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GEORGIA PRESS.
The Conyers Weekly places at its mast
head “General L. J. Gartrcll for governor
and James H. Blount for Congress.”
Savannah Newt: We arc gratified to
• observe in our State exchanges a toning
down of the rampant indignation into
which so many of our contemporaries
were surprised by the announcement of
the Senatorial change. Some of the ablest
and staunchest Democratic papers in the
State cordially endorse the appointment
of cx-Govemor Brown as General Gor
don’s successor, as tending to unite and
strengthen the Democracy for the com*ng
contest with Radicalism; while others,
though they would have preferred that
some other Democrat should have filled
the vacancy, repudiate with scorn the
charges of bargain and sale against Gover
nor Colquitt and General Gordon. From
the first we have never doubted that the
clouds that so suddenly overcast the polit
ical horizon would, in due time, be dissi-
g ated by the sunlight of truth. The
reatli of slander cannot tarnish the
bright escutcheon of such true men as
Gordon and Colquitt.
Americus Recorder: Died at his resi
dence in Dooly county, at about 10 o’clock
on Wednesday morning, of pneumonia,
Colonel Hardy Morgan, in the sixty-
eighth year of his age.
Savannah News: We were shown
yesterday the first cotton bloom of the
season, which was picked from the field
of Mr. V. H. Bums, near No. 6 Central
railroad. In a note to Captain A. A.
Wiun, Mr. Bums says: “It is from an
early variety of cotton known as the ‘gold
drop,’ and that in a few days the field will
be dotted with them.” The 10th of June
has generally been considered early for
cotton blooms.
Bainbiudge Democrat: Governor
Colquitt has appointed one J. L. Wimber
ly to be judge of the Muscogee circuit. If
our memory is not seriously at fault Wim
berly is not', nor ever has been a Demo
crat. Our governor could do nothing now
that would surprise anybody.
It is clear that Russell has got the Wim-
berlys mixed. Jesse Wimberly, of Burke
county, is not accused of being a Demo
crat, but Jarvis L. Wimberly, of Stewart
county, is a Democrat.
Athens Danner: Mrs. T. A. Burke re
ceived yesterday one thousand dollars
from the Knights and Ladies of Honor.
Tins makes six thousand dollars that she
has received from the societies that her
husband belonged to.
Savannah News: The first of the se
ries of excursion parties organized by Mr.
J. C. Shaw, general passenger agent of the
Central railroad, will arrive here this
morning, and after breakfasting at the
hotels will take the steamer H. B. Plant
for Tytee, where they will remain a week
or so. This party numbers about forty,
mostly from Macon, and may be consid
ered a private party, being composed of
friends and acquaintances. They antici
pate a pleasaut time, and we hope will
have it.
Atlanta Phonograph: Some people
think the fight of Mr. Jessup is only
against the railroad commission, forget
ting the fact that the commissioners are
agents for the State, and when one rail
road attempts to defy the State’s authori
ty, it has a big job on its hands. The
commission was not organized to injure
the railroads; the law authorizing it did
not contemplate such a thing. It intended
to deal fairly and squarely with all con
cerned, and it is their busness to see that
equal justice is meted out to all.
Aluert Cox intonns the Reporter
that he intends to make an old-fashioned
public canvass for the nomination to Con
gress from that, district, without trick,
trade, intrigue or private work. If that
won’t win, Albert says he is content to
remain at home. __
Augusta Nines: Oscar Lee, our effi
cient and accommodating manipulator of
telephone wires, is contemplating a tour
in the interest of the Bell Telephone com
pany. Assistant Superintendent DeFor-
rest, who is working up the Exchange in
Macon, wants him to go with him and as
sist in establishing the system. Everybody
in Augusta would regret losing him, but
would heartily congratulate him on his
deserved promotion.
Atlanta Post: No one denies that
our governor’s visits to the Northern cities
resulted in some good to the State. The
time he lost from the regular duties of his
.office in this war was doubtless well spent.
We have heard of no one using this frivo
lous charge against him. He Sees from a
shadow when no one pursues.
Augusta Chronicle: Sergeant A. F.
Austin, of the Oglethorpe Infantry, who
has been a member of the Oglethorpe In
fantry for seven years, has received dur
ing that time thirteen prizes, in shooting
medals and drilling plumes. Such a prize
record is an excellent one, even as few vet
erans can boast of; but for so young a
man as Sergeant Austin, is both credita
ble and remarkable. With this material
iu its ranks, the Oglethorpe Infantry
should live and continue to strengthen.
Ai.b\ny Adtertiser: “Cut and dried”
conventions have long been the order of
the day in Dougherty county, but the sys
tem was revoluticnizod somewhat to-day
by a motion being promptly made, by
Col. Jos. Armstrong, as soon as the meet
ing was organized, that the delegates tube
Chosen be elected by ballot. Of
course the motion met with some op
position, but there were a good
many more people in the house than
had been expected or desired, perhaps, by
some of the party “leaders” and “organ
izers,” and so the motion that the delega
tion to be appointed by the meeting be
elected by ballot was carried. We can
not afford to have any packed conventions
in Dougherty county this year, and it is
to be hoped that the plan adopted to-day
will be the rule, and not the exception, in
our conventions hereafter.
The delegates to the Atlanta conven
tion was balloted for, with the following
result:
The ballot resulted in the choice of
Messrs. D. A. Vason, W. T. Jones, W.
W. Wilder and C. P. Hartwell, as dele
gates, and Messrs. John Jackson, J. W.
Walters, Joseph Armstrong and Nelson
Tift, as the respective alternates.
Col. Tift arose and stated that on ac
count of business engagements it would
be impossible for him to serve, mid Gen.
Henry Morgan having received the next
highest number of votes was, by motion,
elected in Col. Tift’s stead.
The following resolution was adopted
by the convention:
Resolved, By the Democratic party of
Dougherty county in convention assem
bled, that they will unanimously and
heartily support the nominee of the Na
tional Democratic convention at Cincin
nati.
Rome Tribune: The Atlanta ring will
never ran Georgia State politics ; gain.
The people have said so, and they mean it.
Savannah Recorder: The steamer II.
B. Plant took down to Tybee yesterday
quite a number of people. There were
many from Macon and points on the Cen
tral road, who will remain at Tyb e sev
eral days.
Rome Courier: A careful survey of the
political field in the seventh district leads , _
us to believe that it is Dr. Felton’s pm- ! rangements to celebrate the independence
deuce that keeps him from nominating of Liberia on the 27th of July. It is re-
himself for Congress. He is late about ported by the corresponding secretary, A.
it, but there are two wings of the Radical Buike, that there will be three excursions
party, and from which one he shall ask to this c - ty from different parts of the
assistance is perhaps an open question.' State to participate in tlio celebration.
