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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
BY J. 1). HOYL k CO.
l’HKIlt THROATS OUT.
A Shocking Missouri Tragedy.
The Old Man’s Big Pension—The Ar
rival of a Quiet Stranger—The
Scuffle up stairs—An Uncle
Robs and Cuts the Throats
of His Two Nieces.
Marshfield, Mu., March 15.—News
from, a reliable source has reached here
of a terrible tragety which recently
occurred in the southern part of Howell
county, in this state. An old man had
drawn a pension, and SBOO of the money
remained in his possesion. He resided
on a farm with his two grown daugh
ters. He had gone from home and left
the money, S4OO with each of his
daughters. About dark of the night
of the murder a stranger appeared and
desired lodging for the night. The
young iadies explained their lonely con
dition, and refused to entertain the
stranger. He persisted, and, being
quite an elderly man of good appear
ance, the young ladies finally consented
to let him remain. At bed-time the
young ladies repaired to their apart
ment in the second story and left the
old gentleman to sleep in a room below.
In the latter part of the night he was
awakened by a noise up stairs as if some
one were strangling, and being armed
with a revolver, he proceeded cautious
ly up the stairs and to the door of the
room in which the young ladies had re
tired. When at the door of the room
he discovered the form of a man in the
room, and at about that time the man
discovered him, started towards him
and struck at him with a knife'but
missed him. Then the old man fired
and the intruder fell dead. The old
man then rushed out of the house,
heard chickens crowing, and ran in that
direction uutil he came to a house where
he found a woman sitting by the fire.
He explained his mission and what he
had done. The woman said, “That is
my husband aud the uncle of the girls;
he went there to rob them.” The
stranger took a fresh scare, and
started on a run to find another
house, which he did in about half a
mile. The neighborhood was alarmed
and a posse gathered, aud before day
light they were at the scene of the
tragedy.
The uncle was found dead on the
floor with the eight hundred dollars in
one hand and the knife iu the other.—
The two young ladies were found in
bed with their throats cut. The villain
ous uucle obtained entrance by means
of a ladder through one of tne upper
windows.
Death of the Apostles.
By what means did the thirteen apos
tles chosen by Christ come to their
death ?
Peter was crucified in Home, by or
der of Hetod, and, at his own request,
was crucified head downward.
Andrew was crucified by being bound
to a cross with cords, on which he hung
two days, exhorting the people till he
expired.
Saint James, the Great, was behead
ed, by order of Ilerod, at Jerusalem.
Saint James, the Less, was thrown
from a high pinnacle, then stoned, and
finally killed with a fuller’s club.
St. Peter, bound and hanged against
a pillar.
St. Bartholomew Was flayed to death
by command of a barbarous king.
St. Matthew was killed with a hal
bert.
St. Thomas, while at prayer, was
shot with a shower of lances, and af
terwards run through the body with a
lance.
St. Simon was crucified.
Thaddeus, or Judas, was cruelly put
to death.
St. Matthias: The manner of his
death is somewhat doubtful; one says
stoned, then beheaded; another says
he was crucified.
Judas Iseariot fell and his bowels
gushed out.
St. John died a natural death.
A Louisville Sam Patch Makes
a Fearful Leap into the Itiver.
Louisville, Ky., March B.—Thom
as Boyd, a young man about 23 years)
of age, to-day accomplished the feat of
jumping from the bridge which spans
the Ohio at this point into the falls be
low, a distance of about 100 feet. To
day about 3:30 o’clock he and the fa
vored few', about fifteen in all, proceed
ed to the bridge. A skiff was in wait
ing a short distance below the bridge,
and at 4 o’clock everything being in
readiness, Boyd, dressed only in trous
ers and shirt, stepped on the railing and
leaped into the rapids below. He
turned one summersault and had hard
ly turned the second when he struck
feet first, and after being under a few
seconds appeared on the surface. The
boatman caught him and he was brought
to shore. The fall did not hurt him in
the least. There was nine feet and
eight inches of water where he jump
ed. Although young in years, he is
an old diver, and has jumped off a
number of bridges in this country,
among which are the Guyaudotte, near
Huntington, Ohio, and a bridge at De
catur Alabama. His last leap lie con
siders the highest and most brilliant of
all. He was born in Belfast, Ireland,
and passed most of his years on the
ocean. He has a wife and two children
in this city, and is a general repairer by
trade.
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 18*0,
Spring Poetry.
