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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL. l>V ,1. D. HOYL & CO. (]JBJSOH l H l' l l M PCBIISH*!' KTEKY THORSDAT. fFtt .nS-Slrlcl ly in Meant*. Three *, six . -2 00 One year """_ The money for a nd considered due after first inser- inserted at internals to be is new eudi insertion. Additional charge of 10 per cent will ,dr on idvertisenients ordered to be in ,r," Imi a particular page. ’Aertisemen.s under the head of "Spe -1 Volic-, -• vill he nisi i ted for 15 cents '‘ ine tor,.beHra,,., : .erl.on 1 md 10 ee-n ..I ine’foreach - unaequen. insertion Aaisementsin 'he ‘ I.ocal (,01..n,„ ill be naerted at 25 cents pet line -or .he jrtt and 2<cent- per Une for each subse- „ u .nt insertion. ’A|| communications or letters on bn*new tended for this office should be addressed to “Tax Dawson Jocrnal LKOAb ADVERTISING RATES, gnpr ff sales, per levy ol 1 square... $4 00 Mortage sales per levy 8 00 r . sale 1 * P er * 1 Citations for Letters of Administration 400 Application for Letters of guirdta- ship •/ Application for De-mission from A ministratian •••.••.• 10 00 Application for Dismtssiom Itom Guardianship 6 00 j Application for leave to s. II Land one sq Jj, each additional square 4 00 Application for Homestead 3 00 Notice to debtors and creditors ... 600 Lind sales, per sqaa'e (inch) 4 00 Stleof Perishable properly, per sq 8 00 F,.trav Notices, sixty days 8 00 Notice t# perfect service 8 00 Rule Nisi, pel square 4 00 Rules to establish lost pa pets, pier sq 400 Rules compelling titles, per square.. 400 Rnlea to perfect service in Divorce eases ....... .. • • ID 00 The above arc the minimum rates of legal jifrenising now charged bv the Press of leorjia, and which we shall strictlv adhere 10 in the future. We hereby give final no tie.- t*nt no advertisement of 'his class wil hi, nMistii and in the Journal without the fee . pa'd in advance. only in cssps where we bav rpeclal an mgemenrs to the eontrarv N. B. Barnes, n> REP IR ROF ; H -WITCHES, Cl OCHS, ■i v v Offi, •on M *tii * e', D.i. on, r r-Lt ■; , f’b •£♦*** eas - J \ MR* JCr EI , 1 T7OHKEY AT LAW, LEARY, Calhoun Cos., Georgia I) i I If an c will i. 1) i O' . Sjii eia la' rent ion *:!■ b** given *o fi.llee'ions, J 3 C. PARKS, t v > y t [ ,m\v, I) Aft SON GEORGIA, 1 1 !•* • t. i il.e I oi: * r-' f ■ D> en :*: p.vAETH R * . i-\\ . G ... r c *p te i-. y ,v ' < v ii,ts ”i-’ IVt l c q.i.s * special'v. aim. - * H. ir*2 Sm J. I . VALK £ H , pi *il Igiu, ■r CEO CGI A \\ pi-<>ciice in iie P&rau.B < ; cuit.— ' -•e .ii i.t*e Court hause. itch ’i‘2 ly u, WO OTPS \ if. ■ s 6 . yat Law. a r *.i tmai.t ; *• j * i .*a the Fitivte four's and in o**l D- .*■• t i.i’- I "he **• v *jnab sepf‘27. i. ). liJX lv, i o rne y at Law, w 1 >• f iiilKtnn oiuny, Ci;*. “ 1 if. Alh.iv Circuit .nd else . P mj.) ‘ at' - m ' !l 1 ' hininesji entrusted *o his ol'fecrjon** necialtv. Will also in* ’ ’ :<J s uifj buv or sell real Etae in lun - 'iter ,• 1 finr]y Cowrue* • G ARTL* DGE, | m it I aw * - Gi;OKUI4 HI, ivp close -mention to all busi ißtnd to his cfl'f 4 Ui Albany -1 v '-.• H( >Y L* Ai >‘n< y at l .aw- t*iU'on <'orsji;t. D. H. MILLET, \TTOK\|;y 4T law. Worgau, (>a Ordinary’- Office 03n,8n. JAMES H. GUERRYT •i .V a. I I aw . f. Kttnii t.j —:o: A '' 'ii the Court Fe? . 4 j- L- I VN i , A TTORMEY AT LAW, I>AJTSOV, - GEORGIA. ~'® ce over J, W, Jghuston’s store. Janf Brampton’s Imperial THE BEb>T ! Crompton's Imperial Soap is the B .; Crampton'v Impeti.l Soap is t|ie B . Cramptot.'s Imperi-.l Soap i ihe B i. j Cramptou s Imperial Ss P is .t K C'atnntop's Imperial -tAs. i- B Ctami.rotrs Im. , .i.,1 , . Crump:... ‘s ; n , i, . s.. ~ C. * mi• > 4 I . , j. r rni c.rp 1 mate c n V qua! I • -r.i, .'n. t:, cirli • p > h • ti and F i j La Ir i n. nK rt !