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Newspaper Page TextI Soncnal $c M**sis*ttg*e* "O Cradell* Adhne.” Ah, cruel, cruel Mill, And yet divinely fair, When Tima with rinsers chill shell thin the wavy heir, Which now In many a wanton freak Around thy ehouldcrs Howe; When fades the bloom which on thy check Mow shames the blushing rose; Ah, then, as in thy glass Thou (rarest In dismay, Thou’ltcry, "Alas! alas! Why feel I not to-day As in my maiden bloom, when I, Unmoved, heard lovers moan; Or, now that I would win them, why ball my beauty flownr l*r Theodors Mart in front Horace. TUB GEORGIA Pit ESS. A Ramble Amour Exchange*. Albany is to have a 3400 fountain. Iswct county will elect a sheriff on the 6th proximo. Aw additional case of emall-pox has made its appearance in Atlanta. Senator Dhows and family are with Orady at tho Eastman Upland Hotel. Houston has $8,002.17 in her treasury, and only six inmates at the poor faonae. Judge Simmons' decision in the oon. tested fonco or no fence case in Houston, gives the connty to the fence men. Toe Cuthbert Enterprise man smothers an inclination to send us soma strawber ries with the proverb, “charity begins at Two jealous young men near Marietta had an enoounter Saturday night which re sulted in one of them gttticg badly hacked with a barlow. ' ASavamxau oentemporary speaks of a white wot.an who was “indecorously drunk." It seems then thatlhereis a stage of female drunkenness not indecorous. ConuMJiUS cows have worried tho park poople until they were forced to havo gates put np, and now tho small boy is about to break down the gates by riding on them. Tat second day’s session of thy medical association brought oat many representa tives with papers upon important subjects. Dr. Stevens, of Macon, delivered tho main address. E’.tonton Enterprise: If Mr. Speer writes a later to ell the papers that aro saying the same thing abont him that the Tsixuiurn said, be will be busy for some time to come. Tut Atlanta and Marietta pby icians on Saturday, performed an operation upon Mr. James Davis, by which they wero en abled 10 remove from bis bladder, a stone weighing twelve ounces, lie died Sunday morning. Oglethorpe Echo: It is not generally known that Andrew Jackson and Daniel Webster spent the night in the old white home, one mile from Loxington on the Wai niugtun road, known as the old Dupree bouse, it was a hotel at the time, sit uated in town. Athens Danner: How do you like the new delivery clerk at the post-office 7 We trust Mr. Speor is now satisfied since ho has at last used his power ns representa tive so successfully as to humiliate tho poo- pi 0 of his own city. Bat a time is coming whan the young vanlter will be taught that be cannot willfully cost such insults in the faae of the white raoe of the ninth district without meeting with his just regard. Tne seventeenth annual session of tho Knights of Honor began in Coiambus on Wednesday, delegate* were welcomed by Mayor Grimes and Mr. G. E. Thomas, Jr., and Vim. King, Jr., grand dictator, re sponded in behalf of tee spectators. The grand lodge was organized, committees appointed, and tho busine-s of the session •nuaei upon. A reception was given to delegates and friends at Webster’s hall lost nigbt. Od.UMMJs Times: Mr. W. N. Murphy, traveling salesman of Jaices A. Lewis, came nearlosing his life and bis horses in a swollen creek in Harris county yester day. The creek, a small one, was very full from tub heavy rains of the night before, btu *ouie negroes at woik near the road assured him he could cross, so ho drove in. His horses and vehicle went under and he ■warn out. With the aid of the negroes he got his horses and vehicle out and recov ered his sample trunk, which had floated off. He returned to tne city a wetter if not a wiser man. ALuukxxa Journal: The Laurel Mill, of Boswell, has received some more new ma- chius.y. President Woods was in town on last ihorsday and had the maebiney Uiinied oat. W e are glad to learn this ex cellent woollen mill is in a most prosperous condition, finding ready sale for all its jeans, huseys, etc., as fast as they ere man- capital invested is about §19,two, and last year a dividend of twenty oer cent, was paid to stockholders, while a surplus of five per cent, was reserved as a siuiung fund. This is a very creditable showing, and reflects credit upon its intel ligent nod energetic president A ^ALu unxu expert has been giving the Augusta Chronicle some points abont tbo neb silver mine twelve miles from Wash ington, on the Lincoln line. The main einut is one forty-two feet deep, with a cross-cut pf thirty-five feet at the one hun dred and thirty-five feet level, where there is a silver and lead vein fourteen inches thick, essaying about sixty per cent, lead Suo six per cent, silver. There is a cross nt euo hundred and forty feet, sixty feet long, with a vein of solid ore tcirty-eight inches thick. It is the opinion of the ex pert that a richer mine is seldom found west 01 ihe Sierras. a*.Nt>jii;svuAB Herald: On Saturday, af ter :i farmer from the country hid just ex- L ressed himself as opposed to the stock iw, and favored cattle being allowed to graze and forage without restraint os at presert, suddenly had his conversation in terrupted by the cows forngingon his wag on on the streets. “Why,” says the coun try man, “the-e cows ought to be keptnp flowed to forage on wagons in ihm.-i.jl6i. Hie friend with whom he had been iir^ZiZu, f??d him “by no means, ac cording to his own argument *he cows ffconld not be kept up, and were only en joying the privileges lie claimed for them.” Savannah News: At 12:30 o’clock on Tutsday a colored man was sitting on the wharf at the foot of Drayton etreet truing, and some.o! the colored men who wcsie wurkirg on the adjoining wharf no ticed the man with his head leaning for ward on his breast as though ho were asleep. Suddenly they heard a splash in thu Wot ex and saw him sink beneath the turfites. One of the men ran to the spot with c rope, intending to throw it to him when tie rose, but lie never came to the Ruifnce, and the supposition is that he struck his head oa a post and was stunned. Ko one in that vicinity know tbo ma> ’a name, and the can in which he broeght his dinner was tying on the wharf yesterday morning. >0 efforts have been made to secure tiro body, but it w 11 probably float to tit* surface in a diy or two, when an inquest will be l.eld and he may be rf cog nized. ' * Mint Etta Journal: One cf the meet successful farmers in Cobb county, is Mr. H. G. Duntou. Five or six years ago, he bought an old worn ont farm on time near Dost Mounts in. Everybody la- ghed at the idea of him buj ing snch laud. He also had to buy provisions on time. He went to work, and in two o - three years lie paid the lout do'lar of bis indebtedness. He has brought bis land up to a high state of productiveness and he le prospering. Lost year bu made 810 bushels of sweet pota toes, about 250 bushels to the acre—he “banked" them, and has and is realizing from £1.00, $U0to%I.<0per bu-he'. »ou can make you* calculation and see what this pays him per i cre. His other pro duct.