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A MAN WHO WAS HANGED
ONCE.
Ami isQojite Likely to be Hanged
Again, and this Time Ef
fectually.
A giay biirtd anil decrepit prison
| er arrived here from the West Thurs
day night in charge of deteetiveß. A.
Kincade, of Olupy and J. Stone, ex-
of Putnam county, Indiana.
The old man was lodged in our city
jail, and last evening he resumed his
journey Perryville, Boyle
county, Kentucky,where he is want
ed for having murdered an old and
helpless lady in cold blood on the
night of the 12th day of April, twelve
year* ago.
In 1 BCG John Taylor liverl near
Danville, Ky., and enjoyed the luxuri
es of good health, little care, . fair
means of living, and a large family.
His son, Wiilinm Taylor was indicted
by the grand jury of Boyle county lor
robbing a country dwelling and steal
ing some goods One of the princi
pal witnesses in his case was Mrs.
Mary Bolton, a widow, who lived in
a farm house, with no other compan
ion than a little granddaughter. On
the morning of the 13th of April, that
year, the old lady was found dead
ip her bed, with a bullet hole in her
head and the bedclothes drenched
with blood. At first the fioiror seem
ed likely to remain a mystery, till the j
little granddaughter, whom fright
for a long time rendered mute,
said that she awoke about twelve
o’clock the night before, and saw two
moD in the room whom site readily
recognized as John Taylor and his
son William. She knew their pres
ence meant mischief, and she quiet
ly covered herself up with the bed
clothes. She heard the rifleshot that
killed her grandmother, but was par
alyzed, and so gave no sign. The
men did not discover her.
At once the fathor and son were
placed under arrest. The prisoners
were forcibly *.aken from the officers,
carried to the woods, and hung to a
iree. The crow.i remained only long
enough to complete their work, as
they supposed. By some agency—
possibly through a defect in the rope
—the old mau waa allowed to fall to
the ground shortly altar the mob left,
and there he lay for several hours
He tinally recovered the use of his
limbs, but not of his mind, and went
a wandeiing. He was recaptured and
escaped. He made for Illinois and
found safety in the swamps of Egypt
for nearly a year. Thence li3 went to
Cocper county, Mo., thence to Kansas,
thence back to southwest Missouti,
thence to Burbane county. Kas., thones
to Yernon county Mo., where lie made
his final settlement, near the town ot
Nevada, Vernon county. At each of
the a Dove places he spont ayearortwo,
leading the wretched life of a squat
ter; but at the last place he mot with
some success in tilling a patch of
ground. There ho was detected. He
has a dutighter living in Kentucky,
and five sons-in-law, some of whom
Jive in Missouri.
Death of John Morrissey.
Mr. Tilden lost his strongest sup
porter when Morrissey died. The
country has lost nettling, for his
gambling establishment has seduced
and ruined more tneu than any insti
tution in the land. His cateer has
been a wonderful one, peculiarly
American. Born in Ireland, he early
came to New York. A rough and
bruiser, bar-keepar, prize-fighter
ward politician, Congressman for one
term, influential in Governor and
President making, noted pool soller,
then State Senalor, violating openly
the very laws he helped to make.—
Such is his history. He had some
fine traits of character, and aided in
passing some good laws- His whole
life has Leon that of a gambler—now
in a small, then in a princely fashion.
The world has not been benefited in
the least by his living; yet as the
anti-Tammany candidate he beat
Augustus Schell for the State Senate
8,000 votes in the wealthiest district
in New York city. Ho died childless,
his only son havi. g breathed his last
a year or two ago. He had pluck
and an indomitable will, and has ever
been a good Democrat,
m ~ ~
It is estimated that every man who
livos to be sixty years old has sfant
seven months of his life buttoning
his shirt color,
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 23 1878.
The First Dollar Greenback.
A few weeks ago this paper pub
lished a notice that Mr. R T. Leav
erton, of Holden, Mo., had in his pos
! session the first dol'ur greenback is
sued by the Government. That notice
was published far and wide in the
newspapers. Mr. Geoige Gioss, of
Kansas City, read it and urged the
owner to set a price. He said $25,
and had the money shoved quickly
into his hands. In a few flays Mr.
