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Faust hands arc scarcer in Thomas
eouufy Ilian they liavo been since U;e
war. That Way cross road is what's the
natter.
Tna happiest thought in onr mind now
Is that tbero are no more elections to
take place this year. We are very much
afraid that seme Incumbent will die or
resign.
There are In Georgia only 10,510
pooplc of foreign birth. This is because
Georgia does not encourage immigration.
. The cotton manufacturing report of
the census department is very full. Ac
cording to the table, Georgia has 4,713
looms, 200,704 spindles, which consume
yearly U7,S74 bales of cotton, and employ
4,078 operatives. South Carolina works
1,770 looms aud 02,783 spindles; consumes
yearly 33,000 bales, and employs 2,103
operatives.
Krr Bnowx, a young moko of sixteen
years, on last Thursday night, armed him
self willi a turpentine axo and stealthily
approached a sleeping negro, and struck
3dm a blow on tho side of the head, in-
Aiding a ghastly wound, and leaving a
portion of the Drain exposed. Soon after
wards the alarm was given and the ne
groes ou the place promptly arrested the
negro, securely tied him, and then sent
tor Sheriff Goodwin, of Berrien county,
who carried him to Alapaha, where, after
a commitment trial, he was remanded to
jail to await trial on the charge of assault
with intent to murder. The wounded
s&anstill lives.
TtfBV have had a fire In .Valdosta
wbidk destroyed a furniture store. The
css was about $2,000. It was just across
be alley from the Tunes office. Pendle
on was badly scareu, but thankful that he
■capcd so marvelously.
Tjix Insanity dodge is to be resorted to
a tho case of E. K. Wilson aad the West
Point robbery.
We received information yesterday of
the. death ol Mr. Ed. Jones, who was shot
in the dark near Butler a few days ago.
Se died Thursday morning. His mur-
deren have been captured aud are now in
Mb. B. W. Wbenx, general passenger
agent 'or the Western and Atlantic rail-
mad, has issued a circular stating that
"on aad aiW February 1, 1881, the fol
lowing rates will be adopted: Local tick
ets will be sold by the agents of the Wesi-
cru and Atlantic railroad at three cents
per uiile. Conductors will in all cases
«iuuge lour cents per mile where tickets
owe not purchased. Excursion tickets,
gpod only ou the Kingston accommoda
tion train, will be sold by tho agents at
five cents per mile for the round trip.
Thou land mile tickets wil> be sold at $23.
Baggage will not be checked unless tick-
«ls ate presented to the baggage agent.”
Daulonkcia Signal: For the past
snontii work at the mines has been at a
oUnd-still. The severe cold of the last
month has been rarely seen in this local
ity. Miners were not expecting it, and
wore consequently not prepared for it.
The mills have been almost entirely
olopped on account of it. Land slides at
the various mines have given much
trouble, but they are now being removed
rapidly, and we hope soon to bo able to
report every obstacle to milling removed.
Toccoa JJtrald: Mrs. Martha Banks,
widow of the lain Ur. Richard Banks, one
of the most distinguished surgeons and
physicians of the State, died at Iter resi
dence in Gainesville, Ga.,,011 the 8th inst.
Airs. Banks was the mother of J. U. & D.
2). Banks, who are bankers in the dty of
» Gainesville.
Another editor haltered, is the latest
intelligence from the front. The Thom-
rtsviiie Tunes says:
Mr. W. A. Wimbish, the talented young
wdttorof the LaGrange Reporter, and
' Miss Susie Dickinson were married at
Main bridge on Wednesday. The bride
■and groom, accompanied one or two gen
tlemen from middle Gcoigia, and Miss
Emma Dickinson, sister of the bride, and
Miss Lou Sauborn, o f Decatur, stopped
at the Mitchell on Wednesday night.
We lender our hearty congratulations to
onr youug friend aud his fair bride, wish
ing them each a long life of uubrokeii
happiness. Mr. Wimbish and his lady left
for their future home in LaGrange on
Thursday morning.
Augusta News: An Augusta Irishman
Sins a very bright boy, who reads the pa
pers. The other morning the old man
asked Patrick Junior why he didn’t return
the change from the marketing. There
was no answer except that the boy mut
tered, “The toirant.” “Have you fed tho
Pfe. Patrick?” A stony stare was the
only reply. Thou for about fifteen min-
cites there was a vision of a son closely
pursued by a bareliead father, revolving
around the house until the former over
took tie latter and yanked him over a
water barrel. “I was only Ihrylog Boy-
«ott 011 yez, fayther; fin the sake of ould
.irelaud lave me alone.” “It’s a boy
«aught ye are,” panted the old iflan. “1’il
Cache yer to thriilo wid a home ruler,”
and he reached out and gathered a barrel
sivf. 'The application of coercive meas-
' arcs could be heard four blocks off.
Atlanta Phonograph: When the
thinking man of the State—such as Judge
H(\;-kit.s—begin to take a public stand
on.fhe subject of a pure ballot box, there
‘ * is'great reason to hope for some reform.
Coot:unus Enquirer: A few nights
'wince Mr. Ueorgo Lapbam, pilot ot the
steamer Stebecca Everingham, witnessed
oao of the strangest sights we liavo ever
Beard of. it was past midnight, and he
jt*vas alone in the pliot house. Pilots no-
e the skies and tiio surroundings'cen-
*ly more miuutely than any casual ob-
J7~. r. Mr. L. says the skies were clear,
on shining biigluly. and he could
e the channel of the river. Sud-
-e appeared just above the moon
7V*l lack spots. In a few minutes
22/““* t below fair Luna, and as-
*oey uivippe -X, of cornucopias, they be-
isuuied tho*!* about a foot and a half or
® CC . U,,U SJ?,- . in less time than fif-
Jwftlttatejk ’nirst, aud In a few
.n minutes Urey,. iruon was overcast
«comls the entire *, clouds. Mr. L.
witli dark, UiroateoL ’ 01 service as a
53* “ uri,, K lns’longpM ning like it,
pilot he ■mwar aUttfci-; 01 *
never expects to a pri-
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-Stills, A large quaiititv „r ,^ e< V e fehteeu 1 Burke
’*'** else ca^mSd and beer I ’ r)s,t *>
r. Main,-S5"!W4 in the Ilast TP>
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den State. It seems that John Doe is.af- yard of that company, and found a Geor-
ter one Richard Roe for having Intel fered
with the lawful property of-iiie State ol
Georgia, and Richard Roe, aa be always
does « hen pushed to the wall for disturb
ing In.nest people in the possession of
their property, declares that “it
wasu’t him Mist did it," but one
James O. Cook, and that he (Richard
Roe) docs not intend to bother himself
or be put to any expense employing law
yers, whereupon James C. Cook came into
court and admitted that he was the man
that took possession and lie was going to
keep it. The suit is all about a lew big
rocks in the •Chattahoochee river called
Rock Island, and the suit is to determine
whether this pile of rocks belongs to the
State of Ueorgiaor to James C. Cook. As
the question out of which this litigation
arises runs back .to the year 1838, just
forty-eight .years ago, it is very hard to
find witnesses lamiliar with the facts or
lawyers old enough to unravel them.
