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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
i.vn;«t Esrixci iritis.
Total population of Connecticut 223,9.4s.
Baltimore has a population of 332,190*
Illinois supports >1,934 schools.
During October 61,312 immigrants lauded
in this country.
Idaho has 450.000 cuttle, 62,000 horses, and
60,000 sheep.
The cultivation of carp in this covntry is
progressing umler charge of Prof. Baird.
The early ebsing of navigation in all the
northern canals will entail immense losses.
1 he anno .I sugar production of the world
is about 5 : 3<H),00'J tons.
Thirty H irmon missionaries from Utah
have just sailed for Europe.
Our postal service employs 110,002 persons,
and there are 42,939 postofflees.
Over 250,000 persons are on the pension list
to whom governm >tit ptid $57,022,002 last
year.
The steamer Brazilian at Liverpool iStlt
from Boston, lost forty cattle und thirty pigs
on the passage.
T is reported that J ay Gould has purchased
the New York World newspaper.
A train of twenty cars with 125 Barrels of ! There are many substantial building mi
fl mr in each cir arrived in S ivannah. direct | provenients going on at Opelika,
from Sc. Louis, all the flrnr being shipped to , The Columbia Methodist Sunday school
one firm. 1 wenty-tivo hundred barrels is it will have a cantata Christmas night,
large pile.
t n,, , ,, t m r, ■ Near Florence, Hugh Reynolds, jr., was oco vv0 ,th of wool.
Lust-l uno,lay Rev. J. T Bruce was mar- , shot and kilie; by A. Pink Reynolds,
ried to Miss fllarv Lou L ttle, at the Metho
dist church in Talb.it on. The bwde is an ’ The gin house and screw of Mrs. Dainvelly,
accomplished young lady. J Randolph county, was burned last week.
! The barn, crib, and stables of A. G. Simp-
The hotel at Cedartown kept by Dr. btrick- , 8011j 4 jfotasulga, were burned the 1 /-h
land, was bnrnerl on the 25th. The doctor’s histant
brother lost about $620 which was in his j
pants pocket, and burned. Most of the fur- , A gin house, gin, and six bales of cotton,
niture w.is burned. The house was insured belonging to Mr. Hockensmitb, burned near
for $2,000; about its value. | Seale.
Marriage licenses have been reduced to $ 1.
Texas furniture men are going to have a
convention in St. Louis, on the twelfth of
January.
A commercial agent recently visited the
ranches about Laredo, and bought up $102,-
A few days ago, in Gordon county, — , , . ,, ,
near Tiiton, a Mrs. L?roy Brown »vas a the | 5°- I ne boys can afford to get spliced
spring washing and her three little children now.
were alone at the house. Sue heard one . Houses are still in great demand in Seotts-
soream and hurrying to the house as rapidly | boro W hy don’t some live men build a few
as p -ssihle she was horror-str.ck 11 to find j cottages to rent?
hei lit le four vear-old boy' a corj>se with all ,
nis clothing burnt off. Seofctsboro should justly feel proud of her
The grading of tiie Talbolton railroad is i * oo.es.
about complete, but the laying of the track . A negro man was killed near Huntsville
has not begun as yea The stockholders are j last week while resisting arrest,
undecided as t. , lie gauge. The grading was MarrM on the s # h inA by 'Squire Rufus
o.r a narrow guage and now many ml von t* , M Hugh G Childress to Miss Mattie
tne broad gau.;e. If the latter is aetermineu j
upon, it will necessitate the widening of the .
grading, which will caus^ another delay. i Tn Sbe'bvviJle, Teim., on iJie2Sth ult , Mr.
The Atl t.ita correspondent of the Colum' Miss CaUieSnodgrass, form-
bus Enquirer says: * ! ."he gallant ‘minor. | ell 3 r of bcottoboro Ala.
., , u has playe I the mischi .-f with tne ‘majority’ it j s rumored tli.it one hundred families
' <).. Henry S. Kussell, who bought the j candidates. Nearly every Solicitor elected j contemplate leaving Lawrence county Ala.,
famous Burley f irm I11 Danvers, proposes to „as a red-hot Norwood man. There is ! f„ r Texes, very soon,
make it the fiuest milk farm 111 Massachusetts. Chariton, Harris. Wright, Hardemati, Wal- . , , ,
Judge Clifford cannot recover according **■*. «->s*r. Gamble, Grimes and Pierce-all i G uls,hm has built this year fifteen new
uuu^,l wiumu t.innoL f ■m’ inrani and brick stores, and nearly completed a forty
to his physician at »V ushmgton. J OJime , lpJ . d ir , fck no a{) , for the stand room hotel and a cotton compress
A Kansas railroad train ran at full speed . they took,
into a herd of cattle, tossing them right and __ .
left, and killing thirteen. Mr - B J rc Moore, of Greene county, this
y.*ar made, on taree acres of land, tour nates
A gentleman hail $5 returned to him j of cotton, each weighing 500 pounds. Dr. I.
from Washington because passport fees had j 1). Moore has gathered from s x acres six
been abolished. The world is getting honest. ( lules, each weighing 45 •> pounds M». K
.... ., , , j Tanrian has gathered eight bales to 7 acres
A marriage license wa* recently returned v -n * - » . . n , /
> 4.1 7 P , 1 ... ...jii, 1 and will get one more. Paul lappau on
bv the county clerk of CLt.vva, low ,s with , „„„ f polI „ds of lint. Mr.
