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WEEKLY ENQUIRER SUN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA MONDAY. MAY 31. 1886.
IImw Hurabmw’d.
Burglars entered tlic ir.«i(|i'iicc of Mr. Bum*
ham, corner of Fourth avenue and Eighth streets.
Thursday night and stole a lot of clothing and a
work basket. There is no clue to the thievoa.
Married.
Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock Mr. William
It. Farr and Miss Reuie Wright, of Alabama, were
married in this city, Rev. »T. W. Howard olficia*
ting. They left on the afternoon train for Ope
lika. the future home of the couple.
Mollie Rich-
rr.ed Friday
le groom is a
s a blushing
uv their lives
Harried.
Mr. William Bode ford and Mb
ardson, of Rrowneville, were n;
morning by Justice Wootten. 'J
youth of twenty and the bride
damsel of some forty summers,
be long and prosperous.
(o ncral Gordon Fomina.
General John R. Gordon has engaged Springer
opera house and will address the citizens of Mus- |
cogee county on Friday night, the lHth of June, j
General Gordon has many friends and warm ;
supporters here who will be giad of thisoppor- I
tun.ty to hear him speak.
I sdi’overmir Smith at ( liipley.
Kx-tioveruor J. M. Smith addiessed the people
ot chipiey Thursday on the issue* involved in ,
(HAT FROM LEE LOIN TV.
A Word About Politics, the Election and Crops—
When to Work and How to Do It.
Correspondence Enquirer-Sun.
Saliim, Ala., May 26,1886. —We bar] an election
oil yesterday for delegates to our county conven
tion which passed off very nicely, considering
there were two tickets in the field. The anti-
Frazer ticket won the day by a small majority.
Great interest was manifested on both sides, each
party working hard for his ticket though with
the best of feeling, and we hope when they all
— ! meet in convention on June 2d there peace and
Mrs. Silas Foster shot herself through the j harmony will previa), atid that all the delegates
heart Thursday afternoon. | will go there for the good of their county and
Mrs. Foster lived in a little room in the second . state and not in the interest of any one man or
story of the factory tenement just west of Huff & set of men. Whoever is so fortunate to be nomi-
Htarke’s grocery store. About three o'clock the I nnted let the whole democratic party rally'm him
inmates of the house were startled by the report j for good or had.
of a pistol. The sound came from Mrs. Foster's] We ha ve a man in our beat who attends our
Poor Woman Puts an End to Her
Wretched Existence.
Mr*. Nils* Foster Put* o IMstol to Her BroA.it an<1
Semi* » Bullet 'I hrouirh Her Heart—The Or*
rum* tan re* Which Are Supposed to Hare Loti to
the Suicide.
room, but when those win
the cause reached the doe
was fastened on the inside
open ami Mrs. Fostei
went to investigate
r they found that it
The door was forced
lying upon the bed
elections regular, and
years of age, whose
after as if it would decide the
and talks as if he was not ore
seven tv-e
is a? much
•i.'n:
Hu
L gubernatorial c
breathing her last. She did not speak, am! died says he has not taken
almost instantly. By her side was a little three 1 cine in forty-eight
year old son of Mrs. Stillwell, who lives in the
same house. This child was the only witness to
the act, and of course was too young to give any
account of what transpired.
Mrs. Stillwell said to an Enquirer-Sun re
ars. but n
glass of pure copper distilled.
! derful to know that he can
rails in one day? Cultivate.*
! bottom land in corn, and
j alone by his own labor; tl
i discuss the i
ut in an nppcu
Tin* Hood Templars.
_odge oft »ood Templars ofthe state
i if- city July 2Sfh. The local lodge
paring for the occasion. Dr. N. 1\
. M. \Y. Howard, (). S. Jordan, H.
i! Misses Saliie Scott and Carrie
on appointed a committee to pro-
tertainment of the delegates. The
Limbus will no doubt gladly open
-r the reception ofthe visitors.
In “Fi
talent in i
Indies are
tainining
the rehea:
is in store
ry Grotto."
esofSt. Paul church are rehcausing a
ipeietta. called the “Fairy Grotto,” to
•din two weeks. The best amateur
In- city will be in the operetta. The
sparing no pains to make it as enter-
is possible. Those who have attended
sals say the music is very line. A treat
for our people.
Harried in Atlanta.
The Atlanta correspondent of the .Macon Tele
graph. undtr date ofthe 27th, says: “This morn
ing at 7:30 M tss Athaljti Johnson, of this city, was
married to Mr. G. \V. Irwin, of Columbia, S. C.
The wedding took place at ,the residence of Mrs.
M. I.. V»cod, on Washington street. Columbia
will be their future home.’’ The bride is a sister
of Mr. O. C. Johnson, of this city, and is a young
lady of rare attainments and many charms.
Through Cotton.
