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VOL I- *TO. 32.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESD
APRIL 25, 1876.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 55.
pif Mps (Georgian.
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OF ADVERTISING.
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l U* n r -.mare lor tin- first insertion,and
!'!.,; . V sTS n. r.nunre foreach emtinuanoe.
‘ ,,v time underone month For lonj-ei
j* n lifo-ml deduction will l*e nmde. A
li'e eiilltl to teo lints, -<’fol.
• Nl> . icl l, i,. loved folunin. le.-» than A square
1,,-nts a line.
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CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO.
PEALERSIN
Jeuu) -Mat. me.
It is but a >nort tune since poor Jenny Malone
n*d a heart aud a fatnre a* glad aa my own.
Wc were el tumate. and roocmaates together, for yean,
And now—1 can’t apeak of bar, banlly, for tears.
She was winsome and bright, eneh a bring yoan*
thing.
With n vo.ee that yon thought was made only to sing,
, Ami a look in her eyes that—well, now it’a so sad
i That I wonder it ever was merry and glad.
Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails,
FAIRBANKS’ SCALES,
ItURBER BELTING , j When she married Bob Beech she was only n’ncte n
i Far too young to be oerta'u what marriage mi_*l t mean;
. . _ I A. tor him—there waa never ao haadaotne's bean
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, I Who made love in so Winning a fashion, I know.
Alill Findings,
AGINTI FOR
1 True, lie drunk. Jenny kuctr. “That'* nothing,”
i she *aid,
| With a light little toss of her fool-*h young head;
“ ltV the way of young ine t. He'lfhe headier growi.
When wo’re^ed, or my name is not Jenuv Malone.**
Winship and Sawyers Colton Gins, !?;«>• w.™ w.a-agay wedding.. i«oodbyt»» bi«
r 1 \\ lien she pledged him her all, let wlia ever betide ;
rli Lauds
10 days, peraq..,. ...
» p^r mjuarf*.
square, each lime.
legal rates
Count v.
1 &
3 0*
, 2 ft*.
.5 0*
, ft 00
\ oo
2 2’-
corrected by
&C., &c.i «fcc.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
GINS DELIVERED IN ATHENS AT MANUFAC
TURERS PRICES.
. Sept. SO—l-tf.
3I31A5S3 ani Professional Cards.
P1U: Cur.K. IIoweli. Conn
£ 11. COII11,
I Attorneys at L a ir,
Athens, Ga.
i,j Dctiprce Building.
AI.FX. S. ERWIN,
At /or a e y ft l L <t ii’,
Athens, Ga.
, i Broad Street, between Center A
Uv.vc, nnd Orr «fc Co., up .tairs.
k. thrasher,
A I / O /i. YE1 ~ A 7 LA K
WATKINSVII.T.E GA.
" , i, ihr nor Ordinary's OiRce. jan2ft-ly
'kjpio VAC!
SALE, 7)EjY7IS7,
»* .CI) ;o t'.ic cilice lately occupied by Dr. J
cinmnlecd in both W. rk and Prices.
F. T*. TAI.3«At>CS,
—DEALER IN—
\mtrican and Impirtd Wattlics, finds. Jctrrln.
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Musical 1 list rr. munis. ui.s % K*b1oK Etc.
WATCnES CLOCK 1 A D J WE .1 Y P.EPA EEI> IN A NEAT
** WORKM »XL KE SI NNEa,
And warranted to give entire satisfaction.
OrnamrnUtl end Plain Lett ft- Enr/ravlnya Roteialty.
13UISS LVZ'.TZZ, cas to ires Scat Cton Csratr. A—Il". GA.
ftb.l5tf.
J/W &SS-,
Boot and Shoe Maoufactwoi,
COLLEGE AVENUE,
2/exl Doo.r to Pont Office.
W en he vowed to sn port her, to cherish, defend
Against evil uud danger, till death and the end.
11», with her last night, and I sobbed at the sight
Of tier pii.ful taev, now s • pallid snd white,
Of her eyes t mt i.ave lost ah tile ligi.t of their smile
And «*• - hriuimiug Vuh troublu aud tears all the
while.
it is just the old story. Poor Bob lias gone down
Till his rum ai d shame are the talk of ti.e town;
ut s c clings to him yet, as u brave woman clings
To the love of her life, t.ioagh it wasteth and stings.
1 could ,ee her look . own "n her little one’s face,
VVitli a sig—it m g'.u be for the father's dis.rac.;
1 could feel her In art throb . s 1 kissed her good-l.ye—
And 1 knew tiicie arc harder ti.ings yet ti.au to die.
'lie's a brave little body, but still slic must shrink
From the end tliat i. certain, when stoppiug to toink,
Jost a wreck of two lives, and it may be of more,
And a loss of all treasure they carelessly bor.!
day God pity the girl who tans fin ’» that her fa c
- to suffer iii patio.ice, and patiently wa.tl—
i'o vklio.iiheoinawt ond brings only sorrows and cares.
Or.';. 1 ,ng ng and linage , pleadi.’g ud p ayers!
“But weclio.seforourselvea,” do you say? Vc>, I
know;
We mti't reap in our harvest :.s now we may sow;
! If we ru i any risks, tiien the b'ame is oni own
1 •)., v.e bitter'iwis gat.ier wits Jouuy Ma.ouc.
! It is better to j mrn”y alone Urongli t' years
I T t n to we«l only bit crest grieving at. .e_i»;
j So 1 say to young to- n who ore fond oft .e.r w ns
! Tout tee lips t'n’ ’sate liquor can lover toi c m e.
; s N hand, Uppers for making Low Qnarcis, Owl-
' * gross, Alexis-Ties, and Prirco Alnerts. Rc|iair-
ig promptly exocnteil.
Send ten dollars, per mail or express and y
alive a first class p,.ir of hoots.
