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I. A. B. MAIIAFFEY. W. S. M’UARTY.
UAHAFFEY & McCARTY,
.U A T T O It NKYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga.,
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tmtion given to all business entrusted to their
are. Patronage solicited. OctJOly
Bit. C. 11. GILES
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
of Jefferson and vicinity. Can he found at
the late residence of l)r. H. D. Long.
Jin.*”. 18715—tf
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERS OX, (i A.,
D| EAI.ERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
• heap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
Jane 19 ly
Medical Notice.
jjr. .1. <l. IICVI’ having located in Jcft’er
son for the purpose of practicing Medicine,
tenders his services to the citizens of
the town and county in all the different branches
■theprofession. After a flattering experience
1 nineteen years, he feels justified in saying that
i ls prepared to successfully treat any curable
;:snse incident to our climate. He is, for the
r eyut. boarding with Judge John Simpkins, hut
v more his family here soon.
(, ttice with Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey.
can he seen in the office of T. 11.
WLAOK, Esq., C. S. C. octlG
"ILK.V c. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD.
HW AR|> A HOWARIh
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
w Jefferson, Ga.
"I practice together in all the Courts of Jack
and adjacent counties, except the Court of
binary of Jackson county. Sept Ist *75
V WHJJAMSON.
J ' .MATCHMAKER and jeweler,
.'M '■ r - um. King’s Drug Store, Deupree Block,
-nens. Ga. All work done in a superior manner,
•W wiuranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi-
CASH. * JulylO-Gm.
]l L lVOFI'ORl), Attorney at Law,
HOMER, BANKS Cos., Ga.
'll practice in all the adjoining Counties, and
P e prompt attention to all business entrusted to
care, Collecting claims a specialty.
OAKES,
MAKER. JEFFERSON, GA.
-and good buggy and wagon harness always
and an< “ Repairing same, bridles, saddles, &c.,
' ■ f °n short notice, and cheap for cash.
junel-i —i y ’ 1
' I J. B. SILMAN,
F * °vington, Ga. Jeft'ersou, Ga.
0, l> &
r . ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
it, together in tlic Superior Courts of
. 1 'Jntios of Jackson and Walton.
junel*> —ly
\\ *• I'HiK, Attorney at l-aw,
K* . JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
p ICes ln all the Courts, State and Federal.
li ru i' an d thorough attention given to all
toiuit e * business i Jackstra and adjoining
June 12, 1875
Nrv
nfo worth $1 free. Siinson fc
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Mjin* and u ‘ rms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta,
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F. P. TALMADGE,
DEALER IN
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
CLOCKS, JE WELR Y, SIL VER S' PLATED WARE,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C.
Etches, clocks .a-hste repaired
In a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Ornamental and llniu better Engraving a Specialty.
AT ION— College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA.
April Ist, 1876 ly
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THE FOREST NEWS.
Die People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
SPRING AND SUMMER
stock; or
Milinery and Fancy Goods!
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** X. A. 1 DAVIS
A NNOUNCES to the public that she is now re
ce‘vlg a large and varied stock of Ladies’
Bonnets, Ifats. Laces, Ribbons. Trimmings, <tc.,
which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam
ine and be convinced. Next door to the Bank of
the U Diversity, Athens, Ga. April 15
BURKE’S BOOK-STORE,
ATHENS, Q-AA.
T %va, U ‘School Books, Miscellaneous Books,
.. , , S* es Hy mn Books, Pens. Tnk and Paper,
Goid Pens, Fine Pocket Knives. Picture Frames,
Blank Books, Hat Racks, Brackets, or anything
kept m a first-class Book-store, call on
T. A. BURKE,
marlS Bookseller and Stationer.
Picture Gallery,
Up-Stairs , between the Billy Thompson corner
and Stanley <£> Pinson's.
A. H. BROCK,
RESPECTFULLY announces to the ladies and
gentlemen of Jefferson and vicinity, that his
Gallery is noiv open for the accomodation of all
m 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, GA.,
W. HTJDGrIN, 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 note, 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 lands of Crockery and Glass-ware, Lamps .