■ or" T ! > tS,! i ‘ ” ;V, ; r Millard W.ignon has gathered this seism,
tuarein had eloped with another iellei. | from a raeis ure,l half acre, 54 bu-hels of
A St. Louis boy spent a dollar of the money i corn. The spot of ground upon which this
that he had collected f or h:s father, who | corn was raised is 100 yards long and 2S wide:
whipped him for the offence. The youngster 1
went directly to t .e river and drowned him- 1 A serious difli mity occurred on Wednes An important case has been pending in the
self. day morning last between Mr. J. W. 1 ruett, J Supreme court for the past two years, against
of Calhoun county, and a Mr. Mott, a tenant, j (]„, South and North Railroad company, in
•onstitutio.iality of an act of the
. fixing the liability of railroads
ly wounded —Mr. Pruett being shot 111 toe 1 f or injury to live stock. It was decided last
face and Mott in the side. Rumor also su vs wee ]q the court sustaining the cousti.utionali-
Tlio LaFayette "Clipper” and the “Leader’
have c m-olidated, with Col. Jnu. A. Holmes
as political editor.
Dikii:—Near Equality Coos 1 county on the
28:11 of October last, Airs. Maltha Colley' v, r if-
ot Rev. J. H. Colley. '
Loachapoka, a small village on the Wes
tern railroad, about 14 miles west of Opelika,
was burned almost entirely on the 1st. At
least ten store-houses were burned. It is not
known how much insurance there w .s on tiie
buildings, but all of them were not occti
pied.
Many of the tracks in Texas are overflow
ed wit 1 water, and consequently trains are
always behind time.
Borne of the Houston saloon keepers, threat
ened with bankruptcy, have shutdown on the
free lunch system.
Every event to transpire in Brenham has
been postponed on account of bud weather,
excepting births und deaths.
Ban Antonio booms as a manufacturing
place. A party of Philadelphians are pros
pecting to start a manufactory there now.
Weaver carried Walker county, Texas, by
a majority of six eenover Hancock and Gar
field combined.
OI’I'KIAI. C KCIID. VK A». t.
Tutil number of miles of macadam within
the above estimate 14.75 miles. Total num
ber of miles of bio -k stone pavement, two
miles'Grand total. Ili. 75, Gran I total esti
mate of cost, $ 433,911.45.
Aberdeen has shipped 6220 biles of cotton
tins season.
■ookhav. n lost 50,02.0 by a fire 11st week
—only partially covered by insurance.
Starkvilla is to have a new Court House,
the contract is to be let the 1st Monday in De
cember.
In this State there are 9I0 Baptist churches,
presided ovei by 4 tbonlaiued ministers, with
membership of 56,03;)
Gov. Stone lias appointed Ch ds H. Camp
bell, of Kosciusko, Circuit Judge in t.ie 5th
District, vice Judge Cothran Accused.
General W lie Hampton lias several plan-
tation.-i*4is /Washington county, and passed
i hrougii V i -ksburg recently on his way to
i visit them.
The city board of health of Vicksburg has I Kentucky, and approved March the
peritic Board of He alt” to .‘^.is the organic; law of this Order
have a tanit.rv survey made of the city and h;ive ^ h I’-’^ns and privilege:
2 ^ 2 ns ur» Mioriini iri'M 11 lt>. I nr which mil.* in t.i
its surrounum,
stone pavement; from Auction to Georgia, ! f,h dnmkenm«- it i
east side, block stone pavement. I fou id driintf^ t.e n p 1 ’" s a, W parson
Union street, from front row to bayou, I Ur m ire t.w^ af V io'l'- 7' ,iva ‘
K,at»vei;«r ,W,fc; fr ° m U ‘ B ,,i>OU t0 ^";> ^ , ^ f t, -'>«^r--■n■"Ut:Co^Yhu : odd
? ron *.. t0 AJams ’ l c.«te aVnoTpaaUt p nS* with
por for the county at forty cents a day. This
Telford and macadam pavement.
Poplar street, from Main to Manassas, Tel
ford and macadam p ivemeat,
Beale street, from Aliine to Desoto, and
from Desoto to Wellington, block stone pu\ e-
rneiit.
West Court street,from Front row to Main,
block stone.
South Court street, from Mains to Second
street, block stone.
Vaaee street, from M tin to east side of Sc.
Agnes academy,Telford and in icada u pave
ment..
Jefferson street, from Front ,R»v to
Charleston avenue.
is a good bill, and strikes at the root of the
evil, and shijul 1 be adop-el by everv Stuto.
ti ^ HbQUBs r.T ho Wtimin’s Christian
reinperance Union, being deeply impressed
with the dan^nrs and dissip itions attending
tne Christmas holidays, do most urgently
request the heads of families to throw all
their inff-ienee during these holidays in favor
of temperence an l s >brietv, espeoiallv in dis
countenancing the use of wines and liquors.
We also respectfully ask the minis;, 'rs of all
the churches to read our petition from the
j pulpit on the Sabbath preceding Christmas.
j Suocki.vg!-A Druxkbx Woman.—Yester-
! day evening about five o’clock, says the C >n-
I stitution, a policem m’s attention was celled
I to a haudsf>niely dressed lady who was pass-
I ing down Wh-fehall street in an intoxicated
condition. Going up to her the officer ascer
tained that she was almost beyond naviga-
ti /ti. Call ng a hark he, though greatly
against her will, p*t her in it and started foi
the calabo!>se, but on the way the woman
begged so hard to be taken home that tiie
officer consented and drove her to her house,
where she was taken in charge by her family.