The through cotton since August 31st (cotton
shipped from other points passing through our
city) amounts to 54,056 bales. It was shipped to
Savannah, thence to New York or Liverpool, and
was divided as follows:
Mobile and < iirurd railroad...
dumbuhaiid Home railroad
i porter t hut M rs. Foster had repeatedly threat
ened to put an end to her existence, and only a
! few days ago told her that • when she killed her-
I self she expected to do it with that child by her
side. She seemed very devoted to the child and
: kept him almost constantly with her.
As to the cause of the suicide Mr. Walker
] Smith, a brother of Mrs. Foster, said that she
, and her husband had not lived very pleasantly
together. She was about twenty-five years old
and had been married two years. He had heard
some time ago that Foster mistreated his wife
1 and had made very serious charges against
her fidelity to him. It was also said that
Foster had whipped his wife. He spoke to Foster
about it and Foster admitted that he had
I whipped her. About three weeks ago Foster
whipped her a second time, and told him when
| he spoke to him about it that he and his wife
, could not get along together. Smith advised a
I separation, which was agreed to, and three
| weeks ago the husband and wife separated.
I Smith swore out a warrant against Foster for
whipping his wife, but she persuaded him not to
press the ease. He said that at one time Foster
whipped his wife so severely that the bruised
places could be seen on her for several days.
Smith said his sister’s mind had been impaired
ever since last Christmas.
crib and snv
taught from
is most gene
and is of
His father be
years; his mot
our land such
>ke-housi
his y
•ally km.
i long-id
ection.
i:ty years old. and
f “doctor's” medi-
er refused n social
. And is it not worn-
cut and split his 200
h.s fifteen acres of
en acres in cotton
us keeping his corn
ho me, as he was
ALABAMA POLITICS.
The Gubernatorial Situation from a Statistical
Standpoint—An Estimate of 675 Votes Out of 7J-
-Dauson the Leader With Clayton a Close Sec
ond.
The* Alabama state convention will be held
June 0th, at which time a governor and state
house officials will be nominated by the demo
cratic party. The four candidates for guberna
torial honors are:
Henry D. Clayton, of Barbour county.
N. H. R. Dawson, of Dallas county.
John M. McKloroy, of Barbour county.
Thomas Seay, of Hale county.
The IInqu! hkr-Sun gives a table this morning
showing the strength of these four candidates, as
it is believed it will be developed on the first bal
lot in the convention. This table is made up
from counties having already selected delegates,
and v. l.ile a large majority of the delegates are
unins^nictod, it is believed that the tablets not
very At any rate, the figures are the
best that, can be given and include 675 out ofthe
722 votes ofthe convention—or -17 less than the
entire vote. The following is the* estimate:
real estate.
Transfers Recorded During the Month of May.
The following transfers of real estate have been
recorded in the clerk's office during the month of
May:
Asa B. Lowe to H. W. Hillman, lot of land in
the 9th district, for |4500.
H. W. Hillman and wife to Charles Larned,
same property, for $2000.
M. A.
exhausted the subject of watermelon
mg still remote, pewsetsed but
"refers. Liu i
for some moments dwelling ' ' w '»•.
the wicked in the great hereafte ^ «
was heard in the air a ghostly twooi. U ">
aloud flopping, followed by u , Cis M
on the roof and the tlntinnabiulif H ’' 4
an unearthy bell. The audience had k, ” '
into a passion of alarm by the deacon\ l, ***«
Bradford to George E., Homer L. and j and the deacon himself felt not , " tt : .
Charles A. Smith, part of city lot No. 102, for?lo. j for judgment day, there being at'tl • Prp4: ' 1
L. E. Chandler to George E., Homer L. and chicken, the property of a ntljthbo** J
Charles A. Smith, part < f city lot No, 102, for $10. j the pocket of his overcoat. It m *a , a U ’ ,JWi U n
S. R. Jaques to G. M. McEllianey and H. M. therefore, with what celerity that* llTOfe,i '
Howard, city lot No. m.lbr $6000. cleared. With one wild shriek the deacon?* " 4
Elizabeth E. McAllister to George E., Homer L. j into the outer dar kness, closely pur 1 K ' nc i-1
congregation, while above them the'sum T 4
sard took up his weary flight again tl,. t 7' 1
George E. Smith, etaltoH.H. Darnel, part of of his wings and the horrid tinklim-ff ‘ '
city lot No. 102. for $1205. j lending preternatural acceieiation tn.t,.
Homer L. Smith, administrator, to H. H. Dan- 1 pede nt
iel, part of city lot No. 102, for $1205. |
William McGovern, executor, et
Marcrum, part of city lot No. 268, for $855.
Henry C. Kimbrough, administrator, to J. W.
Kimbrough, lot No. 17 and part of lot No. 1 in the
ninth district, for $2500.
to J. AV. Kim-
strict, for $385.
, part oflot in
and Charles A. Smith, part ofeity lot No. 102, for
81000.
to J. Guy | near]
During the past few weeks that bird has ,■
rurly every neighborhood in the goober af W1
r f ( . . .. • goober divi-z,
of Georgia, spreading panic and depopuU
noth
oa
up to do
He
i -
‘Bill
of
the
Wc
him lived to the age of 10
8. If there is any more in a
Bill Young” let us hear fror
ish to have a rail splitting and wi.
