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■MHPWMMMidi
i curious fact that there
i legal voters in 1H80 who
I vote at all, not caring whether
lil or Hancock was elected,
i heat wti to intense at the Are
t, New York, on Friday
ek, the rubber coats melted
backs of firemen who wore
olored man in Doo^f. county le
tiwnvr of elgbtflne rattle And over
Fthousand Acres of geid land. He
■ imule It all since the war and does
.owe a cent.
. Is claimed ttiat the cyclone warn-
iijm hoisted along the Atlantic coast
, September saved at least (13,000,-
K) in property, enough to cover the
ipenses of the signal service for ten
ears.
The corporate limit's of Augusta
]tuvo lieen extended and the extension
makes Broad street the principal thor
oughfare, four mites in length. The
pulntion of the city Is now 35,000*
prosperous, enterprising, blooming
Augusta!
Th- late session of the Georgia legis
lature cost, all told over (40,000. That
v as doing pretty well for a short, cold
sitting, but doubtless u much larger
sum will be required for the summer
entertainment which is to commence
early in July.
Wm. II. Vanderbilt is reported as
having ■ >ld a friend that he hud made
twenty uillion dollars in the stock
market during the past year. He is
julsocredited with fixing his old sala-
| r> as president of the New York Cen
tral Hail load at (35,000 a year.
i-urlous facts arc brought out
b.y proceedings recently instituted iu
Virginia for divorce. One is that Mrs.
Henry Luh.iuch'-re who has been so
virtuously indlguant with Mrs. Lang-
y that she left her, is not Mrs. Hen-
Lribouehere but is a Mrs. Pigeon.
senator Harrow is a member of the
committees on ptivileges and elec
tions, on claims, on pensions and on
revolutionary claims. Our junior sen
ator is not only a very regular attend
ant upon tile aeessions of the upper
house, hut lie seems to have settled
down (s work like a veteran.
The highest bid ever made for a grey-
| bound was the offer of 411,500 by Mr.
M iver, t : Derby, for Princess Dagmar
Sheloto ibis year’s Waterloo Cup had
(been run lor. This was at auction, but
[iter owtier, Mr. lieilly, reserved her at
,700. She was sold the other day for
reding purposes for 250 guineas.
An obstreperous crank was on the
streets of St. Augustine, Flu., a few
i ago, claiming inspiration from
God, and saying that lie had a divine
commission to kill two hundred peo
ple in the town, uad he meant to do
Th • sheritl, in endeavoring to nr-
bini, was shot and severely
kvuunded in the leg. The crank was
then overpowered and handcullcd.
A most extrnoidlnary and painful phe
imncimn lias lately occurred in War
A lady died under somewhat pe
culiar eireiimstanees, wldeh gave rise to
enort that her death had been caused
her husband's ill treatment. lienee,
vital weeks after Ihe interment her
Jnsly was exhumed for po-l-morlcin ex-
iiitirftion, w hen it was fetiiid that in
the grave a perfectly healthy child had
I am.
General Grunt loses no opportunity
i express an opinion on public mai
l's. He is talking again. He says
■ favors all legislation which gives
|dditiuuul compensation to those who
st a limb or were otherwise mutilat-
l in the war, but he has no sy in pa
ly with the great army of pensioners
ho are in just as good bodily health
bw us if they had never participated
I the war.
phe northern pape'B are again scrap-
[g the white from the lames of poor
t rlleld. The tnau Dorsey, of star
tte infamy, is milking revelations,
hlishing Garlield’s semi-eonAden-
lai letters and telling things gener-
■y. They never treated old John
pwn, of Harper’s Ferry fame, half
[badly as they are treating their
koly "sainted president.” Why is
its? 1*<> they have more respect for
|e spirit of John brown than forthut
iGarlieM? It look* an.
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A-TEEENTS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JATSTUAJEtY 3,1883.
VOL. XXIX.
THE POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT.
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>J. E. iiriant writes a letterto the edl-
jroft.o' New York Times reviewing
pueiat hongstreet and his assertion
ilt tre is no republican party in
orgia.” Bryant contends that there
sixty thousand republicans, one-tifth
iite men. The Showhegan
.teaman concludes as follows: ‘*Tho
l issue, and the only one unless it
.11 appear that the Marshal’s office
been badly managed, is:; Will tho
ident sustain Itie republicans of
irgia in the efforts they
making to overthrow the
irbor democracy, or wijj lie sustain
. lam .-street, anil his friends in the
rts they are making to destroy the
ublieau party in thn^kate?”
The law of cntniicipHHKtof 1880 has
liulted, iu the opinion of ActlngCon-
p-Geie ral Garden, In the first pceu-
* return ever made of the number
Islav. - t:i t lie Island of Cuba. These
lottnt altogether to about 137,500.
nl.er, however, Is steadily dl-
liiislilng, the work of emancipation
Bug constantly going on. The re
nts show that since the luw came
jtu fore -16,015 individuals havebren
(anted their liberty. Itis estimated
lat 06 per cent, were freed by, the
blnntarv act of the masters. 11 per
jut. u oier the provisions of the oivP
Id peii-il laws in force before T880.
Vi.« onlv 23 |ier cent, of cas-s result-
I dlreet |y from the new law. Of
e-rcent, four-fifths, obtained
lirfieedont by purchase.
THE EVERGLADES.
**/.l y,vault of IIir Timct-Dennerals Florida
i--Mies. The Find While -Jim WTin Ever
e- i F:'•»> Irate Totopetaliga Through Late
Ir r 1. r U e la the Oulf.
Wo would not he afraid to wager a
round sum that in twelve mouths there
is not a negro office-holder In Georgia.
It seems that Pledger ia the first victim
to this race ostracism by the President,
and you may now look to see nil the
other official brothers in black-or-
tun made to walk the same plank. Mr.
