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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13,1885.—TWELVE PAGES. 1) THE NEWS IN GEORGIA GATHERED BY CORRESPONDBNT8 AND FROM EXCHANGES. A (ilaore* Thronarh tlir Papers-Narrow Es cape From Drowning—Father ami Son Fight—A Fair of Jacks— Gin Accident — Notes* Pencil, Paste and Scissors. Gibson is to have n first-class -hotel. There is a scarcity of white mechanics in Sparta. Senoia is to have a paper, to be called the Sentinel. A Warrenton man has invented a quilt- inn machine. The Hawkinsville News lias entered upon its fifth volume. Douglass county holds her whisky elec tion ou the 28th. Judge Elias D. Waldron, ordinary of Ware county, is dead. Covington’s military compnny is nego tiating for new uniforms. The young men of Cochran nre having fine sport with the foxes. John S. Fountain is a candidate for rep resentative from Wilcox county. The population of Gibson has increased twenty per cent, in the hist three months. Six boys passed Waycross the other day tramping it to Jacksonville. They haile'd from Atlanta. Capt. W. H. Morgan, of Americas, had his hands pretty badly scarred by his en gine a few days since. Cards nre out for the marriage of Mr. Henry Solomon, of Americas, and Miss ltosie Morris, of Atlanta. T. H. Wooten, of Wilcox county, recently carried to Hawkinsville two bales of cotton weighing over 800 pounds each. Expensive Fnn. Seventy-five dollars is the -price nsked a young man at Jug Tavern for throwing an apple across the aisle during preaching. % A New Industry. An order was received in Gwinnett coun ty a few days ago for 2,000 pounds of pen nyroyal and nightshade. It was all gath ered and shipped in one day. riilloxnpliiral Young Men. The boys say that they like rainy Sun days for two reasons: First, they nre sure to find the girls nt home; second, they can't go off driving with some other fellow. —Walton News. ' Gin House Humeri. On lust Saturday night Cant. John P. Beady, of Webster countv, nod hia gin house burned by an incendiary. Lohh, be- aide house and outfit, one nnd a half bales cotton in the aeed.—Americus Kepublican. Tlie Work of n Scoundrel. Frank Daniel, a white man living on Mr. B. J. Hightower’s place, Johnson county, was shot by an unknown party one night lust week while Hitting aronnd liin hearth stone. One or two of the shot took effect in the head, but proved only alight wounds. r-DnUbi Post. An AtwaMtin'ii Mistake. Last week, Saturday night a negro named Abe Frink, made An attempt to aaaaaainate Mr. W. B. AVetaon, of Simmona’ Hammock, Fla. Mr. Wataon had retired for the night and placed his clothing on a chair. The ne gro mistook them for Mr. Wataon, nnd he riddled hia supposed victim with buckshot. Monster Sweet rotators. We saw two monster aweet potatoes the other c’ay, one weighing ten pounds and the other over eight. These potatoes were tAken from different lmtchea and were of different varieties, which will yield all of one hundred bushels to the acre, and all of them are large and very aweet—Dalton Citizen. America* Property* From the report of the hoard of assessors we get the following statistics regarding the assessed value of property in Americus for the year 1885: White. Col'd. Total. Money $46*900 $ 036 9406,996 Stock Id trade, 31*6*3 1.075 36*666 Real estate 673.794 77,300 149.004 Other property, 120,385 11,026 131,411 Cols. B. M. Davis, M. G. Bayne, It. W. Patterson and Solicitor-General Hardeman, of Macon, and Col. W. 8. Wallace, of But ler, are the non-resident lawyers attending court. The Farmers of Thomas County. Thomahville, October 0.—The farmers’ clubs from various parts of the county hold a union meeting in Tliomasville to-day. The discussions were interesting and in structive. These clubs promise to he very benetieial to the farming interests *of the county. The members of the clubs say there is strength in union they have heart!, and they have felt the need of it too long already. They propose now to give it a test. They feel encouraged already to hope for great results. Postmaster for Sixteen Years. Cakterhville, October 7.—Judge Jesse It. Wikle, our retiring postmaster, has served the people about sixteen consecutive years. He was postmaster about ten years before the war. He is a very patient and polite gentleman, always accommodating to the public. His record is a good one, and lie has always stood well with his people and the department. His successor. Major William Milner, is a high-toned, honorable gentleman of unim peachable integrity, and liis business qualitt- kill him before he could testify against them. Several witnesses are being examined and the case will uot lie closed to-day. The mob indicted serious wounds upon ’Mattox with rocks, hut the shots from tne guns did not go through his house so as to do any personal injury. Much bad blood is work ed up over the. matter. A PAIR O’ JACKS. •Vo Precious Knaves of I lie Same Name l>ut Different Color, A pair of Jacks have been given quarter at the county jail, to await the action of the next session’ of the Superior Court. As to whether they are right or left bowers will be determined by a jury. Jack Graham, a white man, who in the spring moved to this county from Pulaski, was arrested last Wednesday morning on a warrant