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(Lij# 3ER&*lUg iLjcIscicapfe writ Jmamed &
CATASTROPHE,
fcftuHtbc waltsgg would, me thlriks^
.jte the Mood In llfeleee veins.)
J the perfumed sir softly breathed of
* i swift-winged and golden seemed the hour*.
A f Air-haired youth and dark-eyed maid
Wen standing dose together there;
He, vowing an that men trill vow,
Mbs, listening with that sweet, ahv air.
< >, nicer than all things else beside
it love’s young dream In the soft spring tide.
lie tells her that, with those brown orbs.
His heart she has complete!ly won:
HU arm glides gently round her waist.
And the sweets of m standing wolfs they taste.
At last she gives s sudden start,
tud breathes a gloon\-pr**luelng sigh;
"*■ *—I lips ejaculate
j mu sorrowful "O. my !"
J Heavens! wlist alls my dearest Mabel?"
bustle, Hugh, has slipped Its eable."
—“AlMKE."
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
NEWS GATHERED DY SPECIAL
CORRESPOXDKSTM.
paper* expires. We are all very much
i>lea*ed with, and highly appreciate your
kindness in sending our papeia direct' over
the new road. B.
known all over the State as the landlord of
the Sinithville dinner house from 18fi7, is
lying dangerously ill. His logion of
lriends throughout tho State willaympn-
seleot men of known Kadioal.procllvitires—
tho offspring of Union league conclaves—
represent a Democratic people.
The gallant old hero, Gen. Cook, if ho
falls, goes down by a dagger thrust from
the hand of a Brutus.
Judge Fort, we unoovsr and bow as
graeefully as circumstances will admit.
Kick.
Jonesboro,
August 4.—In consequence of tho volun
tary retirement of Prof. Oeorge G. Looney
and Mrs. E. D. Crawley from the Middle
Georgia College, Prof. C. A. Key was yes
terdny ele tod president and Miss Louise
Cloud was elected to fill the place of Mrs.
Crawley. The college loses valuable and
diatngnhhed educators in the persons of
the former, but the trustees have shewn
themselves wide awake to the interests of
the Institution and our community in the
selection of the latter. Prof. Key was
graduate at Athens with honor and dis
tinction, and has had considerable expert
ence as a teaober. Miss Louise Clark re-
Dalton,
i people politically, just
now, are quiet, except an oooasional ex
pression of preference for some aspirant
for county honors. CoLT.K. Jones will
bo our next Senator from the forty-third
district. Col. M. C. Glenn has deoided to
make the race for Representative, and|
will makothe contest lively for ths^H
who beats him. From present in;
the race between Dr. Felton
O. Clements, promises to bo
Wo hear of several changes, j>A,
Tho Congressional convention
August tub, and of course wi’
Mr. Clements. Tbo cont
amounts to a question of pen
f-ncs, as Dr. Felton has planted I
squarely upon tho State Democrat
form.
Crops fine—rain every day.
and frequent rains of lato, but we learn of
no damage dono thereby.
Cotton is looking finely, and the planters
nro buying up baskets preparatory to tho
picking.
It is not ofton that we see the farmers
looking eo glad as now, in view of the
promised crops.
The storekeepers are getting ready for
the fall trade with large supplies of goods.
This town is the centre of a largo country
trade, and is having a sure and steady
growth. It has grown quit© fast in the last
ten years.
Tho little breess of excitement that was
here in politios has pretty much passed
away, ana we have settlod down to the in
evitable, and we are saying as tlie man
said who slipped on the ioe and fell: “Gall
it drunk, and let it go.'*
And this is a quint and peaceable town,
though the fall schools have began, where
they “teach the young idea how to shoot.
Lexlnjfon.
August 2.—Quite a large crowd of peo
ple were In Lexington yesterday, the first
Polities is the nil-absorbing theme. The
oontest between Black and Reese is becom
ing very exciting, and both claim the ooun-
ty. Messrs, (tees* and Du Bose were both
In Lexington yesterday, but neither of
them made suesehes.
The Democracy passed a resolution yes
terday recommending a primary elsoilon
to ba bald in the oountice of Oglethuri>o,
Elbert and Madison, comprising the thir
tieth Senatorial district on the 3tat day of
Angust to determine the choice of the dis
trict for s Btato Senator.
Mr. Davis, of Elbert, made a speech
at this place yesterday in favor of abolish
ing rotation in this Senatorial district, lie
Is a candidate for the Senate subject to a
nomination.
It is dUfloult to say who will be nomiunt-
ed for the House of Representatives from
this county at tbs primary election next
Thursday. Ooutbobvb.
Washington.
August It.—Society has been quite gay
for the past two or three weeks, and from
the present outlook promises tooontioue
so. Among the many social events none
hen been so much enjoyed as a compli
mentary hop given by tho young men to
Misses Camilla and Louise Du Bo* a, who
left on Tuesday morning for Clarks ville to
spenlawsskortwowith their grandpa
rents, Gen. and Mrs. Toombs. Misses
Camille and Louise are general favorites
here, and justly so, too, for the State does
not furnbh too more charming girls. Miss
Louise has been home but a few weeks
from the North where she has been at
school. Bhe Is said to be very much like
hor mother, wao was considered the most
beautiful woman In middle Georgia.
For the next two week* if you should
come to Washington and miss anv of tho
boys just take the oars for north Georgia,
nn-1 If you cannot find them near Clarkes
villa look for fragments of handsome,
manly forms at tbs foot of Lover’s Leap.
Mines Lizzie Morgan and Hattie War
ren, two of Kirkwood’s fair ones, are hold
ing high carnival at tbs Washington Hotel.
Tho boys don’t aak tor sugfr for thetr toe-
lea and syrup and honey are at a discount.
Misses Morgan and Wsrren are vary popu
lar end are hare on a visit to Miss Kalis
Foreman.
Miss Mamie Irvin makes aobangeof
bn-a from Augusta to Washington, aooom-
ponied by tho Misses Merritt, of Florida.
They are visiting Mn. I. T. Irvine, who
lives just across the street from Miss Carrie
Dy son’s, and nobody wonders that this is
the mast popular street in town.
Miss Dora Roseau, of Ksntuaky, left for
her h .me on Tuesday last. Miss Russell is
a sister of Mrs. Hogue, and has bean bars
tines winter. She has many warm friends
here, who will be vary glad to know that as
she is devoted to her sister, Mrs. Hogue,
the probabilities of her returning next win
ter are quite flattering.
Miss lemma Mims, of Atlanta, has been
visiting CapL and Mrs. O. W. Terry. Miss
Emma is liked vary much here and will be
missed in our ballroom. Mbs LiUy Hill, of
Forrest, with Miss Marion Mays, is ex
pected her* soon. Miss LUly was here for
a -i. :t time last summer, and two of our
boys have not entirely recovered yet.
George Duncan has severed his connec
tion with Hogan, Quinn A Duncan, and will
make Macon his borne In the fntnre.
* Oeorge was m favorite here and was given
an ******* wine supper a few night* before
J. 0, C. Black spoke here on Tuesday to
a i nods rate crowd. Us cams by invitation
and rpoks under difficulties, as General
Du Bose carries this county to a man al
most.
Frequent rains have caused ths crops to
smile upon the boruy banded farmer and
an abundant com crop as wall as plenty of
cotton id booked for next fall. L.
JsekNs
* Acorn 3.—I have waited long and vainly
for some abler pen than mine to chronicle
ths ectinga and doings of our little city;
but tbs people of Jackson are “rile at ail,"
and rather than ass her neglsetsd, I will
endeavor to speak a word in her behalf
mvi 1st ths world know that she still
live-*.
Each train that rolianp to our little town
w« ke* tbs echoes far and near with tbs
• .i-t inudo of its whistle, and brings
m :se wbo wish to make their homed with
r.». b. .nt«a lots are ooastantly chiuig.
iu hands, and real estate u
n :•>!.' .rg steadily. The re art now in pro-
«* m of construction sight brick stores and
u * large, commodious warehouses. Sev
eral other buildings will go «p us soon as
the parties can perfect their amnementa.
A tin shop and buggy factory will scon be
in ... r .tioa. Miners. Mallet, Land A Co.
b»v. asd a lumber yard and can supply
bin:. • >.;!» any kind of lumber desired.
The - v. o enterprising firm will soon erect
a i: lumg mill in connection with tbsir
yard.
