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TO (OATRACTORS,
\\riLL BE LET. to the lowest bidder, before
W the Court-house door, in Jefferson, on the
I 21th 'lay of February, IS7S. the building of the
Bridge across the Mulberry river, known as the
** I.vlc bridge.'” under the following specifica
tions : To be built on level with far bank from
Jefferson, with two arches in the water, built on
mud-sills forty feet long; uprights 12x12 inches,
with piece timber SxS inches in center ; uprights
to be well braced with timbers Bxlo inches, ex
tending to within 12 inches of cap-sill. Cap-sills
to be 12x14 inches, morticed half through so as to
I tit on top of tenants on uprights. King-post to
swmging-spm 10x10 inches ; rafters Bxlo inches;
[ five sleepers 10x12 inches. Said span to be well
| bolted Joan with iron bolts, and Swedes Iron J
inch thich and 3 inches wide, to hold same.
Sleepers to the other spans, live each, oxl2 inches;
outer end to rest on mud-sills. Flooring 14 feet
long. 2 inches thick, spiked down with 5 inch
stringers. Banisters fastened to uprights, made
of 3 iuch scantling, three feet high, eight feet
ai art. morticed through and keyed on under side
of flooring-plunk; said plank to extend two feet
further out than balance of floor, for braces to rest
on; planked on inside with inch plank. All
sleepers to lap well over cap-sills, and all timbers
except mud-sills, to be all heart; if hewn, to be
well and smoothly done. All work to be done in
workmanlike manner; as it will—as well as cve
erv piece of timber—be inspected before placed
in the water, by a competent person, appointed
for that purpose, su that the bridge may be re
ceived when completed. Full and complete spe
cifications can be seen at this office.
Jan 22, 1878. 11. W. BKi.fi. Ordinary.
Jackson Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold, before the Court House door.
in the town of Jefferson, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
luesday in March. 1878. the following property,
to-writ: —(3!tJ) Thirty-nine and one-half acres of
land, more or less, on the waters of Sandy creek,
adjoining lands of Dr. Cash, Mosely. F,. B. Tuck.
Bonds and others. Said land lies near Nicholson,
on the Xoetheastern railroad. Levied on by vir
tue of a fa. issued from the Justices' Court ot the
2>.V, Dist., <. M.. Thomas Brooks vs. Daniel
Bridling. Property pointed out bv plaintiff. No
tice served on Daniel Keidling. tenant in posses
as the law directs. Levy made and return
ed to me bv John B. Wood, L. C.
w 2 JOHN S. HUNTER. Sheriff.
Jackson Comity Mortgage She
riff’s Sale.
\\ r NA bp S ‘>l<l before the Court House door, in
the town of Jefferson, within the legal
whs of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
uctfilay in April. 1878, the following proper
>, t<*-wit:—One mouse-colored Mule, one two
l^ rse wa " on and two cows ; levied on V>y virtue
", * m( >rtgagc ti fa. issued from Jackson Superior
ourt. J. F. Lilly & Son vs. John S. Wilson.—
Sporty pointed out in said ti fa.
k }} JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
Q Jackson t'oiintr,
.... To all tchom it may Concern:
tir u t eas * Reviewers appointed upon the pe
on of certain citizens, to review, mark out, and
!'" r < upon the pubic utility of making the road
jornmencing at the State road near 11. C. Apple
s house, thence present traveled route to a
‘"cMheneet o right of said way up the fence
,°P “ill, thence present traveled way to sec-
w ‘ | ra ” c "i thence around the hill in the old road
fto far end of George Hayes* lane, thence the
u ,' raC V° ne . ar W. Bailey’s house, thence be
ll I’ ’’ • Bailey's horse-lot and new cabin into
roid * , nta * n roa d in front of his house —a public
!i< 1 1 f, 11 ' e - v iav ' n g reported the same of pub
i., 1 li!t . v - and recommending it to be made a pub-
L;T*t ** Ordered. that unless legal valid ob
,| . ' o,ls :s ottered within thirty days from this
ari order will be passed making the above
ir > wu road a public road. Given under mv
lu ‘signature, January 14th._187S.
