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THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Rev. J. D. Reimknsnyder, pastor
of the Lutheran church in Savannah, has
resigned. "Ho goes to Philadelphia, his
former home.
The death of Mrs. G. B. Cummings,
of Savannah, is announced. She was
about sixty years of age.
Mb. W. G. Lee, purser of the steamer
H. B. Plant, rescued Miss Mary Stafford
and her four-year-old brother from drown
ing on Tuesday evening at the wharf at
Tybee. They had fallen off the gang
plank.
The jug smashing of Trinity Sunday-
school was an interesting and pleasant oc
casion. So says the News.
The body of Griff Robinson, who was
drowned at Clapp’s factory near Colum
bus, has been found.
The store of William Bond & Brother,
in Wynnton near Columbus, was de
stroyed by fire together with all their
goods. Loss $1,000.
Petek Russell, colored, it is sup
posed, broke the neck of his six-year-old
girl. He is now in Columbus jail.
Candidates are coming up thick in
Sumter county, according to the Republi-
Rochestek Herald: A number of citi
zens of Marietta, Georgia, have sent to
New York for white female servants, be
cause, as the Augusta News says, of the
unreliability of the negroes. Well, the/
won’t want to try the average New York
servant more than a week, when they will
be glad enough to go back to colored
help.
Thomasville Post: Little Johnnie,
son of Mrs. J. C. Vaughn, fell out of a
tree last week and broke his thigh. Doc-
tom Adams and Taylor were summoned
and Johnnie is doing as well as could be
expected.
Irwinton Appeal: We learn that
storm visited some sections of our county
last Saturday, and that considerable dam
age was done. We have no particulars as
to the track of the storm 'and the extent
ofthe damage, but learn that one or more
cabins were blown down on the place of
Mr. Joel Holleman.
Order at Commencement.—Athens
Banner: The ladies of Athens and vicini
ty co-operated nobly and effectively last
year with the authorities in the improve
ment of the order at commencement. For
the better attainment of results this year,
they have resolved not to go up into the
galleries of the chapel during the exercises
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We
are glad to learn that the authorities will
follow the line thus indicated, and will
give instructions to the ushers to conduct
all ladies to seats below. In this, we are
glad to know, it is not the intention to
separate the sexes. Tpe ushers will be
instructed to give a lady’s escort a seat
with her, and in no event to permit him
to be deprived of it. Whatever
the ladies take in hand will he certainly
accomplished; and we look for an order
this year worthy of the culture and refine
ment of our people.
Atlanta Post: Chief Justice niram
Warner, of the Supreme Court, left for
his home in Gainesville, Ga., to-day at
noon. Judge Warner, in conversation
with a Daily Post editor, stated that he
did not intend to devote any time toward
forwarding his election to the office of
governor. He belongs to the old school
of politicians who believe that the office
should in all cases seek the man, and not
the man the office. He thinks that a
governor should go into the office un
trammelled by obligations to any particu
lar set of friends, but to be a governor for
the whole people. The chief executive
should be in a position where he can mete
out equal and exact justice to all, without
favoritism or personal preference.
Judge Warner has been in the service
of the State for over thirty years, and has
not at any time worked for his election.
He has been the choice of the people who
have elected him because of his sterling
integrity, and his well known principle of
dealing justly and fairly by all. The
people know him to be absolutely safe
and trustworthy.
We clip the following statement from
the Atlanta Post, of the ICth. It is rather
serious fun:
During the night a telegram was re
ceived at the police headquarters asking
the arrest of a passenger on the Macon
train and requesting his detention until
tlio arrival of the passenger train, which
reaches here to-day at 2 o’clock p. m.,
when a personal demand will be made
for the prisoner.
The dispatch gave an accurate descrip
tion of the party, and consequently there
was no difficulty in making the arrest.
Officers Foute and Butler were detailed
to watch the arrival of the train, and
boarding it this morning at the Macon de
pot, they had their man secure before the
union depot was reached.
When arrested the gentleman asked
upon what authority it was done, and
when showed the dispatch, laughed heart
ily. Upon the arrival of the train ,at the
car shed the prisoner was taken to the cal
aboose and locked up.
This morning he was visited in his cell
by a Daily Post reporter. The arrested
party & about six feet tall, heavily built,
aud presents a good appearance. When
asked what was the cause of his arrest, he
smiled and said: “I da not know, but I
guess I will stay here until the train
comes up from Macon, when all will be
clear.”
The gentleman further said that he had
lived in Macon ail his life, and that his
parents and grandparents had fought the
Indians there when Macon was known as
Fort Hawkins. He has been in the cotton
business for a number of years and claims
an _extensive acquaintance in that city.
He gave Mayor Huff, Bridges Smith and
others as reference as tohis character.
This is, he says, the first time a key was
ever turned on him except at Camp Chase
during the war.
On Tuesday night he and several
friends, among whom was the gentleman
who signed the dispatch asking his arrest,
started out to have a good time. During
the evening he was asked by the party
who sent the teiegram to go on a fishiDg ex
cursion, but declined, saying that he had
to come to Atlanta on business. To this
his friends entered a protest, but he was
compelled to come, and left the party in
order to catch the train for Atlanta. He
thinks that after his departure had been
ascertained lus friends thought they would
play a good joke on him, and therefore
sent the message requesting his arrest.
He takes the matter quietly, and says
that when the train arrives from Macon
his innocence of any offense will be estab
lished.
Gen. Anderson has answered the tele
gram, stating that the party has been ar
rested, and asking instructions.
Since writing the above a telegram was
received by the chief of police, asking the
gentleman’s release, and, of course, he
went out free, but swearing vengeam e on
those causing his arrest.
Sparta Jshmaelite: Dr. Grant was
anxious to be vindicated, but the Chicago
bullies didn't like to. commit themselves
to the policy of white-wa3hing tramps.
W. B. Hill, Esq., of this city, deliver
ed an address before the Columbus Fe
male College on Tuesday last. We quote
from the Enquirer:
Mr. Hill said Jhe liad determined to
chooso a practical subject and his theme
should be “The Art of Life.” This he
would consider from three stand-points.
First, its relation to ourselves; second, its
relation to-others, and third, its relation
to the Supreme Being. Life, in the lan
guage of a great man, is susceptible of glo
rious possibilities. The query which had
been recently discussed in England,
“Is life worth living?' 1 had been an
swered, “That depemis altogether upon
the liver.” It is not w-trth living to those
who waste it in the paths of sin, nor to
Hi ise who squander it listlessly, nor yet to
III ve who merely drift on the tide of the
great moving world. It might be well to
step out of life occasionally, as it were, and
inquire in the theme of one of the young
ladies “whether?” life is worth living to
not only in life, but in everything, and,
hence, an effort should be made to find the
best method for extracting the good from
all surroundings. Health, for instance,
is a matter in which young ladies
have an interest. He pointed out the
inconsistencies between precept and prac
tice in relation to physical life. He de
fined intellectual life, allowing how and
what to learn, commending study of the
beautiful, reading of the best books, etc.
It is useless to assert that young ladies
have not time to read. He could point
out instances where they not only found
time to improve their minds, but pursue
domestic duties, and the making of home
nice and attractive. He used to bate the
word economy, but had learned that it
means much. The North excels the South
in this particular. They know the art of
life in th sense of economy and utility,
and save much of labor and care in home
comforts and convenience.
