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or THE JACKSON COUNTY (
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VOLUME 11.
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WILEY C. HOWARD. ROB'T S. HOWARD.
W. C. & li. S. HOWARD,
ATTORNEYS AND COIXSELLORH AT
LA if,
f24 Jefferson. Ga.
Law Card.
At V term as Ordinary having expired, I am
lIL devoting my time and energies entirely to
the practice of the law. Mr. Robert S. How
ard is associated with me. Either or both of us
can always be found at our office, except when
absent on business. Special and careful atten
tion will be gireu to all business entrusted to us.
and to advising Executors. Administrators and
Guardians in the management of estates. Office,
up-stairs, over Billy Thompson store-room.
WILEY C. HOWARD,
feb‘24 Counsellor at Law, Jefferson. Ga.
Medical and Surgical Notice.
Dll. W. A. WATNtn respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens oi
Jefferson and surrounding country. Residence,
at the old “Watson Homestead,’'’ Sycamore st.
Office, in Col. J. U. Silman’s law office. When
not professionally absent, can be found at one or
the other of the above places. Jan 27 lv
ML J. if. PEN iliiiUJ 15A.SS
RESPECTFULLY tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Jefferson and surround
ing country ; and by strict attention to his studies
ami profession, hopes to merit continued confi
dence. He can be found at his office, one door
north of Pendergrass A Hancock’s store, at all
times, when not professionally absent.
January 13th. 1877.
Dsc. u. s. aij:\a\i>i:k.
SUIIGEON DENTIST.
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July 10th, IB7*>. Cm
J. A. H. MAHAFFEY. \V. S. M'CARTY.
\[AHAFFEY & McCARTY,
M A T TOR NEYS AT LA W,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga.,
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to* all business entrusted to their
care. Patronage solicited. oct3oly
Tm. c. . o ills
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
of Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at
the office recently occupied by Col. Mahaffey.
Jan. 22, 187G —tf
I. J. FLOYD, I J. IJ. BILMAN.
Covington, Ga. | Jefferson, Ga.
DM>Yl> A BILAIAAI.
I ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Will practice together in the Superior Courts eu
thu counties of Jackson and Walton.
junel2—ly
\\ r I. PIKE, Attorney at Law,
T . JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO.. GA.
Practices in all the Courts, State and Federal.
Prompt and thorough attention given to all
kinds of legal business in Jackson and adjoining
counties. June 12 1875
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSOtf. a A.,
DEALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June 19 ly
F. JP. TALMADGE,
DEALER IN
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
CLOCKS, JE WELR Y, SIL VER $ ELATED WARE,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, AC.
WATCHES, CLOCKS JAIST3D JEWELRY REPAIRED
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LOCATION —No, 3, Granite llow, south side Broad Street, ATHENS, GA.
AdOI Ist, 1876 ly
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
POET’S CORNER.
A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW.
The surging sea of human life forever onward
rolls.
And bears to the eternal shore its daily freight of
souls.
Though bravely sails our bark to-day, pale Death
sits at the prow,
And few shall know we ever lived a hundred
years from now.
0 mighty’ human brotherhood ! why’fiercely war
and strive.
While God’s great world has ample space for ev
erything alive ?
Broad fields, uncultured and unclaimed, are wait
ing for the plow
Of progress that shall make them bloom a hun
dred years from now.
Why should we try’ so earnestly in life's short,
narrow span.
Of golden stairs to climb so high above our broth
er man !
Why blindly at an earthly shrine in slavish hom
age bow ?
Our gold will rust, ourselves be dust a hundred
years from now.
\\ hy prize so much the world’s applause? Why
dread so much its blame ?
A fleeting echo is its voice of censure or of fame :
The praise that thrills the heart, the scorn that
dy’e with shame the brow.
Will be as long forgotten dreams a hundred y’ears
from now.
O patient hearts, that meekly bear your weary
load of wrong!
O earnest hearts, that bravely dare, and, striving,
grow more strong !
Press on till perfect peace is won ; you'll never
dream of how
You struggled o’er life’s thorny road a hundred
years from now.
Grand, lofty souls, who live and toil that freedom,
right and truth
Alone may rule the universe for y’ou is endless
youth !
When 'mid the blest, with God you rest, the
grateful land shall bow
Above your clay in rev’rent love a hundred years
from now.
Earth’s empires rise and fall. Time ! like break
ers on thy shore f
They rush upon thy’ rocks of doom go down, and
are no more ;
The starry wilderness of worlds that gem night's
radiant brow
Will light the skies for other eyes a hundred
years from now.
