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Jm&g&jzngptt?. ■flfckgrajijj trail ffitssragtr. fUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1880. THE GEORGIA PRESS. A colored woman in Columbus found $112, supposed to have belonged to Mr. an. who was recently murdered in {hat dty, Yancy Martin, son of the late B. Y. •afartin, of Columbus, Georgia, is danger- ill, with typhoid fever in Wasliing- ! City. There is little hope of his re- Th»: body of Cliarles Delaney, who fell fiem a boat and was drowned in the Sa- Tan nab river, has been Ibnnd floating near the wharf, and recovered. Tub number of blue ribbons in Savan nah foots up 735. Ais.vii.ok in Savannah, arrested and endin'-1 in jail as a deserter, effected a relcuse dirough the following cunning de trice of his lawyer: It seems the ship was to sail at four o'clock in the morning, and everjtlung was in readiness. The even ing previous to the ship's departure, the lawyer sued out a wr.t of habeas corpus, returnable at 11 o’clock tlie following day. This writ was served upon the jailer, and when at four o’clock in the morning the captain called for his man, 1ms was confronted by the little document. Salher than lose the benefit of an early departure, be left without the deserter so- called, wlio was immediately released, there being no one to appear against him. Mr. O. I). Tucker had a stock of goods in the store at Goodman’s and had a young man named Robert Bullock clerking for him. Last Saturday Mr. Tucker and Mr. Bullock went out visiting and returned about ten o’clock, when they went to bed About one o’clock they were aroused by a noise in the front room when they awoke to fiud the house on fire and the roof Sailing In. Everything in the store was «oasnmed and the young men barely es- *aped with their lives. They were sleep ing in the hack room of the store and the only way to get out was through a back door, and this door was blockaded with boxes so that it was witli much difficulty that it could be opened. They could not go through the front way as it was a -solid sheet of flames. Just as they bad «aecce<lcd in opening the door, the draught drew the flames and burst out through Bio back door after them. One minute later and they would have perished in the dames. Tlie fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary, but no clue or suspicion rests upon anyone. About 12 o’clock that night a man on horseback rode up to negro woman's house, woke her up, and told her to go to the store and wake up the young men. The woman states that he then rode rapidly in the direction of West Point, hut she supposed he was drinking and paid no attenteution to what be had said. When she heard the fire alarm she knew at once what lie meant. -Rome Courier: Yesterday, Monday morning, Charles Henderson and his brother-in-law, Charles Rawls, met on Bread street, and after some words, as we are informed, Henderson struck liawls with his umbrella, whereupon Rawls palled his pistol. Henderson jumped be- bitMl a tree, and Rawls shot, the ball tak ing effect in and passing through the fleshy part of Henderson’s left arm above the elbow. Both were arrested and called before the Mayor, who fined Rawls ten dollars and cost and Henderson two and a half and costs. The Poet Laureate.—Evening News: A certain young fellow in Atlanta wrote some poetry to his sweetheart, named Laura, but tlie young lady failing to see tbe beauty or appreciations of the tender effusion, sent his loving verses back to blm. The joke was too good to be kept secret, and the “boys” got hold of the sto ry. But when they attempted to plague •ire rejected suiter who declared his pas sion in poetic measures, and told him his sweetheart had “chawed” him, he bravely and sinbliishingly replied: “Yes, I am the poet Laura atej” It is the general impres sion in the best social circles that the -“boys” got the worst of the joke in its final application. McDuffie Journal: It occurred at the flreside of a family in this vicinity a few evenings ago, and for a while created con siderable commotion. Tlie two gentle men were discussing tlie charges for re tail liquor licenses in the different coun ties, when one of them remarked that at one time it required two thousand dollars to get a license in Warren county, maiden lady who was in the party caught •he latter part of the conversation, and naturally supposed that it referred to mar riage licenses. Her feminine indignation was instantly aroused, and she got right np and said in emphatic language that -such a law amounted to prohibition ex cept to the rich, and was a shame and dis grace to civilized country, which ought to ■eueourage matrimony, instead of placing insurmountable obstacles in tlie way. It wus a full hour after the mistake was pointed out before her wrath subsided. Savannah News: As the passenger Crain on the Savannah, Florida and West ern Kailway Company was entering the depot yard yesterday morning Mr. W. Salmon, Jr., a well known citizen of llincsville, met with a very serious and painful accident. In his eagerness eager ness to get off, as the train approached the platform, and while it was in motion, lie made a jump and was thrown with great violence to tlie ground. The entire right side ot the face was horribly cut and his head was badly bruised. He was at once piefced up and conveyed to the office of lie. J. T. McFarland, who dressed the iqptiy and did all that was possible to render him comfortable. Dr. McFarland, ooasidered the injury so serious that he advised Mr. Harrison’s return home at •aaee, and he left on the train in the after- Auos Yarborougii (colored), of East man, got on a spree lately, and, during a scrimmage, shot Wright right in the back the head. Wright was trying to out run the pistol ball, but did not succeed, for while he came in under the string flratlhe ball came in ahead. , The tournament at Lumber City was a grand success. Fifteen kniglit3 rode in the lists, and flung their battle gages to •lie breeze. After a brilliant contest, Mr. IF. U. Dean, Knight of tlie Lone Star, who had, metaphorically, unseated all tiltern, was awarded the prize—a hand some saddle. The victor availed himself of Ms rights at the coronation, and placed the coronet upon the brow of Miss Emma Morris, of Montgomery county, thereby naming her Queen of Love and Beauty. Mr. W. R. Wooten, winner of tlie second prize, crowned Miss Georgia Adgms, First Maid of Honor; Mr. W. O. Summerlin, winner of the third, crowned Miss Nannie McRae Second Maid of Honor, and Mr. Borickalter crowned Miss Vic Rider Third Maid of Honor. The tournament was followed by a dinner, the dinner by a burlesque, and the burlesque by a dance. So says the Eastman Times. “Tim Six Bricks” made their New y Year calls in Columbus, in a handsomo ojoippagc drawn by four elegantly capar isoned steeds, with plumes at their heads, -driven by a livried whip, and followed by the Italian band in a second carriage. “The band serenaded wherever their lord- ships tarried. We presume that the gen- tie men will he brick bats for the balance of the season. One of our exchanges wants to know hen day begins. We might say that any «-i Hie boys could determine that, but '.'-.-11 content ourselves with the assertion >'■ it the day begins just where the night •txris. Jim Smith, a negro living near Dublin, while silting at bis fireside, was instantly killed by a shot fired through a hole in the back of his chimney. Captain and Mbs. Smith, of Dublin, gave the Band a supper last week. We trust that this will somewhat compensate for tlie loss of that muchly advertised cor net book. Mr. Frank Goodman, of Wilkinson county, accidently shot and killed Miss Mary Payne on Christmas day. Horrible Death.