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TWENTY XXXUTES LATE.
The twain at last have (truck their gait—
The engine and the onglnecn
nln is twenty minutes late!”
"The train is t -
The smutty fireman (rives a cheer.
He let* her out In giant strides;
8hc thrusts her slender arms of steel
Deep in the casket* at her sides;
The nervous creature seems to feel
JJJFor something precious hidden there;
I'lncks out great handfuls of the power
That gives her slaty miles an hour.
And flings and tosses everywhere
Great volumes of the power asleep.
As If a million fleecy sheep
Turned out to pasture in thu air.
With glittering elbows’ ceaseless play,
She brightens night and darkens day.
“She buckles bully to the work;
She’s not the kind of girl to shirk.”
The driver say*, and trim the gauge,
And never dreams be leads the age.
Full seventy feet at a s lnglcplungc.
And seventy feet at a single breath.
And seventy feet from instant death!
A little slower than the lunge
The lightning makes that stabs the night;
And faster than a falcon’s flight,
■TIs seventy feet at every beat
Of heart and clock the train is hurled;
At such a rale, with such a mate,
Kot eighteen days around the.world.
—Indianapolis Journal.
GEORGIA PRESS.
A Ramble Among Exchange*.
Valdosta has had a small fire.
Mtba Hiorrrowia, the Atlanta small pox
patient, is dead.
A Gainesville cow ate np a whip, hub,
hickory stock and alL
The Clinch Rifles are . .
a grand blowout—a sort of musket-1
to speak. •
The Albany Xcws has an account of a
Dougherty county negro who whipped his
Bon to death.
Last weeTc Darien shipped 1,013,211 feet
Of hewn timber, lumber and deals, valaed
at 824,03.40.
The cotton seed oil mill oomlemplated
by Thomnsville, will probably be ready for
business by August 1st.
Trig shooting of Gov. Crittenden, of
Missouri, nnnounoed by the Post-Apjwal,
tens eat to be a hoax.
Am Atlanta fist ucaler claims to sell font’
tons of fish per week. Let ns not forget
that he is an Atlanta fish dealer
Mb. Jos. B. Williams was fonnd dead in
bed, at the honso of his niece, fivo miles
fjpm Quitman, on Monday last.
TftoMAsvttxx Is on a boom, Nsw build
ing* are going up right and left, and thou
sands of dollars have been recently invest
ed to real estate. . .
Alb aw News,: When not engaged in
Snatching peach buds the English sparrow
is decorating cornices. He seems to think
this is England.
Nsab Atlanta a repetition of a fearful
tragedy took place last week. Child left in
the house—mother at church—fireworks
and big excitement—exit infant.
veins, assaying from five to fifty dollars
per ton, from one to twenty miles from a
railroad, with water, fuel and labor plenty
and cheap, can be bought for from ono
thousand to twenty thousand dollars,
Savannah Recorder: There were receiv
ed in the city last week 6,4911 bales of up
land and seven bales of sea island cotton,
against G.735 bales npland and 109 kales of
sea island for a corresponding period last
year. The shipments amounted to 9.199
bales upland and 159 bales of sea island.
Athens Banner: There is now on exhi
bition in the window of the Messrs. Cohen
a drawing of the Lncy Cobb chapel, by Mr.
W. W. Thomas, the architect. The build
ing will he octagon in shape, with Mansard
rcof and steeple. It will be a verytaBty
structure—something different to anything
to the city.
Eatonton Chronicle: On the 15th of June
last, Mr. J. H. Boatright hsd a hen which
began to sit. A few days afterward, the
eggs were destroyed by a dog or hog, but
tlio hen continued to sit until some time to
December—about six mouths. 8he is the
champion sitting hen; in fact she was well
set in her way.
Poet-Appeal: There is an important
gathering of railroad magnates to the city
at present, all of the leseees of the State
Bead being either here or represented.
The object of this assemblage is a thor
ough discussion of the situation in view of
the recent decision by Attorney-General
Andeison. A meeting was held Saturday
and another will take place this orening.
It is learned that no idea of abawining
the lease is enter'nined, and auy e^rt to
set it aside by the State authorities will be
strenuously resisted.
Adam Alkxandeb, Esq., of Washington,
On., is dead. He left numerous descend
ant* in this State. His sons are General
E. P. Alexander, late of Augusta, but now
of Louisville, Ky.; Major F. Alexander
and Mr. J. H. Alexander, of Augusta, and
Mr. Charles Alexander, of Washington,
Ga. His daughters are Mrs. Gen. A. C.
Haskell, of Columbia; Mrs. Gen. A, R.
Lawton, Mrs. Gen. J. F. Gilmer and Mrs.
Cumming, of Savannah; Mrs. George G.
Hull, of New York, formerly of Augusta,
and Mrs. Dr. W. E. Boggs, of Atlanta.
Columbus Sun: While bailiff McMicbsel
was in Macon Saturday investigating the
report that Ed Bead had been arrested
there, he captured Abner Smith, white,
who nos been wanted in this city about
three years. In 1879 Smith borrowed a
mule from Col. James M. Bussell, and for-
} it
got to return it X warrant WM issued for
tais arrest, but Le absconded and*Lad been child vr«s, or who buried it to this secluded
successfully evading the officers until he spot, an d perhaps never will be.
to own real estate there some day.
The Columbus Sunday Enquirer pre
sents a list of one hundred and fifty-nine
property holders of that city who own each
over $5,000, and the aggregate of whose
possessions are awsy up among the mil
lion-.
CBAwroBDViLLE Democrat: Mr. J. T.
Harrison showed us tlio other day a pecul
iar thing. It was a chicken with two per
fect beads and bills, with three eyes and
only one bodr. Dr. Stephens took it and
has it to alcohol.
Cbawfoudville Democrat: Mr. J. D.
Moore, living near White Plains, has a cu
riosity in the shape of a cat. The head and
half the body is that of a cat, while the
balance is rabbit. It eats peas like a rabbit
acd meat and broad like a cat.
Hancock’s grain crop continues to lie
promising. Too much of one kind of
weather and not enough of another has
made the old county put on mourning for
five yenrs, but she is preparing now to re
sume her holiday attire.
Fobt Valley Mirror: As an evidence of
the fact that our sawmill men have to
spend Sunday in town to keep from going
frightened and rushed into the swamp^|
Tiiomasville Times: The universal ver-|
diet among the farmers is that stands of
oottonand com have not been so uniformly
good since the war. It is something to
start off will. Now keep the mol'. ■ bump
ing themselves and tho hoes goiog and a
rich harvest will be reaped by all this fall.
Savannah News: A gentleman, who
lives on South Broad street, has several
fowls of choice breads, which he treats as
Mini prim very highly. Ooeofhisl
hen* disappeared nearly a month ago, and
. he thought it bad been stolon hy some on-
m iliiili ii thief, and eaten long
m however, the hen was |
Hi dried np well in bis
yard alive mid in fair condition, afterfcBV-l
ing been without food or water twenty-six
day*. Slu-wa.* trotiunont aseooo as possi
ble, and given com and water, whicn sho|
ate and drank voraciously.
