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J AM STILT. AGENT FORTH K.
DANIEL PRATT GIN CO.
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Condensers and expert to lmv for use tne
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Forsyth, Ga., May 25th. 1885.
Bramblett & Bro.,
UNDERTAKERS
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HAYING purchased the stock of under
taker's goods recently controlled by
the late F N. Wilder as agent, we are pre
pared to carry on the theundertak rs busi
ness in all its details. We hav. added a
re - line of goods to thos" already m stork,
wit' new and enmj'h'tc stock of goods, ele
gu new Heal ■ in i good reliable team,
piun.pt ! c.rei'ul rltcn‘,R;;. we hope to
1 srit the patronage of the public. Burial
lbd.>rs for gents and ladies, much nicer and
at half the coat of suit of clothes. The
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eost'ng ami upwards, where the dis
tance is not too great.
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Pistols, ewiug Machines, Etc.
All kinds of light Repairing executed
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ar... Millodvrovillo...ar 10 2V*aiti
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no 28 Front Fort valley no 21
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•i ;50 pm ar-Macon arll ;45 am. .7 ;35am
arnufaulaar 3;l6pm
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4 ;25 am ar columbus ar 12 ;33pm
Milledgevillear 10 ;29am
ar K.itonlon ar 12 ;30pm
ar Augusta ar 3 ;45pm
ar savannah ar 0 ;30 am-o ;30pm
5° 0 From columbus no 40
1 : Oil pm lv ...columbus lv 9 ;53 pm
5 ;42 pm ar -Macon ar 0:00 a m
11 ;15 pm ar vtlanta ar 12 :20 pm
11 ;1S pm ar Albany ar 4 :05 pin
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Wtweeu savannah and Augusta, savau
nah ami Atlanta, and Macon and Mont
gomery. cnllman hotel sleeping cars l>e
tweeu Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., via
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The Milledgeville an<l ka ton ton train
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Train no 20 daily except Sunday.
Kufaula train connects at euthbert for
Fort Gaines daily except Sunday, perry
accommodation train between perry and
Fort valley, runs daily, except Sundays,
Albany and Blakely accommodation train
runs daily except sundav, between Alba
ny and Blakely.
At savannah with savannah. Florida &
western railway ; at Augusta with all lines
to north and east; at Atlanta with Air
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hit. good garden spot, go.vl water,excel
lent out-houses. House and premises in
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FORSYTH. MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER l. 1885.
A CYCLONE’S PATH.
CHARLESTON DAMAGED A MIL
LION DOLLARS.
Houses Demolished in Every Part of the
City A Terrible Scene at Sullivan’s
Ireland —Shipping Wreciced.
Charleston, S. C., August 25
Charleston was struck: by a cyclone
this morning, and one-fourth of tiie
houses in the city are unroofed.
Parts of the spires ol St. Michaels
and St. Mathews churches were
blown down, and the spire of Cita
del Square Baptist church is demol
ished. The wharves and warehouses
are badly damaged.
At Sullivan’s Island two steamers
are aground and the New Ashley
river bridge now constructing is
swept away. Four vessels which ar
rived yesterday, are wrecked. The
telegraph wires are down, and there
are no cars running. The loss is
ESTIMATED AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
The work of restoration and re
paration has already begun.
Sullivan’s Island, S. C., August
25. —The hurricane last night and
this morning was terrific and de
structive. A number of houses on
Sullivan’s Island were blown away.
The New Brighton hotel had over
100 guests, and great fears were en
tertained for their safety.
About nine o’clock this morning
the storm reached its greatest veloc
ity. At that hour, while the hotel
people were at breakfast., the Casino
tell with a great crash. Fortunately
all the rooms in that building had
been vacated, but there were grave
apprehensions that the dining room
and main building would soon suc
cumb to the violence ot the storm.
Brave men were blanched with fear,
and their hearts almost ceased to
pulsate, so fearful was the apprehen
sion that ladies and children were
doomed to instant death. The ladies
behaved with heroism that was real
13' grand and sublime. Not a mur
mur escaped their lips. They faced
the danger with such fortitude as to
challenge the admiration of the men.
At 9 o’clock the wind changed from
the southeast, and the storm increas
ed from that direction.
