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oV tH e JACKSON COUNTY ) PUBLISHING- COMPANY. \ VOLUME 11. Jlic Ifo&rf PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, Jackson County lulli*liiii£ Oiiipsiny. JEFFERS OX, JACKS OX CO., GA. PICK. >• (X)R - PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. MALCOM STAFFORD, MANAGING and business editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. copy 1- months $-2.00 •• fi “ 1.00 , “ 3 “ 50 every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex "pyofthc paper will be given. _ # 3vvs Relating to Newspaper Subscriptions and Arrearages. P, c following laws in regard to newspaper sub and arrearages have received the sanc andare published as the decisions of the rStates Supreme Court: Subscribers who do not give express notice to •he contrary, are considered wishing to continue •beir subscription. .1 If subscribers order the discontinuance of tkir periodicals, the publishers may continue to Cithern until all arrearages are paid. \ If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their ■ riofels from the office to which they are di eted, they are held responsible until they have uttled their bills and ordered them discontinued. 1, move to other places without reifying publishers, and the papers are sent to efimur direction, they arc held responsible. 3. The Courts have decided that “refusing to take periodicals from the office, or removing and u'thom uncalled for is prima facia evidence jfintentional fraud.” i. Any person who receives a newspaper and jiics use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, in law to be a subscriber. • If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound jivt notice to the publisher, at the end of their .if they do not wish to continue taking it; tinnrise. the publisher is authorized to send it : ami the subscribers will be responsible until in express notice, with payment of all arrearages, is sent to the publisher. JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NEW MAIL SCHEDULE. From Jefferson to Athens—William 11. Bird, ontruetor. Leave Jefferson, Tuesday, Thursday and Mtnnitty at 2F. M. Arrive at Athens by IT. M. Leave Athens, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 A.M. Arrive at Jefferson by 12 M. From Jeffcvson to Gainesville — J. N. Ticitty, Contractor. Leave Jefferson, Monday, Wednesday anti Fridav at 1 I*. M. Arrive at Gainesville by IT. M. Leave Gainesville, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7A. M. Arrive at Jefferson by IT. M. Fr<u Jefferson to Lawrenceville—William P. Betts, Contractor. Leave Jefferson Saturday at 1 I*. M. Ar rive at Lawrenceville Monday, by 12 M. Leave Lawrenceville Friday at 1 P. M. Ar rive at Jefferson Saturday by 12 M. WXIPWA L OFFICERS OF JEFFERSON. " I. Pike. Mayor; J. P. Williamson, Sr., G. 1 N. \\ ilson. R. J. Hancock, F. M. Haile)'. Al rown: T. H. Xihlack. Esq., Clerk & Trcasur fr: W. V. Hunter. Marshal. FROFESSrOXS. ■’uvsiciAXS...J. J. Poster, N. W. Carithers, ■ Hunt. C R Giles, W II Green wade. (Indian K’tor.) Itty’s at Law... J. B. Silman, W. I. Pike, B Mahaffcy, W. C. Howard, M. M. Pitman, "t. Hinton, R. S. Howard. , MERCHANTS. ndergrass & Hancock, F. M. Hailey, Stanley 1 Pinion. MECHANICS. , vrpexters... Joseph P. Williamson, Scn'r; • Williamson, Jr.; Warwick Wilson, Ed. Mitchell Few, (col.) ‘Urxkss Maker... John G. Oakes. "agon Makers... Wm. Winbum, Monroe y. (eol.) jjroGY Makers...L. &A. J Gilleland. blacksmith...C. T. Story, James Montgome ?• j!N'XER...John TI. Chapman. J-vxxkrs... J. E. & H. J. Randolph, F S Smith. lot and Shoe-Makers...N. B. Stark, under Fetes office; Seaborn M. Stark, J W ‘" re ' shops in the “ Hilly Thompson” corner ’['-house; Henry Evans, (col.) ■ RNiTritE Makers... Warwick Wilson, A J Wldvid. p HOTELS. “■vxbOLiMi House, by Mrs. Randolph. ~ astern Hotel, by John Simpkins. ; ’lie Hoarding House, by Mrs. Elizabeth '"rshaa. J quoits, Secjars, &C...J. L. Bailey. n 1 ■ k is t a xd Saw-Mill and Gin... Long & “ s Jmolph. -•Hv-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith. COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY. Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principals. , '’t. Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assistant; " Myrtie McCarty, Music. ‘"[re Hill Academy. —A G Strain, Principal. -•xhlee Am demy. —Rev. P. F. Lamar, Prin. Croce Academy. —R. S. Cheney, Prin- AatJemt/. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal. Cn clc Academu —Mrs. A. C. P. Ridcn, tr meipal. Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal. MiR. —AV. P. Newman. Prin. ;"unpson Academy, J. J. Boss, Principal, p 1111 and Ornamental Penmanship—Col. A. L. 4. per day at home. Samples '**'*-’ AO worth 81 free. Stinson & 1 • marll F. P. TALMADGE, DEALER IN AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELB Y, SILVER S' PLATED WARE, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C. Batches, clocks jnistid jewelry repaired In a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction. Ornamental and l*lain Letter Engraving a Specialty. LOCATION—CoIIege Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, OA. THE FOREST NEWS. cople tlieii ow n Rulers; Ad a ancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. iWessitmol & business Sards. J. A. B. MAHAFFEY. W. S. M'CARTY. IVTAHAFFEY & McCARTY, iU A T T 0 II NEWS AT LAW, . Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga., W ill practice anywhere for money. Prompt at tention given to all business entrusted to their care. 1 atronage solicited. OctJO ly DR. C. R. GILES FERS his professional services to the citizens Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at the othce recently occupied by Col. Mahaffey. Jan. 22, 1870—tf J B* • MOl’I’Oltl), Attorney at l,a\v, • HOME It, BANKS Cos., Ga. AN ill practice in all the adjoining Counties, and gu c prompt attention to all business entrusted to his care. Collecting claims a specialty. June 19th, 1875. ly J. J. FLOYD*. I J. B. SILMAN, F Covington, Ga. | Jefferson, Ga. LOVD A: XiILMAA, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. AN ill practice together in the Superior Courts oi the counties of Jackson and Walton. junel2—ly WL Attorney at Law, • JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. Practices in all the Courts, State and Federal. Prompt and thorough attention given to all kinds ot legal business in Jackson and adjoining counties. June 12, 1875 WILEY C. HOWARD. KOB'T S. HOWARD. Howard a Howard, ATTORNEYS AT LA AY, Jefferson, Ga. AA r ill practice together in all the Courts of Jack son and adjacent counties, except the Court of Ordinary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75 STANLEY & PINSON, JEFFERSON, GA., DEALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce ries. New supplies constantly received. Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock. June 19 lj r Du. w. s. aij:xa\di:r, SURGEON DENTIST. Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga. J uly 10th, 1875. Cm Medical Notice. Dr. •!. O. IU NT having located in Jeffer son for the purpose of practicing Medicine, respectfully tenders his services to the citizens of the town and county in all the different branches of the profession. After a flattering experience of nineteen years, he feels justified in saying that he is prepared to successfully treat any curable disease incident to our climate. He is, for the present, boarding with Judge John Simpkins, but will move his family here soon. Office with Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey. EfesT'Referencc can be seen in the oflicc of T. 11. Niblack. Esq., C. S. C. octlC SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK OIF 1 Millinery and Fancy Goods! o jnass. T. A. ADAMS ANNOUNCES to the public that she is now re ceiving a large and varied stock of Ladies’ Bonnets, Hats, Laces, Ribbons. Trimmings, &c., which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam ine and he convinced. Next door to the Bank of the University, Athens, Ga. April 15 BURKE’S BOOK-STORE, ATHENS, GJA. IF you want School Books, Miscellaneous Books, Bibles and Hymn Books. Pens. Ink and Paper, Gold Pens, Fine Pocket Knives. Picture Frames, Blank Books, Hat Racks. Brackets, or anything kept in a first-class Book-store, call on T. A. BURKE, marlS Bookseller and Stationer. 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 hinds of Crocker;/ and Glass-icare, Lamps , Chandeliers , Farmers' 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 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 you want KEROSENE OIL, at wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low est price. If you want CROCKERY and CLASS WARE, there’s the place to get it. If you want TOBACCO. FLOUR , 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. the place. marlS City Barber Shop. !In the Old Matthews Corner , Up-Stairs , Broad Street , Athens, Ga. I) Ell) & HARRIS, Fashionable Barbers. Hair X Cutting, Hair Dressing, Shaving, Shampoo- I ing, etc., done in the latest and most improved i styles. julyl Uj 1O a. (lav at home. Agents wanted. Outfit IZj and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, I Maine. marll JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 29,1876. SELECT MISCELLANY. The Champion Suicide. The Boston Globe thinks, and justly, that the ingenuity of the century seems to have culminated in original and startling methods of self-slaughter. Not long ago a misguided man of genius, Moon by name, set up a con trivance in his room at a hotel in Lafayette, Ind., for chopping off his own head. Now a youth of equally original turn of mind has committed suicide in a Chicago hotel in a manner that shows a contempt for the ordi nary and uncertain methods usually adopted, and quite characteristic of the “Centennial year.” And the purpose of the young man, whose name was Jefferv, was to celebrate the Centennial Fourth of July in a way entirely unique and to reflect glory on Chicago as the scene of the great achievement. Ilis modus operandi is thus described by himself in a letter