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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
cHILDRENs DAY EXERCISES
Interesting Celebration By Trinity
Sunday School.


The children's day exercises at Trinity
Methodist church yesterday were very inter
esting. The exercises began at o'clock
with the song, 1.-THE Valley of Blessing, by
the school, after which Miss Annie Bow
man recited Little Will"
The exercises by the infant class were ad-
mirsbly carried out. The singing of the
little ones was especially excellent. Miss
Merina Fulford's rendition of 1.-The
Model Church" could not have been better.
The school after that sang AT the Beauti-
full Gate, and a collection was taken up
for the benefit Of the poor Sunday schools
Short addresses were made by the pastor,
Rev. E. II. McGehee, and the superintend-
ent, Dr. S. A. White. 1t was incidentally
mentioned while the pastor and superin-
tendent were addressing the scholars, that
Trinity Church Sunday school is 81 years
old, and that it is older by Eva years than
either the Presbyterian or Baptist Sunday
schools. Eighty-iiye years ago the three de-
nominations formed Union SUNDAY school,
which was kept up for twenty years, when
Trinity church withdrew, and established
Sunday school Of its own. Within five
years afterward the Baptist withdrew. and
it was not until then that the Presbyterians
and Baptists established Sunday schools OF
their own. Trinity Sunday school num-
bers now 232 scholars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
To Rebuild Its Bridges.

The Central railroad has closed contract
with the Atlanta Bridge Company for the
construction of twenty-five spans of bridges
on the main streams of the road. The COM
pany has decided to replace twelve of the
largest bridges on its lines with new iron
bridges, built after the latest approved
style and Of the best material that
can DO obtained for the purpose
The work will commence at once. The Cen
trial people are determined upon having
bridges that they will not be ashamed Of
After these bridges have all been built, it is
quite probable that others will be replaced
with iron also, instead of wood. The COM
pany is now arranging to let out the con-
tracts for the erection of a number of
bridges on its proposed Savannah and Co
lum6us short line. These will be let as
soon as the work is ready to be COM
menced
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
The Centraps Through Lines.

The Central railroad has put on a fast
train between Savannah and Montgomery
via Macon and Columbus. A through line
of sleepers is also being run over the route.
The train leaves Montgomery at 3 p m,
and arrives at Savannah at 6:15 a. IN. the
next day. As soon as the Columbus and
Western railroad is completed to Birming-
ham fast mail train will be put on between
Birmingham and Savannah, running
through, and making the entire run in a
little over fifteen hours. A through line Of
Pullman sleepers will be put on, and there
will be no change of cars between Birming-
ham and Savannah. A fast mail service
will also be established over the Columbus
and W estern, and through mail connections
will be made with the Atlantic Coast Line
and West India Fast Mail A fast freight
line will also be established between Kansas
City and Savannah, and through freight
cars will be run through on passenger
schedule.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
THE 8. F. g. WIS VALUATION.
Very Nearly 100000 in Property
Returned to the State.

Returned to the State.
The Savannah, Florida and Western has
returned the valuation of its property to
the Comptroller General The main line of
the road is returned as follows: Two thou
sand four hundred and ninety three acres of
land, S141, 1856; 2 bridges, S26, 727; 1857
trestles, $3.50 203 depots and round
houses, Sl35, 113; 66 engines, $248,-
1894 49, ,2l4 cab and freight cars, S203,-
1913 so; l0l passenger COACHES, S143, 6l2 II;
800 miles of track, 81, l09, $50 70; cash on
hand and amounts due from other roads,
500, 500 20; value OF other property, S4O,-
42S; total valuation, SO, 246, 2v6 IT, The
Gainesville division is returned as fol-
lows: Four hundred and ninety acres
of land, $245; 81 trestles, So, 762;
Z depots and round-houses, $1,000;
&c miles of track, S134, 0S3. Total
valuation, S142, 900 The Albany division
is returned as follows: Ten hundred and
sixty acres Of land, So, 1928; l bridge, Sl4,-
COO; 122 trestles, Sl3,500; 81 depots and
round-houses, 81 ,750; GO miles of track $751;,
251. Total valuation, s949, 800. The jack
sonville division is returned as follows:
Twelve hundred and ten acres of land, 81
465; So trestles, $13,759; 25 depots
and round-houses, "a, 1888; Al miles
of track, $248, 1906. Total valuation,
S26S, 803 The Junction branch is returned
as follows One hundred and twenty-five
acres of land, $1,252; l bridge, LOO;
| trestle; $1,323; miles of track, S25,
800 Total valuation $50 O95,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
THE CoLoRED BAPTIsTs.
The Sunday School Mass Meeting at
the First African Church.