Arthur is one of the shrewdest politi
cians that has ever occupied Ihe presi
dential chair, and he has m>-st wisely
seen that there is no chance to build up
his party in the south so long ns the ne
gro is used as a nucleus. The late elec
tions have demonstrated the fact to the
republican party that this raee can no
longer be relied upon, and so long as
they are made the d.vlding line there is
no earthly chance of gettiog a respecta
ble white following in the south; while
the negro issue has been worn thread
bare by appealing to the prejudices of
the north. The |>eople up there arc sick
and disgusted with the “bloody shirt,”
and wisely think tkut if the negro, after
seventeen years’ emancipation, cannot
take care of himself there is no need of
wasting further time upon him. So
longas he could he made the submission
tool by which to break the “.-olid south,"
of course the republican party would
take Sambo up anil protect him; but
now this weapon has been turned against
our political enemies. The colored suf
frage that they forced upon the south
has been accepted by the democracy nnd
s used by thorn to increase their power
in tho Federal congress. Then many oi
tlie avowed republican states of the
north have lately showed a decided ten
dency to throw off the party yoke under
which they huve so long worked, and
the loaders sec that something must be
done, and that quickly. From the pre*-
ent outlook we believe it will be an at
tempt to strengthen the republican par
ty Iromthc white voters of the south.
The President sees that there are thou
sands of white democrats in the south
who have become discouraged by long
years of defeat, nnd are ri|>c for some
Change that will turn the tide of victory
lq their lavor. By throwing out the ne
gro plank, through tho many menus of
persuasion known to the republicans he
thinks that they can be lolled into that
fold. He further sees that the negro
race Is not fitted for the responsible po"
sitions foisted upon them, and their ap
pointment weakens instead of strength
ens his parte with all good citizens,
who feci npri-le In seeing tho affairs of
government administered with wisdom.
Tims wo believe it is now the Intention
of the administration to throw off the ne
gro yoke In the south and seo what can
l>c done by putting his party on a higher
ground.
If tills be true the democratic party of
the south is certainly threatened with
a serious danger. So long as the Afri
can was thrust forwsrj by the republi
cans we had a linn drawn that no true-
born Southron wo:l.l hesitate an instant
to recognize. But destroy this bulwark
to our solidity and we find only national
issues dividing the two parties that not
one voter in teiTunderslands or cares par
ticularly about if he did understand
them. With the immense power now
swayed by the dominant party they
could bring influences to bear upon tho
ambitious, the corrupt and the igno
rant that would have a most detnoralia-
ing effect upon our ranks, and we cannot
estimate what would he the final result.
It U folly to talk of’a Boulhern white
man uniting with any party that puts a
negro upon the same level with him
but in the event that this old barrier to
republican success in tho south is torn
away the platforms of the two parties
are so nearly alike that it would take a
most discerning eye to delect the differ
ence. The greatest hour of peril for the
democracy of the south is when the re
publican party purges itself of the negro
and meets us in the field with clean
skirts. We will then have a foeman
worthy ofonr steel and we never want to
sec President Arthur adopt this new
policy. . We are now literally a "solid
south,” and will keep Intact so long as
that black plank remains in the radical
platform. ' Wc no longer fear the negro
vote. It Is split asunder, nnd once di-
vided it la impossible to unite them again.
Our political cauldron is bubbling as
nicely ns we would ask. There is every
prospect of a sweeping democratic vic
tory in 1884 if Mr. Arthur attempts not
his now method to break the “solid
south.”
DOWN IN OGLETHORPE.
*«n Oathttrvd Doxtns Oar Visit total
Ota County.
If there la a spot on the globe dear
est of all others to the heart of ye Edi
tor Itis Oglethorpe. For seven delight
ful years we livjld among It* people,
and there formed friendships and as
sociations that will remain with us as
long up life lasts. As a consequence,
whenever we find an idle day on our
hands no attraction elsewhere can
draw us from a visit to our friends
down the road. A quiet day with
them is more pleasurable than all tho
excitements and novelties that can be
devised.
We took the 9 o’clock train 8unday
morning, and In due season disem
barked at the thriving little village of
Crawford, and from there vlaited Lex
ington. Wc dined with our friends
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton McWhorter,
one of the happiest young couples we
ever saw. They have a delightful
home and entertain their friends in
that hospitable manner incident to
the south in our better days. During
the evening we called on Mr. George
H. Lester, clerk of court, undone of
our truest and best friends. This is a
noble old man, and one who was a
friend to us when we needed friend
ship. May he live many long years
before reaping the just reward for a
well-spent life! Sunday night we
spent with our friends, the Messrs.
Bauglin, in the country, and of course
enjoyed ourself. In fact, we had a
regular hog-killing time. Christmas
day we returned to Lexington, where
a round of festivity awaited us. We
met there Hon. w. M. Willingham
and Mr. Tom Hudson, the great carp
miser of our county, who were shout
to indulge in a bird hunt. Monday
evening we returned to Crawford anil
took supper with Mr. 8. H. Stokely,
one of the most successfnl merchants
in the south. This gentleman has a
delightful family, and we spent a
most pleasant evening with them.
THE TOWN OF CRAWFORD.
There is not a progressive little
town In Georgia than Crawford. It
has sprung Into existence since the
war and is settled mostly by a thrifty
people from Tennessee, who brought
with them that energy which charac
terizes the inhabitants of that State.
They are enterprising, public-spirited,
as true af steel and know no such word
as fail. Both as merchants and farm
ers they are a grand success, and im
bued new life Into the spot upon whioh
they settled. The firm of Stokely, Mc
Mahon & Co. have have this season
bought about 2,500 bsles of cotton and
paid strictly Athens prices, nnd some
times more than the staple was firing-
ing here. The merchants of Craw ford
sell goods a* cheap as any In the state
and have built up a reputation for re
liability that increases their trade ench
season. There Is not n sheltered place
at Crawford in which a person can hide
his head but what is in use, ami we
believe that if twice the number o(
dwellings and stores now there were
built they could be easily rented.
OLD LEXINGTON.
This grand old town, we are glad to
see, Is on the Improve also. Every
house and store Is occupied and a cap
ital business has been clone this year.
Lexington has ever ,Wn noted forthe
intelligence and refinement of Us citi
zens.
HOLDING COTTON
A good a;
mains In t
ers are holding hack the bulk of their
crop,expecting an a Ivance. Enormous
crops of all kinds were made this year
thecountry is ih amore prosper
ous condition thanAny time since the
war. A great deal pf small grain has
been sown, whil t the good work
will continue, unt 1 the season for
planting Is at an en ,
BAD Ep)OD.
