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Atlanta Phonograph: A cones-
.'so'ndcut wishes to know “why it is that
-some ‘first-class’ people so-called,.
*-can give wino parlies and other enter
tainments, wear tine clothes and live in
- stylo generally, and yet cannot pay a lit
tle bill for coal and other necessaries, or
/if paid at all, the party must first give the
collecting clerk a goon cussing for attend
ing with proper courtesy to his legitimate
•business, and is the ‘cussing’ given to the
clerk liccause it costs the party nothing
but the surrender of a gentleman’s mau-
iood and manners?” We confess our ina
bility to answer these questions, and if
tSolomou were now in the flesh, we doubt
•r ho could give tlio solution to such prob
Jems In hnauce and courtesy.
Pike County Metes: The railroad com
mission can do no harm, except to get the
people’s money, so long as it equals jus-
-tice by the companies and the people. Hut
when it reduces the tarilf to figures that
fail to compensate the stockholders lor
the use ot their capital, the soouer the
commission is abolished the better for the
integrity of the State. Wc do not believe
en a law that will rob one ctassot citizens
- for the benefit of another.
Marietta Journal: People who buy
'Vor cash always buy cheaper than those
who buy on credit. They buy aisv more
•closely and select more carefully. Pur-
-chases which arc paid for when made are
limited more exactly to the purchaser’s
want*. There is uolhing like having to
- count out the money when the article
bought to make people economical. The
-amount of indebtedness incurred is not
/much considered when the pay-day is far
-off. persons who do all their business op
•a cash basis know just where they stand
and what they can afford. Iteal wants
ore-few and can be gratified tor cash;
-all« rents they should be limited to wbqt
mu I** paid for in cash, liow much anx
iety, how many heart burnings, disap
pointments aud regrets would be avoided
if litis rule were strictly adhered to.
Atlanta Constitution: In the forty-
ciglKii militia district, Bulloch county,
fhtre was a contest for the office of justice
at the peace. James G. Chatty contested
4110 right of Alexander C. Stewart, who
'bad received the majority of the votes,
wild yesterday Hie question was decided
4iy Governor Colquitt, who confirmed the
- -ejection of Mr. Stewart. A commission
-was sent him.
TnF. Athens Banner says: Yesterday’s
mail brought us the following note:
“Harry Stephens died this morning at 0
- oVUi.sk, in Crawfurdviile, Ga. He was
Hon. A. 41. Stephens’ favorite servant."
Thousands of people in Georgia, and
many elsewhere, remember Harry. For
years lie has been Mr. Stephens’ body ser
vant. He was his slave, and since the
war was closely attached to Mr. If., until
his declining health made it necessary for
bis muster to have a more ablediodied ser
vant. Mr. Stepheus regarded him with
afl'ectiou, and will mourn his death.
** Ouj/UMBL’s Times: We understand
-that our follow-citizen, Mr. J. X. Embry,
lias ionised a cash oiler of $10,000 for the
fine orange giovc which lie recently pur
chased iu Florida. This is a handsome
advance on the price he paid only a few
reeks ago, being a profit of about $12,000.
Tlio price offered is not enough to induce
him to sell, for his grove has not been
damaged at all by the late cold snap,
while other large ones have been ruined.
JVo are glad our neighbor has struck aucii
a lucky streak.
_ A dispatch to the Augusta Mews on
the 224 says: Marshal Fitzsimmons is all
riglR. and happy. Last night lie received
n check tor lus money dim from the gov
ernment, which had licen withheld from,
him so long a time. Ho will return home
dn a few days.
Pike County Mews: Besides attending
to all her mother’s cooking, washing,
jump at a ten dollar fee as a Jack fish at a carried them to Atlanta Wednesday morn-j During 1680 there were seventy-seven
live bait. These are the reasons that ing. “Mconsliining” is gettiug to be an failures in Georgia, with liabilities amount-
youngn.cn all over Georgia are leaving unhealthy business In tBto,ylta. and , $1,018,703, and In Florida twelve
ilie &(at< k , because every imiustiv 13 parties so engaged invariably come to - 0 7
nopolized by wealth aud gray hairs who
never die, and never retire. This Is the
solution to the problem, “Why ore the
joung men leaving?”
Augusta Chronicle: Judge Snead
presided over the case yesterday oi Mr. J.
£>. Owens, ot Baltimore, vs. the Georgia
grief.
Amekicvs Recorder: We have the fol
lowing from a very conscientious and
worthy planter of Lee county, Ga.: In-
September he had his cows driven out of
a pasture aud the gate shut. A young and
promising heifer was among them. Hu
Railroad. Plaintiff is suing the, defend- I son, passing the gate during the day, saw
nnl f.ir S-JO-OOrt fnr flAmarrt«a fur pii»rtinrr *i... „ a » A n «./»n*n_
ant for $20,00f) for damages, for ejecting
him from the train at Greensboro, Jugtut
2Ctli, 1870. The question involves the
right of passengers to demand lay-over
checks cu unlimited tickets.
Early Co. Acres: The Railroad.—
We call tho attention of contractors to thq
advertisement for bids to make tho track
ready for putting do#n the cross-ties and
iron on the line of the railroad from Ar
lington to Blakely. Rids are called for to
do the whole woik nnder one contract.
We would suggest that parties desiring to
do different parts of the work confer u>r
gelher, make calculations as to what it it
worth to do each part, and then form a
company and bid for me work as a whole.
Rear iu inindthat the money is to he paid
when tiie entire work i3 done and ret
celved by the Central Railroad Company P
The cross-ties, we undeistand, will be re
ceived anywhere on tho’line of the road
from Albany to Blakely.'
P. S.—Since the above was put in type
the managers have shown us a letter from
Col. Raoul, vice president of the Central
Railroad Company, in which it is stated
that sawed cross tics and bridge timbers
will ho received, and that the cross ties
will be taken anywhere on the line ot the
extension convenient to he loaded On tlip
trains; also, that bridge timbers'will -be
transported tree to Arlington from any
point beyond. This information will en
able parties to make intelligent calcula
tions as (o the cost of ties aiid bridge tim
bers. We hope home companies may be
organized to do tile entire w ork,'and thus
keep the money among our cllizefis.
Gwinnett Herald: Wc fear onr farm
era Lave missed it in falling to put iu t
largo wheat crop.' From the Lest infor
mation we can get, the acreage sown in
wheat has been smaller than for years.
The heavy cotton crop and bad weather
are given as the causes.
Atlanta Post-Appeal: We regret to
learn of theserlous illness of Rev. Caleb
Key, of Augusta, whose son, the Rev. Dr.
Joseph S. Key, of Macon, has been sum
moned to his bedside. This venerable
aud beloved servant of God is well known
throughout the State, laving been au na
tive aud efficient worker all ills life, and
his illness will cause sorrow to thousands
of devout Christians in Georgia, and to
Knights Templar, of which he Las been
Grand Prelate. Besides being a preacher
himself, wc believe he is the sou of a
preacher, tho father of a preacher, and
the grandfather^ of two preachers, all in
the Methodist church, and all men of
more than ordinary activity and ability.
