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A STHKWEIt OF STltYCHXINE.
Wisconsin’s Rorgia—A Lamb that led to
tho Slaughter—She Poisons her Off
spring-Three Deaths in Succession—
Virtuous Viceaud Vicious Yirtne.
JN t O. 3S.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY M'
An<l now from tlic breezy North
west, from Wisconsin, comes the story
of another Borgia. Tho correspondent
of the St. i'uo) Dispatch writes as fol
lows from Ellsworth in relation to the
latest poisoning case: Sometime ago
Mi . an.I Mrs. Lanth, with their child
ren, moved to Trim belief--in Pierce
county, Wisconsin, about seven miles
from the county scat. Byhard labor
and close economy, they he*c accumu
lated property, and had made for them
selves a comfortable home, when, on
the 18th of September, 1871, Mr.
Lamb fell down in the field, where lie
was at work, and died in a few moment .
As told by their eldest son, Oliver, the
circumstances of Mr. Lambs death
were as follows : Oliver and his fath
er were at work in the field, tying corn
in bundles, and his mother was wash
ing clothes upon the porch, outside of
the house. JIis father suddenlv fell to
the ground, and Oliver, frightened,
ran toward the house and called to his
mother that something was the matter
with his father. She ran quickly to
him, lifted his head, and asked him if
he had a fit. os,” lie said, and then
immediately added, “My Jesus is com-
ing; good bye; I’m going home!”
And so he died in her arms. She was
seated upon the ground, holding his
head in her lap, weeping and praying
and kissing the still face for near two
hours, while Oliver went for the neigh
bors to Cline to her help. Then they
carried tlm body into the house, anil
in due time Mr. Lamb was followed to
the. grave by many sincere mourners
licside his wife and children, for he was
a man respected by all neighbors.
During their ten years residence in
Trimhellc Mr. and Mrs. Lamb were
known as devout and zealous Chris
tians, and she was esjieciallv noted as
one who went about doing good works.
Indeed, hardly a case of sickness oc
curred in all the country around hut
Mrs. Lamb was sent ’ tor. Always
she went cheerfully, and always she
was a kind and gentle nusc, skillful in
the use ot herbs and oilier commonlv
used remedies for ordinary ailments.
Her reputation was excellent, and
among those who were readiest in her
praise are some gossipy country folks
who now recollect more signs and evi-
• ‘""defices of guilt about her actions than
they could have imagined of her prior
to her arrest in the fall of 1872. Dur
ing the winter of 1871-2, Mrs. Lamb
remained alone in the farm house, tak
ing such care of the place as she could,
and taking good care of the children.
For the season of 1872 the tillable
land on the Lamb farm was let by Mrs.
Lamb to one of the neighbors, named
James \\ . Oilman, to work on shares.
May 24, 1872, Don Orrin Lamb, her
youngest son, died suddenly. The
mother was alone in the house with
him when he died, and gave out that
lie died of heart disease, hut described
his sufferings and spasms probably ex
actly as they occurred, siuce her de
scriptions to her friends correspond
exactly with what is now known to
have been the cause of his death. Don
was about thirteen years old at the
time of his death. June 21, 1872,
8a mh A. Lamb, her daughter, died
suddenly, under precisely the same
cirou instance as had attended I he death
«*f the boy. August 3, 1872, Mrs.
Irene II. Ottinan, wife of James W.
Oilman, also died very suddenly. Mrs.
<‘11110111 hail gone over to the Lamb
poic lo assist !:er husband who was at
""i'h there, and, as was commonly her
custom, called iu to see Mrs. .Lamb.
Hie lelt ill; Mrs. Landi gave her some
medicinal preparation which for the
time relieved her, and she walked
home, Mrs. Latnh accompanying her.
At home, Mrs. Ottman was soon tak
en ill again, and worse than before.
Mrs. Lamb walked litiek to her own
house for medicine, and re-turned and
gave it j,o Mrs. Ottman. In a few
p hours Mrs. Ottinan was dead.
THREE deaths in succession.
Whether these three deaths, in suc
cession, of persons whom Mrs. Lamb
laid nursed and ikictored, and whose
deaths were alike in their sudcuncss
and in symptoms which attended them
caused any suspicion to attach to Mrs.
Lamb, we are not reliably informed.
But suspicion was soon after aroused
to investigation and discovery, by an
other death in the neighborhood of
a |>erson under Mrs. l^amh’s care.
August 15, 1872, Koval Garland,
a bachelor farmer of the neighbor
hood, died as suddenly as the oth
ers mentioned, with the same symp
toms, and under circumstances similar
to those which had attended the death
ot Mis. Ottman. He had a number
V. } urv *>t hands at work lor him and
'.‘’‘l'W’-'d Mrs. Lamb to come
i, '\y*Diuesand cook [ v v them. At
•ili. r i U " ll '° l ' ie men were resting,
the house, Gar!
dinner ." l,ll | l| r »'liahly eaten too much
and "* finding unweil
j. in i i 11,10 the house and aAed Mis.
narell i • S0I,IC l-a n killer and shepre-
after lr "; •' doseof ' il in a eup. Soon
viX:! k,ng 11 he " as taken with
..f I* 15 "' 8 and 8 P asm8 - She took
vidonn"'."’ ,,ra - vcd for the soul’s sal-
loA " l <a * rn . es dy exhorted him to
Before**’i ,,Ul “j trUst >“ God, etc.
