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_ s oUTH CAROLINA BREAK-
T HE DOWN.
Home Courier: It is no disgrace
Mil in a noble and laudable under-
uking. A* P °P e sa > s:
. u»o noblr f »da I'V noMe mean* .tulm,
,,, Ell,,- unites In exile or In chalnn,
! Aurcllu. let him r.k-n, or bleed
[;,J r narrate*, ih»t io«ii l» *re*« Indeed."
nut no such honor awaits the man
w ho for filthy lucre, or the hope of
lineal preferment, or to please
,| e >potic authorities in office or
Wl . r , causelessly anti vindictive-
j v persecutes his fellow man. Even
Miccess wins for him no lasting re.
notvn—the stern and inevitable
judgment of future generations al-
» avs condemns acts of tyranny and
oppression, though temporary sue-
e>. and reward may crown those
„ i„, perpetrate them. Hut doubly
p oiled and disgraced is the instru-
nu;)t ot power w ho entirely fails
in nis ignoble undertaking and rc-
tuiiis to bis employers only a record
of utter defeat and disappointment.
In the prosecution of the South
I'arolina cases,in which ihe gov-
eminent has failed to convict a sin-
ele democrat, the right of a fair and
impiejudiced trial by jury was not
allowed the accused. By careful
.election of the panel in the first in-
.taiicc, and by the peremptory
standing aside of jurymen in court,
political sympathisers with the
defendants were excluded from the
,s. and thev \>.re thus organ
i/eil with an eye single to convic-
Ib.w ditl'ercnt is this from
t:.c cate taken in our state courts to
, hide trom the juries all men who
t.nn ill feelings tow ards the de
fendants, or who have any iutcicst
THE BANNER-WATCHMAN.
NO XXV.
AcTHEiNrs, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1883
VOL. XXX
RUINOUS SUFFRAGE.
If our American republic ever
goes to pieces and a stionger gov
ernment is built upon its ruins, the
downfall can he traced to injudi
cious suflrage. No government is
secure when it is ruled by the rab
ble. 1| there is anything that needs
protection and purifying it is the
ballot-box. Only intelligent, think
ing men should be permitted to
have a voice in shaping a govern
ment. When the ballot is placed
in the hands of the ignorant and de
praved, who are governed by their
prejudices or will sell their votes,
then indeed is the very foundation
of a government threatened. The
general government in part recog
nized this fact, where it is left to the
states to grade their own sullrage.
Ill several ot the Northern states
they have recognized this necessity
nd regulated this pii\ ilegc by either
property or educational quiilifica-
tion. We oppose the former alter-
native, tor it is calculated to build
up a monied dynasty that would
prove about us dangerous to the lib-
erlies ot the people as unlimited suf-
linge. Hut we are in favor of an
OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
Capt. Burnett and the editor of
this paper left Saturday afternoon,
via the fast train on the Georgia,
destined fora visit to friends down
in Oglethorpe county. The train
was under charge of that popular
MULHATTAN’S LAST NOVEL
THE MYSTERIOUS AMELIAS.
TW Sequel to Ora singular Mantas* of Amelia
A. Hoyt, to a Tramp In Buffalo—Ta* Latest
Theory aa to tho Personality ami Mo.ire ol the
Strange Woman.
New York. Dec. 13.—There is a
ill till-
,■ c.
.INK
tio
n, or
have pie-
edu
Ciitional qualification for
voters
iu.lge
1 the
r Cel
sc!
The
course pm -
in (
icorgia. A mere Mualtering of
► ued
ire
he
con v ie
lion of the
edu
cation is not Millicicnt, but
let a
Can
>ltn.i
P‘
lilical
di-lcn. lams
vot
•1 he able to read understanding-
.111 1
it. tl
e vi
ry
of a fair
\y
before given this
priv-
.Hill
input
lial
III
il by
jury, and
lie-
e. It may be.unjust to;
few
the
>ui.t
ica
lo|>|»o,
inis of an
inti
Higeut and upright citizen
who
.1 i mi
liana
ion
el 1 11
o>t .It
the mercy
we
e debarred by poverty the
bene*
..t ;i 1
nstill
00V
ern
ment.
lit*
of ;i school, but the goo*
that
111
• p.lo
.•na
w
th whi
cb the pi 0-
vv i l
result therefrom will far
over-
pie**
the
until hi
ve en
Inicd such
hid.
uce tliis wrong. It would
place
1 i-r«
cutious i*
in
deed
eiliai kalnc.
our
politics 011 the highest basis, and
No d
>111
he
kn
»\N lctlj.
c that lia
act
as an incentive to the c
nning
ol.jt.
ol'
thei
'
lcr-eci
nas is to
gt-i
elation to elevate them
•elves
drive
then
mt«
Hi
sistilllC
or n-talia-
Wc
know our position is imp
• pillar
lion
U w
lilt
re
tiiiins
tliem and
w it
It the but at the
same
ma U
> t lu
n m
i>n
i>MVC
to indigni
tin
t it is founded on justice.
Kach
ties :
ll.1 in
i""
ce
\\
011I11 m.ikf
y <:
r the elective franchise i-
low-
"icb
I :i 1
y
other
pr p c on
ere
1, until in many -ection *
f our
rarll
Tl
<* *1
it>
ion t.
'in- flit lilt
country office* have become :
mat*
i. vv 1
rtlu-r
111C
Co
i.iiu-' 1
.11 of stall
ter
of barter and sale. No g
>vern-
glia
w roi
11 I S t i
ii-.ili down
me
it can stand when civili
zatinn
ilir j
ill I V
• ho
C..I
unit til
1 in. or wear
am
enlightenment made t
0 give
out t
u- j...
cm
*
t the
icoplc '.hits
pla
ce to ignorance and vice.
l’*'””
cult.
.
A
PARASITICAL WON
DKR
a Pa
.N 1C
T
HLAT
EN KL>.
