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Ilcws of he MlccU.
THE BUSY WORLD.
Its Sunshine and its Shadows.
THE SOI Til Bit X STATES.
Goorjrla.— The crops 11 Montgomery county
have been damaged by heavy rains and hail.
Up to Friday, Colnmbns ha« received 15,ISO more
hales ol cotton than during the name period last
year.
Since fhq 1st of Septemb»r the Columbus cotton-
factories have taken 12,010 bales of cotton—an in
crease of 2.554 over last year
Mr. A. P. Perhnm. of the Quitman Free Press, has
cabbages on exhibition at the Albany f-ir, one of
which will weigh thirty-two pounds.
The Macon Telegraph says the white shad with
which the Ocmulgee lias been stocked, continue to
grow, and in a few years the stream will be full of
this very valuable addition to the finny family liv
ing in tlie Georgia waters. A day or two since, Mr.
H. A. Harmon caught near Buzzard roost one of
the genuine white-shad The fish was about eight
incites in length and was caught in a gill net. The
fish was probably one of the lot planted in the river
about two years since.
Dahlonega Signal: About eight years ago Mrs.
Dr. Howard planted some Kngtish walnuts in iter
vard. On'y one came up. It lias now grown to be a
’beautiful tree, about twenty teet liigli and full of
fruit The leaves have a very soft, feeling and a very
pleasant, sweet smell, So English walnuts can be
grown in Lumpkin county. Dr. Howard is very
much elated with the prospect of having this deli
cious fruit added to his splc did assortment. He
had commenced to fear the tree would never bear.
The Augusta Evening News says a little daughter
of Mr. Rivers, while out playing in the st.eeet, was
gored fearfully by one of Augusta’s iimDceat and
harmless cows The entrails of the lit le girf were
terribly lacerated, and in fact torn out. in part, and
the suffering little one can scarcely be expectqRtn
recover from such a wound, such a wide gash was
made in her side that a man's ha - dean be inserted
in the cavity. This is not the first, occurrence when
serious harm lias c une of allowing cows t<» go
about and attack children who are unable to pro
tect themselves. This cannot he called an accident
for it is no accident, but must be laidat the door of
the city council, who are responsible for allowing
freedom to tlie cows, and consequently responsible
for their acts
Madison Madisonian : Our people, ever proverb-
in' for their enterprise, have comm-need work on
the am us Grill! \ Mnn'icello and Madison rail
road in s..i>er earnest, This road. It will lie r^mgm
b-iei. was graded several years ago. and owing to
an insufficiency of capital the project wag aban
doned before a foot of the track had been law, and
the properly sold to Judge O. A. Locbraue. of At
lanta. who bought it at a great sicriflee. Throng'-
the extraordinary eff-rts of some party this road,
which li isbankrup cd so many capitalists, is again
being worked on Il'it he c ■mp-ctf'd. Madison shall
ha e wok all the credit, as it was through the in
strumentality of one of he ■ e.inz-nsthat th° work
on tiiis route, wii'ch is probably d-stined to bee uje
one of the leading brain h roajtt in the state, waif
again begun. When it reach-aftM* stage of su<c ss
all tliose interested in its omul -tion shall say, a l
hail the undaunted p u<-k of Jd;.flison!
The Griffin News says that, Mr. .Tames Lindsey, a
young man ah nit twenty-five or thirty years of age
and a well-to-do farmer; committed suicide las’
Thursday morning at his hqnratin Butts county.
He took Tiis d >„ble-barrel shot-gfin and went out to
liis plantation as well and in as sound state of mind
as usual.and his wife had not the remotest idea of
the dreadful uews that was soon to greet her ears
About 11 o'clock Mr. Lindsey was found at the back
of liis garden—dead—with his double-barrel gun
lying by his side. From the position ol the body
and the gun at the time he was found, it is believed
that he placed the gun to his lef. temple and held
it with his left hand and nulled the trigger with his
right hand, firing both barrels into his left temple,
tearing the upper portion of liis head almoRtf ntvre-
ly off, and scattering his brains, hair and pieces of
skull and flesh for some little distance around. An
inquest was held and the verdict of the jury was
that he came to his death by a gun-shot wound in
his own hands. He left no. note or anything that
will give any clew as to what caused him to com
mit the terrible deed. He was a qu'et. good ciuleu,
born and raised in Butts county, and stood fair in
the neighborhood where lie lived. He married since
the war, and leaves a wife and child eu, and many
friends, to meurn liis UHtimely death.