W l ' B was d«d, Dr. Cotton of
, ur > *»« w "t lor. When the doc-
wonSnTt^f th °i house, early next
uhmewhi,'fi.pT 1L . amb therc
mitered to! . r .* l f c : ehe . having vol-
ers went V *'.7 "'l 1 ,t "' l,, le the watch-
The ho V /’f 10,uc tor breakfast.
were dii C * wfh A r "PI*** 1 victims
re “^interested and - '‘ ■ •
hmlics of tbc children, full five grains
were found in one-half of Mrs. Ou
tline’* stomnch; And frdm Garland’s
stomach about six grains were extract
ed. Strychnine was found in Mrs.
Ijamh’s house mixed in a bottle of sar
saparilla extract It was said that she
had nnirdered.lier husliapd and child
ren so that sne might have the family
property for her own, and in. support
of this theory it was told that she had
some difference with her husband con
cerning a division of the property be-
LAUUHERISMS.
f A powerful jackscr. —Copt J&ck’s
crew.
“Home—sweet, sweet home,” as the
bee said when he entered his hive.
What goes up the hill, and down
hill, yet never moves? The road.
A skeptical citizen of Rockford made
a ghost sick, last week, with a revol
ver.
tnediml ....—“ uu subjected to
analysis ’ minat, °ns and chemical
1 i -v? xvaa «»«ded, we be
laud lmd di«T 1 f Cal me, ‘ * hat hcr hus -
A ‘ . d, ?“ , ,rom natural causes
t the two children, Mrs. Ottm-n and
•»» <wS “Sh
^Presence in tel"” 8 ,1 ?.‘ lou,,t of
t escnce m fatal quantities in the
Mr. I(yain>h-had inode over to her about
3200 worth of personal property. Mrs.
Ottman jshe-wos supposed to have kill
ed with the design of ultimately suc
ceeding her as wife of Mr. Ottman.
And Garland, the neighborhood gos
sips agreed, was murdered out of sheer
dislike, liecause lie had proposed mar
riage to her, for he was but a half-wit
ted fellow, who was held in little es
teem, and had offended nearly every
marriageable woman he was acquainted
with by his proposals.
TAKING I.ESSOXS IN POISONING.
It was told that she first tried her
poison on her horse and having thus
killed that, learned how to kill human
beings with the same kind of poison.
Kunuir and gossip also .swelled the
number of her victims by accusing her
of causing many other deaths. A man
named Fuller, who died iu Trimbelle
during 1871, was said to have been
poisoned by her. liecause she had visi
ted and nursed him through his last
illness. She was the second wife of
Mr. Lamb, and his wife who had died
io Vermont about eighteen years be
fore, was nursed by the second Mrs.
Lamb. Then therc wasnyoung woman
to whom Mr. Lamb, after iiis first wife’s
death, ]>aid particular attention, who
died out of the way of the second Mrs.
Land . But all this was and is no more
than the gossip of an excited neighbor
hood, puzzled by the contradictions be
tween Mrs. Lamb’s ordinary behaviour
and her most extraordinary crimes, and
seeking to account for them in the ways
that readiest suggested themselves.
What the theory of the prosecution is,
we are not informed, hut it is not evi
dent that the defense can only rely up
on a plea of insanity. And yet the
woman is ordinarily clear-headed
enough, and has for all the years the
Trimbelle people have known her, at
tended to iier house and family, such
business as she had to do, and all social
and church matters, with as much of
sane method and regular mental activ
ity as any other-woman they know. But
they did notice she was an enthusiast
in religion, a believer in fortune tellers
and ghosts, and they remember of her
complaining that at times hcr head felt
as it it were big as a half bushel and
filled with some fluid, which, when
she stooped forward or knelt, at her
prayers, w ould flow to the front of her
head, blinding her and tipping her for
ward fiat to the ground. One of her
neighbors heard her tell once of being
attacked that way when she was out
in the corn field, and that where she
lay insensible for hours. Besides the
witnesses as to the circumstances of the
death of hcr victims, a number of med
ical exjierts are to he called. Dr.
Hoyt, of Hudson, who couductcd a
chemical analysis in each case, will,
with others, prove the presence of poi
son in each body. But the chief in
terest—the poisoning being an incon
testable fact—in the medical testimony
will lie felt in its bearing upon the
question of her insanity. Upon this
point, Drs. Hoyt and Johnson, of
Hudson, Dr. IL M. Wiginson, of Mad
ison, and others, will give evidence.
Drs. Wiggiuson and Johnson visited
Mrs. Lamb in jail on the 11th inst.,
and remained nearly the whole day
with her. Dr. Young, of Prescott,
visited her on the 22d inst., and Dr.
Hoyt and others have visited her at
other times. What conclusion or the
ory these gentlemen have adopted, we
are not informed, but, unless the pro
secution shows clearer motives for
poisoning than neighborhood gossip
tells of, insanity must lie the ex
planation of the woman’s strange
crimes.
A Disgraceful Scene.—A most
disgusting exhibition came off yester
day morning, between the hours of one
and two o’clock, in the vicinity of
Morgan’s, just outside of the city limits,
Two beer-jerkers—fair, but frail—cm
ployed at the Varieties—one of the
wickedest of places in the city—got
into a dispute, which they decided to
settleaccording to the rules of the prize
ring. After the performance their
male friends, who delighted in terming
themselves “ buffers,” procured car
riages and repaired with the belligerent
women to a grassy plot in the rear of
Morgan’s, where all arrangements were
made for the fight, an ex-detective act
ing as referree and a couple of young-
bloods as seconds. At the call, the
women came forward in an Eve-like
state, having divested themselves of
every stitch of clothing, much to the
surprise of even their seconds and
backers, who were not prepared for
such an expose, but they Bid not seem
to mind it much, and the fight opened
the heavy weight getting in a good
blow on tho star-board peeper, when
they closed, light weight falling heav
ly, and endeavoring to take a piece of
meat off her antagonist’s check, draw
ing considerable blood. The claim of
foul was not allowed by the referree,
and the fight was allowed to proceed,
when lightweight being unable to coinc
to time, threw up the sponge and the
fight ended, the paity getting to town
just alxiut daylight. Such an exhibit
ion, which would evon put to blush the
“ Wickedest Man of New York,” bos
never occurred in Mobile or its vioinity
before, and we note the occurrence as
one of the events of the dav, and to
frown down a repetition of such in
decent and barefaced depravity.
written verdict of a Mouticello (Iowa)
jury.