■ Lanndi', K A. f and tor ten r . .......... .. ■> nlso for P. int P t and Machini- , s ■ f . , Grease, Tar, OH, I . The Hur . v- Mv.ut-. • : 1877, pr iii tiM niMrkft, as foil* wf-: Kei-de*, we d* i ‘ ihar this is n<jvr over uuheed* and. K your Attention “Crumpton's In*pt it in Mir i ffn*. tr> * coman nd.it us i * . q use. 11 i rare iliir*f . <*. thoroughly dense prin hands, as also ir m li• -r.; on’ laundry soap will do it, and we kn a w of we rpeak. Ii is especially ad p:• printers, punters, engineers and machinists, as it will remove grease I all descttp'ion- Irom the hands as well aa clothes, wn.i I tl labor. For general househoh purp- it cannot be excelled. Manufactured only ly CRAMPTON BROTHERS, Noa. 2,4, 5,8, and 10, R.itgers P 1..or, and No. 83 and 36 Jrffer.'.on Street, New Voile. Eor sale by J U CKIU, ana 23, tf Dason, G. 10 THE PLMffittS 0 F SOUTH WESTERN GEORGIA On l\ . we have reduced the priee <■ s uaait ai iv s. KETTLES, < *.v a t .ins.r*- Si a- well h oUit-i kin oui line V><• will continue o ***li • i.;'e low prico we Jtave eFtabii*r- us:•:* *•• .>i fauces, or we will receive . rUers for fu’it! '• delivery. W* -.'V."- tl kififlr. Of COTTON SCREWS. SEASONED. PLANET) AND ROUGH L ! BtR always on hand. 0. O. M.i ON Pres l)awMi;i M; t ’. ■ Dawson, Ga. July 30. tf aa | Great chance to m fl I II money. It .on yllk vl gold VOU can •' . • bSTk? V\e ntcl a person in ev.r, lake sut.svript.ons lor Ih large.-, cm • and best Illusiraled Until? publication In n wo. Id. Ant one can become a success. agent The most elegant o> k-ol nr given free .o subscribed Tne P-ice wso low h. almost everybody sub-cubes. One agen re,.o..sn.ak.Dgov.rlM>inaweek A and agent reports .akiOß ore. 400 subscribe - m <* u davs All who engage make rn >nev las . You can devote all tour time -o .he bu,i ,r.si< or only our spare time Yon need , n? k e *hhv fon home over night. You c si- do H** well * other* 4 - Full p*rlicula. and eei on nd,ermsl.ee. Elegant and ex in-.v Ou.fi- tree. ' . .... prnfi ab e rokaeti-i-io >•-. % l . nothing 10 ,rv . „ , A.l.J.e,s“l’h. ■** ~g " 1 LO TANARUS N l * * i ® i\ to uadc foi a pr- , * me by J. B. CRII, daied £?£L. la#., ano due *. >(y Pnltar^ 1a77 ; lor Tw d--"f ■ ,y c as the same .s lot tM > ••• ... note on Mr. 5*- ’*•- ■,' ' ~,.4 sp.r g (anon. Vr. o being lost dne October l, LA ING. 01 imnlatd. i.Aiv Sept 20, *377, 4t DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 18??. FOR SALE LEASE. Tnp oarktage axd rka^ksmith -bops, on south side of B-'oad slr^-et, < ■ r the ou'-iit* *■ s cnt of For u ms .ppU to B, T KEVIP, Alban-, (h I \ RGI Ulcircllfoniil). ' By vinue <>f n order ni th* ('mi' of ) dmarv .f said countv, I will sdl to the b'dwst bifid**: . H* 'h*‘ F’oijrt hou®** *loor, in f-' . a so*i, on h ; * 1 Tuesd vin Nov*rnhe. (1 h ' !>.* li •ji Fs ■ rf J.r ,j J thnstoii, d-: ••*-;. and, !bf SITU ‘il!'.' -b tU BOoo*'*-ot \ ■ T< ■ 1 II uonniv Terms cash R F <1 VaOKS On : fit..*; 4 IS'T7 1 1 A<JnrjniH i or. / i I l, Tt ri'HJ f oittflf ' ? :,! NKV I 1) ‘.VIS , me r - - ’it • i iOf on lhe . of M?- U l, ii : kn'• . v i' and A.! 'r'O' - • s*v.J ;t c- he** hv h. •:* If a. V ihev <*'•• *•! on ~ j v . '.. !*• r Hr.i, 1877 - * :i. S BKL’., Oid’v O.- .h. • 4.4’ AdmhisT tor’s Sale. it, fri’cil County. * * Bv vir ue of an order oi h ilouotebie < 1 * of 0 dinarv of JVi tdl county, at .he Oc ober .term, 1877, ,I iil sril o rhe highv -w. bidder, at the Court house door, in the ci v Mt Diwson on he first Tuesday tt Novem ber, ncx, the following lot of I .nd beloug- , ii g * the Csiate of Mrs Kerailseut Culp p** ner, deceased, viz : One lot. of land No (225) Two hundred ■ and filtv'tix, in the (11) Eleventh district of T * j ll county. iSim and for benefit of the ind credit oi s I'eiiOrtcash. 