In Illustrating tho bearing of the sub
ject in relation to others he mentioned
manners as exerting a potent influence
upon those around us, citing an incident
of a little negro, who, having picked up a
stump of a cigar called on a grocer for a
match. “I don’t keep matches to give
away,” was the reply. “Do you sell
them?” “Yes.” “Well, here’s two cents;
give me a-match and leave the balance
here for gentlemen when they call.”
This incident illustrates the value of tact.
As the great factories of your cities would
stop withovt the lubricating power of oil,
so the study of tact is olten better than
talent. The speaker viewed life as a to
tality as illustrated in the history of the
lives of tlie great and good of earth.
In conclusion, he touched briefly yet
eloquently on the art of life as touching
our relations to the Supreme Being. The
art of life is not complete without a recog
nition of Him. As the child’s touch of
the organ is discordant, yet the father,
standing behind the clii<d, by touching
coi responding keys, brings harmony out
of discord. So God’s direction is necessa
ry to enable us, amid much that seems in
explicable, to live earnestly and effectual
ly. He could not better enforce his views
than by commending to his hearers the
admirable discourse to which they listen
ed on Sunday last, whose author, from
his own personal knowedge, practiced
what he preached.
Warkenton Clipper: At the graduat
ing exercises at the United States military
academy at West Point last week, among
other graduates from Georgia, we notice
the name of Mr. Edgar Hubert, son of our
ordinary, Rev. R. W. Hubert. He will
at once receive a commission as second
lieutenant.
Air any Advertiser: Mr. John Frazier
brought in to-day two bales ol wool, which
found ready sale at thirty-two cents. Mr.
Frazier states that his shearing averaged
about four pounds per sheep. He also
informs us that Mr. Bryan Norman and
family, of Colquitt county, sheared this
season fully four thousand head of sheep,
the wool averaging three pounds per
head. Mr. Frazier says that he finds it
more remunerative to shear about the first
of June than at the usual time. The
wool in April is dry and dead; in June it is
oily, and with life in it, so to speak, be
ing preferred by the manufacturers.
Giuffin Neics: A few days ago his
relatives received the sad news of the
death of Mr. Emmett Fatnbrougli, which
occurred at Shakespeare, in New Mexico,
May 26th. He met a violent death. In a
difficulty with some person whose name
we have not learned, he was stabbed four
times, once in the left breast, once in left
side, and twice in the abdomen, from the
effects of which he died very soon after.
The deceased was the brother of Mr. Wor
thy Fambrougli, of this city, and at the
time of his death, was in his 26th year.
He left Griffin several years ago for the
West. He lias many friends and ac
quaintances here who regret his sad and
untimely death, and who sympathize with
his family.
Sparta Ishmaelite: The population
of Hancock promises to be fully twice as
great as it was occording to the la3t cen
sus. The great gain over the last census
will not be proof, necessarily, of a large
increase ot population; but it will show,
as was contended at the time, that the
last census was very imperfectly taken.
It is estimated now that the population of
the county will be between twenty and
thirty thousand.
Augusta News: If the epidemic of
malarial or typhoid fever, which now
prevails at the upper end of Green and
Broad streets extends down town and af
fects the whole city, the people will not
be at a loss to understand the cause.
There is plenty of food for it to feed upon
and thrive, from one end of Green street
to the other, to say nothing of the hor
rible condition of other sections lower
down.
Thomasville Post: Still another
death. Our community is again called
upon to mourn the untimely and unex
pected death of a valuable citizen. Mr.
A. T. Taylor, a well-known merchant on
Jackson street, became ill on Wednesday
last and died aboqt S o’clock p. m., on
Friday following, at the age of thirty-
three years, nis illness was the same as
that which proved fatal to Mr. E. H.
Smith, and which seems to have prevailed
to some extent in the community. Mr.
Taylor was a Vorthy young man, upright
and honorable, the elder of two brothers,
the other being Dr. A. P. : Taylor, one of
the most promising young physicians in
this section.
It is said by a correspondent in the Co
lumbus Times, that by spreading a teacup
of salt on the back of a horse over the kid
ney and loins, and keeping it saturated
for twenty or thirty minutes is a sure
remedy for the colic. This is simple and
may be beneficial to our readers who are
not convenient to a drug store.
Sparta Ishmaelite: It ought to be ap
parent now pven to Mr. Henry Wattcrson
that lie will not be able to nominate Sam
my at Cincinnati. Henry has not yet
earned the title of president maker. He
has over-acted his part and helped to
make Tildeu ridiculous. The party could
afford to pension off both of these, broken
down jioliticians.
Marietta Journal: One day last week
a dog, property of Mr. Cicero Cochran,
near the paper thill, went mad, and while
on the run went to the house of Mr. John
Gantt, and fell jn the yard with violent
fits. The screams of the inmates of the
house brought Mr. Gantt from the field,
hut tiie dog recovered somewhat and
bounded off down the road. Mr. Gantt
pursued him with a gun and overtook and
killed him about a half mile from his
house.
Columbus Enquirer: Major S. B.
Baldwin, Sr., died yesterday morning at
3:30 o’clock, near Howard Station, Talbot
county, of inflammation of the bowels.
His age was seventy years. Bom in
Jones county on July 29 th, 1810, in early
manhood lie removed to Forsyth and
tlience to Baldwinsville, Talbot county,
where lie lias been living for forty-one
years. The village was named after him.
Unto him were born eight sons and four
daughters—all grown and married bat
two, and all were present at his dying
bedside. Death had not visited a single
member of his family in thirty-six years
until lie sought its head and laid him low.
Major Baldwin was a farmer of the olden
school, not a planter of the new. As a
consequence he amassed a competency
aud held it. He was amongthose who by
their acts deserve the grand old name of
gentleman.' He was a Christian, all that
the word implies—one who grew old
gracefully and whose children loved their
home.
Savannah News: The Democratic
meeting at the Theatre last night, the
proceedings of which are reported in our
local columns, was largely attended, not
withstanding the intense heat, aud was
brief, harmonious and enthusiastic. The
resolutions presenting Hon. Rufus E. Les
ter as the choice of the Democracy of
Chatham county - for governor, were
ndorsed by with a heartiness and
unanimity which must have been to that
gentleman a gratifying proof of the high
esteem in which he is held by his fellow
citizens. Where such unanimity of senti
ment prevailed, the appointment of dele
gates to the nominating convention wa3 a
mere matter of form, and the gentlemen
selected have iheir instructions in the
manifest will ofthe constituency they rep
resent.
There have been collected during the
present attorney general’s term of office
various railroads for taxes: From the Ma
con aud Augusta railroad, $16,124.80;
from the Georgia railroad, $28,337.04;
from the Augusta and Savannah railroad,
$10,834.56; from tlie Central, $86,750.48,
and from the Fort Valley and Hawkius-
ville railroad, $1,000, making a total of
$211,811.03 that has been already realized.
It is expected that this sum will be great
ly increased when all the cases now in
litigation are settled.
Gen. J. B. Gordon will speak in
Waynesboro, Burke county, on the 3d of
July. Large preparations are being made
for a big turnout.