Hark I hear the blue-bird sing,
Aud that’s a sign of coming spring ;
The wild goose flies away up yand“r,
She’s going North along with the gander;
The hull frog hellers iu the ditches,
He’s throw’d away bis winter britches ;
The turkey gobbler steps around,
And swells and struts and scrapes the
ground;
The hawk for infant chickens watches,
And prowls around till one he cotches ;
The dogwood buds are now a swelling,
And jailer jonquills sweet are smelling;
The darkey follows his stubborn mule,
And lively hollers “gee you fool
The honey bees are sweetly humming,
And everything says spring is coming.
Important Decision.
W. C. Singleton vs S. W. R. R.
This case was an action brought by W.
C. Singleton versus the S. W. R. R
for damages sustained by him from be
ing forced to jump from the cars while
in motion. From the evidence it ap
pears that iu February 1879, W. G.
Singleton, of Marion county, purchased
a round trip ticket from Howard to
Geneva. Being readj r to return home
he went aboard the cars then at the de
pot at Geneva. After the cars were in
motion, he encountered a negro em
ployee of the road, who told him that
the pay-master was at the other end.—
Singleton saw Charlton, the conductor
or pay-master, who commanded him to
jump off or he would charge him a dol
lar a mile. Singleton did not have the
money to pay a dollar a mile, and the
conductor forced him to jump from tho
cars while in motion, thereby breaking
the leg between the knee and ankle,
rendering him lame for life perhaps
He sued the company for damages es
timated at $20,000. Judge Butt was
disqualified, having been counsel for
the plaintiff. Hon. J. T. Willis, by
consent of counsel, was agreed on to
preside in the case. The jury gave a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff
to tho amount of $14,833 33.
Motion was been made for anew trial.
We concur with the jury in its de
cision. It was plainly a case of gross
negligence and abuse of power on the
part of the road agents. The law re
quires that they shall stop tho train for
passengers to get off, or else they are
liable for the damages. The
for plaintiff were Blanford A Garrard,
E W Miller, W R Butt; for defense,
W 8 Wallace, John Pejibody. W B
arid M A Blanford argued the case for
plaintiff. Talbot Standard.
A Child Bitten by a Baboon.
Two little girls, one of them Flora
Glatz, four years old, were playing
yesterday noon on the stairway of a
tenement house at No. 9 Chrystie street,
when a large, dog-faced baboon came
down the stairway of an upper story
•seized Flora bj the shoulders and chat
tered in her face, frightening both chil
dren into loud outcries. The baboon
changed its hold, seized the girl by the
cheeks and bit off her nose. The child
fell down insensible with fright aud
pain, and the baboon escaped to the
roof. Flora’s mother raised an outcry
and alarmed the neighbors, who, con
jecturing that a dog had bitten the girl,
began a crusade of the neighborhood
curs. Finally the girl who had been
playiug with Flora became sufficiently
composed to tell what she had seen,
and the streets around the house were
soon filled with operatives from, neigh
boring factories and others who had
heard that an orang-outaug had escaped
from a Bowery museum and had been
killing a number of people. Men arm
ed with pistols and shotguns and mis
cellaneous weapons surrounded the
house. A squad of police under Round
sman. Maguire also turned out and a
search was made for the baboon. Two
or three thousand people emptied them
selves into the street fr uu the adjacent
buildings, but when one cried “There
he is !” there was an immediate scatter
ing among the crowd to places where he
wouldn’t be likely to be. The police
and a number of volunteers went to the
roof of tbe tenement. Roundsman
Maguire caught a glimpse of the ba
boon perched on tbe top of a chimney.
A number of shots were fired without
effect, and the chase slid down a water
spout to the yard. The policemen hur
ried down another way, and found the
baboon chattering near a corner of the
fence. He was again made a target
for the policemen’s pistols, and one of
the shots struck him in the thigh. He
tried to limp away, but a mechanic
from one of the factories struck him ou
the head with an iron bar and killed
him. The baboon measured over three
feet, and is supposed to have been part
of the assets of some Bowery museum.
The persons iu charge of a museum >n
the rear of the tenement, houses denied
ownership of him, and the corpse awaits
a claimant.
The injuries of Flora Glatz, though
serious, are not necessarily fatal. She
is disfigured for life. —• Yew 1 urk
World.
A <Jorj 8 >’s Freak.
A Dead Man Rises Up, Stiff and
RigilJ, and the People Leave
the Room.
Little Rovk Gazette.
