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September 4th, 1885. Number 18.
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gmr a d ispatch says that Bis-
inarck contemplates wresting Cuba
from the Spanish possession. While
we are opposed to the acquisition of
Cuba by the United States, we can
never consent to its occupation by
the German government, and if
Prince Bismarck should become so
silly as to attempt such a thing, it
will immediately become the fluty
of this country to seize upon the
island, and guarantee to it an in
dependent lorm of government.—
This is due to the United States as
a measure of self protection.
It is reported that a bill will
be introduced in the house of rep
resentatives to tax newspaper cor
respondents $50. Perhaps it is a
joke, as the house is so given to
Joking at an expense of $1,200 to
$1,500 per day to the people that it
is most difficult to determine when
that gathering of hoodlums is in
earnest. They have played the
people many bitter practical jokes
during the present session. But
perhaps the rabble part of the
house is in earnest this time. The
desire is quite natural to cover up
their Ignorance and ruffianism and
hide them forever from the public
gaze. But let us inform them that
they are too late; the people are
already in possession of a knowl
edge of their imbecil conduct, while
the bully and braggart will never be
able to awe the Georgia press into
silence.
«r Besides being of very doubt
ful constitutionality, the eivli ser
vice law works a defeat of a cardi
nal principle of our government.
It aims at no less than the creation
of a body of public officers who shall
be independent of the people, and
of all changes in politics which the
people may bring about. No mat
ter wliat party succeeds, or what
party is beaten, these public officers
are not affected.
The number of officers is the
same under either system, and their
functions are the same, but under
the civil service enactment their
tenure is permanent. They are
regular public functionaries analo
gous to the soldiers of the regular
army. Their business in life is that
of privileged agents of the govern
ment.
On the other hand, in the Amer
ican system of government office
holders are dependent upon the
people, and not superior to them.—
When the administration is chang
ed, the great body of officers are
changed, otherwise the administra
tion and his agents must be at cross
purposes, harmony could not ex
ist, and distrust and disagreement
between the head of the government
and his agents must necessarily
and always be the result. To be a
government officer Is not a regular,
permanent profession. This is the
Democratic, American system of
equal rights and equal opportunities.
The very first work of congress at
its meeting in December should be
to repeal tins un-Democratic, un-
AmeriCtm law.
Senator John Sherman, of
Ohio, opened the gubernatorial can
vass in that state by a vigorous
waving of the “bloody-shirt” and
the usual chapter of abuse of the
South. It the South is so terrible
in the eyes of these Northern Re
publicans, why did they not let«us
go when we so earnestly desired to
do so? We fought them four years
for the privilege of leaving them;
they overpowered us and drove us
back into the Union, and now we
propose to stay there. Let us whis
per a little secret into Sir. Sher
man’s ear. The day is fast ap
proaching in the history of this
country when the South will be
mistress of the situation, and occu
py a position which will enable her
to dictate to his descendants if not
to him. Already are the eyes of
hundreds of thousands of the peo
ple of the North turned towards
the Sunny South; they long to es
cape from the poverty of an over
crowded population, a sterile soil
and the sufferings of their terrible
long winters, and enjoy the
superior advantages offered in all
these things by the South. They
have been delayed only by Justsuch
infernal falsehoods as this misera
ble liar, John Sherman, uttered to
the people of Ohio a few days ago.
Such men as Sherman may be able
to prolong the present state of
things for ten or even twenty years,
but the end must come; and when
truth Is discovered by those people
they will curse the very memory of
those men who have so long misled
them. We can, therefore, well af
ford to treut the falsehoods anil vi
tuperation which It pleases these
men to heap upon us with contempt.
Yes, we are in the Union, and mean
to stay thorn until all such men as
Sheriiiau shall weep at the mem
ory of the hour when Loo surren
dered at ApiKunattox.
A HUMAN SOUL KXISTS.
Whit » Nebraska Man Claim* About It—lie Say*
II* Can Show It 8el«ntlflcalljr—Nature’*
Secret Laitl Bure—llow It Wih
Acroni i>IUheil.
