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VOLUME 11. -THE PARKS BLOCK, 48 BROAD STREET, ROME, O-A. We are now in our new store which is one of He Finest Store Houses in the South. With ample room, im proved shelving and counters, with all the modern improvements of A MODEL Dry Goods Establishment Indeed, it will pay you when in Rome to visit and go through our store, as but few Dry Goods Stores south of Baltimore will be found canal to ours. We have six hundred feet of counters and twmty six hundred feet of shelving for display ing our brand NEW STOCK We are the only house in Rome carry ing a full and complete stock of FINE Dress Goods, ft, Moss, Hosiery Trimmings, Millinery, Cloaks Wraps, Woolens, Jeans, Clothing, Boots, Shoos, IT We can show you a NEW STOCK in every department. EVERYTHING NEW! “No old goods—no wet goods.” “Don’t forget this.” You will remember we had our entire stock in the Great Flood last April, which we have closed out, ex cepting a few lines of goods which we do not otter for sale in our regular stock, but have a department cut off up stairs special for the sale of these damaged goods at most any price you may name As it is certainly a very grat advantage, and no small satisfaction, to a customer to know when he is buying his Dry Goods that they are all W, FRESH s STYLISH we again state that our stock is the only Strictly New Stock of Fancy and Staple DRY GOODS, in every department, in Rome. Our stock is the largest—our departments the most extensive—our styles the latest our goods the best—(no trash nor shoddy) —and our Prices as LowSSLowest and with our many advantages we are prepared to sell you your Dry Goods, Millinery, Boots, Shoes, Clothing, otc., &c., at Prices not found elsewhere in this market. Please call and examine our goods and prices. Yours very respectfully, H. B. Parks & Cos. 1 IS. 1 MODI, LATE OF Ml Carters villa Is with this house and will be very glad to see his old friends and cust - when they come to Rome, even it Aiey do not wish to purchase anything. THE CABTERSVILLE COURANT, R. M. PATTILLO BUYS COTTON, DEALS IN GRAIN, GENERAL GROCERIES, BAGGING, TIES, HAY, STOCK PEAS. Farmers’ Supplies a Specialty, Cor. ERWIN AND MAIN STREETS, oao CARTERSVILLE. s3O-3m Bartow Leake, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in JELLICO, Poplar Creek, Coal Creek, GLEN MARY BARREN FORK COAL. REST GRADES OF COAL ON THE MARK ET. CHEAPEST RATES. TERMS CASH. NEW GOODS AT THE 10c. Store. I have just received anew lot of goods consist ing of Half-Gallon Yellow Pitchers, Four-Quart Bowls and a good manv other articles in this line which I am still selling at the astonishing Low Price of TEN CENTS. I have also Six Quart DISH KETTLES, SEVEN-PIN HAT RACKS, CULLENDERS, and innumerable other articles I invite all to come and avail themselves of purchasing goods at never-before-heard-tell-of bargains and prices that come but once in a life time. Come and buy goods before the opportu nitv closes and forever precludes you from buy ing goods at Half Price. While my sales lire im mense and I have nothing to complain of, I am not satisfied, I want all the people of Bartow and surrounding counties to take advantage of these LOW PRICES m buving useful and serviceable household ar ticles while they may. The time will soon come when you will have to pay double and thnble as much as I will sell them to you for now. Don r t you know you cannot afford te waste your money by paying a great big price for goods when you can get it for ten cents No I should say not. Well, go to the Ten Cent Store and get things for Ten 6ents that you have been o paying Twenty-Five Cents for. Hoping to have a greater increase over your already liberal patronage. I remain ready and willing to divide the profit. L. A. PUAItW. Standing committees. Council Chamber. j CARTERSVILLE, GA., Dec. 22,1885.1 It is ordered that the following shall constitute the standing committees of the Boar 1 of Aid Franklin, John P. Andewon “AXWoiSffim<wn ß . Gerald Griffin and -Gerald Griffin, A. M. Pucte a ”uKMir R aKV-(!SrgoH. Gilreath, A. M. Frank- Bradley, A. U. Hudgin.and A p^BUO C BnH'DIN(!S— E. D. Puckett, W. A. order be entered on'the SinSteVand Clerk furnish each Alderman with a copy JKO . H . WiILE, Mayor. Attest: F. Milam Clerk. _—_ oXTT Z 5 3 HORsFaS CATTLE POWDERS KK raS-3 kffife££> & „k“Sm P twVr mim* ' “ and sweet. ... or prevent almost kveut Fout/.’s I’owderswi 1 eiire or i a^lear(i g(lb}< . ct Dl jSff.slT*“ SATIsrAOTIOU. 