Bill.” who was born in Oglethorp
lie goes. No one will shoot him, for he is •* \
upon as a forerunner of fate-a messe^T^;
the spirit world. No one will stop and '
him long enough to unravel the ntvsterv V
buzzard flies on, seeking for release and r . • “
before him flee great herds of terror-stricken ’■
ored folks. Deacon Jackson turned white n
the prisoner of Chi',ion, in a single night' .
there isn’t a darkey in four counties who]-
show a kink in his hair. What the end v-•
no one knows, but if something isn’t done toV
bird before very ?r.«g> there won’t be anything
eat in some parts of Georgia after the biackbJ.-
are gone till the frost strikes the persimmon cr ■
brighter sine-
p so that the fa
Wheat, as a general
portion ofthe sunny
.1 badly, perhaps will
bet o:
county, On.
Crop prospects are a littl
rains. Oats have stretched
smiles. Stands of cotton a
corn looks promising where
has not put in f<«r a > apply,
crop, will be a failure in thi
land. Cotton having starte
make a good ending.
And now let the planter be up and doing, if lie
would reap a bountiful harvest. Let him exer
cise good judgment.have good system and proper
| management in all liis undertakings.
I Let him know when and how to work, never
i neglecting that which should be done. When
the grain is ripe, reap it: when it is ready, thrash
it—always saving that which is made already.
When the time comes an and to plow his corn,
I go and plow it, for it is of such a nature that it
| must be nursed and fed at regular intervals until
Crenshaw.
Calhoun...
Cherokee..
(. «.>» ecu h..
Covingtui
Cullman..
Not a brain in It.
“Give me a quarter of a pound of black p. D
-r> v said a customer to an uptown grocer vecv-V
vant it pure.” The grocer took dowa a
While the reporter was talking to Smith in it puts forth its blossoms, then as if to say, let me
the hall, Foster came up the stairway and j alone; I now need the refreshing showers from
walked into the room where laid the body of his heavens. By so doing you will have no corn
to buy, but will have it plentiful at home, where
you can worship under your own vine and fig tree,
all of which is derived from good system and
proper management, tire great secrecy of the
farmer’s success. J. y. H.
C'olumbi
in north
mg. with
of twelve
Western milroad..
,29.513
1,538
23,005
Death of Mr. Georirc Sargent,
urge H. Sargent, aged twenty-three
five months, died at his father’s home
Girard, at 2:4,5 o’clock Friday marti
an abscess of the lungs, after an illness
rn« nths. He leu
dead wife. He stepped up to the bed and re
moved the white sheet which covered her face,
took a look at it, and turned and left the bui.ding
without betraying the slightest emotion.
Coroner Brooks was notified of the suicide and
held an inquest yesterday evening. The jury
was composed ofthe following gentlemen : R. M. A Good Man Hone to HD Reward.
Dowdell, M. V. Cook, J. L. Owen, C. A. Smith, It will be with much sorrow that his many
W. H. Harpe, M. L. Smith, B. F. Watt, friends in this community, and in other sections
W. D. Rowe, W. F. Hudson, J. W. Warren, ofthe country, will learn ofthe death of Mr. Wil-
R. Kunsberg and James P. Floyd. Several wit- ! haw Butler. Death was not an unexpected visi-
nesses were introduced who corroborated the t-or and at 10:20 o'clock Friday morning he
facts stated above. passed away as calmly and peacefully as an in-
Mr. Win. Hudson, an old fisherman, stated that I font lulled to sleep in its mother's arms. He died
the pistol used belonged to him. Mrs. Foster had at the residence of his son-in-law, Captain T. H.
been to his house during the day and borrowed Moore, and around his bedside were his three
the key to the safe in which the pistol was kept, J daughters and other relatives and kind friends
but he did not know that she took the pistol. He I who had been faithful in their efforts to alleviate
had also missed a razor. The pistol was a little ( his sufferings.
Jackson
Jefferson
Lauderdale.
Lee
M nroe
More:
Madison
Marion
Mobile
Montgomery.
Perrv. 1..
Pike
Pickens
Randolph
Russell
St. Clair
Slielby
Sumter
Tallapoosa....
Talladega
Tuscaloosa....
W ashington..
Walker.'.
Wilcox
Winston
Total
13 10-
9
10 10 .
722 1ST 220 152 116
Henry C’. Kimbrough, executor
brough, lot No. 267 in the- eighth .
Wm. Barron to £:fieri B. Ram.se
j the eighteenth district, for G:00.
Elbert B. Kam.-:ay to J as. W. Kimbrough, same
1 property, for 81150.
-A. M. Kimbrough, to T. J. Watt, 100 acre? of
Iiili;u:d T. Roper to Jas. K. G, Sheerwcod, lot
of land m the 8th and 9th districts, for 83000.
