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Fred Douglas* and iMr.-t. »rucc t
^colored) arc incited to, attdhd re
ceptions given by Robert Ingersoll,'
ceptions giv
in Washington,
The indecent' haste‘and greed
V vith which some gubcrnatonal
candidates announced themselves
was an insult to the state.
The Arkansas legislature has
-truck a blow dt the Star Routers
|,v changing the name of a county
tY.iin Dorsey toDe Soto..
We believe that Bibb county wjll
furnish but four candidates for
governor this time. This will give
the other counties a better chance.
Cords of Congressional Records
are being mailed from Washington.
Thcv should be turned over to the
inhabitants of the flooded districts
for fuel.
Two men were arrested in the
Bermudas last wccck under the
suspicion that they had come for
the purpose of assassinating the
Princess Louise.
NO.XLI.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TTJES Y, MARCH 30,1883.
VOL XXIX.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
She is a Gainesville lady, and her
quilt is said to contain 10,600 pieces.
Boring has been commenced on
another artesian well at Waynes
boro.
There are 22 Methodist churches
in Atlanta, and the 23d is being
built.
\Y hen Toombs dies ‘.Georgia's re
ally great men will have all passed
away.
Albany attributes her improved
health this spring to her artesian
well. ,
Rev'. Sam P. Jones* the evangel
The Augusta Chronicle suggests j ist, is preaching to large crowds in more
that Mr. Stephens' rolling chair be
placed in Liberty Hall, let the state
purchase the place and consecrate
it to the people of Georgia.
Within a few months Georgia has
lo-t two of her most useful and em
inent citizens. The places of Gov.
Stephens and Senator Hill will not
lie easily filled.
Wherever the stock law has been
tried, it has been found to work
successfully and those who at first
-PI"
Savannah every day and night.
Twenty-three miles of the Geor
gia Pacific railroad has been grad
ed between Anniston and Birming
ham.
"The Georgia Major” was put
into the hands of a receiver on Mon
day at the petition of one of the
partners. *
1 We were shown yesterday? some
'■ oats already headed that were grown
by Mr. J ere Hollis. Mr. Hollis is
the earliest man in Georgia when it
comes to oats.—Macon Telegraph.
1 it- introduction, have af- Mrs. Curlee. a sister of R. J.
... wards become its warmest friends j Crockett, at Temple, Ga., was fa-
I -importers. ! tally burned at that place on Friday
11 — — j evening last. Her clothing caught
It is a crying shame that Macon Bro. site is ill a very critical condi-
isu't allowed to furnish it least tion.
three GovcrpOTs at the ensuing elec
tion. As it is. her ‘citizens will
have to draw Straws to sec which
one will usurp the "honor.
Lord deliver Georgia freftn one of
those standing candidates! Top
mam ofliccs arc already filled with
them. Hereafter we want to see
the people have some hand in shap
ing these matters.
It -
i that Macon has almost
as big a political ring as Atlanta.
The idea of one Georgia town trot
ting out three gubernatorial candi
dates is enough to disgust the peo
ple with their greed for office.
David '"and Fapny Orogan were
atTested hi Cartersville' Wednes
day morning, for murdering John
McDonald. They enticed hini into
a house, knocked and beat him so
he died next day.
A very superstitious negro wo-'
man from Warren county applied
to the sheriff the other day for the
rope wilh which'Sang Armor was-
hpng. She said that she wanted
the rope to tie around her brother to
cure him of spasms.
Mr. Frank Howard was killed
last week at the steam saw mill of
, Mr. J. T. Reaves near Lawtonvillc,
■ Burke county. He was standing at
the boiler, and the belt which car-
! tied the large driving wheel broke,
j An end of it struck him. killing him
; almost instantly.
SARAH BERNHARDT.
Hamad by Met Threaten* to Tata Har Own
• Uto.
Do not be surprised any day to re
ceive a telegram running "Sarah
Bernhardt has committed suicide.
She took morphine last night, and
this morning w’as found dead in bed.
A letter on her dressing table con
fessed the crime, and attributed it
to inextricable pecuniary embar
rassments.” Suicide is. even now,
often on her lips, and even now of
ten woes her best friend, the only-
physician that can “raze out the
written troubles of the brain." Hey
position is well nigh desperate. She
nas more sheriffs than other toilers)
law' writs than billet
douxT ■ See has never
been a housewife, and has never
denied herself anything, has never
shrank from debt, has always been
averse from using money to get rid
of debt, has always been insatiable
and ardent in pursuit of money,
and, as it came, so it went, easily.
It Was her cupidity which led her
to venture $85,ooo’in a manqfactory
•which “wa^ sure to yield 2<> per
cent, a ye^tr.” and which stfrely
swallowed all her fSj.ooO and all
the money that could be borrowed.
It was her cupidity which made her
quit the French comedy, where she
was sure of $S,ooo a year, and al
ways cleared $12,000, at least, by
starring. Twenty thousand dollars
a year, she said, was a paltry sum
of motie-y, on which nobody could
live unless she herself went to mar
ket and did her’own cooking. So
she took French leave of t‘'e com
edy - and went strolling. This
frcalc cost her $20,000, which added
to $85,000. make her losses- $105,-
006. Now Sarah Bernhardt has be
come manager of two theatres, in
the first place from mere love of
L.IJI *.l ! J 1- iU.,
It i- believed that the tenant far-
" ul ,in - 1:,na is l,oomcd - Ma "- V I Mr. James Glenn, of Early conn-
tann owners arc now personally 1 ; n (he neighborhood of Pleasant
Mipcrintcndin
the cultivation of ^
their land, employing laborers to ;
fin the work, and the results are \
quite satisfactory.
