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£epf Jiilecrtisemmts.
Jackson Postponed Deputy
Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL he sold before the Court House door, in
the town of Jefferson, within the legal hours
of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first Tuesday
in April, 1878, the following property, to-wit:—
Eighty acres of land, more or less, adjoining lands
of T. L. Ross, on the south ; on the west by lands
of Wyatt Wood; southwest by lands of W. M.
Puke, and bounded on the east and northeast by
the middle Oconee river. On said place is a dwel
ling-house and necessary out-buildings; forty-five
or more acres in cultivation, the remainder in
good, original forest. On the place is a good peach
and apple orchard. The place whereon it. H.
Boon now resides. Levied on as the property of
A. C. Thompson, by virtue of a li fa issued from
Jackson Superior Court, John H. Newton vs A. C.
Thompson. Property pointed out by defendant.
Notice, in writing, given to it. H. Boon, tenant
in possession. pr fee 85
Also, at the same time and place, one tract or
parcel of land, lying in Jackson county, contain
ing fourteen or fifteen acres, whereon Jas Davis,
colored, now lives; said land adjoins the lands of
Osmcnt, Anglin and others, and is all woodland
except three or four acres. On the premises is a
tolerably good dwelling and other improvements.
Levied on as the property of Jas Davis, col’d, by
virtue of two fi. fas. issued from the Justice's
Court, 242d Dist., G. M.. Jackson Cos., in favor of
K. C. Cox, for purchase money of said land, Le
vy made and returned to me bv T. 8. Smith, L C
Written notice served on Jas Davis, col. tenant
in possession. JOHN J. WALLACE. Dep. SIC If
March 2, 1878 fee pd
TAKE WARNING.
VLL persons are hereby warned against har
boring. or in any way employing a colored
hoy named NEWTON DAVID, aged about 17
years, dark complexion, thick lips, and some 5
feet high. Said boy is lawfully bound to me and
lias absconded from my premises. The law will
he rigidly enforced against any one disregarding
this notice. J. W. HARDY, Sr.
Jackson Cos., Ga., Feb. 23, 1878. 2t
Take Notice!
f PIIE accounts due the FOREST NEWS OF*
A FICE for Subscriptions and Advertisements*
up to the 12th inst.. are in my bands for collec
tion. Debtors, take notice! Come and settle
without another word. W. S. McCARTY,
Jan 20th, 1878. Att'v at Law.
STOVES AND TIN-WARE!
lhe Be.st and Cheapest in the
Market,
At J. C. WILKINS’.
JiJ Tin, copper and sheet-iron
Work, At J. C. WILKINS’.
tey , *‘ f ;igu of the Large Coffee Pot; Broad street,
Athens. Ga. Aug 4 Bmo
NOTH E.
I Ir-OIM.K not living on mv plantation, are here*
8y notified not to HI NT. FISH or TRKS
'sB in any way. on my land, nor travel the
.‘"d paths through the farm, except the onelead
n'-ni M, E. Pace's farm to Nicholson. The
" ’ll he enforced, without, respect to per
against any one disregarding tins notice.
reh 2. 1878. * W. W. JACKSON.
Dr. H. J. LONG,
—DEALER IN—
"nvis. Medicines, Paints, Oils, &c
WEST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
Gainesville, Ga.,
I I r on ' ,an( l< and will constantly add thereto,
<n ?. of Drugs anti Medicines. Paint*.
1s ’ ' amishes. Ac., Ace. A specialty made of the
celebrated and thoroughly tested
. MIXED DUXES!
i.au.lmun. Paregoric, Ac., put up in suitable
1 I £ n || t,c * for country merchants.
s t°ch of Lamps, Kerosene Oil, Lamp
*’ •cks, Ac.
on h, and Train Oil
on band constantly.
. J 1 1 1,8 establishment will be found a choice as
- tnient of Perfumery. Toilet Soaps, tine brands
Ur if ars J' n tobacco. Paint and Whitewash
‘, a tent Medicines, and everything kept
< irst-olass Drug Store. Having made special
i < v’p Vn L? nts ’? purchase of his stock. Dr.
n . .Az„* otlers )ds goods Low for C ash ! Pure
9 u,ck sales ad small prolits. is the
il ?u. lm Call as a hove.
anltTk 1 h >' s ’ c >ans' prescriptions filled by a careful
an d thoroughly competent Druggist.
