The true citizen. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1882-current, July 14, 1882, Image 1

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Current Comments. The Savannah Timet it very tevere on Wild Oscar. The Atlanta Constitution it the hv- est newspaper in the South. The leaves of the castor-oil plant are said to give out a property deadly to insects. Savannah Times : “The scavenger department daily removes ninety o^rt loads of dirt and^tyj^al from our streets.” Whew ! "What a dirty city! Although the acreage planted in cot ton this year is at least 10 per cent, less than that of last year, it is thought that the present year’s crop will be larger. Rumors of Col. Wadley’s retire ment from the presidency of the Cen tral R. R. continue to float about in atmosphere, and we have come to the Conclusion that there is some truth in them. Amid the exeitemeu for tbeguberna- w«ioom*o. Wilde, torial chair, we must not forgot the j »t tu« macox T»i.a..KM-n's wiual n». present efficient corps of State officers ] Oh, bold, unterrifieil soulful preaoience , r tit -r. on ii . Of monumental joy 1 Oh utmost quinte*oene« Horn^N. C. Barnett, now 86 years olu, • ^ ptrnnp*, deep, fathomless,utter; has performed the duties of Secretary Oh, herald of the vertnalsance, Bully Bor, , o, i _ t ' O'Wilde we welcome thee 5 Shake! of State for many years and under. Even as Hneus to Dido, com’st thou to ns several State Administrations, accept- i J ven " ”“ l > , 1 i Searohink for sympathy, eauer 'arter trust, With limited baqifaffe, seeking heart-tunes On a heathenish shore, refuge 'rorn simoons. Adverse breezes, and the fierce tornadoes With which old Boreas, the Press has tangled thee. You can bet jrour sweet life, Ossie, We can furnish all- Anchor your argosy Side of the palace wall, where the flower. The Leonine sunflower Is leanin’ its chin On the Ultima Thule, the toppermost brick. Pluck from the boot, the crumpled pants leg; Pledger’s Blade was sold out by the Sheriff in Athena a few days ago. The concern brought $8. This shows that the negroes won’t support a newspaper even when published by on® of their own color. The Savannah Recorder I ell us tnw tluH&oys of that city hanged Guiteauin •effigy, a few days ago, and says this shocking affair Mas repeated for the gratification of a large number of cit izens of that city. The autopsy of Guiteau revealed nothing abnormal about his brain. Nsv eitheless we believe ho was demented, y t be possessed disc-etion sufficient t * know right from wrong, and that ha suffered the extreme penalty af the law justly *"] ho Greenbakers and Radicals have formed a coalition over in Alabama, and pc'pose to entertain the Democrats with a i vely race this fall. The Democrats, however, have good ticke s in the field, ani the strength ot the coalition will only be sufficient to cement the party and drive in the stragglers. A crank tramp was airested in New York on the 1st inst., who was anxious to nrocure a pistol for the purpose, he 'said, of killing President. Grant that hs name might go down to history for kill iug a grea^nan. Had he obtained the pistol and killed Grant, it would have been a fraud on history to have put his name therein in any such role, Mr. Stephens to the contrary notwithstand ing. The Fourih of July wus celebrated in a few cities and towns in this State with some show of enthusiasm, but gene rally* was not noticed. Many of the large cities at the North als > failed to have any celebration. The day seems to hare lost its power oyer tffe people in all sec'ions of the country, and when the next quarter of a century shall have >assed it will be no more than any other day in the year. Oscar Wilde, the great aesthete, of whom so much ridicule has been made by both Press and people throughout • # the oo'in'ry, lectured in Atlanta, Sa vannah, Maoon and Augusta lust week, and the papers of those cities say he was greeted by larger audiences than any lecture; who had visited them in a long time, making a complete capture of everybody. Thus is it proven that the ridioulous is as good as the sublime. Senator Brown is iu comfortable eir- cumstanoeg. The papers say he owns $263,400 worth ot real estate in the oi y of Atlanta, besides $6G,11'0 worth of personal property, which aggregates $329,500. On this he pays an annual city tn*, of $(5,000. When it is re- iiembered that the Senator has as much or more than as much more prop erty ou'tside the eit.y ot Atlanta, we think he may be set down as in no dan-* ger of suffering. t t, ably both to his chief officer and to the people. Indeed the name of Secretary Barnett is a syuonymfor honesty, and while others fell from their high places with their honors blackened, not a stain rests upon the escutcheon of our venerable Secretary of State. He is yet active and capa ble, and we pay let the old man die in I Pull above It thy balbriRgan to the knee; harness. Comptroller General Wright has won the respect of the people of the whole State by the able manner in which he has conducted the business of his office, and should certainly be retained in his place. Under the man agement of State Treasurer Speer the State funds have been safe, and no re ports of dishonesty come from his office. These officers have done their duty no bly, honestly and well, aud should bo retaiud iu tlieir places. It is idle to say one deserves nothing for doing bis duty, aud nonsensical to turn away a faithtul offioer to rnako room for a man who is untried. The coming couvea.