A pail v
Augusta .Yrirs .* A pall was thrown over
the opening day of Coup’* great circus by
the sudden death of the lion turner, when
just entering the den of wild beasts for the
season, as it were. Young Mr. Betts had
recently taken charge of the menagerie,
and he was a g.-eat favorite with men and
beasts and his social disposition and inti
mate acquaintance with the African lion
was alluded to only a few days since to the
Evening News. Just before entering the
cage acd going on the street parade this
morning he was in the best of spirits and
health, when suddenly and without warn
ing he fell a victim to heart disease. His
remains were tenderly cared for by his
companions, and Mr. Conp ordered every
attention at his funeral.
Amxbicub Becorder: A last year’s
Kansas cyclone is said to have
blown a man’s well np by the roots
and carried it several miles awry.
The late hurricane below us performed a
feat almost as wonderful, and at the same
time far more easily comprehended. In
stead of blowing a well out of the ground,
it blew one in the ground. It happened
in this way: On the track of the cyclone
below, the lime belt of country begins:
and here there are many nndergronnd
streams. Cavings in the earth along these
streams are common occurrences, and any
violent agitation or pressure from above
causes, the earth to topple in; these are
called lime sinks. The storm furnished the
agitation, and the big shake up made a
sew lime sink over fifty feet deep.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Frida;
morning, while Mr. D. O’Sullivan, an oli
and respected citizen, residing on upper
Bioad street, was engaged in kaolinga cart
load ol sand through Harrisburg he acd
dentally drove his cart into the rear part of
one of Thompson A Hdndel’s lumber
l by Be:
wagotu, driven by Berry Simmons, colored,
the concussion of which caused him to fall
from his seat under the wheels of the cart
and Also frightened his torse which started
off at a quick pace and drew the wheels of
the cart over his breast, bulking three of
his ribs and caa>tog internal injuries from
which be died, after a night of terriblesnf-
feriug, Saturday morning about 3 o'clock.
Mr. O'Sullivan wa* a well known and re
spected dtizen and had many friends in
Augasta.
In the fire at Thomasville lastj Wednes
day, saps the Times, CoL McGlashnn lost
his entire stock, valued at $4,600. He had
ern Mutual and Georgia Home. Messrs.
oris Mans
B. Thomas A Co. lost heavily by water and
removal of goods. Their tore is estimated
at $2,000. They are injured in the follow
ing companies: German American, Lon
don, Liverpool and Globe, and Hartfoid
Fire. Mr. Fass’
sa’ !o.*.- Will approximate
$1,(X0. Ho wa* insured. Mr. S. J. Cassels
and Beid Bros, lost slightly by removal.
Hurried removals were made ot the law li
braries of Mes i«. Hammond, Alexander
and Hopkins. Mr. 8. L. Hayes, Drs. Beid
and Dekle, and Mr. James L. Hall, remov
es their book* and office fixtures without
serious loss. Mr. J. W. Dillon’s books and
n few things were removed, also Mr. J. W.
McMillan’s in the Mitchell house block.
Thejwalle of Mr. 8. L. Hayes, store adjoining
the burning building were badly damaged.
Gbititn News: A movement is on foot to
establish a government assay offhe at
Dshlonega. Up to the war there was a
branch mint at Dahlonega, and the records
show that over twenty millions of bullion
nss*d through it. Georgia has seventy
Sdd^old mill* at work. One is giving a
monthly product of be
pr< *i uce
^^nninttoiMiosscn »od
^^T^OOOoS monthly for the
?~r P 18& Tbiore is there. All that.s re
nntred to k" an immense yield is erer-
TnireuW glutton superm-
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pounds and was captured by Samuel Bob-
' II. Brown, Esq*., both of
orson and Robert P
whom are good fishermen and clever fet
lows.
The editor of the Hawkinsville News
claims to he only an honorary member of
the Hawkinsville Cotton Seed Oil Mill
Company. ’Tiswell. And yet it does seem
as if there might ue an opening in that
long name for every active young man in
the county.
The Pharmaceutical Association has
elected J. W. Rankin, of ' Atlanta, presi
dent for tho ensuing year;A- A. Solo
mons, of Augusta, Geo. J. Howard, of At
lanta, and A. M. Brannon, of Columbus,
vice presidents; T. L. Massenbsrg. of Ma
con, treasurer, and G. M. Heidt, of Savan
nah. corresponding secretary.
8andebsvtlle Mercury: Some one set
fire to two fodder stacks on Mrs. Smithy
Uluuut'a place on Tuesday nignt la*t while
the family were at supper, and when they
went out to the fire the house was entered
nnd robbed of a trunk containing forty
dollars in cash, belonging to Mr. Lewis
Webster, and if it had not been for the
timely aid of Mr. B.C. Harris, other build
ings on the premises would have been
burnout
An exchange after rehliug bow a Geor
gia mulo was killed by lightning in Ogle
thorpe county, rays it is the only instance
on record. Tins is an error. Ten mules
was killed by lightning in Macon five or
six years ago, ono to Wilkinson connty, acd
one in Stew irt county, recently. In every
instance however, it must be admitted that
the mules were killed by being taken una
wares, and before they had time to wheel
their batteries into position.
Sumter Republican: One of the most
formidable weapons in the way of a hog’s
tooth to be seen is on exhibition at the
store of Messrs. Buchanan A Bro., on Cot
ton Avenue. It is a boar’s tusk eight
inches long, token from an animal three
years old, weighing fonr hundred and
twenty-five pound*, killed by Jack L>.
Davi*, of Marion county, Ga. The auimal
could have snapped a dog half in t-ro at
one cut of this drngerous looking weapon.
Athen8 Banner: While Mr. Wm. Royal
was up the river seining and fishing. Mon
day, be suddenly stumbled on a small grave
on the bank of the river, just above the
Catlton old brickyard place. He dug
down and found, under some sawdust
with which the box was filled, the bleached
bonee of an infant. It bad evidently been
there a long time. As yet there is no sus-
picion or clue as to who the mother of the
fell into the clutches of Mac. He was
not brought to Columbus, but was per
mitted bail, and succeeded in making a
bond for his appearance at 4Re next term
of Muscogee Superior Court.
Savannah News: At 4 o’clock on Sunday
evt-ning a white man, who was very much
under the influence of liquor, approached
tho watchman on the wharf of the Georgia
and Flor da steamers, and after talking
with him a few minutes, remarked that he
would never be seen alive again. He tnen
jerked his coat off and attempted to jump
overboard, but was caught by the watch
man and held for a short time until some
friends were summoned who took him in
charge. *Ve understand that the same in
dividual made a similar attempt at tho
Philadelphia steamship wharf a few min
utes previous, but was prevented by two
gentlemen who were in the vicinity.
Athens Banner: Dennis Clayton, a very
ancient colored man living in Athens now
and formerly the slave ot Judge W. W.
Clayton, remembers distinctly when the
Oconee river used to run down Broad
street. This aged colored man says that
he had a fish hole under the large sycamore
trees where the National Bank now stands,
and that he helped to ditch above Lincoln's
plantation, and turn the river in its pres
ent channel. Dennis used to shoot squir
rels where M. G. A J. Cohen’s store now is,
and had a turkey blind at tee book store
corner. He also had something to say
abont snakes, but it being past our dinner
time we excused ourself and withdrew.