The following is a fuller account
of the alledged discovery of the hu
man soul by a Lincoln, Nebraska,
man: “A most remarkable discov
ery has recently developed in this
city. It is of such an astounding
nature that the correspondent hesi
tates to give the circumstances to
the public on account of being bar
red at present from giving names,
although there is no good reason
why it should not be done. How
ever, the gentleman who has made
the discovery requests it. This dis
closure consists In proving beyond
the possibility of a doubt by scien
tific means the existence of the hu
man soul, laying bare the greatest
secret of nature, and proving the
the doctrine of eternal faith, “that
the soul of man doth live,” the dis
closures and proofs ol which will
shortly startle and astonish the en
tire world.
For the sake of convenience the
gentleman alluded to will be called
Mr. Holland, a man of small stat
ure, a mild eye, and thoughtful
countenance, a devout Christian,
possessing a peculiar belief that the
soul of a man is a counterpart of
the body itself; and in this theory
of the dual man he sought the key
of life and death. He reasoned that
within this body of bone and sinew
was yet another body existing in
vapory form, which death alone
should free, and that by a simple
microscopic device the dull sight of
human eyes might penetrate the
minutest particles of the air we
breathe and see the soul take form
and flight to the boundaries of
another world.
His attention was first attracted
to this, he says, by a man lying
upon a sofa, suffering with a pain
in his foot, and yet there was no
toot there to suffer, the leg having
been amputated nearly to the hip.
“For years,” says Mr. Holland, “this
incident ran through my mind, un
til at last I resolved upon an expe
riment. I procured the most pow
erful lenses I could find, and com
pleted an invention of my own, and
when I had my light arranged per
fectly, so I could examine the mi
crobes of the air, I called upon a
friend who had lost his arm and
explained that I wanted him to put
his imaginary hand where I direct
ed. He laughingly accompanied
me to my rooms and did as I desir
ed. The moment I adjusted the
glass a world of revelation broke
upon me. The dual hand lay be
neath my glass! I asked him to
make letters with his imaginary
finger. lie did so, and to his won
der and astonishment I spelled out
the sentences he wrote. That was
conclusive evidence to me,” con
tinued Mr. Holland, “and you know
the rest.”
The second experiment was one
of the greatest difficulty—that of
watching the soul itself take flight.
The friends of dying men would
not allow experiments, and, indeed,
it would have been a delicate mat
ter to ask it. Hospitals afforded
opportunities, but physicians, and
attendants had no faith in the ex
periments of the quiet gentleman,
whom they no doubt alluded to as
“crank,” so for nearly a year he was
watching and waiting for a man
ready to die.
The opportunity came at last; a
consumptive wanderer from the
East sought relief in tlie Western
air. He fell penniless, and was
about to be taken by the authori
ties to the county poor house, when
Mr. Holland interposed and had
him removed to Ids own home, to
nurse and watch him die. Through
many long hours of the night M r.
Holland sat by the bedside of his
charge, fanning the spark of life
lest it should go out in the night,
when all efforts at the experiment
would be lost, and leaving orders
by day with his wife to call him the
moment the patient seemed to be
sinking.
The fatal moment came about 10
o’clock yesterday morning. Stretch
ed upon a low bedstead, with the
death rattle sounding in his throat,
lay a young man of perhaps 20 years
of age. Mr. Holland quietly mo
tioned the correspondent to a seat
and continued watching the fea
tures of the dying man with silent
interest. Presently he arose and
adjusted the curtains of the window
so that a flood of light fell aslant the
dying man, He wheeled from a
corner of the room what looked
like a photographer’s camera, ar
ranged the lenses to a focus, and
then produced a large lens of some
twelve inches in diameter, and
placed it in grooves made to fit bo-
hind the apparatus. The back part
was then covered with a black cloth
so as to obscure the light, and from
time to time as the breathing of
the man grew heavier Mr. Holland
made inspections of the instrument.
At precisely 11:30 o’clock a sud
den tremor passed through the
body and he Had ceased to breathe.
Mr. Holland arose from the bedside
and said in a whisper:
“Now is the time!”
Together Mr. Holland and the
correspondent placed their heads
under the black cloth and bent
their eyes intently upon the glass.
Particles of dust in the air were
magnified several thousand times,
and for a moment their motion
kept a perfect dazzle upon the glass.