—
Thirty-Eight Sn.skoa Dt.ic v in th«
StoIU.eCh
It
‘t-i-in
»c
1 gene
al inipri-s-
of Wirograt* Cow
«i..n in commercial c rclc. that our
....mlt\ is How ihrt-alciicd with a
jmiiic. mi.I we w.ll be fortunate in
ilci-il if the -I.•! m can be w entlici
|.,ke fur instance cotton mainline
l.ueis As a rule few have made ex
penses this tear while a tiiujoritv
lane Mink money. To meet 111 i-
trouble wages arc being cut down
in the North, w hile we are looking
also for a reduction South. Our
peculiar advantages have uji to the
nl time obviated this neerssitt.
pre-
I at
>lii
it do not think that tho can ( bow cling pi
stand much longer the ciinipe- with. Mr. Ca'
lition in reduced
Ninth. There is r
i,,ii goods, the v
packed with mam
and r\ ell the
wages from the
o demand for cot-
,alehouses being I |,
ifactiired fabrics, 1!
ill
ike
hurt c
niorr than supply tb
fact lias kept down the price of tl
staple, am! as a natuial coirseip.ieiu
heais haul on funnel the u-i
h.ickhonc of the country. Iron is
being sold al less than the cost of
pmiluctnm, ami we see that wink-
nun are now accepting a rediic.ion
1:1 wages without murmur. In fact,
pal:lUsis threatens even branch of
business. Merchants are selling |
0, !y staple goods ami the necessa-
1 iis of life, which shows that the 1
people feel the effects of hard times
and are meeting them heroically. It
w.ll he only by the closest economy ,
that 1 panic can he averted. Ihe
country had as well recognize its
true condition and picpare for the j
inr- liable. A panic now. in face j
of the short crop, would complete]
the ruin of thousands of farmers in
the south. "A stitch in time” will
go far toward averting the evil. Let
them make as few debts as possible,
and plant largely of grain. \\ hen
the planters of the South become
self-sustaining they can look with
imlilference upon the financial
troubles that begin
cru manufacturers,
never touch them;
render the producters of a section
independent, all other classes must
piosper with them.
ANOTHER CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
ray, or
miss a train, to be under the charge
of the Captain.
At Crawford we were met by
our old friend Joe Uaughn. To his
tender care we assigned Capt. Bur
nett, while ye Editor took passage
with Dr. Bob Willingham. That
night we attended a hog-killing at
Mr. l’eter Baughn’s, and met with
that genuine hospitality for which
Oglethorpe is proverbial. Capt.
B. took on an extra supply of chit
terlings, sausage, souce, spare ribs,
ana last but not least—brains. We
were put to sleep with the Captain
that night, in one of those grand
old country feather beds, the sheets
snow-white and beneath a ton of
quilts. It was bitter cold, but
crawling to the extreme edge, we
tlattered ourself that we could
weather the attack of nightmare
with which our companion showed
symptoms of being threatened. But
alas! Just as the clarion notes of
the old rooster gave intimation of
midnight, we dreamed that a hilly
goat had attached us on the edge of
the Devil's Pulpit, at Tallulah, and
with a regular Bogardus butt, had
sent us over its precipitous heights.
We awoke before our body touched
the floor, to discovei that Capt. B.
had broken out badly with the
nightmare, and landed us, bv a
well-developed kick, out of the bed.
The balance of the night we spent
in dodging blows from Capt. B’s
arms, heclsaml knees. About day
break Uncle Peter made us a rous
ing lire, and getting up we had :.n
hour’s peaceful slumber in a chair.
The next morning vve went before
a magistrate and took a solemn obli
gation notto stop with ISurnett and
a hog-killing supper again. Sun
dae morning broke clear and cold,
and with "Uncle Peter" wc attend-
I ed a very plecsant Sabbath-school
1 service at the Baptist church in
j Lexington. Burnett and Joe lin-
1 gered behind and refused to go to
: church, which pained us deep
ly. But after service they drove
into town, when wc moved on to
1 Dr. Mark Willingham's. The Doc
tor was out at Tom Berry’s laying
oil'a fish pond, but we were in for
kahlc ;l -fret ze-out” game and held the
fort until the Doctor returned. We
expected to leave for home on the
evening's tiain, blit Burnett soon
discovered that Dr. W. had also
killed hogs the day before and re
fused to nudge until Monday even
ing. This was Capt. Burnett’s first
visit to Oglethorpe, and he was so
well pleased that he threatens to
spend the next summer down there.
NOTES l-ICKED UP.
Col. Bees Tiber, one of Ogle
thorpe’s solid bachelors, lead to the
altar, last Saturday, Miss Williams,
a charming young lady. We wish
Abbott noticed that I them along life of happiness,
in one ot the larger inti stines some- There is a perfect boom in fish-
thing was seen to move and keep pond >. Dr. Mark Willingham is
up a constant motioi.; curiosity led ! now building his third pond,
•pen, and as this was j Messrs. Tom Berry and Martin
•lone a verv large snake. a coach- Johnson are also preparing for carp
w hip, ran on the ground some dis- I culture.
lance, hut was killed By this mi- ; Crawford is still on the improve,
racidoiis revelation. Mr. Hover Gay | A new house is going up next to
and Capt. Abbott were confound- j Witcher -V Johnson's store, while
ed, hut prone.led with the Crit. McMahan has demolished the
process ol butchering; hut old depot house and will build a
when the windpipe was opened beautiful home 011 the sight. There
lots
Certainly the nv
snake story that \
1 heaid conies fiom
M district in this cm
; stoi v, l ut il is vouch
of the best men in tl;
saw the wonderful
Mrs. Bryant A. Gay
killed and pointed
was small to its age.
hi
tkv
-t remar
e have
old Fine
nii. It is no ]
■d lor by some
l* countv who j
inonstrosit v.
m del ed a beef I
out one which
thinking that
t would never he of any size. The
cow was four years old and its re-
inai kablv small size had frequently
been the subject ol comment. Alj
the heel was killed and the disem-
through
knight of the bell cord, Captain j mystery about the pretty, spirited
Hutchins, a better and more faithful and imperious Amelia A. Royse,
official than whom never lived. By who got herself married in such an
his courtesy and polite kindness he j unusual way in a justice’s office
has completely won the hearts of here one week ago, that grows
the travelling public, and a lady | thicker and more mystifying ;.s the
will actually go out of her way, or returns come in. One week ago to
day she appeared in the office of
Justice Freeman in this city, closely
veiled, and accompanied by an illit
erate bore named Charles Traynor,
and insisted upon marrying him.
The ceremony was performed and
then she turned to the blushing
bridegroom, paid him for his servi
ces in the most cold-blooded com
mercial way imaginable, and sent
him packing about his business.
Then she explained to the court that
she had married this man simply to
put it out of her power to marry an
other whom she loved, the only man
on earth it would please and hurt
her to marry. "For reasons that I
have no desire to tell,” she said, "I
cannot marry this gentleman with
out bringing great soirow upon him
and me in the future And as^ am
only a woman, capable of being
tempted to marrv the man 1 love, I
have married a stranger and so
placed myself beyond the reach of
temptation. This is all there is in
it. I shall go home and live as I
have always lived and love as 1 have
always loved. It is not likely that
I shall see this man Traynor again.
