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Staito Oiks,
VOL—7. NO 119.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
Greece’s Conduct Astonishing Diplomats—
A Detc mined Suicide in Chicago-Mur
derous Hostiles in Texas—A Big Iron
Firm B.iyc >tts Knights of Tabor—Eng
land’s Attention Called to Canada—G. n
eral Items.
London, May 22.—The double policy
which Greece <is now pursuing, avowing
peace at Athens, and fighting at the fron
tier, is astonishing the diplomats and finan
ciers of Europe
A CHICAGO TRAGEDY.
A .Man Cuts His Throat With a Piece of
Glass.
Chicago, 111, May 22—Last evening a
respectable appearing man about 30 years
of age, registered at the Commercial
Hotel as J Morton, and paid his bill, and
' retired. At midnight a strong odor of gas
was noticed, and Morton’s door was tried,
but no response was obtained and the door
was burst open. The man lay in the bed
bleeding from a wound in the throat. A
doctor was called, but it was too late to ren
der any assistance. The jugular yein had
been severed with a fragment of a small
vial which he had fractured for the pur
pose. To make sure of death, the gas in the
room had been left turned on and unlighted
The man had held his head over the bowl,
placed on a chair and it was nearly filled
with blood.
OVERHAULING THE NORTHERN FA
CIFIC.
For Discriminating Against the People in
its own Interest.
Washington, May 22. —The House com
mittee on Pacific Railroads agreed to report
favorably on the resolution introduced on
April 5, by delegate Voorhees, of Washing
ton Territory, directing the Secretary of the
Interior to investigate certain charges
which he prefers against the Northern Pa
cific management relating to the discrimi
tion against town and people in Washing
ton Territory in the constructian of branch
lines; the failure to furnish facilities to the
" new stations where the company has no in
terest in the same town lots, and affording
the best facilities where it has an interest,
' etc., etc.
HOSTILES ABOUT.
Evidences off Their Outrages In Texas.
El Paso, May 22.—John Martin, a
freight conductor on the Southern Pacific,
states that much excitement prevails at
the Dragon station Arizona. It is feared
that hostile Indians are in the surrounding
country. While the train was at the sta
tion four sapdle horses, bereft of riders, and
a pack mule ran in from the adjacent moun
tains. The animal were wild with fear and
had evidently been under fire. Search was
’ at once begun and the body of a dead white
man was found wijlun a mile of the station.
It is believed that the men who rode the
horses were killed from behind rocks.
NO K. OF L. NEED APPLY.
A Big Iron Firm Tteluses to Employ Any
Member of Order.
Philadelphia. May 22.- —R. D. Wood &
Co., who have: mills at Camden, Millville
and Florence, New- Jersey, and several other
places, have given notice that they will
I > never employ Knights of. Labor again.
Their men havi been on a strike, but are
inclined to return’ id work, and the firm
s makes this condition.". Some of the men say
' the mills never start. the notice is not
I rescinded.
SUICIDE OE A BANK CASHIER.
He Throws Ilirtilelf Before an Approach
ing Train.
Boston, May 22.—yAt 7:30 this morning
Claudius B. Patten, fashier of the State
National Bank,‘was instantly killed by an
’ outward bound train on the Old Colony
I railroad at Savin ,Jlill, while walking on
the track to the .railroad station. Those
who witnessed the accident say that Patten
deliberately committed suicide. He heard
the train coming, and did not make a single
effort to avoid being struck.
A DRAWN BATTLE
Between Two,Brooklyn Sports.
Brooklyn, N‘. •■¥., May 22—A despe
rate hardglove fight was fought this morn
ing in a rocm in the 1 neighborhood of Flat-
Bush avenue, between A Rodriguez and
IB*Billy Weldon, of Brooklyn. The men
fought with two btince gloves for a purse
of S3OO. Twenty-btie "rounds were fought
in one hour and' ’tweniy-three minutes.
Then neither of the; men were able to con
tinue and the battle ivas declared a draw.
ENGLAND'S ATTEN fION
Called to'Canada’s Course.
Portland, Me., May 22.—The informa
tion published last evening that Secretary
Bayard has called the attention of Eng
land to the course pursued by Canada,
has done considerable to quiet
irritation produced among the owners of
fishing vessels by’ the silence of the admin
istration.
