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GEORGIA PRESS.
Tax fun of snowballing, so extensively
in by our boys, as well as those
streaki-e, has not ended well. Several
TawvfT pleurisy and pneumonia are ro-
45 the result in this city. At Tal-
: **ter, Mr. Louis Smith, in a snowball
tiiic, Lid his leg broken, and is suffering
serW.y. This kind ot fun never pans out
t*t2L
E>*. E. A. Fi.EWELX.KX has been ap-
jouta4 manager of the Columbus and
Water* road under the new administra
-fS— He took charge on Saturday, and Is
i»nr ct Opelika where his headquarters
aril! he established.’
Try people of Columbus are still en-
tyvar r.lie pleasures of skating aud sleigh-
rs&np.
'.vij- u-.n Evans cut Henry Felder with
« 7<y£cet knite, in Albany on Friday.
T5»y were discussing county politics, and
hath were colored.
The first sectional mortgage bonds of
We A! Untie and Gulf railroad, which Ba
ton! on the 1st instant, are now being
jreid. ia Savannah.
Jfe. Marcus O’Neal accidentally shot
sod WFed Mr. George Fierce, who lives
<Mtbe Alabama side of the Chattahoochee
ifm eear Columbus. The young man is
Joanne with grief. Mr. Pierce was about
■attar-five yean old, ayd the father of
-Hr. T. It. Fierce, « merchant of Fort
.Mis-sns. Bates & Yeuxo, of Colum-
Msas, seat four wagons loaded with wood,
«ea£b wagon containing os much as four
jgwl males could draw, to the Southern
office, to be distributed to the
£wcrz.ifderlhe supervision of that prince
aifgsoa fellows, Matt O’Brien, on New
VnaPn Day. It was a godsend to the
-yocr.lar many were without fuel of any
-W* sincerely regret to learn that Dr. J.
K. Evaus/tho "beloved pastor of the Melli
-■tel church in Rome, was slightly strict-
eflfls paralysis on Friday, and that he
ext Kiev Tying at his residence seriously ill.
An. AST a Post-Appeal: The General
^bseeatbly, ijust before adjournment, au-
Atraed a committee to examine tbc new
<f4e now being prepared by Gcorgo
•3T. tester and -Walter B. Hill, Esq., of
a, one of the most accomplished
j lawyers in Georgia. The work is
•brace the acts of tlio July session,
-mwAdcli time the committee will make
dsngmt
•Colgxbus Enquirer: Tire supply of
-ecxI has been exhausted, aud no moro
■oral be received inside of a week. There
nm many who are entirely out, and arc
Tweed to use wood. Our coal dealers
i\.- r.r.frii nobly in this mailer. They
■ only sold coal at the same price as
« the cold suap, and the demand be*
i to be so great, but did all In tbeir
r to supply every one, allowing each
csiy a quarter of a ton. In bus’ness,
-jxek acts are very rare, and cannot fail to
3>r. »» predated. Wood is also very scarce,
»v.r.g :■< the extreme old weather.
Tester-lay quite a number cf wagons
with wood came to the city, and
banters received almost any price
.j wished, some getting as much as $5
ter * two horse load.
Berrien. County -Neurit A negro at
Stt’s mill, foil near the saw while in mo
’-tree and liad one ann almost severed
Sfraat bis holy. His attending physician
-wc ore informed, thinks amputation
WriA be necessary.
A Noble Deed.—Pike County Netss:
Sfcnr, day night about one o’clock when
He thermometer was at zero tho engineer
•an tbe down freight train rang the door
i*eU of George Summers, the foreman of
"the Jeff Davis fire company, anil informed
dtathat the water in his engine had given
•Mt aud that the tanks were all frozen and
aMtfd get none. He had three car loads
cattle that would freeze unless he could
ret to Macon as soon as possible, aud 1m
?esireO Mr. Summers to get his engine
set and fill his engine from one of the cis
terns of the city. Mr. Summers and Mr.
‘W. E. Varner and other members of the
crapaay, went at that late hour, when it
wraa extremely cold, aud carried the Jeff
12>am steamer to tho cistern and filled The
.■ixciae of the Central road, and the engin-
ntx and his train went to Macon rejoicing.
noble deeds sliould he remembered
ia seme way by the authorities of the
-Died.
ASsnnox Waxted.—Rome Tribune:
2)arii.’g these degenerate times sermons
ats v.-anted that will not build ones hopes
;sj*aa faith alone. Wo need soul-stirring
ncrmon3, not from hooks, but sermons
i£mm the heart which will denounce men,
tfis salter how fine their clothes,costly their
uKsases, or fine their equipages, who give
it e short yard or lacking weigiit—against
jie*. who cheat their neighbors and walk
. jacn-wdly to church aud think that lipser-
xziea will wash away their sins through
Christ ear Redeemer. Real practical ser-
are what we need—real slcdge-hain-
.xs«“r accusations against tho shortcomings
«T man’s inhumanity. When these kind
Sxn-Tmons are preached men will perhaps
to think that they can deceive the
.fdorifhty by their hypocritical preteu-
s -:ac. -“The All seeing Eye” discerneth
■A things.
aslantA Post-Appeal: From a card
nab’ishad in tne New Orleans press, we
San that one-ha! f of ticket No. 701 in the
Cass. Louisville lottery drawing, was col-
Zeard by-the Southern Express Company,
<s a account of C. B. Conyers, of Carters-
oriUe, Ga. The amount paid for the ticket
S5. and the amount paid to the holder
$5,000. This was a splendid wind*
3m: to come on Christmas time, and just
cjjcta <>f the present cold snap.
Aiukxs Chronicle: But a few years
•-**% in the dty of A—, there lived a
•wMewer who had passed tlie meridian of
ft-. «•. ’.oliad been blessed with two love-
’ly wises, but providence had removed
isoti. tu a fairer world, aud he felt alone,
:’Vr i.-iving enjoyed a happy home for
t*ra score years. Was a boarder in a kind
Aai^, but occupied a room in tbe second
-star, fa brick block, over stores where
i ! dly lived. A widowed lady, who
w, 1 -I some legal papers copied, called
• r. 4 merchant occupying a large store,
.to’.’-. j.hiI now, under the room of our
-I : -<1 friend, and Requested him to
rtr : he WSS in hit office. The merchant,
i:< rc -.irteousand obliging, accompanied
* widow to the li-alom of the stairway,
-.s ’ ba proceeded to the room above.
Juii tiuding tbe occupant, he re-
T.vrre.1, ami the following conversation
-s.-ls Viatic “Madam, I cannot see him.”
•dc i.t a widower?” “Yes, madam.”
-if is wife is dead, you s«.y ?” “Yes, mad-
jb.’’ “And does he occupy that room
afitue?” “Yes, madam.” “Aud does he
Aeep :!>ere these long da:k nights alone?”
. madam.” Bursting into tears, she
rvak upon the stairs, exclaiming: “How
. e > tympatiuze w'.th him! Oh, liovr I
:■/ J- iia in liis loneliness!” While her
-- iilnr.ing lieart throbbed with tender-
iiid pity for lmman suffering, the
-j r unt—a gentleman universally re-
. , td—was much amused at this weep-
i s; mbe, and occasionally regales his
friends with a recital of tbe
IF5 ■*- Oli! man, what a contrast between
• -j fc.id this sympathizing widowl
.. riiKN’.-i Chronicle: Dr. Martin P.