Several days ago Mr. J. McCloud,
of Faulkner county, died of rheumatism
of the stomach. A large party volun
teered to sit up with the corpse, and
when night came many sad faces of
many sad women and men were seen,
sallowed by the inellowiug light of tal
-I>w candles.- The minister came, and
entering the room remarked, “Earth to
earth and ashes to ashes.” The corpse
lay ou the table covered with a sheet.
“He has gone over the road we must
all travel,” said the minister. A night
bird, with a mournful cry, answered.
A daughter of the deceased came in
with an apron full of tea cakes, which,
with a slow shuffle, she distributed
around the room. “We should prepare
to follow him,” said the minister, ex
pletively blowing cake crumbs toward
the corpse as though he wished his words
to waft away with winning sweetness.
The night bird again cried out, aud the
company sat silently chewing cake.
“I thought I saw the sheet move,”
said one of tne watchers. “See if there
is a cat under it.”
The company sat still.
“lain confident that the sheet mov
ed,’’ said the man.
The minister arose and lifted the
sheet, and standing, he looked at the
pallid face of the dead man. The
corpse’s head left the table. The min
ister fell hack. Stiff', stark and terri
ble, the corpse slowly arose from the
table and attained a sitting posture.
The legs remained stretched out and
the arms remained folded. The women
shrieked and ran from the room, and
the minister, reprimanding them for
their weakness and want of confidence,
climbed a fence and stood in a turnip
patch. When the frightened people
saw that the corpse did not intend to
follow, they went back into the house.
The corpse still retained the upright)
rigid posture, stiff' as the attitude struck
by an amateur on the stage.
With fears somewhat allayed, the
minister advanced, and placing a hand
on the dead man’s breast, pressed him
backward. Proportionately as his head
went down, his heels came up, and
when his head touched tho board his
heels were high in air. The cause of
the dead man’s freak was then discov
ered. The muscles of the stomach, dis
torted by rheumatism, were contracting.
It required the efforts of two men to
straighten the corpse. A gentleman
who was present declares he never spent
such a fearful night,and, with Clarence,
adds: “I would not pass another such
night, though ’(were to buy a world of
happy days; sc full of dismal terror
was tho time.”
Bright's Disease and lee Water.
A Baltimore druggist of experience
and ample opportunity for observation,
lias advanced the idea that Bright’s di
sease is attributed to the immoderate
use of ice water and cold drinks. He
cites the fact that the people of this
country use ninety per cent, more ice
in their drinks than the pec pie of any
other country, Greenlanders not ex
cepted. Wo have seventy-five per cent,
more of Bright’s disease. lie cites the
fact that the countries of Europe are
comparatively free hum the malady.
Travelers have observed and comment
ed upon the prejudice which B eems to
exist against ice water and ice drinks
in all countries outside of the United
States. The Englishman and German
fairly shun ice, though placed in easy
reach of boundless quantities of it, and
the Frenchman would as soon thiuk of
taking an erae.ic as of chilling his
stomach with an iced draught- Our
drug friend points to the fact that
Bright’s disease has kept pace in this
country with the increased consumption
of ice, and claims that before ice be
came a common household necessity
the malady was scarcely known among
physicians. There may be something
in this theory.— Baltimore Gazette.
Wild (Juts in Sumter.
On last Saturday Mr. John Renew
killed a large wild cat near his place.
It was jumped by l>is dogs while ho
wa3 plowing in his field, and sending
fot his gun he followed the hounds on
foot. He had-a three hours’ chase,
when the eat took a Urge pine tree from
which he shot it It weighed about 45
or 50 pounds. Renew says the cats are
very bad in his section. Not long since
they killed a grown sheep for Mr.
Chatnbless, dragged the carcass forty
or fifty yards, and covered it up in the
corner of the fence. There is a large,
fierce wild cat out there, which be says
whipped twenty-five dvgs at one time,
and rau half a dozen men from the
swamp. He thinks it can whip any
J i u the state. —Sumter Republican,
Unde Remus’ Folk-Lore.
The Fate of a Tattling Bird.
J. C. /7irriß iu the Atlanta Constitution
“ You’ll tromple on dat bark twell hit
won’t be fitten fer ter fling 'way let
’lone make boss collars out’n,” said
Uncle Remus, as the little boy came
running into his cabin out of the rain.
All over the floor long strips of “wa
hoo” bark were spread and these the
old man was weaving into horse col
lars.
“IT sit down, Uncle Remus,” said
the little hoy.
“Well, den, you better, honey,” re
sponded the old man, ‘kaze I ’spizes fer
ter havo aiy wahoo trompled on. Ef
’twuz shucks, now, hit mout be diffunt,
but I’m gittin’ too ole fer ter be proj
jickin’ longer shuck collars.”
