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Administrator’# Sale.
WILL be sold before the Court House door in
the tow n of Jefferson, Jackson doanty. (ia.
within the legal hours of sale, an the first Tues
day m May next, the following property, to-wit; —
acres of land, in said county, adjoining
lands of H. M. Nibltck’s estate. Thos. Phillips.
DeLaperrierc and others; about ten acres of said
laud in cultivation—about four acres in original
forest, the balance in old field. Sold as the prop
erty of Levi Philips, dec'll, for the purpose of
paying expenses of administration and lor distri
bution. Terms Cash.
THOMAS PHILLIPS, Ad'rn'r
I)r bonis non of Levi Phillips, dec'd.
March 9th, 1878.
rjEORGIA, Jackson County.
W hereas, upon the report of the Reviewers ap
pointed to review, mark out. and report upon the
road petitioned to be made a public road, by D L
Hancock, G E Deadwyler and others, commenc
ing at tho Jefferson road, near Dickson’s bridge ;
running thence across to tho Clarkcsville and
Athens road, through the lands of Jas Ellison
and G E Deadwylcr, reporting that the same will
he of much public utility and convenience ; It is
Ordered, that unless valid, legal objections are
tiled within thirty days from this date, said road
will be made one of the public roads of said coun
ty. Given under my official signature, this March
JO, 1878. 11. W. HELL, Ordinary.
| jKOßtil.t, JaekNon Count}'.
Whereas, W R A Boyd, adm*r of \Y II Boyd,
dec’d, represents to the Court, in his petition duly
tiled, that he has fully and completely administer
ed the estate af said deceased, and asks the Court
to grant him Letters of Dismission from the same :
this is therefore, to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, the next of kin, to show cause, if
any they can. on the first Monday in July.
1878, in the Court of Ordinary for said Countv,
why the leave prayed for by the said applicant
should not he granted, and he receive Letters Dis
inissory, as asked for in his petition.
Given under my official signature, this March
37th, 1878. 11. W. BELL, Ordinary.
Jackson County.
Whereas, John A. Smith makes application
to me in proper form for Letters of Adminis
tration on the estate of William S. Smith, late of
said county, deceased—
This i* to cite all persons concerned, kindred
nd creditors, to show cause, if any they can. on
the first Monday in May, 1878, at the regu
*r Term of the Court of Ordinary of said county.
*hy said Letters should not be granted the appli
esnst. Given under my official signature, this
March 29th, 1878 H. W. BELL, Ordinary.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
WILL be LET, to the highest bidder, before
the Court House door, in Jefferson, on the
Wth day of April next, the building of the bridge
across Allen’s Fork river, near J. J. Pettyjohn’s,
according to tho following specifications : To be
’uilt with live sleepers, thirty-five feet long, 10 by
j'J inches, good heart, extending from bank to
; to rest on Post Oak sills on each bank ;
floored with heart nlank, 2 inches thick, 12 feet in
•> ngth, with good nand-r&ilings substantially fas
’.'Miod; floor spiked with 40 penny spikes.
W“Fu and complete specifications can be
*wr at this office. 11. W. HELL,
March 29, 78. Ordinary.
Jackson County Sheriff’s Sale.
W ILL 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 Tuesday
My, IS7S, the following property, to-wit:—-
One certain tract or parcel of land in said coun
on the waters of the Walnut Fork of the Oco
>‘*mer, adjoining lands of A. Lemans, Mary
' nitinire, S. A. Long and others, containing One
hundred and twelve acres more or less, now
as the Gilbert Gin and Saw-Mill place,
* hereon is situate Gin-house, Saw-mill and other
improvements. About half the land cleared and
!n a state of cultivation, remainder in woods am
[" nc l' lc ld. Sold as the property of the firm o!
'• N 4 11. C. Gilbert, by virtue of sundry Jus
cc ( ourt fi. fas. in favor of B. J. Whitmire,
mrof I. M. Whitmire, dec’d, vs. 11. C. Gil
ert, surviving copartner, for the purchase moii
y* ''eed filed in terms of law ; levies made and
returned to me by J. J. Pettyjohn, L. C.; property
Pointed out by fl. C. Gilbert.