—Dublin Gazette: Last Tuesday night Walter, son of Mr. Jerry Lee, was scalded to death under tlie following circumstances: Mr. Lee was killing liogs, and for the purpose of scald ing them, had buried a kettle or large pot in the ground within two or three inches from the top,and as tlie bands were drag ging the hogs to put them in the kettle, it seems that the little fellow was standing behind them and near the kettle, and in endeavoring to get out of the way, ran against tlie kettle and was tripped by the rim striking him just above the ankles. He fell backward in tlie kettle, and was en tirely covered by the boiling water except his feet. He was immediately taken out, but not soon enough. The little fellow- lived about twelve hours, suffering tlie most excruciating pain, when the little spirit winged its flight. We truly sympa- tliize with tlie parents, wlio we learn take his death very bard. Drowned.—Meriwether Vindicator Harriet Hall, colored, whom we men tioned in our last regular issue, as having been carried down Flint river from Chunn’s ferry in a bateau, is supposed to have been drowned, as the little boat has been found empty, severalmiles down tlie river. It is reported that a Mr. Rig gins, hearing her cries, waded within six feet of the woman, who was clinging to the bough of an overhanging tree. She seemed frantic as well as exhausted, was foaming at the mouth, and her eyes al most starting from tlieir sockets with ter- Unableto reach her on account of tlie depth and rap.-dity of the current. Mr. Riggins told tlie woman to hold on until he could wade out and get a pole long enough to reach her, and when he returned the bateau was gore. This was the last time the unfortunate woman was seen. Man Killed.—Jcsup Sentinel: A correspondent at Haslam, M. & B. R. R., informs us that on the night of the 17tli inst., Harrison Jordan, colored, was found dead in his bed on the plantation of M. W. Spence, about four miles above Beard’s Blnff, on the River Road. There was gun-shot wound in his left side which showed that death must have been instan taneous. A coroners’ jury decided that Iiis death was caused, by a gun-shot wound inflicted by some person unknown to the jury. Columbus Enquirer: Serious Run away.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Solo mon Bickiey, who lives near Mt. Airy, Harris county, met with quite a serious accident on upper Broad street. He was driving down the street when the horse became frightened at a cow and ran away, throwing Mr. Bickiey over the dashboard. Tlie liorse then kicked him several times. He was considerably bruised, but the in juries are not fatal. The buggy was slightly damaged. License and Tax Ordinance or the City are required to pay under tills ordi- of Macon for l&so. nance, to-wit 05 Council Chamber, i For e.ach billiard table kept for public ■, Macon, Ga., December 30, 1870. play . 15 Present—lion. W. A. Hull', Mayor; ' For each pool table kept for public Aldermen Cannon,. Corput, Kennedy, Hig- play 50 gins, Hendrix, Ellis, Fitzgerald, Hudgins, For each ball or ten pin alley kept for Flanders and Dunlap. . public play 15 Absent—Aldermen Dub and Master- j The keeper of each shooting gallery, GRANT WANTS IT. No Doubt About the Third-term Pro gramme—The Southern Trip an Electioneering Excursion. Washington Spend to tho Cincinnati Com mere-.*! The departure of General Grant for tlie South, joined to Philadelphia develop ments, can have but one interpretation. He is a candidate for the Presidency— precisely as much so as’John Sherman or James G. Blame. The boomers through out the country have been duly notified. The silence of General Grant is no lon ger mystery. It simply gives consent. There are many sincerely friendly to General Grant who regret this, believing that Ills glory must now fade, especially as it is evident that lie is in tlie hands of the most cunning and unscrupulous of our politicians, and that his nomination would make tlie Republican party a mere per sonal concern. The Southern trip amounts to a public advertisement that General Grant’s long ing for home scenes and friends, of which so much -was said while he was abroad, was of singularly brief duration, and that a week of the repose said to be so essen- tirl at Galena, was quite enough. The truth is, General Grant goes South on au electioneering tour, and to he out of the way for a few montlis, while tho boom works. After he satisfies his deep curiosi ty about Cuba, and Mexico, he will return to find an organized series of booms from New Orleans to New York. His friends go so far as to resent as an impertinance the candidacy of others, story was put out last week that Sherman had given his adhesion to Grant. It was started with the view of impressing him chat it was high time lie was out of the way of the Chariot. Sherman promply said he was a candidate, would stick to tlie last, and was on principle opposed to tlie third term. Another member of the Cabinet opposed to tlie third term is the Secretary of the Navy, and it is noticed that while General Grant called on Evarts (who is a boomer), he did not call on Sherman or Thompson. The pressure for an early convention in Pennsylvania is to lead the way for Grant. It is arranged that when Cameron puts in Pennsylvania, Conkling is to follow with New York. The Postroffice machine is being worked by General Tyner to bring Indiana next to the front, and Logan and Washbume are competing for primacy in tbe boom in Illinois. The calculation is that with Pennsylva nia, New York, Indiana and Illinois, ahead for Grant, Republicanism can be made a matter personal to Grant. Per haps the boom may break, but it looks strong, and the people should discuss the third term as a business proposition and make up their minds. Sherman’s steadi ness as a candidate is a great irritation— almost disloyalty, in fact—and the break ing of the delegations in Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana and Illinois, would be an irreparable disaster to the boomers. The Oldest Portrait of Christ London News. I At a bazaar which was opened yester day at the Ilawkstone Hall, Westminster Bridge road, in aid of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews, a somewhat remarkable picture purporting to be the oldest and finest por trait of Christ extant, was exhibited. The painting, by Dr. Philip, of Rome, wlio lias affixed to it the fo.Iowing description: “It is very old and wonderful. It was lainted from an engraving on a medal- ion, accompanied by a manuscript on parchment, partly in Latin and partly in Greek, giving a description of the marks, person and physiogonomy of Christ. It is supposed to be from the time of tlie early emperors of Rome, and was kept till late ly in tlie private museums of the various Popes.” The portrait, which lias been recently restored, represents the head and shoulders of the subject, the head being turned slightly to the left, and the eyes, which bear an expression of great tender ness and dignity, looking upward. It will dqubtless form an interesting study for connoisseurs in old paintings. Perhaps the Republicans in Maine, who are beside themselves with rage at the sight of arms and ammunition trans ported through the streets “for use against the people,” will remember how they damncd.thc Democrats of Louisiana for protesting against tlie military force used by tlie Federal government to organize a bogus Republican Legislature in 1874, and again in 1874 and again in 1S70. Their curses come home to roost with a ven geance. Tlie better way for our irate Re publican citizens is to remember the law of reciprocity, and refrain from doing to other people what they don’t want done to themselves. They are having an appli cation of their own nasty medicine now, and a disgusted crowdthey are.