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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18
EAST FLORIDA EMPRESS.

Pullman buffet cars to and from Jackson
vile and Louisville via ThomasviIIe Al
bany, Montgomery, and Nashville and
Cincinnati TO Jacksonville via Jesup.
Pullman sleeping cars to and from Bartow
and Montgomery via Gainesville. WV
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18
KIESLING'S NURSERY.
WHITE BLUFF ROAD,

WHITE BLUFF ROAD.
DLANTs, BOUQUETS, DESIGNS, CUT
Il FLOWERS furnished 60 order. Leave
orders at Davis Bros.', corner Bull and York
streets. Telephone call 2A9-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18
Daiits ans esila.
Railroad & Mill Supplies.
LOW PRICES.

Prime Winter Lard oil, Dbl sc per gall
West Virginia Black OIL b5l 80. 9
Cylinder Oil, bbl......... ........50
Home Light OIL, $50 deg. fire test,
Water White OIL, lJ0 deg fire test,
Kerosene Oil. Georgia test, 100
deg. fire test, Dbl.
Hanley's Machine OIL ............ 20
Axle Grease, Dbl .............. 3 per Id
TallOw, Refined, Dbl. 6&
Colored Waste. bale ........ 5M
All of tie above goods are guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or no sale. Full
weights and measures guaranteed.
carry the largest stock of WHITE PINE
DOORS. SASHES. BLINDS, HOLDINGS,
BUILDERS HARDWARE. PAINTS, OH 8,
RAILROAD. STEAMBOAT and MILL SUP
PLIES of any house in the South, which am
selling at very low prices.
Send for estimates and price lists before
buying and be convinced.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18

Florida { Western ~

tAi' trains on this road are run bv Co,.-..
-,,.r Standard Time central
Nm e CARD IN EFFECT DFCr,,r
., 1856. Passenger Trains on III. Der
Will run daily as follows: 'nA road
WEST INDIA FAST MAT
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18

p,,Iu.a,, - "'"S .LV II 100 a m
pullman buffet cars to and from Jacks !"
VINE ana New York, to and from ,Iack sop;Il
and New Orleans via PensacoIa ttouVlIle
from Jacksonville and Louisville via TSor'@nnl0
viiie, Atlanta and Nashville, and Jsctaoass'
Vile TO Cincinnati via Jesup, O"'A'on'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18

Sond passenger trains Brunswick and Jesup
to Rome.
Pullman Buffet cars leave Atlanta daily at
$40 p m for New York without change via
Rome, Dalton, Knoxville, Bristol. Roanoke
and HagerstOwn.
Pullman Buffet cars leave Rome daily at
8:35 M for Washington without change via
Roanoke and Shenandoah juno ion.
Pullman Buffet cars leave Jesup daily at
l:25 m and $50 p m Tor Atlanta. Chattanooga
and Cincinnati; also, at :2j a m for Kansas
City via Chattanooga and Memphis.
Tickets to all points North, East, West and
to Mr. VIM. Bren, City Ticket Agent. and to
depot ticket agent s., f. and W. Ry.. Sayan-
nah. by this short line.
l.. j. ELLIS, Assistant Gen Pass gent,
Atlanta. Ga. Is. W. WREN.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18
Capital Prize $4,000.

2,l79 Prizes, amounting to............ $685., 900
Application for rates to clubs should De
made only to the Office of the Company in
New Orleans.
For further Information write clearly, CIV
ing full address. POSTAL NOTES. Express
Money Orders, or New York Exchange in
ordinary letter. Currency by Express at our
expense) addressed III. A. DAUPHIN,
orM. A. DAUPHIN. Washington, D. G.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18
South Florida Railroad.
CENTRAL STANDARD TINE.

ON and after SUNDAY. Nov. IA, 1855, trains
~ will arrive and leave as follows; 4 10
DAILY: tDailY except Sundays. tDaily
except Mondays.
Leave Sanford for rus 0i0tsiv ?.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18

Make p. o. Money Orders payable
and address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18
Tottsrg.

