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The iei&graph and Messenger
Mi JOS Oi JANUARY 14, 1879
THE GEOK61A PRESS.
“Teller's Smellers.”—This is 1
euphonious appellation given by our
cetious contemporary, the At'auta Con
stitution. to the Teller Senatorial Com
mittee, oompesad of H. M. xeller, o£
Colorado, A. Cameron, of Wisconsin, A.
Su Garland, of Arkansas, J. E. Bailey,
ofTenucs.ee, S. K. Kirkwcoi, of Iowa,
and a cloud of attaches of le33 note who
are on the wing for Now Orleans, to man
ufacture Radical capital for tho next
Presidential campaign. The Constitution
sayt:
Tho committee and attaches make a
healthy patty, who seem to take things
easy, Tney are traveling in style and
with all the attachments and imposing
circumstances of a full grown Senatorial
Committee. The five Senators nro rather
good looking, with Mr. Teller probably
the most noticeable member of the com
mittee in personal appearance. When
they reached tho Kimball Homo last
night there were few persona in the ar
cade, and iheir arrival created little com--
aotion.
The party so far as we are informed
did not bag any .Southern outrages in At
lanta.
A Deiaot Tims is Atlanta.—Consli-
dniion: It is gradua'ly dawning on our
people that the present snap of weather
is the coldest that this country has ever
known. Toe thermometer dropped down
in certain portions of the city to two and
a half degrees above zero, and averagf d
four degrees a’l through town. Tho
freaisof the cole wero amusing and se-
lions. Tne ink frrza in inkstands, the
water in pitchers, and preserves io pan
tries. Housekeepers who bought fish
had to thaw them cat before they could
mb the dales off. The beef in the butch
ers’still was fiozen t olid. The ponds
about the city wero frozen stiff, and good
skating has been had for three days
There have been a number of boy3 en
gaged in this exhilarating sport, and
skates are in demand at a premium.
TBS SUFFERING IN THB CITY.
It is reported tbst tnere is a great desl
of goffering m tho oity. The ladies of
tbe Benevolent Home are doiog all that
js possible to relieve the destitute, bat
there is much that is unrelieved. There
were many applications at the station-
house for lodging, and the rolling mill was
fell of persona hanging about the fires. The
msyor’s office hnsUnoA
7* ^ — «w«ij t/uu ix«oj wero earned
awsy, we believe, as there was no relief
fund upon which to draw. A gentleman
who is noted for bis kind heart said to ns:
•U think the next dsy or two will be
marked by an amount of Buffering never
seen in Atlanta before. Yea sec, for a
man to be without fire thissort of weath
er means simply for him to freeze to
death; and this is eepeeislly truo of deli
cate women and children. I think there
are a hundred families to-night in this
city who have not a particle of fire, and
the scantiest of covering, besides having
houses with the wiod whistling in and
eat of every hole.”
This is a terrible picture, and we can
bnt hope it is overdrawn.
Col. P. W. Alexander siys: ‘‘I am cer
tain this is ths coldest weather ever
known in Georgia since I was bom. It
registers lower by tho thermometer than
I have ever known it.”
"What Ain. Murphy Has so Sat
About the Signing of the N. E Bondi.
—Constitution:
Reporter—Do' you intend, Air. Mur
phy, to have any answer to Air. Hill's
interview in the Baltimore Gazette ?
Air. Murphy—No, sir; I do not. The
issues between myself and Mr. Hill are
fairly and rquarely made before tho Legis
lature and tbe courts of the country, and
if I &m successful beforo theso tribunals,
his interviews will amount to nothing. I
shall await patiently tho result there,
Tolylsg confidently upon the justice of
my cause to vindicate my motives and
conduct.
Reporter—Bnt are you not afraid that
his articles will do you injury before the
Legislature?
3Jr. Morphy—Not at all; for tho Leg
islature has t.11 the testimony before it,
and each member will have ample time
-to read it and understand it before tbe
meeting in Jaly, and I have foil confidence
that the Legislature is willing to do me,
though an humble man, tbst jnstice which
the laws of tbe State vouchsafe to every
citizin. I am not trontJod in the least as
to the final reanlt.
Reporter—Have yon no fear that these
publications of Mr. Hill will so bias pnb-
lio opinion as to injare you in the courts?
Sir. Alurphy—No sir; I do not think
they can. Oar judges and jarors are up-
x>gbt v inteUigent men, and they will he
^ferned eolely by the testimony and the
law, and if either the jury or the court
should bo led into error, why the Sapreme
Court will, os it does in all oases, correct
them. So yon see newspaper articles will
have little or nothing to do with the oaee,
either before the Legislature or the
OonrtB. Nothing but the law and the tes
timony will oontrol before either of these
tribunals, and I propose, for the present
at least, to test my case solely on the law
snd testimony.
Reporter—But are yon not afraid that
Mr. Hill, by these publications, will af
fect yonr standing throughout the State?
Air. Morphy—No, sir; I am not; for
it is plain that Mr. Hill is controlled now
by his passion, and bis abase for this
reason will be harmless, for every one
can see that instead of being my prose
cutor, as he set out to be, he is now my
persecutor. Then, too, yon remember
that good old Job, when in an annoying
controversy, exclaimed, ‘‘Oh, that mine
adversary had written a book I” A hint
to tbe wise is sufficient. If I write at all,
now is not the time, and eo yon may eay
that as the issue Between us is in tbe
oonrtsand before tho Legislature, two
competent tribunals, I propose to let
them settle it. One ounce of testimony
is north a pound of abuse.
Ouu Combed Memdebs of the Legis
lature.—The Christian Index says: There
are two men of color in the present
Legislature of Georgia. One of them,
Thomas BotUr, of Camden county, is a
Bsptist preacher. His seat was contest
ed by a respectable white Democrat, and
on very plausible groundt; yettheHouse,
composed of one hundred and seventy
Democrats and five Republicans, gave the
seat to Butler by a very large vote. Hs
is of slave parentage, bnt intelligent and
worthy, deports himself with great de
corum, and is highly respected.
The other colored member is A. R.
Sogerr, of McIntosh county. He has
had rema advantages of education, and is
fairly intelligent. Wo can eay of both
the colored members, that they quietly
attend to their own business an carefully
let others people’s alsnr; and this, wo
think, is high piaisc.
Won’t Conte it.—Mr. Ferkerson, late
a candidate for Sheriff in Fulton oonuty,
declines taoontsat tna 1 lection of bis op-
pone of.
Bad Gas.—dplumbuj Ltjuirer Sun:
We have a largo argend burner, bnt
this morning alter twelve o’clock tbe gar
light was vary inferior. Thera seems to
bo very little pressure. This has beon
. the cam for s-veral tights and should be
xeBxdied. G‘h ie very cosily and ought
. to be good. A’ three o’clock the light
wwfH'U.pr thad kerosene lampr in the
composing rooms, and while writiog thU
it «•. t oat altogether, with a metre fall
pf water.
; It looks 1 ko kerosene, electric light,
eto., a e — a >i.ed to drive oat ths old gas,
which tma bj long .Nominated the coun
try lira s-ee'p consideration and big
i
Fob Sale.—Quitman Recorder: We
will esteem it a special favor if our
changes throughout the State wil. do ns
the kindnws to call attention to the fact
that the Cotton Factory at this place
(Quitman, Ga.,) ia offered for sale, for
less than half its cost, in consequence of
a disagreement among its owners. We
will, with pleasure, at any time, recipro
cate the favor. Joseph Tillman.