Florida.—The Lake Jessup Railroad is a fixed
fact The grading is all done, the hands are all paid,
and money is in the treasury The work is being
rapidly pushed on to completion.
It. is estimated that the cultivation of cassava will
pay eighty-seven dollars per acre, near Ferry, Tay
lor county.
Sam Host.on, a col< red man, living near Jackson
ville, heard some ot liis pigs squealing near liis
house. He seized his gun and found and killed a
full grown panther
The trial of Hull and Goulding for conspiracy to
defraud the voters of Brevard county at. the last
election is progressing, but no new evidence has
yet been brought out.
A lilt-e girl eleven years old was choked and then
drowned in a creek by a negro ma o lie was ar
rested and confes-ed the crime and showed wltere
he had hidden her body under a log. He was hung
without judges or jury.
A serious row occur'ed May 2ist, at Mad,son, in
Madison county, between two colored companies
of base-ball iday.-rs. A company from Tallahassee
visited Madison to play wtrii a company there. The
game not going right, a fight arose, in which one
inau was shot and is not expected to live, and an
other was so badiy cut that he may die. Several
others were seriously wounded. Sixteen of the
party were arrested and put in jail.
MiNsiMsippi.—J. T. Bridewell, County Assessor
at Vicksburg, lias been arrest ed charge! with the
murder of W H. Andrews in March last. He was
committed to jail without bail.
• Two or three Mormon missionaries, some say
are from Florida last, have been at work in South
ern Mississippi more than a year, principally in
Jackson county,preaching Mot-monism and making
proselytes. They have planted a mormon church
at “Three Rivers” and one at Ibuff Creek, and one
somewhere near Dog River. At Bluff Creek they
baptiz d and received into the church thirteen iii
one day.
Alabama,—Butter 8 cents a pouudat Eutaw.
Opelika wants a steam fire engine.
Butter sells in Cullman at 10 cents.
The Sisters' fair at Montgomery netted $2,200.
Corn is not looking well in Pickens county'.
John C. Orr lias been re-elected may or of Heart-
8c I !•
Little Charlie Graves was drowned near Uniou-
t 'Wit.
The wheat crop is promising in Chambers coun
ty-
Montgomerians are about $1,000,000 ahead on ‘ fu
tures.'’
Bed Hill, Marshall county has a fine debating so
ciety.
Dick Sapp lost his house at Blount Springs by-
fire.
Miid degs are a little troublesome in Cullman
county.
There were 12 marriages in “High Jackson” las'
month.
The premium lists of the Linden fair have been
issu-d.
The registered indebtedness of Calhoun county Is
81,537.01.
Col. W, S. Moreland, cf Mobile, had a stroke of
paralysis.
Wiiliatn Roberts has b.-en sentenced to death in
Lee county.
There will be a Masonic celebration at Amberson,
June 21th.
A supper given by- the Methodist ladies of Hava
na realized $59.
The acreage in cotton in Clay county exceeds that
of last year
The Eufaula District Grange had a splendid meet-
i ng the 12ih.
homas Bowman and family have gone from
uisviile to Kansas.
'here were 100 people present at the Tuskaloosa
tutorial supper.
'lie residence ol Maj. J. J. Fierce, at Robiuson's
rings, was burned
'li- Indie- Memorial Association at Tuskaloosa
s.3700 In the tr-asury.
lary W. Jones M>.'t her sou-in-law, Nile Sou li-
i, in Limestone<•<>
he acreage in -tn <> -* r '- * a much
gerthan any prevtou- >“at
Toy offers to compromise her b aided indebled-
-s at .5o cents on the dollar.
■here were 71 wagons in sight at one time in
■ • >ii Springs one day last week.
I The Methodists and Baptists will each build new
j chu'clies near Bold Springs.Shelby County,
j Pill I May and Join* Pearson go to the penitentia
ry tor lift from Lina stone county-, for murder.
The Montgomery confederate memorial and his
torical association will have a pic nic and barbecue
July 4th.
Miss Maria Lewis was crowned queen at Union-
town, and Misses Marian Langhonie, Mary Hunt
ingtou, and Nannie Noune-umaelier maidsof hon
or.
l.onisiann.—Ui-pe peaches in Avoye les on the
17th of May.
Corn al I i n tassel in Avoyelles parish, and a fine
crop is assured.
Peaches are ripe in Webster parish, and are very
fine.
