Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

>. ;s of subscription. on nu'.v moixths, % ... I °° CLUB RATES. • on© year, * 8 75 I ■ ' <no year, jr, ou i'., '-'lo.x olio, jear, 25 oo ON y m . r *- ■ ■■■ ■: ■ ■ j>o 00 t lor invariably in advance, v • r the paper must be addressed to TIIE FREE PRESS, Gartersville, Ga. ESSIONAL CARPS. WALTER M. KVALS, a ':’ r 1 oi i xidv* a r r -ij a xv, i Vi; 1 ERSVILLE, GA. i o in all the courts in North Geor . < inner A Neel. july2<Mf. V. 51. FOUTE, A *' m: O It Xjd X'-A. T- LA W , t VRTERSVJ LLE, GEORGIA. ; Ali'T ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL i o -uic entrusted to me. Golleetions and c oninercial law a specialty. (>i!iee, corner Alain and Erwin streets, up stairs over i’>. F. G alfrey’s store. r. 1). (11l \ HA VI. W. M . GK All A M. GRAHAM & GRAHAM!, AMudi.'js, Solicitors and Counselors at Law, rALTERSVILLE, GA. I v; \ THE COURT HOUSE. WILL \ ) j,.,■.■ r m all the courts of Bartow county, Ui,., i ~,‘nor courts of northwestern Georgia, and i ••!.' ircHie and federal courts at Atlanta, Ga. anil Al. ICO CARD RRO \VN E, M.JD., I. ■ •o! the linn of l)rs. Browne A Jshimul, Mt. Olivet, Ky.] Phjtici.-JbS i.; on,Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, C'ufesville, Georgia. N. ;;. --.i.via! attention given to Surgery in a! it- bracin'.octUß2-t( SHELBY ATT A \VA V, > It X Id V - A. T - LA W, r ILL l'RA< I'IGE IN AEE THE COURTS W of North Georgia. ; ‘• < mi. c with Col. M. R. Stansell, Bank II lock. GEORGE S. JOHNSON, A r l' T O 1 1 X EV-AT' .l j j\. W , < MM ERSVJI.LE, GA. O i l' id, Wt'stSiile, Public Square. ; Will jiracticc in all the Courts. R. W. MIJRI’IIKY, : ) I!.N Id X" ->Y F- I, A. W , . \ RTERSVILLE, GA. . )in the brick building, eor ii .. l-.rvy in -tl'ccls. July IS. j. I. ta. .1.1. CON N Kit. W. J. NEEti. .v. C, CONNER & NEEL, Li N KYS-AT-LAW. ( . . I'ERSVJ LLE, GA. \ ■ I'll ,< riCK IN ALL THE COURTS \ V . i ale. Litigated eases made a I- . i|ii allemion given to all business wiitrusled io us. < in iiori: ist corner of courthouse. fel>9 M. L. .JOHNSON, < NKY -A T LAW ( \ RTERSVI LLE, GEORGI A. Oiii v in the brick house next to Roberts’ \,ry, i.ies. Hours from B,q a.m.to4>,'l>. m. I ■ a . i-aiu- s |KM>Biptty attended to. _ al.rio _____ T. V. . ii. N. it. 4. W. HARRIS, Jit. ! S I N ICR & H ARRIS, j\ JNT id X' S-A. r r -LA W , CART ERSVILLE, GA. < , Vm i Main Street. julyiS Ju11... I-. 1 . 1)0 GLASS WIKI.K. V. Ilv EE Si AVI RLE, A'J i < 1 1 Xld V S-A M'-I aA.XV , ( \ RTERSVI LLE, GA. Ci cin ('.iiit house. Douglas AVikle will give Bpe. .1; ciition to eollcetious. febgl EBERT S. JOHNSON, A . ■ -l X Id X' -AW- Ii A. W , \ RT HISVILEE, GA. : V ' -II,E PUBLIC SQUARE. \ .mciice in all tho Courts. Business v iirompt attention. ■ r .-sumumr w. iw limn mi CHATEULERS* GUIDE. U A I >S I) K N AND RE D LIN JO STE AM - ERS—U. S. MAIL. STEAMER SIDNEY' P. SMITH, (8.-ii. 11. Elliott, Master; F. G. Smith, Clerk.) J.cove Rome every Tuesday and Friday Ba m Arrive Gadsden Wednesday and Saturday, ii a m Leave Gadsden Wednesday and Saturday. .8 a m Arrive at ltomoThursday and Sunday 7 p m Will go through to Grcenaport, Ala., every Friday night. Iletuming, leave Greensport ev ery Saturday morning. STEAMER GADSDEN. . M. on Iter, Master F. A. Mills, Clerk. Leave Rome Mondays and Thursdays 11 a m Arrive Gadsden Tuesdays and Fridays— 2am Leave Gadsden Tuesdays cud Fridays— Pam Arrive at Wednesdays and Saturdays. ...7pm Oiiieo No. 27 Broad street, up-stairs over the i on on E \change. Telephonic connection. ,1 . M. ELLIOTT, Jr., Gen. Man’gr., Gadsden, Ala. W. T. SMITH, Gen’l Agent, Rome, Ga. CHEROKEE RAILROAD: On aud after Monday, March 10, 1883, tho trains on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday excepted): I> A SS ENGKR TR A IN.—MORNIN G. 1. "! vo Cartersvilie 9;4sara Arrive at stilcsboro 10:17 a m A nave at Taylorsville 10:35 a m Arrive at Rock mart 11:10 a m Anriva atCedarlown 12:03am RETURNING. Leave! edartown 2:05 pm Arrive ul Rockmart 2:58 pm Arrive at Taylorsville 3:;S1 ji m Arrive n! siilesbon) 3:slpm Arrive atCarlcrsvillo 4:25pm 1 ’AS-d ;NGER TRAIN.—EV EKING. L ave Cartel sville 4:30 pm An ive at s;;lo.-boro 5:04 p m An ise a! Taylorsville 5:22 pm Arrive at iMekmart 0:00 p ra Arrive a 1 t edartown 7:00 pm RETURNING. I e id rhc.vu 0:00 ain Ac vc . F ickmart o:s3am A a iiv iie sville . . . . . . 7:2 am A vc. i 7:40 am Arrive at t artersvlUo 8:20 a m !MME RAILROAD. 'i : >,v ing is the prevent passenger sched ule: NO. 4. 1 ,c 0:10 a in •Am -at i- in. ton 8:55 ain NO. 2. 1. .e ii., ln o:2oam A • ■' :a- 10:26 a m NO. 3. 