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Volume 5.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, September 24th, 1886.
n tf in tin 1 city of Dublin there
>u .f ;)i> ) i)0i> paupers out of ft popuhi-
tion orsotVNW.
iff In Franco tv book contnin-
j„„ ; i man’s portrait cannot be sold
Without his permission.
gff Kxperiment has shown that
stone taken direct from the quarry
is not fitted for building purposes,
It needs exposure to sun and air.
iff" The lion of Parisian society
, lt p r( , S ent is Prince Karamako,
third son of King Hamory of Sene-
(rnl. He is 17 years old and is the
third of 63 sons.
The time lor the Georgia
State fair is hut a little more than
n month off, and yet we have seen
no notices or advertisements of any
kind. Wo fear the officials are
napping.
l$T It is estimated that the
aggregate weight of the diamonds
tiken from the South African
holds up to the present time is
six and one half tons, of the total
value of .$200,000,000.
IW All the peoplo now in the
world, say 1,400,000,000, could find
standing room within the limits
nf a field 10 miles square. In a
fluid 20 miles square they could
all be comfortably seated.
itr Nominations for members
of the legislature are stirring up
the people of Savannah. There
will be a people’s ticket, and also
one supported by the liquor dealers
and knights of labor. The knights
arc pleading not to support a law
yer for any office.
vr Last year the richest Amer
ican merchant, IT. B. Claflin, the
richest American railroad man,
\V. II. Vanderbilt, and the richest
American planter, Edmond Rich
ardson, died. Not one of the three
died in his bed. One dropped
dead at his desk, another in his
hall, and the other in the streets.
1W The citizens of Madison
were much surprised on discover
ing that their court house and
town hall, the two most important
buildings In the place, had been
rendered unsafe by the shock of the
earthquake. The court house had
recently undergone extensive re
pairs and was considered a very
handsome edifice.
During a railroad excur
sion from LaEayette, Indiana, to
Dayton, Ohio, the train was stopped
at the state line, and David Clark
alighting stood in Indiana, and Mrs.
Mary Hawkins stood in Ohio, a
minister who was present straddled
the line and married them. Then
the si)i) excursionist formed a line
around the pair and gave them
three cheers while the band played.
1ST Gen. Stoneman publishes
a letter admitting that he was one
cf the party present when Envoy
Sedgwick got on his big drunk
In Mexico. It seems that our
hivoy not only got gloriously
drunk, but that he committed other
indiscretions not exactly suited
fur ears refined. The Cutting af
fairs was a muddle, not reflecting
much credit, its finale no better
than its beginning.
rror. wiggiuM
in our opinion is a first class hum
bug. As a weather prophet lie lias
about played out, and scientist who
have made the study of earthquakes
a lifetime business, say that there
is no data yet discovered on which
any prediction of their coming can
be made, and that any one who
ventures on such a prediction
writes himself down as an ass.
The most learned men in this
science, who have given the earth
quake of August :31st the closest
study, expressed the opinion from
the data that they were able to
collect, that tho first shock would
be the most severe and that it
would be followed by many minor
shocks which would probably con
tinue for 30 days or more. This
opinion lias been correct thus far,
and we have no grounds (except
our toolisli fears) from thinking
otherwise. In spite ot Wiggin’s
prediction, we think the danger
is over, and trust that the timid
will shake off their fears and not
pay any attention to all the idle
predictions that may be circulated
by the ignorant.
List of Convict* to lie Discharged In October.
The principal keeper of tiie peni
tentiary 1ms prepared a list of con
victs to be discharged during Oc
tober. They are as follows, with
the date of their discharge. Two
of the number are white men:
Peter Carlin, white, Gilmer coun
ty, 5 years—on 10th.
C. L. lthuden, Chatham county, 2
years—on 8th.
J. E. Ford, white, Dougherty
county, 5 years—on 26th.
Ed. Shepherd, Thomas county, f>
years—on 4th.
Cornelius Richardson, Oconee
county, 3 years—on 9th.
Willis McAfee, Liberty county, 5
years—on 10th.
