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OLD BAWS W EH If ME
a way.
no lino in orylng o’er mflk that Is spilt;
Mcuaor is needed by oonaoienve of guilt.
jjo'ritchor ^ mu8 t be »ouio lire whorer.-r to smoke;
goes oft to the well till it'e broke.
Bv rocues filling out honest men get their duo;
Whoever it llta. Tie must put on tho shoo.
*11 work and no rlny will moke Jnck a dull boy ;
A thlugof much beaut/ li ever a joy.
1 half loaf id better than do broad at all;
i; j pride always goeth before a 6a d fall.
y>>: bind and fast find; havo two strings to
Contentment ia'bettor than riolios, wo know.
The devil finds work for hsnds idle to do.
i'njs. is 1 » good 18 a rnilo is to you.
Von speak of the devil— he's sure to np; oar:
yon can't make a silk purse from cut a bow's
etr.
a man br bis company always Is known ;
Who lives in glass houses should not throw a
■tone.
When the Minil leads tho blind both will fall in
tho ditch; lucky than being born rich.
II I better Lorn
Little pitchers havo big ears; burnt child
dreads tho firo;
Though spenkin;! tho truth r.o onocredits a liar.
Ppefch may t>o biIyot. but silGnco is gold j
There's never a foci like tho fool who id old.
Hill 1
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i Story of the War in
the Southwest.
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BY ARVIDE 0. BALDWIN.
CHAPTER XII.—Continued.
ice sentinel was not nrty feet away from
I John. His gnn was carefully raised and a
deadly aim t.ikon. For an instant there was
i death-liko stillness and thou a quick
«harp whi-tle pierced the nigUt-air, and the
Best iuslant tho report of two guns almost
nainitaneonsiy rang out, and reverberated
I imiiog the hills.
Each sprang for his man. bnt it was un¬
necessary, the bullets had done their work.
A scream of tarror was heard from w ithin,
I and iben all was still.
Johu grasped a huge stone, and in a
biages. twinkling the door was knocked from its
There was no time to lose now.
The camp was, no doubt, already aroused,
»ad would soon bo upon thorn.
John caught his half-tainting sistor and
carried her out to tho horses, Sylva and
Jeff following aftor. The night air soon re¬
vived the frightened girl, aud ns quickly as
| possible the captive aud the maid were
placed upon horses, and Johu and Jeff
mounted theirs. Then the race for life and
liberty began.
which They traveled directly np the valley down
! had driven they hail come, and into which they
the bushwhackers’ horses,
i "htn they had reached that point, they
found the animals quietly feediug. They
kept them in front and continued on up the
i valley.
j horses John knew that if he could keep theii
fiom them until they had a good
1 start ahead, it would be impossible for their
j enemies to overtake them. •
It luckily happened that the volley iu
which they wero was one of the large ones,
I and reached nearly to the divide. They were
j phased to know that, for it was far easier
to travel, and without the danger of going
I astray there would bo on the tops of ths
ndgeg with their many branches.
"hen the little party had reached to
! ? eai ‘ v the divide they allowed the riderless
j to drift out to either side, where they
They soon were again on the Wire Bond,
s n precution to sond Jeff on
•head a to see that wire-traps stretched
no was
•cross their way. The remainder of tho
H‘P i°the plantation was uneventful, aud
“Qt arrived at the mansion safe hut tirad.
J he poor, tired Lillie was hugged aud
•Messed until the qnict of the little log
Pnson would have been a relief.
"a® also remembered, and th«
a ne f?rass wept with joy at the praise
in »oa cl thankfulness bestowed
upon her.
.n« Dry Ai ' do had recovered from his fall
•WUcieutly to sit up, and ho claimed that
( „.T hiuk as , as that W ®H others as ever. Ho felt disappointed
er? should be the ones to
C 8 ? 'ady-love from tho bnshwhnck-
K out . he informed that lftdv that
, younrr
fl,?, gT k <i,e8t WaS miser y of his life was to'know *
80 to th m ca P l ‘ vdy and n0 ^ n * J e
Henry's apology was accepted, although
•» they told him, it entirely
a H was unneces-
f„,* ’ “‘‘ jra happy, a retired for to rest, feeling thnnk-
i„i !nL 8 ?L ^ they knew that it was
rr e or 'h® brer bushwhackers to
\r ■ l’lautation before morning,
® lmn K came and went, aud soon the
ner«r dav iS iP ast and and
f? one i not a strange around
*h® plant made k' 8 appearance
t'
tw„1 inmates feared the night, but when
• also wap passed inpeaco they began to
relief - but ‘hey were not to be
taken . . u into a sense of security and then
unawares.
live v ay °J ,en ®d extremely hot and opres-
f* ’ ‘ i?i *he l a heated WRS air stirring could be on the brnuch- rising
j n seen
' os froui the parched earth. Although
il,
heiieiit"o[ Jl1 an WaS y cooling WeU Bituttt0(l breeze, t0 reoeive and the the
xraoo surrounding itbroko direct
. the rays
Ion' a c J 0Uc i w »s to be seen In the brazen-
sitiin, ^ ln ■ v foliage, 1 he birds were voiceless animals and
lollm °‘hng m - the aud the wero
lght “PProached, barn-yard, hoped
lor« L our friends
Etillno 16 Ze to co °l the heated air, but the
[).„ 8R °f death was over everything,
ae ®Tu ii Ba ®t' dark d streak when the across passed the sky be- in
iiml , rtn sun
h° lower end of it an unearthly gloom
leitta over the earth.
