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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
Weather Indications.

Maximum. temperature g., minimum tenn
perature 49,
The height of the river at Augusta at
:33 o'clock D. m. yesterday Augusta time
was 81 teet-no change during the past
twenty-four hours.
Observations taken at the some moment
OF time at all stations.
SAVANNAH. March ts, 1886 p. NJ. city time.
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GEORGE sCHWARZ's
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. RAILROAD LOAN AssOlIATION,

hAiLhOAD LOAN ASSOt IA IEoN.
The ffty-ffth regular meeting of the Rail
road Loan Association will be held THIS
CMonday) EVENING, at s O'Clock in the supper
room of the Guard Arsenal. By order of
WILLIAM ROGERS, President.
Fl. G. CUNNINGHAM, Secretary.
skIDAWAY SHELL ROAD COMPANY.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
this Company will be held at Secretary's office
at Post Office on TUESDAY, Goth inst, at 4;3O
O'Clock p. NJ, when five Directors will be elected
to serve for ensuing year.
GEO. W. LAMAR, Sec. and Treas.
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Boys Hats, latest styles, and prices reason
able, at Nichols.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

AFTER week of rain, cold and
cloudy weather, Sunday gave us day
OF soft delightful temperature and sun
shlne with patches of clouds that form
ed dlssolving views. 1t has since been
more like summer, but with too much
humidity for that settled weather the
farmers like.
The question of a successor to Rev
VIM. ii. HutChin at Greensborough
which has been in the hands of Presid.
ing Elder France for the past month
has at last been fixed by appointing
Rev; I. l.. Price, of Millington, son of
the late Rev. David A. Price. of that
place, to the vacancy. The Rev. Mr..
Price has been preaching for several
years in Illinois. The plan of the
Presiding Elder, as stated in these
columns two weeks ago was, to send
Rev. r. E. White, of Smyrna Circuit to
Greensborough, Rev. S. M. Morgan. of
townsend to succeed him and get n
young theological graduate for Town
send, but the latter could not be had.
and the relations of the two latter gen
tlemen to their work was not changed.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
Condition of the Growing Wheat.

The rains of the past two weeks,
with no blight of rust or other disaster
to intervene, assures us a good wheat
crop in this section. The farmers Re-
Clew, of Chicago, of this week thus
speaks of the West:
" The improvement in the condition
ofthe winter wheat crop due to the re-
cent rains is noted by many of our
correspondents, but at the same time
reports of injury from insects are num-
erous and nearly if not fully offset the
Improvement from the rains. The fol-
lowing is the summary on the condi-
ton of the winter wheat crop taken
from from the repOrtso of our correspon-
dents: Illinois, sixteen counties report
condition as 81 per cent; Wisconsin.
sixteen counties report 80 per cent !;
Indiana, fourteen counties report 81
per cent; Michigan, twenty-one coun-
ties report II per cent; Ohio, fifteen
counties report 50 per cent; Kansas.
fifteen counties report 68 per cent
This is a general average of y per
cent. in the seven States"
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
A New Pest.

The current worm, which is as des-
tructive also on gooseberry bushes. is
comparatively a new pest for this sec
tion, but read of for many years where
these small fruits have been extensively
grown further north. 1t has not been un.
I'll the last year or two that it has been
especially noticeable, and we have not
heard of its dating back in anv 0uan-
tity here more than six or seven wears
The past week or two it has been verv
destructive in both gardens and fruit
patches, and in this it has been aided
by the wet, cloudy weather. In SUNNY
weather the worms exist only on the
shady side of the leaf, but this season
they could take any position with i'm
punlty, and in their vast numbers and
WIN their ravenous appetite could
strip bush of its leaves before thew
would be detected. They are similar
to the army worms that sometimes an
pears in wheat fields, only thew are
smaller and greener. They appeared
In the patch of ]. D. Scout on Thurs.
day last, and despite his effort on Fri
day and Saturday to kill them with
Persian powder and hellebore. by Mon
day nearly one third of his patch had
been stripped Ofits leaves. They pre-
fer the leaves to the berry but the lat
ter needs the shade of the leaves to
help them mature, otherwise the sun
scalds them. Mr.. Scout had a good
prospect of 200 bushels. He com.
menced picking yesterday, to save the
berries on the leaf stripped bushes
though they are only two thirds grown
and two weeks ahead of the usual
time of marketing. The usual price of
gooseberries is from 50 90 to $3.50 per
bushel, but for these Mr.. Scout expects
to realize only about one half price,
which will not leave much after all the
expenses aggregating about Is cents
per bushel, are taken out. 1t is stated
that when bush is thoroughly strip-
ped OF its foliage one season, it DESTROYS
its capacity for fruiting the next.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

