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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING
AUGUST IS,
A TOUCHING PLEA.
A Mnyrr’N Himiirknlile DefclINO of » Tlilnf.lu»t
After the War.
Louisville Times.
A few years after the war Ed Collins, a
shiftless fellow of Mercer county, was in-
dieted for stealing cattle. The case came
up before Judge J. C. Wickllffe, now
United States attorney here, then circuit
The trial was in the court house at
, 188R.
itarrodsburg. Phil Thompson, jr.,
prosecuting attorney, and Phil Thomr
sr., and Col. Thos. C. Bell, now assli
was
'hompson,
.V assistant
United States attorney here, appeared for
the defense. Ed Butts was the circuit
clerk Collins had beeu a soldier in the
federal army, while every man on the Jury,
the prosecuting attorney, circuit clerk mid
the judge himself had fought for the con
federacy.
The witnesses were brought forward and
a plain case of theft was made out against
Collins. The only dependence of the de
fease was the testimony of Collins’ daugh
ter Hose, who was to prove an alibi. She
was a beautiful woman, with well-rounded
figure, deep black eyes, a complexion in
which the hues of health sat beautifully
enthroned, and black hair that swept uii-
contlued almost to the floor in long waves.
She was made to tell her story for all it
was worth, and Col. Bell made a touch in"
plea, appealing to the sympathies of the
jury for a beautiful woman in distress with
all the power of language he could sum
mon. But the veterans of Donelson and
Shiloh were unmoved.
Then old Phil Thompson laid himself
out to mystify them and raise a doubt of
the prisoner’s guilt, and he, too, dually
began to appeal to their gallantry, iii
the midst of a glowing sentence, how
ever, he found the jury yawning, looking
out of the window and wholly inattentive.
Breaking off his pathos, the old lawyer
leaned back of! a table a moment, eyed the
jury quizzically with a humorous twinkle
in his eye and said:
“Look here, gentlemen, this stealing
was done during the war, any you can’t do
anything with a man for that. You, Tom
Mundy!” he continued, turning and point
ing to the foreman of the jury, a strapping
big Kentuckian, “don’t you remember
that sheep you stole in Powell’s Valley?
You can’t convict Ed. Collins.” There
was a general waking up of the jury, and
a smile went round. “And you, Dan
Bend; you know that horse you stole from
Lord Alexander in the spring of ’02? You
can’t send a man to prison for stealing
cattle.”
The smile broke into an open guffaw in
one or two places, and half a dozen men
on the back seats stood up.
As the old man took up the jury one by
one and recalled his shortcomings the
laughter became general and continuous.
Finally he said: “And there’s my Phil.
Wasn’t he one of Morgan’s worst horse-
thieves? What can he say against Ed
Collins? And you, Ed Butts; you remem
ber the raid on that old yankee sympa
thizer in east Tennessee? And can you
raise your voice against him ? And his
honor on the bench, if the truth were
known—” But the rest of the sentence
was drowned in a shout of laughter and
uproar of applause that shook the build
ing.
The jury was out three minutes, and
they brought in a verdict for acquittal.
A NEW DOG CATCHER.
The City Canines Will Have to be Kdurated Cp
to tile Cable Cam.
St Louis Republican.
Passengers on the east-bound cable car
last night received a slight shock to their
nerves at Twelfth and Locust streets by
seeing a dog spring under the headlight of
a car coming in the opposite direction,
look somewhat dazed for a moment, stop
still, and then disappear under the rapidly
moving car, its pitiful cries telling what
became of it. It was all done in a moment,
and before any one on the west-bound car
knew what was up. Then the cars were
stopped, and the bones and hide of the late
Sir Rover were detached from the wheels
and track, after which the car moved on.
“There goes some more sausage,” was
the suggestive remark of the east-bound
conductor.
“You don’t mean to say you do that very
often, I hope?” he was asked.
“On, yes; right along. We catch them
every night. Only the other night my car
caught a large Newfoundland up here on
Wash street, and we ground him up, too.
I tell you it made me feel bad. He was
such a fine, large fellow. But there was
no chance to save him. The gripman, you
see, stands half-way back in the car, and
if anything runs in right in front of the
car he either fails to see it altogether or
doesn’t see it in time to stop the car. The
headlight casts a very brilliant ray right
down the track, but that makes it all the
darker along the sides in front of the car,
so that we can’t see a black dog. Besides
that, if we stopped every time we saw a
-dog that looked like he might want to
cross the track, we would have to stop
every other square.”
“How is it that you kill so many? Can’t
they get out of the road?”
| i,“No—yes, the light blinds ’em, don’t you
see? They get in front of that light and
they don’t know where they are. So they
stop stock still—and then they get it every
time. Then these old city dogs are used
to horse-cars and they think they will have
to get out of the way of the horses before
there is any danger from the cars. Yes,
sir, these clogs and cats will have to be ed
ucated up to cable cars.”
“Cats?’’
