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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. thknewsof the two states l'OIii) IX P.VKAGRAPHS. T; ,ti nail Superior Court —Eleven Loads of Hay From an Aero— -1 Join antic Marrlajje at. Tennille— Ward sentenced to jjjevcn Tears for Manslaughter. GICORGIA. Work on Eatontoa’s new hotel was be gun Monday. A windmill will be instrumental In sup plying Eatonton with water. r rpe Monroe brass band will eo to Sa vannah with the Walton Guards in May. Mrs Nellie Kcnnebrew, of Rowell mills, found ’a Spanish coin lying on the banks <*j the Oconee river, bearing date oi Into , new church, 4 miles east of Eatonton, known as Wesley Chapel, is to be erected the ensuing year, and to be let out to the lowest bidder. At Home, Tuesday, Julius Ward, who was found guilty last week ot voluntary manslaughter, was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. News has been received of a serious cutting scrane at Griswoldville. A ne gro. Jim Rivers, seriously if not fatally cut another negro Saturday night. Valdosta dirt is getting to be valuable. A gentleman refused SBS a (ront foot lor a business lot 40x90 feet on Patterson street" last week. He asked $4,000 lor the lot. Tuesday a train going north and due at Tocooa at 12 o’clock killed three cows near Travis, three miles from Toccoa, in less than 100 yards apart. This is the largest cow-killing heard of lately. Walter Wray, whose post office is Max evs, made 22,800 pounds ot hay on one acre of land on his farm in Greene county. He was the first man in middle Georgia to bale Bermuda hay and place it on the market. Tattnall Superior Court is in ses sion this week. The negro who killed his brother with a knife, mention of which was made in these columns at the time, plead guilty to the charge of volun tary manslaughter. Sentence had not been passed on Tuesday evening. Vessels at Doboy are now filling up their tanks with river water for drinking and cooking purposes. The water is quite fresh, even at this extreme point, and shipmasters doubtless think of the old sayingthat it’san “111 wind tnat blows nobody good,” as they save the customary Iyi cent per gallon. Preston Valentine, the Augusta mur derer, promises to give a full statement of the killing of nignt watchman Vales. His trial will take place at the present term of Richmond Superior Court. He ex presses a desire to have a history of his life published lor the benefit of his Geor gia wile and children. The spring session of the Elberton Dis trict Holiness Association will begin at Hartwell Friday night, April 30. and con tinue to May 6. Revs. Geo. G. Watson of Florida, A. J. Jarrell of Athens, VV. A. Dodge of Cartersville, E. G. Murrah of Flowery Branch, and Rev. Mr. Walling, of Anderson, S. C., have been invited to attend and assist in the meeting. Franfc V. Evans, of Birmingham, was in Atlanta Tuesday arranging with the Southern Telegraph Company for a spe cial wire from Atlanta to Birmingham for the new daily paper which he is soon to start there. Mr. Evans was formerly ed itor of the Albany Aeics and Advertiser. it is stated that a" stock company with a capital of $200,000 is at tne back of the movement. Tobe Jackson has been arrested near Reagan, Falls county, Texas. Jackson is wanted in Bartow county, Ga., to answer to the charge ol blowing up the residence of the Judge of that county, and the house of the evangelist Sam Jones with dyna mite. A requisition has been received Irom the Governor of Georgia, and Deputy United States Marshal Murphy, of At lanta, telegraped that he would proceed at once to Waco to take charge of Jack son. There is a charge oi assault to mur der pending against Jackson in Atlanta. Quite a number of the people ot Toccoa were badly sold a night or two ago by a crank representing himself to be a poeti cal lecturer. He had a flaming advertise ment, and his hand bills were thoroughly distributed over the town. Within ten minutes after he made his appearance on the stage the people found to their utter disgust that they had been duped by a crank. Two-thirds of the crowd left en masse before he was near through with tne programme, which was nothing more than endless sounds of nonsensical rhymes, making no sense and creating not one sound thought. W. S. Whitfield and Miss Jennie Bass, both ot Laurens county, were married at Tennille Sunday. It appears that Mr. Bass, the young lady’s father, was Very much opposed to the young man fnarrying his daughter. So about a week ago he sent her off to Burke county, Without the knowledge of the young man. As soon, however, as he beard of her de parture he at one© started in pursuit, and after several days of diligent search found the object of his love, with her brother, at Midville, on the passenger train bound for Tennille, at which place they were to take tne W. & T. train for home. Wnen Mr. Whitfield saw Miss Bass at Midville he immediately boarded the train aud came to Tennille with them. On arriving there she told her brother the would marry or die, and he reluct