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GEORGIA PRESS.
Albany Kcirs oml Advertiser: All
the Democrats of tlie second district are
now united and solid for Hancock and
Turner; and If Camilla Riot Brimberry
supposes for a moment that the little
family quarrel is going to lift him up, he
hopes in vain.
Washington Gazette: As the train
was going down from here last Monday,
live or six miles from town, the top of one
of the freight boxes was discovered to be
on fire. 1 lie train was stopped and the
fire was easily put out. It caught from a
spark from the engine, aud the motion of
the train fanned it to a flame.
Eatonton Messenger: A little more
fuss is being raised about tho building of
the Macou and Brunswick railroad exten
sion. Isn’t it about time to shovel a little
dirt ? The extension should be made,
and should be made at once.
Albany Jfaoa and Adre'tiser: Several
oil paintings just put on deposit at the
lihiary are attracting much attention.
They are the work ot~ Mrs. R. J. Bacon,
and are exquisite in conception aud execu
tion.
AUGUSTA Chronicle: We regret to hear
of the death of Mrs. M. B. Miller, relict
of the late Andrew ,T. Miller, which oc
curred yesterday in this city. She was
jui aged lady, highly respected in this
community, and leaves a large family
circle to mourn her loss.
Atlanta Poet: It is said that Major
W. II. Sclden, of the Kimball, will leave
in a few dap, accompanied by Mr. J. B.
Robbins, for Washington, I). V., for the
purpose of taking charge of the Metropol
itan Hotel. The style of the firm will be
Seld n & Robbins.
Athens JJanner: It was reported on
the street yesterday that Arthur’s sen
tence was commuted to imprisonment for
life; and it was also reported that he was
respited for twenty days. Both are reports
merely, without accurate information to
sustain them.
ThomAs.vir.LE Pott: Still on the out
side. Mr. Norwood is now in a puzzle,
like the sow in the anecdote. l)o you
remember it, boys? She was in the habit
of entering the field through a hollow log,
which log was very crooked—remember
that, boys, very crooked. Her master
turned the log s.« that both ends would be
outside and then watched the result. She
came and entered as usual, and i
through; but finding herself still' dh the
outside she stood about a short time and
looked puzzled. She decided that there
must be some mistake; she would try it
again. Again on tbo outside. How is
this ? Surely tli's hollow leads into the
field. She tried it again and again, but to
no purpose. She was still on the out-
fidt.
Eatoxton Messenger. The greater
number of American magazines of the
present are the poorest things one can
read; There is a dreary sameness about
them that is absolutely nauseating. Ac
counts of hunting expeditions or fishing
frolics, together with a few wordy serials
and much bad poetry, form the staple of
their coutents. Most of the engravings in
the illustrated magazines resemble - the
impress left by a handful of mud when
thrown against a fence. The “high an”
critics may draw up theirnoses and sniffle
at this criticism, if they please, hut it is
correct, none the less.’ Magazine litera
ture of to-day, in most instances, is an
abomination.
Albany -Vetos and Advertiser: Some
of the young men at Welch & Bacon’s got
up a kind of pool as to what would be
Colquitt’s majority in this county. The
pool was opened several days before the
election. The mode of procedure was
to write what you thought the majorrty
wouid be on a slip of paper, sign your
name and put the paper with fifty cents
into a bag; the nearest guess would get
all the money thus pooled. A large num
ber made guesses ranging from 50 to 000,
aud toe latter number made by' A. I’.
Herrington, wou the pool, which consist
ed of $15.
Colored High Scnooi—Augusta
Chronicle: The High School Commit
tee’s report was presented by the Chair
man, Major Ganahl:
The undersigned, the High School Com
mittee, to whom was committed the peti
tion of Wta. J. White, L. II. Holsey, J.
S. Harper and others, for tha establish
ment of a High School, report
That they have assurances that there are
from thirty to forty colored children in the
county who are prepared to enter a High
School, and to pay therefor $10 for toe
scholastic year. It will require but a
small amount of money to be added to
the sum to be derived from this source to
establish a High School for male and fe
male colored children, and thus carry out
the letter and spirit of our organization.
They recommend, therefore, that the said
High School be immediately organized bv
tins election of a male teacher, at a salary
of $75; that the superintendent procure
ar.d furnish a room suitable for the pur
pose, and that the school be opened on 1st
November. • J. Ganahl,
- M. J. Carswell,
M. V. Calvin.
Richard R. Wright, of Cnthbert, was
elected as teacher of the High School.
Atuexs Banner: The Macon Tele-
gr vrn says that Major McCalla, a civil
engineer, is In that city, ready to begin
his work of finding tile most economical
and desirable route for a railroad from
Macon to Atlanta. It is not improbable
that the projected road, when built, will
not go direct from Macon to Atlanta, but
wilhrun up the east side of the Ocmulgre.
aud strike the Georgia road at Covington
or Social Circle.
Is not Athens largely Interested in hav
ing the road carried to Social Circle; and
then b she not largely interested !:i hav
ing a direct line from here to Monroe,
which, in a few weeks, will be connected
with Social Circle by a branch road?
The Columbus Enquirer, in speaking
of the death of Mr. Samuel limiter, says:
This gentleman died at his home, npar
the bnck yard, on Friday morning, ne
had been In unstable health for a vear or
two, and but recen.ly had passed through
a severe spell. He was proprietor of the
Alabama wagon yard, and for several
years was a department boss at the Eagle
and Phenix mills. He was, we believe,
an Englishman, and was probable forty-
five yean of age.
Eaton ton Messenger: In Putnam
county there are four centenarians, as fol
lows.* Fanny Bridges, aged 112; Phillis
Daniel, aged 100; Moses - Lawrence, aged
1W; Ned Threewits, aged 100. So the
census returns say.
Dahlonega Signal: We were accord
ed the pleasure last Saturday or seeing
the mass of cold that made the September
clean up of the Findley Mine, and truly
it wss a magnificent specimen of the pure
stuff. The Tump, we should sav, was of
about sixteen pounds troy weight.
Washington Gazelle: On last Satur
day morning quite a wreck of the down
through freight train was caused right at
the depot at Barnett by a broken rail.
There was a double freight train and the
first one broke a rail as it wen: over and
several cars of the second train passed
over without damage; but finally one car
ran "off and ten more followed. Only one
or two of these, however, were very badly
damaged. One car was thrown"up anu
another ran under it. Cotton, coal, grain.
etc., were scattered proiniscuouslv. The
accident occurred just at tlw crossing be
fore the platform is readied, going down.
No one was hurt. The smash-up” was be
tween switches, and the regular trains
went over the side track without the
slightest delay.
