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bfcssiniuif & business Seeds.
Ik. B. MAHAFFEY. W. 8. M’CARTY.
MAHAFFEY & McCARTY,
)[ A TTU R NEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga..
fill practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
ation given to all business entrusted to their
tire. Patronage solicited. OctSO ly
1)R C. R. GILES
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
nf Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at
tklate residence of Dr. 11. j. Long.
Jin. 22. 1876—tf
STANLEY & PINSON,
JBFFBRSOX, GA.,
DIALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
Ihtap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June 19 1 r
Medical Notice.
TV J. O. 11l >T having located in JefTer
-1 wn for the Diirpose of practicing Medicine,
'tsptetfully tenders his services to the citizens of
and county in all the different branches
the profession. After a flattering experience
'nineteen years, he feels jnstitied in saying that
is prepared to successfully treat any curable
'sc incident to our climate. lie is, for the
boarding with Judge John Simpkins, but
' ■ move his family here soon.
with Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey.
can be seen in the office of T. 11.
svck, Esq., c. s. C. octlfi
C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD.
ffWAR|> A: HOWARD.
U ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
-J KFKKR.SON, Ga.
' practice together in all the Courts of Jack
vi. J djacent counties, except the Court of
joary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75
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7, n Matchmaker and jeweler,
I h r ’r’ m ' Kin g’ s T)rug Store, Deupree Block,
I, tas ' a> All work done in a superior manner,
Warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi-
J ' ASH. Julylo-6m.
II M'OIT’ORI), Attorney at Law,
• HOMER, RANKS Co s., Ga.
practice in all the adjoining Counties, and
uwnpt attention to all business entrusted to
i * rc ; Collecting claims a specialty.
|°!p OAKES,
!fewa ESS MAKER < JEFFERSON, GA.
; l . an( l good buggy and wagon harness always
:o, .’ i c Pairing same, bridles, saddles, &c.,
"r'evi or * n °tice, and cheap for cash.
J flpyp, j J. B. SIT.MAN,
r'in, vln^ton ' Ga. Jefferson, Ga.
attorneys-at-law.
%.,, P rac ticc together in the Superior Courts of
of Jackson and Walton.
Wcrj —iy
1 *• I*IKE, Attorney at Ijiw,
* dKFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
P ro , ° n ' m the Courts, State and Federal.
(auk V . and thorough attention given to all
'inti,! business in Jackson and adjoining
June 12, 1875
$5 ftOAP er day at home. Samples
worth $1 free. Stinson &
marll
a h° me - Agents wanted. Outfit
W and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta,
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F. P. TALMADGE,
DEALER IN
AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
blocks, je welb y, sil yer $■ plated ware,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, AC.
CLOCKS IST 13 JEWELRY REPAIRED
a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
j, Ornamental and Plain letter Engraving a Specialty.
ATION— College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA,
A Pril Ist, i 876 j y
the forest news:
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
SPRING and summer
Stock; of
Milinery and Fancy Goods!
MRS. T. A. ADAPTS
A- to the public that she is now re-
Rm^rw , o V, rF Y la t rge an £., varied stock of Ladies’
i ■ . V Laces, Ribbons. Trimmings, Ac.,
inn h f K C 18 offenn S at low prices. Call, exam
ine and be convinced. Next door to the Bank of
the Lnivcrsity, Athens, Ga. April 15
BURKE’S BOOK-STORE,
ATHENS, GkA..
FJ.?Y ' van t School Books, Miscellaneous Books,
r ,7n eS ai H^? in Bo °ks, Pens, Ink and Paper,
Goid Pens. Fine Pocket Knives, Picture Frames
Blank Books, Ilat Racks, Brackets, or anything
kept in a first-class Book-store, call on
T. A. BURKE,
marls # Bookseller and Stationer.
Picture Gallery.
Up-Stairs, between the Hilly Thompson corner
find Stanley <s• Pinson's.
A. H. BROCK,
RESPECTFULLY announces to the ladies and
gentlemen of Jefferson and vicinity, that his
Gallery is now open for the accomodation of all
in want of pictures, and that he is prepared to ex
ecute his work in the best style of the art. Call
and examine specimens. Rates reasonable. All
work warranted to give satisfaction. fl 2
SPRINGDALE NURSERIES,
ATHENS, C3-.A..,
W. HUDG-IN, Proprietor.
HAS now’ ready for delivery a splendid lot of
Pot-Grown Plants, suitable for Parlor or Con
servatory decoration, at New York prices. Nurs
ery and Green House, corner Rock-Spring Avenue
and Bobbin-Mill Street. marll tf
THE REASON WHY
J. H. HUGGINS
Sells goods cheaper now, is because he
has adopted the
CASH SYSTEM!
