The true citizen. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1882-current, May 19, 1882, Image 8
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Slate News. Paragraphs-
pia’es for a ight
Crawfordville
wat;-h.
The small-pox. to
in Atlanta,
almost epidemic
Had worms are inj.iriiig th< corn in
H uncock county.
General News Paragraphs-
Washington, L>. C., May 16.—The
news from Senator IiiTt this morn
ing is very gloomy.
Somebody writes to the Philadel
phia Times asking the best mode of
learning journali-m. He is evident
ly a Georgia Bourbon editor.
Honey is plentiful around Lexington A Nt>w Yo rk letter says: The land
ai 15 cents per pound.... i on which the Drexel bui'ding stands
cost its present owners at the rate of
the 1 far'well Cun has been feasting!
on strawberries li inches in diameter.
A. snake was hillnl in the parlor of
Mr. J VV. Farm r, of (Jraw.ordville,
tlu other day.
Goner..! Gordon was accompanied by
l.iv family on his- European tour. They
flailed last Monday.
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Mr J, S; Herrington and Miss
4'an ie Odom w<*r« married in Scriven
«■' nnty on the 2d inst.
fcff. Red.fini; J-’ims, of Washington,
ha* f dder in his barn that has been
I ho re tor twenty years.
Prospects for wheat on the line of
Gwinnett, Mi’ton, L'obb and Paulding
a.« hotter than since 1857.
i
Sylv nia Telephone : The ten thous
and djtl ai liquor law for this county
wen! mt-- effect on ihe Is* inst.
fhe highest; Ra'afy drawn by any
; o**t master ( •V-eirgia is #3 001). 'I bis
is paul 4 fnv tVintcy in Atlanta.
Ins*; Krday morning t c track of
Renouncing the World.
Social circles have hceu strongly
moved since Friday last by the an-
nouncenmet that Miss Emily McTav-
ft J
ish had enter* d the convertatMount
de Sales to became a sister of the Vis
itation. It liad been thought until
the last moment that V1 iss McTavish
would leave for New York on Friday
last, with h<-r mother and sisters.
Thu rest of the family departed. The
young lady, after mature considera
tion and careful considered advic«
from her spiritual friend*, determin-
Fort Smith, Ark.,- May 16.—The I fid thtit she should remain, and that
nuuib'T ol people killed and wounded ! hereafter her life was to be devoted
,000.4300 per acre.
THE TRUE CITIZEN.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
AT
WAYNESBORO; G A.
by tiie recent cyclone at McAlister,
Indian Territory, sums up 120.
Beri in, May 16.—The betrothel
of the Princes Beatrice will, it is said,
soon be announced with Prince Fred
erick Wildam, son of the Landgrave
of Hesse.
to tho Church. Instead of taking
the train fur New York for the unial
season of enjoyment, in Europe where
she had been again and again before,
on the gay
Gen. Grant was sixty-five years
old last Thursday, May 4th. He will
goon be rijo enough for another
term, or another D. H. cruise, we
are not certain which.
In New Orleans they calaboose the
editors just f »r contempt of court,
yet titer are some people who think
that an editor’s chair is a seat of
roses without any pins in it.
Montgomery Advertiser: During
the mont: of April 5,520 boxes of
strawberries were shipped by express
from this city to Nashville; 4,472
were shipped to Louisville; and 5,-
. .. i ... ”, . , , „| 020 to Cincinnati, making an aggre-
fU ( oorgU Pacific ratomed tlie end of i e+r c * „
, I gate of 15,012 b>r the month,
ilit tinnier,, mile going westward. |
Fiyo or : ix hundred d liars have
‘ t o subscribed towar I bo ing an ar-
siar. wi ! on the sqn .re- in VV ashing-
ii. . . . . • ....
i'iu. library .beh‘n ting . the ITni-
v *r* i "y of Georgia how contains 15*000 Gieetings
• hmwtf, white new ' works are b.iu
<• (^foully add d.