1 i: e 4:15 pm Arne.; a; Kingston s:3opm NO. 4. I ivc Kingston 6:55 pm Arrive at llomu 0;50 p m no. 5. Leave ! -'iie 8:00 am Arrive at Kingston 0:00am NO. C. L v K -ion 0:20 a m Ai iv at Rome 10:10 a m ’• . i.2, 3 and 4 vvill run daily except Sun d&yg* ! a-■ : ul G vvill run Sundays only. X'. mii not stop at the junction. Makes ci' i l l at Kingston for Atlanta and Cbatlanooga. c ■- connection at Rome with E. T.. \a. !■ i. R. R.. for points south. EBEN HILLY ICR, President. . c. l*. Agent. ~N AXI) ATLANTIC R. L*. i ! 2 is the present passenger sched ule: IIT PAS3ENGKR—UP. !. 2:40 j) m . die 4:30 pm I. :o;i * . 4:56 p ill I. " i 0:34 j, ill An vc • iiattanooga 8:00 pm NIGHT PASSENGER— DOWN. L vet'; itt::ooga 2:55pm Leave Dalton 4:32 p m Leave Kingston 0:03 pm Lea ve Cartersville 0:32 p in Arrive at Atlanta 8:40 p m DAY PASSENGER—UP. .leave Atlanta 7:00 am Leave Cartersville ........ 8:55 am Leave Kingston 0:21 am Leave Dalton 10:55 am Arrive a t Chattanooga 12:30 a in DAY PASSKNUKK—DOWN. eChattanooga . 8:00am Rcavo Dalton . 9:40 am Leave K . agston 11:15 am Leave Car 1 er.-.villo 11:42 am Arrive at Atlanta 1:40 pm ROME EXPRESS Leave Atlanta pm Arrive at Cartersville 0:31 pm Arrive at Kingston 7:00 pm Leave Kingston 8:06 am Arrive at Cartersville 8:32 am , Arrive at Atlanta 10:37 am VOLUME VI. Suffer no longer Trom Dyspep sia, Indigestion, want of Appetite, loss of Strength lack of Energy, Malaria, Intermittent Fevers, &c. BROWN’S IRON BIT TERS never fails to cure all these diseases. Boston, November 26,1851. Brown Chemical Cos. Gentlemen:—For years I have been a great sufferer from Dyspepsia, and could get no relief (having tried everything which was recommend ed) until, acting on the advice of a friend, who had been benefited by Brown’s Iron Bitters, I‘tried a bottle, with most surprising results. Previous to taking Brown’s Iron Bitters, everything I ate distressed me, and I suffered greatly from a burning sensation in the stomach, which was unbearable. Since tak ing Brown’s Iron Bitters, all my troubles are at an end. Can eat any time without any disagreeable re sults. I am practically' another person. Mrs. W, J. Flynn, 30 Maverick St., L. Boston. BROWN’S IRON BIT TERS acts like a charm on the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as tast ing the food, Belching, Heat in tho Stomach, Heartburn, etc. The only Iron Preparation that will notbl ■ ckenthe teeth or give headache. Sold by all Druggists. Brown Chemical Cos. Baltimore, Md. See that all Iron Bittc .re made by Brown Chemical Cos.. I timore, and have crossed red lin- nd trade mark on wr.;. r. BEWARE OF 1... ATIONS. REWARD ! For any case ol' CHILLS THAT CHILARINE FAiLS TO CURE. C. F. SIMMONS & CO., Prop’s., St. Louis, Mo. D. W. CURRY, Wholesale Agent, Cartersville, Ga. aug23 1883 Summer Excursions ROUND TRIP RATES VIA THE East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad AND ITS CONNECTING LINES, COMMENCING JUNE Ist.. ' d.,1883, a perfect j system of ROUND TKi< TICKETS will be on sale at all important pc s, South, South east, Southwest amt West, o\ this line and its connections to the Summer Rc rts and Water ing places of Georgia, Abd tna, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, V -t Virginia and Maryland. And Summer Gur : Book for 1383 furnished to all applicants. For tickets and and ail info • nation inquire ef all Ticket Agents of connectir.' lines or Passen ger Agents of the Yirgiiiie. Fennessce aud Georgia Air-Line,” Kenie iw Route, She ll ndoali Valley Route or the lersigned. T. S. Davant, A. G. P. A., ' mphis, Tenn. Ray Knight, A. G. P. A . na, Ala. JoSErii Gotiiakd, A. G. P . Knoxville. , s. h. Hardwick, Trav. P, Vgt, Atlanta. M. M. Welch, West. Agei liattanooga. A. Pope, General Pass. Ticl Agent. in 24-2 Joseph Ko inson, (East Main Street, near Man mese Works.) BLACKS HITH AND Wagon Shop. Is prepared to do all kinds of Blacksmitliing. Buggy and Wagon repairing, and Horse Shoeing in the best p<ible manner, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. ang?3 FOR SAL E! ONE STORE HOUSE AND LOT IN CITY' of Cartersville, fronting public square, near the court house. Alto one farm containing 140 acres, lying on Burnt Hickory road 2)i milet from Cartersville, west; aoout 80 acres cleared, balance well tim bered; comfortably improved; or would be ex chonged for city property. Also, one farm lying 5 miles west of Carters ville, on new Kingston road, containing 240 acres about 140 cleared, balance well timbered; well improved. This place can be divided into two farms, each with good improvements. With this place will be sold mules, wagons and farm ing implements if desired. For prices, terms, etc., call upon the undersigned at