We do hereby certi,v That toe supervise tAs
arrangements for al the Monthly and Sent
-4nhUd1 DraeotRgs Of The Louisiana State lot
tery company, and an person manage and con-
trot the Drdtotn0s then1seJves, and that the same
are co71ducted toith hOnesty, fairness, and in
oood Idfth totoG''d az parties, aid Guthorise
me ComDd7U TO Wse this CERTIFICATE, 1Gtth EIc-
f[es1aAafsn
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OFTHE TWO ST ATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Seventy Three Bales OF Cotton Made by
Pulaski County Farmer with six
MuIes--The BarDesville Fire Suit
Against the Central Railroad to Come
Up in Court Again,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-18
THOMASYILLE EXPRESS.

JESUP EXPRESS.
3:45 m Dv ...-. Savannah. AR $50 m
$40 m AR. ....... Jesup. .......Lv 5:25 am
Stops at all regular and flag stations.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22
Return Tickets on the Central Vermont.

The management of the Central Vermont
road have lust issued the following notice,
COPIES of which are to be posted at all the
stations along the line
Commencing January l. 1887, return tickets will
be on sale from this station to all other stations on
the Central Vermont railroad, good ten days from
date of sale, AT reduced rates
Upon examination it will be found that
these return ticket rates are upon the basis
of about three cents per mile each way, be-
ing reduction from the local tariff of from
fifteen to twenty per cent. In addition to
the above, the following change in the mile
age ticket rates will take effect January list;
One-thousand-m mile tickets good for one year,
will be sold for $40, and the sale of the two
thousand mile tickets will be discontinued
altogether. 1t will take but little figuring
to see that by this change purchasers of
mileage tickets will get the benefit of the
two-centS "A mile rate without being Obliged 10
invest, as heretofore in a two-thousand-lnlie
ticket at $40. The tive-hundred-mlle tlck-
cts, good until used, at $3.50 each, VIII con-
tnue on sale The above reduction IN rates
will doubtless add to the already fast growing
popularity of the new local passenger traln
(Which leaves White River junction at I:45
A. NJ. reaching st. Adams at l240 p. M, and
returning, leaves st. Adams at 400 p. NJ,
reaching White River junction at 900
o'clock, since it affords people along the
line a less expensive chance to visit local
points And the management of the road,
In making this new departure, demonstrate
again their readiness to meet the public de-
sire for ample accommodations and reason
able rates of transportation. 1t is needless to
saw that the aforesaid public will appreciate
the opportunity to be afforded them from
January lst,-,St Adams Messenger.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22
Congressional DOings.

The proceedings in congress the past
week have been of unusual interest.
The compromise interstate commerce
bill has been reported to the senate,
but action upon it will probably be de-
ferred until the second week in Janu-
airy. The senate has passed the bill to
repeal the tenure-of-office act, thirty to
twenty-five; a bill providing for the re-
demption of the trade dollar; the house
bill extending the free delivery system
to all towns having population of ten
thousand who have an income of Sl0,-
600 a year; the bill authorizing the
issue of money-orders or postal notes
at fee of three cents; the bill author
izing the employment of mail messen-
gers in the postal service; bill pro-
viding for the exchange of four and
four and one-half per cent bonds for a
two and one-half per cent bond, pay
able in 1907. The house has passed the
civil appropriation and naval pension
bills and Indian severalty bill. Bills
have been introduced as follows: In
the senate, to authorize the reduction
of United States bonds and national
! bank circulation; to increase the pen
sion of all persons on the pension rolls
now receiving $24 per month, or who
may hereafter be pensioned for disa-
bility equivalent to loss of hand OF
foot, to $50 per month, and also to in
crease to 1886 per month the pension
for disability that incapacitates the pen
sioner for the performance of any
manual labor, but is not such as to re-
quire regular aid and attendance; au
thorizing the construction of bridge
from Grand Isle to North Hero; and
for the election of United States sen
ators by popular vote. In the house
for monuments to negro soldiers an(
sailors; to pension aged or disabled
railway postal clerks; for free coinage
of silver; for the admission as states o
Dakota, Montana, Washington and New
Mexico territories; for leasing of un
occupied Indian lands. The senate
tabled the resolution to abolish secre
sessions, thirty-three to twenty-one
On Saturday the house refused to TAX
up the Morrison bill to revise tn
tariff by a" horizontal reduction" by
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22
The Interstate Commerce Bill.