charging him with abusive language to a lady. He was arrested on this charge, hut it is believed that sufficient evidence can he produced to convict him of burning a crib and about forty bushels of corn be longing to Mrs. Henry Gay, living four miles from this place. Graham hears a had reputation, having been tried for murder. Jack Graham, a negro living ou Mr. C. A. Guytou’s place, Buckeye, was brought in yesterday afternoon, having been arrested INTERESTING BITS. KISSES. Tlie kiss that l>y a child in Riven, Who still with kisses only plays, Who knows uot yet the kisses heaven. Ne'er warms my soul with pleasure's rays. The kiss that kindly friendship presses. Although affection's tie l>e strong. To the true class of real kisses Cau never properly belong. The klaa that bears my mother's blessing. Her loving prayer soft hoveriug near. Her wrinkled hand my head '•pressing, la one I justly should revere. The kisses given by a sister Are very k«kh1 for trial sip*. But when, returning them. I've kissed her, i* fancied her another's lips. deuce in the commitment trial disclosing conclusive proof, he was placed in jail for safe keeping. It is believed that he bos been stealing hogs for a good while. His last departure in this direction was the kill ing of one of Mr. S. J. Rellam's hogs, for which he was convicted as above stated.— Dublin Post. cations are sufficient for him to discharge all a wa *rant of hog stealing, and the evi- his duties in a satisfactory manner. iWolnG.* ™mmu.nont tn»l .Wlrorino THE MIKADO PLUM. A Curious Tree That Dears a Single Plum Now and Then. Albany, October 7.—Some years ago there were a great many Japan plum trees in Albany hut they have gradually disap peared until only a few are left. Of these the largest and oldest one is on Colonel Tift’s place in the northern part of town, and this tree lias something of an historical origin. In 1HG‘2 Colonel Tift was in New Orleans, building the Confederate gunboat Mississippi, and during his stay there lie secured a good many seeds, among them this plum seed. It was planted in the yard of his home in Albany, nnd, during the twenty-three yenrs that have passed since then it bus grown nnd flourished. It is now white with blooms, nnd, if the season is propitious, the fruit will ripen in April. But it is not often that the season suits, and frequently there is no fruit at all. Last year it bore one singlo plum with one seed (there are usually two or three seeds). This single seed was planted, and the plant is now a few inches high. In twenty-three years from now, if things go well, it will probably hear a plum. Colonel Tift has a handsome income, hut I understand that it is not derived exclusively from his Japan plum orchard. To do the fruit strict justice, however, there is another variety of this tree here that bearr. somewhat more freely— still, there is not a fortune in tluifc kind, either. r brother re- FREE WILL BAPTISTS. Fiftieth Session of tlie Chattahoochee Asso ciation at Dlukely. Rlakej.7, October C.—The fiftieth session of this association was held with Friend ship Church, Miller county, commencing on Friday, October 2, and closing, on Sun day, October 4. This association embraces all* the territory between Flint nnd Chattahoochee rivers, and extends to and along the Muscogee railroad. It also em braces the counties of Lee nnd Chambers, in Alabama. There are forty churches in the bounds of the association, with forty ministers. The following delegates attended this session: W. A. Phelps, Columbus; W. C. Duttiu, Columbus; H. A. Rodgers, Columbus; Theo. Davis, Poindexter, Ga.; W. A. Hooks, Lively, Ala.; Rev. I. T. Knight, Ward’s Station; J. T. Hamhrick, Ogletlihrpe; D. G. Barfield, Oglethori»e; J. A. King, Ogle thorpe; W. M. Croinor, Oglethorpe; J. R. Diicunuth, Americus; J. M. Bray, Butler; 8. N. Little, Butler; B. O. Brown, Church Hill; J. B. Watson, Bucnn Vista; J. V. McCardy, Grangevillo; i>. P. McDonald, Blakely; J. N. Wilson, Colquitt: A. J. Shef field, Colquitt; Rev. C. C. Martin, Bethel, n.. . n \c Showing an lacrosse of t *1.492 Thi* does not look iw if America* wiui go ing hackward.—America* Ueconler. THOUGHT IT WAS A FIRE, Ifow tho lliltlcr ProMldtlonlits Cloned the Last Dar-rootn. An amnsiug incident occurred in Butler on Thursday morning, October l«t. At the honr of I o'clock a. m. every bell in town begun to penl forth it* solemn sound, and buy person*, not «ware of the intention of the ringing of the bell*, began to run and hollow "fire!" The night waa dark and rainy; a big tiro had been kindled by the enthnaia*t* in the middle of the street, composed of old boxes well saturated with kerosene oil, and really im sonteda sight of reality. Aa men and !*>>•*, both black ami white, reached the blaring struc ture, half exhausted from fatigue one shoe off and one shoe on, they were asked the question why were they running, by those who understood the joke, when really they couldn’t tell why they were running, hut still the belle rang long and loud. It was soon however well understood, when they eamo to think that the laatbar room in But ler had been closed, and the fire which for Ilf tv year* past had been lmming so brightly, nnd bail caused the destruction of more life and property than *11 the blaring tire* combined waa being extingnUhed. Everybody rejoiced at the tbonghta of better days’ It cannot be said that the prohi bitionist* did all the work, or even foraud all the plans, but prohibitionists anti-pro- hibiUontsts and all joined in with * hearty l..nJ to bid farewell to mm and gin.