Cartersville, Ga. (aug2) J. A. HOWARD. THE FREE PRESS. BARTOW COUNTY COURT. The Question of the Judgeship Discusssetl in Regard to the Governor. To thp Editor of The Free Press : In my communication of last week I gave a brief synopsis of such tilings as I thought would interest your readers. Since that time some few things have occurred which may interest them, and knowing them to be an independent peo ple in the very broadest sense of that word, I will give a fact or two which I think is of significance to them. The first and most important occur rence of this kind is the nomination of George S. Tumlin by the governor to be judge of the county court of Bartow. For the significance of this action of the governor to be appreciated, one must un derstand the position in which he was placed. The grand jury, at the last term of the superior court, in then general presentments, recommended the estab lishment of a county court for Bartow, and recommended Mr. Conyers for the judgeship. Mr. Conyers is an independ ent democrat. The members of the bar, not being satisfied with the action of the grand jury, called a meeting, and twen ty-four of his legal brethren recommend ed Mr. .John 11. AVikle to the governor as a fit and proper person for the appoint ment to the judgeship of the county court, and pledging themselves to urge his appointment. Mr. Wikle is also an independent democrat. With this en dorsement, these two gentlemen, Mr. Conyers and Mr. Wikle, placed their ap plication before the governor, and each man’s friends went before him and urged their friend’s appointment. Mr. Wikle was selected by the bar because of his personal popularity through the county, as well as for his eminent qualifications otherwise, because it was believed that the establishment of the court was con trary to the wishes and judgment of a large majority of the people of the coun ty, and it was the sincere desire of the members of the bar to popularize the court, if possible, and thereby add to its efficiency. lie was an impartial man, and one whose judgments w r ould be re spected. ido the grand jury the justice to say that they thought the same tiling of Mr. Conyers. I, for myself, thought, as the county was largely independent, that, therefore, the independents were entitled to this little office, and so stated to the governor, and asked him to hold out to the independents of that county the little “olive branch;” for I knew them too well—that they could not be coerced hack into the democratic fold. But the objection to the applicants that they were independents seemed to be in superable, and, notwithstanding the as surance that either of these applicants would he confirmed by the senate, he must go outside and conscript an organ ized democrat. It is said that Dr. Felton was the au thor of the little squib that appeared in the Macon Telegraph and Messenger some two weeks ago, signed “Bill Berry,” and that the governor could not afford to be “bull-dozed” Felton into the appointment of an independent. I concede that the article referred to was, to sny the least, inopportune. It was said, further, that the governor must take care of himself; that he was elected by organized democrats and could not af ford to appoint independents to office or make such a record. Now, some one of these arguments, or ivll combined, must have produced the result. The governor “could not afford to be bull-dozed bj’ Felton,” but could afford to be influenced by such stuff as the above to disregard the wishes of the people who arc to he af fected by his appointments. Another consideration might have af fected the matter, and that is, you know, that the nominating power sometimes comes to what is considered a “dead lock,” and every ballot is almost without change, and it becomes necessary to take an “outsider” or compromise on the “bottom dog in the fight.” Such might have been the case in this instance. “A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind.” 1 was told by a gentleman three weeks ago ihal the policy of the “bosses” as to what course was best, had, at that time, been decided upon. I did not believe it, however, because I did not think that any sane man would come to such a con clu-ioit. 1 confess that lamat a loss to attempt to suggest what apology the governor can offer the people of Bartow for not appointing one or the other of the gentlemen whose appointment was urged by her citizens. If he had gone outside and appointed Colonel Graham, a man pre-eminently qualified for ftie position, 1 could hayc comprehended his reasons; for then lie could have said to the people of B.irtnw, i gave you a better