June SO, 1875. 35-tC
_ HIE WRONG MAN.
A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE
Great Reduction in Prices
y. a.
Great bargains ciTen In e\eryiblngat
26-tf ItllRKE 1
S Bookstore.
V. J>. HILL,
A f / OZijVEr A T LA w,
ATnEJJS,’ GEORGIA.
i n sist attention given to ul! business atid thg sami
■ ■ • ,-ti’ully solieted. J.inil-ly.
pope La nno ir,
ATTOZtJYET A7 LAV)
ATHENS, GA.
":li v *n Mr. .1 II. Newlon'anew onilding.
U ST DO UK,
AXT TAILOR
A IT G
.1/1: it c ii.
Wimkvsb or Fins Cloths and Do s tiNj,
VD. UKADV-11ADE CLOTHING, AND GENT.
FURNISHING GOODS,
’ .1 gSJ Broad Street, Angnata, Ga.
IF. Ii7 LITTLE,
At to r n cy at L a >r,
CARNKSVILLE, oa. ■
J. a. DORTCH,
Attorney at Littr,
CAUNESVH.LE.GA.
A. G. MiCURRY,
.i / r o n .v e r .* r l ./ if’,
HARTWELL, GEORGIA.
WlL!. jiv* s’.rict iK*r.''>ual atication to nil biHioe** ci.
• r-:-•! • 11,> hi* oare. Aug. 4—40-^lv*
Am M. .Iaukson. L. W. Tii»MA>.
./.ICA’aO.V ,t 1110- AS,
Attorneys at La\v>
Athens, Georgia.
JOHN IF. VWES,
Attorney 7 ut Lawt
T..CC IX CITV, O*.
Will ^r.ve’.v-e in all toe counties of the Western C’iE
C sit. ILrt ami M.i ti-uii ul’ the N /rtliern Circuit. W ill
v V's’-.i ntteiii.iii to all claims entrusted to his care.
I i\ (t. TIIOMPSOS.
A t to r n e y a. t JL iv w,
uf.tMiion n.d»l to crimin »1 practice. Former*
;• y i» l.\. jv. T. 11. W.IU* and Him. JL*v»«
u \l *;jtL»om.*rv Aia. OtMec over Rirry’i* S>i**P“,
A!! 10'.id, (l.v. ^ F«,*b. 8^-tf. _
FRAXK JIARRALSOS,
A.TK)R*Kr AT AW,
ctTliV KLAN D V G A.
. V 1 ' 1 '■ the counties of Wiii e, Union, Lnm-
1 ' ■■ i"ivns. anFanning, aud the Supremo Court a*
A., mu. \v. i! vi\c siK'd.il attention'to all ehnmscu-
.rasMi..,^ Aug. H IhTS-dWf.
E. SCHAEFER, .
COTTON BUYER,
►hall re i — .
In tin* year 1841, the now flonnwiing oily
■ if Stcnln-nvillci • Ohio, was a very smtic
ji’ace. Its population was not«<I for its
, ,. , ,, , „ iiniot and orderly ritaractcr, and there wa*
or ihe next thirty days. Brackets, WaB • - |o ,j ’ salooI1 in t)ic
Pockets, and all kind, of Ornamental Woodwork,' 1 * ", 1 c 1 , »,
.11 be sold at i Cl inic was very ru e, and the circuit
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. j indites often had'insasi n lo ooii-tnnulat.-
Now is the time lo uiske your bouses beautiful at low I y),.. people lipolljlot havillff a Single cr mi-
nul caul ttyton their calendar.
In eons q icnce there was intense excite-
ieiit in Stenhenville, when, at an early
hour in-the morning of the seventeenth o
Xovemher, in the above nienti ned year,
the report rearhe 1 the place that the corpse
«,!’ a man had been found in the woods
within a hundred yards of the last lioitfb of
the town, and close to the Pittsburgh turn
pike. with every indication that an atrocious
murder had been committed. The sheriff,
accompanied by some fifty citizens, imme*
... ~ \ .Tiatel' hnrtSflffd to'tlio spt»t'Kditau*d.to
r’le Atncnf* Marmraeturim L*»mur.nv »tc now makins » ; , . , 1V1 „„ i,. lf r ',i:„..A«.Araul ♦bat
uuc:i larger variety of Woolen Gooils than ever before, I him hv tile person W ho had dl t o\t n d tht
.ml promise to ! remains ot the murdered man. 1 hat per-
Exchange them for Wool, | son .was a decrepit old woman, who had
.-lieving it to lie more to the interest of the Planter to i krone out to gather brushwood. No one
•Ixchansetli’c Wool tor Cloth rather than have it thud-! ~ j j j,., vc sustiected her. under any cir-
I anil Spun at home. Call for Samples and Terms ot 1 , t . , , , . - ,
Ivclmuge. R. I,. BLOOSlFlELD. Agent. ctttnstanees, of having had anytlung to d
May lh, 197ft—gS-tf. .
- Miss C. Potts,
HA.NKRUPT BLANKS.
1 Jill LIP &SOLOM AN'S AUTHORIZED EDITION.
I tlie only coinnlo o edition published. ?*ent by
uailul^l. Foraalobv
T. A. Bl'lvKE, Ikooksellcr :iud Stntioutr.
lebS.tf.
C.iSii J OSS IPO»/o
—OR—
CLOTH FOR WOOL.- -
''asliionnblo Dressmaker
(Over Universltv bank.)
ficoad Streets.. Athens.
Vould rcsp^ctfn'ly inform tb<*. Lrulics nnd Iicr tri*nd»*
enendlv, of Atlvn* nn I vUinity, that i* now pre-
»ared to do Drr*'* inakin^ in the Neute*t and most
. F \SIIION ABLE STYi ES.
