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The Sumter Republican. tjEjfl-WxxxLV,On# Year - - - $4 SB WKXKLT, QP«Y« ~ ■*■---•«* \ bttatablx m AnvAxcxJB All advertisements emlniUnf; from ; o sees wUlbechareed forts accordance with in act passed'ay the late General Assembly fftchot the first fourlnsertloni, and S3] far each subsequent tassrtUwi njLjta of one bandied are considered one hundred worda;eaeb figsreand Initial, with date and signature, is Pooled aa a word. TIN gash aalKNOTjKS *!■> THE WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN. M ESTABLISHED IN 1854 BY C. W. HANCOCK. DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE SCIENCE. AND GENERAL PROGRESS Terms: S3 A TEAR IE ADVANCE VOL. 82. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1885. NO. 32. will be continued until ordered out a ■ in local a line each U n Inserted for ten C NEWS. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. o the Daily Republican.] I E. G. SIMMONS. CABINET MEETING. {Attorney At haw Washington, Sept. 23.—A cabinet I . . AMERICUS GA., MCttinK y«t-!rt«y,»nd WM| orriCE-JTor Eldrid,-*. In IU.L.W attended by Secretaries IV lntney, Man-1 building up s*alu. Room No.« ning and Lndicott and Postmaster Gen eral Vilas. Attorney G eucral Garland and .Secretary Lamar are out of t he city, and Secretary Bayard is si:k. I ATTOllN KY AT LAW, £. d WrartSSTtSTSi! A-d Real Ettate Agent. among the measures considered at the I ELLAV1LLE, GEORGIA, meeting. The political situation New York — J D. B. HILL J. R. WILLIAMS, k informally referred t n to all business cl rharrea unlcM collection, I ntoselllnjr. renting, and The boiler of Fable's soajrfactoiy ex-1 plotted yesterday afternoon, kill thej engineer and throwing his body fifty] feet. The building is damaged t* ‘ L ' 1 value $15,000. B. H. WILKINSON, Attorney at hate. And Real Estate Agent. .. jmptly and earefally to all willbe flooded. The loss to- planters I JSwl7ba1mmedUtely ie reinfttedr eo *** Ct the corn>and cotton in the bottom lands | e continues, | Office—Lamar Street People’s National | Bank Building. B. B. & E. F. Hinton, r old negro lad attempted to violate | _ the person of a white girl about hisj (Mt> JLtfZlV* a age, in tho Lewis Harris settle-1 lent, this county last Sunday, but | Practice In State and F-^cral courts. ■as thwarted. Yesterday morning he|^^ Bawfclns Build.>;» Amci.tus, urn. ns found dangling from the limb of| a the X&imty very dead. | B. P. HOLLIS, DEATH IN HOGS. \elltOtn€U Ot Lfltf, Chicago. Sept. 23.-A Beloit Wis., 1 w •special says that a fatal disease pre- f vails among the hogs •- --*• —~ * * . that probably more 1 .. ^ ‘ havo died within the past two weeks., _ . - _ _ Some pork raisers havo lost entire |J, Jfl. H. WoStDrOOk, M. D- hoards. Almost, every farmer in the I vicinity of Sirland, Ilf., has lost from] PhySICifin and Surgeon $JtO to <000 worth of hogs, and some | Amerlnnu,Gn . AMEKK US, GA. Once,Forsyth8u<«t a National Bank Yhin" ,000 C HT' cuttle. AmurlnuaGa . Office In Dr. EU ridge's Drugstore. Kee- . denoe on Church Street, nextdoor to Wm. I Iimynes. fel>t-3m s old and has been for several weeks. Dr. C. A. BROOKS, RESIDENT PHYSICIAN m SURGEON. A inorlcuH, Go. The great southern Tho W. & A. road last I receive promptatten^on!" Wilfbe found at * from_$10_to $15 on | night at the residence of Col. 8. II* Hawk- road in the Bouth will be involved.- e of the ent is unknown. THE FIRST SNOW. Dr. J. A. FORT, or s ,rcl"^il| Physician and Surgeon, mountains yesterday. The mercury fell to 39; a fall of 40 di * his professional serviees t J ’. R ^*“,95degrees jn -41 o{ Americasand vicinity. Office at A Bennington, V t. ? special I br/Eidridge’s Drug Store. At night can at snow fell in that vicinity yes-1 ^ found at residence at the Taylor bouse, Cmlls will receive prompt attention. J. W II. Prescription Drjggirts. ltoard of commissioner! of Fulton ty raised the. retail liquor license i county, outside the city of Atlanta, to $2,500- It has at no previous time ex ceeded $500. This action will prevent I Atlanta liquor dealers, should prohibi-1 A91GRICU8, GKOKGIA tion prevail in the city, moving justj outside the corporate limits and reopen- his saloon. There is not now a retail liquor house in the county outside of FILLMORE BROWN. ‘Atlanta. ^yrTLE BURNED. . Chicaoo, September 25.