lini* ilnl 16 s^dluoHB ‘ S hfmr<1 was unbroken, not a the night- tall
- The ticking of
'elt Was a r °l'ef to our friends, for no one
i,| talking.
eB a r J irhbcsB approached, a low rumbling,
, ilu the oontinuonB firingof artillery,
i cnr )j e 5 rd in the distance. Broken clouds
ion r?'d 1 ‘he across the heavens from the direc-
.... pe ,°p approaching ,e storm. with fear and
fixiTt »ere that waiting its bo ter-
ifile wti l'orco must
umlrai!*' 011 *'8ht ,Uid began to glimmer about until the tlic
L’lif,, ’ °f tho rapidly grew larger except
a ° th side day was around, shadow
f i l u where the deep
pluiutj 0 retched out across
n. so,,.. (.
InsotmonllM,!"* u“ 8W ' "“do.-* tl,„, w.,
John was determined to know the worst
so he passed out at tho door and mund
the coiner whore he could see th fire. As
■
8 e «hT r8 d fr0m ,h0 outness
vonev volley 0 of f shois, M from the timber to the „
tieat, north, but greeted not him. .til and ho he beat a hasty re?
blazing u saw a huge pile of
straw against the building, The
tongues of tho flames were reaching up to,
and the fate '*ke R °mo huge demon,
of the mansion seemed scaled.
As John turned to go a puff of air struok
his face and the flames shot up far over the
loot The thunder began to sound
distinctly’, and few drops more
a of rain pattered
against the house. Then came another gust
of wind, aud the flames enveloped the man-
sion like a mantle. Then again came still¬
ness. only relieved by the crackling of the
Nothing now but the intervention of prov¬
idence could save tho building from de¬
struction.
A faint hope buoyed up the inmates,
W hat they had so feared in the early even¬
ing, they now looked to for their only help.
Tor an instant the entire heavens were
abazo with electricity, and a deafening peal
of thunder shook the very foundation of
the structure, and made the frightened peo-
p o ciouekgi tiiiror. A mournful sound fol¬
lowed like the groaning of some great mon¬
ster, and then the storm struck the hous.\
Then the flood-gates of heaven were
opened and the rain poured down in tor¬
rents.
crash The of lightning Blunder was continuous, and the
that followed deafening.
Gradually the light waned aud in a few
minutes tho lire was exiingnished. For an
hour the elements continued battling above
the drenched earth, and then the storm de¬
parted as quickly as it had come, aud the
by people who were thus providentially saved
the opportune interference of nature be¬
lieved that “God fights the battles of tho
just,”
The bushwhackers must have had a sim¬
ilar thought, for they slunk away and left
the persecuted people to enjoy another
quiet night.
Our friends had been acting entirely on
tho defensive, but this began to grow mon¬
otonous, and John and Henry concluded that
unless the bushwhackers continued to press
matters, they would change the order of
things.
A few days had passed away, and our
friends had not seen anything more of their
enemios. They time believed that it was only a
question of when the rascalB would
again put in an appearance, and thoy kept a
continual watch for them.
One day two men rode up to the man¬
sion gato and asked to see the proprietor.
Two guns were leveled at the strangers
from the windows, and John with his rifle
walked out on the porch.
“Who are you, and what do you want?”
he demanded.
“We’re friends, the and are huntings place to
stop, ” was reply.
“ Well, lay down your guns and come up
to the house.”
They roadily complied, aud left tbeir guns
leaning against the fence, and strolled lei-
surely up the path, but kept a walch upon
the Wire Road fiom which they had come.
As they came up the steps one of the
strangers—who was poorly dressed, but
possessed of a fair-looking countenance,
with honest gray eyes, which looked un-
reaehed”out Uiuchingly unilir John’s searching and gnze— took
his long, bony hand
that of our hero with such fervor that it
made that young man wince.
“Air. Eddies, I ’sposeV” name?
“Yes, sir; and your
“William Gunn. Folks call me Bill,
though.” meet Air. Gunn. If you
“Glad to you, perfectly wel-
are a friendly ’gun,’ you are ‘son-of-a-gun’
come, but w’6 don’t want any
here these times,” John remarked, , seeming¬
ly iu plav, but wholly in earnest.
“If I am correctly informed, yon Lave
been over the Wire Hoad a great deal lately,
and I have reason to believe that we have
traveled the road before, ” the stranger
Bame
replied, paying no attention to the light re¬
marks of our hero. , ..
A few quick flashes of the hands of the
two men, and there was a mystic them tie, a con¬ that
fidence, established between
nothing could shake.
John then turned to the other stranger,
who stood smiling at the actions of the two
men before him.
“And this man?” John asked.
“He's all right. I vouch for him, the
stranger answered, and the three entered
the house.