There are a few (lean and insolent
negroes In this couaty. who will have
to be taken down* ink or two before
they can be made I > behave. On Sat
urday a negro knoc ted down a bailiff
with a scantling 11 Lexington, who
was trying to arre t him, when the
fellow made good b a escape. Monday
another negro cure d out a prominent
lawyer of thattowr, about a disputed
settlement, and vje learn followed
him up three ttme^with his abuse and
insults. The pardin of the Crawford
voters don’t seem l > have a very good
effect upon the rial :eys of Oglethorpe.
CARP IN A it ILL POND.
We were shown on Monday, by Mr.
W. O. Cooper, several of the carp
caught from Mr. LjM. Johnson’s mill
pond. We do rpt think these the
pure carp, but a cross between carp
THE HORTH-EABTERN.
• of tlUaBawa. and Um nvwts-
Through WLtch Xt Fuiu.
Yesterday we had a talk with Mr.
Bob Smith, one of the indefatigable
workers on this road, and were de
lighted to hear of Its increasing pros
perity. He tells us that the shipments
to and from C’arkosvllle fully equal
those of ilarmdny Grove, while elthei
Turnerville or Tallulah Falls imports
and exports as many goods as all the
other stations belowLula put together.
In fact, the business done by the
“Western division," as they dub the
extension, considerably exceeds the
old line. This was not expected, and
Is a source of surprise as well as grati
fication to (he road. Mr. Smith says
it is surprising the amount of country
produce collected in the mountains.
That section 2s supplying nearly all
the large cities In the state. The stores
are all doing a fine trade and making
money right along. The country <s
improving very fast and new setUers.
pouring in on every train. The virgin
soil is adapted to the growth of all
manner of products incident to the
south, that can be raised without the
aid of fertilizer!. Heretofore their sup
plies have be jn a drug on the hands of
the people, ow]ng to the trouble of
getting them to market, but pow they
can dispose of at remunerative prices
all they cr.'i produce. Land Is yet
cheap, owing to the vast body of un
cleared forest, but it Is being taken up
very last. i
Mr. Smith says the extension is now
in splendid running order and acci
dents arc unknown. The train splus
around the precipice at TgUulah With
perfect safety, anti passengers from Its
dizzy brink have a view of the grand
est scenery on the American conti
nent. A beautiful new depot has been
erected at the falls and a turn-table
put up. The place Is improving very-
fast, and besides a summer resort will
be a fine trading point.
Mr. Smith thinks by next spring
arrangements will be made to push
the road on to Rabun Gap, which will
open another fine country to lAthens.
The North-Eastern is on the biggest
kind of a boom.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD.
>od sprinkling of cotton yet re-
t in the fields, While many farnt-
and the native fi
The pond, how
cse fi
fast as your book
Wi
econd pond. There
ever, is alive witlj these fish and you
can catch them
touches the wate
is now bolldiiig a
Dr. Willingham
pond. There
isamaniao forclrp raising in Ogle
thorpe, and by r fxt fall the county
tier 1 vf.ks, Fla., Dee. 16.—TheNew
•ivs Ti me»-Democrat’* expedition
t fc»«im"ie«City arrived hereon the
It of t’<e 14th iust In their boats, the
and Crescent. The route t ravel-
*• Like* Tohogekaliga, Cypres*,
ew.-liu »ud Ki**lminee: down the
mm. - river to Lake Okeechobee
»*ri"“ LnkeOeooheebeon the East-
ami W '“’em shores; serosa the bike
. tv mce to the canal of the At-
, Gulf Goast and Okeechobee Land
«m', at which point their boats
•i riled to the dredge-hoot
avrn • u- canal to Lake Hiekpoehee;
ah Lake* Hickpochee, Lettuce and
. to the Caloosahatches river, and
n the river to tills point, where the
ulitlon arrived In the same boat thev
fried in, after travellng498 miles In 14
i. Tltev are the first white men who
succeeded In. making tho journey
n»h that unknown region. They
, the garden spot of Florida is yet on-
led nnd uninhabited. They novo
ndonod their boat, the Crescent, and
barged the crew at this place. Col.
l>kin<, capl. Andrews, and the
'"•-Democrat's correspondent will
ItmuptliacruUearound thePulf ooost
§he Daisy,.touching at Charlotte's
[her, Tampa and Cedar.Keys, at
ly 1, !>»bit they take the oar*.
If renilemett composing the especH*
l have received evorv attention and
phality from the oitlzena of this
CAPT. EVANS P. HOWELL
The south does not boast a more gal
lant son, a more brilliaut journalist, a
truer statesman or a more high-toned
gentleman than he whose name heads
this article. Capt. Howell Is managing
editor of the Atlanta Constitution, a pa
per that has not a peer In the south or
a superior in the union. To this gen
tleman, inn large metB.tre, Is due Its
pre-eminent success, its columns havo
ever reflected his consistent statesman-
innitsliip and political integrity. While
rivnl joiiriisis may attempt to ridicule
or decry the policy of the Constitution,
at the same time to imitate sod travel
in its path is the heighth of their nmbi-
tlon. Bat it Is more of Capt. Howell
than his paper that we wish to speak.
We are proud to claim him as a friend.
He is a man that commamU your esteem,
your confidence and your respect. He
reflects honor upon any bnsine-s ho as
sumes and will lorce it to his own high
standard. Besides, Capt. Howell is a
genUM, whole-souled gentleman, who
haa a knack of winding himself com
pletely around your friendship. We
expect some day to see him wielding
the helm of state in Georgia or repre
senting us in the U. S. Senate. He
would honor either position.
will be dotted wit i fish ponds.
A LARGE cot IKED FARMER.
Something ove a year ago, when
Pleas Harper, a negro, paid Messrs
Powell ana Da\ report (32,000 for a
plantation in th4 lower part of Ogle
thorpe, every otm predicted that he
would never liqt idate the debt. But
all doubt has no' r vanished. Harper
has already paid,(8,500 on the place
besides a (3,000 store account
for supplies furnished him
und lias provisions enough
hand to run his lace another year, so
that his cotton tfop will be a clear
gain. Harper iaja fine manager and
workB his hands hard. His expenses
are nothing, an<J a gentleman tells us
that the entire c >st of his place this
year for clothii g, etc., did Dot ex
ceed $200. He o ily bought coru and
bacon. Thus tie negro has a great
advantage ovei a white man, who
could not live li te he does. Harper
owns the finest lot of mules in tho
county, has his (arm splendidly stock
ed ana Is worth fully (10.0CL This
shows what a colored man can, do in
the south when he goes to wore with
the right kind o management.