For a few minutes the old man went
on with his work, hut with a solemn air
altogether unusual. Once or twice ho
sighed deeply, and the sighs ended in a
prolonged groau that seemed to the lit
tle boy to be the result of the most un
speakable mental agony. He knew by
experience that he bad done something
which failed to meet the approval of
Uncle Remus, and he tried to remem
ber what it was, so as to frame an ex
cuse : but his memory failed him. lie
could think of nothing he had done cal
culated to stir Uncle Remus’ grief.
He was not exactly seized with remorse,
but he was very uneasj'. Presently
Uncle Remus looked at him in a sad
and hopeless way and asked :
“W’at dat long rigamarole yon wuz
tellin’ Miss Sally bout yo’ little brer
dis mawnin’ 1”
“Which, Uncle Remus ?” asked the
little boy, blushing guiltily.
“I)at des w’at Uni a axin’ tin you
now. I hear Miss Sally say she's a
gwinetef stripe his jacket, en den I
knowed you wuz tcllin’ on ’ini.”
“Well, Uncle Remus, he was pull
ing up your onions, and then he went
and flung a rock at me,” said the child
plaintively.
“Lcmmo tell you dis,’’ said the old
man, laying down the section of horse
collar he had been plaiting, and looking
hard nt the little boy ; “lemme tell you
dis—der ain’t no way fer *er make tat
tlers en tail-b’arers turn out good. No,
day ain’t. I bin mutin’ up wid fokes
now gwine on eighty year, en 1 ain’t
seed no tattler come ter no good eend.
Dat I ain’t. En ef ole mah M’thoozlum
wuz livin’ clean twel yit, he’d up’n tell
you de same. Sho eit youer settin dar.
You 'member w’at ’come er de bird
w'at went tattlin’ ’ronn’ ’bout Brer
Rabbit t”
The little boy didn't remember, but
he was very anxious to know, and he
also wanted to know what kind of a
bird it. was that so disgraced itself.
“Hit wuz wanner deze yer uppity
little sparrers, I speck j” sai l the old
man. “Dey wuz. alius bodder’n lon
ger udder fokes’s bizness, en dey
keeps at it down ter dis day-—'peekin,
yer, and pickin’ dar, Cn scratch in
over yander. One day, atter be bin
fool by ole Brer Tarry pin, Brer Rab
bit wuz settin’ down in de woods
studdyin’ how he wuz gwineter git
even. lie feel mighty lonesome en
be feel mighty mad, Brer Rabbit did.
Taint put down in de tale, but I
speck he cusst en r’ar’d ’roim’ consid
erbul. Leas’ ways, he wuz settin’
out dar by hisse’t, en dar lie sot, en
study en study, twel bimeby be jump
up en holler out:
“Well, daggone my cats ef I can't
gallop ’roun’ ole Brer Fox, en lin
gwineter do it. I’ll show Miss Mead
ows en de gals dat I’m de boss er
Brer Fox,’ sezec.
“Little bird up in de tree, he hear
Brer Babbit, he did, en he sing out:
“I’m gwine tell Brer Fox! I’m
gwine tell Brer Fox! Chick-a-b iddy
win’-a-blowin’-accuns fallhi! I’m
gwine tell Brer Fox !”
Uncle Remus accompanied the
speech of the bird with a peculiar
whistling sound in his throat that was
a marvelous imitation of a spanow s
chirp, and the little boy clapped his
hands with delight, and insisted on a
repetition.
“Dis kinder tarrify Brer Rabbit,
on he sknsely know w’at lie gwine
do; but bimeby he study ter hisse’f
dat <le man w’at see Brer Fox fus
wuz boun’ ter have de inturn, en den
lie go lioppiu' off to ids home, lie
didn’t got fur w’en who should he
meet but Brer Fox, en den Brer
Rabbit he open up :
“W’at’s dis twix’ you en me, Brer
Fox ?’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. ‘I
hear tell yod gwine ter sen’ mo ter
’strucksiiun, en nab my lanlbly, en
’stroy my house,’ se/ec.
“Den Brer Fox he git mighty mad.
“Who bin telliu’ you all dis?’
•eaew.
VOL. 17-No. l.
“Brer Rabbit make like he didn’t
want ter Util, but Brer Fox he ’sist
ed, en ’sisted, twel at las’ Brer Rab
bit he up cn tell Brer Fox dat he
hear little bird say all dis.