CHAPTER XIII.
AS ATTACK IN THE BEAR.
The two men were introduced to the fam¬
ily and were cordially received.
When Jeff was reached in tho introduc¬
tion the men looked inquiringly at John.
“A better friend, nora whiter man, never
lived than this one, and no one could slight
me nor hurt me more than to insult him.
He has saved my life, audheis my friend.
And John Eddies placed his hand on the
shoulder of the faithful colored man.
Jeff bowed low to the new men, and
wlien they reached out their hands be took
thorn with a fervor that convinced them of
tho warm heart of the n®8[°- ,
After they were seated, the first speaker,
Bill, began and told our friends why ha
was here. from the North a
“I came down here
h /admail left
could out o estate my brother
at his death, a few months before. Xbis
friend of mine wanted to come i-iouth,
thinkinu that this climate might help his
lungs, which wore weak, and so we com*
t0 who had al¬
“There were certain persons
ready secured most of the movable P r °P e r “
demanded it, .
tv and when I came and
they would not deliver it without due pro-
cess of law, and Eome of them oarriod the
suits along until this trouble came upon us,
when thoy defied me, aud afterward pro¬
ceeded to force me to leave the country,
which I strongly object to. They have
made it hot for both of us, and in more
wave than one, for wo have beon snot at,
and havo had to repeatedly run for our
lives, and, to cap the climax, they bmned
our buildings, and we had no place to shel¬
ter us. We accidentally heard of yon, and
the trouble you wero having with the same
or other gangs of cut-throats, and wo con-
eluded to come and offer our services, and
unitedly fight them.” „
. then, eaia
“What is voui loss is our gain,
John “for all wo need now is additional
men and we con repel all their attacks. A\ e
shall consider it a favor if yon will remain
W “W^will try and not be consolation in the way. yet, And it
it mav be I can get some else, said the stranger,
I can't get smile anything stole his countenance.
as a quiet over
The men’s horses were attended to ana
their arms brought in. They proved1 to. be
quiet, unobtrusive people, and the Eddies
family considered them a good acquisition.
The votinger stranger, whose name was
Kim Dorn, was iu poor health, which made
it unpleasant for him, and no doubt made
him more quiet than he otherwise would
hf planning to go to the river
John had been different errand
again but this time upon a former
from that which took him there on a
occasion.
ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA THURSDAY. AUGUST 0, 1888.
bushwhackers wore in camp.
i liis puzzled him #
tno second (1 uut.l darkness set in on
ty utter the nr: ival of their m w
frit'nilH, when ho saw, t<> the southwest of
the (tons-Hollows Road, a largo tiro throw-
*ng Us light brightly into the heavens
above it.
“There they are again,” said Henry, ns ho
pointed,in “Vos," said the Johu, direction “we of know the they tire.
at 1 are not
onto now, at any rate."
“Marse John, loss go for do Holler Itond.
Dey's boun’ter take dat road in order ter
8*j;t®jf J hat e® s r a 'kber.” good idea, -Toff; we'll Henry
finnilli rt tlie go. ldMr
T.? an', L! lU n« 0 LoU ;° r al C , T"; -
o ows o iheir^mp'' ^ ?
goon downte
Henry objected to the plan, but John
would insist on his staving at the residenco;
so he reluctantly consented and the
threo men hurriedly saddled their horses
and were soon on their way to the j oad that
led to the river. They were not long in
at which they left their
got te. to They place then about went on foot unt.l^hej
where a a hundred yards below
the roads united. The r?ason they
selected that particular locality was because
they could see the bushwhackers when thoy
left the Wire lload in going down, and an¬
other reason was that hero the valley was
not over lifty feet broad, aud afforded an
excellent oppoitunity to get in sure work at
the proper time.
Five minutes passed, and then ten, but
no person came in sight. A half-hour went
slowiy by, and our friends began to be im¬
patient. Forty-five minutes had tied and-
“There they come!" whispered John.
As the others looked, they saw a body of
men slowly and quietly tiling along. They
reached the Hollows Road, but kept right
on past it ani up the Wire Road.
Our frio; d.s looked at each other in sur¬
prise. This was a turn in affairs that was
unexpected.
“I know what the scoundrels mean!”
John exclaimed, “Follow me and we’ll yet
beat them at their little game. ”
after Getting (heir horses they rode slowly
the men that had preceded them.
They would occasionally see the crowd in
the distance, but they kept far in the rear,
aud as much ns possible in the shadows,
that they might not be discovered. When
they had turned the corner that showed the
road clear for some distance in front of tho
mansion, they saw that the gang had halted
a few hundred yards beyond.
They were crowded together in a mass,
and appeared to be consulting. After a lit¬
tle time spent in the road, they vanished
into the woods that led to the back of the
building on the north.
They all now knew that the mansion was
once more to be assailed.
When the three men got opposite the
plantation gate they opened it and turned
in their horses. The gate was then closed,
the men crossed the road, in the
shadow of the trees, went past the man-
sion until they hail arrived at the spot
where the bushwhackers had left the road,
win n they hastily crossed it, and making a
detour came up so that the rear of the great
building was easily seen through the trees,
A few dark forms could be seeu flitting
about in tho dim light, aud our friends
knew they were up to some devilish
scheme.