He perfectly understands that lie
was hired to marry me and then go
about his business.” Having said
this, she left the court room, going
in an opposite direction from that
the strange bridegroom had taken.
A STRANGE SEUt l t-
The sequel to this story is as
strange as the story itself. The wide
publicity given to the marriage at
the bride's request, she having given
the names of several papers in which
she wished repoits to appear, has
brought inquiries from four widely
separated points for four missing
young ladies, each mined Amelia
A. Royse, each having disappeared
during the last week in November,
and the description of each agree
ing fairly with that of the eccentric
bride.
On Tuesday morning last Justice-
Freeman, who performed the cere-
mony, received a letter from Henry
Pugh, of Cutter street, Cincinnati,
stating that Amelia A. Royse had
rented a suite of rooms of him anil
had mysteriously disappeared on
Friday, the day preceding the mar
riage in Erie. Mr. l'ugh said she
was a highly educated young lady
ot an excellent family capable of
committing the eccentricity report
ed. He described her as possessing
a wealth of auburn hair, but the
Amelia who married Traynor was
a brunette with short black curls.
This seemed to settle the question
of the Cincinnati Amelia A. Royse.
That same evening the justice re
ceived a telegram front Mrs. Mar
garet Royse. of Washington, 1). C.,
stating that Amelia A. Royse had
disappeared from that city a few
days before, anil it was feared she
was the “veiled lady” of Erie. The
telegram was followed bv a letter
warned in a dream.
Tbs Vision that Appealed to Christopher c.
Brooks, and the ratal Results.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C.
Brooks, of Baltimore, lost their
youngest son, Christopher C.
"Brooks, aged 17 years and 5 months,
by death from paralysis of the heart
in Brooklyn, on Wednesday after
noon under peculiar circumstances.
The Baltimore Sun says that Mrs.
Brooks was travelling in Europe,
and iiad written hei son, who was
employed in New York and lived
in Brooklyn, to join her. lie re
sponded, naming the time of his
starting. In the interim he was ta
ken ill, and on the day Mrs. Brooks
received his letter she received a
cablegram summoning her home on
account of his sickness. On lief ar
rival she found him able to go about,
and his physicians had no fears as
to his perfet recovery. The youth
stated, however, that a former teach
er and a friend of his, a Mr. Hall,
who died about five months ago,
had appeared to him in a vision and
told him he would die of heart trou
ble on Wednesday, December 5, at
3 o’clock p. m. Young Brooks had
never had any trouble with his
heart, and his friends to whom he
made the statement were in no way
concerned about it. Dr. Maw, his
physician, laughed at it, and said he
was certain on the contrary, he
would get well. The young man
however, thoroughly impressed
with the belief that he would die at
the time indicated. A lew days be
fore that time he sent flowers to
some friends with a note, saving-
"1 shall never again he able to ex
press my appreciation of your kind
ness." He accompanied a lady
friend to an entertainment the after-
noon of December 4, spent the eve
ning ill her company, and received
a ptomise that if he wrote for her
the next afternoon she would come
to sav good-bye.
Wednesday morning young
Brooks rose :i- usual, ate- an unusu
ally lu-arty breakfast, and to all ap
pearances was good for a long life,
lilt- physician left him without a
trace of uneasiness as to his condi
tion. The young man insisted that
his mother should not stay with
him, telling her; "It would kill
you to see me die.” That he might
not take the matter too much to
heartashe did not oppose him, blit
consented to leave him, intending
to return to him in the latter part
of the afternoon. \V bile taking
lunch with the family ns usual at 2
o’clock he complained of feeling
faint, and asked to be assisted to his
room. After resting in tile bed a
few moments he wrote to the young
lady, and in about twenty minutes
she arrived. He died in the pres
ence of the family at 3:10 o’clock.
1 Iis physician and his mother arrived
but two or three moments later, and
were shocked to find his prediction
fulfilled. His father had returned
to Baltimore from visiting him some
weeks ago. On \\ ednesday at
breakfast his father remarked it
was the day which his son had ap
pointed to die, hut with no thought
that the prophecy would he fulfill
ed, and was astounded when intelli
gence of the death arrived. He
was a young man of strong charac
ter, exceptionally good mind and
splendid physique.
WAITING TWENTY YEARS.
ml t lie- sack coining Iks “lights” is a great demand for buildin
or lungs, they were doubly con- j in ihis nourishing village,
founded to discover thirty-seven Mr. S. 11. Stukcley has been con-
smaller snakes ol the same species, lined to his bed for some time, hut
Each one of tlu-se was holding oil i was in Athens yesterday. Mr. S. is
t - the lung', and 1 Inis, we presume, one of Georgia's leading mcrchan*s
securing life. Alter dressing the and most reliable citizens. | last week and wa;
beef it only weighed eighty pounds. ! M r . (lamp. McWhorter has just sm m<r, heroic <rirl to
The story may seem improbable, completed in Lexington one of the | self to save tile man she loved from
hot not moie so 1I1 an Jonah and the prettiest cottages in Georgia. | marrying her.
whale. It may have been a para- ; Mr. Hull'has opened a store near
sitical tungus. hut the gentleman Sandy Cross and is doing a fine |
who saw it affirm that the paiasitcs, j business. Messrs. Boyle iC Sutton
il such V011 may term them, were ] will also build a store at Weeks’I
snakes, and the old fashioned | mill, on the Athens branch. Conn-)
coacliwhip. a variety in which the | try stores arc getting as thick as
wiregrass country abounds. ! pfg tracks down in Oglethorpe.
-— — — 1 Tile fence trouble is about set-
.IOSI1 till.LINUS AM) HIS COURT-I lied, and tences will lie abolished on
1XG. | January i»t, 1SS5. This compro-
; mist is accepted Tiy both sides.
Courting iz a luxury it iz salad, it Dr. Mark Willingham has a patch
iz ice water, it i a heveridge. it iz a I (J f tile finest oats we have seen this
pla spell of the S ml. The man who j year. A great deal of small g*;.in
haz never courted haz lived in vain; | ftas been sown and it is looking
magnificent.
giving a description of the Wash
ington Amelia, and informing the I
magistrate that she was insane on ; ARomlntlc Epigram. ■'*«*<“ Tw ° uver.
the subject of marriage. But the Coai.ton.Fknn., December to.
description of the Erie bride does ,—-A romantic episode in the lives of
not lit the \\ ashington beauty, and ; two lovers is at present excitin;
the magistrate began to ponder up- ... . . .