__ IJ. W. BELL, Ordinary.
Jackson County.
vy. To all idiom it may Concern:
btiq, l^ 8, *l lc r y\ic" ers appointed upon the pe
<) io. certain citizens, to review, mark out. and
Ptdtli • public utility of establishing a
cmnmcncingon the Academy road.
* Al^- NiWack’s. thence straitshoot through
■ , r| r * Ij'Hnns Grubb's field, tlience old road
tiirm! i! ,as ro l*Us. thence to the right of old road
\j ' l ronior °fMrs. Long's field into the Hog
ti:. 'j a,n roa, h reporting the same of public utili-
It i. n r ', l <,ninicn< i'iig.sai(l road to be made public:
A •tyred. that unless valid legal objections be
j 1 " ’’“in thirty days from this date, an order
K ' P® NSe <l, waking the same a public
" under my official signature, Jan. H, 1878.
11. \V. BELL, Oixfin#rv.
.IneKson County.
fhomas Phillips:, administrator <le
Uevi Phillips, late of said county..
fl Ppbts to iqe For leave to sell the lands be
ty to the estate of said
mv*. rtherefore, to cite and admonish all per
anv !, 0n ‘‘ 1 ‘ rnc d, the next of kin, to sliow cause, if
ISN ; c * n * on Monday in- March,
why', our f of Ordinary for said County.
shr„] \ ,i vc P r ved for by tlie said applicant
►un.aV, n ,t . ’ " ran,<, d. Given under my official
thus Fcb'v 6th. 1878. J
‘ H. W. BELL, Ordinary/
m NOTICE.
| ILL not living on mr plantation, arc here*
not t 0 l u\f < j'jsji or XRES
an,: vvav * ou “y land, or travel the
in fL, ,i, r ?. u ßh the farm, except the one lead
f \\V "nv face's farm to Nicholson. The
•ik . • >c enforced, without respect to per-
I ■V J ) U . ,ust nuv disregarding this notice.
- * s “ s . U\ tv. .JACKSON.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufacture*.
To Contractors.
W ill be let. to the lowest bidder, before the
1 door, in Jefferson, on the 18th day
* i c r ii Ibe building of the bridge across
trie Mulberry river, known as the Price's bridge
under the following specifications Said bridge
to be built by spanning the river with one fifty
feet swinging span, built with two arches, to be
placed in the river within two feet of each bank,
on mud sills thirty feet long, well weighted down
with at least twenty two-horse loads of rock on
each. The uprights to same, to be 12x12 inches,
and 14 inches higher than the old bridge, with
pcice of timber in center Bxß inches. I prights to
be well braced with timbers Bxlo inches, extend
ing to within 12 inches of cap sills. Cap sills to
be 12x14 inches, morticed half through so as to fit
on top of tenants on uprights. King-post to swing
jng span 10x10 inches; rafters Bxlo inches, and
live sleepers 10x12 inches, well bolted down with
iron bolts, and sweeds iron J inch thick. 3 inches
wide, to hold swinging arch. Two .spans to ex
tend from each arch under swinging span twenty
fivc fefct out. I ivc sleepers each to said arches,
oxl2 inches; out ends to rest on mud sills. Floor
ing 14 feet long. 2 inches thick, well spiked down
with five inch stringers. Bannisters fastened to
uprights, made of three inch scantling three feet
high, eight feet apart, morticed through and key
ed on under side flooring plank. Said plank to
extend two feet farther out than balance of lloor,
planked on inside with inch plank. All sleepers
to lap well over cap sills, and all the timbers ex
cept mud sills to be all heart; if hewn, to be well
and smoothly done. All work to he done in
workman-like manner, as it will, as well as anv
peicc of timber, be inspected before placed in the
water, by a competent person appointed for that
purpose, so that the bridge may be received when
completed. Full and complete specifications can
be seen at this office. ‘ 11. W. BELL,
Jan. 19. Ordinary.
