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SUBSCRIPTION. The Covrant-Amkiiican is Poimmrd Wkkki.y in tuk Interest ok Bartow County, Devoted Mainly to Local News, and Thinks it iias a Right to Exna r an Undivided County Patron age Ml tin Cl I'ABTKHSVirxr. I OCRAWT, Est*blii*he.J IH* I CoSSOCIDATED 1887. . I —rlU. 0J I/AT*BTllA*Americas. 188 S- fSt MMONSj [regulator] PURELY VEGETABLE. It >ct with extraordinary efficacy on till T ,VER > Kidneys. A < and Bowels. AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR Hslsrla, Uowrl Complaints, liyepnpela, Nick Headache, Constipation, Biliousness, Kidney Affections, Jaundice, Mental Depression, Cuiici BESIfAMIIY MEDIAE Mo Household Should be Without It, ami, hy being kept ready for immediate use. will nave many an hour of Kutferiug and many a dollar in time and doctors' hills. THERE 18 BUT ONE SIMMONS LITER REGULATOR Sss that yoa get the genuine with red "2" on front of Wrapper. Prepared only by J.H.ZCILIN A CO., Bola Proprietors, Philadelphia, Pu. BUICK, HI.UO. SAVED THE lIAIIY. Many young babies have eruptions *iit*l son* throat, sometimes latiling the inost skilful physician. Frequently eliil ilren sillier from some inherited mahidy, ami only tin* radical treatment of an ab solnte and powerful blood purifier can effect a cure; again the ailment may l>e from contagion. At any rate, the safest plan is to at once eradicate all poison from the blood, no matter what the cause. So wisely did Mr. ('. ('. Key, one of the most cultured men and intelligent fanners of Alcorn county, Miss. He writes the following pointed testimony of his experience: Corinth, Miss., Feb. 1(5, IHS7. Gentlemen —Last November my baby, not then a year old, hail a bad breaking out on his hyndsand body, accompanied by a severe sore throat. I gavfe him some S. S. N., which 1 happened to have. When the family physician came, and learned what I was giving the child, he told me to cont inue it, as it was the best thing the baby could take. The doctor proved wise, for in a short while the eruption disappeared and the throat got completely well. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Ths Swift Specific Cos., Drawer At lanta, Ga. G 11. AUBREY. ( HAS. McEWEN. A.ubroy & MoEwen, Dealers in Coal and Insurance Agents. The pnlilie patronage respectfully solicited. Money to I.oan on desirable security. June 18, ’B7, It W. Mnrphey. O. 11. Autirey. (’has. McEwen. C. H. Aubrey <& Cos. REAL ESTATE ItouKht and sold on commission. Desirable Town, Count ay and Mineral Property for sale. Htft ID. W. 2£. PEACOCK, REAL ESTATE, CAIITERSVILLE, GEORGIA. MIITEEALS A SPECIALTY. Heal Estate boUßlit and sold. Information ■cheerfully given. Yellow Pine Shingles. W. W. ROBERTS, Dealer in and Manufacturer of YELLOW PINE SHINGLES. I will be triad to furnish all who desire them Srst-chns Shliitrles at reasonable prices. Orders ■will receive the most prompt and personal atten tion I*. (). Childersburtr, Ala and Cartersville, <ia. W. W. ROBERTS, jiilyT-’iin :GO TO: J. W. BRIDGES Cheap Cash Store, Hist Door Below Bank. Cartersville, Ga. 14 Pounds Standard Granulated Sugar, |1 oo IB •• tx ra 1.. Sug..r, I*• 10 “ (). K. Lard, 100 14 •• He .and Rice ><* 15 “ Clio ice ltice 50 •* Pearl Grits 1 •** A buckle's C< ffee 22q H. \e Ham, per pound 15 1 eita ns, per do* mi 25 Orai ires per floaen “ i r..nberrieper quart Prunes, per pound “( Current', p r i oand Auy kind i.t Jelly, per pound B> 25 Pound- Claim. al (Senum .k r*s) 1 <0 50 “ Pea Hil Flour 1 65 2 •* Cun T m tees IB 2 “ •* Pi a.-lies B 50 *• Veache sll ighe-t Patent Flour 150 51 “ St cloud Pat. nt Flour 1 #o 50 •* Npiune ~ • 160 2 “ a,is Blackberries 10 * *• ** It spb. rrie. 12X 1 “ “ Oysters full weight 10 3 *• AAA-oiaß a-led toffee,puie 1 (X) 2 “ M.chi ** “ ** 100 1 Gallon B. st New Orleans Sjrrup 75 1 *• *• Plantation Sjr.up 40 2 Pound Cans Mackeral 17>4 2 “ • Corn Beef 35 2 “ “ Peers 5 20 •• Head ltice 1 00 35 “ Buckwheat Flour 1 00 I am determined to give liesh goods chrai er (ban the lowest tor the cu-h. I keip no books, credit no one, lose no money, and save you 20 per <ent. Just come one time and be convince I. cl U-_y _ Buck leu’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cats Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Blieum, Felos Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin,Eruptions, and pos itively Piles, or no pay required It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. li. Wikle & Cos. tnrS-tf. BARTOW SUPERIOR COURT. (iraml Jury Preaent meins for Kirat Week July Term. IHB7. We, the grand J ury selects! and sworn for the fall term of Bartow Superior court, IMS7, make the following present ments : We have, by committees, examined the public buildings, all records, condi tion of roads, bridges, etc. We find the jail and jail house neatly kept, and prisoners well cared for. The veranda on second floor of court house we find unsafe, ami recommend it l>e re paired, and also the plastering inside o) court house be looked after ami necessa ry repairs be made. The grand jury room we consider a disgrace to any civ ilised community, and would urgently recommend that it l>e made comforta ble, or another room be set aside on lower floor for its use. We see the back yard of courthouse is being uml to hitch horses iu and as a receptacle for coal, ashes anti other rubbish, to the detri ment of the grass and trees. We suggest that the proper otlieers see that it is stopped. We find the treasurer’s books correct and projwr vouchers for all moneys paid out by him. lb* has on hand thirteen hundred and fifty-six dollars and ten cents ($1,'15G.10). The county commissioners’ books we iiml correct. The records of the ordinary and clerk Bu|erior court we find neatly and cor rectly kept. ()u sheriff's book of sales