A bunch of men not ten yards away could
be seen, and Johu determined to try and
get near them. Taking the shadows of
friendly trees, the three men stealthily
crawled forward until they had reached a
pile of dead brush only a few yards dis-
tant from the six men, who were awaiting
the action of their comrades, who now
could bo seen snenking close up to the
building. tried the
“We ’uns to burn up curs,
tother night, but the rain kem and put out
thor lire for us. Goramighty, now it
rained!” said one of the gang.
“Is the Capting filin’ ther charge, or is it
Woodsley?” inquired another. blow the devil
“It’s the Capting, and he’ll
outen the ole ranch, ” was the reply.
John reached over and whispered in
Gunn’s ear: “Take the left one;” then
turning to Jeff he whispered, “lake the
right-hand one,” aud raised his own gun.
“What ’n the deuce is that? I heerd a
bush snap!” said one of the gang.
“O, yer skeered! Yer afeard——”
But tho seteecn sawn never finished,
for the reports of three guns resounded
through the woods, and three men fell in
a heap on the ground, mortally wounded.
As soon as the smoko arose so that the
aim was sure, two more shots were given
them, and then those that were able fled pre¬
cipitately. In a moment more four men were
seen running toward our friends. When
they arrived at the spot where their com¬
rades had been, and they saw the forms ly¬
ing before them, they seemed dazed.
Once more the thro* guns belched forth
their fire and metal, and two more of tho
bushwhackers dropped in their tracks, and
the other two fled with the speed of the
wind toward the road.
I TO BE CONTINUED.]
Beauties of the Law.
The Albany Journal says:—A recent In-
iident in this city pretty well illustrates
She elasticity and resources of the law.
\ gentleman bought at auction an a
ieged brick house The for $3,000, paying he wa3
B300 down. same evening not
informed by friends that it was a
genuine brick house, but a “veneered’
one—that is a frame house witli a single
thickness of brick outside. He consult¬
ed Lawyer A. as soon as possible, and
flic lawyer secured an injunction re
draining the auctioneer from paying
>ver the $300 to the seller and then
arought suit to recover the $300 and
•1,000 damages. La wer B., represent¬
ing the seller of the house, looked into
the matter, consulted one or two archi¬
tects, and became satisfied that lie bad
ao case; that Lawyer A. was right in
claiming that the house was not back
md that a fraud had boon committed in
jelling it for a brick house. He there¬
fore compromised with Lawyer A. by
returning the $300. The auctioneer
was unable to collect his commission
from the seller, tho latter claiming that
he had instructed tho auctioneer to sell
the house for what it was, ami had not
mthorized him to sell it as a brick
louse. The auctioneer then consulted
Lawyer A. to see if he could aid him.
“But you advertised and sold the house
a brick house!” “Yes.” “Then it
is brick house 1
we can prove it was a
think wo can recover,” replied and found Lawyer two
\, He looked around
or three builders who where willing to
testify that it was a brick house. lne
foundation and basement were brick.
He then brought suit to recover the $75
commission. Lawyer B. again repre¬
senting the seller. At the trial Lawyer
A was on hand with several witnesses
;o prove that the house was a brick one.
Lawyer B. was not prepared for this
iuo of attack by A. and hail no witnesses
jji hand to rebut him, and A. secured a
judgment for the $75 with co st*.
The first musical notes were use.a in
1338.
NATIONAL
WHAT THE SWELTERING PUB¬
LIC OFFICIALS ARE DOING.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS —IMPORTANT
ACTS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND—AP¬
POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS, ETC.
CONORESSlONAI,.
In the Senate on Thursday, the pre-
siding of officer announced the appointment
u 8el(;ct committee under Hoar's reso-
Iution <» to the relations of commerce
business between the United States
and Canad a. Among the bills reported
fro m committees, and placed on the cal-
I . the following:
en( * al j> are House bill
granting Mobile right-of-way to Birmingham &
Fort Morgan Railway Com puny through the
Beck military reservation. Mr,
moved to proceed to the considera¬
£ ular order - % Ml thecalei • Sherman ' d « moved r in ‘f cir to pro¬
ceed to the consideration of the fisheries
treaty latter in open executive session. The
morion was agreed to; a strict party
vote, and the fisheries treaty was taken
up....The House, on motion of Mr.
Dibble, of South Carolina, passed the
Senate bill paying Charleston, S. C., for
the use of the citadel academy by the
government from August 20th, 1807, to
February termined 2d, 1882, the amount to bo de¬
Indiana, by inquiry. Mr. Ilovey, of
took the floor to reply to the
speech of Mr. Matson, of Indiana,
printed in the Congressional Record of
Sunday last, upon the subject of pen¬
sions, which speech, Mr. Hovey said, had
not been delivered in the House. Mr.
Hovey’s speech started a long debate
upon the question as to which of the po¬
litical parties had been the most liberal in
its dealings with soldiers of tho late War.