60,0 ev.ryd.cr.. iD Ptoprl „or. Reut'TIMOBEa MD. CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY" MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1886. CANDIDATES. For SRerifF. We are authorized to announce the name of W. W. ROBERTS as a candidate Tor re-election to the office of Sheriff of Bartow county, with John A. Gladden as his deputy. Election in January, 1887. We are hereby authorized to announce the name of A. M. FRANKLIN for Sheriff of Bar tow County, and J. W. Williams, of the 17th District, as his Deputy- Election to lie held on the first Wednesday in January next, and if elected promise a faithful performance of the duties of the olfice as heretofore. July 20, 1886. We ari authorized to announce the name of ED. 11. FORI) as a candidate for the oflicc of Sheriff of Bartow coudty, with J. J. Murphey, of the SixUi district as his deputy. - For Cleric Superior Court. We are authorized to announce the name of MR.F. M. DURHAM as a candidate for re election to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Bartow county. For County Treasurer. We are authorized to announce the name of MR. H. W. COBB for re-election to the office of Treausurer of Bartow County. We are authorized to announce the name of A.G. B. VANDIVERS as a candidate for the office of Treasurer of Bartow county. For Tax Collector. We are authorized to announce the name of MR. JOSHUA BRADFORD, of Pinelog, aa a candidate for office of Tax Collector of Bartow county. I hereby announce my name as a candidate for lax Collector of Bartow county. Election first Wednesday in January next, if elected, I will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office, and will not ask to be favored with a successive term. Respectfully, JAMES L. MLLHOLLIN. We are authorized to announce the name of MR. J. F. I,INN as a candidate for Tax Col lector of Bartow county, Georgia. For Tax Receiver. We are authorized to announce the name of ALBERT SMITH as a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns of Bartow county. We are authorized to announce the name of NAT DUNAHOO for the office of Tax Receiver of Bartow county. if or Coroner. We are authorized to announce the name of MR. JOHN B. ROWLAND for re-rlection to the office of Coroner of Bartow county. We are authorized to announce the rame of MR. WILLIAM VAUGHAN as a candidate for the office of Coroner of Bartow county. We are authorized to announce the name of JAMES H. HARRISON as a candidate for Cor oner of Bartow county. THE COURANT. Pnblislxed. Every Thursday, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Official Organ Bartow Connty. A Ra M! K WILUGHftM, j Editor, and Prop',. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1886. A cool wave—waving a creditor aside when he culls with a bill.—Kansas City Squib. “ The Portland embezzler Gould works in the bakery at the penitentiary,” Thus the knead of Gould is felt even in prison. The Lawrence cotton mills and other houses In Chorley, Lancaster, England, were dcstroj T ed by fire on the Sth inst., by which a million dollars is said to have been lost. “Wiggins the prophet is said to have disap peared from his Canada home” —has gone on a trip to his invisible moon, perhaps.—Richmond Dispatch. Maybe he has gone into “Symes” hole to look after his earthquake. Potter Palmer said lately to a friend, I liked Mr. Vanderbilt because he was generous to himself. Most rich men are stingy to themselves.” With a pot-er Palmer’s gold it is an easy matter to be generous. President Cleveland has accepted an invitation to be present in Richmond, Va., as a guest of the Virginia State Ag ricultural Society next month. He has given up Lis trip to Alabama, and will go no further South than Richmond for the present. A contemporary says ‘‘the Southern Knight of Labor is not yet exactly pre pared to place himself on a plane of equality with the negro.” But his bretheren ran against abuzz'saw, in their efforts in this direction the other day in Richmond, Va. The TiArry songs of of the darkej r in the cotton patch is soon to be supplanted by the hum of the cotton picking ma chine. Now let genius invent something that will supplant the lien notes that fall due about this time of year and all will be well. A desperate sword combat was en gaged in in St. Louis recently between Duncan Ross and August Schmitt and was witnessed by 2,000 people. The combatants were arrayed in armor. Nine