4 1877 J. C F. (^LARK, A dmiiiis'/ato* de bonis non Terre!! c herifT Sales. re the Court House 0 i w on, on the first nb r next, between the followiog descrined n rrk notice and lot, on the 1 • t e 8 ' • leading from the Pub- In- q i iv to Ihe depot, known as Depot re ,i lie ci'yot Dawson, Terrell countv On., Don rg twentv-five feet and tunning back one hundred feet, the lower story now occupied b' R. L. Melton & Bro., as a so* room, and the upper storv bv J. D. Hoyl & Cos., as a ptinting office, L* vind upon io satisfv a fi fa I om h * Superior Cour of Henr\ enuno, G fiv >r of Durham, Tft&Co ,vs Hat per & Ammou Tenants notified Also at the Mimr time and place will be sold, the rV- rsinp 111 fee mole after the 1 ‘Munition of . C Tiuss’ 11 >mept,cad a'e in aid to the South h i wf city lot of laud N* 150, in ill* cifv of Dawson, in .-aid county, * jtcept o’ hi ace off the ead side of *ul half lot lc vied oi. *- the ’Mpny of 0. (’ I use ;. sa'.-ft a fi !>j ftoTi r trt I Sujverior (V.u< ? in favoi of In Flounce S. wing Machine ('em, any v> C C T tiss. Ale*--, a be san *itne and place will be and li. h: and v -d full in*** i r-s; of L-tnv B owe ,r. oo; to io so land N s 224 ini 2 ‘5, • O.t 12 h riiMuct of Terrell count*., X ! w at has neon deeded “ff >B tfie c.Ofth -id*’ ot the .^ourhwestern Kail B t vied on as tb* property of Loro B own in-aus?y •> Tax fi fa issilel by A . E , T. 0., fo Stat* anti County Tax tor v.* 873, against. l..*rov Brown. k S. B. CHRISTIE, Sheriff Oefob r 4, 1877. td wvm ON KNEW FORTY R4W GIN. Findlay’* mke. u4pi>! foihe or 10 R. C. Mariin, h Brown inig9,*2fn I T. LAMAR. Da**•!, (Li. DRESS MAKING. \IR3. M M ANTI! NY te-t*. •■■fully in .trl iorm* ‘he holies uf DawFo ii.d T<- r * county, il ’ii nhe i? prepjreo to and- D*- -- M;.kinp in tl.e la*o*l and moat fnfthionabie hi.vies, ! reasonable rates. Sun bonoeti* and Children 1 * P-q u- fiu - made to order. Bradinji a.i Kmbt'oiderv Stam done Give m-- ; cull a; tiv re.*-id- : r< ♦ MRS. M M AMliO>Y. April sth, 1877. ti f T< iVtsiiD. V J To all who-it it rr.av concern * pplicaiion been m ide to me b\ J. A Varner to have J C. F. Clark appointed GuardiMi of the person end ot Byron ,_a minor son ot L. D. Rey nolds, deceased. A'ti persons interested ,} rt hereby required to sl ow cause, if any thev can, whr said applies ti r should not Dt* im) ;;f . I;f () • fbor TO HI o! fiiiS o<Urt. \* .-srn > iiand .nd r-Hicial sigt-avurc, ;< • d ; y I St i*'einh**r, 1877. -ptj 41 H. S. HELL, Oroin it >. HIKE Association! — :o- I HE FIRST Exhibition of -he Americu* 1 hai. Association will b.-gin on Tu-sdsv, the "O h o! OOIOKER, and cot. in if FIVE DAYS. The hesHtilul g.ounr's .u.d ample buildings w.H be load., an.l cv. *> .■c’li.v | (Tn.d and p* l ihi-org >o make a SYLENDII> VIE PL A Y NO ENTRY FEES Will be charged •he pe.ple oi Macon. Doo'v, Seh.ev, Web ! , ' rion, S.ewatf, Terrel., AV-.rih and L“f l OUMti. s are invoed . n expected -o e icr ih. c>. I’.r p emiun.- Everybody, No- h, South, East and West are invited to Hen . IV ac.um lia! will fw.resiled on appli. a;ioo. J. W. JORDAN, J Seet’yA.F. A. 'l'll.- ;,nd p<‘iir.— Wonderful Production Tbon.Rsvi’lv. I‘ftir Bullfiii).