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VOLUME 11.
CARTE RSVILLE, GEORGIA.
This city is situated n the Western A Atlantic and East and West Railroads, 48 miles north of
Atlanta, and in Bartow county, Georgia. Population 2,.<00, with churches of Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian and Episcopal denominations. With superior educational, climatic aud business ad
van takes Uarteraville is unsurpassed as a place of resident*. Nestling in the beautiful mountain
district of North Georgia, It is protected from the extreme chill v blasts of winter, while in the hot
luntvter months the cool mountain breezes makes it a most pleasant summer resort. As to health
iness it cannot be surpassed—ls entirely free from all malarial influences, and there never has
Sheen ft ease of chills known to have originated in the county.
Mineral and Agricultural Resources.— Nearly every mineral known to exist is
found iii inexhaustible quantities, which will make Cartersvdie a great manufacturing centre at
no distant day. The mauganese shipments from this depot alone are simply enormons. The Fa*m
ino Lands of Bartow county will compare favorably with chose of Illinois, Michigan and other
northwestern States. Alt the cereals is raised to perfection here, while cotton is grown in immense
quantities. The nature of our soil is very similar to the lands of the Northwestern States, while
wc have the advantage of shorter and milder winters. Lands are cheap and superior inducements
are offered to those that may locate among us for the purpose of developing our beautiful county.
GENERAL AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF THE CITY OF CARTERSVILLE.
Physicians.
T INDSAY JOHNSON, M. D.,
|j Physician aud Surgeon.
nittce: Curry’s Drug store; residence, Erwin Bt.
Jll, MAYFIELD, M. D.,
, Physician and surgeon,
office: first door south Crawford A Hudson; res
idence, East Main
Thomas h. baker, m. and.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Ollice: one door alxrvc St. James Hotel,
JAMES M. YOUNG, M. D.,
Residence on Market street, near Baptist
Church. ___________________
Daniel hamiter, m. and.,
Residence on Market street, south side.
H\V. FITE, M. D.
, Office West side Public Square
(t H. WHITE, M. D.
j % Ollice over Mays & Pritchett
WL. KIRKPATRICK, M. I).,
Office in Howard’s Bank, Residence on
Church Street.
At M. GRIFFIN, M. D., „ _
Li Residence on Market Street—South side.
Merchant Tailors.
Rm. clinkscales, . 4
Shop over Mays A Pritchett.
Millinery and Dressmaking.
MISS E. M. PADGKTTE,
Fashionable Millinery.
Rooms over Mays A Pritchett.
MISS LEO SHOCKLEY,
Fashionable Millinery.
Rooms under Opera House.
Financial.
Baker a hall,
General Banking.
West Main Street, North side.
WH. HOWARD,
Exchange and Collecting Office
Office: In Bank Block.
Drugs.
Mjr. WORD,
Drugs. Chemicals, etc.
West Main Street, North side.
David w. curry,
Druggist,
Proprietor Curry’s Liver Compound, Curry’s
Cough Cure, Curry’s Diarrhoea and Dysentery
(Specific. ,
Markets.
John Doilgen,
Choice Meats at all Times
j&ast side Public Square.
AA. Dobbs, _ _ ..
Meat Market West Main Street, South side.
Undertakers.
WC EDWARDS,
Collins and Mourning Goods,
Corner West Main and Erwin Streets,
Harness, Buggy Whips, etc.
Hicks a brevabd,
Coffins and Mourning Goods,
East Main Street.
Hotels.
Tennessee house,
Joshua Sumner Proprietor, East Main 9treet.
THE ST. JAMES,
Dr. K. A. McFerrin, Proprietor,
East side Public Square,
Bartow house,
Mrs. S. C. Majors, Proprietress,
West side Public Square.
Barbers.
JOHN TAYLOR, .
At St. James Hotel,
Henry morris,
First door south postoflice.
WILLIAM JOHNSON,
Shockley building, east side railroad.
IJSSEX CHOICE,
jj Old Exchange hotel, east side railroad.
Stoves and Tinware.
VL, Williams,
Stoves and Tinware,
llousefurnishing Goods of every Description,
West Main Street—South side.
Carriages, Buggies, etc.
RH JONES & SONS’ MANF’O CO.,
Buggies, Wagons, etc ,
CHrsville, Home and Stamp Creek.
All kinds of Repairing,
Wl, BRADLEY,
Ifiurstv. Wagon and General Repair Shop,
West Main Street—North side.
Furniture.
I H. Gilreath,
J North Georgia Furniture House,
East Main Street—North side.
Dentists.
BE. Cason,
Resident Dentist, „
Qflice : Upstairs, over Curry’s,
MM. Puckett,
Resident Dentist,
office : Over R. II Jones & Sons’ Manf’g Cos.
Groceries and Provisions.
JF. STEPHENS,
Groceries and Provisions,
Northeast Corner Public Square.
Stephens & co.,
.Groceries anti Provisions,
West side Public Square.
B. MATTHEWS & CO.,
Groceries and Provisions,
• Under CoitbAnt Office.
AltßtN BROS., ~
Groceries aud Provisions,
East Main Street.
WM. SATTERFIELD,
Groceries and Provisions,
East Main Street.
