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d the best select-
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eg assistance, and with
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ie eye. Pall and see
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. Feb. 10, 1885. 31 tf
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S. Corning Judd, recently appoint-
ed postmaster at Chicago, is an old
vitizen of Chicago and a prominent
member of the Episcopal church.
Brussels, April 28.—The Chambei
of Deputies, by unanimous vote, a-
dopted a bill authorising King Leo-
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pold to accept the title of Sovereign
of the Congo Free State of Africa.
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13. A. 1’AYXE, Leading Druggist and
Sole Agent for tho sale of Pratt's Aro
matic Geneva Gin at Milledgeville, Ga.
Feb. htl, 1885. 30 6tn
Lumber! Lumber!
rnilE im.lersigill .. ims i rcctcil a >aw-inili on
X ; In- East snlc of i lie rit er uhoul 7 miles from
town and is now ready lo lill all orders for
Lifer o! Every Description.
I will either deliver’umber or sell at the mill
and promise to give satisfaction both in prices
and quality of lumber. < irders leit at the store of
J. N. Leonard will receive prompt attention.
K. X. ENNIS, Jr.
Milledgeville. Ga., April 14th, ' 8a. 40 3m
E. BROW.
FILLMORE BROWN.
EDGERTON HOUSE,
Opposite General Passenger Depot, Ad-
joining Brown's Hotel,
Macon, - - Goorgia,
E. E. BROWN & SON,
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This elegant new Hotel, with modern
improvements, newly furnished from top
to bottom, R I'pen to the public. The
rooms are large, airy and comfortable,
and the table furnished with the very best
Macon’s excellent market affords. Terms
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Dentistry.
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cordance with the latest and most im
proved methods.
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May 12th, lsss.
Tax Notice.
M Y Tax Books are now open and I am
ready to receive the Tax Returns of
Baldwin County for tie- year 1835.
My office is at the Carriage and Furni
ture store of I. \V. Davidson, where t will
be In attendance daily trom 9 o’clock, a. ro.
until 5 o'c ’ ick, p.m., until June 1st, at which
time my Books will be closed, all who fail
to give in by that time will be placed on
Defaulter’s List.
HUXTEIt McCOMB,
Tax Receiver.
Milledgeville, Ga., March 30th. ’85. 38 2m.
Notice.
Court 1 louse to Build.
GEORGIA. Baldwin County.
Office of Ordinary.
0 BALED Bids or Iftoposals will be
received at this office, until 10
o'clock. A. M., on Thursday, the 9th
day of July. 1885. for the building of
a Court House in the city of Miiiedge-
ville, for said county, on the old Court
House site.
Plans and specifications for said
Court House call be seen in this office,
or iit the office of McDonald Bros.,
Architects, Louisville, Ky.
The House must be covered with
Slate, and four offices to be made
strictly tire proof. The entire first
floor to be made of durable and hand
some tiling. All rooms above the first
floor to be sealed overhead with nar
row ceiling and all plastering to have
a hard finish. The House to be con
structed of Brick and Granite and the
Contractor to furnish everything nec
essary to complete the building for the
uses intended. Quarterly advances
will be made on the work as it pro
gresses. reserving twenty-five per cent,
on the value thereof.
Bond in double the amount of the
contract with two good and solvent
securities, will be required of the suc
cessful bidder. Tin* right to reject
any and all bills, is hereby reserved.
J8ANFOK1), Ordinary.
•Milledgeville,Ga.. May 11th, 1885.[44 td
To Exchange.
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Milledgeville, Ga., May 12th, 1885. 44 2t
500 Barrels
FLOUR!
All Grades and All
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This Flour was bought before
the recent big advance in Freight
Rates and we will give bargains
as long as the lot lasts. Don’t de
lay, but come at once, as it don’t
take us long to sell 500 bbls. of
Flour.
WE HAVE, ALSO,
LARCE LOT SYRUPS!
About one hundred
barrels, which we will
sell
AT PRICES
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ASTONISH YOU!
Our Stock
Of Everything in the
Grocery Line,
Is Large, and buying as we do,
from first hands, enables us to
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JLow Prices!
We are able to report trade
very satisfactory, our sales being
much larger than previous years.
Come aud see us, or send your
orders. We guarantee satisfac
tion.
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Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
Milledgeville, Ga.
March 24th, 1885. 27 ly
General News.
The appointment of Mr. V. N. La-
throp, as Minister to Russia was un-
soljcted. He is highly spoken of.
President Cleveland declined to ac
cept tlie invitation of the Atlanta
committee in consequence of the pres
sure of official duties.
Death of Qreen Emma.—San
Francisco. May 8.—Advices from Hon
olulu state that Emma, Queen Dow
ager, of the Sanwich islands, died
April 25th. Her death was sudden.