A New Year’s Gift.—Savannah Re
corder : Early this morning, as the n. w
year was ushered in, a little infant was
found near the barracks, on South Bread
street, by a negro man and a policemao,
under the sloop of a house wrapped up
in a sheet. No doubt the little unfortu
nate was out away by the hands of those
whose duty it was to guard and protect it
through life.
Jho unfortunate lii tie babe was handed
over to a negro woman to be cared for.
“Alas for tne rarity of Christian charity.”
Houses and Cows Fed with Georgia
Cane Stbcp—The Good Time Certain
ly Coms.—Grooverville correspondence
of the Quitman Reporter:
No one who is at all familiar with
Southern Georgia will doubt Major Ter
ry’s and Captain Cobb’s statement that
this section, and especially Brcoks coun
tv, is tbe garden spot of the world. There
is no country that* surpasses this in the
intelligence and refinement of its inhab
itants, the fertility and easy cultivation
of tbo soil, varied prodnetions or which
has a more perfect climate. It is indeed
a land flawing with milk end—not exact
ly honey, but any other sort of “sweeten
ing” that man may desire. Syrup, for
instance, has been produced in such large
quantities as to render it a drag on the
market,in consequence of which the farm
ers are actually feeding it to their stock
—horses anit cows especially—and I learn
that it is a most excellent food. The
stock sesm to relish it very uracb, always
eating it with avidity. I have been in
formed that when feeding it to cows the
flov cf milk 13 increased perceptibly al
most immediately. Horses thrive well
on it, and as it acts as a gentle cathartic
obviates th9 uee of other medicines of
that character.
The most of the farmers in this vicini
ty are through sowing their small grain,
oats, rye, and occasionally a small quan
tity of wheat. Fr- in what I see and can
learn from my neighbors, there is a pretty
large increase in the acreage sown in
oats. This is a very important crop, in
trntb, the leading grain crop in this part
of the State, and everything considered,
by far tbe most profitable.
*It has bsen eaid that—
A little farm well tilled,
A little house well filled,
A little wifo well willed,
is the greatest of men’s earthly posses
sions. No doubt of it, and one naturally
f Mows the other.
FIRST UP AND THEN DOWN, THEN ALL
Abound.—Early County News: Some ne
groes from this side of the creek visited
Leary on last Wednesday, for tho pur
pose, we suppose, of testing the liberality
of the candidates. When they started
home, one was so drunk that he couldn’c
stay upon top of his mule, and, to pre
vent his falliog, hi- kind and humane
comrades tied his feet together under the
mule and started him home. The mule
was round; that Dig’s feet soon occupied
the top seat on that mule. The mule
showed his activity by breaking the nig’s
collar bone and bodly braising his head.
Tae rope broke ; they say the negro won’t
die. H13 name is Lafayette.
From tho Savannah News: On early
risers jtrBlerdsy morning witnessed &
novel sight, in a micataro enow storm.
The flakes commetc3d falling bstwesn
fonr and five o’clock, and continued fall
ing for some time, but not in sufficient
quantities to make &ny show on the side
walks. Between eight and nine o’clock
there was anoiher tall of light snow, and
the appeararce of the horz >n indicated
that Savannah might enjoy a genuine
good snow fad, but tbe sanguine ones
who hoped to 6eo tho ground covered
with natnrs’a white mantle wero disap
pointed. It is evident, however, that
there hss been quite a heavy fall of snow
jo Southwestern oa —clt as Upper Geor
gia. Tbe roofs of tha oars of tbe train
which arrived on the Gulf railroad yester
day morning were white with “beautiful
enow ”
Frcm the same:
Hod. William G. LeDac, United titates
Commissioner of Agriculture, and Gen.
P. M. B. Yonng, Representative from
Georgia in Congress, arrived here Sunday
morning and registered at tbe Scroveo
House. Mr. LeDuo is hero on an offioial
inspection tour along the oo&st for tbe
purpose of familiar zing himself in regard
to tbe raising here of tropical products,
and ascertaining our resources ia that
line.
Scriptural.—Augusta Evening News:
The best instance we ever 1 aw of obey
ing the injunction tbst wo are to give our
cloak to him who robs us of cur coat is
the case of Captain A. J. Smith. He
had been stall-feeding a conple of fine
turkeys for several weeks, feasting his
eyes upon them and sharpening his teeth
in anticipation, and now that a thief has
come along “seeking what he may de
vour” and stole those tnrkeye, and with
them ran away, the Captain, in obedience
to the seriptural command, comes and
advertises for the thief to come back and
take tbe coop also. We trnst the thief
has a keen appreciation of the humorous,
as it will probacly add nest to his appre
ciation of the tnrkeye.
Cotton Samples.—Tho Augusta Ex
change is still discussing the question
who is entitled to a cotton sample when
a bale is 6old. We clip as follows from the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
Mr. B. H, Smith offered this reeo
lation :
Resolved, That from and after this date
the sellers of cotton shall retain in posses
sion, duly marked, all samples by which
they may sell cotton, until tha cotton
thereby represented shall have been de
livered to the purchaser; and after the
shipment of the cotton thus represented,
said samples shall be held as said sellers’
property.
Mr. Hickman eaid ho claimed to have
some acquaintance with the rales of bus
iness. The sellers claimed that the sam
ples belonged to them, and with that
point he took issue. Much had been
saidubout what the planters would say.
The planter was willing to give samples
of his produce. He had never known
the planter to eay anything about a sam
ple. The planter paid the commission
merchant for storage and selling, and ho
didn’t believe the planter would consider
the sample the perquisite of the commis
sion merchant. He contended that the
buyer was entitled to a fair sample or
what he bought. Samples were always
furnished by merchants at ths North, of
everything sold.
Mr. Whitcey said his experience with
planters bad been different from Mr.
HiokmanV. He had knosn planters to
demand that tbe sample should be stnok
into tbo bsle and weighed with it.
Mr. W. H. Howard said the planters
had grumbled exceedingly about pulling
ootton out of ths bsle. Cotton was weigh
ed within five days, that wae the rale. If
the ootton fell short a pound or two the
sellerwas responsible for it, and they
claimed lhat they were entitled to tbe
samples to indemnify them for their loss
es.
We do not suppose that a dezen suoh
debates will ever settle the question.
Emancipation Dat. — Oar oolored
friends in Savannah turned ont unani
mously to celebrate Lincoln’s proo'ama*
tion of emancipation. A colored regi
ment of eight companies was on parade.
The Colquitt. Bluee did not put in an
appearance, on their uniforms had not
arrived, and the News says the ForeBt
City Light Infantry had a dieputa as to
their right, by seniority, to occupy the
front place in the lino, and inconsequence
withdrew and paraded by themselves.
.The regiment was commanded by CoL
W. H. Wood house, and marched through
the principal streets, attended by a jabi-
( ant crowd of colored admirers. Tae
Nws Bayn
On reaching tha fark extension the
troops were drawc up in lise, the Geor
gia Artillery ran their guns into position,
and after the necessary preparation fired
a salute in honor of the day and in com
pliment to each State in the Union.