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL he sold before the Court House door in
the town of Jefferson, Jackson coanty, Ga.
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in March next, the following property, to-wit:
One hundred and seventy-five acres'of land,
more or less, situate, lying and being in said coun
ty, adjoining lands of" W. S. Thompson, E. M.
1 hompson, .John W. Nicholson and James E.
Johnson: on said land there is two small settle
ments and about forty acres of cleared land in a
good state of cultivation; the remainder in origi
nal forest. Said land is well watered with branch
es, and one of the settlements is immediately on
the State road two miles below Jefferson. Le
vied on as the property of defendant, to satisfy a
Superior Court fi. fa., M. Williamson vs. E. M.
Thompson; property pointed out by def*t and
pltfFs attw
JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
Feb. 2, 1878. pr fee 85.00
Also, at the same time and place. one undivided
half interest in and to a tract of land lying in said
county, on the Jefferson and Lawrenceville road,
five miles from former place, adjoining lands of
J B Lyle. II T Fleeman and others ; and further
described as parcel of land whereon S W Stephens
lately resided, and whereon C S Fleeman and It
J Fleeman now reside; said tract of land con
taining. in its entirety, four hundred and eighty
acres, more or less.’ Said tract of land is well
improved, and is in a high state of cultivation.—
Said undivided hal.f interest in said four lmnnred
and eighty acres, levied on as the property of
said C. S. Fleeman aforesaid, to satisfy a fi. fa. for
unpaid portion of purchase money, issued from
Jackson Superior Ulurt. (to effect which sale a
deed has been tiled and recorded in the Clerk's of
fice of the Superior Court of said county, executed
by J. B. Silman. vendor and plaintiff, to C. S. Flce
man. vendee and defendant in fi. fa..) in favor of
•J. B. Silman against said C. S. Fleeman. Proper
ty pointed out by plaintiff; notice of (he levy giv
en in writing to C. S. Fleeman. the defendant in
ti. fa., and R. J. Fleeman. both of whom are ten
ants in possession, as required by law.
JOHN S. HUNTER. Sheriff.
February 2, 1878. pr fee 810.
| | LOEJLIA, Jackson County.
Whereas. S. W. Chandler and W. W. Chandler
apply to me in proper form for Letters of Ad
ministration upon the Estate of John A. .Strick
land. late of said county, deceased—
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can. on
the first Monday in March. 1878, at the regu
lar Term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
why said Letters should not be granted the appli
cant. Given under mv official signature, Jan'y
2Sth. 1878 H, W. BELL. Ordinary. *
To Debtors and Creditors.
VLL persons indebted to the estate of Alfred
Smttli, dec'd, late of Jackson connty. are
hereby notified that immediate payment of such
indebtedness is required : and all parties having
demands against said deceased, are requested to
present them, dulv proven, to the undersigned.
N. B. CASH. Adm'r.
M. K. SMITH, Adm'x.
Feb 2, 1878. 2t
Stolen or Mislaid!
V BLACK SATCHEL, containing some valu
able papers, notes. <fcc.. which are of use to
no one except the owner. Any information in
regard thereto, will be thankfully received, and,
if necessary to its recovery, liberally rewarded.
J. B. DUNNAIIOO.
Jan 26, 1878 Jackson county, Ga.
NOTICE.
BEING DETERMINED to close my present
business. I call upon all who are indebted to
me, to settle their accounts by the 10th of Febru
ary next. If not settled by that time, all .ac
counts due me, will be immediately placed in an
officer's bands for collection.
Jan 19—2 t J. L. BAILEY.
NEWS^
Best. v
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L. C. NEBINGER, Manager.
i AKslrui Fine l ards, with name,
Td *io cts., post-paid. L. JONES & CO.. Nas
sau. New York.
JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. FEB’Y 16, IB7S.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
The Minister’s Sabbath Night.
