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Spring Place Jimplecute. CARTER & HEARTSELL. Pfopbiotors. VOLUME XI. FLOWER ANU SHEEHAN Will l.eiacl tlie Nov York 1 t. to Victory-Stirring Seeima la Saratoga' Jacksonville Timeg-Hniou. Saratoga, N. Y., Sept, 20 —The dem¬ ocratic convention was called to order promptly this morning at 10 o’clock. The temporary organization was made per¬ manent. The committee on credentials presented its report on the contest iu New York city, giving seats in the con¬ vention to the entire Tammany delega¬ tion. It presented in addition a pream¬ ble and resolutions r«*cit ing the irregular action of the county democracy and de¬ claring the right of Tammany Hall to nominate all inspectors of election, poll cierks and Kabul clerks to which the democratic party may he entitled in the city of New Yor*. The report was adopted. The committee on resoluiions reported the platfoim and it was read, noon mo- don of Mr, Griffin, and adopted with cheers. The following, offered by Can¬ ter of New York, was passed: “Resolved, That t his convention views with gratification the growing friendly feeliug towards the democratic patty of our colored fellow-citizens in this state, and tiny are welcomed to our ranks with the assurance that Within our par¬ ty discrimination on account of race or color is discountenanced.” nominations in order. Then Thomas F. Gilroy moved to pro¬ ceed with tlie nomiuatious, anil Mayor Porter nominated Roswell I’. Flower for governor. In the course of his speech he said that the democracy of the state a t their primaries ami district gatherings with unanimity rarely equalled, had pronounced their choice of tlie person whom they desired to he made their lead¬ er by delegates to this convention. lie closed with a sketch of Flower’s career. Col. John R. Fellows seconded Flow¬ er’s nomination for governor in behalf ot Tammany. Thomas DeW itt, of Kings county, after Fellows finished the seconding of the nomination of Flower, mounted the platform Rnd placed Alfred O. Chapin in nomination for governor. Mr. De- Witt., m placing Mr. Chapin in uoinina- ti in, said: “We shall vote for him at the beginning and we shall vote foi him at the last.” Bourke Cockran seconded the nomina¬ tion of Flower. Cockran was at one time prevented from continuing his re¬ ntal ks on account of yelling, presumably from the Chapin side, and when these demonstrations subsided Cockrau re marked: “I suppose this is the first ex¬ hibition of surly tamper on your part,” lefening to the Chapin men. General Gatlin, of Kings, then took the platform and seconded Chapin's nomina¬ tion. John D. McMahon, of Oneida county, also seconded Flower’s nomination. The roll was then called on the nomination for governor, and the following result was announced: Total vote. 377; Flow¬ er, 334; Chapin, 43. FLOWER'S NOMINATION UNANIMOUS. As the tumult attending the an¬ nouncement of the vote sulisided in waves of applause it left standing on his feet among the Kings county dtdegation its chairman, Charles P. Ada ns, of Brooklyn. “I arise,’’ he said, when rec¬ ognized, “to move the unanimous nom¬ ination of Roswell P. Flower.” The scene that followed was stirring and it was some time before Mr. Adams, w»,o remained standing, could be heard; when quiet prevailed he added: “While we of Kings county return home with the feeling that our just claims on the part of the democracy of New York state have non been properly recognized, we nevertheless will go back to that constituent democracy which has never faltered in ils support of a democratic candidate, and will not now.” This was the cause of renewed and will enthuei- esm. Adams’motion was adopted. SHEEHAN FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Assemblyman McClellan,of Westches¬ ter, took the platform to nominate William F. Sheehan for lieutenant-gov¬ ernor. He referred to Sheehan as Erie’s young and towering giant of democracy. He sketched his career in politics, dwelling especially upon the favorable record he had made as speaker of the lower house of the legislature. Donatd McNaugliton, of Monroe, in a brief but heartily eulogistic speech, sec- o ided the nomination of the young Erie liwyer. Senator Cantor, o* New York, also spoke in warm terms for his com rade in the legislature, and D. Cady Herrick, of Albany, after a brief ad¬ dress in behalf of Sheehan, moved hiR nomination by acclamation. The mo¬ tion prevailed, while Sheehan’s support¬ ers from Erie shouted wildly. balance of the ticket. The remainder of the ticket was nom¬ inated quickly and all by acclamation, but one candidate being named for each office as follows: Secretary of State, Frank Rice, of