—A fecial ' from Leseur, Minn., says that a ear filled with Hereford cattle owned by ] the Cosgrove Live Stock Company of ’* ‘ * * ’ 1 transit to Dakota, that place, rthd o Edgerton House, Opposite Passenger Depot MACON, GEORGIA E, E. Brews & Set, frepruter Ilalet ft.00 Per Day This Eight Day Clock $4.50 OLOCK8 SUMTER COUNTY. The county of Samter waa Uld out ftotn Loo in the year MU. It TO named after Major-General Tuous Sumtir. oT Revolutionary dlatlno Mnelnloe, Muckaioocbeo and Kladi- aravmm are etreams or conalderable PROHIBITION. One of the principal arguments used by the liquor side during the prohibi tion contest in Athens was that to abolish bar-roqtns would be to drive away citizens and seriously eripple the - business of Athens. Our city has now tried tho experiment long enough to give prohibition % fair test, and we can speak knowingly and understand- Magnolia Springs, is twelve miles went of Auieslcue; Andersonville is ten tnlles north of Americas on the Southwestern Railroad. Lamp Chimneys Gem Jars. p< _ 1. Gem Jars, per dot. $1.75 [y Capa with coven per dozen, .5( Goblets from 35c a set to $8. Large Glass Pitchers, 50c. Glass Seta 4 pieces, per set, 40c Large Glass stands each 25c. Syrup Cans each 15c. Hamburg Eldging per yd let. Iron Stone China plates, cups saucers per set 40 and 50c. Steak Dishes with Coven 60c. Luge stock, finest variety of Ta ble Cutlery in town, Iron han dle Knives GOcts. per set. Valances Lace per yard 2c. Brass Hand Lamps, 15cta. Brooms 20,80 ana 50cts Picture Frames very Cheap. Window Shades Complete $1 Mattresses $2.70,4.00,10.00,15.00 80.00. Spring beds, $1.50 to 9.00. Buditcades. Sl.M to 50.00. SOUTHWESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. Judge—Allen Fort. Solicitor General—(J. B. Hudson. Lee Superior Court, Second Mon day in March and November. Schley Superior Court, Fourth Monday la March and September. Webster Superior Court, First [onday In April and October. Sumter Superior Court, Second Mooday In April and October. Stewart Superior Court, Fourth Monday in April and October. Macon Superior Court Second Monday in May and Fourth Monday in November. Justice Court 789th District G.M., in Samter County, meets on Second , and several report per cent, in months last . f there were less than a dozen vacant dweil- Coliege avenue, and the same crease of from 50 to 100 per sales over corresnondii •ill Tuesday in each mouth. Glasses large size 40cta. Two or three dollan will buyn buggy load of nice 'things for your table an4 ten or twelve dollars worth (of Furniture will balk a team of mules. You’ll find me on the 'fit „ * a 2 to a. Pi Solicitor—It. J. Blalock. Meets monthly first Wednesday in each month. Quarterly, Third Mondays In March, June, Septem ber and December. Ordinary—A. C. Speer. Clark Superior Court—J. II. Allen. Sheriff—H. H. White. Deputy-Sheriff—J. a. Wilson. Tax Collector—Vt. R. Stewart. Tax Receiver—J. A. Daniel. County Treasurer—C. C. Sheppard. Coroner—J. A. Speights. County Commissioners-C. A. Hunt- ington, J. A. Cobb, J. H. Black, 8. H. Hawkins. J.W. Wheatley, Clerk. Meets first Monday in each month. ingson' «, , — rule applied to other sections ofthe city. To-day every house on that street is occupied, and there in a de mand for as many more. There never was so much improving going on in Athens as at this time, and them is no necessity of a single mechanic being idle. Every factory and other enter prise in our city is runnisg on full time, and there is more work than there are hands to do it. Stores that have been vacant for years are now occupied, and