antly told her to do as she liked. So in If) minutes thev were pronounced man and wife by a Mr. Allen, a Justice ot the I’eace. ’ The groom is 18 and the bride 14 years of age. FLORIDA. Dr. R. C. White has been reappointed quarantine physician oi Pensacola. The Jacksonville water works are now •applied with three large artesian wells. The Everett and St. James hotels at Jacksonville have closed lor the season. A small colored girl was fatally burned fast Wednesday in the western part of Gadsden county. Thomas .1. Ed wards has been appointed postmaster a! O'Brien station, Suwatiee tounty vice John G. Harrow. An Episcopal chapel isto beesiablished It Oklahoma, with the name of All Saints, the arrangements tot'. erecting a church ire about perfected. It. T. Young, of Palmetto, on the north I iteot the Manatee river, was the lirst Van who ever made a shipment of straw terries from Manatee county. Thomas Tueby, of Jacksonville, pur ffhasod tb<> Tremont hotel property in that pity lor $38,1)00. Mr. Tttgby will have the lo!e! thoroughly overhauled and fixed up, lud it wiil be run in llrsl-class style. Mr. Keboe, who is a practical brick manufacturer who has been m the busi. less for a number of years in the vicinity II Peusucola. has bought the old Morton farm and the old Playback brickyards. Iwo miles above Milton, where he pro loses to engage in the manufacture ol (rick. The County Clerk of Santa Rosa coon ly has prepared a full statement of the luaticial condition of the county and it Is low to be seen posted in bis office. The fgures show that the county has received from all sources $17,100 76. and has paid lut for various purposes $11,807 75, which ►ave* a handsome balance on the right hde of the ledger. O.C. Pearce, says t he Micanopy Gazette, Kier three years trial, is satislied that turloy makes a splendid winter pasture hr stock. >o Sept. Hi he put in three teres, which lie ha* allowed hi* cows to tun on most of the time since Oct. 30. i Now it is nearly waist high and heading I tut ilnuiy. Barley makes a very rapid j growth, lasts longer than rye, stock are :oud oi it, and keep fat on it. Mr. Pearce is confident his patch will yield 20 bushels to the acre. A good idea of Fort Ogden can be se cured from the foßowing summary: There are 30 residences, 5 general merchandise stores, 2 drug stores, 3 hoarding houses. a harness shop, a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, a wood worker’s shop, a saw mill, a Baptist church, a public hail, a public school with from 80 to 90 pupils, a money order post office, t wo phy sicians, a jeweler, a Notary Public, a Justice of the Peace, two lawyers, one dentist, two photographers in tents, a skating rink, and several teamsters. There arc Baptist and Methodist societies and Suuday schools, also laud agents. During the Indian wars Fort Ogden was a military station; then it was occu pied by squatters whose chief attention was given to the raising of cattle, it also became important in the sbiument of cattle to Key West and Cuba, l’unia Gorda soon had to yield to Punta Rassu as the point of cattle shipment, and Fort Myers became the cattlemen's chief head quarters. A faw settlers were scattered over the country, when in December, 1860, a store was opened by John E. Few eil. But few settlers located, however, for a number of years. There is now a population of about 500. The lands here are mostly homesteaded, and the people have but recently proved up on the same. The town plat occupies about 1,000 acres of choice, high pine land, with the Peace river hummocks to the westward and Big Prairie to the east and south. Here are a number of attractive and ; productive orange groves. BEKRIEN COUNTY. A Budget of Breezy Items from a Pros perous and Happy County, Alapaha, Ga., April 19.—The engine, piping, etc., is now being put in place preparatory to resuming work on the ar tesian well at this place, and it will now be pushed vigorously to its completion. Rumor has it that a newspaper will soon be established at this place. At the recent term of our County Court Riley Butler, colored, was convicted of robbery from Dr. Fogle, and sentenced to pay a fine of S7O or serve twelve months on the chain-gang. His fine was paid by relatives. Lee Dennard, a young negro, was convicted of stealing $9 Irom Sallie Stamper. His trial and conviction cost this county about S7O. Several of our tamers are experiment ing with small patches of “Alfalfa” this season. It is a noted plant for a forage crop, and said to be well adapted to our soli and climate, and stands the heat and drought of the long summers well. Cholera has been fearfully destructive to swine through this section of country, several persons losing every head. The time for the meeting ot the Wav cross District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at this place has been fixed for the second Sunday in June instead of in May as previously stated. It would be a good idea for the post office department to contract direct with carriers on mail routes and abolish this system of sub-letting. One