—But- ler Hemhl. .. Jackson Cannot 1»* Found, Axihuci-k, Octolier 7.—No further devel nnment* in the W. It. Jackson poat-office defalcation. Major Black left here Sunday for Alabama, snd up to the present wnting lias been nn&ble to find Jackson. The iKMt-office department ha* been telegraphed the case, snd the department has sent down ;r to assist in scenting the defaulter. Ga.; G. W. Clenvlnud. Rev. C. C. Martin waa elected moderator, G. \V. Cleveland, clerk. Rev. C. C. Martin and Rev. Mr. Olive, of Alabama, preached Friday. Saturday, Bev. B. Q. Offerson, of Poindexter, delivered a fine discourse giving the faith and practice of the clinrch, which differs from other Baptist in linving open communion or oa Rev. Mr. Martin said: Free salvation, feet washing and open communion." lUv. Sir. limy also preached on Snnday Rev. Measrs. Kniglit, Mize nnd D. P. Mc Donald delivered impreasive disconrsea. There waa a large crowd in nttendnnce Saturday, and a bonutifill dinner waa spread to which all were invited, and no one went The Sabbath dnv dawned beautiful anil bright, and by 10 o'clock an immense crowd hail nsaembled which waa increased by large ndditionn from Blakely and elsewhere. By 11 o’clock the arbor waa crowded toliaten to the ministers who waa to occupy the pulpit It waa estimated that there were on the gronmla 1,000 persons, and we wondered where they all came from, as the county seemed very sparsely nettled. The question was often naked, “Will they be able to feed the crowd?" Between 12 nnd 1 o'clock the congregation was lUsiuisaed for dinner, nnd then began the busy scene. A long table A REPORTER’S “SCOOP. He 'Writes Up Ills Own Suicide Before lie Commits It. Quincy (Ill.) Special. On Thursday evening a pistol shot was heard in the private hoarding-house of Mrs. Fayon, on Eighth street, hut nothing was thought of it at the time. Yesterday morning, as the chamber-maid en tered one of the rooms, a ghastly pectacle met her eyes. Sitting in a chair near a table on which he had been writing was the deiul body of M. M. Wood, city ed itor of the Sunday Optic. A revolver lay at hissido and one of the chambers was empty. On the table were twenty-seven closely written sheets of reporters’ piiper, the long article being addressed to “My * porters.” It began as follows: “When you romo to sift this matter and up, your articles will be about as follows: “Shortly after supper last ovening the report of a pistol was heard to issue from a room at tuc Fay House, neaj Eighth and Hampshire streets. Thoso who heard the noise thought little of it at first, but investiga tion revealed the fact that Sir. M. M. Wood, a I Hoarder at the above named house, had seized a re volver and deliberately shot hlmbc lf through the brain.' ” In this way he gives a detailed occount of his own suicide, ending with these words: ‘As you read these lines no doubt you will won der what can be the condition of a mind that would dictate siteb words. Tho novelty of this paper, if I am allowed to use the term, will show that an af fected mind is at the back of it. No sane person would write as 1 have. “Header, it requires nerve to tako one's life, and is uot a weakness In me to say that aa I write these Hues I am trembling like an a*]M-n leaf. Be fore me on this marble slab lies a death-dealing revolver charged and cocked, and as I look at It my heart almost leaps into my mouth. It is a fearful thing to take one's life, and I can't see how so many have the heart to do it. But here goes—" Mr. Wood was at one time city editor of the Herald and later of the Journal of this city, and had been connected with news papers in various capacities for years. He was well liked as a carefnl, hardworking re porter, and his death is greatly regretted by he Quincy press. In his letter lie admits that his mind was not right, nnd that it had been unsound for years. He suid that he threatened to kill himself two years ago, and that then his father could have told the cause and every thing else about it, but that now his father has not the remotest idea of the causes which prompted the act. After referring to his failure in holding journalistic positions nnd unpleasant relations with his father, he says that the real cause of his suicide is a trouble that he has s]>oken of to no one, and which has been staring him in the face for a year or more, until it grew so heavy that he conld stand it no longer. an officer t A Light Fine. Marietta, October 7.