other business blocks are either i or have been oontracted for. rarest thing for the police to arrest, and the fines from the Mayor's court have fallen oft 76 per cent. Fights and disprtes - upon the streets are unknown, and men who have for years squandered their salaries for strong drink are now good, sober citizens, and the change is even notice- the few who opposed prohibition ate CLOSE BY THE “TEM PLE OF JUSTICE.” CITY OFFICERS. fayor-J. B. Felder. U&rmen-W. P. Burt, A. T. Oliver. a. W. Glover, J. C. Roney, E. A Hawkins, R. E. Cobb. Clerk and Treasurer—D. K. Brinson. Marshal—A. P. Lingo. Policemen—Vi. W. Wheeler, Henry Speer, Bnck Ragan. W**j COtO HH was A Farmers' Lantern Safe and Lasting Only, 50c. Black, J. B‘.*Hcott, James I McDonald, L. P. Howell, School Commissioner. PUBLIC SHOOLS. S BOARD OF EDUCATION. President—N. A. Smith, LET THE IMITATORS FOLLOW. WE HAVE Cocktails, Sours, Cobblers, Punches, injured by jumping oil the c fir. D. P. HOLLOWAY. found to exist among the cattle of Da vid Brarrwick, and no effectual means I having been taken by him to suppress | ^ DENTIST Ainnrlciis. Georgia. From this date forward my terms will be stricUyjaoh. no exceptions. Teeth extras „ — . .. . W>M . a view of having them replaced the discaseTOfovcr.nl of the neighbors I w ith an artificial set, must be paid for at the collected together and killed 14 of | time of operation Is performed. the affected animals and burned the | of balence when Uislmpremion Is taken and balance on completion of work. .... terms, may rely n good and bonast work and no disappoint. i.iTTi.E rock, akk., oepi ->>•—" | ment as to Ume- Office west side rabue FayetteVfllo, Ark., special says that a | Square over Mrs. II. K. Raines’ Millinery widow lady living near Dutchtown,] Store. sepldwti ^Va^hington county, applied to a drug gist named Evans for quinine for her two children, aged 8 and» 10 years, lie mode a mistake, giving morphine instead of quinine. She administered the mcdiciuc before tho error wa* dis- Tod, from the effects of which both | xhc exercises of the Public Schools « wUl be resumed MONDAY NEXT a •tut, at 8J0 a. TEE FUST STOCK OF PICE GOODS IN EEOECIA, AMERIQUS, CEOPCIA, I^ALKK IN DRY GOODS,GROCER1K8 PLANTATION SUPPLIES, CONFXO-' TION8, TOBACCO, CIGARS, Ac. And will make your Clothing to order os cheap as other people will sell you the same goods out of stock. Having a force of JW ■^ft_:n.45 Tailovsi, We can get up suits on short notice. We guarantee PERFECT FITS. We also carry the finest stock of Is kept supplied with the finest and best rands •( tinners. Inetadta* the celebrated •OLD GUM SPRING/’which Is the equal of any on the market When you •‘smile” ..... receive the politest READY MADE CL0YHING children have died. GOES TO PREACH. Atalnta, Ga., September Siam W. Small left for St. Joseph. ^°- at 6 o’clock lost evening, to take part in the meeting to be conducted there by Rev. Sam Jones. Mr. Jones joined him at Cartersville, from which point they proceeded together. The people of St. Joseph havo raised $4,000 for the expenses of the meeting. J. M. GANNON. SupL Qf .the prohibition .question, together] with the recens action of the board of I county commissioners in increasing the | retail liquor license to $2,500, has| aroused the liquor dealers ot this city ] to action. They are now arranging tr call a meeting to discuss the temper- In the city, and will cell them closer than any one. Our slock of FURNISHING GOODS, NECKWEAR, TRUNKS, VALISES, UMBRELLAS AND HATS la complete ad princea marked down to suit the timee. We will save money for any one who will call and aee us. aep26tf ickson W^tgal. H. WIGGINS’ GROCERY AND BAR. Secretary—John M. Gannon. Superintendent— J.' M. Gannon. ‘ '.EMBERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION. E. A. Hawkins, W. T. Davenport, M. Callaway, E. J. Eldridge, B. P. Hollis, S. H. Hawkins, U. B. llar- rold, A. 8, Cutts, C. II. Wooten B. Felder. TKACH KBS—WHITE