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Jackson Sheriff Sales.
11TILL be sold, before the Court House door,
\Y in the town of Jefferson. within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
Tuesday in March, 1878, the following property,
Itn-wit: (30}-) Thirty-nine and one-half acres of
!tnil, more or less, on the waters of Sandy creek,
adjoining lands of Dr. Cash, Mostly, K. 6. Tuck,
Bonds and others. Said land lies near Nicholson,
L the Southeastern railroad. Levied on by vir
tue of a fa. issued from the Justices’ Court ot the
Dist., G. M., Thomas Brooks vs. Daniel j
Bridling. Property pointed out by plaintiff. No
ii(Y served on Daniel Reidling, tenant in posses
m*iu. as the law directs. Levy made and return
ed to me by John R. Wood, L. C.
f f t,J JOHN S. HUNTER, SherilF.
Jackson County Mortgage She
riff’s Sale.
Ilf lIJ, he sold before the Court House door, in
M the town of Jefferson, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the tirst
Tuesday in April, 1878, the following proper
■ tv, to-wit: —One mouse-colored Mule, one two-
I horse wagon and two cows ; levied on by virtue
■of a mortgage ti fa. issued from Jackson Superior
■ Court. J. F. Lilly fc Son vs. John S. Wilson.—
| Property pointed out in said ti fa.
IfcbJ ' JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
DOICGIA, JaeliMon 4 ounty.
1
To all whom it may Concent:
Whereas, the reviewers appointed upon the pe-
I tition of certain citizens, to review, mark out, and
■ report upon the pubic utility of making the road
leommeiuiug at the State road near H. C. Apple
-1 by’a house, thence present traveled mute to a
I branch, thenceto right of said wav up the fence
to top of hill, thence present traveled way to sec
ond branch, thence around the hill iu the old road
wiv to far end of George Hayes’ lane, thence the*
I old track to near W. Bailey’s house, thence be
tween \Y. Bailey’s horse-lot and new cabin into
llojr Mountain road in front of his house—a public
jroad. and they having reported the same of pub
lic utility, and recommending it to tie made a pub
| lio road—lt is Ordered, that unless legal valid ob
jections is offered within thirty davs from this
•iate. an order will he passed making the above
described road a public road. Given under my
official signature, January 14th. 1878.
11. \V. BELL. Ordinary.
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QKUUUIA, Jackson Comity.
To all whom it may Concern:
I YY hereas, the reviewers appointed upon the pe
■ Mum of certain citizens, to review, mark out. and
I r> h'rt upon the public utility of establishing a
!'|i die road commencing on the Academy road,
' “ Tc Mrs. Niblick’s, thence strait shoot through
I r ‘! cr °f f bam as Grubb's field, thence ol<l road
1, 1 “oinas Trout's, thence to the right of old road
II 'rough corner of Mrs. Long's field into the Hog
"’•intain road, reporting the same of public utili
*n,‘recommending said road to be made public:
i. :n Ordered, that unless valid legal objections be
’ r ' and within thirty days from this date, an order
Wl ‘ ,e passed, making the same a public road.—
! UlTfn un,l <T my official signature. Jan. 14, 1878.
If. YY’. BELL, Ordinary.
| j * WRWI.I, •lim'Umuu Conny.
M hereas, Thomas Phillips, administrator <le
I 'ff non, of Levi Phillips, late of said county.
, r ' * • a l‘pbe.s to ne for leave to sell the lands bc
i'~’*? to the estate of said deceased—
is therefore, to cite and admonish all per
* concerned, the next of kin, to show cause, if
thf y can. on the first Monday in March,
• . m the Court of Ordinary for said County,
> the leave prayed for by the said applicant
ml not he granted. Given under my official
bfeiizturc, tins Feb’v 6th, 1878.
11. W. BELL, Ordinary,
NOTICE.
|)E , 'PI.L not living on mv plantation, are here
not to DENT. KISH or TRKS-j
f * '? !,,, -V "*ay. on iny land, nor travel the!
‘ ’"t jat,is through tlu* farm, except the one lead- j
I K. Pace's farm to Nicholson. The j
will enforced, without respect to per- i
'• Cin*t anv one disregarding this notice. i
’ \V. W. JACKSON 7 , j
H. J. LONG,
—DEALER IN—
Medicines. Faints, Oils, &c
west side of public square ,
G-ainesville, G-a.,
I VS on hand, and will constantly add thereto.
