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WEDNESDAY EVENIN&, HA? 20th< I £35,
Value of property burned: In Chica
go, SI. 100,000; in Warti-co. Tenn.. $30,-
000; in Parker, Conn , $30,000; in Dar
lington, Ind-, $25,000.
In Augusta George T. Jackson, charg
ed with embezzling the funds of the En
terprise Factory, has been oenvicted, and
sentenced’to the penitentiary for 6 years.
Mrs. Hell, of Bethpage, L. I-, pro
voked at her husband’s shiftlessneas, un
dertook to reform him by blinding him
with cayenne pepper and shooting three
times at him.
—
Noted dead: Wayman Crow, one of
the oldest merchants of St Louis; Mrs.
Mary McNeely, of Watauga county, N.
C., aged 111; Phoebe Jenkins, of Beau
fort, 8. C., aged 120.
Hung.' At Hunter’s Point, L. 1., C.
11. P.ugg, negro, for killing Lydia May
bee and her daughter Mary; John Lung
ster, negro, in Washington, D. C., for
killing Policeman Fowler, in escaping
from the chaingang; in Petersburg, 111.,
Charles Houlden, for killing his wife.
Losers by fire: J. L. Overbey, of Bar
tow, crib, $200; Walker Jotdan, of Car
tersville, residence, $3,000; Dr. A. J.
Hudson, of Americus, drugstore, $5,000,
P. C. Harris, of Cedartown, residence,
$3,500; Andrew Marlow, of Wilkes
county, residence (his month old babj
bunted with it). M. A. Mays, of Cobb
county, ginhouso, $1,000; 8. 8. Miller,
of Savannah, lesidenoe; Judge Thomas
Williams, of Blakely, residence.
Destroy That Sign.
One may feel that he's getting old, but
he naturally dislikes that anything about
his appearance should advise others of
the fact. Yet nothing does this so ef
fectually as thin and fulling hair. No
woman wants to marry a man, and bu-i
--nous firms hesitate to employ a man, who
shows this fatal sign. Parkers Hair
Balsam is worth to you, in this regard,
more than its weight in diamonds. Use
it, and have plentiful and glossy hair.
Many huve had every trace of grayness
removed and bald spots covered by using
a single bottle.
SUICIDES.
In Chicago, Mrs. Ellen V. Libbey, by
drinking carbolio acid, because her hus
band had disappeared mysteriously; in
Baltimore, Edward T. Jackson, of Gen.
Lee’s staff, from despair of quitting the
me of morphine; Lecher Bergenstook, of
Camden. N. J., by drowning; near Ded
ham, Mass., an unknown man, by load
ing a piece of brass tube and touching it
off; in Pittsburg, by cutting his throat,
Isaac Banks, io prison for causing the
death of Lena Steubenean, whom he had
•educed, by trying to produce abortion;
near Springfield, Ohio, John Nienaber,
after shooting his wife (he intended to
kill his child and mother-in law also);
Charles Gipson, of Marion, Ind.; Annie
Pershing, of Pittsburg, because her hus
band, whom she married clandestinely
six weeks before, had quarreled and left
her, near Reading, Penn., Mrs. Pfbutz.
by drowning, after throwing her five
small children into a millpond (two
drowned; three saved); in Savannah,
Etta Simmons, a prostitute, because her
lover had just said good bye forever; in
Caroline county, Vu., the wife of Rich
ard Green; in New York City, Charles
Leman and his wife Elizabeth, (aged,
starving, and friendless) on their gold
en wedding day.
CASiauirs.
' Phil Schaffer, a saloonist at Dover,
Ind., was indicted in 20 cases for illegal
liquor selling, and died of excitement;
three persons drowned by the upsetting
of a skiff' near Pittsburg; near Tarrytown,
N. Y., two men killed by premature ex
plosion of a blast; in Fulton county,
Penn-, Hess overcome by heat while
fighting fire, and his two grown daugh
ters fatally burned while rescuing him; ,
Theodore Smith, of Pleasant Valley,
Penn., found dead in bis teed a Gw hours
after swallowing three quarts of whisky;
io Crawford county, GThomas Ken
nedy, aged 80, while burning off new
ground, killed by fall of a tree which
had burned off; in Carter county, Ky.,
two men killed by boiler explosion; near
Jefferson City, Mo., two children of
Henry Stevet a burned up in his house ;
in Duncanville, Peon., two children of j
Samuel Black burned up in his house; [
io Macon, Ga., two men burned, one fa
tally, by explosion of gasoline tank; near
Owantec, Minn., five children of Henry
Lomiston burned up io his house; near
Pottsville. Peno., five men killed by cav
ing coal mine; io Dooly county, Ga.. two
negro children burned up in a house; in
Chattanooga, John Cunningham, aged
eight, killed by trying to board a moving
tra ». 1
THE. DBY GOODS BILLS.