vicious attacks were made, and blood freely drawn, by cuts through the armor into the flesh of the men. In the ninth attack Schmitt cut through the mask of Ross, almost splitting his skull. It was a brutal exhibition and Ross was declared the victor. The undertakers who embalmed the remains of the late Gen. Grant, have ex perienced some trouble in securing the payment of their bill of SSOO for their services. After presenting the bill to every member of the family except Mrs. Grant, suit was entered against the ex ecutors of the deceased General’s estate. At this point Editor Dana, of the New York Sun, came forward and paid the bill himself. It was only a day or so ago that the publishers of Grant’s Memoirs paid his widow $150,000 making in all $350,000 she has received from this source. The Executive Board of the Knights of Labor has resolved to send $5,000 at each point, to the locked-out cotton workers at Augusta, Ga.. ilie curriers and tanners at Salem and Peabody, Mass., and the journeymen plumbers of New York city. __ All our clocks and watches are care fully inspected and well regulated before they are allowed to leave our house. Turner & Baker. RIPPLES. “Dotter” Writes an Unusually Interest ing Letter From Stamp Creek. Stamp Creek has been enlivened by several most pleasant visitors I last wrote. Miss Grace Hancock, of Arneri cus, Ga., with Mrs. Glenn Jones and Mrs. R. 11. Jones, and her handsome son, John Willie, came up last <*eek and spent a most delightful day drinking sweet mountain spring water, and ad miring our beautiful, rugged mountain sceuery. Miss Grace, having come from the low and less mountainous section of Middle Georgia, was delighted with our grand scenery, which has nqw douned its autumn robe of most pleasing varie gated colors, and is indeed, to a lover of nature, a scene of beauty and a joy for ever. But, while one may go into ecsta cics over the stalactitic brilliance, the wonderful stalagmited formations, and the many other beautiful mysteries of a subterranean cavern, yet, metbinks, that very few would like to live in a cave. So, also, while its all very nice for the ‘‘town folks* lo come out cqpassonally and climb upon a log or a stump aud listen to the sweet songs of thejfirds, and ‘‘take in” with one soulful p of their admiring eyes our grand scet-ry; yet, we imagine, that if they were continually surrounded by such scenes and with nothing more interesting that they would soon tire of them, and would want to go among the busy haunts of men where there would be nothing to obstruct the view as ‘‘old Sol” would bid us bright ‘‘good morning,” and when he iu his life giving circuit had reached the western horizon, we would want nothing to obstruct our view as he bade us a similar “good night,” bearing behind him an aureole of gladness to cheer us through the darkness until he should come again. A bevy of merry, and most beautiful young ladies from near Cassviile, com posed of Misses Mamy and Annie Lewis, Lydie Saxon, and Lydie Rowland, and chaperoned by Col. Wm. Rowland and Mr. E. D. Lewis, came over to our neigh bordood last week on a pleasure trip; and as they had an art)pie supply of “lunch” and “snake medicine,” (?) they had no trouble in forming a most delightful party in our neighborhood, composed of the Misses Jones and Carren, of Charleston, S. C., and Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Weishmeir, Misses Selena Weish meir, Georgia Vernon and Mr. Hudson Vernon to accompany them on an excur sion to “Bear Mountain.” They return ed to Janies Vernon’s, Esq. that night foot sore and weary, after having spent a most enjoyable day in sight seeing, etc. After being refreshed by a nights rest, they started on their rounds again, and paid a visit of inspection to R. H. Jones & Son’s Mf’g. Co’s, factory, where they came across Mr. Shockly and “ye Dot ter,” and they chattered away like “crickets,” though far more musically, telling us of what they had seen and ever so many funny thing*. They said that between “balky teams” and “snake pison” they had a jolly time. Well, they almost made me “wish that I was single again,” and Mr. Shockly ha 9 hardly gotten over it yet. I had a wild turkey for dinner at my house, and Mr. Shockly had “possum and taters” at his den, and we tried our best to get ’em to help us eat them up but they would not do It. God bless ’em. We are always glad to see the likes of ’em. Come again. “Dick” Jones ran his sae ; 