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♦ CRAWFORDVILLK DEMOCRAT. By Edward Young & Co. POETRY. TUB DIFFERENCE. Only a few more notes Only a finer tone; And lo 1 the world bows down Below the sinner’s throne. Only the same old thoughts Clothed witli a sweeter sound ; And lo ! a poets brow With laurel leaves is crowned. Only a finer ear, Oiily a swifter skill; And lo ! the artist plays On human hearts at will. Only a tint or line. Only a subtler grace ; And lo 1 the world goes mad Over a woman’s face. Yet though so slight the cause For which men call us great, This shade the more or less May fix an earthly fate. For few may wield the power Whose spells uplift or thrill; The barrier fixed yet fine, will. We may not pass at SENDING US OUD. WHATTHE PEOPLE OF ADJACENT TOWNS ARE DOING. Tlie News of Neighboring Comities Cull¬ ed from our Exchanges, and W ritten By our Correspondents—Wilkes, War¬ ren,Greene, Oglethorpe, Hancock, Sha rou Etc. SHARON. [Special Correspondence of the Democrat.] F. Croake, is having his store painted. It is still rainingjand our streets are very muddy. Geo. W. Brown, killed nine partridges at one shot. The grain crop in this part of the coun¬ ty i»very fine. Miss Karie Keating returned home on Tuesday from a visit to Augusta. f Corn is selling for one dollacund thirty fivejeents. on time. Meat at|13 Cents. Prof. N. E. Ware, opened his school on last Monday witli twenty-five sell lars. Prof, A. F. Ware, of Raytown, lias mov¬ ed to Camak, and will have charge of the Academy at that place this year. A. .S. Flynt, of Raytown, slapped one bale of cotton, weighing seven hundred and ninety one pounds, to Mrssrs. Sibley & Jordan. , I> tWF.LTON. [Special Correspondence of The Democrat.] Sunshine is scarce. Tyhus fever is prevalent; Mr S. J. Jones is happy,—another boy nt his house. Mr. A. 1). llenry carries the mail from 1’owclUm 4f.> llarin-ii. Tnv-fi. V M •lay ,ynd Tlinr-.lay. ^ Married on the .it!, Mr. IP I). Amos, of Hancock, to Miss Lillie Jones of Tatiafer ro. Rev. A, Rainwater officiating. On account of s'ckoess of his family Mr. A. I). Seals has moved from bis farm to Powelton. Mr. Seals has lost three chil¬ dren sinee last May. Three of his children are now sick. From the way Billy C. discourses on farming it is evident lie lias been reading Jones's letters. Billy is a good farmer, and means business, lint tie can’t compete with Jlis Intensive neighbor. OGLETHORPE, [ Oglethorpe Echo. ] Sore-eyes prevalent in Lexington. Miss Polly Harris, of Maxeys, is dead. Chills and fever in some portions of the county. Lexington will soon have two high-toned weddings. Smith & Doatar will soon have a corn mill running. A female book.agent raised a little rumpus last week in Lexington, Lexington gave some charades last night for the benefit of the Union Sunday-School Success. The Echo says: “We have made tbe Echo very popular with the ladies. Just *s wc intended.” Is It the paper or the proprietors that is so popular: W e sur in be the latter. The Echo denies the assertion that the project to build the Broad river railroad is dead. It only sleepetli, and in a short while will blaze forth to] tho astonished Oglethorpcians with increased brilliancy, Meson Academy opened last Monday. Than this academy none better can be found. Professor Moss is one the most thorough and practical instructors in the state. He, we warrant to say, lias prepar¬ ed more young men for college and more satisfaetiorily, than any one professor in Georgia. Meson academy is an honor to the town, county ami state. Under the head of improvements inji-x ington, the Echo says : The lower rooms of the obi brick building on the corner next to tbe hotel lias been renovated and turned into a nice law office and will be occupied by M. McWhorter this year. The brick building formerly own by Dr. Sims has been repaired and fixed up nicely and will be occupied by Dr. IV. A. Howard, Theold office opposite Dr. B. V Willing ham’s has been turned ,ntoa neat and occupmd by Mi Bowden and family, * lr ’’ ' Sl ' ,V ' I |r" moving the th cabins