Oil her way home she expressed great indig
nation at the treatment she bad received,
and threatened to su * the city. She said that
Apprehensions are felt ir, Louisiana for , „f his. We iegret to ie.ru that Mr. Pruett v „ivm<r'the eoi
Hie safety of the sugar crop, owing to the re- j an ,l Mott were !> ith seriously if not mortal- ( e „j s | a turo fi>
markablv cold weather. The cold wave is i j y wounded-Mr. Pruett being shot in tne for’injnrv to i
moving soutii. | fnce un.l Mott in the side. Rumor also savs week, the cmrl
Workmen engaged in digging a well ::t New : tint a small chdd of Mr. Mott's was fatally I s (l f lbe j aw
Market, N. II., eame upon i deposit of petri- j shot in the fray, and ft sail of Mr, Pruett’s “
lied mus.-els and coral at a depth of about seriously wounded. Mr. Pruett is one of A number of citizens of I
twenty feet. the best citizens of the county and we hope in El more county left for Tex
There are now i.i course of erection three
large grain elevators at New Orleans.
They utilize goat power at San Mai s,
Cul.. with which to do their churning, pro
ducing from looo to i3o pounds of butter at
cue time.
The 132 acres of cotton planted for experi
ment in K~rn Count}’, Cal., proves the high-
tliese repoits are greatly exaggerated.
Perhaps I he most singular instance of in
difference to duty on the part of presidential
electors ever seen in our history wiis given
yesterday in Georgia The electors had b:-en
notified to meet, but did not do so, and if the
letter of the law is followed, the eleven votes
of the State will be lost to Hancock. There
I is talk now of a meeting next Wednesday,
est adaptability of a vast ar.ea of land in . which is an alisnrditv, ns the law distinctly
southern California counties to cotton cul- i prescribes the first Wednesday of the month,
ture. The only instance on record at ail like this
... ,, , , , , ,,, , ., ' is the well-known Wisconsin case, where in
Storms floods frosts and unfitted weath- lS - 6 ;h e assembling of the electoral college
er over oil Great Britain have seriously , wa \ deIave< i £ol . a °aay by a heavy snow-
.aved wheat sowing. The past ^.u,on s gt When the vote came to he counted,
w heat crop proves very deficient m rmgland. j tlie vice-president decided all debate out of
A report made to the Secretary of the i order, and declared the result, giving the
Treasury sh >ws that during the last fiscal j vote of Wisconsin to G meral Fremont, for
year tiie number of navy pensioners paid ut . whom it had been cast. It may be a question
Boston was 9H, who received $163,551. whether congress would not even now count
. . I the Georgia vote if the electoral college
Chicago has a sensible ordinance requiring ■ sh ,, uill tn ,, Pti having regard to the fact that
the use of iron vessels for a-hes, under pen the vote properly recorded was due to the
ally of $5 tor every violation. Other cities , negligence of their servants. It is chiefly a
mightwell follow her example. I *7 ... 1... 1..4 1...#......... #-i„, ti.... i
The gale on Lake Ontario which occurred
Five Points Beat
V-xas last Monday,
among whom were Mr. W. L. Florence and
family; Mrs Booth and daughter; Mr. Cbas.
Worn mack and Mr. Kennon. Borne of them
are going to Galveston, others in the neigh
borhood of Fort Worth.
TEXAS.
Paris has an ax handle factory.
Brenham h id a $51,022 lire recently.
There are no empty houses at Longview.
R. H. Ro.ves died in Bonham, recently.
Major Pena made 302 converts in Dallas.
Died, near Paris, i7th ult., Tobe Gearon.
Ingersoll is expected at Waco this month.
Fort Worth has twenty-seven artesian
wells.
Wood has been selling in Waco at $i4 a
cord.
At a fashionable masquerade party in
Vicksburg, two ladies who attracted much
attention and admiration during the . veiling
were found to be young men when the uu
masking took place.
The pi alters around Ilollv Springs, are
very blue over ‘ 'the s rason, ’ a it is the worst
they have ever known for picking cotton,
but then the price of what can be brought
The members of any' Kuighis of Honor
Lodge by clubbing together and ordering
Ihe Sunxy .South can get it for $.’.<22 a ; she was a banker’s wife in an ad joining city,
j and that she would have redress for thsgross
insult he.ipid upon her. S ic denied being
drunk, t lough she said sho had been drinking
champagne.
A gentleman who lives in Atlanta and is
acquainted \v,th the lady, sav'sthi": her story
about being a banker’s wife is true. Ho also
says that her family moves in the best circles
of society 111 the town from which she cime
to Atlanta, but adds that this is not the first
time she has been taken home in .in intoxi
cated condition.
Bile was uevly and handsomely dressed in
a beautiful sill: and her hands were loaded
with rings. Her conversation in licate l th it
year.
Louisville, Kv., Nov. 20, iS8c.
To ull K-iii/hts of Honor, Greetinrj:
Brothers —I am asked as Supreme Dicta
tor 10 construe Section 4 of L 1 v 22, and Sub
division (b) of B -ction 10 of t.tae same law.
