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For the Hamilton Journal. CURRENT EVENTS. Congress is still engaged on the tariff bill with no immeditate prospect of a final vote. By way of variety, private bills, pensions and appropria¬ tions are considered. The national conventions have delayed business. * * * The Emperor, Frederick, of Ger¬ many, died on the 14th, and his son, William, has become Emperor by succession. The war prospect is not diminished by this sad event. * / * * The newest building in Washing¬ ton is the pension office which cost $1,000,000, employs 1500 clerks and pays out about $70,000,000 annually to 420,000 pensioners with the south entiiely left out. Is this just ? The Arcadia Phosphate Co., of Peace River, Fla., made their first shipment of phosphate to the Geo. W. Scott manufacturing Co., on the 10th inst. Fifteen car loads soon follow¬ ed. Success to this new and valua¬ ble enterprise. Four thousand acres in Dougherty, Lee and Mitchell counties have been planted in watermelons and the pro duct is estimated at one thousand car loads or 1,000,000 melons. A good instance of diversified labor. * # * * On the 1st of June the use of cop¬ per cents in making exact change was begun at the railroad ticket office in Atlanta. Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. The population of Birmingham, Ala., is over 41,000, an increase of 29,000 in four years. This is what varied industries will do. The Congressional convention for the 4th district of Georgia will meet in Columbus on August 14th. Col. Grimes deserves to be re-nominated and will be. Primus Jones, the first bale man, will have a bale of new cotton in the market by July 4th. The steamship, Eutruria, has made the quickest trip on record from Queenstown to Sandy Hook in belays, 1 hour and 35 minutes. Her best day’s run was 553 miles. The S., F. & \V. railroad expects to handle 3,000 car loads of water; melons this season—the largest in the history of the road. The West Point cotton mills turn out daily 12,000 yards of cloth and consume 20 bales of cotton. The crop prospect in Harris,Troup and Meriwethei is fair, The fight wilh “Gen. Green” ha-l-een obstinate but the farmers with a few exceptions obtained the victory. Corn is small but promising. Cotton about as last year at this date. Reader. Chiplcy Notes. It is Mrs. Dr. Felton that is ex pected at the district convention of the W. C. T*; U. Mr. Charles Gillespie, of White Sulphur Springs, was in our city Sat urday. The board of trustees of the Chip ley High School have decided to let the rent question drop. They demand no interest on their money. This is quite kind and generous to the public, which is highly appieciated. School opens July 16th. The pub¬ lic term will then open for three months. If you would derive benefit from this school fund send in your children. Misses Bettie and Effie Hardy and Carrie and Minnie Crawford went down to Hamilton to day. A party complimentary to them will oe given at Mrs. Dr. Filey’s residence. Mr E. R. Bradfield, of LaGrange, was in our burg Saturday. Mr. P. L. Hutchinson has returned from Auburn, Ala, where he has been zealously applying himself to his stu¬ dies under the careful instruction of the A. & M. College. Quite a crowd of gentlemen,ladies, buys and girls will go down to Ham¬ ilton on the 23 rd. A glorious time is expected, and we will give you bona fide guarantee jaw will not be disappointed. Mr. ana Mrs. W. D. Wisdom,after a week’s vacation from business at their father’s, returned home Sunday. Rev. Alex. Earley filled his regular C Mr. Farley is a Minister of muc jS rep¬ utation. Prof. W. O. Johnson is now visit¬ ing his father at Salam, Ala. Mr. Hutchinson of LaGrange, Ga. came down Saturday evening to visit his relatives at this place. Ice cold lemonades, milk shakes, &c., served in the best of order at the drug store. Ice delivered to your door on quick notice. Mr. Clay Davis, near here, was se¬ riously attacked with cholera morbus and was virtually dead before medical j aid was had. Mr. Davis was a pros¬ perous farmer in moderate circum¬ stances. He leaves a wife and six c ^*l^ ren t0 grieve his loss, The sad intelligence of the death of so good a woman as Mrs. U. H. Layfield causes every heart to bow in submissive sadness to the will of the j Divine. The grief stricken husband, f daughter and sons of the deceased have sustained an irreparable loss. A mother and wife, devoted and true- - true to ,noral advancement of ail who came within her domain. 