- tiou should renominate these meu by acclamation. DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING. The True Citizen. Advertising rates liberal. Transient advertismenta payable in wfc vaucu. All contract advertisement* payable cptai* terly. Ail communications for personal benefit wtfX be charged for as advertisements. Advertisements to occupy special places vritt be charged 25 per cent, above, regular rates. Notices in local and business column 5 ot*. per lino; iu local lOcs. per line, each insertion. For terms apply at this office. A if ISC TNG PIUS CJ-\' The heated political discussions ba- tweeu tho Macon Telegraph aud the At lanta Constitution culminated a few days ago iu an attempt of the editors in chief of these journals to meet upon the field of h -nor, The hostile meeting was to have taken place opposite Evs-Point, in Alabama, but tho officers of the law beoomiug acquainted with the inten tions of the parties, Col. Lauisr and party, of tho Tekgraph, were arrested and put under a $2,0(jC‘ bond to keep the peace. Col. How-ell, of the Constitu tion, was more successful in eluding the vigilance of the officers and getting off’, but of course had to re’uru without a fight. The latest uews informs us that Col. Howell aud his second have also been arrested and put under the same bond. The fear, however seems to be entertained that the belligerets will yet manage to effect a meeting di spite the bonds. Virtue has its own reward, as may be seen from the following, taken from the North Georgia Times : ‘‘Kate Soth- ern, whom it will be remembered killed Sis Fowler over in Pickens county a few years ago, and for the crime was sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, but was recently pardoned out, vbows some signs of gratitude yet, having named her first child afterher conviction, Henry W. Grady Sothern, because Grady first attracted public sympathy for h°r, and her next child she names Alfred H. Colquitt Sothern, because Governor Colquitt pardoned her out.” The “strikes” still go on at the North, and in almost every industry capital and labor are arrayed against each other* and the interests of all suffer. How different in the South,“strikes” are seldom heard of here, and when they do oocur are of short duration. So great is the contrast that the leading public journals North have begun to observe the difference between tho two sections of the country and to draw compara- sons which are creditable to the South. The Atlanta Post-Appeal informs us that the Atlanta Cetten Factory was sold in that city at auction, last week, for the sum of $101,000, to Messrs. Coffin, Altimus & Co., of Philadelphia. The Appeal thinks that this amount will pay about 25 cents on the dollar of the debts of the uoncern. Atlanta seems to be a failure in the way of large cot ton factories, for while every other fac tory in the State is paying, this one has been euutinually iu trouble. Button thy collar on the loosened waist-band, Roach back thy wringlets, assume thy/' coat, —Oh coat, cut like unto the swallow’s rudder— And let us lilies order up on trust While we do humanize together, so to speak. Pard, we are glad to see you. Glad Is weak; all the psychological realms, The aesthetic plantations and truck gardens Of our veriest being echo to thy tread ; Our most sacred emotions climb upon The fence tops and clap their hands for joy And gambol round upon our sensibilities Until we feel as oue whose hand has poured From the red gold chalice of a July day’s Julep Into the eager recesses of himself Ah ! thou tumblcst. Thou too hast been there. As it were. It is another bond of union. Are we mstbetic f Well really we do smlie. Come round to the sauctum—sanctum sancto rum Aud boliold the homo of art. See the lilac Walls half kalsominod—half undermined, Whoso arabesque patterns are uniquely traced In amber (Juice); the Elizabethan stove Tapping the secret flue with zig-zag pipe And resting its leonine beaded feet on bats— Brickbats from Egypt's ruined towns Fashioned xnayhaps by Moses’ next of kin Beneath the cruel lash of ancient overseers; The gorgeous calendars hung round on Pearl top nail; tho Louis XIV clock, relio Of old time j oyalty from Boston fetched ; Tho desks of sandal wood veneered with pine ; The bulilwood armchairs and th* brle-a-brae Of curious tone, like unto paste pots, weights And outlawed wood cuts precious la The sight of those who relics seek. Come round And search amidst our ancient lore; reports From Congress and pamphlets manifold Of patents and new fangled articles In imitation Turkey bound ; exchanges from Savannah, and that delirious dream Behind Tin Timex from Chattahoochee brought: And that strange work, the unabridged, Enlarged and illustrated volume by Webster : built. Aesthetic? Pard, thine .ignorance chills. The awful awfulness of aesthetic visions Ne'er yet has thrilled thy beauty nerves—nor will Until on froe lunch morn thou dost behold Our special poet light upon the jowl, Brown, bybecuod of ten-.l’rest shote, Aud dash the foam from Oulmbaoh boor. .