court than you were, asking for. But, to make an appointment and have the confirmation of the senate doubtful, or at least delay ed, and then sit in the executive office and send for members of the senate and a-k, personally, that they vote for a con firmation, is a “record” which should, if possible, he avoided, and one for which there is no apology. The bill providing for the erection of anew capitol is now before the senate finance committee, which will probably recommend some amendments to the bill as it passed the house. That the hill vvill pass both houses in some shape, I have no doubt; but what the building will cost the state, when completed, no man now knows nor never will. It is rumor ed that, in order to get certain papers in the state to advocate the building anew capitol, certain other papers would ad vocate a school of technology, and one should be located at one place and the other located at another place. llow this js I am unable to say, but, in my opinion, t is only the beginning of a series of ‘jobs” we are all going to witness in connection with the building of the new capitol. The local option bill still hangs fire be fore the judiciary committee, and, from present prospects, it will have rather a bard time before it becomes a law. Very truly yours, More Anon. CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30. 1883. SUMPTUARY LAWS. The Views of the Late Henry A. Wise on the Temperance Legislation. 1 Jie late P.x-Gov. Henry A. Wise was one of the greatest men Virginia ever produced and his views are always inter esting. We clip the following collation from the Augusta Chronicle and Constitu tionalist: The ultra temperance advocates of Georgia may profess that they do not wish to make a political question of their hob by, but they are doing it all the same. Indeed they could not help it if they would. Demagogues abound and they will not fail to turn this agitation to ac count. It is none the less scandalous that some of the foremost advocates of prohibition or its effinity are not them selves sober men. We have heard and it has not been denied that several of the vanguard of the temperance cause cele brated a'questionable victory in the House by a rattling spree at night. The Car- tersville Free Tress recently said: “ There is a member of the Legislature “who is a prominent Good Templar and “is conspicuous in temperance legislation “who ought to wear a muzzle in Atlanta, “for the reason, we are told, that he was “gloriously drunk one day last week. “As this is a sort of free country yet, a “man may indulge his wishes, but he “ought to he consistent about it. He “ought not to preach one thing and “practice the opposite. When a legisla tor makes a temperance speech, he is a “very inconsistent man when he slips “around to the nearest grocery to ‘nip’ “of the end of his speech with whiskey, “straight or diluted.” This is the kind of Puritanism and demagogism that should be reprobated. In 1855, Henry A. Wise addressed a letter to a National Democratic meeting at New York, in which he predicted that the same spirit of intolerance that mani fested itself in Know Nothingism would culminate in a crusade against slavery and John Barleycorn. The first part of rhe prediction has been realized, in tears and blood and desolation, and the loss of constitutional liberty perhaps. We are entering upon the second stage of the prophecy, which may be as terrible in some of its consequences as the first. As pertinent to the theme and as oppertune reading for the legislature, we quote Mr. Wise’s remarkable words: “I give you the right hand of fellow ship in opposition to the sumptuary laws which have of late years disgraced the Codes of some of our states. Why, some legislatures seem to have lost the horn books of personal liberty ! They are for free soil and free negroes, hut war upon the liberties of ,fsee white men! They seem to have never know that there were such things, first invented in North America, as hills of rights, defining UIOS3 which are inalienable and fixing the lim its of legislation ! Where was the prin ciple of liquor laws to stop? Nowhere liort of invading every inalienable right of individual man. If municipal law cannot touch vested rights, much less can it invade the natural rights of the in dividual person. In such a dominion as that of England, they may hardly dare to confine the rights of the person to “air, to light and to flowing water,” at this day; but here there never was a mo ment, since colonial times, when the rights of persons were not infinitely ex tended beyond those out of the reach of legislation. Oh! hut they say that