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Scliley Cony News.
—PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK AT—
ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA.
There is a largely increased emigra
tion from northern Europe to this coun
trv.
Tho Vaudcibilt system of railroads
has stopped running freight trains ou
Sunday.
The Atlanta Constitution issues this
warning: “Ice water is a deceitful
irink. We advise all good people to
lot it ».Uea.’’__
The success of tho Fronch Universal
Exposition has led some of the Paris
papers to speak af reopening it naxt
Tea r.
This Bummer will see the manoeuvring
of the war fleets and armies of Europe
on a scale that has never bo«n. equalled
in time of peace.
The poor quality of the horses supplied
to the United States cavalry, and the
difficulty of obtaining better ones, are
Itanding grievances with the officers of
that branch of the service.
The police of Berlin are taking meas
ures to prevent the spread of cerebro
spinal meningitis, which has becoma
quite common there, and is now under
stood to be an infectious disease.
The five articles that General Grant
contributed to the 'tforth American lie
view while it was .under the charge of
the late Allen Thorndike Rice, were
paid for at the rate of fifty c#nts a
word.
“The Priuce of Wales would make a
better Viceroy of Ireland,” thinks the
Washington Star , “(han any of the men
who have filled Dublin Castle for 20
years. The Prince may not be a pro
found statesman, but he has i
tact and it would go hard if he did not
win the hearts of tho Irish people. If
Salisbury makes this move it will be the
cleverest step he has yet taken.”
The Canadian navy is fitting out again
for active service against American
fishing schooners, but there is a not
able lack of that noise and vainglorious
boasting, is the comment of the New
York Graphic, ■which has attended simi
lar preparations in previous years. It is
suspected therefore that they are seri
ously doubting whether it is going to
be profitable in the long run—this pol
icy of “harassing the Yankees.”
The Cleveland Leader gives this sage
advice: It is high time for the youth of
this country to stop and consider how
to make a living. The world owes ev
•rybody a living in a certain sense, but
ft man will not live long if he sits down
i$pd waits for the ravens to feed him.
'$ur young men should first get a com
»on school education and then learn
*ome good trade, and in that manner te
themselves for going through life.
’They canuot all be clerks and bookkeep
ers.
The fate of Mind-reader Bishop illus
trates, observes tbs San Francisco
Chronicle , the danger of cultivating eer
tain facul'iies when the physical stamina
is not strong enough to stand the strain.
Bishop tried to counteract the effect of
his exhausting work by taking mor
phine and chloral, but these poisons
simply aggravated tho disturbance of
his nervous system and led to attacks
of insanity. The necessity of rest and
wholesome living needs to bo enforced
upon people who make heavy drafts
upon their nervous force, and nothing
could point this moral more strongly
than the death of this rarely gifted man
in his prime.
The Chinese are queer people in many
ways. The North China News says that
an English gentleman was recently rid
ing on horseback near Pekin, when he
saw an excited crowd. Drawing near
he discovered a circle of people quietly
Watcliiug a man desperately attempting
$o commit suicide by dashing his head
^gainst a wall. He dismounted, re
•trained the man, harangued the by
standers, and learned that this w..i a
•oolie, who claimed that his payment
for a certain porter’s job was short by
Sen cash—less than a penny—and as tho
employer refused to pay more he was
proceeding to take revenge by killing
himself on the spot, knowing that by so
doing ho would get the other into con
siderable trouble.
SCHLEY COUNTY NEW'S.
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To maintain the various base ball
clubs throughout this country and Can
ada it is estimated that the sum of $3,
000,000 is invested. This *s paid out
for grounds, uniforms, field parapher
nalia, salaries, traveling expenses and
sundries.
Congressman Archie Bliss of Brook
lyn recently remarked: “It costs money
to be a member of the house. I have
been a congressman fifteen years and
have spent $10,000 a year outside of my
salary. It has cost me $150,000,
therefore, to represent my constitu
ents.”
Tho English locomotive Dreadnaught,
that lias lately been on trial for several
weeks on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
has been pronounced a failure for Amer
ican roads. It proved to be too slow in
getting started, was unable to haul a
heavy train and get arouud curves with
great difficulty.
_
The Tall Mall Gazette is inclined to
doubt the utility of tho journey mado
by Slanley through the heart of Africa.
It claims that the pathway hewn by him
was at once utilized by the slave traders
to the detriment and destruction of tho
inhabitants, and that Stanley had far
tetter have stayed at home.