- raised on hi* farm increased bis rev enue. He has worked petseveringly, which shows that there is as much in the man n> in tho land. Wo are always glad to. make a note A such evidences of thrift. HeUuJfie Journal: Although Mr. Paul usually enjoys the music of his new jack ass, ti ere are times when his bellowing is quite inconvenient. For instance, on Sun day morning last, several hours before day, while this good man, with his body in the sliape of the letter “Z." lay doubled np iu bed enjoying the slumbers of the righteous, the jackass crawled under tho stablo door and sauntered around the house. Finding the window of Mr. Paul’s room standing open, he poked in hs head and Untied loese on the slumbering Jbris- tir.ti & * hooping, snorting, roaring wail tlis*. Gabriel, with the longest tin trumpet in the market, will never be abl to equal. It raised the shingles on the re of and aroused the whole family. Mr Paul was mad; he left his religion in Iw 1M 1 got r ght up. As he ran outof ■ 1, grabbed the olmrn-daihcr, and <Y r next ten minutes a badly fright- 11,.,] ;• 0 kasr, with hi a cars flopping over , w ,,„ .ing eround tho yard, ,... ,., v a cimrn-dasUerandaman [. M • m i « night shirt waving ‘ \i-#."iin!i>nl'*ht» while the ntmos- urned bl..e With the Sunday-school Mr Pau! is nov trying an cx- hopes to be able to A toung lawyer of Pome is building a stem wheel craft to explore the Connaaan- ga and Coosawattee rivers. Ohb of the brightest little stars in our galaxy of weeklies, is the North Star at Isa bella. L9t ns hope that it may prove not a comet. A clipping from tho Cuthbert Enterprise was credited in yesterday’s issue tothe “Eatonton Enterprise”. There is no such paper. Trot “Samaritine Nervine" men refuse to settle the North Georgia Citizen’s bill, and the editor warns people against trading for the staff. Columbus is moving for a cotton seed oil mill. It is shrewdly suspected in some quarters that this oil business is abont to be carried too far. The seventh annual aession of the Knights of Honor in Columbus closed with a banquet, at which between thirteen and fifteen hundred guests were enter tained. Banner- Watchman: The fenee has been set back and every preparation made for work on the chn(iel to tho Lucy Cobb In stitute. The ground is covered with brick and lumber. A correspondent of the Atlanta Consti tution announces the retirement of Larry Gantt from the Banner- Watchman, The latter paper, however, still floats bis name at the masthead. the boss rot burglar. ho-1; WISH big'. ’ t! e ten: »rk?. ^i^n^^'of Mi now M rcgi-lsti tlie . - ... of which I will watch with much -■ nd piomptly report. ...... ,-ditor calls for some ; .ia Gob’. ’• 1J j am | tt-BU t)olation, be.)} - put a $U .00 wimaayw u wi „ jSSKizg ton. Vaic Washington Gazette: The venerable Mr. Armstrong, of this county, now iiUjis sev enty-fifth year, says the old Mw.hodigt ohnrch was built in 1817, the Frosflwbrinn in 1821, and the Baptist church in 1827. The Baptist State convention met in Americas on Thursday, a large number of delegatee being in attendance. The first day was occupied in arranging the order of business and appointing committees. A new steamer is to be pnt upon the Chnttahcochee river at Colnmbns. It will be one hundred and thirty feet lony and twenty-six feet across the beam, ant. will be equipped partly with the machiu. ery of tho sunken steamer “Gunby Jor don.” The Caddo Bollo is to bo overhaul ed and pnt in thorough repair. Washington Gazette: A lady in this oounty makes abont forty dollars’ worth of butter a mouth, and soils it to the Wash ington Hotel. It is as fino as we ever saw. This clearly demonstrates that dairy farm- ing conld bo made profitable in this conn try and should he one of tho diversified interests to help the people along the high road of prosperity. Gbittin News: A man passed down the length of Hill etreet on horseback Tues day, followed by a half grown pig which trotted along behind ns qnietly and con tentedly as any dog. We afterwards learn ed that tho shot e had jonrnoyod in this manner for twenty miles, haging started from home with its companions. This goes to show a degree of intelligence and affection which the pig is not generally supposed to possess, and ia a noteworthy iscident to the student of animal life and nature. Bomb Bulletin: A certain yonng Roman decided, not long since, that he must have fresh milk every meal, and as the milk man did not always come in on time for his breakfast, concluded ho wou’d buy cow, and accordingly did so. Now he is in a box, he bought the oow from a gontlo man who is one of those dntifol hnebands that always does the milking, and the cow will not let anybody milk her bat a man. This yonng man doesn’t like to inilk, so if yon hear of anyone who wants to hire ont to milk, send him to this office and we think be can get steady employment and get good wages. Early County News: There has been some right lively talk between Speer and Lamar arising from the fact that the for mer feels himself charged by the latter with being the prime cause of the killing of the student, Rountree, at Athens. Now we read Mr. Lamar’s letter and agreed with him that the speeches of Speer and other Independents, coupled as they aro with the Radicals, in resalts, at least, will rain any set of negroes on earth: and we think far ther, that Mr. Speer cares very little con cerning the welfare of his people either in dividually or collectively. Office is his first, present and last care. Neics and Advertiser: John Gibson _ well known negro carpenter, for the past ten years has been conducting a most spir ited fight upon king alcohol. Many times John would getold alky down and very of ten the tables wero tamed,and John would find himself hors de combat. The fight did not end until yesterday morning, where, neon the bed upon which John had thrown himself in his normnl state of boozinesL, he was found a stark and stiff corpse. The coroner, with his jury, held an inquest, and they did not hava many witnesses to examine before they came to a decision that h9 died from too much drink. Athens Banner: Col. ForeaerO tails Q3 that ho is doing everything in his power to complete his road to Tallulah Falls by first of July. He has hands at work on every foot of the road still unfinished, and on parts of it is working day and night. The last mile is almost entirely through solid rock, and will cost $35,000 to excavate it If such a thing is possiblo the road will be finished, and it will require hard and un interrupted work to do it, but any unfore seen circumstances happening will delay the completion a short time. We think Col. Forencre has shown by his efforts that he is_working in good faith, and will leave nothing undone to come square np to tho letter of the contract. Savarnah News: At four o’clock yester day afternoon, while some or the new water mains were being moved at the Philadelphia steamship wharf, a large black snake suddenly emerged from one of the mains, and some of tho wharf clerks, who were standing close by, dis played the agility of acrobat* in getting out of the reptile’s path. Tho celerity of their movements was equal to the per formances of the celebrated Hanlon brothers. The reptile was killed by a col ored drayman with his whip handle. It was* about five feet long. This species of snake is considered harmless, but its sud den and unexpected appoaranco startled those wjio wero in the vicinity. Banner- Watchman: We stand firmly and eqnarely by esery line we havo ever wnttenabont the mur ’er of yonng Roun tree, and still defy refatation. It matters not wh<> or what ia injured, we told the troth. If any institution in or ont of Ath ens lisa to be bolstered up by smoothing over and disguising ontrageous facts, we say let that institution go. We can’t af ford to reply to anonymous contradic tions, bnt we defy any man to take oar ac count and refate one line or word. Tho Banner- Watchman has accomplished just what it intended—tamed the eyes of tho entire State of Georgia upon the misera ble results of independence in the ninth district, and will awaken our people io a realization ol the fearful political condi tion they are in. Savannah News: On Wednesday night about eleven o’clock. Miss Sallie Daniels, daughter of Captain W. T. Daniels, res.d- ing on Liberty street, near Habersham, met with a singular and very painfnl ac cident. We understand she was at the parlor window reaching ont to draw in the blinds, when in some unaccountable way she lost her balance and pitched headfore most to the sidewalk, carrying the window sash with her. She fell on her face, which was T*ry badly c it and braised, and sus tained other painfnl injuries. Her cries speedily brought assistance, and she was removed into the house, when a physician was summoned. The parlor window is ful ly tern feet from the side walk, and it is fortaiiate, under the circumstances, that the ybnng lady escaped without broken bonesj Tne accident occasioned some ex citement in the neighborhood, as it was feared at first that she was fatally injured. Remarkable Feat at a Tblrteea-Year- Vld Colored Boy. Macon can now successfully lay rightful claim to thdbosa boy burglar of the age. Few professional cracksmen conld have accomplished the feat which to him WM an easy one. There infests the city gangs of email colored boys, ranging in age from ton to twenty years, find their only visible means of making a living is in boot-blacking, spittoon-cleaning and errand-running, They are certain candidate* for the chain- gang, for