The county Democracy at a large
meetingat Chickering Hall, New York,
on the night of the 8th, adopted res
olutions heartily endorsing the Ad
ministration of Grover Cleveland.
Death Dealing Avalanche.-Coh
stantinople, May 8.—An avalanche
from the mountains near Lake Van
Armenia overwhelmed a native cara
van and caused the death of G8 per
sons.
Auguste Dumont, the versatile
journalists, who has just died at Par
is, was founder, editor-in-chief or man
ager of eleven different papers. It is
strange he didn’t die before.—Boston
Globe.
Pleased at Sir Peter's Recall,
—The Novoe Vremya and Xovosta
express great pleasure that Sir Peter
Lumsden, who. They say, made all
the mischief, lias been recalled to
London.
London, May 8.—There is not the
slightest foundation for the rumors of
Lord Dufferin's resignation.
Both parties stand ready for the
conflict of arms if peace ’ measures
shall fail. _
Paul H. Havne, the Southern poet,
now 55 years of age. is a slender six-
footer. with delicate features and
dark, dreamy eyes, who has been an
invalid almost from his boyhood and
his health now is also very poor.
Hon. George D. Tillman says a gen
erous use* of lemon juice and a diet of
buttermilk will cure or prevent ma
laria. Mr. Tillman practices what he
preaches and is a model of physical
and mental health.—Augusta Chroni-
The Council of Catholic prelates
held in Baltimore on the 8tli, decided
upon a place as the location of a Na
tional Catholic University, but decline
;it present to state the place selected.
The (Catholics of Maryland hope it is
Baltimore.
Marauding Chinese.—St. Peters
burg, May 8.—The Governor of East
ern Siberia reports that bands of
armed Chinese have crossed to the
Russia frontier and surprised several
Cossack villages. The extent of the
depredations is not stated.
Ponndmaker it*is stated lost 125
men in a battle with the Canadian
government forces. The outlook is
described to be gloomy, and it is fear
ed that there will be a bloody war
with the Indians before the revolt
can be suppressed.
JJ'he Rev. Dr. G. H. W. Petrie, who
was thirty odd years ago, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Washing
ton, Wilkes co., Ga.. and subsequent
ly, for nearly thirty years pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Montgom
ery, Ala., died in that city on the 8th
instant, aged 73 years.
Mr. A. P. Swineford has been ap
pointed governor of Alaska. He was
Mayor of Marquette, the editor of the
Marquette Journal, a member of the
legislature of Michigan and two years
ago was a candidate for Lieutenant-
Governor and was State Inspector of
Mines and Mining.
Much injury has been done to the
wheat crops in the north-west except
where they were protected by the
snow. The greatest injury is in the
Ohio valley and Missouri. Further
south there was an improvement. It
is thought the reduction in the pro
duct will reach 200,000,000 of bushels.
A commercial convention is to be
held in Atlanta on the 19th, 20tli and
21st inst. Among those who, it is
stated, will make addresses, are ex-
Senator Gordon, Gen. A. It. Lawton
and Gen. Rob't. Toombs, of Georgia.
Several names of distinguished gen
tlemen of other States are given, who
too, will make addresses.
There is no mistaking the drift of
public sentiment on the liquor ques
tion. Georgia is going to try the ex
periment of prohibition, and liquor
dealers would do well to accept the
inevitable and make their arrange
ments accordingly. The prohibition
army is steadily increasing. Troup
county cast her vote in favor of pro
hibition last week.
El Mahdi has suffered other defeats.
He is said to be near Khartoum with
a few troops and is unable to send re
inforcements against the insurgents.
The revolt shows that his own follow
ers have lost confidence in his preten
tions to be the true prophet of Allah.
There is nothing to show that the
English government is about to aban
don the Soudan.
Dr. John C. Thompson, a colored
man has been appointed Minister to
Havti. He graduated at the medical
department of Yale College and after
wards pursued his medical studies in
Paris. The language of the Havtians
is French, and Dr. Thompson speaks
the French language having acquired
it in Paris. He has been a life long
Democrat.
Earl Granville, in his discussion
with Baron De Sttuil, holds that Rus
sia's acceptance of arbitration must
be absolute. The Conservatives will
muster their full strength in the
House of Commons Monday, to sup
port Sir Stafford Northcote's motion
of censure.
North wants to overthrow Premier
Gladstone by trying to make it ap
pear that he has made some cowardly
concessions to Russia; but we think he
he will fail to that appear. We hope
the war men on both sides will be de
feated. Some find fault with Glad
stone in England and as many find
fault with the Russian Premier in
Russia. -
The Illinois Senatorship.
