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The Meriwether County Vindicator
VOL 7
THE VINDICATOR.
ru.v.i*a*D iTiitt ratDxY,
BY WM. T. JSJEVILT.,
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COUNTY OFFICE as
ORDIJSaKY A. 1. lUi.u
kHEKIFE O. 8. Flounce
Cl IKK S, C..., W. 11 KeUr
TAX KKtLEIVER... 11- 8. Clements
TAX COLLECTOR J. O. Chtfelian
TREASURER U. J. Anthony
At RVKYOR O, F. Matthew*
CORONER John R, Jouti
CO l NTY COMMISBION ERA.
1., j. Mil*in, A iron Sibley,
O. J- Reeve*, J F. Buchsuau
j W. HAU‘s.
BOAST) OF KIM t-ATION.
Jlhu W. I’.lk, NV J. UhM:W
WjiC’U Reaves, 11- A- barker
A 11. Fieemau, BcC.
gtLAlOh Kith LimUt, F- M. Duncan
KU’lthi-kMA'UVtS
F J. Williams, C. W. Williams
liUhtiIMDSS CARDS
1). H. h hi 11),
. I lOItNKV AT LaW
J\ (iKKKNVII.t
Will practice iu Mtiiweih*/ arid Hi'
ru nt-c* coinpoetas the Cow*t* circuit.
Trios A ATIfIKN'N,
ATTOIIW6Y AT LAW
GIUIKMVILLJC. '*
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I >SBiI>KMI DKHT *BY
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Icibj* (h. All work warr sated.
I>H r. II TKHKKr.L
/ .ti l',; i.i* I*i• rwawaial *.ivie#* to
* / hi. |-,o :• - (ifli ■* Mi lita tall.cr,Hi.
J IC i 1 1 rrell, at tin Drug Biore.
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<inllrii’ Impinii'il l'|iun <*li
Plat trrv Ste lespwUully ii.Vllod to • *
ainjo* li.ia 0,11 twit/ r buying I wil k-;•
'nil. with Kretlei. IV'driuM-r an^
(•I 1,1,K TH IM'Uiil.K ULVOI.VINO
( OITON I*i L H (i *t#g with a
room I •l l '*}* <tl band f”r '*ililtVin
VA't* yi/alai lit- 'ln- rami J e'fid Hifvtfae
(.onto i‘ur< baser*, 4o rvry particular
'I >,*• Jf ■* *. will b*l redursl mil HCMMIII
from 14,00 '<• <U 50 per saw < o tin Gin*,
a’.fl 11 in f! '(lnn the Feeders Jr* j
fr all to lju.w<ouipanyir g ccrtlfl<*t<* of I
well ko' wd plmteis wl o are uii,k Gu!
Jell’* Gins, * ill lli*- lll* ( rn.ia obtained
lor rollon finned on then
J A UKKKH, Agent
G-.fTn, O- . Mach lb, I*7
Gnitris, Ox., Man h l l fe7y
We, ili* on Jin igned, are uslt g i u.e Oul
l*i'. Ji' ;r• r* <1 L gl.t Dralt C-(ton Gin,
Tli* Gin i* i I Hti(>eriof Workmar * I*ip
Kir I**l f mi'iig, saf'ty in mi ning and
Hr lit <1 !', (to (Jo the same work.) w*
ll.ink it ha* no equal ; (ml Mm moat im
p< rtiioi Pat jm i* lire Attachment for •;>< n
in, improving Mi* sample. The In-ai
eoMon i> in ( I' vnl by it' SO aa to befog
fr< is j to j cent, and *'a ned and dry cot-
Irern 4 'o 1 cent jar pound W re in Ibe
Oiiffln rrarket than on *,th* r Gin*.
W. J. BKIDUKB.
T. W. MAM EY.
J. 1 M ' NLLY.
Gjrirrm. Ga., M*y 17,1878.
