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suKQm 3JaMEtwl & IffejssamgsK.
ynhiit li ibofckw Like
’Christian Advocate-
Sdfc >iim;l\ rrrtiiuto or two; but Kiost anything U
poetry wnraflkya.
fextilirt 'from an Arkansas Oblfnary
Wheeler Indep ndent.
. ^inco the war ho has l-cen shot at twice,
stabbed once, knocked on tho head with a crow-
bar am) war COflrtderrd (iced for nwlille, and
at another time b-yvax Mocked down with the
barrel of a gun, but still he lived in spite of
Why a tie Wept.
Brooklyn Eagle.
"Not heard of Mr. Sullivan!" exclaimed a
incmlier of the Cincinnati Ladles’ Literary As
sociation. ‘‘Not heard of Boston's blue-eyed
boy of genius!" The pork-packer's fair but ig-
Jrith liicreaxiiig surprise. "la it possible you
have never heard of ‘The Mill on the Flaasr "
As the hog merchant’s crest-fallen child entered
her palatial home tliat afternoon/he wiped the
moisture from her eyes with a j-.il o ldnc ban
dana and whimpered: "I knew 1 would never
know anything if pah refused to send me to
VamiD." •
A Rattlesnake’s Cosy Quarters.
Gonxalet Inquirer.
A young mnn on the Miller farm, near Gon
zales, Texas, was plowing witli mules and no
ticed tliat the one on the right teemed to be
suffering nnd ills jaw was considerably swollen.
In the cvctiimr lie noticed the left mule pulling
off from the other onaand observed the head of
a rattlesnake sticking out of the straw collar
whicli tho right mule wore. It had probable
wintered In the collar in a dormant state.
Who Gave Out tho Garfleld-Bosecrana
better.
Washington Star
It Is stated In a responsible quarter that the
letter written to cx-Sccretary Chase by Gen.
Garfield, touching Gen. Rosccrans, recently
made public, was given out by Mr. Jacob tv.
Sehiickers. Mr. Sehnckets now liTes in New
York city. At the time Mr. Chase was Secretary
of the Treasury he lived in Ohio, and was ap
pointed from that Slate by Secretary Chase to a
»1.COO clerkship. Subsequently he became Mr.
Chase’s private secretary. It Is also said he has
other letters bearing on the removal of Gen.
• Rosccrans. written by ex-I’reshlent Garfield,
which will be made public at an early day.
■alarlwaf Htw York Clergymen.
Heie York Letter to the Hartford Times.
Speaking of salaries, the Broadway Taber
nacle has advanced the pastor (Taylor) to • 16.-
000, which is the largest clerical salary In New
York. This Is a judicious method of keeping
him from accepting any other call. Trinity
has been giving its rector <f>ix) -12,000 and a
house worth ■ 5,000 a year. He will probably
be advanced to SJ0.000. Johu Hall has SlO.OOo,
bnt will be soon advanced In a proportionate
degree. Paxton, formerly of Washington, lias
been called by one of our opulent Presbyterian
churches at 12,000 a year. One Baptist preach
er (McArthur) Is said to be equally well paid,
while two of this denomination (Bridgcman
nnd Armitage) have each $10,00(1. Others re
ceive from 6,000 down to one-half that sum.
A Had Picture.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
A sad picture was presented one morning
last week on one of the roads leading liunahls
city. A wagon on ita way to the insane aJJBtan
contained a woman of unsound mind. In her
arms, pressed to her bosom, was the lifeless
body of an Infant. Three other little ones,
whose destiny was the poor-house, were
crouched in the wagon, shivering and cold.
By the woman's side sat her husband, with his
head bowed in sorrow. A pair of handcuffs
were locked around his wrists. The family of
six was to be rndcly separated, perhaps forever.
Their destination* were the asylum, the poor-
house. the jail and the grave. The mother, it
. is understood, would not consent to her re
moval unless she could take her dead child
along. The father’s crime was not found out.
(Uimcntal a re
sting Love.
Exchange,
Thl* Is more eloquent and »nt
tn imler of the value 01 a ring than a story which
is told of a young gentleman who possessed a
Valuable diamond ring. Calling upon a young
lady friend one evening he took the ring off hts
finger and gave H to her to examine; she put it
playfully In her mouth, pretending to swallow
it, and. chancing to sneexe, it actually did slip
down her throat She was in despair and so
was the young man, but as he could not dissect
her on the spot he was compelled to make the
best of it. and went homcAiUs a heavy heart
1 Is loss. In three days he received a
1 note
over Mil
from the young lady, and to hts great delight it
contained the identical ring. The young man
•ays that nothing would ever induce him to
plot with it now.
I-enT From the cisr’s Diary.
San Francisco .Veter Letter.
Got up at 7 a. u. and ordered my hath.
Found four gallons of vitriol in it and did not
lake It. Went to breakfast. The Nihilist- had
placed two torpedoes on the stairs, but f did
not step on them. The coffee smelled so strong
ly of Prussic arid that I was afraid to drink it.
Found a scorpion on my left slipper, bnt luck
ily shook it ant before putting it on. Just be
fore stepping into the carriage to go for my
morning drive It was blown Into the air. killing
the coachman and horses instantly. I did not
drive. Took a Tight lnneh off hermettraTIy-
scaled canned goods. They can’t fool me there.
Found a poisoned dagger In mv favorite chair,
with the point sticking out. Bid not sit down
on it. Had dinner at 6 p. tn. and made Baron
Lalarhoanowonskl taste every dish. ITe died
before Ihe sonp was cleared away. Consumed
some Baltimore oysters anil some London stout
that I have had locked tip for five years. Went
to the theatre and was shot at three times in
the first act. Hail the entire nndicnoe hanged.
Went home to bed and slept all night on the
roof of the palace.
GET. GRAXT’S LOSSES.
rite ttnunrr In Which His Fortune is
SaM to Bars Been DlmifKited.
Chicago Times special.
General Grant U not the wealthy man he
ins been represented to.be. He is very
mnehinneedof the pay provided for in
Sen, Logan's bill restoring him to ihe
trmy. At present, according to trustworthy
■eporta, he is without any j-ersonnl inomo.
Hie houso given him in New York was
leeded to his wife when Gen. Grant thought
ie hpd a fortune in Ihe fnnd collected for
lim by Mr. Jones, puofishlr of the New
Pork Time*. Mr. Jones collected for him
*250,000, and he was made trustee of the
'and, with power to invest it, Gen. Grant
>eing given the inoonio arising therefrom.
Ihe money was invested in Wabash rail-
■osd stock. There is no stock in the market
hat has gone down in such a remarkable
Icgreo as this. It has depreciated in value
o such an extent that the investment for
Sen. Grant now represents a compirative-
y small sum, ami from it no income is ob-
nined. More than this, it is not believed,
rom ihe condition of tho road, that the
itockwill be worth very’ much for a long
,jme lo come. Had the money been given
mtright to Gen. Grant nnd invested in
government bonds, it would.have repre-
entod something more tangible than it
loos to-day. Possibly Air. Jones could be
teld responsible for the money; but, con-
idcriog tho fact that he is the man who
nised it. tho matter is altogether too den
tate a one for Gen. Grant to pKM. None
if tho investments that Gen. Grunt has
nnde in New York have been successful,
t is felt by capitalists in New York that
ion. Grant Iw* made a great mistake to
■o there. If be had remained at Galena or
it eomo place in the interior, he would
:avo been more successful in retaining the
irestige of his grent name. He. has been
ried ns president and director In a great
nany concerns, but he draws no money. So
10 is being gradually dropped by investors,
flio were anxious a year or two ago to
urry him for th© advantn^
eight (five them. Hi© ©on, *\Buck Grant,
s quite rich, and Is making plenty 01
nonoy. The Geceral's position, however,
s full of embarrassment. It is from a
-nrtinl knowledge of Gen. Grants conat
ion that his friends have been so earnestly
rging ihe bill for restoring him to the
,rmy. It is now, however, pretty certain
!irt this bill will fail in the Koose, because
i,o Democrats there have already agreed
r ,on n policy whicli, ir carried out, wilt ae-
eat the measure.
A debate
on last fa
"Has the U
the right* >
vld Page,
pea red In
the negatls
Clark and
j. c. Wyso;
After quiti
cussioit of
which oxer
thoquestlo
negative.
The Xeirio Delta to.
Virginia People.
was held in the negro schoolhotuc
iturday evening on the question,
■aablfcan party properly recognised
„/ «jjp colored voter?" Mctaars. Da-
Ad". Houston ttn-1 Moses Porter nn-
ndvocncv of the affirmative, while
■c was sustained by Messrs. George
Oliver Houston. C. B. Anderson,
r ami E. A. <’nri>erneted ns mna
• an interesting and amusing dis
pone nnd a half hours’ duration. Ip
■ntiouully good ideas were presented,
n was unanimously decided in the
me LalMf -list Belle style,
Fath inn Reporter.
we are told by nil authority, that can he
I upon implicitly, Utnado of ltawieam-
trimmed with Insertion and edgings 01
ncienucs laee. hand-wrought in uniting
la,,., with open work to udmil narrow,
1 draw-strings. Medallions of ri "?’,
are applied at interval., with n.lmirahle
. aud all seam- about the """
e« are delicately feather -tltehol. 1 1
|t!«?r—tr»v s *»r<* ^ >n " * 1 *
rsiire onlv an edging of laee 00
of insertion. The neck is cut low, ill heart
• back and front.