we find some property that has been levied on and ad vertised, but no record of any settlement being made. We further notice that lie kt*eps no book of account between him self and Ihe county for dieting the pris oners and other matters of cost, making it difficult, to ascertain the exact amount due to him from the county. The books of the county school com missioner were not presented to us. We find the books of the justices of the peace iu districts numbers 850, 851, 1)52, 1041 and 900, and the books of the notaries public for districts 851 and 827, generally correct. In some cases the dates are omitted, and some of the cases not properly stated as to whether they were brought on notes or open accounts. From the other districts no books were presented for inspection. The books of the tax receiver we find neat and correct. We also find that some of the property in the county has been returned at a too low valuation, which we have re-assessed at what wo consider its true value, and attach a list with these presentments and ask the court to have receiver make the correc tions and taxes le collected according to the re-assessment. At the pauper farm we find twenty-two (22) inmates that are well cared for. The buildings ai-e not in good repair, in fact not comfortable. The expense run ning the farm from January to July Ist we find to be live hundred and forty dol lars and eighty-eight cents ($540.88). The mules and other stock belonging to the company in good condition. The roads over tin* county reported generally in bad condition. We recom mend that the county commissioners have the road from Hardin's bridge in direction of Cartersville kept in repair, as there are no hands living on said road to work it. We present city council of Car tersville for failure to keep Cassville street in proper condition. The follow ing bridges we recommend have imme diate attention : The bridge over Pump kinvine creek, the bridge on Adairs ville and Canton road near Oliver Brad fords, Smith bridge near Taylorsville, and bridge near Stilesboro, on road lead ing to Euharlee. We recommend the pay of jurors for the next year be two dollars per day, also the pay of bailiffs be two dollars per pay, and that they furnish their own horse when one is necessary. We recommend J. F. Hubbard to be notary public for district No. 1410 and A. Y. Sheats for district No. 952. We recommend that our members of the legislature and state senator have the act creating our city court so amend ed as to prohibit cases being brought ill City Court that properly belong to the jurisdiction of the Justice Courts. We ask the court, if in his power to do ho, that after the present term, he reduce the number of grand juries to one for each term of court instead of two, ami thus, as we believe, lessen expenses, and at the same time exjiedite business. We recommend that the papers pub lish these presentments at usual prices. In conclusion, we thank his Honor Judge Fain, the solicitor and the officers of the court for all courtesies shown out body. Andrew F Woolley, Foreman. Anbury li Jackson. Benjamin F McMakin. Bailey A Barton. George M Manning. Abram Goode. Jabez K Gilkeath. Samuel Burns. Oliver C Bradford. Reuben W Satterfield. Thomas M Webster. Joseph C Dodd. Kliphaz Wofford. William W Cotton. John Collins. Charles M Jones. Thomas C Moohk. John T Owens. James A Jefferson. Martin Collins. Francis M Ford. Frank I) Vernon. Cjias McEwen, Clerk. Ordered by the court that the within presentments la* spread on the minutes of the court and published as requested. This July 10th, 1887. J. C. Fain, J. S. C. C. C. “over and over again.” Repetition is sometimes the only way to impress a truth upon the mind. Ac cordingly take notice that Dr. Pierce's “Pleasant Purgative Pellets,’’ (the orig nal Little Liver Pills) continue to lie wonderfully effective in cases of sick headache, constipation, indigestion, rush of blood to the head, cold extrer.ii eties, and all derangements arising from obstruction of the bodily functions. Their action is thorough yet gentle, and the ingredients being entirely vegetable, they can betaken with impunity into the most delicate stomach. All druggists THE COIR A NT-A MEEK'AN. SOME IMPORTANT LEGISLATION Dr. Felton has introduced a bill in the legislature concerning the government of the B*. ate University. Under this hill, should it pass, the control of the Univer sity will Im* by an official body, to be known as the senatus ucadeiuieus. This body is to Is* composed of the state sen ate and the board of trustees of the University. The bill provides that the two bodies shall meet iu joint session on the third Monday after the legislature convenes, and continue in session not longer than three days. The governor and chancellor of the University shall be ex-officio members of the senatus aca demieus, and its governor its president ex-efli, io, in his absence, then the presi dent of the senate will act. Tlx* senatus aeademicus is to have absolute control over the University, and will elect the chancellor and faculty, and fix their sal aries; it will not, however, have any pow er to divert any appropriations made by the legislature, or in any way dispose of or alienate any of the projierty belong ing to the University. Dr. Felton has also presented a resolu tion. in which he reviews the lease of the Western & Atlantic railroad, in sub stance as follows: “That, whereas the state leased the Western &. Atlantic rail road. on October 24, 1870, to a compa ny, of which Hon. Jos. E. Brown is pres ident, at a rental of $25,000 |*r month f.r twenty years. And whereas, tiie les sees gave a bond, as required, in $8,000,- 000 for the purpose of buying or leasing said road, therefore, Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby directed