Vith her experience in the buninea*, she feels *ur© ot
• vinir *atii*iaction. _ May 14 f 1875—*28-1 f.
U. S. Internal Revenue.
Iltmr CoLLicroR’a Omar, 1
Fourth D.-tnet. Georgia, r
Atji£>», Jan. 15,1970.)
v LL PARTIES DESIRING I N FOR
m iimtion a* to TAX imp*w»cd by the Un'uetl Suite*
frtemal Revenue Law*, c.m obtain the name by apply-
nR,<> W.-S. MAYFIELD,
Deputy Collector.
Officeover J..eobs «t Michael's Store, Broad SUvet,
When*, Ga. jaulti-tf
CENtRAL TtCKET AG NCY.
RAILROAD TICKETS
For sale, by all routes, and to all principal joints in
lhe UNITED STATES.
Buy your Ticket* before leaving Athens, and get all
’ntorination limit t * 1
- Capt. WM. WILLIAMS,
Agent Sou:item Express Co., Athens, Ga.
' May IS, ’7.7 ■■ "
R R« HAULIER,
T -DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
WINES, WHISKIES and LAGER BEER,
ALE, GIN, CIGARS, *-,
CALL AT. SAULTERS EXCHANGE,
Ji *»oN Stattr. ATtir », Geosoia.
Oct. 8—4-M. . .
48. tf.
' Gins and 1
tOCCOA CITV, OA., S
Price lwid for Cotton,Agent for Win
’* oetiOwti.
Lively, feed and Sale Stable,
A.XKEBISrS Qr A.
GANN & HEAVES PKOPblETOHS
! -villi the b'oody deed, ami, besid s. she man-
; li-sted sm-li unfeigned horror in .lose ibing
i t hat she had see.t at the disin 1 spot in the
j witoi'.s, that she was unhesitatingly allowed
t<> go about her business.
Upon arriving at the scene of the stijt-
! cosed murder, the sheriff and his compan*
ions saw at a glance that a terrible crime
had been committed. Hie dead man was
covered all over with t’reien gore and seven
wounds, apparently indicted with a sharp
knife, were inflicted upon the body. His
head was sti.l eovered with a nice felt hat.
His line presented a most ghastly aspect.
A terrible gash extended from the left
temple to the rijt. jaw. Another gasli
was in the ton-head. The victim was
lressed in a substantial fur coat. He was
apparently forty two years ol I.
When his pockets were exainitn-d, they
were found to be enti cly empty. But
close to the body, was found an old fash
ioned wallet. It was st'U open, as if its con
ical- had been taken fioui it, ami as if he
a !.o hail emptied it had afterward thrown
it away.
At a distance of about ten yards from
the corpse, near an ohl log, lay a peculiarly
shaped fur cap. I. couhl not have 1 c'onged
to’the murdered matt, for, as we lia.e said
'lie-ore, he had his hat on his head.
The ground was covered with snow, and
there were a number of toot-prints virihle
in it. Those were the only indications oi
the perpetrator of the horrible crime.
The coroner was sent lor, and until his
arrival, the sheriff and his companions went
t«> the Ohio tavern, which was situated at
no great distance from the scene of the
minder.
When the sheriff told the landlord of the
murd r. and described to him the avpcar-
iti c.* of the corpse, the landlord exclaimed
at once:
“Great God! iha u or fellow cannot be
anybody else than Mr. Saatmis, the Pitts
burgh cattle dealer. He .va- It ere last night,
and took supper with another matt from
A. A. 1F/.V.V,
—With—
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.
Cotton K 1 actors,
—And—
Gin ml Commission Merchants,
Savanutih, Ga.
v K “ ntl other *upp:ic* furn!*heJ
• ■’ h-icrjl ca*h a lvances rrtade on eonwijrnment* for
n,f or shipment to Liverpool or Nortbern port*.
\ . _ May SO-tf.
UVERY ASD iTLE STABLE ,
1 'irrUti/t*, Tingr/ieji and Ilories for litre.
TERMS REASONABLE.
M. WHITEHEAD. Washington, Wilk*.Col,.Ga.
BOOTS AND SHOfcS
TO OKDBIt.
N W- HAUDRUP,
artist,
tub e. Mr. Sainmis sat in ti.e front room
wi’.h me and Jack Capon for an hour, when
tiie two went out together.
Jack Capon was a dissolute, but very
good natured fellow about thirty years
old, who had a decided aversion to work,
ami a still more decided predilection for
strong drink.
H” could not get any whisky at Steuben
ville, and lienee he often walked for miles
h s wonted haunts ill Steuheuviile; but:
man who was well acquainted with hi>
habits, said if he could be found anywhtire
it would be St the cabin of old Sim Brooks
Brooks lived in \ho wooden tlie Pitts-
burgh mde ot Steubenville one milt
from the spot where tibe t^rpsc 'f Mr.
Sammis hadbeen found. Likei JaeU Capon,
old Brooks was fond of w^jfyj.and tht
two would frequently drinktqgether untit
they were utterly obSv'mpw. the o ires
and sorrows of this world,' which, as they
thought, had uot treated either of them too
well.
So to Brooks’ cabin went the men. They
knocked at the front door, Which was lopkeu.
For several minutes there was no response.
At last old Brooks himself opened the door.
They saw at a glance that he was in an
alarming state of intoxication, i
“I* Jack Capon ltere?” ,they|ftsfced.*‘
“ Ye-ye-yes,” hiceoughed Brooks; “hr
is lyiug asleep yonder, behind the.stove*'
Titen the drunken old fellow went back
to bis lounge, and a minute later he was
found asleep again. The inen stepped tq
to Capon. He was drunk also. His coat
and shirt were covered with blood. The}
exchanged significant glance'--, and aroused
nint not without considerable difficulty.