party in the State of Missouri bid off a number of routes through this section and then gets parties here to carry the mail at very low rates, and in one instance that 1 know of, at a positive loss. The Fox Hunt. From tlce Sumner (Ga.) Free Trade. A number of our citizens, anxious for chase, purchased a tame fox of a travel ing showman last Monday evening, and early Tuesday morning turned out with his foxship to give him a chance for liberty while they were the expectants of much fun. But Mr. Fox did not relish the yelp of the hounds aud could net be induced to run much. So the hunters called off the dogs leaving the fox in the woods with the intention of renewing the chase after the shades of night had cast her mantle over the earth. Accordingly after supper the dogs were broughtout and the eager hunters, guided by the light ot the bright moon, started in quest of the cunning animal, who, un thoughtful of his danger, did not go very far and was soon run down bv the dogs aud killed; but the hunters, not to be out done, mounted one of their number on a mule with the tox dragging along behind him, who alter proceeding some distance ahead began to mameuvre as though a live fox was being chased, doubling on his track and dodging back and forth to throw off the dogs, until satisfied, when all bands came yelling whooping right through town until the public well was reached, where they stopped to get a drink of wafer. The most amusing incident of the chase occurred in town wnen one of our citi zens was quietly enjoying the pleasant evening, sitting on bis piazza, a cat was disturbed by the hunting party and ran at full speed down a side street. The citizen taking the feline for the fox, grabbed a Ben Hill hat, and broke out of the yard in time to turn one of the dogs on the cat’s track, and did not know but what he was right until he saw the dead fox at the well. He owned up, and gave a nickel to have the fox skinned. The hunters say he is still due “Old Queen” an apology.’ Lively Times Ahead. A Danielsville.Cla.correspondent writes there will probably be a lively prosecu tion at the September term next of our superior court, judging from the facts be low. Rev. T. J. Adams was formerly a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, but for some cause is now with the Congregational Methodists, a preacher. He is our county school com missioner, and is also teaching a school near his home in bis own building, used for the double purpose of cburch and gcbonl house. 1 believe he teaches a pub lic scb"ol. tils, cousin. Mr. Hubbard Hampton, one of our staunch farmers, sends his little son. Bee, and his daugh ter, about 14 years of age, to Mr. Adams’ school. A few days ago Mr. Adams gave little Bee a very seveie thrashing, report hsvs, leaving several marks upon his per son, some of them .'1 or 4 inches long. Miss Hampton plead with Mr. Adams for her little brother, whereupon bo turned upon this young lady and thrashed her. These, in substance, are stated by Mr. Hampton as the fads. Of course be is indignant, and savs he will prosecute to the extent of the law. There is considerable talk about the matter. A Relic of the War. A son of K. TANARUS, Horton, who lives on Mariotta street near the Exposition mills, at Atlanta, while plowing in a field near there a tew days since, found, near the breastworks, a ring carved out of cannel coal and handsomely set with silver. A silver plate is set In the ring upon which is ibo inscription “C. Mattix, t.’o. K, sth Ark." The Initials “W. D.” are also set in silver in the sides of the ring. Tho ring was broken, but all the pieces were found and it will be restored. Rings of this kind were very common during the war. the soldiers taking much pride in their manufacture and ornamentation. Should the owner of the ring learn of its having been found he could undoubtedly recover it by addressing Mr. Horton. HI la Beans! What a runnv name for a medicine! Nevertheless It is very significant as ap plied to tho article. Bile.accordtng to Web ster, Is a “yellowish bitter, viscid nausce ous fluid, secreted by the liver.” When ever the liver does not act properly this fluid is retained In the blood and poisons the whole srsiasn, and sallowness and misery is the result. Smith's Bilk Brans Is a sure cure for biliousness and liver complaint. J’rico ITooeiiispor bottle For sate by ianpman Bros., Savannah, Go. S A-Y ANN AH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21,1886. THE NEW MLAPXjE SYRUP CROPS. How a rimrar C'linp Is Run—When to Stop Drawing, the Sup. From the X§w York. Star. The first load of old-fashioned maple sugar from Alleghany county, Now York State, arrived a few days ago, aud was exhibited lor sale in West Washington Market. Genuine maple syrup is becom ing a legend, not withstanding the tons of it made in Vermont and New York State. Adulteration has reached even maple sugar. Now the brown cakes, even when sent to market in the most genuine, old fashioned,innocent shape are looked upon with suspicion. The sugar season commences in the lat ter