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ft|t ^*»Ua |*piibltaw union, ocobcia. Miajr,Ana»Jt 14,1883. Til Oldast P«perin Southwwt BeorsJi ESTABLISHED IN 1854. h« principal p»F«lflSoni ter,Schley, Web- ster an ! Lee Coantles. •ftici&l Organ of City of Amnricu*. All Official Matlce« of tho abors Counties appear in the Republican THE DAILY REPUBLICAN. At the earaeif solicitation of a large nnmger of fiends and patronitwe will commence the publication of the DAILY SUMTER REPUBLICAN, on theTirst of September next. Thfi,daily will be the nme •Isa of the Semi-Weekly and .win be issued every After- . noon at 4 o’clock. It will • contain all the latest news of the day. telegraph and otherwise. The price of the - Daily will be five dollars a year, payable quarterly in * C. W. HANCOCK. advanc Reduction lu Price of the Week ly Sumter Republican. i $2.00 a j $1.50 We have determined, from this date, to redaoe the aabscription price to the Weekly Sumter Rotcblicam to $1.50 a YEAR, to all persona who pay cash down for their subscription*. This rale is positive and will he strictly forced. The $1.50 mast accompany the name to enjoy the benefit of the dnetion. Those parties who aro in arrears obtain the Weekly Republican for the 'next 12 months for One Dollar, by coming up and paying all arrearage* op to date at the old price. We do this in order to place stription on a cash basis, as we believe every subscriber will take advantage of this unparalleled ofler, and we wouH ■ lather have one dollar in caah than five dollars on out books,as they have turned out in the past, besides we expect to add 1,000 new names to onr subscrip tion lint in the next three months. The heat is so intense in Hew York that many are forced to sleep in high windows and on honse tops, and about an average of three a night have been killed by falling from these places. In another column we publish an ac count of ,tbe lynching of a negro at Onthbert. We believe the people of Cnthbert and Randolph county are as law abiding as any In the whole State of Georgia, yet we cannot give onr un qualified endorsement to Lynch Law.' We know the provocation is great, and that the black fiend should he consign ed to a hades deeper and more burning than any of which we read; yet lieve that the laws of the grand old commonwealth of Georgia stood out boldly in their majesty and an suffi cient to visit condign punishment upon evil-doers, whatever their crimes may We do not wish to he understood as condemning unqualifiedly, those who do not hesitate to protect their wives! sisters and daughters, at any cost, yet admire that noble self-abnegation of the father in this instance, which prompted him to arise in the midst of the excited populace and plead for the majesty of the law. Like him, wa ding to'the law for protection. The Albany Medium tolls the fol lowing cow story: “Four or fire days ago Mr. H. B. Reynolds, of East Dougherty, missed one of his best cows, and after two days March had about decided that abe would never be found. Hot liking the idea of losing so valua ble a milker, on the third day he re solved to make one more search, and was snccessfal, tho cow being found an out-of-the-way place. She had had 'sputement with another cow whose sad was decorated with a pair of crumpled horns. lathe conflict the cow, who did not have any horns, hat two bumps in their stead, made a fierce attempt to butt her antagonist’s brains the circumjacent earth, but ■he didn’t. The blow was struck and the fight ended. When Mr. Reynolds discovered them they were standing with their beads close together, looking daggers at and cursing each other— perhaps—while the crumpley horns, which had been wedged behind the bumps on the head of the Bisoow, held them together aa with hands of steel. It Is evident that they were three dayi this position, without food ot water, and both were nearly dead." The impression obtains with some I ' f Btpnl to 'Wallace. J»pl» tbit Generil Fitihngb Lee, tbe p„,iaeirt IUoiX of Vh« C<m'.r»l IUU- Many peoplo will be surprised to loam that perhaps the largest peach- grower in the State of Georgia is .brother of the great Irish patriot, Par- jptU. Mr. John H. Parnell, of West ‘oint, is his n Grant’s book may make his family mmensely wealthy, but when the doc ora get their pay the Grant fortune rill look like it mighthave been struck iy light! ing of the Mount McGregoi -ariety. When a suitable monument has been reeled tt General Robert E. Lee, the reatest military genina of modem mes, it irill be time enough for South- n peopl-i to talk about contributing to tomb sione for Grant. A man, who does not drink ants to know how to cure his red we. Probably he drinks temper- ice bitters. More likely, bis stomach out of order from improper diet. The Lexington Echo make this state it which Is news to ns: "Hot many rmers know that on the middle clem derueatb a cotton leaf is a small call, pavity, that oontainss drop of blood ch can be seen by pressing between thumb nails." A fjw yeais since all the cities in the nightly buried in darkness, spring, however, a little spot now then, where an oil lamp or dingy tern casts it. feeble rays. Gas ior itiog pnrpof is was discovered less a a hundred years ago, and natural ia of a more recent disoovery. here ia said to be one lawyer in How be got there is not poei- ly known, bnt it is conjectured that ■aased himself off for an editor and pod ia unsuspected. When his !