Chandeliers, Farmers' Lanterns, Kerosene
Oil. at wholesale and retail ; Family and
Fancy Groceries, Pry Goods , Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Saddles, Harness
and Leather.
And also a large stock of IJL'HE, both for build
ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the
CASH.
\\ hen 3 r ou go to A thens, don’t forget to call on
J. H. HUGGINS. If you want KEROSENE OIL, at
wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low
est priee. If you want CROCKERY and GLASS
\\ ARE, there’s the place to get it. If you want
TOBACCO. FLOCK. BA COX, 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.
the place. marlS
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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 be and appear, on the Ist Monday in
June, 1876. at the regular term of the Court of Or
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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 27,1576.
Reception of the Fraternal Messengers of
the M. E. Church, South, by the North
ern General Conference, at Baltimore.
Quite an interesting feature in the pro
ceedings of the (Northern) General Confer
ence at Baltimore, last week, was the recep
tion, by that body, of the Fraternal Messen
gers from the church, South, a brief account
of which is herewith appended :
The hour for the reception of fraternal
messengers from the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, having come, that most inter
esting ceremony took place. With the ex
ception of the upper tier, which was filled,
every part of the Academy was crowded.
Many were standing. The desk in front of
Presiding Bishop James, and all the tables
of the Secretaries- and official reporters,
ranged at the front of the platform, were dec
orated with immense bouquets. The scene
was a happy combination of Christian and
floral welcome.
Dev. Dr. Foss, President of Middletown
University, and Rev. J. P. Newman, of
Washington, formally introduced to Bishop
James and the Conference, the fraternal
messengers, Rev. Jas A. Duncan, of Ran
dolph-Macon College, Va., and Landon Gar
land, D. D., Chancellor of Y T anderbilt Uni
versity, Nashville, Tenn. Bishop James
welcomed the Messengers in an eloquent ad
dress.
The Secretary then read the credentials of
the members of the Church, South, in which
the Council was also notified of a commission
of five persons to consult upon and adjust
the legal points at issue between the two
churches.
A LETTER FROM DR. L. PIERCE.
An address to the Bishops and delegates
of the M. E. Church in conference assembled,
written by Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce, was then
read. The address reviews the progress of
Methodism generally, and concludes as fol
lows : “And finally let us as two companies
of brothers, entrusted with a most precious
patrimonial estate to enjoy as trustees and
enlarge and increase as guardians for an in
definite posterity, see which of us can so use
onr portion of this Methodist capital as to
make the percentage of income and test of
comparative fidelity, industry and devotion
to its policy, and its principles of operation
as its founders and its fathers turned it over
to us. Let us do this as brethren of one
heart and one mind, of one great aim and
end, and the future will prove that our divis
ion into two general conference jurisdictions
was a benefaction instead of a deprivation.
We will watch each other only with godly
jealousy for a faithfully propagation of one
undivided Methodism. This is, in so far as
it can be, my last will and testament, turning
over to my successors my estate in Method
ism.
During the reading there were frequent
manifestations of sympathy and approval.
ADDRESS BY THE DELEGATES.
Dr. Duncan then made an able address,
saluting the Bishops and delegates in the
name of his Conference as brethren in the
name of Christ Jesus. He was followed by Mr.
Garland. The remarks of both these gen
tlemen were in the most fraternal spirit and
cordially received. Resolutions of
WELCOME AND REGRET
At the absence of Dr. Pierce were unani
mously adopted. The matter of appointing
a commission to meet that appointed by the
Church South to adjust the legal points at
issue, was referred to a special committee of
seven, to be appointed.
Baby’s Legs.
Bow-legs and knock-knees are among the
common deformities of humanity ; and wise
mothers assert that the crookedness in either
case arises from the afflicted one having been
put upon his or her feet too early in babyhood.
But a Massachusetts physician, wjo has
watched for the true cause, thinks differently.