Our Father, to whose sleepless eyes the past and
future stand
An open page, like babes we cling to thy protect
ing hand ;
Change, sorrow, death are naught to us if we may*
safely bow
Beneath the shadow of thy throne, a hundred
years from now.
Mrs. Mary A. Ford.
Mirth and Humor.
The two neighbors who “fell out" have trot
l again. Neither of them was hurt.
The man w!k> “held out an inducement"
has had a sore arm ever since.
The man who got intoxicated with delight,
has been turned out of the temperance so
ciety.
When a man is treating a dashing widow
to ovsters. and sees his wife coming: into the
restaurant, about all lie can do is to button
his coat, hang to his chair, and trust Provi
lence.
An old minister once said to a young
preacher, who was complaining of a small
congregation : “ It's as large a congregation,
perhaps, as you will want to account for at
the day of judgment."
“ Charley, what is it that, makes you so
sweet!" said a loving mother to her little
boy, a3 she pressed him to her bosom. “ I
dess when Dod made me out of dust He put
a little sugar in.” said Charley.
Couldn't Tell. —“ Is that a friend of
yours?” asked a gentleman, pointing to a
party who was sailing rapidly down the street.
“ Can’t, tell you till next Saturday,” returned
the individual addressed. “I’ve just lent him
five dollars.”
At an American camp-meeting, a colored
brother highly worked up with religious ex
citement, got up, and exclaimed : “Oh, Lord,
blessed Lord, come down yere on dis wicked
earth ; eorne through de roof of this house
and I’ll pay for de shingles!”
A man had a recipe put up by an apothe
cary, and after he had gone the clerk discov
ered that he had passed a counterfeit twenty
five cent piece and five-cent bit. He inform
ed the boss. “Nevermind,” said he; “if
the five-cent bit is good there is a profit of
three cents.”
“Talk about- givin’ in to a man's temper,”
exclaimed Mrs. Tearhair, with her arms
akimbo, “That’s all nonsense ! Why, when
mv Samuel and me was married, he had such
a temper, but look at him now! Why. lie’s
that angelic that I do declare I don’t believe
it’d be sate to trust him with a pair of wings.”
An officer in the regular army laughed at
a timid woman because she was alarmed at
the noise of a cannon when a salute was fired.
He subsequently married that timid woman,
and six months afterwards he took off his
boots in the hall when he came in late at
night.
At a Southern hotel bar an eager contro
versy was pending ’twixt various generals,
majors, &c., when a quiet fellow observed.
“ I happened to be there, gentlemen, and pos
siblv may be able to refresh your memories.”
Thereupon he proceeded to give a succinct
account of a smart action. “ W hat might
have been your rank, sir ?” asked the hotel
keeper. ** I was a private.” About to start
next day, he demanded his bill. “Not a
cent, sir; not a cent. You’re the very first
pm ate T ever met.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 7,1877.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
How Bill Ford Used One of Joe Brown’s
War Pikes.
Bill Ford was very much annoyed, and in
fact, very much frightened, by the conduct of
Major Sherman’s dog. Ever}’ time Bill pass
ed the old man's house, the dog—which was
a dangerous looking fellow—would run along
the fence barking and growling furiously’, and
one or two occasions he jumped over the
fence, and Bill was compelled to take to his
heels, and to sacrifice no little of his manly
dignity on the altar of safety, Bill got
even with the dog at last, and put an end to
all future annoyance. We will let Him ex
plain in his own words :
“ I wouldn’t have cared so much for the
dog s barking, if he hadn’t come out in the
street after me. I never did him harm, and
I wasn’t willing that he should do me any.
I spoke to old man Sherman about it. but he
allowed the dog wouldn’t bite anybody in the
street nohow, and that the boys worried him
and made him bark that way when anybody 7
was passing. Well, you see, I didn’t know
who had worried him, but I knew I hadn’t (if
the dog had any sense at all, lie ought to
know me from a boy 7, anyhow,) and I didn’t
feel so powerful much confidence in the old
man’s judgment about*the dog’s biting any
body in the street., either. I did not look at
him very long when he came after me, but
what I did see looked mightily like a dog
that would bite anybody in the street, and
was ready to do it right then. So I made up
my 7 mind that I would be ready for Mr. dog
next time lie came out, and I prepared for
him. There was an old pike lying about the
house—l don’t know where it came from, but
shouldn’t wonder if it was one of them that
Joe Brown got up in the first, part of the war,
when there was more soldiers than guns—
and it struck me that it was the very puppy's
foot; it wouldn’t make any noise, and it
wouldn't miss fire, either. I ground her up
till it was as sharp as a razor, and the next
time I wanted to go to the spring I took it
along. Sure enough, the dog jumped the
fence as soon as I passed the gate, and come
at me with his mouth wide open and growling
powerful. I tell you he looked like a biting
dog, and it appeared to me lie was twice fts
big as I ever saw him before. I stood my
ground, though, and being sorter mad. and
right smartly scared, too, I struck him a pow
erful lick, and the pike went plumb through
him, keeled him over, and the end stuck into
the ground. I’ll bet high he don’t never bark
at anybody again."
