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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. ■■■■ ■' lll £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 ♦ • All of Clingman’s Tobacco Remedies are sold at Curry’s Drug Store.