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VHJI.U LOVE.
V~ Xi-BtUa ohild an pure and Ray
"'3<t* .irul jojous us u morn in May,
^ Or ;>irdliuR in ite nest,
t 3U^jaimed: 'D*ar papa, I lore yon
i’jj uono beside can ever do,
’ But mamma I lore beet.
ysc yoQ j love up to the Okies, the skies the
novels trod;
bra nmmina still farther up—I love her
i;p to God. _ ...
< ■* — —0. P. R&msdeli.
S'.UK GEOHVMA EBESS.
'Xnvjrr.'rj-a regular boom In legs at At-
airta. On Saturday, Mr. H. C. Tanner
::wwrvod $14,599 from the Air-Line for
tSse icMs af one by an accident on that road.
'3 jan; Athens Banner baa this “Person-
ail*: Pleae Stovall, of the AuguaU
•Clrwtiefr, Is engaged in anting a thrlll-
. jx novelette, entitled ■“Life without a
-rTail.” it is understood to be an
.atiirn apbinal sketch of summer in Au-
Avx. thn points iat issue between the
<3ty council of Athens, and the Richmond
and Danville railway In regard to the
aaaas of the Northeastern road were set-
l aft Atlanta last Saturday, and only
ratificationhy the people to become
The main point of difference
lu&ween the parties was In regard to the
eBvrtends camod by the Northeastern
rjtnC, which the Richmond road insisted
.£should have.
t xx * ms banker is said to have told some
U»4y connected with the Atlanta Reda-
.'Ssr,that John H. James made $145,000 on
•JSssrgla railway slock during the recent
Tue Albany JfeiM in an article on the
**22auiroad Commission,” 8 *J* :
Thus far the commissioners have not
<dEv«xldown iuto business and let the peo-
through the governor, know what
rfany Iwvo accomplished In the way of re-
Cming the monopolies and pacifying the
ijwfciie. They rather theorize and argue
Seat soundness uf the law under which
trjjyjr powers were-given them. In fact,
tttqgr seem to precede the assembling of
J&qwislalure with -a line of defense for
-■5*tr acts. Wluit we hoped to see in this
rrsptit, and shall expect to appear in the
r uai t of ti, is a staiement of actual
: accomplished by tbo commission,
Sg wherein they havo benefited
people of Georgia, showing that
ual beuafits have becu derived by the
ga^wsnssr the railroads and owners of the
uwb, and whether tho unjust “pooling sys-
ttKt'* lit- .been abolished, by which certain
•-SMtnMKiXles weic made to suffer. It the
Caav is*, good one, proving its rirtuo by its
^mmoriplishmaats, we want it to stand.
LY&te tm unjust or inadequate law we
tcd.lt altered or abolished. We were
fa-sued yesterday by the agents of the
t*» railroads entering Albany, that the
faou cotton from Albany to Savannah
ins follows, per hundred lbs:
mS.F.& W.R’y., 25S miles 40 cents,
* C. & A. K. It., 200 " 40 cents,
«C. it. It., 2S0 “ CO cents,
This Alien allows the B. & A. tho same
„ Air tor 1900 suilcs as is allowed the S. F.&
OT. Kr 258 miles, while the Central is not
•uatkiwelLto compete at all for business at
dhtteiidWT its line. There Is certainly
"jn« rilling •v~ong here, and it is passing
-rMsu^ge to us that the people or the rail-
.mad*-do not .enter complaints on this
JDe- A. T. Siv.ijji.vo, of Atlanta, has
’-Modified the call to a Baptist church In
?XUdcJphia, tendered him some time
The Courier says three dogs, with all
t&e symptom sof hydrophobia, were killed
j&hKame last week.
Xre Augusta Chronicle, of Sunday, has
tSfcft following: Mr. C. H. Phinizy, presb
<laal, aiul Major J. B. Gumming, attorney
<dT she Georgia railroad, havo returned
SSwot Atlanta. The object of their visit to
TJbe-eapital is not known. Mr. Phinizy, in
xnaponse to an inquiry from one of our
JKpraenlativcs, stated that General Alex
ander was not in Atlanta while he was
.rfeece. Me said he knew nothing about
.wy contemplated lease of tho Gen-
Oaf railroad, but was satisfied that no
«Whdi lease could be made under tliQ char-
deet the road. When asked if some
aBnangement equivalent to a leaae
would not probably be made, he said he
The Berrien Count]/ News makes the
ygalifyuig statement that there will be less
planted in that county than for
years past.
turpcntinestill of Ball & Wood-
wear Nashville, Berrien county,
burned last Friday afternoon, causing
cc asss of $500.
WKfind the following in the Atlanta
-£3ccf-Appeal:
WoMtm, April -30.—Some months
^p«u old gentleman by the name or
4 j^jtaaulUs, who lives about three miles
Mttan this place, died, and since his death
isnut ten thousaud dollars have been
3aend buried ou the old man's farm. The
ttaS eras found by his son in a casket con-
• mi-.-iuir ten thousand dollars in gold nn-
<fc-4 rook in a brook near the eid man’s
lie bad told his son about where
money was and be made a search and
~ it. A few days -since about five
.fruudrod dollars were found. The cir-
watl which led to Its discovery
areeic these: Once when he was walking
rwtth his wife in the peach orchard he rc-
ac&cfcod tliat lie had some money burled
aasar where they stood. She remembered
Tie epot and on going there recently and
2£zaxtog & good recollection found the
Jiihcxe amount, wldch was in silver, most-
ifc la. Mexican coin. The old suan was
-jkboul ninety-tbreo years of age, and had
CftueA at this place since the settling of
dm country about sixty years, and had
c«ecuuiuUte<l considerable wealth. The
hod evidently been there a great
-nKiy years, judging from tbo dates on
tfJfcE twins.
The same paper learns “the particulars
aquecr contest which is going on be-
ut iloii.Ferdiiiand riilnky, of Athens,
Mr. J. S. Uayden, of Wbito Sulphur
Both are wealthy men. Mr.
u is largely interested in gold min
ing'In. North Georgia. The case seems to
TV rihonf till*' Sometime ago tiio rail-
xxni Allowed Phinizy to -erect a dwelling
Mnzse on their right of way; but tho rail-
zaokA-cotupany bad no deed to tlic land,
fiayden went ana bought a large
of land which included the land on
Phinizy*s liouse was erected. The
«afis-e-beuig vacant, IIaydeu moved into
tt^-rtaUuing that, the house was Ins and
onma^ytUng else on his land, just as much
cms. thefjpoes tliat are standing ou his layd
I.:-:- 1‘liiitizy thought difisrenlly, and
smu-tavo tueu to-eject Hayden from the
Chs^se, wi uch they did and put his goods
«aaft ako. lie men employed Preston
i«i- aud -Jesse Davis to guard Lite
-Sabesk to pi-aont Hayden from re-enter-
..1k llie Owaise. Last Saturday Prather
’Ct/i. 3>s.v'< aiona to go to Gainesville,
ll- n^ r that Davis would be able to
**a» - ui ».uo fctfC.” Sunday morning Hayden
agitted araixwd at the hou6e and found Da
is bed from a son: foot. Hayden
n-sxsed bis loot for him and then
fcw o> up Davis’ gun and revolver, aud
bu«n gun, lie went out ou tlie verauda
hurged the contents of ail the fire-
ts. He then told Davis that the best
fag he could do was to get ou lliu down
tun when it came along and go to
^.ssvrUe. Davis objected, and said be
£ m.i waul to do it. Hayden replied
rX rues daad to do a great many things
-wuxw-'.:Eici vJist lliey did not Want to do,
last lids >«s one oi ihern; that he
is._>vgo, and that when he bagged down
'JOtiOn uniji get on huard. liavis re-
jtr. •«atn’y A J. us lie was bid, but not be-
las h*d divined Hayden’s whisky fiask
him. Abeir. three hours after the.