-The KJW who created such a disturbance here jester- day was tried thi* morning at mayor's court. He was fined com- tamely nothing according to the he «>i imitted—only V. and cost one esse snd the cost in another wbicb ■mints to HI- Yonr correspondent wsa linlv the cense of hi* being caught, and it sorry now he had anything to do with it, c be caine "ff *0 light. i put up out of the planks that bad been used for seats, and from every- baggy, wagon nnd cart there seemed to come forth s box, trank or basket. The Indies soon had the table reedy, which groaned nnder the weight of solid nnd snlistantial final, interspersed with cakes, pies, custard, jellies, pickles, etc. Dinner we* announced nnd all were invited to come up nnd partake. The immense crowd did full justice to the diuner set before them, and all seem to have ■lenty, anil there waa left over enongh to eed several hundred more. Coffeo was made ita n wnsli-pot, and many gallons wen- served to the crowd. There were only about n dozen negroes on the ground, and a more onlerly nnd well-behaved crowd was never seen. To llev. Mr. Wornble nnd his kind lady I am nnder obligations for kind hospi talities shown me, INTIMIDATING A WITNESS. Six Men Charged with Conspiracy-All Ag- gravated Case. News an, Oet. 7.—Deputy United States Marshal W. B. Gaston tminglit over from Gsrrollton thi* morning Isham Mitchell, Alliert Harris, Bob Hines, Rich Hightower, Tbomoa I* Duke and MV illis Beckwith, all charged with conspiracy to intimidate wit- nesses and revenne informers in Carrollton. They are to lie tried before United States Commissioner Orlando McLendon, under a complaint made by D. J. Mattox. Oscar Reci, Felix N. Cable, of Carrollton, and Hon. P. F. Smith, of Newnan, appear for the defendant*. This is an aggravated case, growing out of a series of complaints of sundry parties who have been netting liquor without li cense snd evading the revenne law* in that section. These illegal acts culminated in In attack on Mattox Friday night, the mob going to hi* home with guns snd rock. Our Superior Court is andshooting at him while in bin house with rftira hda fESjTMaUox bad been tamcMutAin 1 - - itneea for the . nlte.1 States How to Keep Their Months Shot, A little conversation that took place tlie other day may throw some light on this statement. Two young ladies, bosom friends, were nbont to retire. It was the hour of midnight—the hour when young girls are confidential with each other. Al ice was polishing her finger nails. Ethel waa braiding her hair. There was a spell of silence, broken only by the steady rub, mb of the polisher and the rattle of Ethel's bangles, Suddenly- an idea struck Alice. With one bound she sprang to her feet, showering pink nail powder nil over the enrpot. "Ethel, what do yon think? I only heard it lo-ilny. I forgot to tell yon before, and I've been just wild ever since.’’ Ethel (with n mouthful of tortoise-shell hairpins)—“Um-nm. ” Alice—“Now, brace yourself. You’re going to get the biggest surprise yon ever had in your life. Bobby Burton is a mar ried man, and he's got a boy 17 yean old right here in San Francisco." Ethel (letting the hairpins drop on the bed and wiping her month)—“1 thought so, It never fails.’ Alice— “Thonght so! How conld yon think so? Haven't we all snpposed him a bachelor for years snd yean? What never fails?” Ethel—“Oh, something. Now, Aliee, if I tell yon, will yon give me yonr solemn promise never to notice what I say or think anything of it?’’ Aliee—“On my solemn word of honor. Go on; go on.” Ethel—"Well, remember yonr promise, now. Well, I've got a way I can tell a mar tini man from a bachelor, and it never failed yet, only I thought it bad until just *yon mean thing, and yon never told mel Go ahead!” Ethel—“Well, when a bachelor wants: to kiss a girl—now, Alice, if yon giggle I won't say another word—when a bachelor wants to kina a girl he always asks her permission or asya something about it first. And that isn't all. He generally says something about it afterward, too, which is very em barrassing.’’ • Alice-"Anil a married man—why-y Ethel?” Ethel (with dignity)—“I don’t say a mar ried man, yon horrid thing. I say n man who ha* been married. MVhen he want* to kiss a girl be doesn't say a word. He just ‘ sac* her.” Alice—"And afterward?" Ethel—“And that's all there is about it!” -Jut wbeu the kiss that Liars atves me, When my entreaties cud iu bliss! She ItlushlnR, kiMtCH, trembles, leaves, me, Aht there's a kiss that is a kins. The snlary of n good designer in jewelry is $1,000 a year. The new census in Boston shown a popu lation there of 880,000. No less than 18,001 young women ure nt college in this country. Sea sickness caused the death of a yachts man off the English coast recently. The Mills building, on Broad street, New York, gives office room to 3,000 persons. Immioranth landed at Castle Garden ho far this year, are fewer by 25,OIK) than in 1884. Somebody pocketed a $250 orchid nt the sale of fine plants in New York on Wednes day. Hkideldero University will celebrate tho 500th anniversary of its’ existence next Au gust, Lieutenant Rchwatka and Engineer Mel ville nre agnin laying their plans to find the North Pole. M. Bocbdon, n chef, shot himself in Parii because a wedding breakfast gotten np bj him wns a failure. At the Armstrong Works, in England, i gun that will cast a cue ton shell fifteen rnileH boa been made. "A cuank is a man who has a capital idea with not sense enough to carry it out,” says Dr. Crosby in n definition. It is estimated that there have been Turk ish rags sold in Boston recently in sufficient quantity to cover Boston common. “The custom of compressing the fogv beads of infants is fnst dying out,” writes a correspondent among the Flatheads, grim ly- A North Carolina farmer recently bought a tract of land for $2,200, anil