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Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCURY. Entered as Second-class Matter at the Sandersville Postofftoe April 27, 18S0. Sandersville, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY a. J. JisRNiQA-isr, Proprietor and Publisher. Subscription: $1,60 Pet Year. City of Sandersville. Mayor. J, N. Gilmore, Aldermen. W. B Thigpen, B. E. RouanTON, J. B. Roberts, A. M. Mayo. S. G. Lano. Clerk. C. 0. Brown. Treasurer J. A, Irwht. Marshal. J. E. Wbdtkjn, THE MERCURY. .4. J. JERN1GAN, Proprietor, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTIONt $t.r,0 Per Annum. VOLUME YU. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1886. NUMBER 11. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. NOTICE! Ail Communications Intended for this Paver must be accompanied by the full name of the writer-net necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for the views or opinions of porreepend. ents. A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 105 Bay St.. Savannah, Ga. BfSr-wn.L practice in all the courts. E. S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Q*. | B d. Evans, B. T). fWw, Jn EVANS 4 EVANS, ATTORNEYSAT LAW SANDERVILLE, GA. fh7saffold, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the Courts of ths Middle Circuit and in the counties surrounding Washington. Special at- ti'iition given to commercial law. r. K. Hines. o. ll. Rooms. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDER8VILLE, GA. Will ])raotic>i in the counties of Washington, Jefferson, Johnston, Etnanuel slid Wilkinson, mill in tlio U. 8. Courts for the Buntharn Dts- i nit of Georgia. AVi11 not lie agents in buying, selling or rent ing Real E.lato. OMco on West sido of Public Square. Octll-tf NEW ODE BY TENNYSON. 81INO AT THE OPfcfiitid OF Tit* OOLONtAt EXHIBITION, LONDON. ■ i: Welcome, welcome; with ono voico In your welfare wo rejoice. Sous and brothers, that have sent From isle und cape Anri continent Produce of your field and rtootl, Mount and mine, and primal wood, Works of subtle brniu and hand And splendors of the morning land— Gifts from every Drltish zone; Drllons, hold your own! II. May we Hud as ages ruu, The mother featured in the son: And may yours forevorbe Tint old rtrength and constancy Wbi h tins made your fathers gi oat Iuottr nucicut Island State; And where'er her ilag may i'.y, , Glorying between sen and sky, Make the might of Britain known; Britons, hold your own I HI. Britain fought her sons of yore; Britain fnlled, and nevermore, • (.'are'oss of our growing kin, Sltnll we sin o. r fathers' sin; Men that in a narrower day— Unprophotio rulers they— ■ Drove from out the mother's nos That young eagle of the Wed To forago for herself alone. Britons, hold your own I IV. Sharers of our glorious past, Brothois, must wo part at last! Bhull not wo, through good and ill, Cleave toono another still! Britain's myriad voices call: Sons, bo welded, each ntul all, Into one impcrinl whole; One with Britain, heart and soul, Ouo life, ono ling, one fleet, one throne I Britons, hold your own I And God guard all! third from some Unheard of hiding-place t Good-natured Melinda unrolled the under the sOlii, nnd keeping tho while a ; gorgeous mass of colors to lot her look, general oversight on the supper table «in In the same instant something shone the back 100m. with a kaleidoscopic glitter, ahd dropped, “I.iko your gnl, Airs. Osmund?” asked clinking, on the floor, old Miss Farrar, during ono of Patience’s | ( “Lor’?” said Miss Farrar, fumbling for temporary absences. “Site ain’t so bad,” Was the old lady lior spectacles. , “What on earth is that?” screamed PAN ELECTRIC REPORTS non-cotniniUnl tttiSwOr. “Sho has got a pleasant face,” said Mrs. Johrics. “Looks ain’t everything,” observed Miss Pellets, whom the village lads had mischievously christened “Medusa.” We all know as bcautyis only skin deufU’said Bethiah Willis, whoso eyes did not Mrs. Cubcbs. % Fanny Darton rescued the glistening fugitive" from under the leg of a rheu matic bureau. “It’s old Mrs. Osmund’s gold thimble,” said she—“that’s what it is—rolled up in tho <|iiilt! Ami now," with adoflnnt glanrc at. the assembled brigade of gos- FROM TIIF. HO VSR COMMITTED OV INVESTIGATION. Tlie Majority Uphold nnd the Minority Conti until C’nrlnml. 1" t 'iS Kr.K *ir- «i»„ lih ? ‘i» f “"S- ot ‘Ifi?? brnsl't think in' of With nimtterahle triumph. w«."<•s;“v»: in it 2 ,•"-»««.«•?m«*»«**** r,'l,.lio„. MMcr ttan comm. .nil. it c.