Athens Banner: One of the most terri
ble arraignments of Mr. Emory Speer we
ever read is printed on our first page, and
copied from the Macon Teleobaph. Many
of our citizens remember the harangue re
ferred to by the editor of that paper, and
must acknowledge that while the rebuke is
most fcarfol, lhat it is just and merited.
The murder of young Rountree teals the
doom of the independent party in Athens,
and we believe in the ninth district. Our
people are now convinced that the ninth
district has got to be saved again from ne
gro domination by the combined efforts of
be white race. There is no dividing line
now; you must either go with tho black or
the white man's party.
Post-Appeal: Recently suit was insti
tuted by the Georgia railroad against the
commlssio , whicli, of ccurse, means the
testing of the constitutionality of the law
creating the board, • notwithstanding the
fact that such a case has been already ad
versely decided in the United States court.
It now transpires that the railroad com
mission have Ascertained that the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company has for
feited its charter. It is said that the lease
of tho Georgia railroad is in direct viola
tion of it* ebartf r, and that the pressing
of their suit against th* railroad commis
sion may result in measures being taken to
have the charter of the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company declared forfeited.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Work on
this mill is progressing rapidly. Work
men are busily employed in all directions
in breaking, leveling and hauling the
ground where will soon rear itself along
sde the Sibley Mills, the King Factory.
Tho foundation of the principal building
will soon be completed. 'There are also in
operation two brick molds. They both
turnout about 59,000 brick daily. Tho
clay is first wet and fed into the molds on
one sido as mud and comes out on the other
side made into the form of brirks. They
a re then piled in rows and after having been
thoroughly dried by the sun. are put in the
kilns and subjected to a great heat for
about five days, and then allowed to coo',
and are afterwads taken ont ready forbemg
used to form the walls of tho factory.
Savannah News: Emma Reynolds, her
husband and stepson, George Reynolds,
occupy a house on Lover’e lane which yes
terday morning was the scene of a lively
family broil. It appears that whilst the
husband was ab.e it Emma and her step ion
sat down to breakfast, and during the en
joyment of the matutinal meal Emma ac
cused the boy of stealing some biscuit. He
resented the imputation by throyingn glass
of water in her face. She returned the fil
ial complimentby dashing a basin of water
overturn, when a scuffle took place. Geo-ge
managed to get the lobe of tho left ear of
his mother between his teeth, and bit it en
tirely off, spitting the quiveringflesh on tho
ground. Emma picked np the piece of her
ear, and wrapping it in a handkerchief,
proceeded to Dr. Chisholm’s office, wheie
the severed piece was sewed on the auricu
lar organ, bnt the physician docs not think
it will grow.
Athens Banner: Tho place of the shoot
ing ot yonng Rountree is jnst abovo the
middle gate, on Prince avenue, beneath a
China tree teat stands on the sidewalk. In
the fence is 6een the imprint of a ball over
which some ono ha< written, “fired by
Frank J.” Thero is another boll further
down the fence. From the position of the
antagonists, it was impossible for Bartow
Roniitree to h*ve shot his brother, as the
negroes try to prove. The sidewalk here
is twelve feet wide, and in splendid repair.
The rock npon whhh Rountree’s head
struck when falling is seen. Two ladies
saw the shooting—one wrs just across the
, e another was at the front gate
Tho latter says she saw Walter Rountree
shot down by Frank Johnson be
fore bis brother had fired a shot;
and site will make this state
ment npon the stand if necessary. Yester
day the ?aso of the neferoea bound over by
the mayor to appear at the city coart was
called, when the attorney for the defense
arose and demanded an indiclmentby the
grand jary. This settles the matter until
the Muy session of the Clarke Superior
Court. Wo learn that Messrs. E. T. brown
of Athens, and George Thomas of Wat-
kinsville, will appear in their defonse. We
'..ope that tips trouble is now over, and that
both the whites and blacks will remain
quiet and leave tho settlement of the
trouble to conrts of justice. Law cannot
be overriden in Georgia, and nny resist
ance will bnt bring tronble upon those
who make the attempt.
Mn. P. F. Bbaknok, formerly of Colum
bus, and a drummer boy during the late
unpleasantness, at the age of thirteen, has
been elected mayor cf Weatherford, Texas.
Southerner and Appeal: On Sunday af-
noon last Mr. Jerry Meadows was thrown
from his mule while in tlio act of leaving
town, and had his left shoulder dislocated.
Two yonng men got drank and
went to sleep on the streets of Savannah.
They were stripped of their olothingby
practical jokers, awoke, and wore chased
home by the police.
Sandeksville Mercury: We think tho
Teligbapb and Mehsenoeb, in the past six
months, has made the greatest improve-
rnen*. ix the make-up of it* paper, and in
its editorial department, of any paper in
the Slate. It get* better as it grows older.
Sandebsvillk Mercury: Last week an
other immense cat fish was caught in Rob
son’s mill-pond; it weighed twenty-five
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA
Decisions Rendered April lltb, 1181.
Reported for the Telegraph and Messenger by
n. C. Peeples, of the Atlanta Bar.
Grace Washington vs. the State. As
sault with intent to murder, from Chat
ham.
Jackson, O. J.—1. On a trial for assault
with iulont to murder the ourt need not
charge the jury on the law of stabbing un
less requested. It is. enough that the law
of os*uult with in'ent to murder be fully
given to the jary and the law in respect
to assault and battery, the actual stabbing
having been inflicted by another.
2 'I be evidence in this case supports the
verdict-- Judgment affirmed.
officer. The statnte doe* not require that
determination to be in writing, nor doe* it
’leave to the mayor any determination at
all except as (o tbe number of pilots.
4. The commissioners are invested with
large discretion by the law, and it was er
ror for tbe court to make a final jadgment
on contested questions offset, and not to
send tbe case bact under the certiorari, if
such certiorari was properly before him.
Judgment reversed.
Sumter Republican: One day last week
Mrs. A. 0. Turpin went into her garden
where some brash was being burnt and in
wallring around, her dress caught fire,
quickly blazing np around her head. With
great presence of mind she dropped upon
the ground and commenced rolling over,
at tbe same time calling for assistance
from a negro woman not far away. The
woman responded and the flames were put
out. Mr*. Turpin’s hands and neck were
badly burnt. It was owing to her remark
able courage in falling that she saved her
Ufa
Walton Yidette: On the plantation of
Mr. Jasper Thompson, on the line of
Gwinnett and Jackson oountiea, thero oc-
curied, Inst Monday morning, a murder
that has created mnch excitement to that
section. An old negro and his five grown
sons >d a fnss with another darkey on
Sunday, and decided to kill him when he
came to tho field Monday morning. Sure
enongh they were in waiting, and when he
rame in their presence they began tbe
fight, and never ceased until their victim
was dead. Four of the parties are to jail
in Lawrencerille, and two have ran away.
Mr. Thomson thu* loses seven hands, who
ran six plows, and for whom he had jnst
bought live or six hundred dollars’ worth
of gnano. Mr. Thompson will lose at
least one thousand dollars on account of
this difficulty.
