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Till" DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL. by j. d.-hoyl X CO. {ljnsoit (Wlffkln Journal ppiiLISHKl' KVKlir THURSDAY. fPJtMS— Strictly in .idvttnce. Throe months $ 75 Six months ; j Oiin ye l * l- i TTTjitvet'li *ers .*-*The money for ad /ertUing considered due after first inser- Cl AilYertise-nents inserted at intervale to be , harmed as new each insertion. An additional charge of 10 per cent will be made on advertisements ordered to be in serted on a particular page. Advertisements tinder the bead of “Spe cial Notices” will be inserted for 15 cents lj Be , for the first insertion, and 10 cents Lr line’for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements in the “ L0e..l Column,” willbs inserted at 25 cents per line for the fi rs t and 20cent- per line for each cubse onent insertion. All communications or letters on hustness lltended for thisoffice should be addressed o ThkDawson Journal” LEGAL ADVERTISING RATES. Sheriff sales, per levy ol 1 square $4 00 Mortgage sales, per levy... 8 00 Lai Sales, per lew 4 00 Citations for Letters of Administration 400 Application for Letters of feunrdia ship 5 00 Application for Dismission from ministration 10 00 Application for Dismissions hom Guardianship 5 00 Application for leevo to S' 11 Land— tne rq $5, each additional square.... 4 00 Application for Homestead 3 oO Notice to debtors and creditors ... 500 Land sales, per -qaare (inch) 4 00 dale of Perishable property, per sq 3 00 F.strav Notices, sixty days 8 00 Notice to perfect service 8 00 Rule Nisi, per square 4 00 Rules to establish lost papers, per sq 400 Rules compelling titles, per square.. 400 Rules to perfect service in Divorce cases 10 00 The above are the minimum rater of legal advertising now charged bv the Press of deorcia, and which we shall strictlv adhere to in the future. We hereby give final no tice 'hat no advertisement of this class wil be published in the Journal without the fee injur'd in advance only in cases where we have special arrangements to the contrary X. B. Barnes, rlPajrkr of •WTfIiES, NOCKS, t ij w.lry. Office on Main street Dawson, <t. Satisfaction guarantee!. JJh.irge* teas ornvble. sep 6,6 m. J. n GUFRKY, JAS, G PAKKB. • GUERRY & PARKS, /.ttorney? and Cobjisßlor? at LaVr, DAWSON, - GEORGIA. —:o: PRACTICE in the State atid Federal Courts. Collections made a specialty.— Promptness and dispatch guarantied and ineured. Nov 1 if R. P. SIMMONS, at La'S & Seal tjlate fe’t. Dawson, Terrell County, Ga SPEJIAL a tention given to collections, conveyancing and investigating titles to Real E<tate. Oct. 18, tf 'JAMES 1C BE 1.. ATTORNBy AT LHV7, MORGAIP, Calhoitn'Co., Georgia. OUSINE3S. intrusted to my cite will b -it prommly attended to. Special a-teat inn will be given to collections. T. 11 . PICKETT, Alfy A Counselor al Law, OKHCE with Oidinsry in Court Hoc■ >■. All business ent.listed tc hiscarewill receive prompt and efficient attention. Jalrt J. J. BECK, Attorney a t Law, Morgan. CnlSioini roniil^Ga* Will practice in the Alb ty Circuit and else wlicre in the State, by Contract. Pi ompt at' tention to all business entrusted to Lis care. Collections a specialty. Will also in vestigate titles and buv or sell real Estate in Uaihaun, Baker aud fiarly Conniies. march 21—tf L. G C A R T LEDGE, Attorney at Law morgax, - - Georgia. tV T ILL give close attention to all busi ' * ness entrusted to his care in Albany Circuit. 4-Iv j,. c. I lOYLI -Attorney at Law. Dawson. Georgia. D. H. FILLER, AT LAW, Morgan, <*a. E3f~ office in Ordinary’s Office. 030,8 m j. T 2 /an attorney at law, DA ws OV, - GEOli GIA . Olfipp over J tv'. J .hnston’s store. Janl medical card DR. JNO. aTgLADDEN, MOllGAfr, ,: GEORGIA, OFFERS bis eerfices to the ' ' p -op'e of Calhoun. aucank prowirrVlV attended to. Office East side of the public <4 'ro. Sept 80, $1 c t s ?*“ Vr ’ i: ! 