Gross was offered $65 for his pur
chase, but declined to sell. In lour
days after making the sale Mr. Lev
ertou received an offer of SIOO for the
bill from St. Louis parties, which he
tendered to Mr. Gross, who declined
to sell. Mr. Hat,hey, a boss biidge
builder, offeted $l5O iugold’foi a bait
ioteiest in the bill (which was now
considered to fie a groat bonauza), hut |
this offer was also refused. A whole
sale liquor firm concluded that it
would be a good thing and a cheap
advertisement at SSOO, and made this
offer, but with the same lack of sue- !
cess. Bidding upon the oldest dollar
greenbeck then became general, and
reached S7OO. but still Mr. Gross re- ;
tamed the proprietorship.
The most interesting and last-heard
of offer was from Brick Potneroy. He
wauted to boirow the bill to display
at hustings during a canvass for the
National Greenback party He was
promptly informed that if he would
execute a bond in the sum of SI,OOO,
with two good secutities for the safe
return of the bill, he could have the
use of it for a short campaign.— Hen
ry Ccunty {Mo ) Democrat.
The Middle Georgia Argus gives
the foliowing account of a Cowardly
attempt at murder in its neighborhood,
in which a little baby in its mother’s
arms received an almost fatal wound.
It says: ‘R G. Byars, Jr., lives a
mile and a hall from town. At daik
of the 2d inst his wife w -ut to the
milking leaving in her room nor little
babe, who is just fourteen months old,
VV bile Mrs. Byars was attending to
her du'ies at the ‘cow per’the child
commenced fretting, wheienpon its
father, who had been about theyaid,to
pacify it took it up to carry it to the mot ti
er, not dreaming of the sad calamity
that awa'ted his little cherub. Ar
riving at the side of its mother the
child hushed. But Mr. Byars de
scried a person behind a tree hard by
and accosted him, saying: hat are
you doing behind that tree T which
was no sooner said titan he was fired
upon by the suspicious looking indi
vidual, and the innocent little babe,
instead of its father, fell the victim of
the wou'd-be assassiu’s bullet! The
frionziod mother seized hot infant aud
bore it into the heuse, where she and
her husband did all ihoy could for it
until medical aid was had. An in
vestigation revealed that the ball had
entered and passed thrbi’gh the little
one’s left arm, just below the arm-pit,
and then entering the body came out
in the region ot the spiue and lodged
in its clothing. The wound was
promptly dressed, anil nothing left
undone to alleviate the child’s suffer
ings, In the opinion of Dr. Saunders,
the attending physician, the wouud
will not prove tatal.” A man named
Robert Smith was arr- sled on suspic
ion, who, at the timo of his arrest,
was in a beastly state of intoxication.
He succeeded iu making his escape,
however, and has not been heard of
since.
A corpse started the watchers at
the Home of the Little Sisters of tl,o
Poor, ir. Richmond, Va-, one night
last week. An inmate, Mrs. Hilliz,
had died, and the corpse had been
laid'out in the'parlor of the institution.
At midnight, as the Sisters were
watching the bier, the sunken eyes
appeared to flash, tho blood came
back to the faded cheek, and, as
though imbued with superhuman en
ergy, the dead body arose from its
resting place, which was ajdrapadjblcck
pft’.l. The watchers stared at one an
other overwhelmed with horror
and awe. Tho risen corpse quietly
shook herself and remarked: “I am
not dead yet, but I shall die soon. 5 ’
The Sisters, after recovering from
their consternation, undressed the
lady and put her to bed. She became
conscious, and, after lingering until
Wednesday, died again.
A Monster Boar Killed in Pierce
County.
Blacksitkau j Ga., May 13. —Editor
Morning News: On lasl Saturday after
noon, about six miles from here, in
what i* known as “Cross Swamp” was
killed the largest bear ever seen or
heard of iu these pnrts, measuring
in length eight feet and weighing
three bundled and twenty-five pounds
uat. This monster has been hunted
almost incessantly for the last six
months by those veteran huntsmen
Mr. Jeff. J. Dixon, Horj. Joseph E.