the First African Church.
Yesterdays exercises in the Colored Bap-
fist State Sunday School Convention were
unusually interesting. The morning session
was taken up with sermon by the Rev. J.
NJ. Jones. of Guyton. His subject was 1.-THE
Macedonian Call" The church was
crowded and many were unable to gain ad-
mittance at ALL The various Baptist pull
pits, over twenty in number, in the city,
were filled by visiting ministers.
Tho afternoon session consisted mainly in
a Sunday school mass meeting. Over |, 900
scholars were in attendance. Each Sunday
school was allowed ten minutes to hold such
exercises as it wished. The exercises of the
six schools represented consisted of essays,
recitations, singing and addresses.
The night service was devoted to a SER
mon by Rev. C. I. Walker, of Augusta.
The speakers text was Ezekiel xxxiii., IL.
His theme was that God willeth not the
death of the sinner His discourse was not
short one, but so interesting was it, that
the congregation seemed unwilling for him
TO stop. The collection for the day was
S95 81.
The programme for to-day is; Essays on
Sunday school work by several of the dele
gates, reports by the corresponding secre-
tary and treasurer, the appointment Of
the Executive Committee and the time and
place of holding the next convention. A
special feature of the day will be the me-
mortal service for deceased Sunday school
workers. Tomorrow night the delegates
will be banqueted at the Odd Follows
Hall by the Sunday schools of the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
BUILDING UP rYBEE.
Some of the improvements That Are
Going on There

OOLu0 Vi Inc arc
Going on There
Tybee appears to be enjoying a healthy
boom, and building and remodeling is very
general on the island. Among the improve
ments going on MORNING NEWS reporter
noted the following yesterday
MIR. Timer, OF the Central Bank, is put
ting up a handsome cottage.
Mr.. William Kehoe is remodeling the
Smart cottage.
Black Bros. are remodeling the Sullivan
cottage.
Mr.. J. H. Furber has remodsled the
Tilton House, and is building hotel adj
joining to be known as Furber's Point
House. The furniture was received last
Saturday, and to-day Mr.. John Wright, of
the Seaside pavilion, and his wife, will take
charge, and the house will be thrown open
to the public next Sunday. Mr.. Furber is
remodeling two or three cottages, has built
twenty-six lighthouses and will build
twenty-six more. He intends to put up--a
station, when trains will stop there to pat
off and take on passengers.
Mr.. II. II. Lewis has nearly completed
the Ocean View Hotel, which was recently
opened to the public. 1t has the largest pa
vilion on the island, being 90x70 feet
James Nayler has commenced the erection
of a boarding house.
Charles f. Graham will begin the erection
Of a billiard parlor this week
With the present hotel accommodations
on the island not less than 700 people can be
dined at one sitting. The building boom at
Tybee affords very encouraging evidence
that IL is becoming a favorite seaside resort
The island was full of visitors yesterday,
hundreds Of them taking their baskets and
picnicking in the groves and on the beach.
An invigorating southeast wind was blow
ing ali day, and the surf was full of bathers.
The morning train took down eight coaches
and the afternoon and evening trains were
made up Of nine coaches each.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
BIG SHIPMENTS OF TRUCK.
The Atlantic Coast Lines Fast vege-
table Freight.