When the Casino fell it was
t hoiigluTttml Hie iiiu.^ll l
of the storm was from 05 to 70
an hour. The main building of the
hotel is intact, having stood the
storm Avith very serious damage. It
is said that the present storm has
bee’ll the most violent in thirty years.
The loss to the New Brighton will
be $30,000.
There has been a very general
destruction of property on the is
land, but the people are profoundly
grateful that their lives have been
saved. The island was in the main
submerged, but when the wind
changed the waters receded and all
hearts rejoiced and were made glad.
Augusta, Ga., August 25. —There
is nothing definite from Charleston
to-night by train beyond what has
already been wired. The storm was
northeasterly, and at 10 o’clock a.
m. turned with the tide and changed
to the southeast. A schooner was
blown
ACROSS TnE NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
track at the wharves in Charleston,
and now obstructs that road. The
South Carolina railroad depots and
warehouses were unroofed, and a
train left here to-night with tin tor
repairs. It is reported that the bat
tery in Charleston is demolished.
The storm commenced at 1 o’clock
this morning. One fatality is re
ported on Sullivan’s island where a
large number of Augusta people are
summering. It is impossible to hear
from shipping or to get further de
tails from Charleston.
The city is becoming tranqntl.
The loss is still estimated at one
million dol 1 ars,irseludin g the wharves
and churches. The merchants are
! already rebuilding. The phosphate
works, near the city, are but little
injured, except the Atlantic, which
lost its acid chamber. The German
bark. H. Peters was driven ashore.
The German brig, Frciheil, was sunk
in a collision. The dry dock schooner,
William E. Lee, was blown ashore
and the Norwegian bark Veritas,
and the Italian brig San Pricco, arc
ashore at Castle Pinckney, with a
three masted schooner whose name
is unknown. No lives were lost.
DESTRUCTION IN SAVANNAH.
Savannah, Ga., August 25.
The storm which visited the
cjtv last evening played sad havoc
with the park, demolishing several
of the finest pines, and enclosure
fences, roofs and trees blockaded the
streets this morning. The city had
the aspect of the storm of 1881. A
great many residences are badly de
molished. The wind reached its
highest velocity at 5 a. m. blowing
‘56 miles an hour The shipping
i was badly damaged, ar.d boats of all
: description can be seen floating in
the river bottom upwards. So far
j no lives have been reported lost.
! At Tybee the British bark L T . Mosh
jor was blown ashore high up. She
jis from Belfast. The British bark
| Catharine U. Chalmers was blown
;on Tybee knoll. There is no appre
! hension of the wreck of either of the
I vessels. The British steamship Ma
rion was blown high up on the quar
antine station. All the telegraph
wires are down. A dispatch from
Darien reports no damage either to
; shipping or rice crops.
Savannah. Ga.. August 25.—The
steamer City or Savannah, which ar
j rived to-night, reports that she pas
| sed at 4 p. m. the steamer William
i Lawrence, from Baltimore for 8a
; vannah, fifteen miles from the light
ship with five feet ot water in her
hold. She was pumping with a
j donkey engine, and wanted no as
sistance. She reported that she
would light tlie tires of her main
boilers aud proceed.
j THE STORM IN JACKSONVILLE.
1 Jacksonville. Fla.. August 25.
Heavy storms passed over this q'ty
yesterda3'. The wind, which was
accompanied by a drenching rain,
reached an average velocity of forty
miles per hour and continued Jer
several hours, at times the gtrjf s i
lasting from two to three mi mi top
and obtained a velocity of fifty miiw
and upwards. The news has ju.T J
reached here from the mouth of t’v, i
St. Johns river that the gale ws?
terrific. There the Atlantic
was blown from its foundations. The
porch was blown off and fell on Mrs,
Gilbert Hunter, a guest, breaking
her leg. All of tho guests of bouse,
about 30 women and children, wera
exposed for hours to the furious,
driving wind and rain. News from
Fernandina shows great damage
was done to buildings, boats ami
shipping, the guests at the Strath
more house, on tho beach, were
driven into town for refuge. Nc
lives were lost there.
Three or four largo serows, loaded
with stone for the jetties were sunk.
The wharves were considerably
damaged and one small house was
blown down. No one is reported to
have been killed. The storm seem
ed to have confined to a small radius
and was hardly felt thirty - miles to
the west, south or north of this city.
A great many oranges were blown
from the trees.