“Double or quit,” said a strong-
minded young lady to her shilly-shally
beau. Thev doubled.
“Well, wife, you can’t say I ever
contracted bad habits.” “No, sir,
you generally exapand them.
Next hoy! What is the capital of
Louisaina? Boy: “It hasn’t got none;
the Kellogg fellers have stole it all.”
A woman in Fort Madison, Iowa,
was exiled from church for putting
her fingers in her ear while a man
whom she disliked was praying.
Wife, have you heard about our
neighbor Jones getting shot? Why,
bless mv stars! no. How did he get
shot ? He bought them, ray dear.”
Humboldt, Tenu., is growing. A
man lay down in a vacant lot to sleep
off a drunk, and woke up surprised to
find a two-story house built over him.
A gentleman being asked if his
neighbor’s dog was a hunter, said it was
half setter, “that he hunted until he
found a bone, and then set down to
cat.”
A young married man in Arkansas
shot himself, last week, because lie
was tired of whipping his wife, and
lie wouldn’t behave herself without
the whipping.
I woiuli r. Lucy, how it feels to kiss
one of those homed creatures with a
moustache?” “Indeed, I don’t know,
m going to get the boot brush and
and try it.”
The wife of a Louisville lawyer
made a hustle of some important legal
documents, and court had to'adjourn
until she went home and returned with
them in proper shape.
A man who bought a thousand Ha-
ana cigars recently, on being asked
hat he was carrying, replied that they
were tickets to a course of lectures to
lie given by his wife.
The West is a great country. A
Minnesota farmer lost a gimlet three
vears ago. The other day lie cut down
tree near his farm and found in it a
three-quarter inch auger.
A worthy Kentucky farmer being
asked if a daughter recently married
was still living with him, replied : “No
sir! When one of my gals swarms,
he must hunt her own hive.”
A schoolmaster asked a class of lioys
the meaning of the word “appetite.”
After a short pause one little hoy said,
I know, sir; when I’m eating I’m appy
and when I’m done I’m tight.”
.Six miles south of Jerusalem lies, on
the slope of a rugged ridge, the town
of Bethlehem of Judea.' It consists of!
a few narrow streets, along which
straggle some tVvo hundred houses.
The traveler who leaves the Holy City
by the Jaffa gate, crosses the valley at
tiihon, and taking the road over the
heights .that skirt the Valley of lie-
jphaim. catches herb and there, through
the^ openings in the hills, glimpses of the
Dead Sea. On the crest of a rocky
eminence, at the eastern edge of the
town, rises, massive in strength’, and
hoar with the weight of fourteen cen
turies, the Church of the Nativity,
whose Basilica and Sacred Grotto now,
as in ages long past, are iu the joint
It is useless for physicians to argue
against short sleeve dresses. The con
stitution of die United States says that
the right to bear arms shall not be in-) iature pasted (passed) the bill
terfered witli. ^ t ♦!»« riAwnwuir’a lionJ w
From the Baltimore Uazette.
THE HONKS OF BETHLEHEM.
INQ, May 11, 1873.
__ Dear Congregation:.
Several .v-"j rs :u;o 1 joined >/our Briiradc,
the “.A ril^: uvthe vLuid,” and after
getting my accoutrements for batde,
with my commission countersigned by
“Peter,” I swore to “go and sin no
moreI also swore to walk erect in
the paths of God, and keep my eyes
fifteen paces in front of sin. But after
passing through a siege of years’ dura
tion I found my good resolution per
forated by the bullets of the Devil,
possession of die ^Greeks, Ladled & %
Armenians. Each ot those orders of
monks occupy their own monasteries
adjacent to the church—those of the
Greek persuasion being under the pro
tectorate of liussia; those of the Latin
under that of France.
From the broad Hat roof of the
forces well generated, I attempted by
a strategical movement to get out of
the clutches of the enemy. I marched
and countermarched until, in my opin
ion, I had found another impregnable
position. Immediately thereupon I
i *i • threw up breastworks, with chcvaxtx-
monastcry ofthe Latins there » a defrUc* in frontof them. Afterhold-
" d l'“Z?*' c i . sur , roM . I ‘ d ! ngco 1 u » ,tr y ing my works for several months, I
o vnll v f W , ‘ S ;i e ^ ,atl0U - 1 r ‘T 1 again attacked furiously, and after
the valley below, with its green n.cad-j bei ° 8hclIed for gcvcra , ; v ’ eeks with
ows and its orchards of olive trees | morta j wa8 in routc a_ ho rse
comes up, as of old, in the still air ot an j ,l raff0on
the early morning, of the shepherd
leading his flock to pasture, and the
tinkling of bells. The 1 dark green
foliage of the orange and the fig, tem
pered by the greyer tints of the olive,
spreads, iu places, across the valley
until they mingle with the leaves ofthe
vines planted in terraces on the broken
slopes of the hills. To the east, are
the plains of the Jordan, and the
mountains of Gilead, Moah and
To the north, the bleak and rugged
hills of Judea, running and softeuiui
gradually into verdure as they sweeji
to the west in the remotest distance.