Things don't look healthy for Dr. Felton J Elder William II. Noble has been ap-
by a good deal. I pointed superintendent, and Abralmm
Valdosta Times: Mr. Haines has Burke assistant, and it is understood that
written a letter to the Savannah Neves tlia celebration will take place at Mont-
U pon the attitude of the Savannah, Flor- | goinery-
lda and Western railroad to the railroad) Lumpkin Independent: A clock ped-
commission. He handles the subject dler, hearing that there was to bo a dls-
clearly and masterly, and in the course of trict meeting in Lumpkin, thought it an
lria remarks tne Atlanta Constitution .opportune time to dis;>ose of quite a nuni-
coiiils in for a pretty severe handling. | ber of patent alarm decks, as he was of
Athens llanner: One of the saddest the opinion that after the meeting the
deaths we have ever been called upon to citizens of the town would no longer be
ploded, and comnletely saturating her
clotning with the oil she was actually
burned up, there being no one at hand to
extinguish the flames.
Rome Courier: Thussday morning
three convicts, all found guilty in Floyd
Superior Court, left Rome for servitude
in Dade coal mines, to-wit: John Wilson,
colored, for life, for the murder of Wm.
Bryant; W. H. Hammond, twenty years,
for the killing of George Johnson; Proof
Wade, colored, twenty years, attempt to
commit rape. We learn from the jailer,
Mr. Jacob Moore, that the negro Wilson,
who denied up to and during liis trial
knowing anything about the. killing of
Bryant, and was convicted on circum
stantial evidence, confessed to other pris
oners tlie Dight before be was taken off,
that he knew about the killing and who
did it- He said substantially the same to
Mr. Moore on Thursday morning, but the
story varied somewhat from that told the
night before. There seems no doubt
with any one that he committed the crime
himself.
Giuffin Nevis: Passengers on the
Central these days look as though they
might have been indulging in a shower
dust-bath. And it don’t make them look
or feel any too happy, either.
Valdosta Tmcs: The Wayeross and
Jacksonville surveying party have com
pleted the survey of that road, and present
indications arc that work will be commenc
ed on the road at an early day.
Some Tribune: Mr. B. L. Estes, for
some time Rome correspondent of the
Augusta Evening News, will take charge
of the local columns of our neighbor, tlie
Dulletin, on Monday next. W r e congratu
late our contemporary on this new and
valuable addition to its staff editorial.
Athens Danner: “The Talleyrand of
Georgia politics.”
So speaks the Chronicle and Constitu
tionalist of ex-Gov. Brown. Thank you,
gentlemen! History declares that Talley
rand was “the most subtle, shrewd, and
unprincipled of all modem diplomatists.”
Atlanta Post: The Daily Post has
a full stenographic report of Gov. Col
quitt’s speech, which, we find on compari
son with the report in the Constitution,
to be materially different. For instance,
the reference to Joe Brown’s Florida ex
perience and exploits was not alluded to
in the speech, yet it was particularly dwelt
on in the report. There are probably fifty
other changes made in the report of the
speech, and we may be compelled to print
our own report to show the humbuggery
of the one published.
The Griffin News, speaking of the fire
men’s parade on the 7th of June, says:
The committee appointed to arrange the
tests for the firemen’s celebration, give no
tice of the following for the foot race.
Contestants to run 300 yards, open to the
firemen of Griffin: 1st prize, $12.50; 2d,
$7.50; 3d, $5.
Columbus Times: We are in form od
from an authentic source that Minister
Hilliard is now at Fiftli Avenue Hotel,
New York, with his family- Mr. Hill,
iard and family will visit Augusta and
Montgomery, reaching Columbus about
the middle of June. He will make our
city his home, and, as formerly, reside on
Rose Hill. We are glad indeed to wel
come the distinguished gentleman and his
charming family back to Columbus.
Thomasville Times: We learn, from
a gentleman who resides in Colquitt coun
ty, that the bounds are taking advantage
of the busy season with their crops, to pJy
their sheep killing propensities. A good
wholesome dog law would check tlie evil.
If the next legislature does not pass one,
it will not do its duty.
From the Savannah News we learn that
there was a fracas in Yamacraw, and a
negro by the name of Sam Scott was con
siderably carved by Jacob Wilson, of the
same color.
The new steamboat line between Sa
vannah and Augusta is now considered as
a fixed fact.
The News records two accidents and
the loss of two fingers by the careless han
dling of shooting irons.
Miss Louise Clarke, the elocution
ist, is to have a benefit on the evening of
the 17th of June, under the auspices of the
Ford Linatcurs.
Tiiomasvii.le Times: A colored wo
man, who cooks for R. G. Mitchell, Esq.,
■was prostrated by a stroke of lightning,
during the storm on Saturday. The fam
ily also felt the shock.
Madison Madisonian: The white Re
publicans of Georgia wish to coalesce witli
the Independent Democrats, and adopt
the following as their motto:
“Naught’s a naught,
Figger’s a figger;
All for de white man,
Nnffin for de nigger.”
Our colored friends can profit by tbis
information if they will, if not they can
continue to do the voting, and let their
white masters appropriate all the sugar.
Atlanta Post: We Lave heard it
hinted that Hon. A. H. Stephens might
be awarded the second place oh the Grant
ticket. Of course he would not accept,
hut ifbe should what a fall there would
bo my countryman? From the vice-
presidency of the Southern Confederacy
to prime minister of the Empire.
Eatontox Messenger: We do not be
lieve from the evidence that there was any
trade made between Brown, Colquitt and
Gordon, in the recent resignation of the
latter, and the appointment of the first by
the governor to the United States Senate.
An understanding between them does not
amount to a financial transaction. It was
Gordon’s right to resign, Colquitt’s duty
to appoint an able successor, and Brown’s
privilege to accept. No, there was no
trade for money or ]>osition. Gordon is
too pure, Colquitt too conscientious and
Brown too particular for the trio to con
summate such an act of unwise diplomacy
Monroe Advertiser: The healthy
financial condition of Georgia is the won
der of the wole country. Tlie Stats was
devastated by war and tlie people plun
dered by carpet-baggers and scallawags,
yet the State’s debt is small and her bonds
have a value in market equaled by scarce
ly any State in the Union. For this
happy state of affairs, much credit is due
Governor Colquitt and the last Legisla
ture. It is admitted, however, that tlie
constitutional convention of 1877 reduced
expenditures to tlie minimum, provided a
system of taxation and revenue that gave
tlie credit of the State a position from
which there has been no retrograde. There
is one man who aided largely in shaping
these measures, to whom proper praise
has not been awarded. We refer to
to Hon. J. Simmons. As chairman of
tlie finance committee of the Convention,
he made an elaborate report, regulating
the system of taxation and revenue and
fixing rules for the issuance of bonds and
providing for the payment of the debt of
tii- State. It was a remarkable fact that
tbis report was adopted by the. conven
tion without change or altercation. The
work he did was, according to the views
of the numbers of the convention, perfect
and the financial history of the State since
that proves that the work was well doner
According to the Fort Valley Adver
tiser, Justice Maddox has developed a new
ending to the marriage ceremony. In liis
last effort he closed up with the following:
Go forth, multiply and replenish the
earth, and may tLe Lord have mercy on
your souls.”