The situation of affairs in Ireland is
more than ever interesting, because it
shows pluck and independence of
opinion that has not heretofore char
acterized them. The Irish show no
signs of retreating before the dictates
or threats of Rome, whether delivered
at first or second hand. Of the meet
lngs held Sunday, the most important
was that at Limerick, to which spe-
cial attention had been directed bv
Bishop O'Dwyer's warning. The an
swer to the Bishop was fierce denun-
citation by William O'Brien and angry
groans from the assembled crowd. The
meetings at Waterford and Kildare.
where Messrs. Dillon and Healv smoke
were equally emphatic in deprecating
interference from the Church author
tiles in Irish affairs that have no rela-
tion with Church or religion. Those
who attended the Limerick meeting
are guilty of deliberate disobedience of
their spiritual superior, and the pen
atty to be visited upon them is Il mat
ter of general interest.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
Notes Of a Western Trim

The following is part of a private
letter written to A. l.. Hudson by J. II.
Wiltbank, who left here a week ago
with his wife and Miss Emma Hudson
for trip to California and interme-
diate points:
We decided to take through ticket
to st. Louis. Leaving Broad Street
depot at 11.5O A. NJ, Thursday and ar
rived at Altoona at o'clock p. NJ,
where we had TIVE nty minutes for sup
per after which we proceeded around
the great Horse Shoe Bend, up the
mountains, passing through the long
tunnel, on by CressOn, and arriving in
Pittsburg at 12M. We did not get a
very good view of the country from
Pittsburg to Ohio, in consequence ofthe
cloudy weather. We saw Cresson as we
passed by. At Pittsburg we crossed
the MOnOngahela and passed down on
the Panhandle r. r. along the Ohio
river, crossing it at Steubenville, and
arriving in Columbus about sunrise
Friday.
We had a fine view of the country
after leaving Columbus. The wheat
does not show up well, the grass fields
looked very rich, but the corn does not
show much yet it is not up in many
places. The land is very wet all along
the way from Columbus, Ohio. to st.
Louis, Missouri, and in many places
part Of the land that was seeded in
ia wheat mas been plowed up, in con-
sequence of the wheat having been so
badly killed out last winter. / think
the average of the wheat is better than
it was in 1885, when we travelled over
Southern Indiana and Illinois. But
there are many fields that will not pro-
duce half crops.
If the weather is good we think of
going to Bunker Hill on Monday next.
/ hope to get around to see all the
friends, so ! can leave here on Wednes-
day next. You direct your next letter
to Grenada, Col, as ] expect to be there
next Sunday. / hope to reach Los
Angeles by Saturday, June 9th.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

THE split in the Democratic party at
the New Castle county meeting ian ac-
count of which is given elsewhere)
seems to be more serious than was at
first supposed. 1t was believed bv
many for day or two that after the
excitement had blown over and thew
had thought better of it, a compromise
would be effected in the interest of
harmony, but yesterday each com
pleted its organization and appointed
judges of election, as if opposing par
ties, and there were no other parties in
the field. The Biggs-Saulsbury faction
have the advantage in appearing to be
the simon-pure regulars and putting the
Bayard- WOlcott faction in the position
of " boilers" VIM. Herbert, chairman
of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, has issued an address in which
he charges the "bolters with an in
tentiOn to "rule or ruin the party. y
Horace V. Johnson, the secretary of
the regular. meeting makes what might
appear to be an astonishing claim from
an old fashioned body of politicians, as
follows:
In the matter of comparison be-
tween the lists of those appointed as
judges of the election, we have not a
whiskey seller or an irresponsible man
in our list. They are the best men this
county affords"
From this it would appear as if the
leaven of Temperance Reform had by
some means oOzed into the BODY
through the creaking of the timbers.
There IS a triteness in the OLD adage.
that " Chickens like curses will come
home to rOost," that is almost startling.
But for the political results in the
changes Of the election and assessment
laws, for which Mr.. Bayard has the credit.
and by which any party or faction of a
party in control of the machinery can
keep u power indefinitely, the Demo-
cratic party would doubtless have been
a solid, compact, united party to-day,
as they were twenty years ago.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
Business Locals.