Sidney, Omo, August 25. —The
storm of last night and this morning
is the heaviest ever known here.
About day - light seventy-five linear
feet of a twenty-five foot embank
ment of the waterworks reservoir
went out leaving the town without
water for motive power or extin
guishing of fires.
Boston, ‘Mass., August 25. —A
vci*3' heavy thunder storm accompa
nied by a gale, prevailed throughout
New England last night. It was
exceedingly severe in Boston and
the vicinity and suburbs. Many
houses and other buildings were
damaged by lightning.
Wilmington, N. C., August 25
—A severe storm of wind and rain
prevailed here and along the coast
this afternoon, blowing down trees
and fences, it was particularly se
vere 1 n the city. The brig San Joan,
unloading ballast at the wharf, was
thrown on her beam’s ends. A
small schooner dragged her anchors
was driven a ' ire. The steamer
Passpf*lihad . rtion ol her upper
works At Smithville
the velocity of tta'sA' l ’ * waß sixty
miles an hour.
are down all along the coasfcsyi^^ o
further information can be had.
THE TOBACCO CROP BADLY DAMAGE]’-
Hartford, Conn., August 25. A
scries of entensive thunder storni?
passed north of this place, and to tl/o
east this afternoon, and did grc*f
damage to the tobacco crop, chief!!
in Bloomfield, Windsor and North
port, of East liartfbrt. The leave!
were badly cut by hail, and were ais<
beaten down in the soil. The plant
in some places were -washed out oi
the ground. Man}" trees were blown
down and in some instances whole
orchards were ruined. The damage
to the tobacco crop in the path oi
tne storm is estimated at $150,000.
THE RAILROAD DOMMISSIOM
BILL, " 1
The Railroad committee of the
senate has, it is, stated, agreed to no
amend the House railroad conimit*-
sion bill as to give the railroads the
right to fix their own rates. The
rates however, are to be subject to
review by the commisiou, and if re
duced the railroads may appeal to
the courts.
The justice of this amendment to
the present law can hardly be deni
ed. Tho railroads are much better
qualified to fix their rates than any
commission can possibly be, because
tlie} T know ali about their business
affairs. The best that a commission
cau do is to classify freights, and say
that each class shall pay so much per
mile.
The result of fixing rates in that
way is to practically cut off from
market articles at distant points which
cannot bear a heavy transportation
charge. For instance, when the rail
roads made their own rates the low
er grades of rosins were brought to
market from the furthest points from
the seaboard at which the}* were man
ufactured. These rosins are not
brought from such points now be
cause the cost of transportation un
der the commission rates would be
more than could be obtained for
them.
It may be asked why tho railroads
cannot carry them now so
they could be sold at a profit, as well
as they could when they had the
making of the rates ? The answer is
that the}' cannot afford to, because
they are not permitted to so adjust
rates along their entire lines that
their entire business would yield a
profit, although the rates on certain
article might be actually below the
cost of transportation.
There is no occasion for giving
other instances which show that it is
a mistake to clothe a commission
that has no knowledge of what tbo
cost of moving freight is, with au
thority to fix the freight rates. The
people eertai nlycu n trust t heconrt sou
any question that may arise between
the commission and the rail roads re
specting the rates. The railroads, if
the proposed amendment to the pres
ent railroad Commission law should
be adopted, would base their rates
upon an intelligent understanding of
the requirement of their business,
and ofthe charges that different kinds
ofireight could bear. Any unjust
discrimination or burdensome rate
would be pointed out to the commis
sion by those interested, and the
commission would see that justice
was done the complainants.
If it is sought to accord fair treat
ment to both the railroads and the
shippers, the proposed senate amend
ment ought to meet with general fa
vor.—Savannah News.
AN INFERNAL MACHINE.
A Box Containing a Loaded Pistol Sent
by Registered Mail.
Chattanooga Times.
Avery sensational and mysterious
affair came to light last night, which
is as yet inexplicable. A box con
taining a loaded pistol was sent
through the registered mail to*a lady
of this city* and tho weapon was so
arranged that it would be discharged
when the box was opened. By a
wise and tortunate precaution of the
post office attaches the nefarious
plot was laid bare and a serious
crime thereby no doubt prevented.