SCHOOL. Principal High School—J. E. Mathis. Asst. Prin. High School—yin. G. H. forced to admit its grand results. Bat the most marked change is in the . condition and deportment of our color ed population. They are working better than we ever knew before, are Happier and more prosperous, and the kindest and best feeling now exist between the two races. Those street loafers are fast being numbered among tho thing* " ‘ , and the negroes of Athens thrifty, industrious, content ed class of her population. They are ‘ it acquiring homes of their own, and iny of them seem, as much interested tho good government of the i ‘ tho whites. Our picture of the | s workings of prohibition in Ath not overdrawn', but any one t imo hero and aee for himself. It ] i done more than the most sanguine friends of the measure claimed for it, and the end is not yet. Taxes will not be increased one dollar, and the law yers; courts and police officers, whose occupation, like Othello's has well n gone. How any father, with liiue children around him, can vote against this groat moral movement and ele vating measure is more than we can An excursion party of New England veterans, several hundred strong, visit ed Virginia a few days ago, and were Virginia ... treated by the ex-Confederate veterans and the citizens with marked attention and hearty hospitality. During their and hearty hospitality. I stay at Harrisburg, the v bory marched to the c< „ decorated the graves of the Confeder ate dead. ' Such fraternity and sympathy between the North and South, between a! othepoia c ■rated l>y prrtizan politics. In heated political contests many things are said j harmful ar J —* Tom and Jerry, Hot Seotch, Soda Water and Lemonade. 2nd. Primary— Miss Ruth Brown. 3rd. Primary—Miss SalUe Wheeler. TKACUXK8—COLORED SCHOOLS. Grammar Schools—G. W. F. Philips. Ath Primary- Eliza Jones. I keep oa hand a eeaylets stock eC Gea- Merchandise, and my line of Family series cannot be surpa-sed. My prices wt fail to ptaeas all who T best goods for the THE BAR L. J. Blalock, Assistant Chief. W. M. Hawkes, Foreman. C. H. Wooten, Assistant Foreman. W. J. Harper, Treasurer. yoswUI always receive the politest atten tion. Thankful toe past favors, ( solicit a JulyMtf I. II. WIGGINS. Athens, Oa. P-H- XSLL.D.D.LIi.S., Chancellor. Kth session opens Wednesday Sth Octo- Full course of Instruction in Letters and *. Spsctal courses In Knctnsertni ^^isAestsstissil We are now prepared to make new bruth- ea. and to d* gin repairing generally work war- G. C. CAMERON A SON. Aasertcut, Ga, July nth lUMu . ugi culated to wound the feelings, bat all this is temporary—it must give way to of public, opinion. The -M right. The Caroline Islands, about which Spain and Germany recently had the little misunderstanding, are of the generally known as Micronesia, for half a century been a fs- FIRE DEPARTMENT. WIDE-AWAKE NO. 1—WHITE. J. Smith, Chief. A. J. Buchanan, Engineer. Pat Erakine, 1st. Ass't. Eogh Wm. Jackson. 2rd. Ass't. Engineer. William Mims, Hoee Director- Waiter Brown, Ass’t. Hoee Director. Dr. Brooks, Surgeon. MECHANICS NO. 2—WHITE. H. D. Watts, Foreman. T. M. Cobb, AseUtaut Foreman. E. L. Stanfield, Iluee Director. Jas. Harp Assistant Uoee Director. J. L. Tucker, Secretary. J. F. Bolton, Treasurer. C. C. Evans, Engineer. F. G. Oliver, 1st. Asaistant Engineer. It. J. Wheeler, 2nl. Amt. Engineer. Johnnie Ansley, Porch Bearer. M.E. Fret well. Torch Bearer. Dr. S. U. Hawkins, Surgeon. HOOK AND LADDER NO. 1—COLORED. Henry Anderson, Foreman. Neal Pickett, Assistant Foreman. Henry Jonea, Secretary. Charles Wilbora Assistant Secretary. Porter Daniel Eoglneer. VIGILANCE NO. 2—COLORED. Bavid Dudley, Foreman. Elbert Myers, Assistant Foreman. Adolph Bowie, Hose Director. Oliver’" grouj^g* vorito field of labor for American mis sionaries. The natives now have about fifty churches, with piany schools sad other evidences of moral and intellect ual advancement; and they no longer dress in savage costume, having fully adopted Christiaif ipparel. The secre tary of the American board of foreign missions says that the missionaries, in ' civilising and teaching the nativea, . ..... . • have made the islands u ■ Iluasell, Assistant Hi wo Di- James W. Russell. Treasurer. C. W. Brooks, Engineer. Simpson Gris wood, Ass't. Engineer. 