GEO. NJ. STEVENSON will raoo;uo
and fill all orders for ice cream at the
shortest notice. '-'0
Only pure Candies to be had at
Boehmler's New Candy Kitchen.
For the BEST Lemons in Smvrpo no
10 Geo. M. StevensOn's, Market St.
VIM. P. smithers has to loan $1,000
IN sums of $1,000 each and also 50 900 zoo
on mortgage on farm land. '00'
ler's. 00 az Doeiiih-
Try, the Wilmington Citv Steam
Laundry, w. F. BUCHANAN. Agent nt'''n
Carpets by Sample or in Stock at 7
D. b. CooPer's Dry Goods and CsrnSf a.
Store. Prices low. U carpet
Goods called for and delivorod l..
the G agent for the Wilmington CitSy 9y
Steam Laundry. '0' Oi'y
Cooper's. ~ - D.
w Wilmington Z, City Steam Laundry
w. +. BUCHANAN, Agent.
IhdoW Shades made and hung to
order. Artists Materials and IfonJ "
ralnted Pictures at Wilkinson's ''U
Don't miss to try some of BoebmIer,s
homemade Candy, at bottom prices.
States, Pencils, Pens. Ink Tablot,
ELasers. Blank Books, Cravon and oII
SCher oCh school Stationery, and ali the
School Books, at J. B. Cooper's Boot ,li9
Constantly on hand Il LARGE Iot oc
aI3 aiGture Frames. Frames made to
order at Wilkinson's. '''0 10
Orders for Ice Cream. &C.. received
ana promptly attended to at BoebmIer,s
Deyoe Brilliant Oil, the best and sof
eSV oil made, at J. B. Cooper's.
o,iai;t, Blank Books, all Styles, Sizes and
Qualities at J. B. Cooper's.
Fresh Candy every day at Boebm-
ler's Candy Kitchen. 00'' ~
CoOper's. ' "' = b.
~ Granite and Porcelain Tea and
Chamber Sets, plain and decorated at
Window Shades and Spring Fixturas
@' D. b. Cooper's. Loops and Fringes
= Order Order any Book you want, at J.B.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

THE General Conference of the M.
+. Church will adjourn tomorrow.
having been in Session a month. It
has been an able body with a tendency
to prOgressiveness or radicalism as
some might term it, who are not IN
with the development that is charac-
terizing everything American. The
first question out Of the usual line was
that of the women delegates, which.
while decided conservatively, opened
the way for them to come in hereafter
with the unquestioned authority of the
general church The question that
most interested the membership of the
church at large was that Of extending
the limit of the pastorate from three to
i've years, and the presiding elders
from four to six years. The question
produced a great deal Of debate, but
the result was a victory for the pro-
gressive men Of the body. The change
will meet with opposition from the
Fural districts from the fact that the
larger and ADLER congregations will
keep the best ministers to the detri-
ment Of the smaller and growing
churches. It must be considered, how
ever, that this is progressive age, and
what was expedient in the early days
of Methodism has been, 10 degree.
overcome, and now the extension Of the
pastoral term to five years is but in
keeping with the advances made in the
church. Then again, it has been ar
gued that churches in large cities have
not advanced as rapidly under the
three years limit as they would had
the limit been five or more years, be-
cause the time allowed a minister at
charge was not sufficient for him to get
acquainted and rally the people around
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

Bound AND TORTURED BY Mn
MAN.-lntormation has been received
at Parkersburg, w. Va, of the tortmro vo
OF Jesse 9. Henderson, a how on
Thursday, by lunatic. Hen3arsOo,,, ~,
was working in field near To0n,
Reach, some distance from his bome
when fiendish-lookirg man came my
caught him and bound him to . trapp' ~p'
With a needle, the man pierced ,bo
boys flesh repeatedly, and wbenavaD
nc made an Outcry would strike him -
the face. The mailman then tooi- -
large knife and scored the bows bonda
in several places and threatened 70 a,,s
his heart out. He threw the kniEe 'ot ~
the boy with remarkable aim. ninoin" ..
the boys clothes to the tree Savnrai
tunes he grazed the flesh sufIicientI,, - o. -
draw blood. The boy was TINS tor ~
tured for an hour, when some men o.
peared and the man ran away H.
was captured on Friday. His 1ame nc ;s
Isaiah Hooyt, and he claims Colnmb,s
ohlo Tor his home. The bows body Z,
oadly cut and Scared. %
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
The Backward Spring.