there is hardly one of them who will not steal. Many of them sleep darin; • the day and prowl around at night, ant. make their living by stealing. Woe to the merchant who employs one of them in his store. To get a oolored boy who will serve faithfully and act at least passably honest, one must needs go else where than to these gaiiga of streetlosfers. Two of them came to grief on Wednesday, night, in this way: For some time Burr Brown has been missing sums of money from the safe and monepCrawers in hiA store. A few nights ago $75 was taken from the safe, which is se cured by a combination lock. How the mon ey conld have been taken from the safe was a mystery, Burr, nor his associate in the sewing machine business, Mr. H. 0. Tar- pin, conld not* solve. The work was done so nicely that they concluded that professional onrglara were at work, and hence they waited and watched night after night, bat failed to find even a cine. They studied over the matter, carefully weighed and sifted theories, and yet conld not hit upon any trace whatever. There was employed in the store a col ored boy named Willie Keating, abont fif teen years old. He was aaspected of com plicity, after they had adopted the theory that the systematic robbery was commit ted by professionals, and they began to believe that Willie’s brother let the men in by the back way in so-ne manner. Tbis Willie’s brother is named Johnnie, a lit tle bit of a yellow scrap of hnmanity, who hung about tho etairwiy next to Maasen- burg’s drag store, and carried on an ostensible boot blacking business. In the evening Willie’s duty was to sweep np the store, and Johnnie wonld come around and ask to assist him. The permission granted, he wonld secrete him self in some corner or in some out-of-the- way place, and when all had gono and the store locked, he wonld let in the men by the back way, so, at least, Barr thought. The loss of seventy-five dollars at one clip made both Brown and Turpin desper ate. They conned over the matter and carefully laid their plans. Wednesday night was the time agreed on, and the programme was so well con sidered and prepared that thoy were enabled to follow it withont making a mis take. During tho firemen's parade of that afternoon Johnnie happened to bo on the sidewalk near the storo, and to mislead him Mr. Tnrpin said to the porter, wno was going home, in a voice loud enough for Johnnie to hear him, to hava early supper prepared at home, that he and Mr. Brown would bo home soon. This was tho beginning of the trap. They then arranged with their clerk, Charlie Meara, to leave the back door shnt, bnt unlocked, when ho left for the night, and to leave the store and lock np the front door jest as the town clock struck 8 o’clock. Messrs. Blown and Tnrpin then wdQt around to the store of Geo. W. Burr, which is situated on Cherry street, in the rear of Burr Brown’s store, and there they awaited the signal. ■As the clock struck eight, Charlie pnt ont the gas, locked the front door and left. Messrs. Brown and Tnrpin then left the store as tha clock struck, and made their way to the rear of the store. Mr. Tnrpin tnrned tho knob of the door and walked in, taking his seat on a sofa in the rear of the store, their plan being to sit on that sofa and await the coming of the burglars. Bnrr followed, groping his way in the dark. His right hand touched the safe, and he gnided himself along by this till his hand struck the opened door of the safe. This paralyzed Barr, and for a second ho conld scarcely speak, but ho finally recovered himself and yelled out, “The safe’s open— they aro in here—draw your gun!” Tnr pin sprang for the back door, placed his back against it and with drawn pistol awaited what beth gentlemen thought was a desperate straggle with two men. A slight scratching noise was heard beneath the desk in the rear of the safe and only a couple of feet from where Tnrpin stood. At the spot from which proceeded the scratching, Tnrpin fired. There was a boyish yell of pain, tho gaswai lit, and there, with a ballet in his thigh,' was John nie Keating, doubled np nnder tho desk. Mr. Tnrpin went for a doctor and Bnrr took charge of the wounded gamin, and drew from him a whole history of his bans* actions. Ho bad frequently watched Bnrr work the combination and nnlock the safe on morniDgs, and by watching the move ments of his hand had learned tef w. rk tho combinations himself, and what is more remarkable, ho unlocked it in the dark withont natch ur light of any kind. He said he hed been taking the money for abont s month; some of it be spent, and some he pnt in tbo bank. He always bid himself in the store at night, and when ail were gone let his brother in by the back door, and while he attended to tho safe, his brother worked the drawers. Mr. Brown has separate tills for hack money, news money, etc., and these wero robbed by Willie. On tho night of the capture, Will got nothing ont of the drawers and Went homo disgusted, leaving Johnnie alone in his work. The time occupied by tbis yonthfnl safe- robber in opening the safe and getting the money was barely eight minutes, and yet he unlocked a combination lock in the dark, and had learned the combination by watching the movements of Mr. Brown’s hand! How’s that for a thirteen-year- old? He was taken in a carriage to his moth er’s house in Vineville, and Dr. Fitzgerald was called in, who prononnoed tho wound a painfnl, though cot serious one. Officer Doc Fennell accompanied the party, and he arrested Willie and lodged him in the barracks. Johnnie’s last haul was ten dollars, which was found in his pocket*. He had just got the monoy from the safe when he beard his captors coming, and thus did not have time to close tho door. Yesterday morning while in bod, John nie wrote his check on tho Savings Bank for thirty dollars, payable to Barr Brown. When signing his namo he said: “Yon mast excase my bad writing, I’m nervons this morning.” No warrants have yet been issued, bat Mr. Brown will probably tarn them over to the conrt. About two hundred dollars will cover the thieving depredations of these yonthfal burglars from Messrs. Brown and Tnrpin. j Jones Connty Pbilo*pby. An old lady from Jones connty went into Daly’s store yesterday to settle a bill, and while waiting was given a chair near tho door. 1 Abont that time a gentleman with a long frock coat and whito tie on came up and tyid his hand on some grape fruit dis played temptingly on a barrel top ? “What is this 7” ho asked. “That,” said Mr. Daly, slyly, “is forbidden fruit.” Laying down the siiecimen, Rev. L. B. passed on re- ranriing casually, “Yon ought to be asliatjcod to fell it.” The old lady pnt on her spectacles and surveying his clerical form: disappearing in the distance, said: “And yon onghtto bo thankful that Mother Eve took a little of it and caused all the trouble. If it hadn't been for her, yon would not have that long-tailed coat, bnt wotalu be out in the corn field, with thou sands of others, holding on to a plow.” Death ol a County Offldsl. The funeral of Mr. B. St. FanlGncr- rarddie took place from bis house yester day morning. The services nt tho house wero conducted by Rev. Mr. Winchester. Tho Knights of Pythias, of which order Mr. Guerraiddie was a member, tnrned ont to pay the last tribute to their com rade. In tho absence of the chancellor commander, Sir Knight D. B. Woodruff was requested to net iu his stead. Mr. Guerrarddie was for more than n j i a.