™, here’s someth,ng aboul the gal that is to ^ “J ™ of C01 „’. S( . ’ Dnrtf n ,0 The neighbors looked at each other in Heclarcl that when she bid in tho quilt, amazement. Mrs. Osmund sewed on in she hid in the thimble also. the'odirierky ways timt shc'hadi and, h Amj the New York lawyer who was ns slut (tnwJtii. the lit., I a narnets attd cm-f on , Bultcd . ^ lit* cousin S husband, w lift had marriid an Osmund, said that they had bettor let tho thimblo remain whero ns sho sowed, the little garnets attd cnl braids set around the rim of h8r old-fash toned gold lliitnltle—morn thnn a cen tury old, tho gossips said—Hashed like tiny eyes of red and green (ire. “Well, I never!" said Mrs. Johnos. “Guess her mind must be goin',” whispered the druggist’s wife. it was; and so the Osmunds gave up the contest. And Patience wears the gold thimblo to this day! Harry Lyndo came to apoiogizo to her o„t ( o»i. u Miss Farrar, who was staring hot - citfhtl- . . . , ,, eth birthday in the face. | which ho could The supper served complete success. The «... ......... , compelled reluctantly to admit that Mrs. | pangpterctng Osmund’s quilting bco had been to the arc engaged. •r quilting bees of the neighborhood . A "£, iot 1 usho P, B H u ^t ’f lbn it t to sun was to mere stars. This ; hbl-as well rts to the red of the Darlington gentry—not to dccidh so seo Patience helping "T''presently was a J Miio Darton to weed the voung beets. n,e old ladles were 1 "It’s true, then ’ ho sate to himself, a i..... \r, u sharp pang piercing his heart, “lltey THE QUILTING BEE. othc what was as they went homo at night, The next afternoon a sensation thrilled through the place. Patience Mcodo bail been sent away from her situation at an hour’s notice, and following close upon this circumstance, old Mrs. Osmund had a “stroke.” “Queer!” said Miss Farrart “attd she only two-nnd-soventy.” hastily ngniii.—ilelsn Forrest Craves. Diamond Mines of Brazil. Tho diamonds of Brazil are all found in a disintegrated' stratum of quartzite, lying upon tho fandstono formation. The discovery of these important, mines was an accidcat. A Portuguese traveler, tor spoken of Was In relation to tho establish ment of A postal telegraph by the govern ment. This lmd been agitated for some years. When mentioned Senator Harris stated to his associates that if it came up In tho Senate it ■ could tnako known lus interest in tho matter an t decline to vote, so that nothin; vat expo te l from him. And according to the testim my of all the parties nothing was expected from any ouo of the members. Thera is no evidence that Mr. Garland ever heard of it. Tito question nover did get before either body of Congress, au<t it is not protended that any member ot tho company di l nay thing to aid it or that Tho minority, or Republican, report of the any member favored tho project. is, .tit « so “It is in evidence that tuo Boll patents were special committee which conducted the Pen |liH , y)SP q of nn( , tho Bell compnny was organ- Electric telephone investigation, prepared (zed just as the Paa-Electric was. Out of by Ambrose A. Ranndy, of Boston, WAS this Bell organisation, thus commenced, lias made public on thd 3t)tli,ready for submission , grown In the course of a fow years one of to tlto House a, soon as thtS Democratic mSm- j stn P ondoU, in the bers reached an agreement upon their The repaid maintains that no stock was report. Mr.. Ranuey’B roport is in* j ever issuod by tho PrtfUBlsctHe Company,and dor.scd by the four Uepublican mem- in conne -tion with Senator Ve^pdrchase of bars of tho comiriittop, aM , Chairman an interest, say b *fe° f Boyle'-; report, which represents tiie vitfWS of hour sty of that gentleman s tt ausactlons are the majority, isindorsedby four Democratic ungtiSstismed, ,, . t) members, Mr. Halo of Missouri, the fifth | , The hlsfoYV of the proceedings at tho sou- Democratic momher of tho committee, hav- f*reuce is given in detell »nsl the report ing decided to submit his individual vlows says: .... Independently Of Ills colleagufls. ' "ssow, up to this time, what had the At tot- Tito llrtmiey report reviews tho testimony tley General lono, permittod or advise 1 in rd- of the principal witnt-st-tfi dxrtniiiiod bdforn lotlqtl to a government trait I'He hadI received the committee, and criticises trio inflthods of ! Dr. RogdiS letter of May t-ltli and pigeon the projectors of tho Pan Electric enterprise holfcfl it. He had received Mr. \ an nnd tiie conduct of Attorncy-Genoral Gor- BenthuySefl 0 letter of July 1.til and re- laud nnd Rolicitor-Ucnoral Goodo in conuoc- | forred It to tho DtJpartmoiit of the It - tlon with granting tho government suit torior without recommendation. A ael- agalnst the Boll company. Uoforring to tho ogntion had catleil on him nnd ltd lmd efforts of tho Pan Kkntrto peoplo to bring Absolutely refused to bo talked to on tho stib- nbont A government suits tile rflixirt, says: Ject on the ground that lie was interested in “They (lotormiued to ltttvd thd (lepftrtmotit a telephone company. It is not pretendod Of justice bring It suit agiiiHst iho Bell corns j that he did anything more. What more putty, but which would remain under their cotlld hdvd I icon required of him or of any control. They did not want to liavo tho Boll otiel No Judge of a Court ever behaved more paLont vacated, but they hoped they could discreetly or clrcumsjieetly or honorably.” fright u tlio Boll compnny Into tho belief Of Solicitor General Goode's treatment of that they could do so. They thought, moro- the application to bring the Memphis suit,the over, that