The Cuarter of the Older, paasedby the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
20th,
We
as are therein granted, or which may be le
gally inferred therefrom. The Ch irter, Sec
tion(and Constitution) provides that a .
member's benefit fund “Shall lie p«i to his ! s1 '' was, or had been, a lady of culture and
family, or, as lie may direct.” Examining i refinement.
the matter from this standpoint by the light Heres a good lesson for ch > tom.uranaa
furnished from tiie Charter, the death benefit j People,
of a brother must he paid to his family, un
less he should otherwise direct But should
lie direct any special disposition to he made
of it, onr Charter requires that we pay it as
he directs. The Charter does not specify in
Amusements.
Died, at Turuersville, 18th, Mrs. Susan
last Sunday was believed to lie the severest Tribune. V
that has been experienced on the lake for lit'- j j anies M. .Tolly, was convicted of the
ty year.-. I murder of Victoria Iwrri.s in D .-Kalb Supe
A young child was devoured by wolves at Court lhursday, was carried before
or near Becancour River,Province of Quebec, , J Hidyer on Friday last to have sen-
one day last week. Snow and bitter weath- . tence passed. The Judge spoke briefly to t.10
er had driven the anim tis towards the settle- prisoner, telling luui that his ca-e hod been
men j | carefully handled on bota si les, and that ho
question to be settled between the G -orgia j Davis.
voters and the uieni they elected.—(N. Y. ^ ,
■ 3 Diwl. at Waco, i5ib nit., Miss Pauline Pe
teiyon. 1
A great deal of fatal siekness in Smith
county.
Jim Browne lost an arm in a cotton gin at
Hearne.
market > a unu-ually good, so perhaps the | wba t manner he shall make such directions,
matter will be equalized. The hunters are | I m ; ] ea ves it an open question for determina- 1
more than usually active, and return from a | jj on by p tle Order.
day’s sport laden with game. Quite a stir. This has been done i>v laws passed by the
has been created among them by the pres- , Supreme Lodge, the latest of which is Law 1
enoe in town of a distinguished stranger, ! 3 I
by name Guy, who proves to be a pointer of j Now in giving an interpretation of this j
rare qualities, and wa- sent South by a Mas- 1 ] aw , we must so construe it as neitiier to re |
sachusetts kennel clul>. He is of imported | strict nor enlarge the powers conferred by j
stock, and is perhaps as goon blood dog as j the Charter. The Quarter, asstated, permits |
any dog in the State. | a member to direct or not, us he sees propei,
“The season,’ us understood by the society j wbo sl ,j,i[ be liis Iteneficiaries. If he fails to
lovers, has been ushered in by the joyous , ma ke direction it is payable to his family in
ringing ot’ marriage bells, and it is said they ] accordance with the laws of descent and dis-
wili have little rest for a while at least, but ’ tribution of the State of his residence. If he
from steeple to steeple will echo back “the 1 joes not make direction, the charter does \
golden bells,’ suggesting the world of nappi- i no i limit or circumscribe him in his selection \
of the persons to whom bis bounty may ex- ,
tend, and he has tiie same right to select a
class as he has to select an individual, pro- |
vided he can, and does, in his direction, de- ,
scribe the class with sufficient accuracy to lie j
identified, without ambiguity. If law 22
does in any way infringe upon the principles
here laid down, and restricts the power here
I'uzzlcs, Cliess, Cuanuilniiiis,
Fruhleius. Cliiirades A Kinks
of sill Kinds for Kiukvrs to
Inkink.
ness they ever should foretell. Even the old
people have caught the wedding fever, and
since they cannot quite do th ) thing over
again, are coming as near it as possible and
having wooden and crystal weddings.
VIKUIXIA.
The population of R chmond, Va., is 64,670.
There were so marriages In Richm ond for
the month ending Nj vein her 3>Gh—.43 whites.
No. 1.—Charades.
My first is the brief of a military man.
mentioned, it is, so far as it does | P) f r my second with a conjunction contend,
constitutional and void I nave conclude 1 ^ AnJ muke muc h of my third, I
fclierefore that a member of the Order may: 1
ist. Direct his benefit certificate to be paid ( To ac Uup bs h but a trivial end.
The reassessments of lauds in Elizabeth | to aI1 y person he may choose. ! Now if you carefuliv stu ly my whole,
2. lhat such person may be either Individ- | ., w „ .,
City county shows an increase of $34,917.21
since the last assessment.
The value of the land in Bland county
jin ler jissH_2i^! nits falls $ 10,000 under
the oldjjPSBiinenc. •,
Longview.
Nearly ioo horses have died in Dallas of
epiz ootic.
I could hardlv expect to re.apauv benefit from
Vennor, the noted weather prophet, pre- ; another trial. J udge Uillyer then sentenced
di ’ts au uni iinfortable winter both in this , Jolly to confinement in the penitentiary for
country and Europe. Immense snow storms.; and during the term of his natural life. A
are pro nise i during the latter, part of De- j new trial would be an exceeding!» risky j Otis Curley, highwayman, was killed near
camber and first of January. j thing, ami one which Jolly will hardly take. ^ Dalins.
. . , . - , , I Weaver will lie tried at tiie next term of Dr- _ „
W inter seems to have set in sharp and ear- . R ,, b Court whi ,. h wi u C0!1 vene next March. I The total debt of Tex is, O.-tobor 12, i5S(l,
ly throughout Great Britain. Ireland is cov- 1 j ol!y wU1 p r „bab!y lie used is .a witness by , was $5,014,620.