Hhglenow in Jeckeoo the finest
lug lor .i. ■ tments in tb* State,
can b«. tit now that i_ JS9
<,r three year# will bring double tb*
price- p.ii-1 r r t! :a. ttehaveone of the
tfrt lorau J t- * - ;n the State. Itiasitu-
Ht< d ju-t I. lif %»u> between Macoaand At-
lauts. .a a hlghrfdge itbeair l* cnUreiy
fnc from malaria, an - i* M pur* and
bracing a- that of higher latitude#. A dri v
of four u.il*-s over a beautiful road a* level
K> >11 takeono totbe Mr eele-
brafoti Indian Bpr*r£. the fwtiri-
» of it** r -aeon ran be SSfjfBd as well
. energetic fruit man,
is leading in this matter, lie owns, proba
bly. more i**ar tree* than any man in tho
United States. One thonsand and seven
hundred trees aro planted outiniclentillo
style in fall viow of the passing trains as
they enter the town. He also owns two-
thirds of the Hanford groto at Thonma-
ville and nearly 10,000 trees at his orange
grove on Lake Jeesup, Fla. We have now
over 4,000 ttees in threo miles of loan, and
some 2,COO more will bo set out this fall.
It is not generally known how
s- *■«*
twelve yean old, $300 was netted, and
probably not half of the fruit was sold. We
are also cultivating the Japf-persimmon,
the “Keifer” pear, aud oth£i we ' mmm
We are the friends of '
are gratified that tho
neks him to give way
man and jurist, Hon. O.
* E. N. K.
any County. ■
August 3.—Have n absent for a few
days on a tour Ihro'i.JMlenry, Dale, Coffee
and Geneva.Southeastern Ala-
fruit.
tk, but
die people
rising states-
Crisp.
(tard in behalf of
- Oeorgia fills up
'•1 recommend
wish to emi-
^unties be
Looney and Mn. Crawley, and is one
among the very brightest, best aud most
qppnbTe yohng ladies of the whole country.
l’rof. 0. A. Key had the misfortune to
lose bis little baby boy, Xittlo Guafiie, a few
days since, which is the last of his onco
bright and interesting family. A brilliant
and loving wife and three most intonating
children now lie beneath the sod, and
he, the onoe fond husband and father,
only left to tnonra. It is needless to say
that he has the sympathy of our entire
community. Lei us hope and pray that
while a reunion of mother and children
has taken placo in the realms of eternnl
bliss, that He who tempereth the v. in J to
the shorn lamb will soften tho blow tj the
afflicted busb »ud and father.
We are all ablaze with gladness
nomination of Colonel Thomas Hnrdemnu
for Congressman at large. The writer has
been a Hardeman man for more than
twenty-five years, oast his first vote for
Hardeman for Congress and Ins never re
gretted U in the ieswt. He stands iwxdy to
repeat it anti if need he enter tho ranks to
make it as warm as possible for hi
nents.
Albeus
' llHoppc
J. L. D.
*°ESu
lthe health
If men of ea
rn a-l/antsg*
-roiitihle in-
— signs of
th«ju my retarn
home. Two^nhWSdr.vtaA opened up, and
one or two others waiting the arrival of
goods, and two new buildings in t-rooess of
construction—one a brick nnd the other ~
respcctablo wood bnilding. Hope ou
town may yet grow to be n oity. It is n
pretty place for one, and only needs a few
more people aud a little mme utnoy.
Politics quiet, health of the town nnd
>e, peas and
.nuttuni •».—id uij uuiu ui iiw in innaui,
referring to the CApturo of James linker. 1
statod that he was charged with tho mur-i
der of John I. Alford. This was a mistake.
It should have been for the murder of Jno.
H. Owens.
The fall term of R. E. Lee Institute has
opened with ICO scholars, and still they
oorne. Day before yesterday our oiti/ous
voted to authorize the town council to issue
five thousand dollars' worth of bonds for
the improvement of the Institoto build-1
ings, and when the** improvements
completed we will have one of tho most
attractive school boildings and one of tho
best schools in the Btate. The tuition be
ing only $fi, $7.60 nnd $10 per term of five
months, for the three gradee of study, is I
attracting the attention of parents in vari
ous parts of tho Btate, and the consequence i
is that real estate has odvanoed about 33
per cent, in three years, and onrtown is
still on a boom. A. J. it.
Daw<on.
August 3.—Dawson reoeived its first bsls
of new ootton yesterday. It was grown by
Mr. Thos. Turner, near Chickasawhstehee.
It weighed 333 pounds, classed middling,
and was sold at seventeen cents.
Showery every day moro or loss, to the
injury of fodder and rerhaps cotton, and
bonefioial to corn, peas and potatoes.
Borne rust iu place* among cotton.
The revival in Dawson continues. The
•ervioee have been transferred from the
Methodist to the Uapt st church. Every
Christian in the oominunity participates
in the oxeroiae*. Near one hundroi ui all
have joined the two ohorchos. L.
Cutlibert.
August a—Dr. Moore, a respected citi-
cen of our oounty, died at his roddsnos
near llardmoney, on Tuesday last.
Prof. E. 1L Stevens, of Ga*sville» Geor
gia, has been elected professor of nnoiont
Ellavlll*.
Auoust2.—Oor nomination for Repre
sentative oomos off on the first Saturday in
| September.
Charles Rainey and Newton Glover were
I elected delegates to the Senatorial con
vention. They will vote for any man the
Democracy of Macon oounty may nomi
nate. J. D. Frederick Is favorably spoken
of. 1 hope he will receive the nomination.
■ R. E. F.
Hampton.
■ August3.—I*a«tevening was indeed a'
Ifeative occasion with tho young people of
our dty. A fruit festival was given by
Mrs. W. P. Adair and Mrs. Dr. Folsom at
the rssidenoe of the latter, in honor of
their niece, Miss Jessie Campbell, of
lltome, a young lady of engaging manners,
I brilliant talenta.and lovable in every sense
of the word. The honored guest* were
I Mrs. Grant nnd her sweet utile Nollie,
*" ee Williamson, Lnoy White,
mm* Bock, of Griffin; Miss
Mattie Lowe, Hour/; Miss Carrie Lowo.
Hapevills; Hattie /aohry, Conyete; Misses
Rosser and Reed, city. Quite a number of
gentlvmen from Griffin aud the oity acted
asesoorte for tho occasion. Among tho
gentlemen was the Inimitable J. E. Brown,
editor of the UTcMi/, full of fun, enliven
ing the party with sparkling hnmor nnd
brilliant repartee. Prof. Noble, of Griffin,
who will soon mske your city his home,
did honor u»> himself and guests by his pe
culiar, sedate, steid and modest demeanor.
He was tho admiration of tho party,
and I fear that more than one
of tbs fair damsels felt the wound inflict
ed by Cupid’s dart In mentioning the
two gentlemen, ws hope not to bo consid
ered invidious as all played their parte
wall. Swiftly ths hours flew by and mosio
had charms that soothed tb* appetite until
eleven o’clock, when supper was an
nounced and we were ns ho red into the
speoiooe dining hall, to be entranced
Your upright!), *»«*-> P-‘I“
welcomed vl»'tor and i** ryidly becoming
the popular paper. M«j**t ot our prominent
cituons declare their intention of taking
it as soon m their suU>cnpUoo to other
■pwvtuue uuisuK unii, to uo en>
by tb* luc:ions fruit which
piledjupon silver baskets to profnsion, like
Or'- upon Felton, with grapes pendant, in
terspersed with cakes aud confectioneries
tastefully arranged. But tbo di-play was
ohly to teraiit tb* appetite—only vandal
hands could have touched, t >n sale table*
the bill of fare that feasted our delighted
ejee was duplicated, and soon the attentive,
active and trained waiters had supplied
our every wish. Wit and chicken snlad
flowed freely for more than an hour. At 2 a.
m. melons were handed around to appease
the thirst engendered by ths sweets of the
table. At three the guests departed, show
ering compliments and enoomiurr.s upon
the host and hostess for their mote excel
lent entertainment.
Col. Began, a fins young lawyer of this
oity, wiii run for the Legislature as a pro
hibition candidate. Wear* solid for him
hare.
Gartrell can carry Henry eoonty without
trouble, as most of the Bourbons can’t tote
Stephen* and his skillet too.
Oar fruit crop is immense. Corn, ootton
and peas the finost I aver saw. 4u recoir,
Marr.
Anderaenvllle.
Adouot 3.—For tbs pest week Rev. Mr.
