, these nre the cheapest builtliDgs manufactured, being at least 50 per cent, cheaper than the old way. Mr. Dixon haviug all the power and lumber necessary at bis Tampa will, is just the man wanted by Mr. Kaskardon. Messrs. Dunham 4 Hotchkiss will probably close a similar trade here for the State of Georgia. The work will be done at their Crispon Island mills. - INLAND ROUTE. The Steamer St. Nichols Re leased and Again on the Line. The steamer St. Nicholas, for months past under the lingers of tho law, has been released and put in her appearance here twice within the past day or two. She Grst went direct to Fernandina and brought a cargo of cotton to Brunswick for Coles, Simkins 4 Co., going imme diately hack she took on another cargo for Savannah and touched hero on her way north last night, and is, no doubt, by the time this article is read, unloading same in Savannah. She will come out again on Thursday on her regular schedule. The Pope Catlin will continue to run, no doubt, until her charter is out, thus assisting in relieving the present block of freights. In the meantime the old reliable David Clark sits high up out of the water in Fernandina awaiting deefsion of the insurance people. • They don’t know which is better, to pay her in surance or re-build her. If tho first, she may lie turned into a barge and used in tlmt way, her carrying capac ity being great. I ii-r bull und ma chinery is still inia.-i and as good as ever, qr nearly s.>. Engine 128. Master Machinist. <F. t'liomas, of the Atlanta simp- of the East Ten nessee Hoad, cam. in - n last night on engine 128 ut' tin. passenger train The 128 is it new engine, or rather an old one made over, havingprobably fifty ponnds^if braces of the original engine in her. He had on her nil his tests, so that last night, all during the lo.ig riilc. at intervals lie was seated in bis box, near one of the pis tons, watching bis indicator—up grade and down grade, slow running and fast running—so that Ibis morn ing lie knows to n nicety just what she ean do on any given grade, cither in speed or power. He estimates her speed to be, with a light train and good truck, about 70 u.iles per hour, if turned loose to do all she ean. That little “indicator” is a won derful mnehiue. To approximate its work one must sec it and have its usefulness explained. A Busy Scene. A visit to Valentino's Variety Works, this morning, presented a busy scene, Indeed. Everything was fairly humming. In tbc front room, or office, we found Mr. J. E. Shannon, the bookkeeper, tracing tbc ornamen tation for n building front, the same to be sent to the factory to be made. Iu the next room one man w.as put ting together a window frame, anotli cr a door, whilst a third was putting together u window blind. A little further on we ran upon one man run ning an edger, another a planer, an other a mortising machine, another was making pickets, another running a lathe, another a belt-saw, another a jig saw, etc. Wherever we looked ail was business and bustle, and ive came away from there thoroughly im pressed with the fact that Mr. Valen lino was up to his eyes in business. I’upt. Francis. We had tbc pleasure this week of n grasp of the hand from one of Bruns wick’s old friends, Capt. F. Francis, of tho schooner Flora Rogers, that arrived evening before. Capt, Francis in years gone by commanded the schooner Ida Francis and brought bis wife to Brunswick with, him, where she formed many warm friendship. In a later voyage the schooner was lost and thceaptain and wife came near linding a watery grave. Mrs, Francis is at home now taking care of the bairns, whilst the good captain sails the seas. On the way down the Flora Rogers had a rough tinfe, being seventeen days on the passage, und barely es caping shipwreck at f I attorns. She picked up the mate and four sailors of the schooner Jennie Kosulcne, which was wrecked in tbo same storm. Her captain and his wife had been washed overboard and tbc cook killed by tbc main boom. These five still clung to tho wreck. The recent Piedmont Exposition cleared over $27,0tK), and is to lie a ffxture among Georgia enterprises.