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The Gainesville Eagle Published Every Fiidav. Morning OFFICE l psluirx In C’auAlcr Hall liuilding. Northwest Corner of Public Square. Tho Official Organ of Hall, Banks, White, Towns, Rabun, Union and Dawson counties, and the city of Gainesville. Has a large general circulation in .wolve other counties in Northeast Georgia, and wo counties in Western North Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION. Ose Yeah . $2,00. Six Months SI,OO. Three Months 60c. IN ADVANCE, DELIVERED BY CARRIER OH PREPAID BT MAIL. All papers are stopped at the expiration of tho time paid for without further notice. Mail sub scribers will please observe the dates on their wrappers. Persons wishing the paper will have their orders dromptly attended to by remmitiing the amount for the time desired. ADVERTISING. SEVEN WORDS MAKE A LINE. Ordinary advertisements, per Nonpareil line, 10 cents. Legal Official Auction and Amu'semefif advertise rnents and Special Notices, per Nonpa reil line. 15 cents. Reading notices per line, Nonpareil typo 15 cents Local notices, per ltne, Brevier type, 16 cents. A discount made on advertisements continued for longer than one week. REMITTANCES For subscriptions or advertising can be made by Post Office oruer,-Registered Letter or Express, at Our risk. All letters should be addressd, J. E. IiEDWINE, Gainesville, Ga. <Jr i: i\ EiIAL~ 'PiUKCTORY7~ CHURCH DIRECTOR*. Pbehbttkriax Church— Rev. T. P. Cleveland, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath—morning and night, exoept the seupnd Sabbath. Sunday Sch 'oJ, at ha.m.P. ay Ing Wednesday evening 4 o’clock. Methodist Church —Rev. W. W. Wadsworth, Par lor. Preaching every Sunday morning and night. Sunday School at 9a. m. Prayer meeting Wednes day night. Baptist Chubch Rev. W. C. Wilkes, Pastor. Preaohing Sunday morning and night. Sunday School at 9a. m Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 4 o’clock. GAINESVILLE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. .1. B. Estes, President; Wrir. W. Habersham, Secre i tary. YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.— - W. L. Gordon, President; F. M. Pickrell, Vice- President; Claud Estes, Secretary. Service iu oue of tho churches every Sabbath aiteruoon at three o’clock. Service for young men In tiie Methodist church overy Tuesday evening'. Cottage prayer meetings every Friday evening. FRATERNAL RECORD. Flowery Branch Lodob No. 79, I. O. O. TANARUS., meets every Monday night, Joel Laseter, N. G. B. F. Stedham, Sec. Alleghany Arch Chapter meets on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings iu each month. H. S. Bradley, Seo’y. A. W. Caldwell, H. r. Gainesville Lodok, No. 219, A.-. F.-. M.\, meets on the First a nd Third Tuesday evening in the month R. Palmoub, Sec’y. R. E. Green, W. M. Air-Link Lodge, No. 64 ,1. Q, O. IF,, meets every Friday evening. 0. A. Lilly, Sec. W. H. Habbibon, N. G. GAINESVILLE POST OFFIOE. Owing to recent change of schedule on the Atlan ta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad, the following will be the schedule from date: Mall train No. 1, going oast, leavee 7:47 p. m. Mall for this train closes at 7:00 ** Mail train No. 2s going eaßt, leaves 8:35 a. m. No mail by this train. Mail train No. 1‘ going west, 1eave5....6:51 a: m. Mail for this train closes at 9:30 p, m. Mail train No. 2, going west, 1eave5..,,9:05 p. m. Mail for this train closes at 7.30 “ Office hours from 7 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. General delivery open on Sundays from BJ£ to D;L Departure of mails from this office: Dablouega an,d Gilmer.gounty, daily. —..S], a. m Dahlonega, via Wahoo and Ethel, Saturday...B>s a.m Jefferson k Jackson county, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday 7 a.m Cleveland, White, Union, Towns and Hayes ,U, N C , ’Puosdavs and Fridays 7 a. m Dawsonville and uawsou county,, Tuesday and Saturday 8 a. m. Homer, Banks county, Saturday 1 p. m Pleasant Grovo, Forsyth county. Saturday. .1 p.m M. R. ARCHER, P.M. Atlanta and Charlotte .1 IK- lil N 11, Trains will run as follows on and after SUNDAY, NOVEMBEH 10, 1878. NIGIIT MAIL TRAIN. GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta 3:15 p.m. Arrive Gainesville 5:31 p. in. Leave Gainesville 5:32 p. m. Arrive Charlotte 3:03 a. m. GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte 12:00 m dnt Arrive Gainesville '9:41 a. nr. Leave Gainesvillo 9:42 a. m. Arrive Atlanta 12:00 m. I> VY PASS IS NGr IT ifc TC” IN' . GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta 6:00 a. m. Arrive Gainesville 8:32 a. m. Leave Gainesville 8:33 a. m. Arrivo Charlotto.... 6:22 p.m. GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte... 10:20 a. m Arrive Giinesvi 110 8:14 p. m Gtiuesvill e 8:15 p.m fts.rrivo Atlanta 10:30 p. m Through Freight Train. (Daily except Sunday.) GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta 9:25 a.m.’ Arrive Gainesville 1:28 p.m.- Leave Gainesville 1:35 p.m.’ Arrive Central 7:10 p.m. GOING WEST. Leave Central 1:40 a. m Arrivo Gainesville 7:23 a. m. Leave Gainesville 7:22 a. m. Arrive Atlanta 11:20 p. m. “Local Freight and Accommodation Train. (Daily except Sunday.) GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta 5:25 a. m. Arrive Gainesville 10:42 a. m. Leave Gainesville 11:00 a. ra. Arrive Central 5:45 p. m. GOING WEST. Leave Central 4:37 a. m. Arrive Gainesville 1:28 p.m. Leave Gainesville 1:35 p. m. Arrive Atlanta 7:10 p. m. Close connection at Atlanta for ail points West, and at Charlotte for all points East. G. J. Foreacre, General Manager W. J. Houston, Gen. P. & T. A’gt. Northeastern Hail road of Georgia. TIME TABLE. Taking effect Monday, November 11, 1878. Ttraius 1 and 2 rim daily except Sunday; 3 • and lon Wednesdays and Saturdays only. TKAIfT NO. 1. STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE. f > A. M. Athens 6 30 Center 655 657 Nicholson V 712 717 Harmony Grove, 740 745 Maysville 805 810 Gillsville 828 830 Lula 8 55 TRAIN INO. 2. STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE. A. M. Lula 9 45 Gillsville 10 10 10 12 Maysville 10 29 10 34 Harmony Grove 10 54 11 00 Nicholson 11 20 11 23 Center * 11 38 11 40 Athens. 