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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5. 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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OVER THE STATE.
Not a tingle fire ha* occurred in Dalton since tbe
immer.
Watermelons were offered for sale in McDonough
Christmas day.
Henry J. Hill lias forty-four colts on bis Wilkes
bounty plantation.
Mr. W. L. Prentice, a well known citizen of Fioyd
county, is dead.
Cotton seed is selling at thirty-fire cents per hun
dred in x cDoncugh.
Mr. Cicero Sims, an old citizen of Henry county,
has been adjudged a luo' tic.
Uncle Jnnso learner, of eu.drhrtdge, killed two
wild turkeys at one an •’t, last Week.
Tlio Masons of Washington gave a supper recently
and disposed of ten gallons of oysters.
Charlie Shepherd, of Hampton, has been rendered
totally blind by getting cinders in bh eyes.
Cbol-rabss Just killed twenty-nine bogs belong-
ig to Mr. liurwell Green, of Wilkes county.
The lodge r.f Good Templars at Stockbiidge will
disband for want of a hall in which to meet
Anples, oranges and oysters frozen In blocks of
ice is the latest advertising effort in Savannah.
L. A. Hatcher and 0. C. Cleveland tune l»ecn
elected marshal and deputy marshal of Dawson.
P. 8. Sheluau ot tbe National Hotel at Dalton
rill take charge of the Keuncsaw House at Mari-
itta.
While sawing open a log at x saw mill in Ware
>unty recently, a nest of live flying squinels was
found.
Dick Townsend, a noted negro desperado of
DUthwest Georgia has been captured near Ca-
Lilia, Ga.
There is only one place in Camilla where drinks
an be had, the bar-keepers have voluntarily <iuit
lie business.
In Americas, on Wednesday, Ross, the little son
if W. J. Harper, had his eye badly injured while
'looting Roman candles.
W. It. Payne was arrested Fridny in Schley coun-
on the charge of stealing tome steers from a man
i Wilkin-on county.
Henry county is badly in need of s new jail. The
resent structure is a shame on humanity, so the
IcDonough Weekly says.
While Wm. Bird, of Emanuel county, wrs shoot-
ig a gun for sport, Thursday, his gun burst, tear-
his hand ♦<» fragments.
During the past year the ordinary of Terrell
Minty issued 121 marriage licenses, forty-five of
htch were for white persons.
[ A negro girl living near Leary answers to the high-
muling name of Mamie Baker tjueeu Victoria
lUthern Belle Atlantic Scanty.
Master Shelton Vickers, in Washington, had his
jee badly scorched recently. A match box full of
owder held In his hand exploded.
The city council of Milledgevillo proposes to do
tray with ail wooden sheds and wili substitute
rick pavements for wooden platforms.
The Mntual Protection Ico Company, of Savan
nah, organized last July, has suspended business.
Nominal assets $0,300, liabilities $3,000.
Mr. A. U. McAfee of the McAfeef Hot.so in
Hareiiallville has leasod tbe Johnson House at that
|>lsce and will occupy it as a residence.
V yearling cow was bitten by a mad dog in No*
_ raber in Chattooga county. It did not have the
rabic* until a few days ago, when it was killed.
Tbe contract for building the confederate monu
Dent in Rome, has been let to the Georgia Marble
Work* of Marietta. The monument will cost $3,-
It is said that Dr. Bnrrotighs. the Baptist minis
ter, was at one time considerably nfap-i struck, and
lid make his debut, muck to tho disgust of his
father.
I The immediate delivery of letters has about
klayed out in Athens. Not enough letters are re
lived at that office to pay the messenger for driv
ing them.
Whilo Mr. Dock Sword living four miles 6rom
’eaton. was attempting to net in his cart one day
_ist week the ox ran off, throwing him down and
breaking his log.
_ sr.ake colied around a rosebud was found on
hrtsttnas day by Mrs. B. W. Scott, at Milk-dgeville.
hey were placed in a bottle and were showu as a
hrlstmas curiosity.