Oil vl’ ne °f Drugs and Medicines. Paints.
... *' * rn ishes. 4c.. Ac. A specialty made of the
' ,s c< d<-*brated and thoroughly tested
, MIXED PALYTS!
• m ' Paregoric. Ac., put up in suitable
11 Hies for country merchants.
VvJ 1 s * °f Lamps, Kerosene Oil, Lamp
‘CKS, iXC.
oni,„^ ac^ne and Train Oil
r ,I,s establishment will be found a choice as
„f ! nent Perfumery. Toilet Soaps, fine brands
lir’isK * fS * nr * Tobacco, Paint and Whitewash
in aV***’ Medicines, and everything kept
Jrr l^ st ' c ' ass .Drug Store. ‘ Having made special
l.o\v <?nru * n * s ' n purchase of his stock. Dr.
nieili • ot,ers , his goods L<*w for Cash ! Pure
n,on Cm ”- sa lcs and small profits, is the
***?M thishuuse - Call as above.
''vsicians* prescriptions tilled bv a careful
LlG mT JOB WORK,
PROMPTLY EXECUTED,
Executed promptly, at this office.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement In Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Jackson Sheriff's Sale .
\\ r iLl. be sold before the Court House door in
v V the town of Jefferson. .Jackson coantv, Oa.
w ithin the legal hours of sale, on the first‘Tues
. d*Y 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
tv. adjoining lands of \V. S. Thompson. E. Nl.
Thompson. John XV. Nicholson and James E.
Johnson; on said land there is two small settle
ments and about forty acres of cl eft red land in a
good state of cultivation; the remainder ill origi
nal forest. B%id land is \t ell watered With branch
es, and one of the settlements is immediately on
the State road two miles below Jeilerson. Le
vied on as the property of defendant, to satisfy a
Superior Court fi. fa., M. Williamson vs. K/.M.
Thompson; property pointed out bv dePt and
: pit IPs attv.
JOHN S. HUNTER. Sheriff.
| Feb. 2, 1878. pr fee $5.00
Also, at the same time and place, one undivided
half interes*. in and to a tract of land lying in said
county, on the Jefferson and Lawrenceville road,
live miles from former place, adjoining lands of
J B Lyle. II T Flceman and others; and further
described as parcel ofland whereon $ W Stephens
lately resided, and whereon 0 S Flceman and R
J Fireman 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 half interest in said four lmnnred
and eighty acres, levied on .as the property of
said C. S. Fleeman aforesaid,’to satisfy a ti. fa. for
unpaid portion of purchase money, issued from
Jackson Superior Clurt. (to effect which sale a
deed has been filed 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. Flee
man, vendee and defendant in fi. fa..) in favor
J. B. Silman against said C. S. Flceman. Proper
ty pointed out by plaintiff; notice of the levy giv
en in writing to C. S. Fleeman. the defendant in
li. ia.. and R. J. Fleeman, both of whom are ten
ants in possession, as required bv law.
JOHN S. HUNTER. Sheriff
February 2, 1878. pr fee $lO.
Q.EORGM, Jackson County.
Whereas, S. W. Chandler and YY". YY". 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
canst? Given under my official signature, Jnn’y
28th. 1878 H. W, BELL, Ordinary. “
To Debtors ami Creditors.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of Alfred
ajL Smtth. 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, duly proven, to the undersigned.
X. B. CASH. Adrn’r.
XI. K. SMITH, Adm'x.
Feb 2, 1878. *2t
OTQRGIA, Jackson County.
L. E Rowe vs. AY". .J. Rowe. Libel for Divorce,
in Jackson Superior Court.
It appearing to the Court that the defendant in
the above stated case resides without the limits of
Jackson county, and it also appearing that said
defendant resides without the limits of the State
of Georgia—
It is. therefore, ordered that service upon the
defendant, XV. J. Rowe, be perfected by publica
tion in the Forest News once a month for four
months previous to the next term of this Court.
J. B. SILMAN, Pl'tff’s Att'y.
Granted :
GEO. D. RICE, Judge S. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Jackson Su
perior Court, August Term, 1877.
oct >0 T. H. NI BLACK. Cleric.
Take Notice!
rpilK accounts due ttie FOREST XEYYS OF'*
JL FICE for Subscriptions and Advertisements'
up to the 12th inst., are in mv hands for collec*
tion. Debtors, take notice ! Come and settle'
without another word. YY". S. McCARTY.