A few days since, when the regis
tered mail was opened, a mysterious
box was banded to the registry clerk,
Miss HickmAn. It has been convey
ed in the regular register pouch
along with other mail and was given
her to be sorted out with other
packages. The box was addressed
to a lady of this city. When Miss
Hickman picked up the box it seem
ed to have unnatural weight,and on
a close inspection she discovered a
hole in the lid, which seemed to
have been produced b}’ a bullet.
The edges were scorched and black
ened with smoke and its appearance
clearl}- indicated that a weapon had
been discharged very close to it.
Iler suspicions were aroused and on
close inspection it was decided not
to send the box out. TYe lady to
whom it was addressed was notified
that a box was at the post-office to
her address. When she arrived and
the facts were stated, she became
very indignant and refused toreceive
it. The post-office clerks volunteer
ed to open the mysterious package,
but went at it very cautiously. The
lid was finally removed and the con
tents found to consist of a loaded
pistol. A string was suspended
from the lid and attached to the
hammer of tho weapon, so that, in
sliding off the top the weapon would
be discharged. It was wrapped in
an ordinary piece of wrapping paper,
but no writing of any sort was dis
covered. It is thought the weapon
when first placed in the box was
cocked and was discharged in tran
sit. The pistol was very old and
the barrel had been cut off several
inches. The post-office authorities
will use every endeavor to discover
the perpetrator, and if he is unearth
ed he will pay dearly for his villiam
ous attempt.
STICK TO YOUR HOMES.
A Macon merchant who has re
cently returned from a lour through
the west says: “It is a splendid
to ritik-tto'tffigfomnd you find
much to interest you, but it will not
suit a southern man like Georgia.
The further west you travel the
coarser tho people you meet wit'
and the more selfish. Everything is
sacrificed to self and tho ameuites of
life as recognized in this section are
dispensed with. J entered one In
diana hotel and saw white girls serv
ing as waiters and negroes seated
as guests.”
This is the testimony of a business
man and is significant. No one dis
putes nor questions the right of In
diana people to dine with or seive
negroes, nor their right to live as
they please, but any man who has
been well raised in Georgia will find
himself at sea among such a popula
tion.
Tho best placo for Georgians is in
Georgia. If under the skies, among
these hills and pleasant valleys, and
among his kin and friends ono can
not mako a living and accumulate
something, be would bo lost in the
west. If among theipeople whom he
knows and in the midst of the con
ditions to which he can not be hap
py, he will not be apt to find con
tentment among strangers of radi
cally different habits and customs
that conflict with his education and
instincts. We do not know of a bet
ter country in the world than Geor
gia, and Middle Georgia is the best
part of it. But from Florida to Ten
nessee and from Carolina to Alabama
there is society good enough for any
body, and too good to be disturbed
and broken up by emigration
schemes.
Our advice to Georgians is—stick to
your homes. The storms that have
passed over you have fortified you
against all lesser evils, and the dawn
of anew day long promised is here
at last. Money is cheap, corps are
bountiful, and political oppression
has vanished. Live on here through
the new bright day, and when even
ing monies, lie down to rest upon the
warm bosom of the “old mother.”
You cannot find a more honored
spot. —Macon Telegraph.
.Returns from Spain, August 24,
'(State that there were 5,919 new cases,
pnd 1,950 deaths from cholera that
,day. The total number of deaths
since its outbreak have been 72,347
out of 187,565. cases. At Marsailles,
prance, the situation is most har
rowig, scarcely anybody to take care
(ti the sick and dying are left.
Among the animals eaten by dif
ferent nations which are not used as
food in civilized countries, Mr. P. L.
Simmonds mentions monkeys, lem
urs, bats, skunks, foxes, lions, porcu
pines, crocodiles, salamanders,
snakes, caterpillars and ants.
Bones have been proven to quickly
dissolve in sea-water. They are
consequent ly seldom obtained during
ocean dredgings, although teeth,
which resist the action of the water
indefinitely, are often brought up.
T,he governments of England and
Germany are making strong efforts
to tern the tide of immigration hack
from this country to their own colo
nies.
Thl.re is a cry in some portions of
( GeorJ ia tor a whipping post for wife
1 heattM.
A Story and its Sequel.
All the newspaper readers will re
member a little episode recorded in
the Washington despatches about
three months ago. It was a pretty
littlo story and must have touchod a
sympathetic chord in tho hearts of
all who read it.