to proceed at once to secure from some court of comjietent jurisdiction in this state such a restraining order as will ef fectually prevent the said Joseph E. Brown and his co-lessees from disposing of or in any way interfering with any portion of the property belonging to the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company, except such manner as is contemplated in the usual and legitimate running and operating transactions of the road under the lease, and that His Excellency the Governor be directed to take any and all other steps necessary for the protection of all the rights and interest of the state in regard to this property, until such time when more definite and well-shaped action can be taken by the state for the full and fair adjustment of all the equities growing out of and involved in this ease as be tween the state of Georgia and the les sees of the Western and Atlantic Rail road company.” Mr. Huff, of Bibb, has presented a set of resolutions covering the same sub ject matter, which is perhaps more sweep ing than the Doctor’s. Several bills have also been introduced looking to the re-lease of this valuable property of the state at the expiration of the present lease contract. Hon. W. C. Glenn, of Whitfield, has in troduced a bill which he thinks will solve the race problem, especially will it settle it as applied to the educational system of this state. It provides specifically and strictly for separate and distinct schools for the two races. Under the bill, there there shall be no whites in the negro schools, and no negroes in the white schools. As the bill is simply classifica tion. and not discrimination, there can be no reasonable objection. Maj. A. M. Foute lias introduced a bill to amend the constitution, by striking out the distinction in qualification made in the selection of grand and traverse jurors, and requiring the same qualifica tion for both. This is a good bill, and ought to pass. There should never have been any distinction made in selecting men to serve in these two important branches of our judicial system. Each demands the intelligence and integrity of a county, as each have the consideration of matters of the highest importance to the community and its citizens. DIED. Calhoun Times.] I But a month since it was our painful duty to chronicle the death of Rev. J. B. Hillhouse one of the most resjiected and beloved citizens of our county. It would seem that so great a loss to a community and a family in the brief period of one month would be satisfactory to the fell destroyer, but it is not. In less than one month from the decease of this honored man and citizen, we are called upon to chronicle the death of his wife and one of his sons. On last Sunday evening at 3 o’clock Marcus Lee Hillhouse a most estimable young man, of pure morals, good head and heart, a devoted son and loving brother, a Christian, departed this life after a brief illness. He was born on the 4th day of July, 18G4, in Anderson Dis trict, S. C., and was twenty-three years old at the time of his death. He moved to Gordon county with his parents in 1873, where, by his uniform kindness and gentlemanly deportment, he soon won and retained to the date of his death the confidence and esteem of every one with whom he became acquainted. Recently he visited Florida, lie remained but a short while and returned to Gor don county with a view to locating per manently. On last Thursday evening he was in town, but complained of not being well. On Sunday evening lie was at tacked, and a congestive chill quickly did its work and his bright young life was ended. But on this sacred day was visited upon this sorely afflicted family, another, perhaps, greater loss. The mother, relict of Rev. J. B. Hillhouse who, ou June 13th last, weighed down with grief, accompanied the remains of her husband to the grave was summoned and at 10 o'clock Sunday night her soul winged its way to that brighter and happier realm, where were waiting the husband and son who had just preceded her. Miss Esther Love Steele was a daugh ter of Col. James Steele, late of Cherokee county, and was born on the 9th day of March, 1820 in Anderson district, S. C. She married Rev. J. li. Hillhouse and to gether they reared a large and interest ing family. Perhaps no family on earth ever enjoyed to a greater extent the love, esteem and mutual effection and confi dence of each other than did this om CARTEESVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1887. ■ As father, husband, wife, mother, son. I daughter, brother, sister, -there was a 1 truthfulness, reliance, love that pervaded the fibers of their every being, intertwin ing their hearts that pulsated as one, and made their home a model, their ex ample worthy and admirable. And there was something sad and touching in the death of this good and noble woman. For several days she was very sick and her death was not entirely unexpected. The care and anxiety of the family was centered about her. Bhe heard of the illness of her beloved and favorite son, Marcus. Late iu the after noon Sunday, she inquired about his condition, herself sinking rapidly. He was then lying in an adjoining room, dead. Out of fear lest the shock might prove immediately fatal to her, she was told he was better. Perhaps even then the spirit of her dear, dead boy was hovering over, waiting to keep her com pany; and in a few hours they met over the river, pure and glorified. Take com fort ye stricken ones. There has been a glad greeting on the other shore. Father, mother, brother, sister. They cannot come to you. You can go to them. May God who tempereth the wind to the shorn lamb, bless and comfort you. How to Build a Town. Manufacturer*)’ Record. We have never known a town or city built yet, without first