Rest him, O, Father 1 Thou didst send him forth
NN ith great and gracious messages of love,
But Thy embassador is weary now,
j \\ ofn with the weight of his nigh embassy.
Now care for him as thou hast cared for us
In sending him. and cause him to lie down
In Thy fresh pastures, by Thy streams of peace.
! Let Tny left hand be now beneath his head,
And Thine upholding right encircle him,
And. underneath, the Everlasting arms
Be felt in full support. So let him rest,
Hushed like a little child, without one care;
And so give Thy beloved sleep to-night.
Rest him. dear Master. He hath poured for us
The wine of joy. and we have been refreshed.
Now till his chalice, give him sweet new draughts
Of life and love, with Thirte own hand ; he Thou
His ministrant to-night; draw very near
In all Thy tenderness and all Thy power.
O. speak to him ! Thou knowest Low to speak
A word in season to Thv weary ones.
And he is weary now. Thou Invest him—
Let thv disciple lean upon Thy breast.
And, leaning, gain new strength to “rise arid
shine.”
Best him, O, loving Spirit! Let Thy calm
Fall on his soul to-night. O, holy Dove,
Spread Thy bright wing above him. let him rest
Beneath its shadow; let him know afresh
Tl ic infinite truth and might of Thy dear name—
•'Our Comforter!” As gentlest touch will stay
I lie strong vibrations of a jarring chord.
So lay Thy hand upon his heart, and still
Each overstraining throb, each pulsing pain.
Then, in the stillness, breathe upon the strings,
And let Thv holy music overflow
Y\ ith soothing power his listening, resting soul.
Frances liidley llaccryal.
A Stone Wonder.
CURIOUS; ( ASK OF PETRIFICATION IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
It. is a fact not, generally known that the
cemetery of the Methodist church in Hender
sonville. N. C.. contains a petrified human
body. About the year 1836. Miss Adeline
Byers lived with her father. Francis C. By
ers, fifteen miles sout h of this place, in Hen
derson county. She was a bright, sweet, girl,
much beloved by all who knew her, and her
hand was sought in marriage even before she
was of marriageable age. At last, she was
won by Win. Pinkney Murray, whom she had
known long and well. Soon the nuptials
were celebrated, and the bride an 1 bride
groom set out in search of anew country,
following the setting sun to the Mississippi
Valley. There they located and began the
journey of life together in real earnest.—
Prosperity and happiness came to them un
til, at an unexpected moment, death cut
Town Mrs. Murray in the very prime of life.
The disconsolate widower, consigning the
body of his deceased wife to the dust, as he
supposed, sought ‘‘surcease of sorrow” in
the wilds of Texas. A few years afterward.
Or. Josiah Johnston, intending to return to
North Carolina, whence lie had removed with
iis brot.her-in law. Mr. Murray, disinterred
the body of Mrs. M array for the purpose of
carrying it back with Inm. Imagine how
amazed he was to find it in the coffin just as
he had seen it there years before. The same
features—almost the very same expression.
But what lie saw was not flesh : it was solid
stone. The whole body had petrified. In
that condition he carried it to North Caro
lina. and delivered it to the aged father, Mr.
Byers, who could hardly doubt that his daugh
ter had come home to him asleep. The
nows spread that Adeline's body bad been
turned into rock, and great, was the desire
to see it. Attempts were made, it is said, to
steal it out of the cellar where the old gen
tleman had carefully concealed it, hut they
were unsuccessful. All through the war it
was guarded by the father as the most sacred
trust, hut. few persons being allowed to see
it. About six years ago. however, it was
quietly buried in the Methodist cemetery at
Hendersonville, where it, is hoped it will he
permitted rest until the ‘‘resurrection morn.*'
—Asheville (N. C.) Coy. Raleigh Observer.
Rather Mixed.
Johnson—‘What is the matter, Ned?—
You look rather melancholy this evening.’
Ned—‘Yes, the fact of the matter is, I have
got nixed up so in my family affairs, that I
don’t know who I am.’