'tng phiz in on us rather unexpectedly last week. Glad to see him; and old “Dick” sorter carries a business air about him now too. Says he is doing finely. Mighty glad to hear it for he deserves to do well. The citizens of the neighborhood met at “Miller’s Chapel” to re-cover the house a few days ago, and while about their ’work, the scaffold fell and Messrs. Meredy, Brown, “Bullet,” Sullens, and some brother, w hose name I can’t now recall, w’ere precipitated to the ground. They were all hurt. The former was severely injured. Mr. James Lewis, while “unyoking” a steer last Friday, was painfully hurt by the steer throwing his head around in his mouth and knocking out three of his teeth. Mr. Lewis fell senseless to the ground and had to be helped into his house. His month looks badly, although he is at work. He certainly has had a hard time this year, with continued sickness and death in his family, and when he does go to work, to be thus painfully wounded, seems hard indeed. But he bears it like a man, and I believe he is a better man to-day on account of it. We had a rather romantic marriage yesterday (Sunday) mor.ning. Mr. Joe Lewis wanted a Miss Watson and she wanted him, but somehow, the old folks did not fall in with their way of think ing. There was a want of concert of action somehow. Well, its the old, old story. They stepped into Mr. Weish meir’s on their way to church, found the preacher there, and were manied “unbe knowens” to the old folks. .The old folks were at church when it occurred, and when told of it the old man said, Well, there will be one less to feed, and that pig I have got in the pen will get to live a little longer and when killed will last longer. The old lady did not ex press herself, but as Burns said, “She nursed her wrath to keep it warm.” I see you have Cartersville on a boom. Let her oft*. We are watching you. We’ll give you more room to grow in if you need more territory. Dotter. Gragsdale Happenings. We have had the pleasure of having a real live Duke’s among us for a short time, a tall man with one of those long, flowing, handsome beards, that always creates a sensation among the fair sex. I don’t know what havoc he has caused among our beauties, but it seems to a casual observer, as if the D. was smitten with Miss L. Now, it won’t do for me to say which one of the Misses L. for I might offend the other two and 1 admire them all too much for that. No matter which one he gets he will be a most lucky man. My advice to him is to persevere. Prof. Showalter, from Dalton, who is president of the Bartow County Singing Convention, spent Friday night before the convention with J. C. Herring. The professor conducted the exercises of the convention during its two days session at Cassviile, on Saturday, Oct. 2nd and 3rd. Y r ou people treated us badly, we had hoped to have had more of you with us, especially on Sunday. Don’t know what was the matter unless they was afraid they would have to go back to town hungry. Ask Dock, Skete, John Smith and a few more if it looked like starvation. J. W. A. made a mis take in the number of additions to the church at Cassviile, there were thirty six. The shriek of the whistle and the hum of the gin is again heard at Grassdale proper. Our clever young neighbor, Charlie, with better facilities than ever, awaits the arrival of the fleecy staple, and assures perfect satisfaction. The Iron Valley Literary Club, after an adjournment for the protracted meet- ing season, met at the residence of Mr. Tom I’ittard, on Friday night last, and will now assume its regular semi monthly meetings. Peregrine. Adatrsvllle Notes. Superb weather. Cotton is coming in finely ft out the country. Our merchants are opening very hand some stocks of goods. Mr. Lovelace, with his masons make the trowel ring on Broad St. He is ad ding a story to the store of Bibb and Elrod. The painters are giving the handsome residence of Mr. J. IL Veacli anew dress of snow white zinc paint. Mr. Mull’s new residence on Church street will soon be completed. We have had the advance guard of the “Salvation Army” under the charge of a female who whoops up the boys in a lively manager. She claims to be a Sam. Jones in petticoats. The Atlantic Flour Mill are running day and night and do not keep up with orders. Mr. Thos. Turner will move into his new residence in a few days. Neat and trim the house will make a happy home. Col. Capers moves his law office over the store of