building houses for the ]eople to live in, who are to make up the population of such places. We are not well enough posted as to facts to say whether or not this business is being neglected here. Hut it would seem to be the part of a prudent fore sight for the land companies of the town to do what they can on this line. Stran gers at a distance who hear of the won derful boom of the town and who come here and see the high-priced lots of which they have heard all vacant and no improvements of any kind being put upon them, are apt to conclude that the whole thing is a speeulative move with but little solid foundation. We are satisfied that such is not the fact, but it may impress a stranger that way. —A Writer in Tennessee Valley, Decatur. This advice as to building houses is very much to the point. Quite a num ber of Southern towns are being serious ly injured and hindered in their growth by this lack of houses. It is, as this cor respondent says, rather disappointing to visitors to Ihese places to find vacant land the most conspicuous object. They expect to see great building activity and hundreds of houses going up, but in too many places they fail to find this. If any one of a number of these indus trial centers would announce to the world that 500 or 1,000 good, commo dious dwellings, well planned, had b<*en contracted for, and that they would be built just as rapidly as possible, it would be productive of more good, we believe, than securing the location of some im mense car and locomotive works; it would draw more people, cause u greater advance in real estate, and do the town more good. The spending of $1,000,- 000 in this way would not only prove of incalculable value to the town, but the investment would be a very profitable one. It would, in fact, yield big returns. We believe every house would be rented or sold at a good profit long before it w 7 as finished. Such an undertaking would show the faith of the leading men of a town in its future more pointedly and emphatically than anything that could be devised. Strangers would say this is certainly the place to invest and to locate new industries, and here we will cast our lot, for these men are demonstrating by actual works their faith in their town. There are a few of these great land and improvement companies that are strong enough financially' to undertake such a scheme. If they have not the ready cash, they 7 could easily secure it, and we be lieve that they would find it one of the best investments that they ever made. Which one will take the lead and thus give a practical invitation to the thou sands who wish to move south to select their town as a home? This will be the winning card. Real estate would double in value under such a stimulus, and peo ple would flock there from the south, from the north and from the west. The Black Mann Bights, Detroit Free l’reas. Yes, I did find one colored man in Ala bama who claimed be was oppressed on account of his color and previous condi tion. It was at the depot in Selma. We two were alone on the platform, and as we drifted together and he made up his mind that I didn't intend to steal his satchel, I asked how he was getting on. ‘Poorly, salt, very poorly, he answer ed. ‘Don't they give you a chance?’ ‘No, sah; no salt. Whi.e folks down on us mighty bad.’ ‘Give me a sample case.’ ‘Waal,’ he replied, after talking a little time to think, ‘dey (loan’ respect our rights ’tall. One night last fall free of ’em come to my house at midnight an' dun woke up and lugged me off to jail.’ ‘What for?’ ‘Said I had dun stole a hog.’ ‘That's cool. And you were an inno cent man?’ ‘Sartin I was. an' if dey hadn’t sarch ed my house widout heviu’ warrant or de slightest authority I'd hev proved it.' ‘But why couldn'tyou after the search?’ ‘Kas dey dun found de pork under de floah, sah! If 1 had been a white man do you reckon dey would have attempted any high-handed outrage like dat? Did not dey do it kas dey kno wed I waV a poor black man widout any rights? Talk to me, sah, of aeull’d pussons rights down yere. He haint got none. Dat pork was stole in de night, an’ I didn't leave a single track behind, an' an' yit dey come and jump right in on me like dey was shore all de white folks was honest, and all de rest of de cull'd peo ple had moved away.’ cow’s MILK FOR INFANTS. The practice of feeding infants with cow's milk is often disastrous. It con tains too large a proportion of casein, which forms indigestible curds, and fre- I queutlv brings on serious bowel disor der’s. Laetated Food, on the contrary, is identical in effect with mother's milk, I and will prevent and cure all stomach and bowel troubles. AWFUL THOUGHT. Life Ileturn.l at a Crematory After the Snlyeft was Made Ready for the Fiery Furnace. New Your, July 15. —A living woman for whom the crematory furnace was at its fiercest heat of twenty-seven hundred degrees Farenheit, and for whom the alum sheet was already prepared, is with lier husband and children, although on Thursday last she lay in her coffin in a room adjoining the vault where incinera tion is doue. It was a case most horri ble to think of or contemplate, and will make evident the hoed of still more stringent laws to govern this new feat ure in sanitary welfare. Ex-Coroner Hughes is president of the Mount Olivet Crematory Association, which, in the form of a Grecian temple, is located in a lovely garden spot at Fresh Pond, Long Island. Dr. Hughes vouches for the cor rectness of the story, but withholds both the name of the physician who made out and signed the death certificate and that of the lady. In the former case he gave his promise only after the most urgent appeals, and then he only consented to keep the story until the annual report is published in October, when his obliga