44- - ‘pa-ised Davis returned with a posse
if *-'.ou in buggies and arrested Hayden on
* warrant charging him with aMaait
h intent to murder. Uayden quietly
our informant left. Hayden claims that
he still has the possession of the house, as
be has the keys. However that may be,
Phinizy bas three men still guarding tbe
hour* against all intruders.”
The Madisonian announces tbe death
of tho Hon. Peter G. Morrow, of Colum
bia county, on the 25th ultimo, in his
eighty-third year, and adds:
“He was a delegate to the last State
convention, and voted against Colquitt to
tbe end.”
The Athens Banner estimates the es
tate of Mr. John White, who recently
died there, as worth from five hundred
thousand to one million dollars, all, or
nearly all, of which has been accumu
lated within the last twenty yean. He
owned the Georgia Factory, near Athens,
and tbree-fourtbs of the slock ot the Ath
ens National Bank.
The Tliomasville Times of Saturday,
learns “through a gentleman from Dixie,
in Brooks county, that a severe hail storm
visited that section of country last
Wednesday afternoon. The corn and
cotton crop was very seriously injured,
and tbe watermelon vines were almost
totally destroyed. This is a great loss, as
a large crop of melons had been planted
in the ncigliiiorhood of Dixie. We have
not learned the extent of the storm.
Accident on the Savannah, Floe-
id a and Westkbn Railway.—The Sa
vannah Neves, of Saturday, says:
The way freight train on the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway, leaving the
city at 7 o’clock a. m. yesterday, met with
a serious accident at Black Swamp trestle,
about tbreo miles east of the Altamaha
river. Tho engine, tender, three box and
five fiat cars ran off, and were precipitated
into tbe swamp. Tbe tender and cars
were badly broken, but the damage to the
engine is not yet ascertained. We regret
to state that Engineer D. J. Crowley was
painfully though not dangerously hurt.
His fireman, Lawrence Theus, was scald
ed about tbe ankles, and train hand Kit
Tillman was so seriously injured that he
died on hts way to the city.
Me. Thomas Teofman, one of her
oldest and most honored citizens of Stew
art county, died last Thursday, aged eigh
ty-seven years.
The matrimonial market at Savannah
was on a boom daring April. Seventy-
two couples took the plunge, of whom
fifteen were white, and fifty-nine negroes.
The News says during the month ot
April the arrivals at Savannah consisted
of seventeen steamships, five ships, three
brigs, twenty barks, and*thirty schooners.
Shot Thbougu the Heabt.—We
find the following in tho News: “Yester
day (Sunday) afternoon a most outrageous
scene was witnessed on the banks of the
canal, near tlie Central railroad bridge,
adjoining the waterworks, which resulted
in the instant death of Mr. Patrick Rea
gan, a woithy and inoffensive citizen.
The report of tho tragedy created the
most intense excitement throughout
Yamacraw, and In less than half an lioor
a crowd, estimated at fully fifteen hundred
negroes and many whites, had gathered
at the spot, aud tho rumors in
reference to the killing were nu
merous. Upon a thorough investigation
the representative of the Neics ascertained
the following facts: About half past three
o’clock yesterday afternoon, Mr. Patrick
Iieagan and Mr. John Knox, accompanied
by two little sons of tho latter, left their
homes ou Walnut slrcetlo goto a pastur
age on tho canal where their cows were
pasturing, for tbo purpose of bringing
them in. As they neared the waterworks
they discovered sitting around some ten
or twelve negroes engaged in gambling,
and when within a few yards of them,":
quarrel suddenly ensued between the lie
groes. Pistols were drawn and firing
commenced indiscriminately, a regular
fusilado being kept up. Mr. Knox, who
was a short distance ahead of Mr. Reagan,
called to bim to hurry on, and anxious
for the safety of himself and boys, moved
off to the right. At this time lie saw one
negro, who was dressed iu light clothes,
fire four successive times at another ne
gro, who was in the rear of Mr. Reagan
but not exactly in rauge. Other ne
groes were also firing, and as be
turned be was surprised to see Mr. Rea
gan fall across a log. The negroes re
treated, still firing at one another, and
Mr. Knox, leaving his sons hastened to
Mi. Reagan, and raising him up, discov
ered to his horror that he was perfectly
dead, a bail having struck him in the
breast, penetrating the heart and killing
him instantly. The outrageous conduct
had been witnessed bypaitieson the Ceu-
tral railroad wharf, and the special watch
man ran forward to render assistance and
succeeded in catching one of the fugltivo
negroes named Geoige Miller. Mean
while, a policeman who was in Yama
craw was informed of tbe occurrence, and
by promptness managed to secure another
negro named Thornton Williams. Subse
quent ly two or three other negroes were
arrested and are held as witnesses,
The^ say, in Atlanta, that Mr. Ferdi
nand Phinizy, of Athens, sold 900 shares
of West Point railway stock, recently, at
$100 per share. Just enough to give tbe
control of tlie road to the lessees of the
Georgia.
We find the following in tho Augusta
Sc try.
A Gallant Fireman.—As the down
lasseuger train on the Georgia road was
caving Social Circle yesterday, a negro
baby was seen by the engineer just ahead
of the train on tbe track, and but for the
promptness of the fireman, Mr. Win. Bois-
ciair, in jumping off aud snatching the
little darkey from the track at his own
risk, tbe child would have been killed
As it was no damage resulted.
AGino of Rodders.—The people
living aloug the line of the Georgia rail
road, in Warren and Greene counties, are
fully of tlie opinion that an organized
band of robbers are at work Intbat neigh
borhood. Last Tuesday the bouse of
Mr. Lucius Fowler, near Norwood, was
broken open by a yellow negro man, who
took therefrom a gold watcb, several fin-
;er rings and other valuables. The scamp
las not been beard from yet, but there is
hope that he will be overtaken very soon.
This was a broad open daylight theft.
Tub Monroe Advertiser says a negro
convict Lamed Enoch Austin, who was
being carried up tbe road from this city
to Atlanta, last Saturday, slipped bis
bandcufis, jumped from the car, and made
his escape. A reward of $25 is offered for
his capture.