Cbeeves, of Spalding, and Rev. Mr. Par
rot, of byroo, have been conducting an
interesting revival meeting here. Mach
interest is being manifested in the cause,
and from indications great good will re
sult from their labors. Quite a number of
our young people have been baptized into
the church, and others are expected to take
this sensible and important step
daring the meeting. Rev. Fsrtot is quite
• young men, not yet arrived to man’s es
tate, but bx his earn as mesa and seal hat
creeled a decided and unmistakable feel
ing for good her*. We predict for this
yenngdivine nbrilliant and useful career
Oar people are very cheerful and happy
over crop prospect*. We have never seen
the agricultural outlook eo flattering.
Not a few (rue old Democrats of riwnter
refsse to so| ‘
knowledges without doubt or'cxift the
authority of every Democratic convention.
State or national, since the rlrrss of oar
for Independence, believing this
“““ ins consistent with do-
oor section; but we have
•, nor do we now, recognize
Democrat!* content!/ n to
iiis name to bt* umhI. 1 tlunk. how
ever, there is no doubt bat that he will l
nominated anyway. After tho nominn-
tiou hecaunot decline. 'J here is
not the slightest doubt about hU election
in thu event he runs nnd his refusal to
carry the Democratic stvmlu:
circumstance* would so injuro him with
oar people tint ho could never recover
from it. I think you may sot down tho
ninth a* one of tho redeemed. Hpoer is
wonker than lie has ever been, h wonld
have taken a much longer hoaJ llun Ids to
have steered his bark clear of tlm Demo
cratic Scylla and at the same time nvuitl
the Republican Charbdis. Even BtepheiH
lias piotuisud to lend his aid for bptoi '
defeat.
Speer is trying the persecatiuu wall for
all it is worth. He has now dragged hi
lather into it by claiming that his resigna
tion ws* asked ou ins, Emory’s, account.
1 understand the facts of the caso to1>o
* tint utufcublcd iucompetenoy on Dr.
Speer’s part bad much moro to do with
liia removal titan pcrscoulicn of ’’our
Emoty.” It is sad that he has never de-
livoml a lectnro to hi* clas* sinro lia has
filled tlio chair. J.n«t commencement, m
gross violation of tho Igws of the univor-
sity, lie excaseJ a unmber of the spankers
without even consulting tho faculty on tho
subject, when the faculty alone had tint
power. Tbestaudard of oratory Inn no-
toriomdy never* bcou so low ns during his
term of office. His desire to make him
self popular with tho buys led h m
to grant oue an exensa from any exer
cise or recitation whenever linked. One
of his ex students rays that ho believes he
could have gone through his wiiolo time
with a perfect mark and without attend
ing half a dozen recitations. Tuis conduct
on his part made it ten times more diffi
cult for tho other protocol* to oxact a full
quota o! stuffy in their departments. Tho
feather which |hroke the camel’s back is
supposed to hats been the jnnlor oolloqoy.
Tiiis was prepnred under Ids supervision if
not by him, nnd inntoad ot tho rt-Huemeut
aud cultivation to be expected m an nd*
dress before a university nnJionco and at
a university commencement, it contained
matter grossly vulgar if not indecent. Guo
example will snffloo to illastrnte. One of
the colloqaists is made to allude to his
roommate’s “using a fino-tooth comb on
hi* head nnd not without succesq’’ How
is that for a professor of belles leltres?
In the face of hundreds of each facts ns
tho nbovu tho persecution cry will hardly
i. Mr. Hill’s support of his old friend,
Dr.Hpeor. is iu marked contrast to the
cracl neglect with which he has been treat
ed by the son. Even the monoy to pay
Emory's tuition and board at tbi* name
University wss furnished by Mr. Hill, to
say nothing of a thousand other obliga
tions now. alas, forgotten.
Tim field crops In this and adjoining
counties are wonderful. The like has never
been known.
There is some little exoitoraent in socie
ty circle* over the demand from the Chron
icle ot the name of the author of a com
munication signed “Society Girl.’’ Tin
author is said not to bo a girl at all, bat
hss only assumed pettlooats to make n few
cut* which seem in a fair way to bo re
sented. How It may turn out I do not
know.
On tho other hand, nn articlo signed
“One of the Boys," in the Daily thinner,
roused eomo little iro nutil it was ascer
tained that tho striker hud never worn
pants or polled a cigarette.
Meanwhile tho business of the city booms
along. Preparations for the fall trade were
never larger, and tho faoe* of the farmers
and merchants are as bright as silver dri-
lars. 1 have not heard a “oroak" this Ham
mer. There are on* hundred new cottages
and larger dwellings in preoeee of erection.
telephone exchange is noarly com.
pb ted. Terms hrve been agreed on be
tween the city oommittee and the water
works man, and the contract for erection
only awniU the ratification of council. The
contract for the grain elevator nnd mill of
the AthinsCompress and Mill Company
has been let—nud other improvements
without number. Tukxih.
cDonoash.
Auocst .'.—Oor little oity is not Tory
“flush” with locals, still perchance your
readers may desire to know that no slab
marks the site where once old McDono’
stood. Tb* railroad has given us quite a
boom. Several brick buildings are being
constructed, and business is rapidly in
creasing. Oar merchants now carry twico
their nsnai amount of stock, and on
account of oor natural advan
tage#, McDono’ is destined to
become one of the leadiug towis in
middle Georgia, if social qualities, hen-
pitable people nnd energetic bniineM men
can acquire such a summit. Some of the
most iuilmnttal men in the Sta e of Geor
gia were onoe reeidoots of our little city.
Since tho issue between btcpliens and
Bacon has oulmiuated, our citizAs are
once more engaged with their usn >1 rou
tine. I have heard several auti-Bacon men
(that is they were before the convention)
assert that Major llaeon, by his derira for
harrco.iy and display of such annual
magnanimity, can enroll them under
bis patriotic banner as henchmen staunch
and true. The noble of mind and gener
ous of ep.rit find reward! And the fates
have ordained that Col. Bacon shall reap n
reward that will not only reflect inatre on
hi*-native State, hot will illanrina the
councils of our grand old Union—a lustre
pure and bright as tho lamp of Delphi. 1
see that one of your correspondents, under
tub.” In the first place bis opponents say
that be has borne Congressional honors
long enough. If a good horse become*
accustomed to the hero ess, are you going
to role ia* him and try a new oue—under
go the same trouble again * The state,
ment, impotent in iU conception, is ad
vanced that the Southern part of the dis
trict should be represented. If that be
true, why dU these counties that consti
tute that part elect delegates to vote tor
Hammond? But the.most absurd aud
contemptible idea yet promulgated
is that Mr. Uamnxffid imagined
that “ha soon high above the
populace." I will not attempt to refute
suck* childish whimper, end will oely
say that each disciples are either born ~
you know, appointed anti -Hammond
gates; the why* and how that occurred I
will not stale, bet if a primary election
was held in Henry county to-day. Ham*
Aa it is, xur delegates will cast a grain of sand
in the tqmrkling stream, and soora two for
Goorgu Washington Bryan. 1 have noth
ing derogatory to say concerning Mr. Bry-
nn-far from it. But in the name of all
that's holy, why waste powder on the jaokai
when the lion is in the field ? The intel
lect of Col. Hammond, like the tower of
Pisa, inclines earthwards, but it points to
wards those realms of msjeetio power!
Jusrrru.
Albany.
August 4.—A few days ago severs.! young
gentlemen of the city presented Neil Wil
lingham with a handsome amt of clothes
nnd a beautiful uew hat, in token of their
friendship and high appreciation of bis un
tiring energies and efforta os a journalist,
since his connection with oar local paper,
to advince nnd “whoop ap" every local en
terprise, not only by lending his personal
aid, but the colum n of the journal he so
ably represent*. Neil wa* so proud of his
suit that his wife entruited him with a
trunk (for the first time sinoe his mar
riage) to ttansport it to the springs. He
hired tWb darkies to guard it and arrivod
there with it rnfely, but on his way home
the darkies went to sleep and
tho baggage smasher tbrowed it
over behind a Saratoga, and it
couldn't be found. Niel rollod up his
sleeves, hung his coat on the back of the
seat nud abused tho nmnngement of the
Central from Mr. Wadlcy down to the
switchman. On his arrival in Albany he
found his trunk but had left bis coat in
tho Montgomery oar. Straddling it hn
rode home to Mrs. W. on a diay with the
two negroes as body guards, and told her
they tried to get bis trunk but only got
away with an old coat he had on. He non
entered suit for $150.