Savannah News : The down freight train
on the Central railroad on Monday night
ran over a white man abont half a mile
above Millen, horribly maDgliug him. Both
liis legs were eat eff unci hi* head terribly
crashed. We lenm that the deceased was
named Charles Smith, and claimed to be
captain and owner of a small sloop, which
he stated was lately lost, and that he was
from Savannah, where he said he had
friends. He had been loafing aronnd Mil
len since Sunday, and was seen several
times nnder the influence of liquor. He
was seen Into on Monday night, and bade
everybody ‘‘good-bye,” and started up the
road towards Macon. When discovered by
the engineer he was lying across the track,
fall length. The whistle was blown and
brakes reveised, bnt it was impossible to
stop tie train, and the ponderons engine
massed over the unfortunate man, killing
lim instantly. He wes abont fifty years
of age. The supposition is that he either
lail down on the track intentionally or fell
over in a drunken stupor. Tbe remains
were removed to Millen.
Athens Banner: The extension of the
Georgia railroad over into the heart of
Athens is no longer a matter of doubt, bat
is now a settled fact. The contract for
erecting the bridge over the Oconee has
already beep awarded to an Atlanta con
tractor, who is now selecting timber for
the purpose. It will be a magnificent
structure—ono span reaching across the
stream. It will be bnilt to stand for year*,
and on the most improved plan. This
bridge will be erected about the middle of
the old field above the lower bridgs.
Eve y train is bringing stone fjr cul
verts, and work on them will be begun
at once. The granite for this purpose
comes irom Slone Mountain- Tho only
bridge on the extension will be across the
river—tbe intervening ravines and creeks
are to he filled exceptingcnlvertssufficient
ly large to carry all water. The contract
for grading i* to bo let on the 15th iustan’,
and it is stipulated that tho entire work is
to be completed in time for the trains to
be running over the line 1 y the first ot
Septembei next. The depots will b& erect
edTmmediatelyin rear of the foundry, and
streets are to be opened thereto. Colonel
Wadley intends to hare every improve
ment in the most substantial maimer. The
freight and passenger depots will be sepa
rate, and are to be handsome building,
large enongh to moet tbe increasing
busiress of the city. A round honso is al
so to be built.
The Augusta Evening News has the fol
lowing: A boy was K&ved from drowning
in the canal this morning, through the
timely arrival and heroic exertions of a
entleman passing near tho scene on Me
ntone street, over the third level of the
canal. The little fellow, John Hardman,
whe l.ve* in that neighborhood, fell in tlio
water while playing with some compan
ions, abont a hundred yards from McKinne
street Their exertions to rescue him os
he floated down the street, which is swift
at that place, were confined to holding ont
sticks to him, and while grasping at them
he was several times carried nnder the wa
ter. While drifting helplessly along and
when about to fail in strength he was seen
by Dr. Frank M. Deems, Mr. George How
ard and one or two other* pasting alon;
the street. The two gentlemen name
jumped from their vehicle, rushed down
the bank, and Dr. Deems, who was first at
the water, called to Mr. Howard to stay on
tbe bank and not to jump in unless neces
sary. Dr. Deems then plunged iu the wa
ter and swam out to the little fellow, who
was about to sick for the last time, with
the grasp of a dying man, he seized Dr.
Deems ns ho reached him, and both went
undergo water. Rising to the surface, tho
Doctorpashed for the bank with his bur
den, ana was assisted by Mr. Howard and
his colored driver, Eageoe. Both were
pulled out of (ho water exhausted. Dr.
Deems admini-tered restoratives to tho
[ little fellow, and, after seeing him homo
and going across the street to his own res
idence, nursed him until he was all safe.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Tho
regular bi-monthly moating of the direc
tors of tho Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company was held at the bank, in this city,
yesterday. All the members were present
except Dr. Hamilton and Judge Reese. Tbe
reports of the operations of the bank were
read, and were highly satisfactory. A quar
terly dividend of two and a half per oent,
payable Jnly lGih, was declared. Tbe sen
timent of tbe board was strongly in favor
of making tbe dividends, from October
1st, eleven per cent., annually, or two and
Hall,' administrator, vs. Armor et. al.
Claim, from Greene.
Jackson, C. J.—1. An administrator can
not sell property held adversely to the es
tate by a third person; he must first recov
er possession. Code 2564.
2. The (rial of a claim to property adver-
ti*ed for sale by an administrator is to be
conducted in a similar manner to the trial
of clalmsinterposed in case of levy of exe
cutions by sheriffs. Whenever it appears
on the trim of such a claim, that the prop
erty claimed is held adversely to the estate
the right of the administrator to sell is de
feated until he recovers possession by
ejectment or otherwise.
3. It matters not that the deed under
which such claimant holds is attacked as
invalid or fraudnlent; it is the written evi
dence of their claim of title and shows that
they hold adversely, said deed being to
said claimants as donees and the property
being actually in their possession.
4. Nordoe3 it matter that tho land was
appraised by the administrator. Estima
ting its valuo is no eviction of those in pos
session, and no rednotion to possession by
tbe administrator.
5. An admistrator is as completely
estopped by the deed of his intestate, as
said intestate himself wonld be. Judg
ment affirmed. ft ...
Matthews vs. Starr. Complaint, from El-
bort.
Jackson, C. J.—L Contract, by which
one is bound to repress and discourage
bidders at a sale by the sheriff of his prop
erty, in order that it may be bid in by the
other party to the contract, it being agreed
that me first party is to receive a certain
sum for thus restraining bidders and for
not protecting the properly from sale him
self, is not without sufficient con ideration;
and ft refusal to comply with said
contract by the second party thereto,
after such sale is effected, gives a good
cause of action. Code 27«.
2. A contract, such 85 Is above stated,
Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Com-
,ny vs. Christopher. Claim, from
pany vs. *
Oglethorpe.
Jackson, C. J.—L Homestead proceed
ings are amendable. Why may they not
be perfected at any time before tho credi
tor asserts his lien f Quaere.
2. An effort having been made in 18<o to
have a homestead sot apart, butsaid home
stead being void os to tbe levying creditor
for want of notice to him, another home-
atoad inthesamo property could beset
apart in 1881, so as to defeat the levy of
such creditor. Judgment affirmed.
Mitchell vs. Prinlup Bros, and Pollard.
Appeal, from Greene.
CaAwroBoj J.—1. Whfre one bought
cotton, giving his due bill for the same and
afterwards becoming an agent for the sale
of fertilizers, turned over to his creditors,
fertilizers to tho amount of said due bill,
and giving a receipt for said amount to tho
creditor, claiming that he was authorized
so to do hold: ,
1. That on a suit for the value of the fer
tilizers by the principal evidence as to the
conduct and action of the agent above
mentioned, by whxh it was sought to do-
feat said suit, was properly ruled out.
2. A charge that if the jury believed that
tho creditor knew of the ngency, said agent
had no authority to sell the gunno and take
In pnyment a debt he was ow
ing, although he had represented
at the same time of the transaction and
before the sale of the guano that he had
authority from his principal to make such
a trade because bis principal was owing
him; and although such creditor aoted up
on said representation when he bought the
guano, and that such a representation by
the agent conld not find his principal, was
not error. Judgment affirmed.
not allege when or where tho ocime was
committed. It was therefore void.