AN AMl'SING CASE.
A short time s nee a white mar. liv
ing in the lowei* part of the county bad
a negro arrested! for stealing one of his
hog*. When th ■ case came for trial
the only evident e he produced vas an
old hag, a fortu: e-teller, who testified
that she bad a revelation that the
prisoner was gn ltj of the theft The
prosecutor got rery indignant when
the-magiatrate t trued the negro loose,
as he was under the impression that
the evidence of a clairvoyant should
be conclusive.
A China'mert Beheaded by a Pleoe of
Rock.
Victoria, B. C., Dec. 22.—Yester
day at Seabird Bluff, Fraser river, a
bloat was let off at a rock cut, and a
piece of rook thrown a considerable dir-
usnos struck a Chinaman, cutting hit
head oomgletely off. A crowd of ex
cited Chinamen chased Miller the fore
man of the works, who, being hotly
pursued, ran into the river to save bis
life. He was followed Into the water
. by some of the gang, while the others
were firing ehots and throwing etones
at him. Miller was finally rescued by
a passing boat, wliloh was followed
for two miles along the bank by the
excited mob.
ELSEfT COUNTY.
g , nc Sooth.
Hon. James M’ Smith, of Ogletherpe,
has been visitin' friends in Er
Mr. I. H. G.’ Hnlme and family will
move to Gainesville, Texas, rtrly
January
A negro who < uitted Miles & Orton'
circus In Elberfcfn hail his arm crashed
up in a gin,
Mamed,
of Elbert, and
Married, Mlti Nsney J. Higinbnthan,
’ Elbert, and Mr. H.. J. Mosre, of
Hart; Mr. S. ILFort ‘ “
Mr.\T.W.
Fortaonabd MUs El-
Adams and Miss
len fifill j »[.
Fannie Clark.
Our brilliant <) young friend Ja
We owe the Athens branch of the
Georgia railroad uii apology. That old
Noah ark couch, of whiclt we so loudly
complained, has been taken from tin
track and new and first-class rolling
stock substituted. Now three of as
handsome trains as the south can boast
leave the Athens depot daily and make
good speed. The coaches are modern
and fitted up for the ease and comfort of
passengers. Polite and accommodating
conductors are in e^arge of each train,
and passengers are transported in ease
and pleasure to their destination. Three
trains are a great convenience to our
city and the cotretry below, for parties
can now visit and leave Athens at any
hour that suits their convenience. The
Georgia is one of the most reliable, pro
gressive and best managed roadB iu tha
south, and the people appreciate its en
terprise. Its officers are the soul of
cleverness and accommodation, and
study the interesttof the patrons of their
line as much as their own welfare. This
line is receiving a full share of the busi
ness of our city, and richly merits it.
The extension over into the city, which
ill be completed in a very short time,
was a * plendid streak of enterprise. In
few more days the migratory pub
lic can step from tlie cars into the lead
ing thoroughfare of Athens. .The strides
of progress in this day are wonderful,
There are many middle-aged men now
living in Athens who can reinetiiber
when only two trips a week were made
over the Athens branch ami tlie motive
power of the cars was a pair of mules;
now it requires three first-class lightning
express trains each day to do the busi
ness of the rouii. Nothing speaks more
for the growing importance of Athens
titan this single facL We say to our
many readers, If you want comfort, safe
and rapid transit, go by the Georgia
road every time.
GHOSTS IN LAURENS-
TtM Strongs F«aol» of a Nnwly WndtUd Hun-
bond Naur Dublin. .
An apparition made its appearance
at Mr. John A. Harvill’e house last
Tuesday night that has thrown the
neighborhood into a fever of excite
ment, Indeed so intense baa the ex
citement become and so eager the
people to he convinced of the matter
that many will doubtless go to Mr.
HarvUl’sto see for tnemselves. On
the night mentioned Mr. H. and his
wife, to whom he was married.only a
short lime ago, were sitting around
the fireside, when a noise resembling
that of an old squeaking cart or wagon
attracted their attention. Not much
heed was paid to the noise until it
stopped in front of the gate, and al
though it had ceased to move, the
noise continued without abatement.
Mr. Harvill, thinking strangely of tlie
state ot affairs, went to the door and
there stood what appeared to be a very
large^dog with a lamp or tarch of some
kina 4 perched upon its head. He
bailed several time*, thinking perhaps
some of his neighbors were only play
ing off a trick upon him, hut on re
ceiving no reply from his several de
mands, shot at it ' several times,
hut to his utter astonishment
ment there stood the spectre as stead
fast ns the reek of Gibraltar. Like
the bard, he thought 'twas weakness
of his eyes that shaped the monstrous
apparition. By this time, attracted
by the rejmrts of bis gun, some of tlie
neighbors of Harvill hud assembled,
and a determination was agreed on to
make an attnek: Having agreed upon
the nature of tlie attack, torches were
procured and the advance began, bu r ,
to the astonishment of all, when they
approached with tlie light tlie ghost
began its onward march, accompanied
by the same squeaking noise. While
this story was being told our reporter,
a gentleman who lives in the neigh
borhood of Harvill says that he has
seen t(to same object but that there
was no uoise with it.—Dublin Gazette.
Dead Loads of Luck.
The luckiest young man in Califor
nia in point of wenltli is Mr. James
V. Coleman, of Menlo Park. A few
years ago he was a clerk at a mine in
Nevada at (160 a month. But he
didn’t expect to bo always, for Wm.
T. O’Brien, one of the bonanza kings
was Ids uncle, and Mr. O’Brien was a
bachelor. One day Mr. O'Brien got
sick and sent for “Jimmie,” as he was
always called, to be with him and
core for him. In the last days of his
illness the nutses said “Uncle Billy”
and “Jimmie” were closeted together
a great deal, and one evening “Jim
mie” came out of Uncle Billy’s room
withahlgtln box,, which his Uncle
Billy had given him. It contained
(560,000 in 4 per cents. A week later
Uncle billy died, amt by his will all
the nephews and nieces were left (300,-
000 each, including “Jimmie,” who
got that iu addition to the ante-raor-
tem gift of (600,000. But, not content
with that. Uncle Billy made “Jim
mie” an executor, without ftouds, and
his fees as such amounted U> (464,000.
