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THE
ATHENS
GEORGIAN: DECEMBER i8, J877.
ON THE 1U0 GRANDE.
Dreams that Came to Pass.
INCREASING SIGXSOF HOSTILITY ALONG
THE TEXAN BORDER.
[New York World.]
San Antonio, November 26.—
General Ortl, commanding the Do-
[lartmcnt of Texas, left for Washing*.
;on this morning. The war cloud
along ihe Rio Grande grows more
povtentious daily, and the sentiment
is universal that a lasting peace can
be obtained only l>y administering a
whip ing to Mexico as thorough as
that of San Jacinto forty years ago.
As you are aware, the Mexican
(Suvenv.ncnt has Sent a logu.. .<1 of
uifan:ry to the Rio Grande in addi
tion 10 the force already stationed
( here. No one is preposterous enough
to suppose tliis command is intended
for p lice purposes and to assist in
the operations of our treaty with that
government. \<>u are awa e, loo,
that, the Mexican commanders on the
Uio Grande have been instructed to
rope! force with force, and {.lie arrival
o.' t'iie Twenty sixth Regiment of
Mex can infantry menus nothing more
nor leas than the enforcement of that
order. The m<>st intelligent observers
of events in that section pronounce a
war im vittb’e. Its only a void a’ ce is
Little Incidents That Hay Puzzle the Students of
Great Problems.
1 From tlio Jackson Patriot, J
Not long since Thomas L. Daniels,
the stenographer in the circuit, had a
dream, in which the practical workings
of every day life were portrayed with
vividness and afterward came to pass.
In his dream he was about to go to
Ann Arbor, and looking at the clock
he saw it marked nine, and as he had
about one hour to spare he sat down to
some work. Tn a short time he looked
up again and saw the hands in the
same position as when he looked be
fore, the clock having stopped. His
watch indicated that it was but ten
minutes before train time, and it was
only by running that he succeeded in
reaching the train. He awoke, went
to sleep again, and again his brain
began to lift the veil from the future.
Last spring ho lost nu overcoat, and in
his second dream Sheriff Webster told
him that the coat was at the jail, and
that Deputy Smith was connected with
its loss. When he awoke the next
morning he said to himself it was only
a dream, and dismissed the subject
fiom his mind. The dreams were
recalled suddenly a day or two since
by his clock stopping and his nearly
bv the recession of one'or both gov- mining the train. All the incidents
were exactly as portrayed in his dream,
and cf this coincidence he spoke to
Sheriff Webster, and also related his
other dream. Sheriff Wcba.cr to] .
eminent* from their portions. A
retreat by President Diaz is a delib
erate political suicide, and n>. Mexican
ru’.ei „..s v\u «u •>.ingiy taken such
s m O !•• own Government I !'*'« that Deputy Smith had a coat at
cannot put'itself in the humiliating | the jail which he found m the court
pli_, t ■ a virtu '• v<>’v: I of it- i a
bilitv :o protect its border against
such a di-pieable neighbor. Texas
alone could ch an out that bandit na
tion if pet mission were accorded her.
The'iong roll of rival armies is already
%>unding al tig the Rio Grande, and
where Mich intense bitterness prevails
in bulb side--, the first collision will
l,e a bloody one; lmt, as an exponent
h; ibis section declares, the people of
Tex ts are prepared, knowing by long
ami bitter experience that there must
he"'a bipf'Stn of war, of htoucbhed
fiid^arnage, liefore^oUi* frohtjy can
Anlwge from the gloom tint* JR .is so
long bung over it and eiljoy the
peace and immunity from despotism
vouchsafed 1 o other sections. “Un
loose the dogs of war,” is the cry of
Texas.
The Fifth Battalion of Mexican
infantry left Mazullan, October 27ih,
lor the Uio Grande, and General Ol d
has applied for an additional regiment
of cavalry. The Two Republic* of
the 10th iust. announces that General
Trevino, who lias been a guest of
President Diaz, is going to take with
him to the frontier three battalions of
tntamiy, one of cavalry and two bat
teries, together with a large supply of
arms, ammunition and uniforms, as
veil as the officers for four new regi
ments lo be raised.
Connected w i*h this is an interest
ing dispatch from Brownsville to the
effect that at a carnival supper at
Matatnoras a lew days ago,-a number
of leading citizens got so deep in
their caps that they furnished evi
dence o*' a deep-laid conspiracy
against the Diaz Government and in
favor of Lerdo. Asa result, twenty
arrests have been made, including
several who formerly held prominent
appointments in the army.