At Millwood. Ware county, last Monday. Henry
_J)avis and John Smith had a difficulty, iu which
I Davis was shot io the thigh. He had a baby In his
| anna at the time. Smith escaped.
During a meeting of tbe Social and Literary Club
I of Waycross the other night, a tramp entered the
I hallway and stole every hat, cloak and overcoat.
I What is worse, he made bis escape.
Just before the fire secured which destroyed. R.
I A. Forester's com crib in I*ee county on Tuesday
I night, two men were seen riding rapidly away.
I They are suspected of being the incendiaries.
A few weeks ago a strange dog strayed into a set
tlement in Carroll county and bit soveral calves.
~>ne calf showed signs of madness unit morning
nd was killed. A few days ago, another went
| mad.
While on their way home from Rumtnersville. J. 0.
I Drennan and his son-in-law, A. McClure, bail a
| quarrel. Drennan struck McClute over the head
I with a stick, and McClure out Drennan seven tlmee,
»the hollow.
generations-
| CoL J. it. Fannin's in LsGrange on Sunday last.
About twenty-nine persons were present, including
the venerable great great grandmother, Mrs.
| Nancy Ferrell, who is now far into the eighties.
While running timber down Cobb Creek, in Tat-
[ nail county, Tuesday night, a negro fell off and was
drowned. Ills body was recovered and carried to
I camp. During the night negroes from another
| camp stole the body, and the theft was not discov
ered until uni luoralng.
Near Lawtouvllle, in Burke county, Monday, the
I clothing of a little negro child that wm left alone
I by bis parruts caught on fire. The child iu its
I fright ran to the field, where it wm caught by the
Kbogs. It died in a short while and wm partially
leaton by the hogs wheu fouud.
The Marshallville Enterprise says that Mr. Joe
Kfosey, of American, went to Ma*vhallvllle on Tues-
lay night in so intoxicated condition, and after
breaking the window panes and creating much die-
I order about his wife's reside! c- 1 . wm locked up by
I the marshal. Next morning be wm fined twenty
I dollars.
The Rome and Carrollton Railroad Company is
I expecting the arrival of two elegant passenger care
|and a thirty-ton Baldwin locomotive. Several box-
i will also soon arrive. It ta thought tlm Cedar-
a division of the road will be ready for opera-
*“ *iedt
i in ten days, when regular schedules will be
put
I Chris. Owens, of Dalton, the hemic engineer of
me train which ran into the Georgia Pacific, causing
htch destruction of life. Is able to be out again.
Its lew, which wm so badly scalded. Is rapidly heal-
mg. will Keehlar, the fireman, is on crutches,
leg. in addition to bciug scalded, wm severely
The rumor that hM been current in railroad cir
cle# for tbe last week or two to the effect that John
II. Inman, the New York cotton king, is leading a
lent to scoop tho East Tennessee, Virginia
I Georgia railroad system Is denied in New York.
i New York dispatch sajs that there is no ftnuda-
a to tho rumor.
The Augusta, Gibson and Kandersville narrow
I gauge railroad wm com pie tel on Wednesday m far
| paying business.
The Madisonian aays: Rata will never fail to
I leave a sinking ship is verified in the late act of
| Even P. Howell, of Atlanta. He has succeeded in
I selling his interest in the Kimball House stock
I company, and resigned the presidency of the same.
I Guess General Toombs’ heirs now wish ho had been
I fortunate enough to have sold his interest prior to
I bis death, and wMhed his bauds of ita financial
■embamMsment at Jea»L Captain Evan Howell is a
ewd old rat; one of the oldest in the bam.
In the northern part of Terrell county is a lone
c by the roadside. Tradition says that some
wvelera many years ago, lost an infant while
stuping there, and bury ing their darling, moved
" *o other parts, A board that spanned the
_ h of the grave once bore the date 1HS4 which
s two years before tbe Act laying off Terrell
Ham Jones will leave Cartersville Friday
■or Cincinnati.
1 Gainesville's city fathers are negotiating
br a steam fire engine.