To J. A. B} EKB, Agent I <r the OtilltU
G:ii M*n'i’g l> at Giiffln, G.:
At year rrqoe*t, we, plan’eni nJ dea’
tTJ io cotton, give to the public oor ©pji •
ii a' ! y'-ar Out. Vt e take p won.re ip sav
ing to *!J in Bcd ol r.tK Oh.*, that it is
now a **e!i-*-*tßbiihed /act that cottoo
girned on these G’n* bring a BiOeia
J rice in £mr,*&ar'. et than any other, and
the gin* are grow irg in public favor. Cos!
too timed <n them aold ,a>,t aeaaon at
from of a cent to one cent per
pot lid above !1 e msiket price. Mr. Gul
letl’a AtUuhn et,t for improving the ram
pi* of cbltot, we are aatitfhd, it what he
claim* lor it. The Gin appears to have
leached perfection in Gin Machinery.
A. C. SOBBEL.
T. i. BROOKS.
It. P. McWILLJAMK
8. B. MoWILLIAMH.
I> W. PAI TERijON.
K- H.BIMB.
T J. BLOOD WORTH,
5 1 am Agent for the Celebrated Et. LIPSE
PORTABLE K>GINE, manufactured by
Erick A C‘s lor the coaitica of Buw
Fayett# aid Clayton,
1. A. BEJiK*.
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GBEENVILLK, MEKIWETHFM COUNTY, BA., MAY 9, 1879.
Our Twiitlieiix De ni,
From’the Banner of the S uth.
'tsiher the sacred dust
Ol the watriors tried anJ true, .
Who bore the ii<g of our nation's trust
And fell iu its cause though lost still
Just
And died lor ms *nd you.
Gather tnem each. KI .
From the private to the chi. fi
Come they from hovel or princely hall-
They fell for us and lor them alio ! I
fail
The tears of a nation's grief.
Gather the corjwea atrewn
O'er many a battle plain.
From many a grave Hint lies so lone,
Without a name and without a
atone,
(lather the So ilhere slai->.
We caie not truence they came,
Dear ia their lifeless clay !
Whether unknown oi know n to fame.
Their cause aid country still the
same —
They died -and wore the grey.
Wherever the brave haae died,
Xh*gwfcw& ; .sMt*e6 n*R j..-.- ■
L vitlg they liugg!ed side by side
VS by should the hand ol Death di
vide
A tingie heait Irotn heart
(lather thsli scattered il.tv,
Wherever it may rest ;
Jutl ns they marched toaln tiloody Irsv,
Just as they tell on the battle day,
liury ll etii breast to boast.
The f,eman need not dread
Tltla gathering ol the brave I
Without sword or flag and w ith s tin He s
Head
Me niurlsr onco m re our dcslhle.l
dead
Out ol each lonely grave.
The locnmn need not (roivii
They an-all powerless now • f
Wv gather (him lime and we lay them
Yh w u.
And leua aud played am the only
cro w n
We b ring to wnatlie cai It brow .
And the dead meet.the dead.
While the living o’er them weep
And the mini whom Due and Htotn wii I
led
And the heails that once log -lherJjlu I,
I’ogetle i slttl sltrtll nlr* p,
A It IT AW A V I It AIT
A Tralrr tfuni Asvuy wlill tire
ilugbii'ii trnri In c its mi I'lglrl
Topeka (,’ mimmiwcnllh.
I.a* M-mday i Veiling n passenger train
on the Moutoutl, Kansas and Texas Hail
mad name inti ling up the va ley .elween
i'ar* os and Emporia, with Dave Dunham
at the thri tt r an 1 Johnnie Daley ul the
"furnani, Just as It has every evening lot the
! >l si r y rant.