The weather probably never furnish
ed more topics for conversation than it
has done thisseasOn. Everyone is talk
ing about the lateness of the Spring and
going back to his childhoods DAYS or
referring to the traditions of his ances-
tors to find its parallel. If anv com
fort could be gained from meteorologi-
cal statistics it would be some relief to
know that the records shows that so
cold and wet a May has not been
known in seventeen years and that the
whole country seems to be afflicted
alike.
Pretty much the same disagreeable
atmospheric conditions appear to pre-
vail from the Canada line to the Gulf
aud from New England to Texas.
While the old settler in Minnesota is
claiming that the season in Tat neigh
bOrhOOd is unprecented and that it is
causing him to lose faith in the glor-
ious climate of the Northwest, the
farmers Of Georgia point ominously to
a black frost that was felt in that state
last week and say that there is no in
stance on record showing IL killing
frost so late in May in that state. And
the same rains which have kept back
farming work in the East have swollen
the Mississippi River to a point only
once exceeded.
The season is certainly a late one,
but it by no means follows that it will
be an unfruitful one. Springs that
have opened early and with promise.
when the apple and cherry blossoms
have appeared even in bleak New
England by April 25, have often been
followed by poor and scanty harvests.
The warm days in April and May pre-
maturely force the buds of the fruit
trees and then leave them an easy
prey to a cold nipping blast and Il sud
den frost. If, however, the blossom
ing is delayed until the season is well
advanced the promise Of fine fruit
crop is far less likely to be destroyed
by an untImely fall of temperature.
There are other benefits to be deriv-
ed from late Spring also. 1t permits
the soil to become well saturated with
moisture and prepared to give album
dant nOurishment to the trees, vegeta.
bles and grasses. The forests are
never clothed in such dense foliage and
the meadows never yield so richly as
in a season when the clouds and the
chilly atmosphere prevent the sun
from prematurely drying the ground.
That "a cold, wet May brings hay " is
a truth which experience has often
proved to agriculturists. 1t is proba-
bic, also, that, taking the years through
the season of 1888 will be found fully
up to the average. But as present
worries and Inconvenience always
wear more threatening and disagree
able aspect than anything the future
may have in store, it is doubtful if the
hope of abundant crops next Fall will
reconcile weather grumblers with the
i'll they are now enduring. -FhHadeI-
Dhid Press.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
Smyrna and Vicinity

