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■ THE STATESBORO EAGLE. VOL. 5. THE SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year, in advance.................... Six months in advance,.......... ’50 jog ■, j,- ! n s Advertising rates made known oa an hcation. Obituary notices Ycentsper lih • ' We not responsibl) far ix|Tcised are ep 4 iiui.n by correspondents. Entered at the Statesbor >, Ga., pobiott ce as »econ '-class mail matter. THE EAGLE Is published at Statesboro, Builoik coun¬ ty, Georgia,on every Thur>dav,at one dol¬ lar a year. fjt.tesboro is the county site, and is situated in a fine farming section. Bullock has a population of about 10, 000, three-fourths of whom are white people. It is admitted that it is the best fanning county in Southeast Georgia. It is solidly Democratic, being known as the “Banrer County.” Thi farmer's are industrious and enterprising, aud each year adds to the wealth and population of the county. A railroad is projected from Dover, on the C. R. R., to the county site, whieh, when completed, will add greatly to the convenience and pres perity of the county. The EagLe is the official organ of the the couuty, and h s a large and J.icreas ing circulation. Its aim is tc. aid a’l things that tend to the advancement of the people and the upbuilding of the county. As au advertising medium, The Eagle cannot be excelled. The merchants of Savannah, Augu ta and elsewhere, get trade from the county, and the city merchants, as well as the county merchants, will find it to lite r advantage to advcrti-c their busiuess in the columns of Tiie Eagle. Wc keep on hand, f.,r sale at low prices, Justice Couit Summons, Execu¬ tions, Blank Deeds, Mortgages, &¥. Job work of ail kinds neatly, beau i fully and promptly cone, at prices tin t will compare with city prices, such a Letter Heads, Bill Heads, &c. BiM Duly Dirty. Julge Sui’ekior Court— -James K Hines. Solicitor General— Oscar II. Rog era. Stenographer— J. A. Urannen. Clerk—J. E. C. Tillman. Sheriff— 6. j. Williams. Court fcouvcuus the 4tli Mondays in April and October. Ordinary —A. R. Lanier. Court 1st Monday in each month. Tax Collector— Francis Akins. Tax Receiver—AY. 15. Akins. Treasurer— Geo. R. Beasley. Coroner—D. C. Proctor. Co unty Surveyor—11. II. Cone. JUSTICE COURTS. 44th (Sink Hole)—John Ru hitig, J P., Jimp* P. O. Court, 1st Saturday/, 45th (Ciub House)—Geo. Trapwell. J. P., Metier P. O.; Simeon Wal’ace. N. P., Metter P. O. Court, 2d Saturdays 46th (Lockhart)—R. Ford F. Stringer, J. P , Rocky P. O.; II. M. Lanier, N. P., JSudieoit P. O. Court, 1st Satur¬ days. 47th—(Briar Patch)—U- M. Divis, J. P., Ivanhoe P. O.; C. A. Sorrier, N. P., Areola P. O. Court, 4th SHurdais. 48t!i (Gagins) — J. O. Chitty, J. P., Mill Ray P. O.; W. II. McL' an. N. P , Mill Ray P. O. Court, 2d Saturdays. 1209th (Statesboro)— E C. Aloselev, J. P., Statesboro P. O. C- ur , 2.1 Mon¬ days; < 1320 (L s‘on)— '*a lisntt Lanier. J. P., Ploys P. O.; J. H. Searbnr>>, N. P., Bloys P O. Court, l‘t Fridays. 1340 (Bin)—John P.‘ Do-raids, it, J. P.. Hsrville O.; Elias Hu lies. N. 1\, •II T-rile P. O. Court, 3d Sat 1 r lays. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. It. J. Williams, J. A. bniNNisv, Swainsboro, Ga. Statesboro, WILLIAMS & BRAN NEW, Attornej'8 nt STATESBORO. GA. Will practice in all the Courts o Middle Circuit. C. A. SORRIER Areola, Otiorgia, -AGENT FOR-- Fi;e a&d FOR THE COUNTIES OF Bulloch and Tat nail L. J. McLEAN. DENTIST METTER, GEORGIA. C£,*'', •«. STATESBORO, GA., T .MAY 23, 1889. SCHEDULE* Central Railroad, In effect January 8th, 1889. Standard ,. Ume a ° nmmtcs slow, ' r than 811 B t,me » - Lv Savaunah. ... 7 10 a 5 8 20 pm £ - Macon... 1 C- 5 8 15 a m " Augmca..... 11 ci 5 6 CO C.T am Atiunt\ h..... 5 ^ w 5 7 CO O am .