A* i rsg iii it ami fl.cmao, tin n; tan boy*
J have (food aide by side on thin inn since
j ' lie i'i,lt)g *.l IHT3, and have nut only x el*,
teied on tune, but have, by llieir all hi it l
Msnlirn to tl e rulea of lln road, *iii< and the
eonfldi nee nl llu ii employers and *ln*
frieii 'tbiji of many people bvuig along this
division nl |he Miraouri, Kantas an J T*J
a*. ( I'ney b*ve Un-n the beet nl fcierula -
a hind ol IrieiiiLtnp that ..anger ci.ui : its
and nikkia longer ban laid llu in togeth
et (of many years- an i but for tbe alter*
cation giving i tie to tbi ileu*, they rniglit
bav* filled tb' ir leepecMee station* lor a
lih Urr.e, and ihtir nan..a bevel ap(* ared
in ibe new (| er piinU) A* iho tiain
pulled out bum 'he low land on the Ne' -
*bo aid striiek the prairie, Ibe conductor!
noticed a aodd* n change in speed, but ,
tbitking tbe boya migbt be lifting her a
little to fuei-t tbe grade, t aid no attention
to it. Ihe gta'.'e was met and pasai il aa
tbotjgb no grade * as there, and then down
tbe bill she started at a terrible rate. A*
be akimmtd along the i a*nngen Imgan
V> ahr*w signs of r.ervousneae aa they aaw
!arm-booae roahing along as clone Psgelb
er, apparently, aa in a Kat.sae town, and
tbe conductor to i began to think ail was
not right at tbe aleain end. Aa tbe speed
b ereased at every revolulioii of the wheel*
cushions, lunch basket*, bundlea and b*-
bie* flew around th car like mad, and
now tbe tboroughlv frightened paaaengeri
appealed to tbe conductor to toj> the train
fly ibis time be reslized the danger hirn
aeil. aid knowing that a hanta Ke freight
train had the right ol wav at the Empire
junction, and that it would be certain
doth lo reach there ahead of time, be J< r
ked the a* though a town were
on fire. The frail sounded the alarm, but
aa no response came from the whiatle, he
realized for the first lime that he waa on a
runaway train, five coaches from tbe en
gine. Whether it waa tbe amall amount of
bia life insurance policy, or tbe aalety oj
tbe paasengeta that urged him on, will re
main an open queatioo ; but it is morally
certaia that be was not many second* lo
psasing through tbe coaches, scaling the
iron rail ef the mail-car, and landing on
tbe coal pile near the locomotive, which
was writhing under tbe preaaure of sixty
five pounds more of steam than was neces
sary for celerity, comfor or convenience.
XI•: lays ar be rtruck the water tank and
rode 1 down (oto the cab, the engine was
going so tut that the telegraph polls along
the road looked like a picket fence. It
took but a naome.it to put otj the air brake
reverse the lever, and slow her down and
ti .and hiittscll within two bun lied yards oi
an open switch at the Santa Fo crossing,
and that the run of eight miles had beeu
made in less; thnn eight minutes. When
the train stopped lire fireman jumped fr..m
the .neiue and ran down iho track toward
the city, and the engineer, aiim y irom the
floor of the cab, explained that just a., they
neared the Neurit i grade, Haley, the fire
man, accused him ol having • reported
sum thing discreditable to him to the Di
vision Su[>eriOlcndeiit. Tuia be stoutly
denied, whereupon Haley assaulted him
wiib a coal pic t, aud a baud to baud scut
tie ensued, lit the melee the throttle) waa
throw u open, ami going at tho r.- te of a
mile a miuule they lought it out on that
ill c. On leaving Ahe (rain ilakuy raiHBMl
to tho court-house, and had Bhoi iff Moon
lock him uj* In a cell, fearing that hu
would he uvurtaken, he said, arid killed by
Dor ham and Ills friends. Dunham was
conveyed in a carriage to a physician and
had his wounds dressed. Ilis lace, head
i.rnl shoulder s were ten idly cut and bruis
ed, toe cut Iu the back , I the head by a
ijttvA Uvurg.a vc.y act ore wit*.
The conductor ran the train through to
Junction City, leaving his engineer in the
hands ol a uur.e and Iks fi.vmau in the
lianas ol a Shrnlt.
Du Tou ((cully AT out n Xn nng
<3oV(‘l IIUK‘III.
Tire comm- n answer to (ho Inqriiiy,
Why are y.u in lavor ol Urn. (Irani 1 Is,
We want a sin,ne government.