The Baiubridge Democrat, speaking of
the meeting of the State Agricultural So
ciety, says: -
This distinguished representative body
of the friends of agriculture, will meet in
our city o;i the 8th of next month. That
our town should be selected as the place
of meeting is a high honor. It is presumed
that the body will be composed of over
three hundred members, embracing some
ofthe leading agricultural minds of the
State. Arrangements are being made to
provide for the accommodation of this
arge body, aud we hope that every citizen
or lialnbrldge will feel himself specially
bound for the comfort of our guests. A
public meeting was held iu the court house
iast Monday to devise ways and means of
entertaining the convention. A plan was
suggested ami adopted by the meeting;
aud it is understood that not only tho
town but tho county will help to enter-
xnilkmg and other house work, and spend- tain.
mg three mouths visiting friends in Tmun The funeral services of Captain Joint
visiting friends iu Troup
and billion counties, Miss Maggie West
made $128 with tho needle during the
year ItfftO. Young ladies who visit all
tho lime and work none, should think of
/this.
Ai.uany Mews ami Adterliscr: There
ivas a time when gambling was carried
on extensively iu Albany; but the last few
terms of the Superior Court put a stop to'
n trrr i‘*'eii’t seen a “professional"
on oar St rets rr. many days. The boys'
may bo taking a “little poker," but they,
keep it carefully ■qn;et. Ilia lruth.is - wej
Lave ail orderly city.
Atlanta Phonoyraph: Mrs. Posey,
Hie mother ofthe little girl who wouid in
•11 probability have been the bride of W.
Jj bcliuell lad it uot been for the prompt
-interference of Mayor English, reached
Atlanta Yesterday and gave her consent
for her daughter to become the_ matrimo
nial property of Mr. SchatlL She was at
once delivered into the custody of Mr.
Scbiiuil. who, we learn, Las not yet deter
mined whether to marry her first or send
Ler to school.- During the day there was
a rumor in circulation Hot Mr. Schuell
was thinking of bringing a suit against the
mayor for 'false imprisonment. The ab
surdity of ibe thing, however, gave little
• credent to Lite rumor. Mr. Schnell was
- *t-the opera house with his intended,
whw3 name we would write, but for the
err.,Ted state of our columns and the
w atciiess of tho hour. There is a great
- probability that Mr. Schuell will returnto
Sconce to-day with ills diminutive sweot-
■beart, and everything wilt bfl lovely aud
.•serene again.
TnoMAhViLLE Times: The recent cold
lias not allayed the orange fever in
Thomas. Ou the contrary, it seems to
liaive given orange culture in Thomas an'
--additional impetus. It is now definitely
settled that the hundreds of old and
young trees, are uot killed. Many of
-them—most of them in fact—have been
f ut hack a year or two, but experience
as taught growers of this delicious fruit,
that tins young tree, when killed down,
grows off rapidly and vigorously under
Javorable auspices. The young trees
killed down in Thomas will within a few
years, catch up with and pass the growth
which they would have attained had they
not been killed down. At least this is tiie
opinion of those who claim to know. Cer
tainly this industry will not be subjected
to such a cruel test for many long years to
come, as it was recently.
Colusinus Enquirer: Mr. Henry Otto,
of Xurigeti, Germany, is on a visit to our
-city and has made an extended examina
tion of Columbus, her water power and
iier manufactories. Mr. OUo is a mem
ber of a firm owning several spinning
mills in Xurigeu, aud Is himself a practi
cal manutacturer. His opifiion is valu
able and a complimentary one, therefore,
-when he expresses blmseil as being sur
prised and delighted witli his visit here,
After.* pending several months in England,
this gentleman is making au extendec
lour of the United States. He caudidly
agrees that the Eagle and Pbeuix,Xo. S mill
is the most thorough and progressive^
lias ever seen. We are only too happy to
welcome such well informed and pleasant
-visitors, and hope his firm, appreciating
the inevitable course of events, may, when
they enlarge their operations, as they in
tend, will come to the laud of cheap power
-aud cheap cotton. Tlds is os itshuulfjbo
and as iu the near future it certainly will
tw
Waycross lltporter. There are several
of our best and most Intelligent young
men speaking of going' West to seek for
tune aud fame. Some of the older ones
Rave got the Louisiana fever,and that bad.
We would not be surprised if Texas and
South America did not claim a goodly
number before the close of another twelve
nnontlis. It is argued, and with a good
'deal of truth, that this an old man’s coun
try. A man who has the misfortune to be a
' young man with small capital stands but
^ a slim chance amo: g gray hair* and half
B millions. A man in Georgia never gets
V too old to run for office, never loo old to
^*-r*Hre from a legal or commercial business
- after'iii lias amassed a fortune; but they
McMahon, one of the oldest'And best citi
zens ol Savannah, was largely attended
on last Saturday. The spacious Cathode
Cathedral was filled to overflowing. Tho
ceremonies were very iropressivo and
participated iu by all classes of citizens.
Col. Sam W. Small, well known all
over the State as a brilliant writer and
eloquent speaker, has become permanently
connected with the editorial staff ot the
Atlanta Post-AppeaL “Samivel’ will add
greatly to the character of this already
popular daily, aud we congratulate Colo
nel Caldwell in securing so popular an
assistant. Success to Colonel Small and
the Post-Appeal.
It is now definitely stated for the third
time that Sarah Bernhardt will ploy at
DeGive’s Opera House la Atlanta on the
10th of February. The Pos>Jppeal says
the lollowlng are the terms: Mr. Do-
Give will pay all tho local and advertis
ing expenses, estimated at $123, pay $'100
to Milton Nahics as indemnity for the
cancellation of February 15th and lCtb,
and be will receive 15 per cent, of the
gross receipts, the prices not to exceed $1,
$2 and $3, according to location.
The Brunswick Advertiser has a level
head, at least so far as the State fair is
concerned. It says: “Macon is moving
as well as other places for the State fair
of 18S1. She has tits grounds and the
central location and should be made the
permanent fair grounds Tor all time to
come
The hidden secret that has sent so
many men to the insane asylum has been
discovered at last. The Savsnnsh Mews
says; “Mr. John Thomson, at the Central
railroad office, has, we learn, succeeded in
sttalnlng perpetual motion through a ro
tary machine, upon which he ha* bestow
ed considerable time and labor.In a short
while he will be enabled to give an exhi
bltiontotbe public.” Wo never hear of
perpetual motion without recalling an in
cident In the history of President Jackson.
One of those wild eccentric men succeed
ed In gaining an audience with “Old
Hickory.” The General told him to stop
In his wonderful description, and take a
slaud in the middle ofthe room, which he
did. The General told him to lift himself
up from the floor by the scat of his
breeches, assuring the astonished man
that when be could do this, ho would lis
ten to his theory of perpetual motion. But
things lias changed since then.
Savannah Mews: The steamship Gate
City arrived Saturday from Xew York
with a very heavy freight, in-
dudiiiz 1,000 bales of jute
and 5U0 packages for St. Louis and
about 300 packages for Cincinnati. This
-is the first time Cincinnati freight has
been shipped via Savannah, hut freight
for St. Ixmfy Is often sent by this route.
A Strange VYill.—Oglethorpe Echo :
Judge Deunree fixed that property In
Athen3upon which Deupree Ilall and
the Slessis. Coheh’s stores stand, upon
ills daughters so that it is impossible to
dispose of it during their life lime. The'
will goes on to say that at the first effort
made to sell it one-half reverts to the
Baptist church iu Lcxiugton, and the oth
er ..Aft' to the Baptist church iu Athens.