Deaths, according to the report of the
everything it contained. But for the
prompt arrival of tho fire brigade, and he
roic work, in which they were most ef
ficiently aided by the citizens, the barrel
and stave works of Capt. Cooper and
other buildings would have been con
sumed. Another serious loss was the de
struction of many magnificent moss-draped
live oaks that were the pride of the city
and the admired objects of all visitors.
Loss $4,500.
Dalton Citizen: The population of
this place, as summed up by S. M. Street,
is 2,600—a falling off rather than an in
crease since the census of 1870.
Cartersville Free Press: After
Columbus Times of the 17th, are Willie many years of experience aDd intercourse
- T -is « -*r in ?j ...Ul, J *7..
who realize iu value. There is art the following amounts, in litigation with
Moss, D. C. Cady, Mr. Allen Davidson.
John Smith, seriously ill; Mr. John
Shepherd, stricken with paralysis, and
Mrs. Wright, an aged lady, sixty-five
years old, was beyond the possibility of
recovery.
Hawkinsville, according to the Dis
patch, is showing a wonderful degree of
prosperity. Quite a number of elegant
residences are going up, and at the same
time, some splendid brick store houses in
the business portion of the city. We join
in the general rejoicing over this prosper
ity. Hawkinsville is now a competing
point, and is crowing over Montezuma,
her rival.
Eastman Times: Joe Bass, a little ne
gro boy, was lodged in jail at this place
on Monday last. He is chaxged with
taking some money and a pistol from Sol
Mason’s drawer. It is said that ho got
into a similar trouble in Hawkinsville
recently.
Savannah News: We regret to an
nounce the death this morning of Mr.
Frederick W. Cornwell, which occurred
at White Bluff last night about 10 o’clock.
Mr. Cornwell had been in feeble health
for some time past, and removed to White
Bluff about the first of the month in the
liop« of being benefited by a sojourn on
the salts, but the hoped for relief did not
come. He was formerly for many years
engaged in the hardware business in this
city, but for the past several years was in
capacitated by failing health from attend
ing to active business, and had retired. He
had been a resident of Savannah for many
years and was regarded with high esteem
by this community. He was aged about
fifty years. Sir. Cornwell leaves a wife
and one child, and brother, Mr. George
Cornwell. His interment will take place
this afternoon at 4 o’clock at Laurel Grove
Cemetery.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: Six hun
dred and twenty glasses of soda water
were drawn from JohnFale & Co.’s foun
tain on Saturday last. The receipts were
thirty-one dollars at a nickel a glass. The
carbonated fluid gurgled in many a dry
throat during the day.
Alas, all the soda that sweltering hu
manity quails in this city costs us ten
cents a glass, and that, too, after we have
announced that the calculation had been
carefully made by the statisticians that the
profit on a glass of soda* was only five
hundred per cent.
Barnesville Gazette: Lightning
struck the Methodist church Friday night.
The only damage done was the shattering
ofthe floor in one place about six or eight
feet.
J. L. D., a correspondent, writes:
Editors Albany Neics: Find enclosed a
caterpillar web, or properly called' a co
coon. 1 found the first caterpillar in my
cotton on June 7th. I have never found
them so early as this any previous year.
I am fearful they will injure the cotton
drop seriously this year unless we can
fight them successfully.
Griffin News: We are glad to see
that Col. Thomas Hardeman said in his
speech at Fort Valley, a few days ago,
that he did not intend or expect to get
into office by abusing liis opponents. Col.
Hardeman is a true and tried Dwfiocrat,
and will make an excellent govej^lr, and
we shall take great pleasure in supporting
him if he receives tlie nomination.
Eastman Times: A fine mule belong
ing to Mr. W. W. Harrell, of our town,
while being plowed a few days ago, got a
stick stuck into his head just above the
right eye, and broken off. Mr. H. suc
ceeded", however, in getting the stick out,
which measured five and three-quarters
incites in length and nearly two indies in
width at the large end. It was thought
that the animal would get well, as the
wound did not bleed and he showed very
few signs of severe pain. But about the
third day his head was terribly swollen,
and tlie next day lie died.
Brunswick Appeal: The Glynn
county jail is worse than the Dry Tortu-
gas, the Dark Hole<of Calcutta, or hell’s
half-acre as a summer prison house. It
is cruelty refined to barbarity to incarcer
ate men and women in sudi weather as
this. Our criminal code contemplates no
such punishment as roasting before or af
ter conviction. Cannot our commission
ers make some improvement ?
Peery Home Journal: The Ferry train
did not reach Fort Valley last Tuesday
afternoon. It left Ferry on schedule time
but the engine gave out just the other side
of Bay creek. The passengers remained
with the train while conductor Skellie
sent back to Ferry foe ice and supper for
ten. A telegram was sent to Macon for
another engine, and it was past midnight
when the belated train reached Fort Val
ley.
Buena Vista Argus: We are in the
receipt of a letter from Senator Hudson,
now in the asylum, and can gladly say to
his many sympathizing friends that his
health is so much better and so rapidly
improving that he may be expected home
at some time not very far distant.
Eastman Times: We are reliably in
formed that a white man, named Bevin,
an Englishman, shot and instantly killed
a negro man at some mill near Jackson
ville, Tellair county, oil Wednesday of
last week.
It seems that a few blows had been
passed by these parties on Saturday be
fore, and on Wednesday they met again,
when Bevin commenced to fire upon the
negro, shooting him twice with a pistol,
killing him instantly.
The Barnesville Gazette announces
the following excellent bill of fare.
“Preach” Hardeman sandwiched between
two preachers will spread himself, and
measure up to the best of them:
The commencement sermon of Gordon
Institute, this year, will be preached on the
4th of July. President Lambdin has se
cured the services of Dr. Robt. Irvine, D.
D., of Augusta, Ga., who will deliver the
commencement sermon. J. L. Hardeman,
Esq., of Macon, has consented to deliver
the junior oration, ar.d Rev. W. A. Can
dler of Atlanta, will deliver the annual
address on Wednesday, commencement
day.
Hawkin*ville Dispatch: The heav
iest transaction in wool in Hawkinsville
this season occurred on Thursday last,
between Mr. S. J. Epstein aud Messrs.
Geo. R. Reid, R. V. Bowen and Phil
Brown, of Wilcox county, These gentle
men sold Mr. Epstein their entire crop of
wool—twenty-two bales—which, with a
bale owned by Mr. N.O. Connor, amount
ed to sixteen thousand, nine hundred and
ninety-eight pounds, and for which they
received 32| cents per pound. The
amount in rouhd figures was $5,279.65.
The market was in a declining condition
when the wool was oflered. On Saturday,
wool was quoted at 31| cents, or a decline
of one cent per pound from Thursday’s
prices,
Augusta News: On Monday afternoon'
John Chase, an express messenger at
Washington, Wiikes county, shot and
k : l!ed a negro named McLendon. It is
considered a cold-blooded murder. Chase
is in jail. -j'; .
Atlanta Post: It was rumored on
the streets last night that Butler, of South
Carolina, had challenged Ben Hill. Such
a thing might have been expected, al
though the rumor has not been confirmed,
for a reader of the running debate on the
Kellogg question must have noticed .that
Hill got the best of Butler In everything.
Butler threw himself on Ids war record
aud talked about his career as a soldier,
when lie might have expended his time
talking on the questiou.