Johnson—‘Rattier a strange remark. Ex
plain yourself.’
Ned—‘l will. Yon see I married a young
widow who lived with her step-daughter; mv
father shortly after married the step-daugh
ter. My wife was, therefore, the mother-in
law of my father. I am the step-father of
my mother-in-law, and my wife's step
daughter is my step-mother. Well, my step
mother—that is to say my father’s wife—
and my wife’s daughter, had a son. He is
my step-brother, of course; but being the
son of my wife’s step-daughter, my wife fa.
of course, his grand-mother, and I am his
grand-father as well as his step-brother. My
wife also had a boy, ray step-m<jther is con
sequently the step-sister of my hoy* and also
his grand-mother ; because he is the child of
he- step son and my father is the brother-in
law of my son, who is the son of rav ste|>
mother. lam my mother’s brother-in-law,
tm r wife is aunt of her own son, my son is
the grand-son of my father, and I am my
own grand-father.’
‘Come, pa,’ said a youngster just home
from school, ‘how many peas are there in a
pint ?’ *llow can anybody tell that, you fool
; ish boy V ‘I can, every time. If you doiTt
believe it, try me.’ ‘Well how many arc
, there, then V ‘.lnst one pin every pint, pa.’
The “Chayote," or “Cho Cho."
This valuahle vegetable will grow in all of
the Southern States, and ip fact, are often
brought into the Charleston market under
the name of Mangos. It is a tropical pro
duct., and no more resembles a mango than a
cucumber does an apple. The value is not
known here, or the Chayote would he found
in every garden in the South. It is a climb
ing plant of rapid growth. One vine will
cover an arbor twenty feet square, in one sea
son, yielding bushels of cucumber-shaped
fruit, and the heavy tubercular roots contain a
large quantit}" of starch. The plant requires
little culture, and is subject to no disease.—
In tin* fall the vine is killed by the frost, and
it should be cut down and the roots covered
with straw, sending out fresh roots in the
spring which grow rapidly. In planting,
spade a bushel of good manure into about
five feet square of land, and in the centre
plant the fruit, slightly below the surface;
the sprout, if it has one, being above ground.
No other cultivation is required ; the vine on
ly needs to he guided over an arbor or a tree.
The fruit should be used before the skin
hard; when young and tender they can he
sliced up. placed in jars, or pickle bottles,
wit!, a few grains of allspice, and boiling vin
egar poured over, and they make an excel
lent pickle. In the West Indies the slices
arc cut into fancy shapes, and make a hand
some appearance in transparent bottles. If
cut in half and boiled, with a little black pep
per and butter over them, they are a good
vegetable, or they can be cooked lik? squash.
If boiled and mashed up and some sugar and
'emon juice added, they so closely imitate
apple sauce that the keenest connoisseur can
hardly tell the difference ; with this advan
tage, that it can he had at the time of year
when apples are out. fit' season. The tuhor
e’es at five roots begin to form the second
year, and can ho taken off without killing the
plant, which will last for some years.
Simmonds. an authority in these matters,
says that one plant will produce from forty
to fifty quarts of starch. Professor Herrera
gives the following analysis of the roots:—
Water. 71.00; starch. 20.00; resin. 0.20; al
bumen. 0 43 ; cellubos *. 5.60 ; extracted Mat
ter tartrate of potash, chloride of sodium, sul
ithate of lime and silica, 2.25; loss. 0.20:
I‘otaklOO. C. CoDRiNOTtrr.
Jacksonville. Fla.
* |• +
Billings Brevities.
The dog that will follow everybody ain’t
wuth a knss.
Maids marry to change their condition,
widows marry to improve it.
1 hnv never known a second wife but what
waz boss of the situashnn.
Whiskce iz a hard thing to convince, there
fore i never argue with a drunken man.
The sassyest man i ever mot was a hen
pe::t husband when lie iz away from home.
One of the best trades enny man kan
make iz to sell out liiz religious krecd and
invest the proceeds in charity.