The consideration of the bill was then
resumed after some debate about return¬
ing battle flags, and for some time ran
smoothly until Mr. Dockery, of Missouri,
precipitated a brief tariff debate by a few
remarks on the subject of the surplus.
During its progress, Bynum, of Indiana,
said that he was not violating any confi¬
dences of the committee room in stating
that when the Mill’s bill was being con¬
sidered in the committee, the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, (Kelley), had made a
motion to repeal the entire tobacco tax.
On that motion, Messrs. Kelly
and Reed voted in the affirma¬
tive. Messrs. McKinley, Brown and
Burrows, voted against it. He cited
this as showing that the majority of Re¬
publicans, represented on the committee,
were not in favor of the repeal of the to¬
bacco tax. Mr. Dingley declared that if
the tobacco provision of the Mills bill
had been put into a separate bill it could
have been passed at any time. Mr.
Compton, of Maryland, as i representa¬
tive of a tobacco-growing district, an¬
nounced his readiness to meet the issue
squarely in his district in support of Mr.
Mill’s bill.
U OSSIP.
In the House, Mr. Outlrwaite, of Ohio,
made an effort to secure the consideration
of the Senate bill to enable the executive
departments bus, to participate in the Colum¬
Ohio, Exposition, but the demand
for the regular order, made by Mr.
jection. Oates, of Alabama, operated as an ob¬
“The Mrs. Cleveland hat” has come
into fashion in Washington. Just before
leaving purchased for Marion, felt the hat, President’s wife
a soft drab in color
und Alpine in shape. The result has
been that young women of fashion,
whether they be blondes or brunettes,
have adopted the new hat, and in this
instance, above all others, Airs. Cleve¬
land’s example has been felt.
Surgeon-General Hamilton has received
the following telegram from Surgeon
Alurray, at Tampa, Fla.: “House in¬
spection completed with negative result.
First two suspicious cases occurred last
evening. Two others this morning.
Alanatee village guarded by twenty-five dis¬
men. Suspicious houses have been
infected. Probably one hundred persons
are liable to take the fever. No panic
among the people.”
Chief Justice Fuller and Mrs. Fuller
left for New Y T ork on Thursday. Having
ascertained that there was no public ne¬
cessity that be should, at this late day in
the recess of the court, qualify, and make
an order for a new assignment the of justices justice
to the several circuits, chief
concluded to postpone taking the of oath
of office until the reassembling the
Court in October. Besides, this course
seemed most in accordance with prece¬
dent.
A WOMAN’S CRIME.
On Thursday, May Patton, of Johns¬
ton, Pa., shot and killed Charles De-
Knighf, a well known young man of
Lawrenceville, and then blew her brains
out. The tragedy took place in the
Metropolitan hotel. The couple called
at the hotel at five o’clock in the morning.
DeKnigbt registered as C. Lewis and
wife, of Johnstown. They were heard given from a
room, and nothing more the was
them until 9:30, when guests were
startled by the report of two pistol shots
in quick succession. The hotel clerk
ran to the room, but the door was locked
and it was necessary to break it down to
effect an entrance. On the floor was
DeKnight, dead, with a bullet hole in
his temple, and lying on the side of the
bed was the woman, also dead, with
blood trickling from a wound in her head,
a revolver still tightly clasped in her
hand. She was quite handsome, and
about twenty years of age. DeKnight and
was a Pullman car conductor, lived
with his parents in Lawrenceville. He
was about twenty-four years of age. In
searching the room a letter was found
from the girl, aud it stated that she was
going to commit suicide.
RECOVERED.
Gen. Bouhinger drove in the Bois dii
Bologee on Sunday for the first tinx
-ine he was wounded. Ilis carriage
was Allowed by sixteen carriages filled
with reporters and admirers, who shout'
ed; “A has Flouquet!” “A has Ferry!”
“Vive Boulanger!” A great crowd ol
'• mins escorted the gcnerul back tc
p al j s ,
ITEMS.
PARAGRAPHS, SAD, PLEASANT
AND TERRIBLE.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS —TITE EXCURSION
KKVKU -RAILROAD ACCIDRNTS-SUICIDES
DEFALCATIONS -COTTON REPORTS, ETC.
I 1 ' orlili.
Many of tho orange trees arofind OfedV
Water Harbor aro now putting fortli
their third crop of blooms for this yeaf.
Too ti l acco crop of Abidina county
w II lie short this year. Seed were sown
for planting a large area, but the drought
prevented the setting out of the plants,
mil in many cases the plants went to
seed in the plant beds.
C. C. Powell of Rochelle has fwo sun¬
flower plants growing on his place that
are ten feet high and six feet in diameter.
One of the pk’.its, by actual count, con¬
tained 1,186 blooms, the other over 1,000.
The present cotton crop of Madison
:oi,nty is said to be the finest grown for
\oars, and if the present weather contin¬
ues and the caterpillars delay their visit
for a icnsonablo length of time, the crop
will be the largest gathered for many
> ears.
It is not improbable thut there will be
i regular stampede of colored peeple
from Gainesville und vicinity for Blue-
tields, Nicaragua, received in a few months. The
icws by citizens residing at
Gainesville who have friends in Nicara¬
gua i< of the most encouraging character,
rad many are talking of moving to that
region ns soon us they can arrange to do
o.