- coroner for the county, and has for a ong time been a resident of this citv. SUPREME COURT OR GEORGIA A Property Transfer uooic. Editors Telerjrapli and Messenger:—I have frequently thought, and ns often heard from somo of oar city officials and others, that owing to the frequent sales and changes of property oocnrring in th’s city, it was almost an impossibility to havo the tax digest made ont correctly. Real estate pnt down as belonging to one party is often charged to another, from tho fact that no notice is required to be given coun cil of snch changes, and tbo former as well as tho present owners frequently fail through indifference or carelessness in making their returns as required by conncil. This, as a mater of coursOf makes additional work for tho treasurer, who must necessarily make such changes in his tax books, and then over sights cannot be avoided by the assessors on account of a portion of the real estate owners not coming forward and making their returns. In view of this fact, would it not be available for our city fathers to adopt a plan similar to that in foroo in our sister city, Atlanta, and other plaoes, by having a property transfer book whereby all changes of real estate should be prop erly enteted, giving number of lot, sqnare, dimension?, etc? This plus, if adopiod, would materially assist futare assessors, lighten tho duties of the treasurer in so for as making alterations and corrections and also be of considerable benefit to the zeal estate owners of our city. Ebudao. HONORS AWARDED. The Young UultcsTlmt Will Come to tlic Front. The authorities of the Wesleyan Female College, after cartful attention, have made the following awards: Senior distributions are as follows—Miss Mary Harrison, of Opelika, Alabama, gets the first honor, and Miss Annie Persons, of Macon, Gt-orgin, tho second honor. The junior places wore awarded to the following young ladies—Miss Eugenia Blount. Miss Mattie Dawson, and Miss Susie Derry, of Mncon, Ga.; Miss Florie Kendnli, Eufanla, Ala.; Miss Lola McIn tosh, Oxford, Ga.; Miss Mattie Nutting, Mac »n. Ga.: Miss Clara Pierce, Sparta, Ga.; Miss Willi* Itcyuolls, Barneaville, Ga.; Miss Ruth Smith, Macon, Ga; Miss Ida Thomas, Spartanburg, 8. C.; Miss Mattie Tignor, Meriwether county, Ga.; Miss Gussie Trammell, Griffin, Ga. Dedal MM Rendered April XOtb, 188*. Reported for the Telegraph and Meeeenaer 6g H. C. Peeples, of the Atlanta Bar. Ballard vs. Long etnx. Equitr, from Bibb. Hiixteb, J.—(Jackson, C. J., being dis qualified to preside in this case, Judge Hillyer, of the Atlanta circuit, wm desig nated to preside in hi* stead.) 1. A tleeu made as part of a usurious oontract, though void as title, may yet in equity be treated as a mortgage, and the lien enforced for amount legally dne; no question as to registry or any intervening equity being involved. 2. Where money was loaned, ostensibly for the purpose of removing an incarn- branoe from a homestead, and the ques tion was whether the lender had notioe, that a part of the loan was diverted to an other and different purpose, and on the trial the only evidence on the point was that tha bor rower testified that he told the lender what be wanted with the money, and how much, and that the lender replied, “He did not care for that; all he wanted was his pa pers fixed like he wanted them,” and the lender himself testified that the money was to pay iho incumbrance, “and other part of it for something else,” such lender is charged with notice, and he cannot enforce against the homestead so much of the loan as was thus diverted. And a verdict find ing the contrary was properly net aside on motion. Judgment affirmed onterms. The State vs. Gaskiil etal. Claim, from Fnlton. Jackson, 0. J.—Except in cases express ly provided for by law, the Superior Court has no power to render judgment at the fir>t term after suit brought, so as to bind third persons thereby. If a confession of judgment, and judgment entered thereon at the first term, wonld be good against the defendant upon thw principle of consent or waiver, it conld not affect a claimant, therefore on the trial of a claim there was no error in dismissing the levy of the execution issued on snch a judg ment. Judgment affirmed. Maddox & Rucker vs. Cunningham. Case, from Fnlton. Jackson, C. J.—1. A special jury to try a case on the grant of a new trial may be made from the regular panels of twonty. fonr traverse jurors. 2. Where a party strikes from the regu lar panel and tries the case withont objec tion, it is too late after verdict to object to the jury so stricken. 3. Sidewalks in front of n warehouse must not be obstructed by piles of ootton bales longer than is reasonably neoessary to move the cotton from delivery wagons into the warehouse. A stoppage of any part of the sidewalk longer than is neces sary for snch transit becomes a nuisance, and if a passer-by be injured by such ob struction, withont negligence herself, the warehouseman is responsible in damages. 4. Even if tho bales bo on the sidewalk bnt a reasonably necessary time for transit from wagons to the warehouse, and yet plaosdon the sidewalk so negligently to cause injury to tho passer-by by falling on her, the warehouseman is responsible. 5. Evidence to the effect that the bales were set np on the ends so as to project from tho sidewalks into the street, and thereby a delivery wagon struck agaiDSt them so projecting, and one fell on and injured a lady, will snpport a verdict of negligenco. Judgment affirmed. Gibson et al, vs. Hardaway et al. Equity, from Warren. Jackson, C. J.—1. A testator bequeath ed certain tracts of land to his two daughters, and directed that they should have certain bedding, fur niture, etc., and stated in his will that the bequest of bedding, etc., above mentioned would “be fonr hundred dollars each more than I have given to my son, as I wish to make them nil three equal, I direet'my ex ecutors to pay over to my son, four hun dred dollars from other parts of my estate.” He farther provided os to his daughters: “Should either or both of my two daugh ters above named die without child or chil dren. then all the legacies given them in this item shall vest in and bo considered os my estate.” Held: That tho words in the above item did not create an estate tail in the daughters, but conveyed a fee simple estate to them de feasible upon their dying without child or children. Judgment affirmed. Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway Company va. Tanner. Case, from Ful ton. Jackson, C. J.—1. Where the Contract for services as conductor of a train is made at the terminus of the road in one State, wherein is the office of the company, and tho Id jury to tho 0 inductor occurs in an other State, on a suit for damages by the conductor does the law of the plncu of the contract or of tho place Of thp hurt govern —tho negligence charged being mainly neglect as to inspection of the machinery of the train at the point where the contract was made? Qatere. 2. Assuming that tho law of tho placo of the hnrt is tho law of the cose, the law of Sonth Carolina and not of Georgia will be applied by the conrts of Georgia to tho cause when tried in thi< State, except in so far as mere modes of procedure and practice are concerned. 3. There being no statute regelating the rights of parties in such cases in South Carolina and the common law prevailing there, tho oonrts hero in a liberal spirit of comity will apply the construction of the common law m that State by its highest udicial tribunal to the faots of tho pend- ng case. 4. Tho verdiot is supported by law and evidence. Judgment affirmed. Jackson, C. J.—1. There was no error in charging the jury that if an agreement by which oortain lands were released from the lien of an execution, was carried out by the defendant in execution, transferred of the execution, who got the same utter said contract, conld not enforce it against the lends, tne facte warranting each a charge. 2. Neither was a oharge erroneous which GEORGIA BAPTISTS Assembled Is Convention si Ameri cas—Report oi First Day’s Proceed- lRD Special Correspondence Telegraph and Jf#»> senger. Amkoioub, April 21.—The body met at 10 a. m. Thursday, lfitb. When the introduo- wee *0 vne ernes vims if vran*iTT«g« ei wA ,, execution had. by bond felefiWd ft fcftft of tbf? Mmm Wits ptertoltej by fUv. ft. M. Mafris, Si Oaivury, Georgia, from the text, the land subject, while it was levied on ve bee) and could have been told, they could not subject another part; that their conduct in so acting would operate to discharge the part in controversy which had been paid for by defendant in execution to the orig inal pl-intiff in exeention, said execution being for the purchase money of the land. 68 Ga. 443. Judgment affirmed. Georgia Bailr rad Company vs. NeeL Case from Floyd. Cbawrosn, J.—1. A recovery maybe had for a personal injury though there be no proof ofloes of service or value of plaintiff’s servioes, where there is proof made as to the extent of injury, confine ment to bed, disability for work, men tal and bodily suffering, and physician bill. 2. The verdict is sustained by the evi denoe. Judgment affirmed. Goldsmith vs. White. Complaint for land, from DeKalb. Obawtobd, J.