which he left behind ; “ When night comes on I shall draw a piece of wire across the bath tub lengthwise, its use to be soon explained. The wire will be properly adjusted, the pistol loaded, and with the razor conveniently hung on strings, where I can readily reach them. The poisons will then be carefully fixed and marked. The rope, understand, is to come where it will suspend my body, when attached, exactly over the middle of the tank. Directly over this rope, and on the wire before mentioned, I shall attach cotton or something else which will burn well when alcohol is poured ou it. The noose will have been made in # the cord and above my head on the rpe shall # be placed a like torch, which, when ignited, will burn the cord and let me down. I will then pack everything but the clothes which I am to wear, and then, being all ready, I’ll fill the tank with as hot water as I can get. Then mount the tub, with a foot on each side of it; carefully pour the liquor over my pants legs and coat and shirt; will allow a rope of some soft material to fall from the torch above down my back ; will then light the prepared torch on the wire which I then will be stand ing over ; will raise myself upon tip-toe and fix the rope about my neck. It shall be well soaped, so that, when my feet leave the sides of the tank and my full weight comes upon it, it will draw up pretty tight. One thing I had almost forgotten to mention : I am going to put a mirror before me just to see if I will be frightened. I think it is more likely that I shall laugh, but as I want to enjoy it all I’ll put the glass up anyhow. Next I reach for the tumbler of poisons, conveniently near, and swallow its contents entire, probably shall ‘sigh for more.’ AVcll, at this point I shall hurry up, for deadly acids work de struction quickly. I next grasp my pretty little dirk and send it with all my force into my breast as near to a blackened spot show ing where the heart is as possible. The ra zor and pistol are all ready, and suspended by cords, it must be remembered. So after plunging the dagger in I do not want to with draw it, but take the razor in my left hand, and as firmly as I am able under the circumstan ces to do, while I grasp and cock my little silver mounted pistol; this I place to my head and pull the trigger as I draw the keen blad ed razor across my neck. My feet must slip from their places by this time, and my legs will come in to contact with the wire and the fire upon it, which will of course immediately set my clothing alight. I intend the flame shall run up the rope I shall allow to hang down my back to the place where the other torch will hare been prepared. This must sever the strands of rope, and I can but fall into the water below to cook and drown.” This programme w r as not precisely carried out, as the dagger was found unused ; but poisoning, shooting, cutting of the throat, hanging and drowning were found quite suf ficient to extinguish life, and doubtless the young man discovered in the course of the experiment, that it was not practicable to combine all tlie methods of previous investi gators in one act of self-destruction. The cremation feature of the experiment was a fail ure, as it proved difficult to make fire and water work together. Notwithstanding these serious drawbacks the exploit was on the whole a brilliant one. The purpose of Mr. Jeffery to celebrate the completion of tlie first century of our national existence and cast distinction on his favorite city at the same time, is shown in another letter in which lie says: “ In the first place Chicago is the city of the West. St. Louis is good enough in many matters, but Chicago suits me better in ev ery particular than all the Western places put together. And Chicago is lively and fond of excitement, and always gets ahead of St. Louis when she can. There is an emula tion and generous rivalry between the two cities which I like, and Chicago being my favorite I shall help her, in my humble way, and knock the spots off St. Louis in cele brating the Centennial Fourth. St. Louis may get up something in the same line for the next Centennial, but until then Chicago will be ahead. She can claim originality, if nothing more. lam the only Frederick Ad dison Jeffery who will do this act first, and the only one who will do it on the 4th of July, 1876. I fire but one shot, yet that one puts Chicago so far out of St. Louis’ sight that it will take a hundred years to put her near Chicago again. Then, too, you know that this is a chance to die which can never come again. Think of skipping out along with the last stroke of the midniglit bell, which proclaims the death of one hundred years of independence and the birth of the second Centennial of freedom. I could not let this pass without suitable recognition, anyhow.” Correspondence of the Courier-Journal. Fish Culture. A LETTER FROM A VETERAN FISH BREEDER — PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE METHODS. I sec tlvat the people of my native State, Kentucky, are beginning to take