—Courier- Journal. 15 At the regular meeting of Council, held to-night, tbe following ordinance was read the first time: AN ORDINANCE To provide for and to regulate the regis tration of all persons exercising, within tlie city of Macon, any business whatever: Section 1. Be it ordained by the May or and Council of the city of Macon, That from and after the passage, of this ordi nance cveiy person, firm, company or cor poration who exercises or may exercise within the city, any profession, trade, calling or business of any nature what ever, shall annually register in books to * be kept for that purpose by the Clerk of' said City Council, their names and pro fession, trade, calling or business, and their place of business (if any) within the city. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc., That said books of registration shall be opened and kept open by the said Clerk on and after the first of January, and all persons then exercising, or intending to exercise, during the current year any busi ness, shall register their names and places of business (if any) on the first day of January. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, etc,, That the Clerk of Conncil shall advertise in the daily papers a notice calling tlie at tention of tax payers to the requirements of this ordinance, on January 1st. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc., That all persons commencing any busi ness of any kind after the first of January, 1880, shall register their names and busi ness as soon as they shall commence the same. Sec. 5. Be it further ordaiued, ^efc., That whenever any person or persons, having no fixed place of business within tlie city, shall, nevertheless, exerc.se with in the city any business-of-any nature whatever, such person or persons shall bo required to register tlieir names and busi ness, and be subject to the same or like taxation on tlieir business, as ,is levied by the Mayor and Council upon persons fol lowing a like business and having a fixed place of business. Sec. 0. Be it further ordained, etc., That upon the failure of person, firms, companies and corporations to register tlieir names and business as aforesaid, the Clerk oi Council shall, from tlie best in formation witliin his reach, register tlie same, and tlie Marshal, Lieutenants and men of the city police force are hereby required to report to said Clerk all omis sions to register whichmay become known to them. Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, ■ etc., That all ordinances and parts of ordinan ces militating against this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. LICENSE AND SPECIFIC TAXES Be it ordained by Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, and it is hereby or dained by the authority of the same, That the following licenses and specific taxes shall be levied and collected in the City of Macon for the year 1880: Section 1. Eacli wholesale and re tail dealer in dry goods shall pay . $100 Each wholesale and retail dealer in groceries shall pay • 100 Each dealer in general merchandise, including liquors at wholesale,shall pay .... 200 Each wholesale and retail dealer in boots and shoes, shall pay ...... 75 Each wholesale and retail dealer in hardware, shall pay 60 Each wholesale and retail dealer in harness, shall pay 50 Each person or firm keeping a carriage repository, shall pay ; • ■ * Each person or firm operating wholesale drag store shall pay . . 100 Each person or firm selling house fur nishing goods at wholesale and re tail shall pay 40 Each retail dealer in general mer chandise, (liquor excepted,) shall pay ... -I Each shop keeper shall pay a license of And all persons carrying less than $500 stock shall be deemed shop keepers. Each person or firm selling furniture at wholesale and retail shall pay . 40 Each person or linn operating a retail drug store shall pay 15 Each person or firm dealing in com mercial fertilizers shall pay .... 25 Sec. 2. For each and every one horse wagon, one horse dray, or one horse express wagon hauling in city ... $ 15 For each and every wagon used bv butchers and bakers in their busi- nes, and wagons used by brewers and manufacturers of soda water, or for the delivery of oil, milk or any outher article (except wagons deliv ering milk from dairies on country farms), and package delivery wagons where such wagons are used for hauling iu tlie city and drawn by one horse, shall pay .15 For each and every one horse ice wagon • 15 For each and every one-horse hack or carriage used iu carrying passengers to or from any railroad depot, or elsewhere in the city 15 In all licensed hacks, carriages, omni buses, the fare of passengers from the railroad depot to any portion of tlie city shall not exceed fifty cents per passenger, and that a list of prices shall be posted iu each hack, under penalty of $5 for each violation. Any liackman who shall charge more than the fare allowed by this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined $20 for cadi offense, half of the fine to be paid the informer. That all hacks running in the city shall be required to have lamps on them, and that tlie same shall be lighted when run ning at night, under a penalty of $5 for the first offense, and $10 for each repeti tion thereof. Hucksters or peddlers of any kind of produce, com, meal or merchan dise about the dtv, using a one- horse wagon (farmers .bringing their produce raised by themselves from the country excepted) shall pay a license of Where any wagon or dray or. other vehicle used as specified in tlie pre ceding paragraphs of this section is drawn by more than one animal for each additional animal so used an additional tax shall be paid of . . . None of the preceding paragraphs as sessing taxes on wagons, drays and other vehicles shall be construed to apply to any such wagons, drays or vehicles kept for private use only, and not employed in any hauling for or delivering to others. Sec. 2. Each individual, firm or cor poration operating a street railroad within tlie city limits shall pay a li cense of ............. . . Transient traders in goods, wares and merchandise of any descriptioe, or any ar ticle whatever, by sample or otherwise, before exposing the same for sale, shall pay a tax to be fixed by the Mayor and Council. Agents for the sale of any article what ever, or any person visiting the city as an itinerant physician, or professor of propri etary articles, canvassei-s selling books, maps, and pictures of all kinds, by sub scription, shall each pay a tax to be fixed by the Mayor and Council in such cases. Section 3. Each private boarding house keeper, who takes in tran sient customers, shall pay $30 The keeper of each hotel shall pay . 