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WASHINGTON GAZETTE J. W. CHAPMAN, P(pritr. FRIDAY, MAY 1, HS* !■ J -Jl. |U- g A great meeting of J|ch aiA in fluential English fctmllowneii; was held in London last Friday and steps tiyceii looking to the purchase of land dip; red for sale, myl dividing it up in to traet* not larger than forty acres and selling them eff- England sadly fuels the need of reform in this direc tion. She is about to enter into what nni now will be the fiercest war tho world has ever seen, and she finds her soldiery practically with no homes and firesides to attach them to their moth er country. They will fight for the honor of a country which is owned by a handful of non-comhatants, and in which they arc only tenants, and that real which soldier* feel in fighting for tho honor their own homes, will never mark the ac tions of her soldiors when the severest tests come. Ever* time a a pop-gun goes off un expectedly in England every llriton jumps about two feot. Last Friday there was an explosion of gas in tits admiralty office, similar to the gas explosion which occurred in Atlanta one day last year, and straightway all the extra olk oin London were called out and the; expert* put to searching for evidences of dynamite, hut up to to the present writing they have found tho marks of nothing but —gas. The wicked floo when no mao pursneth and Rritish oppression of which this country one had a taste, and which after the lapso of more thau a century i* still characteristic of that fsr-roacliing government where they find those they then esn oppress, makes them ever watchful for tho retaliation of the oppressed. Aod while a gas explosion in Atlan ta, Ga., caused no alarm whatever, n similar occurrence hi London la ex citedly announced to the world as the work of dynamite. Augusta has big sensation which has been pending all the weok. A New York detective arrived in at that uity last Saturday armed with a requisition for Mi. W. Roberts pres ident of the broken Rank of Augusta. The requisition hud been honored by Goy. M( Daniel. Mr. Roberts sued out a writ of hahoas covpti* and the ease is io be decided ts day, by J udgo Honey. It seems that Roberts took ten one thousand dollar bonds which had been placed deposit in the Hank of Augusta as the property of flhe Hetlilehniu Iron Works of Pennsylva nia, and Rold them in New York. The case is watched with a great deal of Inlerostv, and it seems very probable now that Roberts will have to go to New York to answer the charge of lar ceny after trust, Tho laws of this land should enforce the commandant “Tliou shall not steel,” especially In high cir cles attract much attention and exert the Influence which shape tho course of people ill general. A vichy foolish Mississippi editor lias on his own account applied to President Cleveland for • par don for Jeflorson Davis. The question now being vigorously put to this rash Mississippian is, “What is Mr. Davis to be pardoned for ?” Some southerners have asked for pardons that they might accept office under the United Slates government and ot Iters may have chafed under what they imagined to be a aligmn, but as neither is (lie case with Mr. Davis, we are at loss to under stand why a sane Southern man should ask for a thing so unnecessary to liis well-being. Ho lias lived and will die witli the highest honor and the deepest love of his own people, ami his memory will ho cherished by Die people of the South to the cud of time, and how could all the pardons of the powers of the earth, add one jot or one tittle to his comfort or happi ness. TUB ORNAT WAR THAT IB COMING. There is but little doubt now that England and Russia will engage in a war. The war ctaltd is growing darker every day. Last Monday the English House of Commons voted the war credit of $55,000,000 asked Jor by Premier Gladstone. The willingness with which the entire amount asked for, was granted, allows the eagerness of England to en ter tlte struggle. The measure was not even discussed in the House. Itns aia seems equally eager for the wkr. Each la Opposing the advance of the other in Asia. For years Russia has been absorbing territory in the north and England in the south of Asia, and now in Afghanistan the two have met. This is an epoclt which has long been looked for by those men in Europe who have given their attention to the Eastern question. None have denied that eventually war between those two great powers was inevitable; thgi the onlf question was in point ot time. AH indications point to the fact that the time is now. Til effect of prac between two such powers will be felt to a great or less extent In every portion of ths globe. We deprecate war under any circum stances and especially as the had ef fects will be felt in the South. There will be but a email demand for the principal commodity our people have 10 sell and A tremendous