. ] . trm3 °J Sale, bi/ Agreement. — Three hundred
T "‘ *rs l ash, and the remainder Ist day of No
ftaher, 187S. Notes for the rem inder not to
T ef l ° ne hundred dollars each, and deed to be
oi'le to purchaser when all the purchase money
* P au ‘* Written notice given to 11. C. Gilbert,
in possession J. J. WA LL ACE.
*'P ® (pr fee $10) Dep. Sheriff.
( Jackson County.
Mhereas. Louiza T. Millsaps. Adm’x of the
,j’ °f Marvell Millsaps. late of said county,
} I <l, ® a kes application for leave to sell the land
longing to said estate, known as the Yinev
•‘h S *P track—
-1; , lls ls to cite all persons concerned, kindred
(j 11 cr °'litors. to show cause, if any they can. at
h#i , rc * u ' ar term of the Court of Ordinary, to be
]. the Ist Monday in May, 1878, why the
P|" a .Ved for by the applicant should not be
ftk'io* Ul 'der mv official signature, this April
* U. W. BELL, Ordinary.
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THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture ami Southern Manufactures.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
The Noble Revenge.
The coffin was a plain one—a poor, miser
able, pine coffin. No flowers on its top, no
lining of rose white satin for the pale brow;
no smooth ribbons about the coarse shroud.
The brown hair was laid decently back, hut
there was no crimpled cap, with its neat tie
beneath the chin. The sufferer from cruel
poverty smiled in her sleep.
’* I want to see my mother.*’ sobbed a poor
child, as the city undertaker screwed down
the lid.
“You can’t—get out of the way, boy ;
don’t somebody take care of the brat?”
“Only let me see her one minute,” cried
the hapless, homeless orphan clutching the
side of the charity box. and as lie gazed into
that rough face, anguish tears streamed rapid
ly down the cheek m which no childish bloom
ever lingered. Oh, it was pitiful to hear
him cry, “Only once, let me see ray mother
only once !”
Quickly and brutally, the hard-hearted
monster struck the boy away, so that he
reeled with the blow. Fora moment the boy
stood panting with grief and rage; his blue
eyes distended, bis lips sprang apart, a fire
glimmering through his tears, as he raised
his puny arm, and with a most unchildish
accent screamed, “When I’m a man, I’ll kill
you for that!”
There was a coffin and a heap of earth be
tween the mother and the poor, forsaken
child, and a monument stronger than granite
built in the boy* 6 heart to the memory’ of a
heartless deed.
The Court House was crowded to suffoca
tion.
“ Does any one appear as this man’s coun
sel ?” asked the judge.
There was a silence when he finished, until
with lips tightly pressed together, a look of
strange intelligence, blended with banghtv
reserve upon his handsome features, a young
man stepped forward with a firm tread and
kindling eye, to plead for the erring and the
friendless. lie was a stranger, nit from his
first sentence there was silence.
The splendor of his genius entranced and
convinced. The man who could not find a
friend was acquitted.
“May God bless you, sir. I cannot.”
“I want no thanks,” replind the stranger,
with icy coldness.
“I—l believe you are unknown to me.”
“Man! I will refresh your memory.—
Twenty years ago you struck a broken-heart
ed boy away from his mother’s poor coffin.—
I was that poor miserable boy.”
The man turned livid.
“Have you rescued me then, to take mj r
life?”
“No. I have a sweeter revenge; I have
saved the life af a man whose brutal deed has
rankled in my breast for twenty years. Go !
and remember the tears of a friendless child.”
The man bowed his head in shame, and
went out from the presence of a magnanim
ity as grand to him as incomprehensible, and
the noble young lawyer felt God’s smile in
his soul.
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves,
but rather give place unto wrath : for it is
written. Vengeance is mine; I will repay,
saith the Lord.”
The Senate of 1879.
The terms of the following twenty-five Sen
ators expire on the 4th of March next: Spen
cer, of Alabama; Dorsey, of Arkansas; Sar
gent, of California: Chaffee, of Colorado;
Harnnni, of Connecticut; Conover, of Flori
da ; Gordon, of Georgia : Oglesby, oiTllinois ;
Voorhees. of Indiana ; Allison, of lowa ; In
galls. of Kansas; McCeery, of Kentucky :
Eustis, of Louisiana; Dennis, of Maryland ;
Armstrong, of Missouri; Jones, of Nevada;
NVadleigh. of New Hampshire : Conkling, of
New York; Merrimon, of North Carolina ;
Matthews, Ohio; Mitchell, of Oregon; Cam
eron, of Pennsylvania; Patterson, of South
Carolina; Morrill, of Vermont; and Howe,
of Wisconsin. Of the above, seventeen are
Republicans and eight are Democrats. The
seats of the Senators from Alabama. Arkan
sas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky.