“ What do yon want ?*’ he asked, yawn
iug
“Tue sheriff wants you, Jaek.”
“The sheriff! What lor? I haiu't done
nothing.”
“You are suspected of having murdered
a Mr. Samntis, of Pittsburgh.”
“ Go away! I murdered a Mr. Saminis?
You must be loony.”
“ Look at your elf.”
C:q>on looked at his clothes. The sight
of the bloody stains on them caused him to
sober up at once.
“How did I get these stains on my coa
mdsjirt?” he stammered out at last.
“Don’t you know anything about them'
they asked.
“No—no! You say murmur.was coni
mitted ?” ,
“Come—come, Jack Capon.” they re
o ied, *• you can’t fool anyltody by pleading
i .tionmee. What did you do with your
up?”
He looked aliout the room.
“ S ittie one must have taken it away,'
he said, at lost.”
“ You left it near the corpse of the niur-
leretl man.”
“ Was it found there? Great God —great
«lol!” ;
He buried his face in his hands and began
toiry.
Then he followed the men—who a’so took
Sim Brooks along—willingly, - o the Ohm
mvem, where the coroner had meanwhile
arrived The sheriff appeared soon after
ward with some men who were carrying
the gory, frozen corpse of the victim. Jack
Capon was couilucted to the corpse. As
he caught sight of R, he recoiled in horror.
“ It’s Mr. Saimuis,” he gasped out. “ Poor
Sammis, who has murdered him ?”
« You were the last seen in his company,’’
said the sheriff; “your chp-wia found near
the corjtse, your clothes arc blood stained ;
who hut you can be the murderer?’’
“I am*innocent!” cried Ca\>on, despe
rate y. “ I got tight at Brooks’. I don’t
kn w how I got this blood on my clothes,
nt r how my cap got near the corpse. 1
have even forgotten that I was with this
jioor gentleman.”
The coroner impaneled a jury, and in the
n st place, took them to the sjKit in the
woods where the murder had been com
mitted. Jack Capon, who had been, mean
while, heavily ironed, was also conveyed
thither. The footprints near the point
where the corjise o the murdered man had
lain were not very distinct, but they seemed
to correspond exactly with the soles ot
Jack Capon’s s .les.
Returning to the Ohio tavern, the coro
ner swore Sint Brooks, who, by this time,
had become perfectly sober, and who stated
that last night, about half-past ten, Jack
Capon had come to his 'Clrtihi and asked
.•im it* he had any whisky. lie had given
him half a dozen drinks, whereupon Capon
had wanted still more, but h& had no more.
Capon had then shown hint a ten dollar
gold piece, aud asked hint iffie knew where
any whisky could be bought He had an
swered if he would go to Mike Perry’s, he
might get some. There Capon had gone,
anil returned with whisky, but without his
cap, and with liisshiit and the front part of
his clothes all bloody. p
Brooks added that he hatd asked Capon
how he got the blood on him. C;i|)on was
so drunk that he could no»give a very in-
ti-lligiblc account of what lgtd happened to
.‘tint, but lie had said something about hav
ing had a fall and hurt hittttelf.
Upon Iteai ing this evidt^ec, the prisoner
exclaimed:
• Yes—ves, that’s true-H do remember
it uo'w. I made a short cut through the
woods to Mike Perry’s house, where I got
tlie whisky, and returned by pretty much
tho same route, when I stumbled over
something and tell.”
The jury rendered a verdict against him,
and he was committed-fir trial. His pock
ets were then examined, and the ten dollar
gold piece, which Siui Brooks had men
tioned, was found.
Ca|Min said that SammU, who had tnkun
•it interest in him, hajl given it to him.
This was considered it flimsy falsehood, and
eveiyliody was convinced tliat Jack Capon
was guilty.
A messenger, wi.h the pews of .Sammis’
murder, was dispatched to Pittsburgl
nnd. barring her vivacity wi'lt toastin fork
aud. long-handled frying puts, a Itelter wiit-
I never had. But we parted last December,
as soon as I could get out of the doctor's
hands with a fracture of . the skull (in con
junction with a di.-cu-sion concerning eetlin
up to light the fire—also a lmoljsck), ai d 1
thought the fact of our divorce had been pre-
viou-ly annoui'Csl.”
“But,” said the first speaker, “your
nam», my comjiattion in divorce, is Green;
me last time she was divorced It was from
Brown.” “ Brown ? Brown ?” said Mr.
['•Hopkins, reflectively ; “there was one fel
low named Brown u-ed to tagafter her;” “Ii
must lie the same one.” . “Gentlemen,” sai i
he first stieaker, reflectively, “ this is a
nost remarkable coincidence. Wnen shall
we three met n-a'in.* I don’t usut'.ly drink
after breakfast, hut this is a special occasion
and we may. mayn’t we?”
So they all went out to the bar-room to
gether to diiuk success to Brown, and as
(hey stepped up to the bar they met a man
who saitl; “ Gentlemen, this is my Iteat.
I’ve just been divorced, ami lay name is
Brown, and I’m going to treat the house.
Give it a name and call for the best iu the
house.”
H s three frieuds shook hands with him
solemnly, exchanging three looks ot inlelli
gence among themselves, when a weak eyed
young man walked in diagonally, and said
“ See here, you fellers have got to ti ke a
bottle of wine with me. I’m a newly* mar
ried man ; bridegroom rejoicing to run a
race, you know; have smueihing? Aud so
lie wandered on til,, to get rid of him, they
agreed to go up stairs to the ladies’ parlor
and he presented to his newly-made bride.
They did so, ami lo and behold she was theii
wife!
The situation was sufficiently embarras-
-iug, hut the woman didn’t taint, hut simply
remarked. “ Oil, Mr. Green, glad lo meet
you; your litco seems familiar to me, Mr
Tompkins; Somehow the name seem-known
to me, Mr Brown. 1 seem to recnile i
your luce; any relation to the Browns oi
Lafayette, Ind.?”