Poisoned With Bl-tteiuulk.—We
mutilate tne Atlanta Bedater, of Monday
night, to tbe following extent:
Yesterday morning Mrs. Spyere, wife of
George Spyers, cne of the station liouse
keepers, purchased some buttermilk from
country woman, which was served at
dinner, aud of which Mr. and Mis. Spyers
and the two servants drank freely. After
dinner Mr. Spyers, acting as a pall bearer,
attended tlie funeral of Miss Bagby at the
»miUcd to the arrest, «t.d went along
■o them to Gainesville, bet having $30,-
, “ bo Batiks to go on
~t :td. 3 he case was being tried be-
» caret of referees yesterday when
Fifth Baptist church. While sitting in tbe
church listening to tlie funeral sermon, he
was suddenly taken sick, and before be
could lease tjia bo i#e began yousting co
piously. Again ‘ at ibe eefhelAy he fras
seized witli another vomiting spell aud
was compelled to leave the ground fay, bis
home. Arriving there be found his wife
' and two servants In tbe same fix, only
Mrs. Spyers was much worse. Medical
aid was immediately summoned and tbe
family was Heated skillfully by Dr. Todd,
who responded. Tbe sickness was easily
traced to the buttermilk,, but what it con
tained lias not yet beeu ascertained. At
12 o’clock last night Mr. Spyers was about
well, but ids wife’s condition was said lo
exceedingly critical. Ooe of tbe ser
vants, too, was dangerously ill from toe.
same cause.
A Wire’s Chase After a Worth-
LEsb Wretch of a Hushand.—Last
lion house upon the chaige ot assault, but
subsequent to tbe arrest gsvs bond and
was released. The particulars of tbe dif
ficulty which gi»Y« rise to tbe arrest are
these: For some Mms past the lady’s b us
band has bees playing truant, much to
ber annoyance and grief and much to the
grat ification and pleasure of a Mrs. Smith,
who keeps a small store on Marietta street.
This has beeu goiDg on for some time, and
until last night tbe wife bas borne ber
troubles with fortitude, hoping by persua
sion to win her recreant husband back.
Last night her patience gave way, and
arming beraelf with a revolver, she sought
tbe borne of ber husband’s unlawful iove
with tbe intention of bringing affairs to
rights. Entering tbe building, sbe found
the object of ber trouble, ana with ber
husband. This sight drove ber distracted
mind to desperation, and drawing her
revolver she advanced towards the two,
who sought safety in flight; but, with a
desire for vengeance, the wile pursued
them into tbe streets, where she was
arrested by Officer Christophine, who dis
armed and took her to tbe station boose,
where she gave bond for her apyearance.
The names of the parties to this a flair are
Mr. and Mrs. Poss and Mrs. Smith.
The Atlanta Post-Appeal says it is
slated “that the $270,000 of bonds report
ed by the Citizens’ Bank on December
31st in its statement comprised in part
the bonds of the Rolling Mill. It will be
remembered that before the mill went
oat of the bands of the old company the
Citizens’ Bank and some other parties
held $80,000 of its bonds. Tbe mill was
sold by the sheriff on the jndgment of a
Knoxville creditor, and was thus trans
ferred to the ownership 'of the Citizens’
Bank. A new compauy was chartered
and $200,000 of bonds issued. Tbe $90,-
000 of bonds were bought at ninety cents,
and when they were watered up to $250,-
000 they became worth less than thirty
cents to the dollar. It is understood that
there are $150,000 of these bonds among
the assats of tlie bank. There u said to
be $50,000 of the bonds of tbe Spartan
burg and Asheville railroad among tbe
assets. ThiS road was bonded of about
$00,000, from which we may infer that
their value is about seventeen cents to the
dollar. Thus we have $z0J,00J of the
assets of tho bank accounted for in all
probability.
Memphis and Charleston railway stock
was sold at $54 per share in Augusta, last
Saturday. On Monday sales were
made at $G5, and before night $00 was
asked. Seieral thousand shares changed
bands. Central stock was quoted on the
same day at 142 to 143), and Geoigia at
153 to 154.
The Atlanta Bedaler, of Teusday
night, says:
The Richmond and Danville
Railsoad.—Considerable indignation
exists among Atlanta merchants iu conse
quence of a rumor that the officials of tbe
Richmond and Danville railroad are re-
iusing to sell thousand mile or three thou
sand mile tickets to the people of Geor
gia.
The truth of tho matter seems to be, as
near as can bo learned at this moment,
that the Richmond and Danville railroad
is selling three thousand mile tickets to
citizens of other Stales at two cents per
mile, but tho road refuses to sell to citi
zens of Georgia at the same rate mainly
because Georgia lias a railroad commis
sion. It is furthermore learned that
thousand mile tickets can he bought by
any person, no matter what his nativity,
at three cents a mile.
What a rich boon the railroad com
mission is, anyhow, to the “oppressed”
citizens of Georgia!
The Oglethorpe Echo says that when
Mr. Stephens retires from Congress, Hon.
James M. Smith, of that county, will suc
ceed him. Which remark,as speculatingon
a man’s death, seems very heartless to
sees and assignees ss on themselves. They
provide for the appointment of arbitrators
to settle ail matters of controversy.
The Montezuma Weekly says Coi. W.
H. Willis, of Oglethorpe, sends that office
one of the talons of an eagle that was re
cently killed by Mr. William PeUter, in
Flint river swamp. It measured seven
fret between ite wing tips, and has car
ried off over fifty lambs.
Some unknown disciple of Bob Inger-
soll attempted to burn oat the store of Mr.
James Gammon,under the Rankin House,
last Monday night. The floor was found
“saturated with kerosene oil and a pile of
excelsior packing on the floor, which was
also saturated. Near tbe pile of shavings
wss a five pound candy box filled with
torn paper and matches—four or five
boxes of matches having been emptied
and distributed among the paper. Nearly
a barrel of oil was scattered over the floor
and barrels, the fiends using buckets for
tbe purpose. Mr. Gammon began a
search to see what tbe wretches had stolen,
and found that between $70 and $80 in
cash bad beeu taken from tbe safe. The
Enquirer says a few weeks ago he lost his
safe key, and as it was unlocked the
rogues had easy access. If auy of his
goods were stoleu he has not yet mused
them.
Who Knows the Han?—We find the
following in the Milledgevilie Union and
Recorder, ot Tuesday:
Capt. C. G. Wilson, postmaster in this
city, received a letter last week from Dr.
James Ware, Parish of Avoyelles, Louisi
ana, making inquiries, of which we give
below a brief synopsis: During the war
the Doctor was surgeon of the 10th Louis
iana Regiment, ana while in the Union
lines at Cbattauooga, in 1804, he bad
charge of the “Rebel ward.” A young man
was brought in named Bowden, (initials
not known), who was sick, lie said he
was front Baldwin couuty, Ga. He
wanted some extras, and pawned a val-
ble ring for a sum. Tbe ring fell into
tbe hands of Lieutenant Johnson Dick of
tbe United States army. A letter from
Lieutenant Dick’s sister, Mrs. Cheatham,
who writes through tho New Orleans
post-oificc, wishes to know if Bowden or
his family desires to redeem tho ring.
Mrs. Cheatham lives In Coiambus, Ohio.
Dr. Ware does not. give her full address,
hut il it should be necessary, we doubt
not a letter to the postmaster at Colum
bus, Ohio, would reach her. We know
nothing of such a man, or sutlra family
as ever living iu Baldwin county, Georgia
• .SE.VPI.Vfi US WOBD.
The tariff for carrying concealed
weapons at Augusta is.invariably $100, or
a month iu jail. Judge Eve is his name,
aud he presides over the County Court.
The Augusta Neics tbiuks it is not Ma-
hono “but the prohibitory liquor move
ment that is likely to split the solid South.
Tho agitation on tbe temperance question
seems to have been mainly transferred to
this side of Mason and Dixon’s line. It
crops out everywhere in this section, and
bids fair to give politics and politicians a
lively shaking up.”