We do not suppose au Opportunity will
ever offer to change tbt ownership of this
property, as it 1* 00 W worth at least $100,-
000.
Dahlonboa Digital: Deputy Mar*
dial Robinson anl Deputy Collector
Mu:ray, with two assistants, rode dowa
quietly to what is known as the Brier
1’afcli neighborhood on Monday night and
remain 1n < lieu and In business until they j bagged three moonshiners and thirty gal-
are Latiieti off to lake the'r final j Ions of whisky- Tim names of the prU-
, Take Savannah for an illustration: oners are Alfred Oliver, Marion Oliver
Look El titV profi‘.- -(ods aud horcMutaer- aim Curt Oliver, and when found were
, , business interests all ji; .:; o no-’J sopndly sleeping in . a shuck pen ou the
ji. i t.v >.vMib iiu. il. What induce- premises of Dunk HolliDeld, Esq. The
iuc... i..: - voting iuau ;o go there yritb a, two barrels .of, “Jllegal juice" were secreted
■i .,-aa.l dollar capital, to compete ' hi ILdfrpods mJoat one luljfl distant from
wit i . t, . a .-! a ball hundred thou-- the place whO* H* u,e * »«*A
ands? What's I'.e use :<• there and heating was ban V* 10 ® 8 > Commissioner
Tactice medicine or law, when you hare Brittain ou Tuesday, anfroJ “*****
to me.-t old a id :Ui vt le ans, that will [ itles bouoJ over. Sta/ahal ». bmtou
this favorite lowing at the gate, aud turn
ed her iu. She made for a pond in the
field, over which bushes aud broom-
straw were growing. Ee followed
and there found she had dropped a calf.
The bantling was too weak to rise aud
nurse, so he held it up aud it made weak
and ineffectual efforts to take the udder.
The calf, which was male, and bad all
the marks of having come to time, died.’
The heifer's bag was so distended that Mr.
B. was fearful his young cow would be
ruined, but as it was late in the season,
and but little green food, he let the matter
pass out of lib mind. ^jj|iit:the strange
part, is thi .: That huifar had another calf
■a February tbereatyt^ Which was a le-
tuale .with the flesh marks very much like
the one of September. The cow and sec
ond calf are both alive and doiug well on
hi;, place at this writing.
The Brunswick Advertiser says: “Dur
ing the year 1880,341 vessels entered this
port. Of these, 55 entered from foreign
and 236 from coastwise ports; 287 carried
our own flag, 22 that of Great Britain, 14
of Spain, 10 of Norway, 5 of SwedeD, 2
of Germany, aud 1 of Portugal. Of the
341 vessels,0 were ships, 41 harks, 48 brigs
and 247 schooners. The total tonnage of
these vessels was 107,775, and the number
ofmen employed by them 2,1l7. There
were 332 clearances, 01 for foreign aud
271 for domestic ports. The number of
voxels In port on tho first of January,
1881, was 21, of which 0 were loading for
foreign and 12 for coastwise ports. Of
those bouud foreign, 4 were destined for
the United Kingdom, 2 for Montevideo, 1
for Rio Janeiro, 1 for Cuba and 1 for
Spain. The number of vessels entered in
1870 was 220, the number cleared 223.
There were, therefore, 121 more arrivals
and 107 more departures of vessels in 1880
than iu 1879, au increase of over 50 per
cent. In tho foregoing statement, no ac
count is made of the several steamers
making regular trips to aud from our
port.
Savannah Mews: A private letter
from Fernaudina, Fla., tinder date of 21st,
advises us that “a dead beat is working
his way to Savannah, having in every con
ceivable way beaten his way through
Florida, representing himself as a Prince
ton student, led astray by wild college
mates and appealing to everybody for aid
to get back. lie is a nobby little fellow,
light complected, light hair, aud wore
wlule hero a blue suit and nobby little
fur felt hat. He has been driven from
town to town, kicked off trains and out
of hotels, and is in every sense a dead
beat. This is to warn the charitable of
your city, that lie deserves neither charity
nor sympathy. Let your citizens be on
the lookout for the young gent, and gi ve
him tiie grand bounce out of Savannah. He
bears the reputation of being light-
fingered, and is perfectly willing to take
a passenger’s hand satchel, pocket-book,
or anything else handy or convenient.
Loafs around hotels and depots and Very
pressing in his manner aud address."
The Tkleohaph and Messenger.—
Americas Eccordcr: Genial Mac Davis,
of this excellent journal, paid our town a
visit on Friday. His folks are putting out
a splendid paper, aud wc are glad to know
from Mac .hat the goose hangs high aud
lovely. He report* a prosperous trip iu
spite of the tuud and weather.
Augusta Mews: From the Washing
ton Post we learn that Hod. Henry W.
Hilliard, United States minister to Bra
zil, was recently robbed in Rio Janeiro of
over $3,000 in money, Ills watch and
chain, clothing, etc. The thieves entered
iiis room iu the night and administered
chloroform to Mr. Hilliard, fronilhe of
feels of which he had hardly recovered
when the last American steamer left.
(iiSFPiN Mews: A few days ago we
published the invitation received by the
Spalding Greys to participate in the in-
augaral ceremonies at Washington, March
4th. The Griffin Light Guard has re
ceived a similar invitation,and it is by no
means unlikely that a delegation from
that company wilt go on to Washington.
We had a short chat with Captain fttew-
art, of the Light Guard, yesterday, aiid
fouud him hopelul of taking a portion or
his company to the presidential inaugura
tion. if reasonable rates could- be se.
cured, he thought he could carry lour
fours, with gunks and officers. We un
derstand that the Atlanta companies have,
been tendered transportation to Washing
ton and return for $12, and it was thonght
that if other companies would join with
them, that rate could be still further re
duced—possibly to $5. It would boa
grand trip, and a cheap one for the Griffin
military, and we are glad to learn that
they have it under serious consideration.
A SPECIAL dispatch to the Constitution
from Washington, dated January 24 add
signed by Gen. Walker, says: In making
up the statements of the cities for the cen-
sus bulletin number forty-five (45), tba
inhabitants of one enumeration district of
Atlanta were, by a clerical error omitted.
The true population of the city is thirty-
seven thousand four hundred and twenty,
one (37,421.)
Oglethorpe Echo: Allen a certain
proiessional had apologized to Judge San
ders for cursing iu his pretence the other
night, he found out the Judge was deaf
and hadn’t understood a word of it until
our friend explained what he was apolo
gizing for. Then be went out doors ami
cussed again.
Monroe Advertiser: Were we to sug
gest that some of our citizens, who are
financially able, build a small cotton fac
tory in Forsyth, it would be met with the
usual indifference, and some one would
be apt to say that “it will be a long lime
before Forsyth has a cotton factory. In
spite, however, of this anticipated indiffer
ence, we will venture to call attention to
the example of Mr. Fletcher Uauson, of
Macon,- Ga., a young man reared in
Barnesville and well known in Foraytb,
having lived here for a considerable time.
A few yeara since he purchased a brick
building In East Macon, from the Central
railroad when that company had deter
mined to move Its shops Into tiie city.
Mr. Hanson commenced operations, with
very little capital. He manufactured cot
ton yarns on a small scale bat profitably.