Albany Am and Advertiser. Work
on the steairer Nelsou Tift is going brave
ly or>. She will be a little daisy when
completed, which will be ir. three "or four
weeks. The Nelson Tift will sit in the
water 00x12 feet, and draws about fifteen
inches. Tlie gentlemen composing ihe
company who are having the steamer
built deserve great credit for their pluck
and enterprise. The City of Albany, be-
ng built at tha United States dock for
work on the river between tins city aud
Montezuma is nearing completion, and
will be a i'ltle giant. She is (12x24, and
-\1 contain 20,000 feet of lumber, and is
, on a tightly corked double fioor,
m-ikinc it Impossible to sink her. Col.
i’ M. Slaughter drew the plan and Mr.
J. M. Kendall Is doing the work. Bra led
iron pitas are used instead of nails. Col.
Slaughter thinks he can make it handle
fifty tons. Tho boat will ba launched in
two weeks.
• Dahlonega Signal. Thpre is a hole
In Penitentiary Cove, in Fannin couuty,
from which there constantly Issues a vol
ume of wind aud ynoke. Its depth has
never been fathomed. Large rocks have
beta thrown into it, but no sound of
their striking the bottom ever reached the
ears of the listener.
Savannah A’etcs: The steamship Eu
ropean, hence for Liverpool, while lying
in Tybec inner roads, owing to bad
weather, bad ono of lier quarter boats car
ried away during the heavy blow lost Fri
day. Tho steam windlass having broke
down, all hands were forward attending
to the steamer’s moorings to keep the ves
sel from dragging, and the mishap was
not discovered until the blow .was over,
when it was lound that the boat had been
blown away front the davits, and there
was not a vestige of it to be seen in any
direction.
Athens Chronicle: Two darkies were
driving up Lumpkin street tho other day
in a buggy. One of them was the happy
possessor of a beaver. They were observed
by two sable companions, when tlie fol
lowing conversation ensued: “I tell you
that’s a Methodist preacher, kase I seed
him at a kervival.” “No, tain’t,” said the
other; “he don’t look like a Methodist;
lie am a Baptist.” At this point the sub
ject of discussion drew a black pint bottle
from under tbo seat of the vehicle aud
drained it of its contents. The party who
had asserted that he was a Methodist hung
his head, as liis antagonist triumphantly
exclaimed, “dar now, I tolo you he war a
Baptist.”
A Novel Surgical Operation.-—
Atlanta Post: We have just learned of an
interesting surgical operation which wa3
performed some months since by a prom
inent specialist of this city upon a North
ern gentleman, who Lad come to Atlanta
for his health—an account of which may
J irove of interest to our readers. Early
n the month of July last, Dr. Chas. R.
Upson, surgeon to the department of nose,
throat anil lung diseases in the Atlanta
hospital, assisted by Dr. T.”T. Knott, the
surgeon in charge, removed from tlie nose
of Mr. J. C. Ferris, of Philadelphia, a
considerable portion or bone which had
become badly diseased from catarrh. The
operation performed in this case was first
proposed by a German surgeon and of late
was adopted by English surgeons, but to
the best of our knowledge to Dr. Upson
belongs the honor of having been the first
American surgeon to perform this opera
tion, which consists in dissecting up the
upper lip aud nose from their attachments
to the bones of the face, reflecting them
towards the forehead and removing the
diseased bone, after which the lip and
nose were restored to their natural posi
tion and held in place by means of adhe
sive strips uutil tlie wound liad healed,
which occuired in a very short time, leav
ing not the slightest trace of a scar.
Another New Locomotive—Savan
nah Sews: Mr. D. D. Arden, tlie effi
cient master machinist at the Central
railroad, has just turned over to the com
pany, for general use, another very hand
some new freight engine bearing tbe
name “Pensacola.” She left with a very
latge freight train Saturday afternoon at
5:40 o’clock on her first trip, and will un
doubtedly give entire satisfaction in prov
ing fully equal to the work for which she
is designed. The engines previously
turned out by the skillful mechanical
corps of tlie Central, have never failed to
be equal to what has been required of
them.
Lumpkin Iwlependeni: Cotton pick
ers find constant employment in this
county and they are making money. We
know some small uegro boys, twelve and
fourteen years of age, that earn from
four to five dollars per week picking cot
ton.
One wr-uld have imagined that the last
thing which could possibly have been sug
gested by the late gubernatorial campaign
was poetic sentimeDt. Yet the rising
young poet of the Samlersville Herttld
was able to extract agooddeal therefrom.
Hear him: “The heavens were draped
with heavy clouds on Tuesday, and fre
quent showers fell, as if they were weep
ing over the discords and divisions among
Georgia’s soqs, and the angry and furious
passions that were to be witnessed on
the following day. Bnt ere nightfall the
clouds rifted, the smiling suushiue was
seen, and a beautiful rainbow spanned
tlie firmament. Tlie mind would natural
ly couple this elemental strife with the
fiercer political storm that has swept over
our State, and, gathering hope, would
fondly trust that now the stonn cloud cf
political fury has swept by, the bright
bow of peace may gladden our hearts for
ever.”
Quitman Free Press: Over a thou
sand voters were in town last Wednesday,
and not a single dronck mann was seen on
the streets, nor was there tlie slightest
disturbance of any kind. What place cau
make a better showing?
Savannah -Veics: The passenger and
freight train which left Savannah at tea
o'clock on Saturday night, on the Charles
ton and Savannah railroad for Cbaties-
ton, met with an accident just beyond the
bridge over tbe Savannah river, some fif-
ten "miles from this city. As the train
passed olf the bridge, one of the freight
box cars in tbe centre of the train jumped
the track, and was badly thumped by the
two freight cars immediately behind,
tearing up about sixty feet of the trestle.
None of tbe other cars were thrown off,,
and tbe passengers iu the coaches at the
rear of the train only knew of the acci
dent by the terrible jolting. Information
was sent to the city, and yesterday morn
ing shortly after seven o'clock the wreck
ing train, with the superintendent of con
struction and a large force left for the
scene of disaster. Oa arrival a tem
porary platform was erected aud the
passengers and mail from Charleston,
which left that city at nine
o’clock Saturday night, aud weredne here
yesterday morning at 7:50 o'clock, were
transferred, and, together with some of
the passengers from Savannah on tbe
train which met with tbe accident were
brought back to the city, arriving here
about twenty minutes after twelve. The
wrecking force at once proceeded to work,
and, although the job was a difficult one,
succeeded ia clearing the wreck, and re
pairing the damage so as to allow tbe reg
ular fast mail train, leaving here at &50
o'clock yesterday afternoon to passthrough
all right. The Northern mail and passen
gers due here on tbe 1 p. m. train yester
day were transferred ait the bridge, and
reached the depot about 4:20, only three
boars behind time. Among the passen
gers were Mr. Frank Mayo and his entire
dramatic company. The rapidity with
which the repairs were completed, and the
track thrown open, testify to the efficiency
of the working force of tlie road. The
accident resulted in no further damage to
the train than tlie partial demolition of the
box car that jumped the track.