V.-'Verts, of Iligh Shoals, died very sud-
fj-aiy on Monday afternoon, about half
ms four o’clock, lie bad been visiting a
itady iu the villtge, and was returning
_3*sae. when he was suddenly attacked ana
. .«<! t> the earth. He spoke only once af.
■err fsHi**, and in less than an hour, tbe
--Kian spark had fled, it is supposed that
-w noleity was the cause of his death. Dr.
>>>«rl» was ti e brother of Mrs. John H.
•fj-r-tzy of this city, and well known in this
— r.: enuuity. lie was a warm-hearted,
i.aisfl geuUeoiau, aud leaves many warm
J. P. Stevans’ plantation, seven miles
northr. cst front Albany, lias this year
practically demonstrated the fact that
farming can be made to pay in Southwest
Georgia. Mr. Sommcrford conducted a
nine mule farm, made fifteen and a half
bales of cotton to the plough aud enough
corn, peas, potatoes and syrup to furnish
the place another year. Tbe land planted
In cotton averaged a bale to every one aud
a half acres; and not one dollar’s worth
of commercial fertilizers was bought. Dr.
Stevens is a warm advocate of home
made fertilizers, and positively states
that under his system of manuring his
land has been improved one hundred per
cent. Mr.Sommerford, the superintendent
of tbe place, is only about twenty-three
years old, and has already gained the
reputation of being one of the most suc
cessful of our planters.
Sumter llepubllcan: On Christmas day
Mr. W. if. Tharp, overseer on the planta
tion of Captain W. IL Morgan, m Dooly
county, made his annual Christmas visit
to Americus with the uegroes working on
the place. A wagon load of cotton was
brought along and sold, the proceeds being
divided among tho hands. This is done
every Christmas, and the consequence is
Captain Morgan is never without plenty
of labor. He has had most of bis present
employes since TS65, and they will not
leave him. Mr. Tharp made for 1SS0,
with thirteen mules, 180 bales of cotton,
2,500 to 3,000 bushels of corn, twelve
barrels of syrup, fourteen hundred bushels
of potatoes, and plenty of peas, fodder
and oats, aud nearly cnongb. meat to run
them for ’81. This is the way to keep
your hands, and the way to be happy at
home.
The fuel question is beginuiug to an
noy our Savannah friends. The News says;
There is a great scarcity of both wood
and coal iu the city at present, and deal
ers have considerable trouble iu filling or
ders. There is a full supply of certain
grades of coal, but of others there is a
scarcity. Wood dealers inform us that
they have plenty of oak and pine on the
lines of railroad, but in consequence of
the very unfavorable weather are unable
to have it cut a d loaded, It being difficult
in some cases to obtain transportation.
There has, however, been an increase in
prices, and it is ihoughl the fuel market
will be booming in a short time.
Mayok’s Office, Atlaxta, Jauuary
1, kssi — Editor* Constitution: l deem it
proper that I shonld publicly acknowl
edge the receipt of an order on Capt. R.
A. Anderson, general freight agent of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, from Hon.
Joseph E. Brown for one hundred tons of
Castle Rock lump coal for the benefit of
the poor of Atlanta, with the request that
it be properly distributed to tho most
needy. This is a munificent donation
from Gov. Brown, aud he is entitled to
and will receive tho thanks ot all our peo
ple for his generous gitt. Three car loads
have already arrived and will be distribut
ed at once. I also desire to return my
thanks to Mr. L. J. Trotti, of the Georgia
railroad, for a half car load of wood for
the poor on the morning of tho 30th inst.,
when it was so much needed. Our citi
zens have generally acted most nobly in
contributing of tueir substance to the
poor in this unprecedented cold weather,
as evidenced by tbeir prompt action at
the citizens’ meeting on the 30th instant,
as shown through your paper.
W. L. Caluoux, Mayor.
Augusta Mirror; Gen. William Mao-
Rne, the general manager of the Western
and Atlantic railroad, is one ot the prom,
incut magnates iu the railway profession
who is never reported in the notes of the
interviewer. Judged by his success he
must be eousidered one of the first among
.railroad managers, but he has a way of
declining expressing what lie knows to
representatives of tbe press, wliilo extend
ing courtesies. If he ever has au axe to
grind, no journalist has ever been shown
by him the handle of the grind-stone. He
accomplishes his work by the aid of his
genius only.
zIugusta News: The river is so low
that one of the river steamers left the
wharf and was compelled to put back and
send her freight to Savannah by railroad,
on account of tbe sand bars. This is an
other argument for cleaning out the Sav
annah river.
Several Christmas casualties occurred
in Brunswick. Among others the Adcer-
tUter reports that Eugene Nelson met with
a serious accident, damaging his left hand
terribly. It seems he was holding several
skyrockets in liis left hand, whilst with his
right ho was holding off a lighted roman
candle. The sparks from the roman cau
dle ignited the skyrockets and caused them
to hurst in bis hand, tearing off the flesh
to the bone.
Washington Gnzclle: The lamented
Hiss Maria Randolph left $1,000 to the
Presbyterian church in this place. Six
relatives away from here were the other
legatees.
TnE Brunswick Adcerliser says: The'
denizens of Tarlwo, Camden county, had
a little inciee Christmas day. Result:
Two dead and three wounded—all tur
pentine bands.” „.
We copy the following from the Savan
nah News, as this most estimable lady has
many friends in tlii3 section: “Mrs. Ann
M. Davies, an estimable lady, well known
in Savannah, died after a brief illness on
Saturday evening about 0 o’clock, at her
residence on South Broad street, near
Whittaker, a: the advanced age of seven
ty-seven years. Mra. Davies was a native
of Savannah, had been twice married and
was a widow at the time of her death.
She was a zealous and consistent Chris
tian w oman and a detoted member of the
Methodist church fur many years, in the
affairs of which she look the liveliest in
terest. She was president of the Farson-
age Aid Society, a directress in the Wid
ows’ Society for many years, and presi
dent of the Orphan’s Society cf the M. E.
Church South. Mrs. Davies was a re
markable woman, aud notwithstanding
her venerable age, was active in the dis
charge of the important duties in these
various church societies. Her death will
be mounted by the many who knew and
appreciated her sterling worth.
M. E. T. writes to the Augusta News :
You may look out for some startling
information materially affecting Georgia
about next Thursday. Mr. Grady, in his
letter to the Constitution from New York,
intimates the same thing. Who will bo
United States judge? Will it be Judge
Hook, or Gov. Colquitt, or Judge Hill-
yer, or Evan Howell? Wo simply guess.
Atlaxta Post-Appeal: An editorial
in the Columbus Enquirer, one of Ageut
Fontaine’s orgaut on immigration, would
iiulicaie that Swiss paupers are being
brought to this State. Such, however, !s
not the fact. The Swiss brought to Geor
gia by the agents of the Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line railway are of the very
best class, and nearly all have ample
means with which to purchase lands and
establish homes around Mt. Airy. Some
of the single men, who are skilled me
chanics, have secured employment in At
lanta. Our KtaLe wauls just such bona
fide and industrious immigrants as Major
W. J. Houston’s agents have already re
ceived.