Pension Commissioner Black re
ceived a letter, childishly spelled out
from a little daughter of a Western
employe of his department, begging
him “not to turn her papa out of of
fice lieeause he was a dear, good papa,
and needed the pay very much,” and
added that her lather did not know
of. her writing in his behalf, and that
he would be “real angry if he did.”
This little letter so affected the
commissioner that he answered it
himself; and promised the little mai
den that he would look into her
papa’s case, and, if possible, not dis
turb him in his office.
But the pretty story has a sequel.
It seems that the “dear, good papa”
notonly knowof his child’s letter, but
that he even caused her to write it;
aud furthermore it appears that he
was not the only dear, good pupa
willing to employ this unique meth
od of securing the continuation of
his official salary. “As soon as the
information went abroad that the
commissioners heart had been
touched by this child’s request, lit
tle letters from twelve year old girls
began pouring in from all parts of
the country, appealing for the reten
tion in office of some dear, good
papa, and so closely did these letters
follow the model of the first one,
which had been published, that the
commissioner saw through the trick
at once.”
Thus leaf by leaf the roses of sen
timent fall from the thorny bush of
root-hog-or-die realistic politics.
The Books of the Bible.
The books composing the canoni
cal Scriptures were written by dif
ferent persaps and at different times
covering a period of nearly 3,000
years. The first collection of the sa
cred books of the Hebrews was made
by Ezra, who, immediately after tho
return of the Jews from the Babylo
nish captivity, brought together
their sacred writtings and arranged
thorn in their proper order. This
collection was divided into three
parts, the Law the Prophets and the
ilagiographa. The law was contain
ed in the Pentateuch. The writings
of the Prophets are embraced in the
books of Joshua, Judges, with Ruth,
Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah and
his Lamentations, Eszekiel, Daniel,
Job, Ezra Nehemiah, Esther, and
the twelve minor prophets. The
Hagiographa or “sacred writing,”
consist of the Psalms, Proverbs, Ec
clesiasties and the Song of Solomon.
This division was made in order to
reduce tkc- auahtar uL
of the letters in the Hebrew alpha
bet. This Division of the old testa
ment was recognized at the time the
New Testament was written, and
the Christian church accepted the
holj 7 books of the Hebrews without
change as a part of their Bible. The
word Bible was first given to the
Old and New Testaments by Chry
sosom in ths fourth century, and is
derived from a Greek word, moaning
the book.
If we will read the Book we will
understand the divisions better and
wo might be better. Supposo we try
it?
• A MURDERER’S DEATH.
He Sees His Victim Writhing in the
Flames of a Burning Shanty
Our readers will remombor the
details of a shocking murder which
was committed at the camp of Per
kins Brothers early in the spring on
the line of the Americas, Preston
and Lumpkin railroad, when a ne
gro man was killed and his remains
burned in his shanty. At the April
term of our Superior Court a negro
boy named Simon Prince was put
uj>on trial for the murder, but for
want of sufficient evidence to prove
his guilt he was acquitted. It was
believed by a great many, however
that Simon Prince was the murder
er. Last week in Webster county,
Simon lay upon his death bed, aud
as he felt the shadows of death draw
ing closer around him his mind re
verted to the midnight scene above
Saw3 r er’s mill. The ghastly victim
lay streched upon the ground, and
he could see the burning timbers of
the shanty fall upon his upturned
face. The sick man shrank from the
awful spectacle, and in agonized tones
cried out: “1 have killed him once;
keep him off.” His death is said to
have been an awful one, and as his
end drew near the remembrance of
his fearful crime became so fixed up
on him tiiat his eyes seemed to start
from their sockets as they gazed
upon the last vivid 6cene of the mur
der, lighted up the fitful flashes of
the burning timbers as they fell upon
bis unfortunate victim.—Lumpkin
Independent.
Easy to See Through.
How can a watch —no matter how
costly—be expected to go when the
mainspring won’t operate? How
can anyone be well when his stom
ach, liver or kidneys are out of or
der ? Of course you say, “He can
not.” Yet thousands of people drag
along miserably, in that condition;
not sick abed, but not able to work
with comfort and energy. How
foolish, when a bottle or two of Par
ker’s Tonic would set them all right.
Try it, and get back your health and
spirits.