—1. Too record discloses the foot that the land in dispnte was con veyed by deed and described therein by metes and bounds. Tho conveynn^o was made more than thirty years before the trial, and there was no error in allowing evidence to be introduced to show where the points named in the deed were, and that a particular plat or traot of land in dispute was not covered by. or included within the boundaries named. ST Ga. 113; 49 Ga. 99:20 Ga. 683. 2. The construction of the deed was matter for the oonrt, and it was not error to charge that the legal effect of the deed was not to oonvey the disputed land. The deed calling for a fence on the east side of a creek could, by no possibility, refer to b fence on the west side, and the conrt was right in so charging. □3. There was no error of law committed by the judge, and the evidence folly sup ports the verdict. Judgment affirmed. Seed, guardian vs. Reed, exeonlrix. Equi ty, from Fnlton. Cbawtobd, J.—1. A testator by his will directed that the proceeds of certain prop erty which had been sold by him should be paid to his son. It appears that before his death the contract of sale was cancelled, and his executrix claims the proceeds of a subsequent sale by the testator of part of the same property. Held: That there was no ademption of tho leg acy. The fact that the testator mention ed in his will the name of the party to whom the first salo had been made was incidental and immaterial to the bequest, and did not af fect the right of the legatee. Neither was his right affected by the fact that testator bad to take back the property, and after ward* sold part of it, the intention of the testator being clearly that the proceeds of the property when sold should be paid to the legatee. The testator had simply changod the vendees and the fact that the whole of the property was not covered by the past s lo wonld not change the legal principle. The property in part and proceeds in part are in tho hands of the executrix; she can deliver them and it is her duty to do so. 2. That the testator offered to pay a debt with the notes of the last purchaser would not amonnt to an ademption, unless the thing had been done. 3. While questions of advancement are questions of intention, ard parol testimony will bo heard to ascertain intention in snch cates, yet mere declarations of a testator will not be heard to revoke a legacy or set aside a will, where no such questions arise. Judgment rever ed. Ryals vs. Morris. Complaint on Note, from Montgomery. Crawford, J.—1. To relieve s note, bar red on its face by tho Btatute of limitations from the operation of the statute, by an averment of entry of credit thereon, it should not only be averred that tho credit was entered by the authority of the payee, bnt that it had not bean entered by tha plaintiff, tho holdor of the note. 2. An amendment proposing to show that after the note fell dne and before it was barred, the payee insisted that lines of the land for wh’ch it was given, should be located as a condition precedent to pay ment, and that plaintiff forbore to sue un til said lines wero located, was without legal effect ns to the contract, covered by the note, and there was no consideration in law, which conld havo enforced tho for bearance of a suit by plaintiff cn the note, had the same been commenced. Jndg- ment affirmed. Walkor vs. Grady. Equity, from DeBalb. Jackson, C. J.—1. To a question; did de fendant make improvements,{and of what kind and value?” the answer by tho jury was “yes, of a character that was needed.” The question was sufficiently answered, as we construe the reply to mean that only such improvements were made as were necessary to keep the premises in repair, etc., send of no permanent value to the place. 2. There was no error in a charge that where a contract was that complainant was to be paio by defendant in cash for a cer tain tract of land, a voluntary payment by defendant, ol a note of complainant would not bo a compliance with the contract. Judgment affirmed. Wood et al. vs. Isom et aL Equity, from Fnlton. Jackson, O. J.—1. A charge to tho effeot that an allegation in complainant’s bill that certain conveyance was made will dis pense with proof of snch conveyance by defendants was not error. 2. A charge that if ono of his counsel or assistants took advantage of tho w«akncss of another’s mind, and fraudulently used it to coerce his will, than a deed obtained by such frond could be sot aside, was not error. 3. Neither was it error to charge that if ono in good faith believes he has a good title to land, he has a right to compromisa a dispnte as to the land with tho person in possession thereof by taking part of tho and in settlement, although bis title was in reality imperfect. 4. While it is the duty of the agent to communicate to the principal facts in his knowledge as to such agency, it is not tho duty of the principal to tell his agent every thing about tho business, where the rights of the agent are not affected. C. Where living witnesses nro admitted to tostify to ports of a conversation, a par ty to the contract or cause of action in dis pnte may tostify as to tho wbolo of such conversation in rebuttal, thongh the oppo site party bo dead. G. Notes of a stenographer cannot be re ceived to vary the certificate of the judge who tried the cause. 7. The judgo had tho right, after tho jnry had retired, of his own motion to recall them and read to them the oath they had token. Judgment affirmed. Hinton vs. the State. Gaming, from the city conrt of Atlanta. Jackson, C.J.—1. It is notn*co?sary that an indictment for gaming rliould ptnte with whom the gambling was done, or what thing of value was played for, nor was it necessary to elect on which game cf cards the playing was done. 2. There was no error in admitting the testimony of a witness who swore from memory, aided by a memorandum. Judg ment affirmed. Gordon vs. the State. Assanlt with intent to mnrder, from Columbia. Jackson, O. J.—1. The conrt did not err in refusing to charge as to an agreement to fight, there being no evidence of such agreement as would have called for tho oharge requested. 2. Neither was there error in having a scar on defendant’s head examined by a physician, a* tho defendant had voluntar ily exhibited sucli scar to the jury, and made it a witness for himself. Such vol untary action takes the case without the principle laid down in C3 Ga. GC7, and in B;nckwell vs. the 8tate, decided at last term. Judgment affirmed. Manley et al. vs. Ayers et al. Fravk'in. Claim, from Williams vs. Moore & Watkins. Ejectment, from Glynn. ■ Crawford, J.—1. Before secondary evi dence of a deed will be admitted it should not only be shown that tho parties seeking to introdneo snch evidence never had the original deed, and that it never was in their possession or control, but that they believe it has been lost or destroyed, and that proper search has been made. Bnt os the party to whom the deed was made w&s shown to havo resided in New York in his life time, whore a snbpcena daces tecum wonld not reach him, and whore tho par ties conld only have made inquiry for the original deed and obtained it if the execu tor chose to deliver it, wo cannot say that the judge so abased his discretion in ad mitting & copy, legally recorded ia this State, as to justify tho grant of a new trial. 2. Where a commissioner of deeds recites in Iris certificate that he is a commission er resident in the State of Now York, duly empowered by the executivo authority and the laws of Georgia to take acknowledge ments of deeds, etc., tho fact that he signs the ceiHflcate and ndds tho words, “a com missioner of deeds for the State of New York” would not make the attestation in sufficient. 3. There was no error in ollowinz a con stable to enter on the fi fa. nano pro tnno after levy on realty, “no personal-proper ty lobe found,” prpper proof being made cf failure to And personalty; nor woe snch entry such an amendment of the fi fa. itself as to vitiate the levy. 4. There is no error in a charge that “it is competent for persons to join their in- tcresteiu the purchase of property nt any sale, whether tax solo or not, providod it i* not don» tor the purpose of ‘ reducing tho value of the property, or in some way interferring with the rights of tho party whoso property was to bo sold.” 6, Other assignments of error are fully covered by Williams, administrator, vs. Yonng. 