The morphine habit has became so
prevalent in Berlin that it has become
necessary for the German Government
to adopt preventive measures, It is
said that women are particularly addict
ed to the use of the drug and that it is
no uncommon sight to sec one of them
produce a syring in public and tak* a
hypodermic injection.
People often wonder at the remarka
ble increase in the population of Chi
cago. But a St. Louis man tells how it
is done. “In the first place,” he says,
“they count in the population of all tho
suburban towns which are not a part of
the city at all. And then when these
suburban towns become a part of the
city they add their population to the
aggregate population previously claimed
so that a large number of people are
counted twice.” As a St. Louis man
makes this charge it is only fair to ac
cept it with considerable reserve.
It is not likely that civilization loses
anything by the extinction of the buffalo,
states the Boston Cultivator. All t lat
is good in the animal for civilized man
is found in crossing it with domestic
cattle. Its meat is better than that of
tho buffalo and its carcass is larger. The
robe of a cross-bred buffalo is more val
uable than that of the wild animal, be
cause its fur is distributed evenly, in
stead of being bunched in a heap at the
mane. As the hide of a cross-bred
buffalo is worth $75, it is well worthy
of being bred for that alone.
“It is a peculiar fact,” states tho 8t.
Louis Star-Sayings , “that men will P a y
larger fees to their lawyers without
grumbling than they will to their physi
cians. Thc reason for this is hard to
discover, but the best solution appears
to be the inference that men care more
for their property than they do for their
general health, or even for their lives.
Lawyers’ fees have been known to reach
as high as $50,000, and their clients
not be wealthy, either; while it is sel
dom that a physician makes such o
strike, unless he be called in to attend CD
Vanderbilt or an Astor.”
Among the most wonderful things in
this country now are the great irrigating
companies which are reclaiming vast
tracts of sand and desert in California,
Arizona and other Western States.
When the initial work of ditching and
building has been done there is littlo
further expense. Some of the irrigating
companies with large capital buy the
desert laud before they begin operations,
but most of them charge a yearly rental
for water, and have hundreds of tenants
scattered over a wide area. The water
is obtain ed from rivers and dams, built
co ^ ec ^ the tain, and is distributed
over h'Hs and valleys. In many parts
California luxurious vegetation will
s P r i D o U P i 11 three weeks after the water
Begins, and there aro now whole
valleys with beautiful trees and green
fields where ten years ago was a desert
Appropriate.
Mrs. Nuborder—That’s a very pretty
motto you arc working, Mrs. Browno
Haash! “Learn to say No.” Is it for
your son?
Mrs. Browne-Ilaash—No; it’s for the
dining-room!
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
A CCKDXNSHD ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS »*INa QM OF
mPOBTANCB U TAJI SOUTOKAN –TAJZHB.
Madison, Ga., i« thinking »erinus!y of
putting in an electric plant, and have the
city lighted by electricity.
Phillips’ Legion Georgia volunteers, Marietta,
will hold its annual reunion, at
U*., first Wednesday (Ttb) in August.
The anuual reunion of the Third Geor
gia regiment, infantry, will be held at
Fort Valley, Ga., on July 81st and Au
gust 1st. * I
Mayo’s toll bridge, that spans J^me®
river, day at Ware Richmond, Va., and was associates, sold Tues- of
Boston, to B. Gay
for $19,000.
A large steamer “Que** of St. Johns,”
was burned at her wharf near Wilmington,
N. O., Wednesday night The vessel
was principally used for excursions.
Frank Smith, of Smith Station, Ga.,
was struck by lightning Tuesday while
standing in his store door and instantly
killed, He leaves a wffe and several
children.
The weather has been excessively warm
at Staunton, Va., for threS days. Mon
day the mercury stood at 90 degrees,
Tuesday at 92 degrees and Wednesday
98 degrees in the shade.
McDow who shot Dawson in Charles
ton, S. C • and wa* lately acquitted, has
renewed his attentions to the Swiss maid
who was the cause of the shooting; and
Mrs. Dawson has appealed to the police
for protection.
A alight earthquake shock was felt at
Charleston, S. C., at 9:47 Thursday
night. The duration of the shock Waa
■ixmt three seconds; movement north to
south, and motion vibratory, aocompa
niad by' a slight noise.
The veterans of the Forty-second and
Thirty-fifth Georgia regimeuts wiU hold
their annual reunion at LawrenfceviUe,
Ga>, Special, on the 22d and 2Sd of this raomlu
rates have been offered by the
rhilroada to all w ho wish to attend.