A Democratic member of the Illi
nois legislature, representing the thir
ty-fourth District, which was Demo
cratic having- died, the Republicans,
doubtless, secretly arranged to have
every Republican at the polls and if
possible elect a republican in his place,
and they succeeded. This gives the
Republicans 103 votes, and if united,
that number of votes would re-elect
Gen’l. Logan or any candidate tliey
niight select. From some cause there
are two or three republican members
who are greatly opposed to Logan.
This failure to elect a Democrat di
minishes the chance to elect Mr. Mor
rison. There is now no chance for
him or any other democrat to be elect
ed tinless two republicans will vote
with the Democrats. It requires 103
votes to elect and on joint ballot the
Democrats have only 101 votes.
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, May 11th, 1885.
The suspension last week of several
postmasters for offensive partizanship
shows that the administration if slow
is' at least sure. But the continued
illness of First Assistant Postmaster
General Hay is a serious misfortune.
It is not improbable that the failure
to discharge the partisan cross roads
postmasters in Illinois has had much
to do with the democratic disaster in
that state. It may have been the
cause of the surprising apathy among
the Democrats, rank and file, which
gave to Senator Logan's candidate for
the State Senate a majority of several
hundreds in a district that last No
vember gave Cleveland a plurality of
nearly 2500. Apropos of the Illinois
election I heard a lively little argu
ment between two prominent Demo
cratic sojourners in the public room
of their hotel last week., Don. M.
Dickenson, the Michigan member cf
the Democratic National Committee,
ran against John H. Oberly. chairman
of the Illinois Democratic State Com
mittee.
“How do you pronounce the name
of the man who goes to Russia'', in
quired Mr. Oberly. sarcastically,
Lathrop, or Lothrop*? ’
Mr. Dickinson did not reply.
“They say he hadn’t voted a Demo
cratic ticket in five years”—this from
Mr. Oberly again.
‘•You will learn more of Michigan
men and how to pronounce tlieir
names if you live longer,” was Mr. Dick
inson's quiet reply.
“Y-a-a-s,” drawled Oberly, “but
who are the Democratic Senators
from Michigan, anyway?”
“Thirty thousand Democratic ma
jority in Republican Michigan is our
Senator and our ‘God bless you 1 to
the President said Mr. Dickinson
warmly. “When we have an election
in Michigan our committee-men are
found in the State and not in Wash
ington. When an election is to be
held in Michigan, and when the Ad
ministration needs the support and
faithful work of all good men to bear
up its hands the humblest committee
man we have would be ashamed to be
down here on a hunt for office ff>r
himself while it was pending—more
especially so if on the result depend
ed the election or defeat of an Admin
istration Senator. He would consider
such conduct on liis part a shame and
a disgrace to himself and his party."
Mr. Oberly walked away and has
not inquired further concerning the
pronunciation of the Russian Minis
ter’s name.
So long as the memory of most
Democrats now living extends the
cry of their party when out of power
has always been for retrenchment in
public expenditures; and its practice,
when in power, has for the most part
been in the line of its professions.
Now it has been discovered, by Mr.
Manning and others high in authority,
and will continue to be discovered the
more they investigate the matter,
that the working force of some of the
departments is capable of considera
ble reduction; that the pay rolls are
too large, anil that much money luis
annually been expended ever since
the Republican party first came into
power, for which no adequate service
has been returned. Extensive reduc
tions will soon take place.
The Cabinet ladies have discontin
ued their receptions for the season,
ami have followed the example of Miss
Cleveland and Mrs. Hendricks in tak
ing needed rest. Mrs. Whitney and
Mrs. Manning are in New York*, Mrs.
Vilas is still in Wisconsin, and Mrs.
Bayard is making arrangements to
leave Washington for a summer’s rest
in Delaware at the Secretary's coun
try seat. When the Secretaries’ fami
lies are settled here next season there
will be a good deal of youth and beau
ty in the Cabinet circle.
It will include Miss Endicott, daugh
ter of the Secretary of War, Miss Vi
las, Miss Lamar, the two youngest
daughters of the Secretary of the
State, Misses Nannie and ’Florence
Bayard, and Miss Manning, daughter
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Only, two of these young ladies are
formally in society, but they will form
a very attractive group next winter.
Social dissipation promises to be
very dull for the next few weeks and
the* devotees of fashion are giving
themselves up to relaxation from the
arduous duties of the gay season.
REMINISCENCE OF JACKSON.
Incidents or His Last Flank Movement
an«l tlie Death Shots From His
Own Men.
ouicJ.
The International Convention of
the Y. M. C. A. met in Atlanta last
Wednesday.
Covington, Ga., is going to build a
forty thousand dollar hotel and so is
Washington.
Natural Sequences.—Picnics in
the spring, long visits in the summer,
weddings in the fall.—Rome Courier.
A negro woman in fort Pickens,
Abbeville county, aged 110 years,
wishes to be baptised next Sunday by
immersion.