March 24th, 1877.
L x aHT JOB 'WOB.IK:,
PROMPTLY EXECUTED,
_ Lxecutcd promptly, at this office.
Circulars. Ac., for schools
: >n<l academics, printed at this oflicc.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers: Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
fkofcssiannf & (Business (lords.
WILL. I. PIKE. w, R. M’CARTY.
PIKE A McCARTY,
Attorneys at
JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
V\ ill give prompt and thorough attention to all
Kinds of legal business in Jackson and adjoining
counties. One or both, always in the office, ex
cept when professionally absent. feb2
W 11. SPIPKIAB,
” • Attorney at Law,
Associated with J. D. SILMAN, Esq., Jeffer
son, Ga.
#s£*Spccial attention given to the collection of
Claims. January sth, 1878.
R ’*- Altorneyai*Law,
• Harmony Grove. JackamMUo* Ua.
NV ill practice in Jacl.son and adjoining counties.
Prompt attention given to all business entrusted
to him. Refers to Hon. John D. Stewart. Griffin,
and lion. J. T. Spence. Jonesboro', Ga. octij
EMORY SPEER, j W~s7mOßß!s‘.
Athens, Ga. | Jefferson, Ga.
SPEER & MORRIS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JeflerNon, €!a., will practice in Superior,
Ordinary's and Justices’ Courts. JKsg“Ofiice in
building with Col. Silman, UP-STAIRS. aug2s
BJ’* WOFFORD, Ailorney*at*Lnw.
• Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
>\ ill practice in all the adjoining counties, and
give prompt attention to all business entrusted to
his care. Collecting claims a speeialtv.
March 3d, 1877.
WILEY C. HOWARD. ROB'T S. HOWARD.
W. C. & R. 8. HOWARD,
ATTORNEYS AND COVNSELLORS AT
LA IF,
1*24 Jefferson. Ga.
J. J. FLOYD, I j, b. SILMAN,
Covingtan, Ga. j JetTerson, Ga.
17LOYD A NIIJIAA,
- _ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
TN ill practice together in the Superior Courts oi
the counties of Jackson and Walton.
junel2—ly
STANLEY & PINSON,
jeffehsox, ga
DEALERS ill Dry Goods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
•June 19 ly
DR. IV. 8. ALEWNDER,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July 10th, 1875. Cm
Dll. C. R. GILES
OFFERS his professional services to thceitizens
of Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at
the office recently occupied by Col. Mahatfey.
Jan. 22. 1870—t f
Dr. J. M, BURNS
HA\ING resumed the practice of Medicine,
offers his professional services to the public,
Thankful for all past patronage, he solicits a lib
eral share in the future. The Dr. can be found at
his residence, three miles cast of Jefferson, when
not professionally engaged.
Aug 11 JOHN M. BURNS, M. D.
Charles Corbett,
PLAIN AND GRAINING
PAINTER,
OFFERS his services to the citizens of Jackson
and surrounding counties. He is prepared
to do all kinds of House-Painting, inside and out
side—plain and ornamental. Special attention to
nainting Buggies and vehicles of all descriptions.
Charges to suit the times. Address, CHARLES
CORBETT, Camp's Mills, Gwinnett Cos., Ga.
May 26th. 1877.
MARTIN INSTITUTE."
The Spring Term of 1878,
YI7TLL open on the 24th January.
H BOARD and TUITION for term of 24
weeks, from £75.00 to £8(5.00.
For particulars, apply to JNO. W. GLENN,
Principal, or J. E. RANDOLPH.
Jan 5 Gt Sec*y Board Trustees.
Jackson County Mortgage She
riff's Sale.
TIT ILL be sold before the Court House door, in
TT the town of Jefferson, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
Tuesday in April, 1878, the following proper
ty. to-wit :—One mouse-colored Mule, one two
horse wagon and two cows ; levied on by virtue
of a mortgage li fa. issued from Jackson Superior
Court, J. F. Lilly A Son vs. John S. Wilson.—
Propertv pointed nut in said fi fa.
feb2 * JOHN S. HUNTER. Sheriff'.