Quito a nice little pariy leave to-night
forthe Indian Spring. Col. McIntosh, of
N. A A., and Gen. Theodore de Horn io Du
pont heads the list. It rains hero every
day, nnd the farmers are complaining
about rust in some localities and too much
rnin. Four* of n serious nature are enter
tained that tho crop will bo injured con
siderably. No reports of caterpillar from
any section, and all considor that their
prospect* aro the finest at present they
over had.
Politics arc doad; never hear oven a
street loafer mention it.
Oor artesian well fountain ia qaita an or
nament to tho dty, and we are going to
have a now tiro engine of tho latest pattern
and a telephone communication.
Guam Jomkm.
I.lncolnton.
August 3.—Lincoln oounty to-day sent
forth her whole people to the railroad bar
becue at Lincolntou. Never before was
thero assembled within tho limits of this
couutry village so large a concourse of peo
ple. They were there from all along the
lino, from Augusta to Elherton. A splen
did address was delivered by Hon. Patrick
Walsh. Ho Hs^ured the people that noth
ing was nearer the interests of tho citizens
of Augusta than tho building of thin road,
and he read a most encouraging letter to
tho convention from the Hou. Robert 11.
May. ()theivrailroad speeches wore made
by Mr. Johu P. Sherman, Mr. Fred Lock
hart nnd Mr. Verdery. There can bn no
doubt about the success of this road, and a
grand future is certainly before the people
of the upper Savannah. Hon. J. C. C#
Black, Judge E. 11. Putt to and Oen. A. M.
^ J.
Lnraar'OH.
August 4.—There will be a baskot pic-
nio nt Gray’s Ferry on Biturdsy, August
12. i verpbody is invited to uome with
well filled baskets. Col. Carson, ot But
ler, will deliver nn address. Cols. Tisin-
gcr, of Thcmaston, nnd Smith, of Knox
ville, have also been solicited to speak, and
will probably be on hand.
Our fanners havo not been able to do
any work in the fluids for ths past two
weeks, owing to the froquent showers of
rain. In fact it has rained every dny for
tho past eight or ten, and much anxiety is
felt for tho safety of the cotton, lest the
bills rot. Some damage has already re
sulted, as tho vonng forms and bolls are
beginning to fall off.
Bore eyes are prevailing in our commun
ity. L.
Kllnvlllc.
August 4.—Wo aro having too much,
rain. A great deal of the fodder is in
jured and some ruined. Wo have better
corn crops than any county in tbo State,
without any exception. Tho prospect for
ootton is very encouraging.
J. N. Scarborough. v>. D. Morrow and
Thomas F. Rainey are candidaies for rep
resentative. All of them nro good men.
Schley, Sumter and Maom get along finely
on the rotation system in regard to a Sen
ator. Hon. J. D. Frederick wiU be oar
next Senator, Charles F. Crisp oar next
Congressman nnd Allen Fort ou jrndge of
the Superior Court. This ticket soils ns
Miss Flora Smith, of Macon, is visltiug
the family of Dr. C. H. Smith.
A. J.Clsqhorn,of Oglethorpe, is spending
a few days with his parents. Me.
a run i».
August A—Two political conventions
met hers this morning, though their work
was virtually dono before they met. The
seleotion of Colonel Jamee S. Boynton by
Fayette county, as their ohotoe for Senator
made his nomination a foregone ooneln-
sion, and tho suooom of thedr/tloket in
the primary election of last Saturday nom*
inated Mr. W. K. H. Searcy for ths Legis
lature.
Our new railroad haa reoeived a tempo
rary setback by the new proposition made
by Freeident Brown on lad Saturday ask-
log for a subscription of $100,000, to be
paid as caliod for. Oar people are willing
to sabscribo tbo above amount to be paid
on the completion of ths road, bnt not ns
above. It is thought that the now propo
siti cn will be withdrawn.
Spalding Superior Court oonvenes next
Monday. The most important trial will be
against young Lytle, charged with
the shooting of Fred Hammond, who has
sinoe died from the effects of the wound.
Tbo fruit evaporating firm has ceased
operations, the machine not doing the
work claimed for it. It was sold with «
guarantee of 000 pounds of evaporated
fruit per day. but 3U) to 350 pounds was
all that could tie turned out. There was a
mistake made ia tt* shippingof the same,
the manufacturers sending a No. 3 heater
for n Nu. 4 machine, which w is the cause
of the trouble. Another attempt is to bo
made next season.
Messrs. G. W. Clark A Son, one of onr
most enterprising grocery firm*, made a
shipment of 1,'JU0 melons to Ginoinnati a
few days ago. of which one farmer of thh
o ran*)’ contributed 760. None weighed lees
than 20 pounds.
The Felrbara base ball dob has accept
ed the chalieuge of the Light foots, of onr
city, and ih* game will be played here tin
next Friday.
liTb* Muskrats, a dab composed ct
younger material, defeated the Ores*well*
here yesterday, by a score of 27 to 13. It
dose *eeui an though wo have to defeat
everything we encounter. J. L. M.
Eafania, Ala.
August In keeping with reports from
other sections, an a*.oxidant harvest will
ble-a tno farmers this season. We have
had plenty of rein the entire season, and in
each a manner as to best benefit the grow
ing crops. It is estimated that at least SO
per cent, ices cotton and 30 per cent, more
corn was planted than for several year*.
Merchants are smiling, end contemplate
luring in large stocks to meet the demand
tho farmers' snocess will certainly bring.
.With a flouring mill of two hundred
barrels opacity per day, a ootton seed oil
mill whose business would be a surprise to
many, an ice faotory to fornish the cool
ing and various other enterprises, Eufault
will compare most favorably with much
larger cities. X. E. O.
Tel button.
ret A—Last Tuesday, a party ooo.
siviiug of Mr. and Mrs. II. O. Brown, Col-
T. IL LnmsJcn, Misses Canning and Belli*
Gorman left on a tonr to Tallulah, Na-
ooochce valley and other points by private
conveyance. The party is well equipped
with buggies, tadde horse*, tents, guns
and fishing taekle, acd will be gone till
about September. It is a gay party and
they anticipate a splendid time.
The ball of the season was at the Thorn
ton lloass last night Antonio Cuto’e band
of Columbus, for the at Warm
Springs, furnished music. Among the vis
iting yoang ladies wbo attended the bell
were Misses Willie Miller, Buena Vista*
Belli* GoodalL Macon; Lilia Coley, Mon-
tezntna; Mol lie Gardner. Columbus; Miss
Can then. Bulls r; Willie Smith, Box
Spring; Mrs. Katie Uirt, Amcricu*
Mn. Clara Jo ey, America#; Mrs, Ben
Hateher, C olumbus. A number of visiting
young men were present.
Tbs picnic at the fair ground# yesterday
wasacraadMceet*. Major G.W. Maxsoo,
l Alburn Agricultural and Meettaiiteal
College, was the orator of the day.
Dr. Willi* Bert, of Amedeos, in visiting
While onr people would have beengUd
for lion, IL Persons to bare been nomina
ted for Congress from the Fourth distriot,
yJt they acoept his defeat resignedly and
will heartily support Hon. Hugh Buch-
The nomination for representative‘takes
plaee next Wednesday. A lively oontest is
anticipated. J. \V. H.
isiatare in Telfair oounty are Col. 8am
Eason, ram Fletcher, Fsq., aud Edmund
Ryals, colored. It is believed generally
that the solioitor general will be oleelcd,
bnt an election may be Ukenod to tbo ver
dict of a petit jury, very uncertain. Ed
mund, although a very snrewd negro, will
stand no chance, as a good many influen
tial men of bis own oolor are against him.
In Montgomery county there are ouly
four candidates in the field, all willing to
serv the dear people. They are Judge*
Johu McRae, Jesse M. Wall, Mathew
Sharp and Charles Bell, colored. The first
three obtained their sobrieqnots by being
judges of tho Inferior Court. They die
men of intelligence and ex-members of the
L'-vMature. Charles Ball is an industri
al)! energtli j man, and his election is not
improbable if the three judges remain in
the raoe. 4(emo.
Tnlbetloa.