the very next day sold from it a towering walnut tree for $1,800. Prof. Bartholow says that chloral is the most effective remedy for cholera, nnd it* power ia much increased by the addition of morphine. “Robinson Crusoe's gun and sea-chest” were shown in downright earnest to an amused tourist, in Fifcshire, Scotland, the other day. Mr. Ish, of MVnco, Tex., wears ns n watch- charm a bit of ore dng 2,000 feet below the surface and that assayed $2,200 worth of gold to the ton. A Denver Chinaman, who atnmbleil ovor a nest of hornets, wns seen the next moment Hying down the street yelling: “Joss!" "Dam!” “MeUican hellee, fire birds!” The London Medical Times thinks that the treatment of snakebite, by putting gun powder on the wound and tnching it off with a match may be thought rough but it is often successful. A Huntingdon spiritualist states that his twelve-year-old daughter, though ignorant of the German language, recently spoke fluently in that tongue while being possessed with the spirit of a German. The experiment ia being made of export- ing living lobstera, in tanks, from the Gulf of 8t. Lawrence to England. Englnnd now consumes a large part of the product of the New Brunswick lobster canneries. Accordixo to a decision of the Iowa Su preme Court, a hotel keeper who receives gneats while knowing that there is a con tagions disease in his house is liable for dnninge* to any guest who may contract the disease. An experienced gardener says that a anre sign to find ont if plants in pots require wetting is to rap on the side of the pot, near the middle, with the finger knuckle; if it give forth a hollow ring the plnnt needs water; tint if there is a dull sound there is still moisture enough to sustain the plant. After several innocent Pliilndelphiana had swallowed doses of emetic, in the belief that they were taking Rochelln salts, the discovery was made that a wholesale house had been distributing tartar emetic to the retnilera under the name of aalta. There were greatly snrprised stomachs, bat no deaths. Consumption as a cause of death is stead ily decreasing in Massachusetts. Dr. Ab bott of the State health board, reports the death rate from that diaeose was 35 in every 10,000 in the decode from 1857 to 1807, and 31 in 10,000 for the ten year* ending 1883, while it ia not expected to be over 29 for 10,000 in 1881. Tuiteex yean ago Mr. MVatkin* went to the city of Onailahjnra, aa a Protestant missionary, and found no one to welcome him. At the end of a year he had sixteen converts. Now there are 1,000 members of Protestant churches in the neighborhood. The city itself contains nearly 100,000 peo- de, anil now has street railways, electric ighls, telephone service, etc., though not yet connected with the capital by rail. A valuable cow in Yorkshire, England, having broken her leg, the veterinary sur geon waa asked to amputate the limb and try to save the animal. This was done, nnd the stump of leg healed naturally and completely. When the swelling had sub sided, n rudely constructed wooden leg was fastened on, With which the cow aid so well that she has now been provided with an improved nnd shapely one, upon which her existence seems to Im about ss happy a* before the mishap. FRIVOLOUS CONNECTICUT COWS’ Norwich, Conn., Special. The yield of apples thin season in New London, MYindham nnd Tolland counties was never equaled before. Every tree ia heavily laden with fruit. Splendid fruit in sold at ton centa a bushel, given away or carted to the mills, aronnd which apples nre piled in great gold nnd pink tinted piles ns uigli oa a man's head. The mills grind all day, and are flanked by big open tubs of the sweet npple juice, which is free for all. The Tolland county cows know a good thing when they see it. They have always been fond of aweet cider, and they never miss a chance to get drunk nt the mills. They nre enjoying themselves this fall. Not less than half a dozen of them have been gloriously drank within a few weeks, and tho rest are awaiting a chance to follow suit. MVilliam Bishop's Alderney set tlie perni cious example. He missed her nt the clone of a day recently, and hunted over his faini for her unsuccessfully, until in the evening he found her in an unused cellar. She lay on her back, her hoofs waving in the nir, and on her fnce was an expression of supreme nnd unexpected happiness. “She wns drunk clean through,' arid Mr. Bishop afterward, in describing her condition, "bnt I bated to disturb her, she looked so resigned and surprised. It took me thirty minutes to coax her to get up and go home. She was all right next day, bnt she went around with her head down as though it wns heavy, nnd she had a longing expression as if a cocktail would be the proper thing.” The next cow to get tipsy was Wm. Black- man's, nnd the effect of her indulgence was such that she "dried off." Her symptoms were the same ns in the case qf tlie Alderney. Then several of Henry Daggett’s cows drank not wisely of cider, and tumbled down in helpless intoxication about tlie cider mill. Finally a prohibitionist deacon's steer filled himself with apple juice, nnil woke up the quiet neighborhood, prancing along the highway, and trying to lock horns with a pair of bars. Then the Toiinnd farmers re solved that it was “imperative