Macon has the Attorney-Genet- |
al and Congressman-at-large, and j
now she wants the Governor. \\ ill j
the rest of the state stand silently
hv and see all their offices and
honors usurped in one town? We!
think it time to call for a division.
Although the Czar apparently
lielieves that Nihilism has been
suppressed, evidence is not lacking
that the conspirators arc still active.
In Paris and London, according to
tin- most reliable advices, there is in
high quarters an apprehension of
violence at the coronation in May.
The cost of running the city gov
ernment of Tuskegee, Alabama, is
said to be #1,600, and she has two
bar rooms which pay $600 each for
license, having only $400 to be im
posed on the “boys” as fines, in or
der to make both of the municipal
financial ends meet.
Giove. was shot at and mortally
wounded by an unknown assassin
on Monday night of last week, lie
was standing on the steps of his
residence at the conclusion of his
day’s work, when some one fired
two shots at him. The first shot
hit him and he fell, when the second
shot was fired.
It is pleasant to note that Jupiter
lias got over his violent troubles
and is cooling ofl. The red spot on
his face—so the astronomers say—
lias entirely disappeared, and no
further danger from the internal
fever that produced the phenom-
GENERAL NEWS.
Gout carried off Gor’tschakofb
Eight states elect governors this
year. * -.
Wheat looks promising in Ten
ncssce.
Fresh string beans are now being
shipped from Florida.
Dorsey, the defendant in the Star
Route case, still continues feeble.
There are about thirty-two $10,'
000 hills in circulation in this conn- j
try.
The Chesapeake and Ohio canal j
was originated by George Washing-1
ton.
pleased (thi
secreturtavowed reason); second
ly, to give her husband a chance to
shine as a great actor; thirdly, to
give "her son a chance to make a
fortune as manager. As yet she
has no purse holder (excepr the
pawn broker; the malicious say all
tier plate has been pawned) and it
is notorious both of her theatres
have been losing money ever since
1S71, that is to say. years before
she took them. They not only-
cost her money, but time and anxi
ety. She goes to them at noon and
stays at them until it is time to dress
for Fedora. After Fedora ends,
she returns to them and never gets
to bed until 2 a. m. When she
rises at 10a. in., she lias creditors,
money-lenders, sheriffs to receive
and to pacify. This life, not of ex
citement. hut of corroding care, is
telling on Sarah Bernhardt. She
is getting old fact; her face is be
coming wrinkled; she is losing her
spirits, her animation is giving
place to a feverish excitement, di
vided by a very thin partition from
madness.. All' of her friends say
she made a great blunder the day
she married. Single, \Jons. Dam-
ala's reputation as tin actor would
have been nothing to her. The
general impression in Paris is that
in less than ninety days she will
be swept out of home and house
hold furniture bv the sheriff.
THE WILD MAN.
Hanna* Starr from the Ossa Pittite, Bat It*
■ Truth Vandted For.
The celebrated wild man of the
Camas prairie was killed recently
by .some' parties traveling through
the prairie. While the travelers
were camped in the foothills on
edge of the prairie one ofthem n
ed Micklchaney went a few hun
dred yards from camp to kill some
ducks, taking with him a. shot gun
loaded with large shot. When only
a couple of hundred yards from
camp the “Wild Man of Camas”
jumped up from his hiding place
and affer running a short distance,
stopped and looked at MlSKnaBy
througli his large, clear eyes for . a
moment: then, with a shriek
struck terror to the hunter)*-
causcd him to shudder’ as the echo
resounded through the forest, the
man, with the ferocity of a savage
beast of the jungle, made for Mifck-
lehancy so fiercely that in order to
insure his own safety he emptied
both barrels of the gun into him,
when he fell, apparently .dead.
Micklchaney went to . him, when
the strange befog ffiegan to revive,
and he put his foot on the njfcn's
neck anacalico to his Comrades Fo
come and bring an axe. which they
did with ail possible haste. The
man escaped just as they arrived,
and with a pitiful moan regained his
feet and started to run. The axe
was thrown at him, and as he turned
his head to look back it struck him
in the centre of the forehead and he
dropped lifeless to the ground.
On examination lie was found to
be*Tathcr tall, with full, clear eyes
and an extraordinarily large head;
appeared to be about 45 years of
age, although not a gray hair could
be seen. -Thp wavy black hair of
his head hung low down on to his
body and his bushy beard was
aliout two and a half feet long.
The body was also covered with a
thick growth of hair about two
inches in .length. This was also
black anti very fine. The finger and
toe nails were two inches long and
resembled claws more than nails.
He was wrapped in a long robe
made of rabbit skins, which, al
though the tailoring on it was not
a subject of admiration, was well
suited for the most bitter cold weath
er. The skins were sewed together
hv sinews. On examing the place
from which he made his appearance
he had a very
ATHENS ANDtf UG TAVERN. ]
The n—i • t ii n ~r JMiiiratarr Trip to An-
CONNECTICUT MASONS.
OUR* PAUPER FARM.
Yesterday we called on Mayor
O'Farrell, who,. together with Mr.
Bloomfield, liaS just returned from
conferenfe with the officers of the
teptral road, with a vlew..of getting
tnenmntcresrcd in a" nmToad from
Athens to Jug Tavern.
In reply to our first inquiry Mr.