(Esthetic ? Friend cur life is brimming full Of agon/ most delicious. We keep the real Imported brand on ice. Welcome, thrice Welcome, then, if genuine thou be. If not, Aud seeking pleblan art, best hie thee ou And iu Atlanta camp. Philadelphia Record. Quito a flutter fins been caused ia the circles of high noddy hv the postponement of the wedding of Mis* Afiic Bouvier with the Prince Vallerie. The lady is well known, and comes trom an old Philadelphia family. Her sister is the wife of Banker Fred Drexeh As the Btory goes, while Miss Bouvier was travel— iug abroad some time Bince, ghe met the Prince, who waB engaging in hia manners, and is said to be of the Italian branch of the Legitimists, hia mother being a Bourbon. The Prince and Miss Bouvier met each other frequently, and finally it wai decided they should get married.— Then the trouble began. The Prince did not desire to get married in , . .. , ,i e i France, because of the troubles with lT^ th „rrr‘ ,on ’ whe,her for ! ■**. ■»* «• »»)>> America for the wedding. So it waa On Tuesday, the 4th in»t M the Democracy of Burke county met in mass meeting at Gray's Hall and elected delegates to the Gubernato rial Convention and elected a new Executive Committee. Consider able interest was manifested and there was a goodly crowd of the “unterrified’’ present. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman of the Executive Committee, Capt. Randolph Ridgely, who stated the ob ject of the meeting. Judge J. B. Jones was elected per manent chairman, and J. H. Macken zie elected Secretary. Col. J. J. Jones moved a resolution that a ballot be taken to test the choice of the convection, and that the dele gates be instructed to vote for the Stephens or Bacon. J. A. Shewmake moved as a sub stitute that six delegates b« elected who should go to the convention uninstructed. This substitute after discussing waa defeated. Capt. J. P. Thomas then offered the following resolution as a substitute for Col. Jones resolution : \V hereas, tho Democracy of Burke county in view of giving ex pression to their true sentiments in regard to the pendiug gubernatorial issue, admire the timely, manly and proper lorm in which the Hon. A. O. Bacon, of Bibb, announced hia candidacy for Governor. Therefore, Resolved, That appre ciating the ability, and the long con tinued service of a man who has [ always been truo to party, true to I decided that the ceremony should take place in this city. The fact that the wedding was to occur in this city caused considerable talk in society circles, and the young lady was con gratulated upon all hands for her good fortune in having captured a real live Prince. The most elaborate pnparatious were made for the event, and th? invitation# were prepared.— The Prince promised when he left his iuamorata in Paris, to follow her to the Umted States as soon as b« sett'ed up some small business mat ters. As the day for his arrival ap proached, there was considerable of a sensation in high society, because of the anxiety of the young ladies to catch a glimpse of the Prince. A relative went to New York, but the I principle, faithful .od persistent m ; p rinn0 fcile<1 lQ arrive on tho 8k . Bm . jibe performance cf ,11 duties dew »-L r Letter, and Plegranw failed to j ed upon him and who IS well posted I reach L ; and „ 0 ? hi „ g ha. bee. and thorough!, conversant with hcard of th „ whercabo * to 0 f the | all a«M» pertaining to the wolfar. oi, , toorbon , inca- The weddi „ ? b ». i a ,®* , m. , . r., b-on consequently posuoned until tin# Resolved, That m consideration of ; a rv;..u„ I his wish to be transferred from tho j Legislative branch to the more exalt- ! od position of Chief of the Executive j Department, we tender our united I efforts to consumate tho request and ! thus reward a true, faithful aud de serving public servant. This resolution after discussion was voted down. The ballot on Col. Jones resolution was taken and re sulted as follows: Stephens, 83; Bacon, 32. Many of the Bacon men not voting. The chair appointed the following delegates : J. J. Jones,H. H. Perry, T. J. MeElmurray, R. Steiner, W. S. Godbee and P. D. Cox. The follow ing were the alternates: Geo. Patterson, G. B. Powell, J. M. Mur- phey. Dr. J. C. Brigham, A. Chance and J. D. Munnerlyn. H. H. Perry then offered the fol lowing resoluti' n: i Whereas, the Hon. Geo. T. Barnes A Gonzales, Texas,joeolal says the first : consistently, ably and faithfully ser- cotton passed there Tuesday en route j d } Democr „ tic rty both in — the State and National councils; is a A colored man recently plowing near Opelou- 1 man of unquestioned ability and ill— •sas, Louisiana, unearthed a jar of Spanish silver 1 p'gritv ; was a faithful and earnest Corn ie selliuR In Jefferson county, Florida, af fifty cents per bushel—one of the host evidences of plou.y iu that county. coins af 1779, worth JW.000 to $10,000. Over 75,000Texas steers