3. The warrant being void, tho arrest
and imprisonment wore illegal; and if
mndo in bnd faith, tho pnrly arrested is en
titled to damages, to bo determined by tho
circumstances of tho case. Tho question
of good or bad faith being for tho Jury, tho
court did not err in refusing to non-suit
tlio case.
4. Tho newly discovered tcitimony could
only be admitted to impeach tho plaintiff
below, and is merely cumulative, hence
the court did not err to refusing a new
trial naked because of it.
6. Tho testimony of plaintiff below as
to her second arrest, under tho samo war
rant by virtue of which tho firat srrest
was made, was properly admitted. It goos
to ulustrate the question of good faith in
having tho arrest mado in tho first in-
■tones.
6. There was no error in refusing to
compol the witness (plaintiff) to answer
the question whether she had been an in
mate cf a houpo of il! famo. Code 3814.
C. Thero was no error iu permitting the
witness to testify ns to tho reasons which
impelled her to plead guilty to the charge
ot assault and battery. All tho ovidomse
on tin* subject had bsen brought out by
the other eida to affect tbo credit of the
witness, and it was but just to allow the ex
planation made.
• Evidence nstocircumstancesaltend-
ing the arrest and imprisonment of plain
tiff in the conrt below, hor efforts to pro
cure inil, etc., was admisslblo ns part of
tho res gost®.
8. Thero was no error in admitting tes
timony showing how defendant treated her
boardors, as testimony on this snbjoot had
alreauy beon introduced by defendant, and
tho testimony complained of wa* in rebut
tal. '
9 - We are inclined to think that the rule
requiring that the prosecution should bo
ended before tho civil suit is maintainable,
applies alone to snita tor malicious prose-
cution and not to snits for trespass. Ia
this case we think tho prosecution was end-
. rewasno appearance to prose-
J5~f toe case before the magistrate, and
that officer after hearing tho statement of
the defendant, dismissed the wa r runt.
Jadgment affirmed.
Thomas vs. the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Compary. Case, from Han
cock.
Obawfobd, J.—The discretion of the
judge below in this, the first grant of a
new trial, does not Lppear to have been
abased. Jadgment affirmed.
is not illegal.
3. Goodfai
faith required that, if the sec
ond party chose to rescind said ooctract,
the first shoujd be notified so as to put him
where he was when tbe trade was made,
and give him a chance to make other ar
rangements to prevent his property from
being sarcificed. Judgment affirmed.
Barnha-1A Kimbrough vs. L. and S. Stem-
berger. Complaint, from Greene. .
Jackson, C. J.—1. A party i3 not com
pelled to examine all the witnesses he sues
out commission for, even though they all
be named in one commission.
2 A failure to fully answer a question
asked by plaintiffs is no reason why inter
rogatories should be ruled out at tbo in
stance of the defendants.
a A contract was set up by way of re
coupment to plaintiffs’ vnit, and defend
ant! claimed that they had been promised
by plaintiffs the exclusive right to sell a
certain kind of shirts in Greensboro, Ga.,
and that said promise was broken by plain
tiffs by reason of which they were dim-
aged, etc. Held: That there being no proof
as to how long snch'excloaive right was to
continue, nor of a sufficient consideration
to rapport tho oontraot relied on, nor of
the authority of tbe agent contracted with
to make anch oontract, said plea was not
properly sustained and a verdict against
defendants will be upheld. Judgment af
firmed.
Aaron, et. al., vs. Gunnels. Certiorari,
from Madison.
CnAWEOBD, J.—1. Private wavs are ob
tained only by an order from tbe ordinary,
or by prescription of seven years; they are
not to exceed fift»en feet in width, are to
be kept open, nnd are to be worked by the
jersons for whose benefit they are estab-
islied.
2. As the judge below ordered a new
trial, for the reason donbtlees, that he was
not satisfied to tnle the law of the case
without more evidence, »e will not disturb
his jadgment. Judgment affirmed.
Hawks vs. Hawk*. m Claim, from Ogle
thorpe.
'Cbawtobd, J.—L Equity will not open
its doors to set aside a judgment regularly
obtained in favor of cestui que trusts,
where the oomplninant is guilty of laches
in failing to see that a contract alleged to
have b:en made with the trustee or head
of a family, was not carried oat; and where
all action in the premises to set aside the
jadgment granting the homestead
to the said cestui que trusts has be in
postponed for nearly eight years.
2. If equity in her regular forum, nor a
court of law in a direct attack upon it to
vacate it and set it aside under the fac s,
would not do it, it should not be done col
laterally and upon the trial of a claim
Roberls vs. Cook, sheriff, and Legget,
claimant. Rule against sheriff, from
Appling.
Jackson, O. J.—1. The fact that an ap
plication for homestead is sigeed by tho
attorney of the applicant will not make
tho homestead void, e pedally when tho
fads stated in the application are verified
by the affidavit of tho applicant.
2. Neither will it invalidate tho grant of
homestead that the ago of tho wite is not
set out in the petition therefor. The wife’s
homestead right is not dependent on ave
at tbe time set apart, nor ns regards the
duration of tho homestead estate.
& A petition which states that petitioner
..aims homestead as the hend of a family,
giving their names, etc, and stating ono
of those mentioned to be bis wife and the
otheis his children, substantially shows
for whose benifit the homestead is de
sired.
4. It appears in this case that the party
attacking the homestead was notified of
the pendency of homestead proceedings.
His name and post-office were given to tho
ordinary as a creditor, by tho debtor, and
the presumption is that the ordinary noti
fied him as required by law.
5. The fact that the surveyor’s return was
made on the day the homestead wa* grant
ed, might have suspended the cose for time
to look into it, if objected to, but did not
render the homestead void. Creditors
should have objected. Only creditors who
are notified and who conld have objected
are fonnd, and as the creditor in tills case
lmd notice, we think ho is concluded; espe
cially as, being the purchaser of lrad from
which tho homestead is to be carved, he
bought subject to said homestead, and only
(JOUKUt BOUJUCk VU BU1U UUmCBbCilu, HUUUUiy
is entitled to what the homestead did not
take. Judgment affirmed.
Smith vs. Bragg. Habeas corpus, from
Elbert.
Jacskon, C. J.—1. By enr law the father
is not entitled of right to the custody of hi*
child, but on habeas corpus that custody is
within tho discretion of the court on hear
ing all the factB (Code 4024.)
2. That court which first takes jurisdic
tion of a case of habeas corpus is tho court
to which tills discretion of power is given,
and where a writ of habeas iori>U8 issued
out before tho ordinary, his decision should
not bo overruled by the Superior Court on
certiorari, uoles* his discretion is abused.
3. Even if the Superior Court disagreed
with tho ordinary on facts it had no powi
to pass a final jadgment, but should have
sent the cose back for a. new trial on the
facts.