Planters in Madison parish are busy chopping out
cotton. The sttnd is very good.
Cotton and corn in Natchitoches are both giving
promise of very good- yie ds.
Pierre Rebut, Sir fifty years a resident of Poiute
Conpt-e, died on the 1.5th of May.
The hunters of Rapides parisli killed a panther
last week weighing 17.5 pounds, and over eight feet
long ffoin tip of nose to tip of tail.
The Marksville Bulletin learns that the venera
ble Mr. Lucte-n I). Coco is at the point of death.
Judge Baillou, <>f Rtipndes parish, predicts a poor
crop of sugar this year, but a good crop of cott n.
The darkeys of Cheney ville, Rapides p risb, have
got it. and have sent agents on in advance to tiie
happy land of Canaan.
Capt. 11. K. Morrison, who died in D- Ita some time
last month, was at one time professor of Greek in
Oakland College, Miss.
The colored people of Moreauville, Avoyeils parish
have held a mass meeting, the object ol which was
to advise the colored people to remain ai home.
The Confederate veterans of Bat an Rouge had a
procession before their annual supper, which was
headed by eleven young ladies representing the
eleven se-eding Southern states.
Mr. Gleason, a farmer, living in the northern part
" e’is er parish, had his crops of cotton aud corn
totally destroyed by a recent hail storm A very
fine, large hog was killed as dead as a door nail by
the falling hail stones.
Half the citizens of Lake Charles have petitioned
Mr. William Meyer, present mayor of that town, to
to be a candidate for re-election to that office when
tiie town election comes off in June.
Cotton port is one of the live, progressive little
towns of Louisiana. It is in Avoyelles parish. Has
f nr stores and two doctors, with these last on the
ragged edge of despair and slat vation over no prac
tice; several si earn gins, saw mills and six or eight
grist mills, and a brass baud.
Texan.—Dallas is to have a $ 10,000 jail.
William Walsh died suddenly in Hherman.
There at e 23 daily newspapers in the state.
The late legislature was in session 81 days.
Five prisoners lately escaped from tiie Bryan jail.
Tiie strawberry festival at Rockdale took In Sllli.-
85
Texarkana invests $15,000 in Tyler Tay Narrow
Guage.
To the 10th, Waco had shipped 45,581 bales ot cot
ton.
Hood’s brigade will have a reunion at Falistine
July 0th.
The supper of the Episcopal ladies of Navasots
netted $55.
Tom 'Stephens was killed by Harry Barrett at
Steplieusville
Dr. A. M. Cochran has bee" appointed postmaster
at Dallas.
The Knights Templar of Sherman had a parade
Asce.sion day
A mad dog at Waco, tiie other day, bit four cats
aud a billy goat.
A n extra session of ths legislature has been called
for June 10th.
Fort Worth claims that she will ship 74,000 head
of cattle this season.
Tax collectors are prohibited by law from deal
ing in state warrants.
Rice birds, eouutless myriads, prey upon the
wheat fields from Sherman to Dallas.
Many fields of wheat and oats about Sa/ Saba were
plowed up aud corn and cotton substituted.
A horse was struck by lightning and killed on the
public square at Clarksville the other day.
Mrs. George Armstrong, Indianolo. committed,
suicide on the 4th while temporarily insane.
Webb county has 70 sheep raisers whose flock av
erage from 1,090 to 5,000, but one man has upward of
80.000.
There is not enough labor in Washington county
to work its improved lands. Five thousand acres
of such land is lying idle.
The stock raisers’ association of North-west Tex
as oiler.- a reward of $500 for the conviction of any
peisou guilty of illegally branding or marking cat
tle.
General News.—Coffee is raised in Florida.
Verm >ut State Prison is full.
Oyster shortcake is the latest
There are fifty hotels in Chicago.
The demand for wool is increasing.
Iu 1878 Now York imported 9,180,soOcocoanuts.
English cotton operatives are emigrating to Can
ada.
Missouri townships are repudiating their indebt
edness.
Worcester, Mass., has $2,030,000 of untaxed church
pr jperty.
An enterprising American is to build a railway
on Ml. Vesuvius
It will cost 81,000,000 to take the new census of the
U u i ted states.
Cheap traveling—One dollar fares between New
York and Boston.
The go .-eminent declines to feed the negro emi
grants from the South
Drought and fly ate uniting to use up the tobacco
plant in Kentucky.