Alter this demonstration tho crowd col
lected around a stand arranged for tbe
occasion, when tbe emancipation procla
mation was read by L. B. Toomer. An
address pertinent to tbe celebration, and
containing some good and sensible advice
to the colored people, was then delivered
by John H. Deveaux.
The companies wero dismissed, and
with their friends proceeded to the dis
cussion of the contents of the baskets,
and for a time the scene presented
the appearance of a great picnic or camp
ing ground. The day was passed with
out disturbance of any kind, although we
noted several colored men who had evi
dently been priming up with noteut fluid;
but tbo conduct of tbe colored troops was
most ci editable, and their presence and
orderly behavkr was sufficient to keep
the meat boisterous from creating any
trouble. About five o’clock the companies
marched back to the city, aud returned
to their respective armories. At night
balls were given at their halts, and the
celebration closed with music aud dan
cing.
We are ia favor cf letting tha “man
and brothei” celebrate whenever and as
oftm ss he pleases.
Magnificent Charity.—Mr. James A.
Gray, of Augusta, donated twenty pairs of
blankets to tho suffering noor of Augusta
on the 6th inat. They wero received
and distributed by tbe Julgo of the
County Court, Hon. W. F. Eve. More
aid is urgently called for.
The Cotton Sample Muddle in Au
gusta—The cotton buyers arc e* i1 agi
tating as to who is entitled to tho samples
taken from the cotton bales of the farmer.
(We can’t * ee what right anybody else has
to them), and the dispute waxen sharp
and warmer. Wo quote a paragraph or
two from the Chronicle and Constitution
aliit:
Msj. W. F. Alexander eaid fca had seen
a number of sellers ana buyers and he
was s&titfied that au adjustment oonli bo
made. It was better tj yield a liltlo on
both sides than to keep up this disgraceful
wrangling. Prominent sellers bad told
him that if the buyers would appoint
committee to meet a similar committee of
sellers, a settlement canid be effected,
He moved that a committee cf three be
appointed to meet « committee of buyers
tbia T i,». Col. Zslavsky seconded
tbe motion. He thought with Maj, Alex
ander, that it was better to make small
concessions than to bruko up the Ex
change.
Mr. Hickman did not believe ia yield
ing anything. The trouble hid been com
menced by tbe other side.
Mr. Wilmans eailed on Muj. Alexander
for a statement in regard to what be
thought could be done.
Maj. Alexander said after talking with
some of the principle footors, be was es-
snred that if tbe buyerd would agree not
to bill ootton back to the sellers, for ehort
weight, unless than short weight was more
than fifty poonds in a hundred bales, or a
baif pound a bale, and to reweigh inside
of two days, the matter ocnld be settled
by 10 o’clock Taesday morning.
The Milledgcville Union and Recorder
says: In I he last wane of tbe Old Capital
newspaper, Mr. E. P. Sneer, its editor
and proprietor, announces to the public
that its publication in thi3 city will cease
from tbe 4th inst., and that its business
will be moved to Macon and incorporated
into a new drily paper coon to be estab
lished in that city, to bo styled the Eve
ning Ledger.
We are soriy, truly, to lose Mr.. Speer
as a eilizeo. Intelligent, public spirited
and gifted wilh an untii»"/» j—s-j > u
n ny — ** couta nave made that paper
stand on a firm and sure foundation, Mr.
Speer was that man. His failure to reap
tho success he anticipated proves un
questionably that two newspapers cannot
tnnva in Milledgeviile.
We aro indebted to tha Union and Re
corder tor a oomplimeat “over tha lafi.”
Well, it is tbo old story of “one’s being
wounded in tbe house cf bis friends,”
and ws shall not retaliate.
Resolved to "Contest.”.—Mr, J. A.
Richardson, defeated oradidate for tax
colleotor of Fulton county, has employed
Major E -J. Moses and C. H. Williams
as attorneys to contest tho election.. He
thinks 2.000 perrons voted who did not
pay taxes. Holliday reosivad 1,936 votes
Collins 1,873, and Biohardton 1,362.
Others are going to contest, and the Gov
ernor will ask Attorney General Ely for
his opinion on the question of voting
witbont paying taxen.
Hill and Murphy Again.—Rome
Courier: Senator Hill said yesterday,
says tbe Philadelphia Times, that he isn’t
making any war on Governor Colquitt,
but is determined to drive the Governor’s
private secretary, Murphy, to the dogs,
because Murphy bos been guilty of gross
corruption.
Well, Murphy is not tho Governor’s
private secretary, but is a clerk in tbe
Treasury Department of tbe State, and
Governor Colquitt did not pnl him there,
neither can ho dismiss him.
Gubernatorial.—Union and Recorder:
Many Georgia papers are namiog Hon.
L. J. Gartrell as their choice for themxt
Governor, after Gov. Colquitt’s present
term expires. Tbe early bird may catch
the worm, but early candidates for Gov
ernor catch defeat, in most instances.
Those “Canal Bonds.’*—Chronicle and
Constitutionalist :■
We stated a fow day’s since that A. D,
Picqutt, Esq., was preparing a bill, ask
ing the Judge of the Sapreme Court, as
Chancellor, to adjoin the oity antbori'hs
from levying and collecting certain tax
executions against his property so far as
that proportion of them which is to bo
appliod to the payment of interest on tbe
“canal” bonds is coscorned, on tbe ground
that th030 bonds were issued illegally,
inasmuoh as tbe canal was enlarged for
tbe benefit of ruannfeotnring enterprises,
or in aid of private corporations, and not
to supply tbo pnblio with water for drink
ing or fire pnrposos; that the benefit
to the pnblio from tbo ocltrgemont is
merely collateral, and that tbs question
has been folly decided by tbo United.
States Sapreme Oonrt in a recent deoision
rendered by Jnstice Miller, which declares
that bonds cannot be issued by mnnioi-
pal governments in aid of manufactur
ing enterprises, and that iberefore said
oanal bonds are lllsgal, end void ; that
by act of the legislature Council is com
pelled to nssefs and oolleot tbe tax and
keep the acoonnt for ordinary enrrent ex
penses and extraeidicary expenses and
eaoh item of tbo extraordinary expense
account, srparate and distinot, snd that
bb this has not been done, Couuoil cannot
force tbe payment cf tbe taxes.
Tbe bill also prayed the Chancellor to
enjoin the Sinking Fund Commission
from purchasing any of the canal bands.
It was banded to Judge Snead yesterday
morning and in the afternoon his Honor
passed the following order:
At Chambers,
Augusta, Ga., January 5, 1879.
Upon hearing and considering the
within bill I am cot satisfied that the
causes therein stated are sufficient to au-
thorizs the issuing of the injunction
prayed for, or even the restraining order.
It is therefore refused. ■*
Bad for “Yellow Jack.”— Bivannah
News: List night was intensely cold,
and the str,et3 down town after half past
eight o’clock were completely deserted.
From the same:
Central Railroad—Election cf Di-
bectobs.—The annual election for Di
rectors of the Central Railroad and Brak
ing Company took place yesterday morn
ing, at the banking house on Bayjatrett.
There were 20 321 shares represented in
the ballot, which resulted as follows: W.
M. Wadley, W. B. Johnston, E. C. An
derson, G. M. Sorrel, W. W. Gordon, H.