_ Carrollton is still improving, several new
houses are in coarse of erection.
I Prohibition does not prohibit; we are
Convinced of thaL—Darien Gazette.
£ Solicitor-General Reid has moved t>
^arrollton and formed a partners!)isbin
With 8. E. Grow.
i Tbe *St, Simon's hotel company has been
paly organized and work ia expected to be-
■pn at an early day.
. The steamer Cumberland is now running
bn schedule time between Savannah, Darien
and the up-country.
l, Col. John Rodahan, an extensive lumber
dealer on the Georgia Pacific railroad, is in
Carrollton visiting friends.
It is rumored that Dixcn .t Cnsley wil
commence the manufacture of brick near
Qaitman in the early spring.
Messrs. Ed Westbrook and Dan Lewis, of
Americas, killed twenty-five green head
ducks in one hnut last week.
Iu Americus, Addie, tbe 16 year old
son of W. W. Poole, had his left hand
badly injured by the explosion of a shell
which lit was loading.
Preston Hesterly, one of tho oldest set
tlers of Carroll county,, died at his homo
near Carrollton on the 2nd. He moved to
this county about forty years ago.
Mr. Edwin C. Davis, who has been suc
ceeded by It. W. Grubb as deputy collector
and inspector of customs ot Darien, has
held that position for nine years.
Eighteen years ago some lands around
Harmony Grove sold ns low as $1.80 per
acre. The same lands could not now be
bought for less than $50 per acre.
One day last week, on J. L. Griffla’s land
in Hum ter county, an old negro named
Alec Switcher, while trying to nut out a fire
inhaled some of the flames and died within
a few hours.
Msj. W. D. Willis, at Milner, sold the
olegaut new store recently erected on Main
street to Messrs. Rice & Hunt, a substantial
firm who are occupying it with a splendid
stock of merchandise.
J. B. Esterlin, ono of Montezuma’s
prominent young merchants, has made an
assignment to J. E. DeVaughn, for tho ben
efit of his creditors. Thero are sufficient
assets to pay all his indebtedness.
John Wesley Cooley, tbe unfortunate
convict who died suddenly near Athens
Friday, was seen bv some of his fellow-
convicts in the act of stealing tobacco and
concealing it in his bosom a short while
before his death, and the tobacco was
found about bis person after he died.
Americus elects her fire department offi
cers Monday night.
The irdinary of Houston county issued
150 marriage licenses during 1885.
The salary of the mayor of Augusta has
been reduced from $1,CH)0 to $3,5(X).
Savannah has 360 liquor dealers, and the
retail license has been fixed at $300.
II. C. Davis, of Americas, has accepted
position with Cox & Corbin, of Macon.
Tbs young people of Americus had a
grand ball last night at the Allen House.
Tbe cotton men in Romo contributed a
bale of cotton to the library fair of that
city.
A negro boy is locked up in Albany for
stealing a diamond ring from Mr. R. B.
Brown.
A full-grown cucumber just from the
vine was one of the Christmas tricks at
Americus.
Sumter county claims a negro woman 101
years old. She is Called “Aunt Nancy,” and
lives on Mr. John Poul&n's place.
Tho attempted murderer of Mr. Hamttyd
Wood, whose throat was cut near Rome last
Monday, lias not been apprehended.
The Dayton coal and iron company, loca
ted five miles from Sugar Valley, are ship
ping five car loads of ore per day.
The Screven Houso property was sold on
Wednesday to Mcinbard Bros. A Co. for
$05,000. It has been paying an annual rent
of $7,000.
A Jackson county bride stood up for sev
eral hours last Sunday waiting for the groom,
who came not The marriage has been de
clared
Near Houston Factory, last Sunday, a
negro boy, whilo fooling with a pistol, was
shot in the stomach, dying a few hours
thereafter.
There have been 8,408 claims audited
against tbe Southern Mutual Insurance Com
pany. The largest claim paid is $397. G5 and
tho smallest 4 cents.