Ontario; Comptroller, Frank Campbell, of Steuben; Treasurer, Elliott Danforth, of Chenango; Attorney SPRING PLACE, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1891. General, Simon Rosendail. of Albany; State Engineer, Martin Sehenek, of Rensselaer, The roll was next called by Congres- sional districts for members of the State Committee. Nothing after this re- mained for the convention. Its work was finished. There was nothing to de- ley an adjournment save the desire of the body to see its candidates. Soon af- ter 2 o'clock the committee sent to con- duct Mr. Flower entered the hall, and while every man stood on his chair and shouted, the candidate advanced to the platform with smdes on his face. FLOWKR SPOKE BRIEFLY. When the shouts of applause had worn off somewhat and when the hands had ceased their music, Chairman Rains with Mr. Flower standing by his side, said: “Gentlemen of the Convention, I have the gratification or presenting to you our candidate for Governor, and the next Governor ot the great Empire State.” Finally the demonstration that, greet- ed Flower hau abated so that he could be heard, and he spoke briefly, saying that he was willing to itave “the light turned on” his record. He accepted the nomination and promised to lead the party to victory. OVATION TO SHEEHAN. The applause that followed Flower’s address did not die away, but was merg- ed into growing shouts, mingled with the name of “Sheehan, Sheehan,” as the young Erie candidate for Lieutenant Governor came up the aisle on the arm of Mr. Herrick, of Albany, The scene was dramatic as the rosy-faced Sheehan mounted to the platform where Flower advanced with outstretched hands to meet him at the threshold. In full view of tlie convention the leaders shook hands and engaged in a few words of hearty greeting, Sheehan then ad- dressed the convention. At the conclu- sion of his address the convention, amid great cheering, adjourned sine die. THE SILVER PLANK. The following is the silver plank of the “The Democratic parly of the State of New York in convention assembled re- news ,»nd pledges its fidelity to the dem- oeratie faith, and, as regards national issues, reaffirms the doctrines of the na- tionai platform of 1884 and 1888, en~ dorsed by popular votes in those years aud so overwhelmingly ratified by popu - lar verdict in the Congressional elections of 1890. We now, as then, steadfastly adhere to the principles of sound finance We are against the coinage of the silver dollar which is not of the intrinsic value of every other dollar of the United States. We therefore d enounce the new Sherman silver law, under which onr-tentli of our gold stock has been exported and all our silver output is dammed up at home as a false pretense, but an artful hindrance of the return to a free bi-metallic coin¬ age and as tending only to produce a change from one kind-, of monometalism to the other. We therefore unite with the friends of honest money everywhere in stigmatizing the Sherman progressive silver basis law as no solution of the gold and silver question and as a fit ap pendix to the subsidy and bounty swin¬ dles ; McKinley’s worse than war tariff and Blaine’s reciprocity humbug, squan¬ dering of the surplus,the advancing deiic- it,the defective census, falsified represent- ation and the revolutionary procedures of the Billion dollar Congress—all justly condemned by the people’s great upris- ing last November, a verdict which will be renewed next year and which will empower Democratic statesmen to guard the people’s cause and effectuate the people’s will.” There is no other declaration in the' platform upon national politics. The greater portion of the document, which embraces about two thousand words, is devoted to setting forth the unhappy condition of the State growing ont of the circumstance that the republican senate stands in the way of everything that cannot be accom- plished in spite of it by the Democratic Assembly, and an executive declaration is made in favor of a provision for a proper exhibit from the State at the Chicago exposition, and also of sympa- thy with the oppressed Russian Jews The concluding paragraph is as fol- lows : “We heartily endorse the able and statesmanlike administration of Gov. David B. Hill during his seven years as chief executive of the State. He has resolutely maintained the principles of the D. mocratic party and has faithfully contended for the interests of the people, He has ably resisted the aggressions of the successive Republican Legislatures, whoae object has been only partisan ad vantage, and he has been a firm and un- re;anting foe to vicious and corrupt leg- islation. In his administration of the State affairs