— This is a sppiooa >* tf"' l which will at an aarlv .lay nlaim a abare of tbp attpnr'on of li..r‘icu't.irifits in •Lis spotion. It ia a fruit of pxqnisi‘ flavor trmarks' la for its hpingr* Ipss tohjapt to injury from buffs, worms or oG.nr insapts, ’ban any othar fuit gfrfwn l.prp Tl.a trpo is rema-kaLly b r.'v, and of rntbpr rapid gfiontb It is 'pss liubla to injury from cold or fros' than ny otbor fruit-trap Tba vinld is alrn.'S* 1 nynrid bo'lpf I* b- FT’t'S (<> I.f-ar a! about: four .'pars and w or batwapn. sp.p.i ard tan vaars 'd f. ■ mipT' ''v prod hops from GDoan t.. t.. only busiials of Iruit to tbo troa Ton t.n-bols to flta Iran at tbis ago is ronsifi tad an ordinary via'.! ThPRa ponrs sold this year in the market at tan doll rs per bushel. Those facts can be Buhs'antiatnd bvafßd>'vit, from a dozen or mote of ns reliable man as there are in the country Nov lot’s figure a litflo on thorn One hundred of these trees can be planted with esse on an acre of ground. The or dinary yield of those would be ten busbe's to the tree, or one thousand busbe!s*of fruit to the acre. As we have already stated, thisfruit brought in the market'this season ten dollars per bushel. It was sold at this ptice by Air. LL. Varnado,of this county Let’s put Iho pi ice at just half this sum, and P.r ‘he’ordinary and almost certaln'yie’.d on one acre we would get five thousand dollars. Macon Telegraph : —Baiter thnn planting cotton certainly. Tbis pear originate from a solitary 'ree in Liberty county, which was planted from a enttine oh tainel fr..m M*.j L>* Conte, in Phila delphia It is the on'y pear we be lieve that grows rpadily from the’eu*- ting sod is rapidly spreading al' over Southern Gaorgis, the slips being 'in great request, '.'wsp.tpnr S*ii ts oi:sge. Newspapr-r patronage has as tunny colors rs the rainbow, and is as changeable as a cbampleon. One man comes in, subscribes fora paper, p yg'.'n ndvunco, and g..es Lome and rends it with a proud satisfac'ion that it is his. He bands in bis ndver tisi-nient, an 1 gets the advantage thereof This is patronage Another man asks you to send him bis paper, and goes off without say ing a word about the pay. litne flies on, yon are in need of money, and ask tutu io pay]tlie sum lie owes you He flies into a passion, perhaps pays, petbaps'not, and orders his pa r stopped. This is Called patron age. Or ■ tt.An i.iinjjs in ;t fifly-coi'.t h<l - ■!>. n: nrrl wants a ?'2.00 putf thrown in and wi.nn you decline trues ttt inc.d. Kven this is called palronnge 01.0 turn likes yout |>a[)er, he takes a pojiy, pays ior an 1 guts nisfi.'-nd to do it.o sa-.t-; lie is not alway- jrrnna'niing t you or to t.thois, hut has a (tiendly word. If an acci dent happens in that section lie in fo. n.s ths editor. I.ia is newspaper patronage One hands you a mat tinge notice and asks foi extra copies containing it; and when you ask lor pay for the papers, he looks surprised, and ex claims: “You surely don’t take pay for such little matters .•*” This is called newspaper patronage. It will i.e seen from the aoove that while certain kinds of patronage are the very life of the newspaper there are other kiuds fatal to its health A Battlesnaxe ih a > u'ld’s Lap.— One day lately, at the residence ot Mr. Lockwood, in Hat tow, county, an invalid child was lying on the iloxr, when ’he atten’i. tt of one of the members of the fa • ily was drawn to it hy heating a buz ing sound, whicli appeared to is tie from t.e ctrld’s clothing Thinking that a bee had heroine entangled in its apparel, sh- lifted the child from tne floor, when she wasstmtl and to Deltoid a large rattlesnake glide troin th” place where the ch id had lain A cat whicli ha-.pe ed to be in *he room at tacked the re file, and was hitien, from the ell .-t of w-h clt it soon did, A -an who wr- about the piemts-s, being called ip, dispatched the snake, which was <- nod to have renve a - ties. The child was unit juted.