Maine raised more corn last year than she ever
did before in uue year.
One-fourth of the national debt has been paid since
the close of the war
New Yorkers demand that five cent fares shall
prevail on the elevated railways.
Kifte li millions of our four per cent, bonds’have
just been sold to a single English house.
California ud Nevada silver mines arc not pro
ducing half the bullion they did last year.
Eighty thousand people cross tiie Fulton aud
Catherine feme-of New York daily.
Tiie Southern Pacific Railroad is employing 6,000
Chinamen in the construction of its road.
More Mormons arrived last week at New York
from Europe A poor class of emigrants.
A citizen of Taunt >u, Mass., says they want fewer
dogs and more imuuiactories in that town.
A Portland paper reckons up 478 literary iudivid-
u . s more or less known to fame, from Maine.
The Maine Sugar-Beet Company have contracted
for over 1109 acres to be planted in beet seed.
Tiie Supreme Court of the United States is -aid to
be more than three years behind iu its business.
fp.caths.
In Montague Co., Tex.,recently, F. II. Dickson.
In Tarrelton, Tex., recently, Mrs. G. T. Bryant.
Iii Xavasota, Tex., recently. Mrs. S. H. Terrell.
In Sherman, Tex., recently, Mr. William Walsh.
In Savannah, Ga., the 17th inst., Mrs. E. C. Wade.
In Trigg county, Kv., recently, Mrs. Lucy Tinkham.
In Chatham county, Tenn., April 14, Dr. Alva Douglas
Cage.
In Rockbridge county, Va., May 7th, Mrs. Martha J.
Moore.
In New Providence, Tenn., May 7th, Mrs. Sallie A..
Gold, (nee Davie.)
In Trigg county, Kjr , 7th inst, the infant twins of Mr.
and Mrs. Wiiliatn J. Baeon.
Near Cedar Grove Mills, Va., the 10th instant, G. S..
A mien trout, aged 64,years.
In Bartow county,. Gia., recently, Mr. Thomas Gore,
Mr. Thomas Jemiuersou and Mr. John S. Owens.
Sttavriagcs.
Near Weatherford, Tex., recently, J. C. Gilliland and
Mrs. E. P. Hine.
Near Weatherford, Tex., recently, Mr. Shrimpshire
anil Miss M. S. Ttirner.
In Western Autauga, Ala., May 15th, Mr. David. Cary
aud Miss Emma Dunn.
In Hannibal, Mo., the 7th inst., John D. Clendenen
and Miss Katie- tVachendorfer.
In Montgomery county Tenn., by Rev. J. G. G.wyun,
B. G. Fuqua and Miss V. W. Mitchell,
In%tiehmond eo., N. C., May 11th, bv Rev. J. W. Jen
kins, James- P“, Meares and Miss Maggie A. Stogner.
In Bladen.Cb., N. C., May 11th. by Rev. J. W. Randle,
Mr. E. A. ifate and Miss Marion Savage.
In Des Are,. Ark., the 27th tilt., by Rev. T, J... Horne,
Mr. 51. 5L Owen aud Miss Fannie L. Gowning,
In Laurens Co., S. C.. May 1st, by Rev. W. L\ Meadors,
Walter Vf. Summer and Miss Veina Meadors,
In Hancock county, Ga., the 8th inst., by Rev. G. M.
Kendrick, J. W. Ford and Miss Fannie White-
In ffnllville, Mo.. the 8th inst.. by Rev, A. Moore,
Percy Bnulware and Miss Bettie Sifldlingtou.
In Montgomery county, Tenn., rCWiitly, by L. Chester,
Esq., Andrew J. Davis aiul Miss Telia Lyle.
In Brmvnville, Mo., the 11th inst./Tiy Esq. G. W. Gil
more, Frank Bright and Miss Birdie Roe.
In. Rockbridge county, Va., the 29th tilt., by Rev. Geo.
li. SSriekler, J. Edgar Wilson and Mrs. M. B. liold.
In Rockbridge county, Va., the 7th. inst., by Rev. John
L. Carroll, Mr. Baxter T. Watts aud Miss Mary A. Gil
more.
^Amusements.
4.—Diamond.
Hi all schooners. Auger. A mountain nymph. To
bring forth. In mead.
To Correspondent*.
N.—We always fill up with good ones liie.that.
problems.
ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS IN NO-. 201.
No. 1.—33 Oxen.
No. 2.—5,11, and 84.