“O’se,’ sez Brer Rabbit; se/.ee,
‘w’en de bird tell me dat I flew up,
I did, en I Use some langwide which
I'm mighty glad dey weru’t no ladies
’roun’ nowhars so dey could hear me
go on,” sezee.
“Brer Fox he sorter gap, he did,
en say he speck he better be sa’nter’n
on. But, bless yo’ soul, honey, Brer
Fox didn’t sauter fur, ’fo, de little
bird flipped down on a ’simtnou hush
by de side er de road, en holler out
“Brer Fox! Oh Brer Fox! Brer
Fox!”
“Brer Fox he des sorter canter
long, lie did, en make like he don't
hear ’im. Den de little bird up’n
sing out agin :
“Brer Fox I Oh Brer Fox I Hole
on, Brer Fox !’ I got some news fer
you. Wait, Brer Fox! Hit’ll ’ston
ish you.
“Brer Fox, ho make like he don’t
see de bird, ner neoder do he hear
’im, but bimeby ho lay down by de
road, en sorter stretch hisse’t like he
fixin’ fer ter nap. De tattlin’ little
bird, he flow’d ’long, en keep on call
in’ Brer Fox, but Brer Fox, lie ain’t
gayin’ nutliin'. Bon de little bird, be
hop down on de grown’ en flutter
’roun’ mongst de trash. Dis sorter
’track Brer Fox ’tenshun, en he look
at de tattUn’ bird, en de bird lie keep
on callin’:
“I got suinp’n ter ter tell you, Brer
Fox-’
“Git on my tail, little bird,’ sez
Brer Fox, sezee, ’kaze I’m de’f in one
year, en I can’t bear out’n de udder
Git on my tail,’ sezee.
“Den de little bird, ho tip’ll hop on
Brer Fox’s tail;
“Git on my back, kaze I’m de’f in
one year en I can't hear otil'n de
udder.’
“Den do little bird hop on his
back.
“Hop on my head, kaze I’m do f in
hole years.’
“Up hop de little bird.
“Hop on my toof, kaze t’in de’f in
one year cn 1 can’t hear out’n de ud
der.’*
“De tattlin’ little bird hop on Brer
Fox’s toofj en den—*—
Here Uncle Remus opened wide
his mouth and closed it again in a
way that told the Whole story.
“Did the Fox eat the bird all—all
—up ?” asked the little boy.
“.ledge Bar conle 'long nex’ day,”
replied Uncle Remus, “en he tine
s dme fedders, en fum dat word went
f 0 rt’ dat ole man Squinch Owl done
k e tch TiColder watzizntirtle.’
A Father Shoots llis Owu Son.
The Savannah JYevbs prints an extract
from a private letter giving the details
of thp following heart fctlding accident :
A terrible accident occurred yester
day at Dungeness Mr. B. M. Davis,
son of General W. G Davis, the recent
purchaser, had the misfortune to shoot
and kill his eldest son, a bright little
fellow of five years of age. The family
had just moved over from Fernandiua
the day before, to take possession of
their new home. A flock of robins
lighting in a tree near the house, Mrs.
D. called her husband’s attention to
them, and suggested that he shoot some
for their breakfast. lie got down his
breech-loader and standing in the door
proceeded to put in a couple of car*
tridges when, in adjusting the barrel,
by Some means the charge of one of
the barrels was exploded, the load
striking the little boy in the right arm,
and penetrating the lung. Mr. D. sur
prised at the explosion, looked to see
where the shot had taken effect. Only
a few paces from him was the child,
and noticing blood on his arm, he said:
“Mv darling, did papa shoot you ?’’—
Ho said, “Yes, papa.” Mr. D. has
tened to the child, and noticing the red
stain also on his lip, said : “Did papa
shoot you in the mouth also ?’’ “No,
papa, right here,” he answered, putting
his left hand over the wound in his
right arm and side. He looked be
seechingly >t his father, but without any
outcry or screaming. Instantly Mr. D.
took him up, as ho did so a violent
hemorrhage burst from the child'j lips,
and in less than fifteen minuts the little
fellow was “beyond the pass of shad
ows.’’ It lias spread a cloud of Horror over
our little community, and all tender
the bereaved parents thair heart felt
sympathy.
It is needbss to add that the parents
are almost crazed by this terrible,
heat trending disaster.
The ice factory in New Orleans has
introduced anew way of shipping fish,
particularly red snappers. Th<y are
frozen in cakes of ice, or rather eases
of ice are frozen around the fish, and
iu this condition they are forwarded to
all sections of the country.