The Episcopal church of Illinois
has taken an advanced position on
tin* question of woman suffrage in
tiie church. It )»as in diocesan oon-
v> uiii*n adopted a cannon allowing
women to vote at general parish
dialer the educational bill repored
Washington, D. C., May 15.—
Jud ge Cunningham is back from
JNew York and expects to leave for
com
'll I he house, GeorgiV* quo a for her j th ' 1 South to-night He feels
-4’> < 0fi4) i literate vo ere will be nearly j f°rt»b!e regarding the judgship. The
Tb 00d j«cr annum. nomin'uion was up in the Cabinet
4r. VV. A Huff, of the Markham
\ one, At'.'ioU baa leased for a term
< J > oar,- ?ho popular Rummer reso.t, the
I ’t-w Ho land Bp rings, of Atlanta,.
tv
ol HMkn-ip- Hhiith of Wilkes'coun-
fun a o t'fitfb or nix’ hundred dollars
she '‘turned her back on the
world and renounced till its pomps
and vanities.” Mi<s McTavidi’s fund-
ily are descended from some of the
most prominent people of this coun
try, nnd their relatives are closeiy
connected by relationship with a
number of the great families of Eng
land. Through the Cantons they
are very closely related to three noble
houses, and Gen. Winfield Scott was
the grandfather of the children of the
present generation. The step taken
was to many friends a sudden one,
hut it had been long considered For
years past Mi-s McTavish had been
remarked among those of he? religion
as one exemplary pious. Wealthy, of
the best family, exceedingly hand-
8"nie, graceful, well educated, well
read, appreciative of the pleasures
and healthfulness of out-of-door
sports—the spirited dash after the
hounds across the country, for in
stance —what the ou side world calls
a sacrifice is marked widi greater
• mpli'isis. ! he peace, of the cloister
it had hem decided, L preferable to
wonb’rs of the wur! ; . The no.idate
is three months induration. When
tiie final vows are token the work
entered into is for life. It is largely
educational. The Sisters at Mount
de Sales have patiently trained and
taught many and many a one who
look back to them with thanks to
what Las proved a blessing of years.
Mount de Sains in a noble building,
located upon an eminence on th** Fred
erick road,,with a fine for St beyond
it, and ii spread * f farm land about,
well ca r nd for and most attractive.—
Baltimore American.
-BY THE-
.SULLIVAN BRO TERRS.
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to-day, and it is possible a nomina
tion will be sent in this afternoon.
Senator Brown, who arrived yes •
terdsv, will make a strong effort f*>r
McCav with Mr. Brewster nnd the
President.
Wasjunton, D. C., May 13—Mr?.
'The III a ii and Alligator.
Ameri' us Republican.
‘‘A few nights ago a Dooly county
farmer, whose place is on the river,
was walking around near his stock yard
when he heard ;i squealing among ids
hogs. He looked over the fence to
learn tho cause, when lie found a lar
Independent in All Things,
Neutral 1st Nothiiwl
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Not Pledged to Any Party,
Faction, or Individual,
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,, , * 4. i *i „:n ,,„,i a;,,. _ ’ 7 i learn me cause, when no round a Jar e
1 ' h ' it v'v ’ * 1 , ^'T^ant Mason, sans tiie htiby, but ; a ,l,gator had .a dead hog, v/IAh it. had
li .0 . -e, l nt va, States tumi atlinla- f ,( companied bv a friend, was grant- killed, and was trying to m ike its way
Ut H/tiiii
dr. Anderson # Whitmire, who was
i'.umng Mr TnrreiPs steaan mw mill,
n .lackwoti o«»4i»4y, fell perovi Uie saw,
; oil »>tts flawed completely in two, last
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ihe find tiah: (rf Georgia cotton cvci
t.: ip; cd over the Georgia l’acifierailr ad
iNas bought in Atlanta on the ihh in-t.
i'y.S. 'VI. inman & to., at bl cents
} < ,pound. , ,
e< t «n interview yesterday. She made
an effecting appeal to tiie President
for Executive interposition in her
husband’s behalf. The President ns-
towards the river, lie ran to the hou e
for his gun, and called to several oi his
hands to go with him to kill the alliga
tor. On arriving at the lot tiie hogs
| had disappeared, and so had the Mater
sured Mrs. Mason that he had the j monster. Ihey followed i i the riv$r
case under advisement, but g«ve no! ^ an ^» au ^> instead <d alligator tracks.
indication how or when he should j those of two persons who
, „r I hud the skin of an alii. a'< r, ard had
act. The probabilities are that. Ms-; uge{ j j t to
son will be pardoned after Gui'eau is
hanged.