Now that the picnic season is at
hand it is well to know that a mixture
of kerosene and camphor is said to be
the best thing for the red bug bite.
An enterprising citizen of Spartan
burg has started a ’possum farm,
where the blear-eyed little “varmints’’
are bred, fattened and sold to
customers.
Cadet Albert Howell, son of Capt.
Evan P. Howell of Atlanta, won, by
the unanimous vote of the judges, the
orator's medal at the Virginia Milita
ry Institute, May 11.
The Athens Banner learns that Mr.
(). M. Stone, of Augusta, contempates
establishing works in Athens for the
manufacture of the new Gullet gin,
provided he can rais$ a company.
Tlie little seven-year-old daughter
of Mrs. Lee, who keeps a boarding
house in Meridian. Miss., was poison
ed on Monday evening by eatingtliree
or four yellow jessamine blossoms, and
died in about two hours.
Mr. Lawton B. Evans has been in
vited to deliver the address before the
anniversary of the Augusta Bible So
ciety on the third Sabbath in this
month. He will accept and his effort
W ill be an eloquent and masterly one. —
Chronicle.
AD ALIN A PATTI, the great song
stress, says of Solon Palmer's Per
fumes, Toilet Soaps and other Toilet
articles: “I unhesitatingly pronounce
them superior to any I ever used.’’
Principal Depot, 347 and 370 Pearl st.,
New York. 44 Ot
Hon. Norman J. Colyian, Commis
sioner of Agriculture, has determined
to call a congress in 4he interest of
agricultural educati**, to meet in
Washington during the coining sum
mer. Heads of agricultural colleges
and schools, and all other persons in
terested in the subject will be invited
to participate in the proceedings.
No doubt much good will be accom
plished by the congress, and that it
^Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.)
Frankfort. April 27.—Chief Jus
tice Hines has in his possession a fac
simile, of which the following is a
copy verbatim et literatim of the last
words ever penned by Gen. Stonewall
Jackson:
“Near 3p.yi., May2,1863.—General:
The enemy has made a stand at
Chancellors, which is about two miles
from Chancellorsville. I hope as soon
as practicable to attack.
“I trust that an ever kind Pro
vidence will bless us with great suc
cess. Respectfully.
• “T. J. Jackson, Lt. Gen.
Gen. R. E. Lee.
“The leading division is up, and
the next two appear to be well closed.
T. J. J.”
It may not be uninteresting to
recite the closing career of this gallant
Confederate General, as taken from a
review of his life bv Thomas Jordan.
Tlie author says:
“When on the eve of the operations
that ended at Chancellorsville, Gen.
Hooker made the strong feint, April
28, 1803, of passing the Rappannock
below Frederickburg. The movement
was confronted by Jackson, but as
there was no prompt advance, Lee,
forecasting Hooker's real plan, detach
ed Jackson the next night with three
divisions in the direction of Chancel
lorsville. In movement by midnight
he found Hooker in a strongly fortified
position. At Jackson’s own sugges
tions. lie was intrusted with liis last
flank operation—a swift march around
and descent upon the Union right and
rear. Executing the operation in his
habitual manner, he fell suddenly
upon Eleventh Federal Corps, on the
afternoon of May 2. and completely
routed it. Pressing the advantage as
fast as the nature of the denselv-wooii-
ed country would admit, in his martial
order, he was carried far in advance
of his men, until urged by his staff to
return. Doing so after nightfall, he
and his suite, mistaken for Federal
cavalry, received the fire of several
Confederate regiments, and Jackson
fell with three wounds, one ball hav
ing shattered his left arm two inches
below the shoulder, another passing
through she same arm below theelbow,
and the other entering the palm of his
right hand. Several of his suite were
killed outright and several wound
ed.
“These volleys drew an immediate
answer from a Federal force in the
vicinity, and a sharp conflict was
waged, in the course of which the
latter charged over the very body of
the Confederate leader. Jackson,
recovered, however, in a counter
charge. was carried off the field on it
litter under a terrible fire, from which
one of th« litter-bearers was slain,
and by the fall of the litter Jackson
was grievously contused. Meanwhile
his charge to the surgeon in attend
ance jwas, ‘Do not tell the troops I am
wounded.’ Tlie doubly wounded arm
having been amputated, he was left
serene, cheerful and hopeful, talking
freely of tlie battles, of the bravery
and deserts of liis subordinates, and
of his old Stonewall Brigade.’ But
pheumonia supervened' and from his
weakened state from great loss of
blood, Jackson died May 10, 1863, * * *
The more his operations in the Shen
andoah valley in the spring, summer
and fall of 1863 are studied, the more
striking must the merits of this almost
uniformly successful soldier appear
with all his intense perception of the
value as well as right method of the
active defense, of which Jackson
indeedmay.be rightly regarded as
the very incarnation.”
Little Scotch Granite.