13 00 TRAIN 3VO. 3. STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE. P. M. Athens ! 840 Center 403 405 Nicholson 4 20, 423 Harmony Grove 4 46j 4 51 Maysville 511 j 13 Gillsville 5 33j 5 35 Lula 6 °°l TKAIIV no. I STATIONS. '.ARRIVE. LEAVE. P. M. TjU la .... # ............... i4o -••Gillsville 810 812 Maysville 829 834 „ Harmony Grove 854 900 Nicholson 920 923 Center 038 940 Athens 10 00 • Trains will wait thirty minutes at Lula for delayed passenger trains on the Air-Line Railroad. JAMES M. EDWAEDfcJ, Snpt. The Gainesville Eagle. VOL. XII. Hall Countv Sheriff Sales. \A7ILL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday in January, 1879, before the courthouse door, in the city of Gainesville, Hall coun ty, Ga., within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: One house and lot in the city of Gaines ville, Hall county. Ga., east of A & It A L railroad, said lot fronting eighty feet and running back two hundred feet. Levied on its the property of II N Seay by virtue of a fi fa issued from the 4111 h district, G M, in favor of J A Suddeth vs M N Seay. Also, at thu same time and place, fifty acres of land, more ur Jess, in the Bth dis trict of Kali county, Ga., adjoining land of Calvin Spencer, W E Canning and others. Levied-tin the property of Joseph Thomas by virtue of two Justice court fi f,is—one in favor of Absalom Martin vs Joseph Thomas, the other in favor of J M Chamblee vs Jo seph Thomas and John Thomas. , Also, at the same time and place, a tract or parcel of land in Half county, Ga., known as part of the R B Davis place, bounded by John Merritt on the north and wes f , Richard Hancock and others on the othi r side, it being tho traot of land de scribed in a deed of conveyance made by H P Strickland to John C Bennett, on the 14th day of November 1878, and recorded in Clerk’s office Hall Superior, court, Book M, Pago 322. Levied on a3 the property of Job i C Bennett, by virtue of two Hall Fn ppzfot court fi fas—one in L*vor of Willis Beavers vs John C Bennett, the other in fa vor of Samuel Bailey vs John C Bennett, ~ Also, at the game time and place, a tract of land granted to Absalom Thompson, sit uate in the four-mile purchase, in said coun ty, containing fifty acres, more or less, ex cept a strip of land three hundred feet wide across the same, adjoining the Harris Gold mine tract, sold by H. L. Lowman to the Lowmau Gold and Silver Mining Cos. Also one other tract of land containing one hun dred, and. aixty-five acres, more or less, being the whole of the Harris Gold mine tract, containing three hundred and six acres, more or less, except one hundred and forty one acres. Sold by Harvey L Lowman to the Lowman Gold and Silver Mining Com pany. Sold as the property of Harvev L Lowman, under and by virtue of an attach ment fi fa issued from the 411th district G M, of said county, iu favor of Samuel C Dunlap vs Harvty L Lowman. And also sold to satisfy a fi fa issued from the 411th district G M, of said county, iu favor of Asa Reeder vs Harvey L Lowman. Property pointed out in the attachment fi fa and by plaintiff’s attorney. Also, at the same time and place, one hundred acr;:s of land, being parts of lots Nos 114 and 121 iu the 10th district of Hall county, Ga., adjoining lands of J P Eley on the west, Thompson and Newton on the north-,-Johnson on the east, and the lands of O B Thompson on the couth, and known as the tract of land sold by O B Thompson to S L Caiaer and A H Whitlock, and for which they hold bond for titles, with only a part of the purchase money paid. Hold as property of S L Carter and A H Whitlock, under and by virtue of afi fa issued from the 403d district G M, of said county of Hall, in favor of O B Thompson vs S L Car ter and A H Whitlock. Levy made and re turned to me by E M Holland, L 0. Also at the same time and place, lots of land Nos 99, 100, 101, 111 in the Bth district of Hall county, Ga., and 75 acres, more or less, in the southwest corner of 1 >t No 376 in the 7th distiic; of originally Gwinnett now Hall, all levied upon as the property of Benjamin E Porter, by virtue of two Hall Superior court fi fits--one in favor of WA Ransom & Cos., the other in favor of L B Hutchins vs said B F Porter. Also, at the same time and place, a parcel of land lying iu the city of Gainesville, in said county, and known as lot forty-eight (48) in the ultra of : aid city, cornering on Sycamore and Spring streets, and contain ing oue. ..acre, more or less. Sold as the property of Jane Cochran, to satisfy afi fa from the 411th district, G M, iu favor of the Ala,.jo auii Goum-ii of the city of Gaines ville vs A M Cochran and June Cochran. Levied and returned 'ey Obed Smith, the property being pointed outbv defendant. dcc6-tds. JOHN L. GAINES, Sh’ff Marshal Sales. Will be sold before the court house door in the city of Gainesville on the first Tues day m January 1879, the following proper ty for unpaid city taxes for 1878: Also, at the eamo time and place one wooden store on west side of Main street, adjoining store of J B Estes on the south, vacant lot of H A Brown on the north, lev ied on as the property of Charles E Richey, by virtue of a fi fa in favor of Mayor and Council ot the city of Gainesville vs Charles It Richey, for unpaid city tax for 1878. Also, ru the same time and place one un divided half interest in a vacant lot on east side of Bradford street, adjoining D Alex ander on the south, mid vacant