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O. HEARD,)
PROPRIETOR. \
VOL. XVIII.
I’ciil.khlv 8 nsiiiiitfs.
Department of Education,
Atlanta, Gn.. July 121!i, 1883.
To the Teachers and County School
Commissioners of the State of Gear
gia:
There will be six Teachers’ Institutes
field in Georgia this year. The loca
tions will be Albany, Way cross, San
dersville, Bnrncsvill®, Dalton and Cov
ington. The instrutors will be as fol
low-: At Albany, John Neeley. Su
peiintcndent ol the Public Shools of
Auierieus, Principle ; Professor B. T.
Hunter, of Albany, Associate; at Way
cross, W. H. Baker, Superintendent of
the Public Schools of Savannah, Prin
cipal; John M. Gannon, teacher in
the same schools, associate.' at Sanders
ville. B. M. Pettier, Superintendent of
the Public Schools of Macon, Prinai
pal, Professor John T. McLaughlin,
of Talbotton, A-sockto; at Barnes*
ville, W. J. McKomie, Superinten
dent of Public Schools of West Joint,
Principal} Professor S. C. Caldwell,
of the Home Female College, Associate;
at Dalton, Rufus W. Smith, President
Dalton Female College, Principal; E.
G. Moore, Principal Fair Street School,
Atlanta, Associate; at Covington, W
B Donnell, President Georgia Metho
dist Female College, Piincipa); H. C.
Mitchell, Principal Marietta Street
School, Atlanta, Associate
The Institutes will all be kept up
just four weeks. The one at Barnes*
ville will begin on Monday, the sixth of
August; all the others on Wednesday,
the fir-1 of the same month.
The subjects of instruction will be
Spelling:* Reading, Penmanship, Geog
raphy, Grammar and Arithmetic. Tho
true idea of Institutes instruction is to
make the teaching of methods the main
design. This idea will be acted upon
as far as practicable; but instruction in
subject matter will be given whcnmec-,
essary.
The white and colored teachers of
the State are invited to be present.
The races will be taught in separate
schools, but by the same instructors.
Tuition will be free to all teachers who
tnay choose to attend.
I desire the County School Commis
sioners to meet me for two days' in
struction at the several Institutes. T
will be present fir the purpose of giv
in" thislinstruction as follows: at Albany
the 2nd and 3d of August; at Way*
cross, the 6th and 7th; at Barnesviile,
the 9ib and 10th; at Covington, the
13th and 14- at Dalton, tho 16th and
17th, and at Sandersviiie, the 22nd and
23d. Th Commissioners will, of course,
choose such places to attend as may be
most convenient of access I give it
as my opinion that the Boards have the
right to allow the Commisioners their
per diem for the two or three days of
their attendance, as greater efficiency
in the work of these officers would there
by be secured, and I hereby advise the
Boards to take this action.
The rates of board will be as follows;
at Albany, for white teachers, from
sls 00 to S2O 00 per month; for col
ored, $2.00 to $2,50 per week: at Way
cross, for white teachers, from $3.00 to
$6 00 per week; for colored, $lO 00 to
sl2 00 per month: at Sandersviiie,
white, sl2 50 to SIS.OO per month:
colored, from $6.00 to SB.OO per month:
at Barnesviile, white, in private fami
lies, from $12.50 to $15.00 per month;
at the hotel, $20.00 per month; color
ed, SB.OO per month: at Dalton, for
white, io private families, sl2 00 to
sls 00 per month; for colore 1, $8 00
to $12.00 per month: at Covington, for
white, from $12.50 to $14.00 for the
four weeks; for colored, from $6.00 to
$lO 00.
I have made application to the Gen-
Passenger Agents, as l believe, of all
the railroads in Georgia for a reduction
of rates. Many of them have made
very liberal responses. I giro below
the sates in all cases where a reduction
has been granted:
The Savannah, Florida & Western
Railroad will return persons who attend
the Institutes free on presenting a cer
tifi'-ate from the State School Cotumis
sioner that they have paid full fare go
int;
The Central Railroad will return
teachers at one cent per mile on presen
tatinn of a certificate from the Stale
School Commissioner identifying them
as teachers, and stating that they pass
ed over the Central line going, paid full
fare, and wore in attendance at the
meeting mentioned.
The following are the points from
which teachers may obtain tickets at
the above named rates; From Alban)
or Savannah, when the meeting is at
Albany or W aycross; from No. ]3,
when the meeting is at Sandersville;
from Barnesviile; from Atlanta when
the meeting is at Dalton; from Atlanta,
or Augusta when the meeting is at
Covington. The certificate will be
good after three days after the closing
of the Institutes.