Considerable opposition to the interstate
commerce bill is developing in the senate.
There is also a strong feeling against it
among railroad men and tinanciers, princi-
pally on account of its prohibition of pooling.
Senator Platt of Connecticut, IA member of
the conference committee, refused to sign
the report because he regards pooling as
beneficial to both the roads and the people.
Both republicans and democrats are divided
on the bill. Some western senators declare
that some measure of the kind must be passed,
to satisfy the public clamor for it in their
section. One or two of the senators from
the Northwest are reported to be preparing
speeches in opposition to the long and short
haul provisions. which, they insist, work a
great injury to the West and will reduce
the price of wheat to the farmer, in that the
effect will be to greatly increase cost of
transportation. Eastern senators will OPP
pose this feature of the bill, through fear
that it will result in increasing the cost of
food products to their constituents, and
some of them also on the ground of the
inhibition against pooling. AS the pooling
system is at present managed, it is claimed
that it is of great advantage to the stock
holders of the railroads and to the shippers
of freight. They think if congress would
leave out this provision and give the rest of
the conference bill a fair trial it might result
in doing away with most of the evils now
complained Of enable the railroads to MAIN
tain fair and reasonable rates, and avoid
tnt necessity OF MAINTAINING ppOlS anu tl-
fecting combinations for mutual protection.
Some railway managers says that if the
proposition to make the charge for short
hauls the same as long prevails, it will revc-
lutioniZe the traffic of the country; as IL
would stop competition between railroads
and Waterways, the shorter lines would
obtain business, and this would have
the effect of increasing through rates.
In the debate at the last session Senators
Hoar and Blair maintained that the effect
of this provision would be to increase prices
of western food products to eastern con-
sumers The western railroad managers are
more conservative in their views and are
inclined to look more favorably upon the
proposed legislation, thinking that fair
and reasonable interstate law will prevent
more onerous state legislation. There is
evidently "A strong political influence sup
porting the bill regardless of its merits
There is no doubt that members of congress
from the West and Southwest are afraid to
face their constituents if they allow another
session to pass without coming to vote on
some bill of this kind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22
Christmas.

To all the friends, patrons and read
ers of the WATCHMAN we send wishes
for Merry Christmas.
The great Christian festival is evil
IDENTITY growing in popular favor year
by year in this country. Formerly
people in the rural districts saw less of
Christmas observance, and especially
of the gift custom, than the towns
people, but the number of those who,
in some form or manner, honor it now
is hundred-fold greater than it was
once. The day is now observed almost
as generally in New as in Old England
Not quite so heartily, perhaps, nol
with such full and hilarious feasting
but with more quiet demonstrations
We do better in making the day the
recognized and accepted occasion for a
general giving of presents. This is g
good practice, though it may be carried
too far. Christmas gifts are among the
choicest souvenirs of the past and OF
the departed for every Christmas
some one may be absent from the fes
tive board who was there in years
before. 1t is a cloudless day only tC
the young, whose sky has as yet onl,
known transient gusts of grief anC
sorrow. To them, at least, let thu
present be what it seems-all sunshine
Soon enough will come shadow, eclips,
and darkness that even the joyous fes
tival of Christmas cannot wholly dis
pei. But it is possible for all to ge
some measure of enjoyment from
Christmas; and apart from its specia
religious significance it should furnisl
as keynote for all goodwill tC
men," a sentiment which the mass o
people have construed to mean, an,
perhaps not improperly, "peace to mel
of goodwill"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22
The OleOmargarine Law.