The weather last week was very favora-
BILE for digging potatoes, and vegetables
have been marketed in such large quantities
that the shipments for the post seven days
are far in excess of the week before, which
was the heaviest in the history of the Allan
tic Coast Line.
The following figures show the daily ship
ments to the North via the Atlantic Coast
Line from Charleston and Savannah for
the week just closed; Monday "a carloads,
Tuesday 65 carloads, Wednesday GO car
loads. Thursday GO carloads Friday ~ car
loads, Saturday 100 carloads; total for the
week, 433 carloads.
The shipments Saturday aggregated 109
carloads against SO carloads for the proceed
ing Saturday. To carry this immense vol
ume of vegetable freight it required four
trains The three trains which went North
Saturday aggregated "a carloads. 80 Of
which were from Charleston, Is from
Young's island, aud 81 from Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
How to Guess the Speed of Trains.
From the Kansas ctr Times.

There is not one person in one hundred of
the millions who travel on railroads in the
course of year who has any idea of the
speed of train. A large per cent. Of even
the regular trainmen Of the country cannot
tell with any degree of accuracy how fast
a train is running. frequently engineers
are dispatched on u trip over line of rail-
road with instructions to run at a speed of
q certain number of miles an hour The
engineers do not carry speed indicator,
but have learned by various methods TO
gauge their engines SO as TO make only tho
slightest variation from their orders.
The majority of engineers use their driv-
ing wheel as gauge. They know its cir
conference and, by counting It's revolutions
within certain time, can tell very accu-
rately the speed at which they are running.
Another method is 10 time the run between
mile posts, and still another is to make cal
culations from the number Of telegraph
poles passed in a certain time. These poles,
In level country and where four or five
wires are used, are spaced so that they are
thirty to the mile If only a single wire is
used they are spaced from twenty-five to
twenty-eight TO the milo.
The most accurate methcd, and the one
most in use by experienced railroad men, Is
to count the number of rail joints the train
passes over In twenty seconds The rails In
nearly all cases are thirty feet in length,
and the number passed over in twenty sec
onds is the speed per hour a train is run
ming. For instance, II passenger sitting
in sleeper can count thirty clicks of the
wheels on a rail joint in twenty seconds the
tram is running ut the speed of thirty miles
a. hour
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Fire From Exploding Naphtha.

An alarm of fire was turned in from box
No. "a a'few minutes after o'clock yester-
day. Two engines responded, but returned
at once, as the flames, caused by an ex-
ploded can Of naphtha, were extinguished.
The can exploded in the residence of j. II.
Elton on Charlton street, near Habersham.
A servant was retilling "A lamp, and the
supposition is that he allowed the candle
that he carried TO come in contact with tho
naphtha. The damage was slight. Mr..
Elton. in trying to extinguish the flames,
received small bum in his face.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Tho Centraps Latest Scoop.

1t is understood that the Central railroad
has purchased the entire line of the Annis-
ton and Atlantic railroad system, and that
the authorities are arranging to discontinue
all trains on the road for the purpose of
changing it to a standard gauge. Il is also
stated that the Admission and Atlantic
authorities have sold their rolling stock to
a narrow-gauge railroad in Mexico, and it
is being packed up for shipment to that
country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Trinity Sunday.

Yesterday was Trinity Sunday. The
mystery of Holy Trinity has been from an
early date commemorated as a festival. the
observance of which is said to have been es-
tabhshed in England by Thomas a'Becket,
near the close OF the twelfth century. The
day was observed in all the Roman Catholic
and Episcopal churches by special services.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
SUM OF SUNDAY ARRESTS.
Allegations of Larceny, Vagranoy and
General Laxity OF Morals.

Thomas Riordan and James Hardin, sup
posed to be sailors, were found sleeping in
car on the Ocean Steamship wharves, and
were taken into custody charged with being
suspicious characters.
George Wright (colored) was arrested on
"a charge of tho larceny of fan from box
on the Ocean Steamship wharves Wright
is said to be Woodworking negro, and
that, being under the influence of liquor, he
did not intend to commit the theft.
Peggy Manigalt was locked up for fight.
ing and being drunk and disorderly.
John Harris (colored was run In for
making a vicious assault upon Sam Price,
corner of Habersham street and York street
lane,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28

stations of the Central railroad
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way and the Charleston and Savannah rail
way, and it may be added, in conclusion,
that the Tybee railway is the only one on
the coast that runs direct TO and along the
ocean beach. 1t is the favorite picnic re-
sort, and great family resort, and it re-
quired nine coaches to bring the Sunday
visitors III last evening and another train
went down last night to bring back these
who. stayed to enjoy moonlight on the
haach
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Funeral of George Oh. Gemunden.