. *- , , i • . 1 . great interest in this vicinity. \\ il
oil the remarkable coincidence <»t 1 " .
the Amelias disappearing about the j 1,am U a, I-h a young farmer, and Ma
same time. : ry Barker, the eighteen year old
His perplexity was increased yes- daughter of William Barker, also a
terday by another letter. It was j farmt ., t were to have been married
dated Austin, Cook countv, 111., and , .
contained an urgent request for the , on Christmas day, 1S63. On the
fullest information of Amelia A. I evening of the yth of December, in
Royse,"who departed clandestinely j the above named year, there was a
just the high | social partv at Fatmer Darker's
sacrifice h
I marryin
T1IK l.KlMtors TAINT.
Hetorcthe justice had fully recov
ered from this last surprise, another
letter came to Erie, begging in the
name of God and the saints to de
tain the young lady until friends ar
rived to take her home This letter
is dated from Beaufort, Quebec, and
tells a touching story of Amelia
Royse—no middle A in this instance
—who disappeared from her friends
while staving in Montreal three
party
house, and among the guests was
a young man from this village.
M iss Barker danced with him twice
in succession, and young Craig re
proved her for such marked atten
tion to another, and told her that lie
did not wish her to dance again
with the young man in question.
This aroused the spirit qf the young
lady, and she replied that she would
dance with him or any one else and
as many times as she like. Craig
then informed her that she might
do so, but that she wouldn’t see him
again for twenty years. To this she
v replied that “he couldn't
with the North- ]
for they can !
and when vou
he haz bin a blind man among lamb
skapesar.d watcrskapvs: he lias bin
adefi man in the land of hand organs,
and bv the side nv murmuring ca
nals. Courting is like a little springs
ov soft water that steal out from un
der a reck at the fut ov a moun
tain, and run down the kill side by
side singing and dancing and spat
tcring each uth.-r.now hiding under
hanks, now ful ov sun, and now
full ov shudder, till birneby thevjinc
and then tha go slow. 1 am in
, favor ov long courting it gives the
Senator Edmunds has introduced ■ parties a chan'e to find each others
a bill to provide for the further pro- | trump kards, t iz good excercise.
lection ol citizens of the United and iz jist as iiuocent as 2 merino
, . e lambs. Courtng iz like strawher-
Mates against violation of certain rjcs cream w ,„f R to be aid slow
rights secured to them by the con- j wbcn you get the flavor. I have saw
►Million. The bill undertakes, Mr. * folks git acquiinteil, lall in luv, get
Edmunds said, to provide security ge married, settle down, and
.1 1 ' 1 ; .►it tew work m three weeks I10111
t..r the protcct.cn ot the colored c.t- | This fhe wa some folks
i ens ot the L nited States against . j arn a tr.ide.Gjnd akounts for the
: human, wicked and unholy dis j great number i|f mighty mean me
tinctiuns that in some of the states
are- still made against them in re-
>pe-ct to their civil rights, and to
protect them consistently with the
la c decision of the supreme court
o'the United States, lie also in
troduced another bill, being a re-
draft of a bill reported by the com
mittee on judiciary some years ago,
dealing in general with the rights
ot colored citizens, especially with
a view of securing them a free
vote and a fair count of all votes
The laws and constitution of Gcor
gia fully protects the rights of color
ed citizens equally with the whiles,
and the courts respect those laws,
and Mr. Edmunds animadversions
arc as partisan and unjust as they
ought not to he.
chanics, wc hale and the poor jobs
tha tura out.
Ft- liaps it U best I shed state
some good advice to young men
who are about tew court with a fin
al view to mafmony. In the first
place young imn, you want tu get
your system al rite, and then find a
young womnnvfho iz willing tew
lie courted on he square. The next
is tew find outhow old she iz. which
you do by askng her, and she will
"say that she iztSyears old this vu
will find wontbe far from out of the
wa. The mir best thing iz to be
gin moderate, say once every nite
in the week f*r Hie first six months
ncreasing jl't dose as the patient
After the fust
to like it.
months ago. This fifth Alltel
conies nearer the description of the ! stiiv away from her twenty hours if
one married, hut a French accent j he tried ever so hard.” Craig went
and two grey eyes are wanting to j home, and the next day lie was
Grey Little, at Cra\yford, sells the ] complete the identification; also i missing. He lived with his parents
best nickel cigar in Georgia. about ten years of life. This Ante-1 who were unable to find any
Dr. Mark Willingham came up | lia Royse is thirty-five years old, trade for him. Miss Barker vowed
to Athens yesterday. Toon Powell j and for ten years lias been engaged I she never would go into or receive
presented him with a fine Poland j to he married to Victor Bailasche, i company again until lie returned.
China hog. a French Canadian merchant. She 1 As years passed by and no tvr.ee of
Land in Oglethorpe lias advanced had put oil' the marriage, although the missing son was received, his
admitting that he was dearer to her
than any man on earth. The rea
son of her repeated postponements
was to ascertain if she had inherit
ed leprosy from her mother, who
died of that loathsome disease at
the leper settlement. Four mem
bers ot her family have also perish-
Alsa Shackelfoid has nearly paid I ed after years of suffering from lep-
for the Echo the first year. He is ! rosy, and until she was satisfied that ] the 7th inst, a stranger knocked at
doing a line business. j her blood was not tainted she would the door of old Mr. Barker’s house
Dr. Boh Willingham is one «f the not consent to marry and perhaps , and asked tor Miss Barker,
perpetuate the disease in others.
Although earnestly pressed to say-
yes. she heroically resisted the
COTTON FACTORIES.
A&d All About Atlanta- Interview with Hon. F
' P. Rice.
Wc had the pleasure of a call yes
terday from the Hon. F. P. Rice,
who for two terms past has so ably
represented Fulton county in the
Georgia legislature. While only 45
years ol age, Mr. Rice is one of At
lanta : “oldest inhabitants,” having
moved to that city before it boasted
a brick house. lie has grown in
wealth and influence with the place,
hut hears his success and honors
with the spirit of a true gentleman.
Mr. Rice has been identified with
nearly all the enterprises of Atlan
ta, and was one of the incorporators
of the Inmann cotton factory,an en
terprise that this year cleared $40,-
000, and would have doubled that
sum hut for a decline in the price
ofits goods. We expressed sur
prise that a factory run by steam
could so successfully compete with
water-mills.