TUMIIEU AND SUING LES~
At Short Kotice. Figures Low.
I PROPOSE to furnish shingles and lumber, in
any quantity'wanted. 1 warrant them to be
made ’out of sis"good timber as grows in Georgia:
and will be pleased to make this good in their sale.
Feb 2, 1878. JAMES R. THURMOND.
To Rent, for 1878,
A GOOD TWO-TIORSE FARM, one mile from
Jefferson. Dwellingaml out-houses complete
and in good order. For particulars apply at
Jan. 12. THIS OFFICE.
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L. C. NEBIXOER, Manager.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA„ SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1878.*
SELECT MISCELLANY.
The Two Glasses.
There sat two glasses filled to the brim,
On a rich man’s table, rim to rim,
One was ruddy and red as blood
And one was clear as the crystal Hood.
Said the glass of wine to his paler brother.
“ Lot us tell the tales of the past to each other;
I can tell of banquet and revel and mirth,
And the proudest and grandest souls on earth
Jell under my touch as though struck by blight,
\N here I was king, for I ruled in might.
From the heads of kings have I torn the crown,
From the heighths of fame have I hurled men
down;
I have blasted many an honored name,
I have taken virtue and given shame;
I have tempted the youth w ith a sip, a taste.
That has made the future a barren waste.
“ Ear greater than any king am I.
Or than any army beneath the sky.
1 have made the arm of the driver fail,
And sent the train from the iron rail,
I have made good ships go down at sea.
And the shrieks of the lost were sweet to me ,
For they said, ‘Behold how great you be !
Fame, strength, wealth, genius before you fall.
And your might and power are overall.’
Ho! ho ! pale brother,” laughed the wine.
"Can you boast of deeds as great as mine?”
Said the water-glass : “ 1 can not boast
Of a king dethroned or a murdered host;
But I can tell of hearts that once were sad,
Bv my crystal drops made light and glad.
Of thirsts I’ve quenched and brows I've laved ;
Of hands I’ve cooled and souls I’ve saved.
I have leaped through the valley, and dashed down
the mountain;
Slept, in the sunshine and dropped from the sky.
And everywhere gladdened the landscape and
, * e > c ’ ,
l have eased the hot forehead of fever and pain :
1 have made the parched meadow grow fertile with
grain ;
I can tell of the powerful wheel of the mill
That ground out the flour and turned at iny will;
I can tell of manhood debased by you
That I have lifted and crowned anew.
I cheer, I help. I strengthen, and aid,
I gladden the heart of man and maid ;
I set the chained wine captive free.
And all are better for knowing me.”
These are the talcs they told each other.
The glass of wine and its pale brother.
As they sat together tilled to the brim,
On the rich man's table rim to rim.
A Duel Between Negroes.
HOW A QUESTION OF SOCIAL STANDING WAS
SETTLED —MUSKETS THE WEAPONS.
Negroes have been known to fight duels in
the South. Only two months ago, a couple
jof them, as black as Erebus, met on a duell
ing field, from only which one retired. The
i most conspicuous aifair between negroes that
I now remember, however, took place in Sa
vannah. or near Savannah, Ga., in 1872.
The quarrel hinged on their respective posi
tions in society. Their names were Eugene
Moorehead and Jackson Brand. Both were
leaders of some prominence. Each of them
owned a sort of restaurant. The caucuses
usually took place in one of their saloons,
where, over a plate of free ice cream, they
would mature their plans. Suddenly Eugene
discovered that these conferences took place
usually in Jackson’s saloon, lie asked Brand
to meet him the next night at his (Eugene’s)
saloon. Brand declined to do so, using such
haughtiness of manner that Eugene was con
strained to suggest that perhaps (wit!) empha
sis on the perhaps) Brand thought his saloon
‘was a kind of a low place.’ Brand, moved
by a spirit of truth, was obliged to confess
that he did so view it. At this Eugene sug
gested to Brand that perhaps he considered
himself somewhat above him (Eugene) in the
social scale. Brand again acknowledged the
force of Eugene’s suggestion ; and Eugene
proposed to give him a chance to settle the
question of his superiority,
The proposition being gladly accepted by
Brand, the next question was the method of
settlement. It would not do for them to in
dnlge in the old style rough-and-tumble Afri
can fight—“tlie fight of their fathers”—and
they determined to adopt the custom endors
ed by the white folks. Eugene, therefore,
challenged Brand to meet him in mortal com
bat. Brand accepted the verbal challenge,
named muskets as the weapons, across the
river as the place, and the next morning at
daylight as the time. The arrangements
were made verbally’. It was agreed that no
one should accompany them but the boatmen
who were to pull them to the place of meet
ing. So the next morning, in the gray dawn,
two boats pulled out from the city wlfarf. A
single oarsman propelled each craft, and in
the bow of each sat a tall, determined negro,
holding in his arms a musket.