demand for the principal article! they will have to buy. They should take warning in time and prepare for the emergency. As between England and Russia it will mailer but little with our peo ple which power will gain the victory. England’s advance In the East wilt have a more civilizing Influence; bat we all know that English oppression in enriching England at the expense of all countries over which she gains the ascendondy is characteristic of her people. England oppresses for the benefit of tlis people who Itvc In Great Rritian, while Russia oppresses by her half-civilized and despotic manner of governing her dependen cies. So It matters but little to the majority of Americans which country will lie able to impose the war indem nity on l tie other at the close of the great conflict. Our people pity ths thousands of common soldiers who willingly and by force, will stand and be shot down for tho glory of the men who are di recting the conflict, but will never smell the powder of the carnage. KIEL'S CHEAT VICTORY. The War In Northwest Oanada. l'iic following is the official state ment of tho engagement at Fish creek, Friday, in which tho Cana dians suffered a severe defeat. The statement is made to the minister of iu>l ilia. Fish Creek, twenly-flvo mile* north of Clark's crossing, Northwest Terri tory, April 24—1 have had an a affair with the rebels at this spot on (he east bank of tho river. My advan ced scouts were fired u|ion from a bluff but wo managed to hold our own until tho main body arrived, when I took tneaaiiroa to repel theal lack, which wasover about 2 :3t>p. m. We have captured a lot of their po nies and have three or four apparent ly Indians and half-breeds in the cor ner of the bluff who have dono a great deal of mischief, being evi dently-their beat shots; and as ,1 am unwlllHig to lose more men in trying In lake them I have surrounded the Moll'and shall wail until they have expended their am mu nit lon tc cap ture them. Lord Mulgniid joined me as soon as he could lroin the other side of the river with the Tenth Roy als and the Winnipeg half battery, but the affair was over before they arrived. As most of this part of tho loft column is thus across and as it is a workef difficulty to cress, I have ordered tho rest to follow and shall march to-morrow with the unit ed force to Hutouche- Tho troops behaved very well in Oils their first affair. The killed and would are, 1 regret to say, too numerous. Ido not know what the loss of the enemy was, but I doubt nol blit that it was pretty severe. Though, judg ing from the great advantage of their position, and mode ef fighting, it might well be less than ours. I shall proceed to-morrow after burying tlie doad and sending (lie wounded hack to Clark’s crossing. By moving on this side I lose the telegraph line, hut I shall keep up constant communica tion liy way of Clark’s crossing :f possible. I regret very much the wounding of my two ahlos tie camp Captain Wise’s herse was shot pre vious at his being wounded. Fekß Middleton, • Major General Coma nding. A citizen o( Codec county captured six fox cubs one day last week, about the aixe of onc-month-old kittens, and sold them in Pearson nl 25 cents each. A four Italian Finds 875.00 U 111 Cold Signor A. Vatuone, the person who has suddenly come into tho posses sion of a fortune, is one of the pro prietors of the Hotel and Italian, cornet ot Pacific and Sansomo at*., San Francisco, Cal. He drew the $75,- 000 in the February Drawing,on tick et No. 28,600, in The Louisiana Slate Lottery lor 15. lie is a little black-eyed Italian about 65 years of age, and bears a very good character. He ta'kcs bis good fortune very quiet ly. He lias put his money away, without having made any changes yet. Ho made his brother a present of 110,000, and is going to celebrate his fortune by keeping open bouse all next Sunday.—San Francisco(Cal.) Chronicle, March 3. MINERS BURIED IN SNOW. A Leadville dispatch says that in telligence reached there yesterday af ternoon that eleven men, working in the Homestate mine, ou Eagle river, had been buried in a anew slide. Within an hour a special train, car rying relief, left for the scene of the disaster. Arriving at a point the mine/heparty was met by a crowd of excited miners who informed them it was useless to attempt to reach the mine through the soft snow even with snow shoes, at that tigio of day. The party were convinced of tho impossibility of pro ceeding and returned to Leadville, whence they would repeat the trip early this morning, when it was hoped fho snow would bear the weight of men. Another dispatch, dated Tennessee Fast, says that news reached there at midnight of a snow slide near that place in which eleven miners were supposed to have perished. The men had been working in the Ilomestake mine and uothiug hav ing been heard from them for a fort night, a man named Frank .Sanderson started out to ascertain if any harm had befallen (hem. On arriving at the flat, where two cahlna had stood in which the men lived, Sanderson found everything huried by a deep snowslide, which iiad evidently come down in, the dead of night. Not a sign of life was to be seen in any direction. There is no doubt hut that the wliolo party ha* been huried alive. A large rescuing party lias left for the scene. GEN. LAWTON’S RESIGNATION. Executive Mansion, Washington. April 22.1885. To Hon. A. R. Law low, at Savannah, Ga.