H. Epping, Andrew Low, Moses TaylO',
J. J. Gresham, George Cornwell, O. I.
Brown, J. Raners, John R. Wilder.
A Sad Accident.—Griffin Sun: Eirly
yesterday morning tbe wife of Mr. Griffin,
a merchant at Sonny Side, was severely
if not fatally burned. The circumstances,
ns we learned them, are about as followE:
Mr. Griffin, her husband, bad gone on a
visit to his father-in-law in Monroo coun
ty, and Mrs. Griffin was alone, with tho
exception of a servant girl, who was in
an adjoining room. At an early hour
veaterday morning the girl heard a groan
ing noise in the room of Mrs. Griffin, and
rushed in to see what wa3 the matter,
and found her in tb“ fire, with all her
hair burned off, and one side of her face
burned to the bone, and part of her tongue
burned out. Dr. Peeples, of Hampton,
was at once sent for, and arrived in a
short time, and, after examining tbe
burns, said it was impossible for the un
fortunate lady to recover. It is not known
how she came to fall into the fire, a3 no
one was at home at the time it occurred.
Mr. Griffin was telegraphed to at once.
At this writing wa do not know whethef
the iady is dead or no t.
Election of County Officers in Ma
con CourtT. — From the Montezuma
Weekly we learn that Mr. G. F. Bell was
elected Sheriff, John M. Greer, Clerk, G.
W. Cunningham, Tax Receiver, M. L*
Patrick, Tax Collector, A. H. Gieer,
Treasurer, Hicks, Surveyor, and
Bant Hill, Coroner.
Sensible.—Montezuma Weekly: Be
cause you were defeated in your race for
a county office, don’t imagine that a man
is your enomy because he voted against
you. Perhaps some other candidate had
stronger claims than your’s, and if a man
honestly thought so, end voted accord
ingly, it would be ungenerous, unmanly
in yon to charge him with enmity in tho
matter.
Something equtlly good from the same
source Oh for a country where there are
no “factors” to beget heart burnings and
discussions among friends aud neighbor-;
a place where men can speak ths convic
tions cf their minds without incurring
the displeasure of lifetime friends. Your
neighbor may have an opinion which you
lock upon as radically wrong. Yonr
neighbor, therefore, may regard your
opinion in the same light. There is no
reason, then, why you should become
enemies on tccount of your differences of
opinion. Yon are both hones'; then be
goniAtcua.
A Dwelling Burnt.—Jonesboro News:
Last Sunday night th9 dwelling-house of
Wm. F. McMullen, somo four miles from
this place was consumed by fire. The
family were attending a meeting in the
neighborhood. Mr. McMullen discovered
the fire about 8 o’clock, und arrived at
the burning building just as the roof fell
in. The house, with all the furniture,
was a total loss.
Council
Proceraiuss — llegular
Heeling.
Council Chamber,
Macon, Ga., Jan. 7:h, 1879.
Present—Hon. W. A. Huff, Mayor; Al
dermen Cannon, Corpnt, Masterson, Ken
nedy, Higgins, Hendrix, Fitzgerald, Dob,
Flanders and Dunlap.
Absent—Aldermen Johneon and Hudg
in,-.
Toe proceedings of the throe previous
meetings were read and confirmed.
Communications from Protection, Oc«
mulgee, Yonng America, Mechanic and
Defiance fire companies were read aLd
referred to the Finance Committee.
A petition from S. A. Porter was read
and referred to tbe Committee on Streets.
Bills referred—M &. B, R. B. Co.,
$15.50; Peter Beasley, 50 cent,: J. W.
Burke A- iv> ♦» »»i w. o. rsarfisla, 50,
Macon Gas LigUt Company, $141,05;
H-ndrix &, Cox, (3) $18.25, $516, $560.
Bills Paesed—J. tV Burke & Co, (4)
$6.15, $190. $33.95, $13.75; H. W. El-
>«ood. (4) $43 56. $26.71, $44,38. 47.25;
Macon Gas Liuht Company, $136.85;
Clisby, Jone- & Reese, $141 55; Elite &
Cutter, $50; J. S. Stewart, $17 60; G W.
Stratton, $1; William Peitzer, $5 65;
J F. Barfield, $24 89; J. C. Keel, $5; G.
J. Blake, $43.05; Junes & Cook, $105.82,
H. S. Holder, $2.50; Electron Managers
arid clerks for Second Ward, $27; H. T.
Conner, $6; Oliver & Norton, $3 75; J.
P. Rooovelt, $6; Peter Solomon, Jr , $6;
J A. Rogers, $6; C. E. Fuss, $6; J. tV.
Wood, $G; B. C. Cherry, $0; John C.
Butler, $6; H. J. Cherry, $10; A. P.
Whittle, $6; H. L. Jewett, $10; E. P.
Smith, $10; Winfield Nesbit, $6; George
T. Beeland, $6; Stephen Collins, $6; R.
M. Rogers, $G.
The annual report of C. Machold,
Chief Engineer of the Fira Department,
was read, received and referred to the
Committee on Fire Department.
Tbe Finance Commiitse reported ad
versely on the petiti nof W. A. Crutch
field which was received and adopted.
The Finanoo Committee reported fa
vorably on tbe petition of J-uiea M.
Richardson, which was received and
adopted.
Too Finance Committee reported 1a-
vorably on the bonds of O. F. Adams,
Chief of Police; John Hurley, T. B.
Grace, and G. B. Wells, Lieutenants of
Police. On motion said bands wero read
and accepted.
Tbe Committee on Gas made a partial
report and asked fur further time, which
was granted.
The Committee on Street encroach
ments reported favorably on tho petition
of A. McKenna, aad on motion tbe same
was granted.
Tho Committee on Publlo Property re
ported adversely on tbe petition of P. C.
Sawyer, and on motion 6aid report was
adopted.
Alderman Gorput introduced the fol
lowing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Chairman of the
Committee on Hospitals and Charities be
authorized to advertise for lowest bids on
one hundred cords of pine wood, to be
furnished them at either railroad depot
in Macon, said wood to be used for the
poor of tho oity.
Alderman Hudgins came into Council
and took his seat.
The license aad tax otdinauces being
next ia order were read second time and
ordered published, as follows:
Council Chamber,
Mao?n, Ga., Jan. 7th, 1879
At the regul ar meeting of Craned held
to-night, the following ordiosnoe was
read the second time nod paused :
An ordinance to provide for and to reg
ulate the registration of all persons exer-
oiaiog, within tbe city of M «c >n, any bus
mens whatever:
Section 1. Be it ordAiord by the
Mayor and Council of the city of Maoon :
That fioa snd after tbo passrge of this
otdinsnoe every parson, firtr, company cr
corporation who exercises or may exer
cise within the city any profrsalon, trade,
oaliing or ba-ioesa of any nature what
ever tbtili annually register ia books to
bo kept for that purpose by the Clerk of
said City Oounoil their names sod profes
sion, trace, calling or basinets snd their
place of bnsinets (if »Dy), w.tnin the
city.
beotiou 2. Be it further ordAincd,
eto • That said books of registration shall
be opened and kept open by the Baid Clerk
on and after the 1st of Jannary of eaoh
year, and all persons then exercising or
intending to exeroise, daring tbo onrrent
year, any basinets, shall register their
names and business and place of business
(if any) between the 1st and 10th dry of
January in each year.