Mrs. Cami’FIeld, one of the oldest
residents of Augusta, and one of the four
charter members of tbe Christian church
of that city, died last Tuesday aged eighty
years.
The Savannah News says: The passen
ger train on the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, which left here Tues
day afternoon at 3:10 for Jacksonville,
met with quite a serious accident at the
junction, about four miles from the city.
In running across tho switch, which, it
appears, was all right, tbe engine was
thrown from the track, dragging tlie bag
gage, express and smoking car. Tho en
gine tumbled over on tbe embankment,
ploughing into tbe soft earth, and is some
what damaged. The engineer, James K.
Nelson, remaiued on the engine, and
when found was In an unconscious condi
tion, apparently dead, with one hand
clutching the valve brake and tbe other
the reverse lever. He was removed and
partially recovered, but it is feared has
sustained internal injuries, as several of
his ribs aro broken and ho is badly
bruised. The fireman and train hand
were also hurt, but not seriously. None
of the passengers were Iqjorcd, bat the
jolting gave them a big scare.
The Union and Recorder reports the
recent deat'fi in Philadelphia, at the age of
ninety-three, of Mrs. Scndonia Snow,
formerly of Milledgevilie. Also of Dr.
John Stone, a prominent physician of
Hancock county, last Thursday. He had
practiced medicine at Linton since 1841,
and was sixty-six years old. .
The Teums of the Lease.—We find
tho terms of the lease of the Northeastern
railway by tlie Richmond and Danville
road, synopslzed as follows In the Athens
Banner, ot Tuesday:
Tho city oi Alliens transfers lo the
Richmond and West Point Terminal
Company one thousand shares of North
eastern railroad stock. In consideration
whereof, the said terminal company
rees to extend the Northeastern to
arkesville by January 1st, 1882; to Tal
lulah Falls by July 1st, 1882, and to Clay
ton, or some point near, in five years, or
sooner it there be reasonable probability
of a connection through by railroad, from
there to Knoxville, Tennessee. This
company does uot agree to begin tbe ex
tension at Lula, but reservo the right to
begin at any point, which it shall consid
er most eligible, between Lula and Mt.
Airy. If the Air-Line should ever go out
of control of the RIclimoud and Dauville,
the latter pledge themselves to build
separate road for the Nortbest-
ern from Luia to the road which
goes to Clarkesville. They also guarantee
that through trains shall always be run
daily on the Northeastern (exceptSunday,
wbicli shall be optional,) from the northern
terminus to Athens. They agree not to
hinder or retard a connection with Knox
ville via Rabun Gap, but to give it reason
able aid and encouragement. They agree
to kern tbe Northeastern road in good
working order, and to pay the interest m
the mortgage Mods out of ti£ gross reve
nues of the road. They agree to keep tbe
depot'of the Athene terminus In the cor
porate! l|nits uf tlie city, and on tbe west
sifie of the Oconee river. They guarantee
as luff: freight and pasacuger rates as
d from Eastern points; and
the West at proportionate
Notes fro as Oar Neighbors.
Taldotton, May 2.—On Sunday last
at No.fi. the junotion 'of the Talbctton
ami Southwestern railroad, two negroes
became engaged m a difficulty, aud oue of
them was seriously cut. For some time
it was thought the wound would prove
fatal, but our last Information was tliftt
ho was gelling on finely,
By Wednesuay^ nlglit tlie track on our
railroad will be completed, and the en
gine will stop at the depot.
A series of meetings aro being held at
tho Methodist church, Rev. E. H. Me-
Geliee, pastor. —— fff
Thomasville, May 1.—J. M. Loelir,
from Middletown, Ohio, who has been
spending the wiuter iu Florida, with his
wife ana child, had to stop here on his
way home, about a week ago, with ty
phoid fever, which he had contracted m
Florida. After much suffering ha died
this morning. His brother, wlio was tel
egraphed for, Is expected lo-nfght, when
his remains will he taken lo his homo in
Ohio.
A UORKIBUE BATE.
may
an4 also pay their proportionate
' e expense of* building a union
r depot- They agree to keep tbe
oises aud shops, aud the main
tbsrNortheastorn in Athens. They
Arne Ahat *n tlie event of failure to com
ply with the conditions, tlie stock shall re
vert to the oily of Athens. . They agree
that aUthe terms and condition of this
contract shall be as binding on their les-
Why tlie South Grown Poorer.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: In
former article I took tbo position that we
were growing poorer, and assigned as
causes an over-production of cotton; the
drain on our resources to purchase com
mercial fertililizers, which, by increasing
the production of cotton, reduces its value;
the drain on our capital—so enormous
that we caunot give tbe 'figures—in pur
chasing sewing machines, lightning rods,
mean whisky, patent wash tubs, fly traps,
and eveiy conceivable device to bleed and
fleece us of hard earnings. And now, as
seo our farmers in all sections hauling
away corn at $1.25 per bushel, aud hay at
$2 per hundredweight, I am more thor
oughly convinced than ever that future
poverty hangs her dark canopy over our
agricultural interest, and that nothing but
a radical change in our system of manage
ment can avert certain run. What are
farmers doing now, pray tell me? What
will they be doing from now
until the twentloth day of August?
Killing gross that precious article that
they are hauling home now, so hap
py because they can buy it on time, al
ready killed, for two dollars a hundred.
My heavens what a policy. Tbe people
don’t surely reflect. Why the East aud
West will get nearly as much for the hay
crop, as the South will for tho cotton crop.
And all they hive to do is to cut it.and cure
and bundle it. We’ll send after it, and
make no complaint. But our cotton, Mr.
Kimball says, is not picked nice enough.
Too much grit in it. I do believe there is
more genuine nit in cotton than every
thing else. Well, of course these hay
and corn buying planters will make
great effort to raise tho standard
of our cotton. It was not necessa
ry to do so when it was worth
thirty cents per pound. But then we have
to be particular with this eight c nt cot
ton. Farmers next year ought to plant
bergamot and rosemary between tbo cot
ton rows. It would make tbe cotton
smell sweet, even after it was woven
into cloth. If tbis was done,
cotton might go to six cents. Well,
Mr. Editor, it must bo apparent
to any sensible thinking man, that cot
ton is unprofitable when bo invests six
dollars per acre in guano and buys corn,
bacon and hay at high prices and gets
only six and eight cents per pound for his
cotton. To .pick this cotton alone costs
an average price of two cents per pound,
lint. If our peoplo would abandon tlie
policy of buying what profited them noth
ing and raise what they consume, espe
cially tho most important factors in our
living, then we might recover our lost
ground; aye, even grow rich. But if the
people continue as they aro managing
now, we will get so poor we can’t make a
track in ah ash bed. Your* truly,
Paul Blunt.
It is reported from St. Petersburg that,
on the day previous to the Czar’s assassin
ation, the Grand Duke Constantino and
his wife were dining witli ids Majesty. In
tho course of conversation during dinner
the Emperor casualty observed that, in
all probability, lie should not, as had
been bis wont, attend the Sunday morn
ing parade, as he was suffering from a
slight cold. Upon tbis tbe Grand Duchess
rejoined that his Majesty’s absenco would
£ rovo a serious disappointment to her son
limitri, wlio had purchased a handsome
charger, which be bad proposed to him
self to show off to his uncle in tbe riding
school after parade on tbe following fore
noon. “That being the case,” said the Em
peror, good-naturedly, “I dare say I shall
manage to attend the parade as usual,”
and be did so. Tiie Grand Duchess,
when apprised of his death, was lor a
time completely overwhelmed by the
conviction that, but for ber persuasions,
her brother-ln law would not have left
bis place on that fatal Sunday morning.