.<
A Colossal poplar in the Botan
ical Gardens at Dijon measures 130
feet in height, 46 feet in circumfer
ence near the earth, and 21 feet in
circumference at 16 teet above the
■ earth. Dr. Lavelle finds reason for
I beleiving that it is at least 500 \-ears
I old.
NUMBER 32.
Macon’s Mistery.
A special to the Constitution from
Macon says:
Macon has developed a mind read
er of remarkable powers.
This phenomenon is not a crusty
man, but a young and pretty woman
who, by kinship, is closely allied to
the press.
Miss Mattie Pound is the lady to
whom the secrets of men’s minds
are not secrets. She is the sister of
Messrs. Jerome and Eugeue Pound,
proprietors of the Evening News.
She is entirely too modest to give
public exhibitions of her wonderful
powers, and but few of her frieuds
are aware of them.
Exhaustive tests have been made,
which prove beyond doubt that
Miss Pound possesses the powers
which areclaimod for her. She does
not require to touch the person
whoso thoughts she wishes to divine,
but simply fixes her eyes on the per
sons’s faae and quickly tells of what
the person is thinking. She does
even more than this. She tells the
thought exactly in the words the per
son would use if he would tell it
himself. Members of Miss Pound’s
family are frequently surprised to
hear her repeat in words their most
secret thoughts, and they are equal
ly surprised at the readiness with
which she does it. She seems to be
unconscious ol any strange feeling
when thus engaged, and suffers no
inconvenience from it. She is in
tine health, bodily and mentally.
Another fact connected with Miss
Pound quite as curious as the one
already mentioned is that she fre
quently foretells events in dreams.
She has done this so often, that
when at the breakfast table she says,
“i dreamed, last night, that such a
thing will happen at such time,” her
mother and brothers are sure that
the event will come to pass.
Lula Hurst and her imitators are
utterly eclipsed by this new Georgia
wonder, as much because there is no
trickery in what she does as because
her feats are so remarkable.
“His Heart Was Good.”
New York Tribune.
Blear-eyed, parched and penitent
John James Murphy leaned over
the bar of the Yorknlle Police court
to-day and listened in a listless sort
of way to the complaint his write was
pressing against him.
‘He is drunk every night of his
life,” said she. “He don’t earn $1
that he don’t spend 50 cents of it for
drink.”
“He’s a bad man,” said the court,
looking sternly at the prisoner. But
John didn’t seem to care who looked
at him until his wife resumed her
story.
“1 couid forgive him all if he had
mo ani.t sho
the tears started from her eyes, “lie
struck me last night for the first time. ’
John woke up. His eyes looked
as if they would leap from his head,
and his frame trembled as at tbe ap
proach of a gale.
“What,” be cried, staring wildly
at bis wife, “did I strike you, Jen
uie?”
“You did, John,” she replied in
touching tones.
“May my arm bo paralyzed if I
over again raise a glass of liquor to
my lips,” he prayed in a hoarse
tone. And he meant it.
“Take your husband home,” said
Justice Duffy. “I think this expe
rience has made a man of him.”
The}' passed out arm m arm.
“That one blow hascured that man
of rum drinking,” said his Honor.
“His heart is good.”
The Barnesville Collision.
Barnesville, Ga., August 24.
The through freight No. 32, run by
Engineer E. W. Ilodges and Conduc
tor M. F. Howe, ran into the down
way freight at this place at 3:30
this evening. No. 6, run by Con
ductor Goodman was fifteen minutes
behind and was holding the main
line when accident occurred. He
failed to send a flagman around the
curve to wave down No. 32, which
was coming at the rate of twelve
miles an hour. When Engineer
Hodges saw the train on the main
line he reversed his engine, threw
open the sand lever and remained
on the engine until within fifteen or
twenty yards from the rear of the
cab on the other train. Seeing
nothing else could be done he jumped
from the engine, badly spraining his
ankle and receiving other bruises.
Several drummers were in the cab
when the engine smashed into it, but
none were hurt. A negro woman
received xery severe injuries, proba
bly fatal. A fine horse consigned to
Mr. Waterman at Macon, from Mil
ler Brady, of Atlanta, was mashed
iuto a horrible mass. About six
cars were wrecked and the track
knocked up considerably. The en
giue was also badly smashed up.