1 come to think about it, we arenot' <'r-
ibout the garment—it may be something
node this way.
family in Mobile, tro uble.l abou
ad water tn a well, had it exnio c and
the bo if ot a dr a l infant In the tom
PERSOXAL.
—Dr. Lewis, a Chicago opponent of
vaccination, has died ol small pox.
■—Mark Twain will talk about copyright
matters to Congressmen in Washington this
week.
—Charges have been filed in the post-
ofliec department against Postmaster Adrcon,
of Baltimore.
—Gen. Jubal A. Early has,after nearly a
half century's absence, visited the Virginia
schoolhouse ot hts boyhood.
■—George T. Downing, colored, New
port, It. I., Is suggested to succeed the late Dr.
Garnett, as minister to Liberia.
•—Levy, the cornet player,brought down
the house with "Yankee Doodle” at the Folics
Bcrges, in Paris, on Friday night.
—Deacon Smith’s convention of the
trills good and Isaac Miller's convention of the
MlllcritcswiU meet on the same day—March
tod.
—The death is announced, at the ace of
ft'., of Admiral Loney. the “father" of the Brit
ish navy, who for the long period of eighty-four
or eighty-five years had been connected with
the naval service.
—H. G. Iteese, serving a sentence of
three yean in prison for bigamy, committed 1
suicide at Auburn.Ncw York, by hanging him
self in his cell. He was formerly a clergyman
in Tioga county.
—Mr. J. C. Campbell, a merchant and
planter, of Hampton, S. C., was thrown from
his buggy and killed Saturday. He was tried
the previous day on the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill, and acquitted.
—Jay Gould’s employes on the line of
the Walmsh railwav do not have fall faith in
that millionaire. The sum of 3700,000 Is due
them in wages, and the men tall to understand
how one person can owe such an amount and
not worry himself about it.
—The death is announced in Vigo,
Spain, at the age of lot, of Xicolo Granada, one
of the last survivors of the first Napoleon's fa
mous "Old Guard.” He entered Inc army in
1800; and distinguished himself by acts of great
valor at Austeriitz and Jena.
—Governor Blackburn was reported in
correctly not long ago by a Louisville scribe.
When tnc latter approached the Governor last
week Blackburn lifted his caneoind bystanders
say that they never heard such a blue streak of
profanity so admirably condensed.
—Among the prisoners at the Virginia
penitentiary- Is an old colored man named Jos.
Bradley, who claims to have been a body-ser
vant of John Randolph of Roanoke. Bradley
is eighty years old. and says he has killed eleven
colored persons In his time. He is now serving
out a term of ten years’ imprisonment for mur-
ider.
—Minister Hamlin, having somehow
strayed to a bull-fight at Madrid, and, after
watching the proceedings for awhile,said:
“Those fellows don't know how to handle a
bull. Why. any farmer’s boy down around
Bangor would know enough to put a ring In
the critter's nose and hitch k stick to it. Then
they could lead the beast around as handy as
coniil be.’’—San Francisco Eeict-LeUer.
—In an interview with a Chicago re-
rter, Mr. Scovllle, Gnitenu's counsel and
Hotber-in-law, said “the best thing for the
country and for public opinion is to letGultcan
hang on the day appointed next June." He
believes that if the assassin Is hung "the hang
ing will produce such a reaction of public
opinion that the laws treatisg insane cases
will be very much modified, and in this result
Guiteau will have done more -for his country
than he could by living.”
—A. C. Soteldo la kept in solitary con
finement, awaiting trial for the killing of
his brother.
H—General Ward H. Burnett, a distin-
guMied soldier of the Mexican war, is serious
ly 111 in Washington.
-Monsignor Capei, the distinguished
Roman Catholic theologian, of England, Is
soon to visit this country.
■ —Lieutenant Melville writes to bis wife
that he has no hope of ever finding his lost
companions of the Jeannette alive.
—The Greenback Vice-Presidential
candidate. Chambers, of Texas, gives It up.
He says his party is disorganized everywhere.
—Ex-President R. B. Hayes is president
of the Fremont Savings Rank CnMpany, just
organised at Fremont, Ohio, with a capital of
I — Campznini owns a house in an Italian
•own, n chalet In the mountains, a lakeside
villa and the blacksmith shop in w hich he once
worked.
—The Rev. Phillip Brooks, of Boston,
I ha* already reeieved more than 35,000 for the
American memorial window to Dean Stanley
at Westminster Abbey.
—Itev. Geo. C. Miln, in delivering his
farewell sermon to the crowded congregation
In Unity Church. Chicago, on Inst Sunday, said
that he would never enter another pulpit.
—It is probable that Ministers Morton,
0/ France; Ifurlbnt, of Pern, and Adams, of
••fd'via. will lie requested to appear before the
(Jiili-Peru Investigating committee.
—Philo C. Calhoun, the president of the
Fourth National Bank in New York, died early
Tnesdsy morning at his residence in Madison
avenue. He haa been ill lot some time.
—George F, Slosson, the billiard cham
pion. Is to lie presented with a national testi
monial at the hands of several prominent
sporting men in New York and elsewhere. ■■
—The universe is threatened with a new
work from Mr. Martin F. Tupper. the author
of "Proverbial I’hilnwphj-.'’ Jt is a raSlertion
of plays and dramatic scenes for private ^
atnrals.
—Mrs. Thompson R(no, residing at
Peach Bottom, near Wheeling, Wert Virginia,
was burned to deatk Sunday by the explosion
ot a bottle of carbolic acid- and gasoline, which
set tire to her clothing.
—The Legislature of the Orange Free
State would not permit President Brand to ac
cept the grand eross of St. Michael tendered byl
Great Britain for hb< services in the settlement
of the Transvaal difficulty. ■■
—A telegram announces that Coi. John]
T. Crisp, iate Coagresslonal candidate for the
eighth rongrcsrinunl district, who recentlyl
went to Texas to be tried on the charge of mur
der. was ocqtiiUod. The jury was out only four
minutes.
—Major General Ramsey, U. S. A.,who
recently celebrated in Washington his eighti
eth birthday, was. it is said, the first child voe-
cinated in the rolled States north of the Toto-I
toae. The virus was sent from London by Dr.
Jcnner himself.
—Senator Morrill, of Vermont, has
written, for private circulation only, a book on
Hie self-consciousness of noted persons, de
riving his material from the men he has met in
his twenty-seren continuous years of Con
gressional service.
—Register Bruce has written a letter to
Senator Hoar, complimenting hint on his re
cent speech In the Senate on tho Chinese ques
tion. and thanking him in the name of the col
ored people for the manly expression of his
opinions on the subject.
—There was a sharp fist fight in the
New York Stock Exchange Saturday, the prin
cipals being M. C. Bourier and William L.
Breeze, the lie having been given by the funn
er in regard tn a business transaction. Both
gladiators received bruises about the face and
—Queen Victoria has telegraphed
I Archbishop McCabe, of Dublin, thanking him
for the reference to Her Majesty in his recent
pastoral letter. Mr. Gladstone has written tn
ihe Archbishop expressing his deep sense of
the patriotism shown in the pastoral.
—Mr?. Langtry has won not her spurs
exactly, but her ril-bons already on the stage.
Alt the women of fashion in London are wcur
Ingraps modeled on one worn liy her as Kate
Hanlcastlc, with a quaint full border of laee.
The last dramatic furor In caps was created by
Ellen Terry when she played Olivis.
—The Democratic members of the
Senate have named the following Senators as
members of the Democratic Congressional
committee: Messrs. Harris, of Tennessee; Far
ley, ot California; McPherson, of New Jersey;
Morgan, of Alabama: Davis, of West Virginia;
Coke, of Texas, and Gorman, of Maryland.
—James Pyett, an American engineer,
with six Mexicans, while coming down a steep
grade on a hand-car on the National railroad.
Mexico, turned suddenly on a bridge where
two men were: one Jumped, the car, striking
tho other, was thrown into the chasm. I’rett
and three of the Mexicans were Instantly killed
and the balance fatally injured.
—Policeman Kirwan, ofBaltimorc, saw
two women fighting on the street, bnt arrested
neither of them. It so happened that one of
the belligerents was bis wire, and the other his
companion in flirtation. His consolidated po
sition as an officer, ahnslmnd and a gallant,
was. it will be seen, a very delicate one. but the
police commissioners threw him overboard.