Savannah Xem: In view of the fact
that tne epizootic has broken out in sever
al of tbe Northern cities and may possi-
ply extend to Savannah again, the foil sw
ing cure, furnished by an - old veterinary
surgeon of the United States army to a
New York paper, will be of interest:
“Take one pound gum assafietida, mix it
with one gallon boiling water; stir the
mixture constantly until the assafeetida is
all dissolved. Let the mixture cool.
Strain and give the horse half a pint every
three horns. This will relieve the home
inside of twelve hours, and give him a
good appetite.”
Lumpkin Independent: On Tuesday
last Judge J. is. Lciimer, tne ordinary oi
the county, appointed Mr. Joseph B. Grif
fis slieriff, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Mr. Hightower.
The Deeoor Murder.-Griffin 2T«we
This celebrated caso caused great excite
ment not only in Atlanta, but throughout
the State. It will be - remembered that
old man Defoor and his wife were mur
dered at a ferry a few miles from Atlanta
last year, and a negro by the name uf Asa
Gunu was arrested, tried and convicted of
tlw offense. Tins proof in the case was
voluminous, but conflicting, and the doc
trine of •confessions’ entered into it large
ly. Col. Frank Haralson, the prisoners
counsel, was satisfied with bis client's in
nocence, and devoted liis best energies to
his defense. He made a motion for anew
trial before Judge Lester, who beard tbe
poor negro whom he believed to be inno
cent. r
Our Iron Interests.—Romo Tribune:
We learn from Col. C. G. Samuel that R.
G. Huston and his engineers will be at
Sugar Valley on Monday next to locate
a line of road from tho Selma, Rome aud
Dalton railroad to their large ore deposits
some two and a half miles out. Several
thousand acres of these rich brown ores
are owned by O. G. Samuel, R. G. IIus-
ton, B. F. Samuel and P. _M. Samuel.
They have four miles of ore in one bed—
which contains 50 per cent, of xnetalic iron.
Mr. Bell, of England, who visited this
couutiy a few years ago, said this was the
largest and richest deposit of brown ores
lie ever saw. The owners Lave been
holding this property for several years,
and now tbe demand comes at last for
these rich Georgia ores. What a great
country wo have. Let foreign capital
come in and develop it, and convert our
ores and minerals into merchantable arti
cles, and thus employ our own people, in
stead of talkiug about employing those in
a foreign couutry. When this is done
America will be a great country, and
Georgia will indeed he tbe Empire State.
Savannah Mem: Saturday morning
a man by the name of Frank Baggett,
whilst at work on a vessel lying at one of
the city wharves, accidentally slipped and
fell into the hold. He was very severely
injured internally and fractured"his low
er jaw. He was carried to the Savaunah
hospital, where he received requisite at
tention, but at last accounts was still
greatly prostrated from nervousness, the
result'of the shock.
Augusta Kews: Governor Holliday
of Virginia, accompanied by Genera
McDonald, Col. Carter, Col. Buford.
Misses Buford and Claiborne, of Rich
mond, Va, and Captain Maguire, of the
Richmond Howitzers, arrived In Augusta
night before last, from King’s Mountain
centennial, in an elegant special car be
longing to the officers of tlie Richmond
and Danville road. They will return .to
Virginia by way of the Georgia road, At
lanta and the Air-Line road. The party
was taken in charge by Col. Tlios. P.
Branch, President Chas*. U. Pliinizy, of
the Georgia road, and other prominent
citizens, and with such hospital attention
and a view of pur beautiful city, they
passed a most pleasant day-in Augusta.
Dublin Gazette: It has never been a
sadder duty than to chronicle the facts of
a sad shooting, which occurred two and a
half miles from town last Thursday after
noon. Some three months since Mr.Ben
jamin Maddox and Miss Mary Dalton, a
beautiful young lady of this county, were
married. Life ever since has been a rosy
dream—a constant ray of sunslune has
never ceased to pour in upon them until
the awful hour of this sad accident. As is
so often the case, an old pistol had been
lying about the house, and she must have
phked it up and tried to cock it, or,haring
cocked it, tried to pull it down, and tailed
to do so. She carried it to her young hus
band and said she could not pull it
down, and handed it to him, saying,
“click it at me.” Not thinking that it
was loaded, he did so, but oh, horror
when his young bride, of. only three short
months, tell at his feet, weltering in her
own blood. The bail, a No. 2, entered
the left temple and went to the brain,
which, we are informed, is now oozing
out. A physician was called in, but for
no purpose! She now lies with a wild
stare iu her dark brown eyes, and has
spoken nothing since the shooting. It
wouid seem mockery to offer the young
Lusband sympathy," for bis heart* must
certainly be cverhurdeued with grief. He
is only nineteen and she sixteen. The
families of both have our sympathies.
Mr. George Wadley, of Bolingbroke,
iost two males on last Friday uight by
the colic.
The following persons died in and
around Forsyth, recently: Miss Susie
Turner, daughter of Mr. Miles G. Turner,
aged eighteen years; Benjamin Watkius,
within three miles of Forsyth, aged seveu-
ty-eiglit. He had been a resident of Mon
roe "county for over fifty years; Mrs.
Chas. Hardin, near Forsyth, on the Sth
ins;. She was the daughter of Mrs. San-
difer. * *
Mr. Top Camt, a prominent fanner of
Rockdale county, dropped dead' on
Wednesday last, soon after depositing his
ballot. He had walked five miles to
vote.
A man by the name of Charles Brown,
the watchman at the Stubbs warehouse,
shot, without seeming provocation, a sail
or by the name of Thomas Hoarn, at a
lioarding house on Indian street in Savan
nah, on last Monday. Brown has not
been arrested yet.
Rev. W. J. Campbell, a worthy and
well known colored Baptist preacher,
died in Savannah on Monday.
Three negroes by the name of Titos
Grant, Jack Simmons and Isaac Bradley
were drowned in tlie Savaunah river ou
Sunday last. n
Rev. W. S. Bowman, the new pastor
of the Lutheran Church iu Savannah, is
now in place and filled the pulpit on last
Sunday.
A negro man by tlie name of Jerry
Reed, a ampler at the Western railroad
depot in Columbus, in attempting to cou
ple some can, lost his footing and fell and
seven cars passed over his body, mangling
him fearfully.
On Monday Mr. John Corlee, one of
the best engineers on the Southwestern
railroad, was badly scalded on the chest
by the blowing out of a flue. We hope
he will soon be able to resume his duties.
A committee are now deliberating
about adopting a uniform for tbe girls iu
tho Milledgeville college.
Mrs. Malinda Kimmey, of Americus,
died on the 9th instant. She was 78
yeara old.
There is considerable sickness in
Washington county, mostly of the typhoid
character.
Washington county wants a system
of public schools, and will apply to tbe
Legislature for authority to organize such
system.