The opposite side reached, the combatants
! saluted each other stiffly, and plunged info
the woods. The oarsmen waited in their
boats until a result had been reached and it
had been determined whether Eugene or
’ Brand stood higher in society. One of the
| stipulations was, that each man should put
; just as many bullets in his musket as he
1 wanted to. Taking advantage of this allow-
I o o
ance, Eugene poured a full handful of slugs
into his musket, and announced himself
ready. Brand took his position, and the word
was given. It is not definitely known which
gave the word, or how it was managed. All that
we know is that two terrific explosions were
heard, and Eugene, walking to the edge of the
woods, announced that he had killed Brand.
Brand was found lying upon his face, riddled
with the bullets Eugene bad put in his gun. As
the duel took place on Carolina soil, no de
cided legal steps were taken that I am aware
of, and the noise of the duel soon died
out. — Phil. Times.
A great misfortune of the present age is
that one can’t stand on one's feet without
calling to mind that one is not standing on
one’s head.
Another Tidal Wave and Earthquake.
An Ocean Deluge at Callao—Destruction of
Property—Five Persons Swept into the
Sea—A Terrible Scene in the Docks.
Advices from Lima, Peru, slate that Cal
lao was visited by another tidal wave on the
morning of the 27th ult. When the tide re
ceded it was noticed that the boats and
coasting craft along shore were left high and
dry, and when the wave returned it passed
with immense force over the walls of the
Muelle Darsena, rushing up over the newly
made ground toward the station of the Ora}’
railroad fora distance of three hundred feet,
carrying everything before it. Launches,
the numerous little cana huts built on the Es
planade, and mail}’ enclosures around coal
and lumber yards, etc., were completely de
stroyed. The massive walls of the Muelle
Darsena, in front of the English railway sta
tion. were torn away, and in the station it
self a train of freight cars was wrecked. The
surf was tremcnduously high. Great alarm
exist amongst the people of Callao, and, as it
generally happens in cases of t.uis descrip
tion. an emigration to the higher ground of
Bella Vista is imminent. No lo9S of life is
reported.
There was a severe shock of earthquake in
the south of Peru on the 24th. Considerable
damage was done to property, but no loss of
life is reported.
A correspondent writ ing the next day men
tions the drowning of five men. two of whom
were swept from the iron bridge connecting
the shore with the dock. Hundreds of peo
ple witneseod the drowning, but no assist
ance could be given. The sea was very vio
lent, in which ships rolled fearfully, and the
decks of the Peruvian man-of-war, Huascar.
were repeated I}’ swept by the waves. The
outer line of the mole wall, which is the chief
protection of Muelle Darsena. or wet dock,
has suffered severely’. The eight-ton blocks
of concrete of which the coping was formed
have been knocked out of place and strewn
here and there as if they were playthings.—
T'he main walls, it is feared, are undermind
ed, and will require a heavy expense to re
pair. The iron bridge connecting the shore
with the dock has stood well, but may go at
any moment. All over the mole the heavy
concrete blocks are displaced and broken,
and the tracks torn up and rendered entirely
unserviceable. Coal and goods trucks which
were standing on them wore overturned and
scattered in different directions. A large
amount of goods were destroyed. Several of
the vessels in the dock broke their moorings,
but were again made fast before they could
got entirely adrift. Almost all the old wood
en moles have been swept away. All the
forts fronting the sea have suffered more or
less. The Ayacuclio battery’ is almost wash
ed away and the greater part of the glacis.
A number of private persons have suffered
considerably, but the chief loss will fall on
the Muelle Darsena company, the second
heaviest being undoubtedly’ the English rail
road company.
