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General News,
The Republicans ol‘lllinois and Ala
bnma have declared for Giant,
Amei i.'nn cotton sc<<l oil Is said to
be much better than ilmt tmumfuc
tured in England.
Tho cultivation of cotton in Peru,
from which euclt promising resells
wire expected, lias grtuUiully de
creased!
It is estimated that 800 wagons of
Northern mnmifuctnro wi-ro sold in
Brenhum, Texas, lust year.
Of tin: thirty or forty rive* j wliicii
have licnn discovered in Alaska not
one of them has In on explored. The
Yoiikon is 2,000 miles long.
rho colossal establishment of
the London Times narrowly escap
ed entire destruction a few nights
since.
Seventy five houses wove burned in
the town of Edingburg, Pa .Jon 2ith.
All the principal public and private
buildings were destroyed.
A railroad accident at Big Trees,
Ca!., occurred on the 24th nit, in
winch 14 persons were killed and
over forty wounded.
The kind of industries tlint ought
to succeed best in Ilia Soulh are,
mauuluetorics of coarse ami bulky
goods, sucb as w agons.
There is a woman in Wisconsin
who lias been married fifty-eight
years and who has never missed
budding tlie kitchen lire. Her hus
band is probably tbo oldest fire-es
cape on record.
W. G. llavul, of the Central rail
road, lias recently been promoted to
the superintendence of the South
western and .Montgomery and Eu-
Jaulii railroad.
It is expected tin t another cotton
factory " ill be cr< cud in South Car
ol na. Some valuaLle water power in
the neighborhood ol \V illh inf toll, S.
C., has been purchased by a Charles
ton capitalist, with the understand
ing ihut a cotton mill is lo be erect
ed, having a capital of
During the season ending August
31, 1873, tic tital production of
Cotton- s, id oil in tbo United Etatis
was 2,300,000 gallons. For tliecor
rcsprndemling season of 1879, the
production was 7.800,CC0 gallons, an
inert aseef 5,500,000 gallons in s>x
years, cr at the rate of neaily a mil
lit ii gallons a year—Cotton.
A suit is now pending in Wiscon
sin against an insurance company to
]•<covir li-ssts by lightning The in
surance company clams the dtstruc
t ion wascaustd by wind and not by
lightning. The plantin' claims to be
able to prove by the signal corps
that the wind which was blowing
when his house was destroyed was
caused by electricity. It is an im
portant suit and upon it a vast
amount of money is suspended for or
ugiiinst tiic companies.
I’. ter Grub sold his share in an
iron mine at Cornwall, Fa., reserving
the right to alter upon the ] reuses
Jorever ami take thcrefoim sufficient
ore for tic suj ply of one furnace.—
That was almost a hundred years
ago, when iron ore was smelted in a
somewhat crude fashion, and the
average yield of a furnace was 1,-
500 tons a year. That was about the
amount taken by Mr. Grub annually
durng his lifetime, lint the process
has been vastly improved sime then
and now a furnace turns out as fnn6li
in a single month. The question
arose, of comse, whether the I eirsoi
Grub were entitled to as much ore as
would supply all eighteenth if n nine
teenth century lurnaee. A lawsuit
has been in the courts for twenty
loiir years, employing some of the
ablest lawyers in the State. The
Supreme Couit has just! decided, on
appeal, that ore <km be taken in suf
ficient quantity to supply a furnace
Of the present timer
Ants and their Mii.gh Cattle. —
Our young readers wilF perhaps be
surprised to learn that man is not the
only being that keeps inileiv cattle as
a food supply. The milk cattle of
the ants are small insects which
draw them food from the sap of
plants and giVo to the ants a'sweet'
si lid nutVith'US milk, flilich they both
eject for the ants or allow them to
abstract from them. Instinct causes
them to regard'nuts as mast’ers, and
instinct causes the ants to protect
them. Each herd of ants has its
flock of cattle, and it is said that of
ten individual autk Have individuas"
flocks oT these insect cattle, which
dre scrupulbusly prdtfectbdi
IT. A. SINGLETON, Ed- <0 iVo;>V.
VOL 5.
Tho Boy wlio Hated Cats-
Come, children, gather round my chair,
And I’ll relate a story—
It will not lie ol ocean wreck.
Or holds of battle Kory;
i'll tell the fate of William Gill,
Who did at last a coffin till.