• was disootered, they searched tbe of felicity in all their length and dth tor another lawyer to drew up tapers for bis ejectment, bnt they dn't find one, and, of oonras, he the fort. pi. I. W. Avery aaya: "One of the t prominent holiness preachers, of !gis, said the other dsyv 'Pat sh doee deserve to he Governor, Lhopo to be able to vote for bim [day.* Mr. Walab does deserve I Governor, and ha will be Gw •Executive some day. lie has rare ■ties. Mr. Walsh is a broad uaa «soul of honor and troth, and baa jjmuine fibre of the statesman.’’ yould walk a hundred miles to jar Pat Walsh. o August number of the South- cultivator has reached this office, troves to bo an exceptionally good cr of tbe beat agricultural month- ,the South. Dr. Jones* Tbougth* i Month are splendid, his answers ’respondents pertinent and vslaa- Mr. Northern’s editorials and iare instinctive, and aDthade* •rgia should regularly read the ator. Subscribe for it. Ad- ' Southern Cultivator Co^ democratic nominee fin Virginia, is a son of the late General Robert E. Lee. He is the nephew of General E. Lee, and son of Albert Sidney Lee, who was a naval officer and brother of Robert E: Lee. It waa reported in Macon on Tues day that Hon. Thos. Hardeman would be appointed postmaster of that city Mr. Hardeman, besides being one of the ablest men in the State, intellec tually, ia a fine business man of great personal popularity, and his appoint- it will give satisfaction to his many friends all over the State. The Railroad Committees Report. , . . _ The joint Committee appointed by rad and Banking Oompiny, h«j ad- th, last Legi.Utnre to invMtigoto the drened a long, elaborate and powerful reply to Commissioner Campbell Wal lace’s recent missive. It is a complete answer to the Venerable Commissioner, and establishes conclusively the follow ing points: , First. That Major Wallace is ig norant of the capital account and finan cial history of the Central railroad. Second. That the principal upon The Detroit Free Presa notes that of tbe twenty-one Presidents or Vice- Presidents who have become Presi dents, seven, including Grant, have died in July—three of them, Adams, Jefferson and Monrof, on the fourth of that month, while Garfield was shot July. Four of them have died in June thus proving the debilitating effect of hot weather upon old and feeble per sona; nearly all of them being over 7C years of age, one over 90, and three of them SO yean and over. Polk was the youngest—54—who died from natural causes; Lincoln being 56 and Garfield 50 when they were taken off by which the certificates of indebtedness were issued is justified by the highest authority in the land, and yet Major Wallace entertains a prejudice against the Central railroad, because the Dirac- made this issue to represent money fairly expended ia adding to the pete manent value of the property, and there ia no value to his statement when "If the Directors of a Company earn The Scientific American says; good deal has been said through the papers about the healthtulness of lem- The latest advice is how to nse them ao that they will do tbe good, as follows: Most people know the benefit of lemonade before* break fast, but tew know that it is more than doubled by taking another at night also. The way to get the better of the bilious system without bine pills or quinine is to take the juice of one, two three lemons as appetite craves, as much ice water as makes it pleasant to drink without sugar before going bed. On the morning, on rising, at least a half an honr before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a goblet of water. This will clear tbe system of hnmor and bile with efficiency, with out any of the weakening effect* of calomel or Congress water. People should not irritate the stom ach by eating lemon clear; tbe powerful acid of the juice, which is always most corrosive, invariably produces inflam mation afters while, but, properly diluted, eo that it does not bnrn or deaw tbe throat, it does its medical work without harm, and, when the stomach it clear of food, hae abundant opportunity to work over tbe system thoroughly. Sound Advice. The girl of sixteen who will neither sew or do honsework, hae no business to he decked out in finery and rambling about in search of fun and frolic unless her parents are rich, and in that event she needs the watchful direction of a good mother none tbe leu. There ii no objectiox to fun, bnt it ohould be well choeen and well timed. No woman or girl who will not work hu tbe right to share tbe wages of a poor man’s toil. If she does work, if she makes tbe clothea abe wears and assists in tbe household duties, the chances are that ■he will have enough self-respect to be have herself when play time comes,but if abe should still be a little "wild” the honest toil she has done will con fer upon her some degree of right te have her own way, ill-judged though may be. Tbe wild girl usually as pires to prominence in some social cu other, and her manners and cor duct are in a greater or leu degree de signed to attract the following of She should remember that followers are not always admirers, and that the most sincere admiration a man ever feels for a woman ia a drawing when be looks upon her and uys ia nsdoosneu: "She is a per fect lady." During tbe prevnleaoe of "the heat- i tens" it becomes a matter of im portance to thou who would