Nothing seems more unreasonable than
the dignified superiority of the husband
or the brother who .first preaches the un
importance of dress, perhaps consistently
fortifying his words by his own example,
and then turns to critise his wife or
daughter for being less well dressed than
some fair neighbor who gives her whole
mind tot hat absorbing department. Does
he really suppose that a woman can be
Lien mine by giving to it three quarters of
an hour in the autumn, which are all, as
James Parton boasts, that a man now
needs to devote to liis tailor? Let the
wife neglect what has been called the
“gospel of good gowns” as completely as
the husband disregards that of good hats,
for instance, and let him see how he likes
it. But whether he adopts this policy of
indifference or not, let him at least be
noosistent. If wo hold it the duty of in
tjlleciual women to be well dressed wo
men, also, let us give them full cred t for
doing the double duty. If, on the other
hand, we make no such demand on them,
let us omit all the jeers at the faded
“waterproof” of the literary woman and
the dyed and turned dress, and even the
short hair —cut off, lot us charitably sup
pose, to save time for s udy or for work.
In the same way, if Ihe husband expects
his wife to be well dressed, let him not
sneer at the time mercilessly spent in
shopping, or oven groan at the bills when
the results ofshopping come in. Lot him
not complain, as I heard a young bus
band the other day, that two women
when they meet always talk about dress,
when perhaps the very point under dis
cussion was the question, hoW to dress as
their husbands wish without its costing
those husbands too much money.
TO KEEP A GOOD HOUSE.
The only way to keep a goo 1 horse is
by care. Ifyoudonot have to do the
work yourself, it is necessary to know
how, so you can intelligently direct the
labor of others.
Before starting on along drive a horse
should not Lave nn extra heavy feed, as a
great many people very foolishly in.-ist
on giving. He should only have a regu
lar amount of food, the extra quantity
being reserved until the horse's return.
The drive should bo moderate for the
first few miles, so as to allow the horse
an opportunity to got settled; afterwards
he can be driven faster without injury.
Many a good horse has been spoiled by
feeding heavily, harnessing at once and
then putting him down to his speed from
the start. Upon returning, the horse
should be slowed up and walked or sim
ply jogged for a mi'e or so from home, if
if the drive has been a long or spirited
one, sous to cool him off.
It does not hurt a horse nt all to wa
ter him while en route, even if he L
warm, unless ho is much over heated, if
you do not vivo him too much, and do
not stop longer than io have him watered.
The perspiring workers in the harvest
Sold drink liberally of water, and keep
on with their work without injury. It is
only the extremes that work injury to
man and beast. li the horse is warm
when brought in, his mouth should be
sponged out. with cool water, and then
ho should bo rubbed down briskly with
wisps of dry straw until he is dry, a::d if
bo is found tlion to be very warm, he
should bo walked around to cool off grad
ually. If the weather is hot ho should
bo placed in tho stable; kt him remain
unblanketed, unless ho hiAbeen clipped,
and out of the draught. * the weather
is cold a light cover should be put on
him, which ought to remain until he
cools off and dries, and afterwards blank
et or not as has been the custom.
The horse’s shosa should be reset once
a month. Plain shoes should bo used,
with the heels a little thickened, no:
calked or toed, and five nails will gener
ally be enough if properly put in. In
times of ice and sloet, when the roads are
slippery, frost nails should be used, to be
renewed as often as necessary, and there
will be no trouble from slipping. The
horse should be kept on a ground floor
in the stall. If tho feet become dry and
haul t either oil or grease .ought to bo
used; tho feet should bo elexned out,
then soaked in salt waler, putting one
foot at a time in a bucket and then chafe
briskly until thoroughly dry. After this,
at night, till the foot with fresh cow
dung, if it can bo had, pressing it in and
then let it remain over night, cleaning it
out next morning and washing and dial
ing as before. Two or three applications
of this simple remedy will generally ef
fect a cure. Fora puller or lugger a
large leather or rubber-covered bit, not a
twisted or curb bit, should be used.