Louisiana. Maryland. Missouri, North Caro
■ina. Ohio, and South Carolina have already
ecu or will undoubtedly be filled by Demo
rats, while those of the Senators from Colo
ado. lowa, Kansas, New Hampshire and
Vermont will be occnpied by Republicans,
caving the succession in Connecticut, Indi
uia, New York. Oregon. Illinois. Nevada.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin adisputed ques
tion, with the chances in favor of the Demo
crats in the first, four States, and the Repub
licans in the others. Fifty-one Senators hold
over, of which t wenty-eight are Democrats,
twenty-two Republicans, and one Independ
ent, David Davis. The Senate would then
be composed of forty-four Democrats, thirty
one Republicans, and one Independent, giv
ing the former a majority of twelve, and only
seven votes short of a two-thirds majority.—
Sav. Nctrs.
Repeal of the Bankrupt Law Proba
ble. —It is more than probable, says a Wash
ington dispatch, that the bankrupt law will
beVcpealcd this session. The memorials for
repeal from the West and South, and even
the East, are quite large. Tho Judiciary
Committee of the Senate reported, on Tues
day, a bill to repeal the law of 1867, and all
subsequent amendments. It is provided that
all cases pending in the District Courts of the
United States, and docketed on or prior to
the twentieth day of October. 1877, may be
tried and determined under the law as it now
es ists.
JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. APRIL 20,1878.
A Texan Desperado.
It happened right here in San Antonio.
One of the parties was a consumptive from
Connecticut, . and the other a commercial
traveler from New Jersey. They were stop
ping at the same hotel, in adjoining rooms.
The drummer was out of money, but had a
splendid pistol. He said to himself:
“I wonder if that Imngry-lookiug Texan
next door don’t want to buy a pistol ?” So.
putting the weapon in his breast pocket, he
walked into his neighbor’s room.
The invalid from Connecticut, had been
reading about a noted Texas desperado, for
whom there was a large reward offered, and
he fancied the description fitted his unknown
neighbor.
Consequently, when the New Jersey drum
mer entered the room, shut the door, and put
his hand in his breast pocket, the Northern
invalid began to shiver and think of his past
life.
“What—do—you—want?’’ asked the in
valid.
The drummer drew a large, ivorv-handled
revolver (answering the description of the one
the celebrated desperado used on strangers)
and said ;
“ I want, twenty-five dollars for this pistol.”
The trembling hand of the iuvalid could
hardly find its way into his pocket.
“ It is a good pistol—it never misses fire,"
said the drummer, bringing it to a half-cock.
“ T-T-Take yer-yer-money,” gasped the
invalid.
The drummer took the money, laid the pis
tol on the table and went out.
As soon as the door was shut, the invalid
from Connecticut breathed a huge sigh of re
lief. and said to himself; “I am glad the
Texas desperado took my money. What a
country this is, when you arc robbed in broad
daylight in a hotel! I'll leave to-morrow for
the North.”
As soon as the drummer got into iiis roonn
he remarked :
“I'm in luck. I’m glad that old Texas
ruffian took my pistol. I wonder who he is
going to try it on. I’m going to get out of
here in the morning, now that I've got money
enough to pay my hotel bill.”
And next morning both went off on the
same train. In about two weeks we will scan
the Northern papers for a story about, how ;i
noted Texas deperado robbed an invalid in
a San Antonio hotel. —San Antonio (Tex.)
Herald. ,
About Coffee.
There is a legend about coffee—a legend
of which the pious mussulman is the hero.—
The mussulman used to get sleepy during his
devotions, and so he prayed to Mohammend.
who came to his aid. Mohammend sent him
for advice to a goat-herd, who took a hint
from his goats. He observed that when these
animals ate the berries of a particular tree
they got frisky and excited, bounded about
all night, in fact. The mussulman took the
hint, ate the coffee berries, slept less, and no
doubt prayed better. That was the legend.