< (Joluni ) 7 (5 Birnungbim am “ 2 10pm . . y-f^,7°, m ° r * V ’ ‘ 11 10 am ,, 4 20 am 3 30 p ....... m Lv Atlanta. . 0 50 a m 7 15 pm “ Macon .. . 10 30 a m 11 oo p m Ar Savannah..... ugusta ......12 < 1 a m 9 10 p m 5 (0pm <2 15 j> m Tea n having Savannah at 7.10 a. m., arrives at Oliver at 8.37 a. m.; at Out land, 9.00; Mitlen, 9.45. Train leaving M icon at 10.89 a. m., arrives land, at Ogeecheo at 3 p. in.; at Out- 3 09 p. m. ; at Oliver at 3.34 d. m. Tnc Milieu accommodation leaves Sa vanu ih at 5.40 i». m., arrives at Guyton 0.40 p. m.. at Ogeechee 7.50 p. m., at Milieu 8.25 p. m. Leaves Millen nt 5.00 u. m ; arrives at Ogeechee at 5.85 a. m.; at Out,land 5.44 a. m. John S. Bordlky, E. T. Charlton, T. A. G. P. A. Savannah, Ga. Popular--Reliable i wrnm —DEALER IN AND MANUFACTURER OF— PRINTERS’ SUPPLIES ! 83 W. MITCHELL ST., A.tla.nla, - Georgia. Deal with the Manufacturer and Gel the Largest Discounts l A Guarantee Wit!) Sale! FASHION. IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE OUR USUAL SPRING AND SUM¬ MER DISPLAY OF GENT’S, FIlsTE SUITS, YOUTH’S,! furn I8HIN a S s BOY'S, ; UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, — and — Hats, Hosiery, &c. Children’s We do not exaggerate when we say, that our present season’s exhibit SURPASSES any stock EVER shown by us, in QUALITY, MATERIAL and PERFECTION of FIT. MAIL ORDERS Have our most careful attention, and rules for measurement and other information chect fully gent on request. C. O. D. Shipments, with privilege of examining before paying. EXTRA SIZES. For STOUT, THIN, TALL and SHORT gentlemen, a specialty. COUNTRY MERCHANTS. Can. by virtue of our heavy purchases, and extraordinary facilities, obtain BIG TRADES in SUPERIOR C othing. We have some JOB LOTS that cannot fail to prove profitable investments for COUNTRY DEALERS. B. H. LEVY 8s BRO., Cl 161 CONGRESS ST., SAVANNAH, - ■ GEORGIA. Ur-'t-n 1 i The lei Mine, ' Boiler ana Gin lorn .''Tl -OF Geo. R. Lombard & Co. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA., Are now in full operation. They have moved across the Railroad into their New Brick Shop—Finest in the South—70x306 feet, where all kinds of MaeMnopj Can be Bought, Sold. Rented, Repaired or Exchanged, on the Best Terms. have bought out the AUGUSTA GIN WORKS, And moved them, with our New Works, and will do all kinds of Gin Work. Supply Depot is well stacked with Pipes, BeLing Governors, Injectors, Jet Pumps, Saws, Files, Oils, Valves, Packing, Wrenches, &r. Fifty Engines in Stock for Quick Delivery, EXCELSIOR 1 HIES SCHOOL L, W. PERDUE, A. M., Principal, (To be Filled).... ......Assistant. Mbs. V. Heaves, Music Teacher. Spj ing Term Begins January 7, 1889, and continues for six mi ntbs. TUITION: $2, $3.50 and $3 per month. Board, $8 to $10 per month. The trustees desire to say to parents and guardians that, having secur d 'he letvices of Prof. Perdue, who brtt gs to his aid the experience of 25 years in the school room, they can offer as great ad¬ vantages Georgir* as any high school in Southern His p’ans of instruction are thoroughly send modern, a: d h ; s aim is to out from his school men and womer who are original thinkers, and prepared for the du ies of life. Our Music Teacher, Mrs. Heaves, can¬ not be surpassed in her department. She gives lessons on the Piano, Violin and Guitar. The place of Assistant Teacher will be filled soon. The tru'-tces are determined to spare neither pains nor expense in giving our youth a thorough education. Give us a trial. Students may be met at Ogeechee and conveyed to Excelsior by notifying the trustees or teacher when tbev will be there. All correspondence to be addressed, W. F. Brewton. Pres. B. T., Or L. W. Perdue, Principal, Excelsior, Ga. I?