There iz two things about the devil which
I admire, and whitch are w irthy of imitation,
be iz alius bizzv and never was nown to
break an engagement.
These people who are trieing to git to
heaven on their kree 1 will find out at last
that thay didn’t have a thru tiket.
Nat nr seldtim makes a phool, she simply
furnishes the raw materials, and letz the
fellow finish the job to stite himself.
Enny man who kan swop bosses, or ketch
fish, and knot lie about it, iz just about as
pins as men ever git in this world.
Young man. learn tu wate : if you under
take tu sett a hen before she iz reddy, yu
wil loze yure time and confuze the hen be
sides.
When yu have bored the bull’s eye, set
down and keep still; folks will think then
that yu kin hit it enny time yu have a mind
tu,
I luv a rooster fur two tilings. One iz
the crow that iz in him, and the other iz the
spurs that iz on him, tu back up the crow
with.
How to Get to Sleep.
The Philadelphia Press sa\'s that if any
man will draw breath quickly and deeply
f r the space of three minutes or less, he will
thereby lose acute sensibility to pain so that
he can endure a minor surgical operation
without inconvenience. The editor of the
New York World says he has tried the
above and found it doesn’t work. Well,
nere’s a thing that will work, and it is relat
ed tin the above experiment. If any one is
troubled with sleeplessness, let him fasten
his attention on his breathing, and fix his
e3'es, as it were, on the stream of breath as
it enters and leaves his nostrils. Of course,
he is lying in bed, with his eyes closed, so
thnt this process is imaginary. If lie con
tinues to watch his breathing in this way
for three minutes, he will fall into a dream
less and refreshing sleep. We have tried
this and know it to be effective.— Boston
Post.
A few weeks ago the quartermaster-gene
ral of the Turkish army issued rations of
soap to all the regiments in the army of the
faithful. The astonished warriors took it.
looked at it, wondered what it was for, and
, finally made soup of it.— Burlington JTuurAv
; rye.
The Stinging Tree.
Though the tropical scrubs of Queensland
are very luxuriant and beautiful, they are
not without their dangerous drawbacks, for
there is one plant growing in them that is
really deadly in its effects—that is to say,
deadly in the same way that one would apply
the term of fire, as if a certain proportion of
any one’s body is hurt b}- the stinging tree,
death will he the result. It would be as safe
to pass through fire as to fall into one of
these trees. They are found growing from
two to three inches high to ten and fifteen
feet, in the old ones the stem is whitish, and
red berries usually grow on top. It emits
a peculiar and disagreeable smell, but is best
known by its leaf, which is nearly round and
having a point at the top, is jagged all round
the edge like the nettle. All the leaves are
large—some larger than a saucer.
‘Sometimes,’ says a traveler, ‘while shoot
ing turkeys in the scrubs I havo entirely for
gotten the stinging tree, till warned of its
close proximity by its smell, and have then
found myself in a little forest of them. 1
was only once stung, and that very lightly.—
Its effects are curious; it leaves no mark,
but. flic pain is maddening, and for months
afterward the part when touched Is tender, in
rainy weather, or when it gets wet in washing,
etc. I have seen a man who treats ordinari
pain lightly, roll on the ground in agony,
after being stung, and I have known a horse
so completely mad, after getting into a grove
of the trees, that he rushed open-mouthed at
every one who approached him, and had to be
shot in the scrub. Dogs, when stung, will
rush about whining piteously, biting pieces
from the affected part. The small stinging
trees, a few inches high, are as dangerous as
any, being so hard to see and seriously im
periling one's ankles. This scrub is usuallv
found growing among palm trees.’
An Old Kentucky Duel.
A duel was fought at Soap Island, in
Bridgeport, in 1836. The participants were
Shelton'and Kingsbury. Shelton thought it
was real; Kingsbury knew it to be a joke.