part of February and ends about the middle of March, or it ends whenever the trees tell the farmer to cease bleeding them. This they do by sendiug the taste of the coming Duds down through their arteries into the tap and ihe buddy taste compels the farmer to cease and then he withdraws the “spile” from the gash in the trunk and soon the wound heals up. A maple sugar camp is about the only primeval institution left in this country, and the man or womau who never par ticipated in a “sugaring off’ has skipped a page in the pamphlet of life. The maple sugar season conies to,a farmer just when he cannot do anything else, not even talk politics. A first-class sugar bush is always located on ihe south side of a gentle slop ing piece of timber, so that at night the sap will cease running by reason of the cold and run during the day. A “bush” comprises all the way from 200 to 2,000 trees. Before buckets and milk pans be came so cheap, a slab of wood was hol lowed out in which to catch the sap, wooded leaders or spiles were used, au ax cut the diamond gash crosswise in the trunk, the sap was gathered in wooden pails by a man wearing a wooden neck yoke, and was dumped into a reservoir hollowed out of a 40 or 60 foot basswood tree, holding from 200 to 250 pails of sap. From this it was led into a large pail, placed on a fireplace ol stones, and about 300 pails of sap were kept gently boil ing until this amount was reduced to a single pail of syrup and the syrup in turn reduced to twenty-five or thirty pounds of sugar. Usually when the “sugaring off” came young and old would regale themselves with the “wax.” The latter is obtained by emptying a ladletul of tbe red hot svrup, just as it is about to solidity into sugar, into a pan of pure snow. This Is considered a delightful treat, and country churches give sugaring off festivals in the spring, instead of ice cream festivals in the summer. The annual make of maple sugar is about 2,000,000 pounds. It brings about 20c. per pound. At least 750 quarts of sap are necessary to make one pound of sugar. A ROBBER IN PETTICOATS. The Pranks a Foreigner Played on the Good Burghers of Edinburgh. From the Kdmburah Feus. A extraordinary story has for some days been floating about in Edinburgh. Although there are different versions of tbe matter, and no official information can be obtained, all agree to the main features of the case, and the facts appear to be nearly as lollows: Some time ago articles of plate and jewelry having gone amissing trom a tamily who occupy a house in a fashionable locality in the west end of Edinburgh, the matter was report ed to the police at Scotland Yard, aud a London detective arrived to investigate the matter. After dinner with the family as a friend, learning the whole facts of the case, and consulting as to the circum stances of ihe theft, the detective’s sus picions, it i6 stated, rested on the lady’s maid as the most likely culprit, and he re quested the lady to leave her handkerchief in the room and send her maid for it. As the maid had been in her service for a considerable time, was a favorite, and be lieving to be thoroughly trustworthy, tbe lady somewhat resented tbe iniputa: ton that she could be a chef; but, neverthe less, tbe officer’s suggestion was adopted. When the maid entered her room the of ficer proceeded to question her, and ulti mately, it is said, arrested the supposed maid as a male foreigner wanted In Lon don on another charge, and who photo the officer had in his possession. The prison er, it was stated, was afterward con veyed to London by the detective, but whether any of the articles have been re covered has’ not yet transpired. It is stated that during the time tbo “maid” had been in service in Edinburgh no doubt as to “her” sex had been entertained. It is added —though probably this is one of the natural accretions to such a story— that a neighboring butler was in the habit of walking out with the maid as a sweet heart. Charles Taylor’s Short-Lived For tune. Frum tlu .4 w York Sun Let some old grandmother relate to a child the story of a buried treasure, and he will remember every point of it until he bimselt Is grav-beaded. There is some thing so mysteriously hucinating in the idea of coming across a “rich find” that men will hug the idea to their financial ruin. While the prospect of any one ■nuking any such discovery is generally ridiculed, certain individuals have, dur ing the last quarter ol a century, been the recipients of strange good luck. One day. in the summer of 1860 a coast ing brig named the Hattie We,Us founder ed in a gale, about thirty miles oil the eastern coast of North Carolina. There was only one survivor of the wreck—a man named Charles Taylor, who was on his way from Wilmington, N. C. to Nor folk, Va„ as a passenger. He was, per haps, the only man who could not swim, and be was also in poor health. When the brig went down the men were swept overboard into a raging sea, and Taylor caught hold of some of the wreck stuff, and lashed bimsuli fast until driven ashore on Roanoke