That coffee, however, was sold in the streets
of Cairo toward the end of the sixteenth cen
tury is not a matter of legend but of history.
In fact, it was not only sold, but it was for
bidden to be sold. An Arabian historian
recounts that in the year 1853 a cafe was at
tacked by the authorities, and the customers
who were found on the spot hurried off to
prison, from which they were not liberated
till they had each received seventeen strokes
with a stick for the encouragement of others.
And, in fact, this raid served that purpose so
excellently, that five and twenty years after
ward the town of Cairo could boast of more
than two thousand shops where coffee might
he bought. From Cairo to Constantinople
was. in those days, a necessary transition,
and the new drink once established in Flu
rope, soon made its way to the F'ast. It is
recorded that the first cup of coffee known to
have been prepared in F'ranee, was handed to
Louis XIV to drink. It was a royal bever
age in those days. A pound of it cost about
twenty-six dollars. But this extravagance
of price must have abated soon, for not long
afterward several shops were opened for its
sale, and in 1t47 Thevenot, giving a very se
lect dinner part}*, offered each of his guests a
cup of coffee.
Horse-Shoeing.
In the United States. Fmgland and F’ranee.
the horse-shoer simply takes the horse’s foot
on his knee to shoe it. This depends, to
some extent, on the nature of the breed of
horses, which in some countries are, on the
average, more shy, and most of them could
not well be treated in this way. Thus, in
the Netherlands, and in parts of Germany,
the horse is placed in a narrow stall, where
short chains are attached to the uprights:
then one of these chains is placed around the
horse’s ankle and the foot lifted and tied up
to a convenient height for the smith to do his
work. In Turkey and Servia the horse’s
head is held bv one man, another holds the
leg on his arm. while the third operates on
the foot. In Russia the horse is placed in a
square cage, made of rough wooden planks,
and is strapped around the belly with wide
leather straps attached to cross bars of
framework ; his head is also safely tied, the
foot is fixed to a stake in the ground and is
; held by an assistant, while tbe smith nails
on the shoe.
Boys, Read This.
A gentleman advertised for a boy to as
sist him in his office, and nearly fifty appli
cants presented themselves before him. Out
of the whole number ho selected one and dis
missed the rest.
“ I should like to know,” said a friend, “on
what grounds you selected that boy, who had
not a single recomendation.”
“Aou are mistaken,” said the gentleman :
“ lie has a great raanv. He wiped his feet
when he came in. and closed the door after
him, showing that he was careful; gave up
his seat to that lame old man, showing that
he was kind and thoughtful; he took off his
ciyjMfhen he came in. answered my questions
promptly and respectfully, showing that he
was polite and gentlemanly ; he picked up a
book, which I had purposely laid upon the
floor, and replaced it on the table, while all
the rest stepped over it or shoved it one side ;
and he waited quietly for his turn, instead of
pushing and crowding, showing that he was
honest and orderly. When I talked with him
I noticed that his clothes were carefully
brushed, hair in nice order, and teeth as white
•is milk; and when lie wrote his name I no
ticed Unit his finger-nails were clean instead
•*f being tipped in jet. like that handsome lit
le fellow in the bluejacket. Don’t you call
■ hese things letters of recomendation ? I do ;
Rid I would give more for what I can tell
ibout a boy by using my eyes ten minutes
"ban all the letters of recomendation he can
' 'ring me.”— Manufacturer and Builder.
Gov. Vance Giving a Bank Trouble.
living thrown in company with the Govern
>r, la*d. Tuesday, we made a pass at him with
<ne of our best, and received in return the
following :
“ You don’t remember old R—— ? No ;
he left this county before you came here.—
He was a stone mason by trade, and ‘ope
rated’ all over the country. About the time
Dewey's Dank failed, I met him at a little
gathering in Mecklenburg. After shaking
hands lie took me one side, saying he desired
to ask me a question. ‘Now. Governor,’
said he, ‘this is a matter of a little delicacy,
and you are at liberty to answer it or not.—
l wish to know if McAden’s Dank is going
‘o have any trouble ?’
“Assuming an air of deep meditation, the
Governor replied, ’Yes; 1 have no hesitation
in telling you that I know it is going to have
trouble.’