Savannah News: The American Un
ion Ethiopian Association are making ar-
of a?<*. tend the daughter
Johnson, was visiting Mr. Cox’s family,
and in attempting to kindle the fire with
kerosene oil, the can containing abo.it
ployment at good wages car. be obtained
on almost eveix farm. The large crop of
cotton planted will give permanent em-
©nogalionof oil caught on fire and ex- ployment to ail who want work. We
think we could safely say that one hun
dred hands can find prompt paying em
ployers here in forty-eight hours. There
is no excuse for anybody who is able to
work to be idle.
Davisboro News: Sirs. David James,
step-mother of J. H. Janies, of Atlanta,
after a long and painful illness, died last
Thursday, at her residence six miles from
this place.
Arlington Advance: We were shown
a field of com, (a small one we mean,)
a few days since, belonging to Dr. B. R.
Doslor, which excels anything we have
seen this season, some stalks measuring a
fraction less than twenty feet and having
from six to eight shoots on them. The
doctor, besides being a number one phy
sician, is some on raising com and oats.
Under the head of “personal men
tion," the Lumpkin Independent has this
to say about some wandering Maccnites:
Rev. J. W. Burke, presiding elder of
the Americus district, and assistant editor
of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate, paid
the Independent office several pleasant
calls this week.
Rev. Atticus G. Haygood, president of
Emory College, and editor of the IFes-
leyan Advocate, favored us with a visit
yesterday morning. Dr. Haygood is a
most pleasant gentleman, a finished schol
ar and educator, and is one of the best
pulpit orators in the Methodist confer
ence.
Messrs. H. E. Oliver, Seymour Rogers
and George H. Plant, all of Macon, took
in onr little town on their pilgrimage
through this section of country. The trio
is composed of three as clever gentlemen
as ever clutched a grip-sack, and the
houses they represer.t are staunch, first-
class in every particular, and are presided
over by the very best business men of
Macon. We are always glad to welcome
such gentlemen to our town.
Columbus Times: Many of our read
ers will leam with much regret of the
death of Dr. J. W. Pitts, w hich sad occur
rence took place at his residence last
night about 9 o’clock. It will be remem
bered that several weeks ago Dr. Pitts
was engaged in a post mortem examina
tion and was poisoned by the virus of the
dead body. For weeks liis life liung upon
a thread, as it were, but he finally recov
ered, and was able to go upon the streets,
and his friends hoped that he had entirely
recovered from its effects, but their hopes
were soon to be blighted. He was taken
with a relapse last Wednesday, and at
niglit bad a chill, which was followed by
chills forseveral successive days. He suf
fered a great deal until last night about 0
o’clock when death released him from all
pain.
The Talbotton Degister says; Don’t be
too hasty. While we dc not question the
sincerity of the press in their denuncia
tion of fraud and political corruption, we
think it would be better to weigh well
tlie evidence that is supposed to exist
against any public man before transfixing
such a one with the dart of barbed criti
cism. It has been rightly said that there
are always two sides to a question. It is
well to know botli sides before making
up a verdict, which is to formulate opin
ion in its estimate of public men and
their acts. It is an easy matter for the
people to grow angry at an invasion of
their rights, or a forfeiture of their tmsts,
and in their eagerness to condemn they
arc liable to affix blame where it should
not always properly attach.
A ten year-old boy on last Sunday, in
Griffin, during church hours, stole a horse
and buggy belonging to Mr. John Wil
liams, who was in the church, ana the lit
tle rascal was only captured by the buggy
overturning.
Augusta News: The excursion to New
York will be the biggest thing in the way
of an excursion that has come off since the
centennial year. The Eutaws give an ex
tended notice to-day in our advertising
columns of their intended excursion to
New York which comes off on July 1st, to
which attention is called. Fare for the
round trip only $25.
Savannah News: There are at pres
ent three vessels discharging cargoes of
steel rail at the wharves of the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway,to-wit: The
bark Frey, brig Atlanta aud barkeutine
Steen from Rotterdam. This iron is being
placed in the bonded warehouse, recently
erected by the company, and comprises
about 1300 tons. It is understood that the
rails are for tlie proposed railroad to Way-
cross, and other purchases are expected.
Some definite action will be taken proba
bly tlie present month, after tlie decision
by the United States Court in regard to
the railroad commission.
Hinesvili.e Gazette: We are pained
to chronicle the death of Mrs. Annie Dan
iel, the wife of Mr. C. D. Daniel, near
Taylor’s creek, which sad event occurred
last Tuesday evening after a very short
illness.
She was an estimable lady, and her
death is an irreparable loss to her hus
band, four little children and many rela
tives and friends.
Augusta Chronicle: On Tuesday
evening last R. W. Taylor, deputy col
lector, and Col. Dick Taylor, returned
from a raid among the illicit distillers.
They had ample testimony of their bold
work in the shape of two large copper
stills. These two gentlemen, with no one
accompanying them, destroyed two large
distilleries in full blast, three thousand
gallons of beer, forty gallons of singlings,
five gallons of v/liisky and twenty-four
beer stands. Mr. R. W. Taylor is ono of
the boldest, most active and vigilaut depu
ties in the service.
Gen. Gordon has been invited.t j ad
dress the citizens of Albany at an early
day.
Albany Advertiser: One of Dougher
ty’s best fanners told tis to-day, that after
having gone over tlie better portion of this
county and Lee, he finds the crop3 have
more grass in them than he has seen for
a number of years. At the same time,
however, they are better than for a num
ber of years, where they have been at all
attended to.
Rome Tribune: The boarding-houses
and hotels in Rome are full to overflow
ing, and it is a hard matter for summer
visitors to get a place to board.
The Columbus Times, of the 1st in
stant, says: Yesterday about 1 o’clock
Mr. Upshaw, who was boarding with Mr.
J. C. Harris, his brothor-in-law, diessed
himself in a suit of conventional black,
which he had purchased for the purpose
of a wedding suit, and binding a towel
around liis neck to keep the blood from
soiling bis clotbei, he put a blanket on the
bed, and taking a pistol, a single barrel,
forty-one calibre derringer, lie placed it
against his right temple and {lulled the
trigger, discharging the ball, which passed
directly through Ins head. He lin
gered until near four o’clock, when he
died.
Mr. Upshaw was about forty-five years
of age, and came hero about fire years
ago. He was born iu Elbert county,
Georgia, and came from Southwest Geor
gia to this city. He was engaged in busi
ness as general agent for the Wheeler &
Wilson Sewing Machine Company up to
a short time since. He had many friends
in this section and other places, who will
hear with sorrow of his sad end. He was
a clever gentleman, and possessed many
noble traits of character.
Augusta News: This is about the
proper analysis of the whole affair: Gen.
Gordon had’ a perfect right to rcsigD, Gov.
Colquitt had the undoubted right to ap
point whom he pleased as liis successor,
and Joe Brown is not to be blamed for
accepting the situation. Now, what is
tlie use of saying anything more on the
subject? This is a freo country.
