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lished Lis letter of neceptanc* «>f ihe
nomination tor Congress in the sec
ond district.
“ WISDOM, JUSTICES AjyD MODERATION
May n kind providence speed the
day when we -hall have officials who
will not want “vindication” so badly
as the present crew that are fastened
Volume LXIV.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1SS0.
Number 42.
Messrs. Watson, McLendon and
Patterson have made about the very
best speeches that have been made in
the convention. They are all young
meu, Watson being probably the
youngest.
Gen. Sherman has rafnsid, with
sonic warmth, to authorize the puhli-
ratinn of his letters to Gen. Hancock.
He says that Gen. Hancock can pub
lish them if ho wants to assume the
rcspqoaiMBry^ewchatn apt. jjjj
Now it is a Yankee, Mr. Samuel
Bromley of Mystic River, in the State
of Connecticut, who announces his
ability tc live lo" ten hours with his
nose and mouth hermetically sealed.
Where is this thing to stop?
“Another Richard in the field,”
says the head-line editor of the Al
bany Advertiser, alluding to the
nomination of Judge Lawson in the
Convention. Nothing like having a
Slink-peatian scholar on the editorial
statf.
the candidate of the democratic party
must be the man who had received
two-thirds of the votes of the convene
tion. This agreement, was entered
into by tbc whole convention, on the
first day, almost in the first hour of
its assembling, on motion of thifc Col
quitt men. Both sides—Colquitt and
anti-Colquitt—publicly and solemnly,
pledged themselves to abide by this
agreement. That the agreement has
not been carried out no one can deny
That the failure to carry it out most
bo due to the b)d faith of oue or the
other of the parties to it b patent.
That it was the Colquitt party that
broke its public and solemn pledge in
this matter is so positively established
by the history of the conven' ion as to
preclude denial.
And now what is to coine of it all?
The Colquitt men, as a justification
for their broken faith, say that Col
quitt is the choice of a great majority
of the people, and they clung to him
instead of to their pledge because
they thought it their duty to enforce
the wishes of the people. They ought
to have thought of this before they
entered into the agreement to abide
by the two-thirds rule. If they went
to the convention believing Colquitt
the choice of a majority of the people
and that therefore it was their duty
to secure his nomination, they kept
bad faith with the ]>eoplc in adopting
a rule that made his nomination im-
A STATESMAN’S LETTER-
DAVID DAVIS DECLARES FOR HANCOCK.
Became HU Election Will Put an End to Sec
tionalism.
Washington, August 9.—The
following letter was made public to
day by Mr. Harvey:
Bloomington, III., August 4.—
My Dear Sin The training , and habit
of mv life naturally lead me to pre
fer civilians to soldier-for great civil
traaia..JnLaa partfea arc Paganized-
Voters mustehooee between candi
dates they present, or stand aloof,
indifferent or neutral, which no good
citizen ought to do at the presiden
tial election. I have no hesitation in
supporting General Hancock, for the
best of all reasons to my mind because
his election will put an end to section
al strife and to sectional-parties, and
will revive the patriotic sentiment all
over the land which political leaders
and factions, for sinister ends, have
sought to prevent. There can be no
permanent prosperity without pacifi
cation. Great as were the achieve
ments of General Hancock in war,
his conduct in peace, when in cotn-
holding out the idea that be was the
only gennine, unadulterated Rbtnso.
citizen in existence. Such a man
could not have been anything hut a
nuisance. What an unmitigated bore
he mnst have been to the Roman edi
tors! How he mnst have annoyed, the
telephone company by sending his
stereotyped boast over their -JiheBl
Passengers used to get out of the
street cars and walk home to avoid
him. He was doubtless a chronic
office-seeker, always demanding 'a
vindication, and pointing. to'Jtn£
man citizenship as his onlj
cottos’ropixg.
A RURAL RELATION.
A Cousin Inm the Country Translates a Mu
sical Selection.
A young lady moving iu the most
exalted social circles of Ga veston, af
ter much toil and practice of the piano,
learned to play with considerable
dexterity a piece entitled “Picnic
Polka.” It is something after the
stylo of the celebrated “Battle of
Prague ’’ The listener can readily dis-
tinguish the roar of the artillery, the
'■attic df the musketry, the sbquts of
"diem aud the groans of the dy-
“Icnio Polka” the noise
' he tri
This article has been rapidly gain-'
ing favor in the American market. '
Its principal advantages over hemp
cordage are in its greater tensile
strength according to bulk, its light*
ness, freedom from friction, and du
rability. In all these essential points
it is superior to hemp. Its cost is 50
per cent more per pound than that
of hemp, though it makes more rope
to the pound. The first co-t is fully
33 per cent, more than that of hemp,
but in the long run this is more than
balanced by its extra durability. The
government order authorizin:
its use
in place of hemp in the United State*
_ navy will have no effect upon the
mand of Louisiana and Texas in 1867 market price. What manufactories
was still greater and justly commends there rxe here already are sufficient,
manded to . kill themselves by this
method when by any act they have
fallen in*o disgrace, and by so doing
their children inherit all their prop
erty and their father’s position, hut
not so if the suicide has taken place
unhidden. Persons who have suffer
ed unendurable affront, which cannot
otherwise he satisfied, sometimes kill
themselves in this way. and thus sat
isfy their revenge on the enemy.