—My Dear Sir: I regret exceedingly that for any reason tho administration is to lie de prived of your honorable and valuable service* in the mis sion to Russia. The opin ion of the attorney general upon the question of your alleged disability under the fourteenth amendment to tho constitution was so completely satisfactory and removed so entirely from my mind all doubts as to your eligibility, that upon reading it I de cided to ask you to accept the posi tion, and I learn from (lie socrelary of slate that he telegraphed you to that effort but It seems that yonr letter of the I7th was then on its waj\ which followed by tlust ef tbe 18th rcaffinn >*K your decision. I sincerely regret (Ms de ermina lion on. Mr part so nnsritfl-hly! formed and patriotically expressed ; and whilst I must reluctantly accept It as an announcement of your de liberate desire and personal wish, I can hut feel tliHt the eounlry is great ly the loser by if. With sincere regard amt high respect, I am yotir obedient servant, Grover C’LkVtlaxd. Tim mad dog excitement comes early this year. In fiict, numerous eases of hydro phobia lias been reported all through the winter, but it is possible that an unreasonable degtee of alarm was at the bottom of the majority. It is well to have a knowledge of the genera) symptoms of madness in dogs. All accounts agree that the first indica tion is a sulky disposition. The dog tries to escape notice mid slinks into corners and dark places. He conies unwillingly when called and leaves as aoon as possible. He is nervous and dissatisfied witli his litter and hr has temporary hallucinations. He hears imaginary sounds and secs in visible objects. A depraved appetite causes him to reject his natural food and nibble bits of wood, old leather, etc. His voice grows hoarse, and the thick saliva in his throat causes him to act ns though chokiug with a bone. Then comes paroxysms of fury which cause him to fly at everything. lie will drink water, except vvlion the fatal paroxysms are upon him. Almost un til the last stages ho will olten obey his master and submit to punish ment, but be is liable at any moment to bite. An animal or person bitten by a rabid dog will generally feel the poison inside of three mouths, but instances arc on record where the ef fects did not develop for eighteen months. A dog may act very queerlv and not be mad, and doubtless many a valuable animal has been killed when thcie is re air no necessity for It. People should take good care of their dogs, r uot keep them.—Atlan ta Constitution. Although Postmaster Lamar, of Perry, sent liis resignation to Wash ington as early as last January, and has since repeated it to the ucw ad ministration, ho lias never in any way heard from it, nor has suv one been appointed to the Office so far as can be learned. The family of Dr. Greenfield, in Albany, were poisoned on Thursday by drinking buttermilk that had •18od for a while in a tin vessel. A little 8-month-:-old child of Mr. Theodore Phillips, in Henry conn ty, last Saturday, while playing near the fire place, pulled over a pol ofboil ing water and was so seve rely scald ed that it died the next day. $ —— l 4 if , i. ' i e* > Mrs. R. Hill, of Lee county, has a chicken which has no feathers on it, being perfectly smooth all aver with the exception of a small patch of down on of its head. It lias long neck, bill and legs like a crane. A valuable horse belonging to Mr. John White, Athens, for widen he would not have taken one thousand dollars, was shot and killed by the owner’s order because a mule had kicked and broken the horse’s leg. Mr. D. Anderson, of Hampton, came very near losing a SSO row last week. Her tail was continually get ting caught in tho briars and he rut It off, thinking lie was doing her a kindness. She like to have bled to death. W. Calvin- Chase is a eolered man who is editor of a paper in Wasldng lon called the Bee. Until within a .day or Iwo he held a $1,200 clerkship in the War Department. When it was announced that Mr. Cleveland was elected Chase wrote in the Ilee Ilia* it would “cost millions to inau gurate Grover Cleveland.” On Sat urdav he was discharged from the War Department for iiieompetencv. Cleveland was inangrated and Chase was bounced without the loss uf a single life. Clia-e must liu ve a poor opinion of Ills abilities as a prophet. HOT DEAD