There have been many instances where
luggers of the worst character have been
cured by adopting just such a bit. The
former is more humane and effective,
while the latter course seems to be cruel
in the extreme and makes the horse
much more desperate and dangerous
A little linseed meal, gifeu occasional
ly, will help to keep the coat bright and
glossy. If the horse has been out to
grass and "slobbers” badly, just before
you are ready to start upon a drive a I
a bead of cabbage, one which is not hard :
enough for use oi sale will do, and it wi’l
remedy the unpleasant habit. In grain,
oats —good, bright and clean —should be
the principal food, with an occasional
mess of cut food —roots and the like—to
i break up the monotony. Bright, sweet
; timothy hay only, or bright and well
cured corn blades should be the only hay
given. Clover is hardly fit for a driving I
horse, though it may do for work horse-.
In Brazos county, Texas, an armed
mob, alter hard fighting, took from the
i guards 40 convicts who were working on I
. Clay’s farm, and disappeared. Opposi
tion to convict labor outside of the peni- ,
I teutiary caused it.
A BOY’S COGITATIONS.
I notice barbers are wonderful con
versationalists.
I notice preachers are never called
to a lower salary.
I notice if a poor man steals ha is a
thief, but a rich man is only a klepto
maniac.
I notice no matter how pious a man
may be, he puts a different valuation
on his horse to a prospective purchas
er, and a tax assessor.
I nctice no matter how clear and
white Jen's complexion is the night
of a ball, it's as yellow and freckled
as everjhe next morning.
I notice there's a good deal in the
doctrine of Natural Selection that pa
was spouting about the other night.
Jen’s a fool, and so is her beau.
I notice that Em. is always very so
licitous to button her fellow’s over-,
coat before he goes borne. He can’t
very well get out of it then you know
—kissing Em. I mean.
I notice when two women kiss they
don't linger so long at the wine as
when pa and our hired girl osculate. I
notice pa don’t linger much when he
hears ma a coming.
I notice the curve isn’t always the
“line of beauty.’’ When pa used
both sides of the streets to get home
from the New Year’s banquet, he
didn’t look at all handsome.
T notice the most generous man go
ing, is the crack-brained idiot who
kills himself because his girl has gone
back on him. and so leaves the coast
clear for the other fellow.
I notice pa’s idea of a wake has
changed. He ahvaysjthought it was
sitting up with the silent dead, until
lately. Now, he says, it is trotting
around all night with a live and noisy
ki<l.
I notice some people pray as though
they thought the Lord needed both
information and instruction, and was
afflicted with a bad memory. I notice
others try to curry favor by giving
Him taffy.
I notice Jen. ain’t got no bump of
humor. Last night when she was in
the parlor making her beau tired, I
askod her if 1 could sleep all night in
her shoe, and she liked to tore every
single hair out of my head after Bob
left.
I notice a woman will live the life
of a whole Fox’s Book of Martyrs
with her first husband, and thank
God when he dies, and then make her
second man believe the first one was a
casket of all the virtues, and an angel
in human form.
I notice big strong men on a crowd
ed horse-ear always find something to
interest them away ahead of the car
when a lady steps aboard, lest they
will be expected to give up their seat.
I notice they get no credit from the
lady if they do give it up.
I notice Em’s fellow is awful reli
gions when he is chinning ma, but
down ul the store he can cuss with
the loudest of’em.—At. 7’tuZ Herald.
GIRLS, HELP FATH ER.
“My hands are so stiff that I can
hardly hold a pen,” said Farmer Wil
ber, as he sat down to “figure out”
some accounts that were getting be
hind.hand.
“Can I help you, father?” said Lucy,
laying down her bright crochet work.
“I shall be glad to do so if you will
explain what you want.”
•‘Well, I shouldn’t wonder if you
can, Lucy,” he said reflectively. “Pret
ty g°od at figures, are you V’
“I would be ashamed if I did not
know something of them after going
twice through the arithmetic," said
Lucy, laughing.
“Well, I can show you in five min
utes what 1 have to do, and it'll be a
wonderful help if you can do it for
me. I never was a master hand at
accounts in my best days, and it does
not grow any easier since I have put
on spectacles.”
Very patiently did the helpful
daughter plod through the long lines
of figures, leaving the gay worsted to
lie idle all the evening, though sliewas
in such haste to finish her scarf. It
was reward enough to see her tired
father, who bad been toiling all day
for herself and the dear ones, sitting
so cozily in his easy chair enjoying his
weekly paper.
The clock struck nine before her
task was over, but the hearty “Thank
you, daughter, a thousand times,’’
j took away all sense of weariness that
: Lucy might have felt.