Just received a fine let of ambers _for
pipes and holders, at E. L. Byck’s.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAC 2 2 1886.
ATHENS LETTER.
News Items From the Classic City.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Athens, May 21. —The weather for the
past few days has been exceedingly dis
agreeable, heavy rains being the “order of
the day.”
During the past week there has been an
auction sale of jewelry, the firm being A
Ansell & Co., of New Orleans. Among
their sales was a “pure diamond” to one of
our prominent citizens. This diamond did
not turn out as guaranteed, and a warrant
was issued against the firm and their goods
were left as security.
The University base ball club is chal
lenged on all sides since their victory over
Emory College. Yesterday a challenge
was received from Mercer University and
also for one from the University of the
South. Arrangements will be made to ac
cept the challenge of both clubs, to play’ in
Athens, at some convenient time. As I
have before said the University boys play
well, and it will be a good club that can
beat them. Every one here takes a great
interest in the boys and wish them much
success.
The Senior Class of the University, under
the charge of Prof. H. C. White, went to
Tallulah Falls on a geological survey. They
say they enjoyed the trip exceedingly. A
trip of this kind is very instructive, and
each class should take one before leaving
college.
The final examinations of the Senior
Class begins Monday, after which a class of
fifty young men will be prepared to enter
on “fife’s journey.”
Mr. H. L. Stanley, of Augusta, will on
June Ist take possession of the Commercial
Hotel. Mr. Williams, the present proprietor,
will go “on the road” in the interest of his
feather renovator.
Que of-the pleasantest germans of the
season was given to-night at the residence
of Prof, and Mrs. White by the Chi Phi
fraternity. The favors were very costly
and handsome. Everybody left with a
feeling of regret that such occasions should
ever end.
Oconee county voted on prohibition yes
terday, which resulted in favor of prohibi
tion.
The college boys are decidedly in favor
of Bacon for Governor.
Ramal.
THE GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN.
Comments of our State Contemporaries.
Republican Me ho'ls in Georgia.
| Albany News.]
We abuse the Republicans for always
fighting the war over and waving the
“bloody shirt” at their elections. What is
being done in Georgia? There seems a
mighty attempt to inflame the passions of
the war and arouse the old soldier senti
ment. Have we, too, adopted Republican
methods?
Prating About Packed Conventions.
[Athens Banner.]
Gordon is prating about the packed con
ventions, and the popular vote being for
him in Clarke county. The following vote
will show how it stands in Athens: A gen
tleman went to every business house in
Athens and found the following among the
merchants and clerks: For Bacon, 125; for
Gordon, 45.
A Pertinent Question.
[Americus Recorder.]
In the Constitution’s report of General
Gordon’s speech at Sparta the General
“dared his < pponent to tell the people to
decide; not like Clarke county nor Dodge
decided, but to let the people speak, not
the court house cliques.” Why did not the
General include the county of Lee, which
elected delegates in the same manner as
Clarke and Dodge? Was it because Clarke
and Dodge went for Bacon and Lee went
went for Gordon?
Is He a Citizen of Georgia?
[Montezuma Record.]
For the past four or five years General
Gordon has hardly claimed Georgia as his
home. He had a New’ York office and
spent the major portion of his time there,
and was not looked upon all this time as a
citizen of this State. His interest was not
here, and the people scarcely thought of
him as claiming citizenship here. All of a
sudden he left his Wall street office and put.
himself before the people for a high and
honorable office, before they had erased
from their memories the fact of his prosti
tution of an office higher that that of Gov
ernor. Our State is evidently getting hard
up for gubernatorial timber when it has to
import it from among the speculators of
Wall street.
A Recreant Husband.
Sandusky, 0., May 22. —J B. Brit
tingham, a prominent citizen, left his wife
[ast December, saying he was going to
Chicago to look for a better business open
ing. He went to Chicago and it is said
borrowed money from a friend. He was
joined there by Jennie Hazelton, his hand
some servant girl, and fled to the Pacific
Coast. The police of San Francisco have
been requested to arrest the pair.
The Seizure of the Ella M. Doughty.
Portland, Me., May 22.—Mayor Chap
man has called a special meeting of the
city government for this evening, to take
action in regard to the seizu re of the Ella
M. Doughty and to consider what is to be
done to aid the fishing industries.