In Rome, Tuesday morning, a successful
attempt was made to burn a dwelling houso
occupied by Mr. Lon Wimpee. The house
hold goods were saved.
Application haa been made for a charter
for n railroad to run from Americus to
Columbus, end to be a branch of the Savan
nah, Dublin and Western railroad.
Mr. Thomas Holcombe, an old and repu
ted citizen of Savannah, died at tho residence
of his daughter, Mrs. I). C. Bacon, in Mitch
ell county, Tuesday night. He died of heart
In trying to secure a piece of wood that
wm floating in the river fit Savannah hat
Tuesday, Rebecca Hartridgo, negro, fell in,
and wan saved from drowning by u man who
chanced to be near.
It has just come to light that while an
Albany belle was summering in North Geor
gia last summer she saved the life of an old
negro woman by pulling her from in front
of a fast-approaching train.
Albany’s new city council will take hold
of the city government next Monday night,
at which time that body will elect a mar
shal, deputy marshal, city physician, sex
ton, city clerk and treasurer and police
men.
In Vienna, last Friday night, some ono
entered the stables of Poinpey Cobb, an old
crippled negro, and with a knife inflicted
Homo ghastly wounds upon his lino grey
mare. On the same night a beautiful colt
of Mr. Sam Farkars, in Albany, was simi
larly gashed.
Tbe prisoners in tbo jail nt Americus pub
lish a curd thanking the sheriff and others
for the dinner provided for them on Christ-
nms. The cant closes with “Thanks, good
heart, and may you live long aud enjoy
many, nutnv more Christmas tides and burn
many yule logs. IIow pkasant is the sun
shine in a shady place!”
Mr. Clinton A. Sawyer, employed in the
mechanical department of tuo Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway Company nt
Savannah, has just finished a bicycle wliicb
has a fifty-four inch wheel and is somewhat
on the Columbia pattern. Every part is like
drnwings by the young inventor, and ev
ery piece, beside the rubber tires, was made
in the Savannah, Florida and Western ma
chine shops.
llrjr by Seventy-Six Majority.
Eastman, Jsntury 2. —Dodge goes dry by
seveuty-six majority in a vote of one thou-
san aud twenty-six. There will be no con
test. It was a fairly won victory after a
vigorous battle wagal by both aide*.
He Went Astray.
Milner, Ga., January 4.—Frank Black
man, a man who lives near this place, aud
who has a nice fsmily consisting of a wife
and several children, while In Griffin a day
or two since, wm caught stealing meat and
flour from one of the stores, and wm tried,
convicted and sentenced to the chain-gang
for six months. __
Came Hack to Die in Georgia.
Gnurror, January 4.—Quite a sad death
occurred on yesterday at tbe house of Rev.
A. G. Peden, in Pike county. Vernon
Trlbott, about nineteen of twentv yean of
age, a grandson of Mr. Peden, had only a
few days previous arrived from Arkansas
to take the management of Mr. Peden'a
Notice.
Johnston’s Station, December 29.—The
members of the memorial committee ap
pointed at the late organization of tbe Alta-
inuha llivor improvement Association, at
Darien, aro respectfully requested to meet
at Lumber City, on tho 13th day of January
next, with the reports from the various sub
committee's, that their report msy be for
warded to our Congressman by the 1st of
February. William Hughes,
Tres’t. Ass’n.
P. 8.—All papers friendly will please
copy.
A Throat Cut from Knr to Ear.
Monday last Mr. Berrybill, while at work
on the Alabama road, seven miles from
Rome, found Mr. Sam Wood, who lives be
low Cudar Bluff, lyin^ by the side of the
road in a dying copd»Mnw f with his throat
cut from ear to ear and ugly cuts all over
his head. Mr. Wood was able to state that
while be was walking home a negro man
joined him, and after several miles together
tho negro borrowed bis knife. Ho opened
the knife os if to cut a stick, but suddenly
assaulted Mr. Wood. After getting Mr.
Wood down the negro cut his throat, cut
him on the head and shoulder several times
and then robbed bun of $30 in cash and left
him for dead.