'JTJ the nation isallri it they are. Viigin ia >f poor,*Lut exceedingly i Prom an humble statii distinction of being the oldest man in the United States. 'While he remem bers George Washington be does not claim to have been his body servant. This alone gives the stamp of troth to ’. In > his story. In other respects Ewing must bo considered a phenomenally tough citizen, as he has been addicted to rum and tobacco, 'and infested with half a dozen wives for the period of 110 The hill now before the Legislature > require fire insurance companies to . iy tnu face value of policies, without the usual appraisement as to the actual loss incurred by a fire, is an unjust and arbitrary measure, and we hope ii not pats. It does gross injury to the logitima.e business of the insurance companies, and would open the door logitimaic companici, to fraud and tne despoilment of every honest company. It is wrong in prin ciple, and the determined opposition to it on the part of the insurance compa nies is natural and commendable. doubt make | PROHIBITION Staunton, Scj convention was The delegation . _ enthusiastic. Candidates for repre-l son tat ires in the legulature A Looking Glass of No Use to a Blind Man. He who will not see is much the •pt. 25.—A prohibition! newno win not see is much the Lid her. yestmUy. I M if he hjd no eye.; Indeed, in ... verv Jarjre **“ Jhlnji, the nun without eye. ••ndhUte. tor * repre-1 hua the advtntnra ter ho U tntho knowledge In his waist coat pocket, like a peppermint lozenge. Some men are blinded by their worldly business, and could not see tion work in the State. dark and knows it. A lantern la of „, v no uso to a bat, and good teaching la of the prohibi-j lost on the " " ble. One man can lead ahorse to the water, but a hundred can not make unavailable in southern cotton field* Grab, he is like Nebudchadnex- , for bit conversation is all among beast, and If be does not eat gran it FAILURES OF THE WEEK. New York Sept. 26.-R. G. Dun* him drink; It is easy work to tell a Co. report the business failures through-] man Use tenth, bat if be will not be oat the country during the past week] convinced, your labor la lost. We at 185. Of these, 156 are -credited to| plly the poor blind, we can not do ao the United States and 29 to Canada. | much as that for those who abut their Exactly one-half of the failures oc-1 eyes against the light, curredin the Western and Pacific | A man who Is blind to bis own states. | faults Is blind to hia own interests. | He who thinks that be never WM a , | fool, Is a fool now. He who never Butler, Ga., Sept. 25.—Jesas Cook owns that he la wrong will never get « is because he could never stomach sal ads. HU dinner is his dovotjon, be is terrible on a piece of beef, and old Master Earl says, his religion part of his eopybood, which ho t teem landlord and raters wholl, will not be hung on the day appointed] right. lie’ll mend, as the saying is, by the court. Hia attorneys haying I when he grows better, like tour beer filed a bilTof exceptions,the csn© will go I in Bummer. How can a man ‘ *“ to the Supreme oourt. Jesse will rHthe smut off his free if be will | look In the glass, nor believe they pose in his nave been heard from. MATT MAXWELL DEAD. when he la told of them? ing the Shelten-Maxwell rencountre days ago, died at 5-JO o'clock v afternoon. The identity ot man who struck him is still a mys- -, though informafien may be ruc- iu-d ait the coroner’s inquest to-day,as there were several men present who knew him, but they have kept their lips sealed. total darkness., The i e than hU labor. As lordship's discretion. The Crucifixion by Rubsns In the church of St. Peter, at Co logne, there teed to be an altar piece, to take its place with other [theories. ithln the lastqnarterof a white labor has been | _5s-.