Jan 26th, 1878. Att'v at Law.
STOVES AND TIN-WARE!
The Best and Cheapest in the
. Market ,
At J. C. WILKINS’.
r> Tin, copper and sheet-iron
Work, At J. C. WIhKINS’.
of the Large Coffee Pot; Broad street,
Athens. Ga. Aug 4 Smo
LUMHKK AND SHINGLES,
At Short Notice. Figures Low.
J PROPOSE to furnish shin tries and lumber, in
any quantity wanted. I warrant them to bt*
made out of as good timber as grows in Georgia;
and will be pleased to make this cood in their sale.
Feb 2, 1878. JAMES R. THURMOND.
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>'f Aceht-s Wanted— ~ .-
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CINCINNATI,O.jfr
L. C. NEBTNGER, Manager.
JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 2,1878.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
George Washington’s Cane.
The Baltimore Sun says : “A gold-headed
staff, or cane, of Malacca wood, which is
ticketed as having been once the property of
Gen. George Washington, is on exhibition at
the jewelry store of Canfield, Brother & Cos.
It bears upon a gold band near the gold head
the inscription : ‘Bequeathed by Gen. Geo.
M to Robert Washington, of Cho
| tanck, and from him descended to his grand
: son, Peter Grayson Washington.’ It is now
jin the possession of the wife of Mr. 11. H.
Raleigh, of Baltimore, who is a niece of the
| late Peter Grayson Washington. Peter
! Grayson Washington dic'd in ' New York, ih
! 1872. and until the complete settlement of
Ins estate the cane was locked up in the New
ork Safe Deposit Company's vaults under a
bond of $5,000. Prof. Chapman Maupin, of
the Baltimore City College was administrator
of the estate. The first possessor of the cane
after the death of the Father of his Coujitrv
was Robert Washington, of Chotanck, Vu..
whom the General in his will mentions as lmT
* friend and relative.’ The cane was bequeath
ed li)’ Robert \\ ashington to Mr. Townsend
Kys, and thus went for a time out of the
ngton family. After Mr. Thomas’
death, it passed through a few' hands and
came back to the family of Lund Washing
ton, and from him to Peter Grayson Wash
ington, of New York. The inscription that
the cane bears is evidently of modern date,
put on during Peter Grayson Washington’s
ownership of the article. The gold head of
the cane bears a coat-of-arms nearly effaced,
The intrinsic value of the article is small, but
the antiquarian estimate is reckoned by thou
sands of dollars. It is a sturdy-looking arti
cle of support, and lias as large a diameter
as some of the knotted, scraggy and unhand
some logs of wood affected to-day. It is of
rather unusual length, and w’as probably
carried more as an article of support than for
ornament, but it is doubtful if the Father of
h s Country could have swung it with the
same elaborate twist that is expended on
gold-headed canes of a more modern date.”
Mr. Peter Cooper’s Latest Project.
Founding an Institution in South Carolina
for Educating Young Women.
Mr. Peter Cooper has under consideration
a plan for opening a free institution for girls
in South Carolina, to be very much on the
same plan as the Cooper Institu’e in this
city. Nothing definite has been decided on
beyond the selection of what will probably be
the site of the new institution. Mr. Cooper
was lately induced to look at a proposition
for the purchase of the property known as
the Limestone Springs, about four miles from
Spartanburg. The property consists of 800
acres of land on the sunny side of a slope
12,000 feet above tide level. Upon it are
eleven buildings and a brick church, which
accommodates 500 persons. The main Build
in*; was, in ante-war times, a fashion able ho
tel and afterward a successful girls’ school.
It is of brick, 210 feet in length and four sto
ries high.
Mr. Cooper thinks the situation admirable
for a first-class educational institute. ID
s id :
“I wish to do something for the South, and
show that a Northern man has some interest
in the welfare of the Southern people. I
hope it may do something toward ending old
feuds and cementing the Union. 1 think
there is a very good field for an institute there,
that may be a means of doing good to the
country. It will be done if I can see any
way of putting it upon a substantial footing.
It. would be a school of science and art in its
application to all the useful and necessary
purposes of life, and for Indies onlv.”
The undertaking can lie accomplished at a
greatly decreased expense, much less than
would 1)0 necessary to build it from the start.