Dixon, A. E. Cochrane, E,q, Mr.
Joseph E. Griner, and James Brown
E-q., the last named carrying off the
honois, it] being he who, with uner
ring aim. brained him at the first
shot-
Many visitors from hero and else
where assembled yesterday at the res
■ idence of Mr. James Brown to con
.gratu'ate the successful shot and view
tho huge carcass of old bruin. It is
estimated that first aud last over five
hundred head of hogs have fa'lon a
victim to him and the killiug is natual
ly considered no little event.
Wo are having a copious rain this
evening, wiiich, although it is rather
inopportune owing to out cutting hav
ing commenced, will nevertheless do a
gieat deal of good. W.
—
Josh Billings on Marriage.
Sum marry because they have been
highsted sum whar “lse; tliisiz across
match, a bay and sorrel, pride makes
it endurable.
Sum marry for love without a cent
in their pocket nor a friend in the
world nor a drop of pedigree. This
looks desp rate, but it iz the s.rength
of the game
Sura marry bekauze they think
wimmin willbe scarce next spring and
live to wonder how the crop holds
out.
Sum marry to get rid of themselves
and discover that the game was one
that two could play at nd neither
win.
Sum marry the second time to got
even and find it a gambling game, the
more they put down the less they iako
nr.
Sum marry to be happy, and not
finding it, wonder where all the hap
piness gees to when it dies.
Sum marry they can’t tell wbv and
live they can’t tell how.
Almost everybody gets married, and
it is a good joke.
Sum marry in Laste, and then sit
down and'think it carefully over.
Sum think it careluliy first and then
set down and marry.
Both ways are right, if they hit the
mark.
Sum marry rakrg to convert them-
This is a tittleriskey, andtakes a smart
missionary to do it.
Sum marry coquetts. This is like
buying a poor man, heavily moit
gaged, and working the balance
ov ynre dayes to clear opri tho mort
gages
Bat after all marriod life iz full as
certain as as the dry good bizzines
No man kan swear exactly wliar
he will fetch up when he tuchc-s caliico.
Kno man kan tell jist w’hat- calico
ha* made up her mied tew do next.
Calico don’t know even herself-
Dry goods ov all kinds iz tho child
ov circumstances.
The man who stands on the bank
shivering, and dassent, is more apt to
ketch cold than him who pitches biz
hod iust into the river.
If enny body asks you wlii you got
married (if it need be), tell them you
don’t recoil!; t.
Marriage is a safe way tew gam
ble—if yu win, yu win a pile, and if
yu lose, yu don’t lozoanny thing but
the privilege of living dismally alone
and soaking yureown feet.
An Ohio Radical stumper, while
making a speech, paused in the midst
of it and exclaimed; “Now gentlemen,
what do you think I” Instantly a man
rose in the assembly, and with one
6ye paitially close', modestly, with u
strong Scotch brogue, replied: “I
think, sir.—l do indeed, sir—l think
if you and I were to stump the conn-1
try together we couM tel! more lies
than any other two men in the coun.
try, sir, and I’d not say a word myself
during the whole time, sir!”
It is said one man can take a horse
to water, but one hundred cannot
make him drnk. Men are different
from boises ; one man can take a
. hundred up to the bar and make
I them diiuk as often is he likes.
THE LOAD ON 11IS MIND.
Startling Confession Under the
Influence of a Quicken
ed Conscience.
Someone, a figure arrayed in white,
with frills around its head and blood
in its eye, let him in, and he lounged
with easy graca into the first chair
that wont past him, after he had made
several vain attempts to sent himself
|on the piano. The reproachful figure
of Mrs. Bosbyschell regarded him
with calm severity, and her icy silence
made him feel uncomfortable.
“Moggareck,” lie said, thickly, but
with giave earnestness, “Moggnreck”
(Mis Bosbysohell’s front nano is Mar
garet), “I’ve—h o—l’ve gotta—gotta
quickened ccshience. ’
“A whi.t?” asked Mrs. BosbyschoH,
in calm disdain.