All. HUDGINS, , ,
Groceries and Provisions,
West Main Street—South side.
7a- stover,
Groceries and Provisions,
West Main Street—South side.
£ STRICKLAND & BRO.,
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Canned Goods of every variety.
West Main Street—South side.
I M. PUCKETT,
]} 1 Groceries aud Provisions,
East Public Square.
Glenn jones.
Groceries and Provisions,
West Main st., South side,
| M. TODD,
•I Groceries and Provisions,
w West Main Street—South side.
JL. . Groceries and Provisions.
Wmt Main Street—North side,
■ ~7- * n, , ,
11 H. WHIT. Lumber and Coal
\j Groceries, P. North side.
W est M am
Bradford & co., '•ovtofcwMi
Groceries and P- fcortb side.
West Main Si. —*■■■•
A7ANDIVKKE & WALDRI P '
V Groceries, Candies, etc, xb side.
West Main Street —Nc -
11EORGE H. GILREATH,
1 1 siaule and Fancy Groceries,
' 1 P West Main Street-North side. _
BF. GODFREY, . .
Groceries and Provisions.
West t lorner Main and Erwin Strerff.
l>„k llloct- gffljjOT TablM
Harness and Saddlery.
\A/. C ‘ E ° WARl> west Main street north side
Yy r ®" 'west Main street, north side.
THE CARTERSVILLE COURANT.
Crain, Hay and Produce.
Roberts & collins,
Wholesale Grocers, Grain and Produce.
North side Public Square—West side railroad.
RM, PATTILLO,
Grocer, Grain, Hay and Produce Dealer.
Southeast Corner Main and Erwin Streets.
A KNIGHT & SON,
Grain. Hay and Produce,
South side Pubhc Square—East side Railroad.
Lawyers.
JOE M. MOON.
Office over J. K. Rowan’s store
JA. baker,
Office: northwest corner con rt hog
Douglas wikle,
Office with Sheriff, at court house
JOHN H. WIKLE,
Office with Ordinary, at court house.
TW. H. HARRIS.
Solicitor pro tern City Court.
Opposite clerk’s office at court house
Albert s. Johnson, •
Office: two doors above St. James hotel.
TORN W. AKIN,
•I Office: First stairway above postoffice.
RW. MURPHEY,
First stairway beiow PO. Ist door on right.
TAMES B. CONYERS,
J First stairway below PO. Ist ooor on left.
SHELBY ATTAWAY,
Office: first stairway below P O. and second
door on right.
Mr. stansell, *
First door below postoffice, last door on left
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
First stairway below P O, and last door on
right
Am. foute.
Office: Upstairs, cor Main and Erwin Sts,
T M, NEEL,
J Judge City Court.
Office over Curry’s Drug Store.
AW, FITE,
Office two doors above St. James Hotel.
JJ. CONNER,
Erwin Street, opposite Anderson’s Stable.
Milner, akin & Harris,
Office, over Howard’s Bank.
Livery Stables.
CRAWFORD St HUDSON,
Sale, Livery and Feed Stables.
Near court house, east side railroad.
Horses and mules for sale at all times.
JOHN P. ANDERSON,
J Sale, Livery ami Feed Stables.
Erwin Street, near Main.
Printing.
COURANT PUBLISHING CO.,
Proprietors “COURANT” and Job Printers.
Official organ Bartow County.
Office: Puckett Building, S. E, Cor Square.
Prices Cut.^J^V
American publishing co.,
Proprietors “American” and Job Printers.
Office : Upstairs, Cor, Main and Erwin St’s,
Dry Goods snd Clothing.
RW. SATTERFIELD,
Dry Goods and Clothing,
South aide Public Square, near Railroad
I P. JONES,
J Dry Goods and Clothing,
West Main Street—Public Square.
SCHEUER BROS,
_ Dry Goods and Clothing,
W est Main Street—South side.
I G. M. MONTGOMERY £ SON,
and Dry Goods and Clothing,
West Main Street—south side,
Mays & pritchett,
Dry Goods and Clothing,
Southwest Corner Public Square.
General Merchandise.
George W. Satterfield,
Groceries, Dry Goode, etc,,
Southwest Corner Public Square.
JK. Rowan,
Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware, etc.
West side Public Square.
I sham Alley,
Dry Goods. Hardware, etc.,
South side Square, East of Railroad.
Bakeries.
VANDIVERE & WALDRUP,
Bakery_ and Confectioneries, West Main St.
Cabinet Makers.
HIX Si BREVARD,
Cabinet Makers and Repairing, East Main St,
TW. WHITE,
Cabinetmakers and Repairing,
East Main Street —South aide.
Jewelers, Watchmakers, etc.
Turner st baker.
Watchmakers and Jewelers,
Under Opera House.
JOHN T. OWEN,
J Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Word’s Drug Store, West Main Street.
WR, MOCNTCASTLK,
Watchmaker,
E. Strickland & Bro., West Main Street.
Insurance.
Bartow Leake,
Fire Insurance and Commission Merchant,
Office at Warehouse, West Main Street.
John T. Norris,
Life and Fire Insurance,
Office, Second door below Bank, in Bank Block.
Gerald Griffin,
Life and Fire Insurance,
Office : Rear Howard Bank.