, , c 1 A State in the West you will behold,
uals or classes of individuals, as for instance, (
a member’s children. 1 No. 2.
3d. That any description in his direction_ M y firat is au animal, a ten able pest,
that is sutli lent to identify ms proposed ben< j My secoad is a slow au ,i | mg process.
„ , eficiary,nvith certainty is sulli *ient, as i t , p in( j m y whole and you will see
The *.chinoiid city council is about to vote , example, my wife, (S trail Jouea) or iny chil- Tho schoolboy’s dreaded en my.
O20,0joft>r pnwMinjj an arm ;ry for the First | dren; #r my wife (Sarah Jones) and ourclul- ;
Virginia Regiment. j dren. ! No. 2.—oiid Squares.
4th. That w hen he directs it be made paya-1 j. A foreign fruit. A man’s name. A
water-fowl. A girl’s name.
Sim Wilkins had a hand sawed off near , Jj e ct a h’g supply of ico and cheap ice cream I 2 - A river in Asia. The first homo of man.
It is said that the recent cold snap put the j bb , others than his wife, or children, his
girls in an excellent humor. iney ex ' administrator or executor, then he must give
ply of ico and cheap ice cream i -■
next smamer.
As Christm
tiie name or names of such person or person
in full.
1 have already instructed the Supreme Re-
As Christm is approaches so many large i imve »im»n
.il l h indsn lie dolls ar • displayo 1 in the porter m accord nice with tne foregomg opm
tore u i . i.ws that real cross-eyed babies ion. and the Order can govern itseff accord
xeite but little attention. j * n»tern«Uy t
Tim Com tussluxi estublish gI under an c
f Assembly, c>:ni»).sed of the Govertn
ered with snow and tiie frost is very peiie- j r b “qiihftn'.'he caso^’conips im a'l’l then 1 ' , . , . ( o •iTe.aty oi the Commonwealth and t
,... | til-. State when the cas. co ne- up. an t inen Bui Sta'liugs had an arm torn oil by agm . Attoruev Gsueral, to considei cue pin.
uuun 0 . | the public may get another st itement from , near p arU » calrlitv 'of leasing ilin psu'tentiary. met
The number of Indians in theTJnited Stateshim. In Arlan a there is al no-t universal j ... I Richmond on Tujs 1 iy anl determined ti
exclusive of Alaska, is s:t down nt 2J5 94.4, ; dissatisfaction with tho verilct, but of course ] Tue railroad grain's are within a tew , q ,estiou iu the nh'•ative.
Ir appears that there are 5020 in N .v York none but membei-s o" the jury cm have the ( miles of Denton.
W. B. Hoke,
Supreme D.ctator.
OlU 'ittl Circular .X». 2.
■,000 in Michigan.
State, and more taau
Chicago has nineteen murderers awaiting
trial or senrence in tlm c unity j til, and New
York has fifteen. Ail for crimes of recent
d.ite.
A judge at Durham,^ England, lately de- | y,'.. n mv 1 h 1 papers from New York
it Vi: iced the defend nit in a c t-e as a fool tiie day after they are publish'd. That is,
and m ill-eo:nhtione 1 vog/ibo nl. I.i!!: of . the Surulav pipe's are b ought into Atlanta
Dogberry after that! Shakespeares night- '! a t ii: 55 , m Monday night, so that we get
I John To’b>r-'. was shot 11:11 killed by Tjm
Prill ile at Willis.
best opportunity of knowing the f icts
| brought out in the evidenc» or f-el the re
sponsibility which rests with them when
pa-sing upon an issue which i iv fives the life | M r . John B itsmau of Jefferson, died at
of a fellow creature. J ally wii probably go Sulphur Springs,
j to ihe Dade coal mines. |
m>s rs* ciicoi.m.
p mucs has risen
Mature convened.
Married, in Paris, 17th ult., John II. Clarke
and Laura Rucker.
Married, at N ivasota, John M. Ackerman
and Annie Gaston.
_ Shakespeare's night
constable was no myth, after all. , I them in Tuesday morning’s mail. We cW,
Among the freight passing over the Pacific the p iper- the 'naming after th -y are print- j - iu D £ ,1 ' 4 l " l l^ a ,19rforJ ’ ‘ 7la ult '’ MlS8 BsS '
railroad lately avert 1400 casks of Al isk 1 , ‘‘d-ihat is, Bund -.y s Herald is on sale in sn. K. Ai. l-rsoo.
seal skins, containing 92.5*X) &kins, valued at t Atlmta on Monilay m iruin^ Ht 9.^0,-othere , There is s ti-l to be tnu^h distress among
about a million. Forty casks make a carioad, i is ju.-t a day saved. A le’ter is 11 iw writt-'n the poor of I)alias.
and the freight to Jersey City is about $0oo }» New irk City m. Saturday night. It j „ , .
acir Tie-kos o-o to L > 1101, where tuev leaver New York S imlav morning and • Large numbers of Bo.ietniaos are sealing
are dressed and dyed, and then sent to this , reaches Atlanta Monday night at 11:55 and j in Brazos county.
It is s icT that tin pri -e
iu Columbia s.nee tha L
Mr. A S. Barrett, of Camden, killed a pig
last week that w is only on • year and two
months oi l, and it netted 356 pounds.
Jud.g* Kvs’iiw has b:co re-elected Judge
of the Eighth Circuit by the Legislature.
Louisville. Kv., Nov. 26, 1SS0.