O’Farrell stated that their trip had
been very satisfactory; that of course
they did not ask or expect a defi
nite promise from the Central, but
simply tg lay the claims^ of Athens
before themfor consideration. *Fhey
bad tin extended interview iyit“
Messrs. Raoul and Green, and these
l h gentlemen gave them a most atteir-
“p!vc "earing, and he thinks they
look kindly upon the enterprise.
They endorsed the survey of the
route, now being made, and
said as soon as the profiles and esti
mates were laid before them they
would take some official action. Mr.
O’Farrell thinks these gentlemen
are most favorably inclined to our
city. He paid a.very hi"h comp^
ment to Mr. Bldomfieklj wjior oas
his whole soul iff the advancemcnP
and prosperity of Athens and did
some splendid service. Athens has
two strong friends in Messrs. Phin-
izy and Thomas, who are doing all
in" their power for the proposed
road.
“What do you think is our pros
pect for gradinng and cross-tieing
the road, 1 " we asked.
“Bright indeed," was his reply.
“In fact, I never saw our people so
enthused oh a subject. There is no
division of opin.on. and everything
is working as nicely as one could
ask. It will take $35,000 or $40,-
000 to get the road ready for the
iron, and we will have but little
trouble in raising $25,000 of this
sum in Athens. The remainder
will be subscribed in money, labor
or cross-ties by parties living along
the line. The’ surveyors are now
at work on the road, and as soon as
Capt. Wells makes his report wc
intend to get right down to busi
ness. .1 see ‘ nothing to prevent
grading commencing the coming
summer. The main expense will
be to enter Athens. From the
Georgia depot to the river is a very-
rough country, but after that is pass
ed we have a natural road-bed. We
, , , , t , will enter the citv near the North-
it was found that he had a very E ., stcrn depot, ami with a little ad-
comfortable bed, which was made , CX p cns orf«a4bl»,unite the
of the soft bfcrk or sagebrush** Tt | ,JR. ilros { d aVtoWfiftk can ,be
was under dn overhangii__
well protected from the wind. Near
the bed were two rabbits, which
had most likely been killed hi
stones.
About ten years ago an insane
stage driver left Boise City and has
never since been heard of. The
“Wild Man of Camas” may be the
same, having taken up his abode in
the then desolate prairie, hut sel
dom visited by white men. He
could very easily secure food there,
as the country is filled with rabbits,
both winter and summer, which
can lie easily killed by an expert at
throwing stones. The “Wild Man
of Camas” has, since 1S73, been
dreaded by the lonely traveler and
prospector.
FROM CLARKE3VILLE.
Cotton Planting Up U* North-Eastern and Othir
Nsw*.
Mr.' Lambert, a hotel man of
j Clarkesvillc, was in to see us yes-
Thc Prince of Wales and the | terday, and he brings, us cncourag-
Duke of Connaught are both Free ing news from that section. He
Masons. j says the country continues to im
prove, and the outlook is bright in
deed. lie lias received a great
many letters to engage board next
spot was upward of 30,000
long l»v 6.000 or S,ooo miles wide.
Dogs live without food on the
prairie from twenty-five to thirty-
six days.
Cocoanuts arc worth $25 per 1 ,-
000 in the Bay Islands, and bananas
37 cents a bunch.
Arabi Pasha and the other exiles
have expressed themselves highly
gratified with Ceylon.
Holmes county,Mississippi, claims
reiehect
t-non is apprehended. This red . . . . .,
miles ! a negro baby that weighed twenty-
four pounds when born.
A suit involving the question
whether information obtained by a
physician from a patient, orally or
1>\ observation, must he disclosed on
the witness stand, lias been before
the Supreme Court of Missouri. It
w.is claimed that the statute refer-
led only to what had been spoken
to the doctor. The law declares
that lie "shall be incompetent to
testify concerning any information
acquired by him f.v.m any patient
whom he may be attending in a
piotcssional character and which
inl'iirmation was necessary to en
able him to prescribe as a physi
cian nv operate as a surgeon.” The
i om t holds that it will not do. while
the mouth of a physician is closed
as to the talk of his patient, to open
•t as to knowledge acquired from
his own diagnosis of the case.
TELEGRAPIIIC SPAR KS.
Civil war has been renewed with
the Creek Indians.
The trial of the Irish conspirators
will begin on April 9.
Si\ wooden buildings were burn-
id in Atlanta, Wednesday.
The -Black Hand” society has
hi-i-n discovered in Portugal.
A crazv Georgia negro in \\ asli-
ingtmi wants to he Postmaster Gen
eral.
Tlu- French government is said
t<> he complete master of the situa-
Ii,,..
The old hoard of officers of the
Atlanta & Charlotte road arc* re
elected.
Foreigners are keeping away
•roin Paris owing to its unsettled
condition.
Prompt measures arc to hc'takcn
tortlie relief of the starving people
hi Laughra.
A suit lias been entered for the
recovery of 3,000 square miles of
land in Texas.
The Prince of Wales says he does
not expect to visit America the
present year.
New five-ccnt pieces arc issued
from the Philadelphia mint at the
rate of nearly $5/200 worth a day.
David Davis h'as agreed, it is said.
»o settle on his wife $500,000 worth
of real and personal property.
There arc forty colored Baptist
churches in New Orleans, with a
membership of 7,000.
A few months ago a waiter in a
Paris restaurant foolishly or care
lessly swallowed a spoon. .
A little Philadelphia girl, aged 8
years, was buried on Saturday. She
died of brain fever, brought on by
over-study.
Mr. Wm. Bush, of Corsicana,
Texas, recently buried his wife and
four children in the same grave.
They all died of measles.