YET. Atlanta paper* are giving the public aotne curious and wonderful cac that are quite interfiling. It eeu.s that a voting lady of Atlanta had been reported a* d*d, but ft came to the ear* of tbe Atlanta Journal that -he waa atill alive, and being on the alert for newH, a reporter wa* aent to the residence to learn the facts. Miss llelle ltunaway, who had been pronounced dead, met him at the door, stoutly denying that she waa dead. Hhe said: “For four year*, rheumaliatn and neuralgia have resisted phvaietan* and all other treat ment. My nmacles seemed to dry up, my flesh ehrank away, my jointa were swollen, painful and l*rge, lost inv appetite, waa re duced to do pound si in weight, and for months wa* expected to die. I commenced tha use of B. B. 8., and the action of one-half a bot tle convinced mv friends that It would cure roe. It*effect waa like magic. It gave me jUi sppetifeAgiTo roe strength, reliered all and *jpes. added genii to mf honea.and / when live brittle* had f*?an used 1 had gained j It’pound* of desk, and I am to-day sound] and well." [ IS IT A ills V Home on* **sd Pota*h wai poison. Who makes th*assertion except tb>*e who dt**ire to humbug you ? He who denounce* other retuedie* an fk a rPH.is quietly offering a rile compound of his own—beware of all *ueb. A*k vour physician or druggist if Potash produces* all the horror* claimed for it by those who are compelled to traduce other prepara’ions in older to appear respectable UMnnaalvot. We claim that Potash proper ly combined with other remedies make* the grandt-at blood remedy ever known to man, and we claim that B. fi. H. la that reroedv If afflicted with any form of blood poison, Scrofula. Rheumatism, Catarrh, Old Fleers aod Sore*, Kidney Complaint*. Female Dia canea, etc., the B. B. H. will cure you at owe. Send to Blood BatmCh., Atlanta.Oa., for a copy of their book KRKK. For sale by Da*. (*. E. LYNDOX, Washing ton. Oh. Sheriff's Sale. VXTILL be Hold before the court house T ? door in the town of Washington W ilkrs county, Ga.. between the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in Mly next. Tne following proper*y "to wit: all that tract oflund in the county of Wilkes, State of Georgia, bounded bv lands of If. M. Bim% G. B. Hunch aad other* cootafotng 22a acres, more or lees, cut off by a ruo ninjj north end Houvh on the western side ol the far m of Siuic n Rhodes. Le* eu on as the property of Simeon Rhodes to satisfy two fi fas, one* issued from Wiikea superior court in favor of T. C. Rogue, survivfojj partne** v* Simeon Rhodes, and one Wilk •* conntv court in faror of Pearce, Wijlptt * Ballad. Property pointed out by defeudnnt. Witness hit official signature this the 29th of April, 1885. J. W. CALLAWAY, 18'lra Sheriff Wi’kes Cos. FINE PLYMBDTH ROCK CHICKENS! FOR SALE. They are pure breed end extra fine The Plymouth Rocks are very pop ular because of their many superior qualities. Eggs |2.00 par 13. Address L. L. CHAPMAN, Tallxiitou. Ga. E. E. PARSONS. OFFICE UP-STAIRB, In the Wvnn Builidne SAMUEL GOBAT, From Geneva Switzerland. FRENCH WATCHMAKER. Watch Kopairinff a apecialty. Will also teach French and Piano. Yon will tkd his place of business at the post-office. -2t REMEMBER! BENSON LEADS, BUT NUA EU FOLLOWS. 30 000 Lbs Bacon [3,000 Bu. Genuine Rust 10 Tierces Lard. Proof Oats. 500 Sacks Salt, 75,000 Lbs. Bran. 200 Packages !Mackei el 50 Bbls. Sugar. 50 Sacks Coffee. AND ALL THINGS ELSE IN THE GROCERY LINE AT PWEi WHICH DEFY ALL COMPETITION. $ To Be Sold ffilMfl tbe Next 30 Days Regardless of Value, to Cash Purchasers, 150 Pr’s White and Grev Blankets. 36 Lap Robes. 10,000 Yards Sheeting and Shirting. 10,000 Yards Georgia Checks. 2,000 Yards Osnaburgs. 2,000 Yards Georgia* and Kentucky Jeans. A large lot cf Mens’ Hats, Trunks, Valises and Um brellas at a Dread Sacrifice. STOVES. 100 Stoves with all Fixtures complete, at less than Atlanta Prices. FURNITURE. ( - " J --4 , Just call and see the greatest bargains ever of fered in Georgia. OIL PAINTINGS. 75 very Handsome and genuine Oil P; f. 200 Beautiful Chromos, on almost every subject. ONE FIRST-CLASS . 15 HORSE POWER ENGINE ANI> BOILER, FOR SALE OIV EASY TERMS. BUGGIES. WAGONS-HARNESS LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE OFFERED IN GEORGIA. It will pay every man to call'.and know what the Leader’s prices are before purchasing. You will al ways find it will be money in your pocket if even you do not buy from him. BENSON needs every dollar that is due him and the only way to shun these hated duns is to pay dtlonce All debts not settled by the Ist of March, will be placed for collection in my attorney’s hands. BENSON is patient, but it must be borne in mind that he has debts to pay. No honest man ’can conscientiously speculate on, BENSONS money by holding his cotton and not pay ing his honest debts. Pay your debts so that those you. Ave can pay theirs.