Section 3. Be it farther ordained, eta:
That the Oleik of Council shall adver
tise in the daily pap rs a notice calling
tho attention of nx-payers to tbe require
ments of this oidin»RC8 on Janaary 1st of
esoh ye nr.
Seoiioa 4 De it faither ordained, eto :
That all pernns commencing any bus
iness of any kind after the 1st of Janua
ry of ecoh ytar aha'l register tboir names
and their baiiness as soon as they shall
commence the same.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, eto.:
That whenever any person or poisons,
having no fixed piece of business within
the oity, shall, nevertheless, exercise
within the city any business cf any na
ture whatever, snoh person or persons
shall bo required to register their names
and ..business, and bo onbjeot to tbe same
or like taxation on Iheir biuinesB as is lev
ied by the Mayor and Connell npon per
sons following a like business and htv ug
a fixed place of business.
Section C. Be it ordained, eta: That
npon the failnre of any person, firms,
companies end corporations to register
their names and business as aforesaid,
the Clerk of Council shall, from tho best
information within bis reaob, register the
same, and the Marshal, Lieutenants and
men of the oity police foroe are hereby
required to report to said Clerk all omis
sions to register whioh may became
known to them.
Beotian 7. Be it farther ordained, eto :
That all ordinances and parts of ordi
nances militating against this ordinance
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Re it ordained by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Macon, and it is hereby or
dained by the authority of the same, That
tee following iioenses and specific taxes
shall be levied and collected in tho city
of Macon for the year 1879:
Seotion 1. For each and every
one horse wagon, one horse dray
or one horse express wsgon, heal
ing ia ths oity $ 25
For eaoh and every two horso dray,
two horse wagon, or two hotse ex
press wagon, hinliDg in the same
way 50
And it is farther ordained, that evety
dtay shall be enbjeot to tho call of any
fireman, in case of fire, and should any
drayman refuso to oomply with said call,
his license shall be revoked.
For eaoh and every wagon with two
or more horses, tmed for hanling
brick, lumber, or any oithor article
for the ownei’a private ns9, or in
the oily 50
For eaoh and every one horse wagon
nsed in the same way 25
For butchers’ and bakers’ wagons,
used for delivering their meat and
breed, and wagons used by manu
facturers of Brda water, and brew
ers, aud oil, milk (exoept wagons
delivering milk from dairies on
country farms) aud paokage de
livery wagons, whether resident or
non-resident, for one horse 25
For two horse? 50
For each and tvery one-horse ice
wagon 25
For eaoh and every two-horae iee
wagon 50
Secticn 2. For eaoh aad every
one horse back or carriage used in
carrying passengers to or from any
railroad depot, or elsewhere about
tho city 25
For each and every two-horse baok,
oarriago or omnibus, need in tbo
samo way. 5C
In ell licensed baok3, carriages or om
nibuses, the fare of passengers from the
railroad depot to any portion of tbe oity
shall not exoed fifty cents per passenger,
and that a list of prices shall be posted in
each hack under a penalty of five do'lars
for osob violation.
Any hackman who shsll charge more
than the fare ullowod by this ordinanoe
shill, npon conviction, be fined $20 for
etch offense, half of tbe fine to be paid
the informer.
That all haoks running in tho oity shall
bs required to have lamps on them, and
■ hat the same shall bo lighted when
< uaning at night, under a penalty of $5
for the first offense and $10 for eaoh rep*
•Tion thereof.
Eich individual, firm or corporation
operating a street railroad within
the city limits shall pay a license
of 50
Ssorion 3. Uookaters or peddlers of
any kind of prodace, corn, mesl or
merchandise about the oity, using
a one-horse wagon (termers bring
ing their prodnee raised by them
selves from tb»
shall pay a license of 53
Transient traders in goods, wares and
merchandise of any description, or any
attide whatever, by sample or otherwise,
before exposiog tbo same for sale, shall
pay a tax to be fixed by tho Mayor in
euoh Oases.
Agents for the sale of any article what
ever, or any visaing the oity as an itin
erant physician, or professor of proprie
tary artioleB, canvassers soiling books,
maps and pictures of all kinds, by sub
scription. shall eaoh pay a tax to be fixed
iiy be Mayor in snoh oases.
Bection 4. Esoh private boardiDg-
h mss keeper, who takes in tren-
sient oastometq. shall pay 50
Tbe keeper of eaoh hotel shall*pay... 150
The keeper of each restaurant or eat
ing saloon shall pay 100
Etch person beeping no oyster or
lnnoh stand other than a restaurant
keeper, and selling oysters and
Innchei by the weal, shall pay... 25
And no license shall be israed for
less tban $25 under this seotion.
The keeper of eaoh lager beer 6alcon
shall pay 100
Each keeper of a soda fountain ehnit
pay 25
For eaoh billiard table kept for pnblio
play 25
For eaoh pool table kept for pnblio
plsy 75
For each ball or ten pin alley kept
for publio play 25
Tho keeper of each shooting gallery,
unless kept for amusement only
and not for profit, shall pay 25
And no license shall bo Usned for
less than $25 under this seotion.
The keeper of each and every “wheel
of fortune,” stand, table, thing or
place for any game or play, with or
without a name, unless kept for
exercise or amusement only, and
not for profit, and not prohibited
by law, shall pay a license per
month of 200
or $1,200 per annum.
The owner of each aad every stallion
or jack kept for breeding purposes
shall pay 10
The keeper o! each barbershop shall
pay a license of 25
EacU blacksmith forge
Each person or firm engaged in a tan
nery business shall pay a business
tax of... 25
Each and every person or firm (farm-
ors selling their own produce ex.
cepted) retailing fresh or butch
er’s meat in the city, whether
from stalls, stores, or by peddling
tho same on the streets, Bboll pay
a license of 50
And against each person who shall,
after the 10th day of January, 1879,
sell any fresh or butcher’s meat
(farmers selling their productions
excepted) without first taking out
the license herein provided for, an
execution ehall immediately be is
sued for the amountof said license.
Section 5.—Eich auctioneer or ven
due master shall pa; 200
Tbe proprietor of each cotton press
shall pay 50
Eaoh express company doing busi
ness in the city shall pay 350
Each telegraph company doing bust
ness in the city si all pay 850
Wholesale aud retail dealers in gen
eral merchandise,whose baI a shall
* exceed $200,000, shall pay a busi
ness tax of 300
Esoh dealer in general merchandise
whose sales are not lisa tban $100.-
0C0 and not over $200,000, shall
pay a business tax of 200
Each dealer in general merchandise
whose sales are $75,C03 and not
over $100,000, shall pay a business
tax of. 150
Each dealer in general merchandise
whose sales are $50,000 and do not
txoeed $75,000 shall pay a basi
nets Ux of 100
Eich dealer in general merchandise
«hose sa’es ore $25,000 and do not
exceed $5Q 0C0 shall pay a busi
ness tax or 75
Each dealer io general merchandise
who38 tales mo $10 000 ana do not
exceod$25.000 sbull pay a business
tax of «... •• 40
Each dealer in general mere! andiso
whese sales «re $5,000 and do not
exceed $10,000 shall pay a business
50
50
25
50
tax of 25
Each dealer in general merchandise
whose sales are less than $5 000... 15
Each dealer in general merchandise
including liquors at wholesale,
6hall pay a business tax of 400
Each dealer in general merchandise,
including liquors in quantities*not
leas tban one quart, nor more than
four and a half gallons, ehall pay
in addition to his other business
tax SO
Eton person, firm or agents, selling
commercial fertilizers shall pay... 100
And any and ail fertilisers shall
be Bubjeet to this lax.
