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THE TOCCOA NEWS .
EDW. SCHAEFER, Editor A Prop'tor
TOCCOA, GA., MAYJ6, 1882
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
Ralph Waldo Emroerson, the dis¬
tinguished American poet, is dead.
Dr. Lamson, who was executed in
England, on the 28th ult., confessed
his guilt.
Lynch, the colored contestant for
the seat of Chalmers of Mississippi,
has been awarded the seat and sworn
in.
Senator J. E. Brown’s condition is
reported better, and it is probable
that he will be in his seat in the
Senate before the end of the month.
A recent dispatch from B. IT. Hill,
Jr., reports the condition of his
father—Senator B. H. Hill—un¬
changed.
- ^ --
The trial of the two Malloys and
Blanche Douglass at New Haven, for
the murder of Jennie Cramer, still
progresses.
Smith Clayton, Esq., one of the
famous committee of seven, has
withdrawn from the ‘so -called liberal
movement.'
The Georgia railroad injunction
against the railroad commission will
be heard before Judge Lawson, at
Eatonlon, on the 10th inst.
Washington correspondence of the
Atlanta Constitution states in lan¬
guage not- to be misunderstood that
Mr. Stephens is a candidate for
Governor of Georgia.
A valuable buggy horse belonging
to a Mr, Gresham, was battered to
deeth bv falling hail-stones in Wal¬
ton county, during a recent hail¬
storm.
Colonel E, W. Cole, has resigned
his position as president of the East
7’ennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, and General Sainual Thom¬
as has been chosen to succeed him.
Argument upon the bill of excep¬
tions, prepared by Guiteau’s counsel
upon their motion for a new trial in
his case, has been postponed till the
8th inst.
Returns from the municipal elec¬
tions held last Monday in various
cities and towns in North Carolina
show victories for the regular demo¬
cratic ticket. The democrats carried
Raleigh. The independents received
a very small vote.
The Ninth Annual Session of
the Georgia State Sunday School
Association will be held at Savannah,
Ga., on IFcdncsday and Thursday
24th and 25th of May, 1882, and not
on the 17th and Dtb, as heretofore
announced.
The official bond of Mr. Johnson,
the successor of Andyew Clarke, as
collector of Internal Revenue at
Atlanta, has been disapproved by
the Solicitor for the 2’reasury. upon
the ground that two of his sureties
were married women, wbo, under the
laws of Georgia, are incapacitated as
sureties.
On Saturday night last a large
number of negro men assembled at
the Atlanta jail, for the purpose, as
stated by them, of defending Shields,
the negro who murdered R. A.
Joyner, from apprehended mob
violence. It seems that there was
really no cause for the fear of vio¬
lence.
Dr. Mary Walker has discarded
the bloomers and has come out in a
full male costume, aesthetic in a style
and finish, Sbe has just been ap¬
pointed a clerk in the pension office,
and was assigned to duty in the
division where there are nc females
employed.—Exchange.
ijPMany Miserable People drag
themselves about with failing strength
feeling that they are steadily sinking
into their graves when, by using
Parker’s Ginger Tonic, they would
find a cure commencing with the first
dose, and vitality and strength
surely coming back to them. ;bee
Other column,
april 22 4b
Tbe jury, in tho oasc of the United
States against J. T. Hogg and others,
charged with the obstructing of
qualified voters in Barnwell county.
South Carolina, at tbe election iu
1880, having failed to agree upon a
verdict were discharged and a
mistrial entered May first. The trial
was h&d Jn the United States circuit
court, at Charleston, Ten
stood for acquittal and two for con-
viction.
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STATE EXECUTIVE
TEE.
Atlanta, Ga., April 25, 1882 —A
meeting of the state democratic
executive committee is hereby called
to assemble at the breakfast room
the Kimball house, in Atlanta, on the
18th day of May, next, at 2 o’clock.
p, m. A full meeting is desired, as
business of importance will be before
the committee. Tim following named
gentlemen are members of the com-
mittee. for the state at large: 1.13.
Shumate, K. J. Moses, L. Mynatt and
Wm Phillips.
First District - J. J. Jones, Burke
county; R. W. Grubb, McInto3b
county.
Second District—Richard Hobbs,
Dougherty county; W. A. Harris,
Worth county.
Third District—John A. Cobb,
Sumter county; George P. Wood
Pulaski county.
Fourth District—A. D. Abrahams,
Troupe county ;-J. D. Willis, Talbot
county.
Fifth District—W. T. Newman,
Fulton county ; J. II. Mitchell, Pike
county.
Sixth District - John L. Wimberly,
Twiggs county ; John L. Hardeman,
Bibb county.