4. The facts in this case, we think, show
that the d'seretion of the ordinary was not
abused. The child was confided by tbe
mother, on her death-bed, to her brother
nnd sister; its fAtber had abandoned it to
the mother and her relatives, taking no le
gal steps to recover the child nntil it had.
grown to u an age when it might be use
ful to him, and making no contributions
to its support. He lmd married again, nnd
the voice ot the dying mo her should con
trol. rather than that of tho father who had
not helped to raiso the child. Jadgment
reversod.
three-quarters per cent, quarterly, andthat
wi'l undoubtedly be the dividend from and
after tiiat date. When ttbe Georgia and
Central Railroads became joint owners ot
the Western railroad of Alabama,
was agreed tnat the Central railroa'
should have the branch from Opelika to
Colnmbns, and the Georgia railroad the
branch from Opelika to Weat Point, while
the two were to ho’d tho remainder of the
road in common. Tbe Georgi* road, how
ever, conelnded that it did not care for tl>e
branch from Opelika to West Point, but as
the Central desired that portion from
Opelika to West Point, Mr. Virgil Power*
and C-1. L. P. Grant were appointed a
committee to fix the amount which the
Central railroad should pay for it. They
settled ujion $501,COO, and this amomt.
paid by the Central railiond, will be used
to retire *o mnch of the bonds of the West
ern railroad of Alabama, thus rednciugtbe
principal debt and annual interest It is
understood that the directors intend to is
sue six, or, perhaps 5 per cent, bonds, to
take np the 7 per cent. Geoigia railroad
bonds when they fall due.
Beasley et al. vs. Reid et al. Libel, from
Taliaferro.
Jackson, C. J.—1. Tho oonrt, after read
ing to tho jury the definition of a libel
contained in the codo, left it for them to
say whether tho words declared on were 11
bcloua or not. In ibis we think he com
mitted no error. Tho question wn3 ns to
whether the words charged theft, and that
question was for the jury. In matters of
slander and libel, whilo tho coort must
pass on the libelous nature of tho words
spoken, or written, or demurred to the de
claration, or tho necessity of evidence to
show actual damage, it is for tho jury to
determine what proof is sufficient to estab
lish the libelous effect of the words, ex
cept, if at ell, where crime is distinctly
charged. It 1s especially their province to
pn*s on tbo publication, its nature, effect,
and the intention which inspired it.
2. The verdict is sustained by the evi
dence. Judgment affirmed.
Healey vs. Dean et al. Pilotage, from
McIntosh.
Jackson, 0. J.—L On application by one
for licenso as pilot, other pilots of the port
have not the right to be made parties to the
proceeding before the commissioners of
pilotage, nnd to carry their docision by
certiorari to the Superior Court.
2. When an applicant for license os a pi
lot shows that ho has served for two years
in a docked boat, an required by soutlon
1585 of tho codo, it is not necessary that
the mayor nnd chief officer of the port
should adjudge on the anestion of emer
gency in said section. When one had made
application, and (bows his qualifications os
above stated, it is for tbe commissioners to
pass on the question of emergency. Be
sides this question of emergency whb passed
on by said commissioners more than three
months before the certiorari, and that
jadgment, if judgment it was, was too old
for review und>-r this writ.
3. The board of commissioners had ju
risdiction cf tbe whole business of grant
ing license to pilots and only jurisdictional
fncts need appear of record —not tho evi
dence on which the judgment is based, and
the board may have had evidence of the
emergency if that were necessary, Irom the
verbal statement of the mayor or other
Reeling of Ibe Hoard or Education.
The board of public education held its
regular quarterly meeting yesterday. The
report of the superintendent showed that
sixty-soven tsachers were at thi9 time em
ployed in tho sohool.*, thirty-six of whom
were employed in tho city schools and
thirty-one in the confttry schools. The
number of pupils in actual attendance is
3,027, of whom 1,GG0 are in the country
schools and 1,367 in the city schools. Tho
number of pupils in the white schools, city
and country, is 1,553, and in the colored
schools 1,474.
The superintendent was instructed to
I live two days holiday to the cityachools
•he first week in May, and to close tho
schools for the present term on Friday, the
2d of Jane. The country schools are to
continue in session till they have completed
their five months spring term. This gives
a session of eight months on the present
school year.
The superintendent called the attention
of the board to the condition of the rooms
of the North Macon Grammar School, and
stated that he could not recommend the
continued use of at least tw3 of the rooms
after the present year.
After some discu : sion ot the needs of tho
system for tho next year the board decided
to assess $21,000 for the support of the
school*, and Messrs. Whittle, Holt and
Hertz were appointed to appear before the
connty commissioners and request their
approval of the same.
3 There being no ground of objection
shown to tho introduction of the record of
the homestend in evidence,'this court is
nn&bie to consider the error complained
of, as to suoh admission in evidence.
Judgment affirmed.
Graham vs. Hall. Eqnity, from Appling.
SrEKU, J.—1. A bill tiled to set aside a
sole of land nnder a ti fa, which alleges
that the court issuing such fi fa was with
out jurisdiction, because the defendant in
fi fa did not reside in the nistrict where
judgment was rendered, when it was ren
dered, aid not appear and plend, aDd in no
manner waived the jmisdiction or con
sented thereto, was not without equity.
2. Oommis*ioners appointed to lay out
new militia districts have authority to em
ploy n survoior to assist them in their du
ties, and that tho connty surveyor was
not employed will not render void their ao-
lion.
3. Whilo the line>of a militia district
are matter of record, the re-idence of a
particular person is not, and evidence is
admissiblo to show in what dist ict such
resiueuoo is situated.
4. There was no error in tho cnarge that
if defendant in fi fa did not reside :n the
district where judgment was rendered, the
oonrt had no jurisdiction, unless said de
fendant appeared and plead, and that the
onus was on parties claiming under said
lodgment to s'iow that defendant in U fa
lad appeared and plead to the suit.
fi. The evidence sustains tbe verdict.
Jadgment affirmed.
Usry vs. Phillips. Complaint, from Glass
cock.
Speeb, J.—1. Under an order that “de
fendant bo allowed thirty diys t» file a
brief of tho ovidencs with the clerk of the
irt, and that the motion for new trial bo
heard ot Warren Superior Court,” it was
necessary that soon brief of ovidenco
should be approved by the court within the
tirno mentioned in such order, and no suoli
approval having bepnhad.the judgment of
the court below in dismissing the motion
was not er.*or. Judgment affirmed.
Hawk is. Leverett et al. Equity, from Jas-
Speeb, J.—The discretion of the # court
below in granting a new trial in this caso
does not appear to have been abased.
Judgment Affirmed.
Tho S'ate ox rel., W. W. Churohill et al. vs.
Jnmes Walker et at Quo watranto, from
McIntosh. . . „ .
Speeb, J.—1. Where information is filed
by the sulicitor-general in the name of tho
State wo cannot see but that the State is a
necessary parly in this court, and it is not
a party in this case, because it* officer does
not rign the bill of exceptions for the State,
nor is it signed by other counsel as repre
sentatives of the State. But tho case will
bo disposed of on its merits.
2. Where petition and writ of quo war
jranto is brought by parties claiming to be
mayor and aldermen of tlio city of Darien,
and the application is also made by them
as resident citizons of said city, they havo
such nn interest in tbe offices of mayor and
alderman as will enable them to maintain
their cause, although the term of office for
which they claim to have been been elected
has expired. Code 3203, 63 Ga. 58, lb, 208.
3. The acta of 1871, p. 2ffi, and of 1876, p.
283, creating commissioners of McIntosh
county, with power conferred on said com
missioners to txerciso the rights, etc., of
tho mayor and aldermen of tho city of Da
rien, are not unconstitutional.