T. J. Hilburn. ne has hung his Jew’s harp on a gum stump at Wool ley’s ferry, and gone to work at law books in dead earnest “Happy on the Way.” The “October” Literary club have their first meeting on Thursday night. Our visiting friends from the lower sections of the state are packing up to go home. We will miss their happy hearts. We understand that plans are out for a three thousand dollar Methodist church. It is needed. Several of our people are fixing up to go to the State Fair at Macon. Eighty six wagons were counted in town on Saturday noon. The trade of Pickens and Giimer counties comes to Adairsville. In our 21 stores there is all that is needed and clever merchants send our friends back satisfied. Will Camp reported in wrath that a bald-headed widower had taken his sweetheart on a moonlight lide and that he had been unable to manage her since. He is ashy. The handsome appearance and fine reading matter of The Courant is the subject of much commendation. Go it Alex, you and friend Taylor can make a real live paper if any two people can. Give us some spice, and good fun with the news. Y"ou know that the motto of our club here is “The next best tning to religion is fun.” ' SOUTHERN PROSPERITY. The Palmiest Hays of the West Eclipsed. Tne Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record, in its quarterly review of the south’s industrial growth, says that “even the west, in the days of its greatest progress, never saw such tremendous strides of progress as some portions of the south are now making.” The centre of inter est for some time has been in iron and steel, and in these the activity has been wonderful, though in other lines of diversified manufacturers there is also remarkable progress. Among the prin ciple iron and steel enterprises now under way are five new furnaces, a basic steel works and 1,400 coke ovens by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany, who already have five furnaces in operation. $10,000,000 capital. This company has a capital of $10,000,- 000, and when the new furnaces are completed will have a daily capacity of about 1,400 tons of pig iron. Two fur naces now building by the Debardeleben Coal and Iron Company, one by Samuel Thomas and his associates of Pennsyl vania; two under contract at Sheffield, Ala.; two by Nashville and New York capitalists at South Pittsburg, Tenn.; one by the Coalburg Coal and Coke Campany, at Birmingham, Ala.; one at Ashland, Ky.; one at Tenn.: one at Calera, Aia.; an SBOO,OOO iron com pany at Florence, Aia.; Bessemer Steel Works at Chattanooga, Tenn.,. and Rich mond, Va.; two stove works, each with a capital of $200,000, at Birmingham; two iron pipe works, one to be the largest in the United States, at Chattanooga, and a similar enterprise at Wheeling, Ala. organized to build a town. A SGOO,(K>O company has been organiz ed to build an iron manufacturing town at Bessemer, Ala.; a $3,000,000 company, composed of northern and southern cap italists, has purchased a large part of South Pittsburg, where two furnaces are in operation and where three more are to be built, and also iron pipe works and other manufacturing enterprises, while two other iron centres are to be develo ped near Birmingham, one by the North Birmingham, Land Company and the other by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. During the last nine months there have been organized in the South 42 ice factories, 56 foundries and machine shops, many of them of large size, and one Bessemer steel rail mill. miscellaneous iron works. Sixteen miscellaneous iron works have also been started including iron pipe works, bridge and bolt works, etc.; 5 stove foundries, 19 gas worKs, 23 electric light companies, 8 agricultural imple ment factories, 114 mining and quarry ing enterprises, 12 carriage and wagon factories, 9 cotton mills, 19 furniture fac tories, 21 water works, 44 tobacco facto ries, 71 flour mills, 362 lumber mills (not counting small portable saw mills), in cluding saw and planing mills, sash and door factories, stave, handle, shingle, hub and spoke, shuttle block factories, etc. In addition to which there was a large number of miscellaneous enterpri ses. The Manufacturers Record sayß that during the first nine months of 1886 the amount of capital, including the capital stock of the incorporate! companies, rep resented by new manufacturing and mining enterprises organized or charter ed at the south, aud the enlargement of old plants and the rebuilding of mills that were destroyed by fire, aggregates about $83,814,200, against $52,386,300 for the corresponding period of 1885. The Verdict Unanimous. W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind., testifies: “I can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has given re lief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years’ standing.” Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: “The best selling medicine I have ever handled in my 20 years’ experience, is Electric Bitters.” Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all dis eases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a hxlf dollar a bottle at Carry’s Drug Store. 2 A WONDERFUL SUCCESS. A Cotton Picking Machine That Proves to ho a Success. One day last week a practical test of Mason cotton harvester was made in Sumter county. South Carolina, before select committees of the New York Cot ton Exchange, the Charleston Cotton Exchange, the South Carolina Agricul tural Society and Board of Agriculture. After making an examination of the harvester, the party were driven to a neignboring cotton field, and the test of the machine began. It seems to nave been a complete suc cess, aud the News and Courier thus de scribes the operation. “To an observer of the machine, who had never seen its mode of operation, it would seem absolutely impossible to car ry it oyer the cotton plants without tearing them all to pieces. Consequent ly when the machine was driven into the field and started down a row of cot ton plants, the faces of the visitors show ed how much they were surprised in see ing that the plants passed through the machinery without injury w hile at the same time they saw a constant stream of cotton pouring into the bags which are suspended at the back of the machine. After running It over the field for some time, it was suggested by the committees that the operation of the machine be timed in order that they might arrive at an idea of its capacity. This was ac cordingly done,and as fast as the bags wore filled others were substituted until a halt was called. The cotton was then weigh ed in the presence of all present and showed a picking capacity of 2,000 pounds a day. The cotton plants from which this cotton was picked were not fully fruited and it was the general opin ion that in the rich fields of the far south and southwest the capacity could be counted upon to be much greater. The machine picked cotton was then taken to one of the Mason Cylinder Gins, which was in running order on the place, and was ginned out in the presence of the com pany. The gin worked superbly, and everybody present was delighted with its capacity with the beautiful con dition of the lint cotton turned out, and with the perfect safety to the ginner with which it can be oper ated. Several members of the different committees bundled up samples to take home with them, that they might show the cotton which they had seen in a few minutes picked from the field by one of Mason’s machines and converted into such beautiful lint by Mason’s Gin.” At the conclusion of this very satisfac tory test, congratulations were numerous and cordial over the success achieved by the young southern inventor. A good deal has to be done yet before his inven tion can be pronounced perfect, but it is a great thing that its practical utility has been demonstrated, and Mr. Mason will, when his harvester is perfected, not only reap fame and fortune, but will confer as great a boon upon southern farmers as they received when the cotton gin was invented and made the great labor saver it has since proven. “MONIA’S” GRAVE. The Grave of the Poet-Priest Sadly Neg lected—Munificense of the Editor of the N. Y. World. The New York World a short time since bad a paragraph saying that the grave of Father Ryan, the poet-priest, at Mobile, was covered with weeds, and expressed the sentiment that this made no difference as long as the poet, priest and patriot lived in the hearts of his countrymen. The Richmond Dispatch objected, saying that it did make a dif ference; that tne very purpose of the grave’s neglect belied the assertion, and announced its purpose of raising a fund to put an appropriate monument over the grave. The first appealed to for this purpose was the editor of the World and the Ma con (Ga.) Telegraph, which copied and indorsed the World's paragraph. Asa result the following was received to day: World