“It’s rather looking up when a man
can have a clerk,’’ said father. “It’s
not every tanner that can afford it.”
“Not every farmer’s daughter is ca
pable of making one,” said the moth
er, with a little maternal pride.
“Nor every one that would be wil
i ling if able,” said Mr. Wilber; which
I last was a sad truth. How many
! daughters might be of use to their fa
j thers in this and many other ways,
. who never think of lightening a care
|or labor! If asked to perform some
little service, it is done at best with a
' reluctant step and unwilling air that
robs it of all sunshine or claim of ,
gratitude. i
Girls, help your father. Give him i
a cheerful home to rest in when even
ing comes, and do not worry his life '
away by fretting because he cannot 1
afford you all the luxuries you covet.
Children exert as great an influence on
their parents as parents do on their
children. Young Reaper.
•THE ROAD LAW OF CHATTOOGA
COUNTY.
Section 1. Be it enacted, that it shall
be the duty of the first grand jury assem
bled after the passage of this act to elect
by ballot a supervisor of public roads for
said county, whose rights, powers, du
'■ ties, and liabilities, shall be the same in
i all respects as aie now by law prescribed
for road commissioners, except so far as
the same may be modified by the provi
sions of this act.
Sec- 2. Be it further enacted, that said
L supervisor shall be, and is hereby, au
thorized and required, as soon after bis
' appointment as practicable, to lay off the
roads in sections of one or more miles
’ each, as he shall'deem most appropriate,
i the working and keeping in repair of
[ which, in accordance with the road laws
. of this state for the term of one or more
years, shall be let to the lowest responsi
ble bidder, after thirty days publication
in the county gazette, and written no
tice posted in three public places in the
: district; and it shall be the duty of the
! supervisor to make out specifications in
writing of the work to be done, which
■ specifications shall be the basis of the
i contract.
. See. 3. Be it further enacted, that the
person or persons with whom such road
contract may bo made, shall be required
to give a bond with approved security in
a stun double the amount named in con-
' tract, which bond shall be made payable
I to the ordinary, and conditiyned for the
f faithful performance of their respective
contracts according to the terms thereof,
and the sums for which work is contract
, ed to bo done, shall bo paid by the su
r pervisor only when the work agreed upon
has been faithfully done according to tho
’ terms of cont ract.
I
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that
’ whenever it shall be made to appear to
the ordinary, upon tho report of the su
pervisor, that the conditions of the bond
1 required in section 3rd have been vio-
I lated, or not complied with, it shall be
i his duty to have suit instituted forthwith
• thereon, and the amount so recovered
, shall be set apart and appropriated as
road fund.
, Sec. 5. Bo it further enacted, that the
( persons with whom such contracts may be
made, shall enjoy all the rights, powers,
and privileges, and shall be subject to al!
the pains and penalties, now prescribed
1 by law in reference to overseers of public
1 roads, except so far as tho same may le
affected by this act.
Sec. li. Be it further enacted, that the
i office of county aupci visor is hereby es-
■ tablished, whose duties .-hall bo as are
prescribed in the various sections of this
act, and such officer shall give bond to
the ordinary with good security for the
faithful performance of all duties de
volved on him by this net, in a sum
double the amount of the entire capita
tion and udvalorem road tax, which bond
shall be recoverable by tho ordinary for
tho use of the county, before na court of
competent jurisdicti in in thisAate, and
the supervisor shall receive M his ser
vices such salary ns the gran* jury may
recommend at tho March term cf the
superior court after the passage of this
act; and each succeeding year the grand
jury shall fix the compensation of the
supervisor at the March term of court.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that
the ordinary is hereby authorized and
required to levy a capitation tax, which
shall be in commutation of work upon
public roads, of two dollars upon each
and every person subject to road duty
by existing laws, the payment of which
shall operate as an exemption from road
duty for the year for which said tax may
be levied; he shall also levy and called
a tax upon the taxable property of the
county of nit mere than twenty-five per
cent, on tho amount of the state tax in
the county, to be collected as other coun
ty tax, and paid by tho collector to the
supervisor, taking his receipt therefor.
Sec. S. Ba it further enacted, that it
shall be the duty of the supervisor to as
certain the name of each anifr every per
son in the county who may be subject to
road duty, and to collect the capitation
tax levied in pursuance of Ibis uct, at
such times as the ordinarjßnay direct,
and keep it, with the advalorem tax re
ceived from the collector, as a read fund;
the same to be expended only in paying
road contracts, and the compensation al
lowed by this act to the supervisor, which
shall be retained by the supervisor, upon
an order drawn by the ordinary on said
road fund.