A Fight With an Indian Devil.
THE ANIMAL LEAPS THIRTY-FIVE FEET FROM A
CLIFF —KILLED AT LAST.
On Thursday last, Mr. .7. L. Ingraham and
mi;), of West Camden. Me., discovered the
track of a wild animal leading toward Bag
ged mountain, in the northern part of Cam
den. They at once put the hounds on the
track, and followed them. After following
the track about two miles they caught sight
of the animal, which proved to be an Indian
Devil of the largest size. Being excellent
marksmen, and not in any may daunted, they
took different routes to cut him off before he
could reach the heavy growth of timber that
lies on the top of the mountain. They agreed
to meet at a point half way up the mountain,
where they expected the animal would pass.
J. L. Ingraham arrived first, and discovered
the animal coining up. Mr. Ingraham’s son
followed. Seeing Mr. Ingraham in his path
the Indian devil turned upon the hound and
a terrible combat followed. The fight lasted
a short time only, as the devil threw the hound
in the air about ten feet. The men did not
dare to fire for fear of killing their dog.
After throwing the hound into the air, the
animal, seeing Mr. Ingraham’s son coming
up. jumped to the top of a high cliff. The
young man went below and prepared to fire.
The devil made a tremendous leap from the
cliff to tho young man below, over thirty-five
feet. The father, seeing that his only chance
was to kill the animal in his leap, at once fir
ed, breaking one foreleg. The Indian devil
struck the son, however, tearing his coat in
shreds, and knocking him down, and they
both rolled down the mountain together, about
twenty feet. The hound followed and attack
ed the animal again.
The devil left the young man and turned
on the dog and threw him into the air again,
and the dog struck on a hedge below, nearly
dead. Mr. Ingraham took the gun his son
had dropped in the struggle and fired. The
animal fell on its side, hut was still very fero
cious. Father and son then took their guns
and struck him until he ceased to move. He
measured five feet and looked very much
like an American panther. —Portland Press.
Attend to your own business.
Mrs. Ben. Pittman Cremated.
The cremation of the body of Mrs. Pittman,
wife of the well known phonographer, took
place on the loth inst., at Washington, Pa.,
in Dr. LeMoylie's cremating furnace. The
scene is thus described by’ a correspondent
of the New York Sun :—
At 1 :58, P. M., the body was taken out of
the casket and placed in the Targe gas retort
over the furnace, which was described at
length in The Sun’s account- of Baron De-
Aalm’s cremation. The door was then closed
with cement and the chamber made profess
edly air tight. The fire had been started the
afternoon before, and the temperature in the
retort was as high as 1,200 deg. Fahrenheit.
A sickening odor of burning hair and flesh
filled the room, and caused the uninitiated to
hold their handkerchiefs to their noses. The
windows on two sides of the building were
opened to emit tlie foul smells, and after a
time the atmosphere became tolerably pure.
A thick black smoke rose out of the chimneys,
bearing a little of the odor to tlie spectators
on the fences. Inside, the visitors talked
and laughed pleasantly, occasionally’ taking
a look through the peephole at the slowly
consuming corpse within.
At 2| the sheet soaked in alum water, in
which the body’ had been wrapped, was
slightly ignited, but it burned slowly. At
the same time the smoke was seen to pour
from the chimney’s, and the corpse presented
a bright and fiery’ appearance. A wreath of
(lowers had been placed about the brow, but
so great was the heat that they were dissolv
ed before the head had fairly entered the
retort.
At 2 : 17 the heat marked 2.000 deg. Fah.
renheit, and the iron frame supporting the
body had flattened down upon tlie floor of the
chamber.
At 2 : 25 the color of the heat was a pale
orange, and the temperature had increased
to 2,100 deg. The corpse gradually lost
shape and melted into an indistinguishable
mass, a few of the more prominent bones
barely defined. The sheet, although burned
apparently to a crisp, still remained intact.
At *2| the temperature was 2.200 deg., and
the color of the substance in the retort was
bright orange.