“ NY hat did Mr. Sherman say ?”
“ Well, he was as mad as a wet hen about
it, and we had a right smart argument. Say’s
lie : ; Why didn’t you get after him with the
other end of the pike and drive him off with
that?’ Says I: • Mr. Sherman, why didn't
your dog come at me witji the other end ?’ And
that floored him—sure as vou’er a foot high
it did."— Sunny South.
find the following contribution to
the truth of history in the Alexandria (Va.)
Gazette:
It has been stated that all interviews and
arrangements in regard to the surrender of
General Lee at Appomattox Court House, in
1865, took place in the house of Colonel Mc-
Lean, and not under an “apple tree.” This
is, in part, a mistake. The last interview
between General Lee and the Federal officers,
previous to the surrender, did take place un
der an apple tree, as follows, I being an eye
witness: When the officers from General
Grant’s headquarters came the last time to
General Lee, he was sitting on a seat made
by placing the ends of two fence rails in the
fork of an apple tree. When the officers rode
up within seventv-five or a hundred yards of
General Lee they dismounted, hat in hand.
The General rose, wlien the military salute
was exchanged. The officers then handed
him a written paper, which he read and then
tore up, with his head hanging down as if in
deep thought. lie then called for his horse,
and attended by Col. W. H. Taylor and Spe
cial Courier Johns, rode away in the direction
of Appomattox court house. He returned
in about two hours, and told us he had sur
rendered. I was a courier on duty at the
time. L. B. Ellis,
Ex-membcr Company A, Thirty-ninth Battal
ion Virginia Cavalry.
An Old Curse.
Drunkenness and its attendant evils are
by no means confined to our own day and
age, or to the use of distilled liquors. Says
Dr. Eadie: “Ephesus was a commercial
town and busy seaport, and its wealth led to
excessive luxury, and Bacchus was the rival
of Diana. The women of Ephesus, as the
priestesses of Bacchus, danced around Mark
Anthony’s chariot on his entrance into the
city. Drunkenness was indeed an epidemic.
Alexander the Great, who died a sacrifice to
Bacchus, and not to Mars, offered a prize to
him who could drink the most wine, and
thirty of the rivals died in the act of compe
tition. Plato boasts of the immense quantity
of liquor which Socrates could swill uninjur
ed ; and the philosopher Xenocrates got a
golden crown from Dionysius for swallowing
a gallon at a draught. Cato often lost his
senses over his choice Falcrnian wine.”
Seven Up.
The gallant fight made by the Democratic
Seven against the Republican Eight wiil be
a subject for history, and will no doubt occu
py important pages. The number seven,
though an odd one, is mentioned many times
in the Bible. In view of its importance, we
give below instances where it is mentioned :
On the 7th day God ended his works.
In the 7th month Noah’s ark touched the
ground.
In 7 day 7 s a dove was sent out*
Abraham pleaded 7 times with Sodom.
Jacob served 7 years for Rachael.
And yet another 7 more.
Jacob mourned 7 days for Joseph.
Jacob was pursued at 7 days journey by’
Laban.
A plenty of 7 years, and a famine of 7
years were told in Pharoah’s dream by 7 7 fat
and 7 lean beasts and 7 cars of full and 7
ears of blasted corn.
On the 7th day of the 7th month, the chil
dren of Israel fasted 7 daj’S, and remained
7 days in tent.
Every 7 years the land rested.
Every 7th y’enr the bondmen were set free.
Every 7th year the law was read to the
people.
In the destruction of Jerusalem 7 priests
Imre 7 trumpets 7 days. On the 7th day
they surrounded the walls 7 times, and at the
end of the 7th round the walls fell.
Solomon was 7 years in building the tem
ple, and feasted 7 day’s at its dedication.
In the tabernacle were 7 lamps.
The golden candlestick had 7 branches.
Naaman washed 7 times in the Jordan.