No, 3.—5 Dogs. (
No. 4.—1 hours.
ANSWNRS TO PROBLEMS.IIC NO. 203. *
1. f « 5.0(H).
I $20,000.
2. f 6 of ? 8.
16 of S12. 4
3. f 3 3-14 pounds coffee. ■
\ 12 6-7 ” sugar.
4. f 80 of $ 5.
120 of $20.
5. f 33,333% at 12%.
(16,666% at 15.
G. f 2nd and 4th at $9i
'(1st and 3rd at $x.
New Problems.
(IS>
I invest and m jke 25 per cent; I invest the proceeds
and again make 25 per cent; reinvest the amount and
lose 20 per cent; reinvest the remainder and again lose
20 per cent. Do I gain or lose in the transaction?
(14.)
Bought 25 sheep for $.56: if 3 sheep more could have
lieen purchased for the same sum, how much less i>er
head would they have cost?
(15.)
What number that contains just nine places, and lias
the 9 digits, is a perfect square number?
(16.)
Bought a plantation for $1500, to be paid in four pay.
ments: the first in one year, the second in 2 years, the
third in three years, and the fourth in 4 years. What must
the payments be, that when discounted at 8 per cent,
they will be equal?
(17.)
How many feet of lumber in a regular tapering octag
onal piece of timber, 30 feet long, each side of large
base 12 inches, and each side of the less 6 inches?
Puzzles, Chess, Conundrums, Prob
lems, Charades, aud Kinks of all
Kinds for Kinkers to Unkink.
Puzzles arc conlin'ly solicited from all. All puzzles
niu-t be accompanied by the answers, and the parts must
lie fully expuli' ed The true iia-ne in ist always b ■ sunt,
i even if a nom tie plmtte is nsid. Direct, letters to “Puz-
| z.o Parlor.” snuny South,
Answers will be published every three —eeks.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 202.
L—1 Top—pot. 2 Art—tar. 3 Dray—yard. 4 Rats—
star. 5 Rob—orb. 68aw—was. 7 Gum-mug. 8 Tc*ni
—meat. 9 Nat—tan. 10 5Ioor—room.
2. —1 Athens. 2 Alexandria. 3 Algos. 4 Thebes. 5
Babylon. 6 Rome. 7 Sparta. 8 Marathon. 9 Ninevah.
3. —Vinaigrette.
4. —T O A D
OGLE
f> ALMS
DESK
5. —Foam—loam—r ,am—roar—soajZ^ioar—boar —boat
—moat—goat—coat—coal—foal—gjaJLfcoad-—toad.
6. —[This puzzle was spoiled 1 omission o.*P6ie
letter by the printer. It was publuSed the week after.]
7. —A-do-be,—Adobe.
8. —Battle of New Orleans.
9. —Avoset.
New Puzzles nail Enigmas.
1.—Tree Puzzle.
Who can arrange seven trees in six rows with three
trees in a row. A nice prize will be given to the person
sending the first correct solution to
Feramorz;
Care Sunny South.
Let all who were a little late on the other one, try
this.
2.—I’i Puzzle.
“Hot sawev hatt nanio ganlo eth roesh,
Eth dimvs tilth gisli in ligbown,
E a tens ot hatec a tyesmi role,
Ciwhh emu rae si we ni ginnokw,”
3,—A French-English Enigma.
I am composed of nine letters.
My 1, 2, 3, is a term used often for loquacity.
My 2, 3,4, 5, is a French word meaning shelter.
My 1,2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, is the name of a well known angel.
My 6, 7, 8, 9, is a Erench personal pronoun.
My whole is a French proper name, and the name of
a daughter of a famous American journalist.
Mrs. L. D. W. W.
5.—Letter Anagram. *
Iu each case write a line describing the position of the
letters to each other, and transpose this to suit the def
enition; as:—
J .3
!- A bird. Ans. I. over P, plover.
T-j
O.)
1. y A kind of grain.
G.j
B )
2. - A mode.
29 cwt j
3. S. S. Small grains.
N. )
4. A city.
Ha.j
5. L A P.-C. An unexpected event.
6. R. Y. A kind of pear.
7. A R. R. One who desists.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
All communications relating to this department of the
piiper should he addressed to A. F. Wurm, Atlanta,(in.
Chess headquarters, Young Men’s Library Associa
tion. Marietta street.
Original games and problems arc cordially solicited for
this column. We hope our Southern friends will re
spond.