"Steam is rapidly suppianting
water-power,” was the reply, “and
even the Eastern mills are substitut-
rig this power for their inexhaustible
water supplies. You have no idea
the improvements made of late
years in steam, and the expense ot
fuel is but a smalt consideration
compared with the power given and
the conveniences in location,
transportation, etc. They are now-
making steel boilers so tliin it don’t
require near the fuel to heat them.
Next year we can lay coal down in
Atlanta at $2.50 per ton, and by
building factories direct on the line
ol railways we can receive stock
and ship goods at hut a nominal ex
pense. The cost of fuel far over
balances transportation,”
“How is it that so many of our
factories are not making money?”
“They do not keep up with the
times, and use old machinery that
can’t compete with improved. There
is no excuse for a cotton factory in
the south not paying if the right
sort of machinery is used. Here
we have the cotton grown right at
our doors and a home demand for
goods. The East cannot compete
with us if our people will
only keep up with the
times. But speaking of improve
ments, do you know that a care
fully estimated saving of ten per
cent, a year is made in cotton ma
chinery? Soifa factory does not
replenish every three years you see
that they run at a disadvantage ot
30 per cent, under the modern mills.
The factories using old machinery
would make money by pitching it
out of the window and substituting
new. Each year they fall further
and further behind their competi
tors, until they drift into a money-
losing business. Tile cotton inami-
facturing centre of this country-
will eventually he the south, and
the day is not far distant, either,
when our railroads will he lined
with factories. What we need
more than anything else is the de
velopment of our mineral resources,
and especially coal fields. Cheap
fuel is the foundation stone of man
ufacturing success. Why, the Geor
gia Pacific will do nearly as much
to build up Atlanta as all the other
lines put together, as it opens to us
inexhaustible iron and coal mines
and will give an incentive to manu
facturing enterprises.”
“What about the new Capitol?”
“Well, the hill was drafted by
myself. I do not think a million dol
lars will build a State-house that will
meet the growing population and
importance of Georgia, hut it was
the best we could do with the last
legislature. I hope a more liberal
spirit will dawn upon the people,
when it can be improved, as the
Commissioners will doubtless take
this matter in view in accepting a
plan. It should by all means be
built of Georgia stone, as an adver
tisement of the resources of our
state—that is, if our own people are
willing to meet competition from
abroad. The hill gives them this
advantage, but they must charge the
same price as foreign stone can he
delivered in Atlanta for. I was de
lighted at the specimens of granite
and marble sent in from Georgia,
and had no idea our state boasted
such valuable quarries. The Pick
ens county marble was in ull colors,
from snow-white to black, and the
quality excellent. It would indeed
make a building of which the peo
pie could well be proud.”
“Don't you think it just’for the
state to return to Atlanta the $600,-
000 she gave toward the Capitol?”
"No; and my city does not ask it.
It was donated in good faith, and
Georgia did right in accepting the
gift. There are precedents for her
so doing. Do you know that the
general government accepted a
similar donation from the citv of
Washing!on? The United States
was given every other lot in con
sideration for her establishing the
COLQUITT VICE PRESIDENT.
Appropos of this subject, we
dropped into t ie office of a Wall
street lawyer whose fame is nation
al and whose eloquence has helped
to win 111 ire than one Republican
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Negroes are leaving South Caro
lina for Texas.
Elbcrton has a lady 92 years old
who has a clear memory.
Eight hundred and fifty trains
, . - , . ‘r? n j leave Chicago daily,
victory, a few days since, and in the | B J
course of conversation he said 1 ^ Judge Foraker is a candidate for
“There is no mistake about it. The j C -ingress in the first District of
Democrats will have to nominate a G lio.
Southern man for Vice President,
The fine residence of Mr. Frank
,, • II. Miller, in Augusta, was destrov-
tneor.ua. lie will give more e j bv fj re “
and that man will be Colquitt, of
GEORGIA ITEMS.
25 per cent, since the adoption of
the stock law.
Judge Gibson united six couples
in matrimony one day last week.
And it wasn't a good day for marry
ing either.
Lexington has a deaf and dumb
shoemaker.
parents came to look upon him as
dead. M iss Barker, however, had
a singular faith that he would come
back some day. She kept her
vow as to living a secluded life, and
few people ever saw her after the
night she had quarreled with her
lover.
Last Friday evening, which was
cleverest gentleman in Oglethorpe,
and has a host of warm friends.
Either Rcv.J. G. Gibson or J. W.
Echols, Esq., will be a senatorial ] temptation to marry the man she
candidate next year. j loved. Six months ago she dis-
Wc spent several delightful hours covered several dark incrusted spots
with our old friend Mr. Will. Gott-) upon her arm, and believing these
1 to be leprous spots, she shut herself
up. and finally left her friends with-
heimer.
m e \ 1 ca n Veter an.
The Only Negro Mexican Veteran WI10 Nov Su
rma tb* War.
Cincinnati Timm-Star.
\V. II. Porter, of Madisonville,
out a sign or clew as to where she
was going. The Quebec Amelia
was not acquainted in the cities of
Washington, Baltimore and Denver
to which the Eric Amelia directed
naoere to be sent. It is just proba-
Ky., was in the city yesterday. He pap 61 " 81< , . , . ..
. , . . J .. , . hie that all the returns ot absent 1 old sweetheart she fainted in Ins
He
was a large, fine looking man about
forty years of age. He was admit
ted, and when Miss Barker ap
peared he held out his hand and
said;
“Mary Barker, didn’t I tell you
that you wouldn’t see me again in
20 years?”
It was William Craig. He had
returned to his parents.home in the
afternoon. Both nis father and
mother were still living. The se
cret of his arrival was kept, and
when he appeared in so dramatic
a manner in the presence of his
in the wee* ftr the
increasing JI'B dose
seems to retire it.
year yu wit.begin t
is on his way home from Washing- j Amelias are not ye , i„.
ton, where he attended a meeting of •-•-*
the Mexican veterans which was FBOZK TO DEATH IX MOL XTAIXS.
held in that city hut week. Mr. Spokane Falls, W. T., Decern-
Porter attended as the representa- her 14—Sergeant Wambuke, of
tive from Tennessee. lie is the only | Company D, Second Infantry, was
living negro Mexican veteran, and
Under the shadow of the great
misfortune which has befallen its
next door neighbor, the Monroe
Advertiser is moved to exclaim:
"llow small a matter is tho presiden
tial election ot 1SS4, when compar
ed with the failure of Col. Hanson
•o he appointed on the Capitol com
mission.