r next to the public road on his lot and ,s also improving his Ing house preparatory to moving in lastofthe month. Dr Hunmcutt is hig the back part of the brick store and Lexington is looking up generally. ! CRAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1882. HANCOCK [Sparta Tshmctelite.] The fish market is still kept up in Sparta The foundation for the court house is UeploraDle condition. Mr.. Elizabeth P. Eubanks, of this eoun ty, died on the 12th inst. Two handsome monuments are soon to i be placed in our cemetery. Miss M. A. Ball now owns the house and ot just east of Dr. Watkiu's store. Mr. T. R. Tamar has removed to the Chappel residence, just below the depot. We learn that there are tickets out for a marriage somewhere about tho 24th inst The exercises of the Uulverton school be. gan last week, under the charge of Prof. W. A. Moore. Rev. O. P, Fitzsimons delivered an excel¬ lent discourse in the Presbyterian church on last Sunday. The new cemetery squares of Miss M. A. Ball and Mrs. C. W. Du Bose are kept in beautiful order. j Little Bennie Harris, infant son Monday of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris, died on evening about six o’clock. On the 8th inst., at the residence of Mr. Stephen A. Smith, Miss F. A. Smith was married to Mr. J. F. Hooks. Rev. L. R. L. Jennings lias notified the Baptist Church of this place that lie cannot accept their call for the present year. We saw a young man buying his wedding outfit at Dave Silver’s last Saturday even¬ ing. He got everything ho wanted but a pair of black kids. About one hundred immigrants passed over the M. & A. R. R. last Thursday night. There were eighty-odd negroes in the crowd, from the state of North Caroli¬ na and Virginia. We leant that ascertain clever old gentle¬ man of Sparta has to buy oil by whole-sale in order to keep a supply on hand. Miss --is attractive and the middle-aged young man seems to he actually sleepless. Misfortune lias fallen heavily upon the family of Mr, Sidney Turner, who lives just below the. depot in the old Sprott building. There are six members in the family; an old lady, who is paralized,Mr. Turner, his wife, and three little children. Mr. Turner and his wife are both lying prostrate with typhoid fever. m’dtjffie. [McDuffie Journal.] Small grain is looking remarkably well. Thomson lias 1.122.70 in the town treasu ry. Hog cholera is prevailing to a serious ex Farm hands are scarce, and good ones command high wages. Our friend, Mr. W.M. Hardaway, of Me sena, aceonipanV.. V h,s ,-y ' ’ »•/'•>'••' ’M 1 ' " n,M ,or neaitl. ami rccreafon. On Friday night, January fill., some per son attempted to assasinate Mrs. Martha Phillips, of Hearing, by shooting at her as slie sat at work near a window. Married Saturday forenoon last, the 1.1th instaut, at the residence of Mr. Robert Las eter, by Rev. A. B. Thrasher, Mr Gartrcll Lookey and Miss Blanche. May, both of Me duffle county. Wc le^ini that a proposition is on foot to build a mu’row-guage railroad from Lin eolntou to intersect the Georgia railroad at Thomson, and thence to some eligible point on the Central railroad. At the residence of Dr. F. M. Usry, near Dealing. 011 Thursday svening. January 12tli, 18S2, hy Rev, F. P. Langford, Mr. C. N. Usry and Miss A. V. l’rintup, were married, both of McDuffie county Mr. J. M. Graham, Court Stenographer for this Circuit, and corresponding editor of that excellent weekly, the Crawford villk Democrat, was in Thomson last week in attendance upon the adjourned term of McDuffie Superior Court, calls’. and obliged ns with several fraternal We would certainly return the visit if we could render it as pleasant and welcome as his was to us. On Friday forenoon last a personal diffi¬ culty occurred in the office of Mr lb C. Ro¬ ney, in this place, between Col. W.D.’l’uttt ; al „i Mr. Thomas E. Watson, in which Col. 1 Tuit received a pistol shot wound In the ' R>ft hand. The ball entered the outer edge of the hand, passed through the palm and : the flesh between the thumb and foregin | ger, and lodged in the lining