Truly, truth is stranger than fiction.
Death of A, T. Stewart.
The Merchant Prince of New York breath
va’tnah, Ga., had long been on had terms
with his wife. Fina’lv, he charged her with
adultery, and sued for a divorce. The wile
thereupon accused him ot having murdered
a man on the sixteenth of Novemlicr, 1*41.
in the day after leaving Pittsburgh, Pa.,
:tnd of having robbed his victim of $20,000
in $500 and $1,000 bank bills.
She said that she had to wash on the
next day, when he had unexpectedly re
turned to Pittslm gift her husband’s shirt,
which had been blood stained, and she
•barged him with having killed somebody.
He had confessed to her what ho had done,
ind they had left Pittsburgh a few days
ater and gone South.
Wilson was arrested, and authorities at
•Steubenville at once communicated wish.
Tlu sheriff who had arrested Capon, and
who was still in office, cam'* personally to
•Savannah, w (Ka te-uis.t'o i froin ihe Gov
ernor of Ohio. When be had his first in
terview with Wilson, the latter, who was
errified lieypnd measure by the pr spect o;
he scaffold, asked him whether a full con
fession would save him.
If you arc guilty, it will be, maybe, the
only thing that will save your life,” replied
tin* sheriff.
Thereiijion, Wilson made a cl an breast
>f it. lie said lie had waylaid Sammis
i ho had .left his horse at a house three
Titles from Steubenville, and had attacked
him with a knife. Sammis had offered the
uost desperate resistance, and had com-
polled hint to stab him often before he had
succumbed.
When the sheriff arrived with his pris-
incr at Stenhenvi.lt*, the exasperated peo
ple could be barely prevented from lynch
ing Wilson.
The Governor of the State, upon recoiv
iug a certified copy of Wilson’s confession,
immediately granted a full pardon toCa on,
o whom the Legislature, which happened
to be in session at Columbus at ihe time,
voted tlie sum of §1,000 to idemnify him
.or the sufferings he had innoeentlv undcr-
rnne.
It is need'ess to try to describe Capon’s
joy at this unexpected change in his for
tunes. He returned to Stenhenville, where
the p opk* received him amid manifestations
of unfeigned joy.
At the next term of the circuit court, ed his last on Monday 10th inst., from in
Wilson was sentenced to be bung, tht* | flnmntinti ot the bowels He was a native
court saying that the enormity of his crime j of Ireland, and educu ed tor ihe minislry.
had been augmented by his suffering an in
noeent m hi to he punished for it.
Capon gave proof of genuine magnanimity
by going to Columbus and asking tlie Gov
ernor to spare Wilson’s life; but the Gov
ernor rcf. sed to interfere. Si Wilson was
.mug at Steubenville, on the tth of January,
1847.
The Vouuj Lawyer.
The tie which bound a eSitain Detroit
youth to a lawyer’s office was severed ye<
terday, and his parents were happy. Thcv
wanted the boy to make a great lawyer, liirt
he was getting along too fast. He pursued
nis studies with an ardor which cast a judicial
shadow o’er the household ami eiea*<l cm
iderable ncighburlmo I t ilk. He tot trust- j win James Dcniiin
The following arc his bequests:
All his projierty and estme to his wife,
Cornelia M Stewart, and her heirs forevei;
and appoint* Judge Henry Hilton to act in
behalf of the estate and in managing his af
fairs. Asa mark of regard Mr. Slewuit
bequeathed to Mr. Hilton the sum oi one
million dollars. He appoints his wile, Ju Ine
Hilton and Wm. Libby his executor*. TVe
subscribing witnesses to the will n?e Win
l* Smith. W. 11. White and E. E. Morey.
M. D. -The w’ll bears the <:aie of 27th
of March, 1873.
He directs his executors to pay out tin
following gifts ns legacies: To Geo B
Butler. $20,000; to John M. H»pkii|s, $10.-
OtHl; to A?K.-P. Con|s*r.81H,(KW ; to El *
810,000; to John J
ed for candy nnd repudiated the bill on the j Green, §10,000; to George H Higgins,
111 i’-U A !*.!>.
.
A reporter once apl v called an tins’tc-
ccasful printers’ strike a “ ty pugraph.cal
error.”
Wiieii a lad.' is proa 1 of h. r s nail feet,
utMi’t she a liuikcil tin ici-standing 1—Bos
ton T, aeetcr.
Why is a store that don’t advertise like
Kitoch Arden? B.*caa<e it “s.-csuosac
f an day to day.”
A man titty lie said to hive be.ot d.ittk-
ng like a fis i, when he ti .d* t iat he has
taken enough to make his head sw-iot.
“ What do you take for your cold ?*’ tuid
a hi Iv to Mr. . “ Four po. k.o Itauditer-
ciii -rs a day, in i lam,” was the answer.
Tile reviv .i feeling is spreading, but it
hasii’t yet g-'t do vn deep enough to aff ct
arreara es on the country n • sp.upcr books.
—Danbury Sens.
The Imll-.rog was the first cireu'atiug
greenback, and the entire breed have b -eti
no'.oriou* infl itioni-ts ever since the floo ,
New York Evening Mail
A phy-ician boasted at dinner th.-IThe
ctued his o.vn hams, when one of his guests
etnurked: “ Doctor, I’d sootier he your
mutt than your patient.”
“Is your house :* warm one. landlord?”
tsked a gentleman in search of a house.
“It ought to be,” was the riply; “the *
painter gave it two coats recently
The large.-t lent known to history must
be those of the Maryland editor who writes:
“ We black our boots with 15,000,000
boxes of domestic blacking a yeai ”
Wanted—A cover for bare susp'cion, a
veil tor tlu* face of nature, buttons for the
b eaches of privileges, binding for a volume
-if smoke, cement for broken engagements.