Wlthm a short time the large cotton
factory In the city of Macon was of
fered for sale. Owing to misman
agement, it had not proved profitable to
the owners. In the bands of Mr. Hanson,
however, it became a valuable property,
and is now payiDg, as we are reliably in
formed, handsome dividends. The East
Macon factory is greatly enlarged, show
ing that there is great demand for the
yarns and fabrics turned out and that the
busiuess of manufacturingbas been profit
able enough to earn the money for these
additional investments witbin a few
years. If this business is so profitable in
Macon, why not hero? The manufac
ture of cotton fabrics pays handsomely In
Columbus and AuguMa, and has aided
largely in the building up of those cities.
If this business Is so profitable in
Macon, why not hero ? The manufacture
of cotton on a small scale; having the
building so arranged thatjaUdilioiu can be
readily made, would be aueuleiprise that
would pay in our city, and be of incalcu
lable benefit to town and county.
The new council of the city of Sevan-
nab waa organized on Taesday last by the
election of our old friend, S. F. Hamilton,
Esq., chairman, and M. J. Doyle as vice
chairman.
’ Representattvx Smith, of the second
district of Georgia, ofieri an important
amendment to the tariff laws in moving to
exempt bagging, and materials for making,
from duty.
We learn that Mr. John I. Cheatham
dropped dead at his house to-day at
12 o’clock. He was about elgbty-fiTO
yeara old, and has been tfoubled with
vertigo for some time. This is the sup
posed cause of his death. He was a moet
estimable gentleman and of great worth
to tbs community.
failures, with liabilities amounting to
$104,500. *
Captain Hutchins, one of the most
popular conductors on the Macon and
August^ Railroad, has been suspended for
putting off the wrong piece of freight at
Sparta. We hope soon to see him rein
stated. A
The Cochran Enterprise has changed
editors again, Mr.S. Chappell retiring and
Dr. T. F- Walker coming in for journal
istic honors. -
The railroad commission has ordered
that all baggago be checked by the depot
agent before the arrival of the train. This
law goes into effect February 1st, with the
reduction m fare to three cents per mile.
Milledokvxlle liecorder: It is to be
teared that the protracted bad weather,
extending over a period of two months,
will do great injury to the roadbeds of
railroads constructed witbin the past eight
or ten years. Serious accidents may be x-
pected any day on this account.
Hamilton Journal: Mr. James Smith,
au old resident of Harris county, died at
lus home on Sunday morniug last. He
was complaining the evening before his
demise, yet was so cheerful that no fears
were entertained of his recovery. The
family retired and awoke to find him dead
inbea.
Americus Recorder: Two little hope
fuls of Leetou, Bob Byrd’s oldest and
Joe Ansley’s eldest, concluded to take a
rix mile walk iu the country on Sabbath
afternoon iast. The “shades of night
were falling fast,” but they brought no
tidlug3 of the "babes in the wood.” Un
availing search was made. In the midst
ot the agonies of their loving mothers the
youthful truants put in an appearance,
right side up witli care, aud tho deep sus
pense of two hours was turned into joyous
delight. Do so again, little heroes, “its sq
romantic.”
Savannah Mews: The freshet which
lias been reported at Augusta is said to be
the heaviest since what is known as the
“Harrison freshet” iu 1840. It is expect
ed that its effects will be felt m this vicini
ty Wednesday and Thursday, and the
rice planters along the Savannah are pre
paring for the flood to the extent that
they are able. Owing to tho autumn
rains, there is still a considerable part of
the crop in the field, aud as tho water, in
order to equalize the pressure and save
the dams, will have to be let into the
fields, all the crop not harvested will be a
total
Tint Hew York Financial Chronicle,
alluding to cotton manufacturing iu the
South, says: “Georgia is, of course, the
banner State, but South Carolina, al
though later in the start (being harassed
longer by incompetent officials), is now
making rapid strides, aud bids fair at the
end of another ten years to show a very
material advance. In fact, this is true of
ail the Stales.”
Dudlin Gazette: Last Sunday room
ing Mr. W. M. Scarborough was thrown
from his mule and painfully aud seriously
hurt. His forehead, as he was thrown,
hit a stump, aud it was thought for a
while that it would cause concussion of
the braiu. Mr, J. T. Fayne was a bo
thrown aud seriously hurl as he was re
turning from Bluvwater Church. Thi*
case was the result of running horses on
the Sabbath.
Atlanta. Post-Appeal: Treasurer Speer
gave us the follow tug notes: Under an
act of the last Legislature tlus Governor
and Treasurer, out of surplus hauls, have
retired about $50,0(X>c4 tiie “baby bonds,”
A per cents., falling due in 1881-85. There
was over a million dollars iu the treasury
on the first day of January. The balance
on Saturday night was $1,131,882.02. Tiie
January interest on the public debt bas
be*n nearly all paid. .The taxes have
been well collected and-tiie payments into
the treasury are iu number and amount
satisfactory. The State depository law
works well. There are over $003,(XX>
kept in tiie State depositories at home
and less than $200,tXW-in the Xew York
banks. Most of the latter amount bas
now been paid out for coupons. The
Treasurer expects his new and much-
needed safe to arrive and be put in posi
tion on or about tho 20th of February.
< Columbus Enquirer: At last the mail
over the Lumpkin rojHe from ibis city has.
started, but whether or not it reached its
destination, deponent sayeth not. It was
to leave hero at 0 o’clock yesterday morn
ing on schedule time, but from some dis
appointment, Mr. Edge was delayed ui*
starting, lie hually announced ready
aud tbc mail was strapped to one horse
while he mounted another to lead through.
He started off quite satisfactorily, but
lvheu a short distance from the city the
horse bearing the mail became frightened
at the traiu and began to “cut up shines.”
The mail gob underneath him and ho
kicked out one end of the sack and started
on a stampede, scattering the mail in the
mud as ho went. The rider gathered up
the mall, came back to the city, caught his
horse and took a fresh start, leaving about
130'pkin. He was to go as far
as Cusseta, where he will meet
the carrier from the other end of tbc
route and return this morning. Messrs.
Edge and Dudley haze secured four good
horses; and will probably do away with
auy fuither disappointment. The people,
however, should exercise a great deal of
patience while the roads arc in such au
awful condition. Speaking of the mud
reminds us of what Mr. Ciieck, the carrier
of the Florence route, said yesterday, lie-
met a representative ofthe Enquirer-Sun,
and iu answer to the question as to tJier
condition of the roads, said: “1 am a
poor man, but as poor as 1 am I wouldn’t
undertake to drive a bugey from here to
Florence for $100, and have a week for
the Job." “"Why, what’s the matter?”
“The roads are Just awfully
awful. It would be out of
the question to get there at all only ior
gettiug out into tho fields aud
woods. It is past traveling witli a buggy.”
But if there is auybody who will carry the
mail, Mr. Cheek is the mau. When he
took the contract lie said he would do it,
aud he will. He is possessed witli energy
and pluck. The weather, snow, rain or
muddy roads will not abash, and tiie peo
ple are fortunate that lie is on the road
again.' The West Point mail, which is
tri-weekly and goes via Mulberry Grove,
Mpuntain Hill, Whltesville and Don' iu
Harris county, failed to come to time.
This mail is due here at 11 a. in., oil Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, and
leaves at 12:30 ou the same days. It is
usually very prompt in arriving on sched
ule time, and it is a rare thing indeed, for
It to make a failure. With the roans in
such condition as they are now U is pot a
hard matter to conjecture the cause,(If ^ho
delay.