to adapt some course of action to promote sobriety among our Btock." Tlie Weekly Telegraph Free, MVe will send the MVeexlv Telegraph one year to any one who will get up a club of five new subscribers to it nt one dollar each. w-tf MVHYTHE PEMVS ARE EMPTY. An Easy tVay to Pay. Any snbecrilier to the Wesely Teleorxfh can pay a year’s subscription by getting np a club of five new subscribers to it at one dollar each. w-tf A boom foil of skeletons has jnstbeen added to the exhibition space at the Sooth Kensington Natural History Museum in London. The most striking feature* are the skeleton* of six elephants -African, In dian and Sumatran. Besides these there are four elephants' skulls, one of which wi killed by Kir Samuel Bsker, and another be longed to *n elephant that was long the ter ror of a jangle district near Meerut. Occupant* of Pulpits blamed for nut Having Their Churches Filled. Philadelphia Record. Rev. Madison 0. l'eteis on Snnday even ing explained to hia congregation, in the First Presbyterian Church, Buttonwood, below Sixth street, on the occasion of tho first anniversary of his pastorate, why there nre so mnny empty pow* to be seen in our churches during the hours of service. He said there were church accommodations in Philadelphia for one-qnnrtcr of the population, yet one-hidf of the Heat* ore nearly nlwnys empty. This, in the speaker's mind, is because the preaching of to-day ia too theologic. Many respectuble anil intelligent people stay away from church because they are tired of set terms nnd phrases. Another difficulty lay in the fact that there is so much poor preaching. He thonght it an offense for a minister to be dnll in the pulpit. No mntter how in spiring a theme might be, if it is not pre sented in an intelligent mnnner a minister cannot bone to interest his audience. lie recognized the fnct that there are minis ters whose weakness in the power of statement nnd inefficiency in oratory are the canse of keeping people away from chnrch. No new-fangled notions of religion nre required to fill the pewa; but wbnt is most needed is to drive ont the dull and dry, nnd introduce into the pulpit the brightness, vivacity and zeal of faith. Most preachers aro content with enunciating the views of Paul. MVhst the world needs is more of Jeans Christ snd less of Panl. The speaker also condemned long sermons, nnd referred to the constant drain on people for the maintenance of “eccleainaucal side shows" as being another barrier against at tendance at church. Agents Wanted, MVe want an agent for the Weekly Tele- oraph in every community in tbs South. MVe will make such arrangements aa will enable any one. to mnke money canvassing for os. My rite for terms to agents. w-tf Notice. GEORGIA, Cbawtobd Couhtt.—By virtue of the- K >wor vested in mo by a mortgage executed bjr eurietta E. Hancock, on tho 27th day of March, 1884, and recorded In the Clerk’s office of said coun ty, in hook “M." page 315, on May 27th, Ih8i. I will, on Tuesday, the third day of November, 1885, before the court bouse door, In tho town of Knox ville, expose for sale at public outcry to tho highest bidder, for cash, tho following lands, to-wit: Lit No. tiiuoty-niue (92) iu the Third district of originally Houston, now Crawford county, contain ing two hundred two and one-half (909K) *cre*, more or Ioms, or a sufficiency thereof to pay off thi* debt and interest secured by said mortgage, to gether with all cost* and expenses. Title in feo simple will be made to tho purchaser as specified iu said mortgage. Said lands sold for the benefit of Colemau & Newsom, the benefioinrie* »nort- yago. ROBERT COLEMAN, Survivor of tlie lato firm of Colemau u octS 1aw4w . Notice. GEORGIA, Crawi'obd County.—-By virtue of t»‘o power vested in me by a mortgage in favor of Cole- mail k Newsom, executed by Berry Flttker, on tho 13th day of March. 1885, aud recorded in the Clerk's office of said county, iu book “M.” page 645, ou April 7th. 1885, I will, on the tirst Tuesday in No vember (3d) next before tlie court house door, in the town of KuoxviUe, within the legal hours of sale, expose for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder, for cash, the following lands, to-wit: One hundred acres (100), mote or less, of lot No. forty-seven (47) iu the First District of originally Houston, now Crawford county, being the half of Raid lot on which the said Berry Fluker reside*. Said lauds sold to pay off the debt with interest se cured by said mortgage, togethc • with all costa and ex{>cUMc*. Title iu fee simple m .11 lx* made to the purchaser as »}*•«-ifled iu said tu- rtgnge. Said Berry Fluker having defaulted iu pa. mg i aid mortgage, said lands will be sold for the 1 • neat of Coleman k Newsom, the beuedciaries iu said mortgage. Octo ber 3. 1885. ROBERT COLEMAN. Survivor of the late firm of Colemau 4c Newsom. oct6 law4w Cran ford County Sheriff Sale, GEORGIA, CaawroBD Count*..