Freak Dsn«r, a Worthy Cslwrtf Boy,
MM Afire.
Early yesterday morning there occurred
at mill No. 2, belonging to the Bibb Mann
factoring Company, one of those accidents
which chill the blood and a ton tbe mind
with horror; on accident by which a well
known colored boy at this city met a terri
ble death. The circumstances are aa fol
lows:
In the engine room there are doable en
gines, fed by a boiler without. Die pipe
leads into a room just under the floor, en
tering the first engine at the head. Above
it was a little movable platform for tbe
benefit of the engineer. The engines sit
over a pit some fifteen feet long and throe
deep, and the large fly wheel revolves in the
farther end of it.
Yesterday morning, about 5 o’clock, the
men were preparing to start the engine,
having fired up and raised ninety pounds
of steam. In the engine-room were Allen
and Anderson, two colored men, oiling np
the engine, and Frank Dorsey, who was at
the head of the engine jnst preparing to
start the wheels upon their day’s journey.
Suddenly a crackling explosion was
heard, and instantly the room was filled
with biting, blinding, boiling hot steam.
Allen and Anderson, the oilers, darted out
and escaped, bnt not so Dorsey. While
standing between the two engines,
the feed pipe had burst and the
fall force of ninetjnponnd* of steam strik
ing him had hurled him into the pit and
foroed him into the farther corner, a life-
lees mans of boiled flesh. Notwithstanding
the terrible heat of the eeoaping 'steam,
there were not wanting brave men to at
tempt to render assistance to the unfortu
nate Dorsey. Several ventured in, and
though scalded, succeeded in finding the
tody, from which life must have been
driven almost instantly. It was, as stated,
in the further corner of the pit, between the
fly wheel and the pit-wall, as far as
foroe could drive it Bending over, the
rescuer attempted to drag it out The arm
was. seized, but the skin came off as a
glove would be di awn, leaving the white
flesh exposed to view. Finally, however, it
was extracted and stretohed out A more
horrible sight could scarcely bo imagined.
The body was literally boiled, and the swol
len tongue hung from the mouth, a shape
less lump of floah.
The ooroner was sent for as soon as pos
sible, and summoning a jury held an in
quest
Mr. Amos testified:
About ten minutes before starting it me
Frank Allen and Anderson were in the
engine room oiling up, it then being twen
ty minutes to five o’clook; that he had com
menced letting on steam when Alien and
Anderson bearing a sudden noise like
cracking, when the main feed pipe burst,
filling the engine room with dense steam.
They ran ont, being nearest the door.
Frank being jnst at tbe entranoe of the
two engines, and directly over the pipe
which tore up the floor and otherwise in
jured .some .portions of the machinery
was evidently blown by the force of steam,
some fifteen or eighteen feet into and
throtigh the pit.
The evidence of other witness corrobo
rated this. The jury returned the following
verdict:
Wo, tho jury, impanneled by the coroner
of Bibb county, find that the deceased,
Frank Dorsey, colored, employe of tho
Macon Manufacturing Company, came to
hi3 death by tbe bursting of an iron pipe
known ns the main feed pipe, causing
deatli in oar opinion, almost instantly.
This was signed by tho jury.
Tho cause ot the accident was evidently
a flaw in tho feed pipe, and an aocident
which tho proprietors could not have antic
ipated or prevented. No possible blame
can attach to them. After the inquest Mr.
Hanson famished a fine casket and set of
burial clothes, in which the unfortunate
man was borne away to his home.
Frank Dorsey was one of the best col
ored boys in tho city. Faithful, attentive
and polite, he had established for himself
a fine character, and could have found em
ployment with any gentleman in tbe city.
His white friends expressed the deepest
sympathy for him yesterday.
Picnic »t Oemnlgee Farmers’ tint.
The twenty-eighth semi-annual picnic of
the above club will take piaoe at Uolston,
in Howard district, next Saturday, the 7th
instant, and a vast crowd from Bibb, Mon
roe and Jones counties are expected. It
will bo a basket pionic.
Hon. R. J. Redding, late Senator from
Schley county, and Assistant Commission
er of Agriculture and other distinguished
speakers will be present and address the
people. The Macon string band will dis
course sweet music, and ice cream, lemon
ade, soda water, etc., in abundanoe will be
dispensed.
It will be a day of general rest and recre
ation and enjoyment, and all of our city
people that can attend and see the beauti
ful growing crops, green fields and shady
woods on route should do so, and they will
be the better prepared by the change and
recreation for the coming week’s work.
The club rooms nnd fair grounds are on
the river rood, leading through Vineville,
at Holston poetoffice, ten miles from the
court house. •
The road has been recently worked and
is in good order. Let parties join together
and hire wagons, carriages and buggies
and attend this hospitable neighborhood’s
pionic.
A Striking Llkenem..
, Xoehpill* American. - _
Mr: to simply a brilUafa shal
low, emigrammatfo, ribald, for whose exis
tence there is no reason. For the negative
work of Voltaire there was a necessity; for
the negative philosophy of Hume there was
a place, but for Ingersoll’s shallow rehash
f Voltaire-Paineiam—which only appear
_resh to the shallow and ignorant—there is
no more necessity than there is for chim
ney sweep* at the equator. As a nihilist
he goes beyond Voltaire, without his fresh
ness. origiAafity 'AM fentos. 4He Ms the hor _ nishim Ln
devil’s own apt earthly representation of
S ure negation. In tbe eqottymy of thingi Richmond,
le principle called devil has a useful mis
sion and a place, and must have incarna
tion now and then in the Voitaires and
their like, but if there is any ose for In
ge r* oil at this time it con only be to re
mind mankind that there wr.s a tearing
down era aud may be agaiu.
Tbe Stonewalls Again.
Yesterday the fireman’s contest in Griffin
took place, only the two city companies en
tering. Several telograms wore reouivodin
this city lusTSvening, one of Which was as
follows:
Gunn, Ga., May 4,1881.
Aumd Made : Stonewall still ahead,
"and don’t you forget.” No. 1, twenty-live
and three-quarters. Twenty-one and one-
half. No. 2, twenty-five and oae-half. Eigh
teen and one-quarter. Julios L Mack.
The following were the tests:
First—Hose reel to be stationed 200 feet
in the rear of tbe engine. One man to
every seventy-five pounds. Run to engine,
couple to flood gate, lay 100 feet of hose
and play 100 feet of water.
Second—The sections of hose will be laid
from the engine down Hill street, discon
nected. The men stationed twenty feet in
rear of engine. Men will run to the hose,
reverse the same, oouple to the engine,
make middle coupling, put on nozzle and
throw 100 feet of water.
Catbelie Cenvewttoa.