A WISeTpLAN
to pursue in electing members of
THE LEGISLATURE.
lie wind among the trees andrUse'
A Coi/jxiMA dispatch to the News
and Courier, says: Prof Joseph Le»
Conte, who was elected to the chai r
of mineralogy mid botany, has signi
fied his acceptance of that portion
io the faculty of the Slate Agricul
tural College. His nephew, Col.
Louis Leconte, who for several years I possible. But having adopted it they
pa-t lias been acting an assistant at- were in honor bound to stand to it.
tornov-general of the State, has gone They are in an ugly predic-
to Washington, Colorado, prospect- ament. Their course has been such
ing for a suitable location to settle as to prevent ns from believing their
permanently. | assertion that the people would rath-
| er lave Colqnitt for Governor than
Down goes the charge that Gcner- an y other citizen of Georgia,
al Hancock is an “aristocrat” with How can we believe the assertions
the other petty charges brought 0 f men who keep such Punic faith
against him. His father was a plain with their follows as has characterized
farmer, and his mother an industrious vHe supporters ol Governor Colqnitt
milincr and his immediate relutivefl ^j 8 convention ? How can we be-
arc honest country folks. So says a ]j evc men whose violations of good
corres|H>ndent of the New York faith—whose broken pledges are star-
Times, writing from Norristown, ; n g us j n the lace?
Pennsylvania. But what is to come of it all ?
It was applying the camphone to We are not of those who anticipate
the Hon. Patrick Walsh and the i auc h an awful state of affairs as some
Richmond delegation when Mr. Me- forebode, simply oecause a particular
Lendon read the card published by man (, a8 n ot been nominated for Gov-
tliem before they were elected, where- ernor by the convention. We have
in they declared that if elected, they | too muc h knowledge of and faith in
would go to the Convention as “free t (, e intelligence and patriotism of the
< iti/.ens,”“!iiitr.iromeled and unpledg* pgopjp 0 f ghis State to expect any
cd.” Yea, verily, it was pouring on 8UC {, re8U it. We will not insult their
him to the confidence of the country.
That was a time when passion ruled
in public counsels and military power
was exerted to silence civil authority
and the temptation was strong to sail
with the rushing current, for an in
flamed partisan opinion was too ready
to condone excesses and t« applaud
oppression. General Hancock’s or-
cer No. 40, in assuming charge of
the fifth military district, announced:
The right of trial by jury, the hab
eas corpus, the liberty of the press,
the freedom of speech, the natural
rights of persons aud the rights of
property must be respected.’’ These
principles are the basis of free gov
ernment, and the proclamation of
them by General Hancock stands
out in striking contrast with the ac
tion of his superior, who soon after
rebuked and drove him from that
command for uttering sentiments
worthy of all honor. The soldier
clothed with extraordinary power
voluntarily uncovered before the
civil authority, sheathed his sword,
testified his fidelity to the constitu
tion and set an example of obedience
to law which will pass into history
as his proudest claim to distinction.
The man who, in the midst of the ex
citement of that stormy period, was
cool enough to see his duty clearly
and courageous enough to execute it
if at work all the time, to nut only
furnish roping here, hut to all the na
vies in the world. But little cotton
roping is exported—none imported.
It is confidently expected by the
trade that the time is not far distant
when cotton roping will he the only
kind used in the country.— Columbia
Enquirer.
A SIMPLE WAY TO GET MARRIED.
(From the Sacramento Bee ]
■%» thiahildri
A FEARFUL SCENE.
Mother Poisons Herself anil Nine Children.
(Atlanta Constitution, 7th.]
Americus, Ga., August 6.—A ter
rible crime was committed in Webster
couniy, twenty miles west of this place,
on the evening of August 4. Woodson
L. Gunnells, a well to do farmer, left
home to visit a sick neighbor, and res
turning at 10 p. m. found his wife and
nine of ten small children in a horrible
sleep, from the effects of morphia ad
ministered in lemonade by Mrs. Gun
nells. There is no duubt she prepared
the fatal beverage and administered it
joyous carols of the birds are produc
ed, the finale being a thunder show
er which disturbs the sylvan revelers.
It happens that a country cousin is in
town just now, and the young lady
thought she would play the piece to
him and hear his comment. He is a
plaiu, simp’e-minded youth, and al
though not very bright, is very ap
preciative. She told him what the
piece was. and then proceeded to give
him the “ Picmb Polka.” The first
note* aie rather slow aud hesitating,
the idea sought to be conveyed, being
the solemn solitude of the forest,
through which the gentle zephyr (not
heifer) sighs. After she got through
with this preface, she a-ked him if lie
did not, almost imagine himself in
some vast wilderness. He rcjdied that
he thought all that slowness meant the
delay in getting off. Said lie : “There
is always some darned ctt?s who over
sleep 3 himself and keeps everybody
else waiting.’’