AT BARNESVILLE.
Enlivened lly Christmas Scenes, a Failure,
Two Fires and a Hall.
Barnkhvillk, December 3C.—Since Chris-
nms began we have had a farlure, two fires,
a ball, a Christmas tree and moie drunken
negroes than we could conveniently care for,
and we still have one more day to operate
in. Middlebrooks A Groddick, fancy gro
ceries, confectioneries, etc., failed, or were
rather elosed up lost Saturday afternoon by
Smith, Barry A Co., of Atlanta. WliAt the
liahiUties and onsets are’we could not learn.
The fire engine ha* been callod out twice;
once cn Saturday night because Mi. T. R.
Riviere happened to build a fire in his back
yard, which some one took to bo a regular
conflagration; again on Monday at noon to
put out some burning fence near tbe square.
The young men of the town had a ball at
tho Blalock House hut Monday night, which
resulted so pleasantly that they w ill hold
another next Thursday night
Rucker A Clay, ofTnomastoa, have failed.
The Barnesville Mail will change hands
January 1st Mr. Henry It Harris, the
present editor, retiring iu favor of Albert
T. Harris, the present associate.
FRATICIDE AT REYNOLDS.
A Negro lleglna the New Year by Commit
ting Murder.
Reynolds, January I.—Late yesterday nf-
temoon an altercation occurred between
two brothers, Charles and Lewis Newson,
colored, about nine miles from here, result
ing in the shooting of the former by the lat
ter. Lewis was accused of drinking a por
tion of the whiskey which he had been sent
to purchase by Cbarles. A quarrel ensued
arid before the two could be interfered with
by tbe large crowd of negroes who had gath
ered nt tho scene, the accused drew a pistol
and shot his accuser just above tho abdo
men. He was so infuriated that ho then
drew a knife and would have cut his vic
tim into fragments, but was hold at boy by
the crowd. Dr. Gastin was summoned, but
tho negro, Charlos, died about midnight.
No attempt lias been made to arrest tho
murderer, who is still at large.
AN EX-CONVICT’S CAPER.
Ills Ilurglarlons Depredations at End-
Given Away by a Pal.
Cartkrhvtllk, January 4.—During the
past few weeks several burglaries have be.
accomplished in oc r town. A trank of
clothing taken from Mrs. McConnell, gold
watch from Miles Dobbins, about sixty dol
lars from a drummer’s room at the St. Jnines
Hotel, about four hundred dollurs from
John L. Smith’s store. William Satter
field’s store wm borod into, and lost week a
bole was bored into the back door of Tur
ner A Baker’s jewelry store and an entrance
effected by thrusting the hand iu and turn
ing the key. Suspicion pointed to certain
parties, but no evidenco whatever to go on,
but lust week one Sidney O’Shields,
an ex-convict, got into a dif
ficulty with the agent of
the Western and Atlantic road about bis
hanging around the sitting-room, which re
sulted in Mr. Wofford having to knock him
down with a lump of iron ore. When Mr.
Wofford, the agent, got up off of him it was
seen he had been cut in the face and Sid
ney was put in tho lock-up. One Joe Attu-
wav, a cotupnuion of Siu’s, was on hand
during the fight, and next morhing, after
Sid was taken to jail, he unbosomed him
self os to some of the robberies, and told
how everything was done and even accom
panied an officer and brought up the brace
and bit and silverware stolen from Turner
A Baker. Other developments are expected.
Mr. Dobbin's watch lias been accounted for,
and be is now gone after it. Sid is now iu
jail and Joe Attn way under bond as a wit
ness.
A DIP INTO THK LONG AGO.
A Man Who Traveled For a Newspaper
Forty Years Ago.
Dawson, January 1.—Among tbe re
spected men of this community is Judge
J. 0. Clarke, who has li Id the petition of
clerk of the court since 1860. Although he
has nearly reached his three score years and
ten, IiIh mind is rcmarknbly clear.