WH. Howard,
Life and Fire Insurance, Howard’s Bank
Loan and Real Estate.
George H. Aubrey,
Loan and Real Estate Agent,
Office : First Stairway below Post Office.
Cotton Buyers and Commission
Merchants.
Sam F. Milam.
Commission Merchant,
Clerk Citv Council and Manager Opera House.
Office : Mays A Pritchett.
Gerald Griffin,
Cotton and Guano. Office in Howard’s Bank.
SF. SMITH,
Cotton Buyer. Office in Howard’s Bank.
JC. MILAM,
Cotten and Guano.
Office, with Mays Sc Pritchett.
JJ. HOWARD,
Hardware, Machinery, etc.
Baker & hall,
Hardware and Machinery, Guns Pistols, etc.
West Main Street, North side.
Educational.
Csrtersrille High School and Kindergarten,
Mrs. S, F. liRAME, Principal,
Mrs, S, J, W A RE, Associate Principal.
East C’srtersriH* >?#t|tnt|*.
Prof. w. h. Bowers, Principal
Corner Carter and Douglas Streets.
WEBI INSTITUTE,
Miss L#cy Carpenter, principal, Mrs, i. w.
Hai'-riU' Sr., assistant. Bartow street.
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£ooks. Stationery, etc.
¥1 K LE St CO.,
Fir*t Door above Post Office.
Everybody wants ft Grier’s Almanac
and they can be supplied without charge
by calling at once at Carry’s Drug Store.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1886.
WRETCHED ROME.
Our Lively Little Sister City a Heavy-
Loser by the Late Freshet.
OB A PIIICA LLY TOLD B Y THE B ULLK TIN
Rome Bulletin. 31st.j
On Tuesday morning a bulletin board
was placed in front of the Bulletin office,
showing that Sunday midnight to 10:05
that morning—3B hours— there had fall
en 4 65-100 inches of water in addition to
the I>2 inches which fell Friday night
and Saturday morning.
At the same time we put up a bulletin
with the words, “Move your goods 12
inches higher than the mark of 1881.*’
At 2 p. m. a bulletin was posted up with
the intelligence that trom Sunday night
to that time the rainfall had aggregated
sinches. The Bulletin calculated that
it would be run out of the office at 6
o’clock, and determined to get Wednes
day’s paper off at that time. It was
printed and distributed as far as the wa
ter would permit. In the meantime we
moved up 16 to 24 inches above the high
water mark of 1881, everything except
our heavy presses, and took out a large
sized Liberty press to Dr. P. L. Turnley’s
drug store, where this issue was printed,
and took along enough type, etc., for a
small paper. We were run out about 7
o’clock, and by 12 o’clock there was
three feet of water In our Jeditorial and
composition rooms. The editor tried
long and vainly to get a boat, and Anally
procured one half full of water. He
managed to reach the office door about
12, and just at that moment the boat,
which was nearly full of water, became
unmangeable in the strong current which
ran through Elm street, and it was a des
perate effort to get the boat to land before
it would sink. With wet clothing and
wet feet he began to have symptoms of
cramp, and had to beat his retreat. By
morning there was seven feet of water
in the office, and at 10 o’clock it was 8
feet deep. Stands, cases of type and mis
cellaneous articles were floating from
their places where they had been eleva
ted. Fortunatelj r most of the stands
were loaded with enough cases of type
to hold them down. Bundles of paper
were floating around as natural as if they
were young arks, and the ediior’s new
book case and Mr. Ross’s new desk were
getting along swimmingly. One com
forting feature of the situation is that a
whole box of Congressional Records is
redeemed from the reproach of being dry
documents.
The Bulletin's loss now seems to be
comparatively light, but it was appalling
to go down Broad street yesterday morn
ing. The water was five feet higher than
the flood of 1881.
Everybody was caught. At the corner
of Broad and Elm the water was up to
the top of the lamp post —only the glass
and about four inches of the post were
visible.
Every dry goods merchant and every
grocer on both sides of the street suffered
severely. Mr. Thomas Fahy told a Bul
letin man that all his silks and dress goods
were under water. A SSOO show case of
ribbons, just receiyed two days before,
was under water. From another source
it was learned that Mr. Fahy estimated
his loss at $15,000.
All the cutlery of Ayer & McDonald
and Hardy & Co’s establishment was un
der water. Mr. J. C. Sproull estimates
the damages to Hardy & Cos., at $5,000.
Emmons, Mclvee & Cos., have lost
heavily. In fact, everybody on Broad
street has suffered severely, and there is
no estimating the damage until the water
goes down.
Mr. P. L. Turnley has taken the Bulle
tin under his wing, and from his store
the olive leaf series will be issued.
Mr. Samuel Noble says that yester
day’s estimates of damages were very
much higher than the real losses.
It was reported on the street yesterday
morning that Rounsaville & Bros., losses
would amount to $25,000. About one
o’clock Mr. J. A. Rounsaville returned
from the store. He got in at the second
story and cut a hole through the floor.
A man got down through the hole and
got the hooks and papers. Many of the
goods were removed the day before to the
warehouse and piled ou cotton bales set
upright. He thought the damage might
be in the neighborhood of SIO,OOO.