The richest stake ever run for in
America, was the Peyton stakes,
four mile heats, run at Nashville,
Oct. 10th. 1S43. and was worth
$40,000.
Chattanooga, March 14.—The
hotel at Oxford, Ala., owned by J.
B. McLain, was burned this morn
ing. Loss $4,000; insurance, $3,000.
The colored church at Austin be
ing submerged, at the services Sun
day the minister occupied the roof,
while his congregation listened from
skiffs.
A type of antiquity in the vegeta
ble kingdom is that of a fig tree 111
Ceylon, planted according to docu
mentary and traditional evidence,
2 SS B. C., making it 2,165 years old.
At Columbia, S. C., a lunatic in
the asylum cut the straps which
bound* his hands and then attacked
a fellow patient, striking him on
the head with a heavy piece of
wood, inflicting injuries which caus
ed death.
The Spinners’ Union at Fall
River, Mass., complains that petty
tyranny is practiced bjf middlemen
and overseers toward the employ
ees in. the mills, and intimates that
if it is not discontinued a general
strike will he ordcred.
summer, from every section of the
country, and thinks' the number of
tourists will more than double for
mer seasons. The charter for their
street railroad has been secured, and
work will soon begin thpreon.
Mr. Lambert brings gloomy news,
however, of the cotton fever that
has struck the mountain people. A
great deal of land will he planted
fn the staple this year, to the conse
quent neglect of more profitable
crops. The latitude is not adapted
to cotton culture, and the day the
pedple attempt it on -an extended
scale their independence vanishes.
There is no money in raisyig cotton
*ycn in this section. About sixty
hales of cotton have been sold _ in
Clarkesvillc this season, hut an im
mense trade has been done in pro
duce. If the people will confine
themselves to grain, fruit, tobacco
and market crops, and let cotton
severely alone, they will soon find
themselves rich and independent.
The Lover 1 *
Oorington Enterjirite.
The high Rock on Dried India
creek, just above the foot bridge o 1
Cedar Shoals street, known : s
“Lover's Resort,” is being pounded
ap by the street overseer, and used
upon our sidewalks. Wc doubt if
there can be found a place in the
state where more successful court
in" has been done than upon th>s
rock. It is said that only one man
was ever refused who sought the
hand of his lady love while kneel
ing upon that charmed and magic
spot, and he was a Polish tailor who
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor in the house now
used for a colored barbershop. As
the story goes the cruel girl he woo
ed so tenderly and who refused him
so abruptly, became a maniac when
she heard of his tragic death and
soon after died-in an insane as ylum.
N*w Goaanl Manager of taa-Btobmoad ?a»d D*o-
vtH* Railroad.
Eater Egg*.
Easter comes very early indeed
this year, upon the 25th of March,
which is almost as early as it ever
can he. and before long children
will begin to think about preparing
what in olden time used to be call
ed paas eggs. It is a good plan, too.
for the egg- eolorers of a neighbor
hood to hold a sort of “bee” and
unite in the production of the dyes,
thus saving time and money.
■The exchange of eggs between
friends as a token of love or friend- ]
ship is a very ancient custom, dat
ing back almost to the flood, for it
is a symbol of the ark, as well as of
the resurrection, which is the rea
son that we present at Easter. It
is, moreover, a very universal cus
tom prevailing among different na
tions and religions. The Jews
placed eggs on their Passover ta
bles, the Druids used them in their
ceremonies, and the Persians fre
quently give them as New \ car s
gifts. If you should happen to be
in Rusfeia this month, a Russian'
would greet you on' Easter morn
ing with “Christ is risen,” and ofler
you an* Easter egg, and -stranger
still, if you were in the far Etst, a
Mohammedan jvould do the same
thing. At city confectioners, fancy
sugar eggs—some of them of enor
mous size and containing pano
ramas of landscapes and figures, or
else filled with lion-bons—may be
had at all prices, but appropriate
home-made ones arc worth twice
as much.
To -dye eggs,, onions put in the
water in which they arc boiled will
make them a bright yellow; or. if
left longer in the solution, a rich
brown. Log wood or violet ink
gives a royal purple. Cochineal
nmson and.many pieces
th a broad and a narrow-
gauge road.”
“Do you think an extension from
Jug Tavern to Monroe will in
jure the trade of our city?” we
asked.
“I do not. O11 the other hand I
think it will bring 11s some cotton.
The merchants of Athens have no
fear of competitiop with either At
lanta or Augusta, and we want all
the through' lines we car, get”
A H. SUJUnn* 1 Dogi.
New York World.
Like Sir Walter Scott and Henry
Clav, Stephens had all his life been
fond of dogs. He owned one which
he named “Sir Bingo Binks,” from
one of the characters in Sir Walter
Scott's ‘‘St. Ronan’s Well.” An
other, who was his constant com
panion for years, was named “Rio,”
a poodle dog. Upon his death he
was buried in the garden, and over
the red clay mound a marble slab
was placed,' which, in the following
epitaph, written by his brother, Mr.
Linton Stephens,records his worth:
Step* Ukaly to 0* Token t* Supprentho QniBjU-
. piaoitegroei. , 1
‘ i Sew York World.