On my retreat I was
captured and “carried up on the top
of a mountain and promised all the
lands in my survey if I would join his
(the Devil’s) army”—which I have
done. Now, under the foregoing cir
cumstances, and knowing that I am
longer “a soldier of the Cross,” shall
have to withdraw from your fine
Brigade. Therefore, please accept
this as my resignation, believing me,
e,r - however, to be your well wisher,
I remain your fallen brother.
K. G. C.
A Canadian editor announced that
he had a keen rapier to prick all fools
and knaves.” His contemporary over
the way said he hoped his friends
would take it from him, tor he might
commit suicide.
The Augusta, Ky., Chronicle gives
the following : “Delinquent subscribers
should not permit their daughters to
wear this paper for a bustle. There
being so much due on it there is danger
of their taking cold.”
“Why are the doctors called phys
icians, mama?” said an inquisitive
little girl to her mother,who was seldom
at a loss for an answer. “It comes from
free-seek’ as the doctor rides about all
day seeking dees.”
What can he more harrowing to
your soul than the thought of wasted
opportunity?” asked a teacher of a
bright hoy. A peg in my hoot har
rows my soul more’n anything else,”
replied the bright boy.
A woman at East Jaffrev, N. H.,
has had an accurate picture of a
juniper tree printed on her leg by
flash of lightning. And the editor
who chronicled the event has had
time explaining to his wife where he
got the item.
American youths are sorely afflicted
with the base ball fever, add in con
sequence about half of them gaze at
the beauties of nature with one eye,
while the rest waddle about on crutches
or are waiting for some new fingers to
grow.
A Wester jury recently brought in a
verdict of “justifiable breach of prom
ise.” Shortly afterward an infuriated
female was traveling aroud townn with
a scowl on her face and a seven-shooter
in her hand. The jurors laid very low
that day.
It was Daniel who said “Many shall
run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be increased.” He clearly referred to
reporters in this remark, and this sug-
eests the idea that Daniel was in that
line himself; it is certain at all events
that he was allowed to pass in tree to
see the lions.
A spread eagle orator of New York
State wanted the wings of the bird to
fly to every town and county, to ever
village and hamlet in the broad land ;
hut he wilted when a naughty l*oy in
tho crowd sang out. “You’d be shot
for a goose before you-had flew a
mile.”
Newspaper mistakes are scarcely
unavoidable. Every issue of many
journals involves the placing of 150,-
000 types. Out of that number some
will be wrongly plaoed, in spite of the
best of care. A Pittsburgh paper made
a rather ridiculous blunder lately, and
yet there was only one letter out of
place. The editor said, “The Lcgis-
the bill over
I the Governor’s bead.
On the south arc the gardens of Urtas,
lying in the lap of hills all hare and
scarred, and not very far off are the
pools of Solomon—three vast reser
voirs, built one above another, on the
sloping sides of a narrow valley, and
tapped, at the lowest point, by the
aqueduct that supplies Jerusalem with
water.
Descending from the roof of the
monastery, and enteriug the Church of
the Nativity, its noble Basilica, with
its double kias of Moorish columns,
is, perhaps, the most striking architec
tural feature. Under the ligh altar is
the Grotto of the Nativily, reached.by
two short flights of steps, one oh ^eacn
side of the altar. The so-called Grotto
is a small subterranean chapel, con-
ftructcd iu the natural cavern of lime
stone rock, once used as a stable, ac
cording to the frequent custom of the
country. The chapel, thirty-five feet
in length and twelve in breadth, is
hung, in part, with cloth, painted in
colors and emblazoned with Latin
emblems, and partly with richly cm-
brordered fcqiesteries. Thirty-two
silver lamps, suspended by chains of
the same metal, light up the interior.
At one end ot the sacred Grotto is a
semi-circular recess of about six feet in
diameter, faced and paved with rare
marbles of various colors. In the cen
tre of the pavement of this recess is a
silver star, which marks, or is sup
posed to mark, the identical spot on
which the Saviour was boro. On the
opiHisite side of the chapel is another
holy place, lighted, like the shriue of
the nativity, with sixteeu lamps, and
the smoke from goiden censers tills the
air with its armatic fragrance. This
description, gathered from many sour
ces, wjll serve to elucidate the causes of
the quarrel between the Latin and
Greek Monks, which has stained the
pavement with human blood, and
wrought dishonor upon the Christian
uaiuc.
As at the Church of the Holy Sepul
chre, at Jeruslem, the joint occiq>ancy
of the Church aud Grotto of the Na
tivity at Bethlehem, has led to frcq.:ent
and hitter controversies, each of the
two distinct orders of monks being jeal
ous of its privileges even iu the most
trivial matters. These guardians of
the sacred edifice have illustrated on
many occasions their Christian zeal by-
the most unchristian practices. At one
time, years ago, the disappearance of
the silver star from the recess iu the
Grotto, gave rise to a hitter fend in
which the Latins, by French interven
tion, ultimately triumphed over the
Greeks. More recently, the attem pt of
the Latins to repair the painted cloth
—worn and bluirad with age—with
which the ceiling ofthe Grotto is cov
ered, excited the anger of the Greeks
and the trouble was only settled by the
arrival of Turkish troops, and after
protracted diplomatic negotations be
tween the representatives of France and
Russia resjiectively at Constantinople.
The evil spirit thus engendered has,
since then, been continually manifest-
_ itself in pretty things. A few
months ago the old casus belli broke out
afresh.