I Jas. K. O. Rheerwood to the American Freehold
Land Mortgage company, of London, same prop
erty, for .f'3000.
W. J. Watt to Hilliard T. Roper, lot of land in
the 8th and 9th districts, for $5250.
Jacob G. Burrus, sheriff; to Susie Wynne Bur-
| rus, city lot No. 200, fur 81300.
Thomas Peabody, administrators, to the Co- little package done up in tiu foil and ado:
lunibus railroad company, lot of land on Rose! with a yellow label bearing the legend: "p,,-
H ill, for 8915. | black pepper.” “This is what sells for black
J no. W. Bowen to Eliza Bowen, trustee, part of j per, but seeing I know you pretty well I do:/?
city lot No. 139, for £400. j mind telling you there’s not a grain of black
Ann Scealy to John H. Edwards, part of city i per in it. I worked for five years in the miiiiru
lot No. Ill, for $600. j room of a spice mill, and I’m on to the busin-.
Wm. A. Little to W. A. Willingham, lots Nos. from end to end. Now, this particular spice?*
10, 17,18, 25, 26 and 27 in Little’s survey in the j made this way: Take eighty-six pounds of fine>
Coweta Reserve, for 8600. | ground bran mixed with pulverized charcoal-
Alexander Toies, administrator, to Carrie Miles, i tl10 last to represent the black hull of the pep
parts of lots Nos. Hand H in commons block No.
2, for $395.
i Jennie Carnes to Maggie Forau, part of city lot
No. 307, for $1000.
, N. P. Banks to Agnes Rankin, trustee, city lots
I Nos. 610 and 611, for $1000.
j Joseph Hecbt to J. R. Brannon, % interest in
part of city lot No. 69. for $2500.
1 Leopold Lowenthal to Matilda J. Kaufman, lot
No. 1 in old Presbyterian church block, for $2250.
j W. R. Moore to E. M. Walsh and M. T. Bergan,
part ofeity No. 77, for $2125.
Henry C. Kimbrough, exre., to Archibald M.
i Kimbrough, 209 acres in the eighth district, for
; $1155.50.
i L. Rooney to A. C. McGehee, trustee, lot in the
[ old court house square, for $.5700.
Wiley Wynne to Cornelia E. Wynne and Isaac
J. Wynne, pan of city lot No. 249, for natural
love and affection.
John L. Hogan to James SI. Hairison, part of i trce - The article is also mixed with pea,
city lot No 7 in the old jail square, for $1000. | r0R = t bran - 1 nee<1 "ot tell you about roas
The Ladies' Benevolent and Educational Sccle- '■ f ce: everybody knows about that. It s jus
grain; then add fifteen pounds ground cayenne
pepper und then you have 100 pounds of pur?
black pepper.
“It's the same way with mustard,” the grocri
continued. “Fifteen to twenty pounds of caveirc;
pepper, the balance of cheap wheat Hour color-? 1
yellow, makes 100 pounds of genuine mustari
The higher grades, which aren't often retail* 1.
contain as much as one-half of real mustard. Bvu
cream of tartar is the biggest swindle. A fifteen
pound can of the low grade contains one pound
of tartaric acid and fourteen of terra alba. The
terra alba is a mild alkali and neutralizes the
effects of the acid. Higher grades of the mixture
contain a trifle more tartaric acid.
“You probably think you’ve eaten some cinna
mon in your time,” the grocer went on. ‘‘WY.!.
you haven’t. I don't suppose there’s ten pounds
of cinnamon bark in the United States, What
passes for cinnamon is the bark of the cassis
one brother and six sister:
A large number of friend?
grief-btrkken family. He
><er of Trinity Browneville
died in the full assurance of a happy immortal
ity. He was a member of the Tribe No. 9 Im
proved Older of Red Men in Augusta, Ga.
The funeral will take place at the house at 10
a. in. Sunday, and the lodge of Red Men of this
city will attend m n body.
Dentil id'Mis. .Martha R. Robert*.
Mrs. Martha B. Roberts died Friday night at 10
o'clock at the residence of her son, Mr. E.
erts, in Girard, Ala. She was eighty y»
cs a father mother i cap-and-ball single shooter, but carried a good
to mourn bis death. I size bullet.
sympathize with the Dr. Cameron, who examined the wouud, told
as a consistent mem- ! the reporter that the ball entered near the left
.\1. K. church and nipple between the fourth and fifth ribs and
passed through the heart. Dr. Gillespie, who
testified before the coroner's jury, made substau-
stamiallv the same statement.
After hearing the testimony the jury rendered
a verdict “that the deceased came to her death
by a pistol shot wound in the heart, and that
said wound was indicted by herself.”
It was said by some one in the crowd about the
building yesterday afternoon that Mrs. Foster at-
Rob- | tempted to commit suicide by drowning during
s old, ' the late freshet, but was prevented. It was gen-
Mr. Butler has been exceedingly feeble for some
time, but only until a few days ago was he con
fined to his bed. He was apparently prostrated
1 from general debitity and rapidly sank until Fri
day morning, when his spirit back its riight to
the God who gave it.
