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BY D. W. IK HOULLY.
FKIDAY JULY 24, 1874
®*A lad in New York lately
lost an arm by being run OVer by
the cars. When taken home the
arm was brought also, and thrown
into a pail, w hen the lad screamed
with pain. It was then put in a box
and buried, but tbe boy shortly said
that something was crawling on the
inside of the hand. On being dug
up, a large worm was found in the
palm of the hand. A large jar was
then obtained, and it became neces
sary to crowd the arm in, when the
sufferer fairly went into a paroxysm
of pain. The limb was placed in a
jar partly filled with alcohol, and,
ben replaced in the ground. The
little follow complained that his arm
and fingers were in a terribly cramped
position, and that the little finger
and the next one were growing to
gether. The jar was then taken up,
when the limb was found crowded
and cramped os described.
This case is the mcr*--remarkable
ns the little nhio year old lad was
ignorant of what disposition had
been made of the limb.
Civil Bights in Alabama.—A ne
gro entered the express cilice at Ope
lika, the other day, and took his scat
in a chair. When remonstrated with,
he became insulting, and the agent
very properly kicked him out.
Another negro insulted a white
man on the street, whereon the latter
knocked him down and pounded him
well. When the negro got lobse, he
remembered that his crop was in tho
grass, and hurried off to work it.
The Civil Bights Bill. —Let no
ono indulge tho delusion that this
monstrosity is dead. It merely lies
asleep upon tho Speaker’s table, and
is liable to be called up at any time
after tho rc-aßsembling of Congress,
mid passed by a voto of two thirds of
the House. Our main hopo'ofils de
feat now lies' in its being vetoed by
Grant.
65?“ Airs. Cormard, married while
woman in Bucks county, Pa., hud
dlod up her throe children and elopod
about a year ago with a colored man
named Kelsey. The outraged hus
band caught them recently in Ches
ter county, but they could give no
account of the whoreabouts of the
children.
Another Finn in Cuicaoo, — Chi
cago was visited by nnolhor dostruc
tive fire last week, which destroyed
property valued at from four to six
millions of dollars, and occasioned
some loss of life. The origin of the
lire is unknown. About two-fifths of
tko property consumed was insured.
B©“ The News reports a severe
hail storm near Franklin last week,
which seriously damaged cotton and
corn. A troo was blown aoross a
dwelling, but no one was hurt.
tST"The Franklin News says:
“We are having fine (showers for the
growing crops—a little too much for
cotter.” J list as if cotton wasn’t one
of tho growing crops.
Good Advice.—Col. Clarke, of the
Atlanta Constitution, iu a receut
address at Covington Fomale Collego,
advised tho young ladies of tho grad
uating class never to marry a man
unless he took a paper.
Cheap Coffins—.At a late auction
in Columbus painted plniik c>.a; ns
sold for from 25c. to sl, and metnlio
ones, worth SSO to SBO, for from $4
to sl2.
Kntkhpjusk.— A planter of Thomas
county is erecting a $75,000 hotel in
Thomasville. lie paid $15,000 for
the lot on which it is to lo built.
tST* Prof. Win., Ileury Peck, who
formerly published a paper in Grocn
ville, Ga., is said to have made
$45,000 sinco tho war by writing
stories for tho Now York literary
papers.
ear The suspension of tho Freed
man’s . Bank at Washington has
caused quite a stir among tho “ col
ored troops” in those cities where
branches were established.
5® “Tho troubles of tie Tennessee
doctors are greater than they can
hear. If the patient recovers he
never pays his doctor’s bill, and if ho
dies his relatives kill tho doctor.
Aa k man in Carroll county
was recently loading a pistol, it was
accidentally discharged, and tho ball
canto near putting out both his eyes.
Monte/urira, Ga., has a negro
with white and black spots.
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ty*The Episcopal church at Thom
aavillc was lately robbed.
Gen. Toombs.