The clandestine Quinnipiac De
gree Freetpasons have become so
numerous in Connecticut is to at-^ ?
tract the attention of the; regularly w
made Masons of the higher degrees,
and til make it probable that at its
next session the Connecticutt Grand
Lodge will be asked to enact a
measure similar to that adopted by
the Massachusetts Grand Lodge
last vearnbv which all who affiliate
with Quinnipiac degrees are debar
red all the pmtkgWofFrwrnasoii
iy. A promitfeiu Freem
in tt^c (jrand Lodfie expk^pOmnfvisitlig
operations of the clandestine bod
ies 'as follows: A #3Rse!lB
“The so-called Quinnipiac bodies
of the order are in every.way irregu
lar, and their five leading men in
this state and New York were ex
pelled last September by the
Supreme Council, the high
est body in the Northern Mason
ic Jurisdiction. . They, are noth-
ing-.Uut seceders ftotfiFour order.
They confer the. degretjst from
3d to tpe,3pth,.iff sanKnj lik
evening or two, and for about
while we take about two months to
give the degrees up to the thirty-
second, and wc charge about $100.
Some of the ringleaders had
grievances, I suppose. Others saw
no way of getting the highest de
gree—the thirty-third—by remain-
„ with us, so they branched out
in the hope offsetting it b^. __
mate means. Cheapness influenced
others. The Qiiinnipiacb64i.es
started in New York J^Qtate not
more than a year or twp ago, and
spread to Connecticut. NeW Ha
ven is about the only placd theft -
have one supporter; here we have a
hundred, and where- they have a
dollar, we represent hundreds, even
thousands. Our regular body is rec
ognized by the twenty-two supreme
councils in the world. They are
recognized by no supreme, body
whatever. In this state they keep
with iflt in the entered apprentice,
fellow craft and Master Mason de
grees of the blue lodge, and ’then
they branch out and confer their ir
regular degrees. which are recog
nized by no true Mason. In the
regular body a man has to be a
Knight Templar before he can start
in for the high degrees, but these
seceding Masons go right up from
the blue lodge and confer degree af
ter degree without winking. As
■all regularly made Master Masons
can enter the Connecticut grand
lodge the Quinnipiacs may be able
to contest the passage of anything
hostile to them.
Xr. H. L~ Bloom fl«M SUM Soma
About th* Convict* and Boor at Clark* County.
- Mr. Editor:—I notice in your pa
per of March iOIl an article retting
fortl\tbat‘Mr. J.-K. Tuck, keeper of
'the county, farm.- had paift to the
tyeasSrev of thiscounty, $jux. M* thcfAth
Turk isioueofottabesttarmers, and
I doubt not when he has fully learn
ed the wishes of the people that he
will he also one of the best board
ing house keepers in the land. Mr.
Xuck has been educated a farmer,
and I have all praise for him as such
but as the boarding house keeper,
1 to make a few ^suggestions,
miner I had tht 'plSjsur^'df
Tg his farm, and memf flourish-
ing or sightly fields I could ‘jtotask
for. ‘Jt was like walking through a
well kept garden; but what a con
trast when I cast my eye through
the iron grates, and saw the accom
modations of those who dressed
those fields! 1 will not describe
them, onlv wish to call attention to
them, and claim as justice to those
unfortunates, a right .to more com-
forts.^ Its quite a different thing for
man to lay in jaiLwithout being
lled'On to work ajuRonc who fol-
ws 'the'plow orlifts the hoe all
day. Then to the inmates -of the
cottages, (there were only tyvo) and
I am sure a county like that of
Clarke, could well afford to keep
two old and infirm persons- with
good beds, and cleanly apartments.
It will be said if they cannot keep
their apartments clean, its no fault
of ours; hut I hold they sh otild b<r,
forced "atter apartments arfa^tyien
to them,” to tafifegoML-care ofthem,
and when ^oersPnsiSre- not able it
should hejtonck'for them. Clacke’
county produces abundince for ev
ery man, yyoman and child, and
her social system shotfld he so or
dered that the old and afmeted
should have the comforts of life.
Nothing should be required of th$
weak offender beyond forcing them
to obey the laws, and yvhen he
complies with the laws in irops* the
state should scorn to make a profit
from his labor. And now the sole
article is
1 -. JOG TAVERN/ND MONRp.r.
They say they ‘only' lack abfeut
$5,000 of having enough money
subscribed ,to build Mr. Gandlcr’s
railroad from J ug Tavern to Mo
* ... . *-■-
Ionroc.
NIGHT KEY FOUND.
Found a night key, made of brass, -
which the owner can get by calling
at this office, and paying for adVer
tisc'infat * ‘' ^
EARLY VEGETABLES.
Messrs. Nicholson, Sanford &
Co. this week received a consign-
men of English peas from Florida.
This is. a live hotisp and always
keeps up with the times.
A wm.T. LBASB. *'
We learn that 1 Mr. J. H. Dorsfcy
has leased the grist mill belonging
dns f
; factory company
'"t rim it in
iutaftfeof y<»rs,Und will run Itto
first-class style. Doc"(S the Tight
man for the business.
A WAR IN PRICES.
A calico war is threatened in
Athens, and the prospect is that
prints will soon be sold here at less
than host A tin-ware slaughter is
al$o raging, and Maddrey &• Co.
povc put nice wash-pans down to
k nickel each, as also has Talmadge,
Jonds & CVFarrcll.
JEWISH NAHES.
The most common name among
the Jews is that of Cohen. To En
glish Jews it is what Smith is to
Englishmen. The second most com
mon’ name is that of Davis. The
name of Moses stands very low
down the list.
ABUSING HIS FAMILY.
Yesterday a white woman re
ported to the police that her hus
band was abusing his family in a
shameful manner, and as they fear
ed their lives asked that he be ar
rested. This was accordingly done.