— The grand success of this exposition l credit. Sot only to Atlanta, but to the entire State. The Ship for the Park. From llie Constitution of dm fill. The bcautifnl ship “City of Bruns wick” that was one of the finest at tractions at the Piedmont Exposi tion, will lie sold at private sale or auctioned off to-day. as the exhib itors have decided that it is too ex pensive to carry borne with them. Capt. U. Dart was in the city yester day and suggested that the ship should be purchased by the city and sent to Grant park wliore it would lie a splendid attraction on one of the lakes. Captain Dart was one of the prime movers ami hardest workers in getting up this splendid display. By Whose Authority ? When the Oglethorpe Bank cut away those baks in front of their new building, many were the queries as to whose authority was gotten. To day an elegant young oak in front of the other new bank has been v it away, and again comes up the query, “By whose authority ?” As we under stand it, individuals may plant out trees next to their sidewalk, but in the street, but no one has the author ity to cut the same down, unices by authority of the Council. Our oaks are the beauty of our town, and that which renders it so attractive. The city lias spent hun dreds of dollars to put trees upon our streets, and our citizens have spent thousands individually. Are wc to understand that in future our trees arc to be slaughtered at the will of individuals? Wc hope not, even if it be to show off n fine building. Let the Council take some decisive steps in this matter, and establish a rule so that wc may know in future what to depend on. If a tree is really in the way, the Council should sodcier- mine, and give its permission. The right of the bank to cut down a treo in tho street, would give Mr. Lissner tbc right to cut down that elegant oak in front of his store, or to the owner of any lot fronting “Lover's Oak” to cilt it down and make fire wood. So of dozens of others. Twelve Necks May Snap! ITnadili.a, Ga.,Nov. I!.—Jim Butts, one of the principals in the Miller murder, was captured by Capt. Evans •at Ashburn night before last. Capt Evans arrived here witli the prisoner on the 7:35 train yesterday morning. For fear of the mob he was placed in a close carriage nnd hurriedly car ried to the Miller place for identifi cation. Just before reaching the Miller home his heart failed him anil he showed signs of guilt. In a short while after the carriage was stopped at tlie Miller residence, Jim asked tbc white men to retire, saying that lie wished to speak to tbc iwo ne groes who were guarding him. He made a full confession to the two guards. The whites were then called back nnd be made the same statement to them that he made to the two guards, saying that Ed. Johnson entered tbc house and did the killing while he (Jim) remained on the front doorsteps for the pur pose of guarding tbo house. Soon after the confession the party left for Perry to place the prisoner in jail. After arriving there the prisoner stated that another negro, Mose Gib son, entered the house witn Johnson. He then told where Fid. Johnson could be found. A party of six or eight men loft here last night nnd this morning for * Macon in search of Johnson. When last heard from he was still nt large. M ose Gibson wns arrested to-day and carried to jail. There arc now twelve negroes in jail suspected, and it is believed that all of them arc implicated in the murder. The peo ple nre very much excited, and if Johnson is captured it is probable that Judge Lynch will hold court. Gone Democratic. Yesterday was “red letter day" for tlie Slate of Virginia. The Demo crats have carried the Slate against Billy Mubone by twenty thousand majority,electing McKinny Governor by a round majority. -The whole state is interested over it, and the saddest man of them all is Mu- hone. j MAHuKE SHOOTS A MAN- Richmond, Nov. 5.—A crowd went to Mahonc's house in Petersburg to ridicule him with a ji, roteciiuic display. He made Ills appearance with a shot gun and tired into tbo crowd, wounding Herbert Harrison in the thigh. Thu General was ur rested and taken to jail but waa after wards bailed, tie is now at Ills home, and the excitement bat subsided. The lumbermen of Georgia, Flori da,' Alabama and Mississippi will assemble in convention at Montgom ery, Ala., on the 11 th inst The meet ing promises to be the largest ever held east of. the Mississippi, and a number of important matters will lie considered. Letters from over two hundred mill men ha7c already been received, signifying their purpose to attend. ' There arc four men at Old Town, suburb of Fernandina, Fla., who make i heir living out of sharks. They cure the bide,-fry out the oil add use the pulp for fertilizer. , £