such laws are sanitary, not sumptuary. And who made them hospitalers of Hygeia, health nurses for the people? Health is about as private possession, about as ll intus et in cute,” personal as any man can be endowed with. Who created a government to turn quack and pi escribe physic? “Physic to the dogs!” There aie other things which destroy health besides alcohol. Eating as well as drink ing, gluttony as well as drunkenness hurts health. W ill any one say that leg islation may take charge of my table, and my diet and appetite, and say what I shali eat? If they may prohibit a man from buying and selling whiskey, may they not prohibiting planting and sowing on his own fee-simple soil, of his buying and selling the corn and rye from which the whiskey is distilled ? Again, French corsets have hurt more the health of whole generations, have crippled tor their | own lives and for their posterity too, more women and children than ever John Barleycorn slew of men! Shall a Hiss committee be allowed by law to in spect madame’s and miss’s chambers, en compass ladies’ waists too tight? The idea would be ridiculous, if it was not so insufferably tyrannous. You cannot legislate men to morality; you must edu cate them to liberty and virtue. Man ners and morals must begin at the moth er’s knee; must he trained in the schools, and home and domestic teaching naust give to the country pupils fit for the schools, and the scliools must give to the country a people who will require no such despotic laws. They don’t suit a people fit to be free; they corrupt and demoralize a people already fit to he slaves. The last source I would appeal to for temperance in eating and drinking, is a legislature, state or federal or state. O! ye metropolitan high livers! what tales champagne and terrapins, and oys ters could tell upon your example of ab stemiousness and self denial! How your temperance tells upon your lives! and your legislation, too, at times! The truth is, all these “isms” come from the same nidus of the same cocatrix. They come from the Scribes and Pharisees, who would take care of others’ consciences; they are inventions of ambitious priest craft or men who have a little religion to help their secular affairs, and who are a little w'ordly to help their religious affairs —of “preachers of Christian politics,” who are subtle!y aspiring to’civil, secular and political power—of men who don’t “render unto Caesar the things which are Cmsar’s,” nor unto God the things which are Gods, of hypocrites who would superservieeably cut off an ear for their master with the sword, without his orders and against his law, and who would deny him thrice before the cock crew once. And these are aided by cowardly and knavish politicians, who either fear or fawn upon their secret and sinister in fluence. We have only to drive out all such from the temple, as the dove-sellers were driven out by the master whose “pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is, to visit the widow and the fatherless, and to keep one’s self un spotted from the world!” RAILROAD RUMBLINGS. Bright Flashes of Intelligeuce From Near and Afar. Savannah News, 23d.] The first rails on the S. F. R. R. were laid this week. The work of grading on the Interna tional railroad is being pushed with ra pidity, and is being done in a thorough manner. Regular track laying on the S. F. R. R. will be commenced on the Tampa and the Kissimmee end of the line simulta neously on the Ist of September. The board of directors of tlie Sanders ville and Tennille Railroad have declared 7 per cent, dividend on the stock, paya ble on and after the Ist of September. One hundred and twenty-five laborers have left Jacksonville for Sanford on the steamers Plant and Anita to work on the extension of the South Florida Railroad. The Louisville, New Albany and Chi cago Railroad has closed a trade with Judge John D. Cunningham, attorney for the Austell Refrigerator Car Company, for five cars to he used on their line. The new superintendent of the Atlanta division of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, to take Captain Kline’s place, will be Mr. J. W. Fry, of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. It is confidently expected that about the Ist of September the small force now at work on the Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad about Tallahassee will be largely increased, and the work will be pressed forward vigorously. While the Pensacola and Atlantic Rail road is arranging for a series of mer chants’ excursions from Jackson county to Pensacola, the Florida Central and Western, through its agent at Chattahoo