Talbotton Degister: Ex-Governor
Smith and Hon. O. A. Bacon are likely to
be delegates at large from the State to toe
Cincinnati convention. It is rumored
around Washington that Ben Hill would
like to be gratified in this respect.
Ben is always ready to take anything
that Is good.
Griffin News: Tlie, politicians who
are vilifying Gor. Colquitt will find it
very hard to make the honest, observing,
thinking people of Georgia believe he is a
corrupt man, without proof that is clear,
definite and unmistakable to sustain the
charge. i
Athens Danner: It is reported, with
out any contradiction so far as we know,
that Victor Newcomb has purchased the
controlling interest in the State road lease.
It this be true, to what extent, we would
like to ask, has he become inteiested in
Georgia affairs?
Americub Recorder: Macon County
Fair:—The enterprising citizens of our
neighboring county are” moving in the
matter of their fair, which comes off be
tween the 20th and 25th of July. The
adjoining counties are earnestly asked to
take part. We trust Sumpter and the
Americus merchants will be well fepre
sented both in number and articles on ex
hibition. W. H. Reese, the secretary, or
Major J. D. Frederick, president, will
gladly furnish any needed information
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL HOT AT
ALL RETICENT.
Col. Fred Grant’s Opinion or Ills Until
er’s Chances In the Convention.
Yesterday morning Col. Fred Grant
called upon “Long” Jones at the Grand
Pacific to have a sort of a chat with him
of a friendly political character. “Long 51
Jones took the colonel into his confidence
and told. him that he had eggaged the
present quarters for the State committee
at this time, predicting that the National
convention would be held in Chicago, and
that Grant would be nominated. This
prophecy, he believed, would be fulfilled.
It was but a step across the hall to room
0, where the Sherman headquarters are
established. Ex-Governor Dennison was
sitting there, and Col. Fred Grant walked
in. After courtesies had been exchanged,
Mr. Dennison asked the news.
“Oh, father will be nominated on first
ballot.”
“Is that so?” said Sir. Dennison.
“There is no doubt about it,” replied
Colonel Grant. “Father already has
enough to nominate liim.”,
“I see you are getting everything,” said
ex-Goveruor Dennison. “You got Colo
rado yesterday.”
“Oh, yes,” replied the colonel; “but
we have already got enough without Col
orado.’ 1
“You would rather have it than not?”
interrupted the Tribune representative,
“Yes,” replied Colonel Giant, “of
course; but father has got a sure thing.
Father lias already 410 voles, and if tlie
unit rule is broken he is sure of 450 votes
in the convention.”
Ex-Governor Dennison—Then there
is no use of onr coming here. We might
as well go home.
Colonel Grant—“Oh no; we want you
here to help make the nomination unani
mous.
Ex-Governor Dennison—I find that
newspaper figures are not always reliable.
You have to find the politicians in order
to get the news.
Colonel Crant—I am now in favor of
breaking the unit rule in the convention.
If the unit rule is broken, I know that
father will get ten delegates from Califor
nia and several from Iowa and other
places.
Ex-Gov. Dennison—Then yon favor the
breaking of the unit rule ?
Col. Grant—Outside of the convention
I would favor the breaking of the unit
rule, but if I were a delegate I would be
opposed to it.
Ex-Gov. Dennison—I should think if
you could gain so many votes you would
want the unit rule broken.
Col. Grant—No. I think the States
should vote as a unit.
Ex-Gov. Dennison—How do you know
that you would gain ten votes from Cali
fornia.
Col. Grant—Because I have been told
so by our friends there. I know it is so.
Ex-Gov. Dennison—And yet you favor
the unit rule ?
Col. Grant—As a delegate to the con
vention I would favor it.
Ex-Gov. Dennison—That has been the
Democratic rule. It is the broadest phase
of the State rights question, anil one
that I have battled against since 1835.
Col. Grant—That’s all right, but I be
lieve in tlie unit rule.
Ex-Gov. Dennison—You wii’ support
tbe nominee of the Chicago convention ?
Col. Grant—That depends upon who is
nominated. We might support some of
them, but Blaine, I know, we wouldn’t
He had no business to come into this State
and make tbe fight lie did.
Tlie Tribune representative ventured
tbis remark to ex-Gov. Dennison: “Will
Secretary Sherman accept the vice presi
dency on a ticket with Gen. Grant?”
Ex-Gov. Dennison—Secretary Sher
man will accept tbe presidency or noth
ing. Mr. Sherman would not take the
vice presidency if it were by the vote of
the national convention without a dis
senting voice.
Col. Grant—Then he’ll get nothing.
There was some further talk, but it was
merely a repetition of the above. Colonel
Grant further said: “My father will be
nominated, and lie will be elected. There
is no doubt about that. The opposition
to him to-day is not nearly so great as it
was in 1872.”—Chicago Tribune.
Farm Work for June.
In our first issue for May we likened
the farmer’s operations to those of a mili
tary campaign, aud indicated that month
as witnessing the beginning of “field” op
erations for the season. Dropping tlie fig
ure, June finds them still in the midst of
tlie arduous labors of tlie farm, with hard
ly a moment lor relaxation “under the
shade of the trees.” Besides the regular
and somewhat monotonous work of kill
ing grass nod stirring the soil, one of the
most important accessories to futnre crops
and which should not be forgotten or neg
lected, is that of sowing peas on stubble.
We have no doubt that it is more profit
able to sow cur wheat and oat fields in
peas than to use them as summer pas
tures; and some go farther and urge that
it is even better to let them spring up in
grass and weeds than to pasture with
stock.
Advantage should be taken of seasons
as they occur, to put in a large area; and
to this end tlie work of cultivating the
crops of corn and cotton should be kept
well up, so that a few days devoted to
sowing peas will not result iu injury to the
former. The speckled pea is generally
preferred for the purpose, as they will
grow more luxuriantly on poor land, aud
are more easily turned under if desired.
MILLET.
Planting of cat-tail and German millet
may be made throughout the month, the
former for grecu feeding and the latter
for making hay. To succeed well with
either the soil must be rich and well pre
pared.
POTATO VINES—TURNIPS.
Continue to plant vines whenever a
suitable season occurs, occupying every
available spot of ground. There is little
danger of producing too many potatoes, as
they are excellent for both stock and fat
tening hogs, and good for all other ani
mals, not excepting the genus homo.
Southern fanners do not appreciate the
sweet potato a3 they ought.
In trying to adopt the general princi
ples and practice which underlie tlie suc
cess of the Northern and English farmers,
we are apt to overlook the advantages we
possess both in climate and products, and
endeavor to follow them in those details
which are only the result of tlieir climatic
necessities. For instance, sonic farmers
try to make turnips a successful food crop
for cows and sheep, because it has such a
prominent place in F.nglisli stock-feeding,
anil overlook the humble sweet potato,
which is superior in every respect.