—Will be sold be fore the court house door iu KuoxvL>, Oa.. within tlie legal hour* of sale, ou tlie first Tuesday in No vember next, the following property, to-wit: Lot of land number one hundred aud twenty- eight iu the seventh district of said county, and nn«r hundred and uiuety acres, more or W*. of lot of land number one hundred and forty-four (144) in tho second district of said county, containing in the ag gregate three hundred and niurty-tjro acres, more or less, lying east of Knoxville and known as the Hicks place, the same being the place where J. L. Horn© now resides. Levied on aa the property of William Carter to satisfy two fl. fas., one iMued from the Su perior Court of said county in favor of H. C. Harris v*. William Carter aud J. W. Jack, administrator of the estate of James K. Hutchins. The other issued front the County Court of said county iu favor of Carhart k Curd vs. William Carter. Tenant in pos session notified in writing. Property (minted outbjr plaintiff’s attorney. Terms cash. October 1. 1HK5, oct6 law4w M. P. RIVIERE, Sheriff. Commissioners’ Sale. GEORGIA. CRAWFORD COUNTV.-By virtue of a judgment of the Superior Court of aaid county at the Heptemlier term. 1883, the undersigned, com missioners of said court, will sell before the Court House door in tlio town of KuoxviUe, Ga.. within the legal hours of sale, ou the first Tuesday iu No vember next the north half of lot of laud No. V5, In Seventh district of originally Houston ijow Crawford county, containing one hundred aciee, more or less, known as the old Robt. Hutcheou* home place. Hold for division between J. W. Jack, administrator of J. K. Hutcbeons, deceased, Martha Hutcheon* and Elizabeth Horn, tenants in common- Term* cash. T. F. MATH KWH, J. E. WILDER, A. J. DANIELLY, F. H. WRIGHT, octftwiw Commissioner*. Commissioner’s Sale. GEORGIA. CRAWFORD COUNTY.—By. virtne of decree of the chancellor rendered at the H«*pteml>er terra, 1886, Crawford Superior Court, the Mimic* signed, commissioner of said court will sell to ttm highest bidder for cash before the Court House door in the town of Knoxville. Ga.. within the legal. hours of sale on the first Tuesday in November next one-halfof lot No. 103 and ono-nalf of lot No. 102. lying and being In the Second district of origiu- ally Houston now Crawford county, containing actv*. more or less, and known as the old Micmjah Mathews place, adjoining lands of II. C.. McAfee, Jno. I. Champion, Elijah Mathews. W. H. Mathews and H. K. Wilson. Hold for the purpoan of a division between the heirs at law of Nancy Math- ews, late of said coirnty. deceased. oct6-w4w . JAMES W. JACK, Commissioner. GEORGIA. CRAWFORD COUNTY.—By virtue of i order from the Court of Ordinary of said county, wUl sell at the Court House door in KnoxviUe, on the first Tuesday in November next, lot of land No. If!, as the property of A. J. McAfee, deceased, ad joining lands of H. E. Wilson. I. I. Champion, D. 8. Wactor and others. Hold for distribution. No deed passed until payments made. oct2w4w A. J. McAFEE, Administrator. Will be sold at the late residence of Martin 1L Malone, in Jones county, on the loth of Octolier next, withiu the legal hours of sale, the following projMrty. to wit: Four hundred aciv* of land,, more or less, on the waters of Felling rn-ek. Heveuty-flve acres of original forest, abont thirty acres* of bottom land, the balance average laud; adjoin* the land* of William Alexander, John Oof-- don. P. Crutchfield and A. J. Middlebronk*. Kohl for division among the legatee*. Tenua on day off This 7th September, 1H85. sepl3satlt*w4t« W. A. MALONE. Agent. Executor's Sale. J By virtue of the authority given ms by the last I will and testament of James O. Blasiugame, ceased, I will sell before the court house door.^l | the town of KnoxviUe, on the first Tuesday In No vember next, for cash, the following lands, to-wit: Lot of land No. sixty-nine, containing two bnndred two and one-half acres, (339)*) more or less, and one hundred and thirty-five (136) acres of lot No. sixty- eight, (68) being the western two-thirds of said lot. Also the reversion of the widow's dower in follow, ing lands: Lot No. sixty, south half of No. slxty.onej east half of No. thirty-five, and fifteen aerre off the north part of No. fifty-nine - said dower containing four hundred and twenty acres, more or lees; all ofl said lands lying in the Second district of said coun ty, and being the place whereon James O. Biasing! ame lately resided. Bold — tbs property of tbs es tate of James O. Blasingame, deceased, for pay men | [of debts. JAME8 P. BLAH1NOAME, Hoct6 ltawiw Executor.f Administrator's iml Dirtribntees Sale of Jonas County Lands. OKORHIA, JONES COUNTY.—By virtn. of an or- der from J ones Court of Ordinary will be sold at the Court House door In Clinton, on the find Tuesday in November next, aU the undivided interest of the estate of Benjamin Beck, Jr., deceased, in five bun dled and five (606) acne of land, mors or lees, in Jones county, known as tbs Htcpben Bivins old home olacc. Terms cash. NEWTON ETHRIDOK, Administrator. Also at the same time and (dace will be sold In connection with the above administrator’s sale all tbs balance of said body of land by agreement of tbs joint owners for general distribution. Haid land Is near the railroad; fair land and baa plenty of water and timber thereon; titles good. Te: cash. R. V. HARDEMAN, For self and attorney in fact of Mr*. Annlr M. Walker. HARDEMAN k DAVIS, BENJAMIN F. FINNEY. oct6-w4w JAM EH BECK. Administrator’s Sale. OEOROIA, JON EH COUNTY.