— To ronto Globe. - '/ A I'oisoiiing Case. Wejcopy the following condensed account of a poisoning case, that re cently happened in Cl.ailes on S C., from :he (Janesville Eagle. A liorr: 1 Io ease poisoning occur red in Charleston last week, in the family ol the late Judge Graham, of that citv Miss Lizzie Graham, the oldest un mairied daughter, a 'ed 18, and tier bro: her, Hged 16 had been on r. visit to North Carolina, and returning home, accompanied by Miss McCall, whom tiiey had been visiting, brought with them a basket of delicacies, in cluding several masted chicKen*, sent try Mrs. M< Call to Mrs. Graham Alter reaching Charleston, 'hose men tioned, and a Mrs. Ford who had j <iiied *.hein, and a servaut girl, par took ..f the lunch, and the next morn ing all those who had eaten the chicken wem quite sick. Miss Lizzie and the servant died, and post mor tem examination of the latter showed that slip had taken a strong" mineral position. The others) who had parta ken of the chicken weie not expected to recover. It is tin ugl.t that the chickens had : tueu seasoned with some salt, { ,fr. tn a cargr that was by some means mixed with arseuic that was also in the ves sel Since the above was’in type, we gee that no other of the poisoned lias died. There are ten affee'ed. Mrs. McCall, who furnished the chickens, lias arrived in Charleston, and says that she prepared sixteen eight of which she sent to Mrs. Gra ham, and the other eight were eaten at her house, and none of Her family were affected by them. Huspioiun has fallen upon parties whose names are with-held for prudential reasons wi • -■— Riding on n " halt’s lla. k An adveature of a'singular diamet er happetp and to ajcitizon'of Plymouth Mass,, a few days since. Mr. I). Fin ney, with his neighb >r, Ancellßar Dtt, weresofi Guuner’s Point, South Plym outh, oootj shooting. They j were in separate dcuies, as far'apart as boats usually are in that sport, when a humpback whale rose some di.-tar.ce off and spouted. He rose again naar ar t tho boat, and Mr. Finr.eyjthought, by the tliiec ion lie was" taking, that the :.ext tim’!in’came up he would come ahead of the boat, end be would give him a shut. While waiting for him to coma up, kneeling in the bot tom of the dory, he folt*a“shr,ck, and, n he expresses it, found himself on thejwhale’s back dry shod. The next thing he knew he wont down ar.d c. nie up on the oilier side of the boat. Probably the’whale sank when he found he had a rider, und drew the man with h'm. When he came up he was near Mr. Bartlett’s dory, and was taken into his boat. Throughout the whole be haddiehl.'on to his gun, and brought it on board with him. W licrf : (ji'Vi'riior Gel# Hl# Wives. Olaii ome F. Jackson, n native of Kentucky, was once governor of the state of Missouri He joined the ►outheriP confederacy, and died dur ing his 'eim a' a faint l ouse opposite the itv of Littio K ick, among stran ger®, with no of atiection npur to soothe-his pain and rob hi* death tori of half its anguish. The most remailiable Set connected with Ins lif* is perhaps the statement that tie c airied five sisters in one of the most respectable, wealthy snd disting uished families in the state; that as soon its one wife w< uld die he would niairy her sister in a leusonaltle time. Of course, some of them were widows when ho tnanied them. In connec tion with tlte nmiiages there was a standing joke told at the expense of the governor, #lt ch was that when he went to Hsk the old gontl* man’s con gent to tnairy the last one, the venera ble father is reported to have said: “Yes, CUih, you car; have her. You have got them alh For go-dne*s sake don’t ask me (or the old wo ft man. A Batti.k with T lamps. A num ber of tramps was ordeied nut of a ; chestnut tree by Louis Schl6r, a far- 1 mer of Saulsbury, Pa , on Monday.