The Rome gas light company had S,OOO
feet on hand, and hoped to supply the
town Tuesday night, but the water came
up so fast that it got into the pipes and
cut off the gas. Yesterday the immense
holder floated up to the top of the well
and a little to one side, and breaking
some of the frame work which guides it.
A force of workmen were at work all day
yesterday in hope of anchoring it, so that
it would not get away.
About 10 o’clock yesterday morning
there was a strafnge scene on Broad street.
In about nine feet of water a cow and
calf were swimming and were almost
exhausted. Mr. O’Rear’s stern wheel
boat was coming along and several men
wsre calling to the cow to follow. She
seemed about to give up when Mr. Con
nors’s O’Rear caught hold one of the
cow’s horns and held her head out of wa
ter till she could be towed to land. The
calf was able to follow,
It seemed strange to see mules swim
ming alter boats pass the Presbyterian
church yesterday morning.
The young ladies of the Rome female
college came down to the Central hotel
in charge of Prof. S. C. Caldwell and 1
Prof. McLean, and went out riding in a
couple of boats.
Dr. J. B. S. Holmes had to swim his
horses out of his stable.
HOUSES FLOAT AWAY.
Ten houses between the Rome railroad
and the Etowah have floated away.
Mr. Samuel Lusk’s house floated off
with everything, except a few things
taken out Tuesday evening.
Mr. Pink Turner’s house, owned by I.
J. Wood. In it was everything he own
ed except a change of clothing carried
to South Rome when Mrs. Turner went
over there Tuesday evening.
Captain John Reece’s house, formerly
occupied by the Pritchetts, was turned
bottom side up and lodged in the middle
of the street against some trees.
The next house belonged to Mr. N. J.
Rhodes. It floated off with everything
he had.
The next house belonged to Mr. Will
Curr. He had gotten out everything ex
cept his heavy furniture, and that floated
off with the home.
Mr. I. S Davis, of the Rome water
wheel works, hail everything he had in
the house and it floated away.
The next was anew house built by
Dr. E. P. I iovilice and occupied by
Charlie An ley. Everything he had
floated away with the house.
ON HOWARD STREET.
The first house formerly owned by
George Bowen was the property of Cap
tian W. T. Smith. It was occupied by
Dan Ramsey, conductor on the Rome
railroad. He got. everything out but the
house floated off.
Mr. M. F. Govan’s house occupied by
W. P, O’Neal,of Cundell & Cos., floated
off with everything Mr. O’Neal had
which was up stairs.
The next house was Mr. John Eve’s
which floatedtmtin the middle of How-
ard street about ten o’clock and finally
floated off about noon. ,
Mr. Jones’ house, formerly occupied
by Colonel E. J. Magruder, at ten o’clock
the pillars were out and it seemed likely
to go.
Mr. J. M. Lovelace's house oocupied
by Charles Gammon and Mr. C. O. Still
well floated off' with all their furniture,
etc.
LATEST REPORT.
The water rose only one inch between
6 and 9 p. m.
A HOUSE FLOATS WITH A MAN ON IT.
Yesterday a party of gentlemen were
standing and looking at the Etowah and
saw a house float down. On it was a man
who was gesticulating, and crying for
help. Another report had it that there
was a whole family on the house.
CAPTAIN PERKINS’.
Yesterday a good deal of uneasiness
was felt on account of the predicament of
Captain J. M. Perkins. He and his fam
ily were safely rescued and was on Broad
street at 10 o’clock.
INCIDENTS OF THE FLOOD.
A gentleman said yesterday to a Bulle
tin man as they were ■landing in front
of the Central hotel; I have lost every
thing. I said to my wife at breakfast
time, “When you married me I was
worth three or four thousand dollars.
Now it is all gone.” “Well,” said she,
“we have four boys and we have good
health. That’s all we need."
Pink Turner, the foreman of the Bul
letin office, lost furniture and everything
he had in his house.
A box car floated clear away from the
railroad Into South street near the corner
of the E. TANARUS., V. A Ga. depot shed. It
was turned bottom side upwards.
The steamer Mitchell spent yesterday
afternoon in relieving people in DeSoto
and taking them away from their houses.
It was rumored yerterday afternoon that
there was one house in DeSoto from
which the three inmate* were not known
to have escaped before it was completely
submerged, but on inquiry no founda
tion could be found for the rumor.
Mr. A. W. Walton estimates the dam
age to cotton in this city at SIO,OOO to
$15,000. Mr. B. I. Hughes thinks $250,-
000 will cover the damage to the town.
Other parties estimate it much higher,
but we are of opinion that when the ac
count is taken Mr. Hughes estimate will
be fully large enough.
The trestle approaching the Rome and
Carrollton bridge is gone, as well as the
bridge.
The people in East Rome held a meet
ing this morning to establish a ferry at
the site of the late bridge.
It is reported at night that Mr. Wood
ruff counted fifteen houses that floated
away yesterday and last night.
J. L. Johnson’s stable and Mr. Belch
er’s house in East Rome have gone. It
is reported that both Blakeman’s and
Harris’ stores, in DeSoto have gone.
ALL BRIDGES BUT ONE GONE.
At 1:15 yesterday morning a tremen
dous crash was heard in the lower part
of the city, and it was known that the
bridge at the lower end of Broad street
was goue.