He attributes the first mentioned distortion
to a habit some youngsters delight in of rub
bing the sole of one foot against that of the
other; some will go to sleep with their soles
pressed together. They appear to enjoy the
contact only when the feet are naked ; they
do not attempt to make it when they are
socked or slippered. So the remedy is obvi
ous, keep the baby’s soles covered. Knock
knees the doctor ascribes to a different child
ish habit, that of sleeping on his side, with
one knee tucked into the hollow behind the
other. He has found that where one leg has
been bowed inward more than another, the
patient has always slept on one side, and
the upper member has been that which has
been most deformed. Here the preventive
is to pad the insides of the knees so as to
keep them apart, and let the limbs grow free
ly their own way. All of which is commend
ed to mothers who desire the physical up
rightness of their progeny.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Saturday Evening.
Again a calm and peaceful thought
Pervades my troubled breast,
F or time with fleeting steps has brougnt
The eve of hallowed rest.
Yes ! one more week of earthly life !
Plainer than e’er before,
I view the end of daily strife,
The crown and harp in store.
I 11 take the record of the hours,
And scan its page with fears ;
For oft from memory’s secret bowers,
There come remorseful tears.
Have we not heard that He has said,
M hen thou has pitying brought
A pillow for the wanderer’s head,
Thy soul of Me has thought ?
O ! if we could but perfect live,
Our heaven would be below ;
But still our souls must ever strive
Thy way of light to know.
And when another week has closed,
May we with thanks recall
The pleasant word and deed bestowed,
And sympathy to all. w. G. B.
The Dance of Death.
A MAN WHO FORCES ANOTHER TO DANCE AT
THE PISTOL MUZZLE IS HIMSELF CALL
ED TO TIME AND SHOT DEAD.
At the quiet and somewhat unpretentious
little village of Shaqisburg, bordering on
our neighboring county, Montgomery, where
reside many prominent and wealthy citizens,
although it is more of a “cross-roads” town
than a county scat, there have been during
the past year or two a number of peripatetic
“larks,” whose indiscretions have exceeded
their judgment. These manifestations have
been doubtless more the result of a tendency
to be fast than possibly any outcroppings of
any real criminal intent. We have just been
placed in possession of the facts of a singu
larly unfortunate and fatal event, ending in
the death of one man and the punishment of
another in most unwarrantable and peculiar
circumstances. Thos. Fletcher was the name
of the man killed, and it appears that he had
been a transient resident between Irvine,
Estill county, Mt. Sterling and Sharpsburg,
he having lived in the latter place for some
time, but more recently alternating between
the other two towns. Irvine was the last
place of his name and habitation. lie was
musically inclined, and his last performance
in that line proved a tune of hasty requiem
and a dance of death ! A few days since
Fletcher, in his festive mood, at Irvine, drew
a pistol, and, with drawn bead and pointed
muzzle, demanded of another young man
that he* “dance or die.” Then at a disadvan
tage the young man danced with the mur
derous muzzle held to his head, the basilisk
eye of his tormentor running along the bar
rel, keeping it following his every movement.
On he danced till his limbs grew lax and tie
perspiration stood in beads upon his brow.
“That will do,” grimly said Fletcher, lower
ing and uncocking his pistol and putting it
in his pocket, adding, “you may stop now.”
With lightning eye and compressed lip the
young man, whose name wo did not learn,
said : “Yes, and you may stop, too.” Draw
ing a pistol quick as a flash, he pulled the
trigger and fired. “ Take that,” said he, as
a hissing ball went through the heart of
Fletcher, who fell over and expired. This
was a little more dance and music than
Fletcher had bargained for, and the tables
were completely turned! The young man
gavje himself up, as wc learn, and the matter
will undergo the regular judicial investiga
tion and legal proceedings. —Lexington ( Ky .)
Dispatch.
Got It at Last.