Then as the vapor gathers into
clouds, so an object appeared to be
forming a foot above the body on
the bed. Particle seemed to seek
particle, as by some molecular at
traction, until an object was clearly
distinguishable. It seethed the va
pory form of a man rapidly assum
ing a more perfect shape, uure and
colorless as the most delicate crys
tal. There was a moment of awful
stillness, and a feeling came over
me which I can never describe.
We bent our eyes intently upon the
glass until, particle by particle, the
shapely form of a man had formed
and lay floating a foot above, moor
ed to the body by a slender cord of
its own formation. The face took
the shape of the dead man, but was
beautiful in expression; the eyes
were closed and the new-formed
being seemed as if it were asleep.
Presently the cord that held it to
the clay parted, and a gentle trem
or passed through the beautiful
form—beautiful, indeed, for every
limb was of the most perfect mold,
such as earth, had never beheld.
The eyes of the spirit opened and a
ray of intelligence and of unspeak
able joy passed over its face. It
arose to a standing position and
cast one sorrowful look at the ten
antless clay that lay so still.
I stepped from behind the dark
ened apparatus and looked toward
the spot where I knew the form
was standing, but I beheld nothing.
The earth reeled beneath me, I
cried aloud, and fell fainting to the
floor. When I again became con
scious Mr. Holland was bending
over me; his face was of an ashen
paleness.
“I mistook your strength,”he said;
“perhaps I should not have called
you here. We have seen natural
causes and effects. Death is but the
beginning of life. Be careful,
though, to whom you tell the story
of this day; the world is incredu
lous, and to that is mainly due its
ignorance.”
The Latest Snake Tale.
Went Point Press.
Mr. W. C. Cox left on last Tues
day for his card factory at Walt’s
Mill, in Chambers county, but a
few days before shaking West Point
dust from his feet, he told a huge
snake story. He met ami became
partially acquainted with his snake
near Tallapoosa (better known as
’Possum snout), Haralson county,
Ga. We do not hope to give the ex
act language of this famous snake
story, but it is about as follows: “I
was riding along the road, when
my horse stopped and showed signs
of fright. I looked and saw what I
supposed was a log between 25 and
30 feet in length. Knowing my
horse was very much afraid of
snakes, I examined to see if there
could be one of these reptiles near
the supposed log, when the fact
dawned upon me that the object
was a huge snake. 1 alighted and
threw a huge stone at what'I then
knew to be a snake, striking it near
the head, when he jumped his full
length, 25 or 30 feet. As soon as
he got still I counted eighty-nine
rattles and several buttons on his
tail. I met a gentleman afterward
who told me his snakesldp had been
seen near the same place for fifteen
or twenty years, and he had count
ed as many as 132 rattles on his
tail, and that when ho opened his
mouth he exhibited tangs about six
inches long, and I suppose ho told
the truth—at least I know he did
about the fangs—I saw them.—
When I wont to the nearest house
—four miles away—and tried to got
a gun to dispatch the snake,
I was told that it was no uso to try
to find him, for ho only had certain
times to show himself, and I passed
on to ’Possum Snout, feeling thank
ful that my home was not in the
land of big rattlesnakes.
Rome Courier: Our readers will
remember that on last Tuesday af
ternoon obstructions were placed
on the track of tho Rome railroad.
A young white girl has been ar
rested for tho offense, and it is said
there is a sufficiency of proof
against her. It is said that she is
taking groat freaks, and that on
one occasion she attempted to set a
stack of oats on fire.
Oka it Shot kok Mai.auiai. Uihkahkh.—
('I>111:tr111• ■ Ih nIid ply it “ilniul shot" for nil iim-
liiilul (Itsousus. Wi> I'Xpiutt lo luii'ii II ron-
Htlilltly III Hlork, fill' It lloim wlllll It IN Hllitl til
■ In.—AiIuiiin A Curin', I >r iiKulnt k, Doitgo,
Tuxus, lk'ooiulxir IS, 188:1.
Inmiriul for #-10.000.