The ready cash enables him to buy goods very
low% and consequently he is offering to the public
every thing in his line, such as
All kinds o f Crockery and Glass-ware , Lamps ,
Chandeliers. Farmers’ 1 Lanterns , Kerosene
Oil. at wholesale and retail; Family and
Fancy Groceries. Dry Goods , Boots ,
Shoes , Hats , Saddles , Harness
and Leather.
And also a large stock of I.IJIK, both for build
ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the
CASH.
When you go to Athens, don’t forget to call on
J. H. HUGGINS. If yon want KEROSENE OIL, at
wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low
est price. 1 f you want CROCK FRY and GLASS
\\ ARE, there's the place to get it. If you want
TOBACCO , FLOI Jf BACON. LARD , SU
GAR, COFFEE and MOLASSES, go there and
you will find it. If you want LIME, for building
or composting with fertilizers, go to
J. 11. HUGGINS’,
No. 7, Broad St., Athens.
©syUßeinember the place. marlS
Established, 1785! *
The Chronicle Sf Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, GrJN.
One of the Oldest Papers in the Country.
One of the LEADING PAPERS of the South.
The Largest Circidatton in Eastern Georgia.
The official Organ of several Counties.
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our subscribers in the country. It is one of the
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besides Editorials, all the current news of the
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Specimen copies of any issue sent free.
WALSH & WRIGHT, Proprietors,
Augusta, Ga.
Jackson County.
Whereas, B J Whitmire, Administratrix of the
estate of F M Whitmire, late of said county, dec’d,
makes application to me tendering her resignation
of said trust as such Administratrix, and recom
mending the name of II N Mitchell as a suitable
person, qualified and entitled to, and willing to ac
cept the said trust—
Therefore, the said II N Mitchell, and all and
singular, the next of kin of said deceased, are here
by cited to he and appear, on the Ist Monday in
June, 1876. at the regular term of the Court of Or
dinary, to be then held in and for said county, to
show cause why the resignation of said Adminis
tratrix should not be accepted, and said II N
Mitchell appointed Administrator in her stead.
Given under my official signature, at office, this
April 17th, 1876. WILEY C. HOWARD,
apl22 Ordinaiy.
SEND 25c. to GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., New
York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing
lists of 3,000 newspapers, and estimates showing
cost of advertising. marll
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 20,157 G.
wotnmiitiicaiions.
An Interesting Letter—Value of Newspa
pers, &c.
Editor Forest News — Dear Sir:— l was
a few months since in the town of Jefferson,
in Jackson county, my old tramping ground
from 1824 to 1829, and was much pleased to
find that my former acquaintance, Mr. Malcom
Stafford, had established, and was the navi
gator of that high-spirited weekly, The Forest
Netvs. This is just what should have been
years ago. Ido not know, Mr. Editor, w r hat
the patronage of the Neics is, but I contend
that after the making of good roads and the
building of good bridges, that the establish
ment of a good and w r ell conducted newspa
per, in any county, is the next direct interest
of its citizens, and should be patronized by
every citizen of the county in which it is es
tablished, because it not only gives the local
news, which every citizen, as far as they can,
should contribute, but further, it gives all the
interesting news from probably ten or more
exchanges, which is partly equivalent to the
taking of as mail}’ other newspapers ; it also
gives the news of all important new inven
tions and discoveries, all of which creates in
our young folks a disposition to read and find
out what that news is, which is the great
source of information and enterprise, besides
it often publishes receipts for various things,
one of which is sometimes worth to the sub
scriber ten times the amount of his subscrip
tion. To illustrate, I myself saw in the South
ern II utchman, that sage and mullin tea would
destroy botts in the horse. This receipt lam
certain saved for me the lives of two valuable
horses. I also saw in the same paper that
lime would stop or cure the bloody murrain
in cattle, which I am equally certain saved
me a pair of fine oxen. I also saw in the
Southern Cultivator , taken from a paper pub
lished in Tennessee, how to make and put in
operation a wooden boiler, with sheet-iron
bottom, to boil feed for stock. I have since
made, and had in operation, several of these
boilers, the cost of which was not more to me
than three dollars each, one of which I would
at no time have exchanged for a caldron that
would have cost five times as much.