Albany Advertiser: Capt. LL C. Tay
lor, conductor on the Brunswick and AU
bany railroad, informed us last night that
a very severe fire came off in Brunswick
about 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The
fire v as caused by the bursting of a tur
pentine still near the railroad in the out
skirts ol the city. The still was entirely
consumed, together with several resi
dences. Mrs. Golding lost her house and
with our fellow men we have reached the
conclusion that tlie only men who know
how to run a newspaper successfully are
those gifted beings who never do it. They
always devote their talent and learning to
making shoes, or practicing law, or selling
peanuts, or laying brick, or building post
holes, or some otljer literary pursuit.
A dispatch to the Augusta News says:
A young man named Mason was killed’at
Cowpens, on the Air Line railroad this
morning. He was a train hand on tlie
passenger, with Conductor Luke Johnson.
The train started from the station when
he jumped on, and was ground between
the car and a wood pile.
Atlanta Post: Grady went all the
way up to New York to ask Uncle Sam
my Tilden if he wouln’t withdraw from
the presidential race, hut the old man
declines to say whether he will be in the
field or not. We think it right mean in
the old man to he so stubborn after Hen
ry had gone to so much trouble.
Columbus Times: Yesterday the news
readied this dty that a negro was killed
in Harris county by a falling tree. He
was out in the field on Mr. R. G. Hood’s
plantation when a storm came up, blow
ing down a tree which fell upon the negro
and instantly killed him. We could leam
no further particulars as to the amount of
damage done.
Hon. Thos. Hardeman Jr., addressed
the people of LaGrange yesterday, and
Gen. Gordon and Gov. Colquitt are book
ed for the same place on next Satarday,
the 26th.
The Columbus Enquirer announces
the death of Miss Lizzie Hodge, who for
merly lived in Macon. Miss Lizzie, -with
her sister,-kept a millinery store on Sec
ond street.
The Cuthbert Appeal reports the com
mencement exercises of Andrew Female
College were exceedingly interesting, and
is enthusiastic in praise of Dr. Wills’ ser
mon, and Col. Jeffries’ address. Dr. A.
L. Hamilton, the president, is a live man,
and we are sure that eyerytliing that could
be done to make the occasion a success
was provided. Among the best things
provided was the speech of our old friend,
(Jul. Sam W. Goode, of Eufaula, Ala.
Sawtell says it was “a faultless and per
fect gem of oratory;” and Sawtell is gen
erally right.
Savannah News: Mrs. Mary Ryan,
mother of Mr. D. J. Ryan, of this city,
died quite suddenly at Isle of Hope yester
day morning. She had not been in good
health for some time past, and had gone
to tlie island for tlie benefit of tlie salt air.
She felt much improved on Wednesday,
but yesterday there was a change, and she
died rather suddenly, as stated. Her re
mains were brought to the city and
the funeral will take place from the Ca
thedral this morning at 10 o’clock.
Db. Stewart.—Americus Becordcr:
Friday, the 2d of July, at the fairgrounds.
We hope our citizens will turn out and
hear this distinguished Georgia who has
done so mudi in the past for our State.
LaGrange Beporter: Farmers have
had much trouble to get laborers; some
ot them have offered a dollar a day, and
have not had their cotton chopped yet.
The corn Is being laid by, and cotton looks
well where it has been worked. Wheat
has not been threshed yet. We don’t
know how that will turn out. -Blackber
ries are plentiful, however, and so are
fried chickens.
Augusta News: The rains of the past
few days have done more for the sanitary
good ofthe city than have the authorities
for six months. We hope, however, that
the board of health will eventually rival
Old Probs in this matter. The board of
health is a good institution, when the city
is in a perfect state of health.
We take the following from the Ogle
thorpe Echo. It expresses i tself:
Savannah, June 7,1880.
Messrs. Thos. D. Gilham and other cit
izens of Oglethorpe county: Gentlemen
—I have just returned from the circuit
and find your invitation to address the
people ol your county upon the political
situation in Georgia.
It would afford me pleasure to en
deavor to comply with any request you
might make of me, especially as you have
been so generous in your expression of re
ganl for me.
The political situation in Georgia, os it
exists in the immediate present, involves
nothing which, under the circumstances
of my candidacy for the nomination of
governor, it would become me to discuss.
Having consented to allow my name to go
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
A Forecast of Cincinnati.
The Herald Washington correspondent
Athens, June 16. j gives this forecast of the probable situa-
The writer left Macon en route for J tion at Cincinnati:
Georgia’s famous seat of learning, sol 1. If Gov. Seymour can be persuaded to
gracefully named after the fairest capital! acce P t t * ie nomination there will probably
the 14th mat. The cars were almost un- j formal assent has by this time been given,
comfortably crowded, showing that already I If has become known this evening that
the caloric of these Senator Kernan went to Utica on Satur-
DIT51WINO rrrvB- mra d »y for a final consultation with Mr. Sey-
• S , BURNING. JUNE DAYS mour, and that he is expected to retufn
is driving the low-country people to j to-morrow with the ex-Governor’s decis-
the watering places .and mountain I ion. In that case the West will claim the
resorts they are wont to seek as | Tl c ® P^ es ? d ^ nc L and ThurmanandPayne,
the summer advances. The
i of Ohio; Hendricks and 'McDonald, of
„ , . uay , 33 Indiana; Morrison, Palmer and Judge
cruelly hot, and your correspondent I Davis, of Illinois, are spoken of for this
before the convention as a candidate for Y ade the nnivci^ailv imT I porters on the ground that his opinians as
governor, I cannot well stand before the side all was ^ y " Butout- I judg e woiiid help the ticket in the Pacific
M tmmm vales, and would secure the favor of cor
porations. Bat there is an aversion to
taking a candidate from the Supreme
people and sound my own trumpet. Were
I vain enough to believe that I am the
fittest man in Georgia for governor and
foolish enough to proclaim it, I don’t
think my mere professions on the stump
would or ought to be regarded by the
people.
Should I be honored with the nomina
tion, I will then address your people 11" it
should be your pleasure to hear me.
There may be issues then which I ought
to discuss, and I can discuss them without
making myself the subject of discussion.
Believing that you will agree with me
in the propriety of these views, I beg that
you will excuse me from complying with
your request; which under other circum
stances I would most cheerfully comply
with. Very truly yours,
Rufus E. Lester.
Columbus Enquirer: Rev. Mr. Owen
Smith, whose illness we noticed some
days ago, died at his residence in the up
per part of Harris county ou Tuesday
last, of typhoid fever, and was buried on
Wednesday. Several other members are
quite sick. Mr. Smith wa3 a good and
true man, and was highly respected in his
oounty. His age was near 00 years.
La Grange Reporter: Tho people of
the sixth district have decided that Hon.
J. H. Blount must return to Congress
whether be wants to or not. Public meet
ings have been held in nearly if not quite
all of the counties, and the expressions
have been notably emphatic. This kind
of popularity is remarkable, and is one of
the highest evidences of merit.
Sparta limes and Planter: Mynor
Griggs, who was convicted of the murder
of Hiram Rozier about three years ago
tlu wi,ir X; and sentenced to the penitentiary for life,
This highly esteemed gentleman, who j presented to each of the following
was thrown from his buggy a week ago and i
gentlemen a neat and substantial w alnut
seriously hurt about the head, and whose
condition ever since the accident lias ex
cited the gravest apprehensions of his
physicians, was reported yesterday to be
improving. We sincerely Jiope that he
will yet be spared many days to his family
and friends. He is a man whose excel
lent characteristics our entire community
fully appreciate, and we can think of no
citizen in the county whose death would
be more sincerely mourned.