lot of David Tanner on li e,north, levied on as.tlie prop erty of Charles P Day mond, by virtue of a fi fa in favo of May r and Council of the city -of Gainesville vs Charles P Daymond for unpaid city tax for 1878. Also, at the same time and place one house and lot on west side of Athens street fronting street south o! Air Line railroad on the north, and iot of D G Candler on the west, and corporate lines of the city ou tha south, levied on as tire property of Al len Corbin, by virtue of fi fa in favor of Mayor "and Council of the city of Gaines ville vs Allen Corbin for unpaid city fax for 1878. Also, at the same and time place oue vacant lot on the east side of Athens street, adjoin ing Daniel .Fowler on the south, and vacant lot of A D Candler on the north, levied on as the property of Young Cole, by virtue of a fi fa in favor of the Mayor and Council of city of Gainesville vs Young Cole for unpaid city tax for 1878. Also, at the same time and place one house and lot ou east side of Athens street, adjoin ing lot of A C Moss on the north, lot of W F Hooker on the south, levied on as the property of James Booth, by virtue of a fi fa in favor of the Mayor and Council of the city of Gainesville vs James Booth for un paid city tax for 1878. Also at the same time and place, one house and lot on east side north Bradford street, North street on the north on the east and on the west lands ot E. N. Gower, as the property of the estate ot Henry King by virtue of a fi fa in favor of the Mayor aud Council vs estate of Henry King for unpaid city tax for 1878. Also at the same time, one house and lot ou east side of Main street adjoining Mrs E W Merritt on the south- Miss Ellen Brad ford on the east, as the property of Joseph T King by virtue of afi fa iu favor of the Mayor and Council of the city of Gainesville vs Jos T King for unpaid city tax lor 1878. deefi tds T NIIANTE, Marshal. SherifiPs Mortgage Sale. Georgia, Hall County. Will be sold before the court house door in Gainesville, Hall county, Ga., within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday iu February, 1879, the following property, to wit; A tract or parcel of iaud in Hall county, Ga,, beginning at Cooper’s Beech corner on Lots Creek, thence along said creek south to the mouth of the Goldmine branch, thence up said branch to Susannah' Harri son’s back line, thence along said line north to Cooper’s stake corner, thence with Coop er’s line to the beginning, the same being a part ot Susannah Harrison’s homestead con taining sixty acres, more or less. Levied ou as the property of Gideon Harrison, by virtue of a Hall Superior court fi fa iu favor of the Sieger Manufacturing Company vs Gideon Harrison. J. L. GAINES. decfitds. Sheriff. United States Internal Revenue Deputy Collector’s Office, 2d Dist. Ga. , Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 2, IS7B. Notice is hereby given of the following seizures made by me for violations of Inter nal Revenue laws: Oue copper still, c *p aud worm, oue axe, and one double-barreled shot-gun, as the property of James McNeal and others. All persons having any iuterest therein are hereby notified to come forward and file their claims and give bond within 30 days as required by law, else the same will be sold and the net proceeds deposited to the credit of the Secretary of the Treasury iff the United States. ‘ dt6-3t W. T. B. WILSON, Dep. Col. GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 20, 1878. The Dahlonega Railroad. Hall county is deeply interested in the completion of a railroad from Gainesville to Dahlonega. So of course is Lumpkin and in a less de gree Gilmer, Fannin and Union, brought nearer to a market by it. Townß like Gainesville which have been built up and maintained by the wagon trade only, find themselves gradually losing ground by the in roads of railways which bear away from them the products of the coun try to markets, comparatively re mote, if distance be measured, but rendered nearer and more conven ient through the quickness and fa cilities of railroad transportation. Augusta is a notable example of this fact. Long before the war she en joyed a wagon trade extending to Tennessee, The completion of the State road clio Oil i/truA it., i Since .the war the Air-Line road has 'taken to Atlanta all the busifless from the headwaters of the Savannah which formerly went to Augusta Athens, long dependent upon Augus ta, lately freed herself by means of the Northeastern railroad and now proposes to rival her late superior as a wholesale market. Very re cently the Elberton Air-Line was completed from Toccoa to Elberton. In consequence thereof the entire trade of Franklin, Hart and .Elbert which from time immemorial had sought a market in Augusta, is now diverted to Athens or Atlanta. See ing these results and feeling that her large manufacturing interests, though capable by reason of her immense water power, of indefinite extension, could hardly keep her abreast of the times, Augusta has put forth all her strength and energy in building an other western connection, the Au gusta, Knoxville and Greenwood railroad, through which she confi dently expects to regain more than the trade she has lost. Let Gaines ville profit by another’s experience. Tho Elberton people are desirous of extending their road up into Rabun, and the Athens papers are calling upon the owners of the Northeastern to cross the Air-Line at Lula, build up to the line of the State and thus secure a trade which they say be longs to their city. Then if the Ma rietta and North Georgia railroad shall have proceeded to the moun tains, Gainesville will wake up and find her entire upper country trade, to which slie is legitimately entitled, taken away from her by these several roads, and herself a way station merely, on the Air-Line railroad, with