“*D —n my luck !’ replied the stone mason.
‘I knew something was wrong. I never put
a cent in a bank in my life but what 1 was
swindled !’
“‘Hold,’ said the Governor, without relax,
ing one line in his masked features, ‘What I
allude to is this: they have my note in that
bank for $2,500. and they'll have a darned
light of trouble getting tiio money.”’ — Ashe-
I'ille Pioneer.
Counterfeiting Relics.
F’iftv years ago there livo i in this county,
on the place now owned by Mr. S. 11. Cox, a
large gang of counterfeiters. They made
both bogus paper and specie money, which
was largely circulated throughout the Union.
At last a shrewd detective discovered their
len, and had prepared to raid upon them one
night, but the w. do-awake law-breakers got
wind of their danger and left for parts un
known—none of them being captured. In
their haste to leave, they threw their tools—
moulds and copper-plates into an old mill
pond near at hand. A few months since,
while seining in this pond, Mr. Cox recover-
Ia number of their plates, etc., which he
.is now in his possession A few years
■ark Dr. Suns found there a nugget of pure
.old, worth S7O. which some think was lost
>y these outlaws. Gold has been found on
his place, but not in paying quantities.—
Oglethorpe Echo.
efforts of the Pacific Railroad lob
•V to defeat the bill pending in the Senate,
•ompelling them to meet their past obliga
10ns to the government, have become so open
uid brazen as no longer to be permitted to
pass unrebuked. In their speeches on Tucs
lav last, Messrs. Thurman and Edmunds
made a most scathing attack upon those olfl
cers of the Union and Central Pacific Rail
roads. who have been and are trying to influ-
ence legislation through all the corrupt and
scandulous agencies of the lobby. The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Jour
nal of Commerce says : “Nothing so pointed
and terrific has been publicly spoken for
j’ears on this subject in Congress, Messrs.
Gould and Huntington, with several notori
ous lobbyists, sat in one of the galleries, and
the et’cs of Senators and others present were
turned upon them. Mr. Edmunds was par
ticularly severe in what ho said, and spoke
as one who had accurate information as to
what was going on. The effect of these open
declarations to-day will probably be salutary,
and may, to a considerable extent, counter
act the lobby influence. It is thought certain
Senators will be inclined to pause before vot
ing to subordinate the interests of the gov
ernment to the selfish grasping interests of
these hitherto faithless corporations.”
Three persons in the parish of Assumption,
in Louisiana, killed 9,000 alligators, and sold
their hides for 7 j cents apiece.
For Preachers to Read.
Tho Methodist Bishop of Texas has been
addressing his conference on the subject of
voting ministers marrying, in a very pleasant
and practical strain. Young preachers with
clean shirt-fronts and finger-nails, were, he
said, above par, but should remain single till
they finished tl.eir studies. “If a young
minister,-’ said the bishop, “marries a beau
tiful young lad}', he must love her, and lov
ing her, he must spend time ho ought to
give to his studies, in talking to her.” Then
the worthy old man went on to say that he
determined when he joined the conference in
youth not to marry until ho could finish his
course of study. There was as fine looking
and charming young ladies on hlsTirst circuit
as the United States afforded. But he armed
his breast against all the glances and smiles
of the fair j T oung damsels. When in the
providence of God it became necessary for
him to select a companion, lie w;w competent
to select the proper person ; and when he
lost that dear one by death it became neces
sary that he select one to take her place and
be mother to the pledges of love she had left
him, and found one good, true and peerless.
Young preachers whose beards are not fully
grown could not always select the right one
to be a traveling preacher’s wife. He knew
a man who married while a local preacher,
and when afterwards he joined the conference
it was discovered that he possessed consid
erable genius, but that his wife was an un
cultivated woman, who did not know how to
dress herself, so that when lie was appointed
to an important city station his wifo wore
brogan shoes and the ladies formed a com
mittee and went and dressed her, to her
husband's utterable and abiding shame.
Which am 1 to Believe?
A correspondent in Texas writes : The enor
mous receipts of northern goods this fall
brought with them some queer material for
local railroad agents. “ Thomas,” exclaimed
a newly-appointed agent, “how much is four
times seven Thomas, being hurried and
somewhat mixed, replied, “twenty-seven!”