Tenuesspo.
Fifty armed men visited the jail at
Jarthage and took out AV. II. Handley,
vho on September sheriff. 17 last killed sheriff J. B.
Vomnn, deputy The
•efusiug to give and up crowbars, the keys, the mob,
dth axes broke into
(audley’s cell and took him across the
iver and hanged him to a tree within
fight of llie jail.
Mr. John Kirkman, president of the
American National Bank, and a promi¬
nent capitalist, was killed at Nashville
m Thursday in a frightful manner. For
iome time past he lias been in a feel) c
dale of health and confined at home.
He wa- very fond of driving, and had a
qiirited sight. gray After horse which hours’ everyone drive knew he
ly a two
\ns returning home when he stiuck the
ior.se a slight tap with the whip. The
mimal jumped, throwing Mr. little Kirkman
inward over the front of the riot¬
ing wagon, his foot catching and sns-
xuiding him head downward at the
iors. 1 ;’s heels. The frightened horse bc-
viin running and kicked the helpless man
In the head at every jump.
Ciefli’ffia.
The Oth Georgia battalion of artillery
held a reunion at Suwauee on Thursday.
The ladies of Atlanta have started a
hospital known ns the King’s Daughters’
Hospital, and the donations were very
liberal by the citizens.
Judge Marshall J. Clark, of the Su¬
preme Court, lias reversed t lie decision of
Oidinary Calhoun, of Fulton ci-uuty,
“that it was no crime to get drunk,” and
the third diunk law is in force again in
Atlanta.
The melon-growers of fJoutli Georgia,
aroused thereto by the exoi bitnnt freight
vales of the season now closing, have re-
solved upon concert of action in Ol der to
gain tlieir rights for the future. convention They
have resolved upon a general
to be held in Thomasvillo on the 15th of
August.
The colored people of Hancock county
on Thursday held a meeting in Col.
Clinch’s grove, near Sparta. It is esti¬
mated that there were between two and
three thousand present. Whatisstninge
is that so vast an assemblage of them
could have been brought together aud
entertained a day without the attraction
and excitement of politics. It was a
meeting of the colored farmers of the
county, who came together to discuss social the
agricultural outlook and to have a
time. A bountiful spread of barbecue
and chicken, etc., was bnd, and the very
best of order delivered. prevailed. Very sensible
speeches were
Hontli Carolina.
The stockholders of the Aiktm county
Loan and Savings Bank of Aiken, met
on Thursday for permanent organization.
The hank w ill open its doors for business
on September 1, 1888.-
Dlissouri.
Several deaths have occurred in Kansas
City as the result of excessive heat, The
highest temperature recorded by the
standard thermometer has been 97 de¬
grees.
_
DEFIANT MOONSHINERS.
For some time, a gang of desperate
moonshiners have been operating "round
the coal mines and railroad camps in and
around Blucton, Ala. They became so
bold that they defied arrest, and the last
deputy United Btates marshal who visited
that section was run off, and ordered by
the moonshiners never to return. Recently
this gang of moonshiners waylaid and
murdered a prominent citizen of the
county for hia money. This aroused such
excitemeut among the citizens of Briar-
field, and that vicinity, that a strong
posse was organized to hunt found, down and 1 he
outlaws. They were soon
after an exchange of shots the moon
shiners took refuge in an old drift at the
Bt’rarfteld co d mines. The posse of citi-
zens determined to starve them to death
if they would not come out and surren¬
der. Tuesday night one of the moon¬
shiners made a rush from the drift,
hoping to iscape in the darkness. He
was tired on, aud fell dead, Tho others
are still in the drift, and refuse to sur-
render.
UNEASY INDIANS,
Further report of the trouble on the
Carlo* Indian reservation in Arizona,
show that the Indians have be"ii stealing
cattle mid preparing is a supply assumed, of dried
meat preparatory, it to an
outbreak of hostilities. When the party
went to arrest the h"sti!es they oper.ed
fire and killed three Indian scouts. The
p 08 ,c returned the fire, wounding several
of the band, which immediately left the
reservation, followed afterwards by
others, all going for the mountains.
THE WORLD OVER.
CONDENSATION OF FACTS BY
’PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
SOMETIItNO ABOUT CONVENTIONS, RAIL-
HOADS, WOBK1NG PEOPLE, CAPITALISTS,
EUKOPKAN CROWNED UKADS, ETC.
James G. Bluine has sailed for New
Yoik.
Jury trials in rases of anarchists in
Austria and Hungary have been suspend¬
ed for one year.
The Little & Croft lumber company's
mills at Evansville, Ind., wefe burned on
Thursday. Loss, if 100,000.
The emperor of Germany, emperor of
Russia, and emperor of Australia, will
meet at some point on the Austrian
frontier, in Autumn.
Dr. O’Reilly resumed his duties as at-
tending physician to Gen. Sheridan at
3 Muss., and his bulletin notes a
m s improvement in Sheridan's (011-
dition during his (O’Reilly’s) absence of
three weeks.