Now, It t> wortli while to poudei some
what over this pro; ()■ iiion. and consider
whethci ,i strong government ts ically dc
st'ttble
\\ ti.it is a strong gnve n unit t f* ople
in Hit* country who mention it an cavalier
ly Libor under tho mistake that It ia a gnv
• rnn.c I string to protect it* •it /.cn* Iu
thetr i!gt.i>. l'iat ttcally, such t* aeldotn,
II ever, the case,
A BWo.ig government l strong to ot
picas, So lar ..a protection ts concerned, ll
It only strong to prolwet itiril by the op
picKS<iti 'il i thets.
in *|mking ol Uni. (Iriiiit nr. a man who
II Mt-eh ilo 1, would give to the Unite 1
H'tiles u Htiong goyonimeul what Is
111 Hitt ?
It i meant that Ire wou'd make an ad
ministration ato u * fir tha negioes at t •
expense ot
(i* l-bagg<*r at the expense of the i-ulrstah
ri il an I pertua .eiil resirieiit ; an arlmmtH
tiatiou strong In the cohoaUui- trower ol
pi bio plunder.
It would cerlam'y bn an ad iijnistratloi!
ul a strange odor , lor it would smell ol
Babcock and Robeson and the Whisky
Ring.
It would hr an administration string iu
military sjpp rrt aul despotic tenden
cies,
Htrong governments make tliemselve
strong at thu cost ol lire blood aud the lib
i riles ml the people.
A rtiorig governmenl would lie out ol
place in the (jailed Hln'es, -.Yew Yolk
Bin,
.No'lng 'i a irciit death ol Go), Mhortor
ol Kofaola, Mil- Advertiser quotes l oin
lirewt::’* blrloiy ol Mali on i a* fol
lows ;
Lb Him* Hlii rtrr ws liorn In M oitlcello
(Jeorgla, In ]KI3 ami fame with bis pa
rents to ISerboor county In lUO6. lie Is h
graduate id Yule College, and hie law
siudlee were i ursutd in the i flltxi ol Id*
biotber, John G. In 1845 be waa admit
ted to Cm bar, and estahlbhed bunvelf in
Eufaula as the associate of bl* brollier. Ill*
)ir*t appearnce Iu public life wn* when he
Ixicanie tbe nominee ol bis parly lor Con
gress iu 1(451, and was elected over lion.
Julius O. Alford, ol Pike. He war re-e!ecl
ed lii 1(507 over Hon. liatt Peterson, ol
Harbour county, carrying every conity in
he dis'ricl. While lo Congress he actml
with the Boulheru iligbls’ wlug ol the
Demm-ratic parly. At Ibe close of nia sec
ond.term ho voluntary retired, to give Gie s
attention lo In* private affairs. He waa an
elector lor liieckinndgo, and the lollowiiug
year was appointed Colonel of the 18th
Alabama infantry. He served with this
command till the spring ol 1841, when he
resigned. He has *ir;Ce devoted himself lo
hie profession, to planting, and to bis du
ties aa President of the Yicksburg A
iiiuoswick fiailroad. 1J irlrjg the Preai
deniial campaign of 18 B.he canvasser] the
Noithvvistern Htatea in behalf ol tbe Bev
mour ticket, and his interest in all public
matters is unsb ate i. In 874 Col. hhortr r
wa a delegate born the Btale at large to
tbe nalio nal Ifenn cral c Convention at Bt.
Louis, and was prominently mentioned in
connection with the Democratic nomina
-tion for Governor in iB7B
Two old Texas ranger* who bad jurt
helne 1 bury a neighbor,were tailing about
retigity, and one aafced the other bow pi*
oua be thought It wm poaaihle for a man
to get in IbU world, if be waa in real ear
neat Wa’al, said the other, r< fleetively
I think ef a mao get ao’t ke can awop
ateera or trade horse* without lyin, ’at he’d
better j nil out for the better land afore be
Uta relapae.