not a dollar’s worth of whole sale trade, and forced to depend up on the revenue derived from a few summer boarders (which the mere:-b accident may take away any year) to keep body and soul together till the next season. This is not an agreeable view of the subject but not in the slightest degree an exaggerated one. It has been aud will continue to be the his tory of all cities and towns, with no large manufactures, aud therefore entirely dependent upon outside trade, which sleep and dream whilst others alive and awake are continual ly carrying into practical effect all those things which the changes of modern times have rendered impera tively necessary not only for their growth, but their very life. There is no reason why Gainesville should sleep the sleep of death. She has in her midst active, energetic and prosperous citizens ever alive to her best interests and welfare. They know that while we are poor and money is for poor men to get, still enterprise, perseverance and above all a determination to succeed will build railroads, as it will accom plish most every thing else. Reese of the Macon Telegraph, its solid and reliable Washington corre spondent also, during the session of congress, has this to say anent the causes of democratic defeat last month; Democratic prospects two years hence are not so bright as they ought to be. The more I talk with men from all parts of the country the more I am con firmed in my conviction that the last campaign was made disastrous for us by our own folly. ’We went off after strange gods and they led u-i into bogs and swamps. The greenback lunacy was the devil that betrayed us. We had in the old traditions and faith of the democratic party on th. 9 money question, a safe and sure citadel that had baffled and beaten the enemy’s assaults ou many glori ous occasions. We could have held it against the world but we deliber ately abandoned it and let the Radi cals occupy it. Whether we can re gain it and put them out to figlu in the open field which proved so disas trous to us this year remains to be seen. I don’t see victory in any other direction, but others may. But may the Lord spare the party any more such criminally stupid perform ances as was witnessed this year of grace in the campaign just closed. The Princess Louise is % two years younger than her husband wugress. Peculiarities of Great Men. The Duke of Wellington was not 1 remarkably sedulous of dress, al j ihough on grand occasions he made ! a sufficient display, when he wore j his principal orders and decorations I blazing on a coat more gorgeous than the celebrated habit of Prinoe Esterhazy, which, it was said, cost him £2OO in repairs and damage* every time it was put on. The Duke had a custom of wearing a whit* neckcloth in uniform, which gave him rather a slovenly look; and a flippant French Duchess once called him “Le Due Yiilainton,” beoause he appeared at a full-dress party in something less than grand tenue. He was also familiarly called in the ar my “the beau,” from his usual plain attire and apparent negligence of outward splendor. That vanity is an inherent compound or attendant of greatness if,a wide position, which of raffish argument and end less demonstration. Many distin • grG 1 -- 1 iz.‘ tv or adopt eccen tricities, e: which vailfty may be the mating cause. Lord Nelson was fond of exhibit ing his and delighted in having his horses taken out, and his car riage drawn by the mob. The celebrated Lord Peterbor ough, though light and vain and proud, had no weakness of this kind. Once, the populace taking him for the Duke of Marlborough, insisted on dragging him through the streets in triumph. “Gentlemen,” said he, “I can as sure you by two reasons that I am not the Duke of Marlborough. In the first place, I have only five guin eas in my pocket; and, in the sec ond place, they are heartily at your service.’’ So, throwing his puree among them, he got out of their hands, with loud huzzas and exclamations. The Earl of Peterborough, who had much sense, much wit and much whim, leaped out of his chariot one day on seeing a dancing-master with pearl colored silk stockings, lightly step ping over the broad stones and pick ing his way in extremely dirty weather, aud ran after him (who soon took to his heels) with his sword drawn, in order to drive him into the mud, into which he, of course, fol lowed himself. All singularities may be traced home to a certain degree of vanity, of which prevailing weakness the old leather brooches of Frederick the Great, the coarse coat and brass buttons of Charles XII, the small cocked hat and gray capote of Napo leon, the blanket and tub of Diogenes, and even the pious beaver and mod est drab of the Quaker, ncuty be in cluded as samples, Philosophy itself has no objeotion to an occasional flourish of trumpets. The ancient sages taught in the schools, and modern philomaths lecture at public institutions, but who shall say that they are not as much incited by the vanity of show ing their acquirements as by tho de sire of instructing their fellow-citi zens? Even Seneca declared that if knowledge was bestowed on him on condition that he snouid not impart it, he would decline the gift. French Toilets. On our way, writes a French cor respondent, we indulged in a brown study as to why Parisians have a reputation above every other nation in matters of the toilet. It ie not because they are extravagant in the choice of materials, as a people. The Americans and English, proba bly, spend twice as much in this res pect. Therefore, we have come to the conclusion that the secret of their success lies in these two points: taste in selection and combination and extreme attention to those nice ties other nations consider unimpor tant Then, too, a thorough Paria ian lady is so excessively careful of her wardrobe. She bestows