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StTBsCKIPTION Fata* 91.00. P*a Amnol
Tuesday January 38th i87»
Trnnip and Tramps*
Who flmoftg our renders are so for
tunate' to have seen a trump?
Ho is buyout! all question the most
wonderful product of ovfr eiv
He coruts noiii no place in pnr3culnr
and drifts along on the streaiii of
chance,-utt* riy n gjmllcsR of where
dark nAovevtake tj&i, or. the morn
ing fini* iiutf|t P h^vonderftrl
luck in lmppemrtu along «fpreienl time.
If his knwk nt the front door is not
promptly answered, l»« walks in at the
baok door ns if In? wore one of the fam
ily. The tieroesi of dogs refuse to no
tice hiin,nnd iiupervionR to heat or
cold, he goes whatever his ftuicv may
carry him. Worti. of aU the species is
on the increase and bid$* fair soon to
become a* numerous its tne locusts of
Egypt iu the days of Moses and Dia-
roah.
Previous to the year 18(10 if n bog-
gar passed through the country, it pro
duced quite a sensation, and was the
subject of remark for several’ days after
now, there i.« scarcely n day that we
do woo see one or more in the streets;
and what is true of our town is doubt
less true of every town and city
whole country. Their number 1ms
become so great that they have grown
bold and dangerous. Ladies in the
country are afraid to visit their friends
and neighbors, ami jnyn lie down at
night fearful of being robbed
dered before morning.
There is one trait in the character of
the tramp to which,although
era have doubtless noticed it., we call
special attention*,'it is this : Nine out
of ten will atop at every'bouse on
street and ask for something to eat.
they are refused at one half the houses,
they still get more than they
and as this is- a daily businc
them, their object must, be something
more than a desire to provide for a few
meals ahead. It is our judgment tlmt
injpany instances these tramps go into
yard* and houses upon the pretense of
getting food, but in reality their object
is to ascertain the chance of stealing
something at night. We have no doubt
that a large amount of the stealing iu
the country is done by tramj
We presume thirt among the vast
number of tramps Wmo infest the emu:
try, there are some whe really desei ?
the aid and sympathy of ’the people
but, “like ungel visits, they are fo\
and far between.** Those who belonj
to this class, we think would do much
better to retnaiB where they are known.
Again many Of Them say they are seek
ing work; but only offer to put them at
k, and they haVe business elsewhere.
Wbat can be done to get clear
of them, is a problem that is grow
ing in importance every day; to
contribute onr mite to its solution
we make the following suggestion.
In the first place,whenever a trump
says he is seeking work, give him
something to do; put hiiu to work
in the gardeu, or cutting wood;
give him something, anything to
A Bold KoWherj.
kjqn >ieul, a n#gr- scoundrel,
who lived at Ontreville last yscir,
callid on Mr 8. Howell, and frid
citisfen of that place, last Monro*
Jan. 13th,and asked him to change
a 8mall^|till. Mr. Howell took out
his pocket-book to comply with
the request, when the diifcy rascal,
Sam, grabbed it, which contained
about forty dollars, and made off
with his stolen prize, and effected
a speedy escape. Pursuit was made
but the thief is not yet caught.
He went in the direction of Thom-
v astou, and a post>e ot gentlemen
are on the lookout for him. This
was a bold robbery, aud we trust
t the. infamous criminal may
ght to si eedy justice—vTal-
n Standard.
Col. R. W. Jernison, a prom
inent lawyer in Macon, GU., com
mitted suicid^in that city on Fri
day last by shooting jfcmself in
the head with a derrijjfeer pistolf
Be arose hastily from his dinner
table, and walking out into anoth
er loom, committed the awful
de^d almost in the piesence of his
wife. Col Jeurisoh was about fif
ty-eight Vmrs of age, and was
borne, we believe, in twiggs coun
ty, l>a. He was a practicing law
yer in Macon tor many years. For
a long time he had heeu a great
sufferer from dyspepsia.
A Biul Mule.
Dr. Flournoy’s old mule “Reu
ben,” that created a sensation in
Hawkiasville last spring, killed
Mr. Allen Dav.s, near Fort Val
ley, last week. The Foit Vuile)
Mirror gives the following par
ticulars;.