“A quicked coshioncc,” repeated
Mr. Bosbyschell. “A quicked con
silience. A—hie—l’ve got something
ommy min’, M ggart I’vo gotta —
liic— coffessiol codfession gotaco
feesion t’mako.”
“You can make it in the morning,”
sho said, iraperioudy. “1 am going
to bed. You may sleep where you
please, or rather where you can.”
“New” protested Mr. Bosbyschell
with much vehemence, can’t —cant
wait—hie —cautgct sleep iih thVload
ommy—ommy. Got conffession t’make
ah, mes’ -urns’ make it. Done suth
iti’, Moggot —hie—been— been n—
beona-- load ommy mind long time.
Been—hie — eatryin’ 'guilty secret
round ’ith me too long. Quicked
coshenco wou’ gitniny —won’ gitnmy
nope —hie—no peace. Mus’ tell you
sumpin’, Mogeri; sumpin’, ’ll s’prise
you. I’ve”—
“Mercy on 'me, man!” exclumed
Mrs. BosbyschoH, stariled fiom her
composure, “what have you bean do
nig? Teii me quick; teli me for
heavou’s sake?”^
“Margart,” said Mr. Bosbyschell,
“it’s sumthin ye nev — hie — never
suspec —eu<ponted. It’ll mos’ kill ye.
IIic! B’poc’ it’ll n—nigh Jiive mo cra
zy. ’Sawful t’think ’bout it Y r —y’
wouldn’ b’iieve it of me. Margart y
—ye wouldn’ I’ve been”
“Speak!” shrieked the almost fran
tic woman. “I’m wild with suspense-
Speak, tell me all, quick! Oh, I could
tear her eyes out! Tell me, you brute,
what is her name? Who is she?”
‘•\Vh —wh—hie! VVho’sh who!”
demanded Mr. Bosbyschell, in blank
amazement.
“The woman, you wrefeh!” scream
ed hi 9 wife; “who is the woman?”
‘ Oh, shaw, Moggart,” ejaculated
Mr. Busby schell, “tain’th hit*—that.
Wussun that. ’Sraoredreadful. Hie
’Smote crusHin.’ You--liic, y'won’t
hardly b’lieve it—hie—w’ea toll ye.
Moggart ”
“Speak!” wailed the anxi&us wo
rnan, wringing her hand*. “Speak;
let me know the worst' What hare
you been doing?”
“Moggart,” sail Mr. Idosbyschell,
solemnly and with the air of a man
upon whom a quickened conscience
Had wrought its petfoet work,
"Margant,” be said, nerving himself
for the shock of confession, “Margot,
I’ve—hie—l’vo beou drinkiDg'.'’
—•
A Littls Lesson dr Sunday. —lt
was a bridal scene. The wineeup pass
ed from lip to lip. One gentleman
who thought hiraeif cured of his
diiaking habits, r fused. “Can t you
pledge friendship in a social glass?”
pleaded ttie bridegroom. “I dare not
I cannot.” Then the beautiful bride,
with bewitching smiles and eyes that
were brighter than the jewels on her
fingers, held out the poison to him,
saying: “Surely you will not refuse
oie?" The color mounted his cheek.
He faltered Ho yielded to the Circe
of the banquet. The first taste ti ed
his lost, and he ceased not till he
was a set again, A few years after,
one quiet summer’sevening, a wretch
ed outcast reeled into the open door
of a pleasant home, when a lady was
just drinking a gbss if wine, allow
ing her Httle one to sip. The vaga
bond sprung forward with a maniac’s
frenzy, raided his arm,dashed the cup
to the floor, and shouted, “Murder
him if you will hut, not with that!
Look at me. You made me what I
am. I was respected and honored.
You taunted me at your wedding.
Now there is not a reptile I would
not gladly change places with, i
must soon *-tacd before God’s bar.
On your bead rests my blood 1” A
gurgliogsound was heard in tiis throat.
He tell at her feet a corpse. Ho
sleeps in a nameless grave, the vic
tim of cruel though thoughtless seduc
tion.— Professor Thieing'a Handbook.