A good man has gone to his reward, and one
who numbered friends wherever he was known.
He was a native North Carolinian and was born
August, 1803, in Fayetteville, Cape Fear county.
When quite a young man he came to Georgia and
located in Putnam county. It was there he married
Miss Sarah Folsom, with whom he lived for more
than half a century, and who was one of the best
woman that ever plighted her troth to man. A
few years ago she preceded him to that “house
and had been a resident of Girard for forty years. I erally conceded that her mind was unbalanced, not made with hands.” Soon after his marriage,
fctye was a consistent member of the Baptist ami that her husband had treated her badly on which was about the year 1833, he came to Harris
church, and expressed hersei fas willing to die. account of his belief that she was unfaithful to county and established a carriage manufactory
Her illness \va?> only of a week's duration. Mr. him. She had no children. Foster is an oper- near the present C&taula depot. In 1*54 he
Jonathan Roberts, her husband, went to Calil'or- ative in oue of the mills, and the remains of his j moved to Jackson county, Florida, and lived
nia in 1848 and died there. ! wife were visited and viewed by hundreds of op- 1 there until the death of his wife
Mrs. Tharp. °f Eufaula, is her daughter, and i eratives Thursday evening. j and the marriage of his children broke up one of
Mr. E. S. Roberts, of Girard, is her son. I - | the happiest households in all that section. He
Mrs. Roberts wa*, a good Christian woman, and | SVLID FROM MALE. j leaves two sons and three daughters, besides a
er death is mourned by a
The funeral will take pla<
arge
irele of friends,
afternoon at 4
Personal.
Mitchell, of Ham
Jordan, who has been
in the city, ret urn til t
lion, was in the
pending sev-
Mi
stu-
r to Talbot ton yester-
Mrs. W. J. Watt \
day to vi.-it relatives.
Mr. Charles Nelson left for his old home in
i glcthoijic yesteiday to recuperate his health.
Mr. D. F. W dim ms has returned from Gaiues-
%i!U. where Mrs. Williams is spending sometime j
for the benefit of her health.
Hon. Thomas \V. Grimes returned from Heard j
county >(•‘■terday, where he spent a full week, j
He also vis.ted other counties in the northern ,
e nd oi ihc di-triet. He is much encouraged by I
trie manner in which his caudidacy is received
In the peoph ^orth of the mountains.
LOCAL LACONICS.
—The receipts of cotton at the United States
ports to date are 5,163,355 bales, an increase of
500.567 bales.
»-Mr. Toombs Crawford will build two neat cot
tages on the Perry House block fronting on Jack-
son street and two fronting on Oglethorpe.
A party of gentlemen from Russell county
passed through the city Friday on route home
| large concourse of friends, who grieve that he is
: no more. One of his daughters. Mrs Dr. Ten-
: nille, of Troy, only arrived or.e hour before his
| death. Miss Annie Butler had been-with him
i several days. He sacrificed three sons in the de-
I fense of his country, and his remains will be
J taken to Jackson county, where they will be in
terred by the side of his wife and ’is gallant boys,
who lie buried there.
I SABHOff KSl'AIV.
j Walking Deliberately Into the Muter From the
Deck of a Steamer.
j “It is a thousand wonders that Henry Sedbnry
■ did not find a watery grave on Thursday night
j last.”
This was the statement of a steamboatman
made to us yesterday. He then gave the particu
lars. As the steamer Ellis was coming up the
river Thursday night, Mr. Sedbnry was on the
i lower deck and asleep. About 11 o’clock the
I steamer was nearing Eufaula and blew the signal
j tusseling with the measles. It is the first thing whistle. This seems to have aroused but did not
j I*° n has ever struck that could throw him. I awaken him, and he walked deliberately from
j There are a number of cases of measles in i the deck into the water. He was seen by the '
® va ^ e * j watchman to go overboard, and the watchman :
The oat crop is quite poor. The rain came too i gave the alarm at once. Engineer Long |
late to be of material benefit. | stopped the wheel and turned on the elec- |
Several young ladies and gentlemen were out trie light where the unfortunate man !
serenading Wednesday night. The music was j was discovered struggling in the water. The cap-I
excellent. No damages reported. • tain and mate lowered a boat almost in the time 1
Our Mr. Washington is not only a model rail- > it takes to tell it, and the steamer began backing 1
road agent, but is also a splendid gardener. His j down. Mr. Sedbury was soon found swingiugto I
garden is the best in town, and as to his water- j an overhanging branch and the boat was rowed I
Personal and News Notes From Our Russell
Correspondent.
I Miss Lucia Martin, who has been visiting rela-
1 tives in the Lone Star state, returned to her
i home in Villula last week.
I Seale is enlivened with the presence of Miss
Ruth Howard, of Columbus, this week who is the
guest of Mrs. Mitchell.