She didn’t care to disco s the |x>int
with the ignorant lellow, so, to con
ceal her emotions, she once more let
herself out on the piono Tiie woods
were filled with music. The mocking
bird whistled as if his t hro.-it would
n,, e . r . split, the cuckoo filled the sylvan
_ firat .^ , °L * bowers with his repeated cry, while
ever and anon the mournful cooing Ol
the cnmplirne.
virtue and good sense by following the
■ example of the Colquitt ring-masters
in predicting such a result. On the
contrary we expect good to come cf
it. If Governor Colquitt is the choice
of the people it will now be ascer-
marriage under that portion of the
Civil Code of California which pro
vides lor the union of man and wom
an as husband and wile l>v simply
declaring that they are "inariicd,
signing pa|>erK to tliat effect in the
presence of witnesses, and acknow
ledging the same before a notary
public, has come to light. Tl.e pa
per was filed in the County Recor
der’s office yesterday, and is as foL
lows:
Know all men by these presents,
that we, A. B., bachelor, and C. D.,
spinster, for the purpose of entering
into the state of matrimony one with
the other, and for the purpose of
mutually henceforth assuming all the
duties, relations, and obligations
i hereof, do hereby make this our
joint declaration. First, that our'
names, ages, and residences are: First
The Democracy of Coweta county
adopted the following resolutions at a
recent meeting in Newnan :
Resolved, By the Democratic party
of Coweta in mass meeting assembled,
that in the election of delegates to
the convention to nominate candidates
for the Legislature and in selecting
nominees for that office by said con
vention, they shall be selected without
reference to whether they are in favor
of Joseph E. Brown tor United States
Senator or not.
uesolved, 2. That iu the election
for members to tlie Legislature those
who desire that the persons elected
shall vote for said Joseph E. Brown
if he shall he a candidate shall en
dorse upon his ticket “Brown,” aud
those against, “anti Brown,” and if a
majority of the voters voting for the
legislators shall endorse Brown on
their ticketsj such persons shall be
pledged to vote for said Brown hut
if a majority endorse anti-Brown on
their tickets then such persons are
pledged not to vote for Brown.
Resolved, 3. That any person re
ceiving the nomination of said con
vention and acce pting the same does
so pledgiug his faith ns a gentleman
to observe instruciions as ascertained
iu accoi*lance with those resolutions.
THE ORIGIN OF ICE TEA.
rap and-Jrank of _
with fatal intent. Mr. Gunnells was
married to this his second wife several
years ago, and has by her four children.
The other six are by his previous wife,
and as far as known the stepmother has
been a dutiful and kind parent to them
Mrs. Gunnells is from a highly respect
able family. A note in the handwriting
of Mrs. Gunnells was found under the
morphia battle on the table, in which
she stated she had deliberately admin
istered morphia to the children and
herself with the intention of destroying
them ail, and that she was not actuated
With such r.uL- mirlli ami mockery ?
Poor Oliver! We know thy free.
So »h.v, so plain, so void of grace.
“Last on the list,” tkrou*h tannts ar.il sneers,
lie stumbles to his garret room:
And for an honr his lonely tears
Give its poor walls a deepor glamii.
Then smile* return;—this cheerful lad
The “knack of hoping”’ always had.
lie took his flat.', and of his woe _
Ho made the saddest, sweetest strum;
“I am so dull, and | lain, and slow,
No honors I may hope to gain;
No skill have I in anythin*
l Unless like somo wild hirdil sin*.
And so the cheerful, kindly heart
Spoke to the world iu native son*;
And smiles and tears from thousands star
Sweet singer, who could do tlico wrong!.
By all beloved, thy very name,
Is spoken tenderly by fame.
Now, if through Dublin yon should stray,
Stop at the gates of Trinity;
There a grand statue stands m-day,
To that poor lad, who wearily
Passed through the gates, a scorn ami drudge,
“Last on the list,” as num could judgo.J
And if through London, do not fail
The Tem pic’s solemn yard to seek:
Bravo knights lie there iu carven mail,
Who never feared a lance to break
With mortal man, that mighty lino
Who fonght and bled for Palestine.
They are forgotten; and none know
Their names or deeds, theee Templars brave-,
But ask aten years’ lad: “Whore blow
The grasses over Goldsmith’s grave,
This singer more than nobles dear 1”
tmd.heBtibarai.C
“Last on the list’.” but time is just;
And in life’s trial gold is gold.
Although the hand tt-at wrote is dust,
His songs live on, his tn’es are told.
Highest in aiauy hearts sits lie
Who lowest stood iu Trinity.
(Montreal Spectator.
STATE NEWS.
Bilious fever and whooping cough
arc prevailing in Stewart comity.
Stewart county is going to have
her court house painted.