Charles Hudson, Wilkinson coun
ty, 1 year—on 13th.
Sam Rogers, Chatham county, 10
years—on 15th.
Wesley Hawkins, Randolph coun
ty, 5 years—on 15th.
Gus Jones, Warrqn county, 1 year
—on 20th.
Nick Butler, Irwin county, 1 year
—on 21st.
John Weaver, Meriwether coun
ty, 6 years—on 23d.
Rose Jackson, Muscogee county,
6 years—on 24th.
Charles Ray, Clarke county, 5
years—on 26th.
Joe Clark, Rurko county, 5 years
—on 26th.
Burwell Champion, Clarke coun
ty, 5 years—on 26th.
Sherman Blackwell, Lumpkin
county, 2 years—on 30th.
John Simmons, Richmond coun
ty, 1 year—on Nov. 3d.
Kluding of uii Old Slil|i.
nr g riflin lias been stirred up
by the killing of Couch by Glenn,
j Couch is represented as being very
'fillet mid gentlemanly when sober,
but rather quarrelsome but not
klangorous when drunk. Couch
(kept a shooting gallery in Griffin
juud had been there but a short time,
"filing from Atlanta, but had lead
i" roaming life, a Texan cowboy
Dr eight years iukI also a sojourn
11 Mexico. There were no specta-
firesent at the killing. Glenn
■ that the issue was like a game
Kurils, the best hand wins, Couch
'us the aggressor and would have
fik'fi him had ho not been killed.
At the U. 8. District Court
r ( »m to convence at Macon, there
fie a number of aplications
'•'closures of mortgages on
!UI, I> t"i‘ advances made by north-
' ni capitalists. Tills is what our
l ' 0 l>!e commonly calls getting
"»icy .from the land
bese foreclosures will
, v ,, y'lay occurrences all
tute
An explorer of the desert of Cali
fornia, say, that lie in one ot his
lonely expeditions he unexpectedly
discovered something in the dis
tance which resembled a ship. A
nearer approach proved his surmis
es correct. When in several hun
dred yards of it lie discovered that
the apparent land on which he
stood was hut a crust of earth made
up of the sands of the desert,
under this crust was a kind of
muddy water apd the further he
went the deeper tills water got, and
before he could reach the vessel ho
was forced to turn his horse and re
trace his steps. When he dismount
ed from his horse he found the poor
brute’s legs perfectly raw and all
the flesh eaten off to the bones.
This muddy water was strongly
impregnated with an alkali. He
was forced to kill his horse, and
after several days of wandering
lie found his way out of tho desert
but was never afterwards able to
get in sight of tills old dismantled
ship which bore the marks of the
fashions of vessels of a former
period. It is known that several
hundred years before, several ships
heavily laden with treasures be
longing to the Spanish government
had been lost in attempting to round
tills coast. It was conjectured that
this lonely hulk was one of those
lost treasure ships which in “hug
ging the coast” through careless
navigation salted up into one of
those outlets to t lie ocean and got
aground and thorn remained for
ages. The desert sands in the
meanwhile covering over this body
of water and closing up its outlet
i into tbo ocean. The crew of course
I perished, the vessel slowly going
| to decay but the treasures still re
maining, awaiting claimant.
A negro, Tom Miller, has put in
morn objoo- Appearance at the last four terms of
any mode of farming, i Glynn county court, thinking that
bo flooded with a popula- hy was under bond, only to find out
“or old Burke
j bti found iu tbo ring.”
i Uro 'v« people will he able to
these lands when they
eompany.
soon he
over the
will also
Whether
buy
are
u,,, fi “a the block, or they will
‘'do the hands of northern
DUnlists and by them worked
"b northern labor, is yet to bo
llk,Ul >' Us an experiment which
P. v mar or make us. We doubt
'be system of agriculture as at
Pi'uctieod in tlds county
afifi lie made
finable by
Meeting or the Ilowani Agricultural Clul^.
The club convened at Herndon,
with Mr. T. C. Belt as chairman.
Air. II. I\ Jones opened the discus
sion on the following subject:
“When is tbo host time for planting
oats, which is the best method
of preparing land, which is the
best method of manuring, and
which is the best oat for planting ?”