In spite of the protests of the Greeks,
the pictured canvas that had been so
long a subject of dispute, was removed
by the direct orders of the Sultan, and
replaced by another, freshly painted
and an exact reproduction of the orig
inal. Then followed further contest.
The Greeks introduced au additional
lamp into the Grotto, the Latins sup
plemented the innovation by hanging
on the walls an additional piece of
silk drapery. This brought on a war
of words. From words the rival monks
proceeded toblows, and from blows to a
disgraceful tight with firearms within the
precinctsof the sanctuary. In the melee
eleven of these precious members of the
church militant were cither killed or
severly wounded, and the murderous af
fray was only brought to a close by the
interposition of Turkish troops. It is a
scandal to civilization, that in the land
from which we derive our religious
faith, and in the very birthplace ofthe
Saviour, such unseemly brawls and
sanguinary excesses should be permit
ted to desecrate the sanctuaries that
arc the constant resort of pilgrims from
, every Christian laud.
A singular and decidedly French
story is told of a Paris surgeon, who
some years ago made the acquaintance
of a young girl who afterward became
mother. “I cannot marry you,”
said the doctor; then (although he was
uot married,) “but if you can find
any ouc else to make you his wife, and
adopt the child as his own, I will leave
him all my fortune.” But a husband
could not lie found to accept these con
ditions. However, amongst the girl’s
friends were a school companion of
hers, whose brother had just died
abroad, and she proposed to take hcr
brother’s name and attire, and to marry
kar -friend to saverier IVofii dtegfaec. 1
This was done, and they iluly married,
and lived before the world as husband
and wife. The doctor died in course
of time, and according to his word, left
his whole fortune to the child. The
soi-disant husband also died, and the
secret was discovered. Hearing of
this, the relations of the doctor have
brought an action against the child to
recover the fortune. The money, they
say, was left to the child of M. and
Madame A.; hut as therc was no Mon
sieur A. there could be no Madame
A.—ergo, the child could not be theirs.
The suit is still at this point, the plain
tiffs ease being alone heard as yet.
The first daily newspaper ever issued
in the English language appeared in
Loudon, one hndred and seventy-one
years ago, and was called the Courant.
The first number was dated March
11,1702, audit was called the lead
ing weekly journal of the time, “The
pitiful Project of a Poor Printer.” It
" 1,s printed on one side of a half-sheet
of paper about the size of a foolscap
writing paper, the other side being
blank. The first number contained
no editorials or advertisements, and
only seven lines of local or domestic
news. Of these, four lines related to
the funeral of King William III, who
died three days previously; while the
other three lines related to the con
dition of the English army in Flan
ders, for war was then raging between
England and France. The remainder
of the contents consisted entirely of ex
tracts from foreign journals, with the ex
ception of half a column of prospectus.
The enterprise proved so successful
that at the cud of six weeks both sides
of the paper were printed, and mer
chants showed their appreciation of it
by inserting over a column of advertise
ments. The manner of this pioneer
daily obvious did uot think much of
editorials, or else he did not care to
write them, for he says, he will “give
his Extracts fairly and impartially, at
the Beginning of 2ach Article he will
quote the Foreign Paper from whence
’tis taken. Nor will he take upon him
to give any Comments or Conjectures
of his own, hut will relate only Matter
of Fact, supposing other People to have
.Sense enough to make Reflections for
Themselves.”
Texas Cattle Ranches.—-An
Austin (Texas) correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican writes as follows
on this subject:
Neuces county is probably one of the
largest eattlc producing counties in the
State.. Mr. Kennedy, who resides
twenty miles south of Corpus Christi,
had a ranchc of 200,000 acres enclosed.
A substantial plank fence forty miles
in length is built, and the Gulf of
Mexico and Aqua Dulce aud Osi creeks
furnish the balance of the fence. Mr.
Kennedy’s stock in trade, consists of
00,000 cattle and 1,000 head of horse*.
His improvements on the rauclie are of
the best and most substantial character,
and consist of a dwelling, a large
slaughtering establishment and other
KJhg is also an exteusive dealer in stock
and has a 90,000 acre rnnche thirty
miles southwest of Corpus Christi, up* n
which he has 60,000 head of cattle,
6,000 head of lior_cs, and 40,000
sheep.
For over Forty Years Ihlr
PUKELY VEGETABLE,
Liver M«liein« list pto JfU f*IVr Hie
GREAT UA’FAILIAG SPECIFIC
ft* irVitR and the painful ollVrirln;:
thereof, to--*it: DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION,
[Jaundice, liUlioua attack., SK'K HEADACHE,
i-lollr, Deprcicdon of Spirit., SOUK STOMACH,
Heart Burn, CHILLS and FEVER, Ac.
After year, of careful experiment., to meet a
neat and urgent demand, we now produce from
our original Genuine J'nudtrx,
THE PREPARED
A Liquid form of SiiiinmnH' Liver Kcgulaior, con*
tuiiiiii^ all it* womlrnul and valuable tiroiiertit**,
and Oder it in
ONE HOLLAR BOTTLES.
The Powder., price a. before, ...#1.00 pel package.
Sent by mail i.ui ••
CA.XJTI03NT.
Buy no Powder* or Prepared Simmon.' Regula
tor unlent in our engraved wrapper, witli trade
mark, .tamp and tiguature unbroken, Nunc oik-
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
Macon, Ga.. and Philadelphia
f AIT. IiIM'ccIvtc
er is genuine.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
jnnU-Gm
KING’S CURE
Is Certain $ Prompt
TTSED TWICE A WEEK, IT
will prevent tho Disease mining Poultry,*.!
all kiudM. One Bottle. Worth FIFTY C’KNtS,
makes Two Galtouii of Medicine. The u*e of it
will nave Thousands of Dollars annually to North
east Georgia.