For many days, says the Charlottesville
(Va.) Jeffersonian , we have noticed an old col
ored woman plodding her way to the post of
fice, never missing a day, and invariably re
turning as she came, without any mail. She
had imbibed the idea prevalent among these
people that the post office is a government
institution, and she had a right to exercise
her new privilege of “’qr.irin’ dar fur a let
ter,” even though she expected nothing, and
with a persistence that was commendable, her
face appeared at the general deliver}’ as reg
ularly as the mail was opened. Some person,
getting tirdd of seeing her fruitless attempt
to accomplish her desires, fixed up a letter in
hieroglyphics, signed it Jeemes Higgins,
stamped it, and left it to await her coming.
She was there on time. When the clerk hand
ed out the missive, she had no idea it was in
tended for her, and looked all around the
crowd, who are usually at the windows, ex
pecting some of them to take it; but when
the clerk insisted that it was for “Polly
Brown,” it was a stud}' for a physiognomist
to see the variety of expressions that her
countenance underwent. She took hold of
the precious thing and exclaimed, “Bress de
Laud,” and as she backed out of the crowd,
with the letter high above her head, her
cOKKteiwuice open from ear to ear, she ejacu
lated, “ Ise got it! Bress de Laud ! I knowed
de guvvermint was gwine to gimme a letter
’fore long. I seed dat letter last night on de
candle—dat I did,” and she waddled off down
the street hunting for someone to read it for
her. She finally got a gentleman to open it,
but as the writing was entirely unintelligible,
he could do nothing but tell the writer's
name. She pondered a long time over the
name, to remember who “Jeemes Higgins”
was, and where she had known him. She
tried several other gentlemen, but all failed
to decipher the hieroglyphics. At last she
said: “Well, dat Jeemes Higgins must be
a mighty smart young culled pusson to write
a letter what dese white gemmans can’t read.
’Spec he’s, some o’ dim ginruls in de army,
who knowed me when I was a gal. An’ he
'membus poor ole Polly yit,” and she as
sumed such an air of dignity as to make it
excruciating to look at her. She took her
letter and went home. She comes to the of
fice no more now.
A merchant of Jackson, Tenn., asked two
men to keep store for him while he went out
for a moment. They did so, and sold each
other a large lot of goods cheap on credit.
When he returned and was informed of what
they had done he was anxious to pass it off
as a joke, but they insist that they were his
agents, hence that the transaction was a legal
or.e, and the courts will have to pass upon
the question.
A Story that Ought to Live Forever.
There comes to us from the Western dis
trict a story on the details of which a Bret
Harte or a Colonel Hay would found a poem.
The other day a gang of laborers were em
ployed stacking blocks of stone on a perma
nent way of the Great Western railroad, be
tween Keynsham and Bristol. In fact, the
operation of stone stacking was carried on
within a few yards of the Brislington tunnel.
It was at the time of day when the most
wonderful express train in the world, called
the “Flying Dutchman,” was expected, and
by some unlucky accident a large block of
stone rolled down the embankment, lodging
on the railway line. At this instant the roar
of the “Flying Dutchman” was heard in the
tunnel. Not a moment was to be lost, so
swiftly down the bank sped one of the brave
navvies to remove the stone and save hun
dreds of innocent lives, or perish in the at
tempt. He had a wife and family at home,
but he never thought of them. His life was
in his hand, but he never thought of that.
Down the steep embankment sped the brave
fellow, nerved with the combined strength of
Sisyphus and Atlas, to move the stone and
save his fellow-creatures. On sped the flying
Dutchman! “Quick, for yonr life, Jim,”
shouted the companion on the bank. Alas!
it was just too late ; the stone was rolled out
of the way, but the hero was cut to pieces
by the fangs of the murderous train. This
is as grand and noble a story as ever was
told. It is finer than the tale of “Jim Bludso,”
the moral of whose storey is told with such
impetuous vigor and truth by the author of
“ Little Breeches.”
“ He kttow’d his duty, a (lead sure thing,
And he went for it thar and tnen;
And t’lirist. ain’t agoing to be too hard
On a man that died for men !”
If ever there was a brave fellow who laid
down his life for the sake of his fellow crea
tures it was this hero of the Brislington tun
nel. llis wife and children ought to be look
ed after, and have no doubt come under the
consideration of the citizens of Bristol. But
the story ought to live forever. —London Era.