After giving his mode of planting
which was generally advocated
by the other members of tbe club
and which will he given below, lie
recommended the Burt oat very
highly, claiming it to be free from
rust and about fifteen days earlier
than tbo rust proof oat.
Air. P. S. Jones said that he had
achieved tbo best success by sow
ing oats and manure together, and
turning under with a one-horse
plow.
Air. Robert Law asked the club
if turning over with a two-horse
turn-plow would have a tendency
towards protecting the oats from
freezing. The members thought
this plan radically wrong, as the
oats would not come up well, and
the few that did would lie weak
and spindling, and as the oat is a
surface feeder, the roots would
be found near the top of the
ground and nothing would be gain
ed by deep planting; on the con-
tray, being in a weak condition
they would be more subject to dam
age from cold. Mr. Law said lie
had tried the two-horse plow and
failed to get a stand. It was here
given as a fact from experience by
one ot the members, that noseed
ought to be planted a deptli over
four times their size.
Mr. It. F. Jones remarked, that
the best oats they had ever made
were put in as follows: Land was
well prepared, the oats broad-cast-
ed and scooted in. All agreed as
to the excellency of ibis plan, but
thought it too costly.
Air. F. S. Jones said he had seen
several varieties of oats tested
together, and the rust proof proved
the best.
Air. G. \V. Jones thought that if
the ground was left rough after
sowing, it would assist in protect
ing the oats from cold, and spoke
of drilling oats as a mode of secur
ing heavy heads. He asked one
of the members if lie had an idea
how much of tbo oats they had
been cutting it would take to feed
a horse. After examining some,
Air. Jones had found that it was
nearly all chaff and a heaping cart
load of straw would not contain
more than a peck of oats. He
then asked the relative value of
oats and corn as food for stock ?
The opinion of the club was—about
two bushels of oats and one of corn.
Air. Befit said he had found the
disk harrow a good implement
with which to put in oats, and that
cotton seed was one of the best
fertilizers lie could use, and had
been told that for every bushel
of cotton seed used in this way he
would have a return in a bushel
of oats, and was desirous of know
ing, if this be true, how far it
would hold out. Ono of the mem
bers thought if tliis be true at all,
it could only be so with a moderate
supply of cotton seed.
The plan for putting in oats, sow
ing and turning under with a one-
horse plow, was thought to be the
cheapest and best, and was the
one introduced by Air. IT. P. Jones.
Alessrs. IT. P. Jones, R. F. Lmv
and It. F. Jones wero appointed a
committee for selecting subject
for next meeting. The subject
“Rees,” was chosen. The celebrated
apiarist Dr. J. P. II. Brown, of Au
gusta. was invited by the club to be
present at the October meeting
ami the imitation has been kindly
accepted. The club then adjourned
to inc^t again at Herndon the 1st
Thursday In October.
IVIlldlNS’S WlllMMI.
lit* PrciilctM a Terrible* DlNturhnnco Tor tin 1 -Uth.
Horrible Story ('onllrmod.
A liravo tiirl.
any
P" Will
ill
may antagonize us socially
t l'mltically, |ait do as they
'''‘and come from where they
i ' u '- v cannot excel us in butcfii-
rtm. ,uu and lessening the
r,lll ty of our soil,
last Thursday that tlioro was no
case on the docket against him.
There are 1,000 tax defaulters in
Glynn county.
Qulmmn Km) Press,
A low days since, as Miss Ilattio,
daughter of Judge Bennett, was
coming home from the Judge’s
farm, two miles from town, she
encountered a lingo rattlesnake in
the middle of tbo road. It Is not
generally known that Miss Hattie
goes armed, but it seems that on
tlds occasion she was not only equal
to the emergency but was armed
for the fray. The horse was stop
ped, and tolling her companion to
hold him quiet, slto drew a Smith
,V Wesson 32 calibre, and alighting
rrom the buggy, opened fire on bis
snukoship. The battle was lively
and the sharp crack of the Smith
A- Wesson repeatedly awakened the
echoes of tbo surrounding forest.