considerable interest in fish culture, and as I have been engaged in it for twelve years, being the fifth man in the United States to practice artificial propagation, I feel at liberty, with your ap proval, to oflcr through your journal a few suggestions to those who wish to engage in it. Up to this time fish breeders have not met with much success in propagating in artificial ponds any other fish than the brook trout (Salmo Fontiualis); other fish, like the Sal mon, shad, white fish and salmon trout, have been produced in larger quantities, but they require larger bodies of water than can be artificially controlled, so are turned into the rivers and lakes for the public; but where trout can be raised no other fish need be want ed, either for game or the table. It was long thought, as trout were only found in limited districts, that it was owing to the neighboring streams not being suitable to them ; but this theory has exploded, as the} r are now being* successfully raised in some portions of the sources of nearly every river in the United States. While trout will live in water that is fre quently roiled or even muddy, a good portion of the time it requires pure, clear water to hatch their eggs ; they will live in water that runs up to seventy or seventy-five degrees, or that gets so cold as to freeze over in winter, but an even temperature like that of spring water is preferable ; in fact, would not ad vise any one without springs to attempt their cultivation. Although naturally a wild fish, they are easily domesticated, and will become so gentle as to be handled and fed from the fingers. Persons living at a distance from where live trout can be had, better start by getting the impregnated eggs ; they can be sent a thirty-days’journey and seventy-five or ninety per cent, of them hatched. Different fish breeders have different preparations for hatch ing ; some using the bracket-tray system, others grills, and some still use the primitive gravel-beds, but the trough, preferred by all who have tried it, is made by making a box, say twelve feet long, eighteen inches wide and six inches deep, lined with sheet zinc, and every eighteen inches of its length solder across it a piece of zinc one and a half inches high ; if the strip is cut three wide and doubled in the shbpe of the letter A it is better, a9 the water won’t spring it; place the upper end of the trough an inch and a half higher than the lower end ; let as much water run through it as will not move the eggs; this will be about half an inch ; put a cover over the box, as bright rays of light injure the eggs. This trough will hatch twenty-five thousand eggs, and everything is ready for them, but December is the earliest period they can be obtained. They are sold from four to six dollars a thousand. They are sent out when about half done hatching. The length of time hatching is governed by the temperature of the water. Water of fifteen degrees hatches in sixty days. The work of hatching is verj* simple. About all there is to do is to pick out the bad eggs, which is easily told. Trout live the first forty to fifty days from the abdominal sack. When this is absorbed they rise to the top to look for food. My method of feeding is to take a little sweet cream and freeze it. The freezing causes it to break up into small particles, which they savagely seize. After a few days meat or liver may be substituted for it; or, if put out in the brooks or ponds, and not too many in a place, they will find their own living. Fish, like snakes, can live a long time without food ; they are cold-blooded, and waste no food in keeping up the heat of the body. Another advantage the}’ have over land animals is that the water is a living pasture the wdiole year. I carry an average of full fifty .thou sand fish, large and small, on less than a half, dollars’ worth of food per day. Boscobel, Wis. A. Palmer. LiP“I ain’t wotin’ dis year, boss,” said a venerable darkey to a gentleman from whom he had solicited ten cents ‘‘jes’ ter get de ole nigger a dram”—“ I ain’t wotin’ dis year, cause I see dey gwine take de comman’ fum Giuer’l Grant. I ain’t foolin’ wid politics no how. De mo’ I woted de mo’ money I los’ in dat Freedman Bank. Dey wuz jes a milk* in me righterlong.” “ Why didn’t }*ou make a fuss about it ?” queried the gentleman.— “ Lor’, boss ! W’at de reezin’ de pullet don’t cackle w’en de nigger come ’long an’ liff’ him offen de roos’ ?” The gentleman couldn’t face the conundrum. —Savannah News. Cremation in Marion. Practical Illustration of a Forgotten Topic — A Funeral Pyre From Which the Ashes of the Dead Were Scattered to the Winds. Marion, S. C., July 17.— Mr. Henry Ber ry, who died on the 9th instant, was known for a number of years to entertain views look ing to the oremation of his body after his death. The last will which he made bears date of 1862, several additions having since been made, so as to make it correspond with the changes incidental to a person of his wealth. The cremation clause was inserted in the original will, and wa3 entrusted to his son, James Berry, who, it appears, had prom ised to comply with his father’s request.