The Griffin Nicies, In speaking of the
prospects of that city, says: Our people
to-day have several hundred 'thousand
dollars lying idle in the Griffin Banking
Company, and in the City National bank,
have like amounts drawing small interest
in government and State bonds, and a
like amount in railroad stocks. We trust
that during tbe present year some of this
capital will be need to a better purpose in
the establishment of enterprises Unit must
be inaugurated sooner or later, which
will pay our moneyed man better interest
and will tend directly to bnild up oar
dty. There 1st fine future ahead for
Griffin if our people will only make it.
The present generation of our citizens can
e ve no better legacy to the next than to
are them a city throbbing with life,
growipg in population, wealth and lnfin-
ance. During the year, the Jftm will
continue as heretofore to urge tbe Import
ance of these enterprises on the people of
attached friends, li e tylieve he was , ori<Bn and in every possible waytoen-
n #if saber of the Baptist church. The . ^ntsa* their inauguration,
weaken relatives have our sincere symps- j j^on*** Nrios: As an evidence of
Une* (• this sad bereavement. “
our
business corporations to be found in our
advertising columns, and to tbe large aud
satisfactory dividends declared by each.
Columbus Enquirer: Daring the
present cold weather cattle have suffered
greatly. A gentleman who has been
through the country told us on yesterday
that in one place he saw four cows hud
dled together, frozen to death. He saw
many others who died from the same
eause. Should the cold weather continue
tli3 damage would be great. It is now
moderating, however, witti good prospects
for rain.
Mi lle l> a EVir.Li Recorder: The cour
ageous huntsman might have bagged
quantities of game last week. We saw
doves and partridges under bushos with
so much ice on their wings they could
scarcely fly a few yards. Of course we
took in a goodly number.
Augusta News: Prof. S. G. Brinkley,
well known in educational circles as one
of the most brainy and successful teachers
in tbe State, has gone to Vanderbilt Uni
versity for higher preparation, and will
leturn next fall with the highest honors
of this institution, and take charge of a
flourishing school in Quitman. Prof.
Brinkley was one of the best men In the
University class of 1870, acknowledged by
the faculty and board of examiners as the
finest class In old Franklin since the war.
Gbiffix News: Judge PIttM. Brown
after a very brief illness, expired yester
day morning at 8:30 o’clock. He had
been afllicted for some lime past with
Bright’s disease of the kidneys. On Sun
day morning lie was up early, but com
plained of not feeling well. At dinner he
still complained of being unwell. At 3
o’clock he was seized with great pain, and
Drs. Darnali and Collier were summoned
to his relief. When they arrived Judge
Brown was unconscious. He had conges
tion of the brain, atteuded with convul
sions. After the first convulsion he re
covered consciousness for about ten
minutes, alter which he was unconscious
until he died. The deceased, at the time
ofhb death, was in his fortieth year, and
for a long period of years prior thereto
was one of our most prominent citizens,
lie was from one of the best families in
middle Georgia, and has many substantial
relatives in this and neighboring counties.
He w as educated in this city, and admitted
to the bar here. For a number of years
he practiced his profession, and was then
appointed judge of the County Court of
tills county, a position he filled with abil
ity for a number of years. For several
years he was the editor of the News, and
was a brilliant and versatile writer. Since
tliat time and up to his death, he was a
frequent and valued contributor to this and
other papers. For the past five or six
mouths be had been connected witli the
til ale agricultural department under Com
missioner Henderson.
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A/JSAVY JfetM and AdvertUer: Mr. - toa^tekiWte" tttttqmtmmtBf Of our
ImSommerfonl, suporiteadtut oa Ur. JuuaanMa tab safi feotete and oUmt
Of the recent fire in Camilla, wo clip
the following from the News ami Adcer-
tiser: “Troubles seem to come by bat
talions, sure enough. You have jpst had
yourdis&ster, aud now we have had ours.
Last night, on the 1st of January, about i)
o’clock, fire broko out in the rear of J. 8.
Jones <& Bro.’s store, and consumed ail
the building*, six in number, from tbe
post-office, inclusive, to Wauubacher’s
corner. The wreck is complete, aud the
loss is great. J. S. Jones <fc Bro.’s loss is
heavy, iiaving a magnificent stock of
goods, and no insurance; only $500 insu
rance on the house. Bush <& Lyon’s of
fice was in the post-ollice, and their Joss
is heavy. Lyon had arranged the office
so that it was one of ttie most convenient
in the State. D. B. Heath & Co.’s stock
was insured, aud their loss is light. But
ler k Turner had no insurance on their
two buildings, but considerable insurance
on their goods. The other merchants
moved their goods from their stores with
considerable damage.
Columbus Times: Yesterday a difficul
ty occuired at the Uankiu House between
two negro employes, Henry Johuson and
Lindsay Hill, In which the former severe
ly stabbed tlio latter iu tho back with a
knife. Policemen Tice and Bowen were
called in and both parties taken to the
guard house and Henry Johnson locked in
cell.
Gbiffix Sun: Among our snow storm
incidents was the visit of a poor, half
frozen and hungry mocking bird to our
residence. After belli" taken in and
warmed ho became quite lively, flying
around the room and- hopping upon the
floor. At this writing, Thursday after
noon, he is eatiug a piece of apple with
apparent relish. When the weather per
mits he will be given his former liberty
aud probably regale us 'with many sweet
song3 during the coming year.
Augusta New*: Wo learn it is the in
tention ortho Mutual Endowment Asso
ciation, of Baltimore, to organize a branch
of their business in this city,under the con
trol of the leading!busiuess men here. This
association is composed of the wealthiest
business men of Baltimore, and Is a great
improvement on the old-fashioned plan,
costing very much less than any lllo Insur
ance compaiiy. As an evidence of its work
ing, no member can be assessed on an av
erage of more than teu.deaths per annum.
Milledgeville Recorder: On Sat
urday night last a very bold robbery was
perpetrated at the store of Mr. Pounds in
this city. Mr. Pounds had four hundred
dollars in a tin box, which he bad placed
in his desk on Saturday. That night
when he went to count over his cash he
took out tbe tin box, which had been vio
lently opened. On counting the contents
he found one hundred and seventy dol
lars had been abstracted. He quietly
called up his porter and told him the
acts. The porter seemed to take in the
situation at once, and seized a loaded gun
and went for a negro man who bad been
hanging round the store for a week, whose
name was Cicero Taylor, formerly oi
Houston county. Mr. Pounds look the
gun from the porter and charged Taylor
with stealing his money. Taylor after
walking around the sqnare with Mr.
Pounds, as if hunting up the stolen money,
returned to Mr. Pounds’ store and di
rected him to look under the plat
form a few ieet off. There the
one hundred and seventy dollars were
found. Sheriff Ennis was brought iu to
arrest the negro Taylor, and carry him to
jail; but before he could be secured he
made a plunge for liberty, and successful
ly escaped, notwithstanding a half dozen
shots were fired at him. 1 aylor has been
in the penitentiary, and officers of Hous
ton county had been hunting him
account of soma crime
u . recent, commission, and bad
traced him as far as Gordon, but there
lost the trail. It seems that Taylor want
to the open desk, removed tbe box, took
out the one hundred and seventy dollars,
then watched his opportunity, and re
placed the box, with the balauoe of tbe
money, where he found it. Mr. Founds
will pay a reasonable reward for the ar
rest of Taylor..