of his over coat. The wound, though somewhat pain ful, is not dangerous. WARREN. I Warren ton Clipper.] Our first strawberry bloom was seen ' Rev. B. It. Carswell is to preach at Brier i Creek the 5th Sunday in April. The Silver Cornet Band are making ef forts to buy a new outfit of horns. j Rev. T. J. Pilcher has accepted a unani mous call to William creek church, j Gibson mail is changed so as to come to j Warrenton in tbe uiorning and return in j the evening, Rev. W. T. Hamilton’s sermon 011 last ! Sabbath was one of the most powerful scr , nons 0 f modern days, T In digging .. . the grave of , Mai. Geo. „ V. Xeal ,ast week, the coffin of Mr. George Gamer, uncle of the Maj. was struck by the hoe of the digger. Thiscauseda tem i porary sensation, but it subsided by workers proceeding to one side of the covered crave. i A sad occurrence took place at Mr. B. D. Aster’s yesterday. Col. A.S. little girl about three years old, fell from the windowsill to the floor inside ot a room and broke one of her arms just above she elbow. The family amt the little suite er have the sympathy of the entire eommuni ty. * " * i Texian and , an Alabamian , , : together , they 1 liave agreed to import a cargo of monkeys •from Africa to the South and to Ge. "gin for the purpose of making cotton pi k -rs of them. In the winter, families, troigj^l with lousy children, will havo one or more monkeys consigned to them to. clean v,.!' these insects, as they are known not to throw away any part of their carcases, but devour them entirely. WILKES. [Gazette.] ft*-.* Mr. Pope Walton won a gold watch raffle on Monday night. Most of tlm water mills aroufld fret" have stopped grinding. The initial wagon load of guano passed through town on Wednesday, '■*' Mr. J. M. Call-in has painted and v ;. y much beautified his residence. Mr. Rail has opened a store at Mr. Ed. Barnett’s mill oil the Lexington r-uif Mr. E. S. Johns got his hand painfully mashed in raising a gin house on Tites' hfcv There is some talk of a large grist aSl flouring mill being put lip near the tlejjjl^*' The Female Seminary has just* bad handsome new desks of the most approved pattern put in. Fifteen or twenty of the elite of cnir ,-ol ed pop = ation gave a tea drinking lit Jackson 25 rant’s house on Monday ni' Mr. E. S. Johns has saved about* tour thousand stalks of ribbon eamj, and y ill plant it this year for syrup-iffiikiiig pur poses. Messrs. Tatham & Co., of Philadelphia, are pushing right ahead with their g"l • j mine just across the river in Columbia 1 i county. Mr, Henry Vickers died very sndil au-j a : on Wednesday night about eight o’clock from an overdose of bromide and chloral, There was a solution of twenty grains Ot each in a two ounoe vial. GltEEN E. [Herald and Journal.] Roads are in a bad condition. Grecncsboro lias a livery stable. Sociables are the order of tlm night in Greenesboro. The Greenesboro llerald lias a Taliaferro correspondent. Miss Lizzie L. McWhorter has resumed tier school at Shiloh. p r of. G. B. Atkinson opened his school at, Greenesboro last Monday. L Havnes and O. E. Watson. Baird.,town', were married la- U„4. ^ /'en'shore ..... , . , i^hflms , f ry i G tin i„g trite ami pointed paragraph in the lmu «f the paper : How is it that if a farm( , r faiIs me( .t all His debts and gives up a || i ia s, that lie is a dishonest scoini- , ( | 1( ,| ibllt a merchant can fail with liabilities at apj oon ■ assels 20 per cent, of that amount, did a heavy cash business for 20 Hays about Christmas, of which 110 mention is made on his books, say 8125 per day closed out by the Sheriff under these eir eumstaiiccs, and yet lie is a sharp fellow. What the difference ? — . - _____ Woman. Hone for suffering Woman. Something " new under the sun. ]{ y reason of her peculiar relations, ami her perculiar aliments, woman has been compelled to suffer, not only her own ill*, but those arising from the want of kuowl edge, or of consideration on the part of those with whom she stands connected in the social organization. Tlm frequent and distressing h’legulurilies peculiar toiler sex have thus been aggravated to a degree which 110 language can express. In the mansions of the rich and tile hovel of the noor alike, woman has been the ipatieiit victim of lils unknown to man, and w 1 1 1 * ii none but she could endme, and without a remedy. But now tbe hour of her redemp tion has come. She need not suffer longer* when she can linn relief in Dr. J. Brad field's Female Regulator, “Woman’s Best Friend.” Prepared hy Dr. J. Bradfiekl, Atlanta, Ga. Price, trial size, 7.1, large size, $1.50. For sale by all druggist. 