This William O il ho hated ca ,
Though why I nan not say;
It may have been his nature born,
And he couldn’t help his way.
lint bail it was for every cat,
I can assure you all of that.
If felines walked along the fence,
To steal upon their prey,
They got a stone behind the ear,
And bowing fled away.
And William laughed in fiendish g'eo
To see the frightened felines flee,
If Thomas cat hael laid his plans
To take a little doze,
And bring the sun to bear upon
His ears and head and nose—
This William Gill was there to throw
A club or stone cr ball of snow.
When darkness came upon the land,
And Thomas had a right
To arch liis back upon the roofs,
And spit and yeowl and fight,
This William Gill a plan would fix
To make that fighting conic to nix.
Trap doors would open slow and soft,
Or with a rushing sound;
And Thomas eats would find themselves
Upon the cold, cold ground.
Or else a charge of shot would fly,
And hit poor Thomas in the eye.
For several years this William Gill
Held alt the cats in awe—
They hardly dared to raise a yeowl,
Or lift a midnight paw.
No wonder, then, the felines met
En masse, one night when dark and wet.
A maltese cat he had the chair,
A black one had tho floor,
A white one he get up and said:
•-Tis time this thing were o'er !”
A yaller cat with yalter eyes
Then from liis seat did softly rise.
“Friends, Romans,” said tnc yaller cat,
“We’ve g< t to fix that boy ! v
And alt tlie other cats began
To howl with sudden joy.
They layod their heads together then,
And planned with keenest acumen.
A pane of glass was blunted out
From H'illiani’s bedroom sash,
(He broke it as ho flung his boot
A feline bead to smash.)
“An opening 1” cried the cats in glee.
And in th<y poured—a sigiit to seo !
Divided off in squads of ten,
They sucked poor William’s breath,
And as lie dreamed of kitting cats,
The cats they caused his death.
The fire-bells were striking one
As feline whispers said, “ 'Tis done !”
Then they filled out to meet again,
And by a party vote,
Declare tlieir liberties restored,
While tir.uit Gill was smote.
Away upon the roofs they fled
To clean the fur from every head.
Pc or William Gill! They found him dead,
And none could understand
\\ liy be had died and gone to join
Those in that other land.
Rut tho cats they know, and as thoy
prowled
Each feline arched her back and howled.
FEMALE TACTICS
HY r. H. It.
“Well, sir, you sse I never say ‘ I
w II, ’ or 1 won’t,’ for he wouldn’t
stand that, no how. Hut when 1
want to carry a point I tel! him that
j ‘of course I’m not so good a judge as
I he is,’ and probably he knows best;
( only, if I might he allowed to give
an opinion,’ and all that; and then I
end with a smile, and a declaration
that ‘l’m ready to do whatever he
wishes;’ and then he gives me a kiss,
and says that l‘m a ‘darling obedient
wile, and lic‘ll do whatever I wish.’
That's the way I manage, sir.’’
“YouTo a confounded clever wo
man, Fanny,” said the colonel.
“Thank ye, sir. but now, if yon
gentlemen don't want anything else
at present, l‘ll just go and sec alter
iny visitors, and set tin dance go
ing; for we‘re going to have one in
the garden, ly Sir Arthur's kind
leave. - ’
“We dori't want anything riiore
just'now, Fanny, so you can join your
friciids,.”
“Thank ye, Sir Arthur,” said the
lmppy, merry little wile, as she trip
ped into her cottage,-iif high good
humor with herself and all the world
beside.'
j&. DEMOCHATIO INTENTS 32? A-IELT-LR,
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA„ JUNE 2, 1880.
“Now, hark ye, nephew,” said the
colonel—“II you will consult to be
entirely guided by me, I’ll answer
for it that your household sliail in a
very short time be as comfortable a
one, at all events, ns that of Mr. and
Mrs. John Goidcbild. AVhat say
yon V'
'‘I 1 II do anything you please, my
dear ui cle, ii you will restore my
darling A rube la to me.”
“I'll restore her to yon, gentle, af
fectionate and, more than that, obe
dient. But fiist tell mo how you
have been passing your time for the
lust month?”
“Alone, the re, in this lodge. I
have refused every invitation to visit
in tlie neighborhood; and although
passionately fond of hunting I. this
morning even declined to go out with
the I’tehioy hounds, of which my
poor father was so many years tlie
master,"
“Why?”
“Because the meet takes ] luce in
Lady Denham’s paik, and it might
give Arabela, or at least her mother,
room to talk.’’