8t [ ' 3 *\iT^ *750 oiilv *2sk V ° a \ dnos rcl " 1 P p ice Lira r"“' 00, “ fid ™ *•> ofccu- N. j. Ulel 1 filttaljy, Washington, fiifiSSfc* 8 # 8 10 *> Of 20 Chrome Cos n£* xV D * me - J - Hußted& 4 A VoCi * * 2 new instrumental pieces of Vf ™*? et Music, 10c. silver or sips- Mimic J ub Cos., Middlt bnro, Mass.. CV EARGR MIXED CARDS with name, in case, 13c. 25 wit.hou' 8a 8o m w Din cards 10c. Ou'fits lo c . F Washburn & Cos., MiiJdleboro, Mass. AGKNTsT WANTED!! for PARTICULARS ADDRESS VVILSOM SEWING MACHINE CD. 829 Broadway, New York City, Chu ago, 111, NY w Oil- am, La., or San Francisco, Oal. kwpvwbßo Those wishing Relief and Chre f or R,j,,: U . e should consult Dr. J. A. SHERMAN, ?58 Broadway, New York. Serid lbc for his new book, with Photograph liked*sses of bad cases before and after core. Beware of cheats who preteud to furnish Dr. Sher man’s tieatment. , One of these fellows, a German clerk, now calling himself Dr. VV. G Crarapien, is indicted on complaint o! Dr. S., and.awaits trial lor foigery and embezzlernont. /ffo J'X That Siinford’s Radical B Cure for Catarrh nil) net in N)/vj A/ s autly relieve and speedilv cure. R-ffrences, Henry Wells, Esq.. Weils, Fargo & For a. case Cos., Auroro, N. Y ; Wm Bowen E q, UsHation, Grant & Bowen, S . Lou s. Tes i of CSl!;itls mnniuls and treatise bv mail Price, improv<*s Inhaler, sl. Solo rve■ vwhere. WEEK* &, POTTER, Prop's Boston, Mass Cos Ufa'’* Volt .ic Pleasures are the best. Piano and Organ Playing IjuarsieiJ in si P.iy ! MvSON’3 CHARTS, which recently ere atf and such a eeua io in Boston and eisawlqfre, ill ernbl any-person, of any age) to Ma t* fee Piano or Organ’ in a day, ever though they have no knowledge of notes etc. The Boston Globe says : “You can learn to play on the piano or organ in a day, even 'I you never played before and have no. the slightest knowledge of notes, by the use of Mason’s Charts. A child ten years old ca le irn easily. They are endorsed by he best musical people in Bos'ou, and are the grand culmination of the inventive genius of the nineteenth cen tarry. Circulars giving full particulars and many testimonials will be sent Iree on a pli cation. Ouc set of Mason’s Quart,s, and a ra.e book of great ,va ue, entitled “Singing Made Easy,” both tabled, post paid, to any address for only $2 Worth more than SIOO spent on music lessons. ’ .Address A. C. .v. ORTON, Gene - al Agent, At auta, Ga. _ Agents wanted at once everywhere. Best chance ever off-red. Secure territory before too late. Terms free. dec B,tf UX ST'VT'T'Q should send 25 cts. X Ilf IN I O to H. M. Crider of York, Pa, for as.m/ie copy of his beauti ful Photograph Memorial Record. This is anew invention. au4 will find many anxious 'purchasersan everv neighborhood. Write for terms to agents of the grand picture entitled ‘The Illustrated Lord’s Prayer. H. M. CRIDER, Pub . York, P\. Land. For Sal© ! rg 'RE uodgrsig'iyd off-'S for sale his ya'u -1 able plantation, (9) uine miles north of Dav. sou, near Bear creek, containing about 750 acres—3so cleai-d and under cultiva tion—the balance well timbered. Good dwelling, gin bo-.se, ad all necessary out bu 'd Bgsl For terms, etc , add ess novlS, lm J. W LAGAN, D 'wn. (fa. Land For ale. 400 Arres B.Situl, 5 miles from Daw son on the Dover sod Cbickasawhaichie road _p W r of the MuKeliir place About one third newlv cleared and under cultivation, balance well timbered. .Apply to J. R. SCHOFIELD, Macon, Ga., or JAS. G. PARKS, Dawson,Ga. To Consumptives. * The advertisers, having been permanently cured of that dread disease. Consumption bv a simple remedv, is anxKus to make known to bi fellow sufferers ihe means of cure. To ail who desire it, he will send a copy (f the prescription used, (free of charge), will: the directions tor preparation and using the same, which thev will find a surn cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bron chitis; he, . Parties wishing the perscripuon will please address, K- v - E A W^ LS °v ’ • IX9 Penn St., Williamsburg, New You; SOTU E, NOTICE, NOTICE. If you want Posters, If you want Hill heads, |3f If you want Statemeny, If you want Note heads ggp* If vou want Show Cards If you want Law blanks If you want Bottle Labels If you want Auction Bills, jpgp - If you want Calling Cards, If you want Address Cards If vou want Business Cards g:gf” If you waut Programmes, If you want Letter Heads 1 you