I To all Grand und Si jjrdiaate Lidg s, K. of
! H.:
j The Supreme Treasurer of our Order, R.
A. Oan t, died Nove nber 15th, iS3o; he was
an eifi ient. ofii: -r, a good citizen, an 1 a true
Knight; we mourn his death, for iu it we
| have suffered a groat loss. His example is
I worthy of our emulation. I a respect to his
j memory, let every Lodge be clotoelfor t.iir-
| ty days in the b i lge of mourning, and tue
| records of our Order show our grief.
' by virtue of the authority vest) 1 iu 111 • as
! Supreme Dictator I ii tve appointed the Han.
! Root. J. Breckinridge, of K—itucky, who
Tidy. Insects.
3. A European city. A kind of stone. A
_ | bird of prey. Articles. Understanding.
No. 3.—Half Squares
i 1. Joyful. A river in Asia. A cooking
; utensil. An Italian river. A vowel,
j 2. Obscurity. Thin. A tree. Aconjunc-
I tiou. A consonant.
! 4. A fish. Confederacy. To halt. To cut
| off. A prefix. A consonant.
No. 4.—Curtailments.
/ NO. 4-
Curtail a bird and leave a distinguished
1 man, curtail again and leave a pronoun, cur-
1 tail again and leave a pronoun.
1 Curtail a large river and leave nothing.
Curtail a hue and leave asoun 1, curtail again
and leave a metal.
Gurtiii the singular of a noun and leave the
' plural of a noun.
I Curtail a basin and leave to wash.
: Ourtail a fish and leaie its home.
The total valuation of properly in South was Chairman of the Finance Com mttee, to
Cirolina is $i33 114737. The public debt is, fill the vacancy. Judge Breckinridge has
$0,551,432.92. Tnis is a little over 5 per cent. | beer, a member of the Supreme L > ige for the
. , T is n „„„„,iH U ,i last four years; is thoroughly acquainted
A ...i,ler nam • 1 J. H Can pv-ui c ; m nt ed , wiU) t)w w ' rking , of t(w Order; Is aa honest
suicide 111 o aster comity on tne 17-1 ult, be- , j reli:ible Illltl 1 will make a worthy
cause taere was au lrreguiariuV m Ms ac- . .
counts:
country.
Southern Hews.
“All Arosmil in S)i\ic.
C il La ig h is gone north to organize itnini
grat on agencies.
No. 5.—Decapitations.
Behead a ti-li nqd leave mis aking.
Behead fright and leave a bland ?r.
Behead to stagger and leave a (i-h.
Behead a large city and leave a preposition.
Behead a garment and leave a large river.
Behead a riv r and D ive an oriental race.
successor to our lamented Bro her j Behead a valley and le ave a measure.
J. J. Aldriab, ot' May ville, N. Y., has Behead a narration and leave a drink.
A new election has been ordered by the j been appoii ted a Mem >er of the Committee .
, Governor iu IOnvhaw county to fill the va- , on Finance, in place of Judge Breckinridge.
Married, at- W ico, 1 »lh ult., Ge/rg*3 C. j eaucy in the L.-gislature caused by the death . All money should be sent to Ribt. J.
of the Hyp, L B. Stephenson. { Breckinridge, S. T. K of H., Liaisville, Ivy, ,
I With fervent wishes for oar continued ,
Such has been the success of the Charleston nrosperitv
o — l Kotuaio,
Thirteen divorce salts are 0:1 the docket of
can be delivered in At'.mta bv Tues lav's
, 1 mail. Under the f ist mail it will be deliv-
j ered in Atlanta by Monday morning's mail
; at 10 o’clock. So there is a day saved. The
j advantages are just is apparent for mails j Latch and Bcttie Foster,
! going norihward. Al! bankers anil business i
I men know what a terrible nis i it has always 1 D
| been to g?t off their d ty's mail on the 3 j Bed LI ver county.
1 o'clock train. Indeel, the banks are often J Tho price of corn, average, in the state, is
, virtually a day’s business i. hi id with New ( lU)out 3 - c p . jr bushel.
; York. Th.s mail can now be prepared leis- t .
>r I urelv and placed on the 3:20 train at night— j Married, in Paris, ifftii ult., C. E. Sailth
Mrs. Cook Jt 1 vvards -lie 1 near Decasur on 1 ... , , , .. 1 -\r p 1 . tl „i,j: n
,, , i when it will reach Washington and N ov , anil alary it. Li.ugniin.
_ ^ . |'Yo. k jiist as soon as it put on tne3 o clock ; Tiie oil works at Columbus tarn out about ural address that he had seen, during his
Cefi. Oliver 0 Arnold, of Bainbridge, is j tram. Tms is virtually a day saved. Ut | ,- 0 gallons of oil per day. canvass of the State, a field of three hundred
,, . , 1 u. ,.'t r ii an * fi tv acres which yielded this year, as it
,, , „ , .. , ,, C Li.e.». 1», ....= .<V-^ ...a.. -o.c.i . Married, nt Pilot Point, 14th uit„ J. O - ■ - - - ’-
Mr. John Maher, who resided near Sharon, to ten h , )ln '. s ,. an be saved-which isvir u .lly
died last Sunday evening. j a day’s work. The advantages of tho fast
GLOUGIA.
dead.
(S. C.) Manufacturing and Bagging Company j
that the stockholders have unanimously :
agreed to increase its capital from §100.000
to £6oo,qpo^ i’ll - company now employs !
over one hundred women and children.