— They drove him to his house wi h a pistol. ■'You’ve got to die,” they shouted, and began firing. Schaler fired out of a window nnd killed the linglead-r of the gang. I hey picked up their fallen coi;i'.d and retreated to the woods Nothing has been seen or heard of them since. ’Twin a printer’s devil who asked for a kis®, hut she quiekly replied— .did this lilt! ■ miss—“ You look inky and b ack tho’youi head may he lev si hu' 1 cat-not’Consent t- he kissed by the and vil. Years passed and the •mss became an old ni.iid, with friz- Zels and curl®, lalsetee li aud pomade. Then a>d<y she sunght to recall the old issue, hut the priuter replied— The devil won’t kiss you.”—JE>. A Tl.ltKiUl.i: YI Wi l.lt V Tlglil Persons l > oiiine<l by Titl ing Ice Crenni. The community was yesterday thrown into a fevered excitement by the report that there had been auotli er po's ning in our midst from the -time cause as tho one that so recent ly c.ist a gloom over our ci'y Inqn - iy proved that the report wastim, but fortunately, so tur as we we.e able to learn, there is no great danger of the fatal termination of nny of the cases affecred, although tune a.e col out of danger. Tho facts, as we were able to gather them 'a*e yesterday evening, ate that in the family of Mr. James Seymour, there had been made some ic>* cream, the prepared custard lor which was pet inil'.xii !i remain over night in a tin vessel, und ot the crea-a u p ation was sen' to ihe lami'y ol Mrs- E l’.ice, neni neighbors. Tlioc.earn was serv ed at dinner but or.ly one member f the family, Miss Price, ale of it and fortunately she ate very spaiingy; veiy soon a mess, tiger came from Mr. Seymour’s to warn thorn against eat ing the cteum as six tnetiiheis of his family, who had eaten it, were sLk. Shortly after this Miss Price, and a servant upon (tie place, were taken sick, exhibiting the san e symptoms as those of Mr. Seymour’s family, who were afflicted. Medical aid was promptly summon ed to both families, and although many lumors are afloat as to the con (Jilinn of the sufferers, tho most re bi ff e is that they ate not in serious danger. Telegraph Up Messenger. >•*- — An Unnatcual Sex.—A case was tried a fw days ago in Hamilton which, for the c edit of human na ture, has comparatively few parn'luls in our criminal records. It was King Lour on a humble scale. A wretched sin, claiming to be one jf the yeoman ry of Canada, was prosecuted for ali ment by bis aged and unhappy father, whom, with his iqually infirm but not quite so aged mother, this unnatural lad was accused of feeding liter. Ily on hiead and water, with out a sednt al lowance even of these prime necessi ties. Tho old coup e had surrendered their nil to this son, no doubt with the idea lie would he happy to minis ter to their ncressities doling the shott time they could survive, ami that un der his care they wou and want for noth ing which hie means coold supply.— T ey made a grevious mistake. The poor oLi man of tom-si ore found 111 his lowliness what Liar found in his granduor that it is a foolish thing for any one to put off his shoes tie foe ho is ready to go to bed, and that the failiei who bauds over u'l bis proper ty to bis son in unreasoning confi dence that a 1 will be right often finds ample time to discover bis mistake and to rue his fol'y.