It seems that the man had created
as much terror in his neighborhood
as the Atlanta hvena.
object
writing this
ask the officers ofthis county to say
to Mr. Tuck, “Well done, good and
faithful servant; you have been
faithful over a few things, I w'U
make you master over many,” take
this money and make your convicts
and inmates comfortable, by adding
such comforts as the money will
admit, beyond those they now en
joy. Respectfully,
R. L. Bloomfield.
Unseen Spirit* Rock an Empty Chair.
Knox rill*' Chronicle. \
A few days ago an old man nam
ed Mclntvre, paralytic, of Hamilton
county, died. His rocking chair
was sold to a neighbor. Soon the
chair was noticed to rock when no
one was hear. *. It was out in. the
middle of the floor and the neigh
bors called into witness the strange
performance, all of whom testify- to
its strange actions. It will remain
motionless fbra time, and then all of
a sudden it begins to rock furiously.
And one of the strange things seems
to be*it don’t care who is looking at
it.*" '
Dried fruit at Nicholson, Sanford
& Co’s.
A lady detective was in Craw
ford this week.
Maj.j. >v . ureen, mauagci uiuk White peas at Nicholson, San-
Gcorgia road, is now between Jug j f° r d & Co’s.
Tnvejn andJMonroe, looking over | Farmers can soon catch up with
to
Here tbe remaius of
What. In life, was a satire on the
Human race.
And an honor to his owner. |
A Faithful Do*. ^
Goldsmith used to write and teach
pet dog to sit on his haunches,
and Mr. Stephens, wifeless and
childless as he was, lavished on his
pet poodle all the warm affection of
nis nature. The first thing in. the
morning lie romped with his dog.
He slept in the same room with his
master, and when he was sick the
faithful brute never left the room,
save for a few moments, for days
and weeks together. The dog ac
companied his master all over the
State. When left behind he watch
ed the arrival -of the trains at the
depot;going through all the cars in
search of him. '
the mre eng;
WALTON COUNTY.
Guano sales so far have doubled
what they have ever been before.
Mr. \V. J. Wright made over 900
gallons of syrup last year.-
Corn brought only sixty-five
cents a bushel at Sheriff's sale last
Tuesday?'
Fed Sheats had a fine cow to die.
A post mortem examination showed
a ten penny nail in her lungs.
Mr. Marsh Sheats says he ate so
much cotton seed oil while he stayed
in Monroe his stomach has turned
to a lint room.
Mr. John M. Peters has found out
to his sorrow that German carp will
not thrive in blucstone water.
Maj. J. W. Green, manager of the
t-mwl 1C ni»W llritU’Pl'tl llltr
their work now.
Lemons, 35 cents
s, 25 cents jper 1
Nicholson, Sanford & Co 1
r dozen, at
the route of the proposed railroad,
If he reports favorably, the road
will be built at once. •
The killing of the negro 1 on Mr.
Wiley’s place last week caused a
great"deal of excitement here. The
negroes say if they could get hold
of Van Malcom they would hang
him to the first limb. They all say
he is'the guilty murderer. •
Mr. Harrison Broach is not hap
py, because his Morgan county
neighbor has torn a\yay his fences.
A road divides the two farms.' Mr.
Broach has to keep up his stock to
keep them out of Morgan, and fence j machine for tightening corsets,
up his crop to protect it from his j Fresh lot of prunes. 10 cents
Walton neighbors’stock. pound, at Nicholson, •
Last Sunday evening Miss Dora (J 0 ’ s .
respected
Our young, friend Goodwyn. Let* ■
htffjlately united ivith* one of our
ffire companR^ Slid the policy SxH .
watching him lapt he .set the town
on fire to gqtaia opportiinifyto dis* t ,
play his agility. Every- time a-
church bell rings he starts at )>raak- *
neck speed to the engine housc^end
only yesterday he.ran over a child .
and three coiihtrymen, bping be
guiled by the bell on the incomitjg
passenger train. Our city council
will decide at Its next meeting
'whether they will'abolish Mr. Lee ■
or the church bells. They »bpth,
pau’t remain in the same pjaqe. *
PROr. HUDSON’S SCHOOL.
A very interesting debate took
place at Prof. Hudson’s school last
Friday evening. The question for
debate was, “Which was the great
er man Washington or Napoleon?”
After a very warm discussion it was
decided in favor of Washington.
The boys acquitted themselves with*
a great deal of credit, showing a
desire to improve and to reflect
credit upon their teacher. Prof.
Hudson is a gentleman, and is in
every way fitted for the work in
hand. He is building up a first-
class school and is daily winning
the respect of his pupils.
Observer.
* - A GRATE SUBJECT. *
Mr. M. B. McGinty hits introduc
ed burial robes into our city, which
embrace a complete outfit for the
dead. For $3 a. body can be as
neatly attired' as would l?e done .
with teni times that amount inyest-
ed the old way. All the garments
are made together, and Mr. McGin
ty has them for all ages and sexes.
For $4 he furnishes a full black suit,
made of excellent cloth, shirt, studs,
cravat, etc. 1 All you have to do is
to tie them on the corpse and no one
can tell but a regular suit is used.
These burial robes arc used alto
gether at the North, but in this sec
tion, as yet, there is a foolish preju
dice against them.
The mad dog rage is spreading all
oyer the country.
Dates, 10 cents per pound, at
Nicholson, Sanford & Co's.
The match monopoly is smashed
by the new revenue bul. • •
“Stonewall" chewing tobacco, at
iNicholsotj, Sanford & Go’s.