4. The corporation of tho city of Darien
is tho creature of. and it* powersmay? -
dissolved, modified or limited by the Gel
eral Aseombly. All acts of tlio Legislature
in reference thereto, or otherwise, are pre
sumably valid, unless it ba clearly shown
that such acts are prohibited by tho con
stitQtioo.
5. Thero ia no limit under tho constitu
tion of 1868, on tho power of the Legislal
tore to create commissioners nnd define
their duties, and a duty imposed on the
commissioners of McIntosh count?, to con
trol the affairs of tbs city of Darien, is
within the so poof tho title to the act of
1871. Tho same may bo said of tho act of
187(1. There is full accord betwoentho
title nnd the body of that not.
C. The RCtsot 1874, p. 190, and of 1877,
p. 2G0, also give theso commissioners pow
er over the city of DarlcD. All these acts
referred to, show ono comprehensive de-
sigu, to organize a constitutional board of
commissioners to. administer the munici
pal government of Darien. Judgment
affirmed.
Skrine vs. Lewis.—Complaint, from Han
cock.
Speeb, J.—1. A note signed by the ma
ker, as follows: “Hamlin Lewis, [L. S..
Witness my hind and seal,” is net a sealei
instrument nnder section 2915 of the code,
it not being recited in ths body or the note
to be a sealed instrument. To allow such
recital alter and below the signature sub
jects the oontract to the samo raoilty fo.
fraud and alteration that *he statute was
designed to guard against. Judgment
affirmed.
Thorpo vs. Wray. Trespass, from City
Court of Savannah.
Speer, J.—1. Where a peracn i* arrested
under a void warrnut, hi* proper action for
redress is trespass for false imprisonment.
2. The wnrraot under which p'amtiff in
the oourt below was arrested, does not ap
pear to have been issued on an affidavit
sworn to before any offioer authorized to
administer an oath, and the warrant does
The story that General Lee. sought the
command of tho Federal armies at the
beginning of the wnr ha* been revived.
The following letter whicli. settles the
question is of raierest:
LxxtNOTON. Va., Feb. 25,1868.
//oil Rettrdy Johnson, United States
Semite, Washington, D. C.—Hy Deab Sib :
My attention has been called to the official
report of tho debate in the Senate of the
United States of the 19th inst., in which
you did me the kindnera to doubt the cor
rectness of the statement made by the
Hon. Simon Cameron in regard to myself.
I desire that yon may feel certain of my
conduct on the occasion referred to so far
s my individual statement can make you.
nove. intimated to any ono that I desired
the command of the United States army,
nor did I ever bare a conversation with
but one gentleman, Mr. Francis Preston
Blair, on the subject which was at his invi
tation, and, as I understood, at the instance
President Lincoln.
After listening to his remarks, I declined
the offer he made me to take command of
tho army that wag to bo brought into tho
field, stating as candidly and as courteous
ly ns I coaid that, though opposed to seces
sion and deprecating war I conld take no
part in an invasion of the Southern States.
I went directly from tho interview with
Mr. Blair to the office of Gen. Scott I
lold him of tho proposition that had been
mndo to me and my decision.
Upon reflection, after returning to my
home I thought that I ought no longer to
retain any commission held by me in the
United State* army, and on the second
morning thereafter forwarded my resigna
tion to Gen. Scott.
At the time, I hoped that some way wonld
have been found to savo the ooantry from
tho calamities of war, and I then had no
other intention than to pass tho remainder
of my days as a private citizen.
Two days afterwards, npon the invitation
I the Governor of Virginia. I repaired to
Richmond and found that the convention
then in session had passed the ordinance
withdrawing tho State from the Union, and
accepted tho commission of commander of
its forces, which was tendered me. These
are the s’mple facts of the case, and they
show that Mr. Cameron has been misin
formed. I am, with great respect^ your
of
obedient servant,
Let ns remark in advance, that the Flor
ida bean is the boss. Crash one in the
month and expectorate, and a pumpkin
bug will forsake his vine and crawl into a
hole. Or simply breathe, and the carrion
cactus will wilt np from pure envy, and
perish miserably. And this, too, while the
mouth containing the bean, and the nose
above it, deteot nothing unpleasant.
i be sure they d >, and they havo got
‘ htl<
Southern ExpreM Company va Ball-
road Coraiutialon.
Having oocasion to look after some ex
press matters a Teleobaph and Messen
ger reporter stepped into the Southern Ex
press office. He found our genial friend
Tom Henderson busy arr raging some new
schedules. He inqnired:
“What is that you are worrying over
now ?”
“Rearranging onr tariff gotten up for us
by the Georgia railroad commission.”
“ Do they make rates also for the express
companies/”
“Tobesur
price* down right low, too.”
“ How will that affect yonr income?”
“That is an experiment yet to be tested.
We will have to do an immense amount ot
new business to keep np onr present reve
nae. Tho margia is so very close that the
least loss will Rreatly affect onr profits.
And oven to keep up the regular amount of
business wo will have to reduce onr ox-
nses and economize in every direction,
a will have to takeoff soveral messen
gers, if we do not have to reduce salaries.
This, however, will depend largely upon
tbe public. If they appreciate the low
prices put npon n*, and increase their pa
tronage, we may bo able to keep np our
present for.-e. I should dislike to p£rt
wi ll a single man on iho force. They aro
all faithful and efficient.”
“How much have the commission _re
duced your rates ?”
“Well, it runs from ten to neatly ono
hundred per cent.”
“Can yon give me some of the figures ?”
“Yes, I reckon there will bo no barm in
that. For instance, take Albany. We
formerly got $1.75 per hnndrod on first-
class freight- The commissioners pat it
down to ninety cents for the same class.
To Colambos, formerly it was $1.25; now
tis only 75 cents. To Americas, it was
1.25; now it is only G5 cents. T3 Eufanla,
Ala., it used to be $1.75; it is now $1.00.
To Eatonton it was $1,00; now
it is G5 cents. To Cnthbert it was
$1.75; now it is 90 cents. To Savannah it
was $1.75; it is now $1.25. To Sanders-
villo it was $1.25; it is now 90 cents. To
Milledgeville it was 76 cents; it is now 50
cents. To Fort Valley it was 90 cents ; it
is now 50 cents, ana thus all tho way
throngh. Those points, selected at ran
dom, will give yon a jnst idoa how mnch
our revenue has been cut off, and what
gainers the public have beoorn j by the arbi
trary movement of tho commission. 1<
remains to be seen whether tho people of
Gscrgin will sustain ns under this whole
sale reduction.”
“Well, I should think thnt is a reduction
sure enough, and if the people don’t appre
ciate it, they will bo wanting in discern
ment and good sense. Do these reduc
tions apply to all the railroads in tbe
Stare ?*’ „ .
“Yes, to all but the Georgia railroad.
There is an injunction prayed for against
the oommis-i -n by the authorities of that
road, and old prices continue to rulo
there.”
“When do you'expeot rates to be pub
lished for the government of traffic oa tho
dirt roads ? Surely this autocratic com
mission will say what a farmer shall soli
his corn and cotton tor, and how, much he
shall pay Sambo a Iona tor hauling it to
marlot V”
“I don’t know, sir,” r; sponded tho genial
Hendersm.