The funeral Of Mr.. George Oh. Gomunden
will take place from his late residence, No.
60 Broughton street, at o'clock this after
noon, and will be attended by Zerubbabel
Lodge. F. & A. NJ, the German Friendly
Society. Savannah Turn Verein. and Teuto-
mia Lodge and Teutonia and Du(iuesclin
Uniformed Divisions knights of Pythas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Games Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-Base ball games
were played to-day with the following
results:
At Brooklyn
Louisville. .........O 0 0 0 0 o. O
Brooklyn. ..........0 0 0 x-4
Base hits-Louisville o, Brooklyn 8. Errors
Louisville 4, Brooklyn q. BatterieS-Ramsey
and Kerins, Terry and Peoples.
At New Orleans
Birmingham. .......0 0 4 8 o 0 Ks
New Orleans. 80 0 0 0 L 6
Base hits Birmingham IS, New Orleans ~
Errors-Birmingham 0, New Orleans 3.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
HAD HIS FINGER AMPuTATHp.
An Excursionist Gets His Fingers Un-
der Moving Train.

der Moving Train.
A painful accident occurred at the Char
lesion and Savannah railway junction last
night. An excursion train on the Charles
ton and Savannah, from Charleston, was
coming in and had come to dead stop, as
is usual, when Thomas Mercer, one Of the
excursionists, got off the train to recover
some coins that had been Tipped from his
pocket in removing his handkerchief The
train started Unexpectedly to him, knock
ing him down and one of the wheels ran
over and crushed the forefinger Of his left
hand. Picking himself up he caught the
train, and coming on TO tine city had the
injured member surgically treated. He at
tributes the accident to his own carelessness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
IN FAVOR OF A STOCK LAW.
The Way the Fence Law Injuries the
Small Farmer.

small Farmer.
Hezekiah Brown, well-known colored
man, living at Dittmersville, near the south
ern city limits, had practical illustration
few days ago Of the way in which the
fence law Injuries the small farmer. He
had splendid crop of corn, from which he
expected to get roasting ears in a
few weeks, but when he looked at his little
field one morning the fruits of his labor
were gone. Fifteen head of COWS which had
been turned out by his fellow-citizen's liv-
ing in the city, were breakfasting on what
little there was left. The COWS had either
broken down his fence or. as Brown sus-
poets, some boys whom he had reprimanded
for bad conduct, pulled it down and let the
cattle in. Hezekiah don't see where allow
ing cattle to graze at-large benefits the poor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Elected High Chief Ruler.

B. H. Webster, delegate from J. J. MUIR
ray Tent, L o. o. R., Of this city, was
elected High Chief Ruler of North America
by the High Tent. in session at Philadel-
hia last week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Summer Tariff.

The adoption Of a summer toriG at the
Harnett House, below VIII t has heretofore
been the rue at that excellent otel, is shre
TO be productive of satisfactory results, and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
ESPECIALLY For tho Ladies.

This afternoon Prof. Whitman, Graduate
Optician, devotes his time to the Ladies',
aud will give free eye tests to those calling
at bis office, ia South Broad street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28

The Nailers of Washington square de-
feated the Orientals yesterday afternoon by
a score of S TO O.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Local Personal.

J. J. Taylor, of Withers, is at the Har-
nett.
n P. Brown, of Surrency, is at the Har-
nett.
S. B. Appleby, of Gainesv lie, is at the
Marshall House.
w. 5. Pembertou, of Jacksonville, is a
guest of the Harnett.
Mr.. T. J. Quinlan, who came here to SGT
up the organ in the Independent Presbyte-
riGn Church, hos returned from Jackson
vile, whore he has set Il the new orgad in
the new ST. Andrews Church, and will re-
turn to Boston this week. He is stopping
at tine Harnett House
Remember the Fruit and Flower" Mis-
sion tomorrow morning, from 8 to II
o'clock, at the Independent Presbyterian
Sunday school room
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28