A convention of the bishops of the Cath
olic Church for the Province of Baltimore
will bo held'in that city next week ox later
In the month for the purpose of naming
candidates from whom the Pope will make
■election to fill the vacant vicarate of
North Carolina* A convention for this pur-
pose waHieMl to November last, when the
trainee of thrya candidates, as, required,
were sent to Mte,ldf these three tbe Pope
sheeted the Vsrfi ton. Father Janssen, of
Virginia, for Bishop of Natchez, as which
ho was odhseerated in ■ Richmond on Mon
day last. In oonsoquence of this selection,
tlie convention al to be rehsid and anndi-
dates again named. The bishops of the
Ftovinb* of Rattbnare are Archbishop Gib-
of Charleston; Keane,
,*bf Saftwanato Moore,
of 8t. Augustine, Florida; Rain, of Wheel
ing, Vo., and Bepker, of Wilmington, Dela
ware.
“Iksy ■ettMOasAaeUMr,aelaIiet
sm Make BriekaaE Bora TkeaaTbar-
•uatkljr”—Where the Great BalM-
int« ace Bens — A Boalaeee tkat
Beaekea Every cily |« tae Stale
Had the Jews when in Egypt been fur
nished With thh present implements for
making brick, they might now hnve been
in captivity for aught we know, for the
hardships which have from time im
memorial distinguished this line of manu
facture have now sunk away into a resur
rectionless past. Tho old brick yard with
its mud mouida,naked negroes, bespattered
brick and nonstroua slowness now disap
pearing, will in ten years look as curious
on the walls of memory as do the rude
carvings upon the tombs of Egypt, pictur
ing the patient captive wrestling with his
burden of mnd and straw.
Probably no article of manufacture pos
sesses the antiquity of the homely brick or
has been subject to so few changes in form
and texture. On the plains of Shimar the
Babylonians, “said one to another, go to,
let us make bride and burn them thorough
ly. And they made brick for stone and
slime for mortar.” (Gen. xi-3). The walls of
Babylon, tbe tower of Babel, the pyramid
ofHowrs, tbe palaces of Croesus, of Mau-
■olus, some of the temples of Athens, part
of its walls, the Roman baths of Titus, and
Caracalla and hundreds of other ruins pre
served to ns from antiquity owe their exis
tence to the plain burnt brick of the same
form as ours. Granite and mar
ble have crumbled in the dost
beside the Utile rectangular forma, which
live to reveal tbe story of bygone ages. The
changes have been few. A nation on the
one side would glaze the surface of the
brick, while another would add straw to ite
texture to give it firmness. One would
plaster them with mud while another joined
them with liquid bitumen, but still the
brick lived through all, in shape and struc
ture the same. Finally artificial heat was
made to do the sun’s work, and briok be
came harder. Various shaped kilns were
tried. Tbe rectangular was generally
adopted in America, while the annular be
came tho fashion in Europe. Then the
common mould, with its tedious process,
was found to be too slow, and within the
last few yoars steel machines operated by
steam were invented, improved and per
fected. To-day we have in operation here,
within a stone’s throw of tho city, machines
that perform in one day tho labor of a
thousand men of old, and in a superior
manner.
Macon has always been noted for its fine
brick. There exists in tho lowland south
and east from this city, immense fields and
stores of a pure pipo day, firm in texture,
and without grit. Brick manufacture sprang
up in this section and were added to until
quietly, without fuss or oonfusion, it de
veloped into one of the most important in
dustries carried on here. The dty itself,
or rather its groat business houses, have
sprung literally from the clay of the 0c*
mulgee swamp, and slowly but Surely the
swftmp is building and extending the dty.
Stores station houses and dwellings, cul
verts, bridges and arches a hundred miles
right and left, have sprung from this un
cultivated swamp of ours.
HOW IT 13 DONE.
Yesterday, a Teleoeaph reporter visited
tho nearest yard where briok is manufac
tured, that of Mr. W. F. Anderson. Tho
old mule power mud maohincs had been
swept away like magic, and in the level
yard stood two of Sword’s circular Steam
brick machines, run by one of Schofield’s
iwenty-horse-power engines. The machine
is simple in action, but difficult to describe.
A set of moulds revolve beneath a cylinder
into which tho mud is thrown, and ns each
moald appears in front a full formed brick
is pressed upwards, and is removed to a
track standing near at hand. Ttro negroes
are kept busy feoding the machine, one in
removing the bricks from the moulds, one
in wiping the mould plates, two in trucking
off the bricks, and two in laying them out
in the sun.
Besides tlw force engaged thus, there is
the engineer and several hands running
the mnd oar which brings the material
from the pita to tho machine, Timed by a
watch, each machine was foond to produce
forty-five briok a minute. The work is
done by task. That is the hands work for
20,030 briok per day, and each machine com
pletes its task of 20,000 by 4 o'clock, p. m.
Mr. Anderson, whom the reporter found
personally supervising the work, stated
that he would mako six million briok this
year. He sells principally to the Central
railroad and branches, and showed orders
ahead amounting to 1,500,000 brick. Tbe
cost of each machine is about $800 and the
engine about $1,2C3.
Further into the swamp and near the
Macon and Brunswick road, the reporter
found Mr. Peter Harris and son busily
driving their similar machine with
sixty pounds of steam, and producing fifty
odd brick per minute. They had a Schofield
engine of smaller boiler than the one men'
turned before, but a beautiful and almost
noiseless machine. There were fifteen men
to this machine. Near by stood a kiln of
450,000 brick, being burned. Mr. Harris is
working npon a million brick order for the
grain elevator in Savannah, which ho has
taken with Blake, near at hand. ^
Stratton A Co., further down, also run a
steam maohine, but of different pattern, a
very rapid worker. Blake runs two of the
Sword machines, this making six altogether.
The remaining yard, that belonging to Mr.
Hoge, will ; we learn, Boon procure a simi
lar maohine. The number of brick pro
duced in Macon lost year wan 9,000,000;
this year more than 2O,OOO,O0Q will be pro
duced. Orders come from every direction,
even an far as South Carolina, while Macon
itself keeps several yards busy all the
time. These briok sell at from $0.50 to
$7.00 per thousand, and are superior to
anything in Georgia if we except Augusta.
As the years roll by, we expect to see this
despised swamp alive with men and wheels,
building up the waste places of Georgia.
It is now doing noble work.
—Number 2 of Griffin seems to be
tho ospecial favorite of fortune.
A New School lienee.
On yesterday the trustees of tho academy
fund effected the purchase of the Georgia
Medical College buildrog on Mulberry,
between Third and Fourth streets, aud it
will henceforth be used as a public school.
The building will have to undergo some
changes inside before it can be nsed for the
purpose named. Its situation is an admi
rable one for a school. The children of
the neighborhood have labored under many
disadvantages heretofore.
This building was originally the property
of the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany. Tho charter for that company was
introduced in the Legislature of Geoigia
by the late Dr. Ajabsosa Baker, Senator
from Bibb, which ro&olvad the support of
the Hon. Mr. McAlister, of Chatham. A
branch of the bank was to be established
in Macon, The presidency of the bank
WAe tendered to Dr. Baker, who declined
the office on account of his professional
duties. The presidency was then offered to
Jerry Cowlee, who accepted it, and built
tlie edifice, which was at that date consid
ered one of the handsomest in tbe
State. The timbers and masonry were of
the most solid character, and the interior
work also solid as well as ornamental
The bank was erected about 1837.
PMISfC
TOM AMTEJPa TALK.
He tout forth* Beg la Bed Witt e
■ft—B—ed Slick
To look at me now you never would sus
pect that at one period of my see-sawish
career I wss a fireman ! Yes, these shape
ly shoulders and manly breast was ones
concealed within a red flannel shirt, and
this classic brow once perspired beneath
the umbrageous shade of a ten-pound hat.