I Mrs. McTynne, of Hatchebhubbee, is spending
I a fevdays here with her daughter, Mrs. J. V.
' Smith.
j Mr. W. C. Guerrv, the champion angler of
J Russell county, went over to Juniper Tuesday
morning to join the fishing party. William .stood
| it as h-ng as he could.
Mr. Wilbur Waddell returned from Montgom
ery y esterday where he went in the interest of
the brightest and most spicy country weekly in
the state—the Russell Register.
Little Ben Cranberry, son of the professor.
It will be seen that the above table very nearly
embraces the entire state, and it gives a tolerable
fair reckoning of what will be clone on the first
ballot. It is quite plain that none ofthe gentle
men in the contest will have a walk over, and
the earnestness with which they have made the
campaign is an indication that they will fight
equally with as much earnestness in the conven
tion. We may therefore conclude that the nom
ination is some distance from the first ballot. Of
course nearly every one will predict the success
of their particular favorite, but any prediction
made now can clearly be nothing else than guess
work. We shall not undertake to guess it. .
A MONTGOMERY VIEW.
A gentlemen at Montgomery, who is probably
as well posted as any man in the state, sends us
the latest statement made up at Clayton head
quarters At a late hour last night this estimate
of counties heard from gives Clayton, 171; Daw
son, 183: McKJeroy, 151; and Seay, 124. with 93
votes yet to hear from.
The estimates on the entire state, based on
what has been definitely received, and probabili
ties are as follows: Clayton, 225: Dawson, 202;
McKleroy, 159; Seay, 135.
tv to A. C. Chancellor, part of city lot No. 533, for
$.510.
A. W. White to Tempy Willett and Lucinda
Lyons, part of city lot No. 8, for $500.
A, C. Chancellor to A. O'. Benning, same prop
erty, for $2000.
A. C. Chancellor to L. F. Garrard, lots Nos. 3
and 6 in commons block No. 20, for $1700.
Wiley Wynne to B. H. Crawford, part oflot No.
10 in commons block No. 29, l'or $600.
Jordan F. Brooks, administrator, to Mrs. M. E.
Ryan, part ofeity lot No. 193. for $1500.
A. C. Chancellor to Anna V. Pease, parts ofeity
lots Nos. 367 and 370, for $1800.
TROUBLE IN GEORGIA.
Row the Frank of u Small Boy Causes a Deacon’s
Hair to Turn White in a Single Night—Spreadimr
Panic ami Depopulation in the Goober Districts
of Georgia.
Correspondence Enquirer-Sun.
Dallas, Ga., May 28.-—I see that our pet buz
zard has got into your section of the country and
j same way through spices. If you could smuggle
yourself into the basement of some spice mill y m
would find bins of bran, peas; terra alba, etc."
I It is this sort of thing which is going to blcv
i manufacturing millionaires into pieces so snip !
j that they will never be put together again one :■(
I these days. Wholesale adulteration of thepeo-
■ pie’s food, and of everything else, will sooner r
later be overtaken with a fearful vengeance. I'
is written in the eternal laws of right and wror.er
j jt is inevitable; it must come. There are sign?
i that tlie retribution is already approaching.
NEWS FROR GIRARD.
The Doings of Death—Girard Debating Society—
An Appeal for the Lazy Club—Splinters ant
straws—Sad Death of a Child.
George, the youngest son of Dr. Thomas H
Howard, came to his death last Monday nig:t
from injuries received in a fight with a seven
year old son of Mrs. Linnahau. Full particulars
ofthe sad event, and the subsequent arrest ofthe
boy slayer, his trial and release have already
been given in this paper. But it will not be out
from Taylor county, where they spent several melon patch it simply can't be excelled. The | out and he was rescued from his perilous position.
days fishing at McCants’ Mill. In the party were j small boy is beginning to cultivate him already
Messrs. Ex Tucker, Juo. C. Cheney and Dr. I. 1 J . *
Cheney. Chief ol I’ollee,
* —The revival at the First Baptist Church is Macon, Ga., June 10, 1880.
daily increasing in interest. | Mr. Hall—Dear Sir; I have several times used
— Hon. Jno. Feabody has returned fVom Wash- J our Georgia Chill Remedy i family, and i tom of the Chattahoochee. He says that the j
| a ways with success. I have u a great 1 ridiculous thing about the whole affair was Capt.
many persons cured by using it regard it as , Randlett calling to him to keep cool when he was I
one ot the best Chill cures 1 ever saw. Respect-
1 frilly, Jou.v Hi rley,
Chief of Police
ington. lie says the committee has agreed to
report favorably the bill to forfeit the land grant
ed the Mobile and Girard railroad. The only
trouble is that the bill may not be brought to a
vote on account of the anxiety to close the ses
sion. The company is anxious that the bill
should pa»s so that it will be relieved from the
obligations imposed upon a land-grant road.