A Syracuse woman has invented a
Miss Fannie . Elmore, 16 years of
age, who lives in the “red bush
neighborhood in Craig county, re
cently caught a wild deer by the
horns and held it until her brother
killed it with a stick. The deer
weighed 200 pounds, and had large
horns, with five points to the horn.
Fayetteville, N. C., March
14.—Hon. David Davis was mar
ried to Miss Addie E. Burr at the
plantation of Colonel Wharton
Green, this morning at 11 o’clock,
by Rev. Mr. Husk, of the Episcopal
•church. The bridal party at once
took the stcaqner for Wilmington,
whence they go to Charleston, At
lanta and Bloomington, Ill., the
home of the bridegroom.
pink and crimson and.many pieces
of chintz, or bright ribbon that fades
easily, if sewed tightly around the
eggs will color them nicclv in fig
ures, stripes or dots. Another way
is to dip the egg in hot water and
then write a na.ne or motton on the
shell with tallow. It is then boiled
in the solution of dyewood when
the inscription will appear in white
upon a colored ground. _ _ ,
Those who arc- skillful with pen
cil and paint brush can present their,
friends with really exquisite souve
nirs, by ornamenting eggs with
flowers and butterflies, or appropri
ate texts of Scripture. For these
painted eggs, it is better to gunct-
ON THE GEORGIA RAIL-
f - - * C • ROAD.
Harfrm Sentinel.
Capt. William Rcancy was the
first man who ran an engine on the
Georgia railroad. He lives near
Harlem, in a pleasant country home,
devoting himself to the tilling of
the soil.
Mr. Reaney describes the first
engine as a very crude affair, hav
ing no shelter for the engineer, * no
cow catcher, or air brakes. He had
to put up poles and cover them
with bagging to' shelter him from
the hot,sun, making a trip from Au
gusta to Btrzelia.
On one occasion there was a mis
understanding about the “right of
way.” A certain dcSperate man
built a stable across the track and
stood in front of it with a loaded
gun. All the officers were afraid
of him; Capt. Reaney armed him
self, pushed his engine to the sta
ble, put chains around it, and pulled
it down. The fellow had no more
to say about “right of way."
per
Sanford &
Davis a highly respected young
lady living near' Mount Vernon
church* in.this county, took a dose
of laudanum and strychnine, with
the avowed purpose of taking her
own life. As soon as it was known
4hat she had taken the*poi^n.prs.
Carithers and Hayes were sent for,
and succeeded in making her vom
it. As we go to press she is still
alive, but her recovery is by no
means certain. The cause of the
rash act is unknown to us.
The six-year-old daughter of Mr.
Cicero Moon was fatally burned Sat
urday evening. "Hie mother had
gofie’ to the well to draw a bucket of
water, leaving the little girl in the
house. She heard the child scream,
aud then saw her running towards
her, with her clothes in a light blaze.
The wind caused them to burn more
rapidly, and by the time the mother
could extinguish the fire the child
was litcrallv baked from head to
foot. Dr. VanHorn was soon at the
bedside, and did all in his power to
relieve the suffering child, but she
died in a few hours, after suffering
most terribly.
FROM BANKS COUNTY.
•There are too many men who
make home happy by staying away
from it* * , *
.The hotel meqjare already fixing
dp the watering places for the sum
mer campaign.'
Nicholson, Sanford & Co. are
selling Irish potatoes for eating
purposes at $1.25 per bushel.
A fresh lot of bananas at Nichol
son, Sanford & Co’s, at low prices.
The small pox seems to be disap
pearing all over the country.
Boys are “biggdr men” at 13 years
of age than they used to be at 25.
Fact . .
Stocks arc about the dullest
thing on the market now. Cause
no money to invest.
Captain W. F. Anderson, of Ma
con, has sold the celebrated trotting
mare, Rosa Wilkes, for $11,000. H.
B. Winship, a wealthy gentleman
of Providence, R. I., was the pur
chaser.
M. de Lcsscps is making a survey
with a view of converting the Saha-
A JUST CLAIM IGNORED.
Augusta Chronicle: We are
bound to say that Dr. Crawford
Long will never supplant Doctor
Wells and Morton as the discover
er of anaisthesia.. Doctor Marion
Simms; with all his brilliance and
ingenuity, has failed to convince
the country of the superior prefer
ment of Dr. Long. So that, much
as wc may regret it, the people of
the United States did not take kind
ly to the suggestion that the statue
of the Doctor should he placed as
Georgia’s contribution to the Hall
at the Capitol in Washington. Bu#
the whole world will recognize and
applaud the suggestion that the mar
ble effigy of Alexander H. Stephens
shall be the commonwealth’s testi
monial to the National Gallery.
?
LEAF TOBACCO.
The second section of the Inter
nal Revenue and Tariff Act, pass
ed by the late Congress, provides
that “farmers and producers of to
bacco may sell at the place of pro
duction,tobacco of their own growth
and raising at retail direedy to con
sumers, to an amount-not Acceding
$100 annually.” Section 3 gives
farmers and.others the right to fur
nish tobacco to the amount of too
pounds per annum to their employ
ees as they furnish other supplies,
without paying the special tax re
quired by dealers in manufactured
tobacco, provided they are not gen
eral merchants as well as farmers.
The law goes into effect on the first
of May next.
The Baptist denomination have a
handsome new church in course of
erection over in Bushville district.
_ _ Joe Patterson, the young man ac-
ure a tiny hole with a pin in each side I cused of cutting his wife’s throac,
and blow out the inside, leaving a was brought before Wm. Ash, Esq.,
clear shell, than to boil them, and last Saturday, at the instance of
It was reported in the city yes- | ^c apertures can be conccaied bv
i-s the Charlotte Observ - »aSlver or oil* niner.
terday; say
er, and - sccmirigly upon pretty good
authdfity.that a new general mana
ger has ticen appointed for die
Richrriond anil Danville, Visginia
Midland, and West Point Terminal
railways,, in the person of CoJ. A.