Auouht A —I reached this thriving vll
lags yesterday. It was once my homo ond
I yet have a tender placo in my heart for
many of the good peop © who dwell on the
red hills and in the fertile valleys of old
Talbot. W hon last here, the railroad whioh
now connect* Talbotton with the balanoe
of tho world* had not been projected. The
changes are wonderful. Massive piles of
brick and mortar now stand where was
then bnt “vacant space.” Thrift, not that
whioh follows fawning, but tho thrift which
come# of enterprise nnd energy, is
visible on every han j. If the hopes of her
peoploare realized, and their enterprise
properly rewarded, Talbotton will soon
drop tho appellation of “village” and bear
tho well earned title of "oity." I attended
a very peasant hop ft tho Thornton House
last night. An elegant string band from
theaWrm Springs furnhhed tho music.
“Soft eye i looked love lo eyes whioh spoko
again, and all wont merry as a marriage
bell." And there were aome wbo kept pace
with the “racket.” The eyes of fire of tho
most elegant ladies in tho hall sparkled
with ths fjlook of recognition when
addressed as “Billie," “Jimmie" or “VYil-
lie." Besides those who danced there
were many “silent lookers-on,” aome of
them church membors, yoa know; and this
pots us to thinking if it is not as woll “to
laugh a# to cry,” ond to dance m to mope.
Wo think the follow who said he “naver
look more trouble to hi* heart than ha
could danco off at his heels," was somewhat
of a philosopher, after all.
Alton Chappell is in town, and seems as
much ot home aa he does in Americas. W.
Non roc.
Thomas Au*t«n and Charlie Cheatham
lasted four days and resulted in the bind
ing over of tho two former fo.- in voluntary
manslaughter and tho releasing of tho
throe latter.
Crops in this seotion wece never better,
nounced thomsolvee.
The Senatorial convention meets at So
cial Circle on the 17th.
August 6.—Two hoys were out hunting
yesterday evening, in tho neighborhood of
Gordon, and one thoughtlessly aimed his
gun at a bird between him nnd his com
panion, and brought him down instead of
tho bird. Dr. Bridge* was called in, and
an examination of the wounds proved that
thoy wore not dangerous.
Mr. Wm. Veal, a citizen of Twiggs conn
ty, lost his wife last week, making tho third
wife in less than foartoou mouths. The
flr»t died May 11,1881; the aocond July 21
1881, tho third July 21), 1882.
Tho third quarterly ooeferenoe of the
Gordon cirouit will meet at Libert# Hill
next 8 turday.
Fodder-pulling has begun. Ootton forms
are multiplying rapidly.
Fort Vnllpy,
Auoust A—At a very enthusiaatio meet
ing of tho citizens here on tho 3d inst, it
was determined to put it to too vote of the
people, on the ICth instant, Htbey will be
taxed to build an artoaian well.
Prof. J. W. Dozier, formerly of Ha tier,
will open a mixed aohoot here on tho 21st
instant. He is a splendid teacher, and the
outlook for a very flourishing school boro
is enoouraging.
The candidates are still abroad in the
lend. We aro glad to have ro many good
men willing to serve their country. R.
Romp.
Auoust A—A baseball game, played on
the 2d instant by tho Atlanta and Romo
dabs, resalted in a triumph for the form
er. A great deal of friendly excitemont
prevailed.
A negro woman attempted to drown her
self the other day. She was mad with the
“gndo man o’ tb* house," and thos sought
revenge. She was rescued by a neighbor
ing workman. It waa the seoond attempt.
The first ootton factory of Borne,
whioh wae lately organiz'd with a
oapital of $40,000, will have 2,000 spindles
in operation by the 1st of September. Tho
stockholders consist of tome of onr most
•nocesifol
Potter,
Brewer, _. ..
Hardin and T. F. ifowcll. No place in the
South hotter adapted to this industry. The
staple is here in abundance. Two systems
of railroads and two navigable rivers give
it eonvsnieut aoeosa to every part of the
world. A eompsn v has been organized for
noiaors consist or some or oar mosi
esfal and enterprising citizona. J. H,
ir, president; Wriy Patten. J. H.
er, H. G. Hardy, J. II. Reynolds, P. A.
The Rome Otl and Fertilizer Works
begin operation this season, two car loads
of ootton seed will pe consumed daily In
tb* produotion of oil. The “cake” will be
oonverted into fertilizer nnd slock food.
Rain still prevails. The oorn erop will
romlring.
be abundant. Cotton is not so pn
II.
TIIE GEORGIA P/HEM.
Wbat ci»« Peovlo riiinU end Do.
Tun Atlrertiser and Appeal invitee die-
cuss ion of a qaestion that deeply concern*
the people of Georgia, in the following
paragraph: “There ha* been much written
npouthia subject at the South sinoe the
war. Tnere have been' spasmodic efforts
to institute it. The time i* now ripe for
iUsaooe**ful iuaaguration. The Booth is
growing richer and better able to bring in
the old world’s markets. Her ootton, lum
ber, timber and naval stone are shipped to
foreign ports. Can any good reason bo
offered why a healthy system of oxohtnge
r hou Id not be effected of those commodi
ties for articles needed for consumption in
the South? Can any good rcaaon be of
fered why the vessel* sailing from our
South Atlantic port* with o .r ;oui of lum
ber or timber should not bring retarn oar-
goo# of coffee, sugar and other prodnots?
tthy w* should not exchange onr lumber
and timber to the Cubans for their sugprs,
molssessand other product*? Why onr
ootton should not be exchanged in Liver
pool for English goods need by ns? Why
most of the veseeli which call at oor ports
for cargoes should com* in bsllest when
heavy cargoes could be readily sold in the
interior? We invite communications on
this subject, of such deep intercet to our
peoplo of the South and to Brnaswhk."
Tnn.NVtrsanJ Farmer makes a favor
able report of the orops in Jefferson.
Tin Mxcox TcLUGuara, having acted
ths bully before tin State convention, i«
now noting the baby after it has been
whipped in the fight.—Urtjffa New*, Wei
you ought not to bother about it It wiU
never seek to interfere with yoor specialty
of majcimuM atlnua, on aU oueations.
Tn« Mxooa Tuunaara criticise* oor
Latin of test week. Well, the truth i«
Sidney, we were thinking jo*t then about
applying for a public sehooL—BlinkriJje
Democrat. We knew the mistake was ty-
K graphical, and were jnst after having a
U* fun.
BxnrafDOu Democrat: Uon. A. O. Ba
con caght to be elected to filF the firs’,
vacancy in the United States Senate. No
honor or trust maid be moro worthily be
stowed upon him. He te our candidate
forthU.Mll«I portion. Ui th. «r,
••Buna lot lh« monad through
oattUUnd.
Bon to ifijorfair ootto. in mom portito.
of OmmU, and caUrpUtari arodo>Uo,iDg
it in tube re.
In r»r,ly to th. oft-rap»'.d .UUmeat
that "madid Um for th. Uftola'ar. an
loonier ap,” all <n> h»n to •«, Is tot -.at
loom. W. oaa .ttad aa, po-.ihto aatonai
cf looming on thalr p-rL Ugtototon utv
loom, hot tho, mua't loot.
Tan Fort Gunn mhnn. n^atWectr
Hderabi* talk of eater pillar* ia cotton. It
farther says. “The ootton in this section
to loohlmiUdH^thatoamindnrMroan
,*i:o» and ni-erwaosl !uann predict a
short crop."
••tottutDoa.uxn Mat a deleiratior of
fifty.; to tb. hollnw. roofirtno. atOriBn
lut Monday.”—\y,, wo turn
urea-ion to remerubor it. Wo were Ii'lfen
»>>oolh. mre got to MUodgMIto,bat wo
didn't long roinmn in (hot bltoofnl and
much needed otato. Brom tho racket tho
deli getlou u»de, we thought tho nnmbor
wa. nt least seventy-five. They might have
beta in a Kate of great “peace,” but it
didn't eonnd that way to ns. Wo conies,
to hove felt not altogether "wholly’’ on tho
ocoasiun.
Dhmaellte: There is no nee in disputing
the fact, the Democratic party in Georgia
has gone over body and soul to the Inde
pendent*. The last platfor tx settle* it
u 1 Sfw rb,> i* baT ® klllfd twenty-five
sheep-killing dogs within the s^ace ot a
weok, and still the good work goes on.
I hoy kill more dogs and briug finer
P&ncho* to town than any boy* we know of
in the county. Mr. K. A. Graves put a
few email carp, about threo inches long, in
his pond in last Uecembor.and a little girl
h*hing there caught two about ten inches
m length last Friday. This indicates their
growth for six months. .It la a beautiful
nth.