From Macon, Ga.: Mr. E. H. Strickr
land, the press operator in the Western
Union telegraph office in this city, has
been appointed agent at Mscon of the
Covington and MnCon railroad. .Mr,
Strickland is an affable and intelligent
gentleman, and will render good service.
From Nashville, Ga.: We are in n
severe wet, over twelve inches of rainfall
( in the last thirty days. Our river and
'creek swamps are inundated, and our
uplands turning washed into the streams. Cot
ton is yellow and droppiag its
forms. Corn is firing up, some of it to
the ear.
J. F. Noros, of Fort Payne, Ala., re
cently traveling salesman for Dornten <$!
Co., music dealers of Nashville, was found
dead in his bed in his room at the Palace
hotel, Savannah, Ga., Thursday morning
at 9 o’clock. It is believed that the mah
suicided, as he made an attempt a few
weeks ago to kill himself.
At the ore mines, about three miles
from LaFayette, Ga., there has been or
ganized has a Knights of Labor club, which
caused some little excitement. Those
who were the leading spirits in it threat
sned to drive Ml the hands who would
not join, from the place. Whereupon
the contractors discharged those making
the threats.
The planing mill and sash and blind
factory of Parley – Wigging, at Wil
mington, N. C., were destroyed by firq
Wednesday morning. Two saw mills
were saved. The loss is from $10,000 to
$15,000, partly covered by insurance.
The schooner Vroman, lying at the wharf
loading with lumber, was burned. The
total loss is about $30,000.
The great prize fight between the
noted pugilists, John L. Sullivan: of
Boston, and Jake Kilrain, of Baltimore,
for $10,000 a side and the championship
of the world, took place at Richburg,
Miss., on Monday. Sullivan won in the
75th round. The affair attracted wide
spread attention, and vast sums of money
zhsnged hands on the result of the fight.
W. S. Ramsey, a negro preacher, was
convicted in the city court of Columbus,
Ga., on Tuesday, for assaulting Deacon
Abner Webb. RamsSy was fined one
hundred dollars and costs. A few old
members of the Ramsey flock took up a
collection, paid tho fine and left the court
house in triumph with their pastor. The
trial created intense excitement among
the negroes.
From Fort Valley, Ga: Everything
here in the shape of humans, horses,
mules and oxen are taxed to their utmost
capacity in trying to ship the enormous
peach crop. For the past few days all
hands and stock have been working sev
enteeu hours a day and these hours must
be adhered to for at least two weeks
longer or else thousands of bushels of
peaches will go to waste.
Mrs. John Tyler, wife of ex-President
Tyler, died at the Exchange hotel, Rich
mond, Va., on Wednesday evening, from
a congestive chill. Mrs. Tyler leaves
four children—Lyon G. Tyler, president
of William and Mary college, Virginia;
Gardiner G. Tyler, who lives in Charles
City county, Virginia; Dr. Lacklan Ty
ler, of Washington city, and Mrs. Wil
liam Ellis, of Montgomery county.
Thursday A Charleston, W. Va.. special says:
of evening, Frank Phillips,
one tho Hattield-McCoy gang, for
whom there is a large reward offered,
ling was at Grundy, Va., and yicinity, hand
a Winchester rifle and a revolver,
with the remarks that he would “do”
tho people. He was unmolested, and
during his wild career he struck William
Reiser, an attorney, on the head with a
revolver, dangerously
A summary of one hundred and thirty
five replies to inquiries sent out by the
Augusta, Ga.,exchange through seventeen indi
counties in Georgia and Carolina,
cate the cotton erop to be from five te
twenty days late. Early planting is as
good as last season, but late planting is
siuali well, while and grassy. the The is former beginning. is fruiting
latter only
The weather for June was generally fa
vorable. The conditions are regarded
as good for the month.
Frank, the eighteen-months-old son ol
Mr. died P. in ET. Walsh, of from Florence, distress- S. C.,
Wilmington a most
ing case of hydrophobia. bitten Forty days face
ago the little boy was in the
by a strange cat, which had come into
the house and jumped heal on nicely, him. The and
wounds seemed to up
nothing more was thought of the affair
un til about ten days ago when he became
strangely affected, showing a dislike to
water, and acting in a peculiar it hydropho- manner.