It is very well to have a patch or two of
turnips for use as a kitchen vegetable, the
smplus being fed to milcli cows. Now is
the time to commence preparing tlie
ground by deep plowings—often repeated
—if you would succeed in raising turnips
—Christian Index.
WaqhinfrUn.
Washington, June 2.—The House
committee on ways and means will to
morrow discuss the adjournment ques
tion, and it is understood will adopt, a'
concurrent resolution for the adjournment
of Congress on the 10th of June. ’Tis
not believed, however, that adjournment
can be effected before the 15th.
Mr. Maynard’s nomination was con
firmed by the Senate by a very decisive
vote. The comparatively few negative
votes were cast by Democratic Senators.
The points of debate were identical with
those of the speeches made when tbis
nomination was first considered last Fri
day.
—There is news among the telegrams
that will cause a smile of content to beam
all ajoug the Central liaq,
The Earn.
WHITEWASH.
A good whitewash for cellars, out-build
ings and fences, may be prepared as fol
lows : Put half a bushel of lime in a
clean, water-tight barrel, and pour over it
boiling water enough to cover it four or
five inches deep, stirring it briskly until
the lime is thoroughly slaked. After the
slaking is completed add water gradually,
stirring it well until thin enough to use;
then add a pound of salt and two pounds
of sulplate of zinc. This will cause the
wash to harden well and prevent it from
cracking or rubbing off. Almost any de
sired shade of color may be given it by
adding different and inexpensive pigments.
Yellow oclire will give shades ranging
from a delicate cream color to yellow, ac
cording to the quantity employed. Lamp
black produces shades from gray to lead
color. A good stone color may be ob
tained by adding two pounds of lamp
black and four pounds of raw umber to
the quantity of wash made by the above
recipe.
UPLAND RICE.
The interest manifested in regard to a
more extensive culture of rice ou uplands,
is being agitated all over the South, 4nd
the results thus far gathered give promise
of a sure and certain return for an intelli
gent management of the crop. It is not
too late yet to plant this crop, in fact the
rice may be planted as late as the middle
of June with almost the surety of a
bountiful harvest.
The agricultural department at Wash
ington lias been making inquiries and we
furnish below some of the answers furn
ished by those who have had experience
in the matter, both in regard to soil best
adapted and mode of cultivation.
Sandy Soil.—Tbos. A. Beatty, of Lake
Swamp, says, as to raising rice on liigb or
upland, it is quite common. Tbe gold rice
or white hull does well. There is a cer
tain kind of soil, however, on which it
does best, aud that is a level, sandy soil
inclined to moisture. On such land I have
known the yield of rice to be three bush
els to one of corn from the same field.
Sandy Loam.—Major St. Paul, Mobile,
Ala., planted rice on level upland, a sandy
loam free from gravel, with a clay subsoil
at a depth of eight or fifteen inches. The
land being in imperfect condition audfull of
roots anil clods, he made drills nearly four
feet apart instead of fifteen to eighteen
inches, which would have been, the proper
distance with soil sufficiently friable. The
product of clean rice amounted to over
fourbarrels per acre of fine quality, valued
at $20 per barrel, and the straw to over
one ton per acre, worth $25, making a
total of $105 per acre.
Stiff Clay Upland.—J. A. Brown of
Talladega county, Ala., reports that he
tried rice upon stiff clay upland, and found
the production to surpass expectation. On
a piece of ground, sixty feet by twenty, he
raised twelve bushels of rice without ex
tra cultivation beyond drawing a furrow,
dropping the seed, and keeping down tbe
weeds.
Old Fields.—A resident of W.-.ltbour-
ville, Ga., reports that he selected six
acres of an old field wliich bad been in
broom sedge aud weeds for ten years,
plowed it thoroughly, and on tbe 20th of
March planted it to cotton. This being
cut off by insects about tbe middle of
April, plowed tlie land again, and planted
in rice of tbe common golden variety, at
distances of two and a half feet in rows,
two and a half feet apart. Three weeks
afterwards ran a scooter on the beds close
to the rice, stirriug aud loosening the soil
so that tlie roots could strike deep. May
20th, the crop received a good hoeing, and
the field was again plowed June 13th, and
a slight hoeing was given July 18th. The
crop was harvested at the close of Septem
ber, yielding 171 bushels of clean rice,
netting $1.15 per bushel, or a total of
$195.Go. Deducting S47.50, tbe cost of
growing and cleaning, and there was a net
return of $149.15, or $24.86 per acre, not
including the value of the straw.
Tlie Hinesville Gazette, «of Georgia,
says that the farmers of that section last
year made $S7 net profit per acre on rice
raised on piney laud without fertilization.
In upper Georgia, in Chattahoochee valley
1,000 feet above sea level, right at the
foot of the mountains, rice is successfully
raised as a crop. The Cliarlotte (N. C.)
Democrat adds, that there are numerous
varieties of rice, yet in practical agricul
ture they resolve themselves into but two
kinds, the upland or “mountain rice” and
tlie lowland or tlie “aquatic rice.” The
yield is about the same, but the expense
of cultivating the lowland or aquatic rice
is something less. It is this last variety
that is mostly cultivated in the Southern
States, and the average yield is fifteen bar
rels of rough rice, or nine barrels of clean
merchantable rice to the acre. Upland
rice culture is gaining much attention
from some cultivators in Florida.
Quaint Epitaphs.—The two wives of
Thomas Sexton are buried in a church
yard near Newmarket. Upon the stone
over the grave of the first one is the fol
lowing: «
Here lies the body of Sarah Sexton—
She was a wife thgt never vexed one.
I can’t say so much for the one at the
next stone.
Iu the cemetery of the Old Grey Friars,
Edinburg, we find:
Here snug in the grave my wife doth lie,
Now she is at rest and so am I.
Here is another:
Here lies my dear wife, a sad slattern and
shrew,
If I said I regretted her I should lie too.
On a tombstone in Gy ford:
Here deep in tbe dust,
The old moldy crust
Of Nell Bachelor lately shoven;
Whoxu killed in the arts
Of pies, puddings and tarts,
Aiid knew every use of the oven.
When she had lived long enough
She made her last puff—
A puff by her husband much praised—
• Now here she doth lie
And makes a dirt pie
In hope that her crust may be raised.
But these arc rather unjust toward the
fair sex. Let us look for something mere
truthful. Wc find it in St. Michael’s
Churchyard, Coventry:
She was—
But words are wanting
To say what.
Look what a wife should be,
And she was that.
In memory of Katherine Gray, who kept
a pottery shop at Chester:
Beneath this stone lies' old Katherine
Gray,
Changed from a busy life to lifeless
clay;
By earth and clay she got her pelf,
But now is turned to eaith lierself.
Ye weeping friends, let me advise,
Abate your grief and dry your eyes,
For what avails a flood of tears ?
Wf>o knows but in a run of years,
In some tall pitcher or broad pau
She in her shop may be again ?
Foreign.
London, June 2.—Sir John Lubbok
(Liberal), has been elected member of
Parliament for London University, with
out opposition.