tions as president of the crematory 7 makes it necessary for him to print the facts, and even then, out of motives of consideration that prevail iu every man's breast, he will suppress the name of the unfortunate, yet at the same time hap py, family that had the DEAD RESTORED TO LIFE. On the day 7 mentioned a casket con taining the body of a woman arrived at the crematory. It came from Fifth Av enue, not far from the hotel Windsor. Accompanying it was the widower, chil dren, and half a dozen relatives. The casket was carried into the reception room, and by its side was placed a cost ly silver urn, in which the ashes were to be subsequently placed for final keeping- After a simple service the lid of the coffin was removed and the mourners, one by one, took a last tearful look. The lid was replaced and the floral emblems were again placed on the coffin. The widower and weeping children were led away to the carriages, and the dead was left to the crematory assis tants for incineration. When they were gone President Hughes and his men re moved the entire lid and then sent them to prepare the alum sheet for envelop ing tlx* body and to swing the chilled steel cradle into position before THE GLOWING FURNACE DOORS. While they were absent President Hughes turned to a small mirror, and while arranging his tie he was startled by a faint voice at his back, saying, “Where am I?” Turning quickly lie saw the woman sitting bolt upright in her casket, star ing directly at him. When lie gathered his scattered wits he realized that prompt action was needed uixl stepping lb her side ho said familiarly.: “You are with friends.” She had already swung her legs out of tlie casket, and was look ing in a dazed way at the urn and then at her burial robes. Assisting her out of the coffin and encircling her with one arm he carefully kept her head turned from her resting place, and half led, half carried her to a cheerful bed-room over head, occupied by the superintendent and his wife. Soft breezes were coming in the window, and a cheery 7 canary in an alcove sang a song of joy\ While the superintendent’s wife removed the THE GARMENTS OF DEATH and put the lady to bed. President Hughes hurried away, and returned with some brandy and milk. The drink had the effect of bringing a flush to the cheeks of the patient, succeeded immedi ately by a quiet doze. The telegraph was brought into requisition, and the husband was soon back at the crema tory with a set of his wife's apparel. While he was yet on the way his wife awakened from her nap and asked: “Whose clothes am I wearing?” They were those of the crematory, but that fa t was ingeniously concealed in the reply, which seemed to satisfy her. The severest task was when the husband arrived, when they tried to school him into self control for the interview. The course of procedure agreed upon was carried out to the letter. The husband went into the room with the usual in quiry as to how she felt, and said if she considered herself strong enough they would return to the city; that in his opin ion she had stayed long enough in the country. Acquiescing in every thing, although somewhat mystified, she arose, dressed herself and announced that she was ready. The husband was now in a tortured frame of mind, for he DREADED PASSING THE FRONT DOOR, Where in large letters was the word “Cre matory.” The shock of the discovery he feared would kill his wife. Happily there was a rear door, and through this he led her to a close carriage, and thence, regardless of the fact that there was no road, he had the carriage driven straight across the lawn and field until kindly trees hid the crematory from sight. Then he took the smooth pike to the nearest railroad station and a train thence home. The children had been forewarned of what had occured, but as an additional precaution they were sent home and were not allowed to see their mother until to-day. She was given to believe that they were away on a visit to New .Jersey. The lady's death was attributed to heart disease, and the doctor’s certificate to this effect is on file in the Health Office. THE WEAKER SEX are immensely strengthened by the use of Dr. it. V. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescrip tion,” which cures all female, derange ments, and gives tone to the system. Sold by druggists. Hay Fever Is an inflamed condition of the lining membrane of the nostrils, tear-ducts and throat, affecting the lungs. An acrid mucus is secreted, thedischarge is accom panied with a burning sensation. There are severe spasms of sneezing, frequent attacks of headache, watery and inflamed eyes. Ely’s Cream Balm is a remedy that can be depended upon to quickly re lieve and cure. 50 eta. at druggists; by mail, registered, 00. Ely Bros., 235 Greenwich Street, New York. Hydrophobia—A Horrible Heath. Baiabridge Democrat .] There occurred; near thelittle village of Faircloth, just over the Mitchell county line, on Friday last the most heart rending and horrible death from hydro phobia that we have ever recorded-—the victim living Mr. Hannibal t’rossou, a much esteemed and prosperous farmer of that community. From a gentleman to whom Mr. Uiosson’s son-in-law narrated the particulars we get the following facts and incidents: It appears that one night in March last a strange dog invaded Mr. Urosson's yard after that gentleman had retired, and jumjied upon two dogs of Air. ('. and bit them both. Hearing the fighting Mr. C. arose and going out attempted to drive the strange dog off, but did not succeed until he had bitten the two dogs, and Mr. Crosson himself, who lx* snapped on the hand. Subsequently the two dogs died, but Mr. C.’s wound, a slight bite, healed kindly and lie thought nothing more of it. For a week, however, pre ceding the culmination