The fist Melons of the season at J. 8.
Coll - O., l35 Congress street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
TIE RIG LEAGI1ES-

The following is the standing of the clubs
in the National League and American As
ISOLATION:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-11-23

wore coarse black garments and
walled bitterly. During the empire
women wore white mourning in place
of black, cheerful custom, at least.
Among barbarians mourning rites are
horrible, including burning and am
putation.
The Chinese more hopeful than the
Caucasians, believe their friends are
alive and happy in some distant cline
and so use white instead of black.
Even the Turkish mourning is cerulean,
to represent the sky to which their
loved have flown, while the Philippians
typify the dust of which they are made
by the brown they don on funeral oc-
casions. Everywhere it is convention
al and more or less barbaric. How
unlike true conception of that ''other
world" of Mrs. Stowe:
Sweet hearts around US throb and beat
Sweet helping hands are stirred,
And palpitates the vail between
With breathings almost heard
In multitudes of cases families put
into pompouS funeral ceremonies and
costly mourning enough to save them
from impending want. Who can sup
pose that the departed would desire
such trappings, when no one is bene-
flied and no real respect shown by the
unwisdom? Modern oblations take 4
different torm but amount to the same
thing as the ancient. A sacrifice upon
the altar of show and ceremony is Il
sacrifice still. Where the wealthy in
dulge, the poor certainty will. A
costly casket, a long line of carriages,
Haunting Grape and an empty harder,
debts, anxiety and wrctchedness. Nor
can they abate one jot the pangs of
separation, which can only be assuaged
by trust in that Providence which
comprehends all we can ever know of
deathless and exalted atfection.-GO0d
HOuSeEeeDiRq.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-11-23
Is Marriage a Failure.

Ask the Jewish housewife, the jew
ish mother, whether marriage is fail
ure! She will not understand YOU.
She will stand bewildered in the face
of such question, and if you explain
to her what you mean she will tell you
that Il Jewish mother sees in marriage
the acme of happiness. because of
womanly duty; that all these new
tangled notions are simply the out
come of the brain of some man or
woman who missed the true mark of
life, and whose life is n failure. She
will point to her children, as Cornelia
of old did. She viii extol her husband
as the ideal of her life. She may not
have read as much as the girl of the
period, may not be as accomplished.
nor figure as a speaker in assemblages
for the advancement of woman sui
frage, but she will exemplify to you
how true woman lives, how true
mother, a devoted wife, arrauges her
life, and you will find that true happi-
ness is found in such family, and that
marriage is the mc9t sacred bond in
existence, which to question is to lay
a sacriligeous hand upon the rock upon
which society rests.-Hebre1c Standard.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-11-23
Some Lawyers EecreationS

Sir Charles Romiiy, an English 'awyer
in largo practice, took cara that his mind
should play every day. He used TO travel
on the circuit in his own carriage, and
carry with him the best books of the day.
A friend riding with Sir Charles express
ed his pleasure at seeing that the busy
lawyer found time TOR sucp reading.
"ts soon rs / found he answered,
chat L was to be busy lawyer for life, [
strepuously resolved 10 keep up my habit
of reading books outside of the law.
had seen SO much misery in the last years
of many guea' iawy CTS, from th.ir Eoss of
ali taste for books, that made their fate
my warning"
Some mel upbtnd b giving themselves
for season to pursuits wholly unlike
that 10y which thsy earn their living. An
English Vice ChaDcel found recreation
in bind ny hooks. He was an adept at
the trade ard the volumes he returned
we're bound in mastery style.
Lord E;skiEe went TO every fire in Lon
don that he was near enough to reach.
Thu propensity caused Sheridan TO say
hat 1t chimney could not smoke in Lon
don without Erskino's knowledge. The
eloquent advocate also amused himselt
with a dog, which attended him at court,
and goose II at followed him about his
grounds.
Lord StowelI, the eminent Admiralty
Judge had morbid pleasure in visiting
all the London exhibitions. H. once
pulled out his purse TO pay for admission
to zee '.the green monster serpent" but
the door keeper said:
I'VE can't take your shilling, my Lord;
Ills the old serpent you've seen six times
before in other colors, but ye cen go in TO
have peep of it for nothing"