AIlss Hattie was victorious, and the
lingo snake was brought to town
and exhibited as a trophy ot her
prowess.
T. 11. Shephard lias been commis
sioned u Justlce-of-tho-peaoo for tbo
hist district, G. AI., Washington
county,
V special to the Atlanta Constitu
tion of the 21st inst. says: The fol
lowing special, printed in the Herald
this morning, has created considera
ble comment here. Scientists hero
say it is guess work on the part of
Wiggins:
( )ttawa, Ont., Sent. 20.—Professor
E. Stone Wiggins, of the rneterolog-
ical bureau, says that the twenty-
ninth instant will witness one of the
most terrific subteranean upheavals
ever known on this continent.
Inasmuch as Dr. Wiggins foretold
the Charleston earthquake, his
prediction is regarded as worthy of
weight. Being seen by a reporter
this evening he Said:
“It is certain that an earthquake
will visit the Southern states on the
twenty-ninth of this month. The
disturbance will cross the Atlantic,
and will in all probability, affect
Southern Europe. South America
will beexceedingly liable to be affec
ted and the upheaval will be a
severe one. There is no danger
from earthquakes in America until
the twenty-ninth instant, and even
then tiie earthquake's force will
move from East to West, on a
parallel a few degrees Soutli of
Charleston. If Charleston is visited
this time it can only be on that
day.”
Being asked as to parallel of
latitude on which tiie disturbance
would take place, Dr. Wiggins re
plied that tiie activity would be
confined to tiie thirtieth parallel of
latitude, and would extend from
ocean to ocean. The shock would
also affect San Francisco and tiie
Pacific slope. North of parallel
thirty the disturbance will be
ineterological, and will consist of a
terrific storm—in fact a vast
hurricane. This will be especially
severe in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
and the Eastern provinces. If any
small craft—such as fishing boats—
were caught, they would hardly
escape; but such a warning lias
been given that it was not probable
any would bo out. The storm
would be preceded in Ontario,
Quebec, the maritime provinces
anti New England by strong north
west winds on the 26th and 27th
instant. The 28th would probably
be tine—the lull that precede the
storm. The disturbance, though,
will be terrific, and cannot fail to
produce widespread devastation.
The force would far greater than
that which he caused the recent dis
turbance so disastrous to Charleston
city, and tiie county would be alike
affected. Tiie destruction to prop
erty would be something terrible.
Jacksonville, Fla., Alacon and
Atlanta, Mobile, Ala., New Orleans,
and Baton Rouge, La., Houston,
San Antonio and Galveston, Texas,
would, in al! probablity, bo more
or less damaged.
Ho predicted that New Orleans,
Macon and Alobile would be ruined,
as those cities were right in tiie
path of the subteranean and me-
terological phenomena.
Whan Professor Wiggins was
asked to what cause he attributed
this terrible submarine upheaval,
lie replied that it was produced by
a shifting of the earth’s center of
gravity, and that this displacement
would be brought about by a con
junction of Jupiter, Saturn, Alars,
and our two satelites—one being the
visible and the other the invisible
moon. The latter is a discovery
of Dr. Wiggins. He did not agree
with the opinion enunciated by
Sir William Dawson at tiie recent
meeting of tho British- association
at Birmingham, that tiie cause
was to ho attributed to a contrac
tion of that part of tiie earth’s sur
face which forms the bed of the
Atlantic. There would be no earth
quake in Canada, but there would
be probably a tremor in tiio pro
vince of Quebec. Tho disturbance
would not commence anywhere
until two o’clock in the afternoon.
There might be tremors up to mid
night, caused by tho subsidence of
tiie earth’s crust after the great
shock had taken place. Dr. Wig
gins expressed himself as not at all
sururlsod if on that day several
new volcanoes should burst out
in Central America and South
America.
Walter II. Smith, president of
tiie astro-motorological association
ot Canada agrees with Wiggins
in substance, lie savs tho shook
will lie ushered in by a heavy storm
In tho West and Northwest, and
rough weather on the Atlantic
coast. He. leaks to see grewt dam
age done in tiie district soutli of
the thirtieth parallel of latitude.