IIMBHIEt OF MiKS. PF.CIA OF
OEOKOIA
Tha Lady aud Iler Husband
feu|ns the N. Y. K. H. 11.
jl for $70,000 Haul
ages.
leti|a! proceedings have been instituted
AgtMfik the New York Elevated Hailioao
by.fiinam Henry Peek of At ala, (la
aadfis wile, for damages. Mis. Peek bav
tf#, iv< >1 severe injitiios at the collision
Wbijp occurred ou March 34 al 43d sir el
andVhlrd avenue. Two suits h .vo bent
b! might-- one by Mr. Pock tor damages
sustfftued iu having been deprived of bis
wMOvuntori, siK icty and services, and
exMßtes Incurred lor medical attendance
un}*'re, which have boon fixed at |30,-
((OtfcMikr s ether by Mrs- Pick, lot ae
vero internal injuries received, (or which
she demands the sum of $50,000. As soon
as his wile was in a condition to be moved
from the hospital, Mr. Peck cadunvoted to
. fleet su amicable settlement ol his claims.
A consultation w*as had with Nathan Uuil
lord, tile Vice-I’lealdcnt ol the Company,
when Mr. Peek asked lor $lO,-
000.
The matter was presented to the Iriui and
ot directors at ttici,* next meeting, and the
claim was considered i x ii bitant, and the
directors declined to pay that amount.
Drs. Sayre and Thomas, who attended
Mrs. Pick, pronounced lire lady's injuries
set mu*, and expressed a bcliel Ural .sire
might be eiippled lor lilt). On receiving
this inhumation Mr. Peek ai onco employ
ed Messrs. Robinson and Scribner us coun
sel, and began a suit lot damages. The
complaints have already beeu seivod on
tiro railroad company, tiro answer being ru
turnable in twenty days, when it wilt be
brought tulo llni Miipreiue court a, early
a> possible.
The injured lady has only partially re
covered. iler itip was dislocated, bud site
Is compelled to use a cnt'.cli. Her dnoghi
it D expiated to all iVC horn Atlanta, (ia.
In a days. N, w York Hiur.
A large ru olite bill In (dm ago on last
Wednesday night. It exploded with a re
port like that of a cannon and did a gloat
deal of tiiisr hlr f. The meteor looked tin
size of a child's hoop, , r some thirty Inch
es In dimaetei. Two bushels id Iravments
were found after the explosion. No one
Was hurl, but the electric fluid set fire to a
budding am! did some hundreds ol dpl
tara’ wortli ol damage. It also entered the
libiiu. of Colonel Nutt and played many
eccentric pranks there. It destroyed a tel
ephone, dashed the globes of! chandeliers,
hurst a gas meter and.blew out all llm win
daw panes on the floor. Three minute*
liulore the aeeident Colonel Noll and H*
Wife were talking Ihlougli the telephone
to lru nd at some nirtnneo. 11 ml they
conlintied in contact with the instrument
their death would have been almost cer
tain, Pieces ul aerolite are described b
the local newapnpers a* being like cllnUi r
or alag, dark outside but almost white at
the Centre, ll Ira very rare ami notable
thing that a mete >r should tall and light
uing sink, at Hu* same moment and tin
same place. Hailors, indeed, generally
lee) sale from lightning when they see fire
ottlSa or bolides either at the yard-anna or
Close by elsewhere.
111. I OKI llu had been telling bill
nbotil hi* Iro' b'us, and bow everything
MKfined ngnbict liiiii - l beuuintisrjl, the
wicked wo’ld, anil so forth, when she,
like the biave'girl she was, broke out, You
must 1/e vi ry lo it indeed ol living upon
frog*, Mi. J me*. Progs ] i|Uitioned he
Why Hog* ? O, lrecau*e, replied the heart
ies* miss you are such a croaker I
A meeting was called in Kureks, Cal , to
express dlrapprohatlan of Bonalor Com! ns'
nourve in the Legislature but before it had
been called to order tbe Senator himself
walked in, look the platf irr*l, and made a
brief speech In dele me of his act*. Then
he went duwn among the audlenco, shook
hi* fist In tbe Isms of iner. who bad Mailed
the movement against him, drew a rtvol
ver.aml dared anybody to present tbe nr
dlull rns. The rtieeling was formally ad
journed. II this had occurred iu Georgia,
what a stalwart howl woulJ have been
raised over It.