Georgia paid dnringthe fiscal year
ending on the COth ot June last to tbe
internal revenue officials $322,074. Of
this amount $191,550 was collected from
spirits, $04,147 from tobacco, and $12,729
from fermented liquors.
Columbia county will ask tbe Legisla
ture to give them tlie authority to prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquors. This
movement is gaining strength every day
in Georgia.
Mr. Joshua Theus, of Montezuma,
died on the 4th iustauL He was fifty-one
years of age.
The Columbus Enquirer, in comment
ing on the recent railroad disaster on the
Southern road, says:
The misfortunes of the foremost train
was not ended. When about oi>.« and a
half miles from the city a negro was seen
walking down the trade. Tlie whistle
was sounded, but he heeded it not, and
the brakes were then put on He, how
ever, continued walking on the track and
at last the engineer found it impossible to
stop the train. The consequence was that
Essex Johnston, for such was hla name,
was thrown from the track and one leg
and one arm broken. He was brought to
the city and we leain died about lOo’dock
last night. It was thought his death was
caused from internal injuries received.
Grant,of this city, ft-om his correspondents
at Evelyn, Georgia, and Elijafield, giving,
accounts of the disasters occasioned by the
heavy rains. Mr. F.- Grant Troup, of Ev-
lyn, Georgia, under date of the 7th, says:
“Yesterday we were visited by a heavy
gale from the northeast, with torrents of honorof the dog, and the credit of the
“JEFF.”
A Story or a Doj.
There are people left living who do not
believe that dogs have sense, hut for the
Albany Kerne and Advertiser: Messrs.
T. P. Cody and J. W. Hanlon, two well
knewa practical newspaper men, propose
commencing the publication of a newspa
per at Summer, Worth county, Ga.—the
first issue of which will appear in about
two weeks. We hope these gentlemen
will meet with success iu their undertak
ing. The section of country for which
they propose to labor is rapidly growing,
and the people are awake to the impor
tance of ^fostering enterprise of .ibis
kind. Messrs. Cody and llaulon are the
very men to give them a lively newspaper,
and they deserve encouragement.
Monroe Advertiser: Dr. W. L. Car
michael and family have removed to Ma
con. Dr. C. will travel for the drug firm
of Lamar, Uaukin <k Latnar. He has
been a citizen of Forsyth for several years,
the head ot the firm of Carmichael, Head
& Co. Tbe best wishes of a huge num-
l»er ot friends will accompany him to his
new home.
Savannah Aon: The storm tbe iat-
eaar, and ou yesterday it waa granted. [ ter part cf last week resulted in consider^
Mr. Haralson has exhibited greatest inter- able damage to tbe riee crop on plants-
est iu this matter, and is entitled to the lions contiguous to Savannah. We have
highest credit for liis zeal in behalf ot a seen two letters received by Mr. EL Fraser
rain, the entire river bottoms were sub
merged and there were several breaks. I
had three on New Hope. Fortunately I
had cut two large squares that broke, so
only got two small ones'wet. One break
is on Broadtield. If we have good weather
the loss will not be very large exedpt the
cost of handling and waste that will occur
therefrom. But if we continue to have
raiuy weather there will be no estimating
the loss, and all will be damaged. It was
the heaviest rain I ever saw; began to
rain on Thursday at 2 p. m., and rained
incessantly until 2 p. m. Friday. Cows
were drowned, and the water came into
my buggy. All the bridges are washed
away, and two or three negro houses were
blown down.”
Mr. John N. Walker, writing from Eli
jafield, under date of 9th inst., says:
“I regret to say we' were badly dam
aged by the storm yesterday. It was a
feariul stohii, aud rain and high tide. I
have three breaks and one trunk washed
out on Elijafield, and four washes on
Grantly, and all the rice under water, and
the worst is, all my best rice is in tl>e
field and under water. I had none in the
conveyor’s house. I had all threshed out,
as I have not been able to haul any this
week on account of tho rain. I had some
in the barnyard, and abont seventeen or
eighteen hundred threshed in the barn.
I hope I will gut mended up early next
week, and try and dry and save all I can,
but our loss is bound to be pretty heavy.”
Sandeusyille Mercury: We are sorry
to learn that Mr. E. A. Garlic, of this
county, lost his dwelling by fire on the
4th instant. About $1,000 in money ainl
$2,000 in stocks and bonds belonging to
Mr. Garlic’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Inman,
were also consumed in the flames
Monroe Advertiser: Mr. Thomas
Battle, aged ninety-five years, came to
town last week to vote ior a man named
Colquitt. Next day he and Mr. Hiram
Phiuazee, aged eighty years, met and had
a cordial meeting, talking over not only
old times, but the good news of the elec
tion.
Albany'Kewsand Advertiser; A bold
and dangerous attempt was made by four
prisoners in the Albany jail Saturday
uight to gain their freedom. Mr. Sim
Ileirington, the jailer, on returning to the
jail after 11 o’clock, detected quite - a stir
ring around and hum of voices in one "of
the cells overhead containing fonr negroes
charged w ith burglary, and decided to go
up and see what was going on, aud found
that an attempt was being made by tbe
four prisoners referred to to burn their
way out. They bad by means of a
match, found upon the person of the boy
incarcerated .for breaking into Mr. H.
Tison’s store, set fire to the cell door to
burn ont a bole big enough through which
to make their escape. On hearing Mr.
Herrington coming, water was thrown on
tbe fire and the flames extinguished. Mr.
H. took in the situation at a glance and
immediately placed the two ringleaders
in irons and moved the other two in sep
arate cells. It was a desperate game
these burglars were playing for freedom,
for had not Mr. Herrington made the dis
covery as early as he did the jail would
probably have been destroyed, and the
four prisoners in this particular cell would
have been roasted alive.
Sylvania Telephone: Mr. S. Mercer
Edenfield, who is one of Scriven’s most
enterprising and industrious fanners, has
one of the finest crops in the county. He
will gather from oae-half acre of land
this year twenty-fbur bushels of com and
about thirty bushels of ground peas. He
also has a patch of cotton, on one stalk of
which there are three hundred bolls, be
sides a large number of forms.
Columbus Enquirer: Mr. Charles
Johnson died at his home at Jamestown,
Chattahoochee county, Sunday morning
at 9 o’clock. He was up and at his store
Saturday night as well as usual. During
the night lie was attacked with difficult
breathing caused from contracting a cold,
and after much suffering died Sunday
morning.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Auditor's Statement, Showing Extra-
ordinary Earning* ot the Hoad.
The increased business of the Georgia
railrdad is shown by the figures to be
found in the statement of Auditor Hillyer,
which we print below. This statement
seems something extraordinary and al
most incredible, but the improving busi
ness of the road warrants every figure,
aud the unfailing finger and exact mind
of Carlton Hillyer, Esq., the auditor of
the road, is a sure index of every step in
and a reliable guide for stock
holders. The tables are as follows:
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT.
