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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1887
Page
1
A long OCR list shows municipal officers, clerks, treasurers, tax collectors, and county officials including Mayor W. J. Smith and Councilmen. It also notes freemasonry and other lodge meetings such as H. P. Lodge 203 A M meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, and O F Lodge meets Thursdays.
A list of worship services and religious activities from multiple congregations with pastors, hours, and meeting days. Includes weekly Sunday services at 11 and 7:30 PM, sacrament on first Sunday, prayer meetings on Thursdays and Wednesdays, Sunday School times, and superintendent names across various churches and locales.
For sale a five room dwelling near the 8 I W R A depot priced 1150 and a two story store house with two vacant lots near the Fl& W Ry offices priced 1500. Also residence suggesting two rooms in a merchant dwelling and apples and fruit trees near a tank on the B and W BR R. Plus 2940 acres of well timbered land in Ware county with prices in EUCHASAS Wavcross ia.
BrunsWick and Western Railroad announces a new passenger timetable starting Sunday September 1887. The mail and passenger trains run from Waycross to Albany via multiple stops including Macon Columbus Montgomery Savannah Callahan Jacksonville and Waycross with connections to Sayenbah Florida and Western Railway. Sleeper cars operate on Cincinnati Express and queen and crescent route. tickets available at stations.
Savannah rail routes list time schedules for express trains to New Orleans and Tampa with connections at Waycross Jesup and Callahan. It notes Pullman sleeping cars, multiple daily departures, and the Albany and Jesup lines, plus an Alaska-like sweep of stops including Live Oak Gainesville and Lake City. It mentions the East Florida and Albany Express services, and cites train crews and officials. It also reports local items: state debt reduction, the Macon State Fair, and a Georgia legislature adjournment rumor.
A black wire-grass bull charged a crossing and toppled a work train on the A. P. & L. Railroad near Abbeville. The engine was derailed and required a day's work to repair the track. The railroad company claims damages from the bull owner, not the road.
Morning News questions Colquitt’s re election bid as he nears the end of a five year Senate tenure. The piece notes Democratic opposition may arise from GOP and party factions, arguing Colquitt embodies folly rather than reform and will be met with vocal but limited resistance.
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