Therefore, when tho case was called K. J.
Moses, Esq., announced himself as attor
ney for the plaintiff. He looks patri
archal enough to be his great ancestor
instead of his lineal descendant. The
venerable Porter Ingram, the Nestor of
the Columbus bar, announced himself as
counsel for the defendant, and Mr. In
gram’s age Is anywhere between seventy-
five and niuety. The witnesses were
Randolph L. Mott, who confesses In the
absence of the ladies to eighty-four, and
F. A. Clayton, who Insists that he Is only
seventy-six. Besides these two white wit
nesses there are two colored men who
look old enough to be a part of the first
arrival in Georgia front the coast of
Africa. The case was not tried, but set
by agreement between the reverend
counsel for some day next week, unless
postponed for providential cause, an event
quite likely to Occur, considering the ages
or the several port lea concerned in tho
litigation as lawyers and witnesses.
The alleged'shipwrecked seamen, who
“did up” Macon r short time ago, receiv
ing numerous contributions from the good
people, have come to grief in Savannah.
Rer. Richard Webb,’chaplain of the Sea
man’s Bethel, knows exactly what a sea
man is, and-he, saw demonstrated that
these fellows were only tramps of the first
water. The mayor Ordered them to be
arrested as vagrants,
Maud Taylor, a nymph du pare, in
Savannah, who recently came to that city
from Ohio, was found in an old field in
the suburbs of the city, In an insensible
condition. Tho Netos says her head was
terribly beaten and bruised, and her face
was covered with blood. The appearance
of the ground fbr some distance aronnd
indicated that there had been a fearful
struggle between the woman and her as
sailant. Her clothing was nearly lorn
from Iicr, and a number of severe bruises
on her person, in addition to tho blow on
bar head, which was Inflicted with some
blunt instrument, showed she had been
vety roughly handled. No clue to Uie
perpetrator of the outrage has yet been
discovered.
A Fl.orc> county cow has given birth
to a calf with five legs and two tails.
This calf will prove very annoying to
flies after a while.
The young men of Atlanta are enjoy
ing the novel attraction of a girl with
two heads. One-hcaded girls seem' to be
sufficiently attractive for the boys around
Griffin.
One white man aud two colored men
will be presented to the grand Jury in Sa
vannah for illegal voting at the couuly
election just passed.
Atitexs Blade: In and about Atlanta,
Macon, Savannah, Augusta, Athens, and
other cities, are to l>e found thousands of
idle labor—men and women who have no
calling that a city needs. These people—
white ami black, but black preponderating
—huddle into the cities and’ prevent good
city skilled labor from making good
livings, aud have themselves, in the long
run, to steal for subsistence. These people
ought to go to the farms where their pres
ence is needed, and where they can make
an honest living. Preachers can do uo
better work than to preach country to these
people.
Atlista Constitution: A few days
since the Constitution mentioned the
shooting ofa small negro girl by a boy
with a toy pistol. Since the occurrence
the wounded child has suffered greatly,
and yesterday Dr. Tbad Johnson made
another examination of the wound, and
probed for the ball, but without success.
Several small pieces of the skull were re
moved, and the operation of trepanning
successfully performed. Dr. Johnson
says he cannot tell whether the ball is
buried in the head, or whether it rebound
ed afler crushing the skull, though sev
eral efforts were made to find It. He also
says that he cannot possibly tell whether
the girl will recover or not, but considers
her condition exceedingly dangerous. The
bov who did the shooting Is the sou of a
well known business gentleman of Atlan
ta. He U now at large.
Monroe Advertiser: Under the laws of
Georgia all banks incorporated by author
ity of the Legislature are required to pub
lish semi-annual reports allowing the con
dition ot their business. The reports are
now being pablishcd for the period end
ing December 31, 1880. In glancing over
these reports we notice that ail of the
hanks have large depoeit accounts, show
ing that the people have accumulated
money. Whether the depositing of this
money in the banks Indicates that the.
owners are afraid to invest in business or
have already sufficient investment and
have large surplus, we cannot tell. We
would Judge liiat the indications from
this are that the country is really becom
ing more prosperous, that capital is more
plentiful. We preaume that at some time
in the- near future some of this capital will
seek iuvestment tn manufactories.
Griffix Sun: After passing through
the very disagreeable cafn and snow sea
son of the past several weeks without be
ing s’.ctc, we were compelled to take our
bed ou account of illness for a day or two
last week. The bar-room* in Griffin are
all mads comfortable with stoves or other
wanning appliances, but the churches are
conspicuously lacking in this respect.
The devil uses a great deal more means
to allure the children of our citizens Into
his traps than the Christian parents use
to induce their children to go to the house
of God.
Athens lSanner-. As indicating the ex-
tenstv • business done by a paper mill end
printing house, we mention the following
fact: Rer. J. W. Burke, who Is at the
'd of the huge printing bouse of J. W.
• A Co., ot Macon, during his recant
J • 'hens settled his paper bill for
!4i the Pioneer Paper Mills of
»’d them the snug hule sum
■ pretty gool
««*I way. 'Mater uwr".7 ,jea ,n ‘he J last reeT w " - - -
found a whola^noi'^^'nks helias/Ath/a^^* ou « g»*
* wronV, 1 'f la A. whom
Wto". he couldn’t speak in,*. ita '1 "***>
election. At t,lc had nothtas
'tj u Itota Ik at i re 4 |°nee ConeJf rate> 1)6 <»
A rapid cure forcau^Hs £^,M 0Vened '
uas long been sough- fwWu?^ , th#t
Sir*- “AWteS
“SSitoSsSfAT*.
toni Ins aprou when its dotW
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were to those of England fora^onA^i
y cars and more before that lamousdeds^
-»*'>*• of independence, wherein
oleciored Ure.1T. S
head of one if 1 **~-
m the Star*. koose*
* big 5 • ,e **» hern—and |
Grur-j-Qr Susihit
one of tU. - -
highly respp
“SEW!