The whole Value of Uncle Billy’s es
tate wasalittje over (fl,000,0t'0. After
the legacies were paid, the residue
was turned pver to Mr. O’Brien’s two
sisters, Mrs. Coleman (“Jimmie’s"
mother) and Mrs. Joseph McDonough.
The two ladies Inherited (3,500,000
each. The lucky young man referred
to is aboutlthirt} -two, a graduate of
Georgetown College, D. C., and has
just been elected to the Assembly of
California. “Jimmie” lias gone into
training for Congress, and will get
there In 1884.
Jk
TRUE CHRISTMAS STORY.
Bop* ana » Dong&tox'a Ortas*. TH*
Resolution* of Respect.
Mt. VKitNON Lodge No. 22, F. A.
M.
Attempted Outrage.
family and Mr.jHenry Ho'
Side Tracks.—Two new side tracks
have Just been laid on the Athena
branch to allow trains to pass—one at
the Pope plaoe End the other at the Alabama.
water station below Crawford. The j—» - ■ —
feat trains are doing a fine business, Two brother* aamwl Boone wert
they being generally well-filled with t »nd mortally wounded during
passengers.
a ties
Harper hag a beautiful tribute to (fal
K. Hrawher ii
L.
’alter
intjie New S oith. Mi liar-
most graceful
acefol Writers
i a so* Which
tree litters of
er boasts
HjPHL , ^ a with three
pigs this year, tblrty-eix in number,
nine of which netted hint this fall, thir
teen hundred apd fifty pound* of imeat.
Mr. F. F. Bonsey and family, Mr.
D. H. Warren and Mr. Ed.Htifill
left Elbert last week tor Texi
Messrs. Jaracs;M. and Isaac Bro
Toward
' pute at Ladonift, Texas.
wot
>111,1
Dec. 15th, 1882.—The committee on me
morial made the following report:
Whereas, it has pleased “The Great
Architect of the Universe” to remove
from eanli to the “Grand lodge on
High,” our belovtd brother, William
Letcher Mitchell, LL. D., wc, the mem
bers of Mount Vernon Lodge, F. A. M.,
of which he was for many years an ear
nest and worthy member, desire to re
cord the profound sorrow - which we feel
at his death, tlie great admiration which
we entertain tot; hlshigh character and
virtuous life, and our sense of tho se
vere loss which hi* death has inflicted
upon the Masonic Fraternity, on nur
community, and on the entire State of
Georgia;
And whereas, our lamented brother
during his long life illustrated nobly,
both by practice and precept, the liigh
qualities which become a Mason, attain
ing by his talents, knowledge and ap
proved labor, the highest rank in qur
order known in tlie United States, we
would embalm his memory, that. his
good words'tuid works may live in oar
minds and hearts as a perpfetoal exam
ple to us, and to those who will come
after us, of how a good man' should' live
and'how he should die. Therefore, be It
Saalved, 1st, That in tlie death .of
William L. Mitchell the Masonic Fra
ternity ha* lost a bright and honored
member, tlie Lodge a tried, trusted and
approved associate, our community an
upright, benevolent and raided citizen,
aml our country a gifted, n&ful and pa
triotic son.
Reunited, 2d, That we offer to the be
reaved family of the lamented deceased
th* expression of onr tendered sympa
thy and condolence, til the great grief
with which they have been afflicted,
praying that He “who loveth whom He
chasteneth,” may sanctify their sorrow
to their eternal good.
Resolved. 3<i, That the foregoing pre
amble and resolutions be entered in lull
opon the minutes of Mount Vernon
Lodge, and that we wear the usual badge
of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, 4th, That a cipv of three
proceedings be sent to the fatniiy of the
deceased, and that they be putillghed in
the papers of tills t-itv*
Jab. H. Hcqqixs,
R. Chapflx,
Howell Coed,
J. A* Gahicboip,
J. D. Harxond,
M. Myers,
C. W. Parr,
Committee.
A true extract from the minutes,
I. M. Kxnnbt, Secretary
lVaynejfcoro Herald.
On lost Sururday the indignation of
the good citizens of the lower part of
the county was aroused to tlie highest
pitch by an attempt which was made
by a burly negro to outrage the per
son of one of the most loveable and re
spected young ladies of the county.
According to our information, the
young lady was walking over to the
house of a married sister, who lived
near, and was met in the road by a
negro who iiad been employed in that
(ection for seveial years. The scoun
drel seized her by the arm and at
tempted to prevent her Bcreams from
being heard, but becoming alarmed at
her cries for help, desisted from his
hellish purpose. As she ran from
him he struck at iter with a knife,
cutting her clothing but fortunately
not wounding her. As soon as the
facts became known determined men
went in pursuit and the negro was
caught at Miilen. A committing trial
was held before the magistrate, Mr. J.
P. Brinson, and the prisoner identi
fied by the yonng lady. He was bound
over to answer the ehnrge before the
superior court, and in charge of a posse
he was taken to Waynesboro to he
placed in Jail. He has not arrived yet,
but we learn his dead body has been
found in Buck Head creek. Lynch
law caunot he justified except in ex-
tieme cases, but we think every true
man will say that tlie course adopted
in this instance was right and proper.
There was a good turn-out of the
boys, Friday night, to see tlie Athens
oqlored minstrel troupe, while the
gallery whs well packed with darkeys.
The company has been practicing for
some time, but this was their first
public exhibition. We must say that
they did remarkably well for ama
teurs, and merited the hearty applause
they received. Tlie programme was
a good one and well arranged. Of
course there' were some mistakes, hut
this was expected in a new organiza
tion. The singing was good, the clog
dancing fair and the entire perform'
anre amusing.* They had a full show,
embracing every performance usually
attempted by minstrels, Including ex
ercise on the cross-bar. Of course our
report Is not based upon the standing
of a professional troupe, but amateurs.
The actors have gone to considerable
tense purchasing costumes and
tights, and we presume they will now
take the road. We wish them success
and comment} the troupe to the pat
ronage of the public where they may
go. Some of our best colored men be
long to the troupe, and the esteem in
which they are held was manifested
by the size of the audience.