The Gerrgia Railroad, on application
to the office of tho General Passenger
Agent, in Augusta, ‘ will furnish cer
tificates for delegates to the Conven
tions, which will be signed by the Sec
retaries of Conventions and delagates
holding the same, and presented to
ticket agent, who will sell them return
tickets at one cent per mile, lull, regu
lar fare to be paid going.”
The E ast Tennessee, Virginia k
Gcoagia Railroad grant “a rata of four
cents per mile, round trip, for teachers
or for persons attending these Institutes
for the purpose of intending to be
teachers.”
The Western k Atlantic Railroad
will return members attending the In
stitute at Dalton free. The words of
tho agent arc, ‘‘Delegates attending the
Convention of the Teachers’ Institute,
which convenes at Dalton, Qa., on the
first day of August, will be pass free on
their return upon presentation to the
conductor of a certificate signed by the
presiding officer of the Convention,
showing that the holder was a delegate
and had been in attendance on said Con
vention. This arrangement does not
apply to ministers of the Gospel holding
authority from this Company to travel
at half fare. Certificates for return
passage will be recognized if presented
on or before Ist September.”
The Rome Railroad will return free
parsons attending the Institute on cer
tificates from the State School Commts
sioner as to their attendance.
The Marietta & North Georgia Rail
road will return persons who attend the
Institute free on the State School Com
niisfioncr’s certificate of attendance.
Persons wishing further information
in referenae to the Institute at Dalton
will address "Executive Committee of
Teachers' Institute.” at that place
I would respectfully request every
editor to whom this circular is sent ei
ther to copy it, or to write and publish
a notice of its contents.
We are indebted for the money which
enables us to hold those Institutes to
Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the General
Agent of tho Peabody Fund.
GUSTAVOS J. 01111,
State School Commissioner.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
The discovery recently reported
from tho coal mines of Bully
Grenav, France, soems to boa
most important one in its relation
to the antiquity of man. In pier
cing anew gallery a cavern was
broken open, which disclosed tho
fossil remains of five human beings
fairly preserved, together with
fragments of arms, utensils of pe
trified wood and of stone, and re
mains of mammals and fishes. A
second subterranean chamber con
tained tho remains of eleven hu
man bodies, several animals, and a
large number of various objocts,
with some precious stones. The
human bodies wore of large a
man from tho Grst chamber meas
uring about seven feet, and a wo
maD six and one-balf feet. Draw
ings representing men fighting gi
gantic animals adorned the walls of
the cave. A third chamber found
was believed to bo empty, but was
not explored. If the find proves
to be what it at first appears, it is
a remarkable relic of prehistoric
people.
Tho French Academy’s prizes
for 1883. number seventeen, and
amount to a total of more than
fit). OOn franc?, tho largest being
Devoted to tho Cause of Truth and Justice, ami Hie Interests of the People.
GREENESBORO’, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1883.
one of 25,C00 franca (85.000) for
a satisiactory remedy against dip
tfcoria.
In a paper read bofero the Roy
al Society of Canada, Mr. Robert
Bell has attributed the fertility of
the vast productive tract of tho
Canadian northwest territories
-tretching from tho Ited River vol
ley to the Liard River—largely to
the work of burrowing animals.—
The mole and ground squirrel are
singularly active in tho autumn,
and in burrowing bury immense
quantities of grass end other veg
etable matter, which are thus con
fined in the eil oand have gradual
ly produced a rich mould.
A committee of Vienna physi
cians found in Moravia thirty
seven per cent, of rats examined
trichinous; in Vienna and its im
mediate neighborhood, ten per
cent ; and in Lower Austria, about
four per cent A late writer in
sists that it is a well established
fact that swine owe thair infection
with trichina; entirely tq the eatiDg
of the flesh and excrement of rats
At the three stations in north
ern Europe from which special at
tention was given last rinter to
studies of the aurora borealis ef
forts wero made to photograph the
phenomenon, but no impression on
the sensitive plates could be secur
ed.
“As quii>k as lightrontiifs, liow
phrase well chosen to illustrate an
inconceivable rapidity, but of those
who usq the expression, probably
very few appreciate its full mean
ing, for Sir Charles Wheatstone
has shown that a flash of lightning
lasts less than a millionth part of a
second. This ia vastly more rapid
than our perception of the flash, as
at least one tenth of a second must
elapse according to Prof. Swann
—before our sluggish sight can
tako in tho full effect of the light,
On account of the slowues3 of our
perception we never see the light
it its real in ensity. Prof. Tail
has suggested that the full brillian
cy must be in some degree com
parable with the sun. as Whoat
stone’s and Swann’s data prove
that the apparent brightness of the
landscape as lit up by a lightning
flash is less than one hundred
thousandth part of what it would
be wero the lightning permanent.