Savannah News: At the annual
election yesterday for the thirteen direc
tors of the Central railroad, the following
named were elected, there being about
tweuty thousand votes cast: W. M. W ad-
ley, of Savannah; Andrew Low, of Savan
nah; W. B. Johnston, of Macon; Moses
Taylor, of New York; J. J. Gresham, of
Macon; George Cornwell, of Savannah;
J. Hauers, of Savanuah; U. H. Epplng, of
Columbus; C. I. Brown, of Atlanta; J. F.
Gilmer, of Savannah; W. G. Raoul, of Sa
vannah; G. S. Owens, of Savannah.
The following named persons were
elected directors of tbe Augusta and Sa-
vaunah railroad for tbe ensuing year at
tbe election held yesterday: John David
son, F. l’hiuizy, A. R. Lawton, Georgs S.
Owens, John L. Hardee, William Hun
ter, Henry Hull.
Columbus Enquirer says: Yoaterday
the public schools were closed because of
the severe weather aud tbe inability to
sM coal. They will doubtl«as be closed
several d^ys. Notice will ba given
through these columns of the opening
day. Thla recea Is taken on aiumes-
lion of tbe trustees of tbe schools. When
tbe exercises are resumed again, Prof. H.
W. Battle will take charge of tbe girls’
school, and Prof. Hosier will have charge
of the boys’ school. This was the origi
nal intention of tba board but it was not
carried into effect on tbe opening of tbe
term.
Mb. Chablu IL Medlock, tbe editor
of tbe Sylvania Telephone, waa married
on tbe 23d ultimo to Mlaa Bailie 0. Lew-
toa, a daughter of Oaten! Joba Lawton,
of Boath Oaiottaa, tha Baa. Jonffe Law-
ton officiating. The occasion was cele
brated with great eclat at the residence of
the bride’s father.
A Milledgeville man said he saw a
man Saturday milking a cow witli a fire
built near her hind feet. Whether his
object wa* to warm his fingers, or melt
the milk in the bag, we didu’t stop to in
quire.
Augusta News: One of the most con
venient articles to be used in a sick-room
is a sand bag. Get some clean, fine sand,
dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove,
make a bag about eight inches square of
flannel, fill it with tbe dry sand, sew the
opening carefully together, and cover the
bag with cottou or linen cloth. This will
prevent the sand from sifting out, and
will also enable you to heat the bag
quickly by placiug it in the oven, or even
on the top of tbe stove. After once using
this you will never again attempt to warm
the feet or hands of a sick person with a
bottle of hot water or a brick. The sand
holds the heat a long time, and the bag
can be tucked up to the back without
hurting tbe individual. It is a good plan
to make two or three oj the bags and keep
them ready for use.
Savannah Dividends.—Augusta
Chronicle: The Savannah Bank and Trust
Company announce a dividend of $3 per
share. The Southern Bank oi the State of
Georgia has declared a dividend. The
first sectional mortgage bonds of the At
lantic and Gulf railroad will be paid on
and alter the 3d inst. A dividend of 3$
per cent, lias been declared by the Mer
chants’ National Bank.
Augusta Dividends.—Tho Augusta
Chronicle: The directors of the Augusta
Factory have declared a quarterly dividend
of 2 percent. The National Exchange
Bank has declared a semi-annual dividend
of $3.50 per share. The Bank of Augusta
has declared a dividend of $2 per share.
The National Bank of Augusta has de
clared a semi-annual dividend of 3} per
cent. A dividend of 3 per cent, for the
past six months has been declared by the
Planters’ Loan aud Savings Bank.
A EAILBOAB’I UBEUUTV.
PERSONS AND TH1NUS.
Gtoaalp That Conies to Us Through
the Telephone.
Its qptertaining to connect your tele
phone with the Central office and just
listen.
Ben Dostcr, of the Sparta Times, is a
talented waltzer.
Bishop Pierce is going back to Culver-
ton to live.
A marriage takes place in Macon on
the 20th instant, ?t which time, it is said,
one of our solid business men will lead
to tho altar a beautiful and accomplished
lady.
Mr. Flem D. Tinsley, a “Macon boy,”
dropped into the city yesterday to shake
hands with old acquaintances.
Henry Richardson has gone to Wash
ington City as coi respondent of the Con
stitution. Ilia letters from uorth Georgia
concerning the illicit distillers, and signed
‘F. H. R.,” attracted considerable atten
tion.
T. C. Lipscomb, of Shelbyvllle, Tenn.;
J. S. Warren, Alabama; L. C. Ryan,* of
Hawkinsville; J. Hogan, Columbus; Z. F.
M irket, Americus; L. B. Davis, Sparta,
and J. L. Dyer, of Perry, are at Brown’s
National Hotel.
While the “Banker’s Daughter” was
being performed iu Memphis, a Mississip
pi becamo so indignant with the “heavy
villain,” 03 illustrated by Signor Majaroni,
that four friends were obliged to sit on his
coat tails to restrain him. ,
Hon. J. H. Blount, Captain John C.
Rutherford, Judge E. T. Best and Judge
R. F. Lyon, are in Atlanta.
“Johnson the Bill Poster” has becomo
one of the editors oi the Post-Appeal.
No. 1, volume 1 of tho Atlanta Daily
Phonograph, a spicy little daily, lias ar
rived. Success to the uow-born.
Concerning a couple of young ladies
from Macon, the Washington correspon
dent of the Atlanta Constitution, in a
notice of the exercises at Waverly Semi
nary, in Georgetown, says:
The remaining role—a lady who came
to enter her daughter at the school aud
discovered tho frank, generous nature of
Miss Nancy Jones, beneath her brusque
manners and uncouth lauguage—was
taken in a natural, diguified manner by
Miss Daisy, daughter of ex-Mayor Huff,
late of Macon, now of Atlanta. • •
• • • The' gem of tho evening,
made brighter by tho cluster of stars by
which it was surrounded, was a rendition
cf “A countryman's account of Ruben-
stein’s playing,” by Miss Bessie, the eldest
daughter of Colonel John C. Rutherford,
of Macon, Georgia. Your correspondent
had heard it read by Hon. H. D. D.
Twiggs, one of the finest readers in
Georgia, and by Prof. Willoughby Reade.
He consequently knew how it should
be rendered; and he does not hesitate
to say that either of the above gentle
men would have been delighted at
Miss Rutherford’s conception and delivery
of the piece. She Is an excellent mimic,
and portrayed the countryman’s contompj
at “Ruby’s” beginning, then his gradual
winning over, his joy, gloom, happiness,
wonder, and amusement, and fiual rap
ture with a naturalness and vigor seldom
seen in one so young. She had memor
ized tbe long story perfectly, and her ren
dition of it vii not the stiff', studied result
of drilling by a professor, but tbe natural,
easy portrayal of thj human feelings by
native talent. Several times during tlio
recitation sbe was interrupted by laughter
and applause; and when In hushed, sad
dened accents she told the melancholy
portions of the story the audience seemed
to hang breathless upon her words. Not
more marked was tho effect of Ruben-
stein’s plsying upon the honest old coun
tryman than was that produced by Miss
Rutherford's recital upon her intelligent
and cultured audience.