300 The keeper of each restaurant or eat ing saloon shall pay Each person keeping an oyster or lunch stand, other than a restaurant keeper, and selling oysters and lunches by meal, shall pay And no license shall be issued for less than $15 under this section. The keeper of each lager beer saloon shall pay / • Each person or firm selling lager beer by the dring or glass and permitting tlie same to be drank on the premi ses where sold, whatlier the same bo drawn from a soda fountain or dispensed by any other means, shall to that extent be deemed a keeper of a beer saloon, and shall bo. re quired to take out a license for the same and pay the same license therefor as keepers of beer saloons 25 15: 35 65 15 05 unless kept for amusement only, and not for profit, shall pay 15 And no license shall be issued for less than S15 under this section. 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 SI,200 per annum. The owner of each and every stallion or jack kept for breeding purposes shall pay 5 The keeper of each barber shop shall pay a license of. . 10 Each person or firm carrying on the business of blacksmithing in the city shall pay a business tax for each forge used of. 3 Each person or firm engaged in a tan nery business shall pay a business tax of. 15 Each person or firm (farmers selling their own produce excepted) retail ing fresh or butcher’s meat in the city, whether from stalls, stores or by peddling the same on the streets, ftiall pay a license of. 25 And against.each person who shall, after the 1st day of January, 1880, sell any' fresh or butcher’s meat (farmers selling their own productions excepted) with out first taking out the license herein S rovidcd for, an execution shall imme- iatcly he issued for the amount of said license. Sec. 5. Each auctioneer or vendue master shall pay 50 Each person or firm operating a cot ton press in the city shall pay. ... 30 Each express company doing business iu tlie city shall pay 200 Each telegraph company doing busi ness in the city shall pay 500 Each cotton factor or warehouse man or firm of factors or warehousemen doing business in the city shall pay a business tax as such of $50, aud eacli such factor or warehousemen selling plantation sup plies, including bagging and ties, or other goods, other than cotton, shall to that ex tent be considered a merchant and shall pay accordingly. ■ Each dealer in general merchandise, who also sells liquors in quantities not less than one quart, nor more than four and a half gallons, shall pay in addition to hi3 other busi ness tax 30 The tax paid as wholesale or retail deal ers in merchandise and groceries shall not be construed to mean fresh meats or any other article upon tbe sale of which there is a special tax or license required. Each person or firm selling spirituous liquors iu quantities not less than four and a half gallons shall be considered a wholesale dealer, and shall pay 150 Each person or firm selling spiritous or malt liquors and permitting the same to be drunk on the premises where sold, shall be considered a bar-room keeper, and be required to take a bar-room license, aud pay 100 No license sliall issue undi - tins last clause for less than the full amount of S100. Each druggist who sells wines and liquors, except on a bona fide phy sician’s prescription, shall take out a license, and pay . 30 Each retailer of spiritous or malt liq uors wlio shall keep open his place of business, or in and from the same sell or furnish any spiritous liquors on Sunday, shall, on conviction for tlie fiist offense, be fined the sum of 50 And for the second offense his license shall be forfeited. And in taking outsald bar-room license the person or firm shall designate their place of business, and shall not change tlie same without the consent of Council, and Council reserves the right to refuse a license in localities to them deemed objectionable. Each and every dealeror firm engaged in the sale of sewing machines, and each and every agent selling sewing machines as merchandise in tlie city shall pay a tax of . 30 Each person or firm operating a trunk' manufactory shall pay a license of . li Eacli person or firm operating a candy manufactory shall pay a licence of 15 Eacli manufacturer of tin-ware shall pay 15 Each person or firm doing a plumbin^ and gas fitting business shall pay ” 10 Each company selling water privileges shall pay . . 100 Each and every coal merchant or deal er in coal sliall pay ......... 50 Each mercliant or dealer in firewood shall pay 15 Each person, firm or corporation oper ating a foundry in the city shall pay - upon each foundry so operated a business tax of 50 Each person, linn or corporation oper ating a corn or flour mill within the city, shall pay upon each mill so operated a business tax of 75 Each person or firm operating a sash anil blind factory or planing mill shall pay 25 Each and every person dealing in lum ber shall he required to pay a spec ial tax of 15 Each person or firm engaged in the manufacture of bottle soda water, ginger ale or Ottawa beer shall pay 15 Each person or firm operating a bot tling establishment shall pay .... 15 Each manufacturer of or agency for tlie sale of cotton gins shall pay . . 30 Each real estate agent or firm selling or renting real estate for profit shall pay 50 Each livery stable keeper or wlio en gages in the business of the sale or feeding of horses or mules, and keeps horses or mules, carriages, bugggics or other vehicles for hire, shall pay a business tax of 75 Each sale or feed stable keeper^ with out livery, shall pay . 40 Each keeper of a livery, sale or feed stable who does a hacking business in ad dition to his stable business shall take out license for and pay upon each hack run by him the same taxes as hereinbefore assess ed upon hacks run in tlie city. Eacli wagon yard or sale-lot keeper . 15 Each and every person or firm dealing in horses or mules, and each and every person or firm known as hoise or mule drovers or traders, selling their stock within the city, shall pay a business tax of 10 Each proprietor of a sale, lot or livery stable, sliall be held responsible for tills tax on all the stock sold from his prem ises. Each bank or banker, except Nation al banks, shall pay 100 Each bank agency without capital shall pay 75 Each broker, insurance company, money lender on collaterals or oth er security, note-shaver other than bankers, doing business in the city . i of Macon, whether-he has an-office in the city or not, shall pay .... 100 Each person or firm operating a daily news and job printing office shaft pay 75 Each person or firm operating a week ly news and job printing office shall pay 30 Eadi person or firm operating a job printing office shall pay 25 Each person or firm operating a book bindeiy shall pay 25 Each person or firm operating a bake- ery shall pay 10 Each person or firm operating a car riage repairing shop, including i manufacturing, shall pay ..... 40 Each person or firm operating a car- : riage repairing shop shall pay ... 15 Each teacher of a dancing school shall Each person or firm, resident 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, stocks, bonds, merchandise or produce of any kind, including cotton futures or options, shall be termed a merchandise or cotton broker, and shall pay .... 50 This shall not be construed to include dealeis in commercial fertilizers. Each transient person operating in the same manner as above set forth shall pay 50 Each insurance company, life, fire, or marine, doing business in the city, directly or through an agent, shall pay 40 Each bill poster shall pay ........ 