he has received the intelh- gent and conscientious co-operation of his Democratic associates in the State departments, their joint efforts having put the State practically out of debt and left a generous surplus in the Treasury. “TELL THE TRUTH.” Efficiency and economy have marked their official records. We respectfully submit that this faithful discharge of re. sponsibility justifies a continuance of the trust reposed in the Democratic party, of whk h the y h »ve tr ue represent¬ atives.” A NEVt GRAPE REGION. A little over halt a century ago there was planted in the southwestern part of Cnautauqua county, New York, a small patch ot grapes, and from (hat start has Rro wn along the coast of Lake Erie thousands of acres of grapes, until the present year, when that region is expect¬ ed to furnish almost one half the crop consumed in Nev York, nut to mention C-anada and the States this side of the Mississippi river. In the matter of grape lands the Lake, Erie re gion has in the last few years become a substantial rival of California, while about one-quarter of the ho- culled Cali- fornia wines come from that section. Around Cleveland, Ohio, grapes are grown extensively, hut the grape region proper Is found east of Erie, running along the Lake Shore and Nickel Date railroads east as far as Buffalo, N. Y., and it is the land in that section that is said by experts to pro luce the best grapes east of the Golden State. High land is the most suitable for the culture and the highest point in this re¬ cently developed grape country is an ex¬ ceedingly pretty little town named North East, in Pennsylvania, fourteen miles oast of Erie. The town is now being called “Grape City” on account of the new industry and it furnishes a splendid example of the progress made in the last five or ten years, ail the more so because of the “boom” which is now there in all its glory Five years'ago land in that village ,wont for a mere song, with no one to take it at that. To-day it sells rapidly at $500 to $600 an acre. Last autumn that town, wit.li only about 3,- 000 inhabitants, produced one million baskets of grapes, and this year the crop will be much heavier. The yield of Con- cords in the Grape City last season ranged from 500 to 1,000 baskets per acre, A few small vineyards reached 1,600 baskets, while a few neglected ones fell below 500. With New Jersey sending her usual quota of grapes and with the crop from the extensive fields along Latte Erie there is no fear of a famiue in the grape market this year. Brocton, N. Y., is sIbo considered one of the greatest grape raising sections tn this country. A personal inspection of this section convinced us of the fact, and Brocton wines are celebrated the world over. We met a gentleman there recently, R. B. Pooler, who at one time was a con¬ ductor on the Florida Southern R’y. He said that he operated, with the assist¬ ance of one man, seventeen acres of grapes, and netted each year about $3,- 000; that his individual attention was required only from September 15 to No¬ vember 15, after which his hired man successfully carried on the grape vine¬ yard. This is certainly an independent life. If it can be done in New York State, why not in Florida? California is a great grape-raising State, and we have just as good a country as the Cali¬ fornians.— Palatka Herald. An Sloping Clerjcymftn. Monticrllo, III., September 26.— Rev. Henry Howell recently brought Miss Alice Mann, of Florida, to his house and lived with her as man and wife when he already had a lawful wife. He was indicted by the Grand Jury of Platt county for adultery, bigamy and forni- cation, whereupon he and Miss Mann eloped for parts unknown, leaving his wife and family and bondsmen to pay the amount of his bonds—$500. Ha came to Illinois from New York, and was a wealthy and prominent min- ister.___ Two Sniclcle* Go Down. Niagara Falls, Ont,, Sept. 25.— Shortly after 2 o’clock this afternoon an unknown woman, well dressed and about 25 years of age, threw herself into the rapids a short distance above Prospect Park. A man naintd Caheim, of Phiiadel- phia, sprang into the water and made a brave attempt to save the woman, but she resisted bis efforts and her struggles only ceased when they were near the brink of thefalls, and Calieiin was only able to save himself by graap- Jng some hanging branches, Only a couple of hours later a party on Luna Island were startled bv hear- J n g a young man near them say : “I’m going ; good bye !” and turning they saw him spring into the swiftly run- ring water and in a minute he disap- peared over the falls, His name is said to be Albert Heim- lieh, a barber, lately arrived at the falls from New York. ....... —_ The grain speculators have already made more money juggling with the price of wheat than the farmers will make out c tlieir phenomenal grain cro p this year. 430 MILES IN 420 MINUTES. better than a mile a minute FROM NEW YORK TO BUFFALO- Vice FietMunt Webb and Other Official* of the lload Make a Trial Trip, lining > 430 Miles in 440 Minuted, Including Stoppages. Buffalo, Sept. 26 —The New York Central Railroad demonstrated to day that a train cannot only make sixty miles an hour, but can keep it up for 440 miles. The train that arrived at East Buffalo this afternoon at. 2:50 left the Grand Cen¬ tral Depot, New York, this morning at 7:30 o’clock. It made the run, includ¬ ing three stoppages, in 440 minutes, the distance being 436j miles. The stops were made at Albany, Syracuse and Fairport, at the two former places to change engines, and at Fairport to take water and to cool a hot journal. The Syracuse and Albany stops were 3j min¬ utes each ami the Fairport stop 7 min urns. Deducting the time thus lost, the actual running time waa 426 minutes. The run front Croton to Dutchess Junction, forty six miles, was made in forty-four minutes ; from Now York to Poughkeepsie in one hour and fifteen minutes ; from Poughkeepsie to Rhine- heck, sixteen miles, in fourteen minutes; from Poughkeepsie to Albany, seventy miles, in sixty-five minutes, and from Cold Spring to Albany, ninety miles, in eighty-four minutes. The train consist¬ ed of throe passenger cats, drawn by the company’s now sLandard passenger loco¬ motives, built at Schenectady. The we ght of the traiu was 130 tons, or h bou . that of the Chicago limited, The or gin ts weigned 100 tons each. The party on board the flyer was com¬ posed of H. Walter Webb, third vice president; Theodore Voorheea, general superintendent; William Buchanan, su¬ perintendent of motive power; Angus Sinclair, editor of the National Car Builder; George H. Daniels, general passenger agent; R. N. Burnett and Ar¬ thur Ijoonard, Mr. Webb’s secretary. As the record-breaking train pulled into the depot the big crowd which had assem¬ bled cheered, and as Mr. Webb and Mr Daniels stepped off the train they were warmly congratulated by the prominent Butfaloniaus present. Each superin¬ tendent was in charge of the (rain while it was on his division. The train was in charge of Conductor H. M. Rockwell, and the engineers who p ulled the throttles of the big engines were Kirk, on the Hudson division,with engine 870; Chase, on the Mohawk di¬ vision, with engine 876, and Hogan, Western division, engine 8G2. The fastest mile was made in 48 sec¬ onds, and many others were made in 49 and 50. “The trip was easy,” said Mr. Webb “and we came through (lying.” The trip occupied just seven hours and twenty minutes. The regular limited time on the Central is ton hours and for¬ ty minutes. The fastest time previously made was last summer, when the Lim¬ ited made the run in eight hours and forty minutes. The best previous longdistance run on record was made by the Scotch mail, London to Edinburgh. It was 55.4 miles an hour for 400 miles three years ago. Once on the Great Northern(Caledonian) route between the same cities (392 miles) a train was run in seven hours and thir¬ ty-two minutes, givin a speed of fifty- two miles per hour,including stops. The fastest time on record is that claimed to have been made by Nellie Ely’s train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail¬ road on Jan. 23,1890, sixty-nine miles in 53 minutes, or an average of 78.1 miles per hour. The Jarrett & Palmer special from Jersey City to San Francisco June, 1886, crossed the continent in 3 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes and 16 sec Olds. Mr. Palmer’s “Aunt Jack” Company on March 10, 1870, was taken to Wash- inton from this city over the Pennsylva¬ nia Railroad, 224.5 miles, in 4 hours and 18 minutes, and brought back the same day in exactly the same time. THE COMING RUSH TO FLORIDA. People who are iu positiou to form a correct opinion agree that the travel to Florida the coming winter will be very great. It will probably be great¬ er than ever before. Florida is the most convenient, healthy and pleasant winter resort to be reached by north¬ ern tourists, and this fact is becoming better known each year, says the Sa¬ vannah News. Last winter the tour¬ ists kept away to a considerable ex¬ tent owing to the yellow fever epidem¬ ic of the summer of 1888, but no such cause will keep them away next sea¬ son. They are anxious to go to Florida and all the more so because they re¬ mained away last season. Not only will tourists in search of health and pleasure flock to Florida in large numbers, but the indications are