Flie guns were loaded with fy>ft soap. Shel
ton won the first fire, banged away and drop
ped behind a lou. Kingsbury walked up. put
the muzzle of the gun against the head of
Shelton and -pulled the trigger. Such a look
ing man was never seen. Soft soap covered
his .head entirely. In the agony of dispair
Shelton reached up, got a handful of soap
and exclaimed : “ Oh, my poor brains ! my
poor brains !” Realizing the hoax, lie sprang
up and chased Kingsbury off the island with
rocks, swearing all the while like a sailor.
Shelton afterward enlisted in Houston's war.
and made a good soldier. Coming hack
from Texas, he passed through Hardinsvillc
with his gun on his shoulder. One of his old
friends cried out, “ Halt!” He did so. Pre
sentarms!” Ileprescnted. “Make read}-!”
Hedidso. ‘Take aim!” He aimed. “Fire!”
And he wheeled, and fired right at the fel
low, the bullet jut misse l his head, went
through the door and dropped on the floor
inside. Shelton took to his heels.
In the civil war he made a brave soldier,
was unflinching ia his attention to duty, and
died like a soldier at Missionary Ridge.—
Fro nlfo rcl Comm on tcealth.
A Much Wounded Man.
Among the lodgers at the . station house
last night was William Brown, a native of
Mississippi, who served in the confederate
army and hears marks of four severe wounds.
He was in the Second Mississippi regiment
at the battle of Shiloh, and a bullet passed
through his face, from the left to the right
side, and breaking the jaw bone in three
places. On the right side of the face two of
the breaks did not knit, and a piece of the
jaw. with two teeth, can be moved around
at will, presenting quite a remarkable case.
He also lost one of his little fingers, was shot
in the calf of one leg. and has a deep sabre
out in one side of Ins body. He is a good
natured little fellow, standing five feet one
inch in height, and is thirty-five years old.
This is his first visit North, and he thinks
the weather pretty cold. He is on his way to
Boston to visit his brother, but intends to
return South again in a few days.— Worcester
{Mas.) Spy.
Anti-Insects. —A correspondent of the
Germantown Telegraph writes : Melon and
cucumber bugs, like radish leaves better than
any’ other kind. I sow a few radish seeds
in each hill and never lose a plant. Earth
worms, cut worms, whito grubs, ami, in fact,
all soft bodied worms, are easily driven out
by salt sown broadcast. You can do no
harm with ten bushels to the acre, but one
half bushel is ample. Dry slaked lime is
also effectual.
The old gentleman went into the parlor
lately, at the witching hour of 11:45. and
found the room unlighted and his daughter
and a dear friend occupying a tete-a tele in a
corner by a window. “Evangeline,” the old
man said sternly, “ this is scandalous.” “ Yes
papa,” she answered, sweetly, “ it is candle
less because times are so hard and lights
cost so much that Ferdinand and I said we
should try and get along with the star-light.”
And papa turned about in speechless amaze
ment. and tried to walk out of the room
i through a panel in. the wall-paper.
S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.'
( SI.OO For Six Months;
Scissored Paragraphs.
Gen. Lorigstreet has leased the Piodmout
house fit Gainesville, Gn.
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed in
1488.
Jefferson Davis has been invited to deliver
an address during commencement week, next
June, at the Texas State University.
Gen. Shields, it is 9aid. is very poor, and ia
sometimes in actual want of the necessaries
of life. And yet he is a veteran of many
wars in behalf of his country.
Hereafter, in Maine, no person can vote
who cannot show that he has paid a poll tax
fur the two years previous to the time lie of.
fers his ballot.
Senator Gordon was once a newspaper
man. M hat dizzy heights men sometime*
gain, only, it seems, to make their fall more
striking !— Chimyo Times.
The exchange which says that “John Mor
rissey is a little better,” does not tell the
truth. He is a very large one.— Buffalo Ex
press.
Isabella Beecher Hooker talks of organis
ing a party of her sex to visit the Southern
capitals and address tht Legislatures on
woman suffrage.
The St. Paul Globe demands the removal
and punishment of the United States Marshal
in New' Orleans who endeavored to shield
the returning board rascals.