A Pliiliadelphia dispatch, dated
August 27th, says: “A remarkable
story is current in New York and
Camden, N. J., to-day relative to
the dynamite explosion on the riv
er steamer Samuel Felton, on the
morning of August 17th, by which
sixteen persons were injured and
one killed. The latter was a man
named Adrian Spear, of Camden,
who was struck in the stomach by
a large piece of wood, from the re
sults of which he died a few days
later. It has been discovered that
Spear, who was a poor man, had
accident and insurance policies in
his name to the extent of over $30,-
000, and that one for $3,000 in a
Hartford company would have ex
pired in two hours after the explo
sion took place, it being a two days’
policy for which he had paid 25 cts.
He was also a member of the
nineteen secret societies, which
would have paid him certain week
ly sums in case of an accident which
would have prevented his working,
and the majority of which will pay
his widow from $1,000 to $2,500 each.
He also had a $10,000 accident pol
icy in the United States Mutual In
surance Company of New York.
The Pinkerton detective agency
has been at work on the story for
several days, but they are said to
believe that Spear caused the ex
plosion. It is thought that the mat
ter is being investigated for one or
more of the insurance companies
which have written policies on the
deceased, and the case has awaken
ed more than ordinary interest.
An Olilo Tratreily.
I ronton, O., August 31.—In Tex
as Hollow, thirteen miles from
here, \V. E. Booth, Saturday night,
made an ineffectual attempt ..ill
two women, and then killed him
self. Booth a year ago married
Alice Montgomery, against the
wishes of her parents, and took her
to his father’s home. Disaffection
sprang up between his mother and
his wife, and after a time he joined
his mother in mistreating his wife,
and the girl’s father took her home.
Since then he has made threats
against her relatives, and has beg
ged her to live with him, but she
has refused. On Saturday night,
Booth, while intoxicated, went to
the house of Merritt Willis, who
married his wife’s half sister, and
found his wife’s mother, Mrs. Mont
gomery, and Mrs. Willis eating a
midnight lunch. He immediately
fired two shots at Mrs. Montgomery
and one at Mrs. Willis. Both
screamed and fell, and Booth,
thinking he had killed them, ran
nearly to his father’s house, and
there shot himself through the
head. He was the only son of a
respected farmer, and had received
a good education. A paper found
in his pocket outlined his purpose
of murder and suicide. Mrs. Mont
gomery was not hit, but Mrs. Wil
lis was wounded in the side.
Had llliu on the lllp.
Albany News.
A certain grass widower in town
had to ppy himself out of trouble
yesterday, and it was his fl-year-old
son that “worked the racket” on
him. Young America thought he
discovered that Ids father’s atten
tions to a certain pretty young lady
were altogether too marked, and
threatened to write to his mamma
about it. Pater f am ilia* undertook
to reason with his boy, and finally
resorted to ridicule to dissuade him
from carrying out his threat, but
it was no go. Young America was
sharp enough to see that he had
struck a good thing—something
that ho could use to make the “old
man” “come down,’’.and he was de
termined to work it for all it was
worth. Finding that he would have
to buy off the boy, tho father, like
any other prudent grass widower
would have done under like circum
stances, changed his tactics and en
tered into negotiations which soon
resulted in a trade. A certain
amount of money was paid down,
and other considerations were
promised for the near future. Tho
boy has struck a good thing, and
evidently knows It. It may cost
his father tho price of a pony before
the return of the absent wife and
mother.
Nkw York, Aug. 81.—One bale of
the new crop of North Carolina cot
ton, classed strictly middling, and
shipped from Charlotte by Messrs.
P. M. Miller A Hons, and consigned
to M. V. King, was sold at public
auction to-day in front of tho Cot
ton Exchange at 12c. per pound.
Messrs. A. J. Disney «fc Co. were the
buyers.
IIA vk You KvkhThikii ItT—Muny Inferi
or rniiiitilliiN, Iihvh mtohtnl tliu hands of suf-
ferei'H, bocmiHu they were extensively mlvur-
llneil. (IllierH wall eqiml HlieeiMN bn VO stood
iilime on tlielr merits. To tlilx class Is'lontf*
ll. U, l\, which quietly mill HiieeoHhftill mlver-
Unon ItHulf whenever IntroUneeil, uinl Ih holit
mill cNteonieil u prletileiM boon to the iinfortii-
unto suiferers Ironi Neriifnluua uleorH, ills-
ehm'Klnt; nores or woilialH.
Narrow Km-apr from a Horrible Heath.
Athena Runner-Watchman.