keep well to be temperate in eating and dnnking, to avoid excessive exertion and to eu that their premises, as well as their persons, are keptdsaa and pare. The great heat of the past week, and which though now slightly abating, may last for sometime yet, will necessarily be felt more seriously if it continues, and as the system gate more deliberated ud unstrung. Ia New York, aooordiag to the reports from that city, the death- rate is gaining so rapidly that it threfit- ens to become double what it was dur ing the samepenod hut year. At this season of tho year, aad ao long as the gnat heat lasts, even if not afterwards, he who is wise will be temperate in all thlags. The Democratic party of Virginia in convention assembled, nominated, aa their standard-bearer m their coming gubernatorial contest. General Fitz- kugh Lee. It was the well defined wish of the people of that common wealth long prior to the convention' assembling that General Lee should « eeive the honor conferred upon him, and bis selection simply is tbe voicing of the people’s will. Virginians now have the isanea well defined. To them it is left by their votes to say whether a man against whose character, honor and integrity nothing can ?je said, shall be the ruler of that honored State, or the man who if bnt tbv pliant tool and creature of Mahoue, a degenerate honored airo, shall -assume tbe reins of government. Starting without principle to battle foT, with the promiu of repudiation • of the State debt aa the only glittering gift for the votes, Mahone ancl his followers rode into power and obtained that whieh their disappointed ambitions craved— office. Professing fealty to the Demo cratic party, hut secretly intriguing with the leaders of the Republican par ty tor office, the Mahone leaden* sold their honor, and to-day compose the Republican pasty of Virginia. Such being tbe course of Mahon* aad bis aatelitiu, we believe that there is en ough power and pride left in that State honored as she is as the mother of Presidents, to repudiate the pirati cal gang now seeking control and su premacy to tbs political shades to which they were sent at the last election. Rheumatism, Goat atari Neural gia. It is scientifically settled that rheu matism, gout and neuralgia cannot be cured by robbing with oils, ointments, liniments, lotions, etc.; for the reason that these diseases are caused by uric acid in tbe blood. Tbe only prepara tion which uniformly expels this arid ia Parker’s Tonic. Subdues pain a once. Try . The President's Peculiarities. Baltimore Herald. The President’s eye never wanders. He looks you clearly and honestly in the face, speaks always frankly and directly to tbe point if the errand is one of business, and with a decidedly merry and genial tact If tbe errand is simply to pay respect to him- Hit voice is best described by the expression of "fat fsi—Sin ** Tt ia inA a - such a voice as yc » of _ big, fleshy, falaetio. 1 always meet , bulky bodies. His favorite attitude _ with his bands behind bis back, not clasped, but tbe palms outward, about six inches apart, and he unconscious! keeps up* steady flapping of the lei band. He looks at his feet a great deal, and sometimes seems to be sinus- isg himself by stepping about on the various figures on the carpet, especially if the conversation he wearisome, as it very often is. From 10 until 12J the President rarely aita down. The Cost of the Funeral. Nrw York, August 6.—The fnneral of Gdperai Grant will cost more than sufficient to erect over his grave one of tbe finest memorials that the world has ever seen. The great expense of a military parade will have to he either by the government or the members of tho various organizations. The ex pense of the visiting soldiery will have to be pud by some one. The invited personages will be provided for in va rious ways, in fact, so many are the moans afforded by tbe great faneral ■uch as General Grant’s will he to die- poee of money that the aggregate out lay will be nearly $1,000,000. Except in a half dozen in sol ate in- aaeee none of the organisations, whether military or civic, know where QMijvwhat means they are to here- Between ordinary rain and thandar rain, L. Palmieri says, the only differ ence is the more abundant devalopmaat of electricity in what has motived the rating cloud nit U mide/ as a ndtfcafe. tJmwTM -burnt Uxbtaiig"ii mtaij . diaratrtona. of Ante on Mt bt M To vs. Summon or the Old Filth Gaomau: Amngemeata have beta perfected for tlio reunion of the enrri- TOC, of the “old Fifth 1 * mt Griffin, Gm., i the 20th and Slot deye of Anguet. TtanipotUtion bn been aecnied oa the Centra], Sonthwaatem and Georgia xaHrada for the regiment, their fami- Bma aad friend# at the rata of four oenta pec m3, forth, monad trip. Hotel me- eommodntionm hat. also beam It it eerneetlj deaired that every member of the regiment, who can posai* blj da mo, ehonld attend tbe reunion to renew the comadeehip of camp and Said aad to perfect an organiaation that will ha permanent, and n aonrea of plaaaart and profit to an.. • Thememhera of the Second Georgia Battalion, Sharp Shoottra and Wadi- ArtHf'Tare.lotaWDr Uffta, te attend. stockholders, the stockholderi paid in the enhanced valneof theii property, and consequently hanced value of their stock,' For be has refused to allow the L’en- tial railroad to earn a fair return upon its legitimate value, because they have issued