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For the Hamilton Journal.
CURRENT EVENTS.
In the north-west the weather has
been intensely cold. In some places
the thermometer registered 45 deg.
below zero, Much suffering and
many deaths. The weather in Geor¬
gia has been comparatively very mild.
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Congress is coming down to work
and the political cauldron will soon
be at. boiling heat, Almost every
discussion takes a party turn.
Speaker Carlisle’s election has been
passed upon by the committee on
elections and fully vindicated. Mr.
Carlisle w.ll be in Atlanta on the 23d
and Macon on the 24th and address
the- people on the tariff. Multitudes
will go to hear him. Report says
that the railroads will give excursion
rate.
'Pom Woolfolk made an unsuccess¬
ful attempt to break jail.
He *
A fire at Carleton, Mich., consum
ed anda large mill. The engine was
in motion when the fire began with
the pumps working and was not se¬
riously injured.
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Gne writer puts it thus : I take
!he lead in government, yet have no
part in law. I terminate every un¬
dertaking, yet am never in action,
and never wanting in genius, am al¬
ways out of cash.” The letter G.
The business of P. D. Armour,
the Chicago packer, amounted to
$860,000,000 last year, which is a
greater volume than any other pack¬
ing house in the world.
Report says that over three mili-
10ns of the Marietta & North iieor
gia railroad bonds have have been
negotiated in New York, and that
the road will be made standard
and extended to Knoxville.
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Lexington is about to build a rail¬
road to Crawford, and there connect
with the Georgia railroad.
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A charter for a terminal railroad
at Atlanta has been granted.
Reader.
Garden Seeds.
We have received a surply of fresh
garden seed and will give ten papers
to any subscriber upon the yayment
of subscription
Death at Greenville.
A private dispatch was received
here yesterday morning announcing
the death of Mrs. John Partridge, of
Greenville. She was a sister of Mr.
J. L. Whatley and Mrs. W. M.
Jones, of this county. She will be ;
boried in Greenville cemetery to
day.
Quarterly Conference.
The first quarterly meeting for the
Hamilton circuit will be held at the
Methodist church Saturday and Sun¬
day. Rev. W. M. Hayes expects to
be present and will preach Sunday.
The pastor announced a prayer
meeting in the church this evening.
Cotton Shipment*.
The cotton shipments from Ham¬
ilton tor November and December
«* 33 - The shipment to Jan. ist
were .72 bales short of corresponding
season of last year. The short crop
cons.dered these figures prove that the
Georgia Midland has not hurt
Hamilton any great deal,
Keep the Ball Bolling.
The Journal received one hun¬
dred dollars more for sudscriptions
last year than it did the year before,
beating the best year of which we
have any record, But for 1888 we
can do better than we have ever done.
Our facilities for publishing a paper
are better than they have ever been
and we purpose doing our best. If
you would help us to keep the ball
rolling send us a dollar.
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Death of Col. John II. Walton.
We regret 10 learn of the death of
Col John H. Walton, of Talbot
county, on Sunday night' Mr WaFfdfi
was one of the oldest and most highly
esteemed citizen of that county.
He was the father of our townsman
B. H. Walton Esq., and Mrs. Robert
Carter, of this county, Mr. Waltor
was summonsed to the bedside of
father Sunday just a few hours t
his death. The sorrowing rel,
have ihe sympathy of many fi
in their bereavement.
City Election.
In the hurry of going to pres:
week we neglected to menlior
city election which occurred or
first Saturday m this month,
old board was elected without
sition with one exception. M
F. Copeland was elected in pla
Mr. M. Wolfson, who has mov
Columbus. The board is as fc
Judge W. I. Hudson, Mayor
For Aldermen,
B. Williams.
B. H. Walton.
A. F. Copeland.
S. R. Murphey.
A Handsome Residence Bun
The dwelling house on the
of Dr. T. S. Mitchell, on La<
street, was burned Tuesday
The fire was discovered a litth
eleven o’clock, but it had then
too much aeadway to be checked.
The wind was so high that the house,
which contained eight rooms, burned
to the ground in about an hour. It
was unoccupied. The loss is cov¬
ered by $i,ooo insurance. Dr.
Mitchell came up Wednesday after
noon to view the ruins and returned
yesterday morning, The origin of 1
the fire cannot be guessed.