AflousTA Mews: Fully prrsua^j, tint
the cure fur illegal voting is a Suttu. i.g-
Istiarlon law, \yc aft "pleased to learn ijiat
the Hon. H. D. D. Twiggs, the spiior
member from Richmond iu tho Lcglsla.
tnre. Wilt prepare, for tlte next session of
the General Assembly, a law which will
cover the requirements and needs ofthe
case. If any couuty ueoda a registration
law, that county is Richmond. If a Slat;
reputation awails sny man, It ls*tbecl(am-
pioq of such a law, and wo kno w of no
one more able to provide the act, aud car
ry it through, or more worthy of honor for
distinguished championship, tl»u Judge
Twiggs.
Rome Courier: .It is .our pntpose to;
commence the pubi;c«::>.:i of the K-nu:
Daily ^Courier on the 1st of Febrttar.',und
at the'same time discontinue-'he publica
tion of the Tri-Weekly Courier. We are
THROUGH A WINDOW.
Tbe Leaeoa ;the Sparrows Ts ijfht,
Sitting before a fire of glowing coals,
we glance out through our chamber Win
dow and see that a snowy mantle has
been thrown across old nature’^ shoulders
as she slept in the night. Upon tho
ground a group of English sparrows are
fluttering, flinging with their flashing
wings clouds of the soft, white substance
into the air, and as they frolic they keep
up such a concert of chirps and twitter
ings that one would suppose a sparrow
school had just been dismissed.
In the leafless oak, Whose brown fingers
tap the window pane as if to call our at
tention to the mischief makers, another
band Is busy; with wings half raised, and
saucy beads uplifted, they sidle out upon
the slenderest twigs, and shake down
upon the revelers below their fleecy con
tributions to tho game. A few home
guardians are up under the caves busy
about, nobody knows what, and invisible
except when now and then a black cra-
vated throat, and an inquisitive eye is
thrust out over the cornice. Under tho
spirea bush a methodical jo-reci is turn
ing over dead leaves, andtrouping around
him as he searches old nature’s archives
for a worm, are a half dozen of our little
brown friends overseeing the job with lu
dicrous watchfulness, occasionally picking
up a crumb from the scantily furnished
table of the worker. This is all, except
here and there tumbles down a little
form through tho yet falling snow, or flut
ters back from the ground to tho caves,
to warm his toes, perhaps, at his own
hearthstone. ;
And as wo sit watching the little ma
rauders, as some persist in calling them, we
let a lesson form within our musings— a
lesson bom of observation and taught by
that little bundle of feathers and vi.
tality.
Wo will call it spring. The flowers are
out, aud a faint breath of perfume floats
in through the open window. Yonder
arc the sparrows. IJp and down through
the trees they flit, aud on the grass they
hop, chirping, chattering, calling to their
mates or hurrying homeward to the eaves
with straw anil fibre. The mockiug bird
is out, too, filling the air with music, and
the blue feathers of the noisily happy jay,
are floating in the air. It Is glad, joyous
spring, and everybody is in excellent spir
its.
We will call it summer now; the swel
tering summer of August. The mocking
bird’s feathers are beginning to grow scant;
the erstwhile singer presents a moody as
pect, as he sits in silent disgust upon the
oak tree’s topmost bough and meditates
upon the mutability of tbiugs. The blue
jay is also overcome; withiu some ever
green he sits and muses, and his discord
ant cry, when betakes tbe trouble to raise
his voice, bears within it an imprecation
ou tbe heat. Xot so our little English
friend; it is all tiie same to him. lie is
down in the road dodging vehicles and
taking a hot sand both, or leading in tri
umph bis fourth brood of tiie season from
bush to bush. The same merry
ahirpj sounds iu the air,
the same inquisitive twist is seen in
his neck, and the same restless gleam
lives in his eye. But seasons will change
and tiv; autumn has come. The jays
gather in the oak aud. discuss in mournful
tones the prospective-severe weather. A
keen breeze rutiles tiie feathers of our
old friend, the mocking bird, and leaving
his exposed perch, he seeks a warmer
level, bending his aurved flight silently
intoasheltoring hedge. But just look at the
sparrow! You would imagine that
autumn was tbe season he had
prayed for, and over whoso arrival
he was holding high carnival. Into every
thing, digging; twittering, fighting mock
battler, putting ahead on a stranger, and
peering curiously into the darkened room
from the window sill—it seems as tluugh
no circumstances cau daunt him. And
behold! winter has come again. The
mocking bhd has vanished. The blue jay
has quit in despair, and over yonder, well
housed, the chilled pigeon broods iu dig
nified inactivity. But the sparrow?
Gaze out upon him iu tho snow, dauut-
lcss, cheerful, happy little elf, always
the samo. The frozen ground may refuse
him food in the morning. The icy blast
may stiffen him in under tho caves, or the
beating storm drench him through and
through. But it’s little he cares now. If
he starves, he will invade the kitchen, or
gather up the meal thrown on tho steps.
If he becomes numb, the sun same time
will warm him. If he is drenched, there
is dry dirt to wallow in, undor the porch.
But all these things are yot unborn, ami
here is the snow to play lu now, and the
snow may soon bo gon?.
Oh ye whom little cares oppress, whom
business, tho seasons and life’s changes
break down, throw open your windows
and take the lesson to yourselves. There
ho sits, the despised little emigrant, look
ing you curiously but fearlessly in the
eye, ready to teach you. Wanderer, citi
zen only by sufferance, your neighbor
% tolerance, an exile always, and yet a
philosopher beyond comprehension.
Well may he lift his chfeiful voice through
all seasons;- Ha whom the seasons obey
lrn willed that not even hie little form
shall fall to the ground unnoticed. Well
may you learn the lesson. The hollo w of
the same liai^l holds yon both.
' . } ‘ Married.
Last evening, at the residence of Ool.
Isaac Hardeman, in Viuevillc, Miss Lula
Griswold was married to Cbptain R. II.
Barron, of .Jones county- The bride Isa.
yoitogMj wel! known in tj;ls .<;fty,
the favorite of a large circle of VrietldsT-
Captain Bim<ni|t«|f>f the leading iitt-
zens of J one j w ciiu uly, a progressive farth
er, who lias represented tils section In thia
legislature for several years. Wc extend
onr congratulations. • •
' wATiiK*,foVTti!ir7~ ,, i H
; O , -— " . r. | e
j", Stri:ic $iiqin»arIIy Enilcd."'-! I
Yesterday.morning, when the regular
fiwen fiWtoKtft im
provement assembled, it was • found that
the coloreit ■strikers, who exorcised tiro
rlfllit ^eiflerT 3$ before, had
thought better of their sullcnness during
the iilgJiL ami were q;f ,fit>rid ftady *to tie-
Bume-thcir labors at saventy-ffvs cents pfcc
day—the old raiS* ’ • S'Q
;In n short whlfd the bosses had
The Fertiliser Distributor.
Quite a number of,people yesterday
witnessed the workings of the “Distribu
tor” on Third street, and a number of the
machines were sold. Captain John A.