Mr. 1. H. Craig, of Elbcrton, for
nierly book keeper for T. Fleming
Ac Son, was married to Miss Jessie
Bruce, of that place.
Piohablrthe most valuable min
nows everiroyght to this country-
arrived fros Japan the other day.
They are tie Kinghaio, and are 75
in number, he largest being about
five inch* long. They have a
broad, t)uv-pointed silky tail, that
waves ik a banner as the fish
swims qbtjj;. There are three va-
ith ordinary eyes, one
ing.eyes like a frog,
eyes still more prom -
fish are valued at
neties,
with pro
•nd on*;
nent.,
$ioo<
pronoi
they can be correctly
“no sardines.”
is one of the very few colored men
who saw actual service during that
war: When the war broke out
Porter lived at Memphis. He volun
teered, and was the drummer in the
Third Division Tennessee Volun
teers, under Colonel, afterward Gen.
B. F. Cheatham. He served during
the entire war, and penetrated the
Mexican country as far as the City
of Mexico. At times he saw active
scivice, and was engaged in some
sharp warfare for quite a period.
Porter is intelligent and well
educated. He says but little was
accomplished at the meeting. Its
prime object was to secure pensions
for the veterans.
frozen to death last week in the
Cn-ur D’Alene Mountains. He
started out from a camp in the
Ca- d’Alene for a hunt with Corpo
ral Greene. The latter found his
way hack through a severe snow
storm.
TRAGIC RESULT OF BRCTALTY.
Rockville, Ind., Dec. 14.—A
man named Johnn Bonner, residing
in this vicity,' locked his wife cut of
doors because she reluscd to sup-
ply hi n with money to continue a
drunk. Shi went to the woods
with her children, and while build-
inga fire her clothing caught fire
and she burnt J to death.
arms.
Craig’s story of his disappearance
and long absence that he had gone
straight to Philadelphia after leav
ing home and there enlisted in the
army under an assumed name. He
served until thee.id of the war and
was mustered out at Philadelphia.
He longed very much to return
home, but permitted his determina
tion to remaiu away twenty years to
control him, and he went directly
to Nebraska. There he took up a
tract of land and went to farming,
remaining there until the twenty
years was up. He resolved to time
. is return and the meeting of his old
sweetheart, if she was still alive
and unmarried, at as near the hour
of his leaving her as it waspossible to
do. He came back with an am
ple fortune and _ found matters
much as he had left them. The
wedding that did not come off
twenty years ago will be celebra
ted at the approaching Christmas..
seat of government there. Many-
other states have accepted like of
ferings. Atlanta is satisfied with
her trade and has carried it out to
the letter.”
BANKS COUNTY KU-KLUX.
Two of Them Icnoconnt The Other* Sentenced.
Atlanta, December tS.—To
day Judge McCay rendered a decis
ion on the motion for a new trial in
the Banks county ku-klux case.
Five of the prisoners, Jasper Yar
brough, Jos. Yarbrough, Bold Em
ery, State Lemons, and Lovick
Svveetman. stated in open court,
that they were guilty, but that E.
H. Green and Ditmus Yarbrough
were innocent. The evidence as to
the last two will be heard Friday,
on an amended motion. The oth
ers were sentenced to two years
each in the Albany. N. Y., peniten
tiary, and a fine of $500 each was
imposed. Neal Yarbrough, who is
sick in jail, has not been sentenced.
LABORER’S RIOT.
Italinna Attacking and Shooting Negroea nt the
Bine Mountain Tunnel-
Newburg, Pa., December, 14.—
A serious riot took place last night
at the Blue Mountain Tunnel, near
here, between Italian and negro la
borers. During the night two of
the latter broke into the abanty con
taining the provisions for the labor
ers, and were discovered in the act.
The alarm was given, and about one
strength to the ticket at the North,
too, tl an any other man they could
name!”
Shiuld this prediction prove true,
the e’ection of Carlisle will smash
more slates than anyjrecen: event in
our political history. Should a
Southern man be nominated for
Vice President, it will be necessary
to counteract the influence of that
idea on the popular mind by-
making the head of the ticket
particularly strong in the
other direction. A Federal soldier,
of merit and distinction, will be the
natural antidote. Every civilian as
pirant, and every one who uttered a
word ot sympathy with the south
ern cause or its supporters, will he
hustled to the rear in a twinkling.
Soldiers will be put in the lead.
Slocum and Morrison are the men
who will be most available. Both
were soldiers of unimpcachable
merit, and both command the con
fidence of all parties. Morrison is
Carlisle’s special adjutant and an
out-and-free trader. Slocum was
an anti-slavery democrat before the
war, a splendid soldier, and favors
free trade in theory and a tarill" in
practice.
SPEER SEVERELY SNUBBED.
Atlanta, Dec. 14.—This morn
ing I chanced to meet a friend who
was on his way home to upper
Georgia from a short visit to Colum
bia, South Carolina. Knowing hint
to be a close observer of m en, and
in fact anything that comes before
him, I asked how Emory Speer was
getting along. Said he, "I don’t
want to be quoted, but I will tell
you this much, Speer is hacked.
The people there look upon him as
an interloper, and for this reason
treat him with no courtesy what
ever. If a reception or entertain
ment is given, Speer is not invited.
United States Judge Bond and
other officials are invited to these
affairs, but Speer is not. If a gen
tleman is introduced to a group of
which Speer is a member, all of
them are introduced to the new
comer with the exception of Speer.
In every instance possible the Dis
trict Attorney of the Northern Dis
trict of Georgia is cut and made to
feel badly. Speer feels this very
deeply, coming from a field where
he has been made a great deal of,
he now finds himself in a commu
nity where every effort is
made to make him feel in
significant and mean. At
torney-General Youmans in one of
his speeches picked Speer up by
tiie top of his head as it were, anil
gave him such a shaking that Speer
has not and never will forget it.
Speer has gone outside of the case
to traduce a witness, and Youmans
availed himself of the opportunity to
piten into him, and he did it in the
most severe as well as the most fin
ished manner. Spee’- behaved him
self after that.
“The government has no reason
to find fault with him, as he has
done his part well, considering the
odds against him. Melton, who is
the United States District Attor
ney of South Carolina, feeis deeply
humiliated that Speer should be
brought from Georgia and made
leading counsel in the cases for the
government. I didn't see him, but
could have by going up to the court
room. He has earned his money,
but has lost caste. Of course there
are lawyers who would have done
just as he did, but a great many
would have preferted to retain their
enste and lost the fee. He has sold
his tespectability for a very small
sum, and I believe that he will live
to regret what he has done.”
