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About The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1885)
R POLITICAL STILL-HUNT IN GEORGIA. TR ‘-a” % : e Governorship add the Looming Aspirants. sp'ecid Savannah Coflesfionde;ée Charles-. ton Newsand Courier, May 25. ‘gavannah 1s not worrying itself ahout State politics Just nayw, and the newspopers in, Atlanta, Macon and Augusta and nearly all the offier provineial townsafe depre cating the discussion of the next (}overnorship. “They deny that the campaign has opened, but they do not deny that the scouts aid engineers; if - not the sappers qnd miners of several aspirants aro already in the field. There are indications = that Governor McDaniel’s friends will put him in the race. Lhey hold that he is not divsqualified by the constitu. tional ‘provision to the effect that no person Shflm the, Governorship for two consecutive terms, he having served out the unexpired term of governor Ste phens before he avas re-elected in- October last. At "is a question whether they can establish the point beyond a doubt and it is likely that the econvention will give theeonstitution, the -benefit of any doubt that may exist in the* minds of the members on the sub- ‘ ject. ; Judge Simmons isnot seeking the nomination, in the common acceptation of - the termy bat he has for some time past been kind ly exchanging services with other Superior Courbe judges ingthe dif- ' ferent parts of the State, and thus be seems to be having splendid | opportunities, for rehewing old l friendships and forming now ones, and for making hiniself solid with | people generally. . T As to Col. Howell, if he reallyl intends to be a cdndidaté, and | there are indieations that he does, | he will hdve the” support of the 2 best posted and shrewdest politi- | ticians in different sections of the ! State, and if he should be an-| pounced as a candidate it will | probably not be until the wires | have been so effectnally laid that | be will be reasonably sure of the ’ pomination. There are reasons for believing that the independent junta was in gssion 1n Atlanta several times lring the last fall and wiater, nd that it has an understanding sith the Republicans that the Rev. Dr. Felton is to be placed in the field in the next gubernatorial empaign. The Poctor will make himself heard from on several ini portant -questions when the ad wurned session of the General Assembly meets this summer. If he has the opportunity to make hinself very eonspienons he will be able to gather about him many Democratic malcontents in *all parts of the State. Of course the Republicans would giye him a hearty support. He -is not only one of the shrewdest ™ politicians, but i, perhays, the sblest stump speaker in Georgia, and while his political record is somewhat vari egated, personally he is a man of very high character. His course will be closely «watehed this sum mer.” It will take gool detective talent to keep. up with the details of his plan for the eampaign. No, the gubernatorial campaign in GGeorgia has not reall y opened as A campaign, but there is no doubt that several aspirants are making the most systematic and thorough still.-hunt ever known in the histo- Ty of the State. The Griffip News _has gathered l from a visit to the fruit _growers Who have made the industry SU‘ Prominent in that neighborhood ‘ thait 1f the season continues favor- ' ably ~that, is, if “there are no on- ‘ toward rains at the time of ripen- | ing‘*‘u}‘.e 'f;'llit crop il) Middle Georgin this year will surpass Ve the largest crops of the most favorable years inthe past, both I quantity and quality. 1t says: “The troes are loaded so full that the best frajt growers are picking of over half the peaches, a worle Vhich in other parts of the eonn try hus been to a losser extent ac omplisheds by *the eool _l:l9l{"'s - fruit promises to+be swooth Bud perfoct, varydlittle ufi-itjguarl od or scarred in any way. 5 Luke care hoy you «renm about Your dead wife, ‘A Bostou engin “er yameqd (h{.