Each person or firm receiving on
commission for sale any article of
trade or merchandise (cotton and
fertilizers excepted) ehall be deem-
ed a commission merchant, and' if
doing a business ot $25,000 or up
wards shall pay a license of. 150
And each commission merchant do
ing a business of less than $25,000
shall pay a license of. 75
The tax paid as wholesale or retail
dealers in merchandise and gro
ceries ehall not be construed to
mean fresh meats or any ether ar
ticle upon the sale of which there
i3 a special tax or license required.
Each peracn or firm selling spiritu
ous liquors in quantities not less
than four and a half gallons shall
be considered a wholesale dealer,
and shall pay 250
Eich person or firm selling spiritu
ous liquors, and permitting the
same to be drank on the premises
where sold, shall be considered a
barroom keeper, and be required
to take ont a barroom license, and
pay 150
Eich druggist who sells wines and
liquors, except on a bona file phy
sician's prescription, shall take
out a license and pay
Each retailer of spirituous or malt
liquors, taking out a license for tbo
same, who shall keep open bis
place of business, or in and from
the same, sell or furnish any spirit
uous, fermented or malt liquors on
the Sabbath day, shall, on convic
tion, for the first offense, be fined
tbe sum of
And for the second effense bis li
cense shall be forfeited. And in
ta king out said bar - room li
cense the person or firm shall des
ignate their place of bnsin?s : , and
shall not change the sima without
oonsent of Council, and Council
reserves the right to refuse a li
cense in locations to them deemed
objectionable.
Rich and every sewing machine com
pany silling their machines in tho
city shall pay
Each trunk manfactory shall pay a li
cense of.
Each candy manufactory shall pay
a license of
Each manufacturer of tinware shall
„ pv**
Each firm doing a plumbing and gas
fitting business shall pay
Each company selling water privi
leges shall pay 150
Each dealer iu the city buying and
selling sewing machines as mer
chandise shall pay on each make
of sewing machines bought and
sold by him, a special tax of
Each and every coal merchant or
dealer in coal shall pay 100
Each merchant or dealer in firewood
shall pay 30
Each cotton factory shall pay 250
Eich foundry shall pay 125
Each and every grist and flouring
mill running two ec-ts of rneners or
more shall pay 150
Each and every grist or flooring
mill running one set of runners
whose Capacity is less than 75
bushels per day shall pay
Eich snd every grist or flouring mill
running one set of runners whose
capacity is over 75 bushels per
dav shall pay
Each sash and blind factory or plan
ing mill shall pay
Each and every person dealing in
lambqr shall be required to pay a
special tax of
Each mannfactory of bottle soda wa
ter, ginger ale or Ottawa beer,shall
pay
Etch bottling establishment ehall
p*y
Each manufacturer of or agency for
the salo of cotton gins shall pay...
Each real estate ageut or firm selling
or renting real estate for profit
shall pay 200
Each and every livery stable keeper
shall pay 125
Each and every livery stable keeper
who does a backing business shall
pay 250
Each saIa or feed stable keeper,
without livery, shall pay 75
Eaoh wagon-yard or sale-let keeper... 25
Each cctton warehouse or firm doing
business in the city shall pay 125
Eich and every tank or banker, ex
cept National banks, shall pay 200
Each and every bank agenoy without
capital shall pay 150
Each and. every broker, insurance
company, money lender on collater
als or other security, note-ahaver,
other than bankers, doing business
in the city of Macon, whether ho
has an office in the city or not,
shall pay 150
Each and every daily news and job
printing officeahall pay 125
Each and every we kly news and job
printing office ebt.ll pay 50
Each and every job printing office
shall pay 40
Each book bindery Bball pay 25
Each bakery shall pay 10
Each carriage repairing shop, includ
ing manufacturing, shall pay......
Each carriage-repairing shopsball
pay
Each teaoher of a dancing school
shall pay
Etch dye house keeper shall pay
Each gat-work3 or company shall pay 300
Each ice factory ehall pay 50
Each proprietor of a junk-shop for
the purchase of race, scrap-iron,
eto., sba’l pay 100
Each stone-cutter or proprietor of a
marble-yard shall pay 10
Each and every person or firm, resi
dent or acting for themselves or
Others, who shall purchase or sell,
ship to, or order, transfer or handle
in any way, for account of others,
merob andise or produce of any kind
(cotton exsepted) shall be termed
a merchandise broker, and shall
pay V"
This shall not be consttued to in
clude dealers in commercial fertil
izers.
Eioh anl every transient person op
erating in the samo manner as
above set forth shall pay :• 125
Eich and every insurance company
fire, life or marine, doing business
in the city, directly or through as
agent, shall pay 50
Each bill (oster shall pay 25
Every person who shall own or keep
a dog in the city, whether such
dog runs at lirge or is kept in the
lot, shall pay for such dog (to in-
clud» a badge) 1
A special tax of $100 per day shall
be charged each and every circus
company performing within the
corporate limits of the city.
All theatrical companies, eoncerts or
other exhibitions exhibiting in the
city shall be license! ss tbe Mayor
of the city in hiB jugment s’, a’l
deem brat.
Each person exeraiaiog the vocation
' of a street drummer, employed by
any honss or firm, or by any per
son within the corporate limits of
the city, shall pay 100
Each and ivary architect, civil en
gineer and surveyor shall pay a
special tax of. 15
E ich and every csn'ractor aud build
er shsll pay 15
Thia shill include contractors for
metal roofing and guttering.
Each and every lawytr following his
profession in the cny shall pay.,.
Etch and every physician following
his profession, ia the city shall
pay
Etch and evety dentist following hia
60
100
40
25
50
125
profession in the city shall pay...
Eich and every photographer follow
ing his profession in tho city shall
Pa-7 10
Each and every person (other than
producers) peddling in the city ar
ticles snch a3 poultry, butter, eggs,
vegetables, fruits, nuts, etc., shall
P a y 25
Aad no license shall be issued under
this section for less than 25
Each and every tailor, other than a
merchant tailor, shoemaker, watch
maker, other than a merchant jew
eler, carpenters, other than con
tractors, doing business for them
selves, shall pay. 6
Each license shall be in the name of
tho person, firm or agent to whom
the same is issued, and ehall not
bo transferable to any person
whomsoever, acd eaoh tax levied
by this ordinanoe shall be a regis
tered tax, doe and payable on tho
tsnth day of January, 1879, and
tbe license issued thereunder shall
expiro on the tenth day of January,
1880.
That in all cases the person applying
for a license shall make oath that the
business followed by the applicant falls
within the class to which tbe ordinance
fixing the tax specifically applies.
That all ordinances or parts of ordi
nances militating against this ordinance,
be, and tbe earns are hereby repealed.
' Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil of the City of Macon, and it is hereby
criaincd by t7ie authority of the same:
Section 1. That the sum of $10 be
and is hereby assessed as a business tax
on each and eTery cotton buyer doing
business in the city.