. A gentleman at the Rome hotel said
that he saw a light on the bridge and it
went out just as the crash came and he
heard a man cry. you coming to
help me? Are you; -flog to let me
drown?” It was riC *rH that there
was a special watchman oq the bridge
last night,
When morning came there was not a
bridge on the Etowah but the East Ten
nessee, and Virginia and Georgia bridge
near Forestville.
The bridge on the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia railroad between here
and Dalton is gone, ahd the bridge at
Woolley’s, three miles this side of King
ston, was swept away Tuesday night.
The only bridge remaining to Rome is
the one aoross the Qostanaula, and that
is not entirely safe, but as the water has
about reached its highest point, only
rising an inch an hour, it is likely to es
cape. The county will have to build
two bridges, the East Tennessee, Virgin
ia and Georgia railroad one, and the
Rome and Carrollton people or contract
ors one.
LATER.
We learn from Colonel E. J. Magru
der that there was no w atchman on the
Broad street bridge, but that there was a
watchman at Patton’s, and called out to
the watchman at the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad depot just
before the bridge went.
out WITTED BY THE DEMOCRATS.
How Governor Foraker’s Appointments
Have Been Tied Up.
Columbus, Ohio, March 29.—8 y a
trick the Democrats of this Legislature
have out-geueraled the Republicans and
placed theta in a position from which it
will be hard to extricate themselves. At
the first of the session Representative L.
C. Cole of Stark county introduced bill
No. 135, amending section 635, and mak
ing, he claimed, other sections of the Re
vised Statutes of the State conform to the
new constitutional amendments. The
section relerred to has the effect of pro
longing the tenure of office ot all outgo
ing trustees of benevolent institutions for
j for one year, unless their successors are
appointed and confirmed prior to the Ist
of April, 1886. .^
This ties up Governor Foraker’s ap-
pointments tor this length of time unless
confirmed prior to the time mentioned,
and the Democratic Senate has been care
fully saving a number ot appointments
made within the last two weeks and they
will probably be forced to go over. The
clause will save the reorganization of the
penitentiary and several other State in
stitutions that have been running wild
since the Democrats have been in power
in the State. The Republicans are very
much excited over the discovery,-as it
partially nullifies all they have fought for
during the past two years. There is a
serious talk of introducing a resolution to
expel Mr. Cole, on the ground of viola
tion of the rules and misrepresentation
on the floor of the House. There will be
no trouble about proving that he claimed
that the bill only changed the name of
the Lancaster Reform Farm, and made
the amended statutes consistent with the
new constitutional amendments. Repub
licans are very sore over being caught
napping, and claim that it was done by
unadulterated lying.
Captain Cannon, the prosecutor in a
libel suit for $20,000 against the Balti
more American, has been awarded one
cent damages.
The best is the cheapest. Buy Shri
ner’s Indian Vermifuge, as it is guaran
| teed to destroy and expel worms —the
child’s greatest enemy.
| >
livery package of Bird Seed sold by
Curry the druggist, contains a piece of
Cuttle Fish, and a small package of
Hemp Seed wrapped separately. They
are full weight and perfectly fresh and
' clean.
LAST WORDS OF A DRUNKARD.
“Reader look not upon the wine when
it is red in the cup.”
The following extracts were taken
from one of the lectures of J. J. Talbot,
who recently died from the effects of a
drunken debauch at Elkhart, Indiana.
“But now the straggle is over. I can
survey the field and measure the losses.
I had position high and holy. The de
mon tore from around me the robes of
my sacred office and sent me out, church
less aud Godless, a very hissing and by
word among men. Afterward 1 had
business large and lucrative, and my
voice was heard in large courts pleading
for justice, mercy and right. But the
dust gathered on my books, and no foot
falls crossed the threshold of the drunk
ard’s office. I had money for all ample
necessities, but it took wings, and went
to feed the coffers of the devils which
possessed me. I had a kome, adorned
with all that wealth and most exquisite
taste could buy. The devil crossed the
threshold and the light faded from its
chambers; the fire went out on the ho
liest altars, and leading me from the por-
tals, despair walked forth with me, and
sorrow and anguish lingered within. 1
had children—beautiful to me at least as
a dream of the morning—and they had
so entwined themselves around their
father’s heart that no matter where it
might wander, ever it came back to them
on the wings of a father’s undying loye.
The destroyer took his hand and led
them away. I had % wife whose charms
of mind and person were such that to see
her was to remember, and to knew her
was to love her. Thirteen years ago we
walked the rugged path of life together,
rejoicing in its sunshine sorrowing in Its
shade. The infernal monster would net
even spare me this.
I had a mother who for long years had
not left her chair, a victim of suffering
and disease, her ohoioest delight was re
flecting that the lessons taught at her
knees had taken root in the heart of her
youngest born, and that he was useful to
his fellows, and an honor to her who
bore him. But the thunderbolt even
reached there and did it most cruel work.
Other days may cure all but this. Ah,
me! never a reproaoh from those lips;
only a closer clinging to the cross, only
a piteous appeal to heaven if her cup was
not at last full. And while her boy rag
ed in his wild deliriums two thousand
miles away, the pitying angels pushed
the golden gates ajar, and the mother of
the drunkard entered into rest. And
thus I stand, a clergyman without a
church, a barrister without a brief of
business, a father without a child, a hus
band without a wife, a sou without a pa
rent, a man without a hope—all swal
lowed up in a maelstorm of drink.”