•he
gla railroad car on the track. Mr. ^ook-
ey proceeded to couple fl)e two care., T%
Georgia car bumper was considerably
higlK-i than that of tpe qti£<k but Mr.
Hookey tbougnt he could connect them
with a straiglrtcoupling, and attempted to
do so. As soon as the care came together
the engineer beard some one cell out,
“Slack up,” and. Immediately did-so. It
was then seen that Mr. Hookey had been
caught between the bumpers aud badly
hurt. He was at once removed, and a
physician summoned." Mr. Hookey was
doing as well as could be expected last
evening, but seemed to be suffering a great
deal. 4i
Ghiffix Rexes: On the - Beeks place,
about a mile from the city, .two colored
individuals, John Muckle aud I’etqr Rog
ers. came to angry blows yester day. Rog
ers knocked Muckle’s bat ofii whoreuuou
Muckle sailed into him with ap ayo helve.
Rogers’ arm was broken ju'tbe melee.
Augusta News: The directors of the
Commercial Bank to-day declared an ad
ditional dividend of 2| per cent, ou the
old stock, to be taken in part payment of
the new stock, which has been in part
called in. This dividend.!?, declared from
the surplus of the large earnings of tho
bank, and will go far in paying install
ments on the new stock of $100,000 added
to thworlglual stock of 3200,
Hams,a daughter of Prof. W. D. Williams,
of the Academy for the Blind, in Macon—
a lovely and accomplished young lady,
who has visited this city in the past. A
few weeks since, she married Rev. Robert
W. McDoneli, a yonng minister of the
Soiitli Georgia Conference, who was theq
awaiting orders to goto the city of Mexico,
as ! a missionary. Friday morning these
two left Macon and yesterday morning
we presume, they took steamer from New
Orleans for Vera Cruz. Here is genuine
moral heroism. Courage of the highest
order is required, especially, to do what
this young lady has done—leave a home
far happier than the aveiage. and a ciicle
of/riencis such as few cau claim, and go
into a distant and a foreign land. But
the cause Justifies the sacrifice, and furn
ishes the heroism. They whom God leads
are sure to travel the rfglit road
Augusta News: Augusta now claims
the “boss racket.” Our streets have been
very bad, we know, during the rainy sea
son, divers unfortunate people being called
on to give up the ghosts ofrubbers drowned
and gone before, and olttimes narrowly
escaping afler wading neck deep in mud
and mire, but we can now boastfully al
lude to Augusta mudrlioles as Scylla to
ivohl and Charybdis in which not to fail.
On Saturday afternoon as a Iouely dray
was flonndcrfng along Calhoun street, be
tween Twiggs and Washington, Pe
gasus made a plunge and next
desperate lunge, and then disappeared
from view. Down into the trough bravo
Jehu gently slid, and clinging to the
clumsy dray managed to keep above the
ragfng sea, while Ids steed furrowed far
and wide the muddy main. All in vain
were life-risking efforts, for there was too
much mud for Pegasus, and, with a last
agonizing leap, he full head first into the
slough and died) Yesterday was spent
in a search for the lost animal, and this
morning the lost horse was fished up
from the bottom of an Augusta quagmire,
aud burled with all his Honors and mud
around him.
Ati.anta Post-Appeal: This morning
In Fulton Superior Court, Judge Hi] Iyer
presiding, Captain C. 1‘. McCaila was
sentenced on two counts to eight years’
hard labor in tbo penitentiarj, receiving
four years on each count. The evidence
was so conclusive against him that the
jury remained out only ten minutes before
they brought in a verdict of guilty on both
charges, it will be remembered that he
was arrested several months ago, tried and
couvicted ou a warrant charging him with
forging applications to procure money tor
the maimed aud disabledGeocgia soldiers,
hut sentence was reserved and a new trial
granted him. The judge asked the pris
oner ff he had anything to say In his own
behalf why sentence should not be pro
nounced upon him. Tho prisoner, rising
slowly and stepping towards tho judge’s
desk, replied that he bad, and would state
tiiat lie was wholly innocent of any Inten
tional wrong doing, and that ill every in
stance where he had collected money o 1
the soldiers’applications he had paid it
over to the rightful owners, and that If
there was anything wrong iu his transac
tions about procuring tbe money on the
applications presented for payment by
him, he was not aware of it, and that he
had no means of knowing it. It was, in
deed, a sad sight to seo an intelligent
looking man like McCaila, who is-past
tbe meridian of Lfe, and whose lock's
have grown thin with age, receiving sen
tence for procuring falsely money that be
longed to the maimed and ippled sol
diers. The case of Capt. Walker, who is
charged with being implicated with Capt.
McCaila in the forgery ot pension appli
cations, was called this morning, but was
postponed until tin* next term of the Su
perior Court, and, therefore, his trial will
come off next April.
Atlaxta Phonograph: The growing
number of election contests in the State
points the demand for a general registra
tion law. It is to bo hoped that the Gen
eral Assembly, at its July session, will
have the coinage and tbe patriotism to
pass such a law. In tbo name ot tbe pur
ity of the ballot-box the people demand it.
The Rome Tribune is growing wild
over tbe Inhuman treatment of horses and
mules. But we think that mad is
rather tall: “Yesterday afternoon as a
Tribune reporter was meandering toward
tbe gas works, he noticed a dray heavily
loaded with salt, up to the hubs in mnd,
near Dean, Thomas A Co.’s warehouse.
The driver of the dray, a black, Inhuman
son of Ham, had a large leather whip,
which he was using unmercifully on the
)oor, overloaded animals. To our shame,
re it said, such sights are frequent In the
streets of Rome; humanity is entirely dis-
AtuExs liumste: A pure'ballot ’
lattice an almost Ideal republic. A
^registration law would go a long way to
ward making a pure ballot, tiy all means,
Georgia ahouiti have a registration law.
WjE will wager our old hat that tiiat
fellow lied, when he told the IK lion
Cuuniu News the fellowing:
A- friewd gave us a new excuse for not , beIu S tho milage of Mr. Samson Alt-
Hfijig * " “ -* H
ould ;
good
.upw. lie said be spent all
of liis leisunuumo in reading the Bible,
and tiiat he diTnet care to read a paper.
Ilia excuse being a good one, we left him.
DUBLnf OaxeCe: The two negroes
who were shot between this place aud
Cochran, about leu .days ago, have both
died, aud we understand that Horne has
not | yet been arrested. Pulaski county
beat* tbe world for murders and no pun
ishment. it scorns that a man can perpe
trate any act lie wishes, and go unpun
ished. Withinj the. last live or six years
as many as five or six murders hare bean
committed, and not one, as wo have ever
heard of, has been punished. The jurors
of tbe county alone are to blame for this.