certificates to represent it, and yet he is refusing to permit the Georgia railroad to earn a fair return upon the legitimate value of its property, because the Georgia railroad did nut issue such representations ot value, bnt relied K the enhanced value that should v the increase of property, with out an increase of capital account, and the lessees, actiog upon the reasonable assumption that the property would be permitted to earn a return up its legit imate value, leased it upon the basis of that principle, and are now made to suffer by au enforcement of unreasona bly low T Third. That the rental of leased lines are reasonable and the leases jn- dirious. Fourth. That Maj. Wallace does not agree with tbe United States Su preme Court (an authority cited by himself) in regard to the judiciousness of the policy par sued by the Central railroad in managing their expense Fifth. That tbe increase of assets is a matter of good management and foresight in investments, and in no way affects the question at issue. Sixth. That the Central railroad proper, including what is received from bank and investments, earned curing the yea! closing August 31,1884, only 1.18 per cent, divided upon its capital, after paying its legitimate fixed char ges, yet the property which contributes to the earnings that make this small dividend, is worth more than all the outstanding stocks, bonds and certifi cates upon it. Seventh. That the train mileage of * road is a measurably correct indica tion of its volume of business* or that the character of traffic has changed so as to involve a heavier expense iu con- dneting It. Eighth. That there ia no discrepancy in the information furnished the Com mission and the reports made to the stockholders. Ninth. That the rates charged by theCentral railroad in 1879 were made on a perfectly correct principle, and one endorsed by Major Wallace, and were not higher than the rates of other roads, except in a few cases of roads doing a.much larger business, and therefore able to work successfully at lower rates. Tenth. That the statements made to you in my letter of December 11th, 1884, in regard to tbe Georgia railroad are correct. Eleventh. That the assertion made by me in the letter before mentioned, to-wit: That Major Wallace’s "fig ures and arguments, however, go to demonstrate that he, as a Commissioner to execute the law of the State, which commands just and reasonable rates to be made, is taking into consideration as an element in fixing these jnst and reasonable rates, the property owned and operated by the company outside of the State of Georgia, and that he feels justified in depressing rates railroad in Georgia to a point that makes it impossible for it to earn any thing for its stockholders, because that company owns property outside af the State, the profits upon which will ble it to assnre its solvency," stands fact, proven by Ma- conditioa of the railroads of the State, have made their report. It is compre hensive and shows a searching inquiry into the matters pertaining to their tin- The Committee were aided t in their work,by. the railroads who pro vided n special train to transport them over all tbe roads in the State and fur nished them every facility for investigation and intelligent under- itanding of the condition and needs of tho roads. Wo make the following extracts from the concluding portion of the report: We recommend that the law be so amended aa to let the railroads,which know better than any one elae the wants of tho peoplo they serve, —*“ their own rates. If there is ca dispute either as to just and reasona ble rates; or unjust discriminations, then let the commission decide the dtspnte between the shipper and the railway manager. If either party is dissatisfied let there be a prompt appeal to tbe su perior court with final appeal to the supreme court. The particulars of such legislation can easily be framed A Lincoln County Magistrate. INTERESTING anecdotes about hik that I How to Ascertain If you Are a , RECALLED in the neighbor. HOOD WHERE HR LIVED HALE A CENTURY AGO. that the law should not interfere to make a case, but to decide a case when it arises. Let thr general law with adequate penalties fix the du ties of tho railroads. Let the cause be heard without expenses to the citizen or community, and if the de cision of the commission is adverse to the railroad, let the attorney general, or such other law officer as the legis lature may provide, defend and main tain the decision or the commission. Let all the testimony be under oath and in writing so that the transcript Thr next Democratic nominee for Goveraor wRl be * temperance man, and don’t yon forget it! .Now listen for the subsidiary liquor press to howl. —Sparta Ishmaelita.—WR1 you pleas* flash blood majf come aad pinch him." Tho peoplo were satisfied, aad '• - - —— * - - - •- ralil** «dl« wko. OramAg coutitoU •* d«IJ.