, , . , , „ - The crop prospect in Stewart coun-
by any domestic trouble. Owing t(fc ‘ * r
the lapse of time before medical aid ” •" .
arrived,Mrs. Gunnell’s ca-e v.-as hope- T F Cooper has gone tr im, Griflm
the dove interrupted the mating song
of the lark. *
‘•There, now, I guess you know RY mLI - AIM> -
what tint sounds like ?’’ she said, as “I remember that ’one night just
she paused. I after the war I took supper at the old
“You mean that tootle, tootle, too- j Sasseen House on Alabama, and P itch
tie, chug, chug, chug?’ You just hot J came in Ids usual lively and hilarious
I understand that. .Many is the tirrfe [ manuer, and taking a sc it by me and
firm'y may be we 1 trusted in any , A ^ 28 residence, El-
ensts. His letter to /f' S, .® r ' Dorado County, Cal.; and second,
man, recently brought to light, lifts C _ D a g 0l ( (Q years; residence, Sut-
THE ACTION OF TIIE CONVENTION.
As related in our Atlanta telegram
yesterday morning, the Convention,
after a week’s session and thirty-two | a positive and authoritative
ineffectual attempts to nominate a lorm> by lhe voice of , he ^
candidate for Governor under the rule themBelve8 , 8pea ki n g for them-
it had resolved to atnde by, deeded, ^ QOt tIirough foud-mouthed,
'■>’ “ vote ’ raakc i . n0 ,, cantankerous political ringsters claim
thc-r effort at a nomination for Cray . ^ ^ k , If 80me one
ernor. J his decision was expressed tit ^ ^ c j loice we shall know it
the following resolution, introduced ^ ^ ^ way
by Mr. W aLh, of Richmond, a Col.- A) , d ^ lhe wi| , of the
quilt man : that should rule in this matter, and
Itraolved. Tlwt the Democratic party olGeor- . - .. . ,-L„ n hv
gin in convention luwcmhlad hereby renews the any other action than that taken Dy
.xpression of its ilevotion to the great principle* th convention would have prevented
of the Democratic parly of the Union, ami _ 1 ’
phsigcs the united ami enthusiastic support of the ascertainment of that will, we say
the Democracy of Georgia to General V. infield | , . , . ,. , , , W-
Scott Hancock one the lion. Win. II. English, j Wo think it all for the best. VVe
t he nominees of the Cincinnati Convention. h avp nn fears for the conseuuence
2. Whereas, Alter along and tedions sission Dave no «.a “
ot this Convention ami continuous balloting, it when an enlightened peoplo are left
aoi- ars that no nunination of a candidate for „ . ,, •
Gowrnor call bo made under tbc two-third* I untrammelled to voice their OWIt JUtlg-
ruh ; therefore, be it resolved, that this Con- , m c.„_ .wmvontinns
volition recommend to the people of Georgia, 1 meDt. We le»r conventions
Governor Alfred 11. Colquitt as the Democratic j .], an W e do the people.
candidate for the oitloe of Governor at the en-|
suing election, provided that this resolution — ;;—. .
shall not go into effect until three liallots shall j DURING the last SIX mOttulS, tU6
have been hod under the two-tliirda rule, and
it is demonstrs'ed that.no nomination can be .
effected thereby. . banks in New York city reached
S. Resolved, Tliot a committee of nine, con- 1 ■ c .i
sisting of one from each congressional district, I 89,000,000^ while in the banks Ol the
<Tih/nitt o*f thc a«ion°of ' this entire State the increase amounted to
request hi* acceptance. 817,000,000. No more substantial
This resolution was adopted by a p roo f 0 f continued prosperity and
vote of 2062 3 yeas lo 142 1-3 n ys. confidence could be offered than this.
It was adopted alter every effort had q-fic c ] aS8e s who deposit their savings
been made by the minority to induce j n small sums are generally the last
the Colqnitt men to unite in an effort akcr a p an ; c or season of depression
to get all the candidates to retire, so t0 rc „ a - m confidence in the stability of
that some roan might he nominated fi nanc ; a l affairs and institutions, and
who would receive the unanimous lbo fig urC8 here given show that they
support of the convention, the minor* are not on \ y f„(| 0 f confidence, bnt
iiy (dodging themselves to vote f'*t | that thi y are prospering. „
any man the majority might select . . .
from a long list comprising the names Our dispatches of last night bring
of many eminent and well-known » 3 bad news. The gubernatorial con-
Gtorgians. Among these names were vcntion fails to nominate aud the two
A. U. Lawton. Ileury R. Jackson, wings will send their reactive can-
Martin J Crawford, H. G. Turner, dilates before the people. The ma-
James Jackson, Augustus Reese, H. jority have already named Colquitt,
D. McDaniel. Alexander H. Stephens, and it is lo he presumed that U e mi-
rhe list contained the names of twen-
General Hancock lar above the past
appreciation of his civil ability. It
marks him as one of the wisest of bis
time, with a statesman’s grasp of
mind, and with the integrity of a pas,
triot whom no sense of expediency
could swerve from his convictions
Long and unchecked possession of
power by any party leads to extrava
gance, corruption and loose practices.