AGAINST MONOPOLY.
The Chaplain of the House Utters a Prayer
of Warning.
Washington, March 27.—-The prayer
of the chaplain of the house of represen
tatives this morning was as follows:
Give ear, oh! God of Jacob, and awa
ken us to see the danger which threatens
the civilized world. A revolution more
tremendous than any of which history
tells, in which the scenes of the reign of
terror may be enacted in every capital of
Europe and America. For a long time a
few have mastered the many, because
they understood an open secret —tools to
them that can use them—but now many
have learned the secret of organization,
the drill and dynamite; to rouse the rich of
the world to understand that the time
has come for grinding, selfish monopoly
to cease, that corporations may get souls
in them with justice, the rich men of
this country that great fortunes are lent
them by Thee for other purposes than to
build and decorate palaces, to found pri-
yate collections of art, to stock wine cel
lars, to keep racing studs and yachts, and
find better company than hostlers,
grooms and jockeys, pool sellers and
book makers. Teach them, oh God, that
it is Thee who has given them power to
get these fortunes; that it is to prove
them, to know what is in their hearts,
whether they will keep Thy command
ments or not, and that those command
ments are: “Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and thy
neighbor as thyself,” that if the rich men
of our land keep tjtese commandments
the poor will follow their example, and
we at the best will be saved from the
days of tribulation that are fast coming
on all the world. Ileip us, oh God, and
save us.
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, asked unani
mous consent that the prayer be printed
in the Records.
Mr. James, of New York, objected,
remarking sotto voce to a gentleman who
asked him to withdraw his objection, that
it was made because the prayer was an
incendiary speech.
AN OLD COTTON SEED.
Washington Letter in Augusta Chronicle.]
Senator Brown and Hon. S. S. Cox are
warm personal friends and occasional
correspondents. The other day the Min
ister to Turkey, who is now taking his
vacation in Egypt, wrote a very interest
ing letter to the Georgia Senator. Near
the ruins of Thebes, Mr. Cox and his
wife, guided by the celebrated archaeolo
gist, Maspero, investigated a newly
opened tomb of an agriculturist, who
died 4,000 years ago. The mummy was
found in excellent preservation, and the
painted symbols on the walls were as
fresh as the flowers of May. Among the
objects long buried with this farmer was
a twig of cotton in bloom, which was as
perfect as if just wrested from the field.
Alongside the fleecy boll Mrs. Cox has
placed a blue harebell which grew by the
brink of the Mystic Nile. Senator
Brown will plant one the seeds of this
wonderfully ancient boll and hopes to
perpetuate it in North Georgia.
A Johnstown, Pa., special shows up a
bogus Blind Tom: “On Tuesday F. C.
Regnard, alias ‘Professor Granfer,’ came
to town and engaged the opera house for
a ‘Blind Tom’ entertainment, advertising
profusely that ‘Tom’ had just returned
from a triumphal tour of the world and
was better than ever. Almost every re
served seat was sold for this evening.
When the doors were about to be opened
Manager Jordan discovered that the
‘Blind Tom’ was a fraud and refused to
open the house. Regnard immediately
left the town, expressing his baggage.
His trunks, however, were attached for
bills contracted. The man who repre
sented Tom is a white parson, and is
blackened just before going on the stage
He gave a performance at Harrisburg
and Mahoney and gave satisfaction.”
This is a thoroughly Friday year, says
the New York Sun. It came in on Fri
day, will go out on Friday, and will have
53 Fridays. There are five months in
the year that have five Fridays each;
changes of the moon occur five tiroes on
Friday, and the longest and shortest day
of the year each fall on a Friday.
ROMANCE OF A SLAVE.
A Strange Story of the War Recieved by
a Recent Incident.
Houston (Tex.) Post.]
An article in a Southern journal a few
days ago recalled the following Incident,
which is doubtless remembered by many
people in this State. Soon after Texas
was admitted into the Union there was a
rush of emigrants from the old slave
States to the new and fertile lands of the
Southwest. Old plantations were aban
doned, or sold fora nominal sum, and
planters, with their families, slaves and
stock, emigrated In large numbeis. The
route from the upper tier of States was
across Georgia to Alabama, and thence
by boat to a Gulf port, Apalachicola or
Mobile, from wheuce vessels were char
tered for New Orleans or Galveston.
Sometimes, however, the entire journey
was overland.
From a party of these emigrants, while
they were traveling through Georgia, a
mulatto boy disappeared on one occa
sion. He was a fine-looking aud an in
telligent boy. in 1853 the people of a
thriving city in Georgia were surprised
to hear that a popular and energetic
young merchant, a prominent leader
in society and a member of a fashionable
church, had been arre* ted and lodged in
jail, and their indigation knew no
bounds when they learned that he was
claimed to be the runaway slave of a
Texas planter. It appeared that the
planter had *eeeived information from a
salve dealer, one of a class who kept
posted as to runaways, respecting the
whereabouts of his former slave. A writ
of habeas corpus was sued out; witnesses
were summoned from the planter’s
former place of residence, Virginia, to
testify as to the identity of the pris
oner, and the best legal talent was
employed on both sides. The examina
tion extended over a period of several
weeks. The end came, when the prison
er attempted an explanation. He failed
to locate his whereabouts previous to the
time when it was alleged he had escaped
from his master, and under cross exami
nation of the Texas lawyer he broke
down completely and confessed that he
was a runaway slave, and that the plan
ter who claimed him was his master.