“ You have promised to place your
self under my guidance, and you
shall go, I tell you. And, before you
go, you shall make a short visit to
Fanny’s jovial little party at tlie cot
tage here”
“3ut there will bo young girls
dancing!’’
“So much tlie bttUr,”
“But Arabe'ia’s mother will ’’
“Now do have confidence in me
and I will answer for everything.'’
“Will, upon my word, all things
considered, I dont’t know but that,
yi u are right.’’
“I’m sure I am. Look —sec!—
They’re preparing for a dance now;
go and join them directly.’’
“Alter all. I don't see why I ghoul:!
pns3 all my life in Lady Glendale's
leading strings.”
“Certainly not; she is not your
wife.”
“I don’t know why I shouldn’t en
joy myself a little.’'
“Nor I.’
“Then I’ll acf as you advise I'll
do whatever you think best—lhere’s
my baud on :t.”
“That’s right!’
“I’ll have some fun! I’ll make
myself happy—l’ll join this merry
making party ! ’’
“Bravo! bravissimo! Go —join
‘. mat once! Sing, dance, laugh,
chuck the gills under the chin, kiss
the prt tty ones,and never fear but I’il
br-ng you through with diuins beat
ing and colors flying ”
“I’ll be shot if I don’t, no matter
what comes of it!”
And so saying, Sir Arthur Mor
dant entered the cottage, leaving Lis
uncle highly delighted.
"So, thus far. alt is famously set
tled,’ said ha to himself. “Now I'll
be off to the Manor House and seek
an interview with lady Glendale.—
But what do I see? As I live, lime
she comes; and the young girl who
accompanies her is no doubt Arthur's
wife. Egad she is handsome I must
confess! They don't know of iny
visit. I’ll stand aside and see if I
can find out what brings them here
at this part cular moment. The end
justifies the means. It is for the mu
tual good of lfie young folks that I
am working. Besides all is fair in
war. I‘U play the spy.”
And, wit'h tli!3 reflection, the colo
nel ensconced himself behind a thick
cluliip of' shrubs, which grew in front
of one of the pillars that supported
t'be balcony of the hunting lodge.
“But why have, you brought ns
this way,'mamma?’ said Arabella, as
they walked down the drive and came
opposite to the heuso in which Sir
Arthur had lived alone for the fast
month. “WO li .ve always hit In no
avoided entering or leaving tlie pars
by this gate,”
‘ I have my reasons, child.’
“May I enquire what, they are?’
“Because I wi*h to see for myself
how tlie land lies; and whether your
husband is really the recluse that lias
been reported.’’
“I am sure I wish, with all my
heart and soul, that this unlucky dif
ference had never* taken place. It
has made me wretched—miserable;
and 1 feel certain that he is as un
happy as I am, lor J am sure ho loves
( ine dearly,”
“Then lie lias a queer way o( show
ing it,” replied tlie mother, with ex
treme acerbity.
‘Well, mamnn, if the truth must
be told, I had no business to speak
as I did to him about that invitation
to the house where lie would have
met Lady Denham, for after nil, I
don't b liove, end didn’t believe, that
lie cared one jot for her. No; he
Eves me too well for that.’’
“Humph! At any rate lie ought
to have given you your own way in
the matter when lie saw that you did
not wish him to go. Besides, didu t
he nearly cause your death ?”
“Well, as to that, mamma, to con
fess tlie fact, my life was never in the
least danger.”
“Eli! what’s that?” muttered tlie
colonel to himself, behind his sylvan
screen.
“Not in danger?" cuclaimcd Lady
Glendale. “Why, unless the wagon
of liny had been there, you would
have killed yourself to a certainty'.’’
“Yes, mamma; perhaps I should.
But., you see 1 knew it. was there be
fore I threw myself out.”
“Good gracious! You don’t say
so ? Well, you are a clever girl after
all! You are your mother's daughter,
my darling ! I’m proud of you !”
“But., I’m not proud of myself
mamma; for I think, it was a verv
improper thing to do.’’
“Now, don't be a fool, child ! I say
it was a very clever trick, and worthy
ol my daughter.”
“So say I, 100, and so your son-in
law shall say shortly, you old croco
dile!” muttered the colonel, as he
came forward, apparently from the
interior of the hunting lodge.
“All!” said he, with a courteous
bow. “Lady Glendale, unless I am
givatly mistaken ?”
“Colonel Mordant! You here ?”
“At your service.”