tho mero institution of such a suit . reiwrt says: would deter the United States courts from I '‘There is no reason to question the correct- grant it'g dtiy Injunction In favor of the Boll ness of Mr. Goodo’s statement. It is liottruly pAteht. tmcontradictoj, but is fully supported by all ih Attorney-General Grtrlaud’S rictlOn, dr , the WituoS-ei Who testified about the same noil-notion, in connection with bringing tho | mattera. Hti Was not connected with auy government suit, tho report says that ho i telephone company; had do interest of any knew tlio lloll patent liaa boon ronontodly kind to be effected by the suit nfld had sustained, and so it concerned the honor no knowledge of any previous applied- of the department timt such a patent tioM. He , bad not been informed of DENVER THEATRE BURNED. The Academy ef Mnele Destroyed by Fire —Other Daetaaee. Thursday morning fire was discovered in tho Academy of music at Denver, Col. nnd before the fire department could get to work tho flames were leaping through the building in half a dozen places, and in a few minutes the building was a mass of flames. The heat was so great that firemen were driven away from the front of tho building. The flames spread so rnpidly that in loss than fifteen minutes after the discovory of the fire tho wires of the Western Union Telegraph compa ny were molted and all service was de stroyed. The operators managed to save the Wheatstones and other valuable in struments, though soveral relays were de stroyed. The fire was the quickest ever witnessed in Denver. A hundred engines could not have saved the building, which was a mass of ruins within an hour after the alarm was given. The ground floor was occupied os business houses, in which soveral men were sleep ing, nil of whom wero rescued except Tim Enright, nn old roustabout, who worked in the saloon of John Kineroy. Enright retired about twolvo o’clock, in toxicated and was forgotten until too Into and ho perished in the flames. Tho enuso the (ire is at present unknown. The emun devoted their attention to saving tlio adjoining property. The Rock Moun tain News building was damnged|25,000; insurance $11,500. Other minor losses, $00,000. Loss on Academy of Music $125,000; insurance $50,000. ANOTHER SEIZURE. “I knew tliere must ho something J in 1727, while visiting the gold mines of wrong with that pretty, simporing-fnoca iho Scrra do brio, about 400 nines north girl,” snid Bethiah Wi’llis, who seemed i of Rio Janeiro, noticed some bright erys- 1 am so tired I” sighed Patience Meade. “Too tired even to walk down Buttercup llill and hoar the nightingales singl” Harry Lyndo looked, disappointed. “It's only n step, Patience, said he. should not’ bo attacked without serious inquiry, and tlio duty of tho Attornov- Grti.-rM to see to it that it reeolved such inquiry. Alloy sry; tt-fls itternnsed by the fa t that ho knew an’ application wfbt goill^ to be muile, and that tho parties pressing action wantad it passe 1 upon without refer ence to tho Patent Office, nnd that he had a gr. nt pot soital interest that it should ho so piiss&l, and should moot with no delay. Tho report says further: , . "Tliero nre a number of facto and circiint- statices, however, which loavo it beyond doubt that Mr. <loodo’srccolloctlou is so so- riously at, fault ns to a largo part of what took place that It cannot bo salely relied upon in any portion. Ho iiocamfl Hdlicltor-Goueral G. W. H. WHITAKER, DENTIST, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. TERMS CASH,— #vP Ofllco at liis residence, on Harris street. Api20-’80 H. S. HOLLIFIELD, ician SANDERSVILLE, GA. Office next door to Mrs. Bayne's Millinery Store, on Harris street. J3UY YOUli to he well posted in nil the particulars. | tats which tho ignorant miners otcaston- “It’s the gold thimblo, Sot With preciods ally picked up and treasured as trilies, stones, that’s been in the Osmund family ! taking some of these he showed them to for n century. She’s stole it! I could some Dutch traders, who at onec rocog- a-tnkl how "it would be.” I nized their value. Those traders mi lt, was true that the gold thimble hnd modiotcly contractod with the Brazilian - , .. , , bum missing when old Mrs. Osmund Government for all the fough diamonds ‘Only a stop I lcs, but every step tells looked through her treasures host morn- flint might he found, atm for a number ^ iu j|, iy tl ,.' Hn appointment made by the when ono Il ls Inirly reached tho limit of j nu Tt WAS Also true timt sho had nc- of years controlled tho tinde. I he , ivo^.ieut hnt not yet confirmed by tho Sen- one's eudurnnee!” oused Patience of the theft, and timt in Portuguese then shared it with them for | ate. On Juuo 20 lie wont to British Colunv “Thon, 1 supposo,” said Hurry, with , default of her confossion anil restoration some time, mid the diamond mines nn air of resignation, “I shall liavo to sit | 0 f the trinket, the girl lmd been tin- wero so extensively worked for down here beside you, and tho nightin- ceremoniously turned out of doors. Four cumber of