on it nearly as much care as on her chil dren. One who can afford to buy only two or three costumes in the year will make as good an appearance as an American who runs through half a dozen. The French woman’s bonnet may be simple and cheap, but never out of keeping with the rest of her toilet, and however she manages in the matter of dresses, shabby boots are never reckoned among her shortcomings. The gloves may be of an inferior quality, but they fit well, and never lack a button. The color of her costumes may be trying, but she lightens it with bunches of lace and pieces of ribbon, she loaves nothing to bo desired in the way of effect. What she wears on the street she does not wear in the house, for eager little hands and climbing little feet soon tarnish its freshness. Each article is carefully brushed, mended or folded, as occa sion may require, and brought out as good as new when next to be worn. One sees no sweeping dresses on the streets of Paris. That filtny specta cle of petticoat pavement-sweeping is reserved for our own sublime Ameri can cities. French women have been reproached with untidiness in their homes. “Yes,' 1 says Mrs. Grundy, •‘they live for the world.” Perhaps the reproach ha3 some foundation; but this is aiso true: An American, when she Marries, unless moving in the best (we should say the moneyed) circles, becomes negligent of those little womanly coquetries in matters of dress that helped to win her a husband. The Parisienne never does. She is as anxious her husband, and evey one else, should think her “jolie femme” at sixty as at sixteen. A little of this spirit is very good. A woman neatly and becomingly dressed is certainly a preferable companion to one indifferent to such affairs. From January, 1876, till May last twenty-three dead bodies have been cremated in the city of Milan, one of them that of a woman. Four bodies ascertained to be of the weight of sixty-three, sixtv-two, forty-one and fifty-nine kilogrammes, have yielded ashes to the weight of between two and three kilogrammes. A kilo gramme is about two and one-fifth pounds. Ibis prayer brought down, remain An Actress’ Dilemma Visitors to the Standard Theater last night were disappointed to find that, although Miss Alice Harrison’s name appeared on the programme, that charming little dramatic cock tail failed to present herself on the boards. A rumor that she was se riously indisposed at the Palace Ho tel was generally accepted as an ex explanation. The cold facts of the ease, however, are these: While the oiever young actress was descending from her room in th 9 elevator, on her way to the theater that evening, the man who runs this machine thoughtlessly stepped off for a sec ond at one of the landings without completely stopping its movement. The result was that it continued to descend, with Miss H. as the sole oc cupant. It is supposed that she be came alarmed and endeavored to stop the machinery in some way. At all events it became motionless between • two of floors. restrains there stationary u§t we go to PrdSS The machinery has got out of gear somehow, and the only mechanic who understands it lives in New York; he has been telegraphed for, and passed Omaha yesterday, com ing out on a special Express train. Meanwhile, no communication can be had with the imprisoned car, and her only sustenance has, since Tues day, been pea soup and other liquids, forced through the rubber tube that supplies the elevator with gas The whole affair cast a gloom over the hotel. Telegrams and other expres sions of concern are pouring in from all quarters, Wd hope Mias Harri son will come out all right in the end, but confess it looks rather doubtful. After this we suggest that the eleva tors be provided with six months’ canned provisions and a life-preaerver apiece. —San Francisco News Letter. The American “Aristocracy.’’ In all the larger cities of the Uni ted States there is a class which openly calls itself—aud is openly called by others—the aristocracy; end the more modern members of it are endeavoring, as much as possi ble, to adopt the manners and cus toms of aristocracies in other coun tries, and to contract matrimonial alli ances with them. They put their servants into livery, and emblazon the panels of their carriages with heraldic devices, in which coronets and other insignia of nobility, and even of royalty, are visible. Some have purchased property abroad, and call themssivea by its well-sounding foreign name; others hare adopted the names of noble families, and some have even gone so far as to assume foreign titles, which they use when abroad, and with the crests and armorial bear ings of which even at home they Istamp their note paper and' decorate their dinner menu. The demand has become so extended in this di rection that two heralds’ offices have actually been opened in a fashionable part of New York to meet it, where coats-of-arma, crests and mottoes may be obtained to suit the name, taste, rank and pedigree of the pur chaser. Actors and Prayers, It is related that when Warde, the actor, came to this city with his wife and three little children he waited long for an engagement. At last he was employed to play “Othello” to Edwin Booth’s “lago,” in Baltimore. He was nervously anxious about his part, as he had never played it. At last he set off, leaving his wife and children'for the first time since their arrival in America. At night his boy, five years old. knelt to say his prayers —first came, “Now I lay me,” and then he said, as usual: “O God, bless papa and mamma and dear grandma in England;” and then, af ter a little stop: “O dear Lord, please help papa through Othello!” Mr. Warde was told of the incident, and he wrote to a friend afterward: “I have been more successful th in I hoped to be, and I believe that Ar • thur’s prayer has been