Mr. Cooper does not intend to expend on it
any such sum ($2,000,000) as he lias given
to Cooper Institute. The expenditure will
I*o limited to paying for and fitting up the pro
perty. It must afterward run itself. The
use of the building, its appliances, tuition,
and everything except board will be free to
any lady over fourteen years old from any
part of the world.— N. F. Sun.
A Cautious Pastor. —A story is reported
of a certain clergyman, which is declared to
be authentic, that, having received a call to a
vacant pulpit in Warren, R. 1., he arrived to
spend a few days, look about, preach, etc.—
The question of the length of the pastorates
to which the Church had been accustomed,
very naturally suggested itself, and the can
didate felt cautious, not to say anxious, to
know how many pastors had retained their
relation till it was severed by death ; and
not wishing to ask the question directly, he
took a meditative walk to and about the cem
etery—and not finding the grave of even one
of their pastors, concluded that there the
pastorates must be short, and that when the
j pastors sickened they must lie sent off to die
! —and decided to decline the call.
Disappearance of Saturn’s Rings.—
| February 6 the rings of Saturn entirely dis
| appeared. Their northern side has been visi
; ble since August 12. 1862. but during the
| present month the dark si le of the rings will
1 alone be presented, and can scarcely be trac
jedbythe strongest telescopes. On March
: 1 the earth will pass to the southern or illn
j minuted side of the rings, and they will again
j become visible for a period of fourteen years.
; In 1861-’62 there were successtvefv a disap
! pearance, an appearance, another disappear
ance and a reappearance within nine months,
; the position of the earth in its orhit assisting
; in the repetition of the phenomenon.
Me Came Back.
Governor Duval, of Florida, was tlie son
of a poor Virginian, a stern, strong, taciturn
man. The boy wa9 a huge youth of fifteen
years. At the cabin tire. at. bedtime, accor
ding to the custom of putting on a
the old man said, between the whiffs of his si*
‘4nt pipe;
'Tab. go out and bring in that gum back
log, and put it on the fire.”
Tab went out and surveyed the log. He
knew it was of no use explaining that it was
; too heavy, nor prudent for him to return
without having it on his shoulder. Ills lit
|t ie sister, in passing, was not surprised that
ihe requested her to bring out the gun and
powder horn, as a possum or coon might have
passed, or the brother might have seen bear
signs. She brought the gun and Tab start
ed. lie found tl.c way through the woods
into Kentucky, 1791. After an absence of
eighteen years, he Yvas elected to congress. A
man of immense,size and strength, he start
ed for Washington, going by the ttny of his
home, to see the folks who had long
since given him up for dead. Entering the
little cabin door near bed time, he saw the
identical gum log. He shouldered, pulled
the latch string, and with his load stood be
ore the old man, pipe in mouth, as quiet as
usual.
'Here is the gum back-log. father.,
*\V ell. you’ve been a long time getting it—
put it on the fire and go to bed,’ was the
reply.
The Progress of Ruin.
We have it from a gentleman (says the
Washington lie publican.) who has been -spend
ing some time in Philadelphia, and in whose
observation and credibility we place implicit
confidence, that the march of financial disas
ter in that city is fearful, only a portion of it
reaching public knowledge. lie estimates
that the failures in Philadelphia alone during
the past week will aggregate at least $4,000,-
000! This is a startling commentary upon
the financial condition of the country, and is
calculated to awaken the most fearful appre
hensions as to the future unless there shall
come some interposing power to avert the
calamity. Panic seems to have seized upon
every class of enterprise, and business of all
kinds-has I’aMen under a general paralysis all
over the country.
s Uxaj:ss Governor Colquitt interferes,
which nobody seems to expect. Georgia is
soon going to furnish the country a spectacle
the like of which it has never seen—-the hang
ing of a white man in a Southern State for
the murder of a “nigger.” Gns Johnston is
his name, and the darky he wantonh* killed
was an inoffensive ferryman. Ilis guilt was
so plain that the jnrv could not fail to convict
Dim, and the Supreme Court upon :u peal
affirmed the justice of his death sentence,
which is to be carried out on the 13th of
March. And this seems a fair occasion, by
the way, for the remark that Georgia is mak
ing about the best record every way of all
the Southern States. —Springfield Republican.
Charley Ross’ Father still Searching.