“Tnu Macon Teleobxpii is authority for
the statement that Goa. Gartrell will com
mence his campaign by a spee h at Thom
as ville. Well, wo will bs glnd to sto him,
and we don’t think he could begin at % bet
ter place. Th - ro is a wide field for opera
tions here, as there are at present no Gar-
troll men here that we know of.’’—South-
cm Enterprise. Thomaston, aot Thomas-
ville, is the way we wrote it. But it is a
small matter where Pledger’s Uncle Lucias
begins or end*. He will go where the
woodbine twineth—all the same.
It la thought that oom will be worth fifty
cent* a bushel in Thomas oonnty. We
have a high admiration for the good sense
of tho Thomas oonnty farmers.
Tnu Southern Enterprise prints tho fol-
lowing extract from a private letter written
by Mr. Stephen to a man in Tbomaaville:
“It is still uncertain when Congress will
adjourn, and I shall have to remain here
sight or ten days to wind ap my business.
I think, howevor, I shall bo able to reach
Georgia about tho Pith or 20th of August.
Will then remain at home a week at least,
to give some attention to private matters,
nnd be present at onr court in eession
about that lime; after tiffs I will arrange
for my sabstguont movements. Yoa may
be sure I will take Thomasville In my
coarse. I also want to visit Americas, Al
bany, Qaitmsn and Valdosta, if possible.
This is all l can now say in tbo hurry and
pressure of business upon me." »
An hone<t editor will write what ho be
lieves to be right, regardless pf the opin
ions of his re ■aon.—Ishmaelite. Bight,
young man. Stick to that sentiment. Some
newspaper renders tmagine that it is a per
sona! affront to them when an editor dif
fers with them in opinion. To the credit
of the State, however, it mast be said this
class is *nydl, both in point of numbers
and inflaenoe.
Th* Fort Valley small boy, emulating
tho example of the Atlanta urchin, has
fallen frojn a fence and broken his arm.
Enquirer-Sun: Yesterday afternoon n
rncMt horrible accident ooo»ir»J st tlw»
Engle end Fhonix Mills. A negro who ws#
nt work in the dye department, stepped
too near a tab of boiling water and fall
backwards into it. Several employes of
the mill* witnessed the shocking accident
and rushed at onoe to rescue the unfortu
nate man. He wa* taken from the water
almost ns quick ns thought, but no I nntil
be htfd been fatally scalded.
Mb. Jack Passaxiouk, an old dlixen of
Harris county, is dead.
It is ntnted that the Wiregrass Watch
man will bo moved to Cochran.
Ishmaelite: Wo have not heard ot Gov.
Colquitt making n Sunday-school spoech
sinoe 1880, bnt mark tho prediction, if he is
indeed a candidate to succeed Senator
Hill, ho will bo hernl from on this line be
fore the meeting of tho next Legislature.
A wmrx man, while at a sate m Savan
nah, bad his pocket picked of forty dollar#,
nnd wept piteoudy. Tne Recorder st j
“It created some diversion from the
proceedings of the sale.” Such divetsion
would bt considered wicked in soae
placo*. We are inclined to think that
Savannah is going to the devil, units* the
“salvation army" should arrest her in her
headlong “carare."
Mont ru. cm a Weekly: Dooly connty
couldn't etand to vote for Stephen*.—Onr
seotion is now supplied with the “hominy"
but where is tho hog. Dooly county i«
one of the largest iu the State. Some day
It trill b« wmIiIi;.—Cuvud Iu out
vicinity are quite numerous and vexatious.
Thoy aro in the habit of nightly visiting
the premises of J. M. Duke, of our oity,
and rating tbs peaches from a tree that
stand# in his yard. the dwelling house
of Mrs. Rodgers, on ths plantation of Geo.
A*. Williams, near Oglethorpe, waa con
sumed by fire one night last week. Only
wearing apparel sarod. Furniture and
provisions an entire loea.
Tuzac is a pr spec) of a long and exoit
c 1 contest for tho nomination in ths fourth
distriot. It would be better to make the
nomination* by primary elections in ths
various counties, and let the eoavolidated
vote eettle the question—only Democrats
being allowed to vote.
Th* short-staple convention at Atlanta
had a howling time of it Bach animals
have no bnsinese voting, much lees bolding
office. The white Africans were rather
badly hustled by the black Africans. Ths
short-staple Africans aro evidently aaham*
ed to associate with their long-staph
ohnms.
Th* badge, button, ribbon, bolt, H
whatever else may tie used to mark the
championship, should go to Calhoon. It
is with feelings of deep solemnity—not to
any apiiolliag terror, that w* record the
following from the Calhoun Times:
“About two weeks ago, Mr. Smith, Itving
within a fow miles ot Cslhooa, on the
Oottannala river, lost a yearling heifer
about three years old, and os it was fine
stock, made diligent search hot could nut
find it. A few days ago a party of young men
fishing on the river vs re attracted by the
smell of a dsad oarosss, nnd upon examin
ing the muse, lo, nnd benolff t they foand
a monster catfish, which had swallowed
theoelf, and the horns of ths calf becom
ing entangled ia the fish’s gills had drown
ed the fish. Tbefish measured exactly 23
feet 7 inches, aud was A feet inches
aero** the head, and, from the length of its
make more than enough bread to Uo h«r
thij ye*r. Her corn crop was never moro
promt ring. Aecordiug to the lax rccoiv-
era report in auotber column, the taxable
property vi Cobb onnty ha* increased
$201,825 since List ye.tr. Do lastSanday
wo noticed that Mr. Chuck Andora-m’s
patch of mil'et was literally stripped by
innumerable caterpillar*. After th*y had
devoured everything bnt the stalks and
head#, the eeterp liars began to move off,
Their errand of destruction.
Th* Savannah Recorder advises people
to keep eooi. If bile it calls no names, we
are satisfied that special reference i« had to
brother McIntosh, of Albany. fVe unqual
ifiedly indorse ths philosophic opinions of
the Recorder, and hope oor llbany friend
will keep severely and desperately cooL
We know it is the best a taau can do nmler
ths circumstances. *
Mb. A. Metric, of Smithville, ae widely
and favorably known, is dangemasly siofe.
It is said that there is little hops of his re
covery.
Tan editor of tho Sumter Republican haa
beea preacted wi.h a sample of water-
melon syrup. The editor pronouacot it
“exceedingly good."
Tub Athens Banner. lt*a/<*Amaa teem* to
bo severely eschewing politios. It is suspect
ed that Gantt U drip,eased in aome way
with the outlook.
The Democratic party of Georgia wa*
never before in such aa nnsativfaetery po
sition. It does not know anything at all
discontent even in the more tamest c! tha
I papers that supported Mr. Stephens. Hare
is wbat the Waynesboro Herald says: “Wei
give oar readers in this issue Mr. 8tc-
pbeas's letter of acceptance. No fault can
be found with the principles ho announce*,
| for they are eminently correct. At the
tjr.'
Th* Waynesboro Herald haaa’t * very
high opinion of the beekbon* of th*
average Georgia legislator. The average
G. L. baa been somewhat of * toady to
Alfred Pasha. This exp’afns ths grab-
worm formation of hit backbone.
Sow* of Ike d*le{4'*« to th* late Jeffer
sonian c invention are jist getting home.
Don’t you know they h* I a ba l attack I
There wss no child's pUy in the tumble
they took with Ponce deLeon ep»»-g water.
Ou* attested neighbor, William Moore
of the Angara Keening .V*<ri,h<« lost hi*
mooring* and is rapidly drifting taro
polities.
It oely cost* five dollars, ia Savannah,
for a fellow to try to shoH his wife, raise
a row ia the street#, aud disturb the peeee
of * whole neighborhood. That is wbat
John Barrett was flow! lor mnking that
score of crimes. Savannah justice neo Is n
tonic. It is too feeble to bo out.
Tua baM-bnll lunatics are on the flv. the
catch and thn howl, all over the htate.
„ A ;,•“*> desperado, named Henry
Knisht, charged, with murder in Wayne
oonnty. and imt.ri-oncd at Wayoroa, came
“J boring through tho sido
« lth *? .*"*“• baa been
taken to Savannah foi eafe keeping.
la m «t to advancing
in tho marketa ot the Stale. *
A Mrib » »°n A™ dollars on n
wa^ertlmf'hoMoid not wr.te ao .legibly
Unit they conld bo retd by any person ot
ordinary intelligence, flvo hundred words
on a postal card.”