A correspondent of the Atlanta
Herald relates the two following in
cidents of Gen. Toombs:
When the Confederate Govern
ment met at Montgomery there was
no money. The new administration
had to have quarters to do business
in. None of the officers bad any
money convenient. General Toombs,
then acting as Secretary of State,
had some cotton, and gave his indi
vidual 'obligation for about $20,000
for rent and other expenses of the
new nation. By some fatabty and
inattention the various Confederate
Secretaries of the Treasury failed to
pay the debt, and when the war ended
the paper of General Toombs, to bis
astonishment, was still out for the
liability. Few men would have re
sponded to such a claim. He paid
the amount in gold in full, refusing
to even use currency, and thus he
stands to-day the creditor of the
desfunct government for $20,000,
paid after the war was over. Au
honor so punctilious is rare, espe
cially in these degenerate times.
But ono even more remarkable
case of his ready and unique finan
ciering occurred since Governor
Smith has been in the chair of State,
and in which the whole Slate -naa
helped.
come $300,000 of interest on the
State debt fell due in the middle
of the first year of Governor Smith’s
administration, and every effort to
raise the money was a failure. The
banks wore tight up, and there was
no money in the Treasury. Gover
ner Smith laid the matter before Gen
eral Toombs and invoked his help.
General Toombs promptly responded
by raising the money on his own
personal exertions, and loaning it to
the State at 7 per cent interest. He,
on his own personal security, ob
tained from several friends good
bonds enough, with what ho had of
his own, to pledge as collateral for
tho amount, and raised it in New
York.
Kimball. —The Atlanta News wants
Kimball to prove iu the courts that
ho was not a party to deliberate
fraud—
First. In obtaining the endorse
ment of the State to railroad bonds,
when tho provision of the law author
izing such endorsement was not com
plied with.
Second. In obtaining a doublo
endorsement of the Cartcrsville and
Van Wert Railroad bonds by chang
ing tho namo of the road.
Third. By taking tho bonds of tho
Stato and pawning the same without
a shadow of authority.
Fourth. By taking the bonds of
the city of Atlanta and makihg away
with them, leaving the city to pay
a mortgage on the capitol building
which he ought to have paid.
A Nkgho’b Views. —The St. Louis
Democrat—which is a Radical paper,
in spite of its name—says a negro re
cently Bet forth his views as follows,
in regard to tho relation of the two
races at tho South:
You no, de turky he roose on do
fence, an’ do gooso he roose on de
groun’. Yo pull de turky off de fenc
an’ he will git up agiu. You crap he
wings, but somehow or nudder ho
gwine git bak on do fenc. Now you
put de gooso on de fenc an’ lie’ll fall
oft'; he don’t b’long rlar. De turkey
am do wile man. lie’s down now,
but is gwiue to git up agin. De nig
ger is do goos. Ho better stay whar
he b’longs.
The Flea. —Tho following is bqing
published by some of tho Georgia
papers, aud cadi one publishes it as
original—so far ns we have noticed.
Ob ! the Ilea, tho flea, the elegant
flea; attacking bis victim wherever
ho be; first on the left shin, then on
tho right; hero crawling leisurely,
there taking a bite. If to catch him
you try and thore ho don’t be, don’t
say your finger slippped, and then
curso tho flea; for if you get after
him and h don’t make a spring, it
-n w. i 0 Immnuity a vory queer
Roman Catholics in Wiscon
sin aro leaving tho Granges, the
Bishop of Milwaukoo having issued a
pastoral against them.
A Texas paper says that State has
“ much tho largest aud grandest en
dowment for public schools of any
Slate on tho continent,” and that in
ten years, at the present rate of
growth, it will be second or third in
population.
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OHir A Louisville preacher visited
a bouso three times by request, at 7
o’clook in tho morning, 3 in tho after
noon and 8 in tho oveniug, to unite
a couple who expected to be married.
On tho last visit ho was successful,
and the happy groom gave him half
a dollar.
U’ It is said the preacher iu Pen
sacola was compelled to break off in
tho midst of his sermon, tho frogs
uoar tho church keeping up such an
uproar that his congregation couldn’t
hear him.
New York, July 18.—A special
from Little Rock says tho Constitu
tional Convention will declaro all
Stato offices vacant, aud order anew
election.
Mere Mention.