More than forty years ago ho was the
traveling agent of the Georgia Messenger,
which finally merged iuto the Telegraph,
and traveled through Cherokee, Ga., on
horseback. Referring to those times he
said to me:
“I traveled for Sirari Rose who was then
editor of tho paper. The press upon which
tho paper was first printed is now doing
good service in the Journal office of this
place. It wm brought to Macon in 1834,
and christened by breaking a bottle of
champague over it. There were present on
tuut occasion,*Simri Rose, Isaac Seymour,
Robert A. Bell, who was one of the editor*,
Isaac Scott, Jerry Cowles, John and Wil
liam Baldwin, Gas Barr aud Wil
liam Fleming * wore tho appren
tice boys. The office wm
located iu a two-story wondeu building
on Second street, between Mulbetry and
Cherry (where Mack Bros, store now
stands.) It woe a very happy occasion,
and all mode speeches. None of the few
who were there except myself and Fleming
are alive. Tbs Messenger was first print
ed in East Macon.”
At the invitation ot the Judge I went to
the Jourdal office and saw the old press.
It did not look m though it had seen fifty-
one years of service. A brass plate on the
preM beam the following: IVt-i Smith’s
patent, manufactured byR. Hoe A Co.,
New York.
KNOCKED IN THE HEAD.
Frightful Death of an Old Negro—Other
News Items.
Lumpkin, Ga., December 30.—A negro
man Thomas R?ch*fd« wm killed
this afternoon at Grime’s mill, one mile
from town, while lanitiau in pecking cot
ton. The screw box wm^filial an? Tom
wm trying to unfasten the levers to
and cutting off one of his ears, ne wn
carried home aud a physician summonec,
but death soon ensued and relieved the obi
man of the pain ho was suffering.
The negro was about seventy-five
years of ago anl hat’ been
employed nt the mill for the post two years.
One of tbe peculiarities about tho screw
which killed Richards is that when the
levers aro unfastened to begin packing ,a
bale of cotton they moke tho revolutions
with lightning rapidity before other power
Is applied to press tho bale of cotton.
mere mention.
Mr. Robert Reid, of Stewart county, is
said to have made $10,000 during tho past
seven ye$rw by farming.
Tho hand* nt work on the Americus
Preston and Lumpkin railroad knocked off
on Christmas day to enjoy the holidays.
The track is completed to within n mile and
n halt of the depot, and work will be ro-
snnicd on Wednesday.
There is some talk of agitating the stock
law again in this county. Tho lost election
went for fence by a largo majority.
A JACKSON FAILURE.
The Largest Assignment ever Recorded In
Hutts County.
Jackson, December 31.— On Tuesday tho
deed of assignment of Bailey A Ezell, gen
eral merchants an cotton buyers of Flo-
villa, a small town five miles south of here,
on the East Tennessee Mad, was Rigned in
the county clerk’s office by the assignee, M.
V. McKibben, Esq., a well known attorney
of this town. The liabilities are $211,354,-
93; assets about $17,508. This one of
tbe largest assignments ever recorded in
Butts county. The announcement of the
failure caused considerable of a flutter and
much speculation. It has been but a li*tle
over a year since this same firm hod their
C lace of business destroyed by fire. But
y pluck and vim Bailey A Ezell rose
Phu nix-like from tbo rains of their place
of bus*no38 only new to meet with a greater
back-set. It is claimed, however, that tho
firm may resume business. It is possib e,
but hardly probable.
THE CArSE OP THE FAILURE
was occasioned by the steady decline of cot
ton. At the oiwning of the cotton season
market, Bailey A Ezell at once began buy
ing on an extensive scale— at least extensive
for their finances and Flovilla as a market
and 09 a town. Home six hundred bales of
cotton .were purchased and consigned to
Maddox, Rucker A Co., bankers and ware
housemen of Atlanta. This house is tho
greatest loser, Bailey A Ezell owing it $90,-
316.60. Whether or not Maddox, Rucker A
Co. furnished Bailey A Ezell with money
with which to purchase cotton is not known,
but as the cotton is in tho possession o
Maddox, Rucker A Co., it is quit" probable
tuey have a lien on it. There are no pre
ferred creditors. It is further stated that
oa the first ot the year several notes for quite
large amounts, given by Bailey A Ezell to
various parties for good*, would fall due.