“1 was not aware of your visit.—
Wc were just about to lake a walk as
far as the village. Allow me to in,-
troduce my daughter Arabella.”
“My cnarniing niece, I presume ?”
replied he.
“Yes. You wi’l do us the honor,
I hope, of making the Manor House
your home as long as you remain in
this neighborhood ?”
“Well, I had ptomised myself that
pleasure, madam,” responded he,
with affected melancholy. “But it is
impossible to abandon onr relation in
the midst of misfortune, you know.
[ must share the exile of my poor
nephew."
“Have you seen him?’ inquired
Arabella, eagerly.
“Alas! yes.”
“And liq lias told you?” asked La
dy Glendale, with hauteur.
“All, madam. lie even gave me a
sight of your ‘ultimatum.’”
“lie has been very much to blame,
Colonel.”
“Oh, very much—very miich, in
deed,” replied the old military fox.
“But, after all. Culonel, as he asks
tolie forgiven——” interposed Ara
bella.
“lie does not merit forgiveness—
at ali events, not vet, my dear young
lady. No, he docs not mi rit it. I
have made him feel that he is quite
unworthy of your clemency, and tie
will implore it no longer.”
“But if, on the conditions propos
ed we, consent to absolve him ?’’ said'
the mother-in-law.
“No, no, Lady Glendale! ~ You
have been too kind, too indulgent!.
liis faults have been great and bo
ought to expiate it.” , ,
“But lie has been expating it, my
dear uncle, for a whole month,” said
the young bride with truthful sincer
ity.
“A month ! What is a month ?” r<v
plied tho astute old soldier, who saw
plainly which way tho wind was blow
ing.
“I’in sure it is a very long time, in ■
deed,” responded she with undoubt
ed felling.
“Silence, foolish giil,” whispered
the mamma.
“I will even go farther,” continued
tlie colonel “and I will say that in
atonement for such acts as lie Las
committed the repentance of'a whole
life Mould bo ’’
"On, no, no, no! Really, really—”
But here the sound of fiddles play
ing a country dance prevented the
conclusion of the young lady’s re
mark.
“Eh ! what is that?” inquired she.
“Oh, nothing—nothing worthy of
attention! Poor fellow! he must
Have some way of diverting his pres
ent melancholy you know.”
Here the voice of Fanny was beard
as folio>vs:
“Now, take your places! You arc
there, Mr G ?”
“Up the middle and down again,
then set to partners!” next fell on
the listeners cars, as it rolled forth
in tones ol unmistakable gaiety from
tlie lips of Sir Arthur Mordant.
“Pay no attention to that, my
dear,” said the colonel. “It is noth
ing. This is the aniveisary of Mrs.
Goodchild’s wedding, I hear. That’s
all.”
“All!’’ exclaimed tho astonished
Arabella.
“Sir Arthur, of course, is expected
to fead off the fh>t dance with her,”
continued the astute tormentor.
"What! He—ho dancing?”
"It is. all only to divert his melan
choly, I assure you.”
At ibis moment the young baronet's
voice was again heard above all the
the din and clatter:
“Stay !. Stop a moment! Before
we begin the dance IMI give you a
toast! Fill me a lmlf-pint bumper
of hot elder wine ! Ah ! that's it!
Iler's to the health of Mr. and Airs.
G ! Long may they live and
happy may they be !”
“Hark ! that's his voice !” said the
remorseless colonel.
Again the same well known tones
came echoing forth from the cottage
garden.
"And now fill me another bumper
of this sphmdid elder! Here's to
all well governed households!’’
And now there rang out ecsastic
shouts of “Hurrah, hurrah! Long
live Sir Arthur ! Long live our land
lord!”
“Yes ; there lie is in the centre
of the throng!” said the colonel to
the two ladies.
“Horribly disgraceful!” ex
claimed the indignant and exasper
a ed dowage .
“Look, look ! Can I believe my
eyes V’ ejaculated poor Arabella.
“He is kising Fanny !”
Yes. he is indeed ! But it is on
]y to divert his melancholy !” said
tl e colonel, as sententiously as if
the ghost of Machiavelli were
prompting him.
• Good gracious me ! and now lie
is kissing another girl!” cried the
half niau young w ife, in tones that
would have melted the heart of
nay human being save that of the
terrible old uncle, “I—l—l can
be rit no longer. [ ”
“Tt is oii!y to divert his melan
choly,” said he, in the same smooth
measured voice.