A large sum of money was raised to
purchase the unfortunate man’s freedom.
The Texan, however, refused to accept
any reasonable price for him and took
him back to Texas. About a year after,
however, the slave returned to his for
mer home, and with his wife, who was
the daughter of a prominent citizen, and
his child, moved to a northern city,
where he is now living.
HUMOR OF WESTERN FERTILITY.
“Speakin’ of productive soil,” said a
man from the West “the half has never
been told. A few years ago my wife
said: ‘Why, Bijah! I b’lieve you’ve
took to growin’ again.’ I measured my
self, and I hope Gabriel’il miss me at the
final roundup, if I hadn’t grown six
inches in two weeks. I couldn’t account
for some time, till at last I tumbled to
the fact that thar were holes in my boots,
an’ the black soil got in there an’ done
its work. Did you see that boy that was
with me on the street this morning?
Looks like he war about eighteen years
old. Wal’, about six months ago, my
wife sot onr six-months-old kid down in
the plowed ground to play, an’ gents, I’ll
be doggoned, if—. But you wouldn’t
believe that if I told it. Y"es, it’s a won
derful country, gents! I could sit here
a year relatin’ facts, but I must go and
splice our eighteen-foot ladder, so I can
pick some corn for dinner.” And this
reminds the Prairie Farmer of the illus-
trative story told us by a man returning
from “out West,” when it did not ex
tend bevond the Miami valley in Ohio:
“Why,” said he, “I was rklin’ along by
a clearin’ out there, enclosed by a worm
fence. I heard a great squealin’ in
the corn, and stopped to see what it
meant. Well, I discovered that a growin’
pumpkin vine was chasin’ a sow.” * *
“What was the result?” “Why, the
vine got to the fence, grew right through
and across the road between my horse’s
legs, and there was a pumpkin on it big
as a half bushel before the sow got to the
fence. Fertile soil out there.”
And this reminds the Texas Stockman
of the fellow who. on returning from a
trip out West, told about “nine stalks of
corn to the hill, nine ears to the stalk,
and a peck shelled corn on the tassel.”
He complained, however, that they
couldn’t raise beans among the corn, as
the corn grew so fast it pulled the J>ean
vines up.
THE EIGHT HOUR PLAN.
Circular of the National Eight Hour Asso
ciation.
Chicago, March 31.— Representative
c’ergymen of this city have been inter
viewed regarding a circular recently sent
by the National Eight-Hour Association
to all the pastors in Chicago, setting forth
the advantages of eight hours of daily
labor for the working people. The cler
gy are requested to preach on the subject
if it meets their approval, Sunday, April
25th, being the day preferred, as it im
mediately precedes May 1, the date the
movement is to be put in execution
throughout the country.
The pastors very generally expressed
themselves in favor of the eight-our move
ment. Many had not yet received the cir
cular, and others were non-committal,
merely saying they had not yet
considered the question careful
ly enough to express an
opinion. The views of Rev. J. H. Bar
rows, of the First Presbyterian church
were fairly expressive of the ideas held
by the majority of the evangelical cler
gymen. Said he: “As far as I have been
able to look into the matter, I should be
favorably disposed toward it.”
Among others. Professor Swing and
the Rev. Thomas E. Green strongly in
dorsed the movement. Vicar General
Conway said the Catholic clergy had not
received any of the circulars. If they
had they would have come to him for
instructions. He said: “The Cath
olic clergy do not discuss topics in
the pulpit that do not have a direct bear
ing on the doctrines of the church.
Whether it Is a good thing to make eight
hours a day’s work depends on the condi
tion of things. There must always be a
point of difference between labor and
capital; each has its rights, and neither
ought to interfere with the other.”
Everybody knows the virtues of Wild
Cherry and Tar as a relief and cure for
any affections of the Throat and Lungs,
combined with these two ingredients are
a few simple healing remedies in the
composition of Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and
Lung Syrup, making it just the article
you should always have in the house, for
Coughs, Colds, Croup and Bronchitis.
Price 50 cents and SI.OO. Sold by D. W.
Curry.
NUMBER 10
GEORGIA JEWS.
There is a man in Athens who has en
gaged in three rebellions, but has at
length determined to settle down and
make cigars for a living.
Blair’s educational bill, which wili
give Georgia’s school fund several mil
lions of dollars, if it passes, has been
blocked in the House committee of edu
cation, a majority opposing it.
Macon is rapidly becoming one of the
convention cities of Georgia. In the near
future the following important conven
tions will be held there: The Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union on April 21
and 22; The Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch masons on April 27; Georgia Press
Association on April 29; The Grand
Lodge of the American Order of United
W r orkmen on May 12; The State Sunday
School Convention on May 13, 14 and
15; the Firemen’s parade on April 15.