'J o those who knew Mrs. La) field need no eulogy to establish her Christian fame and character. Apparently she is dead, but to us living are reflections of her noble character ever memora¬ ble to those whose lot was of that fortune as to receive a share of her benevolent influence. Her mother, Mrs. Emory, is still living, washed with winter snows to an age not allot ted to her daughter. Her affection was of a serious nature. Since only a few months have passed her young¬ er daughter, Mrs. Phillips, was lifted beyond. Our sympathy is entwined with the sadly bereaved family. Beech Spring Bubbles. Miss Anna Compbell, of Mountain Hill, spent last week in this commun¬ ity. Miss Rosa Davis, of Mountain Hill, spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. John Thornton, last week. We had a very good ram last Sat uiday and now the crops are looking fine. Miss Fannie Hadley, of Blue Springs, spent last week with her many frien Js in this neighbor hood. Observer, you must excuse me for liking to converse with the young ladies and you need not get angry with me, for I think she likes me the best. I hope so. A young man near here started to the mirror last week to comb his hair when the mirror fell to the floor and was broken to pieces. Mr. S., we cfon’t think you are ugly enough to break a glass by looking in it. Mr. Ben Gordon visited Blue Spring Alliance meeting last Satur¬ day. Mr. Frank Crutchfield, of this place, who has been saw milling near LaGrange, was hurt last week by a rolling log. He came home this week. We will be glad to note his recovery soon. Our water-melons are very fine. When they get ripe I think the young ladies will me some leap year calls, as have not made any yet. —■ - ——— 1 1 — - Hardeman Notes. On last Saturday night a party of colored men met near Mr. John Clines, consisting of Jim Webster,Ed Johnson and others, to cut a bee tree and out for that purpose a quarrel between Ed. Johnson, who lives with Mr. Clines, and Jim Webster, who lives with Mr. J. C. Blackmon, oc¬ curred whifch culminated in a difficul ty between the parties named. As we gather the facts they were separa ted by their friends and were started home when Ed Johnson eluded his friends ard intercepted Jim Webster and his party and assaulted Webster with an axe, whereupon Webster drew a No 32 pistol and fired u Johnson as iie adva< ced with the and his shot took effect in the *c!y of Johnson from wuich he died at daylight Monday morning. A wau rant was sworn out soon afterwards, by Thomas Shaw before R. D. Little, N. P. Ex. Off. J. P.. and placed in the hands of Mr. J. M. Pratt, Jr., constable for his arrest,but up to this writing Webster is still at large. If the above reported facts are correct there appears some justification for the shooting. A good rain fell on the northern portion of our district Saturday even ing and the farmers are happy now over the prospect that western corn will want for orders in this part of Harris county. Rev. W. T. Bell, G. W. Poer, W. A. Harwell and W. W. Little went to the river on a camp fish yesterday. Dr. B. G. Poer, after an absence of five weeks to Texas on business has returned and resumed his tice of medicine again. > Look out Mr. Editor, for next urday. The hungry members of R. E. Lee Lodge No. in have de¬ cided to turn out in fall force - » Saturday to yonr barbecue. for a few more carcases and a load of bread or J Hamilton will left and we wish it distinctly stood that we are not to he with candidates until the thrashing is over and we have ed our pipe of peace and good will. Col. Jas. M. Mobley, with his ly accomplished and daughter, Miss LuD, made a visit to Mr. G. W. Poer, of our to see old aunt, Mrs. Ann E. and while down attended our school at New Hope. Miss dispensed music at the organ in usual pleasant and easy style and the close of lessons our Supt. A. DeLamar called on the Col. to a lecture to the school which he with credit to the cause of the ba&h school, impressing five words upon the small class: thy father and mother,” with force that it will be remembered them through life. Col. Mobley has many strong friends through this section. And after a half century ‘passed since his boyhood days in neighborhood he returns and with many bright reminiscences of the early history of the western portion of the county crowded upon his mind which he reverted to in his to the Sabbath school with feeling. Contentment passes wealth. You are sure to be contented with the of Warner’s Log Cabin Extract, external and internal pains. This is better than to employ a physician who cannot do more fer you if you had the wealth of Croesus. Two