—Mis. Theophilus Young*, the woman
who denied the identity of the man who
claimed to be her husband, died suddenly at
the residence of her son-in-law. A. M. Goddard,
near Washington, on Saturday. Her death
will pmbably put an end to the litigation and
enable the disowned husband to claim the
property of which she was fn possession. Her
death was mused by heart disease.
—Mrs. Frances Grant, residing at Rock
Ferry, naar Liverpool. England, has placed tho
sum of 3'iflO.OOO In the hands of trustees, dlreet-
i ng that the interest amming therefrom be paid
to the deserving poor, without regard to class or
creed.
—Young Asfor, who was defeated for
Congress by Roswell P. Flower, and who was
apposed by all the leading newspapers In New
York. Is said to lie about starting a journal of
hb own in that city, In opposition to the New
York Herald.
General Bntler will make an extend
ed cruise upon the America the coming snm-
invr. nnd -the lioys” are wondering whether
he will tap the “barrel” iieforo he sets sail. A
B ltler ramjiaign without a “barrel" would be
dull indeed.
Francis Mnipliv. the oldest man in
c t (-Lari'-. Mo., died a few days ego, aged 101
yen’- He '■hook hands with Washington:
voted for nil the I’residents after tho Adamses;
outlived ail his sons, and chewed tobacco for
fifty years.
—Ex-Congressman Ignatius Donnelly,
of Minnesota, has written a taaik entitled
"Atlanta--, the Autodfinvian World,” which
tin- hud n great run. Tho large first edition
fn three weeks, au<l tin second edition
is now In press.
Philadelphia Record: The way lo
Democratic success In Pennsylvania. Is practi
cally clear of Impediments. All the parly needs
to win b to deserve to win.
A huge meteorite fell with a great
shock at a point fifty miles southeast of Eort
Aastnabolne. on Friday night, causing conste*.
nation at l'ort Benton, nearly one hundred
miles southward.
On Fcbruaty 21 the Zoological Gardens
In London were visited by 8£71 people, against
C74 on the corresponding day lost year, so great
b the anxiety shown to take a farewell view of
the celebrated elephant J umbo. MLL
When Vermont was admitted into the
Union it was given two representatives In Con
gress. This number was afterward Increased
to six. Now, after a period of ninety years, the
State returns to the original number.
The death of a famous cockatoo is re
ported in Philadelphia. His name was Tommy
Prescott, and he had for IB years been before
the public os a performer in circus itdsshowa.
He was a remarkable speaker, foRa bird, and
earned a salary for hts owner of 30 a week.
The town of PriocetoD, Worcester
county, Mass., may boost somewhat of the
longevity of inhabitants. But 17 persons died
within its limits last year, and of these one was
SO years of age, five between 80 and 90, and
four between 70 and 80.
The London If orld speaks of a won
derful preparation from the eucalyptus plant,
which Is said to be marvellously effective In
cases of consumption and particubr phases of
ltingdiseases. It is the invention of the Hon.
Wyndliam Stanhope, who is at present residing
in Madeira for the benefit of his health.
Half the silver half-dollars circulated
tn Montana are alleged to be counterfeits made
by the Chinese in San Francisco. They are
described of as exactly tho weight of the gen
uine ones, and one thirty-second part of an
inch huger in diameter. They contain only
16 cents wofth of silver, which is all on the sur
face.
“What ails tbit maid?” said Spilkins,
As he met a passing fair.
And saw her eyes, ’ncatli “wav” and crimp,”
Which o'er her forehead dangled limp.
Give forth n stony stare,
. "Methinks,” said Wilkins, scornfully,
As he tossed his head in air,
"She has no brains to cudgel.
And so she bangs her hair.”
—Boston Journal.
What is this object perched behind the
marble-covered counter, with an air of supc
riority 14,000 feet above the rest of mankind
and clod In store clothes and a Wamsutta shirt-
front like the sail of a brig? It is a hotel
clerk. Does lie own the hotel ? Yes. and all
the guests. Wh} does he chew tooth-picks and
keep one eye on the bells and the other on the
fresh (Rrival t Because he earns his garret-
chamber, board, and, 8 per week by doing so.
We were at Rockland aud the steamer
was blowing off, making noise enough to wake
up a policeman. A man and a woman stood
talking on the wharf. Ho had his ear bent
down and she was yelling something in his car,
when the steam suddenly shut off, just In time
for every one between Rockland nnd White
because he did not hear what she told him."—
Belfast Journal.
Broke, broke, broke, ,
In the city by the sea!
And the news comes in the dispatches:
Flat busted is V. S. G.
Oh, well for the stalwart man
As he shouts o'er his medal in glee;
Oh, well for the whole three hundred
And six who voted for him.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the mil;
But oh, foralookotGeorge Jones’ fund,
And the passage of Logan's bill,
It is stated ia a responsible quarter
that the letter written to c*-Secretary Chose by
Gen. Garfield, touching Gen. Rosccrans, re
cently made public, was given out by Mr.
Jacob W. Sharkers. #rr. Shuekcrs now lives In
New York city. At the time Sfr. Chase was
Secretory of the Treasury he lived In Ohio, nud
was appointed from that State by Secretary
Chase to a r 1,600 clerkship. Subsequently he
became Mr. Chase’s private secretary- It Is also
said he has other letters bearing on the re
moval of Gen. Rosccrans, written by cxdTesi-
dent Garfield, which will be made public at au
early day.
A few days ago a Philadelphia offi
cer discovered tn an old shanty a boy aged
fourteen lying in s room with a woman ot
sixty, lioffi in a state of maudlin intoxication.
One of the “room renters" of tho house coolly
informed the officer that they were recently
married and had Just returned from their wed
ding trip! When tills novel couple were ar
raigned licfore a magistrate—tills being done
widiinn few hours alter their arrert—the old
hag produced the following "marriage certifi
cate:” “this sertifys that miss utagret tnherty
and mister John lennanl is married by tnc to
day fchry law. richard white, ratester of the
gospel.”
Texas has some good-six--d counties—
the largest, ITcsidfb. being 12,593 ’square miles.
The Chicago Journal predicts that the
Republican candidate for 1884 will not be
stalwart.
The Tuscurobia Democrat has heard of
some negroes In the destitute section of Narth
Akibutna who sustain life by eating parched
cotton seed.
In New York on Monday seven bur
glars were sentenced to «be State prison for
terms varying from five to twenty yean. Most
,of them were young men.
A republican, who asserts that be
knows what he talking ohoat, says that itccr-
taiuly cost the Republican National Committee
!• 200,000 to carry Indiana in 1880 and not ? 50,
000, us stated l>y some parties.
“Is be a good German scholar?” they
asked of a Washington belle concerning her
lover. “Splendid." she replied. “He holds a
lady beautifully, and kuows all the figures. "
Boston Poet.
The biggest iiting in the Supreme Court
is not the best, pecuniarily. The chief justice
gets -10,500 a year, and the associate justices
' 10,000 each; but the humble clerk of the silk-
robed tribunal pockets about 40,000 annual
dollars in fees.
A Mormon has gotten genealogical ta
bles, and baptized himself, In the SL George
Temple, for two thousand of the dead whose
names appear on them—thus admitting them
to the same privilege of Mormon salvation
as tiic living.
Dear, good John C.,
I send to thee
For three great guns and trimmings,
ITuy send them to hand,
Or vou'li be damned,
lly order of Jonathan Jennings,
Governor ot Indiana.
The National Board of Health reports
that during the week ending March 4th there
were two deaths from small-pox In San Fran■
cisco, and week ending March 11th 1 death In
Milwaukee, 2 deaths iu Omaha, 41 coses and 1
deaths in Pittsburg, Ft deaths in Chicago and 1
death jn l’ond-du-Lac.
Fbrhafs the only governor who has
indulged in original poetry, cither sacred or
profane, iitoflleial communications, was Jona
than Jonniugs, first governor of Indiana, who
had need of some guns and ammunition and
sent out a requisition for them to Joint C. Cal
houn, Secretaty of War, in the following words
The great fan which has been in pro
cess of construction for some time past for clear
ing the railroad tunnel between the St. Louis
bridge and Union depot of smoke from the
passing trains, ts nowjln operation, and works
with great satisfaction. The entire tunnel can
be cleared of smoke from the heaviest freight
train In three miuuses, and when no trains ore
in it the air is os clear aud fresh as that outside.
The Boston Post in an editorial on
Senator Mahone's letter to the Boston commit
tee on "Viiglnta—Her Present and her Future,"
says: “Of the present,all who run may read.
Fur the future.lt is the prayer of every honest
heart that site may be delivered from the bur
den of shame that has licen hers since this
Claude Dural of politics captured the ma
chinery with which to torture her pride and
throttle her reputation.”
The Third avenue car stables lo New
York hare added to their hospital for sick
horses all the conveniences for giving the In
valids Russian, Turkish and electric baths.