Sec. 9. Ba it further enacted that siA
person subject to road duty who shall
elect to work the road in person or by
proxy, (the contractor having the power
to reject the proxy), shall have the right
to do so, and shall work four days in the
year on the roads in his district, under
the direetims of the contractor for the
same time, whose receipt f or such good
labor shall be good against the capita
tion tax, and shall be charged as ca;h
against said contrator, provided such re
ceipt shall specify the number of dais
worked; and aoy person failing or rebus- :
1 ing to pay the commutation tax either in I
money or labor receipts, shall be report- ,
ed by the supervisor to the justice cf the
peace in the district, who shall proceed
against said defaulter under the laws
now in force against road defaulters, and
said defaulter’s wages shall be subject to
garnishment by the supervisor, whose j
duty it shall be to proceed by execution, j
garnishment, or attachment for contempt,
as now provided by law.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, that
each contractor shall give those hands
assigned him by the supervisor, ten days
notice previous to the road working, and
each hand shall, upon the receipt of sueb
notice, then notify the contractor of his
election to work or pay, which election
shall not be revocable during that year.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted that
new roads may be established, or old
roads changed or discontinued, upon pe
tition to the ordinary, according to the
law now of force, except that the super
visor shall discharge the duties now by
law devolved on road commissioners, and
shall receive for such services by order
on the road fund, drawn by the ordinary
an amount not exceeding two dollars per
day.
Sac. 12. Be it further enacted, that
the provisions of this act in reference to
working roads or paying capitation tax
shall not extend to the road Lands living
within the limits of any incorporated
town, nor shall the advalorem tax be ex’
pended upon roads within such incorpor
ated towns.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, that
the supervisor shall, at the expiration of
each year, submit to the ordinary a re
port of the condition of the roads, and a
full financial statement in writing us his
transactions, exhibiting his vouchers
therefor; which report the ordinary shall
transmit to the first grand jury thereaf
ter assembled.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, that
the road year for 1885 shall commence
on March the 1 st, and cluse December
31st, and thereafter the road year and
calendar year shall be coincident.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, that if
the supervi-or shall fail to receive bids
on any of the roads or districts in the
county, or upon rejecting any bids and
failing to make a contract therefor, it
shall be his duty to have said roads
worked out and kept in repair, aceording
to the laws of this State, until the same
can bo let out according to the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 10 Be it further enacted, that
all laws and parts of laws in conflict with
this act be and tho same are hereby re
peated.
Approved December 22, 1884.
general news.
Two j’oung gentlemen of Pittsburg re
cently settled by a two-mile skate the
question which should have the exclu
sive right to call on a young lady.
John Alexander, a negro of Columbus
Ohio, is said to have won nearly $50,000
in three mouths betting against faro
banks.
Miss Hattie Rogers cot a horse from a
livery stable in Erie, Penn., and started
to ride to Philadelphia. After keeping
ahead of the officers for 50 miles, across
mountains and swol’cn streams, her
horse lost a shoe, and one of her pursu
ers overlook her. She says it was glo
tious excitement, worth five years in the
penitentiary.
In Chicago Eddie Bernady, age) 14.
met Tessy Sesslattd, aged 12, in the
street, and shot her and himself. Neith
er is much hurt. He loved her, and was
jealous of her, and -aid he “had resolved
to kill her and himself, like the grown
folks he had read about in the papers.”
It has been ascertained that the corpse
sent from Chicago to Pittsburg in a trunk
was that of Fillips Caruso, killed by Gi
ovanni Azzio, Antonio Mercurio, and
Ignazio Bove, by strangulation while
they were shaving him. All are Italians.
The murderers are in jail in Chicago.
Prof. C. V. Riley, the entomologist of
the U. 8. Agricultural department, says
two great swarms of locusts wi'l appear
this year; the 13 years’ and the 17 years’
S pecies.
Uen. Grant’s Philadelphia hou s e will
be sold under the hammer next Tuesday.
In the chemical works near Somerset.
Penn., last Thursday, SOO pounds of
nitro glycerine and 3,090 pounds ofdyna
mite exploded. The only man in the
building was blown into atoms. Not a
piece of flesh, bone, or clothing, larger
than a silver dollar, has been found.
Where the house stood there is a hole
large enough to bury the house in.
Representatives of iron manufacturers
anil of the amalgamated association met
in Pittsburg last Thursday, but failed to
agree on wages.