are uow belnj? driven through the Indian territory, to the west and northwest, iu tiie droves are 10,000 horses. Atlanta Post- Appeal: A telegram from Athens states that over 200 hands engaged on the Geor gia extension at eighty cents per day, hare struck for $1. Within a limit of three miles of Auburn. Ken tucky, live three brothers, who three y. ars ago, married three sisters, and who now have three children each. soldier through all tho dark days of the South, and is deserving of the rewards of the parly which he has never asked. Prince is found, and Mr. Dickson, a relative of the young lady, has been dispatched to Paris to clear up the mvstery, and, if possible, find the Prince. The family and friends of the lady believe that some accident has happened to the fiance, and that until apprised otherwise they will b« loth to believe anything else. A company in London is now organized to build five Urge steamers specially adapted to the importing of Australian meats into England. These steamers will be so constructed that the frozen process wdl be p* r- feet, and meat placed in the retailers hands at 10 cents per pound on hu average for all joints. The cost of constructing and equipping ench steamer will bo about $1,000,000. This will at once touch an interest of great magnitude in the United States generally. The opposition to “frozen meat,” however, is quite strong among the English butchers, who maintain that it turns out badly when thawed under the manipulation of the cook. For seven dollars, Geo. Graham, of Rome, climbed a flag pole ouo hundred feet and ad justed the rope by which I he flag Li managed. A perilous undertaking for so trifling a sum. Thomas Sullivan, a bartender, was arrested in Now York, a fow days ago, for killing John Tqomey, whose skull was fraotured by a fall while they were “engaged in a friendly wrest ling match.” Boston, July ft.—'Two cases of yellow fever were discovered on the steamer Mark Lane, which arrived yesterday from Matanzus. The patients wore removed to Gatloup’S Island Hos pital, and the steamer was thoroughly fumiga ted by the port physician. Oswhuo, N. Y., July 8.—Madam Adolla made a balloon ascension from tills city this afternoon. She was carried out over Lake Ontario after throwing out everything to keep up, hoping to strike a current that would carry her back over the land. 8he saw a tug on the lake, apparently followini^ior. Hhe then opened tho valve and came down in the water, abont seven miles from tho land, clinging to the balloon. She was dragged through the water several miles, and was finally picked up In a very exhausted con dition by a tng whioh was on the lake with an exourslon party about seventeen miles west of , _ . ttoa city. She waa iu the water nearly as knur. tu6 turn affairs have taken. Od last Sunday, in Lumpkin, Ga., a pig onme upon the scene that was no doubt suffering from sunstroke. It dropped suddenly to the ground and „ , , , , , • shivered from head to foot, while blood Resolved, 1 >at he is our choice lor , 00Ke( j f rom j^ 8 u 08 trils. It lay upon Co-igre«sm»n-at.large fur thei State.: lhe d for on hour panting lik, » 1 bi» rcututioo was soconcM by! liMard and afterwards walked slowly Capt. A M. Rodgers in a short, | od witb head tamed to one side ,s appropriate and complimentary I j, cra , ed f rom a 8eTere blow. The pig speech. The resolution was then , was a Bei . ksbire fin n order, and died unanimously anopted. lhe meeting i nb r b t declined to send delegates to the | ° ' , Congressional convention on the ground that this had not been men tioned in tl^a call of the committee. The two-third# rule was adopted by a small majority. The meeting then adjourned. .POOR YOUNG MEN. # The greatest consternation ha# been excited iu Nashville by the action of the Attorney-General of Tennessee, who has directed tho District Attor ney to proceed at once against all matri monial organizations, as they exist in opeu violation of the laws. Ten nessee,. and especially Nashville, is over run with these marriage aid associations, which have proved very popular. In fact, they have developed a species of gambling which has aroused great excitement. This order of the Attorney-General has croated much consternation among polioy holders in these asso ciations, who are greatly alarmed at It is now discovered that tho bite of a rabbit is very poisonous. A doctor having had a case in which a person bit ten nearly lost bis life, had several rab bits caught, and found that the upper jaw contains a hollow tooth, froin^whieh he extracted a very poisonous fluid.— He ascertained that two drops of thin fluid administered to a lamb would kill it in less than an hour. It is reported that the resignation of Gen. Alexander as the First Vice Pres ident of tho Louisville aud Nashville R. R., is in the hands of President Baldwin. The question is, has this res ignation any connection with the rumor ed resignation of Col. Wadley. A two dollar postage stamp will shortly be issued by the Post Offioe Department. Ninety cents is the value of the highest jirice stamp now in use. Senator Hill’s eancer was caused bv nicotine, whioh gotjn a blister on