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HAMILTON. GEORGIA.
Our National Thankugiving.
WIE PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS A DAY
FOR TRANKS AND PRaYEK.
The President issued the following procla¬
mation setting apart Thursday, Novembei
as a day of thanksgiving and prayer:
By the President of the United States of
America.
A Proclamation.
The American people have always abun¬
dant cause to be thankful to Almighty hand have God,
Whose watchful care and guiding of
been manifested in every stage their na¬
tional life—guarding and protecting them in
time of peril, and safely leading them in the
tour tod of darkness and of danger. It is fitting
proper that a nation thus favored should
on one day in every year, for that purpose
especially appointed, of God publicly and return acknowledge thanks
the goodness to
Him for all Hie gracious gifts. Presi¬
Therefore United L Grover Cleveland, America, do
dent of the States of
hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the
|Bth day thanksgiving or November, inst., as a day do in¬ of
public and prayer, and
voke the observance of toe same by all the
people of the land.
On that day let all secular business be sus¬
pended, and let the people assemble in their
fetuai places of worship, and with prayer and
Kmgs of praise devoutly testify their grati¬
tude for to the all Giver He of has every done good and the perfect
gift that for us in year
that united has passed; and for for our preservation deliverance as from a
nation our
the shock and danger of political con¬
vulsion: for the blessings of peace
and for our safety and quiet while
ware afflicted and other rumors of wars of bave agitated for and
nations the earth; our
security in against lands the scourge claimed of pestilence, dead by
which other has its
thousands and filled the streets with mourn¬
ers; for plenteous crops which reward the
labor of the husbandman and increase our
nation’s wealth, and for the contentment
throughout our border?! which follows in the
train of prosperity and abundance.
And let there also be on the day thus set
apart fastened a reunion by tender of famiUgB, menpies sanctified and associa- and
ttons, and let the social intercourse of friends
vrith pleasant renainiscense renew the ties of
affection and strengthen the bonds of kindly
irlre^thanks efforts’which
bsarU arelnclined to dool. of charity, and
STpSor^ll dtnWaptrrofjrco?.
ing more acceptable in the sight of the Lord.
•Done at the city of Washington, this second
day of November, one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty-five, and of the indepen
donee of the United States the one hun
dred and tenth.
Grovkh Cleveland.
By the President—T. P. Bayard, Bee. of
State.
BASE BALL FACTS.
Morrill has been a member of the Boston
elub for ten consecutive seasons.
Pitcher Coroorae is the only player not
reserved by the New York club.
Baltimore wants to deeert the American
association and go into the league.
The directors of the Canadian league have
resolved to further the international league
scheme.
Probably one or two of the New York
players will go to New Orleans to play this
winter.
The St Louis League club has signod Ca¬
hill and Baaer, the strongest men of the At¬
lanta club.
The beet batting club in the Eastern league
was the National team ; the Waterburys were
the best fielders.
McCormick, the pitcher, who did such good
work for the Chicago club, refuses to sign,
and says he will not play next season.
The big fish are after the little fish as
usual The mikados of the League and helping Ameri¬
can tha players association of the are minor busily organizations engaged break
their contracts and reservations.
Income and Outgo.
UOVXRNMENTAL RECEIPT* AND EX.
PEN DITCHES FOR A MONTH.
Tha following is a comparative statement
of tha receipt* and expenditures of the United
States during October:
Receipts.
Source. October. Since J u ly 1.
Customs ... ...$16,142,960 67,172,806
Ink revn’e. • • e ... 11,370,855 ;i9,889,004
Mieclan’a........ 1,359,089 7,113,375
Total ....28,872,905 113,675,485
Expenditures.
Ordinary .. .$1S,331,490 49,242,829
Pensions. ... 1.340,419 35,477,111
Interest.. ... 6,861,762 30,302,544
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Total 21.533,672 95,022,486
It is mor® commendable to acknowl¬
edge our faults than to boast of our
merits.
LATEST NEWS.
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
A Terrible Steamboat Disaster on Provi¬
dence River.
A dispatch from New London, Conn., says:
A terrible calamity by which six lives were lost,
occurred in the race on Sunday night, caused
by the explosion of the boiler of the steam
dredge No. 4, of the Atlantic dredging compa¬
ny, of Brooklyn, N, Y. The dredge has been
employed and in company on Providence with the river water for four tank, years, -eft
Providence for New York at 9:16 Sunday morn¬
ing, in tow of the tug C. C. Waite, Captain
Tweedy. In order tokaep the bilge clear, the
steam pump on the dredge was kept at work.