Again, I have never known a well conduct
ed newspaper to become an established re
ality in any county, but what it had a ten
dency to advance the price of all real estate
in that county. What, let me ask, is the
cause of the building up of Gainesville, and
the putting of your sister county of Hall,
which was only organized I think in 1818 or
1819, so far in advance of Jefferson and Jack
son county, which was organized long before
Hall count}’ was born, and whose lands are
to-day, for all agricultural purposes, worth
four or five times those of ITall. I know it
will be said by some that it was the building
of the Air-Line Railroad. Granted, as far as
is admissible ; but, Mr. Editor, let me tell the
good citizens of Jackson county, all of whom
I highly respect, that there is a newspaper in
Gainesville, called the Eagle , that, if I mis
take not, had something to do with the advo
cating the building of this Railroad, and
which has done as much or more to the build
ing up and the interest of Gainesville and
the citizens of Hall county than almost any
other industry or enterprise that you could
name. What, let me ask, would Athens and
Clarke county, another sister county, be at
this time, had the Southern Banner, the South
ern Watchman, the North-East Georgian, or
some other newspaper, never have been pub
lished there? Hilly Carr's mill-pond and
Fanny Tanner’s fish-hole, that was there six
ty-five years ago, would probably be there
still, but there would not be much else.
What, let me ask again, would Georgia, the
boasted Empire State of the South, be to-day,
was it not for her editorial corps ? I answer,
the home of those three twin brothers—the
scalawag, the carpet-bagger and the vagabond.
Show me a country without the printers’ press
or the Bible, and you will sec, without any
showing, a land of ignorance and superstition.
I maintain, therefore, that it is the direct in
terest of, and I would advise the citizens,
especially those in any county where a news
paper is established, to patronize that paper
by all means, and my word for it, neit her you
nor your children will ever regret doing so.
But, Mr. Editor, I have digressed at least
forty-five degrees from my original intention.
I sat down, pencil in hand, to say to }’ou that
something near seven years since I wrote for
the Southern Cultivator my manner of putting
up and making manure, and that some of my
friends in Jackson have expressed to me the
wish to see the same re-published in the Forest
News, and requested that I furnish you a
copy for that purpose. I therefore, through
ray friend, Win. Winburn, hand you the Au
gust No. for 1869, of the Southern Cultivator,
in which, on page 248, you will find that com
munication. which you can re-publish or not,
as you may think proper, with this further
and only remark : That the pens in which the
manure is originally composted, all other
things considered, should be placed at that
point that would save the greatest amount of
hauling.
And now, Mr. Editor, as you and friend
Christy, of the Southern Watchman, seem both
to have somewhat an aversion and a dread of
coming in contact with mud-holes across pub
lic roads, I propose at some future time, by
your leave, to furnish the Forest News with
a communication on the subject of road-work*
ing generally. Very respectfully,
John I. Cheatham.
Gainesville, Ga.. May 10 th, 1876.
For the Forest News.
The Long Absent Love.
Her loving countenance betrayed the in
nocence of a once bright and happy heart, but
the foot-prints of sorrow had left a faint
shadow lingering among the glossy ringlets,
as they played in graceful waves around her
noble features.
All was calm and serene, except the sing,
ing birds of spring, caroling among the bend
ing trees and loving flowers, and filling the
air with their musical notes. She sat upon
the grassy mound viewing the beautiful flow
ers, which seemed to reverence her w ith their
dazzling colors, and rich fragrance—treasures
which seemed almost too pleasant for earthly
jewels.
Oh, the beauties of nature ! How glorious
ly formed and with what Divine skill they
arc adapter] to the pleasures of man ? How
■an grief, she thought, make its appearance
or venture to seize my heart as a prey, while
I am surrounded with so many comforts?—
Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wis
dom and knowledge of God ; “ how unsearch
able are his judgments and his ways past
finding out.”
A beautiful sun may dawn for me in the
future that will surpass all the splendor that
ever shone upon my past life. I will look to
Him “from whom all blessings flow.” In
these contemplations she remained almost un
conscious of mortal existence, or from whence
came these beautiful imaginations that em
balmed her spirit in the sweet serenity of
heaven’s noble inspirations. She resigned
all to Him who ruleth heaven and earth ; was
pensively in Ilis care, and knew no will but
His.