- -T11K GLOBE. mtDENSATION OF CURIOUS, AND EXCITING EVENTS. \ nUNCE'S PERIL—STRIKES—-THE WESTERN BOOM -deaths OF eminent MEN—accidents, vires Aifn suicides. -- Aa enormous laud slide has occurred at ftpiessback, Geimany, destroying the villages, forests and cattle. The strike of the wei ve s in tl e cot (ots factories atTiizy, Fiance, is ended, ipituil concession having been made. The I linois House of Representatives passed a bill appropriating $50,000 for a monument to the late Gen. John A. Lo gan. Mrs. Mary Lambrecht, a bride of but ten days, was run over Wedne-day in Chicago, Yerkes’ 111., and killed by one of cable cars. St. Many arrests were made Wednesday in Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, in connection with the discovery of a new plot against the czar. Two Germans were nearly lynched at a socialist jneeting in Zurich, Switzer¬ land. They were suspected of being spies. They were arrested. Lord Coningby Disraeli, nephew- of the late speech Beacoiisfield, made his first public at the bar in London, Wednes¬ day. He denounced Lome rule. The country around Newnan, Ga., was visited Monday with an infant cy¬ clone, accompanied by hail and wind and rain, blowing down trees and fences. The claims for damages rhing out of (he Chefoo riots have been settled by She Chinese. The English and American Sags have been rchoisted, the Chinese troops saluting them. The strike at Dortmund, Germany is spreading, strikers are assembling and at the pits and parading streets menacing employes at the water works which supply the districts. The president of the fruit exchange of Vienna, Aus., announces that in cousc qucnce of the Jewish boycott, the street market will not be held unless the gov¬ ernment intervenes. A The Loudon Standard sajB, the jjfcers i.nd unionist members of the House of Commons are pressing the ernment to abolish the office of lord jlieuteuant of Ireland. | A syndicate of Philadelphia capitalists, jhcaded chased grapahone by Thomas rights Cochran, for the lias world pur¬ outside of the United States and Canada. The price paid was $50 0,000. Richard Pigott, the forger of the Par¬ nell letters and who suicided in Spain, had his life insured for 15,000 in the English and Scotish Law life office, .The fact that he committed suicide does not affect the policy. S. F. Anderson, aged fifty, of Nebras¬ ka City, Neb., married u widow, aged fifty-nine, a few days ago, and during the wedding night became violently in¬ sane. He tried to kill her and then made several unsuccessful attempts to commit The cast gable wall of an old high stoop house, on Spring street in New York city, which is being torn down to make room for a big business building, fell on Monday while s one men were at work under it. Two men were killed outright; another was fatally huit. The license court of Philadelphia, its Pa., on Tuesday, handed down second in¬ stallment of decisions in cases of appli¬ cants for liquor licenses. Only 400 li¬ censes were granted out of 1,396 appli¬ cants. The licenses decreased 4,000 in a year. Frank Kyau and Harry Sadler, two . young men arrested upon the charge of attempting to wreck tbc New York and Chicago limited vestibule train on the Road Pittsburg, Fort broke Wayne down & and Chicago signed recently, a confession of guilt Monday, giving the details of their crime. Au accident occurred at the Michigan Car Works in Detroit, by which one man lost his life outright and three more were fatally hurt. A gang of laborcis were unloading a carload of iron, when seme part of the brace holding fell the load broke and several tons of iron on the men, completely burying them. A conspiracy has been discovered among the military officers stationed in St. Petersburg. Russia. A large number of the conspirators have been arrested. In their possession were found papers which proved that they intended to niukc au attempt to assassinate the czar, A