island. He was weak and ill, and for twenty-four hours bait coining to eat. At the end of that time h set out inland, in hopes oi tiudiDg a settler, but bad not dragged himself over half a mile from the beach when he was compelled to rest at the foot of a tree. He was leaning against it when some small animal ran out of a hollow in the trunk, and gave him a bad scure. The ship wrecked man turned to examine tho tree, and he found a hollow, starting at the ground and running uu about four feet. The opening was two leet across at the bottom, and. as Taylor looked in, he dis covered a japanned box about sixteen inches long by twelve wide. The box was fastened with a padlock, and, from its condition, seemed to have been there two years. The man at once bunted around for means tosmasb the padlock, and when the l>ox was opened he found that it was packed full ol money—bank bills. Four fifths of tbe bills wereon Northern banks, and the bulk of them of large denomina tions. The total sum was oversl4,ooo, and there was nothing in the box to con vey a bint as to where the money came from or whom it belonged to. Taylor stowed the money awav on hts person and burled tbe box, uml as there were several settlers on tbe Island be soon found relief, and was. In a day or two, sent across to the main land. lie bail been a poor man all his life, and the possession of such a large sum of inonev greatly embarrassed him. He went to Plymouth, where he had relatives, buried the’money until he could look about and find an investment, and hud not used SIOO of the sum when the war came on and rendered the whole worthless. Georgia Politics. T he name of Hugh White has been sug gested as a suitable candidate for Repre sentative from Newton county. BEECHER ON THE DEMOCRACY. He Pays a High Tribute to President Cleveland’s Courage and Devotion. Nkw York, April 20.—The Brooklyn Sunday Eagle published on Monday the following interview with Henry Ward Beeoher: “I haven’t read that interview which was telegraphed from Chicago,” said Mr. Beeoher, “but if, as you say, 1 am quoted as characterizing the Demo cratic party as a double-eared ass, 1 am willing to stand by the statement and to amplify aud enlarge it if necessary. To tell you the truth, I don’t believe that a more contemptibly asinine exhibition has ever been shown on aov stage than that which is now being enacted by the duly-accredited representatives Hiid mouthpieces of the Demo cratic party. On the one hand we see a brave, honest man , imperturbable, sticking steadfastly to the spirit and let ter of his words and his promises, obsti nate in right doing, misled on occasions by those whom, in the natural course of things, he was called upon to trust, seek ing steadfastly and with the best taith, and the best light that is in him to carry out, the pledges he has made and to obey the laws he has sworn to administer, with convictions deeper than his shallow crit ics dared penetrate and a loyally to hon orable obligations more steadfast and sterling than the everlasting hills. Who are they who sneeringly and secretly scoff at his actions and characterize his adherence to pledges as base ingrati tude ?” “Do you oonclude, then, that the sub ject oi civil service reform is the most pressing question of the day?” “I do, most decidedly. The silver ques tion but touches the pockets of our peo ple. A reform in the revenue laws, no matter how imperatively demanded, is yet not the most momentous or pressing. To my mind, indeed, this one matter ot filling the offices with competent men and leaving them there while they re main efficient aud honest is the over shadowing issue of the day. When we see the demoralization that money has wrought in our politics, the threatened deal) sweep that a victorious parly would inaugurate if it could and the large interests that are involved, it seems to me that tbe time has come for a rational and business-like settlement of this question. That Mr. Cleveland view’s the subject in tiie light of reason and common-sense must oe apparent to all. His Cabinet advisors, too, arc, 1 think, inclined to look upon the public service not as a political machine nor as a refuge for partisans. Indeed, I wouki not have a moment’s hesitation about voting for Bayard if he were nominated lor I’iesi dent to-morrow.” “How about Mr. Manning?” “Yes, Mr. Mantling, too, and 1 don’t think I would stop even at Mr. Whitney.” “Were you correctly quoted in the Chicago interview in which you were made to say that you never accused Mr. Blaiue of personal dishonesty ?” “A good deal depends on the standard set by men in these matters. 1 did say that Blaine was deficient in a nice sense of honor, and that if he had not trafficked his official position for mere moony, he bad used it to advance bis owu interests. The facts in that case are incontroverti ble. There are dozens of prominent men in Wasbingtou who would uo more do as Blaine did than they would cut off their right band. Imagine Thurman barter ing tbe honor the people pressed upon him for railroad stock or inviting his correspondent to burn his letters.” “What have you got against Gov. Hill?” “In bis private relations! am quite sure Mr. Hill is irreproachable, but he is a trimming politician, who, if he would not sell his influence for money, would use illegitimate means to secure votes. 