want Bank Checks jgf” If you want Shipping Tags It you want Certificates, If you want Ball Tickets, If you want Invitation Cards, i jpfi” If 3'ou want Business Circulars, S§p= If you want Business Wrappers. J-tf” If vou want Pamphlets Printed, It you want -Job Printing of anv description at as low prices as any where else, aad done in a most sat isfactory manner, you can srti-Ty your ‘wahtKy pftfrofti/.ing tM I Dawson Journal Job Office DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEE RE ARY 7 1878. H:rSi Twain’s .liiinpiiig I’rtig :titd ‘ii* .fliiii Smiley. Smiley, who was in the habit tf . Letting on t verythingthot came along, kept a pet frog in a little lattice box, ' and he us.d to fetch him down towu ! sometimes and lay for a bet. One ! day a feller —a straDger in the camp, he was—come across him with his box, and says: '‘What might it be that you’ve got in the box *?” And Smiley says, sorter iod fferent like: “It might be a parrot, or it might be a canary, may be, bu*. it ain’t —it’s only just a frog.” And the teller took it, and looked at it carefully, and turned it around this way and that, and says : “H;tu —so ’tis Well, what’s he | good for?” “Weil,” says Sruiley, easy and care less, “ho’sgoodenough for one thing, I should judge; lip can out jump ary frog iu Caiaveras county.” The, feller took the box again, and took another long, particular look, and give j it back to Smiley, and says, very ' deliborate; “Well, I don’t see no pints about that frotr that’s any bettor’n any other frog.” “Maybe you don’t,” Smiley says, “maybe you understand frogs, and maybe you don’t understand ’em;— maybe you’ve had experience, and may be you are only a amature, as it were. Anyways I’ve got tuy opinion, and I’ll risk forty dollars that he can ou jump any frog iti Oai ,voras county.” And the feller studied a minute, and then soya, kinder sad-like: “Well, I’m only a stranger here > and 1 ain’t got no frog; tut if I had a frog, I’d bet you.” Ami then Smiley says : “That’s all tight—that’s all right; if you’ll hold my frog a minute, I'.l go and get you a frog.” And so the feller took the bos, and put his lorty dollars along with Smiley’s and set down to wait. So he set there a good while think ing and thinking to liisselt, and then he got the frog out and prtzd his mouth open hntf tfcok a teaspoon'and filled him full of shot— fi led him pretty near up to the chin—and set him on the floor, Smi'ey he went to the swamp and slopped around in the mud fer a long t me, and fitvaly he ketched a frog, and fetched him in, and give to the feller, and *ays: “Now, if you’te ready, st him alongside of Dan”, w>'h his fore paw just even with Dan’ls, and I’ll give the word.” Then he says, “One —two three—jump!” And bin and the fel ler touched up the In gs from behind and the new frog hopped of), lut Dan’l gave a heave, and Itisted up his shoulders— 6o —lik a Frenchm m.but it wasn’t no use —be couldn’t bulge ; he was p'anted as solid as an anvil, and lie couldn’t no more stir than if he was anchoiedout. Smiley was a good deal surprised, and he was disgustrf, too, but he didr/thave no idea what was the matter, of course. The feller took the money and star ted away; and when he was going out at the door, he aortei j rkod his thumb over his shoulders at Dan’l t and says again, very deliberate; “ Well, I don’t see no pints about that frog that’s any better’n any other frog.” Smiley lie stood scratching his he id and looking at Dan’! a long time, and at lust he saya; “I do wonder what iu the nation that frog tltiowed off for—l wonder jf the r a ain’t something the matter with him—he ’peers to look mighty baggy, somehow.” And he ketched Dan’l by rhenapof the ueck, and lifted him up and says, “Why, blame my cats if he don't weigh five pounds”’ and turned him upside down, and he beLhed out a double handful of shot. And then he saw bow it was, and he wes the mad dest man—ho set the frog down and took after that leflow, but he never knetebed him. “The sentence of the Court is,” said Judge Poiler, a popu’ar Irish magii trate to a notorious drunkard, “that you be confined in jail for ths longest period