The gross earnings of the
Georgia railroad during Au
gust, 1880, were . . . $92,003 97
The expenses for the same pe
riod were .... 79,910 93
$12,COS 04
Showing a net of
The gross earnings of tl.e
Georgia railroad during Sep
tember, 1SSG, were . . li9,0G6 94
The expenses were for the
same period . . . 79,973 94
Showing a net of .
The gross earnings of the
Georgia railroad during six
months to September 30,
$39,093 00
1SS0, were . - . , ". 499,5S6 10
The expenses were for the
same period . . 418,903 47
Showing a net of . . $80,022 03
As compared with August of
last year, the gross earnings
show an increase of . 31,806 66
The expenses show an increase
of 31,803 51
The net shows an increase of $ 3 15
As compared with September
of last year, the gross earn
ings show an increase of . . 33,67$ 94
The expenses show an increase
of 21,367 50
The net shows an increase of $12,311 34
As compared with six months
of Iasi year, the gross earn
ings show an increase of . . J33.312 71
The expenses show an increse
ot 114,756 78
The net shows an increase of$18,555 93
For the first 11 days in Septem
ber the net earnings were . . 10,815 45
The net earnings for fiscal year
to dale were . . . 07.43S OS
The gross earnings for the six montlis
were 37 per cent, greater than for tlie
same six months last year.
If this extraordinary ratio of increase
or even a much less ratio is maintained
for the remainder of the year the result
will be exceedingly advantageous to the
stockholders. The .financial ability and
hereditary skill in all money matters
which characterizes Col. CharlesIL Fhiu-
izy, tbe president, is a safe guaranty that
the expenses will be kept down and the
earnings not frittered away, while at the
same time his scientific education and
practical experience in business will keep
the road iu splendid order. Tlie dividends
will be increased and the value of the
company’s property and stock will be pre
served and improved.—Augusta Sews.
Mr. A. E. Seifert's New Enterprise.
In addition to his steam printing office
and his bindery, Mr. A. E. Seifert has now
secured tne services of a skillful paper
box maker, and will from this time forth
be enabled to manufacture every style of
box known to the trade. A specimen of
fancy work iu this Hue waa yesterday ex
hibited in this office, and reflects great
credit upon the enterprise of our towns
man.
Paper boxes hare been so universally
substituted fbr wrapping paper, where it
possible, that a manufactory of this
kind is in nearly ever,* instance enabled to
human race, we . are glad to remember
that tho number is very small. We might
say of these people (plagiarizing the idea)
that those who believe dogs have
no sense, prove it as to some,
but we do not wish to he severe
upon the race. Some people still insist
that the sun goes round the world. The
majority of men have long since learned
to look upon the dog as gifted with rea
soning powers, and to class him alon
with their poor relations. > It is easier to;
do this titan to dispute tho proois which
the dog is continually producing.
But we go further. There are dogsgift-
ed not only with sense, but with intellect.
Were there no other evidence of this titan
the eye, that would he sufficient. Take
the bulldog aud look into his eye. Sen
sual and ferocious it is; no refinement
there; no reflection or sentiment; nothin
in the world but that flabby, fried-egg
look of a narrow-minded, hand-to-mouth
beef-devouring animal. But look at the
terrier; his two little eyes slime like beads,
and he dances around in eager expectation,
for he half understands that your
studious look is profit to him. And the
hound, as he lies in tho rug, lifting his
sleepy, mellow eyes to yours, do you sup
pose that dog is not conscious of what you
are not doing? Try him. Ho may not
know where you are going or for what,
but just lift the horn or tell John to sad-
dle-your fox-hunter, or step outside and
give the halloo, and such a light bursts
over the horizon of those mellow orbs as
will astound you. That dog knows by
reasoning that you are going hunting; a
short, sharp mental calculation shows him
that he is wanted, and he accepts with
a responsive cry. But if you are looking
for downright intellect, call on the pointer
dog. It is safe to assert that the pointer
has mind enough for anything. He is iar
ic ore human than the monkey, and wo
cheerfully acknowledge far worthier of the
relationship. Why, look at “Jeff”—every
body knows “Jeff”—Dr. Mattaueris liver-
colored pointer. That dog carries notes,
goes for'the horse and buggy, goes for
beef, and fetches ice regularly. Besides
all this, “Jeff” has many accomplish
ments that make him a finished dog.
Would anybody deny “Jeffs” intellect?
Hardly. Why, last week “Jeff” wj>~ sent
for ice, and what he do ? He star.cd with
a towel, in one comer of which tho nickel
was tied np. ‘Jeff” saw that nickel put
in, and immediately temptation as
sailed him. lie could buy ice on credit,
but beef was always cash. Now watch
tbe dog. lie reasoned. He labored under
that temptation until he reached Huff’s
comer, near the ice house, and then he
yielded. Down in the dirt he crouched,
and after a tussle got the knot untied,
What next? It would never do to carry
that nickel into Corput’s. He reasoned
again.
He buried the nickel, carried the towel
in, received the ice and came out; but not
for the nickel. Oh no; he had studied
that out too. The Doctor must be left
under the impression that that nickel had
gone for ice, aud he was. The ice was
earned to the office, and Jeff came back
like a flash, secured his cash, galloped on
ward to the beef stand, and in a few min
utes was observed, homeward bound, with
his dinner. He was not afraid to carry it
home. He reckoned that tbe Doctor
would suppose some one had given it to
him. This is vouched for by three wit
nesses.
Theatrical Holes.
A friend of the Parslow family in this
city informs us that the report of little
Lilly’s death is unfounded.
Sarah Bernhardt sailed for America on
the 4th instant."
Alice Oates’ Combination did not pay
expenses in Pittsburg.
Kate Claxton, one of the Two Orphans,
is going to do “Femande’l in New York
during this month.
Milton Nobles success in the West is
said to be withont precedent. He is tak
ing the country by storm.
Clara Morris pleases the Bostonians so,
they give her crowded houses. This is a
proud month for Clara; Boston is the cul-
ebawed city of the East.
H. R. Archer and wife, nee Belle Mc
Kenzie, closed their engagement with
Mr. Ford at Richmond, and have gone to
Philadelphia.
The popularity of Mary Anderspn
knows no abatement. Her engagement
at the Park Theatre in Brooklyn was a
brilliant one. She had $1,700in the house
on one evening. Hurrah for Mary!
. K. Emmett continues to drunken
periodically. Managers are beginning tc
appreciate the stars that bum less bril
liantly, but less fitmlly.
Nina Tartan, the actress, was to have
been married at an early date. She
started across the ocean three weeks ago,
sickened, died, and sleeps now peacefully
in the arms of old Neptune.
An actress recently paid one hundred
and thirty-five dollars for a pair of boots,
and seventy-five dollars for a pair of
stockings.