Woolen Mill Embarrassed.
Dover, N, H., May 22. —The Great
Falls Woolen Comapny, of Dover is embar
rassed. The directors state that the liabili
ties are $122,593. Assets not stated.
. Unchanged.
Lebanon, Ohio, May 23. —The condition
of General Ward is still unchanged. His
death may be expected at any moment.
Opposed to Home Rule.
London, May 22.—Matthew Arnold
writes to the Times, opposing the Irish
Home Rule bill.
FRAUDS IN PRECIOUS STONES.
How Colored Gems Are Imitated —Th,
“Doublet” Method of Description.
“I suppose there is as much fraud in
colored stones as there is in diamonds?”
“In comparison to the stones of both
kinds that are sold the fraud in colored
stones is much greater than in diamonds.
There is a system greatly in use by
which rubies, sapphires and emeralds of
inferior color are made to resemble the
fine oriental stones. This is done simply
by coloring the culidt, or point, with a
lasting solution of the true tint. This
gives the whole of the stone the desired
appearance, and when it is set no expert
can discover the fraud until the stone is
loosened. Even when loose I would not
undertake to discover the manipulation
in every case. As an example, last year
I bought, during my periodical visit to
London, what appeared to be an extra
ordinary ruby, weighing about three and
one-half carrots. I gave over $1,500 for
it. We had it in stock for about four
moths and had shown it to some of the
best judges in this country. Not one of
them had found fault with anything
about the stone except the price. Finally
my head man, while showing it to a
customer, had his suspicions aroused as
to the genuineness of the color. After a
deal of trouble we at last got the stone
into its natural state and found that it
was worth about $7.50. I returned it to
the firm I had bought it of, which, for
tunately, was responsible. The firm lost
nearly the whole amount, as its buyer
had purchased the ruby for cash in the
open market at Amsterdam. This is the
only instance, where any large amount
was at stake, that I have met with dur
ing the last few years. Respectable jew
elers are always more particular who
they buy their colored stones from than
their diamonds.
“The second great branch of deception
is the ‘doublet’ method. I haven't got
one to show you, as we don’t do anything
in them, but I will give you the name of
a lapidary in the city who carries a large
stock of them. The method of manu
facturing doublets is of a very old stand
ing. It can be traced back to the fif
teenth century, and was first described
by Cardan, who said: ‘A fraud of a very
bad character and one very difficult to
find out was employed by Zocolino. This
venerable personage used to take a thin
flake of real precious stones, such as
ruby, sapphire, etc., when he wished to
imitate those stones. He chose such
pieces as had but little color and were
consequently very cheap. Underneath
he placed a piece of crystal or strass (tho
finest flint glass) sufficiently thicjc, and
united the two parts by means of a trans
parent cement in which he incorporated
a coloring matter in harmony with the
stone in process of manufacture. In
this way this magnificent workman de
ceived everybody, even the lapidaries.’
This same method is still in operation,
though, of course, it has gradually been
brought to greater perfection. The
cheaper kind of doublets are made now
without any real stone at all. The lowei
parts is strass, the upper quartz, and they
are joined, like the others, with trans
parent colored cement. Even these
stones, when set, have a beautiful ap
pearance and stand the ordinary file test.
There are an immense number of doub
lets in use.” Almost anybody can
be deceived, I suppose, with the finest
quality of doublets.
' .“ When they are set by a clever work
man it is impossible to distinguish them
from the genuine article, and often when
they are out of the setting it is a hard
matter to decide with certainty? I will
give you an instance that is hardly cred
itable to me for I have been in this busi
ness all my life, but it will be a better
illustration of the necessities of our trade
than an hour’s general conversation.
About two months ago a lady brought me
a magnificent set of emeralds, compris
ing brooch, ear-rings, and pendant. She
wanted the two ear-ring stones altered
in shape and the whole reset. I under
took the commission and completed the
cutting. After the cutting was done,
on looking at the stones my suspicions
were aroused and I thought it was just
possible they were only doublets. When
the lady called I asked her how much
this set of jewelry had cost. She in
formed me that her husband had pur
chased it while they were making a tour
in Europe for $1,200. This strengthened
my suspicions, as the emeralds, if genu
ine, would have been worth at least
from $5,000 to $6,000. I told her my
doubts, and she insisted at once on a full
test. It was one of the hardest jobs I
ever had. I had given it up and pro
nounced the stones real after working
for about an, hour. But later, by a very
exact experiment, I found the lower
part was lighter than than the upper. I
at last demonstrated that they were
doublets, but the'finest that could possi
bly be produced. The lady afterward
sent them to the best firm in New York,
which, after a week’s investigation sent
back a report to the same effect. I have
often had some difficulty in deciding as
to the genuineness of a stone, but I never
saw any jewels that puzzled me so much
as those emeralds.” —Chicago News.