years, m d such pules must sing to an audicnco of no- hours afterward the old woman fell in a abundant supplies of tiie perns wero bodyl" I ( j t | j thrown on the market,that their price fell “You nnd the nightingales must do as you please about that,” said Patience, laughing ^ t The oltj Osmund house looked weirder the door. " | which claimed tho working of the mines about business whntevor. Mr. Goode must ate. bin on a mission for the department and appeared at his ofllcb again August 20. Mr. Garland testifies that he was tiicn oxpecting to go away for his vacation, which would occupy about six weeks, ami ho did go awrty oil the 27th Of Mr. Garland's connection with telephono !company, udd link he been tliat should have made no uiffcrencn in his conduct. In the view of tho committed, whiln It would doubtless huve been bettor to bavo fcfct'fsd the application to tho Depart ment of the Interior (HS Bitch had been the practice) notwithstanding I is alreftTy had all tho information attainable thoru, liis failure to do so was, at most, only a mistnko. Tho committee finds nothing whatever in tho con ditct of Mr. Goodo deserving censure." In coneluSiofl tho report says: "Tho committee dttcS find thnt there wai sufficient "reason and authority” for bring ing the suits, hut it expressly rofralus from attoinptlnr to find whether the Bell patents were dbtAinod fraudulently or whoth tr Boll was the invedldi' Of tiie speaking telephone. ns .i rovnl monopoly nnd restricted the supply of gems mined. Ill recent years, however, tho most of the mines have been sold to private individuals. 'I’lto mode be mistaken about it. Ho must have had consultations nnd forgotten all about them." The minority rdach the conclusion that tho Solicitor General was led to graiit tlio applica tion for a government suit without tho usual reference or inquiry, without competent ex amination, with a sjjcod unexampled In the history of tho department, nnd in violation uf tile established rules nutl practice of the office. “In ordinary cOseB," they add. “Such action would be held to be positive proof of fraud, At least J*EI^^TIC3--A.3ST r (Nono genuine without our trade mark.) ON HAND AND FOR SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc,, Etc. Watches, Clocks AND JEWELRY nKPAIBKD BY than its natural wont—-which was not at, “Oh, ITarry!” sho gasped, “havo you all necessary—in tho pallid moonshino; i heard? Did they tell you?” the Lombardy poplars stirred in the even-1 “I Rave heard, "said Harry, with stern, lng wind, and the stars were coming out grave eyes. “And I never was so much , in tho sky so fust that one could scarcely > astonished in my life. If you arc really of obtaining the diamonds is by washing. count them. - A „ guilty, Paticnco, you should c mfess it at Tho minors dig down into Iho diamond Paticnco nnd Harry were sitting on tho jjncc. There can be no use in cquivo- I stratum; the quartzite sand, or the back porch—the front door wits scarcely eating.” 1 gravel, ns they take it out, is washed free ever opened excopt on high festival days “If!” She lifted her large, blue-gray I from earth iti shallow wooden pans. The | and Sundays—old Mrs. Osmund was nod- eyes to liis. “If!” Then I have us-j gravelly deposit left is then passed — . . ding over her knitting-work by the light suredly come to the wrong place. Good- 1 through a sievo, and tho diamond erys- of a shaded lamp in tho mouldy back by 1” And sho was gone. tnls, if any arc there, are readily found tu I ii 0 p„i,Hcan minority folic parlor. From house to house she went, but tho process. Generally speaking, tho “What have you found to occupy your no ono took her in except Fanny Darton, diamond mined in Brazil have bcon small, time so severely?" snid Lytule. who worked in the factory, and whoso hut a few remarkable gems lmvo been Patience smiled. brother, Milo, hnd charge of the tele- found in them. One of the most impor- “Dnn’t you know?” said she. “Wo graph olHee. lant of these is the Btnr of tiie South, are to have u quilting hoc here to-morrow. “Get out!” honest Milo had said. I which was found by a negress in tiie At least, Mrs. Osmund is. And I have “Youmny ns well try to make me believe i mines of Begagom in 185:1, fttul which boiled a dozen spring chickens for salt.d, that I took old Mother Osmund's gold | weighed in its rough state 254 karats, it baked six loaves of cake, tiinde raspberry thimble. Patience, indeed! Whnt nir was purchased, after being cut by n jew- tarts after Francioli’s recipe, and pre-J folks thinking of i” oler in Amsterdam, Germany, by u pored a tongue, a ham, nnd four quarts , “The most rctliculous nonsenso lever wealthy nobleman ol that country. An- of jelly. And the best silver has been hoard!” said Fanny. other fine gem was found in the river cleaned, and the gecoratcd China washed; | Anil it was to these true-hearted par- Abmthe, in 1707, by some convicts who the parlor cut tains floor in the house s Lyndo whistled pressimi of his thoughts. i welcome, Funny's words of cheering tugnl, who, in return for