After twenty years of domination by
the Republicans, chronic abuses have
become fastened upon the public ser
vice like barnacles upon the bottom ot
a stranded ship. There is no hope of
reform -by leaders who have created a
system of maKadministration and who
are interested in perpetuating its evils.
Nothing short of the sternest remedy
gives any promise of effective reform,
and the first step toward it is in a
change ot rulers. The government
mnst be got ont of the ruts in which
tl has too long been ran. New blood
must be infused into the management
of public affairs, before relief can be
expected. The people demand change,
and being in earnest, they are likely
to be gratified. Very sincerely,
David Davis,
To Hon. Jas. E. Harvey.
ter County, Cal
Secondly—That wo hereby declare
ourselves to he married one with the
other, and hind ourselves to observe
all the obligations of matrimony.
Thirdly—That the day we assume
such is the 19th day of July, 1880.
Fourthly—That the marriage has
not heretofore been solemnized by
In witness whereof we have, this
19ih day of July, A. D. 1880, set
our hands. Signed A. B., C. D.. Wit
ness, E F., G. H.
Slate of California, County of Sac
ramento, ss.
On the 19lh day of July, in tho
year 1880, before me, K. M , a no
tary public in and .for said county,
personally appeared A. B. and C. D.
proved to me on oaths of E. F. and
G. H. to be the persons whose names
are subscribed to the within instru-
TIIAT YEN Fit ABLE HOMAN.
at a picnic I’ve heard it from the
mouth of a demijohn or the bung hole
of a beer keg ”
Her first impulse was to hurl the
piano stool at him, but it passed off,
and once m“re she went to -he piano
as it it were a young man’s head, and
was insured for double its value. The
thunder growled, the lightning flashed
(from her eyes') and the first heavy-
drops are heard tqion the leaves.- She
banged and mauled the keys at a
fearful rate; peal after peal of thunder
perturbed the atmosphere and re
echoed in still louder reverberations
until jt wound up in one appalling
clap as a grand finale. Then turning
to the awe-struck youth, she said : “I
suppose you have heard something
like that before ?’’
“Yes, that’s what the fellow with
linen pants said when he sat down on
the custard pie.”
The audience found himself alone,
hut he picked up his hat and saunter
ed out into the street densely uncon
scious that he had said anything out
Ot the wav.
SMALLEST MARRIED COUTLE IN TIIE
WORLD.
Germany can boast of having pro
duced probably the smallest married
couple that ever stood before an altar,
iu the persons ot a miniature “Mar
quis” and “Marchioness,” who have
, , , , , for some time past been exhibited on
ment, and acknowledged to mo that , he Place du Theatre at Odessa.
they executed the same.
K. M. Notary Public.
HANCOCK’S PROSPECT IN INDIANA.
ty-two other well-known citizens of
Georgm, good men and true, but the
majority said they would accept no
one of them ; tbnt they would have
Colquitt or nobody, and that the mi
linvity must take Colquitt or nobody.
So Governor Colquitt goes before
the people as the candidate recom
mended by a majority of the conven
tion, for we take it lor granted that
he will comply With their request for
his acceptance of the candidacy thus
tendered him. True, when he and
his supporters went into the conven
tion they agreed that the man who
nority caucus, which was held last
night, named Lester aa tlieir candis
date- This state of affairs is deplcra
hie in the extreme. It will stir up
tho political mud in Georgia as it has
not been stirred in years. The ban
ner democratic State of the Union
trails her banner, in the mire and
filth. All this is due to the hero-won*
shippers who constitute a majority in
the convention, to men who love a
man more than they love Georgia
All honor to the courageous and de
termined minority, who flood nobly
to their colors to the last With them
it was Georgia first, and not their
should he placed before the people favorite* beforp their State,
[Atlanta Daily Post-l
Hon. Pat Walsh, in one ot his
speeches before the convention, bad
something pretty to say about an old
lellow who nsed to go gallivanting
over the world, yelling io everybody’s
ear, “I am a Roman citizen P We
have a distinct recollection of that old
Roman. We have heard Yancey t
Stephen A. Douglas, Bob Toombs,
Aleck Stephens and others speak ef
the old gentleman in the very highest
terms. Bnt, at the risk of appearing
captious and unappreciative, we here
take occasion to denounce that lo*
quacions and egostislical old Roman
as a regular fraud of the first water.