"1 tell you I can’t bear it! I
wont’t bear it! I will—l will —”
“i\Jy child ! said Lady Glendale.
“Recollect, I Warn you. You will
lose ail you have gained ”
“I don’t care! i love him! I love
him dearly ! I am his wife ! You
AXXCAL SCJtSt JiITTION, $2 00
are my mother,but I am liis wife !”
“Lot:me atone. Your counsels
have brought all.this misery 'upon
me. Arthur, Arthur! dear Ar
thur H’ -
And these last woidswere utter
ed—it may be said, welled out
from her heart-—in such piercing
totres, tl at none but a fiend would
have refused to believe in them,
and even tbo obdurate old colonel
was at last conquered.
“Hush, hush !” said he; “vour
husdfind hears you.! Not a word j
more!. See, here lie is hy your !
side!”. . . -
- And, oven as he spoke, tlie
young baronet, who had heard his
young, wit'u’s appeal, had rushed
into' her jwesen.ee and—-*
AYo 11, vvliat,followed we scarce
ly need relate.' ■
Husband and “wife were recon
ciled the baleful mother-in-law
stared, and the old colonel never
told his nephew the tale of the
premeditated jump fro in the win
dow of the hunting lodge on the
wagon load of hay*-
A Wonderful Surgical Operation.
‘
The Hartford Post ttlH the follow.-
ing story of the experiments made on
a YViudhatncounty boy: “OnSJstof
December, 1.878, Jesse, an 11-year-,
o'd son of Edward. Morgan,, an in
fluential citizen of Canterbury, fell,
into a shallow vat containing, a solu,-.
tion of not ash in boiling water. He
struck on both feet the liquid coming
nearly up to his hips,. and instantly,
the skin of the legs commenced'to
peel off. It was found that the flesh
on boili logs had been so thoroughly
boiled that no cells remained for-a
new skin to form a growth upon. His
life was one of excruciating agony
for months. Last April a young,phy
sician determined to attempt t.be sal
vation of die lad’s life by skin graft
ing. ,Thc bar \s pannts imploring
him to undertake the operation, he
was finally induced to try if. Over
2,000 grafts were used. Hundreds,
of visitors flocked to see the patient
and consented to. part with small
pieces of skins- for the operation.-
The pieces of. flesh were pulled, off
with forceps and were about three
times the size of the head of a pin.
The process of grafting is similar to
that employed,in horticulture. The
grafts grow fastest in the spring
months. One of them 13 put on, a
muscle, where it sinks in and depos
its a cell, after which the-top sloughs
off. Although the work is not yet
complete, the legs are,nearly .restor
ed to their normal and natural func
tions and the child can,walk a, short,
distance without a crutch, butis still,
very weak from exhaustion and ema
ciation.
A SCARED DAIiKEY.
A darkey who lives in the upper
edge of the county lately visited by
the storm, was out. in the corn fi?ld
looking around w r ben he heard the
wind roaring; ho saw things flying
about, and heard the limbs breaking
off the trees in the forest near by.—
Soon large limbs and boughs were
swept by him on the wiud, apd small
trees were blown down. He says he
had to lie clown to keep from going
himself, and wlnle down lie . saw a
large tree flying along m (he air.
w’hich fed in a few feet of where lie
was. When he saw’ it was about t >
fall on him liew’ent to praying to God
to forgive his sins and savo his soul.
"Dar. thank God ! lay dar and rot,
you d—n tree, fur trying to fly.—
You’re no bird,,and if you was a tur
key d—d if I hadn’t stole you long
ago.” The blow was soon over, and
when lie saw a w hito man rise up from
a secure place where lie had taken,
refuge, he hollowed out. “Fore God !
it rained down trees and white folks;
no place for niggers; Is gw.nen
ter ’gr.ito to Kansas, sure,” and oil
lie ran.—Augusta News.
~~~
llow to find a chip pf the old
block—Fixe the block.
amww news.
. i 1 -i
Ex-Gov; Conley, of All.mta, has
been stricken with.pnru'yjds.
Fred Lane (ool.) was drowned at
Jessup on the 2kh alt. i lie,was i rc*
prietor ol a colored rcstuunpit.
In a.iow afa pien'c, on, t)io 2-ill)
ult-, ayoutpg limn had Ids throat cut,
but ho wi! get well. ,
The Sfupciior court,pf Washington
c unity has been .mlj un nctl until tho
‘Jib of J,une to allow the farmers ah
opportunity tq clean, their crops.