Oa tho first of Boptember tho Georgia
railroad inlands to pot afssttraln on ths
tMd between \ognd» anil Atlanta. It
will make the retrod trip In ten honre.
I* the primary election for a Congres
sional candidate In MoUnffla oonnty: tho
rots shrodt Keaia, WUj Black, 73;W
tie, 211 Du Bose, 20. The nomination of
Reese is almost a certainty. In the opin
ion of the writer of this paragroph-ono
for which this paper cannot bo held re-
tponsible—Mr. Black ought to bo nomina
ted for United Bta’.oa Senator.
Hum* and Schley ooantiee having gone
for Judge Crisp, the defeat ot General
Cook is a foregone conclusion, as ia tho
nomination of the former, if the majority
role prevail* in the convention.
Amothek negro has been drowned at tho
w4*rf in Savannah.
..A n . LL re r * ou " S**aonah negro, called
“Chacky, made an axsanlt on a deaf and
damb negro in Savannah, on Wednesday,
and tried to rob him. The mate resitted,
awl waa cut in the faoe, by the assailant,
who fled. Conatable Blmmona otteapted
to arrest the |would-be highwayman. In
the fraow Chucky waa shot and mortally
wounded.
Tn* city council of 8nvannah has decided
jainst tho building of any more etreot
railroads.
Much damage is reported to have been
recently done by reins in Stewart comity.
E V*'? r ‘ s ** reports tbo shooting
oMVm. Welchl yT.D.Mil er, in Lump-
kinjnnd a fight between two negroes in
Webster county, in which both of them
were killed.
Tnn SandersviUe Herald says: “The ar-
tea inn well at Toombs boro has reached the
depth of WXl feet, and now a fine stream of
wate' flows freoly from its mouth. Mr.
J. J. Palmer and Miss Emma L. Murphrco
were married at the residence of Mr. C. A.
McCnllers. the bride's brother-in-law. at
half pxst nine o’clock a. m. to-day, Rev.
Geo.O. Clark officiatinf. Meal is selling
in thi* market nt $1216 per bushel-higher
than it has been for ten yoars before. Ba
con hn* been selling at 15c per pound.
Tbe.«e fancy price* will, we hope, teach our
farmers a valuable lesson."
Tn* following from the De Kalb News
is the right sort of dootrine: “From prw-
ent appearance - it seems that the people
of De Kalb should not wait for nrocl»*»«
tion# nrdeH»»« «i..« v.^i.iug. ineir crop*
are flue nnd thoy are being weekly blessed
with good seasons. Thanksgiving should
be universal and spontaneous.”
Paorr.* that aend massages over the tel
ephone wires ought not to need to be ean-
tioned to speak decently, but it rosy not he
amise to reprodace ths following from the
Ranncr.Watchmam “Bo carefnl whal
message* you send over tho telephone
wires, as many of them connect withpri-
▼ate houses.”
Banner •Watchman: A farmer came
into town yesterday for the purpose of
hiring some bands. Tackling a crowd of
loafing darkios on the street, he propoaod
to employ thorn at good wages for a
month. “Look here, Mister,” explained
the spokesman of the squad, “do yert*ka
ut fer flsld haodi. We'so edleated callad
don’t propose to work in ths
son. They were doubtless expect
ing nn appointment from Mr. B,*er.
Tar pat term is dahwater nnd Ur. Ste-
phoas's letter i* no better. Will some of
th# experta'tell us how th* Democratio
platform and Mr.9teph*n*’s letter nr J going
to help ths Democracy in th# muth dl*
triot ?-—Th# platform of the oonveutiun
jot of stale PlsUtode* and sntiquat-
ed balderdadi. If Mr. Stephens’s letter
has improved tho matter muoh, there most
he something the matter with oar spect-t-
cies, for we cannot ses it. We shall sup
port Mr. Stephens as the nominee of th*
Democratic party. Huw enthusiastic that
••noort maybe tho future must deter-
into#.—erufc«..<j|« Jimgh.
Tnt AVirs and Signal makes the follow
ing creditable statement with reference to
tb* Ulaokshsar boys: "A matrimonial ia-
imranoe agent has been iniorviewisg om
yoang m»n for several days, but they doa’i
take hold of tb# business any to hurt.”
Tn* NVtrs and Signal contains an ohl»o
ary notlroof tn# Democratic part* of Oeor-
gia. It Is said to have “died in ths ciiy of
Atlanta on the lHlh dar of Jsty lost, af »#r s
protracted nnd rsintel illees*." It Js prob
ably oniy a ease of so.vsndod animation.
Wssr Ponrr Enterprise: Oq To«si*y
last, al Hooker’s fish Pond, in n#rri»
county,* while the ft*?. Mr. Ilo#h 0ar*ni-
cbasl was baptizing a cat I1811-, hs tell
into a dsptn cf water over hts h»ad an
eank three timre. The ihres eandidtta.
for baptism u#ed evsry effort to reeorer
him. bat were ansneceatful, whereapoa s
negro man standing on th* bank jam?H
into the pond and snawoded In rescuing
him. The negro displayed maali cool
ronrage, and is highly commended for Ms
Lind conduct. Mr. C. was soon rottored
to perfect vitality, bat ran a great risk of
losing Ins lifo.
Bam*wrox Arlrertlser and Appeal:
Crude turpentine has advanced n lilt!#
ainoe oar last isene. We quote it to-day nt
$3.00(g«L26. There were two cases
ot sunstroke on hoard the btrk flaow
Queen test ftalarday. Th* mate and «n*
seaman. The »micm died from the
effects.
Th* Colombo* Timet eery tmthfeily and
pointedly aaje: “The stock law has been
in operation in Rockdale county #lho# Jan
uary, and it ia eald the fanners are wrii
pleasad with the experiment, s-s far. Noi
a single dlalarbance ha* gr-wn out of it.
r et oilier eonntiea m*k* a not* of this. It
ia only necserary to tr? H for oae year,
nnl then no ordinary tadaaemnii
coaid bo offered to rebuild (he cosily
fences.”
Mm. and Mrs. D. L, Docker, of Colom
bo*, celebrated thttr golden wedding on
laetTacsJay, u we Kara from the Co-am
bus Times.
Mb. Berjauik Uassr.nv/an ot J and ploas
citizen of Coloutbas, i* dead.
Wm do not know anything of mnteors,
mod ws don’t w\nt to lie aces#etl lying
if none *ro even on the nights of tho 0th,
10th and 11th inst. It is eaid there will
be a regular boom amone the meteor#
during iV»t night#. W* don't believe it
*?roug erough to til up to tail the matter.
Young folk* that are courting alwayi
have strong faith. They w U #it op to tat
the raetr.ir*. Later in life some of them
will be able to “so# stars" without any
trouble.
Tn« yoang Democracy” of Chatham
county have pledged tbsmaelvet to support
Mr. Uex ft. filaok fur re-election to Gan-
grota. Physical qualifications for nffic*
seem to bs matter# of no moment with
Georgia Democrat*, wbo *eem to be down
with n hopeleas attack of most ridieulom
sectimettAlisra. Ws have no doubt An
drew Jrxke»n could poll a heavy vote for
the Presidency ia tbisSmio.
Tita boys that run the Augusta Setts art
not deacons tn the church, but they aro rr
lattU to George Waebingtuo. They are
especially reliable on all subject# ha vim
r#terc::re to Atlanta aid Atlanta men. It
is needless to say that the following from
the boys, with referenee to that rare *
r.tsl, “an Atlanta man," is too share
is tic not to be trae: “Aa Atlanta men who
was sleeping with a brace of revolt or*
and married a woman wbo snores.'
Keening Setct: The mousy drawer of s
Georgia paper was robbsdth* othsr day.
A tramp ws* seen in this town shortly
thereafter with a nlckle, and it ia thought
be was ths robber.
William Moons, of (hs Keening Setts
smiles fsotly, rubs his portliness aud re
marks t “The persimmon erop is urn cm-
monly large, and there will be plenty of
persimmon beer aud fat 'possum l«iI
winter."
Want we read an advertisement calling
for the return of a borrowed umbrella, me
are reminded that aome men are dwelling
in a state of Drimmval and nn*cf bitti**tcd
simplicity. Cain and Abel, ws do b! not
C rotnpUy returned all ths umbrella* thrj
.trowed: but that waa sameUme ago. Tb-
“b ack si,* umbrella with white ham’lV
advertised in the Tooeoa Sews, has proba-
b y goes on aa excursion to Talln'ai
Valla. The ptares that once know it w.l
knew it no more forever.