Augusta Chronicle: Work on the Sib
ley mills is now going vigorously on with
three hundred and and thirty-three hands,
a large working force day and night. The
labor at the rock quarry near tho mills
contihnes all the time, and three locomo
tive headlights illuminate the work. The
mills have also valuable sand-beds near
by of great assistance in making mortar,
and the massive structure stands in the
centre of a large cotton field, with the
growing plant at its very doors. Hun
dreds of citizens visit the busy spot every
day, and the railroad will soon be finished
to this point.
McVille South Georgian: Hon. A. O.
Bacon is announced as a candidate for the
United States Senate. The wire-grass has
always supported Mr. Baccn solidly
in every race he has here
tofore made. It' will do tho same
thing for him when the senatorial race
comes off before the legislature in Novem
ber next; He has always stood by our
people,- and we will never go back on
him. j it' i
Oglethorpe Echo: The labor laws
in Georgia are strict enough if farmers
would have their contracts properly wit
nessed. • The statutes provide that where
a contract is officially witnessed by the
Ordinary of a county, and the same is vio
lated, the offender can be arrested and
punished for contempt of court by impris
onment. There are plenty of negroes now
in the chain gang for leaving their em
ployers under these circumstances. A ver
bal contract is as binding as a written
one, if made in the presence of a witness.
Americus Recorder: Mr. G.W.Israel
ofthe new 16th district, was in the city
last'Wednesday the Kith inst., with a load
of watermelons for sale. Being the fir^t
of.tlie season to reach our market, they
were readily disposed of at good prices,
the choice ones going off at 50 cents each.
Last year the first load was brought by
Mr. Ward, of Lee comity, on tlie 21st of
June.
Savannah News: It is believed that
the convention of volunteer military offi
cers, which assembles in Rome on the
J3ih of July, will be one of the most im
portant military gatherings that has ever
taken place ill tlie State. The attendance
promises to be very large.
Look After the Nurses.—Augusta
Chronicle: Last.Wednesday a colored
nursQ was seen on Ellis street whipping
severely a little white boy in here charge.
The child had previously strayed off, and
the woman, enraged at having to look-af
ter him, maltreated him in the most out
rageous manner. A lady who saw the
occurrence remonstrated with tlie woman,
and was roundly abused by the latter.
MdViLLE South Georgian: ■ Mr. Thomas
Davis, of our town, succeeded in killing a
largej buck on last Monday morning. In
the evening of the same day Mr. R. Rose
concluded. he would try his luck in the
same way, and it was not long before he
was repaid with a fine specimen of the
deer kind.
LaGrange Reporter: L st Sunday
morning was an interesting occasion with
the MethodistSunday-school in LaGrange.
After the lessons were over, the superlu-
tendint exhibited a $100 bond, of the
Southern Methodist Publishing House, and
announced that it had been donated to the
school by Dr. Wm. E. Murphey. The
bond bears interest at tho rate of 4 per
cent, per annum', alid the interest is to go
to the literature fund of the school. It
was a most timely and liberal gift, and
the school adopted resolutions expressive
of their sincere thinks to the donor.
SPARTA Times and Planter: Our clever
friend Jim Rogers lias a rare piece of an
tiquity which he found on the person of a
Fedqral soldier on the battle-field of Cold
Harbor, during the war. It is a ten-dollar
bill printed more than a hundred years
ago. Tlie following proves its ancient
origin: “TenSpanifh milled dollarf, or
their value in gold or filver, to be given
in exchange for.tbif bill at the Treafury
of Virginia, purfuant to act Of Affembly
paffed October 7, 1766.” It i? of value to
lovers of antiquity, but, like the Confed
erate note, “Representing nothing on
God’s earth now, nor aught in the waters
below ft.”
Columbus Enquirer: The drouth is
becoming quite destructive to the gardens
in this vicinity, and unless we have raiu
soon many ot them will be ruined in
short order. Already some vegetables are
assuming the appearance of fodder.
Cuthbebt Appeal: CoL Thomas Har ;
dcraan, of Macon, we are glad to an
nounce, will surely be in attendance upon
our fair, and will address our citizens on
walking-stick: Messrs. Jim Rogers, G. H
Pattillo, C. M. and A. M. DuBose.
The Railroad Boom.—Darien Ga
zelle : It will be seen by reference to the
proceedings published in this issue that a
meeting of the citizens of Darien was held
at the court house on last Friday after
noon, to take into consideration the con
struction of the long talked of railroad
from this city to the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway. It is needless 10-
say that we hail with great pleasure this
movement on the part of those of our cit
izens who are alive to the interests of Da
rien.
It i3 not so much whether a railroad
would pay a handsome dividend to the in
vestors; that is a selfish view to take of it,
but w.ll it help Darien? If tlie road can
be made to support itself for the first fire
or ten years, then, in our judgment it be
hooves every citizen of Darien to put into
the road all he can spare, whether much or
little. That great good will accrue to our
city and community from the construction
of a railroad admits of no argument, ex
cept in the affirmative.
The Dalilonega Signal 3ays: The su
perintendent’s report to the New York
Mining Record on the Singleton gold
mining company’s property is as follows:
The run of May was 119 ounces at $9 per
ounce, which gave $952. Expenses
amounted to $259, leaving a net profit of
$703. Prospects are improving, and the
work of exlendinga ditch to another lot is
nearly completed, when he expects to find
richer ore.
Griffin News: Young Robert Hobbs,
who was shot by, John Sullivan last Sat
urday, died at a quarter past seven yes
terday evening. His family and friends
were until yesterday very hopeful of his
recovery, hut on yesterday tlieie was a
change for the worse, and he died in great
pain.
Daiuen Gasette: Hon. Augustus O,
Bacon, speaker of the House of Represen
tatives, will be a candidate for tlie United
States Senate. Bacon would make
good one.
did little more than stretch his neck I place.
through an open window, with the double I 2. If Gov. Seymour declines the West-
»< o««»»•r^lj^yaJKrssassSSS
breath of air and scanning the growing- Eastern and many Southern men, who
crops. x *' ’* think the party cannot get on without an
POLITICS WERE OUT OF THE QUESTION. I 5 aSte f? J 1181 } at , ^ **®* d °/ ^cket.
The gubernatorial pot boils too fiercely ?*? ard ’ ?,‘, I ? do 1 ! ph ’ Massachu-
for that. A few abortive attempts were I and Clarkson N. Potter are spoken
made to ventilate Joe Brown, Gov. Gol- I of anaonglhe Eastern men.
quitt, Tom Hardeman, Lester, Gartrell,
ana the other aspirants for the executive
chair, and a faint senatorial boom may
have been started in behalf of our eminent
townsmen, A. O. Bacon and Clifford An-
3. Mr. Tilden is not in the race. This
has been confidentially but definitely made
known by his friends to prominent Demo
crats here.