[British Evangelist.]
Burt and Johnnie Lee were delight
ed when tlieir Scotch cousin came to
live with them. He was little, but
bright and full of fun. He could tell
curious things about his home in
Scotland and his voyage across the
ocean. He was as far advanced in his
studies as they were, and the first day
lie went to school they thought him
remarkably good. He wasted no time
in play when lie should have been
studying, and he advanced finely.
At night, before close of the school,
the teacher called the roll and the
boys began to [answer “Ten”. When
Willie understood that he was to say
ten if he had not whispered during
the day, he replied : “I have whisper
ed.”
“More than once?” asked the teacher.
“Yes, sir,” answered Willie.
“As many as ten times?”
“Maybe i have”, faltered Willie.
“Then I shall mark you zero,” said
the teacher sternly; “and that is a
great disgrace.”
“Why, I did not see you whisper
once,” said Johnnie that night after
school.
“Well, I did,” said Willie, “I saw
others doing it, anil so I asked to bor
row a book ; then I lent a slate pencil,
and asked a boy for a knife, and did
several such things. I supposed it
was allowed.”
“Oh, we all do it,” said Burt, red
dening. “There isn't any sense in the
old rule, and nobody could keep it:
nobodv does.” j
“I will, or else I will say I haven’t” j
said Willie. “Do you suppose I would
tell ten lies in one heap?”
“Oh, we don't call them lies”, mut
tered Johnnie. “There wouldn’t be
a credit among ns at night if we were
so strict.” I
“What of that if you told the |
truth?” laughed Willie bravely.
In a short time the boys all saw how j
it was with him. He studied hard, i
played with all his might in playtime: 1
but. according to his account, he lost
more credit than any of tlie rest. Af
ter some weeks tlie boys answered
“nine” and “eight” oftener than they
used to. Yet the school-room seemed
to have grown quieter. Sometimes
when Willie Grant's mark was even
lower than usual the teacher would
smile peculiarly, but said no more of
disgrace. Willie never preached to
them or told tales; but somehow it
made the boys ashamed of themselves
just the seeing that this sturdy, blue-
eyed boy must tell the truth.
It was putting the clean cloth by the
half-soiled one. you see ; and thev felt
like cheats and story-tellers. They
talked him all over and loved him, if
they did nickname him “Scotch Gran
ite." he was so firm about a promise.
Well, at the end of the term Willie's
name was very low down on the credit
list. When it was read he had hard
work not to cry; for he was very sen
sitive. and he had tried to be perfect.
But the very last thing that day was
a speech by the teacher, who told of
once seeing a man muffed up in a
cloak. He was passing him without
a look, when he was told tlie man was
Gen. , the great hero.
“The signs of his rank were hidden,
but the hero was there just the same. - ’
said the teacher. “And now. boys,
You will see what I mean when I give
a medal to the most faithful boy—the
TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.
Mr. Wm. S. Roberts Cuts His Throat
With a Razor To-day.
A most unfortunate anil distressing
occurrence must be recorded to-day,
however unwilling be the reference
and however regretful we may be
about the matter. The act itself is
terrible and its cause is well known to
our people. .
Mr. Wm. S. Roberts, overcome with
his troubles, and perhaps crazed by
the recent aspect and incidents of liis
case, attempted to take his own life
with a razor about 10 o'clock to-day.
He was in liis son's room over his of
fice. on the corner of Reynolds and
Seventh streets, when he seized a ra
zor in the bureau and made a deep
cut in his throat. His son was in the
room with him, and after taking the
instrument from liis father, he rushed
down for aid and a doctor.
Dr. J. H. Spears was in the office
below, and when told by Mr. J. P.
Roberts, who ran for a physician,
went up stairs. As Dr. Spears enter
ed tlie room, he beheld Mr. Roberts
standing by the bureau bleeding co
piously. He approached him, and as
he did’so, Mr. Roberts again picked
up tlie razor and cut himself on the
other side of his throat. Dr. Spears
grabbed the razor and removed it from
his reach and placed Mr. Roberts on
the bed. very weak from excitement
and loss of blood.
Dr. Campbell came immediately and
examined tlie wound. He said it was
deep anil dangerous, but not necessa
rily fatal. Strange to say, Mr. Rob
erts retained his consciousness and
talked to those about him. He said
he was crazed by recent events, and ev
idently thought he was about to die.
He lingered, however, and every at
tention was given, and is now contin
ued. It seems almost incredible that
so old a man should live after such a
wound, and. indeed, it is doubtful if
he will survive, but at last accounts he
was lying in lied suffering greatly, but
still conscious.—Evening News, 12tli.
A. H. STEPHENS.
An Unpulillsly<1 Letter From lien. U. S.
Grant in Relation to the South
ern Statesman.