-safsuz __ a recent discussion of the question several southern journals agreed that nearly fifty cent, of colored labor hM given way to white indurtey. This i proper names. all painstaking with We know the (kill niune of every mam, or woman, and child in the United States, and the merest hint at the death change. rt-hoaae pervaded harmony not only unbroken bat im- the name is sufficient. For instance. maybe accounted for very eeaily. There Is a tendency anmnglbe read yj be to poottve and can ai to It’s no om your arguing.* Bn made np hto mind, and It dkl not him long, for thereto very little toft by Bnbena, of the Crucifix loo. Stran gers who vkU this church, and whose expectations have been highly rais ed, are at first sadly Disappointed; bat on their attention being suddenly diverted to some other object, the picture to tamed in the frame, and oil the perfections of the great artist's genius break upon the view. The first exhibition toa copy oe the back of the original picture, M groes to dnft to town ■women stay at home and the children arc sent to school. All this cuts off an immense percentage of field work. In some sections ofthe south the climatic conditions keep white ■mb out of the cotton field, bntld greater part of the planting [ the whites have naturally themselves to the new order M Even in Texas it to estimated ■■ | three quarters of the cotton crop to gathered and handled by white men. This change In our labor system to not to be regretted. On the contrary Ills ooe of the signs ofthe times. like a drunken figure 8 and then draw a wave line, we know at oocc that yon mean 'Samuel Morrison, 1 a though you think you may an 'Lemuel Messentrer.’ * * >w we do love to get bold of arti cles written in this style I And' would like to get bold of the t aends them—just ten mlnu alone—in the woods, with a revolver In nor hip pocket! mutable as that of the spheres; felt to be so by thoee whom it blesses, . satisfies; a social etato to which, when men and women attain, there remains nothing In the way He Is as positive the other sido < looked Into tho backyard of the uni verse- He talks as if he carried an purchased the residence on enure n since his death. Advice to Bcrlbbisr*. Hera are aome words of a*r advice from Mark Twain which are plebeian origin. Scrawl your article with your eyee shut, and make > word as illegible as you can. J A Tras Marrage. |7beUeve there are few t^m^^ men who have not come to regard m ] onuot the least explicable among the great riddles of the earthly the rarity of well-assorted n It might be so different, on I help thinking. The adaptations for hannooy so are wonderful Theele- ments of happiness ao manifold and ao rich! Yet how often miserably, sometimes. It all miscarries! The waters of Paradise turned to foun tains of bitterness; the gifts of Hea ven perverted to cones on earth. I ao not mean that there are few nnions yielding reasonable comfort, friendly relations, a life free from open quarrel or secret heart-burning; but I speak of every marriage with out flaw or jar, a mating alike of the material with its intangible affinities and its wonderous magnotisni9, and of the immaterial principle withla Some think that in this trial-phase state of to be found. Among the few who do find temple of these skepUrs will have A Bit or Advice. A lady correspondent of the Repub- ICAN sends us the following: Every paper you pick'up now is fall of suicides ana jealousy. Now, dear young people ; take this bit of adviee and marry a little nearer roar own age and you will live happier. Seme wxll marry with six, eight and ten years difference in their ages. My adnoe is not to marry with more than a couple years difference. It does not make any difference if the lady friend