of the events at tending his death. Mr. Crossou was feeling quite unwell, and seemed very despondent, and complained of very un natural feelings about his head. Ou Sunday preceding his death on Fri day he and his wile went out and gath ered some peaches, and on their return, feeling thirsty, he attempted to drink some water but was unable to do so. The sight of it sickened him and a terri ble aversion to seize him, and he com plained of peculiar and distressing pains and sensations about the throat. Dr. Faireloth, a near physician, was called in, and after a careful investigation saw many symtoms of hydrophobia. Ner vines were administered and the family notified of liis fears and it was decided to call also l)r. Cull, of Camilla, which was done. Dr. Cull at once noticed the alarm ing symptoms noted by his brother phy sician, and upon consultation it was de termined, between them an 1 the patient, to submit the symptoms to the infallible test for hydrophobia, viz—the adminis tration of water. The patient, consent ing, four strong men held him securely 7 , and a tablespoonful of water was admin istered. Immediately the patient was seized with the mosthorribleconvulsions, and snapped, growled and whined most piteously. These terrible scenes, and others too horrible to recount continued with greater frequency until Friday when death kindly relieved him of his suffer ings. He had to be kept continuously bound so securely that he could not in jure any one, or himself. We have known Mr. Crosson since 1874, and Mitchell county has never had a more honest and straight forward citi zen, or his community a better neighbor, or a kinder husband and father. We learn that the whole community are now thoroughly aroused on the sub ject of hydrophobia and dogs, and that the citizens have organized themselves into committees and are killing all the dogs in the vicinity 7 . At last accounts 75 yelping curs, fices, spaniels Ac., had gone to the happy hunting grounds, and the circle of slaughter was still widening. May it find no detention till it awakes the solous now in session in the State’s capi tal and eventuates in a tax on the dogs that will stamp out every strolling or worthless dog in the land! WESTERN & ATLANTIC YARDS. An Effort to be Made to Purchase the Ground from the State of Georgia. A Times reporter yesterday had an in teresting interview with a gentleman who has been quite successful in real es tate transactions and who stated that a movement was about to be set on foot to secure, if possible, an option from the state of Georgia on the entire freight yards of the Western A Atlantic rail road. If this cannot be done, a move ment will be set on foot to induce the legislature to pass an act enabling the officials to sell the property and remove the freight yards further out. .Said the gentleman:’ “I believe the scheme will work. The property is now almost in the heart of the city and is too valuable for freight yards. Property can be bought further out for one-hun dredth of what this property would bring and would answer the purpose quite as well as the present location. It would in a large measure abate the nui sance, remove to a degree at least, the dangers of the man trap known as the W. &A. crossing. lam satisfied that the plan could be made to work.” It is devoutly to be wished that it may be accomplished. Chattanooga will suf fer in a few years if something like this is not done. —Chattanooga Times. A Fortunate IJraki max once of Scran ton, Pa. Mr. Frank Corcoran in the employ of the 111. Central H. R., in this city, was in terviewed. He drew SIO,OOO on two tenths of ticket No. 75,860, which took the second capital prize of $50,000 in The Louisiana State Lottery in the drawing of May 10th. He takes his good fortune as a matter of course, not being elated thereby. He was well off financially before. He expects to con tinue right along as he has been for many yearf, brakeman on the steam trucks. He is a bachelor, about 48 years of age, is of Irish parentage and came from Pennsylvania in 1852. He has two brothers and two sisters in Scranton, Pa., all in easy circumstances. —Cairo (111.) Argus, May 23. The Telephone of 1065. “There is nothing new under the sun,” not even the telephone. Permit me to state that in the year 1665 there was published a book with the title of “Mi cographia.” The author was I)r. Robert Hooke, a celebrated scientist, mathema tician and philosopher, who was born in the Isle of Wight, in 1635, and educated at Oxford. The work referred to con tains various philosophical descriptions of minute bodies, made by magnifying glasses, as indicated in the title, togeth er with “Observations and Inquiries” on them. In the preface the learned scien tist asserts that the lowest whispers, by certain means (which he does not make public) may be heard at the dis tance of a furlong; that he knew a way by which it is easy to hear anyone speak through a wall three feet thick; and that by means of an extended wire, sound may be conveyed to a very great dis tance, almost in an instant.