Calcutta, June 2.—Four companies
of British troops have received orders to be
in readiness to take up a position for tbe
protection of the frontier of British Bur-
mah.
London, June 2 M. Leon Say,
French ambassador to England, at the
Lord Mayor's banquet at the Mansion
House last night, said he considered his
mission in some sort completed, as he felt
sure England aud France would renew
shortly, with liberal improvement, the
commercial treaty of I860.
London, June 2.—a Berlin dispatch to
the Globe tbis evening, says: The pre
liminaries for a supplementary conference
in this city have been arranged. Prince
Bismarck will shortly go to Kissingen.
St. Petersburg advices state tliat the
death of the Empress of Russia is immi
nent.
London, June 2.—A telegram refer-
ing to the famine in Kurdistan states that
400,000 persons must be fed for two
months if they are to be kept alive. The
telegipm implores money to purchase the
graiu which is still in store at Mousli.
One hundred and thirty-eight persons
have died of starvation' at Baspkeh.
Twenty-six villages are utterly destitute.
One hundred aud seven persons have died
of starvation at Alashgard.
The captain of a vessel which has ar
rived at Queenstown from Dcmarara, re
ports that on the 30th of April, in latitude
30. and longitude 60 west, he passed a
raft which had apparently been made on
board a man-of-war, or first-class steamer,
as it was bolted together, uot lashed, and
that two days afterwards he saw several
corpses.
The newspapers here are inclined to
connect the raft, seen on the 30th of
April by tbe captain of a vessel from Dcm
arara, with the missing training ship,
Atalanta. The Press Association says
another vessel saw the same raft, and two
corpses dressed as seamen in the navy.
News Items.
Savannah, June 2.—Tlie Georgia
Central railroad to-day declared a semi
annual dividend of 3 per cent.
Montgomery,-June 2.—The Demo
cratic State convention met here to-day.
So far the business transacted is tbe re-
nomination, by acclamation, of R. W.
Cobb for governor, with W. W. Screws
for secretary of state, H. C. Tompkins for
attorney general and I. H. Vincent for
treasurer.
The convention nominated the present
beucli of Supreme Court judges, Chief
Justice Brickell and Associate Justices
Stone and Manning. An adjournment
was taken until ten o’clock to-morrow,
when the State ticket will be completed
and the electoral ticket and delegates to
Cincinnati chosen.
Norfolk. Va., June 2.—William W.
Selby, mate of the schooner Mignonette,
from Georgetown to Richmond, has ar
rived here,' and reports that Capt. William
W. Frank and the cook of tlie vessel were
murdered on James river Monday night
by one of tlie crew, a negro named Thomp
son. Selby was also attacked, and badly
wounded, but concealed himself in the
cabin, and escaped. After attempting to
bum the vessel, the murderers took a boat
and went ashore.
Boston, June 2.—The race between
Ross aud Johnson has been declared off.
After the.one-sided race yesterday, both
men met in the evening and indulged in
mutual knockdowns, and both to-day
asked to be allowed to withdraw their
stakes, which the referee granted. The
police had to be called to stop the encoun
ter.
New Orleans, La., June 2.—Sunday
Blount in Twiggs—How the People
Talk—Crops and News.
Twiggs County, June 1,1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
We admire the stand which you take for
Col. Blount, our present representative in
Congress. With the exception of a few
prominent politicians, he is a universal
favorite witli us. It would be utter igno
rance in us not to recognize the merits of
the man, and the basest ingratitude not to
appreciate the good he has done for us
since his stay in Congress.
Thu men who oppose him tell us he is
a mediocre man—that he came upon the
arena of politics in a day of small men,
when a “big man” would not sacrifice
himself. Tbis may he true, but if he
came into office as a small man, he has
developed into a statesman, of whom not
only his district may feel proud, but the
entire South; and if he was willing to
sacrifice himself for us in the hour of our
political gloom aud humiliation, we
should honor him the more for it, and
should not now sacrifice him upon the
altar of the ambition of those big men,
who were so loth to sacrifice them
selves for us in those dark days,
I think I speak the sentiments of
nine-tenths of the people of the county;
nevertheless there are some presumptuous
enough to opposethe triumphant career of
Col.15. Rumor now sajs tbis county will
iuruisli a Radical candidate for Congress,
in the person of Rev. F. D. Wimberly.
County politics are booming just now.
I hearof about a dozen patriotic citizens
who are thirsting for an opportuity to
serve their country in the capacity of rep
resentative in the State legislature.
Would it not be a good idea to increase
the number of our representatives lor the
benefit of these thirsty fellows? It is a
question which interests our people most
at present, politics or crops. This is nat
ural, for without crops they can live, hut
without politics they cannot.
The crop prospect is uot so bright as we
could wish it. Com is looking very prom
ising but cotton is very backward.
Several deaths have occurred in the
county within the last four weeks, one of
which was that of Mr. William Crocker,
who died in Jeffersonville on the 29th ult.
He was always regarded as an honest,
upright man, and died regretted and loved
by all who have known him. He was
buried by the Marion and Liberty Hill
Lodges with all the honors of the Masonic
fraternity. Cassino.
Proceedings of tho Democratic Mass
Meeting Yesterday.
At the appointed hour (12 H.) a large
and highly respectable gathering of tbe
Democracy of Bibb county assembled in
the court house during the recess in the
sessions of the Superior Court, and or
ganized, on motion of Mr. W. Dessau,
by calling non. Samuel Hall to the
chair.
Mr. Hall, upon taking his seat, made a
graceful little speech returning thanks
to his fellow citizens for the honor con
ferred. He said the object of the assem
blage was well known to all. It was
simply to elect delegates to represent Bibb
county in the S ate Democratic conven
tion, to be held in Atlanta on the 9th in
stant, for the purpose of sending Geor
gia’s quota of representative citizens to
Cincinnati to proclaim her views and in
dicate her choice in the nomination of the
men who will bear aloft tbe standards of
the party in the momentous Presidential
campaign which is just opening. The
speatcer declared that the only strife be
fore us now was who shall be foremost in
the woi k of maintaining and preserving
the rights and liberties of the people.
When it was announced that the meet
ing was ready for business, Hon. R. A.
Nisbet moved tliat a committee of five be
. ,. , . „ , - .appointed by the chair to select twenty
night, during the absence of Mr. Nelse delegates to represent Bibb county in tbe
from his home near Bremer, George Wil- gt it0 convention in Atlanta on the 9tli in-
son, a colored laborer, entered tlie house,' 3- ltl t_ Pending tbe consideration of this
knocked Mrs. Nelse. and her mother-in-
law senseless with a hatchet, robbed the
house of $150 in silver and other valua
bles, and left on Monday morning’s train,
Mr. Nelse returned on Tuesday’, finding
the women in a helpless and almost dying
condition, their recovery being doubtful,
Efforts are being made to arrest the crim-
ual.
The New Tork Stock Market.