A Beautiful Sentiment.
Dr, Chalmers beautifully says*
The little that I have seen in the
world and know of the history of
mankind tenches me to look upon
their errors iu sorrow, not in anger,—
When I take the history ofono poor
heai t that hna sinned and suffered,
and represent to myself the strugglos
and temptations it passed through
the brief pulsation of joy ; tie tears of
regret; the feebleness of purpose; t e
soorn of the world that lias little elm: i
ty; the desolation of the soul’s sauct
uary, and threatening voices within
health gone; happiness gone—l
would fain leave the eriiug soul of
my feilowman with H.ru from whose
bauds it came.
An Onondaga Indian Killed is.ik
Robbing a Fabmeh’s Wife. —A mur
derous affray occured twelve miles
south of Syracuse, N. Y , iu the town
of Lafayette. About nmo o’clock
Friday morning two vagabond Indi
ans belonging to ttie Onondaga tiibe,
went to the farm house of \\ illiam
Curtin and ~sked for some liing to
eat. Mrs. Curtin was alouo in ‘.he
house and at once acceded to their
demands and gave them breakfast.—
After they hail finished eating, one of
the Indians,j named Henry Jones,
handed Mrs. Curtin a few cents for
the meal. As she was putting the
money in her purse Jones seized her
and threw her on the floor, robbed
her of w'hat rnouey she had, and then
made his -escape out of the house
Mrs. Curtin called to the hired man,
Cornelius Gurney, who soon arrived.
Guiuey took off his shoce and stock
ings, and seizing an axe, gave chase.
He approached Jones about'forty
rods from the bouse, and, stealing up
behind him, dealt him a murderous
bljw on the right side of the head
with the head of the axe. The thief
was picked up dead. Gurney was at
once arrested, and lodged in the Peni
tential)'.
A Cat 'in Love —Mr. Frederic H.
Balfour, Englishman, writes to
the London Spectator that he has seen
a cat give evidence of being in love
with a teriier, and that tho “spooning”
going on between tbem
comic. ‘On one occasion,” ho says,
“in my presence, the dog (who was
seated on a lady’s lap) feeling dissat
isfied or nf something or
other that was taking place, vented
his feelings in a long, low whine or
howl. The ca’, whojwus on a hearth
rug, turned her head anil gazed with
a wistful, sympathetic expression at
her*snffering friend fur some seconds,
at last uuablo toHisten to his weeping
any iongor, she sprang upjn the la
dy’s knees, put her paws abound the
dog’s neck, and kissed his check with
her lips- This occurred twice, the
second timo the dog responding])o her
caresses by licking hot back in tend
erest mannor conceivable.”
A Fi.yi.vo Machine —Experiments
were made in Philadelphiaor.j Wednes
day with what is called “Prof. Iditchel’s
sorial or flying machine ' 1 The ma
chine looks like u velocipede on run
ners with a balloon canopy. The
operator sits on a small seat ami puls
hsi fee: in the stirrups. In froti
of him is a crank b* which the main
propeller at the bottom of the machine
is controlled. These paddles breast
the air like wings. Another one
serves
with the stirrups by metalic bars.—
The bai'oon is twenty-five feet in
length and twelve feet '.n diameter.—
The iaveuter says: “The princ : ple
on which I established rny idea was
that of the flying of birds. I held
that if birds could supply the impetus
of flying anil change their course in
vention could do the same for man.
This cilimier I have arranged shall
carry about ninety-eight per cent, of
the total weight. The operator, in
moving the wings, is supposed to pos
sess the muscular weight of a dozen
eagles.” The person trained to op
erate the machine made some suc
cessful acsents and descents, ami those
wno witnessed the expesiment regard
ed it as a success'
An Irishman who was standing on
London bridge, said to a youth ;
“Faith, and I think I know yees ;
what’s your name ?”
“Jones,” said the boy.
“June-, Jones,” said ti e Irishman
“and I knew seveial ould maids by
that name in Dublin; was aither of
them youi mithei ?”