Wuls a Georgia former was hoeing hi*
potatoes a few iUj# ago barefooted hi# big
toe worked np through tb
he's bra
told before the war. It takes the Chronicle
a fearfully long time to get hold of a joke.
Judoi Nicholson wont to school with
Aleo Stephens’s grandmother.—Banner.
Watchman. How old did you eay the
Judge is ?
Tu* bay and grain itores of J. P. Bond
«t Uo., of Savannah, were burned on Fri
day morning. Tho building Hnd stock
were insured. There were three fires in
Savannah within twenty-lour hours, none
of them very serious,
It seems singular that intelligent Geor
gia editors can give utturanco to so much
nonsene* alout “abolishing" tho two-thirds
rule. Beforo a rule can bo abolished it
must have an existence. An oxUtenoe tho
two thirds ralo has never hnd, except tem
porarily, as adopted by each convention.
What the late convention did was to refuse
to adopt tho undemocratic two-thirds rule.
—Early County Sews. If the two-third*
rule were not tho Democratio rnle, why
wxs it considered necessary by the Col
quitt convention of 1880, and by the pre
sent executive committee, that there ahonld
be a special reference of the matter to tho
peoplo for Instruction ? The “nonsense"
of throe bodies seems to be wiser than the
wisdom of the Sews.
Womb an Atlanta nogro Btoata a water
melon he lakca to bis heels, nnd on Atlan
ta policeman rone after him, and does not
catch him.
Mxm Mollis Vomit, of Atlanta, took
morphine, by mistake, for quinino. She
found out h«r mistake in time to have nn
antidote administered and her life saved.
CoNDUoroa Mats, of the Western nnd
Itiantio railroad, arrested a Polk connty
dangaationitt, by the name of Campbell,
on hii train, on last Friday, rn l t- mod
him over to tha Msrietm officers uijas-
tics. This is said to be tho first on#e un
der the law olotkmg conductor* vn»n y.*
lire powers. We hope tho dangn uio«. is
will have a hard tl— - -- sto#
railroad* in the St
bo I real nuisance.
Tun steam launch Tybsc, the forerantu t
of Itobcnon’s tub#, sank iu tbo Bavinu»«
river on Thursday morning.
A truck ran over a fie* in 8avaannh on
Thursday, killing it instantly. “Btarii
favors thankfully received.”
It looks queer, but it is true, thatita-
vnnnnh pteaehers go over into Dulloeh
county ou missionary work. A fellow
oonldn’t go a quarter etrclch in Bavannah
without colliding with at least a dozen
heathen. But thero seems.to be a peculiar
glitter and attractiveness about tho needs
of far-away heathen.
A nATTLzsxAJuc was seen by a tmmbfgflv^
;ople in Madison square, Savannah, oa
hursday morning, No effort was made
to kill it
It Is said that some adventurous soul
intends to start another literary paper In
the seaport town of Atlanta.
Bbown and Pledgor were not found
guilty before Recorder Glenn for having
raised a row at tho Radical pow-wow, and
for trying to effaoe P. Farrow’s color line.
x Would I Werei» ISIrtI
Peek's Sun.
An Iowa girl poet sends us a poem, the firet
lino ot which Is ss follows:
• would I were a bird."
That settled her htrh. No bird# need apply.
What la tho wide world a decent loot mg.
healthy girl wants to be a bird for, la more th*u
we c*u Imagine. (Jrenting that an Iowa girl
IK>ct Is a# handsome a# a statue, how like thun-
derttie would look as a bird, sitting on a rail
fence on ono leg, scratchlnx her feather# with
one claw, or hopping down under a gooseberry
bush scratching lor angleworms with her bare
toenails. If the girl poet bird should find an
angleworm she would run away and scream.
hut maybe it ia not that kind of bird she want#
to he. There 1# no kind of a bird that ean have
so much as a girl. Asa gtrl sh« langotoall
place* of amusement, daucu and flirt and get
maahod, but as a bird, with nothing ou but
bathers, ths would catch cold. Imagine a girl
poet flying around lu tho trees, hopping from
limb to limb. Bbe would hare tho
wholo town watching her and;m*Llng remarks.
Think how a girl poet would feel
If she was a brid and should
t>* moulting. 8ho would watch every
feather that dropped off, and wonder how long
III* leathers were going to hold out. And then
if thu girl poet was a bird she would have to
w t. If she was that kind of a poet, or a bird, aud
the sotting would commence Just when there
wa* the most going on In society, aud she
would hare to lUyatsht by regardless, so t af
ter the poet bird gffiiir of the neat she would
look sick and It would take her six weeks to
recruit up so a* to make a decent appuoraace
In bird society. If a girl poet dwires to be a
bird la order to get out of the duties of life, n- •
as to nave a high old time chirruping around,
stealing cherries, and singing tho livelong day,
*ht make* a mistake. Hires may scum to bo
fret- from care, and to hav* a soft thing, but
is among human beings, and a guod-ht/dug,
well dressed bird, wb©>U any slrte m«,ui h«r,
and 1# a trine ludependent and jolly, will find
that she will g«t her feather# ruuitdsd, and be
called names, and she will wish some boy
with a he ad snapper would fire a load of beans
right through her. Our lows poet duet not say
w hat kind of a Mid she would 111# to be.
but we can’t think of any kind of a bird that
would bo a# good as a girl, of i ir^* .«ho
wouldn't want to be a cauary bird, or a mock
ing bird lua cage and have toBing tor hemp
ac«d and mocking bird food, aud look out for
cat*. She would probably want to !- a wild,
out door, go as-you pirn* sort of Mr 1. Well,
there Is uone of that kind that L pctt> ctly safe,
aud who Aiwa)# have a good Ume. If our gtrl
poet bird was a duck or wild r.-w -o,
might bellying along someday when there
would a puff of smoke tinder h« r. aud she
>rou!d feel a< though she had a hot box, and
would gooff and #U on a muskrat bouse all
night rucking No. dahotout of her nirat. or the
aocond Joint or elsewhere as the ca« i... s ht be.
Weather Prediction# for August.
Baltimore Sun.
Ta the Editor e/the Sun—His: With nil hi*
prophetic splendor F. J. De Voeshin?* In jf
torday'adws. lie appear# lu * h-. •..,< *, nut
of prediction# for the month of August. A
wteo prophet la always cautious. De Vne told
u* that In July “there would bo danger of s in
strokes’’—a pretty safe prediction. And It wat
verified 1
1 hereby challenge Mr. D# Vo* to a predict
nc mti'ii for a leather medal. I don l kuonr
vhalkind of weather w# are going 1? have,
out 1 reckon 1 can gntas. I'll eiu^eio knock
Mm out of Ume in four predictions. . By
jrayofafrteadtrvt lo, I’ll bogia with him.
1 •• r’ho luimUt of August will be close, mu^y.
;; It will be warm and fair, brigh
beautiful. I claim the flm knockdown i
along the New England coast"
Jhey won't; they will be west of New Tn*-
•Ths dryest weather will occur over tbo
State# of Itlluoli and Iowa "
fall
No; In those Bute# the heaviest rains will
Cold northeast storms will occur over the
south Atlantic and east Uull Htate*."
He knows nothing about them. Th»y won't
come there at all.
“Very heavy thunder showers will In
Ohio aud the Middle Htate*."
There will be only one very heavy thun I. r
■bower In Ohio, anda few ot ordinary ?iat. *
m the Middle Htates.
"The thunder #bow*»J will reach tt.lv vlriul-
tv ah.'Ut the i-t, th,7ta,i:th, i:th, :x\, ..;h,
ink."
In thla he Is as cautious as th* boy who hit
each eud of the norm to make aura of hitting
the bead.
But U is easy to beat these prophets. Didn't
they til tell ua that w* were to have an 'ex-
oj»ctonally cool summerT" My figum for
ih ut. ter ttiowcr# ar* the 2d, 4th, Sth, Mb, 11th,
nth. lTthand lath.
"There will be a coot spell from th* flat to
the 27th."
Here again he is on the safe ttde. i'll go Mm
oue better: There will be a ooolU lu Jana-
It Will not It will hardly be up to Um aver*
Tg«.
^•Ttor^prevalllnf wind# will be south and
Isi.ES&rHs? 1
This vi.1 ui,t do,
old gcLLrwaa. We o#c*l to hear that joke
Bki
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