1 have good reason to know that in Elmira this fact is patent.” “Comparatively, don’t you believe that Mr. Cleveland owes as much to the party that elevated him as Mr. Hill does, and should be equally ready to liquidate the obligations?” “Mr. Cleveland owes nothing to the Democratic party. He was nominated because he was the must available man, not. Irom any affection which the party bore him. He was elected mainly through the efforts oi independent Republicans, and yet these men put forward uo claim lor office or reward. I could uot lie in duced to ask Mr. Cleveland to appoint a man to a place for me; and if 1 did help any person this way, my first and only concern would be the public interest.” AUTOGRAPHS at auction. Interesting Sale of Specimens of Hand writing by Well-Known People. From tho Xmo York. Tribune. An unusually-interesting and success ful autograph sale was held recently at Bangs & Co.’s auction rooms, No. 739 Broadway. Two hundred and sixty lots of letters, cheques, signatures, etc., by ail sorts of celebrities, Presidents, Generals, statesmen and authors, collected by Charles W. Fredrickson, were bought for $•2,000, about $8 a lot. 't he autographs of the literary men, as a rule, brought the highest prices. A letter by Beranger started out with $5 50, Bryant’s MS. ad dress at the unveiling ot tbe Morse stat ue in Central Park brought S2O 50, and a letter of Carlyle's followed at S3O. A let ter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge went (or sl2, one by Dickens, a page and u half, tor S3O, one by Irving, a page from tbe MS. of “Tbe Life of Washington” for $54. and one of Thomas Hood’s tor sl2 50. Four sonnets of Leigh Hunt’s in autograph sold for $7. A letter from Dr. Johnson to the Rev. Dr. Taylor brought S2O, and one from Charles Lamb to Mrs. Novello, S3O. A single page written by Letitia E. Lan don, “Poetess,” sold unexpectedly for*l7. Two letters I v Longfellow were bought for sl7 and $lB, and Lowell’s MS. of “The Fountain ot Youth” fors26. Tsro letters of Poe’s brought S3O and $45; one by Pope sl3; one by Harriet Beecher Stowe S2O, and one by Wordsworth, an eight-line poem, S2B, Two pieces by Cruikshank went for $l3O. Among the genersls and statesmen, La fayette and Washington bore off the hon ors. Two ol Washington’s letters brought ssl apiece, and three others s2o, $24 and S2O. Lafayette in English to Alexander Hamilton, four pages, went lor slOl. Franklin's letter to Dumas. Jan. 18, 1771, four pages, brought s7l, and a good speci men of Webster s4l. Andrew Johnson Bcrip could reach only $lO. Jefferson’s ran up a little further, to sl9 and sl9 50. A letter by Jefferson Davis brought sl3 50. A specimen of Monroe sold for $7. The signature of “tbe First Gent leman of England,” George 1V„ fell fiat at $5 50, and Queen Victoria’s at SH. A letter of Martua Washington’s, on the other band, ran up to slsl, tho highest price of the sale. A commission signed by the patriot Warren brought sl7, a letter by Thomas Paine brought $lB, and one by John How ard Paine S3B. She Introduced Herself. From the Cincinnati Sim. This story Is told of a prominent lady who is sometime* just a little overbearing to those she considers her inferiors. She lives in a fashionable Weat End locality, and seldom takes the street cars. But she did the other day. On approaobing tbe street near her house she said to the conductor: “Htop on this side of the street.” The conductor rang the bell, but it was too late, and tbe car kept on to tbe oppo. site corner. She win very Indignant, and put her Indignation into warm words, winding up with: “I’m Mrs. Blank.” Tbs conductor, nothing abashed, re plied! “Glad to make your acquaintance. Mrs. Blauk. I’m Tom Jaokson.” TELEGRAPHING BY INDUCTION. The Operator to Pend a Hundred Mes sages as Many Ways at Once. From the Philadelphia Timet. Cincinnati, April 18.—William L. SlJ vey, the young mechanic who, at the age of 19, invented the induction telegraph with which Mr. Edison has lately created such a furor by telegraphing from flying trains, was found to-day hard at work at his bench in one of the large machine shops of this city. He is deeply engrossed In the domain of electricity and gives promise of a wonderful future. If he lives he will surely supplant Edison as a wizard. This unknown boy perfected the induction telegraph while working on his mother’s (arm, near Castleton, Indiana. He had wires strung through the apple orchard and on these, with encouragement irom no one but his mother, developed the princi ple of induction until he was able to trans - mit messages from one wire to another forty feet distant. He carried his device to Indianapolis, twelve miles away, but being without means or acquaintances was unable to interest any one in it. His story that ho could telegraph