PROBLEM No. 91.
W. R. HALE, S. C.
BLACK.
WHITE.
White to play and give mate in 4 moves.
Chess iu Scotian:!.
An interesting came played some timj ago in the
Edinburgh Chess Club.
The notes are bj Mr. G. B. Fraser, and the game is
t aken from the last number of the Chess Players' Chron
icle :
si’einitz gambit.
white.
Mr. G. B. F.
BL YCK.
Dr. F.
1 P Iv 4
2 Q. Kr B 3
3 PK B4
4 PQ 4
5 K K 2
6 P Q R 4 (a)
7 Kt Kr 5
8 Kt K B3
9 K B i
10 Kt tks It PcU (d)
1 B :ks B ch
12 P Q R 5
13 K B sq
14 P tks P dis ch
15 Q Q 3
16 Q tks Kt
17 Kt K 5
1 P K 4
2JO Kt B3
3 1* tks P
4 Q K R 4 ck
5 P Q K 3
ti B Q R j ch
7 Castles ib)
8 Q K Kt 5 (c)
9 Kt K B i
10 K Kt 2
11 K tks Kt
12 Kt tks K I 1 ch
13 K tks B
14 K Iks P
15 Kt Q K4
16 Cl K3
17 B Q Kt 5* (e)
18 Q K 2
19 B tks P (f,
20 K t-s R
18 i'Qs
19 P Q6
‘20 It ks Q Kt
21 Q Q Ivt 7 and White
wins.
NOTES:
(a) This is apparently the only correct reply; for if P
to Q 5, Black plays B to B 4
(b; Of questionable propriety, we fear.
(c; Q to K 2 seems to be auo -her answer worth exum-
i a:ion.
(d) But is not Kt to Q 6 cli much better ?
(e, Jleaniug to play P to K B 4 next move, and so pre
vent the Queen’s ret. eat to K square. If P to li B 3 had
been piayed iLsteak, then —
WHITE.
18 R tks lvt
19 cy5
20 Q R 4
BLACK
18 J’ tks Kt (a)
19 Q Kt 5
20 Q y 8 ch
The American Pin Company of Waterbury, Conn,
turns out 7,000,009 pins every day except Sunday.
The present Rio coffee crop is tiie largest crop ever
raised iu Brazil, amounting to over 4,000,000 bags.
A Nebraska man, with the help ot sixteen hired
hauds, planted 52.000 trees on his mud In eight days.
The Zulu on exhibition iu New York, turned out
to be one paddy Finnegan, a late bur keeper there.
There are two hundred cases for divorce ou the
docket iu the Supreme judicial Court of .-Sufi' ,ik Co
Mass.
The corner stone of the Washington Monument
at tiie National Capital, was laid on the Fourth of
July, 1815.
' It is not so much low wages as It is ruin that op
presses the laboring classes. Temperate habits in
sure thrift
The New York State Fair, the model Agricultural
fair of thi • country, will be held at Utica this year,
c jmmeucing sept. 8.
During 187 j there were shipped to Great Britian
from Canadian ports 17,989 head of cattle, 40,000
sheep aud 1614 hogs.
In San Francisco during the last six years. 491 t»er-
ons have committed suicide. Stuck gambling is
the predisposing cause.
The revenue of the dominion of Canada has falie-i
o.f nearly $3,400,000 since 1873, though liabilities
nave been on the increase.
TlteCunard line of steamers is bringing large
numbers of emigrants to tli s por; in* Samaria
• u-i. arrived w:th 406 besides her cabin pa<seugers.
The 'mill • in -egs in this country is estimated to
cqu u O)' .ii. *■•*' pel- am,nut;6.00:),OJJe,g>ar--e' i.oil
ed trotii Lie country every year.
Alexander H. S epliens .vas so poor oe com-
tuelic d the practice of a-» tit .ftie . •• ove on 86
per month. Tnisis said to be tli secrei ..fni* as
sistance to poor young me., «»ver fifty ol whom he
has assisted in a liberal education.
6.— Enigma.
I am composed of five letters.
My 2, 5, 4, is a piece of money.
My 1, 3, 2, is an animal.
My whole is a Hebrew book.
7.—Character.
One-fourth of?a square that meets a semicircle. A cir
cle complete. A whole right angle. Half of an angle.
Three-fourths of a cross. One-fourth ofaspuare. A semi
circle. Two-thirds of a triangle joined by a line. An
angle.