the law allows; and I hope you you will spend the time in cursing whiskey- 1 ’ “I will, sir, and Porf.e^ too.” “Simnce in the couit!” thundered a Kentucky Judge the other morning. “Half a dozen men have been convict ed already without the court’s having beeiv able to hear a w.'id of the testi mony?” 15 il'ltnin s<i Saukey. At the meeting in the booth Bablist Church Thursday night, Mr Moody approached Mr. P. T Barnutn with the usual question: “Are you a Cht'E* tint,?” “I think a man is very unwise who don’t believe in Christ and the principle of Christianity,” replied* Mr. Barnutn. Moody—You believe that is the only true road to sa'vation? Barnutn—Yes, I believe no rain can be saved from sin except by turnin r away from it and practising theprecepts of C rist and nobody uau cheat the Almighty. The fulfilment of His laws brit gs peace, while the infringement ol them brings trouble and sorrow. ‘‘That is what I believe,” said Mr. Moody, and he passed ou. Soou afteiward Mr. Sank-y asked a yonug lady sitting n-xt to sir. Barnutn whether she thought her works would save he". She replied phe thought good works would count semetowatds her salvation. Sankey—There is where you are mistaken If your works were piled as high as this church they would be cfntr service to you. Hire is my bible! Justshow me, if you can, wlysre works are ever counted as of any’ avail. “ Every man shall lie rewarded ac according to bis works,’ ” said Mr. Barnnm. Sattkey—“He that believes not is condemed already.” | Barnum—“And this is the condem -1 nation, that light hath entered into the world and men choose darkness rather than light ” Sank“v —Do you believe all sinners will he saved? Bu nun: —Dare you prsy that any shall be damned? Sankey—l pray that all mey repent and he saved Barnum -Do the angels rejoice over the sa'vation of that very fnsCost sheep that you sing so sweetly about iu “Ninety -ndNine?” Sankey—Of course they do. Barnum —Well, if you end the an gels and ail good people pnv for the ultimate r< peutaoco and salvation from sin of all sinners, will not their prayers be answered? I)o you not “p ay in faith” without “doubting,” as you are commanded? Here another gentleman asked Mr. Barnum if he did not beliuva anybody would go to hell. Btrnum—N tto a heP olendless tor men’s,sit - f>rnosuch hell ver existed - St. Paul in all hisepia les and preaching never used the word *’he 1 in his liie so far as the New Tes'iment testifies and yet St, Paul said lie had “npt failed to decUro the who'e counsel of God”; and that “he had kept back noth ing thtt was profitable” to men. Ther will be no childless mothers in the para disc of Cod. D>a h and hell are to be fina lydestroyed; t very knee must bend and t very tongue confess. Christ will put all things under his feet and He has promised to draw all men unto Him. He will render up all to G->d and G"1 will be all in all. The way c ft e rat sgr, ssoi ishmdjand those who persist in “riotous living” will be brought to the husks aid the sw.ne, but the Good Father, whose mercy endureth forever and extends over a'l Ilis works, will wi' with open arms tintill that last wandering, bruised and battered sheep, slowly, wemblingle wends its way hack tt the fold and then the poor mother who had so long prayed and wept for tbo return of her wayward son vill join all other reunited families and the choir of holy angels in singing anthems of piaise and thanksgiving to God, the S. vior of the world (not a part of the world) for at last overcoming evil with good and establishing everlasting righteous ness. At this point the gentleman w o eccompanied Mr. Barnum reminded | him that it was tune to go .—Hartford Evening Post. An old colored preacher was lectur ing a youth of his fold about the sin of dancing, when the latter protested that the Bible plainly said: ‘There is a time to dance.’ ‘Yes, dar ant a time to dance,' said the dark divine, ,and jt s when a boy gits a whippin’ for gwine to a ball.’ A New York clothing merchant has excited considerable curiosity’ "by having a large apple painted on his ■ B i on. When asked for an ex plana, tion, he quickly inquired; ‘lf it hadn t been for an apple, where would the I ready-made clothing stores bef A Vision On the 15th of Febnary, 1874, at 10 a, uj., on a clear sunshiny day, as j was standing in the field, I saw a small hole breaking in the eaith to my right- I saw water in the hole and tire sand from the sides commenced tutu 1 ling into it. I felt the e.uth moving undei my feet, and looked down and saw the earth rising up I looked in tiro hole and saw a beast lifting the eirth up out of the water. The boas! reached from east to west. I could not imagine where that beast was going to stand. Ha came up slowlv and when his feet came to the top of the wa’er the earth which he had lif ed up out of the water broke in the midd'e and fell into tho water with a mighty crash. As it broke and fell iuto the water, it was sifted and consumed by fire. The waves came back leaving the surface of the water perfec ly smooth. The sun was Mown out. the moon turned to Mood aud the r.tars disappeared. Tho water then commenced sinking down and a new earth came in sight without a spot, speck or b emish. As this new eaith made its appe,.ranee, the wato* rolling over the emth to tho east, in one mighty roll, and the ear h open ing upon the east side swallowed it up leaving nothing hut the purified eaith to be seen. This eaith was perfectly white and spotless. Every human being that had ever been horn appeared standing upon the surface of this new earth tight where they fell on the oid oue, except two. Enoch and E ij ih. The almighty then came down with all the angels—that wete with Him before this wot Id was made-around Hm. Enoch and Elijah were with Him, one on etch side,. He had a hook in His hand. AH the inhabi tants of the earth stood, every one facing God, to he judged out of tnc book. When He had judged a man lie turned the b >ok. Every one was in plain sigh'. I saw thousands upon thousands of little infants, all stand ing up Multiplied millions of people were there, and the farthest off seemed as nea. as the nearest. The light was brighter than any that I bad ever seen. Every one was in plain sight. As the leaves of the book were turned I saw thousands fall. As they fell they slid over to the left into an aw ful lake, where they rolled over and over amid the flnnes and smoke.— with all that were in it, rollel over •nd over, with nothing to ca cti hold to. Aftr this was ov r those that remained were ail blight and glori ous. Every li(to child stood, Gut thousands and millions of grown per sons fill into ti e lake. When the vision was over, I heard a loud vi ico saying : “Go tell it—go ted it to the world ” I thought I would say noth ing about ir; but hat night a voice again said; “Go tell it to the world.” I believe if I had not told it I would have died. I feel that I shsi 1 not be able to “stand” if I fail to let it be known as far as I possibly can - George J. Braswell. Killing His Sister's Betrayer.— The trial of Eirnotid J. flopping for the murder of Phillip Proudfit at Ster ling Valley, on Friday, the lJJtb of Ju'y last, took p ace at Auburn, N Y‘, on Monday las*, resulting in a verdict of arciuittal. Proudfit having seduced Iloppitie’s rioter fled the country, f u' afterwards returned, and going into the store uheie Hopping was employed taunted him witli the remark: You’ve lived through it, haven’t you?” Hoppins seized a base ball fiat and stru k Proudfit over the head, the latter dying from the effects ot the blow on the following Sunday. Intense interest prevailed throughout the tria , the court being thronged Iron’ day to day. The vet diet was in accordance with the public expectation. r he Jury were out between th e and four fiours. Within half an hour after his acquittal, Hopping was mar ried to Mi s Amy E. Turner, to whom he was to have been married in Octo ber last. The jury were present as witnesses. The officiating clergyman came from Sterling to perform the ceremony in anticipation of the ver dict. Hr. Hugh Proudfit, an uncle of Phillip, and who attended him after the fatal blow, and was u witness at the trial, died suddenly at Auburn on tne morning of ti e 25th, th“ disease trom whioh he suffned b ing