At Paris, Idaho, U. S. officers going
to arrest Mormons charged with polyga
my, found them all in church, and were
not allowed to enter, being told that the
meeting was private. On a subsequent
visit all the principal offenders were away
from home. No resistance was offered.
In Worcester county, Md., Levin New
ton slept from 10 p. nt. to 6 a. m. dur
ing the night of the 6th inst. He then
went to the barn to feed his horses, lay
fdown on the hay, and slept till 5:30 p. m.
of the 10th inst. Being waked then, he
had slept no mere till the 14th inst. We
seen no mention of him since. While
Imßlept, his family searched everywhere
for him, fearing that he had been killed, i
In St. Louis, on the 10th inst., 10,000 j
attended church, 40,000 went to a cow
boy exhibition, 20.000 to baseball games, j
20.000 to beer gardens, and 5,000 to Bob I
Ingersoll's lectures. The ministers have
called a meeting to protest against the
desecration of the Sabbath.
A herd of 6,000 cattle purchased in
Southern Texas, on their way to Dallam
county, in the northwestern corner of
the state, were stopped in Wichita coun
county by cattlemen. The governor has
directed the county authorities to see
that they go on without molestation, and I
to call on tbc rangers, if necessary.
; Organized bands are commit ing many
acts of lawlessness in Wythe and Taze
well counties, Va.
Most of the match manufac'urers of
the country are members of a syndicate,
and fix the price of matches after con
sultation. To break down the Gaines
ville (Ga.) factory, they reduced the
price of matches to one-third what it had
been to merchants who would agree not
to buy and sell the Gainesville matches.
Atlanta merchants refused to make the
trade.
In Milwaukee recently Alexander Hib
bard. aged 16, was amu-ing a company
by slight-of hand tricks with a trade dol
lar. Finally he threw it up and caught
it in his mouth. It lodged in his throat.
The doctors could not extract it, and
forced it into his stomach. His condi
tion is critical.
■ •*«■*.•*-
GEOID, IA NEWS.
Frank Barnett, a Greene county ne
gro, has accumulated $6,000 since the
war.
Jefferson county reports a catfish
whose stomach contained, by actual
count, a bird, two snakes, and two terra
pins, one of them alive.
Al 2 years-old negro boy in Bulloch
county finds No. 13s too small for his
feet.
A Greensboro cat, after staying at the
bottom of a dry well nine days, was as
fat and frisky as when it fell in.
Will Phillips, of Douglas county, miss
ing corn from his crib, set a steel trap
and caught one of his neighbors. The
thief promised to pay f ir all the corn he
had stolen. Mr. Phillips will not tell
his name.
Over 30 jersons were baptized in Fall
Creek, near Athens, on the 10th inst.,
in the presence of 2000 spectators.
Paulding county reports a eat nursing
a young fox.
A gentleman near Athens is reported
to have sold sl3 80 woith of strawber
ries last year from a patch 3} feet in cir
cumference, and to expect to sell twice
as many this year.
Mrs. J. 11. Muring, of D >o'y county,
has killed many hawks by mixing strych
nine and molasses, and putting a little
on the head of each chicken. Mrs.
i reeman Mason tried the same thing,
and killed ail her chickens. She put it
on their necks and bodies, and the chick
ens themselves picked it off.
Eatly eouniy reports a king snake
which lived long enough as cr its head
was cut off for the wound to heal upland
craw led about as if n< thing was the mat
ter.
Wi'liatn L. Roberts, president of the
broken bank of Augusta, cut Lis throat
from ear to car on the 12th in-t. Tie
governor of New k ork had sent on a re
quisition for him, and the grand jury of
Richmond county had indicted him for
perjury and e üb< zzlemcut.
S. B LaSalle, of Atlanta, awaits trial
for marrying his sister in law without the
formality of a divorce from Lis first vite.
Pleas tally, of Haralson county, aged
60, received and wrote his first letter a
'ew days ago.
G. A. McDonald, of Leo county, was
lately burned out, but in 2J d :ys he was
living in a new house.
Uapt. Hobbs, of Albany, has onions
weighing a pound, from seed planted las:
November.
The old men of Cartersville-—from 40 to
81 —amused themselves with a game of
town ball on the Sth inst.
Spelling bees are popular in Carfen
ville.
William V. Jones of Bartow county,
sues for divorce. His petition says that
on the 4:h inst. Alex Bullock anl Win.