England has gone wild over Billy Flor
ence's wife’s dresses.
■mm InMMrick ExIcmIm.
Yesterday the surveyors began tbe route
from Macon to Atlanta, and spent nearly
the whole day in gettrog out the city. The
point from which tbe survey beganps near
the Macon and Augusta railway. The
line ran through the southwestern comer
of the park, across the commons in front
of the main entrance, through the new
culvert under the Central railroad near
the bridge, up Wharf street, catting diag
onally through some of the river lots, and
struck the river at the foot of Fourth
street, where there is a high bluff. The
proper trianguiation was made at the
river, aud the stream from bank to bank
found to be 270 1-10 feet, the greatest
depth 5| fret. After crossing tbe river
the line turns to the left and runs to the
northwest.
The camp is beautifully situated in a
pine grove a half mile to the rear of Fin
ney’s store, and two miles from Macon.
The commodious white wall tents and
the handsome marquee shone through the
trees yesterday with a truly warlike ap
pearance.
accident- o f tbe s. ur. k. k.
Engineer Sheridan FaCklly’ Injured.
Sunday night a serious accident occur
red on tire Muscogee division of the South
western road, restllting in the tacstruction
of a nunffieg'qf cirs? afid tlApiob&ble
death of one of the best engineers on the
road, Mr. John Sheridan.
The freight train,"’ it _ seems, left 4 Fort
Valley for Columbia just ahead of a
mixed freight and passenger train, aud
was otrthe up grade' near Everetts, when
a portion of tbe forward train became de-
tached, ‘and started down the grade. The
second train had just started up this,grade
when the loose boxes came rushing back
through the night. 3k^r. Sheridan hadjhst
time to blow brakes and reverse * lgs en
gine, when the collision "occurred. As
the cars struck, 'he ’leaped out, and por
tions of the wreck fell upon him, inflicting
errible injuries. Tbe v^orst wound is in
the head, producing concussion of the
brain, from the effects of which Jie has
never rallied into consciousness.- Tele
grams received in tbe city yesterday state
that there is little hope for him.
Tho engine and ^everal cars wire badly
broken up.
THE EATE RAIl’koAD ACClOBSr.
Death or Engineer Sheridan.
Engineer Sheridan, who was injured in
the late collision ou the Muscogee road,
died of his injuries iit Fort Valley yester
day at 12 o’clock. ; We give further par
ticulars of the accident. It sechts the
scene of the collision is at a point upon
the road known among railroad men as
“the camel’s hack;” the road descends a
long grade, and then runs up over a sharp
hill (the camel’s back.) As the train
passed over this hill. and started
down the other side,..a coupling
pin was thrown otit and .the
cab with a few cars detached. This' sec
tion was brought to a standstill bvtl^: im
plication of the brakes, and" a messenger
sent back to warn Sheridan’s train, which
was rushing down the long grade. Sheri
dan saw tbe danger and reversed^ his en
gine, bnt tho brakes could not stop his
train on that steep grade. The engine
ran into the cab with terrific force and the
train men leaped. It is not kuown exact
ly Low Sheridan received his death wound;
whether by falling timbers or by striking
against a telegraph poie.
Foundlings Gathered from Oar Door
step.
“Here is a sketr**,” said the poet/ 3’ i l
Unto the edited gray,
“That I tossed me off m an idle hour
To pass the time away.”
“Here’s a club,” was the answer,
In a bland and smiling way,
“With which I frequently toss me off
Six poets in a day.”
“ Darling, this potato is only half done.”
1 Then eat the done half, love.”
Step on a man’s com and you hit him
where he lives.
The man who is making cider never
“stops the press an ounce.” He throws
iu several bushels.
The fish in Lake Champlain have been
so long without water that when it began
to rain, for the Gist time in six weeks,
they were seen running about with um
brellas over their heads.
The mother who brings up her boy to
run rather than fight, will turn out a man
who can be bluffed when he knows
he has a sure thing. A tree never shaken
by a storm does not root deep.
The devil must feel himself rubbed
down pretty thin when a man becomes so
good that he won't let his milkman call
on Sanday. There must be a special de
partment in heaven for these mea.
Miss Anthony saw the mysterious fig
ures “329” in many places on the Roches
ter sidewalks. “It’s no such thing,” she
said, clinching her hands; and jt won’t be,
either,till my next birthday.
Business men, think twice before yon
vote the Democratic ticket. Do you want
to see great big squashes dragged around
bv a string and sold for three cents?
Such may be the eflect of a Democratic"
victory.
A baby can put its rosy little toe in its
mouth more easily than its father can,
but when it comes to putting the whole
foot in, the man of years and experience
can discount the baby half a hundred and
then ran out.
When the man has been hack from the
country a few weeks discovers in a back
driver whom he employs, the “old hermit
of the cave” he used to visit on the hill
near the summer resort he patronized, he
is apt to set the landlord down as a vil
lian.
“Johany, you must never use tobacco,”
said a fond mother, “even the hogs don’t
do that.” “I know they don’t, dear mam
nu, and bogs don't go to heaven, neither,”
and Johnny went out soon after and hid
two cigar Mumps under the door step.
Teacher of spelling class—“First hoy
may spell foot-tub and give the defini
tion.” First boy—“F-o-o-t-t-u-h—a tub
to warsh the feet in.” Second boy—
“K-n-e-e-p-a-n—a pan to wash the knees
in,” He didn’t go np head.
A Connecticut man recently invented a
flying machine and went out to try it,
and found that while it wouldn’t raise
him into the air, it wonld and did send
him turning somersaults across the coun
try at a speed of twenty-fire miles an
hour, and scared a mule, upset a cow,
and tore down two rods of stone wall be
fore it stopped.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Showing? How the Coaotles Went.
ty-Five Thousand Majority-.
-nr-
SI &
O C : C
§ g|® 2
^ 5*i ^ r.
a*!8 2
SOiSc
i
COUNTIES
" *>
<£.‘ £
o rt'j c ~
•§§131
Hgj§gl
Applimr
230
Jefferson,
1209
Baker
377:
Johnson,
Baldwin
93C
Jones,
500
Banks
234
Laurens,
Bartow
coc
Lee,
797
Berrien,
24"
Liberty,
1021
Bibb,
390
Lincoln,
Brooks
015
Lowndes,
144
:
Biyan,
Lumpkin,
51
Bulloch,
206;
Macon,
341
Burke,
520
McDuffie.
732
Butts,
444
Malison,
71
Calhoun,
-Marion,
400
Camden,
416
Meriw'thr
919
Campbell,
192
McIntosh,
601
Carroll,
200
Miller,
100
Catoosa,
9S
Milton,
30S
Charlton*
200
Mitchell.
Chatham,
522
Monroe,
1735
Cht’h’chie
3S4
Mont'g'-y,
212
Chattooga
<m
Moigau,
Cherokee,
110
Murray,
Clarke,
610
.