Seventh District—Arthur H.Gray,
Catoo9a county; N. J. Tumlin, Pol&
county.
Eighth District—Wilberforce Dan
iel, Richmond county ; F. H. Colly.
WilAres county.
Ninth District—C. J. Wellborne,
Union county; T. M. Peeples, Gwin-
nett county.
L. ander N. Trammell
Chairman.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C. May 1st, 1882.
There has lat ly beeu something
of an advanoe movement along the
line in the Star route prosecutions,
and it really begins to look as though
some of the conspirators were likely
to get caught. Just what evidence
the Government will bring out can
not be known as yet, and there is
really no means of judging of the
•strength and determination of the
prosecution beyond what appears as
we go aloug, taken in connection with
other circumstances. But there has
been and still is, serious doubt wheth-
er it is the intention or desire of the
Administration to convict Stephen
W. Dorsey, the Secretary of the Re-
publican National Committee,
he and Brady divided considerably
over a million dollars between them
as chief conspirators is generally
believe 1, and no doubt the evidence
of this fact exists, but to bring it out
as a legal demonstration is a tiling
that may or may not be done. Sev-
j eral •‘straws” have been noted as
j indicating that there would be a
failure as to Dorsey, though there
must be a scape-goat, and it is not
unlikely that Brady, whose political
! position is not so prominent, will
! have to “go*’ aloug with the small
fry.
A prominent Senator said to me
recently : ‘ The Administration feels
I tllat lt w<xuI(i he distasteful to the
mcaibera of the republican partv if
^ ea ’ rt hur‘s administration should it
I be tl)e canse procuring a verdict
! of S uil,1 V against the man who was
! directl J r instrumental in carrying
indiana for Garfield and Arthur, and
tb at it it be finally found that one of
the great criminals must be convicted,
shall carry the load, inasmuch
as be not directly identified with
tl,e procurement of the presidency
for tbs Republican!.' It is predicted
that Mr. Merrick, the democratic
attorney called into the case, was
employed as a cats-paw r and that he
will eventually retire Dorsey is now
here and anxiously watching the pro¬
ceedings. He looks broken down and
troubled. The testimony of ex attor-
nev general McVeagh and ex-Post-
rnaster General James against Rer-
dell, Dorsey's late confidential clerk,
was an interesting chapter, it shows
that when Rerdell got scared last
summer he undertook to make terms
with the prosecution, agreeing, if
given immunity aad well provided
for, to furnish evidence of the whole
conspiracy to prove that false bopkg
had been shown to the committee of
ongress-aml that forged petitions
had been fllcd> ctc . 0 n one occasion
he exhibited two telegraph dispatches
10 'A One was about as
follows : We should not have parted
an S cr - Got. off at Philadelphia
and return. The other asked him not
t0 rl,i “ l'»(D<wacy’a ( wife and family.
and repeated the request to get ofi
aff'diadelphia and return. Now
Ker ’ icl ‘ a blia '*
"P to. entrap the Government officials.
^ tllls defense is entirely too thin
unr|er »" the circumstances.
The whereabouts of < apt. ljowgatc
reinai “ as mudl » l!, y sU ' r > “ ever,
lt >* “«<• u " hkcl v tllat n t havc seun
-
tbe Iast o! ’ lliin here, though like Twy.yd
U,ru »P a wanderer on some
loruifin coast at ‘ er a few months, or
years. But it is evident his escape
was shrewdly planned, and as the
Government oi£a?s only a paltry §500
for his capture the chances of perma¬
nent escape are rather in his favor.
His counsel assume to believe that he
will turn up when wanted, but this
probability seems to be about as thin
as the shadows defined on an ice-berg
in the region of the north pole. There
is something in the atmosphere of
Washington that creates a public
sentiment in favor of such men as
Fowgatc. Somehow it isn’t regard¬
ed very wrong to steal from the Gov¬
ernment, by a large portion of the
residents of the capital, probably
because wc havc so many
here who have done it, o.r are waiting
for a chance to do it. When a man
who has had hi<* hand in. the crib gets
into trouble they all instinctively
hope he will wiggle out of it. Br^dy
t
the star route robber, dines aryl wines
prominent people while under char¬
ges, and when » owgate took French
leave there were plenty who said,
“well, l*m glad lie’s got away.”
“Howgate was a clever fellow any¬
way hope they won’t catch him. ’
;
There is often a readiness to take
this view of things even anaong
P rett i’ hi S h authorities, and so it
the principle of a fellow-fir eltng.
Howgate has a lovely vjife and
daughter here, both of whom are in
great sorrow. The latter is just out
of Vassar College.