Let public opinion be what it may, crim
inals should be punished, and speedily,
too.' ' * »■
Augusta Chronicle: OuFriday last, in
tlic'debate on tbe. refunding bill, Hon.
Emory Speer made a speech, which com
pacted a very large amount ofsenseina
comparatively short space. We are not
ly pleased with the matter ot his speech,
it the manner. The style is clean-
cut^ judicious and entirely becoming to
the subject. Mr. Speer very properly says
that posterity will liavo a much better op.
portunity of beariiig the burdens of the
public debt than tbe present generation,
ALn|&Ti»-rumtI.
Marriage at the Mynaffogae.
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock a crowd
of spectators assembled at tbe Jewish Syn
agogue to witness the beautiful nuptial
ceremony of the church, tbe occasion
mayer to Miss Sallie Flateau, both of this
city. The church, by half-past 3 o’clock,
was literally jammed by the spectators,
among whom were not only the friends of
the bride and groom, but hundreds of cit
izens generally.
“ The ushers were Messrs. Jacob Scisel,
Jos, Friend, Isaac Martin, George Isaacs,
Edward Dreyfous and Edward Brown,
who preceded the bridal party to the altar
and remained while the contracting par
ties and attendants advanced up the cen-
tial aisle.
The attendants were Mr. Isaac Flateau
and Miss Hennio Einstein, Mr. Isaac
Block and Miss Rosa Altmayer, Mr.-Jacob
Altmayer aud Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr.
Leonard Lilenihal and Miss Emma Lands-
berg. •“
The organ was presided over by Prof,
Guttenberger, and the beautllul ceremo
ny was most impressively performed by
Rev. I. Saengery
Afler the ceremony tbe party proceeded
iled by the draymen of this city, and ] icar t aQ d caused almost luslaut death,
poor, lieavi£r-loaded animals are whipped- y ijozeman was an adjudged lunatic some
regarded I
to tho Hebrew Young Men’s Literary As
_ _ ¥ sodation hall, where a bountifhl wedding
and his quotation frouiSir Boyle Roach that! supper, under the supervision of Isaacs,
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debate required brevity, aud yet Mr. Speer
said all tbat was essential in the time ai-
totte4 him- His picture of the progress of
the country, and Ttiore especially the in
dustrial advance of the Boutli, cannot, in
the same space, beexcelled. He sums up
that lio part of tho common country has
brighter prospects than the section lie iu
part represents so honorably and con
spicuously; that the tide that
quco weut Westward wlU deflect South
ward, m the next two decades, and he
cordially invites, as wo all do, the people
of East and West to come among us and
settle. He sketches what the South has
dono of late years, in manufacturing and
agriculture, and demonstrates the wonder
ful possibilities iu store for her, the more
so if some of ike burdens, now the re
proach of the tariff—notably as to cotton
machinery—bo lifted altogether or light
ened justly. Mr. Speer favors a long
bond, iu order that tbe tariff may be re
vised and tbo internal revenue reduced.
To these duties ho pledges himself, and
from the eneigy, tact and ability he lias
already displayed, wo aigue the best of
futures for him. That he will strive to
advance his section’s anil his country’s
interest, as coincidental with his own, we
have every reason to believe; and that be
may Ao so, in all wholesome ways, is our
sincere wish.
Sparta Ishmaelite: Georgia legislators
are generally very pious men. They re-
Istse to pass a dog law because they think
it is forbidden by the Bible, where it says,
“Beware of dogs.” They wisli “to make
tlielr calling aud election sure”—especial
ly their election.
Athens Chronicle: On Tuesday last,
while some men were blasting rock in a
well on the line between the lots of Mr.
P. Benson and Rev. W. W. Lampkin, of
that city, a large rock was blown out with
terrible force, aud striking Mr. Benson’s
house shivered a window, fell on a sewing
machine in the room, aud, glancing from
that, broke some chairs. The sewing ma
chine was rniued. Mr. Benson says that
his niece, a youug lady living with him,
bad been at work on the machine, aud
had only left it four or five minutes pre
vious to the bla3t. It was a narrow es
cape.
The Columbus Enquirer has the fol
lowing about frozen oranges: “It seems
that there is a way—aud a way that in
volves no outlay of money or pains. A
gentleman gives his experience with fro
zen Florida oranges iu different winters,
when, by error of the railroad men, the
boxes had been sent to the wrong freight
depots, and there left, before discovery, to
freeze for weeks before they were found.
In every instance he put tbe frozen trait
into cold water; that extracts all the frost,
and, moreover, leaves the orange quite as
sound, sweet, juicy and uuiudiued to de
cay as it was when first picked. At first
the gentleman let his frozen oranges soak
hr the water for two hours, that proved
by no means long enough and
the next ho tried it for
twenty-four hours—changing tlio water
once. Every paiticlo of frost was
taken out—the fruit was as sweet and
juicy as it ever was; aud that it was sound
was proven by the fact that lie kept some
of the oranges sweet and good six mou'.ks,
until the first ot July. This plau of
drenching frozen vegetation with water is
a familiar ono to gardeners in tho North,
aud Is often operated sucessfully 011 flow-
el's, when these are found frost bitten in
the morning, only the drenching must be
done before the sun has bad time to thaw-
out the frost. It is a curious fact that
frozen oranges on the trees can never bo
restored by this process,'even ff placed for
the purpose of the experiment. If frozen
before they are plaited they are a total
loss. There arc many owners of groves in
Orange eouui,y and along tbe lower St.
John’s who have lost from $2,000 to $3,-
000 by that frost of the night ot December
20-30, I860. ..
Atlanta Constitution: A shocking
murder was committed last night near
Kenuesaw mountain. A man named Sor
rell was shot and killed, supposed to have
been done by Oimno Bozeman, of Mariet
ta. Bozeman was once tried iu Cobb
connty for assault with intent to kill, and
plead lunacy and was sent to the asylum,
where ha remained only a short while,and
lias since been at large. Tho coroner’s
inquest is being held, aud all the parties
have been arrested. Tho ball penetrated
unmercifully because they cannot pull
over-loads through tbo mud, which is
three or four feet deep In somq places.
Where is the police force of the city, that
they do not see and report these tilings?”
Col. Nelsjox Tift, of Albany, has de
termined to resign as assignee for Messrs.