Williamsport, Pa., Sept. 15).—
A bout three years ago Air. John
Longwell, of Charleston, Tioga
county, began to fail in health.
He had always been a strong, rug
ged man, weighing about 180
pounds. For about two years he
kept getting thinner and weaker
until he weighs but 128 pounds.
During that time lie experienced
strange sensations in the stomach
as it some living thing had taken up
its abode there. He felt, or imagin
ed he felt, something moving about
in liis stomach at times. On Sept.
20, 1885, tliis belief was confirmed.
At Mr. Longwell’s solicitation, and
to humor his supposed hallucina
tion, Mr. C. W. Webb prepared a
powerful emetic, having taken
which Air. Longwell, after suffer
ing great pain and retching
violently, emitted from his stomach
two live snakes, twelve inches and
fourteen inches in length respective
ly. An account of the singular
occurrence was published at the
time, but the trutli was doubted
by many who did not know Air.
Longwell to be a man of unim
peachable veracity. About two
months subsequently to tiie vomit
ing of tiie snakes Air. Longwell felt
a recurrence of (lie crawling sen
sation in his stomach.
Soon after that lie was taken with
tits. During which his convulsions
were horrible. These fits came
upon him at intervals of four to
six weeks, and lasted about an hour.
He lost his appetite and became
very thin. A milk diet appeared to
agree with him better than any
other, but he could not escape the
frequent visitations of agony and
convulsions. Three weeks ago last
Saturday Air. Longwell had an
exceptionally severe fit, which
nearly cost him his life. At that
time a ridge was on his stomach,
and ids attendants were convinced
that another snake was living
within him. The supposition was
well founded, for yesterday after
noon at about 3 o’clock, during an
attack which caused him untold
agony and left him unconscious for
upward of an hour, Air. Longwell
ejected a garter snake that was
eighteen and a half inches long
and a fraction over one-half inch in
diameter. Mrs. Longwell, who was
with her husband at the time,
stated that when the snake
protruded about four inches from
tiie sufferer’s mouth it appeared to
stick fast, although she did not
recognize it as a snake. Finally
tiie entire reptile was elected, but
not before Air. Longwell, in his
agonizing convulsions, had bitten
it almost through in three places.
Neighbors rushing in to assist Airs.
Longwell found the snake in the
vessel where it had fallen. They
took it out and washed it.
A reporter saw the snake in Dr.
Webb’s office to-day and conversed
with Air. and Airs. Longwell.
There is not tiie slightest doubt of
tiie entire truthfulness of their
statemeut. It is supposed that in
drinking from a pool three years
ago Air. Longwell swallowed H
ovum from which the snakes grow.
This is somewhat corroborated by
the fact that the reptile which made
its appearance yesteday is evidently
of about three years growth, and
about one year older than tho two
which the gentleman ejected last
September. All were common
garter snakes, a species that
abounds in this region.
Air. Longwell is feeling better
since turning out his third tenant,
but his stomach is very sore. He
feels a natural solicitude to know
whether or not ho is still a
peregrinating den of snakes, and is
also somewhat concerned to know
whether tiie family that colonized
his interior department have left
progeny to grow up and succeed
them.
Number 21,
Terrible anil Fatal Hunger.
London, Sept. 22.—Advices from
Mandalay state that at tiie opening
of tiie relief house there, tiie rush
to obtain food was so great that
twelve persons were trampled to
death. Six thousand persons, who
were ruined by tho recent flood,
were supplied with food.
A Murderer Kempt ureil.
Byi/vania, Ga,, Sept. 21.—John
Burns, the murderer, who broke
jail at this place some five months
ago, was recaptured at Mobley’s
pond, in this county a few days ago
by officer Buford. Burns resisted
tiie officer by drawing his pistol
and was shot by officer Buford, once
with small shot and once with buck
shot, which disabled him. Ho was
brought to jail on a litter. His in
juries are serious.
Ileliuklngtlie Young People.
Fort Valley Mirror.