A special message of Governor Hampton,
transmits the report of the pardons issued
up to the 24t.1i of Oct’r last, from which it ia
learned that only 32 pardons were granted up
to the period specified.
The Richmond Transcript exhumes the
fact that Virginia once had a native African
for governor. Gov. Alex. Spottswood, who
filled the chair in 1760. was horn in Tangier,
while his father, a British officer, was there
on dutv.
The Chronicle £ Constitutionalist says:—
“Times are taking such a turn politically
that we would not be surprised if Jefferson
Davis succeeded B. K. Bruce (colored) in the
United States.” Would not the “loyal”
howl then ?
Cincinnati, Feb. 6.—R. K. J. Milos, of
the Grand Opera House, to-day obtained a
verdict of $40,000 damages against P. T.
Barnum, W. C. Camp, and others for a libel
published two years ago. The case occupied
ten days in trial, and attracted great atten
tion. — ,V. Y. Sun.
At New Albany. Iml., on Monday. Jo3.
Nichols and Nannie Woods were married.—
The bride was dying of consumption, and
when her last hour approached was received
into the church, took the sacrament and sent
for her sorrowing lover, to whom she was
united. An hour later she was dead.
An enterprising Georgia man, 21 years
old, came out to Texas last March, is alreadr
the proprietor of a stock farm in the western
portion of our county. He acquired with
the farm a ready-made family, consisting of
one wife, seven children and a mother-in
law. ‘•Young man, go west.”— Jefferson,
Texas, Jimpleeute.
The spring term of the Gainesville College
was opened last Monday under propitious
circumstances considering the state of the
weather and finances. There are already
seventy pupils in attendance, and President
LaHatte says that he never ha 1 a school of
better material. A number of boarding
pupils are in attendance, and more are com
ing. The prospects fo- H large school arc
encouraging. —Gainesville Eagle..
A Biddeford (Me.) girl has just secured :i
husband by means of her graduation essay.
It was published in one of the papers of that
city, and an extract from it, in which the
young lady declared her intention of earning'
her own living, was widely copied, and met
the eye of a Cincinnati iron mejchant. who'
was so much taken with it that he sought the
author’s name and address. A correspond
ence ensued, and the young lady was per
suaded to abandon the determination an
nounced in her essay.— N. F. Shu.
Female Office-Holding. —The confer,
ment of office upon women could scarcely
have been expected in Kentucky, yet the
position of State Librarian is occupied by a
lady, and she) had a severe contest for re
election with another lady, widow of a dis
tinguished Confederate officer, whose public
services were relied upon to oust the present
incumbent, and were very near doing it.—
Aug. Chron.
Eli Perkins having spoken of Jeff Davis
as a traitor, the Atlanta Constitution says:
"The south is full of just such traitors as
Jeff Davis. Treason such ns has grown otr
every bush and tree, and the little children
are taught to call it patriotism.” This is an
important omission. Had a northern paper
said as much, the solid south would have
been up in arms. It is well to know just
how the south stands.— Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Memphis, Feb. 6'.—At about 1 o’clock this
morning. Officer Restmeyer, while on duty
near the Mississippi and Tennessee depot.-
heard a shot fired in a shanty near by. and'
the screams of a woman. Running toward
the house the officer met Bob King, a noto
rious negro, running out, and ordered him to*
halt. King instantly fired, the ball striking
the officer in the jaw, inflicting a fatal wound.
It was afterward ascertained that King had
shot and fatally wounded Laura fttirnshifl.
colored, who 1 was fleeing when halted. So
far, he has escaped arrest.
A Railroad Indicted for MrilDEß.
The public will be glad to learn that the Bos
ton and Lowell railroad has been indicted
for causing the death of four persons by care
lessly backing a train down Pennsylvania pier
at Salem last summer, while several thousand
people were loading for a steamboat excursion.
There are five indictments against the corpo
ration for murder in the accident, and four
separate bills, one for each of the persons
killed, and another “omnibus” fall for the
murder of the four together.
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