number of bombs were also found. Emp’oyes of the lapwtld and buttweld departments of the National Tube Works Co., at, McKeesport, Pa., tried for an ad¬ vance In wages of ten per cent. Two thousand men are out. Employes of the galvanizing and rolling departments also oJoOO threaten to join employed the strikers. in About men are this plant. A disastrous fire broke out Thursday in Saint Sanveur, in the house of Mrs. McCann, on Vallier street, in Quebec, Canada, and the wooden spread with district great which rapidity through it. The burned sur¬ rounds streets arc por¬ tions of Vallier, Chenel. St. Peter and Ste Maria. Nearly 500 small houses were destroyed. A terrific around storm Harrisonburg, passed Va., over Sun¬ the oountry damage is just coming in. day. News of Lightning destroyed several barns and stables. Much stock was killed. Part of the country waa visited by a severe hail stormi which li’erally aud destroyed houses the wheat crop and fences wer* blown down. The ferry boat Peerless, and plying be tween Philadelphia, Pa., Gloucester, N. J., collided with the Philadelphia & Reading Schultze, Railroad ferry boat J. S. ge«^XfeuK.'and Wednesday, in Delaware river, a portion of the latter’s ladies’ cabin. 1 wo of the injured girls wiR probably die. The families of W. P. Sheet/, and W. P. Denham were spending the day fish j Id'® n g in twelve-yenr-old Lake Trout, Bartow county, of Denham Fla. son Mole away from the party and went in he swimming. began Getting beyond his depth, screaming, when JIi 9 s Sheretz went into the water to assist him. Tin boy clutched her frantically and both were drowned. Ten brigands were hauged in the courtyard of the prison at Sofia, on Wed¬ nesday. the They were led separately to scaffold. Eight were hanged in succession. Each man was enveloped in ■ the bag passed overhead and r< aching to waist. Their struggles were pro¬ through longed several minutes. A mob broke the cordon, surrounding the jail, and the gendarmes had great diffi¬ culty in keeping them away from the scaffold. The steamship Columbia, which has just arrived at Astoria, Oregon, bound from San Francisco to Portland, reports the loss of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co’s magnificent side-wheel iron steamer, Alaskan, which foundered at sea off Cape Blanco while on her way from Portland to San Francisco. The steamer having fortunately carried no passen¬ gers, on board only her officers and crew when she went down. Five men are reported drowned. The theater at Worcester, Mass., burn¬ ed Thursday. The fire apparently started in the rear of the building near the stage. Explosions followed each other in rapid succession, and in a short time the roof fell in. Bay State hotel stands in closo proxmity and its lear wall was blistered and was only saved by heroic work by the fireman. “Faust” was and played that night by Lewis Morri¬ son company. Mr. Morrison places his company’s loss at $11,000, including costumes. A dastardly attempt was made Thurs¬ day night to wreck a passenger traiu 30, bound west on the Fitchburg Hail road at Shelbourne Falls, Mas . The train letVv.8 that Btation at 10:54. Shortly be¬ fore this hour the track walker found a pile of ties on the track at a sharp curve. He attempted to remove the obstruction and was vigorously stoned by some un¬ known persons. If the obstructions had not been discovered, a terrible smash-up, attended with loss of life would have resulted. Meddie Mauifee, a laborer at furnace No. 4 c.f the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co., (Ensley City, Ala., plant) met a terrible deith. He went up on the ore elevator, and was engtged in dumping some ore into the receiv.r. He turned toward the elevator-way, but was overcome with gas and fell just before he reached the elevator. Instead