1.081. At the suggestion of a romantic young mail, we insert the following notice: “Lost.—On Broad street, near tile post-of lice, a heart. The only peculiarity about | the heart is that it was lie finds the only one the j I young man lead, and so............... ty in keeping his organic machinery in op oraU|)11 The finder will be liberally re ' warded by returning it. or its equivalent* to Augustus, this office. . Caldwell, 1 Eminent Dr. J. J. Halti ! den s Liebig’s “ 8 , ta T tes Liquid * .‘I 1 b Extract ? v « use, of > Beef £>'; and Tonic Febrile Invigorator largely in Du '.ilitv. and Nervous Diseases, and I have found it one of the most re iable of nutrient tonics now in use or to be found in pharmacy.” (Take no other.) Of druggists, Jan. 7 / 82 - 0111 . . . . Cause an Effect. Main cause of nervousnes is indigestion, and that is caused by weakness of the , stomach. No one can have sound nerves and goo.i;iiealth without using Hop Bitters it, strengthen the stomach,purify the blood, and keep tire liver and kidnevs a. tive to carry off all the poisonous and 1 waste matter of the -vst.-m. See other column.—Advance. STATE SCRAPINGS ___ as raked IN BY AN EDITORIAL j SC tK)P. with the Scissors Sees—All Manner ol s.crtoos ’ and Casualties —Five deaths in Augusta last week. Mr. S. U. Reese, of Athens, Is dead. —Rockdale has the “no fence” law. ■ —Tims. Stripling, of Columbus, is dead. —Only ninety resident Romans died last year. » —Covington meditates a railroad to Gainesville. —Wilkinson county has voted down the liquor trade. —The Augusta JVem is down on the opera-house band. —A new post-office has been established at Joseph, Fulton comity. —The no fence law will go into operation m Troup county May 1st. —A Rockdale county negro lias named n fresh scion of her house “Opiteau.” —It, is rumored that Judge Henry Tomp. kins will be married in JfiedTpary. —Atlanta beggars make more money i han nine-tenths of the skilled mechanics. —The State Agricultural Society meets in Augusta on tbo second Tuesday in Feb ’-nary. —Two well-known young man were ar vested in Athens tiio other day for steal¬ ing cotton, —A hotelflliief went through the Lanier House, Macon, the other night, and made a big haul —Mr. J. II. Lumpkin has been appointed Supr.'j.ie 0 urt Reporter, vine Henry Jack son resigned. —Complaints come from ail over Goor gia that tlm Exposition lias seriously in ured business, —Prof. W. K. Pillsbury lias connected himself w'tli the editorial staff of the A meric us Republican, —E ,.M. Turner who killed Mr. Sliutt e; near Greenville, a year age is in Newnaii j.ui dying of consumption, — J,. R. Mitchell, of Americas was mur¬ dered by unknown parties a few days ago near Howard’s landing, Ala. —A citizen of Athens, Mr. William Creighton, lias been missing some days, and gi eat anxiety is felt as to his where¬ abouts. —Foivy days hut one adult person died in Macon, and Waterman wickedly says people seldom die in Macon, unless they arc killed. ‘ —Policeman McKibben of Griflln lias been fined $4.1 and suspended thirty days f " r 'p**™ «»«<>’«« «“H cr of th< ' \ '< .'