-' 'MVrf tti wMtfwy liqaoc pcesaf Pat op " ^ w ' orahutnpl ^ ~ v *;/ CALCULATE THE ment to expend 25 cento for a bottle of Shriner’o Indian Vermifuge to relieve the little sufferer. Eulogy Run Mad. Parson Newman, in his preachment enlogy on Grant at Mt. McGregor the other day, is reported as using this traordinary language: "Cyras waa distinguished for mod eration and courage; Aristides for jus tice; Leonidas for unselfish patriotism; Regnlns for honor; Marcus Aurelius for piety and generosity; Peter the Great for pride of country, and Frede rick of Prussia for military prowess; bnt this foremost American possessed all these and other virtues in happy combination, not like single gems, brilliant by isolation, hut like jewels in a crown of glory, united by the gol den band of a complete character." This is enlogy ran mad. “Young Mon, Go South." Thus speaks the Philadelphia Timet —"Yonng man, go South." And to this most wise advice it adds, sensibly: "The comparative convenience of all the near Southern States to the mar kets of the Eastern and Middle States ought to count for a great deal in the making up of a yonng man’s mind as to where he shall settle.. Then, too, it costs so.much less to reach the unde veloped 'regions of the older States than to go to the new West that the tide 6f immigration is sore to have a decided SouthwaK low sooner or later. There is room and need for a good many yonng men id too near South." Everybody knows who is the "print er** devil,*’ hut there are few . who know how he came to he so dubbed. Print ing um to W called theBlfck, Art, and the hoys who assisted the pressman wer called tho imps. According to the legend, Aldus Manijitms, a printer of Veriice, took a little negro hoy, left be hind by a mashast vessel, to, assist him in his business. It soon got wind that Aldus ’ was assisted by a little hlaelc imp, and to dispel the ramor, he ■bowed the boy to the aasembjed crowd, and said, "Be it known to Venire, that LiAUfll Marmtinm 1 imiitMtn (Vi. I, I Aldus Manntins, printer,tothe Holy Church and the Doge, , have" this day sisw&fcr public e islation is adopted, the duties of tbe commission will be far less onerous, and their judgments more conserva tive and judicial; and,further, that in a very brief period, all questions be tween shippers or communities and the railroads will adjust themselves upon commercial principles and the commission have as little to do as the English or Massachusetts commis sioners, so far as disputes are cerned. We farther declare as our firm viction, derived from many sour ce» of inquiry and information that tho enormous powers claimed by the Georgia railroad commission will prevent the investment of capital in railroad construction in Georgia to any great extent. We have in mind projected railway connections which await the conservative action of this general assembly in amending the law, but which will never be carried out unless some adequate protection to investments is secured. We respectfully urge that encour agement bo given to existing rail roads to build laternal branches and thus extend to counties without rail way facilities all the advantages and accruing prosperity of commercial connections. Under tho present t " ministration of the law, when branch line is owned or operated by one of the larger corporations it is treated as a part of the main line, and in order to keep up such branches, if constructed, the railroad corpora tion would be compelled to support the branch road instead of having it a self supporting feeder. Such rates should be allowed branch roads built especially for the benefit of localities as would at least make them self sup porting. We are assured by railway managers that they are ready, upon any reasonable security for protec tion against loss, to aid tbe various localities in obtaining every possible facility. We call attention to the feet that the law itself seems to put tho ban of outlawry upon railways. It forbids a railroad commissioner from owning a sharo of stock in any railroad, and yet it permits him to be Interested In any enterprise which can be fostered directly or Indirect- ly. by putting ruinous rates upon the railroads. These suggestions and recommenda tions strike us as being eminently just and right, as tho Republican has be fore declared. It has never been tbe intention of the Legislature or the peo ple to oppose the railroads, but .merely to correct tbe evils growing o them. Now that the law adopted for the purpose intended ia proven to go farther than that intention and to work to the inquiry of those vast in terest, the Legislature should prompt ly afford the needed relief. Savannah JVews: In Lincoln county many years ago there waa a tittle vil lage by the name of Wrightaboro, named for Sir James Wright, Colonial Governor of Georgia. The village had a Justice of the Pi-ace by the name of Wright who waa an autocrat in his way. He bad a great contempt for young lawyers, whom he called "squirts,” for he wanted them to un derstand that they could not teach him law. On one occasion a merchant employ- i a young lawyer, and he had to ap pear before Justice Wright. The law- ywmade his argument, and Justice Wright, after the jury, "charged them to go out end find for the defendant, as he had." Tbe lawyer remonstrated with him for his arbitrary charge, when he said: “ , you need not make such fuss about your account, I kill notes i my oourt sometimes as dead as . BROTHER JUSTICE. I neighboring jus tice having sued Justice Wright, be went with the constable to see tbe writ eerved,whereupon Wright whipped the plaintiff, justice and the constable. The two departed and walked about • mile without laying sword, when the constable said to the justice: "Squire Wright is rather snappish this morning.’’ On another occasion a horse was levied on and claimed in 'Squire Wright’s court, when he decided that the execution had no lien oqit,’“because the horse was older than the execution. CANNOT YOROIVE. On another occasion a kinsman of Justice Wright had a law suit with him, but he hated him so bitterly that he could not forgive him. Coming der a "conviction" at camp meeting, he could not "get through” or become converted, a preacher told him, as penitent, he must love God more than the world and forgive all his enemies, The penitent thought over the matter, He called upon the minister and said, "Mr. Adams, I have made up my mind to go to h—11, for I cannot for give Zeke Wright nor love God better than Sally Horton.” OOOD WARRANT. Judge Garnett Andrews, when young lawyer, had a case before Jus tice Wright, and knowing his charac ter, tails this story on himself; ‘ opened tbe case by stating that tbe warrant had been issued by the learned Justice Wright, whose known accnra- cy forbade that any exception shonld be taken to it.” Jnstice Wright struck the table with his clenched fiat and said, "I prtnonnee this a bonum fiddle good warrant by—." Judge Andrews, in tbe same case,: arguing before Justice Wright, read decision from tbe Court of King’* "What court was that you read from, "Squire Andrews ?" “I read a decision made by the Court of King’s Bencb, tbe highest known to criminal jurisprudence, the Judge. not prudence to read it to this court. Kind’s Bench Court! I Should like to know what we font for if we are to have King’s law books; and what the Georgia justice was made for if it ain't the law in Wrightaboro !** bring ing down his fist on the Georgia jus tice, Justice Wright has been in his grave over fifty years. Jadge VV. H. Underwood, tbe great wit of his day, in defending aclienl sued in Franklin Court by one Majoi Payne, of Elbert, warned the jury as Do not suppose because the plaintiff is called ‘Major’ Payne he is entitled to any consideration on that account, for I will inform yon that in tbe mili tary county of Elbert no man is bora lower than a Major." Remorse of a Murderer. From the New York Herald. Louisville, Kv„ Aug. 0.—Frederick Rhoman ia dying at the City Hospital. Fim years ago John Morton, the most notorious, but withal the most popular C bler in the South, was shot at his bank, No. 73 Fifth street, in this city. Frederick Rhoman was the mur derer. He went to the gambling house early in the night, mad from the losses he had previously sustained, and ii ted Morton into a private room o< looking Fifth street. "Morton,” he said, I have come here to kill you." And with these words he shot the gambler through the heart and then threw the corpse oat of the window. He was held for the crime and sentenced to two years in the State prison. In due time he was released, but the dark crime hat never ceased to haunt him. He tried hard drinking, but found no solace in the intoxicating cup. No matter where ho went or what be did the face of the dead gambler was before him. A month ago he ran crazy- through the streets crying: "Take him away, take him away,’-’ and was held all night in a police station. Yesterday he sought mental relief In another way, and shot himself twice through tho vitals at his home ‘ West End. day in the earnest gaze still haunts himT Morton was a member of one of the proudest sod richest families in the city, and his^ faneral was a notably While the. thermometer was burst ing through its limits at-noon, on Tuesday, July 14th, down South, in New Orleans, La., Gen’ls G. T. Beau- regard of La., aad Jnhal A. Early of Va., (aa is their usual cuatom J super vised in pmaon and conducted by them selves the i82d Grand Monthly Draw ing of The Louisian* State Lottery, and scattered all over the world $265,- 500 thus: No. 8,999 drew the First Prize of $75,000. It waa sold in fifths at $1 each, held, one by C.L. Homer ofBrookston, Texas; one by J. T. Wales of Bridgeport, Conn.; one by S. M. Simpson, 272 16th St., Denver, Col., collected through First National Bank of Denver; one to F. H. Ecken- roth, 321 Montgomery St. San Fran cisco, Cal., collected through First National Bank of San Francisco. Tho Second Prize of $25,000, drawn by No. 48,954, also sold in fifths—one was held by J. D. Jinks, Brookland, Ark., collected through the German National Bank of Memphis, Tenn.; one by J. Cameron of Wichita Falls, Texas, collected through the Exchange Bank of Dallas, Texas; another collect ed through the Bowery National Bank of New York. The Third Prize of $10,000, drawn by No. 12,580 told fifths; two of them were collected through Messrs. Britton & Ivountz, Bankers, Natchez, Mias.; the balance went hither and yon. No. 71,650 and 95,149 drew the Fourth two Prizes of $6,000, each sold in fifths, to parties Philadelphia, Pa., Atlanta, Ga., North Vernon, Ind., Harrodsfcurg, Ky., Louis ville, Ky., and Waco, Texas, etc. The Generals, the commissioners of The La. S. L., to superintend all the Newspaper in Webster. A weak or ten days since Messrs. Branscomb A Tison took charge of the defunct SmithvDle Enterprise and re sumed its publication, with the former as editor. After a brilliant career of one issue EditorBraasooah stops down from the editorial tripod and retire* to tbe quiet of his father’s home in Ala bama forest frees his arduous lobovs. —Strum Republican. This leaves Mri Tison in sole charge of the materi al, and wa learn that ha will soon re move it to Preston and begin the pub lication of a "long felt need.’’