Several extraordinary cures of pink-cyo and
pneumonia have been effected. For strains
and various otberailmcnts the electric baths are
given. The horse to be treated Is placed in the
heated room, and ho is well rubbed down with
swinges attached to electric wires heavily
The telegraph work of England has
now been very largely confided to women, and
It is calculated that there cannot be less than
700 employed at the central office. The staff of
the Telegraph Clearing-House Check Branch,
which supervises the whole telegraphic work of
the Kingdom nnd acts as a check utkiii all tho
clerks iu the department, is exclusively com-
I-oscdof women, to whom is also intrusted the
entire financial business. Certain brandies of
the Savings Rank Department are also In their
hands, as well as the dead letter office.
Woman suffrage has been defeated
again lu the Ma?.--acliusctts Legislature. The
measure conferred giunicipnl suffrage upon
women, liut numerous lengthy petitions from
the women of Boston nnd Cambridge againsf
the bill came Bowing In, And had considerable
effect on tlie minds of llic legislator-. The
.Springfield Republican, an earnest udvoeftte of
the hill, remarks that "Massachusetts nsc-lto
),.■ to the (ore of reform, un.l it must be looked
, nftcr that site dry-rot of conservatism and !ux-
I urydo not too deeply Infect the old common
wealth."
A Machine to Ameliorate the Horror*
ortrsitzing.
San Prancisco roll.
®\Yhllo all admit the fascination of a good
waltz wltli a good partner, anybody, even the
imast giddy schoolgirl, who would pretend to
find anything pleozurcable in the usual crowd
ed ball room dunce would be lookrtl upon as a
descendant of Ananias and Sapphlra. No one
but a fatwittol martyr to society coulu meekly
endure the shoving, crowding, bumping, shin-
kicking and com tramping we see at ninety-
nine parties out of a- hundred. But, unfortu
nately, at such gatherings it has long been
found impossible to prevent either crowding
or dancing. It will, therefore, rejoice oursen-
sible readers to learn that the writer lias devot
ed many years of profound thought and
things to tho discovery of some feasible
plan by which ’ the modem
waltz could be rendered a less dangerous and
destructive poitime than at present. .
In the first place, in order to accnrately
gauge the precise amount of boduy suffering
endured by the average waltz of six minutes
duration, the writer repaired to a fashionable
public hail at tho Corenact ot Bad Breath
llall, os it Is popularly called. This apartment
Is about forty-five by seveuty feet, and on the
occasion In question was occupied by gay 2,0ij0
couples, more or less. As might be imagined,
the number of killed and wounded during the
round dance* was very great, and the receipt*
of the local chiropodists the next day propor-
tionutcl v large.
On the occasion in question the writer re
frained from waltzing until tho very last "ex
tra,” which was danced ut-about 4:15a. m.. and
when the jam was comparatively much re
duced. He had previously prepared himself
for the exi-erimcnt by filling with flour his
riglithand pants pocket, through a small hole
In which it escaped In a thin stream to the
floor, and in this manner leaving a distinct
trail of tho course danced. The next morning
a convoluted line on the floor exhibited the
usual spasmodically tortuous trail token by tho
average waltzer to nvoid collisions, with an un
usual deposit of flour in spot*, knocked out of
the writer by being Jammed into by some
equally exasperated -lancer. ,
with tills experience the writer experimented
upon many devices to secure safe and ond prm
tected waltzing in crowds like tho one referred
to. Among otner devices, tliat ot having the
underclothing saturated with arsenic, was
thought of—by which means tho contusions
could bo healed os fast as inflicted. A device
cnnslstingof apatent leather dress coat, studded
with sharp spikes jxiinting outward, porcupine
fashion, was found to bo impracticable, as no
lady would submit to tha terpstchorean em
braces of such a partner. It was observed,
however, that good waltxcre required but s
very limited room to.dancc on, an unoccupied
space averaging from the size of a cellar door
down to a twenty-five cent piece being consid
ered entirely adequate by the fortunate find
ers. Tiiis fact finally suggested the following
wonderful invention of Mr. Dodd: ■■
lie proposes to have tho entire length and
breadth of tho halt filled with fencra crossing
at right angles, and placed about five feet apart.
This structure Is suspended to the ceiling, with
pulleys at the corners, so that it cau be raised
during square dances and promenades. The
floor Is also marked In corresponding square*,
each being numbered in the centre. Each
couple on entering the ball-room receives a
number assigning them to their particular
space. It only remains for the waltzers1 to take
tiieir respective places when the round dance
music starts. The pens arc lowered, and the
party enjoy a comfortable dance without a
single poke In Ihe ribs, or having a solitary
corn stepped upon by the Greco-Roman wrest
lers in the adjoining compartments. Another
merit of the system is that It allows tired, or|
^■ttndea dan^M
The Reduction of Revenue Taxes.
Baltimore Sun.
Soma days ago Mr. Kelley, of tho way* and
means committee of the House, announced that
a bill reducing internal taxes some S50.000.fl00
or £00,000,000 would soon be reported. The
provisions of this bill, which It is now unucr-
stood will be brought before Congress during
the present week, are said to bo as follows: A
reduction of the tax on distilled spirits from 90
to 30 cents per gallon; on malt liquors, from 81
l>cr barrel to 60 cents; on tobacco, from 20 cents
to 16; on cigars, from -C.por thoumiul to Sh
mid special taxes collected from r«>t flfrs, hia’n-
ufaeiuron Of totew-o, etc., to be reduced about
onu-half. The taxeson bank deposits, mntchcs
and proprietary medicines arc expected to be
entirely removed. The effect on tho revenue
may be stated most clearly in tabular form:
Sources of reveuuc.;lTcscntTax.|ProposedTax.
Distilled spirits
Fermented liquors
Cigar* ——
Snuff and tobacco-
Spcclal and license
taxes
Miscellaneous.
867,000,1
13,700,1
16,000,000
24,500,0001
2,000,000
11,000,000!
830,000,000
5,200,000
5.333,000
4,700,000
1,000,000
Totals. $134,200,0001 $18,233,000
„ There will be certain consequences of the
passage of the proimscd bill with respect to tar
iff and subsidy legislation which will recom
mend it to a nnmber of interests. Its political
effect Is thought by some Republicans to be
likelv to be In favor of the Democrats.
K~VirKisla Detnssf for Protection
Richmond Dispatch.
The following extracts from a memorial re*
ccrrtly presented to Congress by the sumac man*
utacturers give interesting tacts':
The grinding of sumac in this country was
induced by the waT. The war *0 increased our
currency (greenbacks) os to act as a heavy duty
on foreign sumac. Of course the foreign arti
cle lm-1 to be sold for gold value, whicli caused
It to bring a targe price in greenback*, thus
giving home Industry a chance.
The imported article was worth more before
and duriug the war than it has been since, lie-
cause the country wos-Iependimrcntlrely nnon
the foreign article. They couhl A*k n* what
they pleased, and we hail no alternative but to
pay it. Now, while their article in some re
spects is better than our*—because they can af
ford by their cheap tatsir to cultivate it and
give more attention to the manipulation of it.
etc.—w« have been able bv superior skill and
industry, to produce an articles that In a great
degree substitute it for nearly half its cost,
while we have to pay from three to four times
as much for tabor.
Seeing this, the foreign article ha* licen grad
ually reduced in price until it has become
almost impossible for us to maintain our trade;
and we ask a protective tariff on foreign sumac
and tanned sheep and gos&skius, for the good,
we think alt must admit, of the whole country
—iu *0 much tliat labor it honorable, and
should be well paid in this country of free and
equal rights to all, and not brought into com
petition with the oppressed and pauper labor
of Europe, and recently, more particularly,
with that of China and Last India generally.
The grinding of leaf-sumac lu Virginia has
grown from the insignificant business of about
one hundred tons per annum In 1865 to the very
considerable business of about eight thousand
tons in 1881. which represented ? 240.069 paid
directly to the poorer, classes of peopio In^ Vir
ginia. consisting for the most part of thousands
of colored people, which is their principal sup
port; and this amount ol money is kept in this
country, which otherwise would bo exported to
pay for foreign labor, to the neglect of our own
Industries.
Threatsln Virginia
D trait Free Press.
The Mahone campaign was boiling hot when
I reached Winchester, and it seemed just the
occasion to secure information as to how the
blacks were being terrorized. The chance
didn’t come until I rode out to view the battle
ground. Then I found a negro grubbing oura
stump by the roadside, nnd began:
"Well, how’s politics?"
“Glttin’ purty hot, snh—pnrty hot," he re
plied, and threw down his pick end took a
scat.
"Do the colored people have moss meetings
around here?"
"Deed dey do, sah."
“Do the white people try to break them up?"
“Nebbcr knodo ’em to.”
“And you all vote?"
“I reckon we does.”
"Have the wlilto people ever threatened
you?"
“Yes, sah, dey has.'
That was what I was after. I climbed off the
horse, shan-cned up my pencil, nnd, getting
out tho old note book, continued:
“They have, eh? Now, mr friend, give mo
one instance where the white folks have
ihrentened you."