\ihing dreamed he :::8 with hig'c 606&50(11)@&“%.‘ sgfi j smg 1 by the visio! and t&lk%ugfp r?:‘%}ibi o A few days afterwards he baJ&QWflfk n the 'maql'mplxn of! &wl}g‘ nd whila engaged there alittle e adjusting a belt Mr, Cushing wag canght by"’_tfieg"éhflfi'ng tm_d lw_stantly killed. He was with his Vile agajy, THE DAWSON :JOURNAL. 'VOL. 21 5 . DISSATISFIED. An old farm house, with pasture wide, - Bweet with flowers on every side; ' A restless lad who looks from out The porch, with woodbine twined ahout, E - Wishes athought from in his heart; Oh, if T only could depart, From this dull place the word to see, Ah, me! how happy I would be! | Amid the city's censbless din, A map who round the world has been, "Who, mid the tumult and the throng, | Is thinking, wishing all day long; | Ohy could T only treid once.mero | The field path to the farm-house door; The old green meadows could 1 see, Ah, me, how happy 1 would be. THE SAILOR'S BRIDE, | L RO BT FRTE S TORY. l Many, decades ago a vessel from Boston arrived at a dock in Lon.. don. Among the hands on board was one named Tudor, a steady,l well-looking young man, who act ed as a sailor. Very early ome morning a young, beautiful and decently dressed woman cam i tripping down to tige fie‘s-sel LA ‘inquired of Tudor for the captain. She was toldfihe was not risen, but sHe” insisted"ofi}eeing him with out delay. Tudor called him up, and she addiessed him wigh: v » G ood-morh i.ng,. c:}})’gfiyl" ._l‘h ave called to seo if you will marry + “Marry you?’—belicving her to be a suspicious character—*“leave my vessel instantly, +if you know ' what is ‘for” your gob@?” . She next went to the mate and reeeived ‘ a similar answer; she then went | to “where ' Tudor was, being en- | gaged in handling ship-tacks, .aud.’ put the same question to shim. | “With +all my heart,”? - answered | Tudor, in a jocular manner. | “Then,” said ‘shd} “come along | with me.” Tudor left his work | and followed her. By the time the principal shops were open the lady entered a barber’s shop fol lowed by Tudor. She ordered a knight of the razor to eclip his beard and hair, both of which he stood in need. She paid the bilis and sptered a hat store. She re quested the best of beavers in the store, and told Tador o seleet one, and he did so, the price being paid by the lady. Tudor threw his old tarpaulin aside. They next visited a shoe store, and se lected a pair of hoots, the lady al so paying for them. .Tuador, by this time, was puzzled to devise the object the lady hadin view. He solieited an explanation, but she. told:hita tobe silent. She led the way into a clothing store. Here Tudor was told to select the best suit of elothes in the store. The man of the tar bedaubed pants and checkered shirt was in a few minutes metamorphosed into as fine a gentleman as walks the streets, the bill, as before, being paid by the lady. Tudor’s amaze ment was now complete. He again‘and again earnestly insisted on an explanation; the only an swer he received was: “loilow me and be not afraid; all will be explained to your satisfaction.” He therefore resolved to ask no more questions. Next she con ducted him into a magistrate’s of fieo” and § politely requested the minister of the law to unite hev and her companion in matrimony. This was rather a damper to Tu dor, but he yielded. The cercmo 'ny over, the ceuple were pro nounced man and wife. Without uttering a word or 'cxclmnging a kiss, Tudor and his wife left the office, not, however, until she paid the magistrate his fee. The coup lo walked in silence, Tudor hardly knowing what he was doing or whatho Hhd*done. Turning the corner, he saw a splendids louse, toward which the wife dirvected her steps and into which tfihey en tered, passing into a room that wag, farnished in a magnificent tyle. Sho told him to sit down and make himself eontented while he Wwent into another room. The first “one who addressed her was | he# uncle, who' asked how she es ] c;l;é(‘f from her room and where I'<he had been. Her only answer “Wgs: “Thou. fiend b in human | shape; 1 allow you Just one hm}r to'remove your offects fr?m .tlus | howse. You have long deprived e 6f;ix}yfpl‘olsol't.