There u nothing about him to excite
admiration. There is no reoord of his
ever doing a solitary thing beyond
boasting ot the fact that he was a Ro
man citizen, and, admitting that as
sertion to be absolutely true, it is by
no means certain that he was a good
citizen. In fact, his loquacity would
indicate that he was an idle gossip,
and probably an ordinary loafer who
devoted his time to the 'discussion of
ward politics and free lunch. _ From
the monotony of his conversation it is
S retty certain that he didn’t read the
aily papers, far he never hud a word
to say about any matters of great
public interest. And yet, such is the
frivolous character of the pnblic mind,
that dilapidated old Roman bids fair
to ontlive Cicero himself iu the mem
ory of mankind. We are not informed
that there was anything striking
about the man. He was probably a
stubby, kinky-headed, aMlowsfaeed,
hook-nosed fellow, clad in a second*,
hand toga—a fellow who hang around
the beer saloons all day, and humbug
ged his wife when he went home at
three in the morning, by trying
to make her believe that he had been
to the Lodge—a fellow who poked
his nose iuto everybody’s badness
and tried to bul!y>rag bis neighbor by
[New York Sun.]
Senator Joseph F. McDona’J left
Indianapolis on Sunday evening last,
and returned this evening. He says
that although the cniiqiaign has npt
really opened in Indiana a large num -
her of Hancock and English clubs
have sprang into being spontaneously
throughout the State. The Demo
cratic campaign will lie formally
opened on the 14th of Augnst, on
which day a meeting will be held in
every county in the State. Thomas
A. Hendricks will speak in Fort
Wayne, and Senator ■ Daniel \V.
Voorhees in Bowling Green, Judge
Claypole in Richmond, and Senator
McDonald in Evansville, Joseph Pul
itzer will speak on that day in Indi
anapolis in reply to Carl Sclmrz. After
this formal opening the-e will be
meetings in every connty almost every
day nntil the October elections. Sen
ator McDonald expresses absolute
confidence in a Democratic victory in
Oetob.*r and in Novembet. He says
that the organization of the party is
perfect, and that William H. English,
the nominee for Vice-President, is as
sisting in the direction of the canvass
with industry and ability. Ha be
lieves that the Democratic majority
in October will be at least 5,000,
and hopes that it will be double that
figure.
The “Marquis,” a native of Keil, is
thirty years old, and weighs only
nineteen pounds, while his escort, a
young lady, horn in Nenmtinster
some two and twenty years ago, just
turns the scale at thirteen pounds. A
certain pleasant t’ read of ro
mance runs through the story of the
circumstances tiiat led to their union
Although they are both German born
wonders, leased by tlieir parents to
traveling showmen at an early age,-
they never happened to meet at the
fairs and Kermcssen cf their native
land ; but, a year ago, tl e “Marquis”
being on exhibition at Musccw, while
Fraulien Lilia was starring at St.
Petersburg, they became aware of
one another’s existence through read
ing the newspaper notices of their re
spective characteristics, and entered
into a correspondence, which soon led
to a rendezvous, and ultimately to
their marriage. Now they take tlieir
professional rounds together, and arc
saving up their earnings with tho ob
ject of retiring into private life in the
Fatherland.
John Branson, culled for some tea.
When the waiter brought it Fitch
said it wasn’t according to scripture,
for it was neither cold nor hot, and he
called for another cup. That come all
the same, and Fitch said as he
couldent get it hot he be doged if he
dident make it old, and so he sowsed
a lot of ice into it, and that’s the ori
gin of ice tea, and now it seems to be
spread over the country right smart
ly. I mention this in order to do jus
tiee to my friend, who has never took
out a patent nor made any noise about
his discovery, I saw Fitch in your
town. He looks honester than he used
to, for he has gone to (arming. When
I asked him how many wives and
children he had his face brightened
up as he clapjied his hands together
and exclaimed, ‘Lots of’em Bill, lots
of ’em, and my baby is a boy just four
weeks old’ and then there passed
over his countenance, as I thought,
the shadows of a melancholy smile;
Alas, poor Fitch 1 Over fifty years
old and the cron in the grass. No
Griffin Star—no bank stock nor bonds
nor railroad shares. No niggers. no
outside income, no siuecure or sine
qua non. No nothing hut wife and
children, and "land, and its dig and
hoe, and git up and go, and toil and
sweat, and worry and fret, and day
after day it’s the same old way and
night after night—there is no respite,
for one baby is bawlin’ and another is
squallin’ and so forth. But, then, it’s
all right 1 reckon. It’s all right, so go
ahead, old fellew; I love you
I sympathize with you;
less. She lay on her back on the bed
in an unnatural sleep produced by t he
fatal drug, and all efforts of physicians
aud sympathizing friends to restore her
were futile. The case of the children
was not so hopeless, and by tho un
ceasing efforts of the physicians
some x>f them showed sigus of
returning consciousness. All of the
step-children and some of the younger
children are now thought to be out of
danger. The youngest child, an infant
of a few omntbs, was saved by the fact
that the-mother could not introduce
enough fluid down its little throat to
destony life. Probably three of the
children will die. There are three pre
sumed to have drank more freely of
the deadly beverage than the others,
The dispatch concludes; “All the evi
dence taken negatives the idea of in
sanity and points directly to a cool,
deliberate determination on the part
of the hitherto quiet, kind-hearted lady
to take away her own life and that of
her fam ; ly, and at the same time con
ceal from the world the cause of her
act
A Tight Squeeze.