answered.” This story Was told at a dinner tab’e, where the wife of a clergyms-n was present. After she had hsaid it she exclaimed with wonder: “Why, I didn’t know that actors’ chil ireu ever said their prayers 1” Great Britain’s Railroad Speed. The following facts, taken from the London Week, will give those of our readers not acquainted with English travelling an idea of the high rate of speed maintained by some of the British railroads: The fastest train run by the Northwestern Railroad does the distance from Euston to Rugby in one hour and fifty minutes —bat this speed is equaled by the Southeastern mail, which runs to Dover, seventy-six and a half miles, in 102 minutes. Both these are far exceeded by the Great Northern Scotch express, which only takes 129 minutes to run 105| miles to Gan tham from London; and by the Great Western “Flying Dutchman,” which reaches Swindon, seventy-sev en miles, in eighty-seven minutes. These trains run at fifty and fifty three miles an hoar respectively and the last-named remains, as for many years past, the fastest train in the world. The Russian army is being con siderably increased. Thß iorty-eight battalions of the first four reserve divisions, formed in 1877, have not been disbanded, but have had forty eight more battalions added to them Measures having been taken to quin tuple these ninety six new battalions in time of war by reserves called in, the increase for field purposes amounts to 480 battalions. Beside this, all of the old infantry regiments are raised from fifteen to sixteen companies each, the increase from this measure amounting to 152 battalions. Ac cordingly, 632 new battalions are ad ded to the 648 battalions Russia possessed when crossing the Pruth 1 in 1876. There is however, no adequate number of officers to be had. is die within a year. California Extravagance. The evidences of California extrav agance are to be seen on every side. The dwellings, furniture, tables and dress of the peoDle indicate very lib eral expenditures. San Francisco has the reputation of buying the most costly wines, cigars and silks. A saying, not deserving to be digni fied as a proverb, declares that “New York dresses better than Paris, and San Francisco better than New York,” The magnificent hotels and the palaces of a dozen millionaires are unsurpassed, if equalled, by any thing short of royalty in the luxury of their appointments. There is a large demand for the best that can be had. California consumes 2,000 dozen of genuine sparkling wine an nually, and the Atlantic slope, with fifty times as many people, does not consume seven times as much cham pagne. California uses 60 pounds of sugar to the person in a year, the Atl%£tje elope 26, Great Britain 40, Fiance and Holland each 20, and Italy 7. Coffee is sold to the extent of one pound each for the inhabitant in Great Britain and Italy, three in France, seven in Holland, ten in this State and seven in other States. Of tea, the average Californian drinks six pounds in a twelvemonth, the other American two, tho Britain four, the Frenchman and Italian less than a quarter of a pound. Tne figures for the consumption of many other articles of comfort aud luxury are incomplete, a large proporition of our imports coming through New York and paying duty there, and being forwarded to California under circumstances that leave no opportu nity to ascertain their value or amount. Though it consumes large ly of foreign goods imported at New York, with one-fiiftieth of the popu lation it pays one-thirtieth of the customs of San Francisco; and the average consumption of foreign pro ducts is at least twice as great here us on the Atlantic slope. The ex travagance of whicn we have spoken is not confined to a few; it is charac teristic or the community generally, and it’s worse relatively, among the poor than the rich. Many of the wealthy families owe their wealth to simplicity of life more than to large gains.— San Francisco AUa, Confidence men are carrying on with a high hand in Augusta. From yesterday’s Chronicle we learn that among the many visistors in the city Saturday was Mr. T. Anderson, of Abbeville, S. C , who, as he was walk ing along Broad street, was accosted by two men who looked like country men, nnd who informed him that they represented the Great American Tea Company. By paying a small initiation fee they said he could be come a member of this company, with the privilege of drawing for a prize, which might be something considerable. They imaily gained Mr. Anderson’s confidence to such an extent that they induced him to ac company them to their room, in a private hoarding house, on Broad street. After getting into the room they told Mr. Anderson that he could now draw for the prize, and bade him make a selection, which he did. When the envelope was opened, it was found to contain the number 11. “Whh,” said one of theaharpers, “that is a lucky number. You have drawn fifty dollars.” He then asked Mr. Anderson if he could change a hun dred dollar bill. Mr Anderson an swered in the affermative, and at once produced fifty dollars. He no sooner showed the money than it was grasped by one of the ras cals, who then drew a revolver and ordered the victim to leave instanter. Mr. Anderson obeyed immediately, and went down into the street, fol lowed by the thieves, who then de camped and were seen no more. A policeman was at the corner below, bat Mr. Anderson was so ,disturbed by the threats the robbers had made, if he said anything about the affair, that he told tho officer nothing about it, and did not even mention it to his Ron until some time afterwards. The son at once lodged information at the police office, and every effort was made to detect the thieves, but without avail, as too long a time had elapsed since the transaction occur red. It was ascertained