The following letter was written to
one of the two biographers of the late
Alexander If. Stephens, of Georgia,
who were chosen by himself to write
his life. The gentleman, now of this
city, was nresent with Mr. Stephens
in his last hours, and knowing how
Mr. Stephens esteemed the General,
felt sure the regard was reciprocal.
His own acquaintance with Gen. Grant
having been limited to' one interview
across the lines at Vicksburg, and to
letters, the request to which the fol
lowing is the reply was sent by their
mutual friend, Gen. JamesLongstreet.
“New York, June 14, 1883.—Dear
Sir; Your letter of the 13th of May,
inclosed to me by Gen. Longstreet, in
which you ask a few words from me
in regard to my estimate of the late
Alexander II. Stephens, reached my
office during my absence in the West,
since that time 1 have been in my of
fice but three or four days, and find
ing an accumulation of letters, which
I am not yet through tlie disposal of,
is my apology for not answering you
at an early day. 1 never had the
pleasure of a personal acquaintance
with Mr. Stephens until he, with Mr.
Hunter and Judge Campbell, visited
my headquarters at City Point, “Vir
ginia, during the last year of the civil
war. I had however, known him by
reputation for many years, and placed
a high estimate upon his character
and ability as well as statesmanship.
Our personal acquaintance, though
we differed so widely in matters af
fecting our common country, only
served to increase my admiration for
the man. • As 1 understood, without
being a man of large means, he devot
ed largely from what he could earn to
“the greatest good of the greatest
number.” Through him many a de
serving young man has found the
means of acquiring a fine education to
give him a start in the world, and in
most cases, if I am correctly informed,
he has been compensated for his gen
erosity by seeing those who had these
favors conferred do honor to their
benefactor.
“In all his public utterances Mr.
Stephens impressed me as a man who
was never afraid to speak liis honest
convictions without regard as to
whether they would be popularly re
ceived or not. To tlie day of his death
I retained the high estimate of his life
and character formed before I knew
him, increased by a personal acquaint
ance. Very trulv yours,
U. S. G It ANT.”
It mav be said that two copies of
the above letter exist, both in the
hands of the great General, and that
the second one was made with his rare
delicacv. seemingly'to correct the in
advertent use of the word “rebellion”
which was corrected in the second
copy to read “civil war.”
will be an event of great interest anil ! one really -most conscientiously ‘per-
iinportance to agricultural people. ' ’ ’ J
Prohibition in Troup.-LaGrange.
Ga.. May 13.—The intelligence anil
virtue of Troup county to-dav assert
ed itself in unmistakable terms at
the polls, giving an overwhelming
majority for prohibition. Not a single
■white vote was polled by a citizen of
LaGrange for whisky. The following
is the vote as far as heard from. The
countv preeincts yet to hear from can
feet in his deportment’ among you.
Who shall have it ?”
“Little Granite !” shouted the forty
boys at once; for the child whose
naiue was so “low" on the credit list,
had made truth noble in their eves.
.1 GREAT IHMOVKtV.
Mr. Wm. Thomas, of Newton, la.,
savs: “Mv w ife has been seriously af-
'■'“““Y e r: * ,,, T .., savs: Mv wire nas oeen seriously ai-
not vhange the result LaGrange f ^ ted Wh a cough for t wentv*-five
for prohibition, 43U, against 16 West y and this spring Illor e sev’erelv
Point, for Prohibitum, 132, against 4a; ih ever u . [ore l sl £ hju , used luan j.
Hogansvdle, for prohibition, 12a, , remetlieB withont relief . and beill g
against 85. , llrged p, fry Dr. King's New Discov-
“Lay thy sweet hands in mine, and erv. did so. with most gratifying re-
trust in me,” he said, but site only re- suits. The first bottle relieved her
marked that she had neuralgia and very much, and the second bottle lias
must hold her head. Then he bought ! absolutely cured her. She has not
her a bottle of Salvation Oil for twen- ! had so good health for*tliirty years.”
ty-five cents. Now lie holds her sweet j Trial Bottles Free at E. A. Bayne's
hands by the hour. _ Drug Store. Large size $1.00
Rheumatic.
I suffered with rheumatism for many
months, at times unable to walk or
get about only on crutches. I took
eight bottles of Swift's Specific, and
have been entirely relieved.
P. T. Bartrum, Macon. Ga.
From the .Mountains.
For main* years I have been troubled
with a scrofulous affection. My right
leg was covered with sores from the
hip to the ankle—some of them large
and painful, running a great deal. I
tried everything 1 could think of or
friends suggest. The physicians did
what they could, but brought no per
manent relief. My case was well
known in this community, as well as
the fearful sufferings I endured. Last
fall at tlie suggestion of a friend, I be
gan the use of Swift's Specific. It
produced a change so apparent that
it astonished everybody, as one ulcer
after another disappeared, and none
were more astonished than myself.