the treasure, “I don’t wonder that you’re tired,” j comfort. pardoned the convicts. A few diamonds said lie. “What is the old ludy think-I Mrs. Osmund died and was burled, j over 100 karats in weight have bees found ing—thnt you are made of cast-iron?” Tlio heirs Hocked to her funeral, like in Brnzilinn mines, and quite n number ,,.. , „ . , - . . crows to tho death-place of some ancient over fifty karats, but the average weight wjj wfta eagle. has been from one to font kai.it. 1 be j ft ny son e immoral, dishonest or Inconsistent There was nn auction stile at the old aggregate diamond yield in Brazil lias j with the duty of public men or citizens Osmund house, and Milo asked liis sister fluctuated greatly, in past times ranging i Fnnny to attend. from 20,000 or 80,000 karats annually to "I ain’t nl'ogcthor certain,” said lie, ns high as 000,000 karats. Though 1 he j o sheepishly, “but if I could coax Patience trade in diamonds is generally supposed j the ocean, one never thinks of the pa- j Moatie to'say yes, there’d ho tho parlor to be an important part of tho country’s j tient little insect that has toiled to form to furnish and a few tilings to get. for commerce, it is really only u smnll frac- its benutios. So, don’t you seo, Mrs. Os- the up stairs front room.” tion of ono per cent, of the totnl trade. I mund will got all tho credit, ns she ought “Oil, Milo!" cried Fanny, rapturously, It averages something over $2,500,000 to do; I am only her humble instru- “do you think it’s possible that—that annually, while (he yearly exportation of she could like you?" sugar alone is about $t7,000,000, and of “It does seem sort o’ presumptuous, coffee over $53,000.000.—Inter-Ocean. don't it?” said Milo. “But I ain’t going — ■ ■ ■ I “You cannot!” returned Paticnco, to let her go for lack of trying my luck, An 1 giy City. that I know.” . .. San Francisco is probably the ugliest mi port decorated China washed; And it was to these true-hearted par- Abtethe, in titii, oy some coin lets " no iiins ironed, and every . tisans that. Patience carried her broken had escaped from prison and were hiding e swept.” heart; and nothing had ever sounded in the mountains. It weighed 188 ed an insufficient ex- half so sweet in her ears ns Milo’s cordial karats, and war sent to the King of Por- “Mrs. Osmund is determined to liavo the finest quilting beo of the season,” said Paticnco, “and I think she will suc ceed.” “With your assistance?” “With my assistance. But when one looks at the lovely branching coral under which in a person t tc fraud.’’ The Republican minority follow up this severe criticism of tho Solicitor General with an arraignment of Attorney-General Garland. They say: " The best thut can bo said of him is that he lent himself to this schema, because ho got Rtock for nothing. If he wds Hot active lu It himself, lie suffered his nnmo and influ ence to be used by othors. Ho was then only a Senator of tho United States. lie was n-xt placed at tho head of the Depart ment ot Justice. Tho man from whom he j had received the half million of stock wanted now to borrow tho name of that de partment nnd get its indorsement; then an idly asked for It; thon tho official repretent- ’ ntivo of his company asked for it. His in telligence told him there were things he should not permit, nnd then his will let him argue that he might stand aside and seo his office do them.” 1 Mr. Hale’s report takes the ground that I tlij whole matter was purely a speculative ! venture, lie does not boltove there is any thing in tiie great mass of testimony which OTTR DEPARTMENT Is supplied with all the requisites for doing *11 kinds of Job and Book work in 1? irstr Class Style, Promptly and at Rea sonable Prices. WEDDING CARDS, VISITING CARDS, BUSINESS CARDS, BALL CARDS, POSTERS, HANDBILLS, PROGRAMMES, statements, LETTER HEADINGS, DODGERS, PAMPHLETS, gW SB) ment.” “I should like to come to this quilting bee,” gravely observed Mr. I.yndc. “You cannot!” returned Paticnco, with a nod of her pretty jet-haired head. ‘ No gentlemen allowed.” “Well, at all evonts, I shall bo think ing of you the whole time.” Patience Monde was very happy that evening. Sho had come to Mrs. Os mond’s on the recommendation of n mutual friend as a sort of “genteel help." And she hnd done, whnt had never been done before in the knowledge of man or woman cither, suTed the fastidous, ill- tempered olel woman. Nobody couhl quarrel with Patience Mendc—she was so quiet, so gentle, so anxious to please; nnd at the month’s end, when Mrs. Os- monel hnd given her her hard-earned wages—six dollars in silver—and sho hacl ventured to hope that she had given satisfaction, the old lady rubbed iter nose with the end of her spcct.aele-case, and said, unwillingly: “I s’pose. you’ve done as well ns you could. I don’t know why you won’t suit me.” Which, from her, was extravagent praise, had poor, discouraged Patience only known it. The grand occasion of tho quilting bee arrived at last, and, to Mrs. Osmund’s in finite satisfaction, it did not rain. Tho salad was