There is a woman iu Jcisey so economical
that the other night, while her husband was
abe I, s e turned n .ud mtdc over his la-t
pail* of paiiL-i o Mis t.n* .me of the children.
Ex-Treaa rer .Spinner lias considerably
m proved iu health since his visit to Florida;
but his signature is still suffering from a
right ful attack of delirium tremens.
Here is the model verdict of a coronet ’s
,u;y: “ We do believe, after due inquiries,
.o«l according to our best knowledge, that
ve do uot know ho , when, and where
said infant came to its death.”
A Western paper announces the illness of
.ts edi.or, piously ad.ring: “ All good pay
ing subscribers are requested to mention
him in their prayers. Tnc others need not,
us the prayers of the wicked availcilt noth-
uig”
“ Mus’ brace tip,” said Sozzle. as he stood
m the doorstep at 1 a. in : “’twill never
do Jto let* ol’ lady ’spe :t anythin’;’’ and, as
Mrs. S* descended the stairs, clad ill her
rofte.Tft* nuif, Sozzle braced up, kttoeked
the ighA, off*Ids eigar, and, as the door
ipet(pf.’ sut.i, cheerily, “ Iluho, M*. ia, (hie)
ip jet *B Gsit a match iu yet- p c.iet ?”
Of course, she did not su-pect any thing.
A pious father .entered 'fcsalootf with a
wtwwftrtp one n'raflit-last atwk,ugtd-tbund *
his -on phtyitig” etiehre. lie tanned the ,
^rounds that he was a minor. He bought a
dog and went into bankruptcy. lie borrow
ed a pair of skates aud defied the owuer to
net out a wait of replevin. He liorrowed
fifty cents and then made the leader his
assignee.
But the worst of it was in the family. He
had a legal name for almost everything, and
his desire was to prove to his parents that he
was just absorbing dead-loads of law. It
iie wanted a |>oiato at the dinner table he
would remark :
“ Father, file my claim against that baked
jsitato and I’ll prove the indebtedness this
afternoon.’’ %
If he wanted bread ho said: “ Mother,
get me out a writ of attachment for a piece
of bread.”
It was expected of him that he would
i build the morning fires, but no sooner _ had
he gained an insight into law than he said to
iiis father:
“ I’m going to move for a change of
venue unless some other arrangement
made.”
He moved for a stay of proceedings when
asked to go to the grocery, and if chided
for being out nights he replied:
“ File y«mr declaration and give me a
chance for a jury trial.”
When he was in good humor he would sit
and regale his mother with stories about how
Ohl Chancery was going up town one night
and met Old Equity nnd asked him how
Decree was getting along. Old Pleading
and Expectations came along just then, and
there was a big fight, and the young lawyer
would slap his leg and add :
If Indictment had only Iteen there he’ed
have whale! the whole crowd !”
The other duv the lung suffering father
severed the tic. He was trying to liear up,
hoping fur reform, hut os he sat down to the
tea table his son brighteued up and remark
ed :
“ The defendant will now lake the stand
aud lie sworn. Now, sir, did you or did
vou not come out ol Griswold street sabion
at eleven o’clock this morning, wiping vour
mouth on the back of your hand? Tell the
jury about it, sir!”
It was a little too much, and the boy
d>esn’t study law any more. He play.-
with a wo'tdpt’.e in the back yard.
10,000; to Henry H. Rice, $1,000; to
John DeBrot, §5,000; to Roliert Brother
Roe, $5,000; to Do lge, 85.000; Hugh Con
vor, §5,000 ; William Armstrong, §5.000;
William P. Smith, §5,000 ; Sarah and Re
becca Morrow, §12,000, annuity in quarter
ly installments <lui iug their joint lives, and
also house No 30 East Thirty-ninth street,
ami luniity-e therein ; to Ellen B. Kilton*
S5.000
In the codicil he makes the following be
quests to lie paid from his estate: To Chas.
P. Clinch. §10,000; Anna Clinch, 810.0 '0;
Julia Clinch §10,000; Emma Clinch, 810,-
•'00; Strait Smith, wife of Lawrence Smith,
§10,1)00; to her daughter Cornelia S. Smith,
§1»,000; and also to Anna, Emma and Ju
lia Clinch, house and lot No. 115 E 35th
street, and furniture. To all the employees
who have liecn in his service over 20 years
he leaves §1,000 ami those over ten years,
8500. He hopes that all his plans for the
welfare of his fellow men will be faithfully
carried out l>v his executors
lla* removed hi* Shop from tho old Lombard Building
ti»(». rmriosito *hle‘ or College Avenue, uext door to the . . , , ,
Y^te/Sollding. Trice* Liberal, and First Clas* Work ! mid miles II) order to obtain a Wee drop”
guaranteed., Jane i«, 1875—ss-tt j When he was su ccssful, he
‘ returned with his hat full of bricks to
sensation. It
rdered min had
bank bills on his
Mark, a whole-
ergerio man, ao
k Steubenville,
isel to assist him
pon Tue lattei
... .. J lVoile t ; returned with Ins nat tun ot DncKs lo
Blasting ftlld Dl*, s ln^ t ells . „ v iiie, where lie had frequently been
P»m«he.l by the “squire” for intoxication,
Athens ud vieiniiy. First class wprk guaranteed.
Residence at tho TJmadge ” p . < :'
bridge and Cheek Factory. AJ orders will ree. .»u
prompt ut
EDWIN W. PORTER.
MEDICAL SOI ICE.
At the solicitation of many of my former pttron*, 1
r *»»aie the
Practioo, of Merlioine
.™ u date. I fril'Vsv especial a’len'iim to the di»-
»t lnf.HU and Ciiildren, and the Chronio Dlaeaae*
11 t '-molts.