Mr. Charles K. Ross, father of the famous
Charlej* Ross, is stiil vigilant in his search
ings for his stolen boy. Mr. Ross says that
he has made several hundred trips, but feels
it his duty to ferret out the truth or falsit\ r of
iil reports about his son which come to his
knowledge/ He has spent $60,000 trying to
iud bis lost boy, and is as far off now as he
was t hree years ago*. He is confident, though,
that Charley is still living, and he will never
give up the search. Mr. Ross has spent his
entire fortune in the hunt, and is now a
traveling salesman for an Eastern house.
Cure for the Toothache. —At a meeting
of the London Medical Society, Dr. Blake, a
distinguished practitioner, said that he was
able to cure the most desperate case of tooth
ache, unless the disease was connected with
rheumatism, by the application of the follow
ing remedy: Alum, reduced to an impal
pable powder, two drachms ; nitrons spirits
of ether, seven drachms; mix and apply to
the tooth.
The Best Insect Destroyer. —According
to the Journal of Chemistry, is alum water.
Put the alum into hot water and let it boil
until it is entirely dissolved, then apply it
hot with a brush to all cracks, closets, bed
steads and other places infested by insects.
It is certain death to ants, bedbugs, roaches
and id genus omne, while there is no danger
in using it, of poisoning any of the family, or
injuring property.
There can be no doubt that if by any acci
dent or interference the silver bill shall be
defeated at the present session of congress
there will be a very large silver party organiz
ed in the states of New York and New Jer
sey. arrd in all the New England states. —
Chicago 1 Tribune, rep.
Cincinnati, Feb. 12.—The body of Mrs.
Jane Pittiwan. who died in this ciiy yesterday,
will be taken to Washington, Pa., to be cre
mated by Dr. LeMoyne. in accordance with
iter own wishes expressed in her written will.
Her husband, Benjamin Pittman, will start
for Washington on Thursday evening with
her remains.— N. 1”. Sun.
[communicated.]
JACKSOR CdUNTY MUSICAL CONVENTION.
According to previous appointment, the
singers and friCfids erf sacred music mot at
Oconee church. Jackson county, Ga.. Fob.
! 6th, 1878, and organized themselves into a
Musical Convention.
On motion. Prof. A. H. Brown was called
to the Chair, and J. R. Benton requested to
act as Secretary, /m> ft-** t. On motion, the
Hall couritv CttUstittUion was read and adop
ted as the Constitution tif this Contention—
by iti&king a few alterations.
CONSTITUTION.
Article 1. This Convention shall be call
ed the Jackson County Musical Convention.
2. The Officers of t his Convention shall
consist of a President. Vice President, Secre
tary. and Treasurer, tvlto shall he chosen an
nually, by the members present, and, to con
tinue in office until their successors are
elected.
3. It shall be the duty of the President to
preside over all meetings and to perform the
duties which shall devolve upon him. If he
be absent, the Vice President shall act in his
place.
4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to
record the proceedings of each meeting.
o. The Treasurer shall receive all fees, and
distribute the same as the body may direct.
C. Any person may become a permanent
membcri by subscribing to this Constitution.
7. It shall be the duty of all teachers and
leaders, who arc members of this body,, to
attend each meeting; and, if any member
shall fail to attend two consecutive meetings
without a good excuse, his or kef nkme shall
be stricken from the roll.
8. The members of this Convention, shall \
ho only those who subscribe to this C’onstitu- I
tlon.
9. Each Singing school. Singing society, i
Sunday school. Choir, Club, and all Literary j
schools, where music is practiced, shall be
entitled to a representation of four delegates
each. Who by presenting credentials, shall be
entitled to seats in the Convention.
10. All Ministers of the Gospel shall l c
entitled to me’inb'e'fsh'ip and seats gratuitous :
] y- , , ,
11. 'Fhe ollieers of tuc Cutß-ention shall bo
an Executive Committee, who, With such Oth- j
er members as they may call to their aid.
shall have power to manage and care for the '
interests we have in charge; and during the ;
interim of the Convention they shall have :
power to fix the time and place of meeting,
to invite individuals and other societies, by i
delegation, to meet with ns. They shall also j
make, and report in writing, to the annual !
sessions of the Convention, with such remu
neration for the action of the Convention, as
they may deem advisable. They shall‘also
report their acts and doings during the inte
rim.
12. Alterations and amendments of this j
Constitution may be made by a two-third j
majority.
Next went into the election of officers, by
ballot, which resulted in the choice of R. $.