Welch A Bacon to tbe court. In reference
to the determination tbe Albaay News
and Advertiser says: In a material or
finaucial point of view, we are not very
largely interested inthefdilure and assign
ment of Messrs. Welch & Bacon, but the
opportunity presented in tbe above by
Colouel Tifl is so irreslslable that we can
not refra’ii from asking If his intention is
to resign his “trust to the court” and
thereby precipitate Welch & Bacon, their
estate aud their creditors into Um hands
of the lawyers—the very tlilngtbat lie was
prevailed upon to take said trust to avoid.
W hen we made thustatement, which Col
onel Tilt now informs ns was eorrect, we
supposed, after the action of the creditors at
at their meet'ng on Saturday,llist he would
continue in charge of his trust until all the
business of Welch A Bacon was settled,
thus keeping tbe business out of the
courts, and saving to ilia county, tbe
creditors and the Stale the expense of liti
gation. We are sorry if It is to be other
wise.
~ma Weekly: We regret «x-
- that Mrs. Ida Barron,a
' “eetieas, has entire-
Mop-
am.TSL!
Aged eighty yaaMt-
aSsSSysL-
1b.v9.v_
mAi
*° k**-
h&ri
one should be held responsible lor allow
ing him liberty to which he wds not en
titled. ynvru 0 ?J, c
The Atlanta Post-Appeal Is alsrmed
about tbe citizens of Atlanta. Two have
already gone crazy, and are in the guard
house. If they are weather-mad the ed
itor is solicitous abont room to accommo
date the subjects of the craze.
At. BANT News and Adceriiscr: Forllie
life of us we cannot see what those of our
Democratic representatives at Washington
who are lulfresting themselves against
Marshal Fitzsimmons cau expect to gain
by having said gentleman - removed and
Mr. ti. Kimball appointed in Lis stead.
It lo-ks ,o us very much like au effort
upon the part of certain officials to dis
place a genuine Democrat fur the purpose
ot rewai diug a man of questionable politi
cal faith to say the least of it, for past
favors.
* !
■ Worthy of Imitation.—The Boston
anil Albany road has set an exaiupic that
other roads of this country would do
well to copy. Instead of exactiiig Urc
full “pound ot flesh,“ten percent, per year,
which the laws of Massachusetts allow,
them to divide among tbclr stockholders,
they paid ihem only eight per cent, divi
dends last year, and about the time they
Increased tbe pay of their employes ten
par cant, last summer a reduction of
twelve per cent, la the passenger rates
Was made. This has has been fallowed
by a induction in the local freight tariff of
one-sixth or sixteen and two-thirds per
with the new year.
F*WSOBMa MU »■ I Tfcfil 1 abl * to '
I**??* 1 ” *«
. , . -NHAODT’sEAnxixGS.—Tbe
• > ’ ' V’He. bars Bernhardt’*
(»)*-. - in this country
JR!t3Jliiu9&it” if%
<W tool. L:
S eeurnd « New
had been spread, and where, after the
feast, tbe evening was spent fp the merry
dance.
At a late hour tbe guests retilad, wish
ing the liappy couple long life and pros
perity, a wish in which we very heartily
Jain. ^
Snnbeama RcHecteU from Hanr
?*•!««.
”Twas Sunday eve and the small boy
stood
With Ills eye to the keyhole pressed,
Aud he saw his sister Bessy’s head
On Absalom Thompson’s rest.
Then he ran to his parent stern and told
And the parent stern replied:
“There ain’t no harm iu a vest; slide
out.”
But the lad refused to slide.
“There ain’t no harm in the vest,
know;”
And his eyes flashed bright that minute*
“But Isn't it dangerous, dad,” lie asked,
“When Absalom Thompson’s in it?”
Another warning to persons who use
Ice water. A man was frozen to death by
it last week. He fell in a river.
A Detroit lady called at a drug store
the other day and said: “I want a tooth
brush—a real nice one. I want it for
a spare bedroom.”
The tall, slim young roan was palled
and hauled under the mistletoe. “Good
heavens!” he suddenly exclaimed “do
you take me for the wishbone?”
At Tiffany’s. Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt
loquitur: “Give me another half pound
of diamonds; but larger ones. Tie them
up more securely. The string broke off
the last bundle and half of them tumbled
out.
The small Jenkins boy appeared the
oilier evening amid the parlor full of com
pany apparelled as his mother
lia.l left lifm wheii she put him to
bed an hour before. He justified himself,
between ibo spanks, by tho statment that
liis mother had read aloud that Undressed
kids were fashionable at receptions.
“Charlie’s Darling.”—We have received
your poem, entitled, “When tho Bluebirds
Sweetly Sing,” aud will save it until tbe
bluebirds get hero. We are always obliged
to carry over a lot of bluebird and robin
and daisy poetry, but It comes bandy in
the spring when the windows need clean
ing. -
Buffalo Bill says the Indians are an ill-
used people, and that they fear the miners
more than they do the soldiers. And it is
not strange that they -do. A miner plays
a much better game of draw pakor, and it
is a cold day when ho can’t rake in an
Indian’s pile with three aces and a
king, and have two aces and four kings to
spare.
A Colchester woman who was crippled
by a poor piece of road while driving,
sued the town for $10,000 damages. Site
;ot fifty dollars. The case was proved,
but she was driving on Sunday, which the
law forbids, except when on an errand of
mercy. Very much to the contrary. She
was looking fur a lost dog. The moral of
this is that when you are looking for a
lost dog on Sunday, send some one else.
ClmpUmenlarjr Dlstsf.
Last evening, at the Lanier House, Mr.
Charley L. Ross, the most popular South
ern man in New York, gave a dinner com
plimentary to onr local editor, Mr. H. b.
Edwards, and his bride. Present were
nearly all of the late bridal party: Mr. N.
M. Solomon and Miss Etta Clisby; Mr. O.
E. Armstrong and Miss Tula Reese; John
T. Boifeuillet and Miss Cora Nutting;
Mr. W. P. Edwards and Miss Clara
Nutting; Mr. A. D. Schofield and Miss
Nellie Dunlap, Mr. James S. Iverson and
Miss Flofine Dunlap, Mr. John Van
Styckel and Miss Jennie Viliipigue, Mr.
Frank Rogers, Mr. W. B. Sparks aad Miss
Lizzie Plant, Mr. J. R. Saulsbury and
Miss Jennie Hammond, Mr. C. L. Rosa
and Miss Fannie Grier, Mr. W. H. Wood-
son and Miss Georgia Tracy and Mr.
Floyd Ross, besides, of coarse, the
bridal couple.