61 Gn. 453. Judgment affirmed. beMraiiax neeble. GomntAN, April 22.—Fleoso allow ns Fjiioo in jour paper to correct a littlo mis take in rcgs?d to a misunderstanding be tween the engineer and running sqnnd of Cochran Fire Co. No. I, in the contest at Hawkinsvillo on the 21st just., which ap peared in yesterday’s issue. So far as the engineer was concerned ho was blameless in the matter. Ho gave two whistles, which was correct; but tbo squad was un- dor the impression that ho would givo an other whistle, so this was tho cause of the babble. Very respectfully. Cochran Fire Co. No. 1. John 1:17. It was an able and eloquent discourse, that reoeived marked attention from a large audience. In the afternoon the cpnvention organized by the election of Dr. P. H. Mell, president; Rev. G. R. McCall, secretary, and Rev. E.R. Cars well Jr., assistant secretary. reports. After organization the treasurer's report was read. It showed a fond of availabio as sets for educational purposes of more than thirty-two thousand dollars, which is au increase withiu tho last year of sixteen thousand dollars. This money is for edu cational purposes, and is well invested and bearing interest. Of coarse I make no mention of the sum* which merely pass through the treasurer’s hands. The Board of Trustees, iu their report, make several encouraging statements— among them ia the fluttering number of students, considering the times, and the large number of graduates last year: tho interest taken in the University and the endowment fond, amounting now to abont $119,000, exclusive of real estate and con tribution notes, of indefinite value. It rightfully says that the University is th8 right arm of the convention. STATE WORK. A gratifying exhibit, in both a materi al and a financial point of viow, was made of what has been done by. the Georgia Baptists during the past year, in the report of the titato Board, made by its secretary, Dr. J. H. DeVotie. They had twenty-eight missionaries in the field in this State daring the past year, and they have performed an enormous amount of evangelical labor, in both town and oountry, aggregating fully the labor of one man for twenty years. These men are employed in all parts of tbo State, and many an important interest is maintained, in different localities, by tho assistance rendered through this State board. The board acts,-also, os the agent of foreign and home m srfiou boards of the Southern Baptist convention, and collects large amounts for home and foreign mis sions, daring tho conventional year. It also maintains tho Sunday-school work of tho convention, whioh is one of its great est and best interests. After Dr. DeVotie had finished reading his report, Dr. J. H. Campbell, of Colnm bns, rose and offered a resolution that tho State board pay. its missionaries a fixed and unconditional salary, and made a long spoech in favor of it. Dr. DeVotio replied that ho found the rale of paying in propor tion to the receipts in operation when he entered his position, and that the rule was a necessity in the case; bnt the matter was raled ont of order and made to lie over until the report of tho board oame before the house through a special committee. There are comparatively few correspond ents hero from other States—among them Rev. J. B. Moodie and J. A. Walker, from Alabama, and Rev. R. W. Hatcher, editor of the lieligious Herald, of Richmond, Va. Oar two great boards have no special rep resentatives present—a very nnusnal oc currence. Dr. Tnoker, editor of tho Chris tian Index, ia here, and Mr. H. Harris, ex editor of tho Herald, also. The convention will adjourn each day-at 11 o’clock to hoar preaching. To-day, Fri day, wo had a fine sermon from Rev. J. E. L. Holmes, pastor of tho Savannah Bap- tistchurch. Last night a good sermon was preached by Mr. Stately, of Elberton, Georgia. The convention is a smaller body than usually meets, as a good many pastors aro kept et home by religious meetings iu their churches. The convention is a work ing body, however, end tho best spirit pre vails, and, after all, most of the influential men of tho denomination in the State are hero; bnt the convention hzs not really got under good headway yet. S. B. GEORGIA RAILROAD. Its Condition—Report of the Presi dent. The forty-seventh report of tho presi dent of the Georgia railroad, which will be presented at tho meeting of stockholders in Augusta on tho 10th proximo, has been made public. As the Georgia is now one of the leased lines of the Central, the fol lowing synopsis of tho report will bo of interest to onr readers generally: The fiscal year was commenced with Cash on hand *705,130 06 Receipts during the year (per state ment No, 5)- 011,052 52 Net earnings of the bank. 51,701 52 per *1,368,817 10 statement 81.090,281 45 Chaste of Creed toy a Pair or Boots. A correspondent of tho London Specta tor tolls the following story: A fow yonrs ago a friend of mine—there is no harm now in telling this story, ns tho supersti tion referred to in it is oxploded, if not everywhere, certainly among yonr readers —was taking a country walk with a friend, a clergyman when the latter suddenly mado tho remark: “Let us go back, Fm tired ; was called np ia the middle of the night to baptize a child that was dying.” - “Were yon in time 7” asked my fnond. “Just,” was the reply: “another half minnte and I should have been too late!” “And if you had been, what then 7” “Why, then, I suppose the poor little thing would havo been lost.” "Eternally 7” “Well, yes. according to onr belief.” “May 1 nat what sort of boots you wear?” said my friend. “Boots ? Elastic sido, always.” “Now, suppose you wore laced boots, and they had taken two minutes to pnt on, the child would have been dead, and—lost eternally, eh 7” “That’s a peculiar view of the question; I must think over my position.” Two days after the clergyman met my friend anu said: “I have tnought that mat ter over, and must alter my view. Tho boots did it.” A Caution to onr Readers. Inferior imitations frequently follow successful invention. This has been the c>u:e with the patent Linoleum floor cloth. Beyond all controversy its durability and beauty are proven. When purchasing, look on tho back cf the cloth for the word “Lin oleum.” It is printed on every yard. None other is genuine. A11 carpet dealers keep if. Expenditures (as No. 5) Balance commencement of now year 9 78,566 65 It will bo noticed that onr expenditures have been large, and that the amount to the credit of “profit and loss” has decreas ed S21L379.99. This is mainly due to tbs heavy payments for steel Tails and the settlement of claims against the transportation department, in- ourred previous to tho least. We have al so paid daring the year $10,139.92, onr pro- >ortion of a long standing claim of tho Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Compa ny against tho Western Road of Alabama, for right of way and work of building track from the old Western depot to tho tselmn junction, and $14.7i?2.15 /or person al injuries sustained while tho road was under onr control. With a few unimportant exceptions-, all claims against the company nave been liquidated, and in fotare the expenses- will bo confined to tho fixed charges, viz r In terest on bonds, taxes and four annuities— two of them for life, to men disabled by accidents on tho road, and two to the wid ows of men killed on the road. The two last are payable respectively until tho youngest child of each decedent becomes of age—one of them being now seven and the other nine years old. These annuities amonnt, in the aggregate, to §1,350, and were contracted to be paid by previous ad ministrations. The bank has done a larger and more profitable business the past year than wa3 anticipated, and this result h' duo in a groat measure to the efficiency and fidelity of our cashier, Mr. O. G. Goodrich. IS is hoped that with careful manngo- h and strict economy it will continue 1% a source of large profit. T!ui direction, believing tint the earn ings-of the company warrant it, propose to commence in October to pay quarterly dividends of two dollars and seventy-five cents-per share, instead of two dollars and fifty cents, as heretofore. In conclusion, it is gratifying to state that the terms of the lease -are being com plied