Mist Clara De Grafivnreid, of Macon,
with Mrs. Frank Lips combe, assist Miss
Lipscomb*, a sister of Dr. A. A. Llps-
combe, In tbe.conduct of this celebrated
seminary.
Colonel Wm. M. Wadley has been re
elected president of the Central railroad,
and Captain W. G. Raoul vice-president.
The directors are W. M. Wadley, Andrew
Lew, Wm. B. Johnston, Moses Taylor, E.
C. Anderson, J. J. Gresham, Geo. Corn-
well, J. Rsuers, H. H. Kppinz, C. 1.
Brown, J. F. Gilmer, W. G.,Uaoul, G. S.
Owens.
Misses Lucy Key and Gertrude Snider
are'in Columbus visiting the family of
Rev. Howard Key.
Jim Dense told a Columbus reporter
that he left a grate fire burning in Macon.
That was a pretty good pun; hut Jim
never saw any coal in that grate.
Wire In Thom a* ton.
We are informed by a passenger who
came in on the Atlanta train last evening,
that a fire occurred in Thomaston night
before last by which five fine houses were
destroyed. The fire broke out in Fox’s
store, burning up tbe owner and entire es
tablishment. One of tbe stores burned
waa the “New York Store.” Two men
are said to have been faulty injured by
the bursting of a keg of powder during
tbe progress of the fire.
The Vln la ■oaltrama.
We are informed by a letter from Mr.
mm Barnett, at Montezuma, that the re
cent fire did not, as stated, originate - in
his store, but In that at Mr. J. N. Rosser,
»«t door. Tbe letter is endorsed by a
Kterif We hasten tomake
the oorreetkm dotted.
The Nsesu sod Brauawfek Ballrasd
Cheeks the Fuel Famine, and Ke-
dneeetbe Price of Wood.
In yesterday’s issue of tho Tklegbaph
and Messenger appeared the correspon
dence between the Macon and Brunswick
railroad officials and tbe mayor, relative
to a generous donation by tbe former to
the poor of Macon. The gift was eight
car-loads of wood for distribution.. This
is but a small part of the generosity of
these officials. Recognizing the fact that
an era of real suffering bad arrived, the
company have voluntarily discontinued
their night freight and accommodation
trains, and atUcbing their most powerful
engines to them, have put them to haul
ing wood to Macon.
They are laying down In this city good
wood by the wholesale. Their first effort
was toward delivering one hundred cords
which the city council had purchased
down the road. Then an agent was sent
out by the railroad to purchase all wood
within sight along the lino of road and
ship It to Macon at the company’s expense.
This was done, aud plenty ot wood can
now he had at tbe Brunswick depot, on
application to Captain A. A. Sharpe, at
cost. We ate assured by the officers that
the offer of this road is no specula
tion, but the result of a determina
tion on their part to accommodate their
friends and patrons. Any one can purchase
the wood at cost.
This action on the part of the railroad,
at a time when the pressure of business
makes it more profitable to haul freight, is
deserving of the highest praise and com
mendation.
Superintendent Edwards said to a Tel
egraph reporter yesterday: “We propose
to run the railroad in the interest of the
people, aud the people need fuel now
more than anything else. When told that
coal could be secured in Savannah wo
offered to lend our cars to have it brought
here, but the Savann ah dealer disappointed
the Macon merchant and sent only two car
loads.”
It is such acts as these,, and by their
prompt acquiescence in every move that
could benefit the city, that this railroad
company have become so endeared to the
people. When the extension is complete
and the coal regions tapped, Macon will
never know what It is to suffer for want of
coal.
WITH A SHOTGUN.
Sfr. A. S. Moughon Kill* Ui* Planta
tion Foreman.
Tho following account of a tragedy,
taken from the Albany Netcs, will be read
with peculiar interest by. the young men
of Macon, the principal actor In it being
Mr. A. S. Moughon, familiarly known as
‘Dolly”:
We are called upon this morning to
chronicle a tragedy which occurred on the
plantation of Mr. A. S. Moughon,six miles
above the city, in Lee county, yesterday,
the circumstances surrounding which are
truly sad. Every tragedy naturally has
its horrors, and must, by tho very naturo
of tilings, among civilized people, be more
or less freighted with sadness for the hu
man breast; but hero we have a case tliat
is doubly sad. A human life has been
taken by a fellow creature who has be
como so encrazed and demeuted by habit
ual intoxication as to bo unaccouutabie
for his actions; a dread to his Iriends, and
a source of continual trouble to his fami
ly and connections.
Yesterday morning Mr. A. S. Moughon,
better known iu this city and county as
“Dolly” Moughon, shot and instantly
killed tho foreman of his plantation,
Charles Raymond, colored. Mr. Moughon
has been generally regarded by his friends
a3 a little “off” for some time past, but lie
was always inoffensive, aud no one ever
had cause, so far as we know, to fear vio
lence at his hands. He has been in the
city on one of his habitual sprees for a
week or ten days past, and on Monday af
ternoon a friend undertook to carry him
home, lie had considerable trouble with
him, however, and finally left him at the
Whatley-Jordan store, about two miles
and a half trom his plantation, nere, it
teems, Mr. Moughon spent the night, aud
yesterday morning went home.
Mr. Moughon has no family of his own,
and has been leading a bachelor’s life on
liis plantation during tho past year.
Whenever he left home ho turned the keys
to his barn aud larder over to liis trusty
old colored foreman, Charles Raymond.
Soon alter he returned home yesterday
morning the old man started into the
house to give him his keys, when, to his
surprise and horror, his erstwise kind and
friendly master met him with a shot gun,
and fired on him. Tho whole charge of
the gun took effect in the old man’s abdo-
mon, making a fearful hole trom which
tho blood came gushing out in a stream
nearly as large as a man’s wrist; and lie
died almost instantly. Not satisfied with
this, Mr. Moughon then rushed out of the
houso and tried to shoot one or two other
colored men who were employed on his
place. They ran off, however, and finally
escaped.
Soon alter the tragedy Mr. Moughon
was brought to the city in a little wagon
by a colored man. He was in a state of
helpless intoxication when ho reached
town. At this writing we learn that he is
still la tho city at tho house of a friend.
He has made no efiort to get away, and
does not seom to have reason enough loft
to realise what lie has dono.
Tbe crime having been committed in
Lee county, any action that may be taken
iu the premises will, of course, issue from
that county; aud, up to the hour of going
to press last night, we have heard of none.
We presume, however, that the coroner of
Lee county has discharged his duty and
held an Inquest before this, the particu
lars of which wo will doubtless be able to
give to-morrow.
Dolly Moughou is, and has been for
some lime, a tit subject for the Lunatic
Asylum. His condition became such in
the latter part of October or the first part
of November that some of his friends had
him carried to tho insane asylum at Mil-
iedgeville. After being confined aud con
trolled for a few weeks ho appeared to be
all right again, and was permitted to re
turn homo. He remained sober until the
Christmas holidays, when lie resumed his
eld habits of dissipation. Ills mother and
father arc dead, and we beliovo he has
only one brother and sister living. The
family wa3 ouo of tbe wealthiest of tills
section before the war, and is highly con
nected.