. . WM. KING, M. D
•'«»') If., 1S75—M-ly. '
E. A. IULLIAMSOS,
PRACTICAL
Matchmaker and jeweller,
li^r-Kb*’* Drag St,ro, Bro.i.1 Stre.-t, Atlu-n-, G-.
*'‘"‘ <r,or “ :m " cr “ d ~,f. t0
Planters* Hotel, AugusUi, Ms.
r pins-WELL KNOWN HOTEL HAV-
I ing been Remodel®-', Eolanreift, thorotighly Ren
ovated, Repainted .ud Newly Foniielicd dnoug the
Sommer of tSTS, ie now opened, wttn luere»»d f«c.h-
tie* f»r the aocommoitation of the trave.lmg jmbiic.
febl-ly B. P. CnATFIELD, Proprietor,
Blacksmith-Shop.
FEW * MEM WEATHER.
riLL FEW AND' WESLEY MERIWRATHER,
H ill few and
hwiac
with fine and imprison me t. Still, every
body liked him because he had an excellent,
u-tselfisU heart, and Lever torgot a favor
d me him.
“ Wliat sort of a hat did Capon .vea.’ last
tiiglit V” asketi the sheriff
“ Why, no hat, but a fur cap—made o,
beav« r skin—with two ear covers.”
“Was this tiie cap?” saitl the sheriff^
producing th frr cap which he had found
ttea tne coqise of the iminimed man, aud
which he had thus far been bol ting under
his cloak.
“Yes,” exclaimed the landlord, “that is
Cap m’8 eap, ami no mistake; where did
where it created
turned ont that 1
nearly 820,000 in
person. Sammis’ bi
sale grocer, and a very
companieJ the tncssen!
aud engaged special
in the prosecution of
was tried and convicted, bat the jury hav
iug to fix his piinislnncnt, he was not sen
tenced to death, but -to imprisonment at
hard htbor for life. *
The prisouer wa»*fVenvhehned with
grief because of his coHVicti mi. He never
uretl of protesting his" innocence, and his
eyes were constantly red and swolen from
weeping. Ho was taken to the |Hmitentiary
at Columbus, where lie was at first harshly
treated; but his amiable disposition was not
long in making so agreeable an impression
upon the keepers, that inany^jirivileges
were granted to; him- These 'be never
abused; on the contrary, he proved an effi
cient assistant to the prison authorities on
mere thaa one occasion, so that,they won
dered ho.v this good-natured mi m could
j have liectt <xq»abie"of coinmittitig so heinous
vou find it ?”
ftiifv j * The sheriff told him. Everybody seemed j» « 1UM5 ’
{ngcooiitrv, th a they are prepared to do ffinwaner of j,«»rror .-truck at the idea tnat j«ior Jack ,
wink lo t'i'e Bt.ck.mUhLine. imdatrea*mabw charger. ^*, , H) „ should have committed s*> atrocious curred wutcU proved beyond a doubt, that
a crime. \ Capon was, after all, an eutirely innocent
* V iu/j "ck C Sipoi" L Vlijy'dk^uoftinVlijniat t '"4 cotton broker, named Wilson, at Sa»
Thrice Divorced. Four Times Married.
[From tho Chicago Tribune.]
Three gentlemen happened to meet at
breakfast at the Grand Pacific Hotel one
mo ning last week. They were strangers to
each other. Suddenly one broke the silence
with the remark: “ By Jo«e! She’s di
vorced again.” Noticing that his words had
attracted the attention of his companions, he
apologized and explained that -he h id been
somewhat surprise! to see the divorce of his
quondam wife chronicle! ia the legal intelli
gence. “ She ami I parted,” he paid, in a
dreamy, retrospective manner, “ iu August.
1872—this wife with a potlid determine i
me to destroy my Lares nnd Penates—and
two months afterward she married up iu
Peeola a fellow named Tompkins.”
“ Tompkins!” said tlie secoud gentleman,
with a sudden interest; “ Tompkins, Peoria.
October, 1872—was her name Theodosia?
Woman who bad limpid blue eyes and al
ways had a rolling pin uinfer Iter piltoyv on
nizhts the lodge met?” “The same,stran
ger, the same. Shake, old |iard,” said the
fir*t sjieaker; “ aud how was she ?” _ “ She
was ail my fancy' painted her,” replied the
second. “ But I Imd a rival in a stove-lifter
for which she ha 1 too much affection, and
in January, 1875, the courts ot Lafayette,
Ind , dissolved the bonds between us. I be
lieve she married again—some rooster named
Green, I heard.” -^p- , ,'|ft'
“ I am the ruoster named Green, and am
glad to make your acquaintance. Gentle
men, I knew your wife well for over a year,
Jobmxk Comes to Grief.—The chief
end ot Juhiiiik’s life for the past week has
loeen incur, v favor with Mrs. Joblink. that that
inestimable woman may not appear against
him w lien his case is brought before the
Grand Jury for the recent accidental dis
charge of his pi*tol in Mrs. Johlink’s cham
ber. Consequently his humility has only
Iteen equalled by Iter proud hauteur, and
she has met hi* ahjectness with lofty scorn
Still as she has find a week of unallnved en--
joyment, Bite thought hist evening that she
might unbend n trifle, and allow her hus
band to take her out for a walk, Mvs J. is
a trifle taller than Joblink, and those of jtis
trieuds who saw the poor gentlemen trotting
aim g hy her majestic fignre sighed as th *y
observed his utter subjection.
“ I s’poso now, Johliitk.” observeil the
gmxl lady, growing wearv of piping |ietce,
“ I s’|joso you had your own fun when I wit*
down tie Bay ?”