Blackwed. President; Wylee Yarborough.
Vico President; James I. Ray. Secretary;
J. R. Renton, Assistant Secretary and Trea
surer.
Recess of fifteen minutes ; after which the
President proceeded to appoint an arranging
committee, to wit;
M. A. Renton. W. Yarborough, C. G. Ren
ton, M. G. Wilhite and A. M. Renton.
First lesson in music, conducted by the
President, followed by M. A. Renton and
Prof. A. 11. Brown ; time of each unlimited.
Adjourned, to meet Feb. 17th, 1878.
Sunday Morning. Feb. 17. Convention-!
met according to adjournment*
First lesson conducted by Prof. Brown ;
followed by C. G. Renton, M. T. Dalton ami j
M. G. Wilhite, twenty minutes each.
Recess of ten minutes ; after which Prof, i
Brown made some appropriate remarks, ex
plaining the object of Musical Conventions.
Lessons in music were conducted by M.
A. Benton, W. T. Bennett and J. R. Benton,
twenty minutes each.
Recess of thirty minutes for refreshments*
Convention met; first lesson in Music was
conducted by I). C. Roberts, twenty minutes,
followed by the President and Prof. Rrown. 1
By special request, our gallant, esteemed and I
beloved friend, lion. A. T. Bennett, together
with some five or six of his old scholars, sung i
the A. li. C’s, with gi&at honor to them- j
selves and the tune.
On motion, the Secretary was requested to j
have the proceedings published in our belov-1
ed home enterprise, The Forest News.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven
tion is due, and is hereby tendered to the
membership of Oconee church and citizens of
the community for their courtesy and gener- !
ous hospitality extended us, during our stay
among them.
Mi nutes adopted. Convention adjourned .
sine die. R. S. Blackwell, Pres’t.
James I. Ray, Sec’v.
J. R. Benton, Ass’t Scc’y & Treas’r.
13^*Before anti after adjournment there
were upward of sixty subscribed to the Con
stitution as members of this Convention.
J. I. Ray, ffee"y.
Tiie Pope’s Receipts and Expendi
tures* —The pontifical treasur}- defrays, as
it did before, the occupation of R'ontfe, the
charges of all its servants, amounting yearly I
to some SBOO,OOO. A few of them have not
objected to draw two salaries, one from t! O';
Pope, one f.om the State; but the Pope, !
though he knows this, keeps silence. The i
Italian Government tenders, rrnd’er the “law
of guarantees.” to His Ifofrness annually j
$645,000. gold, for his civil list, a single;
note for that sum being spec rally engraved, j
This the Pope always declined to receive. J
and nnder the law after five years the money ;
has been covered into the Italian Treasury. I
“Peter’s pence,” amounting yearly to over 1
j£3.000.000‘. defray the expenses of the Holy
See. A third of Che amount is devoted to
Christian works, missions, hospitals, schrads.
cjnrTclres. Ac. ;■ another third to the' mainte
nance of the Court and the ecclesiastical
administration. The remainder goes to'
swell a reserve r und tn n e drawn upon in“
emergencies.— The World.
) TERMS, $1.60 PER ANNUM*
i SI.OO For Six Months.
Scissored Paragraphs.
Of ninety-nine ml’Honaires of Philadelphia,
; ex-Oov. Asa Packer is the richest; being
worth $12,000,000.
The Turkish newspapers declare that their
countrj-can never have eonfMenoe in England
again, and Queen Victoria feels as if faer
heart would break.
Remedy for Chapped Uamds.—Five
cents’ worth of gurt camphor, the samo of
sWett oil. and white Wax ; place trig-ether in
ft clip to melt until thoroughly mixed. Wash
the hands clean and wipe dry ; apply before
retiring.
St. Johns, X. B. t February 16.—AtWych*
ham, Sunday night, the house of Daniel
Reardon burned, and Reardon, his wife and
four children perished in the flames. Thd
neighbors knew nothing of the C!ttil*trtiph4
till morning, when the charred remains were
found in the debilS;
The Ohio senate paused joint resolution*
favoring the remoneti2fttion of the silver
dollar, favoring the passage of the Bland bill
and censuring President Hayes and Secreta
ry Sherman for their posllibn oh the silver
question. The restitutions were adopted by
a party vote, the democrats voting in the
affirmative.