Rev. Air. Breedlove, pastor of the
Methodist church at Alarshallville
delivered a very severe rebuke to
tho young people of that place, on
Sunday, for misbehavior in church,
and promised, if caught in the act,
to point them out and dismiss tiie
congregation. We trust the young
people of Fort Valley will not so
mortify their pastor as to cause
him to deliver such a severe rebuke.
A Watch that Strike*.
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Tliu Set Serpent Krllpaeil.
Clinton, At ash., Sent. 18.— 1 Tho
interest in tiie sea serpent in this
vicinity has suddenly been
extinguished by tiie appearance, in
the immediate neighborhood of an
enormous land snake, which is
playing havoc with live stock.
Tiie most extravagant stories have
been told in the past few days of
the serpent’s size. The length given
varies from twenty-five to forty-five
feet, and its circumference from
that of a two-gallon jug up to tho
size of a barrel. It is believed
to bo tiie same reptile that escaped
a traveling menagerie some years
ago, and was never heard of after
ward. Tiie lost serpent was a mag
nificent boa some twenty-five feet
long. The serpent that is now
causing excitement has been seen
by several people, and nightly
sheep and calves disappear, it is
believed, through the instrumental
ity of the monster.
Rands of hunters have started
out from Clinton, Charlton, South-
bridge and Dudley to kill the serpent
but they are badly frightened at the
prospect of meeting it. The serpent
haunts tiie swamp to the northeast
of Southbridge. The loss to stock is
considerable. Tiie towns mention
ed are to hold meetings to devise
some means of ridding the country
of the dreadful visitor.
Amcrteus Recorder.
Prof. Schieder has a valuable gold
watch that is quiet a curiosity.—
The center ot the face, instead of
being covered over as most watches
are, is open, showing the complicat
ed network of wheels within. But
more than this, it strikes the hours,
halves and quarters like a clock,
and can be heard plainly quite a
distance off. The professor bought
it in France, and values it very
highly.
A Prolific Turkey.
Lumpkin Independent.
Air. George Usher has a turkey
lien which has certainly done a
good year’s work. Slio first set on
twenty-one eggs, fifteen of which
she laid herself. She raised seven
teen turkeys from the twenty-one
eggs, and during the time she was
raising the brood laid 60 more eggs.
She is not for sale as she proposes
to continue laying until the 29th,
when the world is announced to
come to an end.
On to Dublin.
Savannah News.
The Dublin people say that the
Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville
road wants to come to Dublin, and
President Mitchell has written the
mayor asking what Dublin will do
In the matter. The mayor has ap
pointed a committee of the follow
ing leading citizens to meet Col.
Mitchell and the officers of the Au
gusta, Gibson and Sandersville
road: Dr. It. II. Hightower, Capt.
J. AI. Smith, Dr. C. Hicks, Capt. L.
C. Perry, Julius A. Burney, L. Q.
‘Stubbs, W. L. Jones and M. L.
Jones. Dublin will do her part in
the matter.
A Uat that Ate Chicken*.
James AI.Smith will build for his
own use a railroad from his planta
tion in Oglethorpe county, to
Wintorvlllo, a distance ot six
miles.
A Remarkable example of tho
increase in temperature in tho
earth towards tiie centre lias been
presented at l’estii, were the deep
est artesian well in the world is
now being bored for the pur
pose of supplying the public baths
and other establishments with hot
water. A depth of 052 meters—3,120
tout—lias already been reached,
and it furnishes 800 cubic meters—
176,000 gallons—dally, at a tempera
ture of 70 degrees C.—158 Fahr.
The municipality have recently
voted a large subvention, in order
that the boring may bo continued
to a greater depth, not only to
obtain a larger volume of water, hut
at a temperature of 80 degrees C.—
176 degrees Fulir. It is suggested
Mint it is thus within tho bounds of
probability that tho time may
come when a brewer will obtain
lii.s water supply from a well of
sufficient depth to yield “liquor,” at
tho mashing temperature.
—Subscriptions are always pash
Duhlonega Signal.