that one of the men shaved off his beard and changed his clothes soon after the robbery iu order to escape detection. The race of sailors, as W 9 used to know it, has well nigh disappeare i. The men who live ia the forecastle of an ocean steamer are no more sailors than the deck hands of a North River ferry boat. They are the stokers and “roustabouts” of a great machine. The introduction of steam, it is complained, has taken away not only the romance of the sea, but tile manliness of ihe sea men. On board of a great ocean steamship, even the hoisting is done by steam, and much of the work for merly requiring the exercise of hu man muscle is accomplished by la bor-saving machinery. The men in the forecastle are sooty, greasy fel lows, drafted from many nationali ties, poorly paid as a rule, knocked and kicked about like dogs, aud des titute of the intelligent pride in one’s vocation which springs from a high state of discipline. Is it any wonder that they are selfish and inefficient, and that each man io intent on shirk ing his duty in time of safety, and looking out for himself when danger comes ?—New York Tunes. Of late the skill of our cheese makers has so much improved that we can make any of the cheeses of the word. Much of the Swiss cheese of various brands which is eaten in this country is make in New Jersey, aud tbs Stiltou, long the pride of Old England, is successfully imitated within a few miles of this city. Even the far-famed and odorous Limberger ia said to be produced somewhere near New York in all the strength of the native and genuine article. — Philadelphia Tunes. An effort is being made to prohibit —t i: t News in General. Augusta has had its first shad. Did you ever see an Indian Paw nees overcoat. One thousand and fifty-three white votes in Houston county. Avery successful Catholic fair was held in Augusta last week. Augusta has a shooting club which does some tall glass ball shooting. A boy of 18 and a girl of 11 were lately married in Rochester, New York. Pulaski county has a democratic primary election for county officers tomarrow. The members of the South Caroli na legislature receive five dollars a day for thirty days. Rome’s cotton receipts up to De cember 6th, 36,291 as against 21,454 same time last year. Hamp Gibson fatally shot his brother-in-law Styles in a Milledge ville bar-room last Friday. There are fifty besf markets in Atlanta all doing a good business according to the Constitution. Amy Berry was killed by Caroline Hearn Saturday week three miles from Newnan. Both colored. One Weigle, proprietor of a beer garden in Hamilton, Ohio, kiiled himself and then his wife last week. The National Council of the Union League met in Philadelphia last week and resolved that they knew it all. The South Carolina legislature met November 25th and has deter mined to adjourn sine die December 23d. There are now three casos of lep rosy, two very severe, at the charity hospital on Blackwell’s Island, New York. The republican United States sen ate, as usual, is busily engaged in in creasing the house appropriation bills. It is stated by the Hawkinsville Dispatch that seventy-three men have been killed since the war, in Jasper county. Two hundred minors were lately thrown out of employment by a strike in Buck Ridge colliery, near Potts ville, Pa. The Edmunds bill to regulate the counting of the electoral vote passed the senate last Friday by a vote of 35 to 26. Herbert, republican candidate for congress last month in the third Louisiana district, will contest Ack len’s seat. Senator James G. Blaine said about all he could on the southern outrage question last week and that was not much. C. R. Pennock, of Cochran, Ga. committed suicide last Friday by shooting himself through the heart. No cause is assigned. The question of building the new capitol m Atlanta will not be deter mined aud probably not again dis cussed by this legislature, Louis A. Godey’s will, admitted to probate, provides that Godey’s La dy’s Book shall not be sold, but con tinued and published by his sous. The number of hogs slaughtered and fattening in Sumter and adjoin ing counties is now about twenty per eent. iu excess of any year since the war. The Boston democrats have the mayor, street aud school commis sioners, nine of twelve aldermen and thirty-nine of seventy-two council men. Dalton has a steam sausage factory which ships on an average one thous and pounds a day. These are the enterprises which tend to build up a town. Heavy storms and distructive floods last week in Pennsylvrnia, New York and New England, inter fering very seriously with mills and railroads. Senator Hudson did just the right thing in offering a resolution requir ing the Governor to remove the sign “Kimball’s Opera House” from the State Capitol. The Savannah News says that Hull, democrat is certainly elected to con gress over Bisbee republican from the second Florida district by at least eighty-three votes. A goodly crowd of passengers is passing through Macon every day ac cording to the Telegraph on their way to Feruandina, Jacksonville and other parts of Flo rida. Revenue officers Post and Wilson lately destroyed 6,000 gallons of mash and beer iu Cherokee county and brought five captured stills and other property to Marietta. Ex-Governor Andrew G. Curtin, democrat, of Pennsylvania, served a formal notice of contest on Seth G. Yocum, republican and national, for a seat iu the next congress. The Atlanta police found a drun ken man lying iu front of the Kim ball House ouo day last week, in whose overcoat pocket, after a search was found the sum of $2,015. Many a timid, shrinking maiden, who last summer swung upon the gate with her lover iu all parts of Georgia is now engaged in half-sol ing the same individual’s pants. Hampton had every vote iu the legislature for United States