I WADING TBE CUETEKT.
A Tooaf Mm tefeta • Dust Clay.
Yesterday Mr. Clay, our efficient sex
ton, observed a young man issuing from
the cemetery, accompanied by two bunt
ing dogs and negroes carrying wood. The
young man had been warned against en
tering tbs cemetery with his dogs, and bad
promised to keep them by him and off the
yard* when,passing through.
Much complaint has been bad from
persons owning marble slabs in tbe
place, because of muddy tracks of dogs
found upon them, and determined to put
an end to tbe matter Mr. Clay remonstra
ted with the young man, and forbade his
entrance with dogs into the place. This
was done very quietly, hut it provoked a
storm in the person addressed, and he ex
pressed jiis determination to kill the
sexton, at the same time level
ing his cocked gun at the aforesaid
official. Clay instantly pulled open his
coat and told him to shoot—that he was
unarmed. After keeping tbe gun leveled
for some timo tbe young man left, with
the threat to kill Clay the next time they
met. The affair was witnessed by several.
The young man is not regarded as entirely
sound of mind, and every one expected
to see him execute his threat. The name
is withheld at Mr. Clay’s request.
Carrier’s Report far December, 1SSO.
Delivered—Registered letters, 603; mall
letters, 27,047; mail postal cards, 13,944;
local letters, 884; local postal cards, ],8S0;
newspapers, etc., 21,107.
Collected—Letters, 25,178; postal cards,
12,320; newspapers, etc., 5,379.
A White Dove.
Our notice of a brown dove killed at
Haddocks aud brought to this office, has
drawn forth a more singular siiecimen of
tlio species. Yesterday Mr. W. A. Car
ney brought in a white dove with black
feathers in the wing, slain by him in tho
Rutland district. The bird was a beauty,
aud had beeu observed for several weeks
before chance brought it within range of
the hunter’s gun.
The Cemetery Difficulty Axnln.
In our first notice of the difficulty that
occurred at the cemetery o:i Monday last,
we mentioned that we had heard the
young man alluded to was of unsound
miud. We have since been creditably in
formed by his friends tliat he is of a very
excitable temperament and violent#as-
slon when aroused; otherwise he is very
far from being of unsound mind. We
make ibis statement as au act of justice,
as tbe mention first made might lead to
l an erroneous impression.
Meteorological.
Tho following report has been handed
us by J. M. Boardman, Esq.:
Macon, Ga., Jan. 3,1880.
The mean temperature the past month
lias been . . . .45 degrees.
The maximum was . . 78 degrees,
The minimum was . .04 degrees.
Rainfall, 7 26-100 inches.
There were 4| inches of snow, which
melted made 3-10 of an inch of water,
aud of course included in the raiuful.
The mean temperature for December,
1870, wo3 . : . .53 degrees.
The maximum was . . 75 degrees.
The minimum was . . 22 degrees
Rainfall 4 53-100 inches.
The warmest day of the year was 102
degrees, July 13th. The three preceding
days were 100 degrees each. The coldest
day was December 30th, 4 degrees—the
coldest 1 have any knowledge of at the
South, except that of February Otli, 1835,
which, I have been told, was 6 degrees
below zero. I was living at Darien, Ga.,
at that time, where the thermometer
scored 12 degrees above zero.
:beh»b tbe scenes.
Wbiaperlan Received Fraai She
Woe me Throask ska Tele-
Craph’e Telephone -“Hello-Cm.
■ee» Naasber 8 With Ska Green
Six’s Thermometer.
Editors Telegraph find Messenger:
The types are apt to damage the self-com
placency of pno who gets into print. The
writer once read a lecture before our ag
ricultural convention, and was horrified
at being reported as Prof. Millet. The
name was very appropriate to tho pro
ceedings of an agricultural assembly, but
did not apply to the lecturer in any partic
ular whatever.
1 write to relieve one of my thermome
ters from a similar mystification of names,
which appeared in my short article on
“Cold Days,” in your paper of the 1st
instant. Its true name is Six’s self-regis
tering alcohol thermometer. Tho types
made.it “six degree, self-registering, alco
hol thermometer.” Six is is the name of
the inventor. It is no wonder that any
one made a mistake in so odd a name. It
is fit only for a table of digits.
And now, permit a word as to the “char
acter” of my thermometers. Everybody
and everything, from tho President dowD,
needs an indorsement these days.
My mercurial was purchased, a good
many years ago, from James Green, New
York. His Instruments had been adopted,
as their standards, by the Smithsoniac In
stitution. It was bought as one of a com
plete set of meteorological instruments,
for observations, which 1 ivjiorted to that
institution. Its freezing point was recti
fied recently. 1 can certify to the steady
going, reliable character of tho mercurial.
Tho Six’s thermometer was presented
to the University recently by the present
senior class. It has two movable indices,
which mechanically fix or record the
highest and lowest temperatures which
occur in the interval between two read
ings. I have found this instrument to
agree with the mercurial for temperatures
between 40 and 70 degrees. I cannot tell
how It behaves down about zero. I
should not expect it to be very erratic.
Allow me to repeal the readings on
Thursday morning. Tho mercurial
allowed 4J degrees above zero at my resi
dence; the Six's showed 5 degrees above
zero, as the lowest temperature for tho
previous twenty-four hours at Mercer
University. Truly, J. E. Willkt.
January 3d, 1881.
A Munificent Donation.
Tbe following letter from Superintend
ent Edwards will explain itself, as well
as the reply of Mayor Corput. The
Brunswick road and its officers will long
be remembered by the poor of Macon:
Macon, January 4,1881.
Mon. Felix Corput, Mayor City of
Macon—Dann Sib: The Macon and
Brunswick railroad will bring in this af
ternoon about eight car-loads of wood,
which wo tender as a donation, free from
all expense, to you for distribution among
tbe destitute of your city. The same wlil
bo delivered to you to-night near the gas
works. Truly yours, J. M. Edwauds,
Superintendent Macon aud Brunswick
railroad.
Mayor’s Office,
Macon, January 4,1881.
Jas. M. Edieards, Esq., Superintend
ent and General Manager of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad, Macon, Ga.—
My Dear Sib: 1c ours of this morning,
advising me of your very kind donation of
wood, to be distributed among the desti
tute of our city, to hand. A more timely
donation could not have been made. This
bitter cold weatlier coming upon us unex
pectedly, our entire people being unpre
pared tor it, has caused great suilering
among ail, but especially has it affected
our poor, who, being thinly clad and poor
ly sheltered, have suffered more than any
one, only those immediately interested iu
their relief, can conceive of. In tbeir
name then, sir, and in the name of hu
manity, allow me to thank you tor Tour
timely mid generous assistance.
Respectfully and gratefully yours,
Felix Cortot, Mayor.