PREPARED BY
DR. WM. KING
ENS,
Agents.
Tiie Wedding Finger.—Much has
been said and written about the wed
ding ring, hut the more lovely part en
gaged io the mystic matter, the taper
residence ot this ornament, lias been
neglected. Now this is rather curious,
as there are facts which belong to the
ring finger which render it in a peculiar
manner an appropriate emblem of
matrimonial union. It is the only
finger where two principal nerves be
long to two distinct trunks; the thumb
is supplied with its principal nerves
from the radial nerve, as is also the
fore finger, the middle finger, and the
thumb side of the ring finger, while
the ulnar nerve furnishes thelittle finger
and the other side of the ring finger,
at the point or extremity of which a
real union takes place. It seems as if
it were intended by nature to he the
matrimonial finger. That the side of
the riug finger next the little finger is
supplied by the ulnar nerve, is frequent
ly proved by a common accident, that
of striking the elbow against the edge
of a chair, a door, or any narrow, hard
substance; the ulnar nerve is then fre
quently struck, and a thrilling sensation
is felt in the little finger, and on the
same side of the ring finger, hut not on
the other side of it.—Exchange.
Texas.—But few realize that Texas
larger than Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York ami the five New
England States taken together. If the
whole population of the country were
settled in it, it would still be far less
densely peopled than Massachusetts at
the present moment. # And it is as fer
tile as it is extensive. It is as full of
coal as the Schuylkill basin; as abun
dant in iron, lead and copper as any
part of Pennsylvania, Missouri aud
Michigan; as fit for cotton as sea islands
themselves; as various iu the finest
marbles and granite as any part of the
world; as prolific by nature in every
species of fruit, as a tropical region ;
l Great & Wonderful Discovery
MADE BY
MRS. R. E. RXJSTI,
4t!« TAVERN. WALTON COUNTY. GA.
TEKK IS WHAT snvc vine to llir Wufttfrrful
J- 1 Discovert: My IftUe daughter, Claudia, wa.
severely burnt on hcr cheek with an CRg. After
trying everything the mint learned I'hy.ielan of
this county recommended, and all -veined to do no
good, my tittle daughter eoitiintietl togfnu- worse
and worse. In n few weeks she liegan fo breakout
in running sores, all over, and I naturally became
alarmed about her condition. I dropped all. else,
began to compound a medicine of my own, Which,
alter the first application, I discovered pn.liiccd a
great change, and iu five days my little girl pared
elf without a sear.
. Urs. Bush’s Specific Cure
—FOR—
BURNS and SCALDS
Will lie sold through Agents untirelr.
Mr. and Mr*. L. HKADBEHKY are my sole
Li*f< and
for Jack-?
iuj-30-ly
agents for Clarke couiitv. Mr. KAN DO
Mr. H'AHRIStlN BRIDGES are Agents
son anir Ball counties. tuv
as good for the cultivation of tobacco
as the most fa mini* district ill the island 'MAGIC OIL.
Another Wild Man.—A corres
pondent of the Cleveland Banner
(Tenn.) says: The horrible sight of a
hairy man lias been seen in Fannin
county, Georgia. He is wild and mon
strous—he has been seen in houses
carrying off women and children. He
is eight feet high, and is covered all
over with black curly hair. He started
from a house lately with a woman in
his arms, but by the approach of two
men she was released. The settlement
was alarmed, and pursuit given on
horseback. After a hard ride the mon
ster was overtaken, and a terrible fight
ensued, in which a man by the name
of Haircrow was killed, and a horse
had his tail torn off, and the pursuers
were forced to retreat and leave the
field in the possession of the monster.
The settlers are arming themselves with
guus and watching for him. He makes
his appearance just before or in tiiueot
a rain.
Graveyard Wit.—An Irishman,
who had been employed at the ceme-
tary some time since, went to Wash
ington to draw his pay. After receiv
ing the amountthe paymaster, discover
ing a sabre ctit on his face, remarked:
“You were in tho armv during the
war?”
“Yes,” said he.
“What command wore you in ?”
“In General Fitz Hugh Lee’s com
mand. sir.” ~
“Did you have the audacity to aj>-
ply to a Federal cemetery for work
when you were in the rebel army?”
“Yes,” replied the Irishman;
I helped kiH them, so I thought I had
a right to help bury them.
of Cuba; as favorable to the increase
of all kinds of domestic stock as the
most covetous can ask, and as delight
ful and salubrious in climate for the
good of mind and person as Iuly. It
can not he questioned that Texas is
capacitated enough and fertile enough
for an empire of a hundred millious of
people.”
Killed by a Snake.—The Ham-
Uton County News eavs:
A freedman, eighteen years old,
in the employ of Mr. J. M. Kim
brough, living seven miles southwest of
Hamilton, went fishing last Friday
night on a neighboring branch. He
sat down on a pile of rubbish, which
he put his hand dowu to move, when
he was bitten on tho finger by a moc
casin. Dr. Bruce was sent for eigli
teen hours after and found him iu i
comatose condition, talking incoherent
ly, and could only get him to swallow
even fluids with the greatest difficulty.
He died on Sunday. Dr. Bruce in
forms us that he remarked peculiarities
about this case which he has never
witnessed before in any similar one in
his practice. He.frequently blew like
an adder, protruded his tongue, and
struck at everything within his reach
always striking anything he hit at.