—Several gentlemen were discussing longevity
yesterday and the number of aged people that
have died ucently. “Yes.” remarked a promi
nent county official in all scriousue
find many folks Urn these d
five to eighty years. They are not as healthy a:
It is probably not once in a hundred times that
a man would be rescued under such circum
stances. Had he not exercised so much presence
of mind in his rude awakening, he would now in
all probability, have been slumbering in the hot
head and ears und water.er
SUNDAY SCHOOL PUNK.
Tho’Annual Festival of tin* Bethel Sunday School
—The Association Adopts Resolutions, Etc.
Tire annual picnic of Bethel Sunday school
was given Saturday. The Muscogee County
Sunday School Association was nivited to hold
its meeting at Bethel and join in the festivities,
but owing to a misunderstanding in regard to
the invitation only the following schools were
represented:
First Presbyterian church Sunday school of
this city.
Bethel church Sunday school.
Evergreen church Sunday school.
Fort son's Union Sunday school.
Shiloh church Sunday school.
Mt. Zion church Sunday school.
At a meeting of the association, none of the
officers being present, Mr. C. A. Redd was called
to preside, and Judge T. C. Rees to act as secre
tary. After transacting what business they could
without the record, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved. That the delegates present hereby
tender their sincere thanks to the officers of
Bethel Sunday school and members of that con
gregation for their kind invitation to be present
at their annual picnic, and for the elegant
hospitality extended to us on that occasion.
Resolved, That we recommend that the Sep
tember convention be held at Pierce chapel on
the third Saturday.
The convention then ndjourned.
is carrying consternation in his track. In an is- j of place for us to add that the affair is greatly re
sue ofthe Enquiker-Sun, published one day this jetted by all citizens of G irard. The little dead
week, I found the following, credited to the boy was the idol ofthe doubly-bereaved fatlieracJ
Ameeieus Republican: j the light and joy of the house. The dying scene
Friday morning old Jack, a colored woodcut- ; was very affecting, and the child asked if to
ter. came rushing up the street with his mouth | should not soon be with his good mother who
j wenttoheaveaa *w weeks before. May a kind
The old negro looked at the questioner, as he • and merciful Providence bind up and heal tr.o
trembled in fear, and stammered out: “Use hearts thus broken and bereaved, and may the
&Se e -''^'“ar^ma^hlb^n ! »“oly event prove a warning toother^
ringing what ole Miss use ter ring when I against the foolish and dangerous practice et
Jack was a little boy, way back yander, nearly rock battles which arc so often engaged in by
eighty years. It ring over me. and den on dis I the bovs of our land
side, an den dat, sometimes clus ter me. an’ den it o js j oui ana.
fer away; an' all de time it seems ole Miss is . .. , , ,,
callin’ arter Jack. But I wants ter get ter de Mother In Israel Has fallen.
Dell, ter get sum of de Sunny skull dinner afore I Mrs. Martha B. Roberts, mother of Mr. E-
^ndiirUuFe?-e , r t cU ) ^ r Km P ySSp?,l | Robtrt3 h , died at . thu f esidence of „ h f T.!*
on ail’ says come to the Dell, kept callin yer, and [
the buzzard with a bell on it was flying all* around
there, and you got scared and fun.” The old
man denied running but got his dinner.
It is to be regretted that our colored friends are
in so much trouble about that belled buzzard. As
this, Paulding county is the nat;
BORING BURGLARS.
For sale by Brannon & Carson, wholesale and
retail; also by Gilbert & Blanchard.
mySse&wly
Tli<* County Chain 4.an-.
Macon, Ga., May 10. 1880.
Mr. R. B. Hall: Your Georgia Chill Reme-
usuess. “you don't j dy has been used among the convicts of thecouu- I ingthe'resurrection inornT The remains were
ys living seventy- ty chain gang with satisfactory results, and with J accompanied by his three daughters, Mrs. T. H.
all the evidence before me I think it to be one of Moore, Mrs. Dr. Tennille and Miss Annie Butler. •
•used tube." ] the standard medicines of the day, and do mt They were under the charge of Captain Moore, j
-A negro was gazing at the picture of themer- hesitate to recommend it. H. L. Cook, his son-in-law, who has been very kind to this
maid outside the show on Oglethorpe street yes-j chairman Supply Committee Board Road Corn-
Carried to Florida.
It was a sad company of passengers who
went down the river on the steamer Smith Satur
day morning. The steamer left the wharf at 7:30
o’clock carrying the remains of Mr. William But
ler. who will be interred in the Greenwood ceme
tery. Jackson county, Fla., to-morrow morning.
It is there that his wife and two sons are await-
th
terdav. “Only ten cents: won’t you come inf” i missioned. Bibb County
a^ked the proprietor. “No. sir; I’se seed too For sale by Brannon A: Carson, wholesale and
to any yallergaiers to pay to see one.” 1 retail; also by Gilbert A- Blanchard.