10 Each person who shall own or keep a dog in the city, whether such dog runs at large or is kept in the lot, shall pay for such dog (to include 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, concerts or other exhibitions exhibiting in the city shall he licensed as tlid Mayor and Conn cil of the city in their judgment, shall deem best. Each person exercising the vocation of a street drummer, employed by any house or firm, or by any person within the corporate limits of the city shall pay 25 Each architect, civil engineer and surveyor shall pay a special tax of. 10 Each contractor and builder shall pay. 10 This shall include contractors for motal roofing and guttering. Each person, (other than producers) peddling in the city, articles such as poultry, butter, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts, etc., shall pay And no license sliall be issued under tills section for less than 15 Each tailor, other than a merchant tailor, shoemaker, watchmaker, other than,a merchaut jeweler, car penter, other than contractors, do ing business for themselves, shall pay 4 Each house and sign painter shall pay 10 Each manufacturer of harness shall 15 pay 10 10 pay Each dye house keeper shall piy ... 15 Eadi person, firm or company oper ating gas works and furnishing gas • j for consumption in the city, shall ■ pay 200 Each person or firm operating an ice factory shall pay 30 Each proprie tor of a junk shop for tho purchase of rags, scrap iron, etc., shall pay 50 Each stone cutter or proprietor of a marble yard shall pay 10 Each manufacturer of cigars shall pay Each manufacturer of picture frames or furniture repair shop shall-pay . Each person or firm operating a gun or locksmith shop in the city shall pay , . . ..... . . ... ..... Eacli person or firm engaged in the business of land agent shall pay . . 10 Eacli steamship agent sliall pay.... 10 Eacli person or firm keeping an ice cream saloon shall pay 10 Eacli manufacturer of mattresses sliall pay . 5 Each person running an ice cream liand-cart in tlie city shall pay upon each cait so run 5 Each dealer in railroad tickets out side of the agencies established by the Central,. Macon and Augusta and Macon and Brunswick rail roads for the sale of: tlieir tickets oyer their own immediate roads, shall pay 10 Each firm doing a news butcher busi ness on the different railroads lead ing out of the city, and having an office within the corporate limits or claiming the same as its headquar ters, shall pay 10 Each license shall be in the name of the person, firm or agent to whom the same is issued, and shall not he transferable to any person whomsoever, and each tax levied by tills ordinance, shall be a regis tered tax, due and payable on the 1st day of January, 1880, except as hereinbefore provided, arid the license issued thereun der shall expire on the 1st day of January, 18S1. That in all cases the person applying for a license shall make oatli that the busi ness followed by the applicant falls witliin the class to which the ordinance fixing the tax specifically applies. Sec. 5.* That the sum of $5 he and is hereby assessed as a business tax on each and every cotton buyer doing business in the city. Sec. 6. That tlie sum of $10 be and the same is hereby assessed as a busines tax on each and every cotton buyer and ship per doing business in tbe city. Sec. 7. That this ordinance be applica ble to all local or transient persons so en gaged. Sec. 8. That tlie taxes levied and-col lected under any of the foregoing sections be made payable in United States curren cy or coupons of tlie new bonds as author ized to be issued January 1st, 1880. Sec. 9. That all ordinances or part of ordinances militating against this ordi nance be and the same are hereby re pealed. ADVALOREM AND SPECIFIC TAXES. 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 the purpose of raising a revenue to meet tlie ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the city, the taxes hereinafter shall be levied aud* collected for the cur rent year 1880. Section 1. That the sum of $3 be im posed on each and every male inhabitant of the city (except active firemen) between tlie ages of twenty-one and forty-five years as a commutation or street tax; said tax shall be due and payable on tlie first day of March, 1880, provided, that such person may be relieved of said tax by laboring on the streets of the city five consecutive days, under the direction of the Street Overseer, at any time before July 15th, 1SS0. Sec. 2. That the sum of one and one quarterpercent.be imposed on tlie gross receipts of each and every insurance com pany doing only au insurance business, represented by a local agent; that the sum of one and one quarter per cent, be be imposed on the gross receipts of each insurance company represented by au itin erant traveling agent, who shall obtain a license from the Clerk before proceeding to canvass tbe city. Returns under this section to be made and collected monthly; that is to say on tlie first of every month, and paid within five days thereafter, and if not then paid, an execution shall be is sued against defaulters for tlie amount of tlieir tax, whicli sliall be assessed by tlie Mayor and Conncil from tlie best informa tion they can obtain. See. 3. That upon all itinerant traders or agent not especially mentioned in tlie tax or license ordinances sliall be imposed such license as tlie Mayor and Council may deem just and equitable. Sec. 4. That the sum of one and one- quarter per cent, be imposed on each and every $100 of the fair market value of real property witliing tlie corporate limits of the city. Said valuation to be fixed by three assessors, as provided for by the city charter. Sec. 5. That the sum of one one and one- quarter per cent, he imposed on each and eveiy $100 of fair market value of stock in trade, horses, mules and other animals, musical instruments, household and kitchen furniture, watches and jewelry, moneys, bonds, notes, securities anil sol vent debts, wagons, drays, pleasure vehi cles, and all other classes of personal property witliing the com irate limits of the city, on tie first day oi January, 1880. Sec. 6. That a tax of one and one-fourth per cent, shall be imposed on all capital Invested or used in banking, brokerage or exchange, or in insurance business, or in public or private banks, or used by bro kers or persons or firms engaged in buy ing or selling exchange, bank notes, etc., except banks or banking associations or ganized 1 under the authority of tlie State of Georgia, or of the United States, locat ed or doing business within the city, which hanks or banking associations so organized shall pay tlie sum of one and one- fonrth per cent, upon the market value cf tlieir shares of .stock. Tlio tax upon the shares of stock of banks or banking asso ciations, organized as alcove, shall be re* turned and paid as prescribed for the re turn and payment of State and county taxes upon tho same, by, Act of the Legis lature, approyed February 17,1876. '_i See. 7. That three-fourtlis of one per cent, of the ad valorem* tax levied upon the real and personal property within the ■corporate limits of said city, bo collected and tinned over to the commissioners of the bonded debt, of tho city of Macon, as ’provided for by Act of tbe Legislature, and one half of one per cent, remaining be appropriated to tho ordinary sxpeme account, Sec. 8. That when any person, firm or corporation fails to make returns of prop erty taxed under this ordinance by the 15th ■ day of January, 1880, it is hereby made tbe duty of. tbe city assessors to make return of the same from the best informa tion -within their power, and assess theie- on the tax, for which executions shall is sue as in other cases. Sec. 9. That the taxes levied by this or dinance (except where monthly payments are required) shall he due and payable in three equal instalments, viz: on the 15th of February, 15th of April and 15tli of June, 1879, on which days the bools shall be closed. Sec. 10. That the taxes levied and col lected under any of the foregoing sections, shall be made payable in United States currency or coupons of the new bonds, as provided in the act authorizing the issue of said bonds. Sec. 11., That all ordinances or parts of ordinances militating against this ordi nance be and the same are hereby repeal ed. SALARIES. The Finance Committee made the fol lowing report on salaries and appropria tions, which was read the first time: Beit ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the City of Macon, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the following shall be the amount appropriated for the payment of salaries, aud for other purposes hereinafter stated, for the year 1880: SALARY ACCOUNT. For Mayor, per alrnum, .... $1,500 Fer Treasurer, per annum, . . . 