"Wal, sah, yon see dat red house oberlo'rds
de Borryville pike?”
“Wiiti, Major Williams libs,tar’. Hefrcatoned
me not oberday befo' yesterday."
“He did, eh? How was it?”
“Ho freatened dat if my ole mule broke into
hadn’t tooken de Job of grubbln’ out dis stump
for two shillln’s I’d like to sot henh all de
fo'uoonan’ tell you liow do white folks am
worklti' all sorts of slch games to keep us down
in de dust.”
A Darky's View of It
Detroit Free '.‘rest.
They were discussing the antlqiolygamy bill
in a Griswold street tobacco store yesterday,
wiicn s colored man dropped in to beg a corn
cob pipe. Thinking to nave a little fun with
him, one of the debaters said: "Colonel, what
action will the colored people take on that
bill ?” "What’s de bill fur ?” "It's to prevent
any man from having twp wives.” “No! 'Ain't
you foolin’ T" "Not any. That's tho bill, nnd
what are you going to do about it?” "I (loan
know what de rcs'of de cull'd folkscs will do,
but If you am tollin’ me de truf, an’ de bill cits
to be a la w, an' de purleece come 'round kick
in’ up a fuss wid me, I spects I kin skin across
to Canada, an’ go llbin’ wid de odder one
again. I -loan’ sot much by dis one. anyhow,
an’ I nebbcr have since I foun’ dat she run’d
away from her husband Jn Toronto.
A Texas Pr?ae Fight.
Crdckett (Texas) Patron.
The centlped. with wonderful activity, dart
ed upon the stripe-1 snake and caught Dim by
the back of the ucck, from which no effort of
the snake could dislodge him. The snake
turned, twisted and lashed himself, at times
almost standing on bis It- ol. an-l mmi:: -in hH
tail, seeming to be in agony. In tho mean
time. the worm was cutting through the neck
of the snake. When tho snake would become
still, the worm would loose his hold nml move
off several Inches, but if the snake moved ho
would dart upon him in an instant and go to
sotting again. After a little, the soaks tvujt
still, nnd the contiped strctchc-l himself->ut
nnd l>egim to fill himself with tho blood of tbe
snake. This he did rapidly, nud the q-eciiit'irs
could mark the increase of his size until «ti the
blood seemed to be drawn from the snake, nnd
the worm had gotten very large. The head ->i
the snake was nearly cut oft', and he was dead.
One of the ol«ervers, with his knife, cut off
the head of the now almost torpid worm, nud
let out more than two tnhiespoonfuls of the
blood which it ha-1 taken from its prey.
TRICKS IX GA.lfBLr.YG,
The Poker Ring, the spy, the SI ripper
wad Last, Bnt set Least, the Bug.
St. Louis Republican.
One ot the newest tools is ths poker ring,
an ingenious little contrivance for mark*
ing the cards while playing, in a systematic
mauner, so that in a half hour one can
tell each card as well by the back'
as by the face. Although not general y
know n, it is now in use by n few of the
oldest aud be^t professional players in the
country. It is no secret that in the gaming
houses marked back playing cards
a-e used. The pattern on the back
seems innocent enough until held at a cer
tain distance under the light, and then tbe
difference between the cards may be seen.
The greenhorn cannot tell the pack fro^n
fair card* in common use; but the profes
sional can tell precisely the cards that h s
opponent holds. There are loaded dice,
which am made in exact imitation of ordi
nary dice. Then there is the spy, a re
flector ot about the size of n half-dollar,
which, it is grid, ean be used wi h pefect
safety, either on the table or on ths knee.
As for "strippers,” another device in
cards, a gambler says: “Tim benefit of
these cards - can be estimated only m
one way, and that is by tho amount of
money your opponent has got: for you are
certain to get it, whether it is $10, or $10,-
000; the heavier the stakes tho cooneryou
break him, and he never knows what hurt
him.” “The bag" is u devica tor with
drawing from the pack a number of cards
from whioh the player c in make up a hand
to suit.
» wet In tbe Fog.
Burlington Hatckeye.
Erasmus T. Ruggleson, a young man of
Saxon lineage, worked on a farm out here
in Yellow Springs township. He was not
rich, but he was industrious and just too
pretty for anything. So was the daughter
of the farmer for whom he worked. She
was wealthier than Erasmus, but she was
not proud. When the chores were done iu
the winter evenings, she went with him to
the singing school and she walked by his
side to church. She loved him ; she hud
rattier sit at her casement in the gloaming,
anct> hear him holler “po-oo-eyl" in
long-drawn, mellow cadencies, at the hour
of the feeding of the swine, than tear Cum-
puniui siua ‘‘Macaroni del Vermicelli”
from"Handorgshanni in Venezuela.” And
lie—he was clean gone on her. Mashed
pasi all surgery. When they foolishly let
the old man into their plans for each
other’s happiness and half the farm, the
wrathfal agriculturist said if ho heard one
more word of such nonsense, just another
word, he would lay that farm waste with
physical havoc, and blight ita winter wheat
with tbe salt team of his only child, and
that was the kind of a father-in-law he was
inclined to be,
Natura’iy, the young people determined
to By, Their plana were laid; the night
was set. So was the ladder. At its foot
wailed the ardent Erasmus RuggIe«on,
gazing at the window for the appearance of
His love. Presently the window opened
softly, and a face he loved appeared.
“Rasmus!”
“Florence l”
“Yes, dearest. Shall I drop my things
right down V”
“Yes, love; I will catch them. Let the
bundle fall.”
The glittering starlight in the clear
March night fell on Erasmus’ glad and up
turned faco. So did a trunk, four feet
high, four feet wide, and about eight feet
loug. It wighed ebook 2,700 pounds. It
contained a few “things” that no woman
could be expected to travel without, and
Florence had spent three weeks packing
tTOi: fOr ner empCmCtit.
Erasmus Ruggleson did not scream- He
did not moan. He couldn’t. Hi had no
show. Florence came down the ladder,
having first, with a maidenly sense of pro
priety, requested her lover to turn his back
and look at the barn. He was busily en
gaged in looking at the bottom of that
trank, and tbinjang how like all creation
he would yell if he ever got his mouth out.
doors again.
Florence reached the bottom of the lad
der. “Did yon get my trank, Erasmus?"
she said, looking around for him.
“Ob, yes,” eaid a horse mocking voice
at her elbow. “Oh, yes, he -rot it. Got it
bad, too.”
SI10 turned, knew her papa, shrieked
once, twice, again, and once more for the
boys, and fainted away.
“ I never worried about it a minute,” the
heartless, old man told his neighbors the
next day'” “though I knowed well enough
what xvns going on all the time. I’ve been
married twice, an’ I’ve married off four
daughter* and two sons, on’if I don’t
know what baggage a woman carries when
she travels, by this time, I’m too old to
learn.”
And Erasmus Ruggleson! The jnry
brought in a verdict that he came to his
death by habitual drunkenness, and the
temperance papers didn’t talk about any
thing else for the next six weeks.
GEORGE 1YASIIIXGTOX.
Tbe Hero Imagined nt name. “Loaf
ing Around Monnt Yearn on.
Milwaukee Sun.
I don’t know how it was with tbe rest of
the crowd, but I could imagine George
Washington loafingnround Mount Vernon,
enjoying himself like ntsy other human be
ing. Most people think of him as he is
seen in the picture*—grand in appearance,
dignified, making'his farewell address, or
mounted on horseback, leading troops to
battle. I cduld not think of him iu that
way while wandering around his home,
where he was not supposed to be on dress
parade. I coaid see him come oat of the
back door by tho well in the morning
without any collar on, Ms suspenders hang
ing down by bis fide, a pair of
blue woollen stockings on his feet that
Martha knit, nnd see him pour some water
iu a tin wash ba3in, take a handful of soft
.soap and wash himself. As I stood by ihe
side of his bed I wondered howmnny times
he had got Martha np in tho night to put
mustard drafts on liis feet when he bad a
cold, or had her bring him n bowl of gin
ger tea to get up a sweat. I couldn't think
of him as a President, or a gecernl of
armies, there at bis home, but only as a
man liable to have mnlly-grnbs, be cross,
and talk snssy if he felt like it. It is right
to revere the memory of George Washing-
iogtoD, but is it wise to tench children that
ho was a saint and try to qet them to fol
low his example in everything ? There is
one mistake that George and Martha made,
and I have no doubt that they .regret it as
much as anybody, and that is in not
leaving nuy posterity. George wns a
man that would have made an ex
cellent lather, and Martha always looked
to me ns though it would have improv
ed her 100 per cent to hnve had her picture
taken with a baby in her armSs-aod I have
wondered at it more than a little that they
struggled through the times that tried
men’s soul’s, and upper leather, too, nnd
came out victorious, nud never had nn7
children. Of course, daring the war, when
everything wns high, it was all George
conld do to be the father of his country;
but when peace spread her mantle over the
country, and there were no more English
men to conquer, nnd they settled down
there at Mount Vernon to enjoy home
comforts, it would seem as though n flock
of babies would have just filled the bill.