\" and meant to | through life; but you are frustra téd. *lfla’m mistress of my ewn ouse. I am martied, and my and is here.” hn::’);u:}ull‘;thleavu the newly-mar ried couple for the purpose of giv- ~Dawson, Ga., Thursday, June 4th, 1885. .. ing the history of Mrs. ‘Tudot. She was the only child of a wealthy gentleman, Mr, A’f—”‘——, his danghter’s pame befng F:liza. ’l—le had been at grqat@‘expense Ain her edgeation, she being the only object of his care, his wife' dyin% when she was quite young. A short time before chis deathshe mads a will by which Lis brother ‘was to have possession of all his property - until his daughter * was marriéd, when it was to be given up to her husband, but if she died without marrying, the propcrty.‘i was to go to her uncletnd his family. After the death of Mr. A. his brother ramoved into his ‘house and Eliza boarded in his family. JShe soon discovered that hér uneledid not intend she should evergmarry. He shut her up in onewf the centre’ rooms in the th.iul,stqw and refused her asso ciates by tellinig'them when they talled that-she had gone on a foiu'ney. The unfortunate girl was thus shut out from the world foi three uyears. Her ‘scanfy breakfast happened to be carried to hLer one merning by her old servant, Juan. Seeingthe face of her old4riend and servant, Iliza burst- intp tears.. Juan well uw derstood the meaning. “Hush, Eliza! Some of your old servants have long been plan ning means for your eseape.” = “What?” exclaimed Eliza, “is it possible that T am to be delivered from this vile place?” . | 1 It is unneeessary to detail all the minuita of the escape. Suf fice it to say that on the morning of the fourth«day after the inter view she made her escape. This was about daylight. She immedi ately bent her steps to the whart | where the Boston vessel lay. * The amazement of Tudor and transport of his wife at the sud den change of fortune may possi bly be conceived but cannot be ex pressed. One pleasant morning some days after the marriage the erew of the Doston vessel's attention was drawn to a splendid carriage approaching the wharf. The dri ver, let down the steps and a gen tleman and lady elegantly dressed alighted. The gentleman asked the captain what port he was from, and many other questions all the time avoiding his serutiny; at last, turning to the eaptain and J‘ calling him by name; ne said: “(laptain, before leaving your ves sel, permit me to make you ac quainted with Mrs. Tudor.” The captain and those about him had not recognized him to be their old friend and shipmate, Tudor, whom they supposed some fatal aceident. had befallen. You may judge of the congratulations that followed. ‘ The captain regreited the harsh judgment he had at first passed apon the young lady, but unlike the mate, being a nmrr'ied man he was spared the added mortifica. tion of the latter that he had spurned even to consider so fortu nate offer of marriage. ‘ This remarkable marriage, the bride being snatehed from prison walls, as it were, and the groom called from the hard and humble lot of a common sailor, both brought suddenly and unexpected- | ly to positions of freedom and af- | iluence has hardly a parallel in all | history. The union thus formed proved .to be a very happy one. The large fortune that thien fell under the active management of Frederick I'udor was wisely han dled and largely incressed. In due time Mr. and Mis. Tudor transferred their residence to Bos ton. j With shrewd foresight, Mr. Tu dor entered largely into the ice business, being the first person fo make shipments of ic® by sea. His first venture was made in 18053, when he sailed himself with a ear o of 130 fons, in his ewn brig to Martinique, = West Indies. In 1815 Mr. Tudor obtained the mo nopoly of the Havana icé business, and impordant privileges from the