“Deir.me, Mitihla, what nonsense; you
know I Ii veil like a hermit, and spent every
evening at home. A*k Meezles.”
“ Oh. no doubt,’’ said the good lady, with
a sniff. “Probably v«u ain’t a<*quaiuted
with every hussy in the town.”
*• Go *) hetvens, Matilda, von kno.v we’l
enough— Get out, you hru'e!’’
Tliis last remark was addressed to a sniall
hlark’and-tan dog which ha l left the side
of a beautiful lady with yellow hair, belts-,
tlonaed eves, and pink fesits. and frisked
about Joblink with every inaiiifestation ot
joyful recognition.
’ Webster’s Un tbridged rouhlii’t y ield words
enough to desctilte Mrs. Johlink’s face. She
merely sitid, “C one home.” But Joblink
knows n iw thit the Gran l Jury has got
him in the door.— Virginia ( Nee.) Chroni
c/e.
young man's jacket and sent It,tit home,
and tltvn sit .down and finished tlie game
iiitnsclf.
Somebody gave Paddy McGrath a pickled
egg yesterday. Paddy bit it in two, opened
his month, made a face and said: “Be
me Bowl, I’ll go before ony Jedgc or jury
in the vvurreid an’ take lira path that the
liiti that led that egg had the dyspipsy or
heartburn.”
A young Shell Rock (Iowa) man who
recently started out fertile Back Hills,
writes back to his friends tliat it’s a perfect
earthly paradise out there, nnd he’s delighted
with it. He also asks them to please loan
hint 825 to come home with.—New York
Commercial Advertiser
The foil: wing epitaph is from a tomb
stone in Indiana:
Under This sOd our Babie LieS,
it nether cRies nOr HolErs,
IT LivEd Just twenty 7 DayS,
/ nd cost us 840.
Four burglars stole 81, -00 of a widow in
Oakland, Cal., the other night, and her son-
in-law shot two of them,.captured a third,
aud recovered all the money. When asked
why lie treated life mother-in-law in that
way, he excused himself by saying that “the
old woman was rather weakly, and lie
thought the money had better remain in the
fiimily.”
A Cincinnatian, who had purchased nn
oil-painting at a private sale, called iu an
artfet to ciMi-ult him as to Row he should
hang it. Tue artfet looked at it long and
curiously, ami then said: “I wouldn’t
hang it, it I were yotL” “ Wouldn’t bang
It! Why not ?” “ Because the sentiment
of the age is rather against capital punish
ment. I would commute its sentence lo
solitary imprisonment for life!”
Two sans of Erin, shoveling sand on a
ot day, stooped to rest, and exchanged
views on the labor question. “ Pat, this is
mighty hard work we’re at.” “ It is, indade,
Jimmy ; hut what kind of wo k is it you’d
li-c ii’ye couhl get it ?” “ Well,” said the
ither, leaning reflectively on his shovel and
•vipiiig the |M*rspira ion with the back of
h ; s hand, “ for a nice, aisy. chine business,
think 1 would like to be a bishop.”
Mr. Clytner’.- first name is not H’feted,
is some of the p tpers have it.—l'hiladtl«
yhia Bulletin. No, it is not;)but Mr.
C ymer may lie, if th*- iiivestign ion is al
lowed to proceed.—Norristown Herald.
Exactly so; he may get “H’isted”asliigh
as a Presidential elect on. JIow is that tor
ilt? — Philadelphia Chronicle. That would
be pretty good for “ Hi,” but decide, ily bad
for the country. Bat be is not Clymer
enough to get that ** Hil’*
There’s Matsic in the Name.—An At
lanta correspondent of tlie Milledgevillc
Union and Recorder expresses himself
o ne vhnt aft<*r the following style:
“ We find here in the city, oh some pri
vate business, one James M. Smith, wh<
will be surprise*! to see his naitte in print
if ho 8 *cs this—yet one who, if seduced
into pnblie life, wouhl nuke a'ctipital Gov
ernor. 'We allude to tho prominent planter
of Oglethorpe comity of that n me; a gen
tleman of fine colie i-ate education, enlarged
■formation an l high practical admiiifetra-*
live powers. He is here to-day, clothed in
coujtry-nude jeans, brogtm shoes and
slouc led. hat, to tud some of hfe u. ighbors
in di .-tress. He produces hishuiidredsot
bales of cotton aud his thousands of bushels
•ft* com annually; controls labor w'ithout
difficulty upon the most upright principles,
and could doubtless run a government as
ably,. if called on, as he does hfe few thou
sands of acres. Who is In favor of this
Smith?
a
The Krow.—I hav written several very ,
popular obituary uotisses ov the krow, hut
dud that i hav stated a good deal about
them that wazn’i jut so, and left unsed
mutch tliat wsz true. The krow is az run
ning az a Tomb* lawyer, and just about az
mutch ov a d-d heat. Yu haul ketch one
iua trap, and if you should, yu could not
bile one in a pot, soft enutt ut eat, in 3
weeks. A tame kntw, anti a civilized iojuu, *
may be a moral triumph on the face ov it,
but wheu yu cu n to examine the other eide
ov it, yu will find that yu hav overdid the
bizzne8s. if all the krow*, and injuns, in
this world were tame and civilized, yu could
bid fairwell to all other mauuel, aud men;
tal labor, aud spend all yuure time and tal*
ents, studying the pesky, iuferual kritters.
Krous assemble in the tall ov the year, 30
tbou-and ov them, or more, in council,* and
appoint their dcakonsfor tlie following year.
At this grate kawku*s, rezolushuus ov a in-
flamitory natur are passed, darning the farm
ers for putting up sk-tre krows iu the korti-
fields, plans are laid for next years stealings,
aud eac.t krow swoppiug wives, the meeting
dissemiaate*. aud the krows fit away.
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