1,200 For Clerk, per annum, .... 900 For City Attorney, or City Attor neys, per annum, ...... 600 For City Engineer, per annum, . 400 For Magazine Keeper, per annum . 75 For three Assessors, per annum, each * 150 For Porter, per annum 180 POLICE ACCOUNT. For Chief, per annum .... SI,200 For First Lieutenant, per annum . 780 For Second and Junior Second Lieutenant, per annum, each . 780 For Patrolmen, per annum, each . 600 For two watchmen at Barracks, per month; each ...... 35 PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNT. For winding clock, per annum . .$ 50. For Bridge Keeper, per annum . . . 300. General appropriation per annum 2,500. FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT. For Hook and Ladder per annum S 125. For five steamers, per annum, each 500. For Chief, per annum . 125. For two assistants per annum, each 75. RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS. Appropriation, per annum .....$ 250. Gas and gas light, per annum . . . 2,500. HOSPITAL AND CHARITIES. City Physician, per annum, ..... $500 General appropriation, per annum, 2,000 Printing, per annum 500 Cemeteries, per annum, ........ 250 Pumps, per annum, 1,000 streets. - Street Overseer, per annum, .... $000 General appropriation, per annum, . 3,000 INCIDENTAL. Appropriation, per annum, $4,720 Be it further ordained, Thall all sala ries aud appropriations shall be due and payable on the 17th day of each month. Be it further ordained that all ordinan ces and parts' of ordinances militating against this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed. On motion, Council adjourned to Tues day next at 7.30 o’clock, p. m. A. R. McLaughlin, Jr., Clerk of Council. Invest, young man! invest! twenty- five eents for a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, if your sweetheart has a cough, and be happy. X. I. E. INTERVIEWS A STATUE. Grant in Augusta. The city is quiet again. Grant has de parted. Tlie crowd that met to celebrate tlie “Coming of Arthur,” has dispersed, and the only figure in sight as I passed down Broad street last night, was the marble Confederates upon the monument, four generals on the comers of it, anil perglied above, upon the shaft, our old friend the private. It had not been a field day for the Confeds, and not feeling in a mood for slumber, I went over to keep them company awhile. Sitting down on the terrace, I fell to musing on the day, and tlie silent man who so lately had held the destinies of our country in his grasp. How long I sat there I cannot tell, but it must have been some time, as busy memory wove many a scene into tlie moonlight around me. Suddenly, however, I heard a slight cough, seemingly above me, yet when I glanced upward, only the white marble met my gaze—the four generals and tlie private high above with rigid face and limbs' and eyes set straight ahead. Thinking I had been mistaken, I resumed ray re very, only to be disturbed again by a distinct “aliem!” long drawn out. This time I arose and made a careful survey of tlie spot. No living body met my view, and I was about to resume my seat when the sound was repeated. Glancing up ward I remarked in jest to the private, “This night air appears to choke you somewhat, my friend.” Looking down at me, to rny astonishment, he replied dis tinctly, “No! I am used to. it. Slept round among the hills of V irginia four or live yeans and don’t mind it in the least.” I could only stare at him in silence. Pres ently he asked: “Been in town all day?” “Yes,” I stammered, “been here all day.” “Seen Grant?” “Oli, yes; saw him distinctly. Looks a little more bloated perhaps then when I saw him last, but the same old Grant. Have you seen him?” “Yes; he came along this way. Heard him ask what I was up here for, but no body seemed to know; and I can’t exactly recollect myself. They ought to have put an interrogation point over me, and then people would know I was a conundrum. This joke appeared to tickle tlie gentle man exceedingly, for he chuckled away for a minute aud a half over it. I did 4iot laugh. The point of the joke was probably blunted in the fall, as I could not see it. After he had laughed all tlie fun out of his reflections, he said: “I think it a downright shame; they didn’t give me a chance to whoop with the pa triots to-day; a little forethought, a little invention on the part of the Council, and the day would have passed off with the utmost eclat. I wanted awfully to cheer; tried to work my light hand up to my liat, but it was no use; couldn’t budge it, and my cap is jammed down as tight as blazes; couldn’t say a word, and was afraid to smile because I knew liow ghastly I would look. Here I have stood all day, a sort of Banquo’s ghost at the re ception, and I would have assisted so will ingly; would cheerfully liave submitted to being pawned for funds enough to have gotten up a banquet. But no, everybody was too busy to notice me. Too busy! too busy 1” I felt right sorry for the fellow aiul to break the silence that followed his declaration, remarked: “Then you arc an admirer of Grant’s?” “Admirer? Well I should smile. Why, I slept out on the ground for years, eating hard tack, wearing old clothes, and drink ing mud and water just to be near him. Those were; good old days, however, and full of fun. You see, Grant and his boys would come down to our quarters, now and then, and we would get up the live liest entertainment you ever saw. Some times fellows would get killed or wounded, but that didn’t make any difference. We were obliged to entertain him at any cost. My own brother was mangled, and they carried him off to take care of him. He never came back, nor did a lot of the fel- r ows they took care of. I learned after wards that in the rush and excitement of those old days, they were allowed to go without food too long, or experiments on their particular cases failed, and they pegged out. But that was nothing, and when accidentally our guests burned 'down a house, run over a child, or pro voked an over-sensitive woman by a harm less joke, we passed it by, for Grant is a great man. Any man must be great who can capture Lee.” There was something cruel iu the fel low's.language it struck me, and I was Surprised that one of the Generals did not Stop him. They, however, appeared to be locked in a dreamless sleep and spoke not. The Confed continued: * “It used to be said that tbe man who whipped sliould treat. I never could un derstand that. Why should he treat? He lias nothing to expect, nothing to gain. It strikes me that the fellow that gets cleaned