Nicholson, a partner of Dr. Brown, tiie
inventor, was ou hand, and explained the
workings' ol bis apparatus, which is very
simple. It is attached to tbe rear end of
the wagon or cart body. There is a large
wheel, that passes over the bub of the
bind wheel aud is fastened securely to the
spokes thereof. A belt (chain) passes over
this wheel and over the pulley on the end
of the shaft which runs through the ma
chine. When the wagon is in motion, it
operates the machine, and the fertilizers
of any kind are distributed, either broad
cast, single drill, or two rows at once, any
width and in auy desired quantity. Tbe
following from the Atlanta Constitution
shows how the invention stands in other
districts:
A letter from Lieutenant-Governor Me-
Enery, of Louisiana, in which he highly
indorses Dr. Brown aud tho “distributor ”
which is making a stir among the farmers
is given below. We had the pleasure of
meeting Dr. B. in our sanctum a few days
ago. He was in Atlanta on business con
nected with his distributor.
Monroe, La., Jauuaiy 14, 1831.—Dr.
C. A. Simpson, Atlanta, Ga.—Dear Sir:.
Your favor of tiie 8th instant received.
Dc, D. C. Brown, patentee of “Browh’B'
Fertilizer Distributor,” resides ini this
parish. Ho is son-in-law ot David Faulk,j
an old resident and one oi our most' res
pected citizena. i ^_^''^^^_ i ^^J
Dr. wills’ Lecture. | Miss Mattie Martin, Folly; Miss Lizzie
The lecture last night before the Guild Moon, Old Lady from Jones; Miss
of Christ church was delivered by the Rev. Minnie Frank, Boxwood; Miss Lula Hel-
Dr. Wills, chaplain U. S. A., in the pres- frich, Fireman's Daughter; Miss Alice
ence of one ofthe largest and most appro- [ Daly, Little Blonde in Blue; Miss Laura
dative audiences we have ever seen assem-j Hertwig, Folly; Miss Ella Byrne, dotni-
bled in Macon on such au occasion. The no; Miss Aura Otto, Gypsy Fortune Tel-
lecturer, alter tendering his thanks to the ‘ — - ' "
members of tbe Guild for the honor ef in
viting him to address them amtexpreasing
the fervent hope that this Chrfstiau frater
nity might prove a school of high social,
intellectual and moral improvement, and
trusting, a; one of the meanings ofthe
word guild is contribution, that contribu
tions, during the course of lectures, might
flow in like a river without an Inunda
tion of waters, proceeded to the
sideraliou of liissubject, ,iz-i
Solomon declares that “the glory of
young men is their strength.” The Gre
cian couccption of tbe case is that the
highest typo of manhood is strength, and
the highest type ofarojhaahood is beauty.
These ideas of the Greeks aud Hebrews
coincide with the teachings of moditcral
audtuodern literature ou the subject.
Milton’afamiliar maxim is: “Fojxc-in-
teinplatton be and valor formed; for soft
ness she and street attractive grace.” The
elements of strength were then reduced
to a rigid analysis and generalized under
the flyee heads of the physical, intellect
ual and moral. LIt is a sealed maxim in
political economy that there can be no
CUlAUIUi J *\
I have known Dr. Brown favorably for civilization or general prosperity
many yeara. He is recognized, here as a
gentleman of high standiug and character.
You can implicitly rely upon tho genu
ineness of the certifleates in his possess
ion relative to the value of his distributor.
I am not a planter, aud therefore canuot
say from experience as io the value of his
invention, but from the comments of the
press aud the manner in which it is spoken
of by practical planters, I have no hesi
tancy iu saying it is tho valuable machine
lie represents it to be. Respectfully yours,
[Signed] S. D. McEnery.
Tbe Southern Express.
Some time since we commented upon
the announcement contained in our tele
graphic columns that the control of the
express business over tho Louisville and
Nashville railroad and its extensions had
been restored (o the Southern Express
Company. The fact that all differences
between the two corporations have been
adjusted aud harmony restored, is one of
congratulation to the railroad and the oth
er carrier. Under their own express ser
vice, the Louisville aud Nashville found
the business to be troublesome and un
profitable; the great system of Southern
transportation and t deli very of goods
was obstructed, so that both sides have
abandoned all legal points at issue aud
commenced again a harmonious and prac
tical co-operation. Tiie fact that expros-
sage has grown into a business of its own
is now generally recognized. Ou all trains
it is to the interest of the public that mes
sengers should operate, aud along all
routes they insist that agents may be es
tablished.
Especially, too, does tiie South seem
well satisfied witli the ‘basines s facilities
of the Southern Express Company. Ex
tending over thousands of miles and em
bracing the area of tbe South Atlantic aud
Gulf States, this corporation insures totbc
people or this section safe aud speedy
transportation of money and merchandise,
with prompt and reliable delivery, anil
liberal allowance for loss or injury which
may occur. The popularity of the com
pany, which is so weft conducted and so
liberally managed, is not to be wondered
ai—it has grown up among tiie institutions
of our country, and its officers are among
our honored citizens. There is a devotion
to the service on the part of those em
ployed which is as remarkable as it is
fz»mmeiidablu—it being no uncommon
thing to find officials wao began life as of
fice boys or “horse clerks,” and remain-
ittg faithful to important duties,
have been tendered a promotion to the
I highest offices of trust. It is one of tbe
corporations which doc3 uot content Itself
with brains aud experience, but is charac
terized in policy aud detail with a liber
ality and benevolence which makes it an
exception to “soulless monopolies.” Few
have forgotten the prompt and faithful at
tention which the- company gave to mou-
ey and supplies shipped to Savannah, New
Orleans and Memphis during the yellow
fever epidemics of 1870, *77, ’73. At the
height of the pestilence the energy and
vigilance of tho express officers were re
doubled for the relict of the suffering,
carrying all articles free of charge into
the stricken cities. This conduct was
characteristic of the company.
Such are the reasons, then, why
Southern people hear with satisfac
tion cf the progress, steady aud
sure, instead of ambitious and grasp
ing, of this corporation. And such are
some of tiie methods by which men of
ability, energy and capital, employing
thousands or young men, and working
for hundreds of thousands of customers,
have conquered every obstacle, survived
every shock and Invaded every section.—
Augusta Chronicle.
moved to this step by tho growth-of our
prosperous young city and adjacent conn- ■ ployed all labor- desired, auil applicants
try, and our desire istq, be, equal to the j , iat , , 0 be tin&J away. It; ,w,as. as we
demands of. the reading pubho.' FojWiil i .,. , ; ^ «ff»rcil -ore too'
make no rash promises, but rely upon Urn MS '"4° . lj0
merits of thd journal for its success. As tempring to riw oii.uiary darkey to allow
a necessary element iu a daily paper, thb: tho.&h^s to rc(g$ln Unfilled very long.
Daily Cour.er will publish Urn press dis* I • 'ttb firt»"'stnho—prin-
palclies, and its reader., will each morn- J . . , .. . . *
ing timl in it' columns a remoc Ot 1 " ‘ M ftJpfSK
current events of importance of (he pro- j 14 war qu iguoininioiu fad.fro. It ns
vious twenty-four hours. The loral de- ’ i;oic- ihat its result, wilUdisonffage toese,
jmrtment ol tho Daily Courier will be In- iul „ expensive, experiments 1 ,and
the hands of a gentleman qualified to note ^^ , .*71 , , ,
all matters oilocal interest. The general ^at the vicious example of these few be.
markets by telegraph aud tho local will • not imitated in this or neighboring sec- j seventy-five cents per day. Let those who
OUR WATERWORKS.