DEATH OF A FORMER GEORGIA
JOURNALIST.
From the Madisonian, Madison, Ga.,
Simeon A. Atkinson died in
New York on the 13th, from the
effects of a fall, which occurred at
his place of business, about one
week previous to his death. lie
was for a number of years quite
prominent in Georgia journalism.
He began his career in Madison
about 1S47, in the old Family Visi- wl °n
tor oilice, and three years later,
when only eighteen years old, he
became its editor, filling the chair
with such ability as to be called to
take charge of the then literary pa
per of Georgia, published in Augus
ta, when only twenty-one years of
age. Several years later he estab
lished the Augusta Evening Dis
patch, which he conducted with
wonderful success until intcrupted
by the war. He was then called to
take charge of an illustrated litera
ry paper in that city, which com
menced and ended its career with
the war. After the war he was for
several years editor and proprietor
of a paper in Athens, whence he re
moved to New York to take charge
of the publication of the Forest and
Stream and was for some time
connected with the Daily News of
that city. Though of northern
birth, Mr. Atkinson never faltered
in his devotion to the state of his
adoption, and was conspiciously
battling with his able pen during the
dark days ot the Bullock reign, and
though a jpoor man spurned with
righteous indignation the offer of a
bribe to wield his pen in behalf of
the mongrel ring. He was a young
er brother of Mr. A. Atkinson, of our
city. He leaves a widow and sev
eral children.
hundred Italians attacked the ne- ’cussing dis matter ’moug ourselfs.
groesoft le camp with sho gunsand and don’t want no Terence from out.
pistols. The negroes, being un
armed, returned the assault with
clubs and stones, but were finally
forced to flee for shelter, after four
of their number had been wounded,
one fatally and the three others
quite seriously. The latter will
probably recover, - although their
bodies were filled with shot. This
morning the rioting was renewed,
and the negroes were driven away.
Everything is now quiet, and no
further trouble is apprehended.
TheCBownFew.
Monday night Wc passed a crowd
of colored politicians on a Broad
street corner discussing the alder-
manic race, when the following
confab ensued:
•■Look ’ere, nigger, what you got
ter do wid dis race? You don’t lib
in de luss ward. Wese woters
and
side.”
The excluded sufi’ragft-slinger
sneaked away, feeling -like «n in
jured individual because the Mayor
did not order an election in all the
wards. \
After the vote was counted out
yesterday Zeke Edge v/da seen to
put a coffin in a wagon at« start for
the cemetery. Col. Dobbiread the
funeral service over his retrains.
Savannah has a female lawyer
named Mrs. Ricket. She is from
Washington.
There was a small hotel blaze in a
Milwaukee hotel that caused a panic
among the guests.
The Pennsylvania iron manufac
turers are reducing wages, as also
Massachusetts cotton mills.
O’Donnell, the assassin of Carey,
went to his death like a brave man
in London last Monday.
Two trains on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad collided near
Blunt springs.- The engineer and
firemen were badly injured.
A boy 13 yeafs old has just died
in Johnstown, N. Y„ of lockjaw,
brought on by the explosion of a toy-
pistol.
A fire started in the Consolidated
Virginia mine :n Nevada three
years ago is still burning, at a dis
tance of over 1,650 feet below the
surface.
The Provincial Secretary of Brit
ish Columbia reports that'the Chi
nese population on the mainland are
in a state of destitution, and that
their only means of subsistence is
by murder and plunder.
Speaker Carlisle is finding out
that “slander loves a shining mark.”
A story is being circulated that he
challenged a man to light a duel
once because he asked him fora
business settlement.
The “button mania” is raging
with extreme virulence in tho town
of Seymour, Conn., where a
wealthy resident has given forty-
young girls $50 each for very long
strings ofbuttons, “no two buttons
alike.”
Henry Curry, a negro from Wal
ton county confined in the 'Atlanta
jail,made a desperate attempt at sui
cide by jumping from the opening
between the stair way. lie did not
succeed.
Gov. McDaniel lias revived the
suit against the security of Renfroe.
He has employed B. 11. Ilill, Jr., to
assist the Atoorney General." The
suit seeks to recover interest on the
State’s money paid by the State
depositors to Mr. Renfroe.
Kansas City, December iS.—
The criminal court, at Gallatin,
yesterday, fixed the bail at $5,000 in
the case of Frank Janies, for the
murder of Cashier Sheets, in 1S69.
The defence asked that the prisoner
be remended to the custody of liis
sureties.
General Albert Sidney Johnson,
who was killed in the battle of Shi
loh during the war, left his family in
poor circumstances. He had a cer
tificate of location for 640 acres of
land in Texas at the head ol Brazos
river. His widow, who resides in
California, was urged by her friends
to sell it, but refused to do so. A
coal mine has been discovered on
it and it is now worth $100,000.
THE PHENOMENON EXPLAINED
The astronomers, not only in this
country but all over the world, have
been engaged for the past few Weeks
in endeavoring to discover the cause
of some of the queer atmospheric
disturbances that have lately pre
vailed. Everybody must have
noticed the very peculiar sun sets
and rises during November. Long
after the sun. had set there was a
red glare in the west that lingered
behind for several hours. This was
first thought to be due to what is
meteorologically known as a “foul
sunset,” ordinarily supposed to
presage a violent storm; but as this
red sunset came evening after even
ing without any accompanying
storms, this theory had to be given
up. Others were disposed to con
sider the red light the reflection of
a prairie fire, and others again an
aurora borealis.
The New Orjeans Times-D ;mo-
crat, which has evidently de\ oted
considerable study to the su' ject,
says that these theories ar; all
and adds: “This red s ;nsct
was limited to no portion oi this
country, nor indeed to the world.
It was noticed in England a.- early
as Nov. 9, and seems to have travel
ed slowly and regularly westward,
and it-was visible in the Sort ern as
well as the Northern hemisphere.
The first theory of scientists attrib
uted the phenomenon to the Java
volcanic eruption, and the vapors
emitted by the volcanoes. This,
however, was finally abandoned.
The fiery sunsets were not the only
extraordinary atmospheric pheno
mena that have lately been noticed.
I11 India the sky has been for
months a deep yellow, while in
South America, for several weeks,
the sun appeared to be of a brilliant
pcagreen color. These and other
phenomena would, a few centuries
ago. have alarmed the worid into
the belief that its end was near, and
the Millerites would have been out
in force in their white gowns, ready
to ascend to heaven; but, now-a-
days, they cause scarcely a murmur
of surprise. We admire the green
sun, the golden sky, and the red
twilight, hut we refuse to be fright
ened by them, and we call upon the
scientists to explain matters.