of land¬ ing on the elevator, lie fell under it and was plunged to the ground below, a dis¬ tance of eighty-five feet, breaking his neck. A BAPTIST CONVENTION FASS STRONG RESOLUTIONS AUQUT SUN¬ DAY OBSERVANCE AND PROHIBITION. There was only oue session of the Southern Baptist Convention at Mem¬ phis, and adjourned Tenn., Vhich concluded jits labori Hatcher, on Tuesday. Dr. W. E. of Georgia, introduced the fol¬ lowing resolution, which, after debate, Sabbath was adopted: “Whereas, The American Union is laboring to secure such na ional legislation as will allow em¬ ployes day in of the national day government one seven as a of rest; therefore, Resolved, That we fully sympathize with this important object of the American Sabbath Union, and request our brethren to promote its work, as far as may be offered practicable.” by The following resolutions Dr. J. It. SeanfiU, of Texas, were The also liquor unanimously adopted:, “Where¬ as, traffic is a most powerful hindrance to the Gospel of Christ and an aggressive wliereas, this enemy traffic to is social steadily ordet; encroach- and, ing upon al! that Christian men revere and the human heart ho ds dear; and, whereas it seeks to destroy the Chris - ian Sabbath and annihilate public rnora s and public conscience; and, whereas, all Christian bodies should speak out in no uncertain tones on this question; there fore, Resolved, by the Southern Baptist Convention assembled, that we favor ho and entire prohibition of the lmuor traffic; that we oppose license for this traffic in any and all of ite lorins through which men buy the right to de stroy human hope aud happiness and blight human souls as au offense against public morals, .and a sia against God.” STATESMAN DEAD. Allen Ihorndyke Rice, the newly ap¬ pointed minister to Russia, died sudden¬ ly at the Fifth avenue hotel, in New York, where he was a guest. Sir. Rice had been suffering from throat affection for a few daj s past, but was not sup posed to be in any danger. He took his bed three or four days ago, suffering from tonsilitis. His tonsils had former¬ ly given him considerable trouble and had been clipped. Dr. Fuller says the glottis swelled suddenly and shut off the breath. Such cases are of very rare oc¬ currence, and this instance was unlocked for, though ft every precaution bad teen taken, is thought that Col. Elliott Mail F, Shepard, editor of the New York ana Express, will be appointed ministei! to Russia to succeed Mr. Ric * Col.' 3 t at at once. NO. 28. COURT-ROOM MURDER. A NASHYII.LK MAN KILLS ANOTHER FOR CALLINO niM A LIAR. Jim Turner and Tom Holton, of Nash¬ ville, Tenn., had a lawsuit to be tried, but Judge Quarles, Turner's lawyer, was uot criminal present, having been called to the court. He had been in the office, however, a few minutes previous. Jus¬ tice Brown volunteered to go himself to the court-house and see Judge Quarles, This he did, and returned a half houi later with the information that ho would continue the case, since '1 urner’s lawyers would bo unable, on account of other le¬ gal engagements, to be present. Tumor secured E. T. Holman, and came into the office with the announcement that he had secured another lawyer,' and was ready for trial, but was told by Justice Brown that the case had been continued, and that he was not at liberty to do this, for the reason that his lawyer was not there at the hour when the case was called. “Yes, lie was here,” replied Turner, betraying auger and excitement. “He was not here at 10 o’clock,” said Holton, very positively, and this elicited from Turner the retort,: “You, are a liar.” Holtpn flushed a little, but with remarkable coolness, said: “Y T ou must take that back.” Turner whipped front his bosom a double acting revolver, like zle lightning pulling the trigger ns the muz¬ covered Holton, who sank limp, and apparently Brown leaped lifeless, to the'floor. Justice front behind Ids desk and grabbed Turner. As speedily as possi¬ ble the wounded man wns pliveed on a stretcher, and removed to his home, where he died. CARNIVAL OF FLOWERS. A SPLENDID SUCCESS IS SCORED IN AT¬ LANTA, GA., BY A NEW THING. Some of the society people of Atlanta, Ga., organized battle a floral festival, termina tcry in a with flowers, The feature which attracted the most atten¬ tion was an ox-cart. “The Georgia crackers grow (esthetic” was the legend boi-re aloft upon a streamer above the equipage that was the most unique of all those upon the streets. It was a typical ox¬ cart, drawn by two little spotted oxen. On the cart sat a Georgia cracker, smok¬ ing his pipe. He was “geeing” and “bawing” his oxen ns if to the manner born, occasionally glancing back with paternal affection Upon the members of family who were on the cart with him. i here was about the appearance of all of the “crackers” a something vividly sug ^esiiveof make-up, but it was an excel lent makfe-up, the whole being true to life. The testhetic part of the picture came in the decorations of the oxen and the cart. The wheels of the cart were festooned with wild flowers of different hues. Each oxen had bunches of flowers on its horns, and on the end of its tail and garlands of flowers about its body. The whole made a really pretty scene. Nobody knew cither the cracker or any member of his family. They followed the procession from afar and created a great deal of merriment along Peachtree street, MADE A MISTAKE. I.iuus E. Clarke aud Edward A. Pal¬ mer, employes of the Boston, Mass., postoffice, with opening who were arrested charged a package addressed tc others, mmissioncr appeared before United State* Ci Hallett and had their cases continued. .Clarke had charge it of is the said, money order anxious department. Both, were to secure positions tended as postotficc the inspectors and in¬ to enter civil service exami¬ nations. It is supposed that they had been on the lookout for some time for a package of questions to be used at the examination. Without any supposition, however, as to their intentions, it is claimed by those who arrested the men. that they had die packag re before them which they had opened, It contained several hundred slips of paper with questions upon them, but they were not questions that concerned them. Th* other papers the men wanted enme in oo the next mail. A PROSPEROUS PROSPEROUS ORDER, UKUtrt. lfh sixteenth annual session of the 1 lod of the K[jights of H on- 8 a at Indianapolis, Ind., on Tues d 3 0ae hundr ed delegates were Union. pres¬ represen ting every state in the Thfl J epor % t of the supreme reporter fhowed e following balance on band in the Tari ous funds: General fund. $32, , 19 { widoWB aud orphans > fund (benefit,) |fl 74 The tota i membership of the , B 127 ;ooo. Whtle the number of ki lodges g }s 2)50 i, during the last enefit9 we re paid amounting 1 : * 0 o qiq * ’ JUTE BAGGING. The farmers in sessiou at Birmingham, Ala., resolved not to use jute bagging, l.ut, at the request of the lepresentativo of the bagging trust, the question was reopened. The trust was anxious to make terms, but not enter into a contract for the entire season. The original res¬ olution, bttggiug, pledging the called farmers to again use only and cotton was up unanimously the adopted. It was further in each re¬ solved that state alliances cotton growing state, would erect fac¬ tories for the manufacture of the cotton ba ^ ,UB - ■ AERONAUT KILLED. Prof. . St. Clair, ______„ aeronaut, attempt an ing , to give hi» leap irom the clouds, at Fmr Ground park, at Houston. Texas, host his gnp the on earth, ,thn parachute <:He lnstmsl) aud, fe! 800 feet to was ►“led. • *§£,■"