Cuban government. . In 1817 he introduced the business in €harles ton, S. C., the hext year'in Savan nah, and in 1820 in New Orleans. In" May, 1833, he sentthe . first Cargo of iee to the East Indies, which was delivered &t Calcutta, in tho autumn of that year. Of the 180 tons, nearly one-balf was wasted in the voyage and in going ’up the Ganges. The ice was'sold | immediately, at no more than“half the “cost of that prepared by the natives. -In 1834 the first eargo of ice. was shipped to Brazil *by Mr. Tudor, and until 1836 he had" f a monopoly of the shipment, of (ice, but it finally became so largs raml profitable that otliers - enter ‘od into the business from Varjous: ports: el el o Gede Mr. Tudor’s toresight gecured to Boston tlme chief position of the Caleutta trade, and gave hor ships eargoes: for Southetn ports, - thas reducing the costs of fréighting Southern wproduects to the«Novth. The extensive and valuable Tudor estate. in “Bebton and - vicinity, where vbprésentatives of ‘the faim ily still reside, are well ‘known. The Tudoxs have always been no tedfor public spirit, intelligencs ! and reéfinemént, and it was a streak of good litek #or more'than !two that about the establishment of the fauiily in America.—Boston Commonwealth. Grandfather Lickshingle on Ladies’ 5 . " Dresses. . “A great deal has baen written about spring,” said Grandfather Lickshingle,as hé laid down the‘pa per with the inevitable poem, “but somehow the boys do not get into the meat of the subject. Of course, it’s nice to talk about the birds, the budding trees, an’ that kind of thing. T’m ninety, if I'm aday, and'T can write this sort of stuff myself. * For instance: ‘And them the maples, red as blood, ' With leaf nnd bud- A crimsen flood-- Hang their curtains on the wood.’ “Why don’t they let the trees and brooks alone an’ write some thing about woman? What's lov lier in the budding spring-time than a woman, I'd like to .know? Spring, with her merry langh an’ dancin’ feet, has left me far be hind, an’ bleak winter is leadin’ me down to the church-yard; but the sight of a pretty woman comes to me like a glimpse of paradise. The treecs, the flowers, an’ the meadows are beautiful in spring. There's no denyin’ that. But when a handsome woman threws off her winter wraps an’ steps forth in dainty new spring cos tume your grandfather throws up his hands an’ quits right away Saw one yesterday. She wore a pretty gray suit, with a red rose on her breast, an’ she took away my breath as she passed me by. ‘A fair maid, simplv drest, With a pure, haif-timid air; A wild rose on her breast, A lily in her hair.’ “The rustle of her new gown was like the twitter of birds. A, my boys, that was a harbinger of spring. Your blue-bird, your robin and your daisy arenowhere. Flowers are” never so pretty as when worn by a pretty woman. A bunch of violets lying on your ta ble is something to make glad the heart, but pinned ona woman’s corsage it is chaos come again! “Don’t forget that I amgnoldman, and can Bay these things, which would not look well in a younger man t> say. I may, tharefore, observe that.it will soon be time for the girls to wear open sleeves —-slit up the side, with 'a dainty ribbon of lace inserted; kind of open lattice-work, you know. Well,that arrangement meets your grandfather’s approval. It's pret ty, and I'm sure it must be com fortable. About that time look out for Jow-cut shoes and other inventions from the better world. Y em; indeed, you will always find me in favor of a weman mak ing lxe?:self attractive. If she can Lreak & man’s heart across the street there's a divine, unwritten law whizh demands her to do if. Let her bedeck herself in pretty “ spring garments uwntil the lilies Courtesy as she goes by, And as she walks forth these fra grant afternoons the very bricks that feel the pit-a-pat of her jaun ty heels will thrill and throb like human hearts.”