New York, June 2.—In the stock ex
change, speculation was firm to-day in tbe
early dealings, aud an advance of £ to 1-J
per cent, took place, which was, however,
soon followed by a reaction of J to 1§ per
cent., New Jersey Central leading tlie up
ward and Western Union the downward
movemeHt. After midday the market be
came strong agaiu, and prices advanced J
to 4J per cent., Louisville and Nashville,
the coal stocks, Pacific Mail, Erie, West
ern Union, Lake Shore and the Grangers
being prominent in the improvement. At
the close these was a eaction of gto | per
per cent. Transactions aggregated 340,-
000 shares.
Attempted Suicide.
New York, June 2.—-Col. Lapazette
F. Berch, of Nashville, Tennessee, was
found in his room at the Fremont House
to-day suffering from the effects of chloro
form. His recovery is extremely doubt
ful. It is thought the drug was taken
with a suicidal intent.
A Great Lockout.
New York, June 2.—A Pittsbuig, Pa.,
special says the iron mills of western
Pennsylvania arc generally dosed to-day,
in consequence of a lockout which begin
this morning. The agreement between
the masters and wen expired June 1st,
and the failure of the former to concede
the advance demanded for puddling,
caused the shut-down. The total num
ber of laborers thus thrown out of em
ployment, including miners, will not fall
far short of 2,500.
American Medical Association.
New York, June 2.—At the annual
meeting of the American Medical Associa
tion to-day, Dr. Albert L. Gibson, medi
cal director of the United States navy,
made application for admission of-raed-
lcal doctors of the United States navy.
Opposition was made to their admission
on the ground that anonymous charges
were made against them of a serious
character; and tbe chairman stated that
the judiciary committee had the matter
before them. Dr. Dross, of Philadelphia,
made a motion that they be admitted,
which were almost unanimously adopted.
The report on the State medical socie
ties was read by Dr. Ross. Or the sub
ject at public hygiene it was unanimously
resolved that the present organization of
tbe national board of health is entirely
satifactory.
—A balloon was recently sent up from
Lille, France, containing two occupants,
who had several very narrow escapes be
fore they again alighted on terra Anna. A
heavy wind was blowing at the time, and
on tbe balloon reaching an altitude of 1,-
900 metres the cold air condensed the gas
and caused the balloon to descend with
fearful rapidity. Carried along by the
wind, it struck violently against a’tree,
throwing out one of the occnpants, who
only saved'his life by clinging to the ropes
of the balloon and swinging himself into
the car again. The anchor was thrown
out, but the speed at which the balloon
wa3 travelling broke it off as soon as it
caught in a tree. The balloon then start
ed off at a furious pace, impelled by the
gale, and, in crossing a railway, narrowly
escaped being cut in two by the telegraph
wires. At last, after completing a dis
tance of four and a half miles in five
minutes, the stump of the anchor caught
in the brandies of a tree, the balloon
came to a sudden stop and bust, and tbe
two aeronauts were thrown down with
the car, which fortunately lodged in a
tree. Some peasants soon arrived and
extricated the unfortunate travelers, who
were not injured by their dangerous voy
age.
Wesleyan Female College.
We have received from J. W. Burke &
Co., publishers, the annual catalogue of
tho Wesleyan Female College, an elegant
ly gotten up pamphlet of forty pages, by
which it may be seen that this fiue old in
stitution is in a most flourishing condition.
Appended to the catalogue is a brief his
tory of the college aud its changes.
Tlie season of 1879-80 shows in the Sen
ior class 36, Junior 55, sophomore 40, Sec
ond 20, and Preparatory, 31 pupils, with
ten specials. »
There is much to iuterest in the cata
logue. Besides the course of study and
arrangements of the classes, the changes in
names of the young ladies who have
graduated, are kept up with as nearly - as
possible, as well as a record of deaths.
The class of 1879 remains intact, having
not yet been broken by death or marriage,
In the class of 1878 there have been eight
marriages, but no deaths. In the
class of 1877, four marriages
and one death. In the class of 1876,
seventeen marriages and no deaths. The
exercises of commencement this season
begin on the evening of the 10th of June,
on which occasion will occur the biennial
celebration of the Adelphian Society.
A CARD.
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inttUcni lots ol jouih, nervous weakness, early
decay, o»s of manhood, etc., l will send a recipe
th«t will cure you. FRBB OF CBARQH. Tbia
irrtat remedy waa dti'-cireret by a miuionary in
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to the Btv. JoiOi'b T. Inman, Station D, New
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resolution Mi. E. A. Ross was appoint
ed secretary of the meeting and took his
seat..
After a few remarks from Mr. Nelson
on a subject not gennain to tlie queston
under discussion, Mr. Nisoet’s resolution
was adopted, and tbe chair named Hon.
R. A. Nisbet, Isaac Hardeman, H. J. Pe
ters, W. Dessau and W. H. Ross, tbe
committee of live to retire and designate
tbe names of twenty fit delegates to repre
sent Bibb in tbe approaching convention.
After a brief interval tlie above commit
tee returned and reported the following
twenty gentlemen as delegates to the
State convention :
A. O. Bacon, G. W. Gustin, R. W. Pat
terson, W. Dessau, J. H. Campbell, A. P.
Whittle, S. H. Jemison, B. C. Smith, A.
W. Gibson, J. F. Hanson, N. M. Hodg
kins, A. M. Lockett, W. R. Phillips, J. A.
McManus, C. C. Wilder, C. D. Findlay,
B. T. Ray, Hugh McKervv, J. H. Hall, E.
Witkowski.
Feuding a motion to adjourn, Mr. T. U.
Connor moved to publish tlie proceedings
of the meeting in the several papers of the
city. Adopted.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
After Fifty-five Years.
Every few days Atlanta is capturing an
other valuable citizen. Only a short time
ago Mayor Huff, of Macon came to At
lanta and leased the Markham House for
a long term of years with the view of mak
ing this city his future home. Again Ma
con furnishes Atlanta with another valua
ble citizen in tbe person of Mr. E. E.
Brown, who came to Atlanta recently on
a visit, anil who lias become so pleased
with the prosperity of the Gate City that
he has made up his mind to reside here
the remainder of his life, which we hope
will be many years to come. Mr. Brown
leaves Macon after a residence in
that city of thirty-five years. Ho was
considered one of its most enterprising
citizens, and it is with regret that his many
friends in tbe Central City part with him.
He was for many years.the proprietor of
the celebrated Brown House, in Macon,
which had the reputa.ion of being one of
the very best hotels in tbe South. Mr.
Brown intends iu a few days to purchase
a comforrtable home for himself and fam
ily. For the present he is a guest of the
Markham, where he will doubtless be
glad to meet some of the leading citizens
of Atlanta, who are ever glad to welcome
such valuable acquaintances to the citizen
ship of tbe Gate City.—Atlanta Daily
Constitution.
We heartily endorse everything in the
above, complimentary to our friend, Mr.