Moetlaff of Use Creditors of Welch A
The Albany Nercs publishes the follow
ing, which is of tho most complimentary
character to Welch & Bacon:
About one hundred of the creditors of
Welch & Bacon met in person yesterday
in this city for tlio purpose of looking into
the condition of the estate. Alter hearing
a general statement of the assets ami lia
bilities of the firm, etc., a resolution was
introduced and adopted, tbe sense of
which was tliat Col. Tift be requested to
resign as assignee, aud tiiat the estate be
placed iu the bauds ot L. E. Welch alul
R. J. Bacou, for the purpose of winding
up the same; that the preferred creditors
•hall join in this request with the balance
of the creditors, and agree in writing that
the deed of assignment should be annulled
and that Welch & Bacou shall agree In
writing to hold the same iu trust for the
benefit of all tlio creditors.
A committee of live, consisting of Cap-
taiu John A. Davis, chairman, and
Messrs. L. E. Welch, R. Hobbc, A. L*
Reid, of New York, and B. A. Denmark,
of Savannah, was appointed to carry into
effect the resolution and get the unani
mous-consent ot the creditors thereto.
The assignee is continued in charge of
the business until further notice by the
creditors, and the meetiug a^ourned to
meet on the 15th inst. We suppose some
official announcement will be publisher
by the creditors.
Gus Williams has invested in a new
play.
Edwin Booth is coining back to Atner-
lea. Edwins Hamlet was not watery-
eyed to tbe extent required by British
taste, but his Richelieu was a revelation
to them.
P. T. Banturu la getting well again.
John W. Norton no loDger manages
Mary Anderson; ho has severed. Are we
to presume from this that sweet Mollie
has become unmanageable ?
Alico Dashwood has been divorced
from her husband, W. 11. Rich. An ac
tress forsaking her husband is a very ordi
nary occurrence, but an actress forsaking
a husband who is Rich, is most extraordi
nary.
Bernhardt’s receipts in Baltimore foot
up to $15,000. Strange that Sadie keeps
her intended visit to Atlanta such a pro
found secret! It is about time she was
coming down to “pay tribute to tbe fame
of the city.”
Robson and Crane are coming to Macon
to pay tribute to the fame of the city.
Annie Graham’s new pjay is called
“From East to West.” We presume aii
the actors in it are stars, and that they
play a one night’s engagement in each
town along the route.
Emma Abbott tells a St. Louis reporter
that the stage kiss is a “mild, dim, pale
phantom—unsatisfactory, elusive and
empty.” It is, is it?. Well, jtwt you let
Mary Anderson grapple with you. You’ll
find It the liveliest phantom iu creation.
Fanny Davenport plsjod in New Or
leans on Sunday. When you are in New
Orleans, do as the Creoles do.
Lotta’s voice, of ‘late years waning, is
returning to her.
There is much ado about Mrs. Scott-
Siddons having won a prize at a rifle
match. Wa see no reason why Mrs.
Scott-Siddons should not win a prize at a
rifle match unless she misses the target.
Gen. Tecumseh Sherman became so en
thused over Mary Anderson’s acting in
New York, tliat he insisted upon rushing
belli rid tbe scenes and congratulating her
“officially.” We have ever been an admir
er of the gentle Mary,but when the tramp
of army brogans begins to echo in her
green rooms, we will ring up the central
telephone office, aud request that “Num
her 5” be disconnected.
lloppy New Tear!
January 1,1881.
Permit me to present my compliments,
ami to wish you, many happy returns.
May your shadow never grow less. May
you live a thousand years, nere’stoyou
and yours, and “here’s hoping.”
Would like to call, but old Jake Wood-
all, when standing in the chimney coruer,
taking the rain, said to his wife when she
called out to him, “Why in the name of
common sense, Mr. Woodall, don’t you
come into the house out of the rain ?”
•-Confound it, Madam, 1 haven’t been in
vited.”
Mauy will be tho callers, and but few
chosen. Itnngmo your humble 'servant
at the gate about 6 o’clock, p. bl, in the
old time-manner saying, “Hello, hello,
hello, hello; don’t let your dogs bite 1”
Now, that Is what I consider old-fash
ioned, but “effectual calling.” It brings
you to the front door. “Howdy, Mr. B.
Como in, come in; the dogs won’t bite-
They won’t bite white folks, no how.”
But half way from the gate to the front
door (aforesaid) two curs, a half hound
ana a bench-irg fice, .come round the cor
ner of the house, bristles, heads and tails
up. You spring to a Dexter pace, aud
just make the piazza witli a small piece of
your coat-tail hanging on the corner tooth
of the said bencb-leg. “I’ll declare, I
never saw my dogs do that way before!”
In tho olden times, in the ancient days,
that was calling. Now, the old woman
had witnessed such scenes often, hut her
memory was bad, or she really thought
her dogs wouldn’t bite white folks.
As 1 was saying, the weather is bad,
the tailor hasu’t sent my clothes home,
my horse is lame, one wheel of my cabrio
let is.dished, the harness broke all to
pieces, my driver is drank, the old cow is
m the mire, chickens all dying with the
cholera, and you see I can’t call (to-day.)
Yours till death, B.
New Tear Renolation*.
The following resolutions for tbe New
Year were cordially adopted by a party
ladies and gentlemen at Brown’s Nation
al. Proposed by tho Rev. David Wills,
D. D.:
Resolved 1. That God in Christ shall
be the first one spoken to In the morning
and the last one at night.
Resolved 2. Tliat nothing shall be read
on any day during the week, prior to the
Holy scriptures, and that a portion of
them shall be read devoutly daily.
Bn deed 3. That I wilt ask God each
mom.ng to give me something to do for
Him during the day, and that at night 1
will seriously ask myself whether I have
done it.
Resolved 4. That I will, as far as possi
ble, abstain from all worldly thoughts and
secular employments oil tbe holy Sabbath,
works of necessity and mercy only ex
cepted.
Resolved 5. Tbit 1 will endeavor con
tinually to cultivate a Cheerful tone of
miud and temper and to see the hand ot a
wise aud loving God aud Father in all the
affairs of fife, whatever they be, small or
great, prosperous or adverse.
Resolved, 0. That I will try to live each
day as if it were my last.
Resolved, 7. Tliat should I be called to
die this year, it is my fixed and solemn
purp 040 t0 commit my body to its mother
earth and my soul into the hands of Jesus
Christ, my only Lord and Saviour, in tho
full laitb aud hope of a glorious immor
tality.
Resolved, 8. That should my uncertain
and fleeting life be prolonged another
year, I wifi seek, by tba help of God, to
bo a wiser, better and happier man at ita
close than in itt beginning.
Resolved, 9. That I deliberately adopt
these resolutions with a duo sense of my
dependence on Divine Grace to oxecute
them.
No More porlpatetle Cowo.
The council have authorised the publi
cation of an ordinance which appears in
.As morning’s issue, by which it will be
seen tliat cows may no longer search for
pastures green within the city limits.
This may or may not be a wise ordinance.
We do not propose to discuss it. It will
doubtless be the subject of pretty general
..scussiou among cow owners, and per
haps, in view of the severity of the winter
and the suffering among the poor, the
subject of a petition.