“All things work together for good to them
that love God,” she thought, as she viewed
the surrounding forest clothed “in living
green,” waving its graceful forms ami extend
ing its beautiful boughs to cool the summer’s
gentle breeze. The rich soil was covered
with blooming flowers of almost every form,
in rich and dazzling colors, which no artist
can paint. They gave to the air their sweet
fragrance, which twined around her as a
wreath of rich myrrh.
I never dreamc 1 that earth was so pleas
ant ; that I could be so happy in a world
where troubles come and pleasures banish to
unknown lands. As her mind wandered over
these delightful pleasures, she was suddenly
alarmed by some beautiful air that seemed
like old sweet music. From whence it came
she knew not; but it struck her memory with
the ecstacy of past pleasures, and which re
vived the golden hours of many delightful
scenes. As she sat happily contemplating
the rich moments in sweet suspense, the
music came clearer and in richer tones, that
sank deeper into her noble heart, and raised
her from the beautiful mound with a lighter
spirit than she had known in many weary
days past. Her dark eyes glanced around in
sweet rapture, and she beheld the graceful
form and dearest object of her love.
“ Oh, Cleo,” she said, “ I thought that you
were in the far distant land : roaming among
the different tribes of earth, enjoying the
scenes, novelties, and rich pearls of another
shore. I thought } r ou had forgotten your own
dear native home ; that }’ou had forgotten and
forsaken me for the love of the far distant
isle.”
“ Mada, rather say you thought T had for
gotten that my name existed among the liv
ing ; that 1 had forgotten to breathe the sweet
air of heaven, and to receive the bountiful
blessings of an All-wise Providence. Mada,
has my absence slackened your devotion ?
has the spirit of coldness intervened between
the hearts that once loved so dearly, or lias
distance, or time the power to change and
control that which is stronger than death ?
Can you, do you love me with the same un
d}’ing affection ?”
“ Cleo, with a love which no mortal power
on earth can change.”
Their pleasures were mingled into one, and
the happiness of a long absent love revealed
in the purest light of immutable affection.
Leloka.
remove coal oil from cotton and
woollen clothes when boiling water and soap
will not do it, try steeping them for a short
time in bisulphide of carbon in a closed ves
sel, and then allowing them to remain expos
ed to the air until completely deodorized.
To Extract Ink from Cotton, Silk and
Woollen Goods. —Saturate the spot with
spirits of turpentine, and let it remain several
hours; then rub it between the hands. It
will crumble away without injuring cither the
color or texture of the article.
GFTn 1776 there were 25,000 Baptists in
the United States, now there are 2,000,000.
There are about 700.000 of other small sects
who practice immersion, to say nothing of the
multitudes baptized by Methodist ministers
and by Episcopalians.
The Methodist Bishops—Plan of Episcopal
Visitation for 1876.
At a meeting of the College of Bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in
Nashville, on Friday, the following plan of
Episcopal visitation for 1876 was adopted :
BISHOP K AVAN AUG 11.
West Virginia Conference, Catlettsburg,
September 13.
Virginia Conference, Richmond, Nov. 15.
North Carolina Conference, Greenesboj-o’,
November 29. 0
South Carolina Conference, Chester, De
cember 13.
Baltimore Conference. Alexandria, Mar. —.
BISHOP M’TYEIRE.
Western Conference, Nebraska City, Au
gust 23.
St. Louis Conference, Washington, Sept. 6.
Missouri Conference, Hannibal, Oct. 4.
Southwest Missouri Conference, Miami,
Oct. 18.
Indian Mission Conference. Vinita. Oct. 25.
North Alabama Conference, Decatur, De
cember 13.
bishop keener.
Kentucky Conference, Nicholasville. Sep
tember 13.
Tennessee Conference. Columbia, Oct. 4.
Arkansas Conference, Yelville. Oct. 18.
White River Conference. Bates villc. Nov. 29.
Little Rock Conference, Arkadclphia, De
cember 13.
BISHOP WIIIGJITMAN.
Louisville Conference. Louisville, Oct. 4.
Holston Conference. Bristol, Oct. 18.
Mississippi Conference, Natchez, Nov. 29.
Louisiana Conference, Trenton, Dec. 13.
msnop tierce.
North Mississippi Conference, Sardis, No
vember 1.