Mr. Stark is a shoemaker in
Athens and has but one leg. His
mode of making lus way through
this world is on crutches. Last
Wednesday, while at Tallulah Falls,
Mr. Stark went to the Devil's Pul
pit, which he considers a very ap
propriate name for this place. In
walking down a short descent a
limb lay across his path, which his
crutch came in contact with and
was precipitated headlong down
the precipice, which reached hun
dreds of feet, below. The^e was a
narrow strip at the edge of this ter
rible chasm, and fortunately or
providentially, Mr. Stark’s walking
stick, which he had grasped in his
right hand, kept him from plung
ing head foremost into the awful
absys. The stick stopped him in
the descent and threw him on a
narrow strip of rock, with the
chasm yawning hundreds of feet
below. The stick saved Mr. Stark
from the fearful plunge. He lay on
this ledge of rock in an exhausted
condition, and thought that his
hours were numbered. Mr. Stark
lay in this perilous and uncomfort
able position for two hours, expect
ing every minute that he would
land at the bottom of the Devil’s
Pulpit, a bleeding and mangled
mass of humanity. Mr. Stark was
finally fished out from his perilous
position, and will not take any
more chances at the terrible Tallu
lah.
AnR&lle<l in IIIh Pulpit.
York, Pa., Aug. 31.—A decided
sensation was created in Winters-
town, this county, yesterday, by J.
H. P. Fulton, a well-known resi
dent of the village. Rev. J. F.
Shultz, of Shrewsbury, pastor of the
circuit embracing the Winterstown
Evangelical church, sometime ago
announced that yesterday he would
preach a Grant memorial sermon.
Mr. Fulton gave notice that such a
sermon should not be preached in
that church. But little attention
was paid to his threat, and on Sun
day Rev. Mr. Shultz announceed
his text and proceeded with his ser
mon, enumerating the great men of
ancient and modern times. Mr.
Fulton sat quietly until Gen. Grant
was mentioned, when he sprang to
his feet, brandishing his arms, and
cried to the minister “stop that!”
The preacher continued his dis
course and Mr. Fulton advanced up
the aisle. Great confusion prevail
ed, which reached a crisis, when the
angry member sprang into the pul
pit and violently assaulted the min
ister, knocking him down. A rush
was made by the congregation to
defend tho pastor, and in the melee
one man received a blow from Mr.
Fulton’s fist and another had his
clothing badly torn. Order was
finally restored and the sermon
finished. Mr. Fulton will probably
be prosecuted. It is said that he
has left the place. His action has
aroused great indignation.
A Ulrrular Humor.
Augusta News.
A circular has been issued and
sent to stockholders of the Enter
prise factory, setting forth the legal
liability of the directors for the
amount of Maj. George T. Jackson’s
defalcation while president of the
factory, and urging a suit against
them for the recovery of the
amount.
This rumor will create a stir
throughout the city and state.—
Legal opinion may differ on the
subject, but it is thought by many
that no such suit will ever result in
recovery. It is proposed in the cir
cular that each director owning 100
shares shall pay $10 per share, and
those owning less than 100 shares $5
per share to the stockholders.
Such a stop should be deprecated
by those who have the best inter
ests of the factory at heart, for it
would seem to be fostering a fight
among stockholders. It should
rather he their common interest
and purpose now to unite and re
store the prosperity of the corpora
tion and aid the president anil di
rectors now in office to recover tho
ground and money lost through the
defalcation of a once trusted official.
The hope and safety of tho stock
holders now is in sticking together
and not in fighting each other.
Miilurlit In giuuiruti'il along low lunilx, iivur
iiuii'NlieN nr nun'll Htaiiillng water, ami |mt-
vimIi's tlin air of large HimtloiiN of country. It
uirtKiU nearly all eoinlng wltlilu It* Intlnenee;
proilm ing eouleil tongue, hail taste. lost ap
petite, ri'Ntlveni'HN, hlilloUNiieHN. yellow emu-
plexlon, pain in line It anil limbs, anil euillnt
usually In hllllous or marsh fevers, ehllls am
fevers, ami often In ileath. Dr. M. A. .Him-
inons’ l.lver Muiltutnu eures these Ulsunsus,
protects the system from mlasnuttle Inllu-
enees, regulates the liver, stomach ami tmw-
els, purities anil enriches the blood, assists ill-
gcHlinn, ami huililN up the system. Try It and
lie convinced.