“From grave to gay” is the order
of life, and of newspapers as well—so
we revive the old and amusing story
of the miller who sometimes had crazy
fits, in which he always imagined hims
self to be the Lord judging the world.
On these occasions he would put on
a paper crown, ascend a pile of meal
bags with great dignity, ami call his
neighbors in suepession. The same
ones were always judged, and they
were the millers of his vicinity. The
first one summoned was Hans
Schmidt. “Hans Schmidt,stand oop.
Hans, vat is been your pishness in
dat oder world ?’’ “I was a miller,
O Lort 1” “Vas you a joost man ?”
Veil, ven the vater vas, and thepishs
ness is had, O, Lort, I Sumedimes
dakes a leetle exdra dole; ” “Veil,
Hans,you must go ofer mid the goats,
already yet.’’ And so in succession
all were tried -and immediately sen
tenced over to the goats. Last of all
the miller invariablytried himself in
the following style: “Jacob Miller,
stand oop. Jacob, vat vas your pishs
ness In dat oder vorld ?” “I vas a
miller, O, Lort.” “Vas you always
a joost man, Jacobs?” “Veil, O,
Lort, ven de vater was a leetle low
and de pishness vas had, I somedimes
dakes some lecdlo exdra doles ; hut,
to Barnesville.
Mrs Sarah Tuttle died in Baldwin
county the 7th iust.
The cotton crop of Richmond coun
ty is said to he splendid.
Mr Philip S Doody died in Macon
the 7th inst.
Wiley Harrison was drowned in
the Augusta canal the 8th inst.
Mrs John Dolberg died in Thom-
asville the 6th inst.
B II Ilic-ks died at Ilarlem re
cently.
Many southwest Georgians and
Floridiaus are vi-iting Indian Springs.
R A Gibson lias gone from Eaton*
ton to Atlanta.
Early county jail lias five inm it<-,
two white and three black.
Sirs S W Corbett, formerly Mbs
Mattie Little, of Putnam county, died
in Clarkesvllle, Texas, recently.
John W Adams was married lo
Miss Ella C Adams in Eatontou the
3d inst.
Rev Charles S Rockwell died of
paralysis inJThomasville the 3rd in-t.
John Yates was married) to Miss
Elizabe h Savage in Thoinasville the
31st ult.
[ John W Ilainblelon was married
to Miss Summer, in Worth county,
the 29th ult.
The Camden county democracy
nominated Gary Lang for the House
of Representatives.
James W Horton and Henry A
Wilson died in Thomas county re
cently.
O, Lort, I all de vile gives dose ex
_ _ my dra doles to de poor.” (After a long
heart^ goes out to you, as I see pause—“Veil, Jacob Miller, you can
you in ascension garments in the lone go ofer mit de sheeps— but it vas von
hours of the weary night pacing the
floor with a dear little angel in jour
arras, plaintively singing, 'Oh, where
shall rest be found,’ Young men, take
my advice—get married, plant early
and lay by before the summer of life
is gone and the frost withers your en
ergies, and the time shall come when
you will!exc.laira; ‘Alas, I have no
pleasure in ihem.’ ”
A Busting Affair.
Proprietors of hotels at seaside res
sorts are endeavoring to get up a
rush of visitor- through skillfully
written newspaper articles hinting
that the female bathing costume is
shockingly immodest this season.
But they are not half as bad' as' a
cigar manufacturer who advertised
last week for ladie> to strip.
The Savannah negro oontinuos to
ply the knife and bludgeon with tear
ful effect. Albert Sliellman and
John Andrews got into a barroom
fight; over a game of cards, and^ An
drews stabbed Sliellman eo that he
will probably die. Andrews is in
Mr JH Bostick died in Columbus
the 10th inst.
People who have babies, and there
arc many, will find a bran bath ' for
their infants, wholesome and cheap.
It not rnlv improves the condition of
the skin, bnt it leaves.it soft. Stir a
peck of common bran in a tub of
watm water, and btthe the baby.
The coarse bran will cleanse the skin
and the friction calls the blood to the
surface. Nervous people will
find great comfort in this bath.
Not patented.
The Columbus Enquirer says that
Mr Frail Wilhelm has struck a rather
novel method of ridding himself of the
annoyance caused by mosquitoes,
which he says have been more plen
tiful, more sanguinary and less musi
cal than heretofore. He had in his
room two large plaster busts, one of
Byron and one of Shakespeare. Tlie-e
he painted of such a Mood-red color
that the mosquitoes, completely de
ceived, have left off annoying him and
have stuck to the busts. He says he
frequently drove off but they as often
returned, and now be is determined
they shall stay there till they bust.
tight squeeze.’’
A well-dressed young man secured
a front seat in a Columbus church by
pretending to he deaf. During the
prayer he was seen to grab the collec
tion from the box, and on a deacon’s
i ryini to arrest him, lie broke and
ran. The congregation, headed by the
pastor aud the deacons, got up a free-
to-all, go as you please race, with the
contents of the contribution box for
the stake. At the first round, two
squares off, the pastor came in ahead
with the thief aud the money in his
posscs-ion. Asitwas his own salary,
it was agreed that lie was entitled to
the whole of it.