— The subsequent action of Mr. Ilenry Berry shows that he entertained no confidence in the sincerity of his son’s promise, as he de signated a man named Wm. Union, who was to act in the capacity of an extra guardian over this provision of the will, and sec that it was strictly enforced, and for his trouble lie was to receive a piece of land worth seven hundred dollars, besides a pair of mules. On Tuesday morning, the third day after his death, preparations were made for carry ing into effect his desire. The spot had been selected by him several years previous, as was also a number of trees which he had marked, to be cut up for fuel for the occasion. On the ground was placed a number of logs, of immense size, on which a large quantit}’ of kindling wood, and the corpse, enclosed in a box covered with velvet, placed thereon, after which the pile was increased by the ad dition of more wood—the most inflamablc kind being used—in order to destroy tlie corpse as soon as possible. This immense pyramid presented the appearance of a Hin doo funeral pile, measuring fifteen feet long, ten feet wide and fourteen feet high. At precisely 8 o’clock, a. m., Union, the person who had been entrusted with this part of the performance, advanced to the spot and set fire to the pile on all four corners, and owing to the combustible nature of the wood, the funeral pile was soon enveloped in a mass of flames, the smoke of which could be seen for miles away. As the flames destroyed the wood more was added. This operation continued for about six hours. The bones were then raked to gether among the ashes, and every vestige of what was once a human form lost forever from view. Over three hundred persons wit nessed the burning, and more would have been present had it been generally known that it would really occur. Sir. Berry had been a w idower since 1856, and lived alone up to two years ago, when he moved to the residence of his son, James Berry, who re sides twelve miles north of this town. Al though in his eighty-first year, he possessed the activity of one much younger, and read without glasses. lie was one of the few rich men of our days, his wealth being equitably divided among his five children, all of whom are well advanced in years. He particularly desired that no mark should designate tlie spot on which his body was destro} T ed, and in addition to the various precautions taken to insure the cremation of his body, he pro vides in his will that should no one be found willing to make that disposition of his re mains, his entire property was to bo devoted to charitable purposes. In this community there exists a feeling of condemnation in re gard to the matter, and in the community where he lived, every one condemns, in the severest terms, the action of his relatives, in allowing the remains of the old man to be disposed of in the manner they were. The Baptists, of which denomination he was a member, are disposed to blame the officiating clergyman for performing the funeral services over the remains on the previous day. Ilis heirs are all in good circumstances (pecuni arily), and could have well afforded the loss of liis wealth, had they refused a compliance with the old man’s strange fancy. — Chron. 4r Sent. Palmetto. |sF*The Macon Telegraph 4* Messenger published, a few days since, an account of a fox chase in a neighboring county in which the statement is made that a gentleman was riding a mule with a saddle without a girth. On the saddle was a sheepskin, and while the hunters were in full chase after the fox, this mule suddenly sprang to one side and threw the saddle from under the man, leaving him and the sheepskin on the mule’s back. A correspondent, in a more recent issue of the paper above mentioned, sa}'s : That is a good story, but I can tell one that will beat it It was when 1 was just old enough to visit the sirls. The general custom was for both boys and girls to ride to church, horseback, in company, and on the return the young man generally stopped and took dinner with the young lady, whom he accompanied. On one occasion (Sabbath) a young man, riding a spirted mule, stopped at my mothers house, took dinner with the family and spent the afternoon in conversation. When the time came for leaving, he saddled his mule, mount ed and rode off in a gallop. After going about a hundred yards, the mule threw down his head, elevated his heels, and threw the rider, saddle, blanket and bridle over his head without breaking or loosing the girth. I saw the whole affair and can vouch for the I truth of it. $ TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM. } SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. GLEANINGS. A Significant Fact. —Massachusetts has disbanded her only militia company of ne groes. They must have careful kitchen girls in China. That country sends to the Centennial some plates and dishes a thousand years old. A negro while ploughing in