A terrible death by nitro-glveerine
occurred near Parker City, Ha., re
cently. A young man was errting
six cans of tho material over a tough
road in a wagon, when, from some
cause which will never he explained,
it exploded. The man’s :sead and
part of his breast were found three
hundred feet distant, having beer |
blown over the tops of the highest
trees. Fragments of his limbs were
scattered in different directions, and
his right hand was found half a mil
from the spot. Even the horse’s |
shoes w'eTe torn from his feet.
After the first of next January
newspaper postage will be paid by
publishers instead of subscribers.
This change will force all publishers
to adopt the advance system of pay
ment. No man wi'l expect a po
lisher to furnish his paper on-credit
and, at the same time, advance the
postage.
A Maine rogue has been selling
kegs supposed to bold ten gallons of
liquor A pant of rum was sealed
up inside each of the kegs and so
placed that, taking out a small cork
the purchaser could test the liquor,
but while there was a pint of liquor,
there were nine gallons and seven
pints of water separated from it.
A youthful wedding lately took
place at Gouldtown, Michigan, the
groom being thirteen and the bride
twelve. A wedding serenade was
proposed by his fellow-citizens, but
as the bridegroom mentioned shoot
ing and said nothing about beer, the
ceremony was omitted.
An Upson county man makes a liv
ing by fishing. He has a series of
traps, and ships fish by the hundred
ponnds.
Mount Rainier, in Washington
Territory, gives token of being in
active volcanic eruption. Immense
volumes of dense, black smoke were
seen issuing from tho side of the
mountain recently.
The Aslors own 1,500 houses in
New York city. tym. B. Astor, the
senior of the family, is worth $45,-
000,000.
Hail as large as a hen egg recently
fell in Cobb county, doing consider
able damage to crops.
A writer in the Standard says that
Mr. Baugh, of Talbot county, while
cleaning out bis oat crop, found nu
merous rats. With the assistance
of some fifty school-boys, an attack
was made, and some COO or 700 were
killed.
A correspondent of tho Talbotton
Standard says there is a peacock in
Prattsburg, Ga., which i3 at least
fifty years old.
A person can now go from New
York to Liverpool for twelve dollars
and a half.
Tho Vindicator states that Henry
R. Harris, of Meriwether county, re
cently bad seven sheep killed by dogs
in one night. A. J. Snelson, of the
samp county, has lost about fifty
sheep in like manner since Christmas.
The New York Herald relates the
case of a young woman who was
cured of hydrophobia by bleeding.
Seventy-two ounces of blood were
taken from her.
The Republican learns that 475
bats wero lately killed in a house in
Amcricus. Of this large number an
averago “ land-pike ” bog eat 276 at
one meal.
A rattlesnako eight and a half feet
long, with sixteen rattles and horn
button, was recently killed in Decatur
county.
A now style of postal cards will
bo issued in the course of five or six
weeks. It will be of neater design,
better finish and present a more
tasteful SppciueitKjg,
An lowa paper predicts that in five
years every barrel of Western flour
will be sent East in barrels of paper,
made from the straw the wheat grew
on.
It appears that there were 663 sui
cides among tho British troops from
1862 to 1871.
Quite a valuablo pearl was found
recently in a clam-shell, in a brook
at Wildrakam, Mass. It is of perfect
globe shape, and weighs sixteen
grains.
A rattletnako measuring five feet
and having upon his caudal extrem
ity thirteen rattles, was recently
killed near Sandorsville.
In Easton, Pennsylvania, there are
at present SOO marriageable females.
Tho fund contributed by Philadel
phia for tho relief of tho sufferers by
tho disastrous flood in Louisiana
reached tho handsome amount of
twenty three thousand dollars and
upwards.
It is said that some of tho planters
in Culm have discovered that growing
pine apples and bananas for the Amer
| iean market pays better than tobacco
and coffee.
Simple Cuke foe Bone Felon
We find this in the Franklin News:
“J. 11. Moore, Esq., informs us that
the egg rjciriedy will certainly cure a
felon. He had one on his thumb
from which he suffered intensely
two or three days. Taking a hen’s
egg he broke off one end, but his
thumb had swollen so he could not
get it in the shell, whereupon he
poured the contents of the shell into
1 match box and inserted the achmg
member therein. In fifteen minutes
hr. • tperienced great relief, and at
'the end of two days the felon began
to discharge and get well, his thumb
■cmairiing in the egg until it cotu
ienced discharging. The remedy
simple and worth a trial.”