Just before midnight, when near Race Rock
the light, Captain Tweedy, who was at the stern of
tug, noticed a moving light on the dredge,
and heard a voice, but could not distinguish
the words. A moment later ho heard an ex¬
plosion on the dredge, and saw fire, smoke and
steam. The dredge sank immediately, and
the stern of the tug was drawn under water
before the hawsers could be cleared. The
Waite was immediately put about, but no trace
of the dredge, her crew or water tank could be
found. After searching in the vicinity for half
an hour, in the teeth tug headed for this harbor, arriv¬
ing tue of the easterly gale that was
prevailing. the As soon as the storm subsided,
Waite again went out to the race in the
hope of finding even the dead bodies of the
unfortunate men, who went down with the
dredge, but nothing could be found, not even
a floating piece of the dredge. The tug re¬
turned to port Monday evening. The names
of the men on the ill-fated vessel are not fully
known. As far as can be learned they are:
Captain, Robert Kent; mate, Strabs and his
brother ; the steward, of Providence ; a deck
hand known as “Shndy;” a fireman whose
name could not be learned, and a Providence
man who was working his passage to Brooklyn.
When the dredge left Providence a large New
Poundland dog was on board. Monday night
two young men at Black Point, seven miles
f rom this place, eaw the dog swim to shore and
drop exhausted. They took the dog to a house
near by, and he is now gaining strength. It
is probably explosion. the only living thing that survived
the The distance from the place
where the dredge went down to where the dog
landed is twelve miles.
EDITOR STEAD IN JAIL.
The Libertines Lsnfk While the Editer
Meditates.
Mr. Stead, ; the convicted editor of the Pall
M u Gazett Eng.knd. WM interviewed in Coldbathftelds
J • Uview His warden was present at
; iQ and the visitor was not alio wed to
uake hand8 with him. Stead was in prison
garb, consisting of a Glengarry cap. loose flow
gy, coarse yellow pants, bearing h the government ““
jSSrt P “° '" ' ll *' ,
W-•„«- ffw «
. howe ver. He is allowed a bible in hi. cell,
but the light is not sufficient to enable him to
read i*. His breakfast consists of thin por
ridge and brown bread; dinner of suet pudding
%ud supper of porridge and brown bread. He
gees nobody between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m. Htead’s
daily task is to pick one pound of oakum, The
ordinary prisoners of all have to pick three pounds.
The sentence prisoners commence on the
first day of the court, which this year was Oc¬
tober 10 th. Stead will therefore be released on
January 19 th.
CYCLONE IN MISSOURI.
Lives Lost «nd I'roperty Destroyed— A Ter¬
rible .Hit nation.
Later accounts show that the cyclone in Cass
county, Mo., on Thursday evening last was
worse than at first reported. Its breadth was
with thirty yards. velocity A spiral shaped cloud moved
awful and a terrific r ar, crushing
dwelling* and outbuilding*, scattering their
contents fav and wide, and carrying de<th and
destruction in it* pathway Hardy Pittman
and his three children, s x, sov.n and t ight
years Richard old, and also a nine year old by boy named
Hawthorne,were killed the destruc¬
tion of their residence. The head of oi.e child
was twisted off, carried two hundred yard* from
the body. Mrs. Bruce, a widow, aged 80 by years,
and her daughter were badiv injured the
wrecking of their residence. It is supposed the
former wilt die from her injuries. The reports
of other casualties are expected. After the
storm feathers. a turkey was found comp etely stripped
of his The damage is not known.
THROWN INTO THE RIVER.
A tthoekio* Accident on a Now Bridge—List
of Casualties.
A number of workmen were on a temporary
scaffold Tuesday attempting to raise an iron
stanchion, preparatory bridge to ironing the seotion of
a long span of iron near Keithsburg,
IJ., and when about an angle of forty-five de¬
grees had been obtained, the corner post of the
traveler gave way, and with a crash and roar
like thunder, the whole staging with men, ma¬
chinery, and ponderous below. iron columns, fell into
the deep water buried under the debris
Three men were in
the bottom of the river ; all are from the east.