—Cineinnati Xn quirer. Col. J. W. Walters, of Dougher ty, has been appointed by the Goversor one of the Board of Vis itors to the States University, and also to that at Atlanta. - Col. E. B.C. Cash, the noted South Carolina duoelish, was mar ried a few days ago, at Rock Hill, his bride being a daugbter of Dr. l Clayton, formorly of Columbia. 4« »NOCIBEY ANAEYZED. T i eOl Timge 10, BpPrgsent- ~ ol Teleghph. - B . %}? zffig%gbthgr, v’viio «fivga ih the"™ lden long ggo,” still clings' ,“fitfi*hft;'gy‘ feverence o thé tus toms of" .in{ar &fihfifs‘,_ and " avers’ §haf society of dh% 1 %t“’d tf?’,’ b | Not what it ugqa%;);&bfilnt it has adly degenerated from the “high moral and intellgctnatstandard to which'it attained ifigxei’ time; that the old, grand"‘m"qnné’ré,' courtly ‘grace and brilliant repartes” have, B PR TR bt iR Soeigtf, loy, is;alh a‘:&ha}.le, a gla: mour And* vanity of” vanities— nothing b%’h}lsl@.,’ e " Being familiar With’thfi sogiety people of thie presént ‘time, their comings and goings, their, private and public h'fe, I partake largely of my grandmother's yiews and heartily ndorse the verity of her sayings. ' In‘her time" they were too regardful of social convention to lend countenance to a person without weighing , well the pros, and cons, and o gain enareé‘_‘intb o * &F BN B the Bést society your moral and | intellectual worth and social po sition were questione’a}. Now, all that is necessary to admit one in to the so-called “best society” is. to dress in the prevailing mode, dance well, be fully conversant with the latest gossip and speak glibly a]l the fashionable slang. Popularity inswelisoéfety” camiot commend " itself; it savors tog), strongly of the mob. It is a sad fact that society. de generates as the age advarices. In the olden time ‘girls were éduéntod with a view to higher nqg(f'"lf’(fl)iler purposes, and-to fill useful posi ' tions, and the boys for men of in ’ tegrity and industry. Now, the former are educated to make a " show, and the latter to aid the ex hibition. Having all the advantages of learning which our colleges and publie schools ecan bestow, these are cast lightly aside or perverted to ignoble purposes. A girl now enters society, it seems, with but one aim or ambition, and that is to try to manage to extract the greatest amount of enjoyment from her life. It soon becomes a continued round of excitement; no socner is one festivity over than she begins to plan for amother. She finds it “dolee far niente.” Her hours of leisure are etther slept or idled away, or spent in planning some filting dress in which to appear at the evening party. Occasionally she acquaints herself with the plot of the latest romance, or the nctes of a fash ionable picce of music. Dwelling much on the contemplation of such little things, they soon lose the intellectual appetite. As for quiet domestic felicity, society girls never dream of it! They soon become wholly dependent upon excitement for happiness, and unless they have something of this kind continually in view, they soon sink into apathy and at | home are utterly wrétehed. The l parents of such girls usually prae tice strict econoniy indomestic af fairs, the mother doing all the ne cossary work and denying herself ‘many comforts that her daungh ‘ters may have a succession of silk and satin dresses to ephanéde their beauty, and fly about from one place of pleasure to another,*hop ing that they may make a wealthy alliance. In nineteen cases out {wenty they fail to do so. Seldom ean we find a society girl in our day who can reason, reflect, feel, judge, discern, diseriminate, or furnished with a stock of idess, ' principles and gualifications ready to be applied as oeassion niay de mand {o each of their respective | sitnations as daughters, wives or mothers. Dwarfed by society and fashion, and leading a life of idle ness, dims the mental perceptions and enervates a frame n:‘.rlumlly vigorous. Society now is heart lgss aud shallow, with its silly amusements and soulless rivalries. Parties are stale and unprofitable, with the same bowing, grinning nonsense, the same bosh