At 3 : 10 the sheet crumbled and left the
bones standing alone. The spectacle was a
terrible one, although beautiful in its coloring
and intensity of action. In the midst of the
bright retort lay a skeleton of fire, the bones
swathed in purple and orange flame, which
shot upward in sharp, needle-like points, and
bathed the whole form in a halo of fiery glory.
The light was so intense that the eye could
bear it but for a moment. All of the party
surveyed it in turn, including Mr. Pittman,
who expressed much pleasure at the sight.
At 3 : 30 most of tlie bones had disappear
ed, anti at 3: 45 those of the pelvis, which
were the last to remain standing, fell. Then
nothing remained but a white indistinguish
able mass, from which a few pale jets of flame
shot fitfully’.
At 3 : 49, just one hour and fiftv-one min
utes from the time the body was put into the
retort, the incineration was pronounced com
plete, and the party left the building.
Hayes and the Returning Board.
Our Washington specials have contained a
rumor to the effect that Mr. Ilaj’es is so much
disappointed and disgusted by the legal
proceedings against the members of the
Louisiana election returning board as to
seriously contemplate “ a change of policy
toward the South.” We will believe this
rumor when it is fully verified by unmistaka
ble words or actions ; not before. We do not
think the President has constituted himself
the champion and avenger of four rogues,
who, if they lived in Massachusetts instead
of Louisiana, would have been in the peniten
tiary a year ago. We do not think that be
cause these four rogues are in the hands of
the law—to get justice, nothing more and
nothing less—the President will attempt to
recall all his pledges and repudiate the South
ern record of his administration. If he docs;
if he comes forward in any way as the patron
and protector of Wells, Anderson, Cassanave
and Keener, he sinks at once to their level
and will share their infamy if not their pun
ishment.
Fortunately for Mr. Hayes, and still more
fortunately for the country, the results of the
conservative policy are fixed facts. He can
not disturb them if he would. He cannot pull
down Nioholls and Hampton and put up
Packard and Chamberlain. He cannot re
establish carpet-bag rule; he cannot return
these emancipated communities to their for
mer bondage ; he cannot bring back to place
and power the whjte and black knaves who
filled their pockets at the expense of a help
less people. But he may go far enough in
the wrong direction to show that it was ex
pediency and not principle which sent him
in the right direction. He cannot seriously
hurt the South, hut he can damage himself
past all redemption. We give him credit for
too much common sense, as well as honesty
and honor, to believe he has any such inten
tion as is attributed to him. He may wish
the returning hoard had been let alone, but
lie will hardly tie himself to the Louisiana
quartette and go to the bottom with them.—
St. Louis Republican.
editor of the Arkansas City Trav
eller in Kansas tries to make both ends meet,
as he himself announces, by publishing a
newspaper, attending post-office, making col
lections, or rather trying to solicit subscrib
ers ; etc.; be is a notary public, agent of
some Ohio capitalist, buj's and sells corn,
oats and flour, deals heavily in and makes a
specialty of cord wood, posts and rails, buys,
trades and sells Texas and Indian ponies, is
a member of two railroad companies, and a
director of the Arkansas river navigation com
pany, deacon in anew church organization,
is interested in a racing pony, contractor for
buildings, and other minor enterprises too
numerous to mention.
Be not over-confident of any mam
\ TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM*
( SI.OO For Six Months.
Scissored Paragraphs.
IdF'llow many legs has the multiplication
table ?
Orvil Grant, the somewhat notorious broth
er of Ulysses, fs in San Francisco, vending a
patent smut machine.
O'sman Pasha, according to private advices
is to be court-martialed for his cruelty in per
mitting the massacre of Russian prisoners in
his hands at Plevna.
Mark Twain insists that he lias greater
claims to moral grandeur than George Wash
ington. because George simply couldn't tell
a lie. Whereas he can and won’t.
There are cighty-tWo banks in the State of
New York, having an aggregate capital of
$22,650,200, with total resources of
000.
A teacher, who in a fit of vexation called
her pupils a set of j’oung adders, on being
reproved for her language, explained by say
ing she was speaking to those just commenc
ing arithmetic.
The total principal of the national debt
tlow outstanding is $2,106,028,011.48. on
which there is due and unpaid of interest
$22,427,834.38, giving a total of principal and
interest of $2,215,455,845.86.
The first daily newspaper appeared in 1802.