aggra varrd, it is thought, by rnxietylegt he might he charged with malpractice in the case. >1 Twaig'i Customer. Gen. Charier Clarke, ex-G .vtrnor of Mi sissippi, died a few days ago at (he age of sixty-eight. lie served in the Mexican war as a volunteer, but was i-ent home invalided.as a eoiittump’ivo, by the suigenus Their verdict Dr. Warreu Stone, the highest authority of the Southern faculty, confirmed, one lung having j orished completely, and the Lieutenant was advised to go home and lead the quia: fife of a planter, avoiding all excitement, wheiqby he might prolong his life for eighteen months, or j et'haps evenfortwo years, j He weut borne, but did not die; indeed, I utter serving in the Legislature and several public offices, he was alive to head a Confederate f.iigade at Shiloh* As ho took a patting gln-s with Col. VV. H. McArdle, a vetrau Mississippi journalist, he said; “I think you will have a good cbnace of publishing that obituary whit h you promised me thirteen years ago. I have outlived nil the doctors,hut lam not so confident that I shall escapt the Yankee balls aud shells whitch I shall be co*npel:ed to face to-day.” After the first day’s battle General. Clmke was betne to the rear wrapped in a b'anketsaturated with blo-d. “You can publish that obitua.'y now, he basinet with a soldier’sdeath,” was ti e remark of one of those who bore him, and theohituary wasshoitlyafter wa'ds published in ‘he New Or'eans papers. Shortly afer tho battle of Baton Rouge, however, General. Clarke was seen again at New Or'eans. He had been shot through the body at Shiloh and left on the field, to be taken pris oner, to recover and to be exchanged, and at Baton Rouge a minie ball broke his thigh, near the socket 1 Dr Stone wav the surgeon who now brought around the man he condemn ed to a sprudy death in 1848, and though his leg V. as shortened several inc es, Gen. Gla'ke lived to be Govern or of Mississippi and to die fifteen yearr later, quietly in his bed, having buried sever til generations of doctors, gone through two wats witbonolurig, been twice left for dead on the fra'doi battle,and seen Ifisobitnary published Petard by u l>vil Fish. Early last Augusta party of Cape Flattery or Makaw Indiana, return ing from n visit to their fri< nd (the Songish of V'.ctoiia), rncftniped the first afternoon out on the beau'iful Hay of A l 'etchosen, V. I, The weather Being very fine, most of tho party went bathing, and among the number a maiden of perhaps eighteen sum mers, who had accompanied her grandfather on the trip. Desiring seclusion, she went round a joint atv.iv from the other Lathers, and be ing known as h bold twi turner, is sup posed to have tn 1 en a header into deep water. However taken, it prov es! to hove been a plunge into the arms of death, for when the swim mers reassembled around the camp fire the girl was missed, and, notwith standing a diligent search that even ing, could not 1 e found. The follow ing morning with sad hearts the par ty left; bui'very soon those in the fore, came, oti rounding the fiist point, saw (the water being calm r.nd clear) a human body as it seated on the sandy sea bottom, with what seemed like a flout bag immediately bell tid it. The natives knew what this meant. As soon as the canoes got together, two of the most active.— jouug msn managed wifi. daggers so to di.-able the mounter (for it was a gigantic devil fuh) that the octopue with its vic‘im was brought to the suiface The loregoing tacts have been communicated to our informant by an intelligent find respectabie hull breed woman from M.-tobosnn who saw the body of the drowned girl with some of tbe prphenslies of the moltisk still adhering to it. £he> compared the hea 1 of the octopus in size to that of a fifty-pound Hiur sack, lull; ami .-aid that the tentacles were tielve in numbor, ot different sizes, and the largest ah ut tho circumference of a man’s aro". “That reminds toe of my mo tl. ei law’s moult,” said to a friend as lie pointed to a saloon on vineshett with a familiar bulletin in the window ‘ How e‘> Jck?”quei ied ihe companion with muc surpr>e “Bocals ■ its open at all hours.” An l then they both laughed aud went io, an 1 winkel at a man with a diamond pin, who set out a >hiack bo tie, aud said it aas a fine day. VOL. 1111.