We fat down iu the old kitchen to lunch
and drank a cup of coffee right by the old
‘fireside where hundreds of menls hnd been
cooked for George Washington. The old
crane war in tho fireplace, on which bad
been cooked the possum, the deer aud tho
duck, and I wns so overcome by the thought
that where I sat Georgs Washington had
walked around and told the colored cioks
how to baste tho canvas-buck duck so as to
retain the flavor, that every time the door
opened I expected to see George and Mar-
tha come in and ask ns to take off our
things' and stay to supper. Bat they
didn’t. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
bout wh’siled, and we passed down by the
tomb, dropping a tear aud a cigar-stub in
front of the vault, and s’camed away from
a spot that should be dearer than any ether
to the heart of every American.
LeltiUK the I'at Oaf,
Mac-'ii [Ala.) Mail.
Tho Georgia editors arq sharp fellows. By
patting 011 the back and agglng on, each hta
man. they have got the independent leaders
huddled, and butting and kicking each other
for tlie vantage ground; while the same edi
tors, although half dying with suppreaed mer
riment, make the fun faster and more furious
by pretending to Jibe each other in behalf of
the contestants.
GJ t» rlleTi’lVg a la -
St. Louis Ecus.
It must be confessed that' the tendency
“gush," whicli is characteristic of the Amtrlci
people, puts them often in a rather ridiculous
position. How do the people feel now who
rush so wildly about to collect money for a
monument for the late Mr. Garfield? Yet re
cent developments have taught observing men
nothing that was not open to all who read the
papers, hut have only given additional proof
that Janies A. Gnrrlol-l was a man whOM moral
standing wax even below the average in Ameri
can p.-Utleal life, that-he was a treacherous
and tricky politician,
A Point.
Denver Tr.bune Primer.
This is a Point. It is not Sharp liko-a Pencil
Point. It is as ltron-1 us It is long. Where diet j
we get the Point? It come from a Mining Bro
ker’s office. If we take the Point what will it,
do? It will go through us like a bad Story
through a iloussting-house. Wliut shall we do
with me Point? Le: ns Copper it. 1
SIFA.VV.4H jI ARBOR.
Isastar Brown’* Bpeach on Ita Im
provement.
Mt. Brown—I present u petition of a
number of tbe leading bankers, merchants,
mi l other prominent citizens of the city of
Atlanta, Georgia, praying that an adequate
appropriation be made for the improve
ment of the harbor of Savannah. I ask
tbe indulgence-of the Senate while l sub
mit a few remark* in couuection with the
petition.
A few days since I r resented tbe petition
Of William M. Wadley, president of tho
Central Railroad and Banking Company
of Georgia, and a nmulier of prominent
citizens of the city of Savannah, asking
for the appropriation that is asked for in
this instance by the prominent citizens of
tbe city of Atlanta.
Savannah, as is well knowo, I suppose to
all Senators, is the second cotton port in
the Union. There is a vast amount of na
val stores, rice, h'des, wool, aud other pro
ductions, in addition to the cot on that
passes out of the country through the poTt
of Savannah It is not only a very imiior-
tant port to the South, but also important
to the West.
Our railroad system is so constructed
through the South that there are several
prominent lines of railroad all centering
toward the port of Savanuali.Mf:Trst, the
Central Railroad system of th TState em
braces seme six or reven hundred miles of
road uuder one control, and taking it in
connection with its control of the Georgia
road, more thaa that. That is all worked
in connection with the exportation of pro
ductions at Savannah. The Louis
ville hnd Nasoville system, which is
very prominent and controls prob
ably somejtwo thousand miles of
road, or nr«re, works in harmony with the
Central. That combination of rosds natu
rally looks to Savannah as an outlet for a
groat deal of tlie produce that is shipped
over its lines. There is then tbe Hue by
way of ihe Georgia and Central, through
Atlanta over the State Road, as it is called,
by the National, Chattanooga »nd Saint
Loui*, also connecting with the Louisville
end Nashville road tojthe Western cities.
There are the same connections up to
Chattanooga and then connecting with the
Cincinnati Southern, all pointing to the
same object. There is also the tins from
Chattanooga to Memphis, Tennessee, con
necting the Mississippi River with tbe
same liues of rood. In addition to that,
there is what is called tbe Cole-Seney syndi
cate, which now controls over 2,(AM miles
of road, including its eornection with the
roads of what is called the Norfolk and
Western. That is building two additional
links, one from Rome, Ga., to Atlanta,
and the other from Atlanta to M»con,
which wi 1 ! Bom be completed, and gives
them a direct connection both with Savan
nah and Brunswick, Ga. AU of these con
nections by rail point to Savannah as an
outlet. Hence it is that there is such a
large collection of the cotton of the South,
running up to seven or eight hundred
thousand bales a yesr, and going ont
through the port of Savannah.
This presents the Southern view of the
subject, but tbe great Western States are
almost as much interested in that port as
we are of the South. During several
months of winter, when the canals are fro
zen over, the Western States are dependent
as matters now stand, almost exclusively
upon the great trunk Hues for the trans
portation of all the productions of tbe
West that seek an outlet through the east
ern cities, and many a time it happens that
those three trank lines are not able to
transport the productions anything like as
fast os it is desired by shipp^S that they
should be transported. ^
These railroad connectio "8 which I have
just mentioned, form another grand outlet
for the Western productions and for good6
going from NeW York to the West through
thepdrlof Savannah, either to foreimi
ports or to New York; aB Mftf ftOIJl
West as the trdiik uU ate to New York
from tho West, When I eaw “as near” X
mean «g ilear, calculating it as we calcu
late on transportation lines, connecting
land and water lines together. In other
words, count your miles of railroad, and
then count on the ocean (where the road is
'built by nature and you only have to put
on tho rolling stock, so to speak, or the
steamers, four miles of ocean for one of
rail, and you have from tho city
of Memphis, from tho city of
Saint Louis, from the city o
Louisville from the city of Cincinnati a
lino to’New York through Savannah as
near and for some one cr two of the cities
mentioned nearer than the trank lines I
have mentioned by which the productions
of the West are usually shipped to New
York. Hence the opening of the harbor of
Savannah, so rb to muko tho channel
deep enough that ships of large size can
go in and out, opens for the West another
great comi>cting line equal to either of the
three great trunk line* for the exportation
of the commerce of the West, not only to
foreign ports, but directly through Now
York. This is a very great milter to tho
West as we 1 os to the fcouth.
What would it cort to do it? The port of
Savannah is a peculiar one. Tho water on
the bar is twenty-six feet in depth at high
tide. It meds no improvement. There are
twenty miles of river, however, between
the bar and the city. At the close of the
war they had all been obstructed by timber
and sail vessels sunk in it so ns to keep out
the gunboats. That obstruction had to be
removed. After it wes removed and a sys
tem of improvement of. the harbor had
been commenced, it was found that there
were only about thirteen or fourteen feet
of water there. The engineer* adopted a
system of improvement of the channel,
which with the motgre appropriations
heretofore made ha* increased the depth to
from eighteen to nineteen feet at high tide.
In the river nud hnrbor net of last year
the engineer corps wns instructed to
make a further survey with a view to deep
ening the chnnnel to twenty two feet,
which would let in large vessels. That sur
vey has been made with great ca-e, nnd
the reiiort is tlrnt tbe channel for the twen
ty miles from the city of Savannah down
to the bar, which bar is deep enough, can be
made twenty-two feetdoep for $700,000; and
the engineer’s report earnertly urges that
$1150,000 of that amount be appropriated
this year for the opening of thntimportant
SEND FOR
Illustrated Catalogue
And Prioes of
DIAMONDS, WATCHES and JEWELRY
—TO-
d. P. STEVENS & CO.,
34 Whitehall St Atlanta, Ga.
miu.VUv.lv
(tRom. administrator of tlie estate of Joseph
Kennclly. late :>( said county, deceased, h«*
made upi-lii-atiou for leave to sell oil tiic real
estate belonging to said --state.
Those ft re therefore to cite and admonish all
persons concerned to t>o an-l appear at the
April term l8>-\ o( the court of oraiuary of said
county to show cause, if any they can, why
»iid application should not be granted.
Witness my hand and official siunsture,
March 6,1882. J. A. McMANUS,.
nafiMWis* Ordinary.
/GEORGIA, imiil COUNTY.—Whereas. A.
VTI’TOUdiit has made application for letters of
guardianship of the person and property Julia
M. Ever aud Aline Hodgkins,minor children of
John Hodgkins, deceased.
The-e are then-tors to cite and admonish all
persons concerned to be and appear at the
Anri! term, 1HL of the court of ordinary of
said county to show cause, if any they can.why
said application should not be granted.
Witness my hand and official signature,March
6, 1882. , J. A. McMANUS,
mar7Iaw4w« Ordinary.