Six bottles produced an entire cure.
My restoration is due entirely to the
use of this medicine. It is the best
blootl purifier in tlie world, it will
come nearer doing what is claimed for
it than anv medicine I have ever tried.
J. M. Watkins.
Jasper, Ga., March 11. 85.
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer3,
Atlanta, Ga.
In a large edifice of the Church of
England, the sleepy clerK. a somewhat
old and not over intelligent man. sat
directly beneath the high pulpit of
the rector, and responded the “amens”
to his reading, as was his custom.
Now, the clerk very often fell asleep
during thi*serviee. and the rector in
vented the plan of dropping a pea
('unnoticed by the congregation) upon
his balil pate, with the mutual under
standing that this was to be the sig
nal for an Amen. This worked fairly
for awhile when one day the rector in
his gustures knocked tfie whole box
of peas over the pulpit upon the clerk's
head, and he being sound asleep,
jumped up wildly, and yelled: “Amen!
Amen! Amen!”
HUMOROUS.
A medical journal tells about a young
man in \ emiont whose brains have
dried up until they rattle like shot in
a gourd every time lie shakes hishead.
He is probably the author of the
Vermont liquor law.
“During your travels. Mr. Slocum,
did you meet with anything that ar
rested your attention'?’ “Yes, sir—a
Deputy Sheriff. He not only arrested
my attention, but my person, and
marched us both off to Lincoln county
jail, for crossing the line without pay
ing duty on a small dog.’
A New Yorker who has been a close
observer for forty years, declares that,
whereas there used to be a prepon
derance of blondes among women in
this country, there is now a‘heavy
preponderance of brunettes. This
disposes of the charges that modern
woman fade.—Lowell Courier.
Jones.—Allow me to congrtulate
you, my bear boy Smith—On what?
Jones—On your marriage, of course.
Smith—I have been married for five
years. Jones—I)o,you mean to say
that the lady you were so devoted to
at'the theatre* last evening has been
your wife five years? Smith—Yes.
.lories—Well, well! Smith—Yes; she
is quite well now. She has been
abroad, for her health for the last
twelve months, and just got back
yesterday.—Philadelphia Call.
He Had Two Opinions.—“I see
Sommers has busted."
“Yes: he's gone up.”
“Did he bust well?”
“I have nothing to say about that.”
“What is your opinion of him any
way?”
“Well, he being a member of my
church and in gooil standing, my pub
lic opinion of course is. that he's ft.ii
honorable man ; but my private opin
ion is. that lie's one of the grandest
rascals out of the penitentiary.—Ky.
State Journal.
Solomon's Glory.—An old woman
named Gordon, in the north of Scot
land, was listening to tlie account
given in Scripture of Solomon’s glory,
which was read to her by a little fe
male grandchild. When the little girl
cauie to tell of the thousand camels
which formed part of the Jewish sov
ereign's live stock—“What?" cried tlie
old woman ; “a thousand Campbells,
say ye? The Campbells are an aulil
clan, sure enoucli; but look, an' ye
dinna see the Gordons, too?' 1
John Lestwick is an Austin citizen
of a convivial turn of mind. Not long
since he came home from a banquet
at a very late hour. “Were von' not
the last one to leave?" asked his wife.
“Yesli. I wash the lasht one to leave,’’
admitted the wretched man. “It’s a
a shame and a disgrace that you are
always the last one togo home,'’respon
ded the exasperated wife. “"Tain't
my fault," responded the unhappv
miin. “that all the reslit of thegueshtsh
leavish before 1 do. 1 can’t make 'em
sthay. can I?"—Texas Siftings.
“Come. William, give something,"
said the deacon.
“Can’t do it deak." said Bill.
“Why not? isn't the cause a good
one?”
“Y'es, good iuiff, but I ain't able to
give nothin."’
“Pooh ! Pooh ! I know better. You
must give me a better reason than
that.’
“Well. I owe too much money.”
“Well, but, William, you owe God a
larger debt than any one else."
“That’s tme, but lie ain't a-pushin’
me like the rest of my creditors. - ’
Once upon a time an old lady
sent her grandson to set a turkey. On
his return, the followingdialogrietook
place :
“Sammy, have you set her?”
“Yes, grandma.”
“Fixed the nest all nicely?"
“Mighty fine.'’
“How many eggs did you put under
her?’’
“One hundred and twenty, grand
ma.'’
“Why, Sammy, what did you put
so many under her for?"’
“Grandma, I wanted to see her
spread herself. - ’
The Good of a Timely Shower.
—“I was mighty thankful for that
rain we got yesterday.”
“Yes, it did the corn a world of
good. How many acres have you got
planted in corn?"’
“I’ve got no corn planted this year,
at all. I wasn’t thinking about
crops.”