Put these together right,
And “civil” will come to light.
8.—..Enigma Grammaticum Latinum.
Componor ex deeem literis.
II, IX, I, mea, verbum Latinum est.
IV, VII, VI. X, mea. ailverbium Latinum est.
V, VI, mea, interiectio Latina est.
VIII, III, I, mea, verbum Latinum est.
Totus meus metallum est.
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My 1, 13, 20, is a kind of reptile.
My 2, 4, 8, 16, denotes something very small.
My 3, 9, 14, is a light blow; reverse it and it is the
same.
My 5,12,18, 10, aigniges a first cause.
My 7,11, 6, is to discover. ’
My 15, 19, 17, 21, is silence.
My whole is an appell ition of Georgia.
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THE SEOKGIA RAILROAD.
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY, )
Superintendent's Offio*. >
Augusta, Ga., April 5th, 1879 •
COMMENCING SUNDAY, 6th inst. the following Pas
senger Schedule will be operated:
No. 2 tfASfi-DAILY.
Leave Atlanta ...7 45 a
Arrive Athene 330 p
Arrive Washington ............."..""" 2 00 p
Arrive Canuik ’ 1 08 p
Arr ve Milledgeville .......\ 3 30p
Arrive Maco ’ 5 20p
Arrive Augusta 18 p
No. 1 WEST—DAILY.
Leave Augnsta ; 9 45 a
Leave Macon ’ 7 |q a
Leave Milledgeville 9 08 a
Leave Camak ... . ™ . 1 41 a
Leave Waehingion 10 45a
Leave Athens 9 15a
Arrive Atlanta .'.7. 5 00 p
No connection to or from Washington ou Sundays.
COVINGTON ACCOMMODATION.
(Daily except Sundays.)
Leaves Atlanta 5 38 p
Arrives Coviegton . . ..' 7.77.." 7 " 8 00 p
J,eaves Covington .5 25 a
Arrives Atlanta 71777740a
, No. 4 EAST-DAILY.
Leaves Atlanta 6 09 p m
Arrives Augusta "."..'.".7.6 25 am
No. 3 WEST-DAILY.
Leaves Augusta 5 30pm
Arrives Atlanta 5 00am
Traius Nos. 2, l. 4 and 3 will not stop at Flag Stations.
’ Connects at Argm-ta for all points East aud South-east-
Superb Improved Sleepers to Augusta.
I'ullmun Sleepers from Augusta to New
Y'ork -either via Charleston or i hariotle.
ASTOuly one change Atlanta to New Y irk.-®$
S. K. JOHNSON, E R. DORSEY.
Superintendent. Gen. Passenger Agent.
Reductim of Passenger Pares.
GEORGIA RAILROAD IS SELLING
STRAIGHT AN# EXCURSION TICKETS
Between all Station- on its Main Line and Branches
i/iciudiug the Macon and Augusta Railroad, at the
following
GREATLY REDUCED RATES;
Straight Tickets at 4 cents per mile
Excursion Tickets at 6 cents per mile,
(Good for Ten Days.)
Minimum for Straight Ti-kets, Ten Cents ; Exc rsioa
- Tickets, Twenty Cents.
To secure the advantage of the Reduced Kates, tickets
must be purchased from the Station Age ts of the Com
pany. Conductors are not allowed to charge Lee than
the regular tariff rate ot five (5) cents per mile.
Excuision Tickets will be good to Re-urn Ten Days
from and including the date of issue. No Lay-over priv
ilege attachesto these tickets, nor will nuy be granted
The company reserves the right to change, or entirely
abrogate these rates at pleasure and without uot.ice
E. R. DORSEY,
lov 9- Gen- Pa s. Agent.
1.000 MILE TICKETS.
GEORGI . RAILROAD COMPANY. )
Office General Passenger Agent. ]
Augusta. April 5th, 1879. I
C OMMENCING MONDAY, 7th inst., this Company
will sell ONE THOUSAND MILE TICKETS, g.sid
over main line aud branches, at TWKNTY FIVE DOL
LARS each. These tickets will be issued to individuals,
firms and minifies, hut not to firms and families com
bined. E. R. DORSEY,
198-5t Gen. Pass. Agent.
Memphis & Charleston R. R.
Memphis TiJnx.—O11 and after April I6th, 1879
t he following jJ-assenger schedule will be operated.
f GOING WEST.
Leave Chattanooga 8 40 pm.