The apparent brightness, it should
bo mentioned, was shown by Swan
to diminish in about the ratio borne
by the length of time the flash lasts
to the time required for us to per
ceive it.
In North America, the Missis
tippi River drains a land area ol
about 1,317,0(10 square miles; the
Mackenzie, 442,000; and the St.
Lawrence, 298,000, In South
Amrrica, the Amazon drains 2,-
264,600 square miles, and tho La
Plata, 886,000. In Eurapo, the
drainage area of tho Volga is 397,-
000 squaao miles; of the Danube,
234,000; of the Rhine, 65,000;
and of the Elbe. 42,000. In Asia,
the Obi draws its water from 925, m
000 square miles; tbe Yenesei,
755,0G0; tho Lena, 594,000; tho
Aaar, 553.000; the Yang-tze
kiang, 548,000; tbo Iloag ho,
537,000; tho Ganges. 432,000;
and tho Indus, 312,000. In Afri
ca, the Nile receives its water
supply from 520,000 square miles
of territory, r lbo volume of wa
ter the rivers carry to tho sea is
very far from being proportionate
to their respective drainage areas.
The discharge of the Amazon ex
ceeds that of ihe eight principal
rivers of Asia together, and is five
times that of the Mississippi,
In Lis experiments at Skcny
voro, off (he west coast of Scot
land, Stevenson found the average
force ef the waves for tfc • five sum
mer months to be £ll pounds per
square foot, and for th3 ix winter
months 2,086 pounds.’ lie men
tions that the Bell II "k Light
house, 112 feet high, is-ometiines
buried in spray from ground-swells
when r.o wind is blowing, and that
on Nov. 20, 1827, the spray was
thrown to 3 height of 117 Let—
equivalent to a wave pressure,, of
nearly three tons per square foot;
while during a galo in March,
1845, his dynamoraoter registered
a pressure of 6,083 pounds per
square foot. He has also record
ed that a rock of 42 ton.’ on one
of tho Hebrides was gradually mov
ed five feet in a storm Hagen
has reported the moving by waves
of a block of concrete weighing
probably 12 5 tons.
\ Terrible Tornado—
ever Six States,
Omaha, Neb., July 14. —dis
patches from Louisville, Cass
county, report that the se
vere hail storrn aver experrericqd in
that locality occurred yesterday
forenoon. The ground was white
with hail. Small grain wag
tered, corn stripped and much of
the glass in tewn shattered.
Bismarck, Dak., July LL— AH
day yesterday the barometer con
tinued to fall until about 6 o’clock,
when the heaviest wind s’-rm ever
known iri this region A’J'gatf'and
lasted about an hour and a half.—
The wind at one time reached a
velocity of sixty miles an hour.
Lumber pile3 were blown down
A few houses in the course of erec
tion were demolished. A wind
storm prevailed, folio?-ed by a
shower, which swelled into a rain
at a point within twelve miles of
Bismarck, and tending eastward.
A dispatch from Dickinson say 6
one or two fronts were blown down
by the storm, and that the shop?
being built at that point by tho
Northern Pacifio Railroad are
damaged slightly. The prediction
is made at tho United States signal
office that the storm will be very
severe in tho East.
Larned, Kansas. July 14.—Par
ticulars of a tornado on the Faw~
nee river are arriving. Bows and
Butler’s mills were blown away and
Fitzgerald's sheep sheds are gono.
Large etones killed voung calves
and lambs Corn is so injured
that it will not hide a jack rabbit.
The hill northwest of Brown groves
looks as black os if it bad been
burned. Large hail stones cut the
grass as if it was plowed, and n
heavy rain following washod it
away. The damage is unknown.
Reading, Pa., July 14.—Last
night’s storm was the heaviest
known for years in this section.—
Fences were levelled, trees uproot
ed and stripped of their fruit and
many fields washed out In the
lower part of the county tho storm
was accompanied by hail.
St. Louis. July 14.—A restora
tion of the telegraphic communica
tion which was badly broken last
night, reveals the fact that the
storm, part cf which swept over
this city, was general in its char
actor, and traversed the valleys r.ot
only of Missouri, but covered va
jrious sections of Kansas, lowa and
' Illinois The velocity of tbe wind
!in this city was fifty miles per
hour, and came apparently from
all directions, but mainly from the
north and northwest. No serious
individual losses were sustained,
hiit a great number of minor ones
vere disci sed in the way of dam
,ge to roofs, gable ends of houses,
chimneys, shutters, signs, fences,
trees, shrubbery, etc , tho whole
of which will aggregato many thou*
sands of dollars. Some slight in:*
jurios to persons are reported, but
nobody was seriously hurt.