L. Rivers, late of the Mobile and
Ohio railroad. Col. T. M. R. Tal-
cot, who is succeeded by Mr. Rivers,
lias, it is rumored,-been appointed
to a position on the Coast Line.
PIANO TUNING.
stars of silver or gilt paper.
M. E. CHURCH SOUTH.
Charlestown, W. Va., March
14.—The Baltimore Convention of
the M. E. Church South met here
to-day. Bishop Keener presiding.
Mrs. Patterson, his wife, and re
quired to give bond in the sum of
$1,000 to keep the peace.
lady, at a party.
illy
A certain young .
a few days ago, playfully remarked
to another, “Look’ out, you’ll be
shot!” at the same time pointing a
pistol at her. The ball went through
the side of the face, lodging in th
------ a.. ** *• neck. She didn’t know it was load-
— r—.tea, «•
Mr. C. H. Taylor, agent Estcy
Organ Company, Augusta, Ga., has
been jn • this city by request for a
few days for the purpose of tuning
pianos for particular parties, will re
main no longer than Saturday morn
ing. Those who desire their work,
dpne by Mr. Taylor must leave their L
orders at once with S. S. Jacksw, table for the church whentto sel
No: %, College Avenue, Agent Es-1 tion of preachers is confined to -
tev Oigan Company. ucatcd men.
ville, showed sales for the past year
of $68,796, a decrease of $14,721
from the previous year. The total
transactions of the concern were
$633,362, and the amount of claims
setued $3501876. Its liabilities arc
$316,844;* assets, $283,5 1 *• Rev - R ‘
J. Briggs was trantferred from the
Noifh Alabama Conference to tl
body. Bishop Keener, addressi
the conference, said it will be lame:
Macon Telegraph : One day last rah desert into an inland sea.
wfck a negrowoman named Emma"- 1 ■
died on the premiscs of Major C. D.
Findley, on Tatnall square. Before
going into the other world she called
up a woman named Harriet and
] Lbequeathcd all her clothes to her.
The husband of the dying woman
objected to the arrangement. The
other night about 2 o’clock thp hus
band was aroused from his slumber
by Harriet, who went to his house
at that unseasonable hour to toll him
Shat she had just held a conversa
tion with the .departed spirit-of.
Emma, and'that Emma said if the
clothes were not given to her she
would return to earth and walk her
husband’s log. The clothes were
turned over at once, the husband
not relishing tlie. idea of again meet
ing his spouse. *
A prominent. citizen of Scott
county, Virginia, has become
raving maniac from the effects of
poisonous vaccine matter.
Florida has shipped over 50,000
quarts of strawberries this season.
Tlie first brought, wholesale, $2.25
typo.W thejc bring $1.
CHIEF OLIVER’S RACE.
Fort Fetterman, \V. T., March
14.—Al Pacha, who nine years ago
committed a terrible murder, was
arrested near here yesterday. The
story is that Pacha belonged to a
company of six prospectors, and
that> one night, while campin
■ [ Colorado he murdered his five
panions while they slept He
arrested ttshort time after,
caped, ana has been at
living 11KC a pnnee on me money. now.
Three persons were killed in a
mail coach while crossing a railroad
track at Troutman’s, Ind.
Thomaston, March 14.—The ne
groes in these parts are anxious to
get put back into slavery
’Twelve hundred persons have
been arrested’for complicity in the
anarchist movement in Andalusia. *
New York; March_ 14.—It is re
ported here that Samuel J. Tilden is
literally and physically on his last
legs.
Matamoras, March 14.—-Two
drunken men in Orizaba, yesterday,
Hacked each other-to pieces with
knives.
rovidence, R. L, March 14.—
i Independent State Conventioh
met to day and nominated Wm.
Sprague for candidate for governor.
Rome, March 14.—Since the fire
in DeSoto, the citizens of that place
are considering the matter of votinj
themselves into Rome.. It wouli
give Rome fifteen hundred more
inhabitants.
Conductor Ayers has sued the
" “’ennessee, yirgini»and Geor-
lroad for r injumi “received
near Ttome.-fflL, last' TDecember,
laying claim at $20,000.
About dark VVednesday evening
Capt. Oliver discovered a negro
beating a set of bones upon the
street. The Captain politely in
formed the performer that if he ex
pected to give a minstrel show he
must first take out a license, and
further that the streets of Athens
were not an incorporated opera
house. • So he begged him not to
thus waste his music «n the desert
air, but tfc hire a hall, give the po
lice free tickets, and he could then
beat his bones, shins and brains out
for all the city cared. The darkey
said nothing, hut strolled.on about
a square and started up his racket
again. The Captain also started for
that .nigger,'but as soon as he hove
in sight a foot race of,the first mag- •
nitude commenced.*.. The Captain
was gaining on his man imtilhe
struck a mua-hole in front'd! Urum-
by’s store, when he commenced to
fall, but didn’t get a real good
sprawl until he had tumbled about
200 yards. In the. meantime the
beater had sloped, but was after
wards . waylayed, captured and
locked up. Yesterday morning we
examined Capt Oliver, and {bund
that he had clawed ofl’ all of his fin-
f emails and rubbed the skin from
is breast ’trying, to put on brakes
while he was sliding along snake
fashion on the ground.
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