Muscogee,
879
Clay,
414 !
Newton,
1010
Clayton,
- .
Oconee,
175
Clinch,
152
Ogleth’pe,
705
Coweta,
1603
Paulding,
150
Cobb,
3oo;
Pickens,
497
Coffee,
20
Pierce,
425
Columbia,
232
Pike,
730
Colquitt,
93
Polk,
75
Crawford,
'
Pulaski,
Dade,
350
Putnam,
853
Dawson,
Quitman,
557
Decatur,
274
Rabun,
70
DeKalb,
•
8
Randolph,
8S5 !
Dodge,
34
Richmond
087j
Dooly
Rockdale,
200
Dough’rty
1017
Schley,
350,
Douglas,
559
Scriven,
700
Early,
Echols','
,*S3
■Mi*
.636!
700!
Effingham
147
Sumter, 11210;
Elbert,
1027
Talbot, 1 660
Emanuel,
145
Taliaferro! 797 i
Fannin,
325
Tattnall,
600
Fayette,
135
Taylor,
302 !
Flovd,
723
Telfair,
107!
Forsvth,
175
Terrell,
253'
Franklin, j
310
Thomas,
2S3 .
Fulton,
230
*’
Towns,
m!
Glascock,
162
Troup,
800;
Glynn,
5S3
Twiggs,
738
Gordon,
29
Union,
> J •
Greene,
17®
Upsoiq
763'
Gwinnett,
720
Walker,
154!
Hall,
748
Walton,
700!
Hancock,
724
Ware
300
Hab'rsli’m
32S
*
Warren,
552:
Haralson,
Wash’gi’n
1743!
Harris,
243'
Wavne,
493
Hart,
Webster,
4S
Heard,
412
White,
287
Henry,
763'
Whitfield,
633
Houston,
I4S4
Wilcox,
Irwin,
100
Wilkes,
849|
Jackson,
501
Wilkers’n
521
Jasper,
1
Worth.
I
Colquitt's Majorities by Districts.
0.S4S
ft276
4,920
5,441
7,175
7,596
2.47S
11,540
8,352
Two of our most active young men
have entered into business on Uicir own
hook, Mr. G. D. Mozo, and Mr. Sam A.
Torrence. Both of these young men
have had the best of mercantile training
Under the tutorship of Messrs. JoDes and
Cook, one of our largest wholesale gro
cery firms. Mr. Torrence has been with
this firm for over nine years, and Mr.
Mozo for oyer two years. They have a
host of friends both in the city and out,
that will be glad to lend them a.helping
hand in their new enterprise. They are
both young men ot excellent character
and are worthy the confidence and pa
tronage of the public. They have an ex
cellent Mock of fancy groceries and fami
ly supplies, and can furnish anything in
that line that may be wanted. Call aud
see them at 36 Cotton Avenue.
Fire.
Last night at a late hour Officer Ivey,
of the police force, observed smoke izsu-
ngfrom a window over Crotnaliue’s cigar
store on Mulbeny streaL Upon entering
Dr. Blackshearis office, which ha did by
breaking open the door, a table with its
contents were found to be in
First District, . - - .
Second District, .
Third District,
Fourth District, .
Fifth District,
Sixth District,
Seventh District, .
Eighth District,
Ninth District,
Total, . 54,(526
The Very Latest.—A few additional
returns have been received at Atlanta
from the Georgia election, which abcut
close np the affair. They are as follows:
In CamdeD, where the negroes voted
generally for Norwood, the result was
Colquitt 302, Norwood 363. Wilson (col
ored) was elected to the Legislature.
Lumpkin county voted Colquitt 383,
Norwood 434. Towns: Colquitt received
275, Norwood 153. Glascock: Colquitt
2S1,Norwood 119. White: Colquitt 400,
Norwood 113. Rabun: Colquitt 390,
Norwood 326. Fannin: Colquitt 524,
Norwood 199.
Dooly gives Colquitt a majority of 541,
and Wilcox 103. Irwin county went for
Norwood by a majority of 163 votes.
The Catting and Shootiazr Affairs ia
& ' Jones Coaaty.
Yesterday we learned from a resident
of Jones the particulars of the two tragic
affairs which occurred in that county ou
the evening of election day. The first oc
curred at a point between the grocery
store and court house after dark. Three pis
tol shots were fired and a scuffle ensued.
Persons who rushed to the spot found Mr.
Wash Comer seated on a bench slightly
wounded by a pistol ball, and Mr. Char
ley Bird lying on tne grousd with eighteen
wounds upon his person, one of them a
pistol-shot wound.
The origin of the fight was an old feud.
Who fired the first shot is not known, but
after three shots had been fired, Mr. Co
mer, it is alleged, got his antagonist by the
hair and inflicted the numerous wounds
mentioned, with a knife. Mr. Bird is in
a terrible condition, but likely to recover.
His head is cut nearly off. One wound
extends from the back of the neck clear
around to the front, severing all the cords
and muscles. Another wound is oa the
left side of the neck, iu the shape of a
horrible gash, which left the jugular vein
so plainly exposed that its pulsations are
visible. Mr. Comer is a man sixty years
of age; Mr. Bird, thirty. Both are well
known iu this city.
The other affair was brief and also
grew out of a former difficulty, ia which
Mr. Alf. Giawson had been shot. Iu this
affray Mr. Giawson knocked down a man
by the name of Ricketts, who as he lay
upon the floor shot him twice. One hall
entered the flesh over tbe stomach and
ranged around that region without peDe
rating the cavity. The other passed
through the fleshy part of the, fhoitttler.
Neither wound is severe.
Gate City Guard's Mr.
The great fair for the benefit of the J These were promptly extinguished, and
j Gate City Guard opened last night. Tl.e what might have been a seriouscoufiagra-
t company could not get a room large j tion was prevented. Officer Ivey is anew
secure all the work ft can perform. Mr. ■ enough to receive the exhibits, and have | addition to the force, aqfi celebrates his
Seifert has already received orders enough ( erected a tent three hundred feet long by j entrance upon duty In a way that wjjl be
to keep his force of ten girls busy until eighty.broad, under which tbe fart is being ' highly appreciated. The fire is supposed
Christmas. We will give the details of held. About one hundred and fifty At- \ to have originated from a lamp left buro-
this important business at an early date. laaU ladies have charge of the fair. ing.
wkrM? -a
The girls now call their fiwit hair
“Mark Anthonys.” They rneaa Eangs.
Quite a crowd of mixed whims and
blacks were assembled in front of & hotel
down town yesterday, watching a sueugcr
who was within the vestibule, "Stingy
reading a newspaper. A reporter asked
the policemen on guard what was'tLe
matter, and was informed that tha man
had returned an umbrella which he had
carried off by mistake. He was to hayc
been taken to Milledgeville on the eve
ning train.