“Yes, cats too. We kill them frequently:
My car ran over one the other night ana
cut it square in two, and I’ll be hanged if
one-half of that cat didn’t get up and go
Wabbling off toward the sidewalk. You
cant kill a cat.”
This was getting too near the fish-line,
and the reporter pulled out of hearing.
A CURIOUS CHARACTER.
Driven Wild by tin* (lush of a Brass Band—Stand
ing on His Head and Going Through Gymnastic
Gyrations.
“You put me in mind of John Calver,” is
a remark generally made hereabouts, says
a Wooster, Ohio, dispatch, regarding anv
undue display ol hilarity. The person al
luded to is a character whose name is
known not only in this county where he
resides, but every traveling musician, es
pecially a member of a band, who has
passed through here, has seen this curi
ous character. Calver is a man of about
thirty or thirty-five, somewhat simple. He
works on a farm about fourteen miles
north of Wooster. The cause of his gain-i
iug so much notoriety is his curious
antics when he hears a band
play. Band members of every
circus that has exhibited here
for a number of years past know him, and
a show day in Wooster would be bereft of
eonsideraljle attraction without John
Calver. Early in the morning of the day
a circus exhibits in this city Calver leaves
his home, north of here, and starts on a
dead run for Wooster, never slacking up
on his pace. As soon as the procession
starts he finds his way to the side of the
first band wagon, and whenever the band
plays he goes through the gyrations of a
whirling dirvish, spinning round on his
feet, standing on his head, turning som
ersaults and running laround the band
wagon. The music appears to set him
wild, and his antics make him the center
of attraction. # .
It is a matter of much surprise that his
exertions do not tire him out, but as long
and as often as the band can stand it he
appears to enjoy it. Sometimes the band
get oat of gear by endeavoring to watch
ookout for Calver a« soon an the parade
A . fter j he P^ade he takes the
north road and Roes home on n gallop.
en bill-posters have learned to know
Culver, and they make it a point to see
Unit advertising matter is left at the place
he works, and, rain or shine, he never fails
to be on hand on the day of the show,
coming in on a run and going homo in like
nanner. Aside from this eccentricity, he
is considered a good and trusty workman.
Ely’s Cream Balm was recommended to
me by my druggist ns a preventative t.
niy lever. Have been using it as directed
mec the 9th of August, and have found it
1 specific for that much dreaded and loath
some disease. For ten years or more I
have been a great sufferer each year, from
August ilth till frost, and have tried mam
dlegod remedies for its cure, but Ely’s
Cream Balm is the only preventative I
have ever found. Hay fever sufferers
ought to know of its efficacy.
F. B.‘ Ainsworth,
Of F. B. Ainsworth & Ct*., publishers, In
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Wilt-Ill Only rut.
A man can be cremated in France now
forf3. It ought to take the conceit out. of
a man to think he can he quoted at cash
value, only |3, But. some men are not
worth even that.— Boston Post.
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Detroit man—Booming, sir, booming.
“Ah, glad to hear it; better than last
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“You better believe it. The Detroit base
ball club has railed in $30,000 above ex
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Simmons’ Iron Cordial sends red blood
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Kn.inyimc IDs Knlttiiilc.
Murat Halstead stands alone in his in
famy of harshness in speaking of Tildon.
The Cincinnati ghoul should be lashed by
all decent men. Halstead has no place
among decent, honest, or brave men.—
Fort Worth Gazette.
Once upon a midnight dreary,
T was tossing weak and weary,
For I had a fit of ague,
And my bones were very sore.
Suddenly I rend a label,
Of a medicine on my table,
But to reach it I scarce was able ;
I was so infernal sore !
Took I just one dose, ’twas bile beans;
Soundly slept I and did not snore.
Had the ague nevermore!
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IMuiikIIiIh Surprise.
Miss Braddon is writing a tale entitled,
“Engaged in Haste.” It Is probably a
satire on the messenger boys.—Life.
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One thing about women you can be
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The blood of man has much to do in shaping
Lis actions during: his pilgrimage through this
troublesome world, regardless of the amount of
•resent or expectant money in pocket or stored
wvay in bank. It is a conceded fact that we up*
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The unprecedented demand, the unparalleled
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B. B. 13. is only about three years old a baby in
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Letters from all points where introduced are
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Home say they receive more benefit from one bot
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Policniian's Vtoww.
Mrs. M. M. Prince, living at 38 West Fair street.
Atlanta, Ga„ has been troubled for several
months with an ugly form of catarrh, attended
with a copious and offensive discharge from both
nostrils.
Her system became so affected and reduced that
she was confined to bed at my house for some
time, and received the attention of three
physicians, and used a dozen bottles of an exten
sively advertised blood remedy, all without the
least benefit.
She finally commenced the use of 13. B. B., with
a decided improvement at once, and when ten
bottles had been used, she was entirely cured of
all symptoms of catarrh.
It gave her an appetite, and increased her
strength rapidly, and I cheerfully recommend it
as a quick and clieup tonic and Blood Purifier.
J. W. Gloer,
Atlanta, January 10,1886. Policeman.