An ibsilatv Milled,
For Resisting Arrest Two Officers Kill
a Negro Housebreaker.
Saturday night, about i(j o’clock,
while Mr. Win. McGinty, brother to
Mr. M. B McGinty, who lives on the
the old Kittle place, was in Athens,
four negroes came to his house, end dew
uiatided admittance. Mrs McGinty
locked the door and refused to let them
ia. The negroes then attempted to force
an entrance with an axe, but became
frightened before they succeeded in
breaking down the door and Rod Their
intention was doubtless robbery, and
os some of the men are notorious out
laws they would not have hesitated at a
greater critrhe. But the negroes were
recognized before they left, and the
next day Mr, McGinty swore out war
rants against them. Tho Papers were
rtlneed in the hands of J. T. William
son, bailiff, who summoned Mr McGin
ty and'Mr Fred Hardy to assist him.
The party first went to tho Shod Lester
place and arrested, without resistance,
John Lester and another uegro. They
nest went to the place of Mr. George
■Williamson, upon which lived Gphrgo
Freeman, the Ladci of the frooicf-bc
huvg'ajs. He lived in Jackson coon
Ty, oh the line 4>fi Clackw, about aix
miles frctii OiL city. Freeman is nno
tqmus character. Jh csdne here from
Greece.-county about a year age, and
has been 1 engaged in numerous crimes,
lie is a desperate fellow, and publicly
1 Gated that Hi <£ mVolk o D ,u should
■ an-; vi iiiui. YV A. I ... i ;.. ’ I
| his house Messrs. WiiluoTfcon and Me
|Ginty walked in, the former armed with
a derringer pistol and the latter with a
shot gun. Freeman was asked to sur
render, wlicd he refused in insulting
language to submit, and stepping to
his bed secured a pistol arid pointed it
at Mr. Williamson. That officer, see
ing that his life was in danger, firc-d
upon the man, at the same time order
ing Mr McGinty to do so. Mr. Will
iamson's pistol went off first, quickly
followed by the repjrt of McGinty’s
shot gun. The negro fell and died in
stantly, being shot through tho left
side just below the nipple. It is said
that the pistol did the deadly work A
coroner’s jury was yesterday summon
ed to view the body, but we did not
hear the verdict. It will doubtless ex
onerate the officers from all blame, as
they acted solely in self-defence.—
Athens Banner Watchman.
ICoiiinson Crusoe's Bslsiinl.
Tlio Island of Juan' Fernandez,
which Ds Foe has made immortal as
the scene of the adventures of Robin
son Crusoe, was gyinetime since leased
by the Chilian Governuiont, to which i'
belongs, to a tnan named Van Rodt,
tho son of a Protestant clergyman of
iJeaue, Switzerland the career of Von
Rodt has been, almost as adventurous
as that ol Crusoe himself, and in that
respect he is worthy to he the successor
of Do Foe's hero. At the age of twen
ty-one Von llodt entered the Austtain
service as 1 icutcuant of Cuirassters.
and fought valiantly during the cam
paign of 185(3 receiving at Nachod a
wound so severe that he was obligsd to
rjuit the service. After the termina
tion of the war he wen to live at Paris
on a small pension allowed him by the
Austrian Government. When the
Fran co-Prussian war broks out, bo en
listed in a French regiment of the line,
and distinguished himself for his bras
very at Champigny. 1871 he emigrated
to Chili and engaged in trade with so
much success that he was able to lease
the Island of Juan Fernandci lie
purchai-od a steamer and transported
thither a small colony of agriculturists,
lie raised on the island cattle and veg
etables, which he sells to the whalers
who revictua! there. He governs his
subjects after the fashion of Crusoe,
distributing to them rations in person,
and keeping a patriarchal eye ou their
morals and education. 11 is affairs
prosper marvelously, and he has already
! succeeded io putting in cultivation!
more than half of the island.—Faton.-j
ton Chronicle.
tarp Railroad Cupany,
Office General Manager, Augusta, G*„ APRIL 28tli, 1888.
Commencing Sunday APRIL 29 t 1.,, 1888, Passenger Trains will rim as folk". *
FAST LINE
No. ItT, Wost Bjsiir. No. 2S, Lt.sllfaily.
Leave Augusta, . . 7:10 a. m. Leave Atlanta, . . 2:SO p. tt.
Arrive Athens, . . 12:80 a. m. Arrive at Athens . . 7:26 p. n.