— Toronto Globe. A Youno Wiiitk Gikl Runs off with a Mi’i.atto —A case of elope ment has just transpired at Abilene, Kan , which has cronted no little amount of indignation among the people of that section. Jennie Belt' n, a pretty g'rl of fifteen, daughter of a fanner living near Abilene, disappear ed a few duys ago, and shortly after ward it was discovered that she had mu away in company with a notorious mulatto, about forty yeats of age, who ha- lived for sane time at Abi lene. As soon as tl.e fact became known considerable excitement pre vailed among the citizens, which was moie nugmenturi by the eiicumstan co that the girl is so young and child ish as to be scarcely responsible for her actions. The crizens immediate ly raised a laige sum of u.oney ns a tewaro and for payng the expense of pursuing the scoundrel and iiis vic tim. Marshal Horsington, <-f A' ileno, look up Idle trail and follow 3d it with great rapidity, came upon the flying couple at Kaiinn, captured them and at once took them aboaitl of a train bound to Abilene. When Ihe train atrived the tnther of the girl was at the depot aid attempted to slmot the abductor of his daughter, but was pre vented by Sheriff Nieolay It was with the greatest difficulty that the (itizoiis could be restrained from lynching the man. The girl was re am ed to her father, und the abductor put in jail. Couldn’t Fool ILm.—One of tho wnrl-ers in the Liberia movement met a wise old darkey in Shrevepoi t, Lou isiana. He was describing the great lei.tfrs (lie negro wotihl enjoy by emigiating, and told him that there the login did not have to vosk; there the lin k and hooey and bleed ami sugar treis con'.ered the fnest®, and tiananes, cotoanu s, pineapples, le mon®, and a 1 the tr. pnal truits giew evcrywheic. ‘ Uat’s Tiougli ol dat Stoiy,” said the old dat key; “dat nit. t so, knee if it was, de white man would a went (far long ago, and de niggets i.eher would hub kuowu nuffiu ’tio. t it ” Miss Quinn was accidentally shot in the temple !y John Patton, near Versailles, Ky., on Wednesday, and instantly killed. They wine jdayful ly stiiii-g tug for tho possession of a loaded pistol which heloiiged to the heroic pistol wcaier, Patton. P.T. Barnnui, an vipeit in the busi ness, says: “I have B®en a good many people humbugged during my life, uud iiave hum tigged some uiyand ; l ut 1 have noticed that more petsor.s, on the whole, aie hum' tigged by hc iieviug m nothing ll.au in bsltiving in too much.” VOL. XII. —NO 37. j Tilt; Case ot J. It. llerriiiKloii- Most of our readers will Term mher ' that in decvmber last, Mr. BiantLy Johnson, a citizen, of Dougherty, was killed by Rome person or peitcns in housb cl illlame in tlio southern purt of this city. Suspicion and evidence produced at thf. Cotoner’s inquest pointed to the guilt of two young men, Taylor Anderson and J. R. Herring ton. Those two fled the State. The Grand Jury of this ceuntv, at] last Spring Teun of C uirt, found true bills against Anderson for murder, and against Herrington as principle in the 2nd degree. Nothing was heard of either of the two men, until Tuesday morning last, when Herrington came into the Court room, and surrendered himself to’ tin* Sheriff, sayirg, “I sin your prisoner." lie was at once pilaced in the custody of an officer, ami later iu the day lodged in jail We understand that he will give bond for his a) pea ranee at the next term of the Court, to-day. — A’.bat-y News. A Cioud One. Duiing the first year of the war, says a Vermont paper, when change was scarce and some large firms were i.