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All who desire full information about the cause
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D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer
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settled on his lungs; had tried many rem
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try Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption, did so and was entirely cured by
use of a few bottles. Since which time he
has used it in his family for all Coughs and
Colds with beet results. This is the ex-
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Xo Pay, No Joke.
Mark Twain is said to be the richest
humorist that ever lived.
He has acquired his wealth by making
everybody pay for his jokes in advance.
No pay, no joke, is his watchword.—Bos
ton Record.
Simmons’ Iron Cordial invigorates and
recuperates the muscles and limbs.
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Mugwump Butter.
“Mugwump butter” is the new name for
oleomargarine. This was probably sug
gested by the fact that oleomargarine isn’t
as good as it pretends to be.—Indianapolis
Journal.
An End to Bone Scraping.
Edward Sheplierd ; of Harrisburg, 111.,
says: “Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, I feel it mv duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have had
a running sore on my leg for eight years; my
doctors told me I would have to have the
bone scraped or leg amputated. 1 used,
instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now sound and well.”
Electric Bitters are sold at 50 cents a
bottle, and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve at 25c
per box, by Brannon & Carson. eod&w
Gone Crazy.
An Arkansas man has gone crazy from
incessantly talking politics He was a re
publican, and constantly dwelt upon tl e
necessity of forming a new party, which
by itself should have been taken as evi
dence of pretty sound mind.—Chicago
Times.
Many mothers are unable to nurse their
children. In such eases tin: hest substitute
to be found is Melliu’s Food, prepared
after Liebig’s formula, which has proved
to correspond physiologically with moth
ers’ milk. auglO tu tliisat lm
H,. fins Bern Then-. anil is Willing to Knjoj a
lh-».
A few democratic organs are taking up
Thurman as a candidate, but the old man
lias had a taste of-the treachery of his par
ty, and will wave his red bandanna at home
I to keep off the flies.—St. Paul Pioneer-
| Press.
Advice to Mothers.—Mrs. Winslow’s
Soothing Syrup should always be used
when children are cutting teeth. It re
lieves the little sufferer at once; it produces
natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child
from pain, and the little cherub awakes as
“bright as a button.” It is very pleasant
to taste. It soothes the child, softens the
gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regu
lates the bowels and is the best known
remedy for diarrhioa, whether arising
from teething or other causes. Twenty-
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Just us Alisuni.
Chicago Tribune.
If it could be so adjusted that the taxes
for a war would fall only on the state now
pining for gore, the Mexican question
would assume a somewhat different phase.
But it would be just as absurd.
LA GRANGE, GA.
A THOROUGH, non-scctarian School of Lit
erature, Art, Vocal and Instrumental Music
and normal methods.
Ample, well ventilated buildings, situated on
College Hill.
Not one dollar expended for sickness last year.
Full corps of expenenced teachers in every de
partment.
All expenses for board and literature, per
annum $205
Above with music and use of instrument 265
Art, literature and board 255
Term begins September ;i5th. For catalogue
address RUFUS W. SMITH, Pres’t.
Refers to G. Gunby Jordan, Dr. Seth N. Jordan,
Philip Bowers, and other pupils throughout the
south. aug8 se tu th tf
IMZ^OOItT, G-JL.
THE FALL TERM of this institution will open
on the last Wednesday (29th) of September next.
The chairs of Latin and Greek have been con
solidated into the chair of Ancient Languages,
to which Prof. Wm. G. Manly, a distinguished
graduate of the University of Virginia, has beeu
elected.
The Theological department, presided over by
Rev. James G. Ryals, D. D., and the Law depart
ment, with Hon. Clifford Anderson as the chair
man of its faculty, offer special inducements to
students in these departments.
Of the Preparatory department, designed to
prepare ooys for the University classes, Mr.
Emerson H. George, an alumnus of the Univer
sity, has been elected as principal, to succeed
Prof. T. E. Ryals.
Post graduate courses of study for the degrees ol
A. M. and Ph. D„ open to the graduates of all
male colleges, have been established by the
authority of the board of trustees. For catalogues
an other information, address
JNO. J. BRANTLY.
jy!3 2tawtd Secretary of Faculty.
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Is the very best Saw Mill in the market. It look the only
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For the above, and for nil other machinery, address,
FORBES LIDDELL&CO.,
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N. B.—Our stock of Wrought Iron, Pipe, Fittings and
Machinery is the largest in this part of the country.
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Patent Metalic Caskets, Wood Cases & Caskets,
Children’s Gloss While Cases and Caskets, Children’s Gloss
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Rollins Institute, Wesleyan Female Institute
•vnE^a-insn^.
young ladies, is finely equipped. Language
Literature. Science, Music, Art, are taught under
high siandanls by gentlemen and ladi< - of broad
culture and elevated character. It employs over
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STg^XTHSTTOIST, V_A_.
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i opens September 15th,
:>r special information
. ABBOTT, Principal.
’IHJF. 21st An nil
J 1886. For catalogue or'special'information
apply to \V. R. ABBOTT, Principal.
Believe P. O., Va. jy30 eod2Gt
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