The Display of Fire-Works.—
Christmas eight the boys had a fine
display of fire-works at the court
house square. A number of spectators
were out and all passed off pleasantly
Saturday night! Thousands of peo
ple filled the streets and avenues. The
shop windows were brilliant with gas
and electricity; light and warmth
everywhere on the inside; cold and
discomfort everywhere on the outside.
Express wagons dash here and there
jpith their freight of holiday goods;
the streetcars crackle, the elevated
trains roar and everything is astir.
Private carriages are driven carefully
through the press. The coachmen
are warm in fur and the horses are
covered with comfortable blankets.
Stand on the corner of Sixth avenue
and Fourteenth street, where the
crowd is densest, and watch fora
while. Women in warm fur lined
cloaks, women in costly skins of ani
mals, women in satin, women in
doth, some shivering with the scanti
ness of their clothing. Men with bun*
dies in their arms and handles hang
ing out of their pockets; men with
out bundles and with very tew pock
ets to put anything in. A rushing,
pushing, good natured throng going
up and down and across with unceas
ing clatter. It is practically Christ
mas Eve and everybody is happy.
Eveu the tramp rejoices at the expect
ed liberality of the saloou keeper. Ev
erybody is smiling.
Everybody ?
No; not everybody. Standingiback
near the corner and in the shadow of
house is a woman. Her clothes,
Heaven help her, would be scanty in
•September. Around her body and
head is wrapped a plaid shawl, the
likeot which the coachman sitting on
his box within twenty feet or her
would not use to wipe the dust from
his carriage: her hands are bare and
pale and thin; her hair is stringy and
gray; iter face—despair.
Olt, yes, hut she’s a tramp, a profes
sional lieggar hundreds say to them
selves as they hurry byscarcelydelgn-
ing to look at her.
But is she?
For an hour she has been standing
where she is and not once has she
asked alms of any one. Presently
pushing through tho crowd comes a
tall man witii a peculiar face. No
man in New York is better known.
His pictures are to be found on every
side, his name is a household word
where English is spoken. His face i*
strong and hard; his eye has a cold
glitter; he walks slowly, seemingly
engrossed In his own thoughts. But
the great arch of his forehead means
benevolence, if the conformation of a
man’s head means anything. People
stare at him, policemen tonoh their
caps to him as he passes. Slowly he
comes along, a marked man among
thousands. He nears the woman.
Suddenly tiie cyo that seems to see
nothing sees her. The grave face
looks graver. He turns out of the tide
nnd hands something to her.- She Is
not quick enough, and the coin rolls
on the pavement at her feet. Tlie
grave man stoops and picks it up, de
spite her protest, and puts it in her
hand. The long,'thin fingers close
over it. It Is tlie largest they have
held for many a day. The pale, wa
tery eyes fill with teats. ‘The man,
with a sterner face and a colder eye
passes on.' The woman remains. She
looks at the coin and seems to hesi
tate; then starts slowly toward the
west side of the city with the money
in her hand. Despite her rags there is
something graceful in her walk; some
thing peculiar in the poise of her
head.
A pawnbroker’s shop!
The narrow door swings on its hinges
with much creaking, for pawnbrokers’
hinges are nearly always rusty. With
in a long counter and at one end a
number of box stalls. Behind the
counter several men with bushy beards
and sharp questioning eyes. Before
the counter* motly throng, for It is
Christmas Eve to the pawnbroker, too.
The requests for advances are tremb
lingly made; the answers are sharp,
short and decisive. There is no ap
peal from the dread judgment of these
autocrats of the poor.
“Sure, them two feather pillows is
worth more than seventy-five cents,"
says a little woman scarcely five feet
high. “I guv (4 a piece for them
when my husband was my husband."
“Seventy-five cents or I don’t want
them," was the clinching reply.
“This ring cost (80," says a woman
of better apparel than her neighbors.
“Fifteen dollars," was the laconic
answer.
“Please, sir, I will take this out,”
said the woman from the Fourteenth
street, laying down her bright silver
dollar and a ticket.
"On, you are here again after that
picture, are you T Let me see, you bad
twenty-five cents on It—four months’
interest and storage, sixty cents,” says
the man, giving back the'change and
tv little miniature of a child and Its
father. “That’s the fourth time that
woman has had that thing in,” con
tinued the pawnbroker to one of the
others, “(suppose you woqld rather
get that out and eat,eh?”
‘Oh, sir, I prize it very highly. It
is all I have left of happy days.”
No doubt, no doubt! you have been
a grand lady in your time I dare say-
ha! ha!—a grand lady!" and those our
who had no£ been waited on joined in
the sneering laugh. The- woman’s
thin finger’s closed over.the little pic
ture and her furrowed cheeks were
moistened with bitter memories,
though the tear faucets were almost
dry.
Out of the door, still creaking,
through the crowded street to thespot
where we first saw her went the un
fortunate, wrapping her sca:,;y dra
pery more closely about her and shiv
ering with the cold.
A“concert garden
Very little “concert,” a great deal of
light and noise and strong drink
Saunty little clerks, with tight trous
ers and pointed shoes, smoking cigat-
ettes, drinking beer nnd leering s lot
of women who sat around. Tobacco
smoke evefy, and the sound of the
“concert" almost unheeded' amid
the clink of glasses and tlie echo of ri
bald laughter. Surely a pleasant
place for young men to spend the
evening before going home to their
mothers and sisters.
At a’ table Bat a young woman evi
dently not altogether of the same
class as her neighbors. She wore
warm and tlch olothlng, and in her
she was beautiful In form and face,
notwithstanding the telltale lines on
her forehead and the heavy sensual
oontourof her mouth. The happiness
of all others seemed to be with her
too, for she laughed and talked gayly
with her companion.
“Nine o’clock, let us go," said* the
man with a yawn. “Ido not like it,
anyhow; ltistoonbisy.”' Slowly the
girl drew on her gloves- and wrapped
herself about with her tors. Slowly
they approached the entrance. Tlie
doors opened, and with a flood of light
and warmth accompanying them
they passed into the streets. The shop
girls hurrying home looked at the
silks and jewels and sighed, the po
liceman looked and shrugged his great
shoulders. A brave sight was this
handsome, gallant pair.
T^e woman with the miniature ap
proached and scanned the sirl’s face,
as she had done to hundreds for hours.