-suing money of their own, a farmer went to ast./iejn a neighboringjtown and bought some goods ai.d gave’the merchant u five dollar bill, of which ho wanted seventy-five cents back, — The mercliant*coi.nted it out and han ded it over tojtiie farmor,swho looked at it a moment an! inquired: •‘What’s this?” “it’s my currency,” said the mer chant. “Wa l , tain’t good for'nothing where I live,” siid the farmer. "Very well,” replied the merchant, “keep it until you gel a dollar’s worth, and bring it to niy store, and I will give you a dollar hill for it.” The’ farmer pocketed 'the change and departed. A few Weeks nfter ho went into the same stove, and bought goods to the amount of one dollar and paying over tl.e il ritia ilse>onty five cents,he took out a handful of pumpkin seeds and ounttd out twenty-five of them and p ssed them to the ru’rehan'. “VVhv,” said the] merchant, “whaf is this?” “Will,” says the farmer, "this is my currency, and when you get a dollar’s worth, bring it to my place and I will give you a dollar billjfor it.” Valdosta Times-, Little Charlie, soa of Mr. It. U. Anderson, of Clinch county, is but twenty-two months old. About a month ago he whs out in the wood*|iiear '.lie hour© with hie older brother, end coming across a rattle snake with fuur rattles and a bnltony picked it up" and started towards hi* brother, calling to him to “see the worm,” The terrified bov shomod to down that it was a snake —andstlie lit le fellow did as di rected and <so’ away without being bitten. Mr. Anderson is a reliable man, and told this circumstance to us in person, and ‘knowing the man we are willing to vruch for irs truth. Th little fellow was named for the edi or of this paper, and as it is likely th&t this fa"l preserved him from the fangs of i he, reptile, it > would be well lor parents to take notice. —— ——— Dr. Love, Editor'of the Pearson Pi oneer, uiado a visit to Dawson, recently, and has tbisjto’soy'of, roirnT of < ur citizens: We wero welcomed and kindly/rea ted hyJruany old friends in Dawson, and felt as though we r wanted to re main longer, but circumstances re quired* our immediate freturn. Dr t Cheatham was continual y administi r ing to the sick, we be quite a gentleman and a fine prrn titio. nor. Mr. John Griffin,is'io ,the mer cantile business and also a cotton huy er,for tfce Eistern market. Success lo him.- Dr. Jones lias a line b'usmcas of Denti try, alivHys ready and ac commodating. of o.align county, Va., belongi and to a Floli'la regiment during the war. lie was wounded in cite of tlie.'uutjieroiis battles fought in that part of Viiginia. The surgeon told him lie could never recover the we of bis leg.J.“Then,” said he,“l wiliuev er leave this battle field.” And fn has kept is word. A traveler late y saw his Clutch s’nuding at It’s cabin door as the cars wont by. His tobac co lot was pointed out, aud the in for® mu'ion given that lie has a little fac tory where lie makes chewing and smoking tobacco. ■ Killkd. Mr. Thomas S. Brunson, in company with two other gentlemen, went out opossum hunting lest Thurs day night near Haritson’s mill, in the fit li distiict, mid while cutting a tree d> wr, Ids axe handle struck against his left breast coat pocket in which he hail a pistol. The striking of the ax handle tired off the pistol, lodging tt liuilef in his body, which producer) death iu a few moments. Mr. Brun son had been in toe county truly a ► hoit time, but was highly respe ted in the community where he lived.—• ( idkbtrt Appeal. One good woid is due tobacco. Am Ohio couple quaneled, and iu tho best of the moment '.he man packed his carpet-hag and left her foiever A short distance fiotn the house ho discoveied tli: t lie had forgotten his tobacco-bo®. To go hack for it was be work of a momeut. Then, liav ng filled Ids mouth with the weed, he Loked upon Ids wife with minified eyes, and in another moment both , \ve:e protesting that they had only been iu fuu anyhow.