talked, the same tiresome routine frow | beginning to end. " Commend us to that society of wowmen who have higher aud no bler aims, whose borizon is not bounded by the cowing man, and who has a purpose in life whether she meets lim or not,to those'who 'maké HES well worth living, = . ‘' The seciety mew of ot day ‘must nop’ pass annoticed.. Few men«l%% through the first period of manfiood without strong temp ations to be considered society imen, It becomes their ambition.: The_idea looms gramdly among ‘those vanities that hedge a man's approach to matutity, “They soon become adepts in-soeiety tactics whichmatch him Jvith " others of the same stamp. - He conquers-all such annoyances as truth or sin werity, which maysometimes sting. figq,gg’naqjegpe. He studies moral arring, makes it his art 4o be admired, but seldom to be trusted. Tokeep up with the fashion of the times; to hedgnorant of=plain things-and . plain, honest. peoples who “do not go with their set,’. ‘and whom tlfey, stigmatige a 5 the. ‘dangerous second s«‘class,¥sstoabe ‘knowing: in all gossip,«fomiliam withall the figures in the Germdn, dance gfiell .and awear® ballirofme honorg.with indifferénce, to holdin: fa’ir place ' ingtheysilly nothings usually, discussed,#to effect.gan ‘eanestness of look -and action ‘ ‘which seems full of pleading anfl yeb ask nothing; to make a show: for the admiration of thgse auho have more fancy than brains .an more, vn'n*ity fl}an common _sense., This is the, Jistinction _to - which, they aspire, R The majority of these society men are thpé;‘e:'vyhos'e means are lrilnit’é(;l, or chx‘ké “Who receive a sfll‘ni'z';of fifty or se\fenty-fiw:o dol lars & month and live "at the rate of $2OO or $3OO, that they may be eongidered popular and keep thejr posifion in this so-called “best so ciety,” They dress in the. latest fashion, can be seen in all the sheen of finest cloth, spend their leisure hours in the ball room, at theatres, operas, at the billiard table and games of chance,indunlge in cigars and aleoholic poisons and then appear in the society of ladies covered with what smacks of rone. - It is a subject of chron ic marvel how they manage to keep soul andgbody together. But society teaches them to let the] wolf gnaw their vitals without say or sign. Itisa poor distinetion they enjoy, and not enduring. They run the round of all possi ble exeitement, and leave them selves little but the dregs of the cup, and they are tasteless if not bitter. Commend us to those who cultivate their,bheads and hearts rather than their toilet graces— those with rural houesty and old fashioned manners, .with that which shows the stuff that heroes and practical men are made of. O tempora! O mores! Oh, for the repudiation of this system of things, and for the restoration of the tastes and habits of my grand mother's day. % 1 JupiTH. Slightly in —mor. , He was_an Englishman, tall, blonde and ehort-skghted. He strolled abebad at early morn to view the lordly homes” where the great and"wealthy dwell. A figure in white at a top window attracted kis attentior. He polished his glass and critically surveyed the apparition. “Ha! a lady¥ and 'a brunette. Attracted by his aris tocratic appearance she was gaz ing on him. He hifted his® hat— the figure bowed. Clearly a case of love at first sight. And the lo cality, too, Doubtless an heiress. Try her with another bow aud handkerchief waive. ~ Heavens! the bow and the salute “returned. Will he ring the bell and beg for an introduetion to the fair flirt? He has heard of the free-and-easy manners of our San Francisco belles, but this exceeds his most extravagant expectations. His hand is on the door-bell when a voice from the garden, and a gruff one, too, said: “What the deuce are you mash ing our Chinaman for? Can’t Jim clean the window without you ‘makiug eyes at him.