Customer [in restaurant) —Here, waiter,
this steak is too tough to eat.
Waiter —Sorry, sah; I'se too busy to argue
’bout dat steak now. If yo' want to argue
wif a waiter ’bout de toughness of steak yo’
must come in when de noon rush am ober.-*
New York Times.
It Is tile Safest Way.
Professor Baird, secretary of the Smith
sonian institute, very strongly recommend!
the boiling of all water used for drinking.
It certainly is the safest way.
FROM ATLANTA.
DOTS AND DOINGS AT THE STATE
CAPITAL.
* .
The Congressional I’ot Simmering—Poli
tics Gening Quiet —A Pointer for South
ern Work ingnien— The Case of Marshal
.loners-The Constitution St all—Notes
About Town.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
| Atlanta, May 21. —The political pot in
I the Fifth has begun to simmer. Colonel
Pryj-rL. Mynatt has decided to run for C’on
grefe, 1 don't know why. More “sponta
neous” uprising of the people, 1 guess, [
haW not heard of this "spontaneous” busi
ness in my daily rounds, but 1 guess it must
| exist: Mynatt is an able man, and is as
honest as the day is long, but he does not
stand the ghost of a chance. Stewart, of
Spalding, will run, and may trip Hammond
in the convention. 1 have not had time to
investigate the origin of Colonel Mynatt’s
“spontaneous” candidacy, but it looks like
it is a stab at Colonel Hammond, who is in
Washington attending to business, while
his opponents are building fences. If the
people of this district don’t know enough to
keep Nat Hammond in Congress, they will
not hurt Nathaniel’s feelings when they
s 'nd somebody else there to take his place.
He,& one of the few public men who are
above the tricks and combinations of mod
ern politicians.
: Political matters are quiet here to-day.
The executive committee met yesterday
and an account of its stormy proceedings
was telegraphed the Times. Since its mem
bers left for their homes things have been
quiet and will remain so for some time.
The whole campaign may also quiet down
as tha joint discussions to which General
<lortlon invited Major Bacon panned out so
badly! they had to be abandoned. The can
didates will now go it alone and will have
until Jluly 28th to meet the people. A
strong convention may be looked for.
A SIGN OF THE TIMES.
While the country is discussing the labor
problem, let me throw out one thing as an
interesting pointer for the workingmen of
the South. A few days ago I noticed some
grading that was being done on an Atlanta
lot. Out of fifteen or twenty men engaged,
all were negroes. I gave a contract to a
white man to do some brick work. Every
brick was laid by negroes. My neighbor is
building a nice two-story house. A white
man is the contractor. Daily I look over
the ffiowd of men hammering and sawing
away. All are negroes except the contrac
tor. jFour negro colleges in Atlanta have
departments where the negroes are
taught trades. I know whereof I
writewhen I s’y the negro in this city at
least is rapidly pressing himself forward as
a mechanic. Does all this mean that the
negro is to depress the price of such work
as I have described and that the white man
will have to come down a peg or go West?
I can hire a moderately fair negro carpen
ter at $1 a day. That sum will keep a
negro Tall right, but what sort of pay' is it
for a white man who warns to raise his
children in a respectable way? The time is
at hand when ehiployers are going to get
work done by the cheapest muscle that can
do it, whether it be white or black, free or
in stripes.
THE gray killing.
Marshal Jones, of West End, who shot
and killed lawyer Gray last Sunday, is still
in jail. From what I can gather privately
it is probable Jones will be cleared. There
is abundant evidence that Gray had threat
ened to kill Jones. It can be proved that
he made such threats several times. Gray
was a very over-bearing man, but unfor
tunately met his match in the hair-trigger
town marshal. father is a man of
strong feelings, and I heard a man to-day
predict that he would kill Jones if there
should be an acquittal. The prosecution wijj
be ably managed. That has been determ
ined on by the relatives and friends of the
dead man.
editor finch departs.