that people who wish to make invest- rnents and to And homes will greatly increase the state’s visitors. Florida will welcome them all, but she recog- nizes the fact that the last named are the most desirable visitors. The health and pleasure seekers leave a great deal of money in the state, bnt the iuvest- ors and home seekers do more than that. They help to increase the state’s productions and to develop her re- sources. lt is probable that the general inter- ests of Florida are in better condition tlian ever before. Formerly the growth of the state was largely artificial. As Florida’s fame spread, outsiders inves- ted in her lands in a speculative way, hoping to seli at a profit while the boom lasted, and the infection was caught by residents Values were fic- titious. That condition of affairs is passing away. The interests of the state have multiplied, and her pro- duets are increasing in demand. Peo pie are just beginning to realize fully what the state is capable of. These things being true, it is not snr prising that Floridians look forward to the coming seasons as one of the most important’in the history of their state. IT IS WITH THE PEOPL E. A prominent Georgia railroad man said yester¬ day: “The Southern people may boycott say of what the Southeastern they please about Traffic that As¬ sociation not hurting them, but I tell you, if the people don’t stick up to them now, Southern they’re going selling to see the Georgia again tickets at 3 cents per mile. The traffic association simply says the people shan't travel at 2 cents per mile aud they mean it. it strikes me as being a matter for the people to decide.”—Macon Telegraph. The Georgia Southern & Florida rail¬ road, believing that it was to the inter est of the railroads and the people of Florida to put in a lower rate for p-tssen gers, thereby inducing travelers to visit the State, and encouraging them to re¬ main as settlers and assist in building up our waste lands, decided on July 25th to try an experiment; and they did, on that date, make a great reduction in both local and through rates. There was a very decided objection raised to this by the railroads and mein- beis of the Southern Passenger Associa¬ tion. So determined were these roads to force the G. S, & F Ry. out of its tion, they have decided not to inter¬ change tickets with them, and throw every possible obstacle in the way of the traveling public receiving any of the benefits of this reduction. To use a mod¬ ern term, they have boycotted the road. The road’s decision to put in these rates was arrived at after mature reflec tion and duo consideration of the many earnest appeals by the pi ess of this state for such reduction. A powerful organi¬ zation lias been arrayed against this railroad, the traveling public and the state, and we, therefore, ask the sup¬ port of the press and the public, the only other power that is able to cope with so ‘‘formidable an adversary.” Every pos¬ sible obstacle will be thrown in the way of the people using this line, and the only way for the traveling public to se¬ cure the benefits of the reductions which have been made is for them to re¬ fuse to purchase through tickets and buy to the nearest point at which they can reach the Georgia Southern & Flor¬ ida railroad, and from there secure through tickets to their destination This whole matter is now with the people of Florida. It is in their power to keep up the reduced rate offered by the G. S. & F. By. The howl made by other roads will amount to nothing if you will uphold the G. S & F. in its de¬ sire to give all people a 2 cents per mile rate. This interests all Florida. Stand hy the road.—Palatka Herald. The engagement is announced of Louise Bayard, daughter of tary of State Bayard, and Dr. Frank Angell, of New York. Dr. Angell assume the duties of assistant of philosophy at Cornell University fall. He is one of the most brilliant of the young Americans who have recently won honors in the German universities, having just returned from Leipzig with the degree of Ph. D. obtained with the highest distinction in the department of physiological psychology. Miss Bayard is well known in society; during her fa¬ ther’s long residence in Washington as United States senator and Secretary of State she was one of the most popular young women iti the brilliant circle of official life in the national capital. She is the fourth of the ex Secretary’s daugh¬ ters, being the next to the youngest. The wedding will occur soon. A Norfolk (Va.) special of Thursday says: “In the United States District Court to-day the Morgan Line steamship El Dorado, recently ashore on the Baha¬ ma Banks, was libeled by the Key West Wrecking