4. There are numerous dark horses,
demon, hut the whole subject collapsed, s< ? me of whom ought to be -classed as po
und never attained even to the dignity of me3 ’. suc ^ 33 Randall, Ingersoll, of Con-
a discussion. ■ | necticut; Barnum, of the same State, and
The babies fretted and cried, to the sore
distress of their mammas; the sun darted
his fiery rays through the eastern windows,
water went circling round without cessa- j
tion, and a general apathy seemed to per-
half a regiment of Western men, pretty
much all of whom will take the second
place thankfully if theyi cannot get the
first.
5. Judge Field has some Western sup-
side all was
green and beautiful.
The recent rain had given a strong im
petus to the growing corn and it fairly
stretched and cracked under the benign
influence of heat aud moisture. The
Bench.
6. If Governor Seymour heads the
ticket a first-class man will be selected for
U*TUE BOY THAT
BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN
r i OEN TLEMAN.”
Look at his pretty face for just
Dltj
ute!
His braided frock md i
one
min.
shoes— dainty button
T fc“ n "* “»»>“. »»■>■«tart,.
And miss him from mx 6i( u
My little boy that died “
Bo ' f ar“" *■* ■■ **
and
u a,
And lives a iong life in parent’* sirtt
,® as *> abort a pridet? 1.
And then, my poor boy died.
1 u him , rockingon his wooden c w
aTday? throu S h
! watch hisgreat blue eyes gn>wl aigejli
So dark now since he died.
But yet, I often think my bov K i ip , n „
As living as my other children a^, n “
Whe “vi g n 0 g mSht kimIalll 5 a0
I keep one for him though he is
Can a mere grave divide lar ‘
Me from him—though he died’
So, 'S3c^ meand plant it0 ’ et
(Nothing but childish daisies all v..
round)— 1
plant is vividly green, and promises a flat- fi CKei a , , 338 ma “ win De seiectea lor
tering yield. Bqt alas/ there should be p l a 9!»
hundreds of acres of this valuable cereal, Jf rn ™ 3U- It is held that no Democrat,
where row only scores appear to view. however eminent, need or ought to hesi-
It is still the day of small things with I ® UCket wlthGov ‘
cotton, and saving the single exception of er 2 or rV C ^ rao , u S . , . . ,
a magnificent patch at Bolingbroke owned,
we suppose, by Mr. Wadley, the weed was 0 ^‘ ,. ^ ie pr0 H linent candidates is
small, and not ‘all of it even chopped to w- a l f narr °wcd „o Seymour, Bayard and
a stand. Butthere w-as far less grass than
we expected to see, and few breaks in tlie •, convention assembles on Tues-
fields, which stretched forth on every side bt ^ t . tha . tl °I 1 ^ Qa3l3 5. 18 tj* 3 * balloang
as far as the eye could reach. Barring I
accidents, there is ample time for a full . m 8 ’ ^
average crop of cotton and wliat i3 lacking 06 admitte d and given half a vo.e.
in quality is made up in quantity. { Senator Lamar on the Exodus.
The grain crops all the way from M4-1 Senator Lamar, who has been in feeble
con to Athens have been harvested, and I, ... . , .. . . . . ,
threshing is now the order of the day. Iiealth duiin S the session just closed,
The yield, however, is far from satisiac- ] made his first and last speech last Monday
tory, and wheat biscuit will bo scarce in afternoon. It was in reply to the abusive
the formers’ houses of Middle and North- j an( i slanderous attack of Windom upon
I in .in
this fruit, which has grown to be one of I the report upon the exodus. The inter-
tlie staples of the commonwealth, was al- esting synopsis which follows is from the
most entirely cutoff by frost. We did not World:
1SC °'“solitary patch of bice t J} 1 ? 1 Mr. Windom should have permit-
on the entire route, where thousands of himself to indulge in the riotous and
acres should be nodding to the breeze. disgraceful language of the speech
Atlanta looked dull and sleepy in the ? m , azed V hose w ?-° bav ^.. been accustomed
noontide heat as we glided into the depot, I t0 bea I fr ° m h*™ nothing worse in the
Continually God’s hand thecurtafa raise3
And I can hear his merry voice’s annfv
And feel him at my side! ^
My little boy that died.
—[Good Words,
—Bob Ingersoll’s phrase for Conltlin.
is likeJy to stick. “Roscoe ConkuS?
well-dressed sneer,” says Bob. 3 a
—If Seymour would run he could bars
the nomination on the second ballot if
he will not, Bayard will evidently be th.
leading man after a few ballots.
-Lyman Trumbull, tbe Democratic
nominee for Governor of Illinois, i* m
years old, and changes but little i a an.
pearance from year to year. His youncpS
child is not yet 2 years old. J sesl
and for an hour or two walked her streets.
Just now there is an interval of
PAINFUL SUSPENSE
way of misrepresentation than good-hu
mored raillery. Upon rising to reply Mr.
Lamar said that it had been his intention
between the conventions of the two great K° debver speech this session under
« .. .. o— I anv PirpnmQfnnPAa. hnt. lm hnnml in
contending parties of the. nation. *The
Radicals have snoken and placed their I f e * ute indom’s statements, -which
chosen ticket in the field, and await with 5 e ri ; al,Zedwer c intended notfor the
bated breath the movements of the oppo- Senate but for the campaign. They were
sition. On the other hand, the Dem££ ^ D f d ^onls which would fly to the
racy, feelingly alive to the importance of and the East to snow that m the
the situation, are busily engaged in bar . South religion had no temple and human-
monizing differences, organizing their I bo Pf' pbe y would reach also the
forces, canvassing the claims of candi- £ 0ll ‘ b ’ a fd there perhaps might impress
dates with a view to centering upon the t be Southern planters, who for years had
most available man, and preparing for beeustmgghng to rise by abor, knowing
such a demonstratieu and denouement at that labor would alone restore them pros-
Cincinnati as shall carry terror to the I l >er . lt y. and command for them respect,
hearts of the ! r Radical foes. Hence,
there is at present a
TEMPORARY LULL
and discourage them with the belief that
the burden of hate was too heavy to be
borne. By one class only—that of politi-
in politics, soon to be succeeded, however, I
by a very tempest of excitement, which - recel \ ec *> ana “ “ nat c a s . “i.cause
will rage and run riot in the whole Union and 0eW ° P *
until Uneventful ides of November shall i fr t,n 0
ou^AUanta^cdiUciwM 1 'had^itUe to’ sav° exod u 3 * To bis m ind the term had been
but fotend t P o senH £e deesation to and ridiculously applied, for there
Cincinnati next week. had been nothing but a simple migratory
THE AIR LINE ROAD. movement of comparatively a few people.
a. o.o rt „ T . Such ^movement had no terrors for him.
til t? *» * r 0 " 1 ‘n'- 16 "* 1
„«• Ati—uu “ . I demand for labor m Kansas and Indiana,
it could certainly not be-regarded as any-
A Pittsburgh Democrat who recently
had a conversation with Mr. Tilden L
confident that the great invalid will with
draw from the presidential contest, and
declare in favor of Seymour and Payne.
—“Was not James A. Garfield the
chairman of the committee of appropria-
tions in the House of Representatives tliy
reported the salary grab, and was not he
a supporter of that infamous measure?”
—Lord Beaconsfield’s house of Hugh-
enden is a substantial and comfortable
but not ancient building, standing in a
beautiful park full of great trees, 0 velvet
sward and wild flowers. It is an exceed
ingly pleasant plaee.