The physicians pronounced
bia. *
FATAL SHOOTING,
THE Marshall of ANNISTON puts a*
END TO a MAN named pjclham.
instantly • W,"* i killed P a 0li w'S William 4Ui T,i Pelham shotand about
noon Tuesday at the coiner of lentil and
Nobie streets, Anniston. Ala
and Stallings had a difficulty Saturday.
Pelham res.sted arrest, and was struck
several blows by the officer. Stallings was
arraigned before the mayor. Pelham
fulled to appear against him. Pelham,
with a double derringer wrapped up in a
newspaper, met Stallings, in company
with officer Parsons, at the above place.
Tearing the paper from the pistol, with
the.remark: “1 have you now,” he fired
the ball going through a book and some
papers in Stalling’s pocket, producing a
slight Officer flesh wound just under the nipple.
Parsons then struck Pelham with
his club, which stunned him, preventing
a second fire. Recovering, ho took refuge
behind a large goods box and peeped
over to get another shot, which he
did without effect. Stallings, who had
retreated to the middle of the street, fired,
the ball taking effect under Pelham’s eye,
killing him instantly. Stallings is con
sidered justifiable. Bill Pelham was a
brother of the gallant John, of artillery
fame, a native of that county. Pelham,
m a difficulty last summer with F. A.
Thornton in Anniston, was shot seven
times. Pelham has been leading a reck
less life for some time, and his friends
are not surprised at his sad fate. He has
a wife and lour interesting children in
Atlanta, Ga., where he formerly lived.
The remains will be sent to Alexandria,
Va., his native place, for interment.
TOO OLD TO MARRY.
HEIRS ATTEMPT TO INVALIDATE A MAR
RIAGE CONTKACT.
The case of the , heirs of Elihu Seymour
vs. Delilan Seymour was called in the
court of ordinary ai Jefferson, Ga., but
owing to the absence of important wit
nesses was postponed. This auit arises
from the application of Mr*. Delilah Sey
mdur for letter* of administration upon
the estate ef her husband, who died some
time ago at the age of 91. The heirs
ZhiT t ?i i * validate the marriage,
.Trm?n^ U r^ * T" ***“ 7 a * that 0D ^ . the
nS Sif* lf l 1 marriage " ! is proved a ma !7 1Hg va!- , e
H mint rJ^7ZZT^ t0the l d
TuZZTZl aZfiZ m ° n '? 3 ',
which $8,000. P r ° pe J ty ’
amounts to Mrs. Sey
mour Jonesboro “ r<) - Ga Ga ‘ Tho ro, C0U P ^ la had t® ] eav ° « f
t
case
will attract great attention.
TENNESSEE’S POLICY.
BUILDING and loan associations asked
FOB BACK taxes.
Some time ago, back tax collector,
V illiam Earthman, at Nashville, Tenn.,
brought suit iu the name of the state and
county and Savings against association, the West End Building
to recover of the
said associations taxes on loans secured
mortgages on real estate for the years
1885— 86—’87. The taxes assessed amount
to about $10,000. The chancellor held
that these associations were liable for the
taxes claimed, and gave judgment ac
cordingly, the The case will be appealed to
supreme court. This is the first time
since the organization of these companies
that the lubject of taxation has been
raised In the state.
ANOTHER SMASH-UP.
A BROKEN AXLE CAUSES THE WRECK of
A PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TRAIN.
A freight train was wrecked at Wil
merding, Pa., on the Pennsylvania rail
road, Tuesday night Two bod.es were
taken from the wreck, and it is thought
*ix or eight more at least were killed,
The trainmen estimate the list of dead
and injured at fifteen. A tramp who es
caped from the wreck said there were
twenty five people at least on the train.
Of these but ten or twelve escaped. The
train caught fi ro from a ear load of whisky,
which was ignited in some unknown
manner. The accident was caused by a
broken axle. Thirteen ears and the cu
gino were totally wrecked.
A new variety of the honey bee has
been discovered in California. I. It is
Baid to be twice as large as the common
bee, and to produce tavic« w much
aoney.
WASHINGTON, D. C,
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS ADVISERS.
APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, and OTHER MATTEBg j I
Op INTEBEST FBOM THE NATIONAL CAPI Tat
,
The secretary of the treasury has re
ceived the resignation of Frank Bradley
collector South Carolina. of revenue for the district oj
The contract for the masonry work on
the public building at Savannah, Ga
was awarded, on Tuesday, to Lane–
Malnate of Washington D. C., at in
657.