Laylas
be given.
tious.
the afntns—Strike ot the
Ueorgln Darkey.
The Macon Gaslight and Waterworks
Company are making every effort to push
forward the waterworks. A force of pipe-
layers, under Mr. Iumau, all from Phila
delphia, have been busy several days in
laying a six-inch main from tho intersec
tion of Fourth street aud the Macou aud
Western railroad, northward to Walnut
street. A ditch has been prepared as far
this way as Crockett’s foundry, and if la
bor can be obtained a few more days will
see Fourth street equipped from end to
end. Plugs for fire purposes are being in
serted at proper positions, and tho work
seems to ha well under way.
A serious trouble arose yesterday In
connection with tbe Georgia hired labor.
Somo forty or fifty negro hands had been
employed upon the roads, their principal
duty baing the digging of ditches. These
laborers went to work under a contract of
seventy-five cents per day, aud continued
contentedly until some one put it into
their heads that, the company was pushed
for titneT aiiittabor was scarce. They
buniMUMijy “Mi nek” for a dollar,
and yesterday, when.’a Telegraph! and
Messy-nger reporter visited tho grounds,
they were standing about: tbe scene of
their previous labor, idly watching the
tifffi*n Philadelphia hands, as they fitted
and joined the pipes.
The employers announce their inten
tion to stick to the price agreed upon,
claiming that tho wages are fair and suffi
cient, and It seems to bo tiie general opin
ion that they are right. The railroads pay
for ordinary laborers fifty cents per day,
aftd farmers, much less than that. It is
feared that, Bhould tho company accede to
the demands made upon them, all help
engaged would be drawn from thd plan
tations and workshops ot the country.
This strike is a pretty fair illustration
of Use d&rk-y’s character. AU during the
freezing cold weather bis complaints have
ba<m heard, and it has been necessary to
extend him a helping hand; now, six
mpnilti of employment at fair wages are
offurod bins, aud th- tj,U tlso skies are
clear, he prefers to stand hack idle, rather
than woi k for lesi than he demands. The
I acentoniio company informs us thatr ho
1 now wants fifty able-bodied hands, and
I will employ them upon application at
seventy-five cents per day. L
want employment go to him.
among any people without a transforma
tion of matter from a crude'hud unrefined
to rreflned and artificial state, and this
cau only be done by the expenditure of
energy and pojver. Sweat ot the brow
lies at the foundation of success m all the
spheres of Luman activity, which was
shown from the subjects philosophy,
history, analogy and practlijirlife.
Tho intellectual element of strength is
of a still higher and nobler order. “Knowl
edge is purer,” is the grand maxim of a
British sage which will stand the test of
time. There is a premium on brains the
world over. It is not wealth or military
power, but it is ideas which rule the
world. Tiie true mission of all science,
which is only classified knowledge,
is to redeem man from the curse of
labor by substituting tho energies of
nature for mere brute force. Iu tiie
annals of war wo find that the best edu
cated nations are Anally victorious, and in
all the great world’s expositions the prizes
for mechanical and artisticexccllencehavc
been awarded to the most cultivated com
petitors. Every man can educate himself
in a few years by.thrce hours of daily con
secutive study. “Education is only as it
exercises, aud by its exercise invigorates
the mind;” saysSir William Hamilton. L
The moral clement of power was strik
ingly illustrated by numerous historic ref
erences—by a series of forcible contrasts
between the great men of the world whqso
names shine conspicuously in the annals
of legislation, letters, aud war. j
The lecturer depicted in vivid and
startling representations the stupendous
evils ol intemperance, gambling, and the
great transgression and earnestly ex
horted the young men to shun these pow
erful temptations, which allured such
multitudes of their class to destruction.
He expressed briefly and wisely his
views on the drama and the dance, which
subjects he had been requested in a note
laid on tho desk, to discuss. He finally in
tender and pathetic terms spoke tf his en
trance into this city twenty-one years ago,
aud that he felt a peculiar interest in tho
welfare of the young men of Macon, with
whom for many ^years ho sustained in
teresting and important relations. Some
of them ho had baptized into Christ, some
he had joined in holy wedlock, some he
bad accompanied to their graves and
pronounced over their lifeless forms
the solomn words, “dust to dust, ashes to
ashes,” anil there were some before him
whose parents on their death beds bad ex
horted him to strive to bring to the cross
of Clwist, aud to urge them to meet their
departed ones in the better land.
This is but a mere hasty synopsis of this
lecture, which wo believo will long live
in the hearts and memories of our people
who were so fortunate as to hear it.
THE GERMAN MASQUERADE.
Plenty of Fan at Maaoole Hall.
Last night the grand annual masque
rade ball of Germania Lodge No. 591.0.
O. F. took place in Masonic Hall, and
that spacious apartment was crowded from
end to end with merry masquers and
spectators. Never a party of people en
joyed themselves more, and when, at 12
o’clock, the masks were lifted a burst of
laughter ran tbrough the ball, and tbe
fun reached its highest pitch. The fallow
ing Is the list of masquers:
GENTLEMEN.
J. Gates, blue domino; Frank M.
Carr, Pantomime Clown; Harry Brown,
Count of Pepper Sauce; Zeno Whitney,
The Masher; W. V. Brady, Papagana;
Julius Otto, Sailor Boy; H.L. Smith,
Prince of Montezuma; Ed L. Causey,
City Fop; Charles Oswald, Prince of Ba
varia; H. Bebr, Country Man from Tip
perary; -—.CornSack; A. W.Stephens,
New York Drummer; F. T. Farmer, In
dian Chief; Noe Brown, Jumping Jack;
W. T. Shinbolaor and Walter Nelson, The
TwoDromios; M. Henry, Folly; James
Peyton, Tobacco Vender; P. Redmond,
Prince; Frank Burke, Robinson’s Clown;
T. P. Donahue, Jones Connty Swell; R.
N. McKevitt, American Eagle; G. T.
Payton, blue domino; Joe Clark, Bos
nian I’riqco; .Ch.,Ricbel, Copenhagen; R.
M. Wright, blue flomlnoiv W- P. Oun-
nlngham,' Dido; Juiius Ldh, Wire domi
no; Harry Griggs, Texas Jack; J. Y.
Flinn, Coachman; H. Selingcr, Clown;
J. Kayton, T.- Freeman, dominos.
LADIES. ,q j |
Miss Lena Schllnzen, pink domino;
Miss Mary Stevens, Snow Flake; Miss
Annie Russell, Lady of the Tenth Centu
ry; Miss JuhuKiug, Faded Out; M.s* L.
Harvey, blue domino, Miss il. Harvey,
Fisherman’s Daughter; Miss Mary Vena
ble, Macon Dally Herald; MUs Julia Bra
dy, uomiuo; Miss Annie Fry, School
Girl; Miss Ida Peyton, domino; Miss An
nie Irving, Snow Flake; Miss Mary Saun
ders, domino; Mias B. Flynn, domino;
Miss Minnie Merkel, Violets; Miss Me-
iissa Snellgroves, Spanish Peasant Girl;
Miss Katie Peyton, domino; Miss Wan
nack, Morning Star, Mlm Pauline Wan-
nack, domino; Miss Nettle Wastgensteln,
domiuo; Miss Minnie Waggenstein, flosn-
; Mi,s Alice Nelson, Marie Antoinette;
ler; Miss Lula ScMlnger, Gypsy For
tune Teller; Miss Fannie Anderson,
Night; Miss Gertrude Reichert, Fortune
Teller; Miss Katie Bavatta .and Miss
Annie Schell, Twin Sisters; Miss Mamie
Cook, Daughter of the Regiment; Miss
Laura Bavatta, Macon Daily ncrald.