—Daw- aon Journal. WHAT DELICATE CHILD IB that? ’ It is being devoured by worms. Tell its mother that one bottle of Bhri- ner’a Indian Vermifuge will restore it to health. Littcll’s Living Age, The numbers of The Living Age for August 1st and 8th contain Sir Wil liam Napier, National; Mr. J. R. Low ell, and Local Government and Ireland, Fortnightly; Modern Catholics and Scientific Freedom, Nineteenth Centu ry; From Montevideo to Paraguary, and A Walking Tour in the Landes, Macmillan; An Afghan Jailer, Leistue Honr; A Paris Saberb, All the Year Round; The March of the White Man The Biblical Brotherhood, The Musi cal Pitch Question, and Leo XIH, Ultramontane, Spectator; The Mesa- of Fidget, and The International Sanitary Conference at Rome, Nature; with instalments of “A Honse Divided Against Itself," "Mrs. Dymond" and "Fortune's Wheel” and poetry. For fifty-two numbers of sixty-four large pages each (or more than 3,300 year) the aabscription price ($8) is low; while for $10.50 the pub lishers offer to send any one of the American $4.00 monthlies or weeklies with The Living Age for a year, both postpaid. Littell & Co., Boston the publishers. Tbe State Fair in Macon, The committee of the State Agri cultural Association, have decided upon holding the fair in October, commenc ing Monday, the 26th. There i* every reason to believe that the fair of 1885 will be a Urge and successful one. The cheering reports from the crops trom every oonnty in the State index a larger yield of cotton, com and other crops than of any year since the war. This ia itself warrants a fall atten dance of farmers and their families. Crops have the tallest bearing upon every department of trade, and bnng about a jingle of money in everybody’ —*k*t. As to the attractions at tbe ooming fair, the committee will spare neither pains nor expense to eongregate on the beautiful grounds of Central City Park everything that can go toward making up a display that will be re garded as the best ever mad* by the society. In addition to foil displays of field crops, stock, etc., many manu facturers recognizing the mod crop year and its consequent era of prosperi ty, will make elaborate exhibitions of ware* and manufactures, all going make up attractions that, with the „ rious amusements, will insure e suc- * il fair. Advtoe to monthly grand drawings, will repeat this performance at noon, on Tuesday, September 8, the 184th Grand Month ly Drawing, and any information wi" be given on application, to M. A. Dau phin, New Orleans, La. Now you learn for yourself how yon ate favored by Fortune. Are you not a Mascot? Our Turn Must Come. “Generation after generation," says a fine writer, "ha’ and their lives v own. They passed like a vapor, while nature wore the Bame aspect of beauty as when her Creator commanded her to be. The heavens shall be bright i our graves as they now are around paths. The world will have the same attractions for onr offspring yet unborn, that she had once for ns as children. Yet a little while, and all will have happened. The throbbing heart will be satisfied, and we shall be at rest. Onr faneral will find its way, and pray ers will be said, and then we shall be left alone in silence and darkness for the worms. And it may be for a short time we shall be spoken of, bnt the things of life will creep in, and names will soon be forgotten. Days will continue to move on, and laughter and song will be heard which we died; and the eye that mourn ed for ns will be dried, and glisten again with joy; even dur children will cease to think of ns, and will member to lisp our names." Grant: When Gen. ; Grant remains were placed in the coffin Wednesday after noon, Col. Fred Grant pat a packet ‘ the breast-pocket of the coat. It n< transpires that it was a letter written by Mrs. Grant. It acknowledged the farewell letter of the General found in his coat pocket after death, and added a farewell until both ahonli meet in a better world. DOTS FROM SCHLEY. Campmeeting will begin at Buck Creek next Saturday. The tent hold ers will be lew and we feel assured that while there will not be as many ground as of former years, that the meeting will be aa interesting. Many are nearly scared out of their wits about the catterpillars; but in the counties south of us where they made their appearance nearly two months ago they have net done much damage yet. "Dout cross tbe river before yon get to it.’’ Dr. L. D. Singletary, who 1 in, and was a citizen of Schley connty until his removal to Texas, ■boat eight or ten years ago, died at his home in Ledbetter, Texas, on July 13th. As a physician he was cess, and as a writer he gained much prominence, though his efforts few. His many friends of his boyhood trill he pained to learn af his death. Sudden Deatli of an Estimable Lady, Butler, August 11.—Our people were shocked when hearing that Mrs. John R. Respess had been found dead in her bed early this morning. She tired last night in splendid health, is evident that she died of heart dis ease. She was Jruly a good woman; has dispensed charity with a liberal hand for many years, and was a friend to the poor. She leaves a husband, Elder John R. Respess. several daugh ters, and two sous. The whole com munity loved her, and her loss will be sadly felt by many. Her remains will be interred in the Baptist cemetery here to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. —Telegraph and Metsenger. Mrs. Respess was well-known throughout Schley, having been a citi zen of the county prior to her removal to Bntler about eight or ten years ago, and her death will be read with sorrow by many. » Fart.