The agent proceeded with his percentages,
which obstinatel}' refused to foot up more
than ninety-nine per cent. After two hours’
figuring, seeing Thomas at lunch, he again
put the question. As the brain of tlie latter
was not being taxed, the answer came cor
rectly, “ twenty-eight!” With face purple
with, rage, he roared, “ What do I employ
you for? To tell me lies? This morning
you told me twenty-seven, and now you say
twenty-eight. Which am Ito believe?”
tdF J A ladv in Saratoga was attracted re
cently to a beautiful canary bird by its close
resemblance to one she had lost last spring.
She was informed that the songster had been
found one chilly morning perched upon a
window-sill. The lady said that her bird had
been taught the prett\* little feat, when given
its liberty in a room, of picking up a pin and
sticking it into the carpet. The cage door
was opened and as the canary flew forth the
lady threw a pin upon the floor. The bird
immediate!)' flew down, caught it in its bill,
dexterously stuck it in perpendicular posi
tion in the carpet, and then it hopped off a step
or two and warbled some of its sweetest notes,
as if in exultation of the feat it had accom
plished. It was the long-lost songster.
groom and bride (to be) were going
into the church at Chicago to lie married.—
lie accidentally stepped upon her trail, and
9he exclaimed, “ Oh. dear ! how awkward 3*oll
are!” lie colored, and they passed in. The
question was asked her, at the proper point
if she would receive the young man as her
wedded husband. She assented ; but when
he was asked, he replied, “Oh dear, how awk
ward you are !” turned on his heel and went
out. All of which is an actual fact.
[ppWoorhees, the Democratic Senator from
Indiana, who, a month or two since, declared
for the session of the Western and Southern
sections from the Eastern section of the Dem
ocratic party has changed his course, In a
speech at Terre Haute last week, he declared
such a division unnecessary and improbable.
The Republican organs winch, it will he re
membered, published columns upon columns
in demonstrating the great probability of a
Democratic division, have now a chance to
digest a fine dish of crow.
On the 4th of March a dog belonging to
Mr. Oliver Ayres, while working a machine
or churning butter, suddenly went mad.
jumped out and bit a cow on the ear. and
also bit another dog. Two days afterwards
it died. The cow soon showed sj'mptoms of
madness, chasing the other cows, foaming at
the mouth, etc., and had to be shut up bv
herself. She died Monday. Yesterday the
dog. which was bitten by the .•‘churn” dog,
also died. This is the first instance that we
have ever heard of madness in a cow.
Georgia seems to have fared very well at
the hands of the Committee on Commerce.
lof which committee Dr. Felton is a member.
The River and Harbor bill gives the follow
! ing appropriations to Georgia rivers and liar
j bors : Savannah. $70,000; Darien. SB,OOO :
Oconee. SIO,OOO : Ocmulgee, $15,000; Flint,
SIO,OOO ; Chattahoochee, $13,000 ; Oostanau
la, $4.000; Coosa. $75,000. This gives a
total of $210,000. Resides this, surveys are
ordered for the Etowah river, for the Savan
nah above Augusta, for the Flint above Al-
I hany, for the Chattahoochee above Colum
bus.
$ TERMS, $1.60 PER ANNUM*'
{ SI.OO For Six Months.
Scissored Paragraphs.
Mr. Sullivan, of Vinevillo, hn3 five acres in
strawberries.
More corn has been planted this rear than
usual in Mississippi.
Col. S. P. Thurmond is the Memorial Day
orator at Athens.
There is considerable complaint of hog;
cholera in Emanuel county.
The Baptist revival in Horne still continues
to increase in extent and interest.
Capt. 8. W. Thornton, ofTalbotton. expects
to make over one hundred hush-ds of oats per
acre.
Mr. S. B. Owen, of Talbot county, exhibit'
ed a three mouth’s old pair of Essex pigs that
weigh eighty pounds each.
The revival in the Methodist church in
Thomasville. which commenced three weeks
ago, abates not in interest.
Augusta, Maine, the home of Blaine, has
gone Democratic for the first time in ten
years.
Mr. James A. Lane, of Wilkes county, ex
hibits white sweet shruls ; they have a sweeter
fragrance than the ordinary sweet shrub.
A perfectly black shirt, with white spots
here and there, is a newly improved style in
men’s underwear. Now come on with your
hard times.