Governor Htigoo.l mentioned in his inaug-
Yours in O. M. A .
W. B. Hoke,
Supreme Die tutor.
J* e m peril uce.
j •
Mrs. M. D Bell died at her residence in ! "j 11 ' 1 a f e 30 obvious that they do not need
Cutiibert on Saturday night last. 1 discussion, f Constitution.
Miss Mamie Lou Anthonv and Mr. Wiliie |
Burnett wore married in Wdfcas county on
the 3o.h ult.
ALllliUlA.
Dr. Moore, of Watumpka, lost his barn and
stable by fire.
On Wednesday last, Savannah exported
over $700,000 wortn of cotton and naval
j There isn’t a vacant store house or dtvell-
• Rev. Chas. S. Stakely, an eloquent and ; ing in Biountsville.
forcible preacher, has been called, to Elber- 1
a,,,, (4 a A steam laundry at Adieus is now a fixed
’ ’ 1 fact.
„ , , n ,, - - had done last vear, three hundred and fifty ,
Bonds and Miss E. V. Pne. j bales of cotton, weighing five hundred pounds by c ] u bbin"
Galveston is threatened with a coal fain! j each. Tins field is in Mali) >ro county. At , 3 ^ "
ine.
ixteen dollars a cord for wood iu Hous
ton. ’
In McCulloch county, good land is only
fifty cents an acre
Members of any temperance organization
u» uiuuuu.a together anil ordering The Sun-
ih-s field ism Male >ro count-. At , J „ .... a
len cents a pound tee gross value of tue | NV South can get it for $2.00 a year,
crop is fifty ytoSTis- - an acre, which is about
as much as the laud is worth in the market.
No. 6.—Reverses.
Reverse an animal into an adhesive liquid.
Reverse a sign into a river.
Reverse angry into embankment.
Reverse u rush into an animal.
North Carolina, Kentucky, Arkansas and , jdt-vvrse equably into a blow.
The crop is made, too, on common pine land, 1 Texas haveu »--ed fi— rate local optioii laws^ , Reverse a number into a snare,
highly cultivated—not on rich alluvia) soil, other b lutheru btates c-mL to
It is Hie result of energy, skill and labor, still oirry c >r 1 m mneo “ ,1 'J a ISO ‘
„ . , The land, in its normal condition, would not “ U ' t ’ otLer for tho sake of bL ' ulg ^onserva- , xxxxxxxxx is a j ar city in Asia .
The people of Washington county want to , yield more than one hundred and fifty pounds tlve * j XXXXX is a river in the Sunny South.
That this country is gradually improving, XXXXXXXXX is a bay on tiie coast of
in a temperance point of view is evident, j Newfoundland.
Those who remember the amount of drunken j I’liimls name a cape off the coastof theUni-
-Triple Geographical Acrostic.
be taxed to build a $50,020 courthouse. I of giiiued cotton to the acre, in place of the
In the next legislature there will be over *S v ‘\ hl f“ d;e<1 [*»uuds now regularly obtained.
fifty lawyers—enough to play the deuce.
And the imp] uve uent is not in cotton alone.
Cap'.. Smith G.. D ivenp ,rt. who .lives; « j M c FloyJj of El!aoro couuty> colnmitted company already organized.
! suicide.
G ids Jen want) a carriage and wagon man-
miles e ast ot A nericus, was r <bbe 1 of $2,3jo
a few days ago by two masked men.
On Monday evening last Mr. P it Pierc-.of : J* i is-lei
Macon, w r as marriei, iu Savannah, to Miss utactory.
Janes, of that cit}. j A car load of cotton was burned near Col-
W:n A. P irkins m 1 M-s Celia A. Fannin. | umbianua.
widow of Mr Loftin Fannin, were married Garland Smith, of Blount county, has a
on the 4 I at the bri.le s residence in D.-Kalb ■joo-n .und pi o
b,- Dr. W. R Hur-t, justice of the peace. 0
TT 1 L'ljia Hawaii, of Butler county, had his
At Pleas mt View, D -cemb *r 2 1, bv the j head mashed in a cane mill
R v W W. Landrum. Gxirge W. Ual to,
Miss' M jlie B. R i iards, s icoii-l daughter of j Vhe residence of Malon Broader, near
Mi Ferdinand Richards, Richmond county. I Arina, was burned last week.
On the 2 1, by Rev. J. O. Branch, Mi •: A la A- d Lighter of Mr. Hearn, near S’uilow was
Pcmhi- of Augusta was married to Mr. Lewis Burns i to death recently,
cf Burke County. . J Miss Harriet Pines, of Clarke county, was
S vne fit' >’ oinigriuti en route to the west , burned 1.0 d nth last week.
Teas- * l thro iga -Vtl mt 1 1 nt w i >k. Aim;
then was a illy who was sail to be the
mother of twenty-nine children. S 10 called
the roll at every station to see that none
-were mi-sing.
1 bisine-s man of
i-l'oui seventy-five to one hundred bushels of . lawlessness at any gathering thirty years ted Sluies; ceuLrals, a city in A-ia; aud fin
Tyler is to have gas works. Joint stock 'd 1 *’’ to acre aie made ou uplands iu tiiai «go, in -.lie days of free whiskey and free als, a river iu the British Isles.
' fights, cannot but be struck with the decided , nr-nm,
... .... improvement brought about by the attempts , -^°- Geographical Diamonds.