with strictly and in good fsitli. The rental has been promptly paid when due, nnd tho road and equipment constantly improved. The Georgia Railroad and Banking Com pany has paid in dividends since the war the ltnmenso sum of $4,G26,576. A Duchy Him, John F. Baltzcr, of Baltimore, laid) the foundation of his present prosperity ia a singular manner. At an auction sale of unclaimed express packages many years- ago he bought an old box, contents un known, for an insignificant sum. .When ho opened tho box bo found in it silver- plate worth more than §1,700. With this start he b*gan business, and has been as successful since os ho was lucky then. The “old horse” sale of three hundred packages comes off just one week from to-day, at the auction room of T. W. Freemnu, on CLerry street. Tom Hender son thinks there might be a bargain for Baiizer in this collection. Let everybody attend and select for themselves. Georgia Home Jonmal: In this section, if judiciously followed, would undoubtedly be a paying business. It wonld add lo thu fertility of the soil and help restore our old fields. Besides this, the wool would al ways find a ready sale, whilst the carcass wonld furnish wholesome food for home consumption or the market. With a dog law and no-fance policy, and proper atten tion to sheep husbandry, Greeno countg would soon become exceedingly pro-qier- obb. Every farmer should raise a few sheep. As wlli be seen by reference to their advertisement. Messrs. Warner & Copelan, will buy the wool. Mr. W. is a successful wool-grower. Small farms and ffuit and stock-raising will soon make old Greene a Canaan, tho “land of promise.” Wbsts Lad; Said Yesterday, “I never tasted Soda Water but twice in my life—the llrst time was a few years ago at Caswvll «fc Hazards, New York, and the second time a few moments ago at Lamar, Rankin A Lamar's, and I really think their’s the best. 1 have drunk nt a hun dred fountain*, bat only got what I call soda water at ih'.se two rlaces.” THE BABNESriLLE SOTS. Tbe HswfclMVtlle Flremtoule T«nr- auiMt—BanMviiU Wiaa me D»y. If Hawkinsville was as big as her heart, Pulaski county would not hold her. Yes terday she opened her arms to the stran gers, and she embraced them all in so 1 menoiy » sqwewe him hi* pmcity mu* piney-wooda city will always 0<suipy n Paf> lor-onamber in the heart* of her guests. Yesterday was a big event in the nistory of the city. It was the oelebJation of the first anniversary of the Pulaski fire depart ment, and was participated in by the Coch ran Fire Company, the Jeff Davis Fire Com pany, of Barnesville, and Pulaski Fire Com pany, of Hawkinsville. The Bornetville boys, with engine ana brass band, the latter in charge of Prof. Charles Guttenberger, arrived in Macon yesterday morning at 6:56, and were joined here by Chief Jones, Assistant Chief Van- nucki, Foreman Kennedy, Assistant Fore man Keel, onr reporter, and others of onr department, and, on reaching Coohran, by the Cochran fire company ana the Eastman brass band. At Hawkinsville we were met by Pulaski Fire Company and the Hawkinaviiie brass bund, nnd, when the steamers were taken from tho cars, were escorted to Pulaski’s engine house. A ringing addrees of wel- oome was delivered by Prof. M. T. Hodge, who paid a glowing tribute to firemen, and then extended a welcome to Hawkinsville and all it possessed, in tone and words that admitted of bnt one meaning—that they were true and genuine. Tho address was ro6pondod to in noat and appropriate remarks by Mr. C. E. Elder on behalf of the Barneaville eompa-' ny, and Col James Thomas for the Coch ran boys. - Professor Hodge then presented in be half of the ladie6 of Hawkinsville, a beau tiful wreath of flowers for each of tbe vis iting companies, and announced that a collation waa in readiness np stairs in the engine house, to which the firemen were invited. This collation consisted of ex cellent ham sandwiches, cake, artillery punch and lemonade, and was greatly ap preciated by the boys. After the repast, the firemen formed in prosession and marched over the princi- nal streets to stirring strains from the bands, and halted on Main street, where ropes had been stretohed around the con test ground. Tho judges took position and soon every tiling was in readiness. The steamer of the Hawkinsville boys took her place at tho cistern, and the boys, clad lightly so that their limbs would be free in action, put themselves in tine, and anxiously awaited the signal. The following are the teats: First test—Engino to be stationed at ciBtem; squad to ran fifty yards to engine, nnreel 100 feet of hose and throw water 100 feet. Prize $75. Second tent—Tp ran fifty yards to en gine, conpie two sections of hose, attach to engine and play 100 feet of water. Prize Third tost—To throw water for distance throngh 300 feet of hose. Prize $20. Both aides of the street were filled with peopta. Hawkinsville is noted for i Ls pret ty women, and they were out in full force yesterday. A great number of people from tho country were in attendance, and many of them probably never saw & steamer be fore. The Pnh ski boys were first to ran. Their .steamer ia of the La Franoe build. It is a beauty in appearance, shining tike a silver dollar. When the steam gangs marked sixty ponnds the cantion signal was given by & whistle, nnd in five minutes more the second and starting whistle was ven. The boys made a fine ran and irew water in 25j< seconds. Jn the Eeo- ond test, their tttne was 20%. In the third test tho steamer threw 147% feet. The Cochran boys were next in order. Their engino is also of the La Frnuce bnild, andwaspretty as a new bride. There was a misunderstanding between engineer and the running squad as to tho signals, and hence a bobble was made. The judges, after consultation, decided to give them another ran, which was made, bat a bobble was made in the coupling, and the run was lost. In tho second test, their time wa3 21 seconds, and in the third test threw 133 feet 10 inches of water. The interest in the contest now waa con siderably increased. A11 eyes were centred on the Barnesvillo boys. The time made by Pulaski was slow, and the Barnesville boys felt certain they could beat it, yet they wore very qniet abont it, and held thetr tongues. When they got ready to make the ran, it was evident to all ob servers that they were going to win. The sigual was blown, and off they went, making the ran in 22% seconds, winning the first prize. Theseoondran was made in 18 seconds, winning the socond prize. In tbe third test the eneine threw 1G4 feet, 2 inches, of water, winning the third prize. After the contest tbora was a foot race for a silver cup. This wa3 also won by the Barnesville boys, and had there been any oilier prizes, the boy3 wonld have taken them also. The prizes were delivered by Laurence Ryan, Esq., of Hawkinsville. At night a ball and banqncrt were given at Minor’s Hall, and thus tne festivities of cn occasion long to be remembered by participants was brought to a close. NOTES. Tho wind was against the stream, which fact will account for the short distances of watsr thrown. Major Dyches, one of the most liberal hearted men in tbe city, was untiring in his efforts to mako pleasant the stay of the guests. Pulaski Fire Company did the sqnare thing yesterday with the visiting firemen. George Woods, ot the Dispatch, kept open doors at ins office and prepared a bath of lemonade for the boys. Dr. Fleetwood, one of the city council, and a man who will do to tio to in any emergency, took good caie of tho guests. “Moon whisky and pretty girls” is the reputation Hawkinsvillo has alwiiys borne. We are not subpoenaed as a witness against the first, but in the case of the second our affidavit is ready at any time to back up tho reputation. Chief Jones, of Macon, was of much as sistance to tho boys yesterday. Mr. Beverly, of the News, was on hand dispensing efforts to make overybody feel at home. Bob Barton, of tho Wiregrass Watch man, saw the contest and was happy. Tne Hawkinsville brass band discourses sweetest music. PLAIN , TRUTHS The biood is lil* foundation of life, it circulates through every part of the body, and unless it is pure and rich, good health is impossible. If disease has entered the system the only sure and quick way to drive It out is to pnrify and enrich the blood. ' These simple facts are well