—The Countess de Noe, widow of the
famous caricaturist, Cham, hasjustifled
many a poem and story. She went mad
with grief over the death of her hnaband,
aud after lingering for only a few months
has just died in the asylum.
—Mrs. Christiancy, it is said, will not
insist upon the $150 a month alimony,
but will soon marry the lover who at the
time of her marriage with the Michigan
Senator, promised to wait until—the
present moment apparently..
Does its Work.
a The Sunday Tribune, Rochester, N. Y.,
says: “No medicine now known purifies
^he blood so effectually. as docs that
named as Warner’s Safe Bitters.”
. 15-2w
Tbe Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Micb
ignn,
Will send their celebrated Electro-Vol
taic Belts to the afflicted, upon 30 days
trial. Speedy cure guaranteed. They
mean what they say. Write to them
without delay. febl4-da wly
Prejudice. Kills.
“Eleven years our daughter suffered on
a bed of misery under the care of several
of tlie best (and some of the worst) phy.
sicians, who gave her disease various
names, but no relief, and now she is re
stored to us in good health by as simple a
remedy as Hop Bitters, that we had pooli-
ed at two years, before using it. We
earnestly hope and pray that no one else
will let their sick suffer as we did, on ac-
apunt of prejudice against so good a med
icine as Hop Bitters.”—The Parents.—
Telegram. J15-2w
Littell’s Living Age.—The num
bers of The Living Age for the weeks end
ing June 12th and 19th respectively, con.
tain the following articles: Animal Intel
ligence, and The Letters of Charles Dick
ens, Westminster; Memoirs of Madame
de Remusat, Quarterly; “Cymbeline” in
a Hindoo Playhouse, Macmillan; What
Shakespeare Learnt at School, Fraser;
Ascent of Boraima, Temple Bar; A Per
sian Garden-Party, Tinsley's Magazine;
Music in St; Paul’s Cathedral, Leisure
Hours; Soda) and Literary Daudyism,
Saturday Review; The PiDch of Wealth,
and Mai the w Arnold on Poetry and Re
ligion, Spectator; Professional Fools,
Globe; Anchor-Ice, Nature; and in the
way of fiction, “A Young Lady’s Letter,”
and installments of “Adam and Eve,”
and “He that Will Not When He May,”
with the usual amount of poetry.
For fifty-two numbers of sixty-four
large pages each, (or more than 3,300
pages a year,) the subscription price ($8)
is low; while for $10.50 the publishers of
fer to send any one of the American $4
monthlies or weeklies with The Living
Age for a year, including tbe extra num
bers of the latter, both postpaid. Littell
& Co., Boston, are the publishers.
—Daring the past year thirty divers In
the pearl fishery of the Persian Gulf lost
their lives, raost-of them by sharks. The
value of the pearls taken in tlie Persian
Gulf in 1879 is estimated at $1,500,000.
branches off to Athens. This enterprise
is admirably managed by Captain Fore
acre and his able lieutenant, Mr. Houston,
and affords a striking instance of the magi
cal effect of a railroad in advancing dvili-
thing other than ail indication of health in
the body politic. If it was good that the
negroes should go, the voice of dvery
" ou " 1
TERRA incognita ‘ In ^viewing the testimony taken by the
ten years ago. The people wfre poor and exodus committee and quoted largely by
illiterate, the lands comparatively value-
less, and its natural resources wholly un- | ^* bed attention to the fact that Mr. Win-
developed. Now, flourishing towns have ttSASSSES tba t the Republicans
risen almost at every station, two colleges n? S
and numerous schools aud churches shed 3nd Jj ben | ^°* cd that, ofthe 1,600
abrpad on every side the ligS^of knowl- Republican testimony occupied
edge and revelation, and rich roiues of pa 3 e fi and ?® mocra ttc only 30b
gold and elegant watering places bave P^ es » and tb ®s e P 3 ? 63 sinsh and
transformed this neglected section into a m5Sre Pf cseutatl 9R had been poured m
thriving and fashionable resort. No por- J' 1 ! 011 H 16 c ° mmittee m consequence ofthe
tion of the State has improved so rapidly. country
All of this, and more, is due to the spleu- h 20,000 ° Ut ° f 4, ~
did artery of commerce which has proved , -
the “opeu sesame 1 ’ to that rude region. i ° s ^ ow ^°. w eharge of
The cars were crowded with passengers, ^S'‘ 0 0 PP re S 310n in the South Mr. Lamar
the road iu excellent. condition, and the tbe of “ en ? bo . « be P llt
conductor, Mr. , gentlemanly and I !b' La< ! n 1 0t drifted wit . h reference to par-
attentive. At Lula a nice supper wm ? re ?* 1 . t , 3 ' The first was Sir George
served, and here the Athens passengers *£53^2/ traveled through the
were forced to wait several hours for the | ? 0U J'? i’? ar ^ or „* be purpose of stuily-
departure ofthe Northeastern train. There “'S-the relations of thes whites ami blacks,
were a number of highly intelligent mb- r* nd ^ ^ bd . be aftenvanls -wrote on
tlemen present, among them Captain - b j sub J e et had gi\ en, as his deliberate
Harry Jackson, of Atlanta, and the iSfeK • ranked , i n a11
gubernatorial succession' respects with the best laboring and farrn-
was discussed at length. Several of the in 8 e* 3 * 868 of England,
more prominent candidates had their ad- I c . r ‘ Lamars, next witness was Bishop
vocatcs, and it was generally agreed that een> . on Ins
albeit the present incumbent seems to tr 'P bad de clared
have the inside track at this'time, Harde- ami 10 S
man, Lester and Gartrell will each have h * d } ns , ?i ends
a large, following, and there will be no “ k f, d J, ear3 3 £? '\ bat bls V 1 '
choice on the first show of hands. In l colol ' ed P^PP 1 ?’ be
subsequent ballotiugs who would give cfei* 3 d v° exp 5 esstbebo P1
way, and when a “Tireak” might be ex- tba J tbe ^ sbou ^ d ever be so for ad\ anced
peeled, was a mystery impossible of solu- a0 q-, s ° Prosperous as^iey are to-day.^
tion. 1 he Rev. Mr. Hatfield of the Washing-
WARNER to THE FRONT. ^J 0 ^? uar8 Church, New York, and
One sagacious gentleman and capital I r a * ma S e a ‘ so quoted to the same
talker thought it not uulikely that a s a ®h®ot, as were also several speeches made
last result the name of Judge Hiram War- General Grant during his recent trip
ner, whose recent unique and characters • the South, to ofiset a quotation
tic letter has challenged so much atten- something on the same subject, but
tion, would sweep the convention as a
compromise candidate. But this is all
VAJIlll/l UllilOw uAimiUiltv* JJUL tllUi lo ttll I a « 1 • , , _ _ _
speculation, Another remarked that from and Tli 1011 -^?' Wla "
the beginning Joe Brown had made in do ,£?flourish,
tlie Senate, if the session could be pro- « bl ? argument,
traded six months longer lie would infol- • tbe ^? lc t^l res
libly be his own successor. In this free and ^ t , r * k ' 1 °, Ja rf uase f or w . bicb La-
expressiou of the views of quite a number tbe *f, n ^ tor 8a j d tbat m bls
of representative men, it was pleasant oplMp 1 * W «? odus bad TC ry
however to note the good humor that pre- y r0sem bled a ^Northern strike, and
va!1«R nrui .11 thmt o n s,,,i«- was no more nor less than a strike. Yet,
Vailed, and all were agreed that an inde
pendent wouldjse sternly frowned down
by the Democracy.