Vrt Prevent and Car* Coatrho anfi
Cold*
_ reliable remedy is necessary In every
household. Parky’s Ginger Tonic is just
the medicine needed. It radically cures
Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat. Bronchitis
and even Consumption if used in time, by
its powerful specific action on the Stom-
ach. Kidneys, Skin, Liver and mucous
surfaces of the Throat and Lungs. It ac
complishes tbe cure in n wonderfully
short time, and removes all pain and sore
ness of the lungs. It Is also a most valu
able stomachic remedy, effectually remov-
ing Dyspepsia, Headache, Liver Disor
der*. Costiveness, Nervousness, Low
Spirits, Wakefulness, Heartburn, Cramps,
Palpitation of tbe Heart, tte., and gives a
cheering comfort and freedom from pain
that surprises every one. Buy a 60
or $1.00 bottle and tty it. Bold K
first-class druggists.
om pain
60 ate
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THO Booker** Dooghtor.
“The Banker’s Daughter,” to be pro.
duced iu this city to-night, u one of the
strongest dramatizations now upon the
stage. It is a terse, sharply drawn scene,
through which runs s vein of humor. In
itself most entertaining. Tbe Memphis
Avalanche, high authority, says:
Collier’s Union Sqnare company rosde
their first appearance in Memphis Ian
night iu the “Banker’s Daughter,” and
scored an unmistakable success. Indeed,
it would hardly be possible for the most
unsympathetic audience to sit through
such a drama, presented as it was by an
excellent company, without having their
attention riveted from the opening scene
to the denouement. The interest it ex
cites is natural, aud sustained witbout a
break or halt, resolving Into pathos, hu
mor or enthusiasm, as each succeeding
scene portrays the varying emotions aud
impulses of human life with the truth of
a photograph from nature. The “Bank
er’s Daughter’’ is a kaleidoscope of
life as we see it. The dramatis
personal are types of those we meet
every day, and embody to some ex
tent the peculiarities of the American
character. The only exception to tbe
mie is the heavy villiau, and one or two
of the minor character. In Lillian West
brook, the banker’s daughter, we have a
girl gay and pleasure loving, yet endowed
with deep feeling and a high sense of
honor. Harold Rutledge is the young
man of lalent, somewhat vaiu and exact
ing, but one whom we like. The Com*
de Caroj&c fills the idea of a polished and
unscrupulous man who sticks at nothing
in order to ga:n his ends,yet commanding
a certain degree of respect by his love for
Lillian, and his undoubted courage. Pa
terfamilias Westbrook is a compound of
affection for his daugter, selfishness and
good nature. His partner, Rabbage, re
veals to us the crusty old bachelor ■with
an aversion to all women (except Lil
lian) and a tender heart in a casket of
steel. Brown, the millionaire, is a man
with shrewdness enough to accumulate
money, and beyond that little better than
an Idiot. He is a familiar acquaintance ;
we meet his kind ou the street inorning t
noon and iyght. John Sirebelow Is not
so often seen—a typical American of tho
best class, noble, refined and combining
manly firmness with the tenderness of a
woman. Florence St. Vincent Brown is
tlio butterfly of fashion, sacrificing herself
for money by marrying an old, silly man,
yet not totally devoid of heart.
Her special adorer, Phipps, is a delight
fully humorous, though somewhat-highly
colored specimen of the rushing commer
cial man, uneducated yet shrewd, aud
every inch a man,who loses his sweetheart
because lie lias no time for courting. The
play is skillfully constructed, fullofstrong
situations that are not in any sense over
drawn, an harmonius combination of the
best elements of the society-sensational
drama, with nothing in it that could offend
a prude of the prudes.
CUTTING AFFBAT IN CUTHBBRT:
Mr. Daneaa Jordan Cat by W. B.
Dixon.'
During Christmas holidays the usually
quiet city of Cutlibert was thrown into a
considerable excitement by the announce
ment of a serious difficulty between two
of its highly respected citizens, Mr. W. B.
Dixon and Postmaster Duncan Jordan.
— We gather the following facts from a re
liable source; It appears that Mr. Jordan
was wending M* way homeward and met
Mr. Dixon, who was somewhat under the
influence of the intoxicating beverage,and
Mr. Dixon requested Mr. Jordan to return
to his saloon and take a drink
with him. Mr. Jordan refused, hut Mr.
Dixon insisted. Dixon became angry
and gave ventfto his feelings by abusive
language to Jordan, at the same time
drawing his pistol and snapping it at Jor
dan several times, but fortunately the
weapon was ’unloaded. ?
Mr. Jordan took Dixon’s pistol, but re
turned it, aud finally yielded to Dixon’s
wishes and walked over to his saloon and
took a drink with him, and was about to
depart, when Dixon drew his knife and
stated he desired to settle their late diffi
culty.
Mr. Jordan walked off, Mr. Dixon fol
lowing. Mr. Dixon then grasped Jor
dan by one shoulder and his clerk the
otiier, aad with a stroke of the blade
made a ghastly wound upon Jordan’s
neck, penetrating to the tissue covering
the jugular vein. A hair’s breadth deeper
and death would have ensued. The af-
fair was much deplored by tho citizens of
Cuthbert.
Interesting Meeting: of library Direc
tors.
The year 1881 will, no doubt, be a pros
perous one in the history of tbe Public
Library, and when President Cbestney
called to order Monday evening the regu
lar monthly meeting of tho board of direc
tors, an appearance of business noted each
member’s actions.
Librarian Herbst collected during the
mouth of December, $146.50. He report
ed also an addition of forty volumes to
the library collection of books and that
030 volumes had beeu read iu December
Miss Gertrude Benson aud Messrs.
Charles II. McGrath, Morton B. Wharton,
Jr., and John L. Worthington were
elected member*.
A resolution of thanks was voted tot
the following contributions: Mrs. Julia
P. Jones, thirteen volumes; Captain R.
E. Park, six volumes; Hon. J. W. Blount,
one volume; Captain A. G. Butts, Wes
ley souvenir; T. C. Logan, Empire State,
(uewspaper) Griffin; Mr. Thomas W.
Troy, for “The Cruise of the Challenger,”
two volumes; Mr. Matt R. Freeman, two
maps of Macon, 1840 aud 18S4; L. W.
Smith, one volume, “Cbatteau Dore.”
We publish, by request, the names of
the various committees recently appointed
by President Cbestney:
Library committee—R. E. Park, F. S.
Johnson, L. W. Smith.
Lecture committee—A. E. Boardman,
J. W. Chester, T.S. Jones.
Finance—J. W. Chester, A. E. Board-
man, C. E. Armstrong.
Entertainment committee—T. C. Buries,
C. E. Armstrong, A. Mack.
The directors very wisely and unanl-
moasly re-elected Mr. Charles Herbet li
brarian and master Willie Gumming as
sistant librarian.
Ia Brief.
-Five cows have climbed the gilded
steps from too much evergreen.
—A violent discussion or two and a
knock down was all the fire fon»d iu yes
terday’s fuss.
—We will cheerfully publish a poem on
the “beautiful mud” if anyone reels in
spired. .
—Atlanta complains that unless the
weather lets up pedestrians will carry all
Um dty out of the limits.. Here, the
greatest danger is that they will bring all
the country Into town.
—A runaway and smasb-np was the
emit on Cotton avenue yesterday morn
ing.
—CothbertM orchestra ia compoeed of e
ytoU» and TiaHooeollo. Tbe fosmer fc
played by a negro man, the latter by t
negro Nome*. Sbe ueeeonly one ttringi
aadberbewharittewettruetoed.