a field near Cartersville the other day was snnstruck and died in a few minutes. Americus has produced a cucumber that measured three feet six inches and a half in length, and eight inches around. The President has vetoed a valuable bill amending the post office laws, becauso of a defect in the title and enacting clause. The Reformed Episcopal church now num bers fifty congregations, sixty clergymen and four bishops. Dio Lewis says a lady will eat four times as much corn beef when alone as she will in the presence of other people. A ranchero near Santa Fe owns 80.000 head of cattle, pastures them on 16,000 ad joining acres of land, and employs 200 “va* gueros” to herd them. Judge James Jackson, of Atlanta, is to deliver the alumni address at the approach ing Commencement of the University of Georgia. It is all right to laugh and guffaw at the antics of a drunken man, but just think how terrible his w ? ife and children suffer over what gives you such amusement. The number of visitors at the Centennial exhibition since the opening aggregates 2,- 254,074, and the cash receipts, $743,576 50. The number of dead-heads, therefore, is 760,921. Grant's healt h is said to be undergoing the strain of excessive smoking, the black bottle, worn out and prostration, debilitating influ ences, prostrating effects, restlessness and imperiousness. A portion of the Egyptian army has gone to Turkey to help fight the rebels, and, as many of the officers arc Americans, the spec tacle will be presented of Christians aiding Mohammedans in subduing Christians. The greatest surprise to a country gentle man is to step into a city clock store to set his watch, and discover that out of an array of several hundred, no two hands point to the same hour or minute. A blighted being, whose nose should serve as a beacon of warning to the youth of our land, says the ladies’ dresses this year are laboring under a violent attack of delirium trimmings. Here is what the Quaker says about the Centennial: If thee wonldst see a goodly show, to Philadelphia thee must go; then thee can tell a eentuty hence how ranch thee saw for fifty cents. “ It is better,” says a placard in a store in Seabrook, N. 11.. “ to wear a calico dress with out trimmings, if it is paid for, than to owe the shopkeeper for the most elegant silk, cut and trimmed in the most bewitching manner.” Colorado, having adopted her Constitution* is now ready for admission into the Union as the thirty-eighth State, the President’s proc lamation being the only act necessary to com plete the admission. First chapter of Birchard’s Epistle to the Co-Ring-thians: “ Brethren, endorse ye the Administration and stand by its noble army of 80,000 office-holders in the noble work of Reform.” A negro who was arrested at Clinton, 8. C., on Wednesday evening, by Town Marshal McCrary, resisted arrest, and was shot twice and instantly killed by John McCrary, a 3 r ounger brother of the Marshal. A Waynesboro sow fell in a well Rome time ago and celebrated the event by giving birth to a litter of pigs. It was several days before she was found, but the entire family was rescued. Condensed eggs have been added to the list of prepared foods. The eggs, by anew process, are dried and reduced to meal, and in this shape are sealed in tins, after the manner of “canned goods.” The colored people of Early have met and organized a Reform Society to promote the welfare of their race. The suppression of thieving is one of the principal planks of the platform. They ask the assistance of white citizens. John Kellett. a planter of Laurens county, S. C., while on the way, Wednesday morning, to his plantation, and when at a point ten miles from Laurens Court House, was fired upon from ambush and instantly killed. The unknown assassins escaped. “ Doctor,” said a gentleman to a physician, “my daughter had a fit this morning, and af terward remained for half an hour without knowing or understanding” “Oh,” replied the doctor, “never mind that; many people continue so all their live3.” Under the law recently passed in Congress, the postage on third class mail matter is now one cent for every tiro ounces or fraction thereof. This includes transient newspapers, periodicals, magazines, &c. Merchandise is still one cent per ounce. The Catholics of Charlotte, North Caroli na, are much mortified at the flight and mar riage sf the Rev. Father Hands, of that city, to Miss Cora Bradshaw. Bishop Gibbons, anticipating this event, had silenced Father Hands several weeks ago. Winterville, Ga.. had quite a sensation s few weeks since. A marriage was on the tapis, the supper ready, bride dressed, and guests in waiting. But the groom failed to put in an appearance, and all hands were compelled to go home disappointed. “ Mr. ,” bawled a Crawford clerk the other day, when a customer demurred at the price of an article, “ can I sell this hat any lower—it is marked four dollars and a half, but cost fifty cents ?” The merchant replied no ; that he couldn't sell goods without some profit.— Echo. NUMBER 8.