between two wires that were strung on separate sets ol’ poles forty feet apart, was uot credited even by telegraphers, and he was soon forced to abandon his efforts to introduce the wonderful discovery. Thus it lay unheard of until Mr. Edison got a clue to it and applied the principle to tel egraphing from moving trains. Young Silvey has not been discouraged lor a moment, but has worked away with tireless industry, and his genius has pro duced other deviees equally marvelous. He was found to-day surrounded by the tools and appliances pertaining to his mysterious realm. He was finishing an electric light dynamo, which promises wonders on account of the cheapness of its construction. In reply to a question as to what advantage he claimed for the induction telegraph over the old style he said: “The advantages are many and impor tant. With two quart cups of battery I could send a message through a resist ance equal to ti(K) miles of telegraph wire, and it would be produced as loud as any Morse alphabet ever sounded. It would require about 600 oups of battery to send a message tbe same distance with ihe old Morse sounder and key. Another use would be in sending press dispatches. A single operator could have the induction coil of his instrument, wound with a num ber of coils of wiie and by connecting a liue with each ceil he could send fifty or even 100 messages in as tiistny ways at once. An operator in Cincinnati could sit at his key and send a message to 100 cities without the aid ot relays or any device except the one locked up in his particular instrument, in tbe tele graph system of railroads it would bo of Incalculable advantage. Telegraphing from moving trains is si great, achieve ment, but. 1 believe it will soon be adap ted to purposes ot still greater impor tance to commerce and industry.” THE SPRAGUES AT CANONCHET. Circumstances Under Which the Old Homestead was Bought by Mrs. Spra gue. From the Srld York World. Newport, April IS.—Canonchet, the beautiful but neglected summer resi dence of ex-Gov. and Mrs. Sprague, has, as already announced, again changed bands and become the property of the Governor’s second wife, with whom he is said to be living happily. Canonchet is delightfully situated at Narragausett Pier, in the town of Soutn Kingston, and was ihe last vestige of the property held by Gov. Sprague irorn the many mil lions once bis. The place was knocked down to Franeis D. Moulton, the Brook lyn “Mutual Friend,” for $61,200. When he purchased it it was not believed that the sale was really to him, although iiis subsequent fight in the courts to protect bis title removed every doubt on that point. Ex-Gov. and Mrs. Sprague have been residing in Providence, and in the neigh horbood of Narravansett Pier, and some three or four weeks ago a repot t was circulated that ere long the Governor and his Southern bride would be established at Canonchet. No one gave credence to the report until some ten days or a tort night asro a Providence lawyer wont to South Kingston to obtain Irom the town records a description of the property, and upon being asked for what purpose he wanted it, he replied, “For the Spragues.” Just about that time a discharge of the mortgage, which Moulton gave at the time of his purchase of Canonchet. was filed for record and the beautiful place was unincumbered. Later on it was made known that, Mrs. Moulton, as ex ecutrix, of her husban’s will, had paid the money. Since that time a gentleman from Cleveland, 0.. ban been doing con siderable traveling between Providence and South Kingston. lloUid must of his business with Henry (’. Cranston, of Providence, to whom Mrs. Moulton, as executrix, gave a deed of the entire prop erty for $65,000, releasing her (lower rights at tbe same time. Mr. Cranston Immediately transferred tbe estate to Mrs. Sprague ior the amount he gave for it. It is known that tbe Cleveland gentleman was instrumental in arranging the transfer to Mr*. Sprague. It has been asked where Mrs. Sprague got the money, and if it was a bona tide purchase. Kepoi ts have been current for several days—in lact. were so at the time of Gov. Sprague’s second marriage—that his wile brought him money, but that has been questioned. It is asserted here posi tively by friends of the Spragues that the Governor got money from his mother and sister, and that there never has been a time when be could not command funds. A well-known gentlemau says that Amasa Sprague, the Governor’s brother, is well oil. Gov. and Mrs. Sprague have been liv ing very comfortably since their marriage, and no surprise is expressed at the pur chase. They propose t> sell off some of the land ana occupy the villa themselves. An Alsatian Traveler Insane. Forth Worth, Tkx., April 18,—Some days ago F. Sirob was arrested and lodged in jail here on a charge of lunacy. Postmaster Field, of tbia city, saw a notice in the daily papers of the arrest and at once called to tulnd a telegram from Secretary Bayard instructing him to find out what be could about Strob. It aeems that .Strob has Ulleu boir to