Tbe party assembled in the spacious
parlors of the Lanier House, and proceed-
4d from thence to the dining hall, where
a most elegaut feast was served. They
lingered late over the wine, and adjourned
to dance, Kessler’s orchestra supplying
the music.
Tho whole affair passed off In the pleas
antest manner imaginable, complimenta
ry alike to tbe central couple and the gen
erous hearted host.
The toast of tho evening was “The
Bride,” announced by Mr. J. S. Iverson
In his usual happy style, and responded
l o briefly by'the groom.
nwiu,
Mary iadtmal float Branso.
Mary Anderson, one of tbe great ac
tresses of tbe day, will appear in Macon
at an early date as Parlhenia, In Ingoosar.
This beautiful drama, which for twenty
years lias been off the American stage,
was written by Eligius Francis Joseph,
Baron Von Munch-Bellinghausen—(not
Munchausen) under the nom de plume
Friedrich Halm. The name given the
play was, “Der Sshn Der Weldons^ and
it first appeared in 1842, eclipsing every
thing else of the kind.
The exquisite language of the play, and
tbe purity of Ha motive, are two of Us
greatest charms. It never fails to delight.
It is a story of a pure girl’s honest devo
tion to a fqther, for whose ransom she
risks.her life, her all. Leaving her home
in the free city of Massilia, where she had
been reared among the free, she goes to
the mountains and surrendeis herself to
the rude hand of the. barbarians to be
come ransom fur her father, who has
been captured; they accept her as hostage,
aud the father is set free; this it done so
that ho may return to his home, aud by
his daily toil accomplish the ransom de
manded by the rude despoilers of the fair
land. ^ _
Ingomar, the chief of the tribe, ?s won
from hatred of woman to a mad love for
Partbenia, by her grend superiority in all
things to all he bar ever known in wo
mankind.
The end of the second act is so touch
ingly beautiful that k. may not be amiss
to quote it here:
| lng, (Seating himself at her feet.) Now
tell me, wbat m your name ?
Par. Parihenia
lng. -*• SJ ft rartlienia!
A pretty name I And now,rartlienia, tell
mo O’ J
How that which you call love grows in
the soul;
^hnd what love is; ’tls strange, hat in that
word
There’s something seems like yonder
ocean—fathomless.
■ Par. How shall I say? Love comes,
my mother says
Like flowers in the night—
It is a flame a single look will ldndle,
But not au ocean quench.
Fostered by dreams, excited by each
thought,
Lovo is a star from heaven, that points
the way
And leads us to its ^liome—a little spot
In earth’s dty desert, where tbe soul may
rest—
A grain of gold in tbe dull sand-of life—
A foretaste of Elysium; but wheu, -
'Veaiy of this world’s woes, the Immortal
gods
Flew to the skies, with alt their richest
gifts,
Love stayed behind, self-exiled, for man’s
sake!
lng. I never yet heard aught so beauti-
frill
But still I comprehend it r.ot.
Par. Nor I.
For I have never felt it; yet I know
A song my mother sang, an ancient song,
That plainly speaks of love, at least to me.
How goea it? stay—
‘What love is, if thon wouldst be taught,
Thy heart must teach alone—
Two sculs with but a single thought,
Two Hearts that beat a3 one.
And whence comes love ? Like morning's
light,
It comes without thy call.
And how dies love? A spirit bright,
L070 never dies at all!
And when—and when—’
[Hesitating, as unable to continue.}
Ing. Go on.
Par. I know no more.
Ing. (Impatiently.) Try—try.
Par. 1 cannot uow; but at some other
time I may remember.
Ing. (Somewhat authoritatively.) Now,
go on, I say.
Par. (Springing up in alarm.) Not
now, I want more roses for my wreath I
Yonder they grow, I will fetch them for
myseif.
Take care of all my flowers and the
wreath!
[27irotes the flowers into Ingomar's lap
and runs off.]
Ing. (After a pause, without changing
his position, speaking to himself in deep
abstraction.)
“Two souls with but a siuglo tbonght,
Two hearts that beat as one.”
[The curtain fulls.]
Last evening, the spacious and elegant
ly furnished residence of Mr. I. C. Plant
was ablaze with lights and thronged with
guests, the occasion being a reception ren
dered to our local editor, Mr. II. S. Ed
wards, and bride. Present were nearly
all ol the large wedding party, besides a
few warm frieuds of the daughter of
tbe house, all being in full evening dress.
At 11:30 o'clock, the guests were invited
to partake of one of the most magnificent
banquets ever prepared in Macon, after
which all gave themselves np to tbe enjoy
ments incident to a happy social gather
ing. Kessler’s orchestra was present, and
enlivened the evening with good music.
Mora German Carp. *
Colonel James H.‘Blount, our efficient
representative in Washington city, is
evincing a determination to supply bi<
constituents with brain food that is very
commendable. The fish commissioner
who brought the last supply to Macon
stated that there were many anxious
searchers after carp about the department,
but that the Colouel was a veritable fish
fiend and generally got everything he
asked for. The following dispatch re
ceived yesterday indicates that Colouel
Blount has been upon tbe war-path again:
Mr. II. J. Peter: At the request of
Colonel James H. Blount, Mr. Newton
Simmons left VYttsliington City this, Tues
day, morning with one thousand carp, to
be distributed under your direction at
Macon. Please meet him and notify par
ties tc whom ycu will issue the carp.
Those who have failed to get a supply
of this fish on the previous distributions
should apply at once to Mr. Peter, and be
on hand at the depot Thursday morning
with suitable vessels to receive the fish
MlfRaKFEMiM.
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Lea’s Ricthdajr.
This Is the birthday of Gen. Robert E.
Leo, and the day is celebrated throughout
the Southern States by military demon-
stration. It has been the custom of tbe
Macou military to ffltfe'h street parade on
each anniversary of the d?y, and such
Would have been their action on this par
ticular anniversary, but that the streeta
are ankle deep in mud, and there is no
place for a parade. Tbe day is one sacred
to tbe South, and around tbe man who
awake to life npan it the heart-ivy of half
a nation cling lovingly; and so it will re
main as long as valor lives.
Street Cr—Ings
•• thirteen weeks have demou-
“ that permanent atone
in the principal
’red dollars
. ‘f
PortReyal nUramljmrfrdotfiIuH?"*
Tbe Menvous In 1M1.