E. E. Brown. Coming to Macon when both
himself and the city were young in years,
he gallantly locked arm3 with her, and
until old age rendered him unfit for ser
vice, helped her over the stony places of
half a century to the best of his ability.
Mr. Brown began business a3 a hotel
keeper at tbe comer of Walnut street and
Bridge Row, the low yellow building re
maining to this day. As the city grew,
larger hotels were required, and the
Brown House sprang into existence, to
fall a victim to the flames and be suc
ceeded by the present structure. Mr.
Brown has left his good works with us,
and the city will not forget him.
Ex-Senator Gordon, who was here a
few days this week, and left yesterday
morning, says tho New York Mail, was
asked by a prominent citizen whether the
Southern delegations to Cincinnati might
not he led to support Bayard, from a
sense of gratitude for his services. He
replied that gratitude would not enter in
to consideration at all. If so, he might
have “claims” himself, for be bad not only
spoken but fought for the South. But the
Southern Democrats were determined to
wiu and could not afford to risk defeat on
Bayard nor to deserve it by supporting
Tilden.
Sow, Sew ami So.
Sow, sow, sow.
So the fanners sow !
Busy, busy, all the day,
While the children are at play
Stowing, stowing close away
o wiieat and lye iu bed,
So the children may be fed,
So, so, so.
Sew, sew, saw,
So the mothers sew 1
Busy, busy, all the day,
Wliile the children are at play,
Sewing, sewing fast away
So thechildreu might have frocks
Trow sers, coats and pretty socks.
So, so, so. " m
Sow, sew, so,
So they sow and sew;
S, and O, and W,
This is what the farmers do;
Put an E in place of O,
This is how the mothers sew—
So they sow and sew for you,
So without tlie W,
So, so, so.
—Rosa Graham, in St. Nicholas for
January.
“Well, I’m glad my house-cleaning is
over,” said Mrs. Brown with a sigh of
thankfulness. “It must be a relief,” ob
served Mrs. Smith who was calling. “But
then, how soon you will need to go
through it all again.” Ifshe handn’t look
ed around in a critical maimer all would
have been well. That call will never be
returned.
DENTISTRY.
II. UARFIELU, X>. D.8,
HO. 9i MULBERRY STBBJ&T,
*S_OSce heart, s a. a. to 8 p. m. teMJdav
—Hot as the weather has been this
week, says the New York Sun, it has not
been so hot at its hottest as will be the
indignation, already kindling, against the
third-term ring.
—It is thought that Keene, the. New
York speculator, has already nearly
doubled the $5,000,000 he brought with
him from California.
—Chattanooga Times: All the saw
mills along the South and North Alabama
railroad are kept busy supplying orders
for lumber. Large qnantities of this lum
ber are shipped to Northern markets.
—“Ladies and gentlemen,” said an
Irish manager to his audience of three,
“as there is uobody here, I’ll dismiss you
all. The performance of this night will
not be performed, but will be repeated to
morrow evening.”
The Army Worm in Knox County.
The Knoxville Tribune says: Reports
from various parts of the county represent
the army worm as sweeping every green
thing that it touches. Some of our farm
ers are ditching in order to arrest its pro
gress, and others are turning their hogs in
on them. •
—Both houses of the New York Legis
lature have passed the bill enabling the
New York world’s fair commission to ac
quire lands for exhibition purposes. It
gives the commission all the power needed
to lease or purchase private property, and
is an important step in the process of com
pleting the business organization of the
exhibition enterprise.
Crops in Alabama.—Fanners who
were in the city on Saturday, sajs the
Montgomery Advertiser, complain that
there has been too. much rain, and that
unless the rain ceases, the crops will suf
fer very greatly from grass. Some far
mers also complain of a scarcity of labor
and offer unusually good wages for la
borers for the next two months.
—The Queen of Sweden has for several
years suffered from heart-disease, and it
was hoped that the treatment by electrici
ty which she underwent at Heidelberg
bad resulted in a permanent pure. But a
few months ago a ruffian sent her a letter
in which he threatened to assassinate the
Crown Prince Gustaf, unless he was “tip
ped.” The shock undid all the good done
by the cure, and the Queen is now so
weak that only the slightest hopes of he-
recovery are entertained at Stockholm. ’*■
-The Brighton and South Sea Com
pany have revived the project of supply
ing London with sea water. Engineers
have shown over and over again that the
thing is feasible, and statisticians have
proved it would be profitable. Seeing
that the estimated cost will be sixpence
per gallon, the eau de mer will clearly he
within the limit of luxury. The idea of
the promoters is to establish little bathing
places and imitation seasides, uot only in
suburban haunts, hut even in the back
yard of the private citizen, with a salt wa
ter bank, a few loads of sea sand to form
a margin of strand, a camp stool, and
umbrella.
—If the Chicago convention, says the
Herald, by loul means or fair, choose to
present tlie third term issue for the decis
ion of the country we have ceased to have
any objection. ; It will be a costly experi
ment for the Republican party, but that
party is the proper guardian of its own
interests. It is desirable that the people
have an opportunity to vote on the dan
gerous question which has been raised. A
decision of this portentous question is
more important than the success or exist
ence of any political party. If the Re
publican national convention stakes its
fortunes on tbe violation of a sacred na
tional tradition it must abide the conse
quences. Since the question has been so
formidably raised it is desirable that it be
brought to au early aud final adjudication
before the great tribunal of the American
people.
A Raid on Western Union.—The
World says Western Union Telegraph
stock declined to 90 on Saturday on a re
port in Wall street that the executive
committee of the company had deter
mined to reduce rates at all points, to date
from June 1. President Green said that
there was no truth in the rumor except
that a special committee, of which he was
a member, was appointed to equalize
rates so that tbe charge in the future for
telegraphing would be determined by dis
tance and not upon the importance
of the transmitting point. Dr. Green
cited as an instance that the rate
from New York to Chicago was 50 cents,
while from Sing Sing to Chicago it was 75
cents a message. Complaints had been
received of this injustice and it was pro
posed to put the patrons of the telegraph
company upon a more equitable footing.
Tbe business of the company had in
creased 4,000 messages a day at the main
office over the corresponding period of last
year.
Discoursing of the Hot Weather,
the World says that some curious results
of the heat are reported, and possibly
seme accidents might be avoided if peo
ple realized the excessive power of the
sun’s rays for the last few days. A Bos
ton apothecary mourns an accident to his
show-window. The thermometer in the
early morning stood at 88 degrees, and the
sun’s rays fell upon the upper part of his
three-story show bottles, filled with differ
ent colored liquids. The heat forced out
the cork of the stopple-bottie and its acid
contents flowed into an alkali mixture in
tlie big bottle underneath. Thus was
generated a gas which expanded and
threw out tlie stopple-liottle and it went
crashing down through the show-case on
which the whole stood, damaging a quan
tity of fancy goods. At Lowell a barrel
of ale incautiously left lor several hours
on the sidewalk suddenly exploded, and
one of a party of children playing by it
was knocked insensible and only recover
ed after some time.