Leave Grecnesboro* . . 10:16 n. ta. Arrive at Oreenesboro’ . 6:2G p. n
Arrive at Atlanta. . . 1:00 p. m. Arrive at Augusta . . 8:10 p. a.
,\o. E, West- BJaliy; No.'S.iliost-bttff j.
Leave Augusta logit) n. m. Leave Atlanta 8:25 a. m
Leave Macon 7.05 a. m. Leave Oreenesboro’ 12:09 pic
Leave Milledgevilla 9:1(1 a. in. Arrive Athens 5:06 p m
Leave C'nraak 12:29 a in. Arrive Washington 2:56 pm
Leave Washington 11:20 a. in. Arrive Cnmak 1:57 pnr
Leave Athens -05 a. in. Arrive Milledgevill* 1:19 ptt
Arrive ni. Greener,bovo’ 2; 15 p. m. Arrive Macon 6:46 ptt
Arrive at At lad a C: 50 p. m Arrive August a 8.55 p tt
\o. :5, Wesl-Maih Xo. S, llitisl-Dfilij.
Leave Augusta 900 p m Leave Atlanta 8:50 p m
Leave Maeon, 7:10 pm Arrive Grecnesboro' 1:16 am
Leave Milledgeville IbU p-m Leave “ 1:47 a tg
Leave Oreenesboro’ 1:18 p m Leave Union Point, 2:18 a jr:
Arrive Atlanta 0:10am Leave Thomson, 1;23 a u
Arrive Attgusla 6:20 a d
g!gf*Puperb Sleepers io Aug.' aau Atlanta,
Train No. 2T will stop t and receive passengers Vo an.] iVom the following 2>nk
lions, only,—Belair, Berzolia, Harlem, ileatir.g, Thomson, Cnmak, Cratyfordvillt,
Union Point, Oreenesboro', Madison, ltalledge, Social Circle, Covington,
Stone Mountain and DecntuV. •.
Train No. 5|J4 will stop at, .and receive passengers to and from Ilia following
Stations, only—Berzelia, Harlem, Bearing, 'Thomson. Cimak, Crawfordville, Union
Point, Oreenesboro’, Madison, i’.iitleiL o, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stens
Mountain and Decatur.
The Fast Line lias Through Leper: from Atlanta to Charleston, and connects fot
all points West and North vest,, .ast and Southeast.
' 7z\.
General Passenger Agent.
J. W. Green, Gon si Mnnr.ger.
' Central Hotel*
Mrs VS M THOMAS,
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PROPBIETEBSS.
Centrally located near Confederate Monument,
Broad Street ADJUST A,
Comfortable Rooms. Excellent Fare. Courteous Clerks and attentive Sorvan i.
CITY Bill STORE.
oo
J ALWAVS keep a Laige and varicdaksortinent of
Clteiuh silly lnre 'Wjpst DRtJAIS sunl
new goods % I If cdiehNS
Arriving every week.
PAINTS, 01LS, VAIJSISIIKS.
COLO Its, BRUSHES, etc.
All Sizes Win now glass..
LAMP GOODS, CHIMNEYS, etc.
Buist’s Garden Seeds.
ONION SETS, POTATOES, etc.,
Crop of 1882, warranted fresh and Genuine. lOreillK paper.! sold at S eeilll
strictly. The best Seed for this climate.
Fiaie Cigars & Chewing Tobacef*
Toilet Soaps, Perfumery; Pomades, Tooth-brushes, and. Druggist’s sundries.
Physicians’ prescriptions careful compounded and dispensed.
John A. Griffin.
Oreenesboro’, Or., January 29,1883.
R. 13. STROZER,
WATCH-MAKER and J2WEZEB
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1 can make any sort of repairs uj cn Watches or any kind of Jewelry. If your watch
is out of order, or does not keep good time; or if your jewelry is broken; bring them to
me; and 1 guarantee the work will be done promptly and satisfactorily. I willbefonnD
at, the IIERALD office. spr. 27-83
£& "8 D utfit furnished free, with fall
| a Hinstructions for conducting the
I II most profitable business that
V * sKTany one can cngigi: in. The
business is so easy to learn, and our in
struetions are BO simple and plain, that any
one can make great profits from the very
start. Nu one can fail who is willing to
work. Women are as successful as men.
Boys and girls can earn large sums. Many
have made at the business over one hun
dred dollars in a single week. Nothing
like it ever known before. All who engage
are surprised at the case and rapidity with
which they are able to m ike money. You
can engage In this business during your
spare time et great profit. You do not have
to invest capital in it. We take nil the risk.
Those who need ready money, should write
to us at once All furnished free. Address
TBUE & Cos., Augusta, Maine, np.7,’81
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