—Clilllarine, though it has on- - — »— is gelling fast, and if action. Miller Ticket* *«ly as. share* A Curious Shower. f€ll from a clear sky. Mankato, Minn., Ang. 7.—A ous shower occurred hero Monday at 5 p. m. The weather waa never finer and the sky waa without a clond at the time. Officer George E. Blake and A. H. Allen were standing on a street corner, when suddenly a fresh water clam fell at their feet with great force. Thinking that it waa thrown at them they paid no attention to it, and a sec ond later six more fell perpendicularly, dropping about ten feet from them. Upon looking into the air thay could see, hnndreds of feet shove, about as many mere on their way to the earth, and in a second more these.too,dropped to the ground. The clams fell with great velocity, and the shells were broken to pieces when picked up by bystanders, who soon gathered aronnd. The clams were alive and measured about 4 inches indength. This "clam shower” waa also witnessed by a man named Chandler, who corroborates the statements of Black and Allen, and leaves no doubt of the truth of their statements. All of the parties witness ing shower of these clams are trust worthy men. Testimony of Judge C. F, Lynch, I was a sufferer for twenty years with tetter, it covered my entire per son. .It was exceedingly painful and annoying. I tried every known reme dy within reach, bnt to no permanent K it. My health became wrecked. doctor coaid help me, bnt coaid not care me, and under the old time treatment the disease continued to grow worse and the itching became almost unbearable. I read a statement of Mr. Lewis Lee as to what Swift’s Specific had done for him in a case of tetter, and I concluded that it might help me. I commenced its use; the sores have all dried np, and the skin of my body haa smoothed off, and I am in bettor health than I aver waa, and there ia not a ves- toge of the disease left, save a few splotches on one of my hands, and they ere rapidly disappearing. Swift’s Spe cific is the greatest medicine in the world. It haa brought me relief after twenty years of suffering. It is the best blood purifier I have ever used, and I most cheerfully commend it to the suffering. O. F. Lynch. Dawson, Ga., May 22,1885, Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Sircinc Gokpaxy. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. N. Y., 157 W. 23d St. C®S Louisiana State Lottery Co. klr.b, ctrti/y „« , *rfMiffmtnU/or mil Ike Memthlm mnd Sen! * <M l» ]nrt*n nanagt and control tii Drawings Iht&itlta, and that the sant J tombteud with konstty, fairntu, and m faith toward all parties, and we oailorii, lAe ■" ‘ this entifuate, with /actimilet its adrertUewenU.' ELLAVILLE HIGH SCHOOL- Fall term opens August 17tb, 1885. BaU rt taitton, *1.50. |2.00 and #1.50. Musi Situation delightful, board very cheap. G. B. WEAVJSB, Principal. Company to a »fa*r signature* at y&zje} "s by the Incorporated iu 1868 for 25 y _ Legislature for Educational and Charitable purpose*—with a capital of ?i,ooo,ooo-to which a reserve fond of over |550,ooo hat since been added. overwhelming popular vote . SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY ’ WIN A FORTUNE. EIGHTH GRAN U DBA WING, CLASS I, IN THE ACAD- EMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS TUESDAY, September S, lhSS—IMtl, Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100.000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each Fractions, in Fifths In proportion. LIST 0» PHIZES. 9 1 CAPITAL PBIZE .*. J75.0CO 1967 Prizes, amounting to. - f265,500 Application lor rates to clubs should be made only to the ofiice of the Company iu New Orleans. For further Information write clearly, giv ing full address, postal notes Ex press Money Orders, or New York Ex. change in ordinary letters. Currency by Express (all sums of ?5 and upwards at our expense) addressed M. A. DAUPHIN, Wanted. A position as teacher by a young lady ■ graduate of the Wesleyan Female College The best ot references given and required Apply at this office- augstf ID PARTIES OF Ti OR MORE. WISHING TO GO TO ANDER- SONVILLE I will sell round trip tickets good for on 7 day at 45c. each. Children 25c. each Trains leave 529 a. m. and 2:38 leg 1-34 and 10:29 p- m. Lott Warren, Agent. I s’sl.s .8 " 5 P £*§ £.52 0*2 1.8 S' 0*0 » Si® g g* wi pSB'S “ 3 =-o §■“ 3. Mfi-M mim |fe s-£§§S° 3-N fgsMrp ^ il&a 8,?" g B S-S.I.B g txa ora w B. H. WILKINSON, •flttorneu at AmerlouM, Ga. ed will bn immediately remitted. Omen—Lamr~ “—*"—* Bank Building. Thousands Say writes: "I never hesitate torecom. mend your Electric Bitters to my cus tomers, they give entire satiafertion and aro rapid Bellere." Electnc Bit ters are the purest and beet medicine known and will positively care Kid ney and Liver cosnptalnta. Purify the blood and rerolate the bowels. “ * “ can aftml to be without H.W. HOWARD GIN BEPAIBEB, gins repaired and put ln first-class order „ FOTTTZ'S HORSE AMD CATTLE POWDERS INSURE WITH i L. Re 1884. For sale by j.' I0RWICH DNIOK FlfiG INSDRMGE SOCIETY, NORWICH, ENGLAND. Established:: (797. r|H. A. DAUPHIN, Make ?• 0- Money Orders payable and address Begistered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orlcniik. 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