The following sketch of the heareus
during the year 1881 will be of value to
those of our citizens astronomicaify in
clined—that is, if the weather becomes
clear:
Tho sky will not present such brilliant
pageants again this century. There will
De a remarkable series of conjunctions,
anil double and triple conjunctions. The
most interesting of these is the great
twenty-year conjunction of Jupiter and
Saltiru m April. This conjunction is one
of the strongholds ot the astrologers. As
it occurs in the sign Taurus, which they
say rules Turkey and Ireland, they teel
safe, on account of recent occurrences, in
predicting very momentous effects in those
countries from the conjunction. There
will also ba conjunctions of Jupiter ami
Mars, Venus and Jupiter, Saturn and
Venus, and the far-away giants Uranus
and Neptune will play a part In this re
markable planetary levee.
Venus will reach hergreatestbrightness
in the sprinr, and will be so brilliant as
to b ble at noonday. Her delicate
cres will be a favorite object in tbe
amateur astroi'—uer’s telescope. Saturn
will open s wider its wouderful rings,
and will be one of the chief attractions of
the evening Sky for several months. Jup
iter willnot leose much of bis present
brilliancy before lie becomes a morning
star in April. Mars will begin to brighten
in the latter part of the year, and then
Ids suowy poles aud shadowy continents
will again become the admiration of those
who gaze through the telescopes. In
short, there will be no end of attractions
in the starry heavens.
Raviag Transportation.
“Talk about your mean men,” said old
Pioneer Skinderson, at Phil. McGovern's
saloon. “The very tightest, closest, far-
seeing calculating old skinflint I ever seed
was old Klamscatter, the mine superinten
dent, who died up at Gold Hill tbe other
day.”
“Was, eh?” encouragingly remarked a
customer, who was feeding Phil’s bull
dog with petrified sandwiches from the
lunch-table.
“Yes, sirroe; he was just plzemhe was;
closer than the bark tow tree. When be
A Scries of Lecture*
The Guild of ChristChurcb is an or
ganization of the gentlemen of the church
to assist the rector In parochial work. It
especially proposes to help In the way of
relieving the needy and teaching tho ig
norant. To raise a fund for the further
ance of these noble objects, and at the
sanrj time to furnish healthy and instruc
tive entertainment to the members of the
congregation, and the intelligent and ap
preciative public of Macon generally, the
guild has arranged for tbe following series
of lectures by tlie distinguished gentlemen
whose names follow:
Rev. David Wills, D. D. Subject—
“The glory of young men.”
Rev. A. J. Battle, D. D. Subject—
“The Imagination.”
A. Iverson Branham, Esq. Subject—
“Destructive American Literature.”
lit. Rev. J. W. Beckwith, D. D. Sub
ject— 1 “Ijitemperance.”
N. E. Harris, Esq. Subject—“Ups and
downs.”
Washington Dessau, Ecq. Subject not
given.
This redes of lectures, six Id number,
will be delivered in tbe chapel of Christ
church, beginning next week. Tickets
for the entire course will be sold at one
dollar, or twenty-five cent3 tor a single
lecture.
One of tbe lectures will be given this
month, two iu February, two in March,
and one iu April.
' T lie Won Hi or.
There has been so little said about the
weather this season that some mention
of the subject seems positively neces
sary. The ffict is, we seem to bo having
more weather now than anything else,
and whether we shall weather tbe weather
or not Is beginning to be an anxiously
proposed conundrum among citizens gen
erally. Fourteen weeks have passed, and
daring that time tho winds have blown
from every point on tlio compass; the
mercury has wandered all. over the ther
mometer, and tlio barometer has had to
make short cats to he on hand. Rain,
hail, snow and sleet bare fallen, and two
days of sunshine even have been expe
rienced. The cause of all this Ss beyond ‘
our comprehension. Borne say it is
caused by tho approaching conjunction of
certain planets. Some, that old lady
Shipion’s prophecy is about to be fulfilled
and Dame Nature has tbe jim-jams, and
some up and say tbey don’t know what
is the matter. We belong to tbe latter
class, with an amendment—we don’t care.
But we hare enough ofit. -
Personal.
Mbs. E. F. Duffiei.d, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Mrs. F. M. Akin, Indianapolis, Ind.;
W. J. Brake, Miliedgevillej J. A. Brake,
Milledgcville; R. P. Brooks, Forsyth; S.
B. Head, Forsyth ; W. S. Scattergood,
Powersville; and R; H. Buskin, Byron,
were registered at Brown’s National Notel
on last evening. ’ *1 —
Mbs. Josettk Brown, who has been
visiting friends in Atlanta, returned last
evening, after being absent for several
weeks.
Mb. Lutheh Greek has returned to
Macon. Bethinks Cincinnati wonldbe
a first-class place If the ladles were not so
«siy*
Flower* Killed. ■;
Inquiry througout the city reveals the
fact that the intensely cold weather killed
nearly all of the rare flowers end plants
In tbe city, not excepting even those shel
tered by houses. For the benefit of such
of. our readers who have been fortunate
enough to have preserved a few, we will
stale that daring tbe coldest weather a
■mall lamp kept burning in a hot house
will protect flowers. Should a lamp not
bo used, set the Cower pots on the ground
and not on shelves. Plants frost bitten,
or chilled by cold, may be revived by dip.
ping them in cold water and standing in a
dark room.
Upon bis sword in hero sleep tie lay,
Him, for whom the world had held its
breath ;
A stately whiteness swept his marble
brow—*
A soldier dead, and yet a boy in death.
The tribute tear slipped from tbe watcher's
eye
Into^the shrouding moonlight on the
As down tbe startled laud there hurst the
cry:
“Pelham! Pelham! l’elbam 1 too, is
dead!”
And Alabama shuddered in tlie night, and
slept 1 •**'* Is wit:
Till morn with whitened wings rose
from the east; 1 a *>': fear -j> -t ;•
And men with whitened faces came and
wept ** f-’ qi
. i And stood like risen drunkards round a
broken feast;
And heard the legendhow the bonking
heart
Within the hero’s breast impelled to
strife; sSr m I n
How "rode he grandly down tlie battle
slope,
And smiling laid within God’s hand bis
Jjfe.
Ob, patient, toiling, suffering motherland,
Weep o’er thy youngest sacrificial gilt!
But wliat of her who silent in the South
land stts—
Woman, from whose pale brow no
shadows lift ?
THE cemetebt lots.
was running the Hornet mine up at Vir
ginia housed to skulk around Uie levels,
disguised as a mule-tender, just to pipe oil'
the men who didn’t keep hard at It, so as
to dock ’em tbe next Saturday.”
“Why, the dera cuss I”
“But wait. He actually encouraged a
drill-runner to tell a long story one day
while they were waiting for some ma
chinery to be repaired, and afterward
docked the man half a day, and all tbe
fellows that heard it, four bits apiece for
stopping to laugli. He charged one man
ten cents for a single grin.”