made, in great shallow platters of the orthodox “flowing blue” pattern, the jelly was turned into glistening molds, tho coffee was brewed clear and strong and fragrant, the blackberry short-cake was baked, tiie waffles were all ready to turn into tho pans at five minutes’ notice. Tho neighbors arrived in best caps and gowns, euch with a work-bag of a different pattern, and tho Osmund parlors were full of humming voices, as the quilt was tacked on the frame, and each old lady began on her own particular portion, while Patience flew lightly to and fro finding the scis sors for one, threading a reft actory needle for another, hunting the thimble of a The Majority Report, in the House on the 80th Mr. Boyle (Penn.) from tho Pan-Electric Committee, submitted a roport signed by four members of tho committee upon tho subject of ita in vestigation. Mr. Hale (Mo.), who concurred in this report, ulso submitted his individual views. Air. Bnuuey (Mass.), submitted the minority reportsigned by four members. The mn'ority report was accompanied by the following resolution: “Resolved, That a full, fair and exhaust ive investigation has failed to adduce any evidence which tends to show that Atterney- Gouemi Garland, S .licitor Geneynl Goode, Decretory Lamar, Indian Commissioner At- kius, I tail road Commissioner Johnston or Senator Harris—they boing the officers named in the Pan-Electric publications of the newspaper press, which gave riso to this in- L ^bl nnxr nffl. Or OthlM*- MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. An asylum is boing built in Franco for ago l opera Hingers. BkmknYI, tho groat violinist, lias bcon traveling in India for sovotol mouths. A sooiKrv-nnAMA by Edward Cohnm: will l>e in Hoso Ci ghlan s repertory for next senson. A youno English «"tiw», Mi sGcnovleve jyttoii, will s ipport Miss Faulty Da next season. A Paiuh paper Rays thnt. Signor Ni ’olinl is a relative of tun into Czar Nieh ms, mi l that ho sings with a strong Russian a sent. Miss Mahy N. Bukiik, tho well-known opcrntl • singer, has been married to Ethan Cutter, a prominent bushiest “* ton. A movemknT litis been set on loot in Chi cago to construct an opera house whi> h shall sent .'i.OOII people, and linvo a stage measuring 70 by 120 feot. Mahy Anok.hsojj gives up tit" stage for tlio present on ii 1 'count of ill-tienltt). Hoi thysii tun In London tnys that sho needs a : uU year’s rest. Mllk. Rhea,tho noted French actress, lilt engagements at three different theatres lu New York noxt season— five weeks in nil— nnd will be : o ?n iu several new parts, Mias Jkkkheys-Lewis, tho nctre-s, when on n tour recently gave a lienolit nt tomb stone, Arizona, in aid of tho fund to provide tho graveyard with a suitable fence. It is announced that M. Coquette, thr French comedian, wiH limit tits engagement in this country noxt season to sixty perform ances, beginning next January itl New lor with a throe weeks’ s oson. A new Swo lisb tenor has made liis appear aueo at Stockholm in “William Toll. He is a soldtor named Brodbo-h, anil Ids voice said to be something us exceptional In its way as Jenny Lind’s or Nilsson s. It was in lMl that actresses were first at lowed to mako their appearance on the Eng lish stage, and thon they wore pelted off the stage by the outrage 1 audience. Tho unfor tunates were members of a French company who hnd attempted to establish themselves in Blackfriars. Ernest Harvier, receiver of Bartley Campbell’s estate, says his plan for next season is to manage such of Hr. Campbell s plays as are likely to prove profitable, to rent ns many os possible, and to sell tho rest at auction. Tho profits would, of course, go to Mrs. Campbell and her sons. PERSONAL MENTION, All the snored ness of home detail was c i ly j n t) lc Union, despite Her beautiful lUrncd inside out. The old cabinet- surroundings, her ideal situation, her piano was sold for a song; the tall cherry- ravishing water view. Nature lias sup- wood clock brought about four times its pjj er p i ler w it)i charms galore, but on her . , , „ worth; people laughed at the old-fash- face the deforming lmud of matt lias left Veitigation—didany act, official or other ioned furniture, and handled over Mrs h hideous murks. Her architecture j Osmund’s e;ist-off tvigs and curls with j s n nightmare of gray and wooden hor- , - nit , rj)K)I . t ul „i tlio resolution (which ii many a jeer and taunt. ro is; her houses lack both paint and cen’-urred in by M. Halo) was referred to the Fanny Darton purchased a neat antique dignity and are huddled together, sepa- llousj calendar. . set of horse hair chairs and a claw-legged ra t e d by tho omnipresent, ultra-ugly, all- . After a reference to the compar sons i table for the parlor at home, and some pervuding fence. A tall, wooden fence o^'qan^atid'his ussouiates and Messrs. Car- pretty chintz curtains, hung over brass i lft8 p a obvious use in rural districts, ' lir.io, Randall and others, the majority report poles, and a lot of odds and ends, which w h ere |t protects the grounds and gar- j says: comprised the very half-finished quilt dens of the residents from the tin welcome I "W! over which the old ladies of Darlington incursion8 0 f roving cattle, but it is many j What he^tranV. had worked that last afternoon ot Mrs. a y ear since kitte and swine lmve been f 01 . re d to Garland, Harris and others wus an Osmund’s life. permitted to gambol nbout the Sail Fran- interest in inventions, in there then condition “It ain’t worth-much,” said Fanny, c i ge0 streets, and there is neither sense of no value whatever, and only to lie made “but it came with the towels and the nor beauty in the largo, wooden structures ' valuable_bythe joint; effortsof the Itogore screen, and I guess we can finish it at whieh surround the lawns and paiterrea uikin^ That tho eapit^ of the telephone homo some leisure time. of every second house in San Francisco. ! company was fixed at *5,003,0.10 is wh 41y The Bight of the quilt brought up a Eastern cities have long since abandoned : iminat rial. Ilad it been fixed at $ 0, thousand reminiscences. People whis- f enc0Bt except in some cases, whero n 'the thing they ownedaorl pered tho name of Patience Meade to one low> i UC elike, iron railing is substituted, I tatereala s be worth another. and one can ride miles through i much or nothing. As Di*. Rogers say-i, it ha l *‘I s pose the heirs could hov her tried , beautiful boulevards of Chicago, Cin- ho commercial valu^. Kvld<*n *Qdoes not show for Ktealin’l” said Miss Farrar. cinnati. Detroit or Boston without seeing that those gentlemen wero admitted by the “That there gold thimble was worth a a fence of any description. There your | Worn. Kozers with deal of money 1” remarked Mrs. Johnes. grounds nre separated from your neigh- J “I dessay if her trunks was oiicned,” bors t on i y by ft l 0 \ V , stone coping, nud .. A t’that time Mr. Garland wasnot thought, .croaked Miss I ellett, ioiks noutti nntt tbe i ove ] y expanse of green nnd flowers of IO! . Attorney General. He was suggested lots o' things she hadn’t no business s t rG t c hcs away indefinitely, unmarred by by Atkins, and it need hardly be said, in with!” nointgrl PYpreftpenc’ca which vender' view of his previous life and character, that “I really think "said Mrs. Cubebs. the * u 8 P treet Y a8 lugubrious as tho shadow j entorprtoe to druggist’s wife, “the town trustees ought of convent walls, which neither adorn ; he wm tetoresteS. Carey Young was to look to At! , nor depend? but successfully conceal the ! named by Rogers. Ho was not to Fanny Darton heard none of these reu j| y beautiful lawns which lie behind ; appeal' Ju Congress until nearly good-natured comments. their aged backs.—San Francisco Post. She was busy, with the help of Melinda b CsnaiHnn Crnisrr I'onnces Opts u Auerlcan Fisblns Vessel. A Halifax (N. S.) dispatch says: The Dominion cruiser Terror has been lying in Bhelburno harbor for a few days. Yesterday about 5 o'clock, the American fishing schooner City Point,of Portland,Capt Keene,called a* Shelburne for water and repairs. The City Point was hauled into Gunning Cove, and her Captain set his mon to work taking water, whllo he proceeded up the harbor in a boat to report at the Custom House. When part wav up the harbor he met ths Captain of the Terror in the cruiser's boat, who hailed him and ordered him back to ths City Point. The Captain of tbe Terror took charge of the American schooner, which was brought up the harbor. Two of the cruiser’s men wore placed aboard the captured vessel. Captain Keene wont to the Cus tom House and reported that he had two men aboard h<s vossot all dav making necessary repairs. About 2 2 o’clock p. m., the repairs being completed, Keone askod for a clearance at tho custom office, but the official refused to grant it un til advised from Ottawa, He telegraphod tho department for instruc tions. The schooner’s offence appeared to be to taking water on board before reporting at the Custom House. The Captain ot the Terror also seized two lobster factories on Shelburne harbor tor having undersized lobsters in their posses lion. TROUBLE AT THE KING MILL. The Dlmtwrie of Three Operatives Caasee a General Stoppage. A dispatch from Augusta, 0a., says:— Information has just readied tbe city of trouble nt King’s Mills. A boy was dis- riiurged from ono of tho departments rot •gleet of duty and two men associated with him were directed, to perfejm his work in conjunction with their _ 0WI J- llicy refused nnd were discharged. It seems that the duty of these wasto fur nish material for the weaver. Substitutes for them who were not Knights of Labor, were engaged but left tho mills short y after because of threats of bodily harm. One of the coats of tho “scabs” was cut to pieces and lie was threatened if he did not leave the mills immediately. He did bo. The knights refuse to occupy the positions of the discharged men and the weavers decline to deviate from the work usually expected of them to supply then frames with “tilling,” which seems to have been the duty of tiie discharged men, the consequence is