One other man wm killed and two men were
fatally inj or ed.
Fatal Aceidvat In Montreal.
A fatal accident occurred on Tnursdav at the
drill shed. Five men were painting the ceiling
when the scaffolding gave way. Two men were
killed instantly, a third died shortly aften, and
other two are not expected to lire.
The number of florists in the United
States is put at 8,000, who produce 50,
000,000 plants yearly.
Auction Sales of n:
As the intent of advertising is to give
all the people an equal chance to secure
lands, and the auction sale is to enable
the government to realize by active
competition among buyers something
like their value, let us attend one of
these sales, observe the manner in which
they are conducted, and note the result
in dollars to the United States treasury,
We must, however, understand that
several weeks or months before the pub
lie are notified, it has come, in some
mysterious manner, to the knowledge of
a few capitalists that certain townships
of land are soon to be restored in the
usual wav. At once they are actively
though quietly engaged sending off
crews 'of two or three men each, prac
tised land-lookers, on whose judgment
they can rely, to make careful examina
tion and report on each forty-acre lot,
each crew working within separate and
prescribed limits.
After the proclamation other individ
uals or firms undertake, in like manner, ;
similar examinations, so far as the lim
ited time will admit or their means jus
tify.
On the night preceding the day of sale
those who are regarded as bidders at the
so-called auction are assembled at the
village hotel, and the scene is one of ex
treme though cautious activity. Verily,
says the outside spectator, “on the mor
row the bidding will be spirited, and high the
choice lots will be run up to a
figure.” We enter the throng, and learn
something of its purpose. That 00 leek
leoking, self-contained gentlema P
gaged^o smooth-visaged earnestly in conversation with with the : j
the j T oung man,
twenty-four inch head and Napoleonic
physique, is the representative of a New
York syndicate of unlimited capital, j
having an estimate of each forty acres to !
be offered, and hungry for pine. The
younger man is recognized as the shrewd-1
est land-dealer in Michigan, and is well ,
informed about the lands. They '
are
now “sizing” each other as to'
information and ability to purchase, j
Here, again, is a man whose exterior ,
tel s of hardship and exposure, a land- .
examiner who has been in the woods for
weeks exploring on his own ac- 1
count, and who has a pocketful of “min- cash, j
utes, ” which he is ready to sell for
on an interest in the lands, the latter
preferred. His information is probably
reliable and of value. This glib-tongued,
red-nosed person, with the uncertain eye
and anxious look, is also a land-exam-1
iner with information for sale. Beware
of him. Ho is on the watch for tender- ; :
feet. His minutes are made up from
hearsay and his general knowledge lodg-1 of
the country, and compiled his at imagination his
ines. As he “draws on
fo? his facts.” he describes only the
choicest selections, holds them at a good
round price, and Mils for what he can
get. Notice the gentleman who in his
general “make-up” reminds one of
the “briefless barrister.” He wan
ders casionally about, dropping listening with closely, oc- |
assumed carelessness a word to indicate
his intention to invest heavily on the
morrow. His plan is to hold aloof, re
fuse to join anv combination, enough hoping
that some one will be weak to
buy him off from bidding at all. And
if he has the courage to run up the price
on a few pieces succeed. at the Some opening will of the be
sale, he will him one retire; he
deputized to induce to
names his price, transfers his bids, and
gracefully abandons the this unequal adventurer con
test. To the efforts of
i, the government generally indebted
for whatever it may realize at the sale
above the minimum pnee All the other
conflicting interests havm ma c he
best terms possible, and_ 8 ?ceed not to
bid sgainst each lthcr “ ’...j
spired against the interests of the public lands
the sale is a sham. The choicest
are gone at the lowest figure, e e
mainder left on hand, subject to pur
chase at the same price .-Harper s
une -
A man was Pj n England for
triving a five-weeks-old o fcr ild four drops
of laudanum, thereby causing its death,
The examination of witnesses showed
that the ideas of womanhood concern
ing the administration of narcotics to in
fants are dangerously hazy. One
woman thought the dose of laudanum
for a child was one drop for each year of
its age; another thought it was a drop
for each week. A physician testified
that most soothing syrups were com
posed of opium, and fatal results often
attended their use. He thought they
were unsafe at any age under one year,
and that even homoeopathic preparations
were unsafe for infants.