“Well, how then can the rain benefit
you?”
“You see, I don't often get a decent
dinner at home, as- my wife says she
can't cook in hot weather, but yester
day there was to be a church picnic,
anil she fixed up a lunch basket for
the preacher’s table; but it rained so
the picnic could not come off. To
keep the preacher’s lunch from spoil
ing, we had it for dinner, anil it was
the best I’ve had since we were mar
ried. There was no end to chicken
and jellies and that sort of alleviations.
Don't tell me the rain yesterday didn't
do any good. It was the most re
freshing shower we had hail here for
vears."
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Bayne.
Senator Wade Hampton is the most
enthusiastic and skillful angler l i
lie life.
Hamlet’s Countryman's Happy Fate.
There was sold a number of lucky
tickets in the Monthly Drawing of
The Louisiana State Lottery, Tues
day. April 14tli, including a fifth of No.
59,075 which drew the capital, $75,000.
held by a young Dane named F. Spen-
drup, assistant overseer on Mr. Bid-
strop’s Gem plantation, who will re
turn to his home across the sea with
the proceeds of his speculation.—Don-
aldsoriville, (La.) Chief, April 18.
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J. D. Walker, Buckner, Mo.
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Matrimonial Benlttion.
Cedartown Advertiser.
A real sensation has been produced
in the community by the marriage of
Mr. J. A. Adams to Miss Minnie Ter-
hune. It was claimed that Mr. Adams
was affianced to the daughter of a
prominent farmer in the south end of
the county, the nuptials to be duly
celebrated on the 14th instant. Miss
Minnie was an intimate friend of the
prospective bride and agreeing to ac
company her home and assist her in
necessary preparations, the two left
town Sunday for that point; by agree
ment Mr. Adams and another young
man in two buggies Accompanying
them on the trip. Mr. Adams rode
with Miss Terhune, while the other
young man rode with the prospective
bride. By the time a certain road’s
fork was reached the buggies were
some distance apart, and Mr. Adams
and his voting lady companion, in
stead of going in the direction they
had start oil, took the roadleading into
Hampton’s district, and proceeded to
the home of Squiae D. N. Hampton,
asked for license, which he produced,
and updn a request that the two should
be made then and there one, the Squire
performed the ceremony as the couple
sat in the buggy. The couple return
ed at once to town where due prepnr-
tions were made for a journey anil
the early E. & W. train of the morrow
bore the twain eastward to some point
not yet fully determined, and by the
time the community were well inform
ed of the affair the couple were breath
ing the air of some distant county.
Expressions of astonishment have
been rife, old ladies saying. "Do tell,"
young maidens saying “wasn't it just
too romantic,” *and young men ejacu
lating “well, don't that affair git by
you. The parties to the affair are
among the most respectable of the
commnnity.
The most prevalent belief seems to
be that the match was made after they
left town. The friends of Mr. Adams,
all of whom believe him to be a young
man of the strictest integrity, un
ready to disclaim for him any* unto
ward motives in the affair. Tlie bride
is one of the purest, best and most
popular of the young ladies of the
community, while the other young
lady in question possesses every'good
quality that could be attributed to
the best in young womanhood. She
views the affair in a common sense
light and shows little discomfiture.
Awaiting Tlie New Minister.
London, May 9.—James Russell
will remain in London until tlie end
of July. He is at present arranging
a series of receptions at which he will
introduce Mr. Phelps, the new United
States Minister, in political anil social
circles.
CHILDREN OFTEN WAKE IN
the night with a burning fever, and
the parent is at a loss to divine the
cause. Worms? Worms ! are at work.
A dose of Shriner's Indian Vermifuge
is the only remedy.
For sale by John M. Clark, Milledge
ville, Ga.
Tlie grand jury of Fulton county
made a fruitless effort to compel
Edward Bruffey, a well-known repor
ter of Atlanta, to disclose the source
of information which he published
concerning the secret proceedings of
the jury. Bruffey was discharged as
a hopeless sphytix.
Washington, May 8.—Robert E.
Lee Camp Confederate Veterans of
Richmond, to the number of 125, call
ed at the White House this afternoon
and were introduced to the President
by Representative George D. Wise, of
Virginia. Wise remarked that the
delegation had called to jiay respects.
“1 am gluil to see them,” replied the
President.
Gen. J. R. • Cook, who served on
the Confederate side during tlie war,
was at the head of the delegation.
The ex-soldiers wore the Confederate
gray.
Mr. E. R. Hoyt, a mechanical en
gineer at the New Orleans Exposition,
was severely injured by a huge der
rick pole falling on his foot. He was
conveyed to his residence, and after
only thr£e applications of St. Jacobs
Oil*all the swelling and pain disap
peared, and he resumed his duties.
The capital of West Virginia has
been removed from Wheeling to
Charleston.
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