Rainey, the barber Congress
man 'from South Carolina, tried to
fo -dp hfroself into ttnrttluhfg" —■ “ f
tret’s Hotel, Suffolk, Va., a few
days sin; ?. The clerk stopped him
at the floor, and told him that
negroes could not eat with white
people, and he would send his break
fast out to him. Rainey became so
violent in his expressions that the
clerk took him by the collar and
shoved him out.
Cuban hotf&a butter is
eeiyad up when called for in long
necked bottles, and looks very much
like wagon grease.
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“ Woman is a delusion, mad
ame! ” exclaimed a crusty old bach
elor to a witty young lady. “ And
man is always hugging some delus
ion,” was the quick retort.
A country girl stepped in the post
office and asked for a letter. “For
what name?” inquired the postmas
ter. “ What name! ” said the dam
sel, in a rage. “ You’re mighty in
quisitive, to be sure!” and out she
flounced.
“You never saw such a happy lot
of people as we had here yesterday,”
said a landlady in Indiana to a newly
arrived guest. “ There were thirteen
couples of them.” “ What! thirteen
couples just married?” “Oh, no,
sir; thirteen couples just divorced,”
#B3- 1 announce myself as a candidate for
the Legislature, subject to the nomination.
H. C. CAMERON.
BAUILTffII KALE PLBLI6 SCHOOL,
HAMILTON, GA.
The exercises of this school will be resumed
on Monday, July 20, 1871.
Parents or guardians having boys to edu
cate may feel safe in sending them to this
school.
Hamilton is centrally located between
West Point, La Grange, Talholton and Co
lumbus, and accessible by railroad from the
latter place. Perhaps no locality can excel it
for its good health, fine society and excellent
church facilities.
Board can be obtained in the best of fami
lies at from $12,50 to $15.00 per month.
'lire course of instruction will he thorough
and practical ; the government mild but fiim.
The following aro the rates of tuition, pay
able at the end of each session :
Spelling, Reading, Writing, Primary
Geography, Primary Arithmetic,
etc, per month $2.00
Reading, Writing, Geography, Arithme
tic, History, English Grammar,
English Composition, etc., per
month 3.00
University Arithmetic, Algebra, Geome
try, Latin, etc., per month 4.00
The Higher Mathematics, Latin, Greek,
Natural aud Moral Science, etc., per
month 5.00
Compositions and Declamations required
throughout the course.
First Term continues six months; second,
four months.
S. T. FULLER, Principal.
Rkferkxcks : II C Kimbrough, A T Brooks,
F Barnes, .1 M Mobley, Willis Jones, W W
Bruce. J T Johnson, President Board of
Trustees. jul 17
HAMILTON FEMALE COLLEGE,
ILVMILTON, GA.
The Fall session will begin in the new col
lbob building, on Tuesday, the 4th of Aug
ust, and close on the 20th of November.
Tuition is from $2 to $5 per month, ac
cording to grade of studies.
Music on Piano, Organ, Guitar, etc., is $5
per month.
will bo charged from the begiiinlncr
of the scholastic co,.n. in men thev enter
to the close of the session. No deduction
will be made for absence, except in cases.©f
protracted sickness.
(jno-half of the tuition will be required in
advance—tlie balance at close of session
Board, in good families, is sls per month.
jul!7 J. H. LOVELACE, l’res’t.
Prolong "STovir
TEN YEARS
by using Vklpf.au’s French Curb for Dys
pepsia, Liver Complaint, Constipation and
Headaches. Put up in refined cider, and
known in America as
S WEET CIDER RITTERS.
Creates an appetite, aids digestion, regu
lates the Liver and Bowels, strengthens the
Kidneys, purifies tho Blood, and makes the
weak strong.
SWEET CIDER RITTERS,
The great Temperance remedy of the age, is
not an intoxicating beverage, but a splendid
Tonic, free from Alcohol and all injurious
properties.