Smyrna and Vicinity.
STRAWBERRY short-cake is alwavs
in order.
exactly.
The two favorite flowers, magnolias
and roses are in bloom.
TOMORROW, by the calendar. Spring
ends and Summer begins.
A. P. CROCKETT is putting in a large
refrigerator in his creamery.
TEN teachers were present on Satur-
day at Superintendent Handy's exam
inatiOn.
R. S. MARIN and J. w. Roberts. of
Blackbird Hundred, have very fine
fields of wheat
The steamer John Z. Tgget will
haul off from tomorrow until next
Tuesday for repairs.
THIS is decoration day. It will be
specially observed in this State in VIII.
mington and Milford.
MRS. CLARIssA FAIRIES. who has
been quite i'll for several weeks, con-
tinues in critical condition.
THE handsomely dressed window Of
i. Is. Megear's store attracts the gen.
eral attention of the passer by.
SUNDAY, June 10th will be observed
as Children's Day at the M. f. Church
and Presbyterian Church in this town.
THE young folks connected with the
Loyal Legion will have a pic mic in the
Blackbird campmeeting woods on Sat
urday.
The first crate of strawberries was
shipped from Brenford by II. NJ. Far
son yesterday and were grown by J. V.
MalcOm.
GILBERT is plucky TO the last, if he
IS charged with declaring the sun
blue one week, and then swearing it is
black the next.
THERE seem to be fewer of the Colo
RADIO beetles this spring than for some
time. The potato vines are looking
unusually thrifty.
The time for strawberry picking has
come. Have you your tickets? If
not, order at once at the TIMES Office.
and be ready for the big crop.
THE RhOdodendrons and Wvgelias
in the flower yard adjoining the Super
intendent's Office at Clayton. are nm
usually rich in highly colored blooms.
Among the freight up on the TJoeyt
to-day was large box Ofsnappine fur-
ties, some twenty-five or thirty. CAUGHT
by Reese Hill along the bank of the
creek.
If we are to have another Fourtb of
July celebration, it ig time some one
was moving in il. Lot US be patriotic
BY all means. 1t falls on "wednesday
this year.
LIE young people connected with
tne Bethel A, M. II. Church will give a
Grand Star-Course Concert at that
church tomorrow night The pro-
gramme sets out a good entertainment.
THE New York Herald says the
meteorological indications favor q wet
June DeVoe, the Hackensack wealth
erprophet, predicts a dry summer,
with frequent thunderstorms and high
winds.
BETHEL church ne,lr Cheswold has
been greatly improved ia IFS interior
appearance. The ceiling has been
papered, with a brosld border at the
top of the wall and tile latter painted
to correspond with .he paper above
The pews and altar were also painted
and the pulpit platform lowered a
stem The work was bv II 81 Carter
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
Superior Stand for Rent.

~ Inc Store House, corner of Main and
commerce streets, one Of the oldest SnJ
oest stands IN Smyrna, for a great many
years doing the heaviest business ~
smyrna has been carried through a thor
so3Hgh improvement to adapt it To moJern
nI,a ,ue"s' ana Is now offered for rent. n is
ceptpa cro oa L2e IN pest stands in Smyrna, in the
class Of merchandise. PossessSooI o;,,on ~ any
any time Apply to s'e" az
may Off Smvrn, IN. AZ r.,
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
Personal.

Mrs. John Senior, of Philadelphia, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Motion Hudson.
VIM. K. COnaway, who has been in
Philadelphia during the Spring attend
ing medical lectures, has returned to
his home near Leipsic for the Summer.
Miss Lille Boggs, of the Smyrna
Home School, leaves to-day for Ken
nedyville, Md, to attend the wedding
of Rev. G. r. Blades.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
Prospective New Post Office.

Smyrna and Duck Creek Hundred
Will be under further obligations TO
Senator Salisbury and Representative
Pennington if their plans in our behalf
succeed. Our readers are already
conversant with the fact that an appro-
priatiOn of $4,000 was obtained bv
them for dredging our creek, and there
IS but little doubt of its passage of the
Senate, and only the President stands
IN the way of its realization. Senator
salisbury has further shown his GOOD
Will for Smyrna in making amends for
the past by the framing of a special
bill (for fear it might be lost in the
general bill for such purposes bv Presi-
dental vetO) making an appropriation
OF S35, 900 (which may be amended to
S25,OOO) to erect a Federal building in
Smyrna for post office purposes. As
one to place us under obligations. this
would be a crOwning act, because such
thing as the erection of a Federal
building in Smyrna had ceased to be a
hope OF the most sangnine. True. the
business of our post Office amounts to
within a small fraction of So, 500 a wear
and other places of less Importance
have been thus favored, but in the
multiplicity of claims to reduce that
surplus in the National Treasury. II
VIII indeed be a triumph of represen-
tative skill to get a special bill through
solely IN the interest of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

The papers to-day contained a de-
cided statement from Mr.. Blaine in a
letter to editor Reid, of the New York
Tribune, that he will not be a candidate
for President in any event. Besides
him, Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New
York, and Judge Gresham, of Indiana.
have the warmest supporters.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN, who on Mon
day it was thought could not live but a
few hours, having severe heart
trouble, is much better, with great
hopes on the part of the nation for his
recovery.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

THE municipal election in Whining
ton which will take place on Saturday
is matter of much interest beyond
the city limits, because of the peculiar
political aspect of affairs involved in
the contest.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

CHAIRMAN MILLS, who was so san
guine of his tariff bill passing Congress,
feels that it has been jeopardized by
the Democratic caucus restoring so
many things on the free list to the
present rates, which in his eyes was
setting reform backward.