Gaston came to his mother’s house, ac
cused him of having seduced Gaston’s
sister Ida, and by threats of murder and
exhibition of pistols ml ie him go with
them and marry her, she saying that he
was not guilty.
The wife of George K Cade, of Cobb
county, is suspected of having tried to
poison him by cooking jimson leaves in
his bread. They had q iarrele l because
lie would not consent to her visiting her
father.
A negro is in jail in Hamilton for rav
ishing the seven-years-old daughter cf
James Green, of Harris county, Lis em
ployer.
ALABAMA NEWS.
William Shropshire, editor of the
Coosa River Neici. aged 35, had a grand
daughter born over a year ago.
In Chilton county, Seipio Atchison,
negro, became very angry at some while
men for pursuing his sen James, who
had ravished Mrs. Hester. Among
other threats, he said to them: “This i
your day, but to morrow is mine. I will
get your scalp.” Two days afterwards
his corpse was found in-the woods, rid
dled with buckshot. Other negroes
around were much excited bes re, ard
became still more so, thinking the par
ties threatened had killed him; but at
last accounts they had cooled off.
An eight-years-old daughter cf Ebe
> oeezer Leath, of Cherokee county, is
I likely to die from falling on the Slump of
; a cane about two feet high.
Died: Frank Fleming, of Howel’s X
Roads, Cherokee county, aged 20.
A well 52 feet deep was dug in Chil- |
. ton county three weeks ago. Water
i rose 22 feet in it, with a thick coat cf
■ oil on top. In a few days this disap- I
peared. and the water became too hot !
to hold your hand in long.
An Arkansas woman has just married
I her fourteenth husband. She thought (
i thirteen an unlucky number.
America Ahead. Peculiar
Characteristics of Ameri
cans —The Evils and How
Restored. *
In this age of bustle and hurry, an age
devoted to great projects and enterprises,
the American people are taking the lead
in the furtherance of noble worksf,and in
the advancement of the sciences and arts.
In these they deserve to take a high rank,
and through the united works of millions,
the American continent is fast being
transformed from its untamed state and
being placed on an equality with the older
continents beyond the ocean. The Amer
ican people are fast, under these influences!
developing into a nervous, energetic race,
remarkable for its vim .-.nd business quali
fications ; yet there is danger that in the
course of years these very elements may
combine to the ruination cf the physical
character of the people, and leave them
feeble and altogether different from their
forefathers. General debility is now much
more common than formerly, and seems
to be on the increase among the masses.
Many rem. dies have been extensively
advertised for this wide-spread complaint,
but none of the e have been sc successful
or met with such general favor as the
remedy manufactured by Dr. S. B. Hart
man, and named by him Pkrun
Mr. S S. Goudy, of Massillon, Stark
county, Ohio, writes: That he lias been
troubled with general debility and dyspep
sia for several years; that he was induced
to try Pr.nvxA for his complaints, and
that after using three bottles of the medi
cine he was greatly relieved. It braced
hi.n right up and gave him energy, and
restored him to his youthful vigor. He
ascribes his cure to Perl.x A, and says it
is a wonderful remedy.
AJolp'i Bak’iaus &Co., Springfield, 0.,
writes : “ We are hatin' a good sale for
Pkku.va. It sells as wc'l as ntiv medicin :
we have, and gives the very best satisfoc
tio i.’’
Mrs. G. V. r . Nt-Tiam, Newtonville,
Clermont Count. - . Ohio, says: ** I have
been a great sufferer for the last six or
seven yea s, wi'.h general debility and
change < flt e. 1 was very much reduced.
I have taken four bottles of Pehuns which
has restored me to perfect health and
strength. V/e think PEBUNA a safe and
grand medicine.”
S.ezal Adver tisenicnts.
Notice.
GEORGIA. Chattooga County.
I will heat the usual places of holding elec
tions in the district»of this county on the fol
lowing dates, f<»r the purpose of letting to the
lowest bidders’be contracts for working the
roads in each district, respectively:
Summerville, June 13. 1885.
Trion Factory, '* 15,
SubEgua. “ 17,
Haywood, u W,
Dirttown. “ 22. “
Cold wafer. ”4,
Seminole. ’ 2K,
Dirtselier, “ 29,
Alpine, July 1,
Teloga, “ 3,
JOHN W. CLOSE,
May 13, 1885. Hoad Supervisor.
Sheriffs Tax Sale.
GEORGIA. Cliattouga County.