“Let me bear thy heart’s true pulse,” is
the title of the latest song. Let us hope
he found himself elected by an overwhelm
ing majority.
Mr. A. Seligtr, foreman in Seifert's
bos factory, brought to our office a lady’s
work-box, made after the moot artistic
pattern, and complete in all of ita arrange
ments. It Is a haodsesne piece of work
manship, and reflect* gnat credit upon
tbe workman. It is made of paper, silk
and pasteboard. It can be seen for a few
days in the Window of Sd Irvine’s book
store on Second street.
The human voice in its sweetness and
parity is deliriously musical; with throat
affection and coughs it loses all attrac- {
The Mocking Bint Emerges from niii
Silence.
The mocking bird is a Southern institu
tion, and has his claims upon public no
tice as well as cotton and our other pro
ducts, claims, however, which are scarcely
known, much less acknowledged, for our
legislators allow him to he shot, trapped,
and carried away iulo captivity without
so touch as lifting a finger to defend him.
It is not, however, of his wrongs we speak
now, as of his late troubles. Early in tha
spring our particular bird swung from the
top of a high cedar, aud let himself loose
among the world’s, singers. He became
leader, soloist, quartette and chorus in
oue, and delighted the neighbor
hood with daily open>ir concerts. Find,
ing the business accumulating on his
hands it was not tong before be engaged
the services of a female attendant to cook
his meals and straighten np the ho“;c for
him while he sang, and as usual tn such
cages, not a great while had passed before
he married his boose-keeper and built his
castle in the air. His appearances before
the footlights after this became less fre
quent than before, for matrimonial diffi
culties began to crowd him, and it was
only between times that he was enabled
to rush out and" sing a little aria or bara-
cole to keep bis voice in tune. Some
times on his way back from market, he
would stop to rest, and during these mo
ments he was also enabled to run the
scales, or trill a little in high C. Along
in the summer, however, he was over
whelmed by a quadruple addition to his
family that busted every string in his
harp and threw him back on his every re
source to make both ends meet. It re
quired fourteen hours a day hard labor
from that lime out, and music died as far
as he was concerned.' Biraeby,' however,
our little friend got his family clad and
started in life, and had time to striitg. up
his harp again and resume his concerts.
He got a divorce from his housekeeper in
order that he might not he bothered, and
took to boarding ou a credit with the
neighbors. Then he fairly turned himself
loose, and went to s'nging the story of his
life, with its triumphs and defeats, its ro
mance and Its poetry.
About one month ago we began to no
tice a change in the old fellow’s appear
ance. His suit, which had been worn all
summer, got shabby and threadbare, and
the music died again. He got into a fit of
bines aud moped all the day long. The
need of a fall overcoat was weighing
heavily on him, and though we tried to
cheer him up with an encouraging whis
tle, it was no go. His burden was heavier
than he could bear, and all tbe time that
old suit kept getting worse and worse.
Holes came at the elbow; the lappels got
threadbare, and the coat-tail pockets went
to shreds. He looked like a vagabond,
ashamed to sing for fear" of attracting no
tice. He was, as the darkeys say when
religion strikes them, “cornin’ through.”
Yesterday we saw him again. A won
derful change had come over him. His
suit was new and of the latest cut, and the
sparkle of joy was in bis eye. And what
a voice! The air was tremulous with rap
ture, and as he tossed bis quivering body
into a hundred attitudes, we learned
that not to men and women alone were
new clothes a cheering possession. But
in truth, that brownish gray cut-away coat,
with speckled vest Hud new pants, set his
lithe and agile form off to great advan
tage, and we shared his joy as we rejoiced
in his new found voice.
For the Ladies Only.
The petals of many of the new artificial
flowers are made of soft plush in most gor
geous and delicate tints.
riush mulls to match hats are trimmed
with coffee-stained lace and furnished with
gold cords, which suspend them around
the neck.
Black aud brown beaver blush bonnets
and hats are frequently lined with am
ber-colored, yellow, red, blue and other
pale-tinted plush.
Some of the new plaids in handkerchief
designs are called span silk Naite in two
colors; for instance, a dark ruby stripe
crossed by the new green.
White plush bonnets will take prece
dence of all others for evening wear.
They will be trimmed with feathers,
flowers and crystal bead cords and tas
sels.
The figures on the costlicrt velvet and
satin brocades are life-size flowers, mag
nolias and mammoth roses, with tropi
cal fruits in pairs or triplets, these
figures being of velvet, the shading formed
by cot and uncut pile, and by difference
of color.
Refinement, ease and luxury are ex
pressed in the modes which now prerzi-
for ladies underclothing. The best gari
merits are no longer made from approxi
mating measures, but are fitted to tbe in
dividual, and fashioned with tbe same
care that is given to costumes. Merchants
import, in addition to expensive ready
made articles, soft silks intended for un
derwear, and these are made up from pat
terns which could not be more carefully
modeled. An imported set of silk under
wear includes a roee-colored night dress,
with a pleated front, trimmed elaborately
with torchon lace, the same being used
around the neck, wrests and down the
hem in front. Tlie chemise a square
neck, and is fitted to the figure, and the
short sleeves are made full and sbowr,
the garniture matching tha; upon the oth
er garments. The corset cover, which is
also to be worn independently on occa
sion, has a square neck, and small sleeves
composed entirely of. torchon lace and in
sertion. In some sets a short petticoat
accompanies the garments above num
bered. One dressy design has a wide
shirring above the hem, which is complet
ed with a lace ruffle, and another has a
plain hem. above which there are tucks in
clusters, and Mill above a band effshir
ring.
ctanto ”—-t
An accident recurred oa ihe Georgia
road this side ot MiUedgevilie, yesterday
afternoon, and the passenger train due in
sht* city at&3k p. m, had not arrived at
midnight. The point where the disaster
recurred is some distance from a tele
graph station, and no paruealars have
been received by the railroad authorities.
I; was rumored that tbe train was badly
smashed, but no lives hst-
Tbe regular passenger train left on
schedule time last night.
Vaamatel Boat.
Last uight two pistol shots were heard
near tbe corner of Plum and Second
streets, and soon a rumor floa'ed in to the
effect that Jake Terrapin tad been arrest
ed aud killed in an effort to escape. A •
careful investigation by a reporter proved
the rumor to be groundless.
Messrs. C. Masterson, Harry Bine, J. P.
Simpson and Willie Ross went dowu into
tbe swamp last night and opened a bee
tree- Quite a respectable supply of honey
was obtained, and the petty succeeded in
trapping s few bees in their pants' leg
when the tree was opened.
BUI Ant-
Tbe Public Library has secured the
services of Georgia's celebrated phifoso-
tions. Dr. BuffsCough Syrup restores it ‘ P he * r hmaorfst, for s lecture shoot the
when failing through Cough*, Colds, etc. 27th instant.