chee, tenders the same merchants an ex cursion to Savannah via Fernandina. The schooner Scotia, of New York, George Sherer Master, from Portland, Me., has arrived at, Tampa with the fol lowing cargo: Twenty-seven platform cars and complete fittings; one mail car and fittings; two passenger cars and complete fittings; two locomotives and and one tender, and complete fittings; eight pair car wheels; three hand cars and two push cars, and all fittings. L. O. Gold, late superintendent of con struction of the projected International Railroad, on Monday, 13th instant, with drew with his entire force of three hun dred and fifty men from the line of that road, between Jacksonville and Palatka, and is now employed on the Florida Southern, between Lake Weir and Lees burg. The latter road now runs within four miles of Newnansville. The Charlotte Observer has the follow ing: “Rumors in regard to changes in the management ot the Richmond and Danville are rife, and the latest is that at the meeting of the stockholders on the 12th ot September, there will be made a general change in the management. Whatever the details of the plan may be, the object of them will he a closer con nection between the lines of the Rich mond and Danville, and those of the East Tennessee and Georgia system which the syndicate is concerned in. A giatice at the map shows that the men who control these two systems (the pres ent system is an amalgamation of the Clyde, Seney and First National Bank of New York syndicates) as good as control the railway interest in the south. Through the Richmond and Danville the leading parts of the southern coast are to be readied from the points touched by the East Tennessee and Georgia in the interior.” The Atlanta Constitution says: “Yes terday the first train passed over the Coosa river bridge on the Georgia Pacific. The biidge is of the most improved pat tern of iron structure and was built by the Buffalo Bridge Works. It has been put up under the supervision of Major Temple, the chief engineer of the road. The river is very wide at the point cross ed and the bridge has three very long spans. Col. Foreacre and Major Temple were present at the passage of the train. The completion of the bridge leaves com paratively little to be done toward the complete connection of Atlanta and Birmingham. The tunnel is twelve miles further and there the work is going ahead finely. A 20-horse power engine is driving the steam drill and a way is rapidly being bored through the stone that stands in the way. From the tun nel to Irondale is nineteen miles and there the Georgia Pacific reaches the Alabama Great Southern. Much of the track is laid and the work complete from the river to Birnfingham, and it seems that nothing can stand in the way of the connection of Atlanta and Birmingham by the coming November.” “Deserves and Should Receive.” Louisville, Ky., March 19, HBl. 11. H. Warner & Co.—Sirs: Your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has been used in my family with good results. The rem edy deserves and should receive the high est recommendation. Judge Robert J. Elliott. THE PRODIGAL SON. A Sermon Preached on an lalaud on the Georgia Coast. i New York Stua.l I Brudders and Bisters: De discourse i meat dis mauning is lucinated from de ! tex in de book, which say: “A suttin man had two son.” Now de nyoungest son was a berry eontentionable nyoung man dat was in no wise respose to do de will ob’e father. And darefore he was a projigal son, and the last state ob dat man was wuss dan de fust state ! De bible say dat dis nyoung man call to’e father and say. “Father, gim me my share ob de subtun, and I will teck it and go away to a fur country, and you shall not see my face no mo.” Now, I recon de ole man war tired bodderin wid dis projigal, and’e was willin to let him hoe’e own row. For we read in de bible dat de nyoung man teck his share of de substun and gone into a fur country, and dare he spen’ he substun in riotous ex trabaganee, high libin and sin ! An’ af ter’e money war all throw away ’e war reduced to a great necessity. So great war de necessity ’e war reduced to dat ’e had to hire heself out to one rich man to mine hog! No, tie bible don’t say, but it is sup posed, dat dat was a berry mean wite man,’cause we read in de book dat de projigal was full he belly on de husks wat’e feed de hog wid. And when ’e come to hisself he say, “De ber ry seryant in my father’s house hab bread fur to eat and I ain’t hab none. I’m gwine back to deole man and ax’im to teck me as a hired seryant.” And so he teck de pearl ring oil' he finger and trow uno to de hog. And de hog run at