“Good morniug 1”
“Good morning, sir.”
What One Dollar Well Spent Old
On March 14th tho 142d Grand Monthly
Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery
took place as it alwnyadoos ou the day ap
pointed, nndor the sole supervision of
Gen’ls C. T. Beanre.ard, of La., and Jnbal
A. Ear’y, of Vn. Then $110,400 was scat
tered broadcast throngh the land. The
first capital was sold in halves, and drawn
by ticket No. 75,411—one-half toB. L Holt,
of Quitman, Nodaway co., Mo.; the oilier
to Mr. Eugene B. Philpot, a prominent
yonng merchant of Savannah, Ga. Tho
second capital, $10,000. also sold in halves
aud drawn by ticket No. 67,875—one-half
to a lucky Bostonian, who collected it
through Vance’s Express, No. 16 Devon
shire st., Boston, Mass.; tho other hilf col
lected throngh Dnrragh A Co., Bankers, ot.
Louis, Mich., for Jno. Creegaa and Albert
Nagel, of Six Lakes, Montcalm co., Mich.
The third capital wa* also sold in halves
and drawn by ticket No. 6099—one-half tc
John Burrell, No. 26 Devonshire st.. Bos
ton, Mass ; the other to Sam’l E. Palmer,
No. i>55 Sixth nve , New York City. ti>«
two fourth capital prizes of $2,500
were sold in halves to Nos. 17,873 nnd 33,
166—to Edward G. Guet, No. 17 Mulberry
l’lnee, Newark, N. J.; to Lovi Alden, and
collected through State Bank of Madison,
Wis.: to Miss Campbell, No. 727 Eighth st,
Louisville, Ky.; and Geo. H. Count, of New
Yoak City. The next drawing (the 144th)
will take place May 9th, of which every
thing will be told ou application to _M. A,
Dauphin, New Orleans, La. Who is the
next happy on8? .
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A Bomanco In Three Chapter*.
ARGUMENT.
CHAPTER I.
It is a bright Sabbath morning, and the
- — - blished
local editor of a paper published not a
hundred mile* from Albany is winding his
way to church, ho being tho oorner-stone
of a high-toned choir. There is a huski
ness in his voico, and a dryness in thei
throat which caused him to regard with
saddened vision the closed doors of the
whistle-wetting establishments strong ont
along his path. A friend looms np in the
immediate distance and bears h s sad oom-
ilaining. He replies definitely: “A bird
hat would sing and ean’t sing, onght to
have something to clear his vocal ma
chinery.” Behold, ho taketh him into a
hi{h room, and together they nip the red
wine. ’Tis well l But the young man now
has a church choir voice and a Bowery
breath. He must reform the Bowery di
vision. It is a sad-eyed man kept away
from church by the defalcation of hi*
wash-Woman. Yet he helps the cause, and
hands the chorister a Florida bean, to clad
liis breath in hoi dny costume. And chew
ing upon the same, stopping like a threo-
year old, the golden tenor seeks tbe choir
and enters the charch door.
CHAPTER IT.
It ia the janitor. He rashes ont in the
luxurious spring morning ana says to the
deep blue sky: “Merciful h—1, sum gem-
piemen hab drawe 1 or boot.”
chapter m.
It is the choir. The organist shuffles the
keys, and leads a right bower from the
fourth ostave, and tbe choir follow snit.
Something is the matter with the choir.
The soprac o hastily yiedls both books to the
teuor. Tho deep nqtes of the bas30 profan-
do sinks away into a groan. Tho alto halta
as if aghast had turned np, while the or
ganist lays down his hand and weeps upon
: .he score. All is lost, and tbe eminent di
vine lowers the curtain with tho londly pro
claimed text, “UoLfusion has seized npon
them. They know not where to turn.”
l’envol
And on Monday night tho golden tenor
iota np wine for the sad-eyed man and four
friends, who chant, as they sip,
Of all sad things that ever were seen.
The saddest of all is the Florida bean.
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Marriage or Jotm C. TnnSyckel to
Mias Maggio H. A tee.
The mnrriage of Mr. John C. VanSyckel
yesterday in Columbus was a social event
that has been looked forward to with con'
sidcrable interest, inasmuch as the groom
is one of Mauon’s sterling young business
men, occspying high position in both com
mercial and social circles; and as the bride
is the fairest of the fair daughters of our
eistercity Columbus, one whoso beauty,
grace and accomplishments have been
so often snng by the beaux of both eities.
The wedding took place at the residence
of the bride's mother, Mrs. W. F. Aceo, at
11 o’clock, the Rev. Mr. Carter officiating,
and tho bridal party loft immediately for
Macon, arriving here last craning.
There were no attendants, and the fol
lowing gentlemen were pr.'sent in tho ca
pacity of best friends; Messrs. John R.
Sanlsbury, Don Schofield and Charles H.
Solomon, of Macon, and L. \Y. Redd, W.
A. Redd and L. F. Woodruff, of Columbus.
Miss Lizzie Nuckolls and tbe relatives of
tho bride constitut-d the osietnbly.
A large number of costly presents were
received from friends and relatives in Ma-
oon, Colnmbns aud elsewhere.
Mr. and Mrs. VanSyckel are stopping at
Brown's Hotel, where they will be happy to
receive their friends. The fondest wishes
for a joyous journey, hand in hand, uro ex
tended to Jotm and his lovely bride.
—On Tuesday night, at the residence of
Mr. R. S. Wynn, Mr. J. A. Green, the pop-
nine salesman of W. A. Julian A Oo., was
married to Mis* Lizzie Thomas, of Eufan
la. They will receive the congratulations
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and sister to tho wife of Mr. Wynn. Tho
wedding ceremony was performed by Dr,
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Dyspepsia Cured
APKfWIAI
rpHE grnt scientific preparnl
. . ill i-o-ritivo-
_ l* old chronic euaea of l)yspe:»»ia. Dys
peptic Fit*. Dy-i-ep'.ie Vertigo anu Dyspeptic
Conauraptbm. where every outer known medi
cine baa failed ti) even give relief. 1 refer to *
few cf tile cases pronounced lueuntblu lhat
have been cured with Al’EibilA : Mis* Katie
Hoffman, eTZ Randolph -tract, I'hiludelphla.
was a case of Dyspeptic Consumption: hud not
been out ot her house for one year, or her room
for six months: a living skeleton, given up to,
die by our most eminent physicians, but cured
with four bottle* of Apepsla. Matthew Robin
son. No. 30} T«entv-6r»tstreet, I’hiU-lclphta.—
This was a very dangerous case of Dyspeptic
Vertigo of long standing, but eure-l with only
two bottle* of Apcpsla. Mr. II A. (.‘lark, Arm
Clark Bro*. at Co., Philadelphia, was an old
chronic case of twenty year, standing: paid out
one thou-iand dollara; was pronounced incura
ble; but cured with throe bottloa of Apepaia;
been well over one year. Thousand* of similar
testimonials can !>e seen at our oftleo. I refer
with pleasure to tbe following gentlemen ot
B*vannah, whose character* aro irreprnacha-
le: Dr. J. R. Haltlwanger Clarences. Conne-
at. Caps. George M. Weymouth. J'rlte tl pet*
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