Her knees bent under her, her eyes
stared and her hand went out to clutch
the heavy cloak. The girt shrank
back with apprehension, and her es
cort tossed a ten-cent piece toward
the woman. It rolled into the gutter
unheeded.
“Julie! Julie! at last I have found
you!"said the weak voice; “at last!
at last!" but the couple moved on.
The woman pursued, and this time
succeeded In catching the cloak. The
girl gave a littlescream and the man
turned fiercely. “What more do you
want, woman? 1 have already given
you money.”
“Whatdo I want? Merciful God!
can my child stand by anti hear that
question? Oh, Julie! Julie! it is so
long since I have seen you; but I am
happy now, my darling. I am not
cold now.” e
"Is the woman a-crank?" asked the
man, turning to his companion. But
the girl said nothing. Her eyes were
half closed, her hands clinched, her
face pale. Impatiently the man stood
looking from one to-the other. Sud
denly the girl leans over and fleroely
whispers:
^“Mother, I was told you wore dead.
Vcu will ruin me if you persist now.
Meet me here to-morrow night, at
nine o’clock, and I will make every
thing straight.” Then, turning to
.her companion: “She seems a harm
less old thing. Let us go.” The two
passed on. Crouching on the sidewalk
the woman Remained. A policeman
saw her, “Come, old woman," he cries,
“getout of this! Why, hallo! you
have dropped your money! Come,
get along, or I will have to run you In,
and I don’t want to go to court to-mor
row mopniug with anybody.” The
woman rose-and tottered feebly away.
A garret in Minettalane!
No fire, no stove to make it in and
nothing to burn if there was. A lodg
ing house of the cheap “furnished
room" sort, with a very small, very
fussy and vety shrewd mistress, to
whom every woman who paid her
board was a “lady" and every one
who" did not was a “hussy," Want of
the most pinching character was
everywhere discernible—the very
walls had an odor of poverty. Wea
rily the woman with the miniature
dragged herself up the stairs to the
room that had been hers. The door'
was locked. The landlady stood in
the hall
“Well, have you vour rent?”
its close her huwbaud had gathered
what little fortune he could and they
went abroad. 'Business matters did
not prosper, and after awhile they
came back to Philadelphia. Her Inte
nd went to gambling and from that
drinking. One day he was brought
home dead.. An accident had occurred
on the river and ho had been mortally
wounded, dying before he reached
home. Brain fever seized her and she
was ill for many months she.thought
'the doctor and the nurse looked at
each other significantly). While she
was ill her little dnughter disappeared.
She was seventeen years of age, and
that was two years ago. She hunted
for the girl without success, though
she was told that she had plunKd
headlong into a life of dissipation. The
mother came toNew York. Her mon
ey was gone, and she lived on the. pro
ceeds of what she could pawn. Then
she heard that dlssipatedT women fre
quented concert saloons of a certain
character, and night after night she
watched at the doors, being too poorly
clad to be allowed admittance. She
grew thinner and paler and weaker,
bnt the hope of finding her “Julie”
buoyed her up. She did hot expect to
be repulsed, she said, for her daugh
ter, though a ijvayward child, had nev
er been unkind to her, and she had
faith now that there was some good
reason for It. She did not believe that
her child had gone wrong. All that
could be explained the next day when
the doctor saw her.
Midnight!
The woman with the miniature lay
silent on her cot. A smile was on her
countenance and the thin lips "were
parted slightly as if receiving the im
press of the baby face in the picture.
The cold and hunger were forgotten,
the misery of her life was over. She
was dead.
“Will you keep the appointment
doctor?” asked the nurse.
“How can I distinguish the girl from
hundreds like her?” he answered.
liclteo will not
llott match to
LATE NEWS.
It costs (1,300,000 to light the streets
of Paris a year.
A brilliant’ daylight meteor is re
ported from Concord, N. H.
There is a nmu in Lincoln who has
150 home-raised hogs for sale.
A drunken woman - in Rome had
her clothes to take fire, and was badly
burned.
The authorities In Chic
allow the Sullivan-Ellioti
come off.
The name of the chief ambassador
from Madagascar to France, is Ravon-
inahitririarlse.
A German farm laborer was found
frozen to death in a cave in the town
of Newtown, L. I.
A cocking main between Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey was won by the
Pennsylvania birds.'
Judge Lochrane has sold his resi
dence in Atlanta to Judge Henry B.
Tompkins, for (15,000.
During an encounter near Mont
gomery, Ala., W. M. Knox shot and
mortally wounded Irey Llde.
Fires, attended with fatal results,
are reported from Pembroke, Ont., La
Cygne, Kan., and Syracuse, N. Y.
It Is proper to remark that the negro
charges nothing for scattering the
small-pox, but his board and the doc
tor’s bill.
Bloodshed is apprehended in Custer
county, Col., over an attempt to re
move the county seat from Rosita to
Silver Cliff.
'X milling house near Galveston,
Texas, was blown down on Tuesday
night, and five persons were killed by
the accident.
The South Carolina legislature has
passed a bill raising the limit of inter
est on money to ten per cent, from
what It hod beeu.
The house reconsidered its action on
“well, have you vour rent?” The house reconsidered Its action on
“Alas! No; but I will have plenty the subject of a holiday recess, and
to-morrow night."
“To-morrow night you will have
plenty, will you? You dirty hussy,
do you suppose I keep this bouse for
fun ? Get ofit, and don’t show up here
again.”
There was no use remonstrating.
There was nothing in the room of
Iters; everything had been pawned .
Wearily she went ont the way she had
come—out into the cold and darkness.
And as she walked she smiled, for was
it not a gladsome Christmastide to
her? Had she not seen and spoken to
her child ? The electric lights flicker
ed as br ' “
the;
josl
though thousands bad gone homel
Away from these sights down the side
streets the poor soul wandered. Her
steps were more and more unsteady
as she progressed. From time to time
she would look at the picture and
smile, for she thought her darlings
were with her. It is true one was dead
and the other bad turned from her,
but she would see them soou she
thought. Away down the. silent
streets toward the North River'she
went, growing weaker as she walked.
The light of pleasant homes beamed
on her, and she saw through the un
curtained windows the figures of men
and women and children clad in warm
apparel and not hungry. On the
great docks there was nothing to stop
her advance, but a policeman saw her
and followed. Away to the end she
went, where the dark waters of the
river gurgled against the bulkheads.