Job’s friend sat with him 7 da} 7 s and 7
nights, and offered 7 bullocks and 7 rams as
atonement.
Onr Saviour spoke 7 times from the cross,
on which he hung 7 hours, and after Ins re
surrection appeared 7 times.
In the Lord’s prayer are 7 petitions con
taining 7 times 7 words.
In the Revelation we read of 7 churches,
7 candlesticks. 7 stars, 7 trumpets, 7 plagues,
7 thunders, 7 vials, 7 angels and a 7-headed
monster.
But 8 can out count 7.
The Green Three-Cent Stamp.
By about the middle of next May the public
will have seen the last of the present three
cent stamp, and will become toget accustomed
to something red, and possibly anew tint.
The best and fastest color known—the green
three—has proved a placer for stamp washers,
who take off the oily cancellations without
acid or alkali, and set the stamp afloat again,
So far the Post Office Department has found
no way out of the difficulty’, and the long
series of experments just completed has
resulted in nothing more than the assurance
that green is the poorest stamp colors. With
the change of color, May 1, there will be a
change of design. The medallion head of
Washington will be retained ; but it will be
relieved with an open space of white, the
scroll work will have a different pattern.
Altogether, the new stamp will bear some
resemblance to a stamp of sixteen y’ears ago,
which most people have forgotten. The white
background is adopted in the hope that any
attempt to wash the stamp will leave this part
irretrievably spoiled.
stay in Santiago, Chili, has
been an uninterrupted success. The papers
vie with eacli other in relating instances of
his prowess, and one assures us that in St.
Petersburg, on one occasion, he went through
his performance on a rope covered with ice.
It may not be out of place to mention a still
more remarkable exploit of Blondin’s at Vi
enna. Not only was the rope covered with
ice. but the performer traversed it upon two
stilts twelve feet long, the ends of which had
been sharpened and thrust into soda-water
bottles, and not only this, but he actually
danced the ‘Liverpool horn pipe’ thus accou
tred, carrying his secretary on his shoulders,
and letting off fire works at the same time!
The Wife Beater’s Pillory.
The woman beater’s post, which now stands
grim and inexorable at the corner of the
county jail, is an object of interest to scores
who visit it daily. It is about eight feet
high and eight inches square, made of nine,
with two round pegs, about an inch in diam
eter, run through it at a point about five feet
from the ground. The arms of the victim
will be run through these pegs and tied behind.
No one passes the wife beater’s post with
out stopping to inspect it and make remarks.
A woman who passed it yesterday paused
before it fora moment and ejaculated,“Thank
God!” The post has several inscriptions
serihled upon it in pencil, some of which
read as follows : “ Stewart’s Bill,” “The Wid
der.” “ Fee the Judge,” “ Here’s the Place
to get Well Posted.” A Household Treasure,”
“No Family should be without it.”—Virgin
ia City Chronicle.
A Bald-Headed Family. —A singular case
of family affliction is reported at Harrison,
Wisconsin. Some twenty years ago a 3 r oung
German couple, named Stainhoff, came to
this place, and a j’ear or two afterwards a
child was born to them, but it was bald at
birth, and up to the present time has never
had a hair on its head. Since then eleven
children have been born to the couple, five of
whom;—three and two girls—are per
fectly bald.
“All Things Are Yours.”
BY NATHANIEL W. COXKLIXG, D. D.
In the Observer of March Bth, I gave a
simple rendering of the thirtyminth Psalm.
Ewald say’s of this Psalm, that it is “ the most
beautiful of all elegies in the Psalter.’ 4 Its
special beauty is that in it a sorrowful soul
is jealoiis, with a godly jealousy, lest by the
expression of any 7 complaint he should bring
dishonor upon God—lest by a single word of
murmuring he should give the evil-minded an
occasion of speaking against the Lord. Yet.
though unwilling to speak in man’s hearing,
the tried one may’ speak to God, and say.
‘‘o Lord, my hope is in thee.’ 4
In very contrast to this is the expression
of the sixteenth Psalm. The Psalmist is
conscious of God's presence and love. The
whole Psalm, say’s Perowne, is “bright with
the utterances of a happiness which nothing
earthly can touch." It is a happiness which
takes hold on life here and hereafter, which
has its source in Christ and in the immortality
and resurrection which are assured to man in
Him. David saw Christ’s day, and was glad.
The motto of his Psalm might be Paul's words.
“ All tilings are yours, for yc are Christ’s,
and Christ is God’s.”