Sec. 2. That the sum of $25 be and the
same is hereby assessed as a business tax
on each and every cotton buyer and ship
per doing business in the city.
Sec. 3. That thia ordinance be applica
ble tp all focal or transient persons so
encaged.
Be it ordained by tbe Mayor and Coun
cil of tbe City of Macon, and it is hereby
ordained by authority of the same. That
each and every person engaged in the
business of draying in the city, whoshall
employ more than one dray, shall be re
quired to give a bond of one thousand
dollars, which bond shall cover all drays
se employed to the number of twenty
double drays.
And each and ivory person engaged as
above set forth and u§ing ono dray only,
shall be required to give a bond of five
hundred dollars.
Bo it farther ordaicel by the Mayor
and Council of the City of Ma:on, and it
is hereby ordained by authority of the
same, That any and all licenses levied
and collected under any of the foregoing
sections, shall be made payable in any of
the past due indebtedness of the city,
such as bonds, conpone, city money, or
city scrip.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil of the City of Macon, and it is hereby
ordained by the authority of the same,
That for tbe purpose of raising a revenue
to meet the ordinary and extraordinary
expenses of the city, the taxe^ hereafter
named, shall be levied and collected with
the current year 1879.
Section 1. That tbe sum of $3.00 be
imposed on each and every male inhabit
ant of tho city between tbe ages of twee-
ty-one (21) and forty-five (45) years, ss a
commutation for streetjtax; said tax stall
be duo aid payable on the first day of
March, 1879; provided, that such person
may be relieved of said tax by laborrai?
on the streets of the city five consecutive
days, under the direction of tbe Street
Overseer, at any timo before July 15tfa,
1879.
Sec. 2. That the Bum of one per cent,
be impesed on the gross receipts of each
and every insurance company doing only
an insurance business, represented by a
local agent; that the sum of one per
cent, be imposed on the gross receipts of
each insurano • company represented by
an itinerant or traveling agent, who shall
obtain a license from the clerk before
proceeding to canvass tho city. Returns
under this section to be made and collect
ed monthly; that is to say, on the first
of every month, and paid within five
days thereafter; and if not then paid,
then an execution shall be issued against
defanlters for double the amount of their
immediate preceding returns, and when
no returns have been previously made, an
exeention shall be issued for whatever
amount the Mayor may deem sufficient
to cover tho tax on their business.
Sec. 3. That the sum of $1 per head
shall be imposed on tbe sale of every
horse or mule sold within the city limits
by or belonging to horse or male drovers
or traders, to be paid by the person sell
ing, and each proprietor of a sale lot cr
livery stable shall bo held responsible for
this tax on all the sto:k said on their
premi ses.
Sec. 4. That tho Mayor beclothod with
fall authority to impose such taxes as he
may deem just and equitable upon nil
local end itinerant traders or agents nor
specially menticned in tax or license or
dinance.
Sec. 5. That the earn cf one per cent,
bo imposed on each and every one hun
dred dollars of tbe fair market value of
real property within tbe corporate lim
its of tbo city. Said valuation to be fir
ed by three assessors, as provided for by
the city charter.
Sec. 6 That tne turn of one per cent,
be imposed on each and every on? hun
dred dollars of fair market value of stock
For City Attorney, $600 00 per annum
For Ci’y Engineer, $400.00 per annum'
For Magazine Keeper, $75.00.
ea"h * thr6C A ‘ S2SS0rp > H50.00 por annum
For P.-rter, $180.00 per annum.
roLICE ACCOUNT..
For Chief, $1,000.00 per annum.
For First Lieutenant, $780.0o n cr m,
num. *"
For Second and Junior Second Litnteu.
ants, $720.00 per annum each. *
For Patrolmen,$600.00 per annum e«iv
For two Watchmen at Barracks, $35^
per month eaoh.
public property account.
For winding clock, $50.00 per annum.
For Bridge Keeper, $300 00 per annum-
_ General appropriation, per annum $*.
500.00. "'*
EIRE DEPABTMBXT ACCOUNT.
For Hook and Ladder, $125.00 n--
annum.
For five Steamers, $500 CO per annum
each.
For Chief, $125 00 per annum.
For two Assistants, $75.00 per a mum
each.
RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS.
Appropriation, $250.00 per annum
Gas and Gas Light, $2,500.00 per ur
num.
HOSPITAL AND CHARITIES.
City Pbycician per annum $50000.
General appropriation, pet annum
$1,0C0.
Printing, $500.00 per annum.
Cemeteries, $250 CO per annum.
Pumps, $1,000.00 per annum.
STREETS.
Street overseer pier annum $600.00.
General a pproDriation, per annum**.
40000.
INCIDENTAL
Appropriation, per annum, $3.G00.C0.
Be it ordained ny tho Mayor ana Conn-
cil of tho City ot Maoon, and it is hereby
ordained by authority of tho same. That
all salaries and other appropriation] bj
paid in such currency as will be received
for tax acd licenses; provided, however
always, that when United States currea!
ay shall 1 ave been paid into the trta-ury
of tho oity for taxes or otherwise, the
same shall be paid out pro rata to all
parties, whether dus for salaries or oth?r
appropriations.
Be it further ordained, That ».i eilj-
riee and appropriations shsll ba (lie end
payable on the 17th day of eaohfciocih.
* 13e it further ordained that if.'I ordi.
nances and parts of ordinances mili itinj
against this ordinance be an 1 the same
are hereby repealed.
Alderman Cannon movoi to commie
the present temporary police force ca
duty until Tuoidiy next.. Carried.
The Mayor appointed Aldetmcn Hud
gins, Hendrix and Corpnt a? a committee
of three on Rules to govern this body.
On motion Council adjourned to u ;•
day evening next, at 7i o’clock.
A. R. McLaughlin, Je ,
Clsrk of Octrc '.
Notice is hereby given to all tax-p.-. j- n
that the law requires that all return;
shall be made personally under oath to
the Clerk of Council, and that no retc-ini
sent through the mails or by sf-rvai
can be reoeived by him, utilee* Sworn to j
before u notary or other p- rVira duly
qualified o administer aa oai h.
Tsx pavers will pleas* bear this it
mind, aid save themselves ami the a?ses
sors much annoyance and tiouble.
A. R. McLaughlin, Je.,
Cleik of Council.
Bicoa the war the French (iovommit!
forests and w ild lands have bi.nle out to ia
dividna's Moat of tho leases bay-- n-«wexpir
ed, and will, for the nsxt term, te put n;> to
pnblio suction Viscount d’Agu .io, ah:
leased the forest of Fontaiaebl- an is said to
have made a very sung job of it
An Ohio peddler does buainoat ou *n ti-
tens.vo to»le. Hecirrita tl .e wsgou loidi
of m groat variety of goods, and i - accom
panied by Mvamsmlesmen He put-up*
large teut, with rountors and thrives, arc
show windows in front, like a regular stors.