Will be sold before the cmiit house
door, in tho town e! Sumtuerville, in said
county, on the Cr.-t Tuesday in July, 1885,
within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder Io cash, tie following
Wild Lind lot-, levied on to sati.fy tax
fi. (as i-su d by the Tax Collector of sai<i
oonr.ty, ogainst eaeh ol soi l lots, for tho
State ami County lax due thereon, for
the year 18-83, to"xit : lots of hi d Noe.
1 268. 232. 243. and —, all m the 13ih
district and 4'h section, in said county;
and No 215. in the s’h di-frict an l 4th
section, iu -;>i 1 coun y: and N 40. 30.
71, 78 and 96, in the 15th district and 4th
i section, in said county; and N.>-. 105,
185, 211, ami 196, in the 6th di.-triet and
4tli section, in sa d cou-ity; and Nos. <B4,
1 91. 170. 172. 206, 209 225 276.297.296.
' 291. 319, and 95, in the 25th district n-id
3rd sect in, in sail cnuniy; and Nos. 71,
and 170, in the I4:h district and 4ih sec
tion, tn said county. Also, the following
lots, levied on to satisfy tax li fas. issued
as aforesaid, against each lot, for the
( state and county tax due thereon, for the
year 1884. to-wit : lots of land Nos. 287,
i 197. an l 157. in the 13th district an l 4 h
! section, of-aid enurty; and N s 41. 83,
. I 109, 225, 261, 259. and 319, in the sth
| district umi -fth •action, of sai l county;
j and Nos 73, 77. 46. 54, 79. and 44, in tho
15th district and 4th section, tn said
county; and Nos. 55 191. 209. 245, 253,
258, and 2.83, in the 6th disTict and 4th
section, in said county; ami N s. 40, 258,
259. 2,82. 266, 260, 261. 262, 191, 171,
• 99.26.263. 192. 96, 265. ami 273, iit
| (he 25th district and 3rd section, in said
co-.nty; ami N< s 43 and 33, in the 24th
district and 3rd-c.-ti.in, in sail county;
and Nos. 04 230. 205. 12. and 16. in the
I4th district ami 401 section, in said
coun*y. Also, the following lots, levied
on to satisfy tax ft. fas., issued as afore
said, against each lot, for the state ami
1 county tax due thereon, lor the years
1883 and 1884. to-wit: hits of land Nos.
91. 317. 300. and —, in the 13 It district
an l 4 li section ofsai l county; and Nos.
294. 175. 67, 282. and 22, in the sth dis
trict and 4lh section, in said county; and
Nos. 47, 55. 72. 70, 75. 76, 94. and 95,
io th» Isth district and 4(h section of
said county; and No. J9'J, in the 6th
district and 4th section, in said countyy
and N is. 2. 25 4>, 49, —, GJ, 85, 97,
98, 119, 120. 121. 132.133 155,204, 205,
208, 226. 227. 240, 242, 243. 244. 245,
277. 278. 279. 280, 281, 301, 300, 299.
298. 295, 313, 314, 318, and32o, in the
25th district and 3rd section, in said
county; and Nos. 6. 7,8, 35, 34, 77, and
81, in the 24:!: di-trict and 3rd section,
iu said county; an l Nos. 7 and 28. in the
Htb district and 4th section, in said coun
ty. All of said lota being "Wil<l Lots.”
not returned for taxation for said respec
tive years, und assessed as provided by
law.
All purchasers at said sale will be re
quired to pay for making deeds to each
ot the respective lots, as prescribed by
law. This 30th dav of March, 1885.
T. J. WORSHAM, Sheriff.
Application for Discharge.
GEORGIA, Chattooga County:
Whereas Andrew L. Millican, administrator
ot Andrew Millican, deceased, represents to the
court in his petition, duly filed, that he has
fully administered Andrew Millican's estate •
this is therefore to cite all persons concerned
to show cause, if any they can, whv said ad
ministrator should not hr discharged from his
aimiuistration. and receive letters ot dismis
sion, on the first Monday in June. 1883 This
February 9th, 1533. JOHN MATTOX.
Ordinary.
Application for Discharge.
I GEORGIA. Chattooga County:
1 Whereas Mrs. A. E. Wheeler, admiuistra
! trix of Dr. C. A. Wheeler deceased, represents
to the court in her petition duly filed that she
I has fully administered C. A. Wheeler’s estate;
I this is therefore to cite ail persons concerned.
! to show cause, if any they can why said admin
'■ istratrix should not be discharged from her
’ administration and receive letters of dismis
: sion on the first Monday in June next. Witness
: mv hand, this February 10th. 1885.
JOHN MATTOX, Ordinary