urn, ’cause you read in de book. “If you cast pearl befo swine he will turn round and run you!” Now, wen de nyoung man was yet a long way off de ole man see um, an’ he run out to meet um, and he ketch um and trow ’e hand’ ronn’ ’e neck and kiss um, and putanurrer ring on ’e han’ and gie um one wite shirt wid gole stud in de bossum, and tell de hired servant to kill de fat calf an’ make a great feast! An’ cordin’ tode way he say so it war done. An’ wen de feast was ready he sen’ round to all de rich nabor and invite um all to de supper. And dey all wid one consent begin to make excuse. One man say he jess buy a yoke ob oxen, and ’e got to go look after he purchase. An urrer man say ’e taking in a peace ob new groun’ and ’e ’aint got time. An urrer man say ’e iess married to a nice nyoung wife an’—an’ he can’t come ! Well, wen de ole man see how every body discount um ’e git bex, and ’e say to de hired man : “Go out into de high way and by-way, and gadder all you find: for de loss is foun,’ and de blind kin see, and de deef can hear, and my son dat was dead am alive again.” So de hired man weut and he gadder de blin’ and de lame, and de halt and de deef, and all de po’ people in dat lan,’ and he fetch um and set um down, and dey make a great feast! An’ ater dey dun eat de fragment wat dem gadder up full seben basketful and liye small fishes ober. Just here a member took his hat, walked oft' a few steps,filled a short,black pipe, stuck it between his teeth, and walked oft’. Whereupon the preacher resumed in an impressive manner: I don’t call no name to-day! No name to-dsy! But de word ob God is struck de heart ob one relentless sinner in dis congregation, and ’e gone oft to meditation by heself. Dis, my brudders, will show you de power ob faith. We will close de sarbice by singing de him found on de page ob de book: < “Come, yea sinners, po’ and needy Weak and wounded, sick anil so’.” A FRANCO-GERMAN WAR. All Europe Aroused by (lie Gazette’s Article. London, August 23.—The Times , com menting on the North German Gazette's article referring to the attack of the French journals in Germany, and declar ing that France also threatens the peace of Europe, says: “The irritation shown by the latter paper cannot be explained by the reason assigned, as the French press upon the whole has been very mod erate in regard to Germany. The article is rather an expression of general impa tience at the conduct of the French, and ought to convince them that their expe ditions in various parts of the world do not add in the smallest degree to their influence in Europe. The article of the North German Ga zette startled Paris, alarmed Europe, and caused prices on the Bourses of Paris, Vienna and Berlin to fall. The press every where express surprise at the Ga zette's attack on France, and wonder as to what its object is. The French papers repel the charges contained in the article, and intimate that France is better prepared now to say that Prince Bismarck is seeking a pre text for a quarrel or for the imposition of fresh army burdens. The Austrian press ask if the article means war. The English journals think that the warning was overdone, and that the cause for it was insufficient. It would not be wise, they say, to attach too much significance to the article. A lady was traveling in a stage coach with a troublesome barking dog in her lap. A gentleman, a fellow passenger, complained of the annoyance. “Dear me, sir!” exclaimed the lady, with an air of astonishment. “I wonder you com plain of my dog; everybody admires it; it’s a real Peruvian !” “I don’t complain of your Peruvian dog, madam,” he re plied, “but I wish he would give us less of his Peruyian bark.” —— 2,3, and 5 gallon tilting oil cans at Words drug store. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements will be inserted at the rates f One Dollar per inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion. CONTRACT RATES. Sr ack. 1 mo. S mos. | 6 mos. 1 year. One inch, $2 50 |5 00 $7 50 |lO 00 Two inches, 875 750 10 00 15 00 Three inches, 5 00 10 00 12 50 20 00 Four inches, 600 12 50 15 00 25 00 Fourth column 7 50 15 00 20 00 30 00 Half column, 11 00 20 0# 40 00 60 00 One column, 16 00 30 00 60 00 100 00 NUMBER 7. THE MINNESOTA CYCLONE. The Damage Done by the Storm—Lives Lost and Houses Swept Away. Rochester, Minn., August 24. —The number of people killed by the cyclone on Tuesday is now fixed at thirty-four, and the number of injured at eighty-two. Of the latter nine were fatally injured. Details from the surrounding district show that the cyclone swept over a terri tory of sixty miles in length and about two miles