Mr. N. P. T. Finch, who recently sold
his interest in the Constitution has gone
North to spend the summer. He will re
turn to Atlanta this fall. His chair in the
editorial rooms has been filled by the pro
motion of Mr. Wallace Putnam Reed, one
of the most brilliant writers on the South
ern press. The writing force of the paper
is new as follows: Managing editor, Henry
W. Grady; night editor, Clark Howell;
editorial writers, Joel Chandler Harris, W.
P. Reed and Messrs; H. W. Grady and E.
P. Howell; Georgia news editor, P. J.
Moran; telegraph editor W. C. Henderson;
city editor, Josiah Carter; reporters, E. C.
Bruffy, A. I. Branham, R. M. Cheshire and
Henry Gray.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
Two stenographers are kept very busy at
the Gordon headquarters.
A s Felton is out for Bacon it is presumed
the Doctor will attend the convention.
Joel Chandler Harris owns a pair of the
finest watch dogs in this country. The
back yard of his residence as a place of dan
ger is but a shade removed from a den of
lions.
Usually this is the busy season of the
year with builders but this is not an ordi
nary year in Atlanta. Hence the music of
the trowel and the hammer cannot be heard
this side of Chattanooga and Birmingham.
At the base ball park yesterday Atlanta
shut MacOn out and at the Kimball House
the executive committee of the great Demo
cratic party shut Augusta out.
An Atlanta man said to me to-day: “We
may lose half our population before the
prohibition business is over, but we’re going
to have that base ball pennant or bust!” A
rattle satisfies a baby. Pickwick.
Educated and Rxperiencep.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is prepared by C. I
Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.,
who have a thorough knowledge of phar
macy and many years practical experience
in the business. It is prepared with the
greatest skill and care, under the direction
of the men who originated it. Hence Hood’s
Sarsaparilla may be depended upon as a
thoroughly pure, honest, and reliable medi
cine.
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
News Items From Both States.
Oconee has gone dry by a majority of 42.
Close shave that.
Hon. H. H. Carlton, of Clarke, has an
nounced himself a candidate for Congress
in the Eighth district.
The Montezuma Record wants about one
tenth of the dogs in Macon county killed
out as a precaution against hydrophobia.
A Dougherty county man keeps tame buz
zards for scavengers, and has recently added
to his collection one of these birds that is
perfectly white. It is literally rara avis.
The editor of the Waycross Headlight is
in a bad fix. His composing force lias been
laid low by sickness and now he has to edit
his paper and set the type all by himself
and at the same time.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says that
Thursday morning a real live tarantula was
shipped to that city, in a bunch of bananas
from New Orleans, which came near biting
one gentleman. The “varmint was put in a
glass jar and presented to the library.
The case of the State vs. Win. Nelson,
charged with burning the property of Mr.
E. J. Young, of Thomasville, was tried last
Tuesday, and ended in a verdict of guilty
with a recommendation of mercy. Peni
tentiary for life was the sentence.
The Millen Central Beacon says that the
license for the sale of whisky in the county
of Scriven, expires on the Ist of June.
Some contemplate the idea of selling over
line is Burke county, but a vote is soon to
be taken in that county, and in all proba
bility it will also “go dry.”
A case involving the present ownership
of a small negro boy was heard and disposed
of by the Ordinary of Cherokee county
a few days ago. The negro was remanded
to the care and custody of Mr. Lee Starnes
until a debt due by the boy’s father was
fully satisfied.
The Democrat reports that a citizen of
Bainbridge recently lost a fine milch cow’
by hydrophobia, though he has no knowl
edge of when and how the animal was bit
ten. First refusing food she began frothing
at the mouth and being confined in a strong
pen she fought and had one spasm after an
other until death relieved her.
The Cherokee Advance says that from
all sections of the county reports come that
cotton [is not coming up as the farmers
think it should and many have replanted.
Others are more hopeful and think a poor
stand is better than a late crop. The cool
days and heavy rains this week have been
very damaging to the cotton up.