Had a flagman been sent around the
curve no accident would have occur
red. No blame is attached to En
gineer Hodges or Conductor Howe.
A ccortiing to Prof. J. G. Galle,
five cornels were known to make
their perihelion passage in 1880,
eight in 1881. three in 1882, two in
1883, and three in 1884.
A Price has been offered by the
Anti-Tobacco Society of France for
the best essay on the liability or non
liability of smokers to contract chol
era.
Mr. R. C. Harris has recently
opened his hotel and is fully prepar
ed to accommodate all who may,
call on him for hotel accommodations.
Charges reasonable.
All persons who contemplate
planting Orchards, Nurseries and
Shrubbery will do well to consul
W. F. Gibson, Forsyth, Ga.
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NEWS ITEMS.
The corn crop of Georgia is report
ed to be the largest in many years.
The bill of the doctors in atten
dance upon Gen. Grant foot up 812,-
000.
Malignant small-pox still contin
ues as an epidemic at Montreal, Can
ada.
The eruption of Cotopaxi volcano,
is said to have destroyed 100 houses.
Key West, Fla., is being overrun
with paupers from the Bahama Is
lands.
Florida will vote on the adoption
of their new Constitution in Novem
ber.
Tax returns of Troup county, Ga.,
show an increase of 8227,847 over
last year.
The retail business of Wilkes coun
ty, Ga., aggregates over 81,000,000
per year.
The tax returns of Snmtor county,
Ga., show an increase of 831,000 ov
er last year. •
Gov. Lowrcy, of Mississippi, has
been renominated by tbe Democrat
ic convention.
The bullion in tbe bauk of En
gland lias increased £312,321 during
the past week.
Wealthy citizens of Vienna inrtrid"
presenting a silver tea service to Mr.
Gladstone.
Anti-German demonstrations wero
made thromrhoii^^4HKMttMaM
\ .
during the past week.
Dr. Joseph Thompson, one of tho
oldest citizens of Atlanta, Georgia,
died last week, aged 88.
Chicago is very mnch troubled on
account of the presence of a China
man who is accused of having lep
rosy.
The production of cotton seed oil
has grown in the last ten vears from
3,450,000 gallons to 20.000,000.
It is said that there arc at least,
1,000 person in Atlanta, who are
slaves to eating morphine and opium.
Imprisoning students and newspa
per men in Mexico, seems to be lay
ing the foundation of a revolution.
Zanzibar, because she cannot help
it has consented to accept German
supremacy at the point of the sword.
Gov. Hoad ley, the present incum
bent, has been nominated by the
democratic cou veil tin tor Governor
of Ohio.
It is said there will be moro corn
raised in .Manatee count}', Florida,
this year than has been raised in the
past four years.
There were violent shocks of earth
quake, August the 19, in the Bine
Ridge mountains, Watauga county,
N. 0.
The inventor of the Babcock fire
extinguisher is an inmate of the San
Francisco almhouse. Cause, strong
drink.
Lord Carnarvon, the new Irish vi
ceroy. is making a tour through Ire
larsd>.m '■ i being well received by
the inhabitants.
California, last year, raised 150,-
000 boxes of raisins, and expects the
crop this year to be twice or three
times as large.
The New York World has succeed
ed in its efforts to raise 8100,000 nec
essary to complete the pedestal for
the Bartholdi statue.
An Ocola, Florida, farnjer says ho
has received net returns of 12,704.01
from three-fourths of an acre plant
ed in cabbages.
T. M. Acton, a traveling corres
pondent and agent of the Constitu
tion, was partially paralizod at his
home in Atlanta, August 21.
The tobacco crop in tho township
of I)uunstable, Wayne, Pine Croek
and Woodward, Pennsylvania, was
totally destroyed by a hail storm,
August 22.
Iu Savannah, Goorgia. it is said
that there is a whisky shop to every
thirty men, and that nine-tenths of
the crime committed there can he
traced to drink.
A petition signed by 1,500 citizens
of Hull, has been forwarded to lira-
Governor-General of Ottawa, pray
ing for the commutation >fthc death
sentence passed upon Jttiel.
At a pjcnic of me Socialists, lately,
in Chicago, "dnr children cry for
Bread." v aS conspicuously inscribed
on c" •* of their banners, yet they
cor imed 300 barrels of beerdurin '
tb d a.v.