He would seize the bed clothing and
shake it, and in every way imitate the
actions of a snake.
.A.
i-r.
DANIEL’S
In March last, my wife was afflicted with severe
Rheumatism iu her left shoulder ami arm. 1 ap-
pllcd every good remedy that was prescribed, hut
fouua nothing W relieve ihe pain until 1 applied
Daniel’s Magic Oil, which gave immediate relief
after the secoud application. L. W. STEPHENS.
This is to certify that I have uses! DANIEL’S
U /£.2 I . L : 1 “ in recommend it for Frost
Bite, Lnilblain, bprainn am! Brui.H<’H. I am satfo-
Atliens, Ga.
fied that no one would repri*! tryine it.
M* P. DAVIS, Chief Police, At!
LONGS & BILLUPS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRDGGI STS
W OULD call thecspccial attention
of MKRUHANTS and the public to their
large and uHl-t-clcctcd Stock of
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, and
FANCY ARTICLES
HART SHERIFFS SALE.
“T^ILLBE SOLD before tlifc Court
' * House door, in the county of Haft end*
town of Hartwell, Gcu, within thcT legal hours of
sale, on the FIRST TUE*8*DAY IN JULY
next, the following property to-witY All' ctftlui'
interest of P. H. Nixon in a Bond for Tiilea to if
certain tract of Land lying and being iw said conn-’
ty, onTngalo river, adjoining latftl* <rf Jbiiffllhd?*
Weldon, O. II. P. Fantand others/Coiftaiding Two*
Hundred and Thirty Acres, rnore oy li&*, t?»gethur
withthe Growing Crop thereon. There is a Mer*
chant Mill and Saw Mill and Cotton Gin oh «ai*l*
preiniitcft. Levied on and wild a* the proporty of
P* 11/ NixWi, tosati.xfy a IL fas in favor of B’cakly
A Ka^lnn VS/ P. M. Xlxtrti; al», one In firVUruf*.?.-
itf.* tffcdfon vNf. H*. Niynn. Both issued from
ifte* Justice Court of thO lllJtli District G. M.,
February I4tli, 1873:
Alan, at the same time and place, will lie sold,*
One Hundred and Two and One-half Acres of Land*'*
lying and being in said county of Hart, on Savan-"
nah river and Big Light wood Logrivek, adjoining
lands of John Cochran, Micajah Carter, and others.
Levied on and sold as thcpro|»erty of James Rut,’
to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor ot J. L. Turner, adni!t* *
! trator of R. J. IV Derrbtt, deceased, vs. Jam ft'
i, John G. McCurry and Wi 11 imh Jones. Al-
Miiidry other (i. fits, in iny hands vs. said
James Rice.* The aliovc land is sold subject to 3h«*
old iftuucslead of 1863,
Also, at the same tiiiife r.hd Twenty-fiv*-'
Acifes of Land, more or less, to be stirvoyed oirof
the Cochran trfict. adjbluing lands of Klt/a Cochran,’
11. Tyler and othtft. LiJ^lJd Ah nhd i$d4 as the
property df ISlira CdClittw, td satisfy a'li/fa. in fa-'
vorof if. WMHfbrd vs. said Klim CWhtnn, issued
from tile Superior Court of said county, returnable'
to tlic ge^tcfttbdf tenn of said Court,
Also, at the suihtf ti:*b place, w?!l 1k» sold,
another tract of Land in said douniV.’CRf flit? Wa
ters of Light wood Leg creek, adjoining la'ndrf of
Henry Allen, Hugh McLnne, Sr., and ethers,.'
containing One Hundred and Thirty Acres, more'
or less. Levied on and sold as the pm|Kity of
Santo cl Aske^f, t .«fy a ft. fa. in favor of .1. II.
Skelton vs. Saui'i Asketf, rururitnhVc the Jwty
term of the County Court oi 1866.
other fi. fas. in my hands.
Also, at the s-iuid time and place, will bo sold.
Three Hundred and Sixty Acres of Land, more or
less, lying and bein'* in said count;, ou the waters
of Cedar creek, adjoining lands of Gv*nge Mr Car-
lev, J. U. McMfillcu and Williatii MyekN,
known as the Home' Place ©I T. L. Stowers, tn*
satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of Solom/m Marcus vs. T. L.
Stomcrs, and sundry other fi. fas. in favor of vari
ous parties vs. the mid T. L. Stowers.
Also, at the same lime am! place, TWb Horn!rod
aud Sixteen Acres of Land, lying on the ffa1o?s
of Cedar creek, adj<’iuing lands of the above dv*“
scribed place, Caswel Farmer, and lands Itclong-
ing to the estate of Mary 11 iglismitli; deceased/
better known as the John Watson Place.
Also, at the same time and place,.will be sold v *
One Hundred and Two Acres of Land, more or
less, on the waters of Beaver Dam creek, levied on'
and sold as the property of M. A. Johnson, to sat
isfy a fi. fa. in favor of George Pullain vs. M. A.
Johnson, George G. McCurry, Danief MvJohooow
and Lanchlin M. Johnson. AU levied on ns the*
property of M. A. Johnson. Adjoining lands of
Term, 1861. Principal, Two Hundred Dollars.
Sold subject to tho old Homestead 1 of 1 to.
Also, at the sauce limo and place, will be aold,
all the Interest of €. W. Temples in a Tract of
Land, lying in the said county, near the town of
Hat. veil, adjoining lands of John Peek, J. P. San-'
ders and other#, containing KigHtAcres, more
or less, said interest being a Bond for Titles.