The Cologne Gazette confirms the re¬
port that Emperor William will meet
Queen Victoria, ol Ei gland, on September
29tb, during the latter’s visit to her
daughter, Empress Frederica—Victoria,
at Baden.
The names of five Irish priests who
urged the tenants on the Van Deleur es¬
tate to resist evictions have been for-
v. nidi d to the Pope by the clerical au-
ihoritics. They have also sent a report
to the Pope of the enso of Father Mc¬
Kenna of Ktlrush.
A special from St. Cloud, Minn., says
twenty-one houses in ail, were struck by
lightning during Thursday’s storm.
Two of Mrs. Klingert’s children will die
from effects of a bolt that struck hei
hou e. St. Cloud is the city which was
devastated by a cyclone some two years
ago.
T here is a man in Melrose, near Bos¬
ton, Muss., who claims to have discov¬
ered the coining money out of dirt, and
he lias been doing it for some time in
spite of government laws and officials.
His business lias been conducted in such
a mysterious inanntr ns to attract the at-
tentii n of secret service officials, but they
1 ave left his retreat mystified but. satis-
lied that he was not breaking the laws.
Th’s man’s name is C. II. Washburn,
and his inventive genius had enabled
him to manufacture alumnium from or¬
dinary clay.
COTTON.
Th<‘ New Yo:k Rinnncinl Chronicle , in
its weekly review i f the cot I- n move¬
ment, says that the total rtccip's since
I he first of September, 1887, 5,488,997
bales, against 5,204,010 bales for the
same period of 1880-7, -hows an increaso
since September 1, 1887, of reached 284,258
bales. The exports for the week a
total of 27,285 hales, of which 14,819 were
for Great Ilii'ain, 7,218 f -r France and
2,288 to the lest of the continent. The
totals di s for forward deliveiy for the
week are 300,400 bales. For immediate
delivery the total sales foot tip 0,400
bales, including 8,480 for export, 2,970
for consumption. The imports into i:m-
tinental ports have been 18,000 bales.
There is a decrease in the cotton in sight
iff 815,282 bales as compared with the
same date of 1887, a de'rca.o of 239,289
b iles a- (ompiircd with the corn •ponding
late of 1830 and a d. crease of 278 735
bal.s as compared with 1885. The old
inteii' r stocks have decrease I during tin
week 3,280 b iles, and are 5,113 bale)
more than at the same period last year.
Th i icceipts at the same towns have been
2,087 bubs more than the same week last
ye.ir, and tincii September 1 the receipt)
at all the towns are 111,204 bibs more
than for the same time in 1880-7.
MORMONS DISLIKED.
At Byrne vide, Harrison county, Ind.
Elder Beott, a preacher commenced of the Church of
the Latter Day Saints, a se
rice of meetings, resulting in many con
versions to the faitli taught by Elder
Scott. This branch of the Mormon
churches opposes polygamy, pnacli tho
near approach of the millennium, baptize
all their converts by immushn, and in
many particulars the their Christian ductrinis are sim¬
ilar to those of or C'amp-
bellite church. Several days ago El(l a
Scott returned to Byrnevillo and resumed
his Elder meetings. Hardin who lie was claims accompanied hi- by-
homo, and who assisted Chicago meetings. as
at the
Nothing occurred at these meetings out¬
side the usual routine of leligious revi
vals, hilt the White Caps seem not to
have liked the doctrines or proceedings;
while a large congregation was assemble 1
to listen to the sennon, about thirty
White Caps rode up to the church and
commenced shouting and firing their re¬
volvers. Several of the White Caps rode
up to tho door und threw a note into the
church, which they directed to he read.
The note gave notice to Elder Scott and
Elder Iiurdin that unless they, left the
town inline iiately they would he taken
out aud severely eleult with.
WON’T SIGN.
The news at St. Paul, Minn., about
;he Standing Rock conference is rather
ontrndiotoiy. The regular yesterday’s correspond-
jnt at the agency says council
lasted over four hours, but nothing refused was
iCcomplished. The Indians Gall, Mad to
sign. Speeches were made by
Bear, Sitting Bull and other chiefs, flit¬
ting Bull said he was opposed to the
treaty, and as many of the Indians had
crops to look after there was no use of
keeping them in council longer. Gall
jaid he would never sign another paper
and that this was final.
MAXWELL’S CASE.
The following dispatch was received
at the executive department in Jefferson,
Ml, on Tlmisduy: “Washington, D.
O.—Governor A. P. Moorehouse: I for¬
ward you by mail to-day the application
of the British government Bayard, for a respite
in the Maxwell ease. T F. Sec¬
retary.” There is no knowing what the
exact statements <ff the application what arc.
The governor of course cannot say
may bo hiu probable action iu regard to
it.
VOL. III. NO. 46.
THE KINO’S SEAT.
Prince Valdimir sat wttb bis knights
In Kief* banquet hall,
And boasted of arms and of victories won
And the joy of the bugle call.
Whi'e a figure gray at the gate
Knocked once and twice and thrice,
Aud Valdimir shouted: **No more shall come
ill
Neither for love for price!" '
nor (
But a breath of wind blew apart
Tho fringe of the pilgrim’s cloak,
And beneath, the Into of the singer was seen
Before the singer spoke.