William Wright, who lives In the
upper portion of Clayton county,
has the same “stock of tiro” he built
in his house forty-three years ago.
The fire has never gone out winter
or summer. Matches are not
known in his house.
A l ofllit ah rurronry.
Toonoa Nows.
A Toccoa merchant was very
busily engaged recently attending
to his correspondence. A man
stepped in wanting to make a con
tract to supply him with his winter
wood. The merchant did not want
to enter into the agreement, but the
fellow was persistent. Finally the
man picked up a catalogue of cof
fins. The merchant then proposed
to exchange a coffin for wood, and
the man left on short notice.
“Showing She W*n No Fool.’’
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 31.—Ber
nard DeRoy, a child 18 months old,
son of Emanuel DeRoy, of Alleghe
ny City, died to-night in great
agony. Three white servant girls,
who had oatmeal porridge for break
fast, are in serious condition. A
colored nurse named Mary Allen
who had been notified to leave at
the expiration of this week, and
who had threatened to “show them
all before next Wednesday that she
was no fool,” has been arrested.
Ktampeileil by an Klepliant.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 81.—
Early this morning a large ele
phant, connected with a circus here,
broke loose, and pulling down part
of the tent rushed around the en
closure wildly. Great excitement
ensued, being increased by the cries
of the other animals. Employees
ran out calling for the police, but
the latter declined to assist in the
effort at recapture. A young man
named John Kimberline, a resident
of Altoona, Pa., was picked up by
the elephant and hurled a long
distance, receiving serious injuries.
Eventually a force of workmen se
cured the lractious beast.
A Strange Pond.
Early County News.
A 2Gth district man tells us that a
short time ago Hon. W. C. Sheffield
hired Mr. D. B. Blackwell to dig a
well in the bed of a pond, which
he wished drained off, in order that
he might cultivate it. The well
was dug, and a subterranean stream
reached, but instead of the water in
the pond running out through the
well in the earth, the water in the
underground stream flowed up
through the well and made the
pond larger, drowning out an acre
or more of cotton. Not satisfied to
let matters rest in this state, Mr.
Sheffield had Mr. Blackwell to dig
a ditch from the pond into his. mill
pond near by, when, lo! and behold,
instead of the pond running into
the mill pond, the mill pond ran
out into the little one, overflowing
its banks so much that twenty acres
of cotton was destroyed. It seems
that the pond is there to stay, wells
and ditches to the contrary.
Stray Sea-lllrils.
Atlanta Journal of Monday: In
the forenoon of yesterday, before
the rain set in, a number of little
boys who were at play just beyond
the city limits, on the Mason and
Turner’s road, they discovered in
an old field several strange birds,
at which they commenced throwing
rocks. Perceiving that the birds
were unable to fly more than a few
yards at a time, the boys made
chase and soon succeeded in catch-
four of them, among which were
three curlews and one plover. From
other parties we learn that a num
ber of cranes, curlews and other
sea-birds have been seen in the
ponds about the city. Many of
them have been injured, perhaps
by the storm last week, are unable
to fly very well, and are being cap
tured and brought into town.
There is no way to account for
the presence of these birds except
upon the theory that they were
blown hero by the recent heavy
gale.
“Hold U|» Tour Hands I”
A dispatch from Helena, Montana,
of August 31st, says: The Mays-
villo coach was stopped by two
highwaymen about eight miles out
ot Helena Saturday, and the treas
ure box, containing about $12,000 in
bullion from tho Drummon mine,
was taken. The passengers were
relieved of their valuables. One of
the robbers had given the plot
away to the officers, and when the
treasure box was being broken
open, the sheriff and posse captured
tho robbers and recovered the
booty. The passengers were made
to stand in line at the muzzle of a
gun held by one of the highway
men while tho other went through
them in the old fashioned manner.
The prisoners are named Jackson
and Gordon. Gordon will he re
leased und gut a reward of six hun
dred dollars. Jackson has served
seven years In the California peni
tentiary for stage robbing. He
claims that Gordon has been work
ing the same scheme before, giving
away plots for robbery and getting
rewards.