But that was a long time ago—before I
was ripe—before the fuzz had been brushed
off. I look back to that epoch and weep.
Weeping is a thing I can’t often indulge to.
It takes a red onion or the sight of a real
honest man to make me weep a good old-
fashioned weep ; but when my memory
gets off its ball and gallops back to those
days when I got wet, and knocked down,
and run over, and cussed out, and laid op
every day for repairs after a fire, I can’t
keep the tears back.
Outaide of a liquor shop and on indepen
dent wife, I know of nothing that can
equal a full grown fire company in sending
a boy to first-class destruction. Yon
might just as well give a boy a good greas
ing and let him slide right into the bad
place and be done with it. When a boy to
some unguarded moment links his desti
nies with a fire company, it’s good-bye boy.
A red shirt and a headache bat has more
genaine attraction for a nineteen year old
boy than a female minstrel show. And if
there’s anything ahead of a female min
strel show for drawing boys out by the book
way, I have yet to hear of it.
A boy can go crazier, have lees sense, and
be worth less when he gets into a fire com
pany than to any other business yet invent,
ed. He thinks and talks of nothing
else all day, and to his dreams
at night he is handling wet hose, getting
run over, and otherwise mixed up in some
fine scheme.
And men, too, bloss your soul 1 grow just
as crazy. 1 havo known grora men with a
houseful of litUe children, with no other
income on earth than that ptoduced by
their daily toil, run with the machine, do
ten days’ work to one night, get wet, stay
up until after midnight at some cussed
“practice” or drill, and then go home to
snatch a few hoars of sleep. And if their
employer next morning should notice tiiai
he wan paying full price for a half day’s
work and hint that a little more attention
to work and less interest in fire matters
was desired, get mad aud quit on the spot,
even in face of the fact that situations don’t
grow on trees, and their families had to be
supported. In my opinion, when a man
gets so far gone as that, the Delaware idea
of punishment should be immediately ap
plied, and no mercy shown. But there’s
lots of ’em crazy as bedbugs on tho sub
ject, and had rattier be firemen tlian Presi
dents. I used to be that wuy myself, but
thank the good Ixrrd, I got bravely over
that way of thinking, and whatever may
be my shortcomings now, I don’t belong to
a fire company.
Of oourse all firemen are not that way.
There are lots of ’em who attend to fire
duties and bottle up their enthusiasm when
it conflicts with business. I admire that
kind of firemen; but Webster's unabridged
dictionary does not contain a solitary word
that can in any way express my disgust for
tho fire fanatic. I have seen them get soak
ing wet, stay np half the night, holler
“whooper np boys” until tlieir throats felt
like a flue-scrapor had beeu rammed down
’em, and go to work next morning feeling
like the very old mischief, drag through
their work (expect full pay for it, however,
aud don’t you forget it) and when quitting
time finally rolled around, go right straight
to the engine house and go through tho
same idiotio performance of the night be
fore. I’ve done it myself, and I feet like
I want an able bodied mule to kick mt ev
ery time I think of it.
I do sincerely hope that in tho lower re
gions (of course ail sucli firemen are book
ed for that locality) tho bad man has a lot
of fire companies on hand, and that he will
doom every mother’s son of these fire idi
ots to run with the machine, get wet, stay
up late, talk fire talk, discuss distance
thrown and time she made it to, cuss out
rival companies and accuse ’em of foul
play, swear sbe won tbe prize but was
cheated out of it, and all sort of things until
tbe last day. And I want a front seat in
the front row to seo the programme.
I’m n great admirer of fire companies.
I know us well as anybody tlieir need iu a
o immunity. And the gallant fireman who
often risks his life to save property, has a
special chamber in my heart; but for the
gallant boy wbo lets loose everything on
earth—home, talent, business, everything—
an i allows himself to be wholly taken up,
body, mind and soul, in tbis fire company
foolishness, is the busost fraud ever con
jured up. And, just to think, I was once
as big n fool os any of ’em! Oreat stars!
Tom Ailee.
TIM Mbit Claim.
As stated in yesterday’s issae, the city
oouncil will hold a meeting on Friday even
ing to consider and dispose of the matter
known as tho Huff claim, on intricate open
account between tbe late mayor and the
city of Maoon.
Without going into the origin of the
causes which led to the complications, the
following is a brief statement of the case
or claim as it now exists; Ex-Mayor Huff
claims that the city is indebted to him up
to July 1st, 1880, to the sum of $50,'X4.12,
for money borrowed by bim for the city
prior to the funding of its debt; that this
amount was borrowed in his name on liis
notes, secured by the Boss bonds, and vari
ous evidences of the city’s indebtedness,
amounting'in all to $69,853.89; that these
loons were authorized by a resolution,
known as the Conner resolution, passed by
the city oounciL
For various reasons no oouncil has ever
succeeded in adjusting this matter. Some
of the items in the claim have been object
ed to, the legality of the funding of certain
of the securities questioned, and other
causes have operated to hinder the debt,
if debt there, be from being fanded by
the commissioners and the matter settled.
Such is the situation now. We have no
sides to take in this matter npon which so
many various opinions have been expressed.
Wo shall only deal with two facts upon
which there is no difference of opinion.
First, the claim exists; second, the debt
made by Mr. Huff is drawing interest and
gradually eating up the securities. No one
denies this. Nor will any business man de
ny that the matter should be disposed of
in one way or the other. Much is expected
of tho oouncil meeting to-morrow evening.
The council has referred the matter to
the city’s attorneys for instructions as
to how it can legally and equitably
be settled, with instructions to report npon
the night mentioned. What action the
lawyers may suggest, it is impossible to
guess. The shortest and simplest, way
would appear to be a board of arbitration.
If Mr. Huff’s claims are just, any business
man will admit fham. If the city owes
nothing, no efttaea wRf peas jadgm—t
against her. Let us have an end to this
nai j
Written for Oe Tltgrop* Messenger.
TME MAH CM Of jfAT.
SiS.*. anj.«^
"The children will then din#,”—Pro
gramme.
Friand, M’s wait and watch this prattling
Line of infant form* go by,
They are Sabbath children, battling
For the brighter world on high!
Hear their round and ringing laughter—
Every form is filled with mirth;
They will grace the grand hereafter
Wbo make beautiful the earth!
How each is besting i
1th joyl
Happy hearts
Heavenly fa ess fringed with joy
See the little feet retreating—
They are smaller than a toy t
See yon banner—Sabbath given 7
There the “Star of Bethlehem t
Friend! How fit—if there be Heaven—
That it be reserved for them!
Oh! for soul unknown to (inning!
Innooenoe as white as theirs!
Friend, Dost think, at the beginning
Wn hod chaste and Christian years?
See that maiden least to tise, sir?
(Hues of beauty tike a prism!)
I should tike to catechize ner
If I knew mt eatehfrm!
Philosophy hath many a scholar
Much to stature lees than she!
Let's aooost her—here’s a dollar
That she catechizes me!
Little maiden—nayl no danger!
Do not shrink to fear away;
True, I am to you a stranger,
But I have a word to say:
“Tell who made you?” first I ventured.
“Dod sir!” was the prompt reply.
Had I met a child indentured
To the probloms of tbe aky?