On Wednesday Mr. Alien Da
vis, an old gentleman who was liv
ing on Dr. Flournoy’s place, went
into the lot with the Doctor’s son,
Joe, to catch Reuben, the Doctor's
mule, both parties le -.tig armed
with sticks. The mule ran Mr.
r. a t£ Davis down aud jumped or ielf
upon him, when Joe hit him arid
uiove him off, but as the mule rose
be kicked the old gentlemau on
the breaking the skull,
from thejpffects of which he died
that night. Thu mule is a regu
lar fighter, and is well known as
dangerous, so much so that no one
but Dr. Flournoy and his lilt.e
son ever attempts to huudie. h m.
It is a pity that, he doe> not belong
to soiiiu one able to biow hi.- bran s
out.
Homicide In Pallium V ui ty.
A cmrespoudeiii writing to ihr-
Macon I edger. a lew days ago,
relates the loll-.wiug : A lutul al-
fray oicured iu this c unty hist
night. Toni lYars.'d. a very fe>-
pectabh* young planter, while set
tling with his hands, had some
misunderstiuid ng with them,win n
five of them ntta* ked him One ne
gro pullet him down by the hair
ot his head and another ran aud
secured an axe to butter him when
Pt-uiHon fiietl on the negro holuing
him, mortally wounding him, and
coutii ued tiring at ihe others who
fled The hum cide and attending
circumstances created much ex
citement in this community. As
lias been stated, Pearson is a high
ly respectable and genie manly
man.
Hirrlhtf Under the Car
* Wheels.
Yea^r^ay, on the Ce^al Rail-
Toyfy. a c*»lofed mao bj the name
of Robert Smith was killed by the
lumber train. He was engaged
in the service of the road. In
passing from one car to another
while they were in motion, he fell
between them aud was horrify
nJH.ogied by the wheels. They
struck him about the middle of
tlifc body and almost severed it in
two. The killing took place at a
point below Millen. The unfort
unate colored man resided in Gor
don and the body was taken to
that place yesterday afternoon.
—►Telegraph <fe Messenger.
Dumb for Twenty Years.—-Ogle
thorpe Echo: There once resided
in fchi* county a lady who, at the
age of sixteen years, from some
cause or other, stopped the use of
her tongue, and until ju9t before
her death, twenty years after, she
was never heard to utter a word.
As her last hours were drawing
near she sent, for some friends and
dictated her will in a manner that
proved her soiiud in rnind and flu
ent in language. She spoke of
many things that, occnm* in the
cuur^y during her apparent dumb
ness, hut gave no reason for her
strange conduct. An attempt
wa.** afiorw/rffs made to break her
will mi the ground ol iunimiiy, hut
it fa led. *
T have the plensuro of informing my friends r.nd patrons
hat I am now receiving my
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tuitions, with Dhciiptioiis nt' iln* b
F owors nml Vi.gctni.|os, ami hew to
grow them. All m>i* h five emit turnup.
Lit Fiiiglish or Lhiniitiii.
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Oulloiy of’nil kinds. Aguot for the eelebru,tif'l
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ifntl plenty of info
J A MI'S VICK
one i
,!then
do, so it is work: make thtun pay
»n work tor what they get troru | youn
you. By following thin rule some I
good may he accomplit-hi-d at least [
no harm wi^he done. In tin* kcc- j
' ond place, if eVeryIxidy iu a town| M *
or neighhur.hood will
feed tramps, they would soon
•ease to be troubled with thein;- ,<
for kind, charitable people this is I ^
a hard rule to billow. In the third j M
and last place, if the town
countf feuthoifies w«u»ld kav
few tramps anefted and lodged
in jail on a elmrge of vagrancy,
we have no ifoubt tramps would
shun that locality as they wmijd
the bottomless pit.
.The evil about which we write;. ht»a
grown to suc h enormous |uepfn tii»^,
that something 'will- have to be done to
' check it. The oust of tramps to* this
dountry for the past few yeas s has be<m
enormous, ami the sootier something'
in done to lessen, if not. to stop it. alto- j ■* u ' e, 'ioitb on
gethev, the better it will be for all pnV-' Grudvi hut w» re in
i-.'isn ootusevue*!. I U a
Dead Shot
03V TH:amp«.
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