up should treat, and the faster he does it the better. He lias everything to gaiD, and nothing to lose. Lots of fel lows treated to-day on that principle.” I did not like the chuckle which accom panied this remark. It made the joint of my back bone rattle like a string of but tons ; I could not collect my thoughts for an answer, but it was all the same; he- appeared to be bent on doing the talking. He started out in a reckless tone again. “I want to get on a spree to-night. I would give a prettiyjust to come down off this post and take in the town. I want to raise h——1 once more; only once, and this appears to be tbe correct season for it.” This aroused my indignation. I spoke to him sharply, moving oil'a little, how ever. “You had better stay where you are. How would you look on a bum leaning over bars and. calling for ‘straights’ and ‘smashes’ or punching billiards? You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” . “Yes, I know it, I know,” he replied, a little sadly, “but what’s the use of my standing ? Why, to-day, I heard a fellow say, ‘let bygones be bygones; hurrah for Grant; the sooner we forget, the better.’ My crowd is no more. Tlie boys are all asleep and their bivouac can never be broken;_ peace has come. Why not let the sentinel lie down and rest, when his presence but reminds you of what is by gone ? I am tired of the whole business. If the town wants a statue, let it put up one of Grant. I want to resign anyhow, and go where people liave some consider ation for a fellow’s feelings. Why, laying all jokes aside, I have felt like a whipped cur up here all day. Yesterday, with Wright’s brigade, I stormed cemetery heights; tlie blood upon my old musket has not yet rusted away, the breastworks are not yet level with tlie ground. To-day, I heard tlie echo of the old-time yell, but it brought me—what! The name of Grant. Well was it that on this stone was carved the record, for who will k?ep our legend through the coming years ? I am asham ed, when I remember wliaFI am. The soldier’s head sank forward upon the gun; his hands were clenched. I could not an swer him, but the answer was given. There came through the night the rumble of a carriage; a party was out enjoying the moonlight. I saw the vehicle quietly draw up ' before the monu ment, and in the shadow there flashed a jewel on a lady’s hand, extended .upward; her other arm enclasped a little curly head, and as they sat, I heard the story of tlie war, told by a Southern woman’s lips to him who should keep it through tlie coming years. The carriage passed and as one wakes and wonders at a dream, I rose and gazed about me. The night was still. The white light fell like a silver mantle around, . and on his shaft, with rigid form aud lifted head, Isaiv the hero of the woman’s legend with Ills immobile face gazing back over the bivouac of the boys who slept. Augusta, January 2,1880. THE SUPREME COURT. Decisions Rendered December 30, 1879—Hon. Hiram Warner, Chief Justice, Hon. James Jackson and Logan E. Eleckley Associate Justi ces. Bulger vs. the Washington Life Insur ance Company. Equity from Chatham. Warner, C. J.—This was a bill filed by the complainant against tlie defendant to enforce the collection of a policy of in surance on tlie life of Paul J. Bulger, the defendant’s husband, on the allegations contained therein. The defendant de murred to the bill, which was sustained, and the defendant accepted. We find 110 error in sustaining the demurrer. It not affirmatively shown by the defendant in her bill that the dividends due by de fendant would have, been sufficient to have kept tlie policy alive to the date of her husband’s death. The reply to the allegation that tlie defendant’s agent in Savannah was dead is, that by the terms of the policy the premiums were to be paid at the office of the company iu the city of New York, unless otherwise ex pressly agreed in writing. Let the judgment of the court below be affirmed. R. D. Walker, Sr., for plaintiff in error. T. M. Norw ood; H. B. Tompkins, for defendant. Neal and Jackson vs. the State. Murder from Bryan. Bleckley, J.—1. For one of the ju rors to retire with the leave of the court and guarded by a bailiff, to attend a call of nature, his fellows remaining in the box, and he being absent no longer than necessary, is not an illegal or irregular separation of the jury engaged in the trial of a capital felony. 2. When tlie prisoners’ counsel and the presiding judge differ as to what was stated or omitted iu charging the jury, the understanding and recollection of tlie judge must govern in the Supreme Court. 3. The verdict is warranted by the evi dence. Judgment affirmed. W. W. Fraser; J. A. Brannan, for plain tiffs in error. A. B. Smith, Solicitor General, for the State. McEvoy vs. Hussey, president, etc. Certiorari, from Chatham. Bleckley, J.—1. The president of a corporation cannot maintain a possessory warrant in lus own name to recover pos session of corporate property of which he lias hail no prior possession either as an officer or an individual. In the present case, the corporation's not a party to the proceeding, and though the plaintiff hi the warrant was president of the corporation, and describing himself as such, the judg ment awarding possession to him was erro neous. 2. Where a corporation, not the officer representing it, is the complaining party, the affidavit made to obtain the warrant must negative the consent of the corpora tion (not the consent of the officer) to the disappearance of the property, and allege that the corporation does in good faith claim, etc.—code §40232. Judgment reversed. R. R. Richards; Foley & Foley, by brief, for plaintiff in error. Rufus E. Lester, for defendant. Warner, C. J., did not preside in the following case: Oscar Flaimegan vs. The State. Volun tary manslaughter, from Marion. Jackson, J. 1. Where a homicide was committed in tlie park and in the midst of a crowd, aud there is question whether a wound in the bade from which the death may have re sulted, was made by the prisoner or by another, a declaration made by a bystand er immediately after the rencounter, to the effect that he, the bystander, cut the accused in the back with a knife, when the accused had no such cut in tlie back, but deceased liad, is ad missible for all purposes as part of the res gestw, and a charge of tlie court confi- ing such evidence to the single object of impeaching the testimony of the bystander is error for which a new trial should be ^ranted, though in other respects no errors were committed, aud the case otherwise was fairlv tried—the fight occurring in a crowd at" night, and the evidence being conflicting. . „ 112. Newly discovered testimony tending to impeach a witness, and in tlie main cu mulative, will not be sufficient of itself for the grant of a new trial. - — Judgment reversed. W. S. Wallace; Blandford & Garrard, E. M. Butt, for plaintiff in error. H. Bussey, Solicitor General,- by John Peabody, for the State. Raymond Osgood vs. The State. Murder, from Liberty. Jackson, J.—1. Where the regular terms for holding two courts in tlie same circuit’ conflict-, the one being appointed for Monday and the other for Tuesday of the same week, the judge of the circuit may adjourn the latter until the following Monday by order transmitted to the clerk under section 3243 of tbe code. 2. Objection to a juror on the ground that, his name does not appear in tbe jusy box or on the jury list, should be made before verdict. ?