prop-, erty in Alsace, and also has wealthy rela tives in New York city. Some time ago Strob telegraphed to his New York rela tives that he bad been pursued white near liarrold by brigands, that he had killed one of them and was in a Texas jail. Ills relatives at once went to Mr. Bayard, who telegraphed Gov. Ireland in regard to it and to Mayor. Smith to employ tho best counsel, and to our Postmaster to find out. about Htrob’s case. A few Buys ago a fine-looking German, well dressed, was noticed behaving quecrly, talking to him self, excitedly throwing bis arms about and dodging behind posts and trees, as if afraid of someone. An officer's atten tion was called to him, when he was arrested and be gave bis name as F. Strob. In hi* lucid intervals he is a courtly gentleman, aud ho will never speak about bis relatives or his private affairs, either sane or Insane. His rela tives telegraphed SSOO here for his imme diate use, and a gentleman who signed hlmsell Carl Verder to a dispatch is on his way here to look after Strob. HOKSKOKD * ACID PIIOWHATE, Advantageous In Dyspepsia. Dr. G. V. Dorsey, Plqua, Ohio, Bays: “I have used It in dyspepsia with very mark ed benefit. If there Is deficiency of acid in tbe stomach, nothing affords more re lief, while tbe action on tbe nervous sys tem is decidedly beneficial.” 1 Jim (xKAY O’ERIEN. Late arrival of Spring and Summer Dress Goods in all the latest Novelties, combination and plain Dress Goods. Imported Sateens, Canvas Grenadines, in black and colors, either in plain or combination. Etemime, in all the newest shades, in plain or combina tions. Black and white all Silk Foulards. 27 to 30 inches wide. Check Summer Silks thick as a board,black and white and in checks, at 50e, equal to any 75c goods. Full line of Surahs in all shades, worth 75c; sold everywhere for sl. Heavy Dress Silks, Gros Grain, worth $1 at 75c- Forty inch Pongee at $1 25; good value for $2. Embroidered Robes in boxes. Imported Sateens, war ranted fast colors. 300 Embroidered Chambray Robes, in pink, blue and slate—job, 200 White Embroidered Robes, in boxes, $3 to $7, 75 pieces All Wool Albatross and Nun’s Veiling at 45c; good value at t)sc. 2 cases Nun’s Veiling, in all shades, at 12ic; good value for 25c, 12,000 yards Mull. Edgings at 18c and 20c ; worth 30c, 300 yards wide Swiss Flouneings, 45 inches wide, rang ing in value from $1 50 to $3. We put all in at one price and oiler them at s<> 75—sufficient for a whole dress that would cost, it in boxes, at least $lO to sl2. BO\ S CLOTHING —A nice line of Boys’ Easter and School Suits from 4to 14 years—short pants. Nothing but standard goods in this line. No trash kept in such goods. We have in stock the largest and greatest assortment of Black Hoods for first-class trade that we have ever shown. Full lines of Priestly k Co.’s London Henriettas, Silk and Wool Nun’s Veiling, Claretta, Princetta, Melrose Cloth, Drap de Alma, Armures, Venetian, Maria Theresa Crepe Cloths, etc. 50 pieces Black All Wool Bunting, fine goods, at 20c equal to any $1 goods for wear. GR A Y & O’BRIEN. JflrUtrtnal. RELIEF Forty Years a Sufferer from CATARRH! WONDERFUL TO RELATE. For forty I have been a victim to Ca tarrh—three-fourths of the time a sufferer from excruciating pains across my forehead and my nostril*. The discharges were so offensive that 1 hesitate to mention It. except for the good it may do some other sufferer. I have spent a young fortune from my earnings during my forty years of suffering lo obtain relief from the doctors. I have tried patent medicines—every one I could learn of—from the four corners of the earth, wilh no relief. And at last <57 years of age) have met with a remedy that has cured me, entirely—made me anew man. I weighed 128 pounds aud now weigh MU. I used thirteen bottles of the medicine, and the only regret I have is that being in the humble walks of life f may not have influence to prevail on all catarrh suffer ers to use what has cured m ■, Giim’s Pioneer Hod Reamr. IIENRY CURVES. No. 297 Second street, Macon, (ia. Mr. Henry Chcvoa, the writer of the above, formerly of Crawford county, now of Macon, Ha., merits the confidence of all interested in catarrh. W. A. HUFF, Ex-Mayor of Macon. A. SUPERB Mi Proiocer and Tonic, Ga inn’s Pioneer Biiod Renewer. Cures all Blood ami Skin Diseases, Rheu matism, Scrofula. Old Sore*. A perfect Spring Medicine. If not in your market it will be forwarded on receipt of price. Small bottles sl, large fl 75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, MACON, A. AURANTII Moot of tb* dmMMw* which afflict mankind am origin ally canaed by a din- xrdorwd condition ot tbo LIVER* For all complaint* of thitt kind, Much an Torpidity of the Vvor, Billouneat, Narroua f>y*peim. Induc tion, Irregularity of th Bowel*. Const i pat ion. Klatn* fancy, Kructatkoiia and Burning of the Mtomacb (fctruotimoa called Heart*,urn), Miaama, Malaria, Bloody Flm, ('hills and Farar, Break hone Fnver, K i haunt ion before or aftor Fever*, Chronic Diar rhea. 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