Between Season*.
It is between seasons now and
merchants find it a good time to take
stock. Customers with a little casn
will find it also a good time to take
it, if they stand in need of anything
in the way of clothing, hats or gent’s
furnishing goods and will call on J.
K. Harris & Co., Columbus, Ga.
These gentlemen have too much bus
iness sagacity 6 3 to carry 3 over stock ,
from one season to another when low j
v prices will prevent it. So it you
would bargains and good ones call on j
them. Remember this when you are
i„ Columbus and call on them. |
A Clever House to Deal With.
Our readers cannot have failed to
see the card of Messrs Flournoy &
Aden which will be found at the
head of our local page during 1888,
Those who have had dealings with
this enterprising firm need not be
told of their cleverness. To those
heretofore . them
who have not given
patronage we can commend them in
unmeasured terms. The large trade
they enjoy has been won by fair deal
ing an d honest goods at reasonable
°
and ... its increasing . volume . snows ,
prices
the appreciation of these virtues by
the public. Read their advertise- 1
ment from time to time and you will
Benjamin Franklin's Bequest.
In 1890 will end the term of 100 years
during which the cities of Boston and
Philadelphia have each enjoyed the reve
nue from a bequest of $ 5,000 made by
Benjamin Franklin. The money was to
be loaned out to young married artificers,
and the trust has been executed, although
the lapse of the century requires significant a new
disposition of the funds. It is
that while in Boston the $ 5,000 has
grown to nearly $ 023 , 000 , in Philadel
pbia the $5,000 has become only $ 70 , 000 ,
and that in both cases the amount is less
than Franklin estimated it should be.
But, as the natural philosophers of
Franklin’s day generally fell short of the
sage in ingenuity, so too the successive
boards of trustees have been far from
equal to him in business ability. It is in¬
teresting to note, however, that the two
funds still exist, and that part of tire
Boston reserve goes in the purchase of a
public recreation ground to be known as
Franklin Park-Electrical World.
Pine Bark as a Diet.
One article of subsistence sometimes
employed 1 >y the Indians is only resorted
to when they are driven to great straits
by hunger. Around many of the water
ing places in the pine forests of Oregon
and California the trees of Pinus pon
derosa may be seen stripped of their bark
for a space of three or four feet near the
l»se of the trunk. This has been ac
complished by cutting with a hatchet a
line around the tree as high up as one
could conveniently reach, and another
lower down, so that the bark, severed
above and below, could be removed in
strips. At certain seasons of the year a
mucilaginous film (the liburnum) separ
ates the bark from the wood of the
trunk. Part of this film adheres to each
surface and may be scraped off. The re
suiting mixture of mucilage cells and
half formed wood is nutritious and not
unpalatable, so that, as a last resort, it
may be used as a defense against starva
tion. The frequency with which signs
of its having been resorted to are met
with, is a strking indication of the un
certainties and irregularities of the supply
department among savages.—Popular
Science Monthly,
Interviewing Gen. Butler.
Gen. Butler, as is well known, is the
ideal man to interview—when he is will¬
ing to talk, I hasten to say. He holds up
both ends of the conversation, dictating
lestions and answers; and he has been
own, when lie found that his visitor
not a shorthand man, to call in his
ate secretary and make that unfortu-
1 man do the reporter’s work. We
* little about Gen. Butler being mis¬
led. by the way.—W. E. Brigham in
Writer.
Cremation in Paris.
he new crematory at the cemetery of
-* la Chaise was tried by the crania
of two corpses from a public hospi
which bad been neither claimed nor
itified by relatives or friends. It took
hours to reduce the bodies to ashes,
they left about four pounds of ashes
1. It is such unclaimed bodies and
?r nauseous and noxious refuse mat
from the hospitals which will keep
i crematory busy.—Paris Letter.
A Postage Stamp Exchange,
he number of Berlin trade institu
is has been increased by the addition
1 “board for postage stamps.” There
129 members. The society of stamp
ectors elected the five trustees. A
;e amount of business was done. Old
man stamps, not used, were in great
nand. Next came American stamps.
3 supply was much greater than tha
* will meet
nand. The exchange every
lit.—Chicago News.
Fenny Lind, during her tour in thii
mtry. gave ninety-five concerts, and
3 aggregate receipts were $' l 2 .lol.il 4 .