How She Manages It.
“ Is my hat done ?” inquired a cold-looking
lad}' at a Chicago millinery establishment
one pleasant day this week.
“ Yes, ma’am,” politely responded the shop
woman. “it will be here in a moment.”
An assistant soon brought up the bonnet,
and while the customer was duly inspecting
it, the store proprietress ventured to inquire:
“How do you like it, ma’am ?”
“It’s simply horrid !” was the reply.
“ But it is just as you ordered it,” pleaded
the maker of headware.
“ Yes, something as I ordered,” was the
short and sneering answer.
“I’m real sorry, but—”
“Well, never mind,” broke in the buyer,
with set lips ; “ what’s the expense ?”
“About seven dollars, I guess,” said the
shopwoman, timidly.”
The money was paid over, and the bonnet
ordered up to the house, when the purchaser
pranced out upon the street and immediately
exclaimed to an accompanying lad}' friend :
“ Isn’t it perfectly lovely ?”
“ Yes,” replied the friend ; “it’s ravishing,
but how could you talk so to that woman ?”
“ Talk so ?” exclaimed she of the new bon
net; “why, if 1 had let her know how much I
liked the hat, that woman would certainly
have charged me sls, but now, you see, I’ve
got it for $7 !”
The other woman said that she had never
thought of that, but would profit by her
friend’s ripe experience, and never like an
article again until after she had bought it.
A Cure for Colds in the Head.
It would seem as if the cure for those worst
of small nuisances, colds in the head, which
Dr. Ferrier, of King's College, suggested in
the Lancet, might prove to be a remedy of
very great value. It is a snuff—a white
powder—composed of the following ingredi
ents : I Iydrochlorate of morphia, two grains ;
acacia powder, two drachms; trinsitrate of
bismuth, six drachms—the whole making up
a quantity of powder of which from one-quar
ter to one-half may be safely taken, if neces
sary, in the course of twenty-four hours.
Dr. Ferrier says that with this snuffhe has
twice cured himself of very violent colds,
once, indeed, by taking trinsitrate of bismuth
alone, which is a very powerful remedy for
catarrh of the mucous membrane, and is the
most important ingredient in this snuff. Dr.
Ferrier mentions two other persons who were
cured of violent colds by the same snuff, and
to these instances we may add that of the
present writer, who, having a very violent
cold coming on, with the sensation of weight
in the temples and the usual disagreeable
feeling in the throat, as well as ordinary
catarrh, made trial of Dr. Ferrier’s remedy
one evening, and got up on the? following
morning completely free from cold, which
has not since recurred. The snuff, instead
of increasing the tendency to sneeze, almost
immediately begins to diminish it.— London
Spectator.
Bell ear-rings are the latest. They are
supposed to be the Independence Hall ringer
in miniature, and arc made of gold and sil
ver.
$ TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM
} SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
GLEANINGS.
The London authorities have finally de
clined to name a street after Washington.
Five thousand boxes of vegetables per
week are shipped North from Savannah.
A pet deer in Charlotte, N. C., attacked
a little daughter of Col. J. L. Moorehead,
beating her to the ground with hi 9 feet.
Ex-President Polk’s widow has been invit
ed by Col. Tom Scott to visit the Centennial
in a special car placed at her disposal.
There are seventeen periodicals published
in the United States in the interest of the
Young Men’s Christian Association.
William H. Barnum was elected, on the
16th, United States Senator, to fill the unex
pired term of the late Senator Ferry, of Con
necticut.
Two large dry-goods houses in London,
have well-salaried private chaplains to con
duct morning prayers and give addresses to
the young men and women in their employ.
Zack Bird, the negro who was to have been
hanged in Forsyth last Friday, escaped the
gallows—the Governor having commuted his
sentence to imprisonment for life.
The third annual national reunion of North
ern and Southern soldiers, will take place at
Caldwell, Ohio, on September sth, lasting
three days.