“Great Goeh l”
“That’s nutbln” Jim Brins, who was
up on tbe Lode when tbe old miser died,
said that about an boor before Klamscatter
banded in his checks be sent for the
doctor, and says he:
“ ‘Doc, give ns the straight business. Is
there any show for me f
“‘Nsry show,’ says tbe dector; ‘you’ll
strike bed rock afore night.’
“Then,” says old Klamscatter, -“I want
some of you fellows to carry me np to the
top of Mount Davidson right off. If I can
light out from there it will save my soul
a clear mile of transportation.’ ”
“And did they do it ? ” asked a man
who had walked over from tbe stove.
“Well, no,” said tbe narrator, simply.
“The boys took him' over, put him ou the
cage, and let him down to the lowest level
of tbe Hornet Instead. They said they
ssed be bad asade a little mistake about
im direction, somehow. To ths host of
tMr judgment Mi aoM> was^etej tk*|^^
Hew Milt.
The extension of mill number 1, be
longing to the Bibb Manufacturing Com
pany, in East Macon, is now awaiting the
adjustment of the new machinery,
which began to arrive yesterday. The
capacity of tbe old mill was 2,730 spindles.
With tlie extension complete in every
respect the capacity will be increased to
0,200 spindles, an increase of more than
one-balf. With tbe new machinery all
running and tbe electric lights in order,
the mill will be well equiped.
We learn from Mr. Hanson that be in
tends building still another extension, for
which there is plenty of space available on
the company’s grounds.
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Macon has received nearly BfltO more
bale*, up to date, than was Motived km
during tbe entire season preceding this*
Emm’s Base ivy.
We are in receipt of an latWHisa take
present at a dance to be given by HowedPt
Battery in flimhurllls. on She u«t' lu-
Tbvjr Sbeold Bo Cored For.
Strangers visiting tbe city and passing
through.Row Ilijj cemetery are forcibly
struck by two things—the natural beauty
ofthoplaoe, aud the little attention de-
voted by many lot owners to tbe last rest
ing places of thcly friends and rela
tives.
The care of these lots Is not a part of
tbe duties of the sexton, unless by special
contract; and, however much labor he
may devote to avenues and by-ways, a
disastrous effect, artistically speaking, is
produced by an 111-kcpt lot. Thus It will
be readily seen that Rose Hill Is shorn of
much of its attractiveness by tbe careless
ness of those whose deepest Interests cen
ter there. *
Neglect of the dead is a topic upon
which much has been written, and will be
written, we presume, as long as men
contiuuo to die. Though not universal,
neglect is genera), and tho fact is that
one has no charm fur those who stop long
enough In the duties of life, to contem
plate lite’s ending. Strange it is that those
whom we love, sometimes more than life
itself, when dead are consigned to obliv
ion. Around tho white head-board and
upon the new-made grave, it is common
enough to see flowers strewn, and evi
dence of a tender touch visible, but ere
that board becomes spotted with age, or
the turf grow green twice upon that grave,
the flowers come not, and tbe touch is
seen no more.
This is, of course, not true in all cases;
there are those who never forget, but that
it is true la far too many instances, the
doubter has but to wander through tbe
sacred enclosure wo have named, to doubt
no more. Broken down teuces, sunken
graves, fallen licadboards and blackened
marble meet the eye on every side, a bit
ter commentary on affection, a sad re
minder of the vanity of power. It is a
cruel excuse to lay this state of affaire to
forgetfulness, yet what else can be as
signed? Surely not poverty? Auhour
or two every month is something that no
man or woman Is too poor to afford. Yet
how many there are who refuse even this
poor tribute. Are you one of them?
CABP.
A Mow I've for tbo Cemetery road*. •
It has baen suggested by Mr. Clay that
the cemetery poud* bo drained and stocked
with carp. There are two ponds in the
valley between Oak Hill and Rose Hill
cemeteries, and several more can be con
structed at a small cost. The use of the
ponds, as we understand it, is desired for
breeding places, from which others may
be supplied. Tbe bottoms are muddy and
the waters seldom disturbed. If permis
sion, as desired, should be given, Mr. Clay
will at once go to work upon the premises
and stock them with the carp, which were *
expected to arrive last night. No better
breeding-ponds could be secured any
where. The supply of water is unfai'ing,
and the slopes are such that almost any
situation desired can be secured. More
over, they will be safe from marauders
and under care of some one at all times.
B«re amt Tbere.
One of our exchanges appears to be con
ducted pretty much on shears.
A Kentucsy paper has so far forgotten
itself as to advocate tbe suppression of
concealed weapons. This particular paper
appears to bo s violet blooming among
prickly pear*.
If some of our hackmen could be pre
vailed upon to sell out their vehicles and
run a line of gondolas the condition of the
streets would not ao oppress the traveling
public.
Capt. Simpson is going to have a dry
Classing iu front of this office, if he has to
turn! down alt of College Hill to do it.
This appears to be a wise move. College
HiU is needed down town at this time
more than anywhere else, and the public
bad just as soon climb H in one place as In
another.
When a mule pulls a wagon out into
mod fifteen inches deep aiul breaks a
trace, only the disciples of Bob lng*moll
ran listen to the driver’s remarks wjthout
foaling tlie goosefleah rise.
Aa Anecdote
The dyspeptic editor of the VTarrentbu
Clipper, who daily scans the columns of
the Tki/rg itArn and Messengf.::, seems
frequently to be unfavorably impressed
with tbo writings of Us “local,” which be
pleasantly insinuates are of the “electric
order, ever overcharged.” ■
That sounds vety pretty, and wc- gener
ously hasten to acknowledge that the
CSpptr is entirely free from the evil;—
but about the anecdote:
Qpieeel W. EL Sparks was once asked
thaqqertinB. “ Which would you prater to
marry; a high tampered wosrn.a or one
with no temper at all V”
Striking the ground with his stick, the
|nnHcwnnn ftsfotui^d tropbit*
At the First
last craning, Mr. .Hasty O.
•on. Xu*
Wfj* high tempered woman, sir! Ey
gad, you no too* her down; hot nothing
has thon a stiraete can tons the othsr np.’
Pttftapc, k*i* day w« shall be toned
down to auft the Clipper. In the mean
time smshall watch for tbs miracle.
Merchants, druggists, farmers aad
physicians Will ^ to the adver-
asfe that, Rankin A La-
gwflsswsa handle goods in
» it U poof