There is already considerable discus
sion at Washington in regard to the
operation and effects of the oleomar-
garine law So far it is estimated that
will reach one million dollars. The
opponents of the law express the opin-
ion that the tax fixed at two cents has
failed to accomplish what was desired
by the bill, and that by giving oleomar-
garine the benefit of the government
brand and stamp it has acquired a
standing and character which it would
not have otherwise attained, and that
the low price of the tax does not in any
way interfere to prevent the manufac-
ture of the article, but is rather pro-
lection to the larger dealers, whose mo-
nopoly it tends to strengthen. On the
other hand, those who hold close rela-
tons to the manufacturers say that the
tax of two cents per pound is not in it.
self an insurmountable hardship, but
that the retailers license of S4S annu-
ally has tendency to greatly reduce
the volume of the sales. Many who
have formerly sold the product are not
willing to take the risk of paying so
large a sum for a license. Bills have
already been introduced to increase the
taX-one by Mr.. Parker of New York
proposing tax of six cents per pound.
A correspondent of the Manchester
Mirror and Farmer gives some idea of
what is and may be accomplished by
law in controlling and restricting the
sale of imitation butter. He says:
If the government appoints efficient, ac-
tive men as inspectors to see that the law is
enforced, compelling the sale of imitation
butter for what it is, my opinion is that the
sale of these compounds for 1887 will not be
one-fourth of what they were in 1885. In
proof of this opinion it is only necessary to
state that in this city, under the operation of
the pink butter law of the state requiring
all limitations of butter to be colored pink or
coored by beets instead of carrots, so as to
give evidence to the sight of what it is, the
consumption fell off from 100000 pounds
per year to less than 10000 pounds. Now
there was no tax under this law either for
making or selling-no taxing of one industry
to support another, as the makers of bogus
butter claim is the case under the United
States law-but free, open, fair field to sell
their goods on their merits, and fine of
$50 if they did not color them so as to pro-
tect the people from fraud. The fact that
the manufacturers declined to color their
butter pink and put it on the market was
proof enough, without their acknowledge
ment, that they could not sell their imita-
ton unless it was colored like butter. This
test was made from November, 1885, to No,
vember, 1856, before the United States law
became in force. To sum up, / think the
law will be of great advantage to the con-
sumner, if enforced, by letting him know
what he is buying, and to the dairyman by
lessening the fraudulent sale of the imita-
ton article. If congress will increase the
tax to five cents per pound it will lessen
the incentive to fraud from eight cents per
pound to three cents per pound.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22

and in supplying the various wants of these
workers. The capacity Of the Lake Cham
plain mines is 100000 to 100000 tons per
annum. The shipments last year amounted
in round numbers to 100000 tons. What
abandon this source of wealth and drive ont
of employment the 10000 or more persons
employed i'm its Modification, or compel
such reductions Of wages as would put the
iron-ore mining industry of Lake Champlain
upon a level with the pauperized labor of
maintains that after the toll Of more than
10000 human beings had been expended
upon that 100000 tons Of Lake Champlain
ore last year the result was nothing but a
mass of raw material not worthy to be con-
s.,iidered in the light of an industrial product.
That is also the view he takes Of wool, after
the farmer has devoted his energies to the
herding of the sheep that bore it, the shear
ing and preparation for market.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22

THE bill again introduced by Con-
gresham Grout relating to the election
of fourth-class postmasters by the
people is the same that was adversely
reported upon at the last session. The
bill requires these postmasters to keep
an open registry for the resident pat
rons of their offices, and provides that
whenever majority of these patrons
desire change they shall notify the
postmaster-general, who shall appoint
person not a resident patron of the
post-oflice, preferably commissioner
of the circuit court, to issue a procla-
nation for meeting; that at this meet
ing the candidates for the post-onice
shall be baloted for in accordance with
the requirements of laws governing
such matters, and the name shall be
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22

forwarded to the postmaster-general
who must appoint the person so Sc
lected. In case he shall decline to do
so for any reason in his own discretion,
the meeting shall be notified, when
another person shall be voted for.
Mr.. Grout thinks that some plan of this
sort would divorce the fourth-class
post-oflce from politics, establish the
principle of home-rule as to these
offices, and work substantial reform
in the public service. The New York
SIN has these comments: "The aim
of Mr.. Grout is to keep the fifty-five
thousand post-oflces out of politics {;
and this much may be said in its favor:
1t does not propose to create an official
class whose term shall be for life, nor
does it depend upon competitive ex-
aminatiOns as tests of the fitness of
candidates. 1t leaves the disposition
of the thing with the people, and the
postmasters whom they would elect
would be elected in the main for politi-
cal reasons
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22