He stay in each stopping pisco is utgulated
by the business, and whtn the talee fail eff
he packs up snd moves on
A Chicago girl did not with to many
her lover, bnt eaid yes to hi? proposal for
the fun of being engaged. The y. nnrmir
was very mcch iu earnest, and v.hra she tl
length inf -imed him that tbo bad only be«
j rking ho threatened to till ht-r if ebo did
not ketp her promise. Thus buUdtz.d, (b#
submitted to matrimony. Thatwa? a year
ago. Lately ehe appealed to the courts, and
ths superior Court has dscidid that U«
mini ace, having been aocompUjhed by»
threat of violence, is void
—Tbe French Senate's compostd f three
hundred members, one-fourth cf wh'm art
elected for life by tho Cheimbercf Deputise,
while tha olh9r three fourths, or departmen
tal Senators. *re to servo nine yo»r<=; huts*,
the first establishment, threoyeare fgo. they
were divided into three oUesee, going out.
respectively, at the end of three, six in.
nine years, in order that only oue-’tiriCi
them—or ono-four'h tf ihe total Sraate-
shonld bo removed at any one time. Tho
Senate itself fills vacancies occurring tj
death, resignation, or expuleion among fit
life Senators.
—It ia said that Franklin’s appearance it
Versailles in a plain suit or drab cloth wu,
like so man* other nriablo cirmmetancei.
accidental, h’scourt knit not arriv tgm tinn,
and the King sending to tell him to c>me»
he was Be this as it may, there teems to he
evidence to ehow that he subsequently sp-
peared ia a black velvet embroidered ceil
aud a small sword, and tbo protraits taken of
him In Franca point to his dress ng hand
somely One, by Grenze, represents him in
a green silk drestiog gown, edge 1 with far.
and a light-colored satin waistcoat and fril
led shirt.
--A —The colored wife of Senator Bruco is no!
in trade, horse., mules and other am- ^ gnn t,»j 6< i by the fathionable womenef
LonaaLrid <m,S Wm1> Tgtnn tt /pppM,, and m»Cy faSbltE-
able men called upon her on New Vear’s Da?
10
10
mals, mnsiosl instruments, household and
kitchen furniture, watches and jewelry,
moneys, bonds, notes, securities and sol
vent debts, wagons, drays, pleasure vehi
cles, and all other cl as tea of personal
property within the corporate limits of
rho city, on the first day of January,
1879.
Sec. 7. That the sum of one per cent,
shall be imposed npon each and every
one hundred dollars of capital invested
or nsed in banking, brokerage or ex
change, or in insurance business, or in
piblio or private banks, or nsed by bro-
k -rs or persons or. firms engaged in bny
iog or selling exchange, bank notes, etc.
Sec. 8. That tbe tax of ono per cent.
ad valorem levied upon the real and per-
s mal property within the corporate lim
its of said city shall be applied to pay
t ie extraordinary expenses of the city—
to-wit: the principal and interest which
shall be due upon the bonded debt of the
oity.
Sec. 9. That when any person, firm or
corporation fails to make returns of prop
erty taxed under this ordinance, by the
first day of Fdbrnary next, it is hereby
made the dntyof the city assessors to
make return of the same from tho beat
information within their power, and as
sess thereon a double tax, for which ex
ecution shall issue as in other cases.
Sec. 10. That the taxes levied by this
ordinance (except where monthly pay
ments are required) slull be due and
payable in three equal installments, viz:
on tha 10th of February, 10:h of April,
and 10th of June, on wbich days the
hooks shall ho closed.
Sec. 11. That the taxes levied and col
lected under any. of the foregoing sec
tions sbull be made payable as follows:
one-fca’f in Uaited States currency, and
one-half in any of the past due indebted
ness of the city, such ss bonds, coupons,
city money and city scrip; provided, how-
ev. r, always, that due and past-due bonds
and conpons will be receivable for any
and all taxes due the city, in fall.
Seo. 12. That all ordinances or parts
of ordinances militating against this or
dinance be snd the same are hereby re
pealed.
The Finance Committee mads the fol*
lowing report on salaries and appropria
tions, which was rial second timo and
paused: , _
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil of tho City of Mason, and it is hereby
ordained ly authority of tho same, That
the following shall bo the amount appro
priated for the payment of salaries, and
for other purposes hereinafter stated, for
the year 1879:
salary account.
For Mayor, $1,200.00 per annum'.
For Treasurer. $1,200.00 per annum.
For Clerk, $900.00 per annum.
Tho correspondent of the Boston Journal
says that she wore ‘a magnificent black vd-
vet dress made for her by Worth daring bit
rec3nt visit to Paris, and handsome dia
monds ’ Tho Hartford Timt s corresponden.
says: 'It has been tried and douJed of
society—and tho thing colled society in
Washington always toadies to wealth«
official pcsition, whether right or wrong-
that Mrs. B.uceia Just as good to callono:
to receive calls from aa H she was paintod nf
as white or as handsome as any other Sena
tor’s wife. Shoddy socioiy, snd mcstcfi;
here is rhoddy, accepts the verdict, aw
governs itself acsordirg T y. As areanlt, Mw
Brno has already received calls fromini
wives of some of the Judges of the Suprtnn
Court, of many Senators, BepreetntatirM
and others holding official position ’
MisriXEScr aKight —1 good deacon ir
Davenport, Iowa, saw a drunken msn w!k»
ho knew driving aimUely about the street'
one dark night. Ths deacon kindly got ini'
the sleigh a d took the rtins, iatendirgh
take the drunkard to bia horns, which
two miles away; but disliking the idea,®*
walking back, he et pped at a tavern ton® 1
somebody who could more conveniently * 1
ths job. While he was in tho tavern
drunkard drove off by himself, and .ayst®*
fellow arrived with liia girl iu a n!o'ghr
young fellow entered tbe tavern, losvirg t-
girl, muffled in a blanket, to writ while tt
got a drink. Tbe deacon found a volant#* 1
to take hU place as guids to the drunks?*;
but the volunteer, on going to tho eloit-
that then stood in front of the tavern, die'
cavered lhat the occupant was not the drat;
kard, aud said to tha desccn ‘It’s a gr
out thero.’ ‘No, ’taint,’ rrpiiel the de&cCT
who thought she was (he drunkard- He P--
one arm aronnd her, "and roughly. puu<-1
away the blanket, filn scrcamsd forhef-
Her lover ran cut and gave the dsacan *
severe whipping. Then they tcok the g«“
deacon into the tavern, washed the bicoa
from his faoe, ihe girl kissed him, and s'
was forgiven.
CokcbrM IG Mr. Webb H ij es. tie
Washington correspondent of tho ucrais,
of Button, tells this story: “JK Woeb
Hayes, who has a keen sen e o! humor,
astonished his parents and tn? fiienO
with them tbe last fall at oue of ibo lar
gest publio receptions held by Ihe Presi
dent snd Mis. Hsves in tbs West. B*
(ths wag of the family), while theusand'
were purine up to shake hands with tt*
oouple, pulled his bat down ovi r his feef’
drsw his ecat tight aroaud him, and, f*T"
ing into line, gravely walked up to bi*
mother, and, taking her band to shake H
as the others did, slood for a moment ac»
gravely said, in a clear, rni:<d tone, to
that all could heir, ‘God Lie - y-'n, mft-'
am, for yonr nobis adUfr-’-ncc t > ‘he teav
peracce cause,’Mrs. Hsje?, tb ngh lakes
unawares, thanked him gravely withen
any appearanoe of rtc:: ’-“ t. sru t
passed on with ihe ciowd?'
—A MU for the reclamation of tha Boffl* 11
aropigra hnow btfire the Iiali&n Chitt-
bars.