senator, except two of the three republican negroes from Beaufort. The other negro from that county voted for him. A direct steamship line has just been established between Jackson ville, Fla., aud Nassau and Havana, carrying United States mails. Toe firs' steamer will leave about Decem- Cotton pickers get a dollar a day and board in north Ttsi A th r 1 of the crop is yet to be gathered A London dispatch says E l ward O’Kelly, the last Fenian prisoner, will be released before Christmas. His friends are endeavoring to secure permission for him to reside in Great Britain. The grain elevator of the Hanni bal and St. Joseph railroad at Kan sas city, Mo. gave way one day last week from the pressure on its sides of 75,000 bushels of grain. Damage $45,000. The Franklin (Macon county, N, C ) Reporter says there is some talk of the Air Line railroad building a narrow gauge road to this place, con necting with the road near Toccoa Georgia. The cotton shipments from Ameri cus over the Southwestern railroad for September, October and Novem ber amounted to 15,972 bales; re ceived at Americus up to December 12th 19,458. Macon registered for her last week’s city election 1,451 white voters and 1,264 colored, making a total of 2,715; the-largest registry by about a thousand, according to the Telegraph and Messenger. The Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East R,ver at New York was to cost $8,000,000, but $10,000,000 has al ready been expended, and several more millions will be absorbed before it is completed. Corbin will make another attempt this session to obtain the seat of Sen ator Butler, of South Carolina. It is supposed his only motive is to obtain the appropriation of a good round sum for his expenses. James S. Sypher was arrested in New Haven last week for a supposed connection with the stealing of Stew art’,- body. The affair appears to be a joke played on the police. Sypher, of course, was discharged. We hope the Cartersville Free Press will cease its attacks on Gordon. It is no light thing to attempt to pull down the good which a man has built by long years of blame less life. —LaGrange Reporter. SO, 50 Montgomery county is ahead again. One of her citizens, it is re ported; has lost two wives this year, and has just married the third time. There are some brave women iu this world. —Hawkinsville Dispatch. Col. McClure, of the Philadelphia Times, is in Washington, and has formed the opinion that while there are many in congress who would like to see resumption fail, there are few if any who dare to oppose giving it a fair trial. Harvey G. Brown, convicted of manslaughter iu having - wrecked a train near Claymont, Del., June 19th, in which four lives were lost, was recently sentenced to pay a fine of $4,000 and to be imprisoned for five years. The South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church mat in Thom asviile last week Thursday. The presiding elders are J. W Hinton, A M. Wynn. A. T. Maun, E. H. Mc- Ghee, J. W. Burke J. O A. Clarke, J. E. Lentel and Thomas Lanier. A trial took place the other day at a justice court m this county about a hog, which was claimed by two per sons. They compromised the suit by killing and dividing the hog, and giving the magistrate the head and jowl for costs. —Sumter Republican. It is reported that one Marie Ja nette Bell, born in France, but now of Chicago, is aged 108 years, and that she has seen Benjamin Franklin, Napoleon 1., Ney, Cambronne, Robespierre, and that she saw Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed Col. Charles C. Jones Jr. of Augus ta, was, on November 19, 1878 elect ed a member of the Royal Society of Northern antequities of Copenhagen, of which Christian IX, King of Den mark is president. This is the most famous society of its sort in Europe. Song of the medical student: If a body find a body Iu a grassy dell, If a body hook a body Need a body tell ? I’m the caddy hauls the body To the picklin’ shop, And all the doc’s they envy me A carving of him up. “Mr. and Mrs. D , Boston, U. S. A. Best and most prosperous country under the sun. Thank God! Just arrived from Cnamouny on mules; pleased with the mountains.” This is an inscription on a Swiss hotel register. Tho mules could not write. The board of directors of the Geor gia railroad last week in Augusta de clared a semi-annual dividend of three per cant, payable to-day the 20th inst. The Augusta Chronicle says the condition of the road is very fine, the business safe and prospects cannot be but pleasing. An explosion of nitro glycerine and gunpowder occurred last week in the St. Barnard coal mine at Ear lington, Ky. A train of mining cars, mules and drivers wero blown to atoms. There is a panic among the miners and their families. The shock of the explosion was felt for miles. Since the democrats have had con trol of the house of representatives the net ordinary expeases of the government has been as follows 1875 (republican house) $171,529,818 57; 1876, sl6l 857, 8133 G; 1877, slll,- 209,96328; 1878, $134,473,152 15. Reduction since 1775,537.056,396 12. It ia now currently believed iu New York that Stewart’s body is making an extended tour through Europe in company with its daring abductors. How the expense of such a trip must worry the old man, who used to walk down to his store to save car-fare, when he knows that he will have to settle the bill at the end!— Cin. Eaq. Franklin Pierce did not change his cabinet during his term. Lika Hayes, he was afraid to trv a change for fear of faring worse. —Atlanta Con stitution. Gen P.erce did not change his cabinet, because he could not better it in any way. With William L. Marcy iu the state department. James Guthrie in the treasury. Jeffer son Davis in the war, and Caleb Cushing as attorney-general, he had the best talent in the jo., c<*ssau, N. x.