Also, at the saind finie alnl place, will be Mild
airOx Wagon, levied on as the prbi»erty Of Said t\,*
W. Temples'. A11 to satisfy a ti. fa. in favor of La»*
Fayette C. Cooper and Jesse F. Langston, admin
istrators of T. F. Cooper, deceased, vs. Clark W.
Temples as the next friend of Madison K. ti. Tem
ples, issued in the Superb** Court of said county,
retnvnaHe to March Term, 1S7& AK», :on*th«V
fi. fa. in favo/of LaFayctte C. Coojidr and J*ss i*V
I^mgstnn, administrator of J. F. Cooper, deceased,
vs. John Temples', Clark W. Tom pics, and Madison
D. C. Temples, issued from the Sii|K?rior Court of
said county, returnable to Man'll Tenlt, 1870.'
Also, at the same time ami place, Fifty Acres of
Vaml, more or less, lying in said county, on the
waters of Reed Creek, ad)oiuing lands of F. K.
Harribon/George Grant and others, levied on as'
the property of Geoiige Grant, to satisfy a fi. fa. in :
favor of J. M. Bradley vs. Win. Kstes, T. J. Cjum-iI'
and George Grant, issued from the Justice Coilf?
ofthe 1112th District, G. M., returnable lo the May
Term of said Court, 1S63, for Thirty-S *ven Dollars
principal, besides interest and cost, said Fifty
Acrts to be out oirof the Home Tract of Georfee
Grant, it being the tract whereon’ Mrs.- Gcoi % p
Grant now liVes:
Also, at the tfkmd'time and place, will he sold’,-
auothtf TAct of Land,-levied on as the property
of F. G. Stowers, containing ThiVe Hundred aiuP
Six-tenths Acres,moIdss, adjoining lands of
J. B. Alford, II. Tyler and' Eliza Cochmu,-Vi sat!-*-'
fy a fi. fa. in'ihVrtcof Cifcero II. Chehdler W. wM
F. G'. SfcWt'A', imlW from the EuperfttrCourt of
said county,-rCfnrnablff to the September* Term of
said Court, 1867.
At the same time and- place, another Tract of
L&hd, containing Twcuty-Six Acres, more or less/
adjOining-latidsT of J. B. Alford, X. lfanks and 8.
V. Milford. Levied on as the property ot F. G/
Stbwcrt, to satisly the above-stated fi. fa.*
W. A. HOLLAND,-SheriX
H art superior court,
Mafrh Term 1878,—Ann K. Cleveland, vs/
Henry Cleveland—Libel for Divorce. It ai*|*car-
iug to the court, by the return of the Slirrin', that
the defendant, Henry Cleveland is without th«f
jurisdiction of this Court', so that service canw.t?
lie perfected upon him* in person. On mbtion.it
is ordered Own sfervice lie perfected bv pdhlivatinn*
.once a month,.(hr tofr%* months,'In the North-East
Georgian a public Gazette published ill Athiu*,
.State of Georgia, March 1878. •
A true extract from tlie minutes of said court.
C. A. WEBB, Clerk✓
TnE Climate of South Africa is
reported to be wonderfully salubrious,
A correspondent says: “ As to health
not a doctor cau subsist in this locality
and nobody has been known to die
here.” This may sound rather over
drawn, hut at a village called Pine-
town, about twelve miles from the port
of Durbeu, not one single death oc
curred for a period of ten years. This
is confirmed not only by the Register-
General’s report, but also by the testi
mony of residents in the place. There
is au old German there who is known
to be one hundred and nine years old,
and, except being a little “ hard o’
hearing,” has all bis faculties unimpair
ed. “ I suppose that no countries in
the known world are so marvelously
adapted by a benevolent Creator for
the cure of asthma, bronchitis and con
sumption as Natal, the Orange Free
States and the Transvael Republic.
Chronic Di arrhcea.—Take two
quarts of new milk, one pound loaf
sugar; boil down to one quart; after
cooling, add the yolks of tiro eggs; beat
tip fine; then odd one- bottle of claret
(near one quart); take of this from
ouc to two tumblerfuls each day.
PAINTS,
OILS,
GLASS, Sfe-
Are Specialities.
Which they litre now in Store and mro receiving
daily, all ot which t;< offer to Merchants
•ft JYew York Prices,
FREIGHT ADDED.
Call and Examine our Stock & Prices.
kustofs
Toilet Powders
Delightfully Perfumed
Aud? no* at aQ injurious to the most delicate cot
plt’xion.
WM. KING, Jr.
/CAUTION.—The public are hereby'
V 1 warned uot to trade tor a note, payable tV
( cuter & Reaves, (for the sum of) $1G0, given by
II. O. JOHNSON, dated on or al»uut the Ktli day of
February, 1873, aud payable oil the 1st day of
November, 1873. Said note having been lost.
H. O. JOHNSON, m’h 28 3m*
Miscellaneous*
T. MARKWALTER
Jftarhle
BUOAD OT., ACGITSTA, CS4.
A/TARBLE MONUMENTS. Tomb
iYL .Stones, etc., Marlile Mantles, Furniture’
Work of all kinds, from tha plainest to the moM
elaborate designs, and furnished to order at short-
notice. An work for tbc oountry carefully boxed.
PAPER!
At Wholesale.
rpHE UNDERSIGNED have jnst
_L reeelTtd a Urge Invoice of
Commercial, Note, Letter
and Cap Paper,
to which they Invite the attention of Mcrchent i
and Dealers. Wo believe that we can sell as low
as the same qualities and quantities can Be pur
chased any where in the South. Saaipfoaiau pii
ees sent on application to
BURKE & HODGSON,