The Washington Post, ridiculing the
blood-tbirtine*s irisnilested try BenaU/r
Hawes, ol Maasachuretts. In bis late speech
in Congre#*, says It is trnc that in the late
war tbe bellicose Bcnulor did out rush to
crimson glory in his own proper [/ersoo,
but he did better—he cent bis blred man
to the front, and Induced the sewing socie
ty ol hi* native town to send the able sub.
stitule two pairs of socks and a Havelock.
Secretary Kvarts u, <*id to 1/e in a dilem
ma about sending back George P. Be ward
as Minister to china, lie knows that arti
cles of impeachment may be moved at any
lima against Beward, based on the report
of an Investigating committee made at the
last session ol Congress; but he d'/ee not
lake the reaponubiiity of opposing the
Republican influences brought to hear in
Isvor of the retention ol Heward.
>l*n and wife are all one are they said
*be. Yea what ol it? said he suspiciously.
Why in that case, said hU wile I got terri
bly tight last night and feel awfully atham
ed ol myself this morning, lie said nejrer
a word.
A Bciihillml liiddcul.
Wil iam IVy expired alrout midulgtit at
Windsor Palace. The Archbishop of CsnJJ
lerbury, with other ireers and high lunc
tiouunes ot the klugd m, were iu atteuJ
ance.
As soon as the Scepter haJ departed,
vith the last brealli ol the king, the arclt
oithop quiltad Windsor Oaslh , and made
is way with nil possible speed, to King
ion Palace, the residence at that time, ol
tire princess—already, by lire law of iuc
r eision, Queen Victoria, fie arrived long
beiore daylight, announced himself and
requested an immodiuto lutorviuw with the
princeac.
She hastily attired herself an 1 met hint
in hot anteroom, lie informed her of the
death of William, and lormally announced
to her that she was by taw aud right, suc
cessor to the deceased mi uaiclr. The
sovsrelguty of a nation at the feet of a girl
ol eightoen.
She was dejtire Q leen of tha Augio
realm. In fact, on w inch the sun never sets.
She wits deeply agitated at the formidable
words, m) fraught with blessihg or calami
ty aud tlie first words she was able to ut
ter were th> e ;
l ak your players m my behalf.
They kneeted together, and Victoria in
augurated her rcigti, like the voting king
of U'ttcl in the olden time, by asking from
the Highest, who rulelh iu the kingdoms
of men, an understanding heart to Judge
so great a people, who c raid n t bo num
borc I nor counted lor multitude. •
TloMw*Tmd=tfptc'i reign Ims be It worthy
ol such a beginning. Many a Ibronu iu
Europe has tottered alone that day. Mo.i
ol Iho.li have been lor a time overturned.
I hat oi England was never so llrut yc seat
ed In the loyalty and love oi tho people as
at this hour. Queen Victoria enjoys per
tonal influence, too, the hear licit homage
paid her as a Christian woman Incompar.
•lily wider and greater tlinn that ol any
monarch now reigning.
The hanging •<! Cnpl. Wirz by tlte Re
publican administration to sin inly the bru
tal demand lor blood, was ot a plena with
the bringing ul Mrs. Wtirrall. <ton. Tay
lor's book just published, contains the iol
- lowing relerouco to Andorsouvillu pris
on t
On this Journey through Georgia (in Iho
last year ul the war) at Andorsonvllle, I
passed iu sight ol a large stockade Inclos
ing prisoners ol war. Tho train stopped
for a lew moments, and there entered the
carriage, to speak to me. a man whn said
Ids name waa Witz, and Hint he was tu
charge ol the pilsoncia near by. Ife com
plained of thu Inadequacy of Ins guard and
and the want ul aupplfes, as tire adjacent re
gion was sterile and thinly populated. He
also sal I (hat lire prisoners were suffering
from cold, were destitute ol blaukrts, ami
Hist ire had not wagons to supply fuel. lie
showed me duplicates of riquisitfona and
>ip|ff-nIH lor (elieflhat lie had made to i.il
‘ererit authorlllss. and these J endorsed in
tin- strongest terms possible, hoping to sc
jornpllah roilie good. I know nothing ol
tills Wiiz, whom I met for the first ami
but lie appeared to be earnest
Iu Iris desire to mitigate the condition • I
nis prism.or*. There can be but little
doubt that his execution war a 'sop ' to the
passions of tire mslry-headed.