Americas IMstrict.
We have received the following
letter f rom Bishop Boggett.
Richmond, Va., March 9tb 1880;
Rev. J. W. Buiwck :
Mx D*th Bkothkk—l returned
from a visit to the Baltimore Confer
ence one hour ago, and found, amongst
ether letters, two from Americas
District, South Georgia Conference,
bringing the melancholy news of thti
death of Rev. Samuel Anthony. It
was a grtiat surprise to me, and I
paused to Consider; How rtihiafka
bly well and vigorous he was at the
session of the Coiiferenee! How
t horoughly occupied with its biieU
ness! How sourt gone whence he
will not return—gone to liis eternal
home, With Go'd ! TO ottr apprehen
sion, he has fulfilled his duty, tis well
as his days, and his life has been a
grand specimen of purity and fideli
ty—“a blight and shirting light;”
He was a remarkable man. Ilia
character bore the type of a strongly
defined Christian individuality. I
have known him long loved and ad*
mired him. His undisguised sincer
ity, his sterling integrity, his un
flinching firmness, his constant self
consecration, surpass all eulogy;
Their combination in him was a peer
less and priceless beauty, t recall
especially the maturity of his Counsel
in' private, and his exultant joy, on
one occasion, in tlie Conference.
How filially, affectionately, even rev
erently was he regarded by members
of Conference younger than himself.
I sincerely participate in their sense
of bereavement. The whole Church
has lost, heaven has gained by his
removal. I feel constrained to utter
these few words.
My special object in to appoiiit you
to fill brother Anthony’s uneipired
term on Aiuericus District. I beg
you will not decline. You will do* I
am sure, great service, and mayretiie
at the next session of your Confer
ence. Let me hear favorably irnnu*
diately.
Very affectionately)
D. S. Dogoktt.
If we were to Consult our worldly
interest, we certainly would decline;
If we were to estimate our deficiency
for this great work, we should de*
dine. II we were to consider how
far we are below the great man whosfl
place we are called to fill, we would
decline. But in obedience to ouf
vows, and becaiise we believe it ill
the call of God, we dare not declirUi
So we go, in the fear and love of Godj
and will do the best we Can. IhO
brethren on the district will plcasti
inform us whore we shall meet them
on the second found, which will be an J
nounced iu a subsequent issuej subject
to any change that may be deemed
necessary upon consultation. Re ti,
J. W. Burke) in Christian Advocate
Beceutrlc Kvangelisnij
Castle Garden was taken by surprise
to day by the arrival of eight member*
of the “salvatiop army,” from Ismdon;
The band consists of George llailton,
“high doulniissioaer,” and seven young
women, one of whom stylos herself
“captain” and the others “lieutenants.”
All wore the regulation uniform of the
“salvation army.” High Commissioner
llailton had on a suit of dark blue and
a high peaked hat. The women—all
about thirty—wore short hide chesses,
blue ulsters trimmed with yellow braid,
and derby hats, marked “salvation
army” In gilt letters. The new Comers
jvidently intend to adapt the words of
their hymns to more or less national
airs. A few moments after they werd
settled in the Castle Garden, llailton
proposed to hold religious services, and
a solemn hymn was sung to the tune of
“Way Down Upon the fcwanee Iliver.
They propose to hire a hall in the city.
Commissioner Kailton exhibited to the
crowd his blue and red flag, with ft
large yellow Star iu the centre, and
said : “The red star denotes the blood
of Christ, and the blue the Purity of
our Savior.” He continued, that the
salvation army consisted of part liieil
and Women, who were devoted to Christ
and who had agreed to sacrifice ‘heir
lives to making converts. He ftverred
that that army had the approval of the
A. clibishop of Canterbury, the Karl of
Shaftsbury, tweaty-tbree Mayors, Seven
teen Superintendents of Police and
one hundred and twenty-nine clergy
men. The captain of the women said
that the “salvation army” was founded
in 1875 oy the llev. Wm. booth, of
London, who wished to reach the classes
who never attended church. He there
fore organized outdoor services all <?ver
England. The home organisation of
the “salvation army” consists of twen
ty-two corps in uniform, under the di
rection eff one hundred and ninety-five
officers. Commissioner llailton travel
ed a H over the city this afternoon, try
ing to get some priutiug establishment
to print bis posters free. Meantime,
the captain and lieutenauts sang hymns
in Castle CarJeu —.V. Y Cor. C'hic't
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