-By virtue of an order from Jones Court of Ordinary, will be sold before the Court House door in Clinton, said coun ty. within the legal bourn of sale, on the flrvt Tues day In November, 1686, the entire plantation of John Jarre 1, sr. r deceased, containing seven bnndred and sixty-six acres of land, more or less. Including tbs remainder interest after the termination of the widow's dower therein. The land is situate on Falling creek, in Jones county, convenient to rail- oct6-iaw-4w JAMES T. JAMES, Administrator. The Scheme Didn’t Work. Chicago Herald. ‘Jnst my danged lack!” growled a p*s- w ng.rona traiu down in Ohio. “1 be lieve I am the unluckieat man on earth, any way. Nothing goes right with me, ami I'm alsiut discouraged." What's the matter now?” Well, you see, I have been tho i>ost- master down at the Comers (or nigh on twelve years. My first boy I named IJlys- sea Grant Snyder, the second Itntherfnnl Hayes Snyder, the third James Garfield Snvder, anil last week wo took my fourth boy to cbnroh and had him christened Gro ver Cleveland Snyder. I paid the editor of onr county paper $5 to pnt in a long article abont it and get a copy or two marked to Boon of sslw hundred snd thirty IU0) send on to Washington. kiw. of land, more or leas, the frui-rty of Mr,. "Bnt where does the bad luck come in?” «•» “*• convenient to railroad, ten “Why, the next day after I mailed these papers I got an official letter from the de partment. It was my discharge, and now they’v, got a meanly Democrat in my placet" Tho Weekly Tolegraph Free. We trill send the Weekly TixiaMPH one year to any one who w ill get np a club of five new sobocribers to it at our dollar • ach. w-tf Administrator’s Sale. OEOROIA. JONES COUNTY.—By virtu* of onler from th« Court of Ordinary of said count.. will b. told on the Bret Tuesday In November nett, at the Court Boua* door In Clinton, within the Hunt Bird, dor reset!. _ miles from Mnron. mljoin* I. B. KnirlUh. McKay and others; good strong land well wab-rvd and tim bered; dwelling; good gin-house mbs. ttr. Bold for distribution. Terms cash. Hcptember IK 1685. oct61aw4 .7 L. G. BIRD, Administrator. Legatee’s Sale. ORDINARY^ OFFICE, JONKH COUNTY, GKOR- GIA. Heptftnhcr 33, 1886.—To all whom it raajr con cern: A. R. Tinsley, administrator d« bonis non of B. F. Ross, deceased, baa In due form applied to me for leave to sell all the lands belonging to estate of said deceased and a special order for muc of tho real estate in Bibb county to be sold in Bibb conn- S . Said application will be heard on the lint onday in November next. Witness tuy hand offi cially. R. T. UOH8, Ordinary. aep24w4t Notice for Leave to Sell Lafid. OEOROIA. JONES COUNTY.—Application will b» mada to tha Court of Oadi—y of Jo— county, Oa.. at the November term next of said court for L-avur to sell all tho lauds belonging to the estate of J. J, Barfield, late of said county, deceased, for the pur pose of division among the heirs of deceased. Thi* fed September, 1886. A. A. BARFIELD. Administrator J. H. Barfield. sep34wlt Jones County Sheriff’s Sale. J GEORGIA, Jovxa Coc»TY.—Will ba aold on tha* first Tuesday in November next, at the court bousu- in said county, during the legal hours of sale, to thu highest bidder, for cash, cue-half undivided inter- cat la the following property, to-wit: That tract of land containing one hundred acres mors or toss, ou the Clinton and Round Oak public road, in said county, abont two miles southeast of Round Oak, bounded by lands of W. B. Mparks, B. U. Pounds, Hamuel Gordon and the Barfield eeUts, on wbicb J. F. Childs now resides. Haid undivided interval lev ied on as tbs property of J. F. CltUd*, to satisfy an exeettion Warned from the justice court S77th dis trict G. M., In favor of Coleman g Newsom va. John | F. Child*. Tenant in possession notified in writing. over to x oct61aw4w Victork Co. eta! va. Peterson, Oliver k Co., R. M. Oliver k Co., Mrs. Margaret A. Oliver, Charles J. “ Allen, et al—Bill in Equity- Bibb Superior G.nirt r April Term. 1886. It appearing to the court that Mrs. Margaret A. Oliver and Charles J. Allen, defendants in the abovo stated case, do not reside in the Mate of Georgia, but are alleged to live in the Btate of North Caroli na ; that they cannot, therefore, be served according: to the ordinary legal methods, and that they havo not in fact been served. On motion of complainants’ soliriton it is ordered by the court that service of the above bill be wadw on aaid defendants by publication of tbia order in the Telegraph and Messenger,* newnpaper published in the city of Macon, county of Bibb and State ef Georgia, once a month for four four months, beforw the next term of the court. T. J. HIMMONH, June 36. 1886. J.B.C. A true extract from the minutes of Bibb Hnpcrior Court, June 36tb. 1886. juD'h! lam4m A. a BOBS. Clerk. Administrators and Distribatw's Sale of Valu able Jones Conn tv Linds. OEOROIA. JONES COUNTY.-By virtue of so order from Jonca Court of Ordinary, will be sold at » Court House door in Clin too, said county, on first Tuesday in November. 1886, within tbo legal hour* of sale, all the undivided one-fourth la- tereet of the rotate of M. P. UoU n. in, de« < -sed, in flvi- hundred and ninety-five (505) arm* of g«*vd land in Jones county <u the Ol mu If river and known as the fIol< man pftaew- Terms cash. 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