A JOURNAL FOR THE POPL
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Paksons, Kan., M;ty 10—A terri
ble cyclone passed over McAlister, a
Cel. U. [). Jones, o’’ Augusta, is mak-j mining settlement in the Indian Ter
b p peed he.adway with his History of! ti’ory, Monday. Seven people were
killed outright, and four fatally,
eleven dangerously and 39 more or
less hurt. Ffty-eight houses were
totally demolished and thirty others
badly wrecked. The cyclone cut a
path through the timber ^u*t as a
svthe would mow through gras*.
Damage to the Osage Coal Mining Co.
was very great. The population of
the settlement is only 800. The suf-
f> ring caused by the visitation is
vt ry serious.
« etirgia. The first volume is about.
<:uly for the press 'l he entire work
will be comprised io three volumes
Thc-a. fVl Hiudehur.st, Joseph .). Ar
id , and Wtn. A. Taylor have been ap
pointed as n committee, by the Grand
ur v •ol .8criveo,/to investiga e the sale
<1 intoxicating liquors upon the steam-
boa's plying theSM«nnah river.
I )ne day lout week the Savannah.
.1* it ridaand Western railway had among
u it ticiptfl 18 hales of cotton, 41 car
ttJVls of lusnher, 1 car load of bacon
, » ,
1.3 )8 baryels of naval stores, 566 bnr-
n .'i* /A oota.toes^, 33 barrels and S95
b. yea vegetables. <
CrawloRlriHe Democrat: Col. Sam
UbufCDAt, 1 Wvlbg near Crawfordville,
li Irh u* qf & curiosity. A swarm of
Gu ta lure tt^fcen up'their abode in one
i f the, olunnejt* of hi
The attorneys of Guitcau are con-
stuntly asserting that “ifGuileau had
killed an ordinary man there would
have been no such vindictive prose
cutions.’’ In answer to this the pub
lic takos notice that the killers of
many “ordinary men” have swung
from the gallows for crimes commit
ted long since the assassination of the
president, nnd yet. after ten months
i residence, andi(; u j^, uU holds his levees and pockets
Idfre i black j m ot,ev, nnd talks boastfully to the T
Mtk jii eavewd wiih juicy honey, and | public from his comfortable quarters S thousand dolUrs for it. It is daily
1 b—perfectin W ssliington. ^ • visited by hundreds.
Devoted to the interests of the people of Burke county, their
struction, entertainment and advancement—a laithful and imparii;
accomplish the pm-pose ot j chronicler of all Burke county happenings—a fair recorder of all importl
stealing hogs and making the cwner, j iin t events elsewhere occurring—a sturdy advocate of correct Jeffersoniar
ii he should discover them believe it! principles of government by the people and for the people—a just, uprigh
was an alligator, l'he rowing of a and honorable journal,
boat down the river con Id be distinctly
heard, but there was no hing to pursue
in, so the matter was dropped until a
better opportunity was offered for
catching up with the perpetrators. In all these things the UlTIZEN hopes hot to prove remise in ite
. I duty—it is a public institution, and every subscriber and patron is’ a
stockholder— the Publishers are merely their agents, and their duties and
responsibilities are reciprocal—we think we can promise that the man
agement will do its duty, and if the public, will do theirs, it will prove an
immense power for good in the community
A Child Eiepitaul.
Montezuma Weekly.
We have been to the home of a color
ed mother on one ot our hack streets,
and found a remarkable monstrosity in
a week old babe, fi is partly envelop
ed in mi elephant’s skin, and could no
be told from the bide of this animal un
less seen on the child. It has a thick,
rough, s ia!y cxtexrior, covered with :
just enough long hair to easily discern j
it. The child Ims a long, pendant oni
on that side of the head covered by
this skin ; wo view it as a fac simile of
the ear of a baby elephant. This sk n One copy one year, Cash i
preludes a quarter of an inch above the I “ ‘W g i x months
natural skin of the child. Its cries are " three months
low and plaintive like an animal, not a
lrumau being. The mother states that
she attended a circus last fall, was ?
frightened by the elephants, and rc- j
gardsihisas the cause of the child’s]
strange deformity. The child, or ^ii- I
nial, us it umy turn out to be, is large |
and healthy, and scorns likely to live. .
What a curiosity if it should live. One
of our citizens has offered die mother a
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