The Memphis Appeal say* a gentleman
who rouble* on Adams street anil bus a
fountain In the frout yard stocked with
••nail liali, Ira I been (in/./, ed lor some tlrm
over the disappearance of tbe fish from the
basin of tbe fountain. Ouu night la l
Week be and soy era I file, da sat up and
watched. About 10 o'clock they tttw Ibe
liouao iat sicalt.ily aj.pro ieb the rim id
the fountain nn l si-ateb in the ground.
Pbe cat caugl't a worm, wlmh she moved
around in the w.dcr tor a lew minute*,
then when the little flab would lire and
Idle at Ibe ball, lire cat with tbe paw giair
bed and ate them. Pus* was the ‘lone tLlr
erirjaii’ ot Iho place. Tbe above story I*
authentic, yet It reads as and It was apociy
pbal. Here is an Important lard tor scien
tists wbo draw a di tlMClfchi between In
stinct and r<ia*on.
Ex-Cfov. Hendrick* ha* reiterated to tha
IndDnapoilt Journal hi* declaration tbit
it ii hi* ‘iionitlve and Irrevocable’ intention
to decline a cererid place upon another
prealdentiHl ti> ket ; that lie i* not an aapl
rant for the place of Vi e-Pri-nident, and
would not acoet/t a crtmuiaalon to that
office If oflered to him to-day j that It la,in
hia opluloo, a lee honorable and lee* re
*poii*lb!e than that of Speaker of the
House of Iteprerentativea, and lent remun
erative than hie law practice in Indiana,
and that he doc* not desire to enter the
While House Iroin the back door.
Ben Butler i* not a looi. lie perceive*
the point of the iinmigration movement.
We euggea'ed the ether dty that the move
merit would do more to fettle the negro
problem than many yean ol discussion,
through the effect ol negro tabor on white
labor la tbe North. Butler fees the poin>
lie eaya the Democrats have nothing to
complain of iu tbe movement. Where
ever tay* he, the negro and the
white Republican laborer come together
in tbe North there will be ono white Re
publican vole lea* and one badly demoral
ized black man. inter eat* control in poli
tic*, and aetUe issue#.—Ex.
NO 21
A idjrcterlone Spring.
In the summer ol 1868 the Third Uulted
Stales Artillery, command) and by Colonel
Uales, was encam ed a! the loot o( Mta
iionary Ridge, sngaged in the removal of
the Cherokee Indianf. Ohe day the Oot
ocet ordered out a fsllgue party to e!di
out the spriog, a baaetMul fountain batw
bl'nx up at the toot ot the Kidge. Short
ly alter, the sergeant reported to bead
iu ners that bis men were all drank.
Ssv the Colonel; You should not hne*
let ibe men drink whiskey. I did not re
plied tho sergeant, they drank nothing bat
water irom the spring. Tho sergeant and
men were ordered into the guard-bot*o n
new detail sent out ands lieutenant plaoed>
*n command with orders to not let the men
have access to any spirits. N t long alt sc
um lieutenant repotted the men all drunk,
IT.e men were ordered to tha guard-hocaa
aud the lieuten. nl under arrest. Another
pat ty waa ordered out, of whieh Qo
Gates himself took the command. Ha
t. ok a scat on a stump so he could over
look tho whole ground, determined there
should be no gelling drunk this time. But
trcbold in a short time his men were all
,trunk. Ho wan certain they bad drank
nothing bitt water, Which-they frequently
did, ucting down on their knees and
drinking Irmu the branoh Just below the
spring. The Colonel was al his wits’ end.