Keep me. 0 Lord, my God :
My refuge is in Thee;
Jehovah. Thou my portion art.
All good and grace to me ;
What blessing, help and joy are mine,
Are treasured in my God sublime.
Mv union is with them
Who find in Thee their rest,
Who. trusting in the Living God,
Know that they're fully blest;
No other name than Thine we speak,
The name of grace to all the meek.
All things are mine, my God,
For Thou art mine indeed,
And Thou art all in all.
Supplying every need ;
The Sun is mine, therefore its beams;
The Fountain, therefore all its streams.
Ilow pleasant is my lot,
My heritage how fair.
There is no bleak nor barren spot
In ell my fruitful share;
And what I have, so bright and sweet,
My God doth ever surely keep.
Jehovah, Thee I'll bless;
By night I'll think on Thee;
At home, abroad, in every place,
Thou walkest still with me :
Therefore my heart is tilled with jov,
My soul In praise finds sweet employ.
Through all my mortal life
In safety shall I dwell;
Beyond, I’ll be with Ilim
Whom now I love so well;
Pleasures forever jn that land—
Eternal joy at Thy l ight hand,
—New York Observer.
Let the Buyer Beware.
The recent decision by the Supreme Court
of this State, wherein it declared that a sale
of goods by sample was not a warranty, is
attracting great attention in other States.
This decision affects the business of thou
sands of “commercial travelers,” and others
selling by sample, and it also compels the
buyer to exercise more care than has hitherto
been the rule. The case is that of Boyed &
Cos. vs. Wilson & Stewart, and the decision
vitally affects the trade of New York and
Baltimore houses who send out “commercial
travelers.” The buyer and seller in these
transactions must have a distinct understand
ing as to w'hether the merchandise is to corres
pond to the sample; nothing must be taken
for granted ; the sample, when no agreement
is made onlv regulates the “kind” and not
the “quality” of the goods ; and so long as
the goods delivered are a merchantable arti
cle of the same kind as the sample, there is
no breach of warranty or actionable variation
from the contract. —Philadelphia Ledger.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Macon
Telegraph furnishes the following incident:
“A few evenings ago a little incident occurred
in the charming suburb of West End, which
illustrates the spirit of our noble Southern
women, and which reminds us of the woman
of *’76,’ Nancy Hart, the terror of Tories
and centennial carpet-baggers. Mrs. Smith,
the wife of our late Governor, was at home
alone the other evening, the Governor hav
ing business in the city. During the even
ing a poor woman rushed in, crying that a
Federal soldier was pursuing her to kill her.
Mrs. Smith bade her to be assured of protec
tion. The good lady rhen reached down the
Governor’s double-barrel, and. as the scoun
drel attempted to enter, he found himself con
fronted b}’- the brown tubes in a way that
probably recalled to his memory the experi
ences of Bull Run, for he had to beat a retreat
of more alacrity than order : as Xenophon
would say, in his terse directness, ‘he move
cd himself with much energy'.' We regret to
say that the rascal was not caught ami pun
ish, as he deserved.”
The Steps of Fashionable Women Reg
ulated.
Word comes to us from Paris of a recent
contrivance of the modistes, by which the
long trains and collant dresses are to be re
tained in position. A strong elastic is attach
ed to one garter, just above the knee, carried
over, and fastened to the other; thus the
length of the steps taken by the wearer i3
regulated, and the classical folds of the cos
tume remain undisturbed. —Fashion Monthly.
Dyeing Raw Cotton.
The following is considered the best and
easiest way for dyeing raw cotton. Boil
with *22 lbs. extract of logwood for 100 lbs.,
till it is all well penetrated, then dr}-; then
boil slowly with 10 lbs. chromate of potash
and 5 lbs. soda crystals; make run the li
quor. take out, and keep over night, or one or
two days ; then wash well. That is the best
and fastest black, and stands well.
The lady who knit her brows has com
menced a pair of 6ecke.
$ TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.
/ SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
GLEANINGS.
On the 19th of April the Georgia State
Baptist Convention meets at Gainesville.
Mr. Scott, of Los Angelos, California, ha#
a tomato vine twenty*6ve feet high.
Judge Pittman has received his commission
ns Ordinary of Fulton connty.
The Medical College of Pennsylvania has
conferred the degree of doctor of medicine
on fifteen women.
Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce entered upon hi#
93d year on the 24th of March. He preached
a masterly sermon a few days ago in Macon*
George \Y. Adair, of Atlanta, gives it as
his opinion that 12 per cent* Interest and
shrinkage of values swamped him*
A Frenchman has discovered that human
hair can be transplanted, and bald headed men
can become reasonably hirsute by that process*
“What are the chief ends of man ?*’ asked
a Sunday-school teacher of his class. “ Head
and feet,” was the answer.
There is an alarming amount of sickness
in the country. Most of the cases are Pneti
monia. and they are Unusually fatal.— Gain*
nett Herald.
April 26th is Memorial Day, and the towns
and cities throughout the State are preparing
to observe the day with appropriate ceremo
nies.
The Rome Tribune says: “The wheat
crop begins to exhibit a promising outcome*
and the yield now promises to be a full one*
The amount sown is, however, smaller than
usual.”
Topeka, Kansas, March 28.—At six o'clock
this evening a shooting affray occurred be
tween J. Clark Swayze, editor of the Blade t
and John W. Wilson, formerly of the Topeka
Times , in which Mr. Swayze was killed.
Died on the 26th inst*. in Elbert count}',
Mr. Robt. Dickerson, at the age of 108 years*
He came to Elbert when a boy from Virginia,
fought in the War of 1812, and Was a "good
citizen*
A Connecticut clergyman preached a funer
al sermon so acceptably, a few years ago,
that he lias lately received a bequest of sio,*
000 by the will of a daughter of the man he
then eulogized.
The Rev. W. S. Crow, of Hinsdale, 111., lias
gone down. He has been in the .ministry
only six months, having previously been in
college, but in that brief period he has broken
up a deacon's family*
Henry Dud Allen was lodged in jail at.
Elberton on Monday under the charge of
burglary in the night. The arresting officer
had to lodge a load of bird shot in his leg
before be would succumb to exhausting infii?-
ences.
The Christian Church is spending about
$600,000 yearly for the salvation of China,
but merchants from Christian nations are
taking from her not less than $60,000,000 a
year, and giving her in its place every twelve
months 6,000 tons of opium.
An old negro man named Harry Zacliry,
living on the premises of C. W. Jones, in
Troup county, died on Satrnday night from
the effects of intemperance. He got under
the influence of liquor during the evening,
Went to sleep, and never Woke.
The circumference of the earth has been
determined by repeated measurements of
definite acres of longitude and latitude. It
is about as follows : At the equator, 24,895'
miles ; at the poles, 24,807 miles ; mean, 24,-*
851 miles.
The number of laborers unemployed and
seeking work in New York city is said to be
55.000. The figures are sadly significant.’
It would not probably be saying too much to
affirm that they represent at least 200,000 1
persons in actual want, or nearly so, of the
necessaries of life.
A church meeting was held in Reading, Par.,
“to amicably settle the slight differences”
that disturbed the society. That was what
the announcement said. The result was a
hand-to-hand fight, in which the pastor, the
Rev. Mr. Siegrist, was choked, and several'
of the sisters were knocked down.
A negro in Williamsom county, Tenn., was
an uncommonly determined murderer. Ho
chopped his way through two doors to get to
the woman whom he killed. That night a
mob showed equal determination by breaking
into the jail with sledges in order ter take him
out and hang him.
Near Walton, Kentucky, Tuesday night, £
negro named Parker Mayo attempted an as
sault upon the person of a nine year old
daughter of Wm. Murray during the absence
of her parents. The child was seriously in
jured. The next da}* he attempted the same
on a farmer’s wife residing in the vicinity.-
At about two o’clock this morning Ms body
was found hanging to the limb of a tree.
The Courier-Journal says: “The frog
ponds in the vicinity of Columbus arc alive
with the news about Hayes. Far into the
night may he heard the deep base of the
taurine batrachian conveying the information,
and the small frogs reiterating their question.
Thus they go: “Ilayes flumps—Hayes
flumps in 1” “ How did he-git-it? How did
he-git-it ?” “ Aliunde 1 Alidnde!”
The new jury law of Florida provides that
when the nature of any case, civil or crim
inal, requires that a knowledge of read
ing, writing and arithmetic, or either, is n<v
cessary to enable a juror to understand the
evidence to be offered on the trial, it shall
be a cause of challenge if he does not pos
sess such qualification, to be determined by
the Judge presiding at the trial.
Washington, March 30.—Revenue Agent
Wagner telegraphs from Greensboro, N. C.,
that Collector Patterson of the Sixth District
with Deputy Marshal Ray and six men raided
on the illicit distillery in Watanga county
and twoof the posse were killed and Patterson
wounded. Tbe officers were not accompanied
by troops.
NUMBER 43.