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(IaI’T If. <f Tl'HNKR h:<- 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.”