IN our review of Senator Morrill's
speech on the tariff, an important point
was inadvertently omitted. This point
is of especial merit and concerns the
Southern States. The senator argued
that with rare resources, superior eli
mate and abundant labor, the South
has not more than a third of its land
improved in any of its states except
two, and even in those states vast
tracts are yet untouched. Shall this
enormous part of the nations capital
remain forever dead? Wealth and di-
versifed industry to develop these un-
used resources would quickly come if
the South would cease by its national
policy to condemn capital invested in
manufactures and mining to legislative
crucifxion. Nothing can insure the
full development of southern agricul-
ture except the building up of mines
and mining, which has begun so pros
perously under republican rule. But
it is this development that the demo-
cratic party would stop, if it could, by
admitting British products free of duty,
veritable " slaughter of the infants"
which has been prevented only by re-
publican votes. The senator conf
IDENTITY anticipates change in southern
opinion on this question, and when
that comes southern development and
enrichment will go hand in hand with
national prosperity and growth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22
Notes and Opinions.

THE Boston Journal very truthfully
observes that malignity against Mr..
Blaine has turned to bald idiocy."
A GOOD many " lambs - were shorn
in the stock furry in Wall street last
week and will have to suspend opera
tons until they grow new tleeces.
THE Philadelphia Record is of the
opinion that in the compromise inter-
state commerce bill Senator Cullom got
the oyster and Mr.. Reagan the shell.
THE second trial of the New York
" Doodle" alderman, McQuade, ended
in his conviction. This is encouraging
McQuade is likely to spend his Christ
mas in Sing Sing.
IT turns out that Senator Van Wyck's
novel appeal to the people of New
braska, by which they were asked to
register their preference for senator,
results in his receiving vote of 46, ITO
out of total vote of l67 200.
According to the registration report
last published, there were in Vermont,
in 1885, 6,592 births, $3.50 deaths and
2,7O9 marriages. Ninety-four divorces
were granted in that year. The most
fatal diseases were consumption, pneu-
monia, heart and brain disease, paraly-
sis, cancer, diphtheria and typhoid
fever
A TARIFF on tea and coffee is Secre-
tary Manning's programme. But he
wouldn't give up the duty on sugar.
The whole drive is against the protec-
ton of anything except that which is
necessary to save democratic votes.
The people generally are not clamor-
ing for taxed tea and coffee. -LoUell
Courier.
THE Chicago Ne,CS has been making
careful canvass of Kansas to see how
prohibition works there. The Judges
declare that in five counties it is a fail
ure; two other counties do not try tC
enforce the law. In all the rest of the
state drinking has been reduced fifty
per cent or more, and crime from fifty
to ninety per cent.
TIE Benton-Stone incident affects
the situation in two ways: it increases
the intercourse of the Presid ent and
distributors of patronage. The true
spoilsmen cannot otherwise look upon
the decisions in the two cases and not
|
more of the New York Sun type and
less of the New York Times type of dem
ocrat.- Washington Correspondent
Hon. DoRMAN b. EATON has pub
lshed in pamphlet form vigorous pro
test and series of arguments against
the secret sessions of the United States
senate. He explains their origin
their motive, their object, their effect,
discusses last winters debate upon Sen
ator Platt's resolution, and concludes
that they are part and parcel of The
spells system and oughtto be abolished
To the farmers in every state which
produces iron the same stimulatin.
and helpful influence has come. The,
have been enabled to pocket, in pay
ment for farm products sold, a larg,
part of the $40,000,000 expended TO
American steel rails. Would it hav,
been blessed thing for them if tn,
farmers of England, Belgium and Ger
many had pocketed the money in
stead?- Tribune.
MR.. j. f. HARRIS and Hon. U. A
Woodbury. of Burlington have pur
chased Mr. Kinsley's interest in tn
Burlington Clipper. Mr.. Harris ha
been editorially connected with tn
paper for about a year and a half, AM
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22

vote of one hundred forty-eight to one
hundred fifty-four. This apparently
settles the fate of that bill for this
session. The Beck attorney bill will
probably be smothered by the adoption
of the committees substitute. Both
houses will take recess from to-day
until Iapnory 4
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22
The Tenure-Of-Oilice Act.

The senate has passed bill repeating
the tenure-of-oflice act, which became
law under the administration of Presi-
dent johnson to serve temporary pur-