That’s a sensible judge.
A colored guard atm opnyict farm
iu Jjt,fTerso,u .county shotj and killed
A. i\ Cowart, a |Co!)jVift under Ufa
sentpnQc, while attempting to escape
last Saturday. , s ~
Two little pegroe3 were*, playing
with a gun in Twiggs . county last
Wpdnesday. w-lten one quit playing
because he,got killed. tilfe-.
Ci 1. W..S..l<as&ingar, of Savannah,,
has been elected >pra lor ol' the Alum
ni Society at Athens, i ,
NO
Anew ami beautiful el.urcli baa
just been completed at Eastman, on
the Mi <k B. railroad, and it will bo.
dedicated on thejtluriiiday of June*
bishop Pierce, will pnacli the dedi
calory si rtnon. {
I)k Biuce, ofTliomasv.iLle, wasdrown
e<l in a ,small stream, near there, which
rises very .rapidly fter a . heavy
rain, on the night.of the 22th nit,
lie attempted to .cross, the stream while
swolen. dlishor-o .was lonqd at the
liouse of a . neighbor and shis, buggy
washed down the ,stream ,nexf morning - ,
Otto report sayg;Oen. Gordon baa
been offered $15,000 and assurances
of the salary increasing to $25,000
per ant,mu to tube charge of a min-,
hug interest,in Oregon., .Another sayi
hedias been , offered thei position o£
attorney lor, the Louisville and Naslm
villa railroad, another says- be has
been loffercd t!ie piasidcncy of the
Great Southern, Florida railroad, and
auolher that he will i\-enter the
practice ,ci law.
-• ■■ > i’ ■“ - 1 • ■>■•}.<
X'impkin Independent Already the
catterpillar fly has been,seen ,in thissec
-1 tioo, and,even, the genuine cotton cat-s
erpjllar was discovered, near here onj
Tuesday. We are reliably .informed,
that millions of little green grasshoppers,
ara.; eating up the young. cotton, andj
that anew species of bug i? doing sad
havoc to. the young plants., Itispfa,
dark, slimy, blue color, jumps almost
equal to the grasshopper, and, when it
alights upon the cotton it sucks the
very life out of it.. Of these, bugs our*
informant slates, that, in a space of ten,
feet, he saw at least one- million!, bngs.-
Withahe continued rains and other die-,
astars, the,outlook is anything but en
couraging.
! P 3 j., c - u . ft ■; i
,There h a, case now being consid-,
ered by. the, judge of the Supreme.
Court, which,will be of interest to,
many: of our citizens, The question is.
whether tlie City Councils, arp ajutboiK
ized by law fogrpnt .encroachments,
ou the streets to,lot, owners, i There
are a grqat many who liftvq obtained; ■
these encroachments, and many of.
of the buildings in the city stand par-,
tinlly upon such land, and df the case*
goes against itheicityvthere will- be w
general Btans|iedo among owners of
such .buildings, as >ill that event
any: citizen can ebmpei t lie-owner to
remove them. —Telegraph and Mess
enger. . . .. . ..
Wo Clip the following from the :
Quitman Reporter.of the 22nd ult. -
“A cohired man named Marshall Me-
Kinsey, who lived on Air. Wrn. Gold--
ing’s plnce,. ini this, county, was
shot and instantly killed, on J/on-1
day lastly a col red, man. named;
Luke McCormae. The shooting
was done in cold bloody McCbrmac
going to-,the field where McKinseyi
was at work. The men had had a
previons difficulty. Coroner l’oiw
der held an inque t,on; the -body
the night after the killing and tho
jury returned a verdict of “-mui-l
der.” The murdered man is - said,
to have been a quiet, hard working
negro. .Alter the shooting MeCor*
mack made his escape.smd iSsstilli
at large. lIo.Js about o feet 6-
high, weighs 150 pounds, cupperl
colored, broad face flat nose, and
stamers ft little. --
Two centuries ago not oner in a
hundred wore stockings,, Fifty years
ago not a boy in a thousand was al
-to run at large at, night. Fif
ty, years ago l not a girl in a thousand
made a waiting maid,of tltor inother.t
Wonderful improvements in the last
fewdays
A Jmsbnnu telegraphed to his
\yife:-AV r hat lia-vo ymi f>r break--
fast, and how is the baby? . 1 ho.
answer .came: “Hue wheat cakes
and the measles,”