that 268 looms are idle because of tbe inability of the ngement to fill the positions of the discharged men. pected. More trouble is cx- Eames, in taking the quilt from its frames, j so as to make a compactor bundle for the j purposes of transportation. “Drctful pretty pattern! What is it?” , asked Mrs. Peck, the Methodist minis- i ter’s widoxv. “Court-house Steps, «r | Job’s Troubles?" ] Looking to the Future. Now every bright and sunny day Tho fair and gentle maiden shops, And buys tho muslin and pique, To makeup into dromes pay To wear future seaside hops. —Poston Courier. year after. (Jeneral Johnston was : n it in office and did not expect to bo. I If official influence was the consideration for ’ the interests transferred to Harris and Gar- ' laud, what was the consideration for those transferred to Atkins und to Johnston? The : committee has tailed to find that any legisla- i tloi was contemplated at the time this ' r-viiwnv was t'nrmori. or durinz its exist- Dn. Talmaoe gets *5,000 a year for an ad vance copy of his sermons. Temperance Advocate Murphy is gathering in converts in Cincinnati. Herr Singer, a Social Domoerut and _ member of the Reichstag, has been expelled from Berlin. Secretary Manning is reported to be much improvod in health since his visit to Hot Springs. Chang, the famous Chinese giant,has gone back to China, it is said, for the purpose of selecting n bride. » General Buckner, the once fiery Con federate soldier, now leuds a quiotand peace ful life on his farm in Kentucky. Mr. ANd Mrs. Beecher expect to be ab sent until the 1st of October. They will spend thoir time in England, Ireland and Wales. Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer, who is coming to this country to lecture, will begin in the British provinces next Oc tober. Senator Kenna, aged thirty-e’.ght, is the only Congressman in the upper House under forty years of age, and there are only four teen others under fifty. Since his arrival at New London, Conn., ex-President Arthur hat been enjoying much DEATH OF COLONEL CORKHILL. The Prosecutor of Gnlteau Die* Suddenly lu lews. Private dispatches announce the dentil, at Mount Pleasant, Iown, of Colonel George B. Corkltill, ex-district-attorney of Washington, D. C. Colonel Corklnll served in the union army through the late war and at the close was made district-at torney for one of the judicial districts of Iowa. Subsequently President Hayes appointed him United States district at torney for the district of Columbia which position he held until near the close of President Arthur’s term, and since that time has been engaged in the practice of law in Washington city. Ho became widely known as tiie successful prosecu tor of tbe assassin Guiteau. He left last Thursday for Iowa in good health, and the news of his death caused a greot shock to his numerous friends in this city. lie was one of the best known and most popular men in the district. COLONEL IN THE ARMY. Tlin President Appoints Fit* John Porter to Ills Former flunk- The president nominated Fitz John Por ter, late colonel of the Fifteenth infantry, to be colonel in the army of the United States. Following is a copy of the president a message nominating Fitz John Porter: In accordance with the provisions of an act of congress, approved July 1, 1880, I improved health and his physician is now nominate ihe person herein named for hopeful of his recovery. appointment in the army of the United Mu. Hyndman, the English Socialist, who cA‘ tes to tbe ran k as such from May 14th, was connected with the late Loudon riots, is ^ ’ hat being th(J grade in rank held by him at the time of his dismissal from ,,„.iipiny was formed, or during its exist- oncj up to tho present time by which it or its members could have prettied. The oply m&fr coming to this country to lecture and re plenish an exhausted exchequer. Lillian Smith, of California, fourteen years of age, is having her praises sounded by the trump of fame because she has broken in succession 828 glass balls with a rifle. Charles Webster, whose firm is pub lishing General Giaut's book, says that with in two years Mrs. Graut will havo realized fully *500,000 from the sale iu this country alone. Op R. B. Hays’ children, Webb is a trunk- maker at Cleveland, Bnrchard is practicing law at Toledo, Rutherford is teller of n sav ings bank at Fremont and Fannie and Scott are at school During the last twenty years Edward Pay son Weston has walked, professionally, 64,000 miles. A London physician who ex amined him recently pronounced him to be the healthiest man ho had ever seea by 1 the army. POISONED WITH ICE CttBAM. A special from Coulterville, Illinois, states that seventy persons were poisoned there Monday by eating picnic ice cream. Four have already died, and more are in a precarious condition. A SOUTH CAROLINA TORNADO. A tornado passed through Florence, 8. C., Thursday, frightening the people, moving one house ~<rom its foundations and leveling many trees.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, July 13, 1886, Image 1