—North American Review. GEORGIA NEWS. \Vt at Ims Transpired In tli* State Since Our Last Issue. While tho pi*ople a' sweating under a 80-odd tenqieratnre Augusta just boils over with the temperature at 104. The city dailies are studying the ther mometer and the hot weather while the rural brethren areentertaiuingbig water melons and “sieh like." The watermelon crop of Georgia is now being northward in a hurry. Pretty fair prices art 1 being realized. The Western & Atlantic railroad does three-fourths of of the hauling. George R. Sibley, a banker of Augusta, died very suddenly Friday night. He was one of the foremost citizens of Au gusta. and largely interests! in cotton manufacturing. George R. Grown, the treasurer of Han cock county, has been removed from of fice for failure to make a statement to the grand jury. Already six candidates are in the Held, and the Ishmaelite is of the opinion it will be an easier matter to get elected than securing bondsmen, as that kind of business will lie rather dreary in Hancock county hereafter. Athens was the scene of a sail tragedy last Tuesday afternoon. Two livery sta ble men, I. Y. Murray and Robert Reaves, were discussing horseflesh, when the for mer gave the lie and coward to the lat ter, following them up with his pistol. Reaves was shot twice, but at last ac counts was alive with a possibility of re covery. Murray made his escujie but his friends say he will be on hand at the proper time. The Macon Evening News says: “Eli jay Youngblood, of Coff.** county, has killed 990 deer, lie is one of Coffee’s most successful farmers, and lives now on one of the poorest places in the coun ty and makes plenty. It is said that since 1840 eleven families have starved on the place, but he makes plenty, and sells corn, potatoes and bacon. He says any man who cannot make a living in that county should not live. He is 61 years of age, can walk till day in the woods, and can run a mile to head a deer or wild cat when he hears old “At man" bark. He has killed 540 wild cats." Any complication between the State and the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company naturally brings up the ques tion of the bond made by the lessees of the State road. That was the great question in 1883, and it may become the important question in 1880. If the lessres should attempt to carry out their threat to run the road down if the State fails to satisfy them in the matter of betterments, it will become an important matter before the expira tion of the present lease. Attorney- General Anderson gave a written opin ion in 1882 on the validity of the bond, the principal points in which were as follows: Tn 1882, in obedianee to a reso lution of the General Assembly, Attor ney-General Anderson submitted to the Governor an opinion as to the legality of the bond given by the Western & At lantic Railroad Company to secure the proper performance of its obligations toward the State, the principal points in which are that the bond given by the company* in its own behalf, signed by Joseph E. Brown, president pro tern., is in proper form, legal and binding, but the signatures to that instrument by officers of the Georgia, Central, South western and other roads, as sureties, were not authorized by the charters of these roads, and the companies are not bound. Home Hap pines*. Probaly nineteen-twentieths of the happiness you will ever have you will get at home. The independence that comes to man when his work is over, and he feels he has run out of the storm into the quiet harbor of home where he can rest in peace with his family, is some thing real. It does not make much dif ference whether you own your house or whether you have one little room in that house, you can make that little room a true home to you.—You can people it with such models, you can turn to it with such sweet fancies, that it will be fairly luminous with their presence, and will be to you the very i*erfection of a home. Against this home none of you should ever transgress. You should always treat each other with court eiy. It is not often so difficult to love a per son as it is to be courteous to him. Courtesy is of greater value and a more royal grace than some jieople seem to think. If you will but be courteous to each other, you will soon h arn to love each other more wisely, profoundly, not to say lastingly, than you ever did be fore. Give Them a Chance! That is to say, your lungs. Also all your breathing machinery. Very won derful machinery it is. Not only the larger air-passages, but the thousands of little tubes and cavities leading from them. When these are clogged and chocked with matter which ought not to be there, your lungs cannot half do their work. And what they do they cannot do well. Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia’ catarrh, consumption or any of the family of throat and nose and head ami lung obstructions, all are bad. All ought to lie got rid of. There is just one sure way to get rid of them. That is to take Boschee’s German Syrup, which any druggist will sell you at 75 cents a bot tle. Even if everything else has failed you, you may depend upon this for certain. Greatly Excited. Not a few of the citizens of Cartersville are greatly excited over the astonishing facts, that several of their friends who had been pronounced by their physicians as incurable and beyond all hope—suffer ing with that dreadful monster Consump ion—have been completely cured by Dr. King s New Discovery for Consumption the only remedy that does positively cure all throat and lung diseases,Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis. 'I rial bottles at J. It. Wikle & Co.’s Drug Store, large bottles sl. mc3-tf. Coca-Cola. Try it and you will always buy it. At Wikle’s. Go to Wikle’s drug store and get fruit jars and put up berr.es, as Hare will be scarcely any peaches in this section. lou can get the jars at bottom prices, A D VKUTIS KM EN FS. The Coi’rant-Amkiucan ts the oni.v Paper Published in one ok the Best Counties in North Georgia. Its Cir- CUI.ATTON IS SECOND TO NONE OK IThCIASA. Keaßonaule Rates on Ai’cljcat ion. $ 1.50 Per Annum.