is a couple years older than the gentleman friend, or the gentleman friend a couple years older than the lady. Do not be too eboioe or pertieular m ehoeing a part ner in life, only try and ret a re*p table person, either in lady or genl man. Another blander is that so young people of both sexes are sweet tempered, good natural, and in faet will taks most anything before they _ will say anything or fight, and others efts tW | cro -’ n *k know what mini The smallpox epidemic is increasing i an alarming extent in Canada, and _ie cause for alarin is all tho greater because the disease got foothold in the summer months. Between one thou sand and two thousand eases have al ready occurred, and when the inclem ent season sets in and people are con fined to their dwellings, the spread of A friend tells the Marietta Journal of a remarkable man in Cherokee County, Ga., in the person of Mr. Gsorgo Kin- nett, who is 97 years old. He was nev er sick in his lii#: never took a of medicine in his life; arts square meals a day; used tobacco all I ^ « Ms life; is still active and abtoto walk vl where he wishes; and haa been • bus- I ^ 1 f^ T ) ee _ t0 - When Texaa was in her infancy . wonderful tales were told about her resources and the peculiarities of her soil and elim ate._ Among other things, fter tho it was Mid that Irish potatoes after second year's planting turned to sweet, and equally queer transformations were reported of other vegetables. Ic were reported of other vegetables. It was also believed that animals import ed into Texas completely changed their specifies after two or thres generations. the contagion will be too fearful for contemplation, as this disease wqrks .. itestf-- ■* * * ‘ ■“ its greatest ravages in cold weather. J inquire into the condition a before the Legislature, and report ... what time an adjournment could be " had, agreed upon* report recommend ing tbit October 10th be fixed as the day for adjournment. The report will probably be accepted. l young gentle- she replied with L *1 it pa. Af- timo I told i’t mind w at all." And tho next day, when her * ither brought home a base ball catch 's mask and tor ho . him ts stop it. and hS didn’t *1And ' r it when , mask and told her to her young gentleman friend called, she was mean enough to call him a hateful old thing, and to declare if it “When I marry,” . budding Rev. Sam Jones is of the opinion j schoolgirl. “I’ll want a tall, fine-look- plate. “I do not waUt ; my people _ tha: Adam was no man at all, but says j ing man.’’ “There’s where you’re give pennies,” he said “for i always ie was a complete failure. Probably | wrong, sis.” said her mors practical think when a man or woman can't af- ;ewas. Sam Jonas is one ofthe old | sister. “You’ll have -less trouble * ’ ’ .. ... lentlem&n's offspring—a direct descen-1 watching an ugly man, and enjoy dant, as it were. a company.” original re- It may not have mark that a minister of the. eently made while complaining of smallness of the contributions of flock, but it waa eertainlv to the noint. He was talking about the habit biscon- T«le«rrnm~ grrgation had of putting pennies in the — plate. “I do not want my people to ford to give more than a cent they need The special joint committee a said to be a movement »n foot to put Col. Fred Grant on the New York Republican ticket as a candid ate for Secretary, of State. His .inly recommendation for the place Lithe fact that he b the son of a great Gen- was notoriously in competent iest civil officer in the Union. „ special hum Atlanta to tho Au gustaEvening News says it is reiH.i ti-. that tho prohibitionist# and ant hibitionists of Atlanta liaveeacht one hundred thousand dollars fo approaching contest between tliei pro- Some of the Republican* of Ohio to be disgusted with the bloody „—a Republican paper, vigor ously and emphatically exclaims'" ■' i bloody shirt.’’ / The public schools itates cost the people 10,000 a red more than 3,0u0,000 pupil