Jests of the Juveniles.
Auntie, to little four-year-old, who is
resting his head on the table—“Ah,
Louie, you are sleepy; you will have to
go to bed.’' “Oh, no, auntie, I aren’t
sleepy; but my head is loose, so I laid it
down here.”
A little Texas boy, on being asked
how many children his father and mother
had, replied: “I am all the children
they have got,” Another little boy on
being asked the same question, replied :
“Two girls and a boy. I’m the boy. ’
Freddy had been repeatedly told he
must not ask people for money. One
day he met Mr. "Williams, who could
never resist an appeal from the small
boy. “Mr. Williams, ” said Freddy, “do
you ever give five centses to little boys
what don’t ask for ’em?” He got the
money. girl taught
A three-year-old little during was the
to close her evening prayer,
temporary absence o her father, with
“and please watch over my papa.” mother’s It
sounded very sweet, but the
amusement may be imagined when she
added “and you better keep an eye on
mamma, too 1”
It was one of the good little boys
from a Sunday-school near Boston who
gave this interpretation to a verse taught
by his teacher: “Behold a greater than
Solomon Is here!” “Hold a grater to
Solomon’s ear!” When at a loss to give
the answer “Cain” to a question relative jog his
to that individual, the teacher to
memory asked: “What does a man walk
with ?” Quick as a flash came the reply,
“a woman,”
“My son,” asked a father of hiseight
year-old boy, “if a boy has five apples
hhd gives you two, how many will you
have left?” “Three,’ was,the answer
promptly given. “Now,” continued the^
father, “if a man has $10 and you take
$2 from him, what will be the result?”
Without a moment s hesitancy the boy
replied, “I will be before Judge Rix, be
cause that would be stealing.” . J
A juvenile New Yorker visiting in
South Boston was shown ithe other day
a bui.ding which had been moved from
City Point to another position of the
peninsula by means of floats. Ho was
much interested in the matter, and after
apparently exhausting the fund of lnfor
mation to be obtained bv questioning,
was silent for a moment. Then sudden
ly one more question suggested itself to
him: “How did they get the cellar
around?”
Sledicinal Yalue of Fruit.
The Western Rural 7 advwes , . B .. e reader,
t to throw physic to nothmg he dogs and palatable, Me more
There is more
wholesome and medmiual than .dea good, that npe
peaches. It is a rrnstakcn no
fruit should be eaten at breakfast. It
'™uid be far better it our people would
eat less bacon and gi«ae at te oJL *
and in .re fruit. In ,be morning .
an acrid state of the secretiofi
nothing is so well calculated to c v
thls Pfjhes.apples,.etc. « °°° lln S The r apple “‘V 91 a ,
the es 0 1
apples w.U general.y ., agree w-uh -.v the the no
delicate etomacn, and are an exee it
medicine "I* a PP>« in 8 many stewed ca^ and eweetened Gwn or h^j a
'%’■ laxative ‘ ,ie far .’„n^ superior g ’in m ma ma
cases to the abominable doses of sa
»“<) *“«»“»• oil usually given ^ P i” ’f^iedaoS mediline P tEl
stewed are he t e r for
some pil.s. Oranges stomachs having J all ,?P, tl
»ble to most J .
££2? ^te ce alone shon d' be ‘take.
^ 8j F ul H The 8ame may b t
of emon p omegranates , and a)
c i a8s Lemonade is the best drinl
(ey an d wben thickened with su
g 8 ar it is better than avrap of squills and J J
° nauae ants in many cases of d bowtls, cough.
oma[oeJ act on the an
much more pleasant and safe
blue ma8s The j ulce shotl i d be
^ alone re j ec ting the skins. The
small-seeded fruit, such as blackberries,
figs, raspberries, currants aod strawber
ries, may be classed nmoug the Urst foods
and medicines. The sugar in them is
nutritious, the acid is cooling ana pun
fying, and the seeds aie laxative,
We would be much the g we
would look more to our orchards ana
gardens for our medicines and less to the
drug stores. To cure fever or act on the
kidneys, no febrifuge or diuretic is su
perior to watermelon, u hich may, with
very few exceptions, be tas*eniu sickness
and health in almost unlimited quanti
ties with positive benefit. But in using
them juice should be taken, excluding, •
the pulp; and then the meion sht ala oe ^
fresh and ripe.