--NO 50. j f bead tVafte* f n Time for I be Wedding. Near Boston, there happened sonirv I thing exceedingly singular and highly dramatic. At the house of a certain good citizen, preparations were going busily forward for a wedding. The hippy day was only forty-eight hours "ff, and a gay p ar ty of brides-maida were expediting the preparations for (he festival down stairs, when sud denly, while she sat at her sewing up sluirs, the grandmother of the bride (eh dead. Nobody saw it except her ami and his wife, wno were sitting by her, and their exclamations of horror and sm prise were not heard down staiis. They then determined to keep the tnisloriu;iu|to themselves until alter the marriage, as it would necessarily postpone the happiness of the ycung people for soma mentis, and be a bit of disappoinunen*. So they shroud ed the corpse and laid it out iu *i lance. The wiiTdows were thrown open to the ohiil night air, the door locked and (tie corpse left to the cold and dark ness while down stairs music and jest went on, and the bride expec tants, and tho frosted cakes for the wedding supper were t.itnmed with busy fingers. A bright sun streamed next morning into the respective rooms where lay the bride in her rosy s’eep, and tho corpse cold aDd stark on tbe stretcher. Into (ho chill room came tho son and his wife for the pnrpose of measuring the body that a coffin might be secretly got ready. Sudenly the wife gave a wild start and clutched her husband’s arm, pnin ing to the body. It was stirring under the sli.oud; it threw up its hands; then sat up, and looked about, and called for water. The seeming death had been a sudden fiance; the old lady declared that she had ‘ueveir slept better in her life.’ Sbe was then dressed in her usual costume, and nobody down stairs was the wiser for what had occurred. The wedding took place, and the nice old dame in her black and starched cap enjoyed the occasion as heartily as anybody, chirruped as n.enily and ate charlotte russe with as keen a zest as if she had not worn a shroud and lay on a stretchar a few hours before. Extehminatino the Buffaloes.— The Te>as GnelU says : “The buffa loes coioei in counless herds for wa ter, and it is at the water holes they re captured. Tho leader is first shot by a long range gun, and this demor alizes tho herd, and tho shooting may be cont’nued at pleasure. They ate killed lor the value of their pelts, nay eighty or ninety cents, and the carcasses are left to perieh. Two hundred thousand head have already bean slaughteied, and it is estimated there will he three hundred and fifty thousand before the season is over.” The govert went should adopt some means to put a 6top to this prodigal extermination of the wild eattleof the prairies. The El 'Orton Gazette sßya that in that place Mr. J S. Hammond, who has been in jail frr some time on charge of assault and cattery with in tent to murder, has a rooster with him in his cell that in said to be train ed or educated to an astonishing de gree. The chicken is of the game • pecies, at and is said to be a fighter of no mean repute. Hammond calls bis pet by the euj honious name of “Dick,” and by signs and words makes the fow l perform many tricks that are tru ly rem irk able. Hammond and Dick occupy a cell by themselves, and the Liid seems i-flVctionat-ly fond of his master, w bile the master says he de rives groat pleasure from the society of the chicken. How Sue Got a. Husband —The following little uovel in a nutshell is furnished by a Maine exchange: A Biddeford girl has just got a husband by means of her graduation essay. It wa - published in on© of the papers of that ciiy, and au extract from it iu which ti e lady declared her in tention of eaitii' g her own living was widely c pled and met the eye of a Cincinnati iron met chant, who was so much taken with it that he sought the authoi’s name and address* A correspondence ensued, and theyonng lady was persuaded to abandon the ietermi' ati n announsed iu her e uy. '