“Ai, little minstrel," then said
Tho great Prince Valdimir, i
“The top of tho earthen oven is there
The minstrel's place is here.
“A sma'l and lowly plaoe,
Kor my heroes all have come,
Bloody with wounds anil with honors rare
From Ilza of Murom.”
The minstrel climbed to his seat
On the earthen oven’s top,
And tune 1 his lute und began his song,
And they would not let him stop.
For bis song of battle and death
He sun ; of victories won,
Of D*uk an 1 his Indian steed,
An 1 the tale of Morga, the Luvan.
And there, as he sang, as he sang,
The hearts of men bowed down,
Aiello! the top of the oven
Became the monarch's throne.
—.4 ini/e Fields, in the Century..
PITH AND POINT.
Made of awl-work—Hand-sewed shoes
Net proceeds of a summer day—One
small fish. . -
A case that needs no close inspection
—Lim urger cheese.
in order to carve out a fortune ono
must be sharp. — Eyo h.
Thu m hi who sets up to be the archi¬
tect of his owu fortune has often to alter
the plans aud specifications .—Rochester
Rost.
A w oman who married a one-legged
mm says it doesu’t take much to make
her husband hopping mad .—Parith
S f il
A wr ;i)- in a scientific journal tells
‘ how to euchre wasps.” Ho will tiud
it can’t lie done with a lone baud.—
Pr cAi nl Parmer.
The delirium tremens in a glass of
wh sky doesn’t get out on the tumbler
and -announce in thunder tones that it is
p event.— Was’tiitgto* Critic.
One plea of the bank clerks for tho
Saturday half-holiday is the solid fact
that they are week.— expose.I Nnc to York drafts News. all the
rest of the
“O for the wings of a dove!” sighed
the poet, > ‘Bosh!” said his friend, th*
broker. “The breast of a turkey is
much better to fill up on ."—Harper's
Bazar.
You are tig’ -~ Julius Henry, a man
may smile ana 3 le and be a Prohibi-
tionist still, but the average man who
smiles and smiles is more like a whiskey
■till. r-New York Sun.
Won’t somebody ask us: “Is it hot
enough for you?” The new explosive
mclanite is said to be ten times as pow¬
erful as dynamite, and we are anxious
to experiment with it .—Baltimore Ameri-
i a i.
It is said that one pounfl.of than banana three
contains more nutriment
pounds of meat. And yet meat will
build a man up, while a‘ small piece of
banana will bring a man down.— Slates-
man. ,
Said a thief to a wit: “There’s no knowing
one’s friends found
Until they have been tried and
Very steady." ’ said the wit, “but all 1
“ true, yours,
pri sun>C, tried—and found guilty—al¬
Have ready been
It was a little girl who, going to the
Episcopal church, and happening when to turn the
around just at the moment
c m gregatiou bow tlieir adoration in tho
creed, t ok it into tier head that they
were all bowing to her. And so, ,as she
was a polite little girl, and not' inclined
to receive a salutation without returning
it, she bowed very respecilully and ex¬
claimed: “Good morning, people!”—
Boston Tran icri.ft..... ,
Cllck-dic !k click-click I
How swift and slick
The maiden’s fairy lingers fly I •><
Ciick-click! click-ding!
A wedding her fair ring by and by.
Will grace hand
Thus Cupid cute his conquest makes,
Bly instead fighter! of darts be takes
For now
Typewriter. Boston Budget.
Ages of Well-Known Men.
Bismarck will turn 73.
Simon Cameron will be 89.
George William Curtis will turn 04.
John'Brfght and Edward Pierrepont
will be 71. ‘ “a
Benjamin H. Bristow and Edwin
Booth will be 55.
General Joseph E. Johnson and John
G. Whittier will be 81.
Judge Stephen J. Field and General
N. P. Banks will be 72. - *
Generals Sherman and LongsLreet will
blend blue and gray at 08.
Professor Asa Gray, Martin F. Tapper
and Cassius M. Clay will reach 79.
John lluskin, General Rosecrans and
Cyrus W. Field will score 69 summers.
Max Muller, Thomas Hughes, Ernest
Henan and John Sherman will be 05.
Ferdinand de, Lesseps, the French en¬
gineer, and David Dudley Field will
leach 83.
Wilkie Collins, Professor Huxley,
George H. Pendleton and Emperor Dom
Pedro will be 08. -">v
The spirit of 70 will animate Robert
Browning, George Tickuor Curtis aud
O tave Feuillct.
John C. Fremont, Benson J. Lossing
and Meissonier will have just lived three-
quarters of a century.
I!. B. Haves, Donald G. Mitchell,
Janies Partoii, Dion Boucicault and
“Oliver Optic” will reach 00.
Gladstone, Hannibal Hamlin, Olivei
Wendell Holmes, l.obert C. Schenck and
Alfred Tennyson will be 79.
George Bancroft, the American his
toriau, and Von Moltke, the German
warrior, will bo 88—as old As the cen¬
.
tury.