wide, leaving in its path noth ing but ruins. To form an idea of the loss one has only to estimate the value of all the improvements that have been made in the section visited by the cy clones, which are all gone. The loss in Rochester |is now estimated at $350,000. Reports from the town of Salem indicate that considerable damage was done in that locality. The streets of the city to-day are full of people trora all over fhe state, some troui curiosity and some to care for friends, while a large number are prom inent men from all parts of the state to see the effect of the cyclone, that they may know its effect and the needs of the victims. One thousand men, women and children of the class that possess hardly anything but their homes and what there is in them, are to-day without anything. Of the two hundred houses which were standing before the approach of the storm there is not sufficient material to build an ordinary shelter. All the house hold furniture and clothing were also completely destroyed. The reported list of killed has been exaggerated through a confusion of names. Careful inquiry shows that sixteen comprise all those in stantly killed. The loss of life in the country adjacent .to Rochester has not yet been accurately completed. NEWS NOTES. The Princess of Wales still retains her girlish looks. Senator Hampton is at Dagger’s Springs, Va. Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, is in Holland. Jay Gould’s rule has been never to employ again discharged men. Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, has many head of blooded stock. Gerster is announced to sing in Rome for the benefit of the Ischia sufferers. Edison says: “It requires as much in genuity to make money out of an in vention as to make the inventions.” Secretary Chandler arrived at Ports mouth, N. 11., Monday afternoon, and took the Tallapoosa for a summer trip, extending it at his pleasure. The Earl of Aylesford is going on a tour through Texas, with the intention of buying laud enough to establish the largest stock ranch© in that empire state. The Long Branch Neics says: “Mr. Daniel Dougherty’s house on Chelsea avenue is a model of comfort, and is charmingly situated in the midst cf a garden.” Mr. 'Julian Hawthorne greatly re sembles his father,Nathaniel Hawthorne, but is hardly so large and handsome. He lives at Morrisania, New York, where he is writing his father’s biogra phy- The king and queen of Greece will probably visit England toward the end of September. The queen is now on the way to Copenhagen, where she will lire joined by the king when she leaves Weis baden. GENERAL, HOOD’S CHILDREN. Washington, August 18.—Mr. Pus sell, a wealthy Mississippi planter, who is at Rockbridge Alum Springs, with his wife, has with him also an adoped child twelve years old, who is a son of the late General John B. Hood. Of the Hood children the two eldest daughters were taken by Mr. Maury, a relative of Mrs. Ilood, and are now being educated in Germany with his daughters. Jol nB. I Hood, Jr., the oldest boy, is the one adopt ed into the family of Mr. Russell. A | pair of twin girls are adopted children of a Mr. Adams, of New York; another pair of twin girls are in the family of Mr. McKee, of Mississippi; another boy, Duncan by name, is the adopted child of a wealthy maiden lady of New York, and another, Oswald, is in the family of another New Yorker, residing near the empire city. Thus have the fatherless been cared tor. A singular coincidence is related in connection with three of the gentlemen who have thus taken the place of father to these interesting children. Messrs. Russell, Adams and McKee were class mates at \ ale College. They are all mar ried, but have no children. Without cousent of action, or even knowing what the others were about to do, each applied for and were given the charge he now has. His First Day At Saratoga. Saratoga was anew idea to him. It was so jolly to go from spring to spring and take a drink of the water of each. No two of the springs tasted alike. There are about forty springs at Saratoga. Af ter tasting nearly half of these, he began to have a queer feeling inside of him. After spending most of the day in this way, he went to bed. It seemed as if all the water-works of the lower regions were raising a riot within him. After several hours of agony, he thought of Perrt Davis’s Pain Killer. It gave him relief and comfort, and charmed him to sleep. ♦ ♦ W. W. Sauls, Savannah, says: “Brown’s Iron Bitters cured me of gen eral debility when all other remedies failed.” J. A. Winburn, Savannah, Ga., says: “Brown’s Iron Bitters cured me of kid ney disease.”