VOL. XIV. —NO 14
I A Family Uiiasid by Eavknoub
1 Wolves. —About ten i/uluck on Satur
; day night aa Mr. Minor of the town of
j Lanaola, Benton county, Minn., wee
driving from bis awn house to Mr Mor
rill's having wi'h him his wife and
tinee children, whon ner.r the Jocelin
6chool house, he was attacked by five
large timber wolves. The fierce beasts
sprang at Ida horses and when Mr.
Miner struck at the nearest one with
his whip it made a leap to get to him
but struck the wagon box. At this
moment Mr. M.’s dog bravely attected
the woifand was nt onceset upon by the
by the whole pack and killed and al
most' entirely devoured. This gave
Ml Miner tn opportunity to whip up
his borsrs and make off which he did
at full gallop, calling out loudly for
help. His cries attracted the attention
of Mr. Jocelyn and family who cauio
to ;ho rescue, and the wolves were
driven off. But for the fortunate in
'erforence of the dog the result might
have been much more setioua. An
attectcf this kind by wolves is almost
without p r ecedent in this part ol the
otuto and it must'Le that the animals
wore driven to it by ravenous hunger.
St. ( loud Journal.
A Tuber lll’n*uki) and Five Mile
Bide in Fifteen Hocus —Francisco
Peralto, a Mex : ean rider, attempted
at Brooklyn, N Y. f Saturday, the
feat of iiding3os miles in fifteen hour*,
lie began at 4 a. tn., having a fresh
horse for every mile. He accomplish
ed the'first 100 miles in 4 hours and
20 minutes average per wile 2 min
utes 40 seconds. At the 235th mile
he was 7 minutes ahead of time. Af
ter three hfcavv showers fell in suc
cession, the track became very muddy
and the time ranged from 2:50 to
3:18 per mile and when he was on
the 302 mile the judges declared the
t’mo was up. Peralto continued how
ever mak'ng the 305 miles in 15 hours
10 minutes, His fastest wile wa6 the
138th in 2*13 and the slowest the
295th in 313 lie finished in good con
dition and psceiiem spirits and was
heirtily cheered. But for the rain
he would have in bis task.
A r ost horrible crime is reported
by the Seaport Appeal a • being of com
mon occurrence in Brunswick. It is
no less than that of .'stealing from the
dead buried there. Says that paper,:
“This inhuman, barbarous and un
pardonable practice of stealing from
the dead in our cemetery i st: : l prac
ticed. We hope our esty fathars will
tako some action in this matter, and
try to prevent this every-day atrocity.
No punishment would Le too severe
for a man caught in the art of steal
ing from the dead. A reward is of
fered by Mr. C. B. Moore for the
capture of the parties who committed
this offence.”
\\ e learn from the Aibany Advertis
er that largo shipments of live stock
are being made from that section to
tho cities of North Georgia. A iew
days since a drove composed of one
bundled and sixty heal of mutton
sheop and forty uead of likely hooves
were driven into Albany, to be ship
ped per Southwestorn .Railroad to Vt
lanta and Augusta. I'heso were from
Colquitt county. The owners, Mca-rs.
Ornshy and Palmer, state that they
have sold two hundred and ninety
more sheop to the same points.
If a mau, during fifty yents, chews
eveiyday two inches of jrolid plug
tobacco, it will amount to a mile aat
a quarter of solid tobacco, half an inch
thick and two inches broad, for which
he will have paid at presont prices,
two thousand, throe hundred an 1
seventy-three dollars.
Wlton tho Gainesville toys toik the
press ging out to Sulphur Spiiugs,
they carried a couple of kegs of beer
ah.ng, whi' b act Dr. Hoyle, of of the
Dawson Journal, said was a reflection
on the water — Atlanta Independent
It is when a man is carrying a
pound of honey on ono arm, and a
bag of eggs on the other, and leading a
bulldog by a string anil attempts to
brush a fly oft his ear, that he feels
no man can be an expert in all
things.
Does your sister Annie ever say
anything about m®, sis-ro?” asked an
anxious lover of a little girl, “She
said if you hadrockerr on year shoes
they'd make a nice cradle lur toy
doll.