The Sentinel says that the farmers of Pick
ens are preparing for a big cotton crop, aud
using more fertilizers than in any one year
since the war.
Mr. L. L. Middlcbrook shot and killed a
large hawk, in the Aloova swamp, in Newton
country, last Saturday, which measured 52
inches from tip to tip of its wings.
Mr. A. A. Lanier, of Bulloch county, made
last year, with one horse and plow, eight bales
of cotton, 150 bushels of corn, and fodder in
proportion, a fine crop of oats and potatoes,
and one barrel each of syrup and sugar.
Home is doing wonderful things in the way
of progress. Fine colleges, three four-story
brick business houses, dwellings unnumbered,
and all the suburbs are following her pattern
or outdoing her.
A little girl in Washington City skipped a
rope eighty times, and died from over-exer
tion a few hours afterward. There is death
even in a plaything, when handled impru
dently.
A Macon dispatch announces another dis
astrous fire—the second in less than a month
—at Forsyth, Georgia. The only remaining
hotel in the place and three store-houses were
burned. The losses aggregate £ 13,000. In
surance, $4,000.
The New Orleans Picayune says B. Gratz
Brown is a temperance man. lie has not
drank a drop of liquor since he was pinned
to the coat tail of Horace Greeley. That’s
no reason why other men should not take
drink.
Thomas Edison is an Ohio man, thirty-one
years old. He Ims patented 157 inventions,
the most celebrated being the phonograph.
He has now an income of $150,000 per an
num, but works eighteen hours a day. His
favorite expression is : ••I’ll git it yit.”
The insane building of the Steuben (X. Y.)
poor house was set on fire I>\' a lunatic, who,
with fourteen others, was burned to death.
There were sixty or seventy inmates of the
institution. Of these, over forty were rescued.
The details of the conflagration are described
as harrowing in the extreme.
A bale of cotton, raised by J. R. Jernignn
and ginned by E. A. Y'eazey, both of Greene
county, was shipped this season to Augusta,
and it has been sent to the Paris Exposition.
The bale weighed five hundred and thirty
seven pounds and brought eleven and a half
cents. “This shows,” says the Greencsboro'
Herald, “what a superior sample of cotton
our farmers can produce, if they handle it
properly and have it ginued in a proper man
ner.”
Quite an exciting debate took place in the
House one day last week over the motion
made by Butler, of Massachusetts, to proceed
to the election of a Door-Keeper. General
James Shields, of Missouri. John 11. Trent,
of Tennessee, and Charles W. Field, of Geor
gia. were put in nomination, and the election
resulted in the choice of General Fid J, who’
was sworn in. taking the modified oath. The
House subsequently, by a nearly unanimous
vote, passed a bill authorizing Mr. Hayes to’
appoint General Shields a Brigadier-General
upon the retired list.
The Hon. Beverly B. Douglas, of Virginia,
has written to the Fredericksburg Star, ex
plaining his recent conduct in the House,
which, he 9ayß, was in no wise due to intox
ication, but to a naturally excitable temper
ament inflamed by the discourtesy of the
Speaker. In the future Mr. Douglas says lie
will abstain from intoxicating liquor. Mr.
Douglas has formed a wise resolution, but a
man of his inflammable temperament should
not be trusted in Congress. Sanderson's
benzine factory is so near the Capitol that
there is danger of an explosion at any mo
ment.— Chronicle Constitutionalist.
“We regret to learn that rust is making its
appearance in the wheat in some portions of
this county. Mr. John B. Mulligan showed
us a couple of stalks from his place, which
were fully headed but badly affected with
rust. He thinks it will become general in
his crop. The seed of his crop was of his
own raising. Judge S. J. Collier informs us
thafc rust has made its appearance In a por
tion of his crop, which is sown on low land
and highly fertilized. We have made con
siderable inquiry among citizens of the coun
ty who are in attendance on court, but have
heard of no rust to amount to anything except
in the two cases above referred to. We shall
hope for the best, but should the entire crop
of the county be mined by rust, we would
urge our planters not to become discouraged,
but keep * pegging away,” us they did on the
oat crop, until a rust-proof variety of wheat
shall be obtainc Early Cc'zntj Xchj.
NUMBER 44.