Improved agricultural m ichiuery is being ; I of reform, feeble though they are, on the , L A consonant. Peltry. A large lake. To
introduced all over tne State.
Married in Terrel. 8th ult., Joh iR. Clay,
part of tiie temperance people.
tjlvsesske.
Tire grand jury of the Criminal Court of j The friends of Christianity are fast waking J \ A consonant Noise. A mountain in A-ia.
ainst j U p to the face that strong driuk is tho most i A short step. A vowel. 4 _ ^
The largest cotton crop ever grown in Bell i^r.dTT*" " IW:I to | effective weapon in the hands of satan in " *
. - .... 1 xuiuisu tne necessary supply O■ wa er these days
inuse'aold purposes, there
of i’m-is, and Mmnio M irtin. ; Memphis lia-. e found an indictment against j the fac
Uie M .-mpuis Water Comp my for faiiiug to effective wo;
county ha) b.-o-i gathered this year.
The M. K & I’, r ule > id is to bj extended
from Denison to Fort Worth.
piifei. A consonant.
3. A vowel. A peri'« 1. An European sea.
A ueadly reptile. A consonant.
Tiie cheapest thing in Bill county is corn,
which sells at only 2) cants a bushel.
Texas Methodist ooafarenca in Dallas.
No. 9.—Hidden Names.
Ah! all tiie hopes that I cherished have
| faded, and l eft me alone, desolate and fnend-
Jud'mT w' l Snstle 5tU ' iui ‘ aat ’ t!l0 W ' f ° of I the whipping post. Tue North Texan offer
for sewer , ,
bj creating a nuisance. ‘ j The time will soon come, we hope, when a
Tne Street Railw.iy Company was also in- ! Chr.stiau 111 in aud a temperance man Will bo
die ed 1 vr failing to keep its crack- iu repair • synonymous.
aud being a public nuisance. | if au attempt was made to introduce into i G j ss; a mourner for a lost cause. What is a
. .. 1 One of tho most i rilliant w'eddings took | this country some new chemical compound Iffeuke Uds: l-di, an-l P'Cify my ricked
Bishop Pi^rud is to prosi la ov-*r fch-3 N^rcu i place at Sc i'a i \ Eji^cuoal Church Caaiti- I which was k iowji to possess all tiie deadly o f g.^ntiy soothe me with thy
iioog t which has occurred for some rime, power of fascination that alcoholic liquor., wisdom; acknowledge my woes, there are
1 », - -■ many; and p.ty me becau^) ot them Marred
une, must life be
environed by sharp, sharp
lay of joy. Why do
7 _ friend, uo uot laugli at
demagogues, as Um fcrief of unother.
Since the first of A-i-uitT-cis hns hal- The contracting p raies were WAV. Younge, has, and the fri.mdsof humanity were toeall j jna'D- a «>'l P-ty
over fifty terrible pi- ' to-As its m o business ma.ia^fof "Tue fra-lesman,” at,d upon the General Assembly to author,z-tne by ra.e spurned by I-
them fat d Rc.iUents, some Miss Nellie .A. C arlile. d ingnter of the late I voters of eael, locality to decide w,.ether ; »“Sht bur, sorrow, e„v,
‘ _. ,, / 1 la,lie,ue I Ttioiua, J. Garble, who so hoi,ora- ! they would allow the deadly compound le- ; Nav°mv fr
Tne G uVdit in Nj-vs warmly advo-ites 1 oly snerifi.-e 1 his life in iiii official duties I tailed enticingly before their children, would , >> u ‘.‘rr y 1
O 30 F. B tra -11, a „ — , . ,
Ran l olph cou ity, has dodvoI to Macon , grossing clerk to the legislicure.
. * • I _ • ... VU r LIT Rlivlra 1
its 2-77”.
The conv.cts in th, Huntsville peniten
tiary rece.i.ly gave a concert, largely atteud-
A-un Ford, of N Lasulga, is assistant en- , eil By out-iJers.
j _ I11 Wo , lvilb, Mr. Frnok Henry to Miss
Miry Fiippiu.
1 uly sacrifi.-ed his life iu hi - ,
wnila m tyor jf the city during the yellow , our learned law-makers,
fever epidemic of 1S7S. Mr. Younge is onfe some of them are. hesitate to pass hillsgiviiig ■ No 10.—A Rhomboid.
of Chat auooga’s most piaetiaal busiuessiuen . th® voters ot each locaiity the option of de- .
i i Ivride was a rei 'uino edmg for themselves whether or not they Across—A missile. Temper.
and his aceouipiished Ivride was
belie whose accomplishments and beauty are j will have their own and the children of their , cion*.
11..m u., 11...1 u,r I neigUbors tempted to crime ami deatui
Hog herders in Texas are paid three cents
into business with J. W. Burke : pi le r , J33 i ptl by - tbj Methodist ladies at S ir ’ iS weight, for gathering the drove th- j paved:
I their supper in Evergreen were $3o. j K etUer - ) Main
exeello-.l by none and equalled by few.
The following streets in Memphis are to be
A Stain. Pre- -J ■
1 Down—A consonant. Part of the verb to lie.
The Alabama Legislature is seeking refor
mation in the use of whiskey iu that S ate.
Main street, from Poplar to Vance, block 1 A bill has passed the second reading to pun
To purloin. Informed. An animal. Half
of a weed. A consonant.
Answers in two weeks.