Memphis Conference, Memphis. Nov. 15.
North Georgia Conference. Sparta, Nov. 29.
South Georgia Conference, Sandersville,
December 13.
Florida Conference, Monlicello. Jan. 11.
BTSIIOP PAIN'E.
Illinois Conference, Pava, Oct. 4.
Alabama Conference, Greenesboro’, Dec. G.
BISHOP DOGOETT.
North Texas Conference, Longview. Oct. 11.
Northwestern Texas Conference, Calvert,
October 18.
West Texas Conference, Seguiu, Nov. 1.
German Mission Conference, Grassy Forlc,
near Bastrop. Nov. 15.
Texas Conference, Huntsville, Nov. 29.
East Texas Conference, Henderson, Dec.l3.
BISHOP MARVIX.
Denver Conference, Colorado Springs, Au
gust 23.
Columbia Conference, Sept. 15.
Pacific Conference, Oct. 11.
Los Angeles Conference, Oct. 25.
Bishop Keener has charge of the missions
in Mexico and Brazil.
Bishop McTycire has charge of the mission
in-China.
The Kendrick Case-Advice to Churches.
But while Kendrick is so severely censured,
and no censure is too severe for such a
scoundrel, there is another view of the case
that should he presented. These clerical
scandals have, unhappily, become too fre
quent of late. They have not been confined
to any denomination or any section, any
more than sin is limited to particular creeds
or countries. But is it not well to inquire
whether others are not to blame besides the
priests of God who bring ruin upon them
selves and disgrace upon their sacred calling ?
X voting and talented minister is called up
on to take charge of a church in a strange
, n &
community. In every church women are
usually the most zealous and enthusiastic of
members. They arc pleased with the appear
ance and charmed by the eloquence of the
new pastor. They spoil him with attention
and flattery ; they seek his society and bare
their hearts to his view, little thinking of ths
temptations which they offer and the dangere
they incur. Ministers are but men’ They
have the frailties and the passions of their
fellow men. The grace of God and the
power of religious discipline may have ena
bled them to subdue their inclinations and
hold their desires in check. But they arc
only human, and when subjected to strong
temptations they may fall in spite of their
piety, in spite of their own will, just as the
chosen servants of God have fallen before,
and just as the}’ will continue to fall so long
as flesh is frail and men are mortals. How
ever much of blame ma}' attach to the minis
ter, does not some blame attach also to his
congregation ? However much we may feel
disposed to condemn the false shepherd who
betrays his flock shall we not also censure
the flock that puts irresistable temptation in
the way of the shepherd ? Most assuredly
yes. When congregations, and especially
the female members of congregations, shall
learn to treat ministers—no matter how
handsome, how eloquent or how fascinating
they may be—just as they treat all other
men. then we mav expect to hear less of se
ductions and of Kendrick and Beecher scan
dals. bringing dishonor upon a church and
scandal upon a community. We do not wish
to palliate the guilt of such men as Kendrick,
but we do wish to warn the women of all de
nominations that they place not temptation
in their pastors way. Bad men there are in
every church, wolves in sheep's clothing will
be found in every flock, but crime is alwavs
preceded bv temptation. The removal of
temptation is the prevention of crime.—Au
gusta Chronicle 4- Sentinel.
Texas is justly entitled to the distinction
of being the banner democratic State of the
Union. At the last election for Governor,
the vote stood—Coke, Democratic, 159,581 ;
Chambers, Republican, 57,719. Democratic
majority one hundred and one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two.
The Enterprise <s• Mountaineer says that
over one thousand colored people of Green
ville, S- C., have signed the temperance
pledge since January, and that they were to
march through Main street, with banners and
music, May Ist.
S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.
) SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
GLEANINGS.
When a loafer enters the sanctum of a bu
sy editor, ami the editor says. “Glad to see
you’re back,” what does he mean ?
McDuffie county comes to the front with ft
turkey with four legs. The poor thing walk
ed itself to death the first day.
Corrupt Republicanism is as restless under
investigation as a wiggle-tail under a micro
scope. It’s so modest.
Ohio and Michigan Free Masons have re
solved not to visit the Centennial Exhibition
unless railroad fares are further reduced.
Indiana has sent a strong delegation to the
National Democratic Convention for Hen
dricks.
The Episcopalians have started a training
school at Raleigh. N. C.. for colored teachers
and students for the ministry.