Cherokee Advance: “John G. Heard,
Esq., brought to town last week an old
Indian dinner pot which was washed to
view in his field by the recent big freshet,
and is a great curiosity. It is a six-inch
pot, holds a half gallon and very light, re
sembling in build a common wash pot, ex
cept it has no legs. The flange around the
top is notched so as to have the appearance
of beads, and the whole is artistically and
curiously carved.”
The Albany News and Advertiser wants
ano fence law in West Dougherty, and
says the necessity for it is becoming more
and more apparent each day because tim
ber is scarce and the fencing around farms
is decaying every year. Cattle are also on
the increase, and tempted by growing corn,
or other vegetation, they break into some
field nearly every day. The most practical
and best way of solving the fence difficul
ties, it thinks, is to have a no fence law.
The Montezuma Record states that last
Thursday Mr. Homer Rackley, who resides
about seven miles from that town visited
Montezuma and returned home in the after
noon about 4 o’clock. Feeling tired and
weary he laid down to rest. In pulling his
pistol from his pocket the weapon exploded
sending a ball through the wall of the
house. Being excited it is supposed that
he cocked the pistol again and putting it
near his face fired. The ball entered the
right nostril and came out at the bridge of
the nose; exactly between his eyes. The
wound is not a dangerous one, but is ex
ceedingly painful.
Albany News and Advertiser : “The re
cent rains insure a good blackberry crop,
which, as insignificant as it may appear, is
worth a great deal to this county. It gives
employment, with very fair compensation,
to a great many, between the cotton chop
ping and fodder pulling seasons. Still our
people don’t take the advantage of this crop
as other sections do. North Carolina makes
over a million of dollars yearly from dried
blackberries. It may be a small business
to any one, but if many would go at it sys
tematically the aggregate would be enor
mous, even though it would not more than
pay for the time that would be otherwise
uselessly used.”
Bainbridge Democrat: “Every farmer
should have a fruit garden ofberries as well
as of small fruits. This can be easily done
by setting the plants in long rows, so that
they can be tended by a horse. The ground
used for the purpose is not wasted. The
surplus fruit will be of ready sale to your
neighbors or in the nearest village, and
they will afford you a good profit. You will
find them a treat at your own home, and
fine for cooking and canning. The plants
eost but a trifle,jare easily obtained, and will
do more when in fruiting to make your
boys love and cling to the old farm than all
the talk and persuasion to keep boys on the
farm, where all the comforts and pleasures
have been deniedthem.”
Augusta Chronicle: “The river is on a
dangerous rise. The reports of heavy rains
and large amounts of watea flowing into the
Savannah, and the swollen condition of the
river, give just and good cause for serious
apprehension of danger. The river is still
rising and is still over the upper portion
of Jones and Pond streets, and the inmates
of houses in that section are hemmed in.
The river at 8 o’clock yesterday morning
registered 26 feet 6 inches, and this morn
ing at 2 o’clock the river registered 32 feet
1 inch, and rising at the rate of an inch and
and a half per hour, and the reports from
the up country and the indications of more
rain put a gloomy aspect to the condition of
the river. Already thousands of dollars
have been lost to the river farmers. Miles
upon miles of fine planted land are already
inundated. We had hoped to be able to
record the falling of the river before retir
ing. but the indications point the other
way,”
$6.00 A YEAR
The stockholders of the Georgia Midland
Railroad held their first meeting Thursday
in Columbus. By-laws were adopted, a seal
decided on and other action taken for per
fecting the company. A board of directors
to serve during the coming year were
elected, and Mr. G. Gunby Jordan stated
for the information of the stockholders that
93 miles of the road had been contracted 1 ,
and that the contractors were under $40,000
bond for the completion of the work by
May, 1887. There are now over 500 hands
at work on the line, and the Tunnel work
will begin in a few days. The work beyond
Flint river was very light and there was no
necessity for hurrying about it. It had
been th night best to complete the work
from this end as it goes, so as to be able to
call for assessments of stock earlier than
otherwise could be done. He said steel rails
for the entire route to the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad were con
tracted for. The first 25 miles of them
were to be delivered by August 15, 1886.
He had no doubt the 93 miles would be
completed by next summer and ready for
business.