GEORGIA. BIBB COUNTY.—Notice is hereby
given to all persons concerned that Robt Free
man, late of said county, deceased, -lied testate
and one Harriet B. Fulton, having been dulv
appointed by the court of ordinary adminisira-
tor de bonis non with the will annexed, who
hqa|lv> departed this life before finishing the
ft^Ral-draiiou of Robert Freeman's estate.and
JH$«ri<m has applied for nmiuh-trali-m of said
PfttW, that administration do bonis
non cum tartans 1*1 to annexe will
be vcf-ted in tho clerk o' the Supe
rior Court qr some other fit nnd proper person
after tlie publication of this citation to-wii: at
tlie April term, 1882, of the court !of ordinary i
tald county unless valid objection is mRdc to
his appointment.
Witness my hand and official signature,
mar? lawlw J. A. McMANUS, Ordinary.
Fac-S*miles of U.8, Treasury
and National Bank Bills,
Consisting of nine exact imitations of
United States Treasury Note*, and nine of
National Bank Bills, 14 in all, of various
denominations. As n rare means of detect
ing counterfeit money they are invaluable.
Poetal cards not answered.
A. R. DAY, 311 Bowery,
marlw4w* New York City,
harbor to the teeming productions which
would pass out througl tit
This improvement involves consequen
ces so great, both to the South and to the
West, that it seems to me I nm justified in
taking the time of the Senate to call the
attention of Senators to tho facts I have
just stated ; iu connection with the pre
sentation of the petition of the citizens of
Atlanta, and in connection with the one
presented a few days since from the citi
zens of Savannah. I beg especially that
tho committee on commerce will take this
matter under their serious consideration.
I desire this morning, when we roach that
order of business, to introduce a bill appro
priating the amount a- ked for ‘ this year
for the improvement of the harbor.
Tbe School House—A Rotation of the
DifHculiy.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Please
allow me to offer n plan to get a new
school bouse in tbe fourth ward, and if it
is not reasonable I hope somebody will
show why it is not.
Let the Alexander school trustees erect
n large building somewhere in that ward
instead of the Second ward where there is
already a large public school building, and
let them place it at tho disposal of tlie
board of education, who will pay all tho
running exjieuses of tho school. Of course
tho name can be retained and the proper
ty would still bslong to tbe Alexander
trustees. In this way nt least thrioe the
number of children ean be taught as are
now instructed in the Alaxasder school
and the trustees would be at no expense
except to keep up the property. If the
school is intended as a “charity” school for
the indigent it cannot of cour e be
used as a public school free to all classes,
bnt if it is not such a school then it can
certainly be used as one of the ward public
schools. Who will show why it cannot bo
used? New Issue.
Sfncoa Public Library
9-t the meeting of the publiu library d : -
rectors, the following sixteen new mem
ber* were elected:
Chas. C. Sims, Jr., M. R. Williamson,
Mrs. Mnry E. Berry. W. A. Cherry, Rev. J.
C. Wingate, B. J. R. Winchester, L. M.
Irwin, Frank H. Graves, Ralph Haskins,
Tnlley Walker, O, R. Willingham, Felix O.
Camp, Louis if edit, H. B. McCollum, Mis*
Fannie C. Napier, O. W. Oliver.
Thanks were returned for following con
tributions : Prof. Derry, for now history
United 81 ate?, lt>t£J; Hon. Jo?. E. Brown,
5 volumes Paris Exposition, 1878; Bureau
of Education, pamphlets: CoL T. T.
Smith, Texas rabbit ears ; Ed. D. Irvine,
Georgia Musical Eclectic.
The library is one institution of Macon
that keep* fully abreast of the town boom.
Mile. Palin,, who recently died in
Paris, at the age of 86. ivns the same woman
who. sixty yean ago. sue-l l-'muee (or tlie ;•<•>.
session of lands Off the pictures-111, Munt St.
Michm-l. ComproraKi! were in vain and rc-
peatcdly sought hy -he s-tate, which w-ml-l
nave given her 3.009,OM francs in satisfaction
of her claim, bnt she declined them ail and re
mained l-oor until three years ago, when -he
non her case. By her will she is understood to
have given her attorney the sum of 4,Oik),nun
lanes.
Plow Brand Xia.>vl>oue
SUPERPHOSPHATE.
NEW FIRM.
W E have opened in Forsyth, a .Tcnarfi
Grocery and Provision busiiir--. Onx
friend* and the friends of Cnpt '-. \V. Do-
inns, who is with a,, will find ns nt the olff
stand of Dumit- Alien, where wo will fc*
glad to see them.
mar.7w3m* W.T. MAYNARD A SON- •
Postponed ?ker;tf's le.
aid county..:-, ti*
during the i.gal
.-senbed pr-.j.wlj.
P\ EORGIA, JON Ed
IT before the court h-
first Tuesday in April
hours of sale, the lo’.lo
to-wlt:
Fifty seres of lard in-.-id eoentv. I,.•• -tided
on the watt by lands ok Robert Gordon, ..nth*-
south aifll east by lauds of Hush UH'-nr.
on the north by lands of Mike bird. k-n*!«i
as the property-,f Mike Bird to siui-fv a 8.1*.
issued from tae justice's court fsutli district Q.
M. Bibb county lntaTOi of T. \V. Duffy v.». MJSst
Bird. Levy made and returned to m--».— Jakzi
T. Glover, constable, M-ir- it 4, lssd.
UUUSWtOS 8. J. PHILLIPS, ftheciJT
rt EORGIA, TWIGGS COUNTY.—W. It. Tsltb®
IThas applied for exemption of p--r*>r.ai:v u4
cuing spurt and valuation of homestead, uiA
l will pass upon tbe same at 11 o'clock so.
on the 21th day of March. 1882, at my office, is:
Jeffersonville, said e-.-uticy.
This February 39th, ta-'A
mar.hvtd l\ A. .-oluMGN • -rdui-ny. _
(n EORGIA, JONFF Ct>FNT\*.—Whereas, R»
\Xbccca Woolfolk applies 10 me ior ihe guar
dianship of LcwisBivlus, n Erinar orphan
These are to cite and admonish fllpers-isr
concerned to show cause-it this office -id r hy
the first Monday In April next, dsn;- tkej,
have, why tlie same .diall be granted
Witness my hand officially, to 1 rJimitjS
1SCJ. ){. T. BOSS,
mnrl-vld Ordinary-
GEORGIA, TWIGGS COUNTY.- Jack
Aon 8. Winboine has applied to nu for ex
eruption of personalty nud Butting .apart
and valuation of homestead, aud I will piat
upon tho same at 10 o’clock a. tn , ou 6Mb
day of March, 1&82, at my office.
febl4td O. A. SOLOMON', Ordinary.
IT represented to nu- that
Mathews, lute of raid eotintvdeci-«-. I, ,-xr.-
Tepiutbta.il, whereby loss Is likely ki accrue tan
rai-l estate:
This is to cite all persons concerned to *>«*r
cause, if any they have, by the lim Monday rai
April next why lettersof administration ahooM
not vest iu J. W. Jack, clerk Superior Court, -rt
said county.
Witness my hand officially. Felrninrv 'Ji.iaffx
fct>28w4w VIRGIL 8. HOLTON, Ordinary.
ft EORGIA,JONES COUNTY.-Wlicn-ai.Tbss*-
\JTas Thomas applies to me for i-lminUtnlam
on the estate of Franks Haws, dec-asetl:
These are to cite and admonish 11 persons
concerned to show cause at this office on-wkw
the first Monday iu April next, if nuy tfatsr
have, why the same shall not be granh-i,
Witness my hand officially, this l-w 24. w*.
mnr2wtd K. T. ItOF-S, Ordiunry.
For sale bv'
WALTON. WHANH & CO.,
HA-08, GEORGIA.
mnrISw2t
GUARDIAN SALE.
W ild, bo sold before the court house ‘hxw In
the town of Hawktnsvtlie, Georgia. -4«»
tween tlie legal boars of sale -on tlie l ei’iaa-
davfn April next, tlie InHssrtni 1 grt erty. to
wn: The one-half undivided Interest In and u>
202%acres of land In the 24th district ol
-•minty, Georgia,and known in the plan of xs»a
district os tiic north half of each n l->u Nos. in
and 88, and known as the Ward pl-ec. Butt
under order of court of ordinary in -and for Ffe
task! county. Georgia, as the pruporfy-rtf », k
McY’av and Linden McVay. Termi cnih. TSw
other halt of said lntcrn-tin said lauds will be
sold at same time anil place and title made be -
owner*. This February 28,1882.
murJwlw M. E McVAY, Guardian.
f t EORGIA. TWIGGS COUNTY.—Whereer
IT Joseph H. Rav, administrator ot J«-.j*-
Thnrp, renresents to tho court Iu hlrpelitter.
duly filed and entered on record, that -he has
fully oilminLdcred Joseph Tharp’s estate:
This Is therefore tocite all persons eo-n-eroda.
heirs and creditors, to show cause, if any ifuyy
ean, why raid administrator should not be •' r
charged from his administration, nnd rtocj.-*:
letter* of lUsmlssiuu, .on -llrt -fie.’ Sfcn-lay tu
lune ,SRi -
This Kebnllt*«^i WB- tC.'-A. SOLOMON,
marldlt&wSt* ' Ordinary.