A Massachusetts man is slicing a
neighbor’s dwelling-house that was washed
on his land by a flood.
The Atlanta presbytery contains 2,229
communicants, 33 churches, 17 ministers, 1
licentiate, 5 candidates for the ministry.
A family in Houston county, Ga., out of
meat, season their vegetables bv cooking a
quart of hickory nuts and boiling them in the
pot.
A woman of Omaha, one hundred years of
age, has had her grave clothes on hand for
fiitecn years, and has had them washed and
ironed once each year.
Capt. Jim Hunter, of Coweta, has ninety
lambs from eighty-four sheep. His largest
yield of wool was nine and three-quarter
pounds from one sheep.
Patrick Lynch, an Atlanta policeman, ac
cidentally shot and instantly killed himselt,
while closing the door of a cell in the station
house, last week.
Rev. Mr. Parker, pastor of the Presbyte
rian church at Ashland. Ky„ has eloped with
a young lady of his congregation, leaving be
hind him a wife and several children.
The Rev. Dr. Leftwich, of Atlanta, has ac
cepted a call to a church in Lexington, Vir
ginia, at a salary of $2.300 —$1,600 less than
he is receiving in Atlanta.
The Mobile Register saj's: “A lawyer in
Baldwin county, who was employed in a crim
inal case, took as his retainer, two pones of
corn bread and a possum and a peck of peas.
The prisoner was acquitted.
Mr. T. M. Stewart, Philadelphia, was rc
<l topped from the roll of the North United
Presbyterian church in that city because he
belongs to the Odd Fellows Order. He ap
peals to his Presbytery for restoration.
The Christian church is calling for $50,000
to save Bethany College, their principal in
stitution. from passing out of their hands, as
it is about to do. The college was founded
by Alexander Campbell.
Boys arc not to wear out their knuckles
hereafter in “knuckling down.” A patent
lias been granted for a pistol which is de
signed to shoot marbles by the aid of a
spring.
Sixteen of the State Senators who bold
over in California arc Democrats, and only
four Republicans. To control the next Serr
ate. the Republicans will have to elect eigh
teen of the Senators to he chosen in 1877,
An oyster-opening match in Philadephis,
for SSOO, was won on Tuesday, by n man
who opened five hundred of the bivalves in
twenty-five minutes and fifteen seconds. Ilk*
opponent was only six oysters behind him.
Throughout the eastern part of Wisconsin
farmers have adopted the plan of sowing
wheat and oats together. From actnal ex
perience it has been found to yield better,
both in quantity and quality, and is, of course,
more profitable.
“ Now, George, my dear/' sard Mrs. ,Spif.
kins at the theatre the other night, as her
hubby was groping for lvis hat, “3-011 needn’t
go out to get roasted! coffee for you heart
burn ; I have brought a handful in my pock
et.*’
Washington, May B.—The Supreme Court
at this term delivered 265 opinions. There
remains on the docket 937 cases. Among
the cases left over are the New York Mutual
Insurance cases involving the effect of war
upon contracts of insurance between North
ern companies and Southern policy-holder.*'.
A Burke county chicken is almost round
—its head coming abruptly op from the
middle of its back—the upper part of the
bill stood at an angle of forty -five degrees
laterally' from the lower portion of the bill
and tlice3’e f it had only one, was nnderneath.
on a line with the lower part of the bill.
This chicken runs about the yard as glibly
as any of the rest.
D# There was a thrilling incident on the
Kansas and Missouri bridge at Leavenworth
the other da\\ Two men who appeared to be
ver3 r drunk were crossing the bridge from the
Missouri to the Kansas side. About the mid
dle of the bridge they got into a quarrel, and
commenced knocking each other about. The
fight was observed by several spectators on
the Kansas shore, and they saw a sight worth
seeing. One of the men knocked the other
clear off the bridge, and he somersaulted
through the air sixty-five feet to the surface
of the water. How far he went nnder nobody
knows, and nobody ever expected to see him
alive again. But lie soon rose and swam
ashore, and scrambled out of the Missouri
flood uninjured, and perfectly sober. Soon
as he saw what he hail done, the victor ran
withal! his might back to the Missouri side,
and he is probably running y’et away from hia
supposed murder. The other refused to state
the cause of the quarrel or give names. He
also went back to Missouri after his friend,
doubtless to finish the fight.
NUMBER 50.