“ Stennsunu 10 35 pm
“ Dicatur 2 50 am.
“ Corinth 7 50 am.
” Middleton 8 50 aui.
“ Grand Junction 9 35 am.
Arrive Memphis 12 00 noon
fS^-Great changes have lately been made oa this line.
This road lias been newly ballasted, and the track
repaired with steel rails. 1’hese improve
ments mako it second to no other
road in the South.
TO THE EAST.
Close Connection is made for all Eastern aud
Southeastern Cities.
PUfOnlyUne running thrjugh Palice Sleeping Oars
and Day 1 ouches between Memphis aud Cnaltanooga
without change.
10 iHE WEjT.
Close connection made lor ail Arkansas and Texia-
poin's. A full set of Firsi-ciass and Emigrant Tickets
on sale at ail principal s tations- Round Trip Emigrant
Tickets at gready reduced rates now on sal; at Cfiatta-
noogi, to pri cipil I’exispoiuts, Day Coacnes run be
tween Bristol and Memphis, and betwe 11 Montgomery,
Alabama, ana Texarkana, Arkansas, without change.
For further information, as to rates, schedules
etc., address either
JAS. R. OGDEN.
Gen. Pass. Agent, Memphis. Tenn.
T. S. DA V ANT,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent. Memphis Tenn.
L. L. McOLESKY,
Gen. So. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga
Magnolia Passenger Itoute.
l’OUT R jYAL & AUGUSTA RAILWAY', 1
Augusta, Ga.. April 15, 1879. I
The following scliedulj wi.i be operated ou and after
this date ;
GOING SOUTH—Train No. 1.
Leave Augu-ta, 9.10 a m : Arrive at Beach Island 10.15
am; arrive Jackson’s It) 28 a to; arrive Ellen ton 10 47 a
ni; arrive Rob ins 11.01am. arrive Hatt eville 11.15 a
in: arrive Milleti s 11.28; arrive Martin’s 11.38 a w; ar
rive Beldoc 11.47 a m; arrive Appleton 1J m; arrive Al
lendale 12.11 p m; arrive Campbleton 12.2t p m; arrive
Bronson 12.35 p m, -irrive Hoover's 12.18 pm; ar 'Vjrns-
vilie 12 56 p ni; arrive Early Branch 1.25 p m; arrive
\ emmasi e 1.42 p ni.
Leave i'ema-see 1 50 p m; arrive Savannah 4.35 p in;
leave Junction 4.20 p in; arrive Jacksonville 7 15 a m; ar
rive Charie ton 631pm.
L_avc Yeuimasec 2.12 p m; arrive Beanf.rt 2.29 p m;
arrive Port Royal 3.41 p ui.
GOING NORTH—Train No. I.
L-ave Port Royal 11 15a in; leave Beaufort tl.2Sa m;
irrive Wmassee 1.15 p in; leave Charleston 7.15
Leave Jacksonville 5 15 p in ; anLve Savannah S.20 a in;
leave Savannah 10.00 a m;arrive Y'emmnsec 1 22
Lea.e Yemmaseel.45 p in; leave Early Branch 2.03 p
in; Have Varusviile 2-35 p m; leave Hoover’s 2.43 p m;
leave Bronson’s 2.57 p in; leave C-mqild t ou ;;_o8. leave
Allendale 3.21 p m; leave Appleton, 3 32 p in; leave Bel
doc 345 p in; leave kl-Tliu 3.53 p 111 h ave Milieu’s 4 03
pin; leave liattievide 4.16 p m: leave Robbins 4.27 p m;
ie.ive Eileuton 4. >3 pm; leave Jackson 5.01 p in; leave
Beecli Island 5.24 p m: arrive at Augusta, 5.45 p m.
Co. Lections made with morning trains on C„ C. & A,
aud Central Railroads for Charleston thus making this
.he best route to that point.
Connections ma< e with Georgia, South Carolina, and
Cha lotie, Columbi . and Augusta Railroads’ morning
.rains lor Savannah and Florida points. Trams tiironga
to Snvsuuiih »i hnut change, making close connection
witu A & G. R. K., thus avoiding Omuibu, transfer*.
B..ggag cuecked through
•• Through tickets lor ra’.e at Union Depot Ticket
Office. Auguata, Ga., aud at all.’priiiripal Ticket Offices
R. G. FLEMING,
J 8. Danant, General superintendent.
General i’aea.nger Agent. (205j
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