SWEET CIDER RITTERS
is the famous prescription of an eminent
French Rurgeon, and is recommended l>y the
medical fraternity. Taken iu health, it pre
vents disease, by keeping the stomach, liver,
bowels and blood in a healthy condition.
Taken in disease, its good effects are almost
immediate. Pleasant to take, and mild. Iml
thorough, in its action. Put up in elegant
form, and sold by first-class druggists every
where. Price $1; six for $. Count ry agents
wanted LA FOREST A CO .
University Place, cor. 13th st, N. Y.
J. H. HAMILTON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BAGGING, > TIES, BACON, CORN,
SALT, , SUGAR, COFFEE, &c., 4( ,
•FLOUR! FLOUR! FLOUR!
A Large Stock of Best Brands at prices which defy competition,
ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF
Plantation & Family Groceries & Provisions,
Junction of Franklin, Warren and Oglethorpe Sts,
COLUMBUS - - * GEORG] A(
No charge for Drayage. feb2l-iy r
BOATRITE & CLAPP,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Dry Goods, Clothing 1 , Hats, Boots, Shoes, &*.,
Have Just Received Their
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Best Spool Cotton 70c. Prints 10c. Dress Goods and all other goods
at very low prices. 4—4 Bleached Goods 10@12£c.— -worth 16c.
Columbus, Ga., May 1, 1874. mayl-3m
1874 SPRING MILLINERY 1874
CHEAPER THAN EVER, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL!
MRS. L. A. LEE
HAS NOW OPENED AT HER STORE,
75 BROAD ST, COLUMBUS, GA,
A Magnificent Stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hats, trimmed and
untrimmed. Flowers, Parasols, Fans and Ribbons. Hosiery, Gloves and
Corsets. And many other novelties, which she offers cheaper than ever.
BgL. Orders faithfully attended to. mayl-8m
GRAND ATTRACTION.
NEW CLOTHING STORE.
THORNTON & ACEE,
78 BROAD ST-, COLUMBUS, GA,
Having received their new stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING,
For Men’s, Youths’, Boys’.and Children’s wear, offer superior inducements to the trad..
Having carefully selected their goods with an eye to the wants of the trade, and the finan
cial condition of the country, and having purchased their entire stock for Cash, thy art
en iweo ro otter great bargains to all Buyers of good clothing.
Their stock of Furnishing Goods is complete, new, novel and cheap.
Give them a call. ap!o-6m
J. W. PEASE & NORMAN,
COLUMBUS, GA.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Rosewood seven octavo Pianos from S3OO to SSOO. Geo. Woods & Cos,
Mason & Hamlin, and other Organs. Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Banjos,
mouth harps, sheet music, etc. We make orders for sheet music and musio
books every few days, and anything wanted and not in Btock, will Is
ordered and furnished at publisher’s prices. nov7-ly
W. J. CHAFFIN,
BOOHLSEIIjiIjXIB. cto STATIONER
AND DEALER IN
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
CHRQMOS, FRAMES AH© MOT&MMGS,
NO. 92 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA."
A. WITTICH- C- M- KINSEL
WITTICH & KINSEL,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS.
jiwuLEis in mums#
NO. 67 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
All of tixo Lfttost Manufactures-
An entirely new stock of the best goods and the latest styles has been recently bought m
New York, and is heieby offered at the Lowest Cash Pbices. ,
Diamonds, gold and silver Spectacus and Kye-Glasses, gold and silver Thimbu*, ladies an
gents’ Chains, plain and fancy Gold Rings of beautiful workmanship, and every
variety of article found in a First-class Jewelry Store.
Stencil Dates of every description cut at short notice.
Sole Agents for the celebrated Diamond Pebbled Spectacles and Eye-glasses, and Agen
for the Arundel Pebble Specks, which are slightly colored, and in high favor with every
body using specks or eye-glasses. ,
Watch, Clock and Jewelry repairing in all its branches. Tlair Jewelry, Society Badg ,
Diamond setting, or any new work made to order at reasonable charges. ••
JE3*Engraving promptly executed. octZi-iy
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