The first newspaper in the United States was
published in Boston September 25. 1700.
The first religious newspaper, the Boston Re
cord, was established in 1715.
B (> b l oombs. of Georgia, lias bought a ho
tel. Instead of calling the roll of his slaves
at the foot of Bunker Hill monument, lie is
now satisfied with going into the kitchim and
singing out for the cook.— Phil. Ckron.
Augusta. Fel). 26.—The Globe cotton mills
of Amos R. Clark & Cos.. were burned. Loss
$30,000. insurance $5,000. Two boys fell in
the canal during the fire ; one was rescued
and the other drowned.
Skeleton manufacture is the latest branch
of business in Chicago. The discovery that
an enterprising family has been engaged in
this horrible work for some time past, boiling
down the human remains for the purpose, has
created a sensation even in that city.
liev. 'Robert Irvine, D. I). memorialized
the board of education of Richmond county
in reference to the use of the Bible in the
public schools, favoring its introduction. The
memorial was referred to a committee who
reported adversely to it. The report was
unanimously adopted.
Henry Watterson says that* Mr. Tilden
would gladly have swapped little Mr. Hewitt
Tor some other statesman just before the elec
toral count, but he didn't know how. As it
turned out, little Mr. Hewitt swapped Mr.
Tilden off.— At. Const.
Common whiting, mixed with water to the
consistency of a thick cream, spread on lin
en. forms an excellent local application to
burns mid scalds. The whole burnt surface
should he covered, thus excluding the action
of the air. The ease it affords is instanta
neous, and it only requires to be kept moist
by occasional sprinkling of cold water.
llarkismjro, Pa., Feb. 22.—The Governor
this morning granted thirty days’ respite to
P. Fisher, sentenced to be hanged on the 26th
inst. He also issued warrants for the execu
tion of Patrick Hester. Peter McHugh and
Patrick Tullv, to take place on the 25th of
March, and for the execution of John Kehoe
and Dennis Donnelly, to take place on the
18th of April.
The residt of the attempt to restore the
models in the patent office, damaged by the
late fire, bids fair to more than realize expec
tation. About 5.000 models have already
been restored, and from present indications
the whole number capable of being put in
good condition will reach at least 5,000 more
than the commissioner’s estimate, or about
15,000.
The body of Jennie Moore was found yes
terday. in the Passaic, near Newark. She
disappeared from Belleville in Christmas
week. She had been keeping company with
a New York gentleman who is forty-five years
old. They were to have been married early
in December, but the ceremony was delayed
by her iilness. Her lover called at her homo
and remained late. Fifteen minutes after lie
went away she threw a shawl over her head
and went out. She did not return.—.V. V.
Sun.
In detailing the life of J. Madison Wells,
President of the Louisiana Returning Board,
the New Orleans Democrat says : “There has
occurred no more atrocious murder than that
of Mat. Despalier by J. Madison Wells. At
the time. Wells was a man of wealth and high
social standing. Despalier was a poor man
without friends. A disagreement had occur
red between the parties. When they met
Wells was armed with a shot-gun. Despa
lier was unarmed, and threw up his arms to
show that he was defenceless, when Wells
fired upon him and killed him.
Hon. B. 11. Hill’s name will not be found
among the yeas and nays on the silver bill as
it passed the senate on Saturday last. It is
asserted that he paired off with some other
senator, who. like Mr. Hill, did not think it
worthy of a direct vote. Mr. Hill dodged the
vote on the Matthews’ resolution as the read
er will recollect, a few weeks ago. in the same
way—he paired off. But the fact of the bu
siness is, the people don’t like this pairing off
no way. They want to see their senators
and representatives stand square up to all
important questions. —Netcnan Herald.
Miss Cook’s Offense. —Miss R. M. J.
Cook, a young teacher in Holden, Mo., has
commenced a suit in the Circuit Court of
Johnson county, against the school hoard of
Holden, asking one thonsand dollars dam
ages for summary dismissal from the position
of teacher in one of the public schools. The
offense that caused her dismissal was deliv
ering physiological lectures to girls, in which
she discoursed on the evils of tight lacing as
affecting the anatomical structure, and the
I hygienic rules best calculated to promote
; health. — St. Louis R-cpubUcae.
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