It is natural, perhaps! that Texas
vhould feel aggrieved at the seeming
indifference in Washington towards
Hhe encroachments of the marauders
on the Rio Grat de. The section, it
may not generally be known, is one
of the finest in the State s nd has con
siderable population. It is the best
stock country in lit j United States,
and is adapted to agriculture, as has
been proven by experiment, and the
existing troubles are the only draw
back to it-> rapid settlement.
—o— —
The leading papers of Tennessee
are discussing the proposed settle
ment of the Stale debt on a basis of
sixty cents in the dollar. The Nash
ville Banner shows most conclusively
that this means seventy cents for the
general tax. Tlteu add ten cents for
school purposes, and eighty cents on
each one hundred dollars of property
will have to be paid. -This will add
three hundred per cent, to the rate
fixed bv the last Legislature.
“Move on,’’ said the earthquake to
New England. “I’m shocked at you,”
will New England.
room, last spring, and subsequent
investigation showed in to be Daniels’
coat.
The dream in regard to the train
calls to mind an incident which hap
pened about three years ago to one of
the editors of the Lansing Republican.
He was visiting friends at Potterville,
where he remained over night. He
was exceedingly anxious to reach
Lansing by the morning train, which
passed at early hour. His friends
told him that they would call him in
lime, and so lie rented contented. In
the latter part of the night lih dreamed
that V«i_ was seated at the -breakfast
table, and when the meal was partly
finished the train whistled on its ap
proach to the station. He seized his
overcoat, not eveu taking time to put
it on, and ran with all speed for the
depot, but when within ten rods cf
the building the train pulled out and
he was left. When he greeted his
friends in the morning he related bis
dream, and when they sat down to
breakfast he was assured that it was
fully three-quarters of an hour before
the train would be along. The meal
was partly over when “ toot ” went
the whistle of the engine, and some
very good time was made ou the road
to the depot, but it was not fast
enough to catch the train. The dream
came to pass in every particular, much
to the disgust of the dreamer.
A lady who resides on Townsend
street in this city firmly believts that
dreamsdo not come to pass. A few weeks
ago she had a different idea She is
one of those methodical housekeepers
who has a place for everything in its
place. It may be well to remark that
there are no small children in the
family. Ttiis lady keeps molasses in
a jug, and that jug has always been in
its proper place, with the exception of
now and then a trip to the grocery for
anew supply of sweetness. Several
days ago the molasses jug came up
missing, and if ever there was a sor
rowful face on a woman it belonged to
that lady. The value of the jug was
nothing; but to lose it in her own
house, where she could go in the dark
and find anything she wanted ! For
nearly two weeks her waking hours
were troubled in meditating on that
jug, and finally she dreamed of it.
She thought she went down cellar and
removed a large tin can which for some
time had stood bottom-side up on a
shelf, and under it she found her
molasses jug. She arose in the morn
ing, recollected her dream, went down
cellar, raised the tin can and there
found the lost molasses jug. She is
still puzzled te know how it ever came
there, as she had no recollection of
removing it from its usual place, and
her husband and grown up son deny
any agency in the mysterious transfer
Beautiful Women.
OXF OF THE PBOPOSED NOVELTIES OF THE
FEE XCH EXHIHITOX.
Paris, Novembei*^#—The Span
iards are understood to have memor-
alized M. Kiantz, Com missionary
General of next yearns exhibition, to
add an exhibition of beautiful women
to the other exhibits Kf the gathering.
The Spanish MinisteYof Public Works
is said to be warmly in favor of the
idea; and intending exhibitors are re
quested by the Spautsli newspapers to
send in photographs -as candidates for
admission without delay. An appeal
is to be addressed to all the pretty
women ot the world t«* come forward
and show iheuuelve^to an admiring
universe. There are to be sixty-oue
grand prizes, thirty-rne seernd prizes
in silver, one hundred accessits and
two hundred “honorable mentions.’’
The jury is to be >sgmposed of two
delegates for each ^ration, one male
and one female. Tlfif admissions are
to be decided on theesnni«ation ot two
photographs of each "candidate; one
full face and thc-Ngther in profile.
Photographs of ihr gainers of the
sixtv-one “gra-d prizes of beauty’’
are to be exhibited-in a “ saloon of
honor’’ during twelve days, after which
in company with the “ second prizes,’’
the “second bests’’and the “honora
ble mentions,” they"'will lie enshrined
in a beautiful album; ad hoc, a copy
of this album, supeijvly bound and got
op, will then he presented by the exhi-
1 biiiou authorities to each of the sover-
••ig”s whose lady lieges have contribu
ted their beautiful selves to this show.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
J. It. Col fair A Co. to Secretary -hrrtnan.
New York, Dec. 3rd. 1877.
lion. John Shannon, Secretary of Treasury:
Dear Sir—Yours of the 1st inst
is this day received. As it, was pub
lished in the evening journals of Sat
urday last, a copy was doubtless
procured from your office, from which
source ours of the 20th ultimo prob
ably obtained its publicity, as we
furnished no copy for the press.