There she sat down and, being over
weary and weak, fell into the water.
There was loud hallooing and the rush
of men with lights followed, for a ship
was hard by and the men were cele
brating the Christmas season in their
own way.
“This is a terrible night, woman, to
take a matt into the water,” said the
policeman as, all dripping, he laid his
senseless bundle on the boards.
A ward in the hospital I
A great room, with 'scores of beds
plain, white walls, with now ant
again a Scripture toxt ■ on them. Pa
tients coughing and patients moaning
with pain. On one cot -was the wo
man with the portrait.. Her eyes were
half open and she breached but faint
ly; but she was conscious. Then she
roused a little and talked, and the
sweetness of her voice, though but
feeble, attracted the attention of the
orderlies and they listened.' Present
ly the doctor came and stood by the
bedside and looked at her.
“She cannot live, Jeffry,” he said to
the orderly. -“She will die of shook
and starvation.”
But, sir, she had forty cents in her
jocket when She came iu and could
rave bought something to eat.”
“That may be, but she has been
slowly starving for days and improp
erly clad, and the want of food and
exposure to the weather, has brought
her down. The forty cents would
have done her but HtUe good, though
If taken in hand forty-eight hours ago
she might have been saved.”
“She has talked very queer, air, since
she came In; not at all like most of
latients.”
_>ld she?”
“That ahe did, Indeed. 8be has
something onbermind aboutadaugh-.
ter. She has talked a good deal of
nonsense, it seemed to me, about
horses and carriages and servants, but
from what I can understand she must
have.at one time, been pretty well off
—according to her own story. She
called ‘Julie’ a number of times and
told somebody to tuck the robes care-
fully about her, os she was hot used to
this cold climate, nnd then she said,
•Oh, he is dead; he i* dend,’ and be
gan to cry.” .
“Are you talking about me? You
are tlie doctor, are you cot, ami I am
In a hospital,'am I not?” asked a low
voice from the bed.
“Yes, madam, you are In the hospi
tal," replied the physician, with a
start, “nnd you must keen’ very quiet
Indeed in order to gel well.”
| agreed to adjourn from the 22d of De
cember ta January 2.
A collision on the Troy and Boston
railroad, near the former city, resulted
in one man being Instantly killed and
others fatally Injured.
The Tlmes-Democrat’s party, which
was to explore the everglades of Flor
ida, has returned, and will soon make
the results of the exploration publio.
There is work for Mr. Bergh In New
Orleans. A cook fighting tournament
is to be held there in February, and it
is thought that 1,000 cocks will be
fought.
Solomon Jones, tried forthe murder
of his son at Chesterfield, Va., has
been acquitted and now Intends tosuo
the Richmond and Petersburg railroad
for killing tho boy.
i he Sultan Is not only crazy, but ho
is dangerously crazy. Last week he
killed a trusty servant whose lnnooent
gesture be construed into an attempt
to draw a weapon.
Among the emigrants who arrived
by tho Air-Line train yesterday even
ing, was an old couple, who were rob
bed just b ifore reaching Atlanta of a
gold watch, (400 and a pistol.
Two shocks of earthquake lasting
teu seconds were felt at Dover, N. H.,
and other towns in the vicinity. A
heavy shock was also experienced at
Contoocock, in the same state.
At Meriden, Conn., the republicans
re-elected their mayor by over 200
majority, notwithstanding the demo
crats carried the town by a somewhat
similar majority in November.
A Savannah mother putallttle child,
eight months old, sitting In a baby
rocking chair, in front ora .blazing
fire, and weut out of the room. When
the mother returned she found the
child in the fire, burned to death. Ia
hot such thoughtlessness both oruel
and criminal?
The Rome Courier gives this small
pox record: “The death of the three-
year old patient at the pest-house was
reported yesterday morning.. The re
main* were interred yesterday morn
ing. The mother of the quarantined
family has contracted the disease,
which has developed rapidly. There
is no chance for the other child, who
is now sick, to recover, and more than
likely it will be dead before the ap-
pearance ot this article."
“Yes, doctor; hut l am not going to
S t well, and l want to tell vou some-
tug about myself before Idle, and I
want you to send for my Julie, mv
daughter; she—God in heaven! I
don't know where to find her.” And
the low tones died away in a wail that
almost frightened the watchman in
the hall into a fit, albeit be Is accus
tomed to such things. /Then they gave
her a soothing draught, and she be
came easier and told the doctor hor
story, asking him the while t.> k«.'p
the appoi titty ont her daughter had
made. She was a southern woman',
she said, and before the war her people
ears sparkled the prico of beauty. For | were all powerful In their section. At | fins.
Tho Houdo ttwit Rum Built.
BY WILLIE MAY. y 4 • U *
The almshouse: This is the bouse
thatrum built.
The drunkard: This is tho beast that
llives in the house that rum built.
B Appetite: This ia the chain that binds
the beast that Uvea in the house that
rujn built./
Intoxicating drink: This is
pent in flowery guise, with artful
and dazzling eyes, that welds the PH
that binds'the beast that lives 1n tho
house that rum huilL / . . ' I
The rumseller: This is the/moostor
who holds the rein over tho serpent who
wields tho chain that binds t)>(j beast in
cruel pain that lives In the’house that
Rum built. / ' /
JACKS0N_HERALD.
[• . Herald. . o, I
Com sold for sixty .cents at Frank
Haralson’s sale.
We hearo?several ot ottr citizens sell,
ing ou* to go west.
Judge Bell has had put up a good
I bridge at Hurrioan Shoals. iS*
Yellow jaundice and typhoid feve*Z((i' ■
still raging at Harmony Grove.
The trains on tho North-Eastern wew; ^
covered with snow last Wednesday. .
Thb “Lady of Lyons” will bethttf .
trrand attraction in our town on next
Tuesday night. ,
Mr. J. H. Reynolds, a worthy and
clever citizen, who lived upon the Fed-;
eral road, died oil last Monday night.
Liceon Fish.—We learn thatagen-
tlcman who had a carp pond near At
lanta has lost all his fish from it species
of lice that clings to tho back of the
carp and sucks them to death. If you.
catch a cattish in August ami examine
it through a telescope hundreds of in
sects will he seen clinging around tho
t