A terrible tragedy is reported by the
Athens Banner-Watchman. It says that
Frazier French and his family live on the
old Mines farm, in the town of Bradford,
this county. In the farm-yard is a deep
well with a low curb, the waler being drawn
up by the old-fashioned sweep. On Satur
day all the family were absent from the
house except Mrs. French and her two-year
old son. Farmer French came home at
noon. There was no one in the house. He
went into the kitchen. On the table was a
slate on which was written in a hasty
scrawl, “Baby and I are in the well.” Freni b
ran to the well. Looking down he saw his
wife in the water, clinging to the wall, but
apparently dead. Alva Morris, a neighbor,
was passing at the time, and responded to
the farmer’s cries for help. Morris let him
self down in the well and fastened a rope
around Mrs. French, and she was drawn to
the surface. She was alive but unconscious.
She was restored with difficulty. As soon
as she revived she asked for the child. The
body of the child was found at the bottom
of the well. Mrs. French came near losing
her own life trying to rescue her child,
which had fallen in the well.
ILORIDA.
The forty-third annual council of the
Episcopal Diocese of Florida will be held
at Palatka, commencing Jupe 9th. Each
parish is entitled to four deputies and each
organized mission to one deputy.
W. H. Ashmead, of Jacksonville, has
been appointed special field entonaologirt.
in Florida to the United States Agricul
tural Department. He is instructed to
specially investigate insects injurious to
garden crops in Florida.
The saw mill belonging to Messrs. Davis
& Cooper, at Thonotosassa, was burned a
week ago Tuesday night, together with
about 80,000 feet of lumber; 60,000 of whic h.
was dry. Loss about $4,000. They expect
to have a new mill in operation in three
weeks.
Jacksonville Herald : “The cold weather
of last winter proved a little too much for
the Japan plum trees in this vicinity, and
the almost entire absence of this’delicious
fruit this season from our market has been
particularly noticeable. Only a few quarts
have been seen and they came from Justice
Belisario’s farm in this county. The com
mon red plum is just coming into market,
but they are quite inferior.”
The Wild Wood Orange Leaf proposes
from time to time to give personal erperi
ences of life in Florida, which will embrace
individual histories of success achieved by
both old and new settlers. These experi
ences, which will be aiven as nearly as con
venient in the language of the narrator,
will, we think, prove highly interesting
and, also, a valuable guide both to people
who arc already here and to those who are
to come.
The aggregate value of the Stillmare
estate, or the Florida portion of it, is afoul
$40,000, consisting mostly of lands in Volu
sia county. The commissioners appointed
by the court to divide this property among
the heirs have about finished their work.
The residence and store will remain undivi
ded for the present. The Wisconsin por
tion of the estate is valued at about slo,ooo'
and will be divided or disposed of to bis
heirs under the laws of that State.
The Orange Leaf, published at Wild
wood, has been sold to A. C. Dillmar, of
Oxford, and by him leased to Messrs. Jordon
& Newborn, who will continue its publica
tion hereafter at Oxford. Mr. Jordan lias
been editor of the Orange Leaf since | its
establishment and is an earnest and capable
journalist. In the new location we wish
him and his partner every success and will
always welcome the Orange Leaf to our
sanctum.
Tavarese Herald: The Jacksonville News
having made some serious charges against
the Times-Union, the latter paper editori
ally announces its purpose to bring suit for
libel. The News, however, welcomes the
prospect of an opportuxity to prove its ac
cusations in court with evident pleasure,
and promises some rare revelations, not
only in the court room but in its own col
umns. Looking at the frequent controver
sies of these papers, it has been evident
that the News has been the winner in every
tilt, and the effort of the Tiines-Union to
seek redress in the courts comes with poor
grace from a paper that has been personal
in its criticism.
Jacksonville New’s: Florida lias thie
season taken the place of Bermuda in sup
plying the North with early vegetables,
and this business it will probably monopo
lize hereafter. The supply starts from Key
West and the adjacent islands, but the
largest early supplies come from the Mana
tee river and Tampa. South of Manatee
the weather is apt to be hot and dry, except
on the coast, while the region named is
salubrious and is visited by frequent rains.
As we proceed north the gardens increase
in number and importance, and if not as
early in reaching the markets, are still ahead
of Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.
The January “freezer,” instead ot being a
misfortune to our people has only developed
their energies and opened up fresh , fields
and pastuies new in which to exercise
them.
If you are billious, take Dr. Pierce,B
[‘Pleasant Purgative Pellets,” the original
“Little Liver Pills.” Os all druggists.