Gen. Mefjotveil thinks the United States
ought to give awav Alaska, if ntibody wants
to htty it. As it in r!tit probable that any
other government would take it :i9 a gfift,
why not make It a penal colony for insurance
and bank swindlers? fa hat say Chicago
and Xew York to the proposition '{—Snh
Orleans Times.
While digging a well near Farragiit, Minn.,
a few days since, the workmen struck a tree,
eighty-two feet below the surface. The wood
w:is not petrified but was hard and solid; H
is of course disioltired, and consequently
hat'd to tell the kind of wood, but nearly eve
ry one who has examined it pronounces it
maple.
V ith Russia and England involved, with
the Black Sea closed and English industries
and energies diverted into' warlike chiirtflclsf,
our grain must feed Europe and our work;
shops and ships supply Uni o'fily Tnglah'd’s
customers, but many of the immediate needs
of the conflict. And if other Powers are
involved our gain will be proportionately
greater. .Y. 1\ Herald.
After much wrangling the Mississippi le
gislature fixed the salaries of officers and
employes as follows; Secretary of senate
and assistants, sls per diem; sergeant-aU
arms and assistants, sl3; reading clerk, $5 ;
door-keeper. $3 : clerk of the house, $10;
enrolling clerk. $6; assistant enrolling clerk,
$5 ; reading clerk. $7 ; three pages, $1 each ;
speaker's messenger, $1.50 < three porters,
$2 each.
The body of klrs. Jane Pitt,than, wife of
the author of the phonographic system bear
ing liis name, is to be cremated, ffer hus
band says that he will not place the ashes in
an urn, but will have them buried, and ex
pressed a desire that they should transform
themselves into a rose. A stranger mingling
of practicability and sentimentality has not
often been encountered'.
To take rtfsf out of steel, {Mace the article
in a bowl containing ktrOsen'e oil, or wrap
the steel up in a soft cloth well saturated
with kerosene; let it remain twenty-four
hours or longer ; then scour the rusty spots
with brick-dast. ff tradlv rusted, use salt
with hot vinegar. After scouring, rinse every
particle of brick-dust or salt ofT with boiling
imt water. Drv thoroughly ; then polish ofT
With a clean 1 flan ltd doth and a little sweet
oil.
Marshfield. Feb. 14.—The Webster man
sion was burned to-day, with its contents.—
The building was owned by Mrs. Fletcher
Webster, who. with her son, were the sole
occupants. They made great exertions to
save the historical relics. and Succeeded in
rescuing a quantity of silver plate and pic
tures and other priceless mementoes of Mr.
Webster. The library was not destroyed,
having been removed sometime go.
The receipts and expenditures of the gren£
State of Georgia for the year 1877, according
to a statement furnished the press by the
comptroller general, were as follows: Re
ceipts from all sources, (including a balance
in the treasury January 1, 1877. of sf>64,-*
283.33) $2,362,630.17, and the disbursements,
tthich include a part of the expenses of 1876, -
were. $1,728,910.80. The cost of the Con
stitutional Convention was $46,740.73. and
there is a balance in the treasury of $833,-
719.17.
Mullen* Leaves tor Catarrh.—The
smoke of mUllen leaves has long been con
sidered a specific for catarrh. It will, doubt
less, in marry cases, alleviate, if it does not
cure, 't he leaves should be thoroughly dried
and then Used the same X i tobacco in a pipe.
The smoke should be'pressed to the back of
the mouth and exhaled through the nose;
once or twice a day will suffice, bid should be
persevered in. iff properly cured there will
not be the acrid exudation spoken of by
youT correspondent. A little piece of sponge
in the bowl of the' pipe will prevent the
juice's passing to the mouth.
London, dan. 26.—Itir. James Gordon
Bennett is now reported to be* engaged to a
brilliant French Countess of old family and
large possessions. This marriage is really
one of the things to which we may apply that
deep* bit of wisdom, nous verrons.
Then there is another marriage engage
ment of interest to Americans announced. —
Orro of the two beautiful Livingstone girl*, -
from Li ring's One Manor, on the Hudson, who
have been smashing the swell yachtsmen’s"
hearts for several sea’sons back at CoWes. is
soon to hb led to the altar by the eldest’ son *
of the Right Hon. Geo. Cavendi’sh, •
| M. P, ...
Last on mv list is the wedding to take place'’
at Westminster Abbey, in March, between
younger son Lionel and Miss
Eleanor Locker.—; Cincinnati foiquirer.
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