Death of Iter. C W. Key.
Ilev. Caleb W. Key, whose illness wt
mentioned a few days ago, died at the
residence of his son-in-law,Captain Young,
in Augusta, at 2:30 o’clock Sunday morn
ing. He was buried on Monday.
Mr. Key was one of the oldest as well as
one of the most useful Methodist preach
ers in the State. He filled nearly all tbe
principal stations, at one time or another,
in his life, anif was peculiarly successful.
He Was a well preserved man, physically,
having been in active service uutil the
last year, when he was placed on the re
tired list. He was about sixty-seven
years of age. He has served his general
lion well, and died iu great peace and
left his children the blessed heritage of a
good n§mo.
He was the father of Dr. J. S. Key, pas
tor of Muibery Street Methodist church,
and Wo. M. Key, -Esq-j connected with
the firm of Messrs. Singleton & Hunt, of
this city.
Outsido of his ministerial relations, Mr.
Key was a good aud enterprising citizen.
He was what is termed among tbe broth
erhood a bright Mason. He has been for
s number of years chaplain in the Grand
Lodge of Masons in Georgia, and was at
onelimo grand prelate in the Grand Com-
mandery of Knights Templar in this State.
He was well known all over the Stale and
greatly esteemed for his Integrity of char
ter and adherence to duty, lie has lived
well and died well, and has left an exam
ple worthy of imitation.
An Important Decision.
In the Superior Court yesterday morn
ing an interesting deejsion was rendered
by Judge Stewart on a point of some im
portance to bnsincss men. The decision
was that where a creditor holding a note
of a firm accepts from one partner after
dissolution a renewal of the note, without
tbe knowledge of tho other partner, the
latter was discharged from liability, both
on ths note aad the debt.
Such is (lie law of Georgia; but the
counsel for the creditor contended that the
rulo did not apply to a case where the
partnei who renewed tbe note had been
intrusted by tho other with the winding
up of the business, hut the rule was hold
by the court applicable to all cases. This
is a transaction which most business men
would permit; but it has been truly said
that “we walk amid tbe suares and pit-
falls of tbe law.”
Itiili Land League; MiM Annie Cook,
Red, White aw) Blue; Mis* Amelia
Franks, Violets; Miss Ida WRburti; fancy
dress; Miss Annie Relcbart, domino;
Miss -Lulie DeBeruff, Flower Girl;
.Miss Jessie Waggenstein, CLiueao Girl;
Miss Annie Brown, Night; Miss Annie
King, fancy costume; Miss Katie DeBe- _
mil) Nymph of Woods; Miss May Paly, no .dark cloud* ever >spai their
Travel He* 11 inert.
The Georgia railroad office at Augusta,
upon'receipt ofa telegram from the road-
master at thi* end ofthe line, lias resumed
the running of trains to Macon. The dam
age to the trestle at tho Ocmalgee lias been
to some extent, repaired, and trausfeis
across the river are made upon a flat boat,
the passengers climbing a little ladder at
the end of their' journey. The spans
which were waslied away will.he repaired
as soon as possible.
Solid Reading.
The Teleoraph and Me^senokrIios
arranged for a series of articles upon in
teresting topics from the pen of well
known gentlemen of Macon, and will lay
them before its readers In weekly install
ments. The articles wilt be from prac
tical men, and upon subjects with which
byexperieuee they are familiar. They
will furnish good and instructive reading.
Tboee Marriage Bella Are Ringing:.
Cochrvn, Ga., January 24,1SS1.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—
Hawkinsville has never bad a wedding
so largely attended by the elite ofthe sur
rounding towns as the one described
below. Owing to the Macon and Bruns
wick railroad accident, no colebrities from
Macon or Savannah could attend.
The nuptials of Miss Henrietta Maas, of
Cochran, and Maurice Waterman, or Haw-
kinsville, were performed on the Sid inst.
by Rer. Dr, Saenger.ot Macon—tho latter
a very talented Rahbi, who, after the con
clusion of the customary vows, made an
impressive lecture, which affected many
soft hearts. Congratulations were show
ered on the new couple, joy reigned su
preme, and many an old, withered coun
tenance was strewn witli garlands of
smile.
Tbe bride was dressed in a handsome
plum-colored silk dress, trimmed with
gold shells and a bonnet to match the
same, which made her look exceedingly
pretty.
The banquet was one of the grandest
ever witnessed hr the writer (an old
hand). All the delicacies of tbe season
were visible on the tables. To see the
manipulations of the knite and fork and
merry laughter of old and young was a
sight which words are inadequate to de
scribe. Tbe bridal gifts were elegant and
costly. Among them were a diamond
ring and a pair of earrings, by tbe groom;
a silver ice pitcher, beautifully adorn
ed with an engraving of an
angel picking bdreies, by Cohn
Bros. & Co., .Cincinnati; a silver bat
ter dish, by‘S. Block, McVHle; a box
containing table and tea spoons and forks
(six of each), by Melnhard Bros, & Co.,
Savannah; six silver lea spoons, by Joe
Maas, Mt. Vernon, Indiaua; solid silver
table and tea spoons, (one dozen each), by
Sol Siesel, St. Louis, Mo.; a silver cake
basket, by A. Walter, New York; six sil
ver napkin rings, by Mr. and Mrs. T. B.
Hendricks; one handsome iced cake, with
tbs Image of a bride and her bridal Tell,
splendidly decorated with hearts and stars,
by Mr. and Mrs. Dinkier, of Macon,
Ga.; a pair of silver napkin rings,
ornamented with gold and beauti
fully engraved, by Sir. and Mrs. Jaco
bus, Hawkinsville; an album with steel
engravings of Romeo and Juliet,
by Mr. and Mrs. Jacobus, Hawkinsville;
a handsome pink satin pincushion,by Miss
Alice Selig, Atlanta; six silver teaspoons,
by Mr. and Mrs. Nussbanni, Macon; a
silver water set with tray, pitcher and
goblets splendidly adorned, by Mr. and
Mrs. Mamie, McViile, Ga.; a silver
chariot card case, by Sam Lang, Haw
kinsville; a handsome silver jewelry case,
lined with blue satin, by Mr. and Mrs. J.
Dtnnenberg, Macon; a Japanese toilet
set, M. Isaacs, Hawkinsville; a hand
some toilet set, by Mr. and Mrs. John
Dunham; a toilet set encased in a silver
stand, beautifully ornamented, by Mr. and
Mrs. M. Stern, Savannah; one silver,
S id lined, card case, by Mr. and Mi*.
esc, Savannah; a praam stand,by
Mrs. Jerger,of Hawkinsville.
After partaking of onr share of tbe
sparkling Mumm’s Extra Dry we send
our trotter ou a ten-mile drive on our way
/Welting to our sweet borne in tbe little
village of Cochran. We return onr heart
felt thanks to Messrs Jacobus and Kalians
for their kind attentions. May the choicest
biossings sparkle on tbe married couple,
threshold. Adieu.
How to Gkow Fat.
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om wishes
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set boos*.—