Company. The service ren¬ dered by the Key West company and by the Merritt Wrecking Company is esti¬ mated to have been worth $75,000, She waa attached this afternoon.” One Dollar a Year. NO 35. The Fruit World, of Philadelphia contains the following interesting hit of information: “One of the great enter- prises of Florida hereafter will be that of furnishing phosphate for fertilizing, Its discovery is a great fortune to that State, and its interest promises to grow to immense pioportions. The demand m for fertilizer in this country is great, and all the world will want it and an unlimited market is before the enter- prise. Since the first use of the phoa- phate rock discovered in South Caro- lina, it has furnished a large proportion of the phosphoric acid used in the man ufacture of commercial fertilizers. It is found in masses varying from small sizes to fragments weighing a hundred . pounds or more, and covers a cousid vaeble area near Charleston m that S ate. More recuitly large deports of this rock have been discovered in Wp-i Florida, tlius assuring au apparently abundant supply of one of the clued constituents of plant food at a cheap The Carolina rock contains 25 35 per cent, of phoHplioric .mid. the Florida deposits, so far as yet - known, are more varying in their tom# ? position. To make the phosphoric acid 1 . in lames and phosphate rock more daSH rectly available for plant use, they ground and treated with sulphuric sciiK which combines with the lime and lib¬ erates the phosphoric acid, sunemliosnhafiM^pj|gi thus prnduC- ing what is known as Tliat, is rather.a gauzy aud altogeth¬ er improbable story lately dissemina¬ ted in West Virginia by one Q«rn T, M. Harris of Ritchie county, a member of the court-martial which investigat¬ ed the death of Lincoln aud coudcnBu ed Mrs. Snrrat, in ids just finished ail leged history of the assassination of President Lincoln, in which be bold® charges that Jefferson Davis and tain members of his cabinet wem^B terest-ed in and encouraged the nation of Lincoln. Possibly soinHH of a plausible theory may lie the^B||| nec-^^H to relieve the conscience of oni assassin of a woman, and called historian of adisreputah^B expected^) action could not he above traducing tlie memort J® man in order to sliirk a J> sponsibility. Wind inter^® and his cabinet could had in the death or life® under the circumstance®. ’..y-^jj S a E a apparent.—Savannah ® S'..*•'-i .. lie > • i ■ : - ii In • AH < ’ * r r".!-! \i ln--l. in 1 . ■ i">y ■in-.- pul i:- ..... Macon T.-l. . ;■ i|>L d I-Iioii.- !i I h-;i ; i i.i-ifl 8 r.-iniiIr «-1 i! I \I.. ill cimiiByBpHBSB S think b )- t rile, i '.hi i!.:il . will- lln iy i i So.ilii. i n' ® mill reI in- i iu re; rul. Il .-yst® sec^B Hindi..!-,it inn * -I i li- ’lo* Hungarian railways, the appl®P®^pW increased^ which is said to have largely the profits of the roads while giving th^B th^H people lower rates. But, whether experiment proves to be immediate!;® successful or not, it is an effort on theN part of a railroad to meet the popular J demand for cheaper transportation, »niJ is entitled to the support of those vv! 9'i make the demand.” Louis Ii-amel, the ex convict, wb Le®i ® placed a dynamite <• irtridge on the fujH high Valley track, just to-see .>.<■ when the cartridge exploded, Ile%eems if a iB of long standing. to have joked himself into prison by playful ex- l| hihitions of humor similar to that for which he is now under arrest ou two former occasions at least, once for an ex¬ plosion on a Hudson river steamboat-, just to see the women in their night dresses, and once for blowing up a train nt Plattsburgh just to see how frighten¬ ed the engineer and passengers would be. It is evident that it will never do for a man of Ramei’s lively sense of hu¬ mor to be as funny ad he can, and that the only way to keep him from cracking his highly explosive jokes is to keep him under lock and key all the time. The Lindsay expedition to the interior of Australia will probably return to des-. troy all the pleasant legends of '-trangj white tribes and survivals of'pre-ht? mysteries remaining in the island-col uikni|| core of the great Southern nent. The knowledge that natubyl hidden away in her still unexplored 1 cesses does not differ in kind from tin which she has already laid bare to At least it never has been found to thus far. But what we lose in ex/J legend we gain m solid fact. The * IM of geological, botanical and expeditjH ethnjJB information the Lindsay have to show on its return will I® monse importance. Thirteen years ago a studenti was mobbed in the streets Gar® tori on a bicycle. Now the jB of Bicyclists, confmonmtjjj® which has eighth annual 14,000 members. jtjm