— News-Let ter. + A telegraphreport says that the daughter of a New Jersey farmer ran off with cne of her father’s hands. Tt does not state which hand, but if it was the one the old gentleman used to slap mosquitoes with, if was a most anfilialact. How Not to Pop theQaestion, == “And so she' ‘woulda’s™ fl you#* i SERV T 2 4 4 “Indeed shb wolldnt” = “How'd that coma?” ¥[/ & I 3 “Well, I sat. down alongside of . ‘her and took her by the hand; as™ I heaved a sigh tea deep to sound.” itens Seggmen & T { “How wasthat®l.wsd sew & dw. ~ “It did’nt make moige encnglis You see,d alwa's deg=sighibgs in’ardly, an’ breathe through mge™ nose to hide my breat Wwifi " “Well, what th’g;?"%“g el “I felt her hadd}ufigrflm ne, an’ T'could hear her heart thum : o like a Waterbury watch, Fthought, . that meant ‘say the word an’ I'm. uyourn,‘ an so I said it; but I 2o left:” 0 SE— “You don’t tell’ mé." How'd 1" happen 2 » of Vel W “Well, she fired up like a“Rors net, an’ daid she wouldn't never marry ne man what popped the - NO. 5. ' question as thoughs he were refers’ rin’ to sp'ilt fish.” ost goabs ey “‘We;t that beats all.. How in: the world did you do it?”+ sows s } “Well, L sorter give her hand s ’iiftlgi squesze, to show her I.was, . cheerful, an’ then L says, .quite - alib like, says, T Migandeghipe you §£°"}?_Chjf‘e? :9&1%&@1« : §Ql‘. ek AL e e Xresnge'p;.] :askgg{lf aud thé Preachere o A preacher once . applied to. 1 ,'Px;e;siflfillt Jackson for a foreigm »,q;wigiptmph_t. g el ¥ :‘ngpt’s your profession ' Jacks son ggge@,nf the minister. . g e« “%'B}‘eaclx,er,” the latter replied. v *Then.? said the President,“yon hoilgl;; better appointment than E - GAD. EhVE YOI iy i o akaie PR 9 The i)yeucher looked at Jacksom for a moment, twefl‘%‘%% ; hoels and [éfftHe room. He made é no mord applications for foreigm. appointiients. . S -y L_,_..;‘.._'__.,_T___h el Marriage.in Arizopg:et® i . ‘Do you take this woman whose. hand you're a squeezin’. to be your lawful wife, in_ flush times an’ skimp ?’ *‘l reckon that's about the size of it, Bquire. o ; ‘Do you take this man you've J'ined fists with to be your pard through thick an’ thin? " ‘Well, you'ro about right for once, old man.’ ‘All right, then. Kiss in court, an’ I reckon you're married about as tight as the law kin jine yom. I guess four bits "Il do, Bill, if I don’t have to kiss the bride. Itl do, it's six bits extra.’ s A TERRIBLE fight was had on Sunday the 17th ult., at Hickory Grove church near Madison, Fla., seventeen miles below Valdosta., The parties were Messrs. William, Babe and Taff Langford on ons side, and Maessrs. Eugene, Abe and John West on the other. The difficulcy was caused by offensive personalitiess published in the New Era and Recorder of Madi son last fall during a heated polit ical eontest. The fray resulted in the death of Messrs. W and Babe Langford, the wounding of Taff Tangford and the West' brothers. b The story is told of one of~Bos ton’s grand dames at a private mysicale who approached a young woman performer with the re mark: “You play very well. You really must get some one to intro duce you to me.” This could not have happened outside of Boston, Ope of the Quitman boys not long since was rushing around in Valdosta inquiring for the. ex press, office. Somebody asked him ' what he wanted to find the expiess office for. “I want to express my feelings back to Quit. man!” he said. . » As soon as the baby’s teeth?lelfi begins the romance of marri life ceases. No woman can’ feel any sentiment for a man who travels around m his night shirt on a hot summers’ &ve, with a squalling infant.dangling over his shoulder. Half the steel rails for the Amer. icus, Preston and Lumpkin rail road have been bought and paid for. Cross-ties for the road have been scattered all along'the lmp from Americus to Preston, and the work is progressing rapidly. Mr. Cleveland has dismissed his. Freneh cook, and an old -colored aunty now presides in the White House kitchen. Day by day the proofs of the President’s . demoes racy ageunulafe. et G@en The Albany News siys: “And now Savannah wants'to be a . mer resort! Wao suspeet sum. mex will rescrt there very eusiy.” ' A