A citizen of our town was dis
turbed one night last week -by a
noise among his chickens. He
went out and crawled under his
house where the fowls were. He
could see nothing at first, hut tiie
chickens began to make a noise
again as soon as he went away.—
So ho examined closer next time
and saw a rat’s tail hanging down
off the sill of the house. He caught
tho rat and It had a chicken half
devoured. His ratship weighed 4U
pounds.
A Negro A Item lit* to Kill Hr. II. W. Taylor.
Gainesville, Ga., Sept. 20.—J.
G. Garner, a hack driver for Gol. II.
1‘. Farrow, of Porter springs, shot
at Air. It. W. Taylor, proprietor of
the Arlington hotel, at 8 o’clock to
night, using a 38-calibre revolver.
Air. Taylor lmd’ejected Garner from
tho front room of the hotel, and was
returning to the office when Garner
shot. The ball went between Tay
lor’s legs into a column of the ar
cade, then glanced, going into the
washboard and on into the dining
room. Garner left at once for
parts unknown.
A Vinegar Well Vara.
New London (O.,) Special Cleveland Leader.
There is great excitement hero
over tho fact that ono of the public
wells of water has turned into a
well of vinegar. Air. Carney, a
a gentleman in the employ of a
boot and shoe linn, went to tho
well as usual last Wednesday
morning to get water for sprink
ling tho floor of the store, and In
pumping, saw that tiie water had
a peculiar rod color, but thought
nothing about it until ho drew
some to drink, lie took a good
swallow of it, and found that ho
was nearly strangled. Others tast
ed of it, and tiie news soon
spread to all parts ot tho city, and
in a short time tho citizens were
flocking to tiie well and carrying
home what seemed to be a good
quality of vinegar. One enterprising
grocery firm hero lias already filled
1()U barrels with it, and proposes to
put it on sale. Farmers are com
ing in from all parts of tho coun
try and taking homo with them
thousands of gallons. Whnt seems
more surprising is tho faet that
tiie flow of vinegar is greater than
was tiie flow of water. The earth
wave last Tuesday night was felt
very perceptibly here; all attribute
tiie phenomenon to the convulsion
of nature.
The Harnett llouae.
Jacksonville (Fla.) Herald.
The wonder of those who go to the Ilnrnott
House, in Savannah, Is that so excellent a
table and such comfortable rooms can be of
fered to the public at such minimum rates.—
Without exaggeration, the table of the Har
nett Is ns good as that of the Screven House,
and the rates just one-half as large. Courte
ous treatment makes up the sum of Its attrac
tions. The public largely testified their ap
preciation.
To preserve goods from moths,
do not use camphor in any form.
Pieces of tar paper laid in fur boxes
and in closets are a better protec
tion. Five cents will buy enough
to equip all the packing boxes and
closets of a large house for a year.
A probation law Is calculated to
interfere with a saloon keeper’s
flow of good spirits.
W. II. HARLEY,
WAYNESBORO, GA.
UTOffi urn mTnnrnm
Respectfully offer* Ills services to tho citi
zens of Rurko and adjoining counties. Rut
ting up and repairing Engines and Boilers, all
kinds of mill work.
Specifications, plans and drawings
Fuiinishfp on Application.
Babbit Metal, Gum Packing kept constant
ly on hand.
Thankful for past favors I solicit a continu
ance of the same.
All orders left at tho store of M. E.
Hall will receive prompt attention.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
inuy21,'80-tf W. H. HARLEY.
.A. Grood Chance
TO PURCHASE FIRST-CLASH
CHEAP!!
_ -AY *6
Cooking and Heating STOVES,
at greatly REDUCED
PRICES!!
until ALL ARE SOLD.
I will still 'continue to Manu
facture TIN and SHEET IRON WARE at
-iPBICES:-
TO HU IT THE PRESENT HARD TIMES.
Guttering and Roofing,
and all other JOB WOK 1C, promptly execu
ted. A complete stock of
Crockery,^ Lamps
AND GLASSWARE.
a-^ or^EiES
A 2ALTY,
all of which will L.e sold ut low prices.
J. M. HARP,
LIBERTY STREET,
WAYNESBORO,
GEORGIA.