The Central railroad had fifty
hands to strike for higher wages at
Tennille last week .--Telegraph.
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1.—A
very heavy rain and wind storm
yesterday caused damage to the ex
tent of about $100,000 in this city.
Last week’s cyclone caused losses
amounting to $2,000,000 and damag
ed 500 buildings.
A few days ago Mrs. J. \V. Mad
dox, ot Wilkes county, found a sil
ver thimble in the gizzard of a fry
ing sized chicken. The thimble
was as bright as when it came from
the Jeweler. The chicken seemed
to suffer no inconvenience, and was
as game as if it had nothing but
grit and plenty of it in its gizzard.
Mr. Wm. II. Freeman, of Wilkes
county, has lived under the admin
istration of every president of tho
United States, having been born
during Washington’s second term.
It is remarkable that a living man
should have started life with the
government of this country which
has now grown to such tremendous
proportions.
Summervilte, Ga., has a colored
debating society in which they
handle with great fluency peculiar
but intensely interesting questions,
their question for last Friday
night being: “Which is the
most useful to a community, buz
zards or lawyers?” It is needless
to say that the buzzards won on
the merits of the case.
Simmons’ Iron Cordial will not bluckeu
llie teeth, and is delicious to take.
Americus Republican: We are
reliably informed that a gentleman
of Sumter county, who had three
cancers on his face, states that they
have been cured by the free use of
the water from the artesian well on
the northern corner of the public
square in this city. He has only
used it as drinking water, and if he
had used it in his ablutions, is of
the opinion a cure would have been
effected sooner.
The convict reported two weeks
ago ns escaping from Mr. Smith’s
camp, in Oglethorpe county, seems
to be quite a wily one, and is giving
those who are trying to catch him
considerable trouble. He has never
left the vicinity of the camp, being
enamored by an ex-con victess,
whom he visits on the place, yet he
succeeds in evading the untiring
efforts of those in pursuit. One day
last week he was run a consider
able distance by dogs, but being
armed killed two ol them and drove
the others off.
Vkiiy Muck Bknkkittkd.—I bought n
bottle of Mexican Female Remedy for my
wife, and It bus buiiftltted her very much.—
Win. U. Drewry Lynchs, Vii., Aug. 2, 1881.
Elberton, Ga., Aug. 31.—[Spe
cial.]—A very serious and fatal dis
ease is reported among the hogs in
the northern portion of this county.
Mr. W.H. Carpenter, a reliable man,
says that he had forty-six head of
fine hogs when they were attacked
with the disease, and that he only
has three loft. He says it is not
cholera, but comes nearer being
measles than anything else. Mr. J.
H. Brinvner and other farmers have
lost large numbers by the disease.
Every remedy that could be
thought of has boen tried without
effect. They die in a short time
after being attacked.
Lake City (Fla.) Guide: Samuel
Adams settled in the woods on the
place he now lives in 1878. He
owned a mule and cart and was
$400 in debt. He has stuck to the
farm close. On the place now lie
has (100 orange trees, six of which
are bearing. In 1884 he run two
plows, and had one hand employed,
and the products of his farm was
worth $1,800. lie now owns 1,120
acres of good land, all paid for,
wagon, two horses, cattle, hogs, and
farming implements, etc., all of
which is worth $5,000. This settles
the question that a man can make
money and at the same time grow
an orange grove.
Griffin Sun: At his home near
Croswell, last Sunday morning, Mr.
Will Nunnally was looking through
a trunk for something. A package
containing a pound of powder was
in the trunk, and Mr. Nunally was
smoking. A spark dropped Into
the powder, and a dreadful explo
sion occurred. Mr. Nunnally’s eyes,
lace, breast and arms were badly
burned. He was without his coat,
and his shirt sleeves were burned
off. It was feared for a while that
his eye-sight would be lost, but
there are hopes now that it will
not lie. The shock of the explosion
was very great. A large wooden
window near by was blown open
and off Its hinges. Mrs. Nunnally
and her babe were sitting near, but
fortunately they were not hurt.
Kntiuk HA'itskaction.— Wu hav used
your Mexican Female Remedy. ll slvcs en
tire satisfaction.—Mrs. solllo A. Lcislii, IVs-
toii, I ml.