—The reports that come in about the stands of I my5se&wly
cotton ate
*
‘tore encouraging than they were t
1 I*. f*e a*fe, mt
The best Ice Cream in town at
dH , Adam«
Bowers'
good man in his declining year-?. Dr. Tennille
met the boat at Eufaula yesterday and-will also
| accompany the remains to their last resting place
| Teethina Teething Powders' allays Irritation,
aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels,Cures Ertip-
; tious and sores and makes Teething Easy.
! ap29-d&w5m
They Enter a Suburban Store and Carry Off a
Wagon Load of Groceries.
Saturday morning when Mr. T. A. Cantrell
went to his store at the foot of Wynne’s Hill, he
saw unmistakable evidence that burglars had
been there during the night. Upon examination
he found that they had effected an entrance by
boring a hole through the back window and
opening it. After getting on the inside they
closed the window and began to make a selec
tion of such articles as they wanted. They
took a box of tobacco, several
sides of meat, part of a barrel
of sugar, a quantity of coffee, several sacks of
flour and several gallons of whisky which Mr.
Cantrell had stored away. From the quantity
of goods taken they must have had a wagon.
They left the store by opening one of the doors
and the salt from the meat was strewn about on
the ground.
Mr. Cantrell says that as he does not know ex
actly what was stolen, he cannot a ccurately esti
mate his loss, but he thinks it is in the neigh
borhood of $100. There is no clue whatever to
the burglars.
place of that
famous bird, a little of his history may not be un
interesting and may save some Georgia farmer
his crop.
Thare is a farmer in this county by the name
of Freeman who once upon a time had a pet buz
zard. This, to start with, may appear a little
strange as the buzzard is not a beautiful bird.
Neither is it affectionate or engaging. It has no
pretty tricks like the parrot. It has no melodious
voice like the nightingale. It possesses a pheno
menal sense of smell, and its intelligence and ac
curacy as a diagnostician in the case of afflicted
mules, or cats, or hogs, are said to be simply
amazing. But these are not qualities of an en
dearing nature—not calculated to twine
around the heart-string and to ce-
ment£love. Nevertheless this buzzard tvas a pet
in the family of farmer Freeman, who managed
to keep it comparatively contented by holding its
food over—getting it over-ripe, so to speak. In a
word it became thoroughly domesticated, and,
though it had a way of looking at the sick little
Freemans which made the anxious parents un
comfortable, the relations continued to be satis
factory and pleasant all around.
Some time ago, however, while one of
the children was playing with the buz
zard, it occurred to his infant mind
to attach to the bird's ankle a small
bell which happened to be lying around loose
Acting upon this inspiration, the small Freeman
did in fact securely tie to the buzzard’s leg the
aforesaid bell. The bird seemed rather proud of
it at first, but soon became alarmed and at night,
when it went to roost, the tinkling ofthe bell was
so alarming that it flew off in dismay. The faster
this panic-stricken buzzard flew, the louder tink
led the bell, and it was not until he had traveled
into the next county and had become thoroughly
worn out that he could bring himself to take a
rest.
By a curious colndence, the buzzard concluded
to stop at a negro cabin wherein Deacon Jack-
son was holding forth a select few on the twofold
topic ofthe watermelon prc,spect for this world
and the salvation outlook for the world to come.
Jackson, to be more specif
Girard Friday night in the 80th year of her age.
Mrs. Roberts had resided in Girard for the P'^-
forty years, where she was well known and liit rVl
ly respected as a consistent member of the Bap
tist church, and a lady of blameless life. Having
attained a ripe old age, she now rests from h- 1
labors and her works do folio .v her.
Trouble In the Wigwam.
The secretary of the lazy club reports great diffi
culty in securing the services of a suitable mao
for president of the organization. Several gen
tlemen have been appealed to to sit in that
august and responsible attitude, but they
kick, or would do so if it did not require too
much exertion this hot weather. The treasurer
wants to resign because there’s no money to jin-
gle, and would move the nomination of a suc
cessor did he not realize that moves of all softs
are out of order. Hope a thorough reorganization
will soon be effected and harmony restored.
Girurd Debuting Society.
A number of citizens have organized a society
with this name which holds weekly meetings and
tussles with weighty questions, the handling oi
which causes a good deal of amusement this bot.
weather. Judge John R. Barr is president. At
the meeting held last Tuesday night the question
up was: “Which is most valuable to man, paper
or gunpowder?” The powder gained its case as
it generally does when well used. The question
for next meeting is, “Which exerts the most evil
over man, woman or money?” This will probab y
call forth an animated discussion.
Girard Gossip.
Law matters quiet.
The business men are more hopeful.
Mrs. Hiram Williams and Miss Mollie CDy
have been very sick, but are better.
Mr. R. Davis has opened an ice house.
Baily & Griswold have established a lumber
yard, which will be a great convenience to citi
zens.
A negro child was born a day or two ago with
only one hand, and a stub for the other, and this
is considered a curiosity.
The brick yard fires have been lit up during tb«
week, and this shows there is life in the old land
yet.
There was quite a mad dog excitement in me
valley last Sunday. A hundred or two boys dt=-