An Indiana man is slowly recovering from
blindness, caused last August, by pressing
ice to his forehead, while warm from over
work.
Mrs. “Stonewall” Jackson has been visit
ed by a large number of citizens during her
stay in Augusta, all anxious to pay their
respects to the widow of the great leader.
Ex-Governor Letcher, of Virginia, has re
covered from his attack of paralysis so far
that he is able to walk out. He is at his
home in Lexington.
The oxe-cye daisies on the new bonnets
form a coronet in front, and a long trail of
green wheat and small daisies tied in bunches
fall over the back.
It has been estimated that it costs two dol
lars a minute to run the South Carolina
Legislature, not counting stationery and gas
and what the members steal.
A substitute for the postal card, that is
being considered by the Post Office depart
ment, is a stamped sheet (about note-paper
size,) with gummed edge, to serve as both
paper and envelope, and to cost two cents.
Gov. Coke, of Texas, who has just been
elected to the United States Senate, is of
genuine old Virginia stock, and bis father
once had the honor of beating Henry A.
Wise for Congress in the Accomac district.
The Marietta Journal has discovered the
real inventor of the sewing macine—Rev.
Thos. R. Colliding, a native Georgian, a
Presbyterian preacher, who lives in destitute
circumstances, near Roswell, in Cobb co.
The Khedive of Egypt provides a daily
feast for the cats of Cairo, at the great Mosqe,
and great is the tumult at the hour of prayer,
when thej' all rush to the distributing priest
for their allowance.
Capt. T. E. Dudley, of Marlboro’, 8. C.,
has a singular ear of corn grown on his place.
There are two separate and distinet kinds of
corn on the same cob, about half being red
and the rest white.
Mr. D. C. Gist was riding near Joncsville,
in Union. S. G\, when a pistol in his pocket
was discharged, and entering the body of his
horse, killed him. The horse was a valuable
one.
An lowa woman has a kettle cast in 1758.
But unless that kettle was once tied to the
tail of George Washington’s dog, it doesn’t
possess enough historical interest to be sent
to the Centennial.— Vicksburg Herald.
Dr. J. J. Hickman. G. W. C. T. of the
world returned from NewOrleanson the 17th
inst. lie organized a Grand Lodge of Good
Templars in Louisiana, which now makes a
Grand Lodge in every State in the Union.
The R. W. Grand Lodge of I. O. G. T. of
the world meets in Louisville, Ky., this week.
W. B. Thomas, representative from Wales
reached here yesterday. Representatives
from India, Ireland and Australia have also
arrived.— At. Const., 18 th.
The troubles at Salonica get no better.
The infidels are determined in their fanatical
crusade, and the great powers of Europe are
quietly placing their gun boats and war forces
in readiness to wipe the turbaned dogs from
the face of the earth.
Two men while scuffling on the cliff at the
Passaic Falls at Paterson, N. J., last Mon
day, accidentally fell over the precipice and
tumbled a distance of sixty-five feet to the
bottom. Fortunately they fell into deep wa
ter and escaped with their lives.
A fight occurred near Woodville, Miss.,
last week, between a band of negro thieves
and a sheriff’s posse of whites. The negroes
refused to disperse and a skirmish ensued in
which twenty riegroes were killed and seve
ral wounded.
Mr. W. T. Graham, of North Alabama, re
cently sheared twelve and a half pounds of
wool from a single sheep, of only one year
old. The entire flock averaged ten and two
thirds pounds to the sheep. They are of the
Cotswold breed.
The public are cautioned against the pur
chase of spurious Centennial medals. The
genuine medal is authorized by act of Con
gress, and was struck at the United States
mint. To counterfeit it is a crime punisha
ble by a fine not exceeding SI,OOO, and im
prisonment not exceeding three years.
Every year we hear the complaint that
worms destroy Squashes, Cucumbers and
other vegetables. An ounce of Saltpetre put
into a pail of water and sprinkled over the
plants, or a ring made around them with the
finger or a stick, and the water poured into
into it, is a sure preventive. It is a cheap
and easy remedy.
NUMBER 51.