Secretary Tracy has ordered a court
martial in the case of Captain Hairing,
w randed the practice shin
Constellation , . near Norfolk, Va., on th« *
18th ult,
A dispatch department Ins been received at the
navy from Admiral Gherardi
at Port au-prince, saying that affairs at
Hiyti are quiet. He also reported that
there had beem no change in the political
situation v siuce his last report. Legitime
holds' Port-au-prince and Hippolyte re
mains outside of the town.
The president, ’ on Tuesday, appointed
y ()race ^ Tayl or) 0 f Wisconsin, tobe
C omtniss ; oner of railroads; Thomas C
' Mendenhall, Indiana, superin'!
\ of States to be
te;ideut of he United coast and
goe f detic 6urver , and Henry W. Diede
lch of Itldiana to be consul of the
United States at Leipsic.
mv. -r. D e P B rtment t of . Agriculture . . , at
Washington, „ , reports: In cotton states
May was cold and at most points dry,
a !? d ^. une to exCf -ss. On the first
July it was in some danger of injury
excess moisture, even in Texas,
early planted was in the roast
m "*ear aQ d in some places har
ve ®ted and a second prop planted,
The president has made the following
appointments: Emmons Clark, of New
York, consul at Havre; Archibald J.
well Sampson, of Colorado, at Acapulco; Ros
Hotr, of Michigan, at Valparaiso;
James F. Hartigan, of the Districtof Co
lumbia, for the port of Trieste and all
other ports in Austrian domain; John J.
Chew, of the District of Columbia, to be
secretary of the legation at Vienna,
At Washington. D. C., about three
o’clock Sunday morning, Artie Shirley Va.!
a young man formerly of Richmond,
threw himself in front of a south bound
fast freight and w.-is crushed to death.
Shirley was about twenty-four years of
age, and was employed in Richmond.
He was engaged to he married to a young
lady of that city. She died a month
ago after a sudden illness, and Shirley
gave up his employment and went to
Washington. *
The navy department has received tel
egraphic information from San Francisco
concerning the reported arrival of a num
her of Samoan survivors there last Satur
day, the death of Chief Engineer °Nipsic Hall,
and the detention of the at
Fanning island. All of the officers have
been ordered to their homes except Dr.
Norfleet, who has been ordered to the
steamer been placed Monocacy, and Dr. White has
Francisco, with on the waiting orders at San
view to beinu- or
dered to sea at his own request.
The president will leave Washington
Friday wil1 spend for a several short visit days to Deer parked
of each week a! .
that resort until the latter part of August,
when he will visit Bar Harbor, as th r
st00d ®f that Secretary the president Blaine. has It arranged U under- ) i
to
meet members of his cabinet in Washing
ton on Wednesday of each week, and re
main at Deer park nearly all the rest of
the time, transacting all public businea,
A LONG LIVED FAMILY.
Mrs. Winnie McCook, of Bloodworth
district, near Irwinton, Ga., recently
celebrated her 88th birthday. It is esti
mated that at least 150 people were pre
sent, and of the number nearly all were
related to Mrs. Cook. She is a daughter
of Mr. James Branan, who had born to
him fifteen children, nine of whom are
now follows: living, whose names and ages are
Mjs. Vasti Montgomery, age 86;
Mr. Caswell Branan, 82; Mr. Pascal
Branan, 80; Mm. Fannie Ethridge, 74;
Mr. John T. Branan, 72; Mr. Littleton
Branan, 70; Mrs. Almedie Temples, 68,
a “<l Mrs. Elizabeth Ethridge, the young
es t| whose age is 66 years,
NEW RATES.
A prominent officer of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company says, that on
and after July lffth rates on iron from
seaboard towns west will put on the
same basis as now charged from the west
to the east. At present the rate to the
west for less than a car load is 80 cents
m^moJ-eUmntv ° th f l °f
from the west to
and
ered new rates by apply only to in pm iron’and L •?. d cov
August a special tariff ^ h wlU expire
on ° 81 ’ 1880 9 *
BEN TERRELL.
A large number of farmers were in
Jefferson, Ga., on Wednesday to hear
Ben Terrill, the Texas bald-head eagle
and national lecturer of the Alliance.
Ilis speech was full of good advice to
B and much good
ts expected from it
thologist ijh. elliot of Washington cones, tne and eminent the firm orni- foe
°f the. sparrow everywhere, asserts that
a tor scientific study of the subject he has
discovered the actual existence of the soul,
which heretofore ho has