Since the agitation of the Chinese
question in < ongress this winter there
has been more curiosity than ever
on the part of the seekers in that
line to investigate tbo mysteries of
Mongolian ways at the Legation
here. The diplomatic representatives
of China here arc cultured, high-bred
people, yet, of course, they are
Chinamen and wom n, and about
their residence may be seen many
Chinese works of art and curious
things characteristic of the race. A
fow davs since a well-known gen¬
tleman of this city calk'd at the H»i
nose Embassy and requested of the
Minister tbe privilege of bringing two
or three friends to cal!: The Minis
ter was somewhat embarrassed at the
j request as iU was not exactly in
accordance with his ideas of etiquette.
but Oriental politeness forbade a
refusal The next night, to his great
dismay, the enterprising American
invaded the mansion with a delegation
of thirty-odd sight seers, of whom the
majority were ladies. Jt was soon
evident that they came to spend the
evening- '! he wife of the Minister
was upstairs and not mixing in
society, according to Chinese law and
custom, she could not make her ap-
pea ranee. The Minister unahle to
spcaA: a word of English, and, as it
happened, with but few of the mem¬
bers of the Embassy around him, did
the best he could to entertain his
unexpected visitors by the aid of his
interpreter; set refreshments before
them, and permitted himself to be
gazsd at until curiosity wag satisfied.
On departing the visitors aU exclaimed
to each other of the lovely time they
had, but there may be serious doubts
as to whether their host could say the
same.
Phono.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Chamber,
Toccoa City, April 25, 1882.
Council met.
Present—John W Owen, mayor;
councilmen Hayes, Turner, Bruce,
Matheson and Martin.
Minutes of previous rustings read
and adopted. The maivh d’s report
read and received, and ordered spread
qpo.n the minutes as follows :
Marshal's Report for the tnonih of
April 1; 82.
Number of arrests *" 2
Convicted
Unconvicted rH
Total 2
am’t of fines imposed $2 0
collected and paid in treasury 2 00
T B Rainey, marshal
The treasurer offered his report*
which was read, received and ordered
spread upon the minutes as follows :
Monthly Report of li M. Payne
Measurer, 1C or the month pi
Apr.l 1»8 ,
J '“ rch l ' as1 ’ ™ l ‘ an ' > as F r
v lsfe re l )01 ^ $318 44
‘ 28 cash of TB Rainey
on fine of Emma *
Smith & L Brown 4 00
April 2leash on street tax 53 60
cash of T “ Rainey
on fine Jerry Aliin 2 0
cash of T B Rainey
on fine of J lvecsler 3 0
cash.on paint left over
painting park fenee 10 (;0
$391 04
Treasurer Cr.
April l paid put on voucher 28 $2 5
“ paid for receipt book 25
“ J, N Adington for
plowing park 4 45
- paid for grass seed 2 8>»
: pain J jV Adington
salary for March 25 00
April 6 paid T B Ramey
salary for March 20 85
“ paid for wor » on st 48 55
“ p*d J W Owens sal.
for Feb. and March 25 00
April 24 v ommissionci’8 per
annual report for
receiving$i.22l >5 18 37
for pay'g out $862 92 12 94
$160 71
Amount on hand $230 33
Respectfully,
Ii M Pavne, Treas’r T C.
The following accounts read and
referred to finance committee :
April 24 1882.
Mayor and council
TQ J L < obb. Dr.
To guarding prisoner Alf Darden
one night in calaboose $100
April 21, 1882.
Maypr and Lonncil
To James Nelson Dr.
To guarding prisoner A0 Dar ien
one night in calaboose $1X0
April 24, 1882.
Mayor and Council
To Charley Rainey Dr.
To carrying water ten days on street.
$3 50
Toccoa, Ga., April 24, 1882.
Mayor and Council
To L P cook Dr
Dee I li gallons oil 40
“ 19 \\ gallons oil 40
“ 24 1 gallons oil 25
“ 29 H gallons oil 40
Jan 7 mattes 25
' 11 1 £ gallons oil *40
“
“ 18 U gallons oil 40
“ 2 ! H gallons oil 40
Feb 11 1| gallons oil 40
“ I t matches 25
“ 11 Stamps 15.
18 1| gallons oil 40
March 7 matches 25, 2 gal. oil 50, 75
“ 17 11 gallons oil 4 *
April 1 ) 1 quire paper
“ 1! matches $5
15 1J gallons oil 40
11 - oda Q5
21 It gallons oil 40
$6 55
A/ay or and council
TO E M C’obb Dr.