■•!. <mtrfa of .' '' ’kuila, who was nr ; \ in Mm-on, attempted to kMI lilmself a n- 1 than he taken back to Atlanta. He halted Ills bead against the jal wall, but '»•' ln n,,t h,s brai,m ’ —Augusta A" wm ; It is about definTely settled that our worthy Post master, Capt. Je- H. Prince will soon reti and (,'apt. Adiraiin 1 weedy will bo appointed I’ost Wistcr for Augusta by President Arthur’ ITiime is nog a candid ate for reap. poiiitmeii,. —About 3:30 a. in. Monday a sliglitncei dent occurred on the Georgia Load at the 17 mile post. It was caused by the second section of No. 14 through freight running into the first smcgoii. No. one was hurt, Tlle ell S ll > 0 wa* slightly damaged and lllri ’ c l,wx L,,ir bn " lbcl ’ s kl > ockod out " —Waycrossls not done “booming” by any means. The Reporter is authority for the statement that the Way cross ex tension will soon assume substantial pro perilous. The Savannah, Florida and Western railroad company will in a very short time commence the erection of a large number of residences for their (ini ployes. winch they will cither sell them on the installment plan or rent them at reasonable rates, ns they may prefer, —q i,,. large, 1 state of the Gcu. Allred Austell, of Atlanta, is to lie managed by ids son and son-in-law. Mr, W. W. Austell )| iis retired from tlm dry goods house of Austell, Robinson, and Mangnm, and Mr. Japies Swan, his brother-in-law, of the cidton firm of Inimin, Swan A; Co,, of New Vork, has gone to Atlanta to reside. They witli Mr. Albert 15.Thornton, of LaGrange, who recently married Miss Lidia Austell, will go into (lie cotton seed oil business in Atlanta. Mr. Swan succeeds Gen.. Austell as ITesident of the First National Bank of 1 Atlanta. — Augusta Mews: The Inman Manufac I taring Company through its attorneys, Messrs. Harper, applied to Council Satur day night for the purchase of a mile site on the canal above tbe Summerville factory, j and another tract opposite and across the canal, and to connect the two by bridge, offering $10(1 per acre fertile land. The petition was referred to the Mayor and ; Canal Committee, with power to act; and a-tin’ same tract and site was offered hy the cily to the King Mill on these terms, the p> ’Wion to the Inman ComjKiny will j probably lie granted, ! —Macon Telegraph : The sad intelli¬ gence was received here yesterday of the 1 deatli of the venerable and beloved Win. II. Sparks, brother of Mr. <>. G. Sparks, ' . , . ,, , , of one who has'livedt, long in the hearts 0 f his people will be made editorially an early issue of this paper. His death oeeurred in Marietta, after an illness of t | ir „edav-. He wa> lmrn in < me f ,^h,-were v G.-.rria J near ictli t'.e'eitx uno His re bro reht to last night, aud-.v a: Hie w ;• '.umbec of our fit n: —The Marion county Argus tells of a young woman teaching school in Marion county, and who has a 111^11 forty years of age attending the school, lie missed his HESS slu ' couW b>1U . " lnm , . somethlnB ... in , ,, tllnt . way. He flatly declared that he could not taken whipping, and would quit school first Finally she left it to n vote of tho scholars as to whether she should whip him. The youngsters were unanimously in favor of war. The young woman then gathered the bearded scholar by the col¬ lar, and to his utter astonishment gave him a sound thrashing. He Is now dis¬ gusted with the school business, and be¬ lieves the whole tiling a farce. An AwtuI Responsibility. Everybody lias something to say about Consumption. We all deplore its terrible ravages, but only a few of us s em to lmve common sense enough to take the proper means-pf preventing it. It is 11 fact as easy of proof as that two and t wo are four, that “Hale’s Honey of Ilorelionnd and Tar,” taken as a remedy for Coughs, Colds, Difficult Breathing, Hoarseness, or any other of the symptoms which, as it wire, pave the wav for that terrible destroyer, will effect a radical and rapid cure of the ailment, and avert all danger. Who¬ ever, knowing this, neglects to resort to tho true specific under such circum¬ stances, assumes a fearful responsibili¬ ty. Sold by druggists. Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one minute. Jan. 7,’82-em. Mop Sly Paper. We clip the following from the Topeka Commonwealth. It is a good sensible ar¬ ticle. Chronic grumblers would do well to rend it: We occasionally meet a man In this world who is under the impression that if he ‘•stops Ids paper” he will thus “get even’’ with the editor "or some supposed injury— maybe It is only a gent e request for sub¬ scriptions past due. Some business men, or rather in business men, or rather in business, are laboring under tlm same appa. ition. Why don’t these blissful fellows know that when a mail “cuts” his paper it causes no commo¬ tion with tin; editor V He is used to it. It is only a proof that Ills paper is apprecia¬ ted. Aside from that, nil editor is very like an ordinary man. Ho eats, lie drinks, be wea"s.elotlics (when lie can get them— they may not be the finest, hut lie wears them ull toe same,) be wears a hat,lie eats vegetables, eats meat, and all “Indelica¬ cies” ot tho season (sometimes eats crow.) No, the editor docs not go barefooted [unless be has to.J Paradoxically speak [ilig,J|aU-» feelings like •••ftn, man,IiM-s lik- ,.k:. ids Mliu friends iA.,p ; has' a as any other uiau, and as a rule i’s not less cliurit table than other men. Now, "stop my paper” man, don’ think to hurt our feelings by paying and quitting. Tins is a very large world,friend, and there are sonic very large people in it. If we discover tiiat wo can't get along without you, why then wo sell out and quit the business. A I.ally's Wish, “Oil, bow 1 do wish my skin was as idea and noft as y<m.s.”said a lady to her friei il ■‘Von can easily make it so,” answered the friend. “HowV” inquired the first lady, “by using Hop Bitters, that makes pure rich Idood and blooming health. It did It for me, as you observe.” Read of it,.—Ca¬ iro liulleutiii. Read what Gen. CL Tige Anderson Rays. Messrs. Hutchison A Bro. Gentlemen— I have been a great sufferer from neural¬ gia—tbo attacks lasting for days 1 bail tried every known remedy without being relieved. Ill my last attack 1 tried your “Neitralgine,” and in a short time was per¬ fectly cured. It is a consolation to know that 1 have at last, a remedy that controls this painful disease, and I can cheerfully recommend it to nil who suffer as 1 do. G. T. Anderson, Atlanta,April tx, bi7!>. Chief of Police. Hutchison & lino., Proprietors, Atlan¬ ta, Ga. Sold by all Druggists. Small pox in Washington, From private information, we learn that there arc several cases of small pox in Washington,, Ga. It is rumored as well that the,re are several eases in Madison. We cannot vouch for the triUliJuf tills how¬ ever, although it is not al all improbable that such Is a fact. • A Bad Colder Distressing Cough.” Dry, parched, asthmatic sore tliroat, attacks, pneumonia, weakened bronchial and and debilitated state of the system,all these dangerous symptoms are cured by “ l)r Hwayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cher¬ ry.’' The first dose gives relief, and' the worst cough and sore lungs yield to its heal ing properties. A 11 occasional dose of ‘bwayiie's Pills ” should be taken to keep he bowels free. They are excellent fol oipid liver and bilious complaints. Hervirc* at >liaro;.. Rev. I J. Jpirtlcy, will preachat Sharon on .Sunday, the 2!)t.h instant, one week from tiemorrow. IVe understand tlint a movement is on foot to establish a regu Inr station at that point, with Mr. Hartley in charge. This would be an excelienr move. Ttc EIbsIi Sjieedily Reunites. When obstinate sort’s are cleansed j with Glenn’s Sulphur Soap. Of duug I gists. Hill’s Hair|;tud Whisker Dye, black ' or brown, 50 cents. Jan. 7,‘82-etn. I I •randy in W Held. Vo). 6.—No. ?. 1 GENERAL NEWS AS tiLKAMU) FHIMl TUI, KG It AMS AM) MITTS.US. Being the Latest lutorniation as 4’on« doused from I lie Newspapers —A Brief Review of Wliat the Country is At. Culled tor tbo Readers ot tho Demo-, rrat. « —The Texas pistol is always loaded, —Sinai I-pox Is still raging <U -Milan, Tennessee, * —In a the at Van Burcn, Kansas, tho loss was #20,000, —A pension of 5,1,000 per annum is pro posed for Mrs. Garfield. Seventeen Brooklyn aldermen are in jail for eon‘’tun pt of court. —The losses by a Galveston lire of Fri¬ day night foot up 91,000,000. There have been 4 ,000 bills introduced in the pieseut session of congress. -Nearly 2,000,000 oranges have beer* shipped from Tampa this S(‘ilSO!