“One more comprehensive query,
little maiden, if yoa will.
I shall make it pointed, Tery,
If you'll listen and be still.
“You are marching—this is May Day—
Call this, say, the ‘March of Life,’
(8ave that one is childhood's heyday
And the other manhood's strife !)
“You’re a soldier of tbe Legion 1
Marching through this cosmic sphere—
Tell me—do you seek a region
Brighter, or bring brightness here 7
“When this toilsome march is finished,
Whither go your beauteous hosts ?
LitUe spirits still diminished
Make uncommon little ghosts!
“There must be serene and splendid
Guerdon for the good, you know.
Toll me, then—your marching ended,
Whither maiden, do you go 7”
There were truth aud humor blended
And a touch of nature in her.
Spake she: “When the march is ended,
Then the girls will oo to dinnxs 1”
I sapor tan ft Rati,
Mrs. Laura Ralston Smith [has filed by
ber attorneys, Messrs. Lanier and Ander
son, her claim to a half interest in the es
tate of David Ralston, her father, who died
in this city in 1844. The suit is an import
ant one as a large portion of squares 22, 88
and 39 in the heart of the oity belonged to
Mr. Ralston at the time of his death, and in
addition, othor property of value. Messrs.
Bacon & Rutherford have been employed
by tlie defendants, J. A. Ralston and Dr
Bozeman.
Insprewsloas.
Spirit of the press—How long can the
iuk stand?—Keokuk Constitution. Dnnno.
How long can the pen holder?—Burlington
Hawkeye. Tell ns bow long can the pencil
shari>ener, and well answer that.—Omaha
Republican. They are ail right as long as
the weather remains stationery—Omaha
Daily Bee. Your puns are enveloped in
obscurity. That’S no wafer you to get off
jokes.—Detroit Free Press. We believe
you write in this opinion.—Comdan Post.
Our penchant run that way.—Yonkers Ga
zette. Seal ah I—Boston Globe. Gum,
now, it hardly paste to print such para
graph*.—Boston Commercial Bulletin. We
should like to wax why not, if questions
are not against tbe rule.—Yawcob Strauss.
RUagy BUI’S Tima to Laugh
.-ugueta Chronicle.
The Vice President of the United States
thanksd Dorsey for buying Indiana for the
Republicans, aud laughed at Mr. English
for not spending more money to prevent
tlie purchase. Arthur is Vioe President.
Dorsey, who made him such, hangs upon
the ragged edge of the penitentiary. It is
Mr. English's time to laugh.
FILL IT WITH ***
Chicago Times
At the Dorsey dinner Vice President Ar
thur was in a merry mood, and said: “In
diana was really, I suppose, a Democratic
State. It has been put down on the books
always os a Slate that might be carried by
close and perfect organization, and a
great deal of . [Laughter.] I see
the reporters are present I will simply
say that everybody showed a great deal of
interest in the occasion, ana distributed
tracts and political documents ail through
the State.” The blank which caused that
Tipple of langhter might now be filled with
* * *
A FenuylTSsIs View of Dew Camera
Pittsburg Dispatch
The insulting and asinine performances
of wluch Mr. Cameron has beeu guilty ot
late can only be explained on the ground
that he was inebriated or crazy. He was
thick-tonguod. and stuttered and trembled
when be read his silly speeches to a Senate
and galleries which laughed and sneered a t
him. He has insulted other Senators fre
quently, both Republicans and Democrats
on the floor of the Senate, his latest impu
dence of this kind being addressed to Mr.
Dawes, who opposed Cameron’s motion to
adjourn from Thursday till Monday. Now,
the State would be relieved of much dis
grace if Mr. Cameron would constantly re
main to a condition of unconscious and
immovable drunkenness. Were he to do
this we should never refer to his weakness.
But it he drinks just deep enough to make
him swinish, in which state he disgraces
Pennsylvania as its representative, he
should be exposed in the most thorough
manner.
useless complication
Three Hand red Bolter
Stumps.
Boston Herald,
■ The beauties of the star route mail sys
tem are made apparent when it is estimat
ed that the delivery of every letter to cer
tain localities must have cost from $300 to
$500. And ail of this for a throe cent post
age stamp!
UssrflsRWs Fair.
The premium list of the Georgia State
Fair Association is now in press, and will
be issued by J. W. Burke A Co. on Thurs
day next From advanoe sheets we clip
the following organization for 1881, and
general information :
President—Colonel Thomas Hardeman,
Maoon.
Secretary—Col. E. C. Grier, Maoon.
Treasurer—Judge T. G. Holt Maoon.
Vice Presidents—First district Colonel
George B. Block, Sylvania; second district
Col. Daniel McGill, Bainbridge; third dis
trict, Col. J. H. Black, Americas; fourth
district, Col. J. H. Fannin,ItaGrango; fifth
district Coi. W. J. Anderson, Fort Valley;
sixth district Col. L. F. Livingston, Cov
ington ; seventh district Capt. Geo. H.
Waring, Kingston; eighth district John S.
Johnson, Warrenton , nith district Rev.
Dr. D. E. Butler, Madison.
The exhibition will be opened on Mon
day, October 17th, and will continue one
week.
' ’Tfte "Mil Siftn ~ < >! .1
The Macon and Bmaswfck raUroad has
made arrangement* 'Afa;gkitrtfi} steamer
“Martha” on the line between Brunswick
and Cumberland bland, and It wilt make
daily tripe between these potato.
One Hundred mad Ten Miles lu One
Hundred stud Sixty Minutes.
Courier Journal.
The train from Chicago over the Jefferson
Madison and Indianapolis road, due here at
7.-06 yosterday morning, was thrown ten
hours behind time by a break or wash-out
in a bridge on the other side of Lognusport.
Ind. With commendable enterprise the
J. M. and L officials had an engine awaiting
the delayed train in the Union Depot at
Indianapolis, and npon its arrival a special
train was made up consisting only of the
baggage car and Woodruff sleeper. The
engineer was given instructions to put on a
full pressure of steam and let her whiz, and
tlie run from Indianapolis to Lonisvilie was
accordingly made in remarkably rapid time.
The siiecial train bringing General Grant
and party over the same line covered the
110 miles in three hours,which in itself was
pretty swift traveling, but yesterday’s train,
when it drew up at tha Fourteenth Street
depot, bad paralyzed time to the extent of
UU miles in 169 minutes. This time in
cludes five stops, one being five minutes at
Coiambus, and the engine stopping just
once to take a drink.
Alton the Fuse
Philadelphia Times.
The Republican Senators are yet,hearing
their own echoes against caucus rule, but
the Republican Senate is now ruled by a
caucus, and tbe ocncua is ruled by a com
mittee of safety. Tbe case being altered
altera the case.
Ira Meusertem.
Boston Post.
Beneath this quiet, turfy,
And flower-scented green
Lies Arabella Morphy,
As tirual—kerosene.
dert*en, rep
to-day ti
tubjestju, .^ _ ..
superiors all rtoj
grade* of butter sold
nothing objectionable ejt!
or manufacture* and M il
unwholesome to oh
need of legl
teettbepnb
e says it 1*
to' the poorer
tftot there is
r in material
U nothing
be sees no
ijt topre-
—Superior Churl* adjourned fast
ftfefct till 3« JW*y toornl»«,trtichthe
bUqkboatd “
day.
jatKeotoa will prove a busy