The Haralson Banner mentions a re
markable lady of that county in Mrs. M.
E. Smith. Her husband died some three
or four years ago, and since that time she
has built a dwelling worth S4OO and
cleared up over thirty acres of land. She
hired a young man and went with him to
the woods, superintended cutting and
hauling of the logs to the saw mill; had
the lumber laid down on the ground, and
really assisted in dressing the lumber and
doing other work on the residence. The
house is now completed, painted in good
taste, and she has three good brick chim
neys to her house—everything complete
and in style. She has also put pickets
around her house, and the work does
credit to an excellent good carpenter.
The people of Canton and vicinity were
considerably startled on Sunday evening
by the repart that the wife of Mr. Allen
Keith, a prominent citizen of that county,
living about three miles from town, had
left home about 4 o’clock that afternoon
under circumstances which indicated
that she meditated self-destruction. She
was traced hy her footprints through the
fields to the bridge at Canton, and thence
to Jug Creek, some two miles distant,
where, between 0 and 10 p. m., she was
found in the stream, tne upper portion of
her body being supported by a pile of
drift wood against which she lodged.
When found, she was numb and helpless
from cold and exposure, and was speedily
removed and cared for. No cause can be
assigned for her action other than a tem
porary derangement of the mind.
Civil Engineer A. G. Menoeal, U. S.
N., who made the recent survey of the
Nicaragua Canal route, said in New York
Thursday: “I think it will take at least
$600,000,000 or $700,000,000 to complete
the Panama Canal, if, indeed, it can ever
be put through. I don’t think Del.es
seps will live to see his stupendous dream
realized. Certain it is no company can
complete Lhe undertaking. The money
required might bankrupt a nation, much
less a corporation* After the canal is
complete it cannot paj T the interest on
the capital invested. The canal will be
narrow, and the torrents of rain that fall
in certain seasons of the year will pour
into it, filling it with silt and other ob
structions. As the canal is on a level
with the sea, these deposits will remain
until dredged out. This will be heavy
expense, and the boats for the work will
interrupt navigation.”
STARTING HIS SECOND CENTURY.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 29. —Jmes
Hubbard, living six miles from here, cel
ebrated his 101st birthday. Last 3 r ear his
centennial birthday was celebrated by a
public dinner, and a like ceremony was
observed this time. The old gentleman
is in good health. Mr. Hubbard’s hair
and beard, the latter worn in Horace
Greeley fashion, are both white. He has
a plentiful supply of hair, which is roach
ed upon his head like tnat of Andrew
Johnson, as pictured on the postage
stamp. While his hands are thin and
knotty and the purple current, in its slug
gish llow, shows plainly through the
skin, which is brown in patches, a condi
tion peculiar to age, they are firm and do
not tremble. He took care of an acre of
corn last year. Said one of his grand
daughters: “He likes to walk about the
farm, and docs so in pleasant weather.
He doesn’t walk out much in winter and
can hardly entertain himself at all—as he
is so deaf —when not reading, and so he
reads nearly all the time. He also said
that he never was at Crown Hill ceme-
tery until last summer, and was perfect
ly delighted with the place, and spoke
with special pleasure of the beauty of a
number of graves upon which various
colored shells had been placed. He men
tioned the subject of death to-day, and
said he was ready, and that he could not
see what he was living for, as there was
little comfort in life for him. He has
always been a man of simple tastes and
no bad habits. He never used whisky or
tobacco, and only the other day, when
we desired him to take a little wine, he
did not want to do so.”
THE LOCAL PAPERS.
We give a portion of an article which
appeared in the Savannah News some
time ago. There can’t be more good
sense put into an article upon that sub
ject.
“No city paper, however newsy and
complete in its character, can take the
place of the country weekly. It may fur
nish, owing to its great advantages and
large circulation, four times the reading
matter of a country paper at one-half the
cost, yet the Morning News has always
maintained that it is the pleasure and
the duty of every good and intelligent
citizen to first take his county paper, and
it rarely fails that it is the first paper
read by himself, as well as his family.
There is one important point about a
country paper that many people do not
understand or appreciate. If its circula
tion is less than 2000 the publisher can
not afford, except under favorable cir
cumstances to furnish it to his patrons at
a less price than from $1.50 to $2.00 per
year .everywhere he gets cash in advance,
and when he lets out his paper on a
credit, 25 per cent, of his business may be
charged to profit and loss. The local
paper is such a great factor in building
up and developing a community and its
institutions that self-interest, if not ap
preciation and local pride, should, and
generally does, secure for it a liberal sup
port.
EXCITEMENT IN TEXAS.
Great excitement has been caused in the vicin
ity of Pans, Tex., by the remarkable recovery
of Mr.E. Corley t who was so helpless he could
not turn in bed, or raise his beau; everybody
said he was dying of Consumption. A trial
bottle of Dr. Kiug’s New Discovery was sent
him. Finding relief, lie bought a large bottle
and a box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills; by the
time he had taken two boxes of Pills and two
bottles of the Discovery, he was well and had
gained in flesh thirty-six pounds.
Trial bott e of this Great Discovery for Con
sumption Iree at David W. Curry’s. 2
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All of Clingman’s Tobacco Remedies
are sold at Curry’s Drug Store.