Some of the Tunker sisters peti
tioned the annual Council to allow
them to wear “modest hats ’’ hut
their piaye- was denied and they
were reminded ot the text, “Be not
conformed to the wot Id!” They
most the eiore stick to hoods and sun-
bonnets.
A Cuban family at one of the Sar
atoga hotels has a weekly board bill
of $450. This is for six adults, three
ohildren, two maids, coachman and
valet.
Hari-kari is a form of suicide per
formed iu Japap by cutting open the
abdomen by two orosswige cuts with
a short sword. Nearly all Japanese
officials carry on their person two
•words; One long, to fight an enemy
with, and the other short, to perforin
hari-kari with if their own honor jis
at all damaged. It is a very common
practice, as by ho doing a man’s hon
or is saved. Officials ate often com-
Dan Watson, who is known to the
police throughout the country oh an
expert and bold burglar, is now in
the penitentiary al Philadelphia. Be
ing asked Vby his gang had not made
an attempt on the Northumberland
Bank, while operating in that neigh
borhood several years ago, he said :
“Three times we went to do it, and
each lime we were frustrated, and by
what, d^you think?—a terrible bull
dog? the watchman’s revolver? or
the strength of the safe? Neither, but
I y a little child. You see, the watch
man generally came down to the bank
from his supper leading his little child
by the hand. We had it all arranged
to pounce upon him and gag ahd bind
him and then rob the place; but some
how, when I saw that innocent little
one, Ihadu’t the heart to give the
signal and hurt it, so he escaped. I
am a bad man, and I ain’t afraid of
the best man living, but I couldn’t
bear to see the little thing hurt.’’
Mobile and Memphis have lost in
population during the laso decade,
They are the only important cities
that have gone backward. The yellow
fever injured Memphis ami the New
Orleans Railway discounted Mobile
Gen. Hancock lia3 a very pleasant
suburban home, thirty minutes by
railroad from St. Loui*. The house
is spacious, and is surrounded by am
ple grounds which command a viiw
ol the Mississippi.
A medical authority says; ‘Laugh
ter is one of the greatest helps to 4'*
gestion, aud the custom of our fore
fathers ot exciting it at the table by
jesters and buffoons was founded on
true medical principles.
Our minds areas different as our
faces, weare all traveling to one des
tination ; hot few are going by the
same road.
It is asserted that Gen. Meiga, the
Chief Quartermaster of,the army,
writes such a hand tnat his wife never
The wife of lion John B Johnson,
formerly of Foil Gaines hut now of
Alabama, died recently.
J W Dozier has become principal
of the Butler Female College and
Male Institute.
Among recent deaths in)Richraond
county wore those of W D Shaw, Jos
seph Scales and Johu Brandon.
The negroes of tho 4th Senatorial
district have nominated Joe Green
(eol.) candidate for the State Senate.
Tho negroes of Camden connty
have nominated A Wilson, colored,
for the House of Representatives.
Simeon Remington, son of F H
Rcntingtoil, of Thoniasville, was
drowned at Apalachicola recently.
The store of Newton and Kemps,
Savannah, was burglarized a lew
nights ago.
Mr. James Morton, son of I, B
Morton, of Stewart County, died in
Texas recently.
Mr A J Foreman of Stewart coun
ty, was stricken with paralysis re-
cenfly, not dangerously, however.
II J Feagan and M L Everett are
going to build the Lumpkin Acade
my, in Stewart county.
Tho Bulloch county Democracy
have nominated Dr J F Biown for
the State Senate.
C S Martin has been elected Ordi
nary of Bulloch county to fill the (.lace
of judee Buie, resigned.
James Rutherford, formerly of Au
gusta, died in Philadelphia the 7th
inst. ' ».
Geo Sloan, a white man, was as
saulted and badly beaten by a party
of negrres nqnr Savannah.
The discovery oi a gold mine on the
land of T F and J G Maddox in
Heard county is reported.
Jesse Gibbons, colored, of Savan
nah, got into a quarrel with Sophia
Green, colored, knocked her down
and carved her in the leg.
The colored citizens of Savannah
furnish abundant local material for
the News in the way ot shootings
stabbings, burglaries, etc.
The Warrentoi) Hotel is for rent, read one of his love-letters,
Mr. H. Loenthall, of Waynesville,
on the B & A R R had a desperate
combat with a negro who was at-
tempting to burglarize his 8tnra-ho»se.
The negro was foiled, and fled, but
not till after he had inflicted several
heavy blows on Mr. L., that bruised
him very badly.
Sylvania Telephone: ‘ Since Mr
Geo E Hazlchurst has been confined
to his room he has cut out with his
pocket-knife a complete set of toy
furniture, whioh is beautifully finish
ed and artistically designed. We are
glad to notice that Mr IlnzlehuiHt is
once more able to Vo out though
hf is still compelled to use crutchee.”