Editorial Room, ) New York, October 10, 1886. \ Tom M. Brannon, Daily Advertiser, Mont gomery, Ala.: Dear Sir, —I have great pleasure in enclosing you herewith a check for $509, my personal contribution towards the proposed memorial to Father Ryan. Very truly yours, Joseph Pulitzer. FREE TRADE. The reduction of internal revenue and the taking oft' of revenue stamps from Proprietary Medicines, no doubt has largely benefitted the consumers, as well as relieving the burden of home manu facturers. Especially is this the case with Green's August Floicer and Bos chee's German Syrup, as the reduction of thirty-six cents per dozen, has been ad ded to increase the size of the bottles containing these remedies, thereby giv ing one-fifth more medicine in the 75 cent size. The August Flower for Dys pepsia and Liver Complairn, and the German Syrup for Cough and Lung troubles, have perhaps, the largest sale of any medicines in the world. The ad vantage of increased size of the botiles, will be greatly appreciated by the sick and afflicted, in every town aud village in civilized countries. Sample bottles 10 cents remain the same size. Why the Bishop Was Uncomfortable. An amusing story, which has never been published, is related of the venera ble Bishop Horatio Potter, of New York. A few years ago he visited a church in his diocese and spent a night at the house of the rector of the parish sleeping in the guest chamber. In the morning the bishop seemed unwell. His ho*t said: “Bishop, I hope you slept well.” “On the oontrary,” replied theprellate, who was in a testy mood, “I never passed a more wretched night.” “I am very sorry. The bed was com fortable, was it not ?” “Very uncomfortable,” was the short answer, given in a tone which showed how sore the bishop felt. An investigation was made at once and the fact discovered that the rector’s wife, who was away from home, had hidden her silver tea service and jewel case underneath the mattress of the bed in the spare room and so given her honored bishop a night of misery.— New ark Call. At Chattanooga, Ned Johnson, from Kingston, has just been sent to the chain gang for burglary. He is a brother of Dennis Johnson, who attempted to mur der Maj. Waring near Kingston, last summer. Dennis was sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years, but burned & bole in the roof of the Cartersville iail with a poker and made his escape, and is , still at large. NUMBER 38 GEORGIA GLEANINGS. Notes Nicked From Exclutnga*. Two circuses ft re taking in the stray change over the s-tate. Sixty-eight kinds of minerals and ores are found on the line of the Western Atlantic railroad. Miss Toy Curry, daughter of Rev. W. L. Curry, of Baker county, died sudden ly at Camilla, Ga ~ on the Bth inst. Two old newspaper men, H. W. J. Ham, of Hall, and Si Hawkins, of New ton, will be in the next Legislature. When Gov. McDaniel’s term of office ceases he will return to Monroe, Walton county, and resume the practice of law. There will be three W. H. Feltons in the next Geargia legislature—from Bar tow, Bibb and Macon counties. Haven’t heard how many of the Smith generation will be on hand. The Chattanooga Commercial says the currency of this country is being con tracted. The Georgia editors are laying in their shekels for the proposed Cuba trip next Mav, that’s all. Hon. H. E. W. Palmer, formerly of Wayncsbro, tho Governor’s private sec retarj', has been appointed by President Cleveland as Assistant United States dis trict attornej r of the northern district of Georgia. Last Thursday in Atlanta Royal Lov ell, a boy of seventeen, from Rabun county, plead guilty in the United States court to the charge of working an illicit distillery, and was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. Van’s Creek Baptist church, at Ruck ersville, Ga., held its centennial celebra tion Sunday. The church was organ ized in 1785, but the celebration was postponed until this year. Three min isters served this church from 1785, up to 1874. The technological school commission were in Atlanta Saturday examining the offered sites for the school. The claims of Macon for this school were also pre sented. The decision as to where the school will be located will be made this week. Miles Calloway, of Athens, says he never entered the door of a barroom in his life, that his family never smelt li quor of any kind on his breath, and not a moss or unkind word ever passed be tween himself and wife during