We simply inquired of you whether
you would accept an offer for “ $150,-
000 Uni:<* ? States 4 per cent, bonds,
“ Good Night, Papa.”
A SAD CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA IN
PHILADELPHIA.-
[Philadelphia Times.]
Another death front that horrible
and mysterious disease, hydrophobia,
lias occurred, the victim in this in
stance being a child of tender years,
and the cause a bite by one of that
villauous breed of dogs whose pres
ence in a city in which they literally
swarm is almost as dangerous as that
of so many cobras.
Mr. Charles Leibriek, a salesman
in the hardware store of Shields &
interest and prii eipal payable in sil- j h ,- °-» 1^ Norm a bird struct, resides
ver dollars of 4124 grains standard | "’ill* bis family at No. 1,541 North
fineness and we to deposit in the j Twenty-fourth street, and
e:....... 4. oir voiintrpst child. Char
United States Assay Office an amount
of si ver bullion which would produce
the sura required to be paid in such
silver dcliars at pai.” We look for
a simple answer—yes or no.
Wc were at a loss to know what
ulterior ends you had to serve in re
plying to oar letter in such an extra
ordinary manner, and so larly fur
nishing a copy to the press.
Wo thank you, however, for the
calculation of profits, specious as it i-,
winch you suppose we would make,
provided our offer had been accepted.
We think it. however, entirely un
called for, as it is gen-rallv conceded
we are fully competent to make our
it is bis
youngest’child, Charles Edward
Leibriek, unusually bright for his
only two years and eight months of
life, who is the victim of the terrible
calamity. Last evening Mr. Lei-
brick was called upon and related the
story of the child’s sufferings and
death, as follows:
“ Six weeks ago to-day, Charlie was
playing with other children on the
pavement in front of the beer saloon
of Joseph Eichman, on the southwest
corner of Twenty-third and Bolton,
about two squares away from here
Eichmaids child was playing with a
Spilzer dog belonging to him, and the
dog afterwards jumped in an appa
own ca’eulations. A> one goo
deserves another, will you please
w„ u.ake a suggestion
The same collection ot plmt»'gr-p’--\
but less splendidljr gotten up, will be
subsequently offered for sale to the
public in genera). To crown the
a hole, there is to be added to the
pii»s t etc., just mentioned, a supreme
“prize of honor,’’ tt> be adjuged to the
most lieautiful of the competing beau
ties ; the fair creature who has ob
tained this *• supreme’’ award is to be
proclaimed the “ Queen of Beauty,”
and is to be invited to make a tri
untphal appearance in Paris i self,
seated in &>plemtf|chAriot, simulating
a throne, yravrhT by'lSix niagnificent
Andalusian horses of the finest breed,
and followed by the other beauties,
recipients of the other prizes.
A Valuable Invention for
Horsemen.
The inventor and proprietor of the
celebrated speed accelerators fur trot
ting horses is a dry goods merchant of
Browntown, Indiana, of ihe name of
Wilbur C. Benton. Lifcc Bonner, he
conceived the idea that driving would
be conducive to his health, and the
reult was that “ holding the ribbons ’’
over quick-steppers not only cured
him, effectually, of the rheumatism,
with which he had been afflicted for
years, but it led to the discovery of an
art or device by means of which the
speed of the trotter is at once greatly
accelerated without the use “of toe-
weights or heavey shoes, great incum
brances to the horse, contracting his
hoofs and stiffening his limbs. The
accelerators give him the proper ac
tion for speed without injuring him.
It is but the work of a moment to attach
them to the hit atid rein in such a
manner as to steady him, give him an
even, lengthy stride, and prevent him
from hutting and cutting hintself
while speeding, thus doing away with
the various kinds of boots and ap
pendages for the protection of the
limbs, which so materially retard his
speed, to say nothing of their exces
sive cost and inconvenience. The
accelerators sell for five dollars per
pair, and are sent to any address in
the United States or Canada, (charges
pre-paid), on receipt of that amount.