known, and the highest medical authorities agree that nothing but iron will restore the blood to its natural condition; and also that all the iron preparations hitherto made blacken the teeth, cause head ache, and are otherwise injurious. Brown’s Iron Bitters will thor oughly and quickly assimilate with "the blood, purifying and strengthen ing it, and thus drive disease from any part of the system, and it will not blacken the teeth, cause head ache or constipation, and is posi tively not injurious. Saved his Child, 27 If. Eutaw SL. Baltimore, Md. F«b. ia t 1SS0. Cents:—-Upon tha recommenda tion of a friend I tried. Broww'* Ikon Bitters a* a tonic and re* storative for my daughter, vhora I was thoroughly convinced was wasting a may with Consumption. Having lost three daughters, by ihe terrible disease, under the care of eminent physicians, I was loth to believe that anything could arrest ; of the dlst the progress < llsease, but, to .ny great surprise, before my daugh ter had taken one bottle of Brown's Iron Bitters, she began to mend and now is quite restored to former health. A bfth daughter began to show signs of Consumption, and when the physician was consulted he quickly said “ Tonics were re quired;** and when informed that the elder sister was taking Brown’s Iron Bitters, responded “that is r good tonic, take it.** Ado rax Pit r its. Brown’s Iron Bitters effectual ly cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Weakness, and renders the greatest relief and benefit to persons suffering from such wasting diseases as Con sumption, Kidney Complaints, etc. A Never-Failing; Core Tor Burns, Scalds, Bruise*, Cats, Sores, etc. , After forty years of trial. Perry' Davis’ Pain Killer stand* unrivaled.' It 1* sails! It act* immediately I Itj never fails! /Editor of ihe St. John fN. B.) News, nays: J In flesh wounds, aches, pains, sores, etc., It ls the mml efeetual remedy we know ofj No tamlly s*s>uld bo without a bottle ot iq tor a singlffour. Prom the Cincinnati Bisnatch: We have seen its rough: eflccts, and know It to be a good article. From L S. Potter, V. 8. Consul at Crefeld, Rhenish Prussia: . Alter long years ot use, I aro satisfied iq ls positively efllclcnt as a healing remedy lor wounds, bruises, and sprains. . W. W. Sharper, Valdosta, Ga., says: It inn panacea (or all bruises and bum*. Prom R. W. Adams, Saco, He.: , I It gave mo Immediate relict fe. Lewis says: l In tort y years' use it never bas tailed me. IW. W. Bum, Nichol vllle, N. Y., says: j I use your Pain Kiu.eii frequently. Iq . relieves patu and soreness,and wound* I like magic. (J.W.Dee says: 1 1 For scalds and burns It has no equal / FERRY DAVIS' FACS Kir.I.lR fa aoi a now untried remedy, per forty year.; It ha* been in constant um ; and those who hav. sued it the longest are ill best friends, f I Its success I. entirety hccsiue of it. merit. Since the Fain KlUcr wa. first Introduced, hundreds of new medicine, hare come and gone, while to-day this medfatee 1* more 'extensively used and more highly valued. than ever before. Every family .Tumid have a bottle ready for use. Much pain ud heavy doctor*' bill, way often be saved by wruzapt application of tha Fain Killer. (WitrcMf medicines, it Imperfectly safe even In the toandni of a child. Try It once thoroughly, aad itj irl'a prove It* value. Tour druggist has Its at 23c., OOc. and 81.00 per hot tie/ PERRY DAVIS A SON, Proprietors, ^rovMeao., R, t. Farmers’ Wives, ; It Ls an evident fact that farmers’ wive* are ; afflicted with nuroy diseases which are the re sult ol overwork. They are constantly on one ceaseless routine ol tolf from daylight aflusoru- ing until late at night No change, no relaxa tion, no rest! Fanners should note this fact, and be forewarned before It Is too late. It U astonishing what an amount ol labor the wives o[ Sum, perform. Many ot them get up and have breakfast ready before their husbands are outof bed. Then itls work, work, work, until near ml Anight, their mind* during tho time-be ing conatamlv occupied with their duties, end with thtnkingof how the fo<Hl Is to be supplied, when the washing and ironing is to be done, when time can be spared to scrub the floor, how. the children are to bo clothed and kept tidy, and innomanblsT other things not necessary to mention, all of which combine to overwork nnd break d own the strongest woman fas the land. In no enso fs It safe to bo continuously thinking upon any one thing, and in case* where the brain has been weakened by too great a strain upon it. thereby producing In sanity, epilepsy, vertigo, hysterics, female rtUMs, general debulty, and a multitude of other iliiea-ws, the remedy is Rest and a few bottles of Dr. S. A. Richmond & Co.’s Samaritan Nervine. It acts directly upoo.tlie nervous centres and invigorates and strength ens the whole system. Many ladlro have re frained from u?!:ig Samaritan Nervine on ac count of an existing prejudice against adver tised medicine*. Let us ask a question: Are yon prejudiced agalmt sewing machines be cause you have seen them advertised, or can you doubt tho Ingenuity and skill required in their invention ? Again, would you refuse to Insure your house because the company nd- vertised that it had paid millions of dollars In losses nnd yet had a capital of several mil lions left? Do such advertisements shake your confidence and create .prejudice? Then why refuse to credit the testimony of those who have found Samaritan Nervine tluti ls claimed for it Iu overcoming those ailments peculiar to your sex? The following statement speaks for itself: Fairfield, Lenawee co., Mich., \ April 25,1SS1. J ' Dr. Richmond—Dear Sir: This ls to certify that my wife had tits for thirty five years. They would last her for about one hour and sometimes longer. I happened to hear of your medicine, mid sent for somo of it. She had no more fits after she took the first dose. She is now permanently cured, aud her health Is a great deal better than It has been for twenty year* or More. You are eutirely at liberty .to use tier picture and this testimonial In any manner which you please, and may sign my name to it. We owe you this much at least for what you have done lor her. Yours truly, HENRY CLARK. DIAMONDS A SFEOIALTf. FI> E WATCHES ! Rich Jewelry. J. P. STEVENS & CO., 34 Whitehall 8t. Atlanta, Ga. SEND FOR Illustrated Price List. marMawlr All tbe Year Bond, and year lifter rear, the standard and beautiful col lections of MUSIC published by Oliv son &. Co., keep their hold on pebllc f» ply by tbe excellence of their tonteu l»ooks of bound music as Geras of English Song 2), Norway Mu bum (2.50), Franz’s Album ( 2), Beau fiacred i5ong ( 2), and 30 to 40 others (s« libt*) contain a perfectly immense arnc the best and most i>oi»ular music, at the price. Such standard Operas as Mignon ( 3), Aida (32). Carmen (32), Mefislofelc (• 2), Fatiultza ($2), Manola. or Bay and Night (-1.50). Bells of Comcville ($1.50), ar.d tho well knowa lighter and easier one* (s*?nd for listsi, have in them a large proportion of ail the popular melodies. Such good r«mp«irance Books as Temperance Light (12 cts.). Temperance Jewels (33 eta.), am! Hull’s Temperance Glee Book (40 cts.) cannot well be Improved upon. Such capital Hnnday Kchoo! and Pmlso Meeting Boobaas Male Voice Choir (50 cts.) with Gospel Mu&ic, Light and Life (SS^cts.), and Banner of Victory ($5 cents). Any book mailed for .retail price- OLIVER EITSOK A CO- Boston. C. H. DITSON A CO-. *48 Broadway ft. Y. jfA CAHI). . Athens, Ga., Feb. 22d. 187ft. Sir—My child, five years old. had ’ symptoms of worm*. I tried Calomel and other worm medicines, but failed to expel any. Seeing Mr. Bain*’ certifi cate, I got & vial of Smith,s Worm oil, and the fiiM do»c brought 40 worms,) and the second dose so many were pe.* ed I did not count them. S. II. ADAMS. For sale by all druggists. Prepared by E. 8. LYNDON, Athens, Ga. apl5-dsundew ~ ~ seam. ! The Rl’ure.t sod Ur.t KeUiciue *ser Xiui*. Hops, Buchu, Ran- diaut.sail Dandelion, with ultii® bent u>4 most c*ur*ti*u projicrtles of .11 oilier nttt.ra, um* o»\ the pew* Blood Purifier, Liver Regu l\.ator, wrt Jjreeoil IlreOtii lUjewrm* Scout NoUlseM6 0^»"r» l!,(M r l5 ''V * ,u * where Slop Hillers sre ririeti .ml |-r(eol are Uiotr operation: !ity £■;»« is* uV tcirlsv ti lie i£*i irt iaSas. 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