To managing election January
5th, 1 882 $1 00
A/ayor and Council
1882 To Ramsay & Mabry Dr
April 4 To 4 shovels pr T B Rainy 3.40
“ 17 to 401bs nails T B Rainey 2.00
$5 40
Mayor a~d Council
1882 To .1 P. Newman Md. Dr
Jan 20 To one lamp chimney ©
Feb 14 to one quire paper »o
“ 8 to two lamp chimneys 20
8 Glass 50
9 Lamp wickq 05
April 23 Lamp wicArs and kerosene 10
$ 1 20
Mayor and. council
1832 To W J Ramsay Dr
April 24 To two days hauling of
dirt on sts at $1 bo pr
day making $3 00
May-r and Council.
To Mo A cCue & J L Carter Dr
For work ^one on tools.
April 3 To laying six picks Q 60
* 3 to pointing ei^ht picks 40
“ 3 to laying one mad dock 30
“ 4 to pointing two picks. 10
“ 4 to laying one pick 25
‘ 5to,laying one pick 25
6“ to pointing six picks 1 5o
“ 4 points sharpened 4 picks 10
“ 2 to points sharpened piseks 5
“ 3 to points Sharpened picks 10
$4 65
Mayor and council
1882 To J S McCroskey Dr
April 12 to m nd'g marsh*Is badge 25
Mayor and Council
?82 To J N Adington Dr
April 21 To 21 days hauling $5 00
Horse hire 1 5.
$6 50
The mars Vial was instructed to
enforce tbe street tax ordinance
without delay.
The marshal reported several street
tax defaulters—the marshal ordered
to bring them before the mayor's
court to answer.
' he bid made by George Hitt to
build bridge across railroad on Pond
street received and street eommi tee
authorized to contract for lumber to
build bridge.
On motion of councilman Matheson
the street committee was authorized
and empowered to extract for the
lumber to build the bridge across
railroad on Pond street according to
contract and specifications.
The council went into an election
to elect a mayor pro tcm. After, a
ballot was taken A G Turner w^s
declared elected.
Council then adjourned.
John W Owen, Mayor.
L P Cook, Recorder.
THE SMALLEST BABY ALIVE,
A gentleman from Candelaria in¬
forms us that the smallest baby in
world was born in that cimp at
noon on the 3rd ult. The father is a
miner in the employ of the Northern
Belle mine, and weighs 190 pounds.
The mother is a stout, healthy wo¬
man, weighing perhaps 160 pounds.
1 he child is a male, as perfectly
formed as ary human being can be,
but upon its birth it only weighed
eight ounces. Its face is about tbe
size of a horse chestnut, and the size
of its limbs can be imagined when
wo say that a ring worn on the little
finger of its mother was easily slipped
over its foot nearly up. %o the kn$e,
Our informant states that it iyas the,
opinion of the attending physician
that the child would li\e and prosper
in good health, notwithstanding its
diminutive proportions. Ihe midget
is so small that three of its size
could play hide and hoop in a cigar
box. This i3 believed to be the
smallest baby ever born.—Carson
| (Nev.) Appeal.
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T X RECEIVERS NOTICE 1st
RplNIL
I will attend at the plac es and
times stated below for the purpose of
receiving returns of taxable prop *rty
for the year 1882.
JSatesville -f*
Cool Springs
Fork y»
Clarksville 4
^ ,n< l Greek 5
Center Hill r 6
Fair Flay 8
Deep Ci Qck 9
Toccga
urrahee
Pule Cat
J. W. KYTLE, R. T. K.
MUltDKK
Of Hisrh Prices.—Matches ‘Me*
Blacking 2K*., Pins and Needles 5c.
ees 2 to 5c, per yd.. Paper ollnrs 1 c
pr box, ' ? en*s hose 2*_c- «’p. Ladies’
hose 10c„ ’• on’s liats 40 o 65c. Oil
Table < Iotlis 3-*c. per yd., Lead
|\incils 15c. per doz. j p. 1 ens 5c.
per doz., Paper 5 to 15c. per quire.
Tinware V ash-pans 10c., 5qt. Pans,
10c. qt Cups 5c.. &a, Ac Clothing,
Hosierv, Candies, Ac., at proportion
atcly low prices. Call in and exam,
ine.
A, N. HAYS,
Toccoa, Ga.
on Depot St., near Davenport House.
Also, at Corner Tugalo and Sago sts.
dc3 4fc
FOR KALE.
I offer for sale the ‘ Toccoa News”
and Job office. A good large-sized
Washington Hand press, a i onnmen*
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material and furniture for running a
TFcckly paper, are embraced in its
stock, Apply to
Edward Schaefer.
Proprietor, Toccoa Ga.
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addresa E. SCHAEFER.
mchSStf Toccoa, Georgia,