• No error of law having been cam. on . t l lc trial by tlio court, and tbe evidence being support the verdict, this court will not control the presidin' jud<£ in the exercise of Ids discretion in ov J! ruling the motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict is against the de cided weight of the testimony. Judgment affirmed. 'J-IJXS*.*- w ■ **■». ^ State 6 ’ ii0iiuit ° r General, for the Ellen Osgood vs. tlio State. Murder lrom Liberty. Jackson, J.—This case turns on the same facts and law as the case of Rav- mond Osgood vs. the State, decided at this tenn and is controlled by it. Judgment affirmed. tiff in^rroi- lrmer ’ ^ rascr ’ forplam- A. A. Smith, Solicitor-General for the State. DeLoach ts. N. A. Hardee’s Son & Co. Complaint, from Bulloch. Jackson, J.—Where suit is brought for tlie purchase money for fertilizers on a contract containing this stipulation: “Which said note is given for forty-qne hundred pounds of fertilizer, known as the Sea Fowl guano, valued at this date at $143.50, winch 1 buy aud accept from N. A. Hardee’s Son & Co., entirely upon its analytical standard, they in no case to bo held responsible for the practical re suits.” Held—1. That evidence by a chemist who applied the test of analysis to a sam ple of the fertilizer, and who testified from his analysis that it it did not come up to the analytical standard of such fertilizer, is admissible, though his analysis was imperfect, and the condition of the sample as to its preservation unknown, to the chemist, and the date of the analysis was not given. Such, evidence heing'compe- tent, and its effect being for the jury to pass upon in connection with other evi dence which might have been introduced to supply its want of sufficiency to make a complete defense. 2. That tlie testimony in respect to the practical result of its application to defen dant’s crop while inadmissable by the terms of the contract to hold plaintiffs re sponsible, standing alone, yet may he ad mitted to throw light upon the true issue, whether or not tlie fertilizer actually came up to the analytical standard stipulated in tlie contract. Judgment reversed. Rufus E. Lester; D. R. Grover, for plaintiff in error. T. W. Oliver, Jr., by brief for defen dant. Spain, admistrator, ct ah, vs. Clements et ah Complaint, from Chatham. Jackson, J.—1. On a suit on a bond of clerk of Superior Court for damages for failure to take legal bond and security to dissolve garnishment, the surety taken being defendant’s wife, the plaintiff need not show that lie made an effort to enter judgment against tlie parties to said bond and failed therein, because the bond was wholly illegal, anil tho surety taken being defendant’s wife, was not bound by the bond. Therefore, all amendments al lowed on the proceeding to enter judg ment aud other rulings of the court there on insisted upon as illegal by the defen dants arc immaterial. 2. When the clerk receives and files such a bond by which the garnishment is dissolved, the act of receiving and filing tlio same is ministerial, and lie and liis sureties on his official bond are liable for such misfeasance of the clerk in the dis charge of his official duties. 3. Tlie measure of damages to the plaintiff is the actual loss which he has sustained by tlie dissolution of the garnish ment, and that loss is what the plaintiff would have recovered from the garnishee had the garnishment not been dissolved— that is tlie amoimt of indebtedness of the garnishee to the defendant at the date of the service of the summons and between fie date of service and the date of makirg liis return or answer. Judgment affirmed. A. P. & S. B. Adams, for plaintifls in error. . J. R. Saussy, for defendants. FIGHTING WITH A WILD CAT. A Hunter’s Narrow Escape from Death—A Shot Just in Time. N Y. Time'.] Willielmus Westfall, a fanner, residing in Montague township, Sussex county, N. J., accompanied by his son Alexander, went fox hunting a few days ago in the woods along the New Jersey bank of the Dsleware river. While passing through the woods the hunters separated. Wil- helinus, accompanied by a hound, kept close a.ong the river. Having gone a short distance, the dog was heard barking fiercely. Wilhelmus thought he had come upon a fox track, and was in close pursuit. He went iu the direction of the barking, axd soon came upon the dog, whicli was engaged in a fierce encounter with a monster wild cat. He took his rifle from his shoulder, and, taking deliberate aim, pulled the trigger. The cap ex ploded, but the guu failed to discharge. He placed another cap on the tube, and again pulled the trigger, witli the same result; the gun would not go off. By this time the dog wa§ badly whipped, and, whining and limping, it made its escape from its antagonist into the thicket. The cat then sneaked slowly through the bushes toward the river. Wilhelmus was determined to capture the animal, and thought he could conquer it by beating out its brains with the but of his gun. He started in pursuit and soon overtook the animal, whicli stopped when the hunter had approached within a few feet of it. The plucky hunter cautiously took one step after another, when suddenly, and with eyes glaring like balls of fire, the ani mal turned and made spring, land ing upon the shoulders of tlie hunter, and soon succeeded in inflicting several ghastly wounds upon his face. His body was also lacerated in a terrible manner, and liis clothes were torn into shreds. After a fierce struggle, the old man suc ceeded in loosening the cat’s hold, when his son, who had heard his father’s cries, arrived. Seeing that his father was in great danger of being killed by the animal, Alexander took deliberate aim and dis charged his rifle. The ball had the de sired effect, for the annual gave an upward spring and fell to tlie ground dead. The ball pierced the animal's heart, and missed tlie wounded hunter by only a few inch- Tlie animal measured nearly six feet in length and weighed fifty pounds. It was the only one that had been killed in this region for several years. Coming Sack to the Old Plantation Home. A letter from Canton, Miss., says: We have lost very few of the negroes by the Kansas exodus. Some of their friends aud neighbors who had been per suaded to go to that land of promise, for the purpose of building up their fortunes “and growing up with the country,” have returned, and are now imparting to those left behind, the liue and color of their own thoughts, viz: “Dat it was a bery had country for do black man—too cold ; and dare was no manner cf chance to stand dem cold winds. De folks am shut up all de winter long.” Ah! Cuffee, when will thy sorrows have an end? An infallible sign of physical decay is sleeplessness; if this is dangerous in an adult, it is deadly in early clnldhood. Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup will always assist in comforting the baby without stupefying it. Price only 25 cents a bottle. The riot losses at Pittsburg, which Al leghany county is forced to shoulder, are likelv to be settled by compromise- It is found that the railroads are willing to take $1,600,000 instead of $2,832,000, anu private losers $200,000 in place of twice the amount. At this rate, in spile of r ltts- hurg’s immense debt, it is thought tliat the county may be able to take up t i burden, with some hope that in the .u- ture the State will To enioy good health, aim to <!l" a>s have abundant sleep, this can general^ be secured by management, unless there bes-mUK baby in the house, in which case ifr.llulrs Baby Syrup will greatly assist. Price 25 cents a bottle.