PI EORGIA. BIBB COUNTY’.—-Where* S.
tTand I. II. Johnson, executors of tiro i-rteie
ol F; 8. Johnson, Sr.,bave made application ix-
letters of dismission from said estate.
This is therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned to be aud appear at Jkrve.-—
of ordinary of said county on tbe tot Mst.-
day In Juno next, to show eoase. it any •-"•tr
can, why said application sbimld not be gra* t
* ^Witness my hand aud official aignatarib the
March 4,18sl J. A. McMANUS.
-*■ ■•.Ordus.-rf*
Guano, Superphosphate
and Kainit.
1,000 Ton*W„ G.& Co. Manipulated
Guano.
1,000 Tons W..0.& Co. Suporphos-
pbate.
1,000 Toni Pure German Kainit.
These first-class Fertilizers will be sold
in quantities to suit, at VERY LOW Prices
for GASH, or on credit for approved pa
per. DEALERS or PLANTERS will find
it to their interest to give us a call before
buying elsewhere. Send for circular*,
prices, etc.
WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.,
feb25daw2i SAVANNAH, GA
THE
islfFtejibaieCg
O.l*dmrleston, fcs. C.
OFFERS FOR SALE
SOLUBLE GUANO,
Highly Ammoniated.
Acid Phosphate, for compostiaer.
Ash Elemeaf, for Cotton, Wheat, Peas, etc.
Pare Ground Phosphate Boc’r,
Pure Ground Raw Bone,
Genuine Leopoldshall Kainit,
COTTON SEED MEAL,
Kova Ecotia Land Plaster,
SOUTH CAROLINA MARL,
Peruvian Guano,
Ground Dried Fish,
- Dried Blood.
The abova Fertilizer* are of very high
grade and of unifbrm quality. Special in
ducements aro offered for ensh orders by
the car load.
For term*, Illustrated Almanare-, Color
ed Humorous Cat da, etc., address the com
pany. febl7w
m Jone* County Sheriff’s .Sales.
/lEOnuiA, JONE3 COUNTY.—Will be
Vj be fore the court house,in said county,on a».->
first Tuesday in April next during the In:
hours of sale, the following described propers.
to-wit: .« - 1
One black mare mule, one sorrel marc mate,
One two-horse wagon, three head of cows mx.-toe
with underblt in each car, forty bushel* otc. m
more or lew and 1,000 pounds of folic-
more or less. Levied on as tbe pr- -.in; b
Thos. J. Miller to satisfy a mortgmre-F.'t • rei m» ■
able to the Superior Court of said county in fa
vor of Alex II Stephens vs. Thomas J.MJTjsv
Property pointed out In fl fn.
Also at the same time and place, onehxs-
dred acres ot land in said county; bounded on
the north 1 -v lands of K. M. Morris, on th r. vrv
by lands of Patsy Joint-, 'James UhnrchlllaaC
Robert Gordon, and oil the south -and east tap
lands of Mike Bird Levied on asAUc.nrcH " J >
of Mike Bird to satisfy a fl fa tsraod fiom'tM
County Court of said -V.::"*” In favor of Sh i
John Crockford vs Mike Btaff
m!£? u 4 ’ 1881 J/PHIEUFS.
PWltai> Sheriff:
5otics lo Bridge fedilders.
TTNTIL Wednesday, March 9P, J8BS, It*
VJ County Commissioners of Bibb coat#*
invite sealed proposals for building, at th*
Wiley turnpike in said county, three wwa-
ei'bridges aggregating 101 feat in 1> •
Flans and spectnoations trsy be 4
applying to ths un lereigned *T tin nwscS
house. The right to rejeet any and all b.«r
is reserved.
feb22 4w
W. G. SMITH.
Clerk Bibb Co. Coiem’ra.
We have opened in the front part of onr
wholesale store a
Retail Department,
complete in every respect. We emp’oy
none bat
Gentlemen Wht Understand the
Drug Business,
and as we buy cone but tho
Purest and Best Drugs
to be found, we are sure that yon will be
pleased with ns. We sell five oents’ worth
as cheerfulty as we would five dollars’
worth, a* we are not disposed to insist on
any one baying more than they need bnt
wo do want to sell yon ALL YOU NEED,
no matter how mneh. ,
Come to see us opposite the AUCTION
HOUSt; and DOLLAR STORE, and call
for Dr. Uoodwynor Dr. Daniel, who are in
chirgo of our Retail Department. Re
spectfully,
Lamar Rpnkln & Lamar.
I'rii.
GEORGIA, CRAWFORD COUNTY.—J. W. Jw-fc
administrator of estate of W.£. Ti-oie; j --
deceased, of raid county, has applied -or U
of riismk-ji-M from said trust J his is there*-
to cite all persons concerned to show cans u
any they have, by the find Mohday ia lte,
1882. why raid application should not beonSEr
ed r.;id letters dmmUsing grimed to an id re
cant.
Witness my band officially, February tC,
feb3td VIRGIL 8. HOLTON, Ordl iry.
GEORGIA, JONES COUNT Y.-Whe-ara
antes W.Turk, administrator on t iatc at
Mr*. Cordelia Turk, deceased, applies to
me for dismission:
These aro to cite and admonish all pri
sons concerned to show cause nt this ot.
fioo on or by the first Monday in May neii,
if any they have, why dismission shill c«
bo'granted. '
W itness my hand officially January UU
1882. R. T. ROSS, Ordinary.
jantSwtd
LIBEL FOR DIVOJB ;:2.
Samuel A. itetdvs. Mary A. Reid.—Sc
Jodcs Superior Court, October tern-.. . - r l
It appearing to the court by return cl the,
sheriff that the defendant iu above s:„ d
case, Mary A. Reid, is not tobef okudic
said county of Jones; nnd if forthv<
nearing that shedooa not reticle within lit
limite of this State : IiDorderH that ‘
vice be perfected on said dc-fendzut by
publioation in the Macon T-tiJgra; .. rue!
Messenger for space wt three month? bn
tore next term of this court. (>cfobei I■ u.
1881.
R. V.HARDEMAN, libelant’s Aftfe.
Approved and ?o ordered.
• THOS. G. LAWSON, J, 8.C. 0. C.
A true extract from minute?.
janlOwfim
GEORGIA, JONES COUNTY.—V.ly, re a,
R. V. Hardeman e.ppliesto mo for d.- l-.:v
sion from ad>ni.iis.ration. with ivjii cv-
nexed, ot estate William Wheatley-, i-ac £
These are to cite and admonish
sons concerned to show cau'o a* this .if re
on or by the first Monday in Hay vex: if
any they have, why the s-.mc ?haU not ta<
granted. Witness my band officially J,j.
u&ry 17,1882. R.T. ROSS, Ordinary
jaalOwtd
GEORGIA, JONES COUNTY.-'Whereat
Isaac Hardeman, admi Mtrator on karate
D. L. Fits, deceased, kas ippliid to use
for dismission from said adsuinb-tralio® -
These are to cito nnd admonish all j ti
eons concerned to riiow cm. -, at this -Set
on or by ihe first Moud-y in Ms; i.at, if
any they have, why the ruir.e «)ih!1 cot to-
granted. Witness my band officially Jana
ary 17,18S2. R. T. ROBS, Urdmarjr.
tanlBwtd
GEORGIA, BIBB COI.NiY.—M heroas
W. J. Dent, administrator of Cynthia Roj,
represents to the court iu hi,- petition,
filed i.nd entered ou record, tliat .1 b haa
fully administered Cynthia iloyti
This is, therefore, to cite nl! person* con
cerned, heirs and creditors, to skowcw-w^
if any they can, why snid adu-.ir,I-tr«<—•
should not tie discharged from his admiafe.
tration aud receive letters of duoriisakns ou
tlie first Mondey in April 7. Ivi'.
Given uuder my imnd anu otStial dga*
tore this January, 1882.
lawgrn* J A.McMANUS, Oniiavy
(1 E-dUiUTt K WVl'ORL rt -IWTY.-C. 'r.
Lfilati-hcr. administrator on tin.- mate of If.
H. -'oliu r. (le-t-nx-'l. of nu-1 c-or:n:y, l.asau-
pllcd for letters of dismission from raid trust.
Thi- i- to cite all jK-r.'-on-- ---mecni-si tosh
cause, -fan they, have ''ttiiio \h.- ok* j
M.-ribcd by law v-hy raht Application
not be grunted prayed for. Wir-iess ou
hand officially, Starch K. 18*2.
VIRGIL S. HOi.TGS,
mari2til Onlisssy.