\. —Watermelons were eaten at .1 hotel in Orange City, Fla., on Christmas day —The l*ey of Tunis has arrested Id's broth¬ er, whu is suspected tvoasoimlilo designs. —A Miss Vincent committed suicido n iar Alpine, AUi.,’Sutiivtiuy, byiiAii^ng, —Many of the persecuted Russian Jews are settling in different parts of Mississip pi. Many of tho Nashville, Tennesee, lnis^ iness men want the peuitenlfury remov¬ ed. a ( / eu tiew buildings to , Is by 1 put n u boom, up at once. —Nearly the entire business part of On. nit'll, Ontario, was destroyed by fire Sat day. —True bills for murder have been found against the Malloys for tbo death of Jonulo Ciaiuav. Ex-Governor A. II, oullock dropped dead on tbo streets of Worcester, Mass., yesterday. —A falling wait in llrooklyn killed threo boys, Win. Spallen, Win. VVinobelto and Thou. Butt. —The Vi'glnia legislature is afraid of the small-pox, and meditates removal from Richmond. —The guava trees around Tampa, FlorL da, have at this time ripe fruit and bfoouia upon them. —Mr . L. B, Babb, near Brandon, Miss, had 3!» merino sheep killed by dogs ’ one night last week. —A. Y. Stokes, Vice-President of tho Richmond & Danville railroad, has ten. tiered his resignation. —Nashville has a 11 taxi equal to any nee the great deluge , of GU7. Milt i flttmege Is being fono. f f— Calvin* * Schwartz, retail dealers in boots and shoes, of Chattanooga, Tenn., have made an assignment. — Hugh IS. Peeples has been arrested In Detroit for the alleged murder of his. sweetheart, Martha Wliitla. —Three negroes have been poisoned at Montgomery, Ala., from eating spoiled meat. One of them is dead. —In Alalstiiia there are six million five hundred thousand acres of government land, and eleven millions in timber. —Geo. Melims, tho brakeinan said to. be responsible for an accident Iu4 Friday night, on tlm New Vork Central. has been arrested. — The explosion of a kerosene lamp caused the de-liuetion of the house of 11. A. Wise at Plymouth, N. V., the other night. Loss 94,000, —A stick of yellow pine timber, at Way. cross railuoad, can lie seen that measures loin teen, inches at the sm^jl eml, and is ninety-four feet long. — Mrs. Walton, charged with taking part n the assassination of lmr husband, near .St Paal, escaped Sat urday, on tile way to, jad, and has not been recaptured. —There is an Independent) movement In Pennsylvania, where one Wolfe promises to, be as troublesome to the Republicans as was Me hone to the Virginia Democracy. —The mails in. all parts of tin; country are delayed bv land slides and freshets Great, disasters aant'ciprtcd in the river valleys from, the unprecedented rise of tho waters. — A mob at, Brnnkliaveu, Miss., Iiu-t Fri day, attempted to lynch a colored boy for outraging tile little daughter of ,1. Q, Rawls. The sheriff got tin; prisoner out of the way. —Professor S, M, A insworfh, of Athens, Alabama, commit led suicide at that place the otlici day by stabbing himself four times in the left breaj.p No cause is. known for the act. —The proprietor of a furnishing goedb. store in Boston was lined $20 on Wednes¬ day for employing a cash boy under 14 years of age, who bad not attended school at least twenty weeks in a year. This was the first conviction under a new law. —A di-patch from Washington to the Western press association represents .Sen¬ ator Brown us saying, “I shall not heart the so»c il!ei 1 independent movement.. One reason wny the report. Deferred to is not true is Unit I shall vote the Democratic ticket from now until 1 hh- 1 . at least, I ant not an Independent, but a liberal Demo¬ crat.”' —A breach of promise case in Illinois will pre.vnt a novel question for legal decision-. The plaintiff was a good looking girl w hen the engagement was made. Two. year-of court-hip passed. Tile small |«>x disfigured her face, and tlm defendant declined' to marry her. lie claims that, in view of her deterioration in per¬ sonal appearance since he made the prom¬ ise. Ii is nut ;u law or honor bound to keep, 1 it. r,. . d be ked to decide, in favos . a I of o: ng.i.ij ,t in, for beauty