The men were ordered to thu guard-bouee,
m.d hu repaired to his tent to tbiuk. After
weighing the matter pto and con be had to
give it no, and repairing to the guard
house ho told tlte men il they would show
trim how it waa donu ho would releato
thorn, otherwise he would punish them se
voroly. To this they agreed and taking
him to the spring ; Jnst below the spring
In the branch they uuuarUted a five-gallon
jug partly filled with whisky the mouth of
which waa stopped with a cork, Iu which
was inserted a quill that reached to Ik*
bottom. W ben buriod Iu the ssnd the up
per cud of the quill was Just above tha
suilace ol the water, and when they wan*
t.d to drink they stooped down, Inserted
the quill tu their mouth, and while appa
rently drinking pule sxalcr were Urloklug
pure whlßlty, and tho Oolonel, silting oa
the slump In plalq view, was uens Ihs Wt?
ser toi it.
They me evidently In earnest in the ep*
sltlon lo cany big concealed weapons In
Uaiuokviilc. The l£gl *y A. young
mail came to town ou Tuesday lu a wagen
a. and brought 111* little shooting iron along
I ii the purpose ot getting mwe cartridges
lor it. He did not like to walk through
tin' street with the pistol In hit hand, even
and lie thought ol U at all, ao, (lipping It out
ot the wagon, ho put it in his pocket and
went luto a store. Here he waa obliged to
take it out In order to fit the oartildgea to
it, but be lorgot to look around lo tee thal
no one was observing him. The result
was that some ouc aaw him repmted tbe
matter at once, and he wa aoon hauled up
before the City Comt end lined |lO and
costs, bcvldca an altorney’s lee, to sll sotne
ll,ing over 420. ills cartridges cost him
pretty dear, hut ho learned something.
The hen* lu Ealr liavoo have such free
access to oyster shells, shell lime, etc, that
„ <<..m ni-si I* needed to chip tbo way
from tbo outsi le ol their egg* to tuo yota.
1 bis Is not a hard-boiled story. ,
Twu kind* of Iliilw.
Washington Cor. Chicago Hera'd.
Judge J'.'|. Hiack has long Worn s
black wig. Having lately donned anew
Which looked still darker, and meet
ing Senator Bayard, of ironware, tho tat*
ler accosted hint witb.'Whv, Black, how
y uli- you lo ik, you ate not a i gray a* I
am, and you mttat be twenty <-■*(• older.’
ILiinph, tab I the judge, good reason !
your hair c uncs by descent, and I get
mini: bv pu clinsn.
An Irishman called on a Ldy and gen
tleman, in slioae employ Ire was lor tbe
purpose of getting some lea and tobac
co.
1 bad a dream tail night, yer honor,
•■tic he to the geutlernan.
What was it P M If
Why, l drained that yir honor made
me a present of a (toui.d of lohaccay, and
her ladyship there—lf'.'HVcn bless her I
gave some toy lor tbe good wife.
Ab, Pat. die*ins go by coutratlc* yotl
know, uald the gentleman,
Fatih, and they may that, said Pat, K
her ladyship Is lo give the lohaccay, and
bl* honor the tay 1
Why, oaks the Wheeling Leader, don’t
someone write a aong mi the first fly O
aummer T H> cauac the fly wont hold atill
long enough for any ono te writ* a aong
on it,
But you know, pa, aaid a tarmer’a
daughter. when lie spoke to her about tIM
*'Jdr*aev ol hia neighbor’* aou, you know
ibstma want* me to marry a man of cal*
ture. Bo uo I, my d**r, bo do 1, and than
la no cult ora In tbe world better than ag*
nculture.
A gentleman recently about to pay bia '
doctor’* bill. said. Weil, doctor aa ay lit*
tie boy gave tbe meaalea to all my neigh
bor’* children, and aa tbey were atteoded
by you, I think you can afford, at tbe
last, to deduct tea per oeot. Iron the
amount of my v biJl for the lncreeee o( boat
neat we gave you.