their long married life. The circus train got off' the track Mon day night above the Rome junction, which detained the last section until 4 o’clock Tuesday morning. The cars con taining the elephants were sent over the Rome railroad on a special train, as they were too high to go under a tunnel near Rock mart. James H. Jackson, N. P., acting coroner of Washington county, held an inquest over Mack Moran a native of Ireland, verdict, “died from natural causes.” The testimony disclosed the fact that Moran usually remitted all his money to O’Donoyan Rossa and the Fenians in New York. Henry Norris, who murdered George Elliott in Haralson county last March, was huug iu Buchanon Friday. He refused to state why he killed Elliott, and would not allow a preacher to come near him during his confinement. He was terribly wicked and up to the date of his execution swore like a pirate. Rev. Michael Leonard, aged eighty seven years, died at the pauper’s home in Cherokee county recently. His re mains was interred in the garden at his old home. For iorty-seven years next preceeding his death he had been a Pri mitive Baptist preacher, and at one time was one of their most respected ministers, and had done much good in his minister ial work. Robinson Crusoe’s good man Friday is on the Bainbridge Democrat. Hear him : “The present year of our Lord, 1886, be gan on Friday. It will end on a Friday, and contains 53 Fridays. Four months in the year contain five Fridays. Five changes of the moon occur on Friday, and both the longest and shortest days in the twelve months occur on Fridays. If Friday be an unlucky day this year has enough to render it doubly unlucky. A young white man named Bolin Chastain on his way home in a wagon to Thomasville last week encountered a ne gro named Cain Linton when a qurarrel ensued and Chastain attacked the negro with his knife inflicting two wounds, one of which reached the negro’s heart, causing his death shortly afterwards. Chastain escaped. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was manslaughter, but the people in that section think it ought to have been a verdict of murder. Bob Southern, the husband of Kate Souhern, who distinguished herself sev eral years ago by killing Miss Narcissa Cowart, at a dance in Pickens county, for which she was sent to the peniten tiary, has been convicted of consDiracy and sentenced to imprisonment for nine months and to pay a fine of SSOO. It seems that Bub and his brothers, William and James, cut to pieces the buggy of a United States Commissioner while he was engaged in the government service. The Augusta News says: “Tip” Har rison in the executive department, is one of the most careful and persistent men ever in this department. He never leaves anything half done and he is al ways up with his work. Whenever a man enters now he is ready to ask, “wounded, where, when, what part of the body, what regiment?” etc. His ex pertness is due to his being a trained journalist.”—Every word of that i3 true, and besides “Tip” is one of ihe cleverest and most genial gentlemen in Georgia. A gentleman of Illinois, learning that a contractor had lost SI,OOO on building a residence for him, inclosed the contrac tor a check for that amount. He ex plained to a friend that he would always have considered that he owed it, and would never rest satisfied enjoying the use of any man’s money without giving value received. This act commends it self as worthy of emulation. The custom of printing specifications and asking bids on a proposed building is universal, and it not unfrequently happens that the contractor loses heavily. It may be owing to some miscalculation of the contractor, but if a careful investigation reveals that the building is wrth the amount expended, the poor contractor should be reimbursed. There are some public buildings in Georgia that lost the contractors thousands of dollars. The public cannot afford to enjoy a cheap building at any one’s expense any more than an individual. The growing, grasping greed of this age is the one ruling passion that threatens even the subversion of the government. — Albany News and Advertiser. Jesso. Our own townsman, Mr. N. S. Eave3, lost several thousand dollars in the erection of build ings at the Georgia lunatic asylum, from Providential causes too. It does seem to us that there should be restitution in this matter, and we hope to see some of our recently elected legislators move in the matter.