I confess I had rather see the
South solidly Democratic, a: now,
South Carolina and Louisiana includ
ed, and race antagonisms allayed,
than to see those States Republican
and the blacks exposed to the as
saults of the uufuriated whites. And
infuriated with cause, too. Republi
can rule in those States was such a
mockery and cheat, and so destruc
tive of all material interests, that the
outrages upon the negroes were not
without excuse. There is a limit t<>
human patience, and Southern human
patience, with a negro on top, is soou
reached.—//. V. Redfield.
vX.itie us ;.
how riu 1 n-n-u y mnid profitably use
;he 150,00' silvi-r <1 •liars we oft’ tvd
in payment? These silver dollars
from the yeai 1“62, at which time
the "overtime, t began freely to issue
its 6 per cent, bonds, were always at
a premium above gold, until they
were dropped from the list of author
ized coins in 1873-4, and al which
time they were worth about par in
gold. We suggest that the Treasury
could now use the 150,000 silver dol-
trs and make from it S160,381 2 i<>0
subsidiary coin and dispose of it to
the people at p . in currency, thereby
making a cHmi profit to' the treasury
of 810,381 2-100; but we would ask,
do you “think this lair or honest?”
The Tna-nry lias gained millions
ofdollars the past S?w years minting
subsidiary coin and selling it at par
in currency to the [ eoplo, each $1,000
of which weighing 55f ounces less
than 81,000 of the discredited dollars
of our fathers, and we would ask, do
you think “ tliis fair or honest ?”
Why not issue a silver bond? We
have about $64,000,000 of currency
bonds, principal and interest payable
in currency, and about $1,700.00‘* 000
ot bonds, interest and principal paya
ble in coin, now gold, because the
silver dollar is demonetized, and why
not have bonds payable hi silver?
The constitution of our country has
deprived the several States of the
right of coinage and makes gojd a id
silver only a lawful tender. This being
so, we would, with all due respect, in
quire why one man who digs $1,000 of
gold from the earth should have the
product of his labor made into coin
without expense, while another who
digs $1,000 of silver should have t lie
product of bis labor reviled, stigma
tized as a swindle, and refused coin
age? Do you “ think this fair or
honest ?”
Our proposition was distinct, that
the principal and interest on t e
bonds sliou’d lie paid in silver dollars.
The intimation from so high an au
thority as yourself that the govern
ment might reduce the value of the dol
lar and “ might find this expedient to
pay a cheaper dollar” so convenient
that it might think it liettet to adopt
the La ten ratio of 15J silver to one
of g- Id, and coin a dollar of 400
grains with which to pay you, or it
might think a .subsidiary dollar con
taining 385 grains is good enough “to
pay a bondholder ”—-tliis intimation
is exceedingly painful to ns, as it may
be to others.
We should not have written the
above had yon simply declined our
offer, but as you have launched out
into profits, fairness, honesty, etc.,
we deemed it proper to reply. With
great respect, truly yours,
Jas. B. Colgate & Co.
Ahead of All
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u. 0. ltOBINSON
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nmon gtlic Principal PIANO and ORGAN
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;d turn I rvn ‘ ILiyfully manner from one child
to another, when suddenly my hoy
cried o .t that be was bitten. II
was taken into Eicl.man’s house, ait
then brought home. He was then at
once suit to my family doctor, and
word was brought back that the
doctor did not think it was a dog
bite. I saw the marks when I came
home that night; one was on the left
eye-brow and the other on the left
cheek, just below the eye. Both
together were not as large as the
head of a ten penny nail. I did not
think them, the re.-ult of a dog bite
because a woman who saw the child
fall, and tlie dog jumped at it, said
they were caused by his face striking
ngains’^’ie wheel of a baby carriage.
The rtrnfks disappeared in twelve
hours.
“ I bad been for a long while in
the habit of carrying my boy, alter
be had awakened every morning,
down stairs “ piggy back,” a prac
tice lie enjoyed very much, but on
last Saturday, for the first time, he
showed a fear of falling, so marked
and unnatural as to excite my notice
He played that day with his sister, as
usual, but bis mother noticed be was
drooping. Sunday morning lie was
still evidently out of sorts, but notli-
ing happened of note until the after
noon. Then his mother stripped him
for the purpose of washing him all
over and dressing him. The instant
the water came into contact with tl c
body, be gave a yell unlike any sound
she ever heard before. I came home
about 6 o’clock, and she reported to
me what bad happened. I took him
up stairs and sal with him upon tny
knee for an hour and a half. I then
asked him to lie down with me. He
consented, but when I laid him down
tie gave a yell such as I l ad never
heard anything like in rny life.
“ From that time he would never
lie down, and it. was then his i onvul-
sious began. These were from seven
to ten minutes apart, lasting a min
ute at a time The sight and touch
of water caused them the worst;
and a tear that dropped from my eye
upon his check threw him into a con
vulsion. The convulsions lasted all
Sunday night and Monday, until ten
minutes past 6 o’clock in the even
ing, when he died very easiiy. He
was sensible nil through bis sickness,
and just before his death lie said to
his little sisters, who were cry in *
beside him : “ Ob! don’t cry. 1 will
pray for you all when I get to Heav
en.’’ His last wor«ls were : “ Good
night, papa.”
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