THE TRIP TO ATHENS
upon this labor question the closest scru
tiny had been brought to bear' for the sole
purpose of defaming the South. That It had
was made in a magnificent coach which! demoralized^ Southern hopes
has been put on since last year, and has showed upon how firm a
no superior in the State. The North- section capital and latwr stood,
eastern is in good condition, and contin- ^r n n a ? d
uesto do well under the new superiu- K b ®, u J? l * st ” es of tb ? ®? utb . ba ? dourisbed
tendent, Mr. Bernard. The building of ^? d th ® T er y ra,sed byj'fg™
this road has proved a bonanza for Ath- J 31 * 01 bad * st f, adl y increased. Wages
ens, which is fast taking rank as ettfo ofl “ ^° d tb «re a* anywhere else for
tho most important business centres in | abor ’ aad the condition of the labonng
the commonwealth. Conductor Hale | cias8e ® w as better than elsewhere. They
spared no pains for the comfort of hls|? e £* happier and more contented, they
passengers, and at - 10 oclock p. m., they | h* d more privileges and immunities. Yet
were all safely transported to their jour-1 an assassination m one place, an angry
ney>* end. ■ aob witb neither head to
Then, after the usual wrangle and I uor heart
squabble among the omnibus drivers, the | cotnmon enougn in tbe Morth.
writer and his associates of the board of | boea sufficient to turn the eye of the
visitors to the University, were taken to
the
CLINARD HOUSE
and hospitable received by its clever host
mob with neither head to think
to feel in another, both £iu^ n of dense sulphurous vapor “f
enough in the North, had inchasm and sa^
coun
try upon that whole peace-loving, law-
abiding people, and shutting out from
public gaze all that was virtuous and he
roic among them, to affix the name of
Since last year he has changed his base mui ^, cr?r s *-0 them and call upon the
« .. I . ° .1 U’/irirl trt hnhrtM
from the old Newton House, and occupies ^ orl T d t0 tfhold the revolting spectacle,
a smaller structure near by, until the new j 8 oiit at thte point,
hotel, which is in contemplation, can be | ? nd shortly afterwards the Senate ad-
erected. But his patrons have all follow-1 Jp urned - . Mr. Conkling, who had kept
ed him, and, by the aid of adjacent rented j, oommittee-room early in the day, en-
rooms, he is able to lodge as well as feed j , en r, lbe chamber soon after Mr. Lamar
them all to their entire satisfaction. We I “ad begun speaking, and listened atten-
rceommend Mr. Clinard’s establishment | tlve *y t0 the end,
to the traveling public for his courteous
. , Chattanooga gave a magnificent re-
attentions and capital fare. And now, as I ceptioo and banquet, on Thursday, to Cob
we have nothing more at present to say, E. W. Cole-aiul wife, who have taken up
here endeth this epistle. H. H. J. 1 their residence in that city.
—The Marchioness Tseng, wife of the
Chinese Ambassador to England, is a
petite, plump, rather pretty person, whose
almond eyes have a dreamy expression
and whose dark hair is almost concealed
by a jeweled cap. She is a graceful hos
tess and a picturesque one, too, as she al
ways wears her national robes, made of
exquisitely embroidered silks. The mar
quis is a man iorty-two years old, and an
accomplished scholar, taking a lively in
terest in art, science and literature.
The Electoral Count Bill.—The
bill which Senator Morgan reported from
the joint select committee on countingthe
electoral vote, and which passed the Sen
ate on May 24, was yesterday, after an ac
tive discussion of its merits in the House,
successfully combatted by the Republi
cans, and by filibustering forced to be
postponed until the first Monday of De
cember, when Congress meets again.
Then it will be taken up and passed, or
neglected, as the case may he. Between
the present time and the meeting of Con
gress so many things may happen that it
is useless to speculate about the future of
thebiil.
One man, says the Sun, has his head
cut open or gets a bullet through his lungs
and lives to a green old age. Another
man pricks his finger with a pin and dies
before the month is out. An ocean steamer
plunges, head on, Into an iceberg, and
crawls safely to port without the loss of
even one passenger’s life. A Sound
steamboat is run down by another steam
boat on what should be one of the safest
water highways iu the world, within a
few miles of a dozen towns and villages,
and swiftly settles to the bottom, drown
ing or burning to death many men and
women.-
The First Man Who Ate Ckow.—
The Spriugfiehl Republican says that the
origin of the phrase “eating crow" is
propriately revived in these convention
days. An old farmer on the Hudson, be
low Albany, took summer boarders to
eke out tbe profits of his farm. He sold
the best of his farm products, however,
and .often palmed off on his boarders
“store” articles bought at a lower price.
To their murmurs he replied: “I kin eat
anything, I kin eat a crow.” This re
mark was repeated so olten that one of
the guests finally shot a crow and got the
cook to prepare it for dinner. Fearful,
however, that the former might have
stomach for even such a dish, the bird
was liberally seasoned while cooking with
Scotch snuff. The fanner was rattier
taken back when the dish was placed be
fore him, but had too much pluck to gR®
iu beaten without a trial aud attached the
bird, with the remark: “I kin do it. •**
the second bite he repeated, “I kin eat
crow,” and, as he suddenly suspended Ute
operation of cutting the third mouthtuJ
and began a retreat toward the door, he
added, “but dang me if I hanker arter it.
The Vesuvius Railway.—It b not
only in view of a possible sudden erupj
tion of Mount Vesuvius that the raur» s “
to the top of that volcano is encir T 3
with a halo of romance. There are other
possibilities which make a trip on it du-
ierent from one on any other known rai-
way. The ascent is on a frightfully
TiV.t* tho flret nnflrfArftf tllC ^ .
grade. For the first quarter of the
it is at the rate of forty feet, in a hundrea.
Then for a considerable distance it is srt*
ty-three in a hundred. As soon as a P"'
senger begins to go up he feels sea-s:
and wishes he was somebody else. As n-
rises higher, holding nervously to the esn
for fear the cable will give way, heoe-
comes hot and hotter and is half sun^
ted by sulphurous atmosphere.
top the ground on which the road is
presents a singular phenomenon, bre
puffs of smoke sometimes burst out “
where they are least expected, and tn
cause the passengers to sneeze and ice
if tbejfcwere going to be smotherea.
most cases the inconvenience is but
porary. The speed is quite rap'd,
whole ascent being made in about se
minutes. There are instances, howe .
in which with the issue of a P““ be
ground opens into a great chasm i-- .
denly close*. In such cases anything
happens to bo in the way runs the #
being swallowed. Some of these| .
section of the railroad will be s
called in, possibly with a tram <>“ “' d
cable which pulls the cars “P
of forty-nine strands of steel wn ,
covcie 1 with tar to presence it from ^
Marie Twain wrote that he made t e ^
scent of Vesuvius in ^ ar .^ I( j happ®-' 1
this forty-nine strand cable sb °“’ d STat
to give way all of a sudden, the
wifi be made in much less tim t .
Notwithstanding the ramaatMV«£g „
ous features of this enterprise, fas]l i 0 n
already well patronized, ^ly de-
of clambering up on foot was tern
structive to good boots.