“They have just done so. Scout
ing the volcanic idea, they inform
us that the earth is just now passing
through a region ol meteoric dust,
having in the past two weeks cross
ed the track of two meteors. One
of these is supposed to be the debris
of the famous comet of Biela, which
many years ago split in two, leaving
no trace behind. In other words,
the earth has just run into a comet,
or rather the wreck of a comet,
without the slightest damage or in
jury to itself, withaut any notice
able occut rence except these varie
gated suns and sunsets.”
A Covington young man is mak/"
ing quilts for a living.
The Methodist Conferences of
Georgia have established a mission
among the Israelites of this State.
Dr. J. T. Curtiss has been placed
on the supemumary list, and will
remain in Gumming another year.
A colored woman employed as
cook in Augusta has made a bequest
in her will of $600 to the Paine In
stitute.
Some of the Richmond county-
taxpayers have sued out an injunc
tion restraining the collection of the
school tajt.
• Romans are squinting at an cight-
leggedcalf. Savannahiansatc com
pelled to be satisfied with a four-
legged rooster.
The Haley cotton factory, near
Woodstock, Cherokee county, has
been bought by Mr. Artherton, who
will put in new machinery and
have it running by February.
A number of Franklin county
families, numbering between sev
enty-five and a hundred souls,
boarded the train last Tuesday
morning on their way to Texas.
John Foster, aged 25 years, com
mitted suicide in the woods near
Mouroe, a few days ago. He was
of unsound mind and had pteviously
made several attempts at self-de
struction.
Tutor; “Of what did God create
heaven and earth?” Pupil: “Of
nothing.” Tutor: “What is noth
ing?” Pupil: “It is what the extra
legislative session did, multiplied by-
three.”
The Walton News does not seem
to be depressed by the apprehen
sion it expresses that “with Ham
mond, Jackson, Boynton and Liv
ingston in the field in that district
for congress, the dry bones will rat
tle.”
Martin Alfred and Hope Mobley
were convicted of kidnapping a
child 14 years old, of Rockmart. in
Polk Superior Court, the other day,
after a three days’ trial and were sen
tenccd to five years in the peniten
tiary.
Georgia has been liberally dealt
with in the way of pap. She was
apportioned three places, and the
delegation voted the place under the
doorkeeper to II. W. J. Ham, of
Gainesville; the place under the ser
geant-at-arms to O. S. Florence, of
Meriwether county, and the place
under the clerk to F. H. Richardson,
of Atlanta.
Linton Lewis.of Taliaferro county,
while crossing Little river on horse
back last Sunday night, was shot by
a white man with a shot-gun. lie
was leaning down on liis horse,
which was swimming, and was
peppered from head to foot with the
shot, liis wounds were serious but
not dangerous. It is said that
twenty-nine No.’4 shot have been
extracted from liis body. A certain
mar. is suspected of the attempt to
assassinate Mr. Lewis, and it is
thought jealousy was tiie cause. A
dozen armed men were looking for
the would-be assassin at last ac
counts. The band,- who were all
mounted, were also keeping a luok-
ut for a horse thief.
Miss Lula Hurst, aged t6, of Ce-
dartown, is a medium, and moves
chairs, bedsteads and other heavy
objects about the room simply by
will power. The headboard of a
bedstead was recently made to sing
an air which is a favorite with the
medium.
Over $20,000 has been invested in
coal and iron around Birmingham,
this year.
GENERAL NEWS.
Mrs. llarict B. Stowe is again in
Florida.
Corn is selling in Alabama at 40
cents per bushel.
The Chinese have commenced
sinking junks in heir harbor.
Gov. Bloxham, of Florida, de
clines to be a candidate for re-elec
tion.
A San Antonio (Texas) man
stole some grave-stones for building
purposes.
Certain St. Louis physicians say
that coca mixed with tobacco ren
ders the latter less injurious.
A Missouri journalist says that
persimmons are a good substitute
for brandy before breakfast.
An ex-member of the Louisiana
legislature (colored) stole and sold
in Ilouma three turkeys for $4.^0.
The republican senators in caucus
nominated Anson G. McCook for
secretary aad a full list of officers.
The cashier of a Western bank
was recently blown away by |a cy
clone and has not been heard from
Sonic honest men in the Pennsyl
vania legislature after all. A few
refused their per diem for doing
nothing.
A Miles City (Montana) hunter
reports a hard of buffalo numbering
75,000 in the vicinity of the Belle
Fourche.
Six ladies have graduated with
honor from the London college of
Chemistry, and propose to set up
as druggists.
Gcu. Robt. E. Lees statue, which
is now being cast in bronze in New
York, will be taken to New Or
leans in February.
The late Jim Fisk’s private car,
once a palace on wheels,and named
after Josic Mansfield, is now used
as a wrecking car on the Erie road.
Japan has the cheapest Jiostal
service in the world, despite the
difficulties of transportation. Let
ters conveyed all over the empire
(or two sen, about seven-tenths of a
cent.
“LadyJim,’ tilt Piutes “squaw-
man,” -lied recently. Having re
fused to fight with his tribe afi^yra-
mid Lake in tS'xj, he was condemn
ed ever afterwards to wear-petti
coats.
A Dundee dairyman was recent
ly convicted of selling rniik which
had stood in the room in which a
child was ill with scarlet fever. The
milk absorbed the poison, and sev
enteen persons were infected with
the disease, four of whom died.
An English missionary, who re
cently made the journey from St
Petersburg to Omsk, in Russian
Central Asia, says that the nihilists
not only insert their pernicious leaf
lets in duly authorized pamphlets,
but that a Bible had been seen be
ginning with Genesis and ending
with Revelations, but filled in the
middle with nihilism.
A St. Louis jury recently decided
that a cyclone is wind, not electric
ity. A suit was brought to recover
the amount of insurance policy
against fire and lightning on the
plainrifl’s house, the structure hav
ing been destroyed by the cyclone
in Cole county in 1SS1. During the
trial plaintiff sought to prove that
the destructive agent in cyclones is
electricity or lightning.
General Grant some time since
bought two thousand shares of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad at
par, on the advice of Mr. Victor
Newcomb*, then the’financial man.
S ge , r - ° f , .stt^c
declined 88, involving a loss of $24,.
000. Mr. Newcombe sent word to
return the stock to him, and he t
his che;ck for the fall amount«
investment.
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