—sc. a Copy. THE KING PROSPERING. Encouraging Reports From the Cottnv Planters. The cotton crop that is now growing will probably excite morp interest tlmu any that has been raised for several years jiast, for the reason that cotton is almost as good as a barometer of com mercial excitement or depression as iron. It is the key of commercial prosperity in the South, and exerts a much more potent influence in this section than doe* iron, and the sue.vss or failure of a crop is ol a great deal more importance to the South than the rise or fall of the iron market is to the North. The last two years have witnessed a jieriod of depres sion. The price of cotton declined and re. mained at a figure that was generally conceded to Is* low, but the revival in trade has given promise of a more suc cessful season this coming year, and con sequently planters and factors are watch ing the cotton crop to see what its possi bilities are. The reports that have been received so far are most encouraging. It is true that the heaviest damage to the crops comes in August, still the July re ports are such as to encourage the fac tors into the belief that even after sus taining tin 1 customary damage tin* crop will be an unusually large one, and the return it will bring will Is*eminently sat isfactory. Burke, Clay, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Houston, Jefferson, Laurens, Mitchell, Pulaski. Seriven,Thomas, Twiggs, Wash ington, Wilcox counties in Georgia and Jefferson and Madison counties in Flor ida, have all sent in very full reports of the condition of the crops, and on the whole they are flattering. The stands are all good and give promise of an abundant yield. The fields are dean and are kept in good condition. The plants are healthy and seem strong enough to withstand the evil influences to which they are subjected. A short while ugo there were some com plaints from up the river of a need of rain, but the plantations there have had all they needed. The ruins have been gen eral, and w hile some sections have had quite as much as they needed, there has not been too much anywhere. The rains have come opportunely for there was danger of drought in some parts of the country but that has passed now, and unless there is an unprecedentedly dry spell now until harvest, there will be no trouble from want of water. The dry weather that preceded the rains has, however, forced the* plant to some extent and it will result in the gathering of more early cotton than iH usual. On account of the dullness of the past two years, planters have borrowed more money on their stands than usual. The factors have advanced more than they are accustomed to, but they are com pensated for that in the more hopeful outlooks of the crop. Some planters who borrowed nothing last year have been in for money this year, and in a number of cases the factors have had ap plications for loans from others than their regular customers. In many it.- stances these applications have been re fused because of the condition of the money market. The depression of silver in London and the East India trade has caused a sympa thetic depression in the trade of this country and a consequent tightening of money. This has resulted in higher rates of interest and prevented the factors from doing what they would liked to have done for the planters. They bor rowed money from the banks at 5 and 6 per cent, lost year, but they cannot get it for less than 7 per cent, this summer, and therefore they have been forced to curtail their loans, to the inconvenience of the planters. But still that is only temporary disadvantage, for in a short while cotton will begin to move and the stringency of the market w ill lie relaxed, —Savannah News. Am ICE TO MOTHERS. Mrs. Winslow’s Hoothi.no Syrup, for children teething, is the prescription of one of the best female nurses and physi cians in the United States, and has been used for forty years with never-failing success by millions of mothers for their children. During the process of teeth ing, its value is incalculable. It relieves the child from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, griping in the bowels, and wind-colic. By giving health to the child it rests the mother. Price 25c. a bottle. Andrew Meyer, a farmer living near Mexico* Mo., was attacked by a vicious horse and completely scaljsHl. His left cheek and a portion of his upjier lip were also torn away by the animal’s teeth. A physician was sent for. but was slow in coming, and Mrs. Meyer, using a com mon needle and black thread, replaced the lacerated cheek and lip and sewed them in place. Hhe then began on the scalp, which she sewed to the flesh on the head, and had nearly finished the work when the physician arrived. Her work was pronounced excellent by the doctor. A SONO OF REST. O weary hands! that, all the da.v. Were * t to labor hard and lon*, Now softly fall the shadows sr.-ay. The hells are ran for eveu souk- An hour uko the Kolden sun Sank slowly down Into the west; Poor, weary hands, your toil is done ; ’Tin time for rest! ’tis time for rest! O weary feet! that many a mile Have trudged along a stony way. At last ye reach the trystinir stile; No loiiKer fear to K<< astray. The pentle bendiiiK rustliiiK trees Rock the vouok birds within the nest. And softly -iiiK the quiet breeie: <• ’Tis time for rest! !tis time for rest! 0 weary eyes! from which the tears Fell many a time like thunder rain— O weary heart! that throuKh the years Iteat with such bitter, restless pain. To-niKht forKot the stormy strife. And know what heaven shall send is best ; Lay down the tanked web of life: ’ l’is time for rest! ’tis time for rest! —Florence Tylee. DYEING IS PRACTISED in thousands of the best families of the country. Any woman is glad to avail herself of the help of Diamond Dyes in re storing and renovating old or faded ar ticles. 10 cents each. 32 colors. When everything else fails, Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures. Are you made miserable by Indiges tion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Yellow Bkin? Shiloh’s Yital izer is a positive cure. Hold by M. F„ Word.