It waa this fact together with the depressed
prico of cotton thut caused the firm to an
ticipate the crash. A receiver Has beon put
in charge of the store at Flovilla, and the
goods, of which there is qpite a stock, will
be disposed of to tbo best advantage. Tho
assignee is responsible and honest, and tho
creditors at a distance will secure fair treat
ment.
Among tho creditors are the following
merchants of Macon: W. R. Singleton A
Co., $221.90; Chcss-Carlfy Co., $14.72
Lamar, Rankin A Lamar, $15.30; 8. T. Cole
man A Co., $120.90; Campbell Tindall A
Co., $78.14; Rogers, Adams A Co., $168.16;
Rogers A Winn, $14.95; Johnson A Lane,
$124.57, S. Waxelbaum A Son, $852.61.
A Gnod Showing for Ty-Tj*.
Tr-Tr, January 2.—Below I will give yon
some figures concerning our town tor the
E ast year. The figures are given me by
Ion. John Morrow, mayor of our town
and an there are widespread bad reports of
this place, 1 hope that it may tend in some
measure to refute tho charges and show up
our town in its truo light for good order as
well as good government. Number of in
habitants 700, amount bf taxable property
$90,000, amount of incrchandiae $2o,000,
number of cases before tbe mayor in 1885
forty, amountjof fines collected $85.
By comparing the above figures with . tho
average town, I think Ty-Ty will show
as well as any town in the State of the same
population.
EASTMAN ECHOES.
Organisation of the Oeorgla line Manufac<
turers Association, «t«%
Eastman. January 3.—The Georgia Pioe Manu
faeturers Association held their annual mmlntf
h'-re to-day and elected Hr. W. F. Letts preuldent.
Mr. Frank Smith, secruUry, and Mr. John Colville,
agent The asaorUtiou promises to be one ot the
furemoat institutions in this section, and is torn-
posed of flrstclaas business men. Wo wUh it sue-
Bev. John W. Harks, of Macon, will preach here
on the fourth Sunday In each tnuuth.
New Vear*a day wa* duly observed. Tho custom
of cAllinjf and rt ceivinjf waa indulged In by several,
and Uan day and night waa pleasantly passed.
Dodge countv takes rank with other prohibition
counties In the State. The licensee In Eastman will
esplre about the 10th of next May. Two of the
dealers, whose iiceuaea expired, went out of busi
ness on the first. There is a general diapoaiUon to
acquiesce in the popular majority.
Our municipal election will take place on the upc-
ond Mouday. We hear of no ticket. Perhaps it is
as well to continue our present worthy mayor, Hon.
W. p. Kastman, with a new board of aldermen. Mr.
Kastman has administered the affairs of the town
in sn acceptable manner and will fill the office with
dignity and ability
What Killed Kritory A. Ntorrs.
Chicago llcimld.
“Thorn goes a young man who won’t live
long,” Raid a Madison street barkeeper, as a
bright, stulwnrt chap walked away from the
counter. “What’i tho mutter wish him? Oh,
nothing, but he's drinking benedictine. A
man U always a goner if he startg on that.
It is a glorious drink, you know, and goes
to the Head and makes a man feel like n lit
tle angel on earth, aud all that, but it kills
him all the same. It fascinates him and
makes him its slave, you see. lie can’t
stop and he keeps on drinking more aud
mnro and pretty noon he goes all
to pieces. Nobody but brain-workers
banker after it and it is sure death to them.
Did you know that it was benedictine that
killed Emory Storm? Well, it was. A year
ago lost spring Emory had braced up and
quit drinki ig altogether and stuck to it
like a man and was working like a good
fellow, when he fell ill and his doctor pre
scribed benedictine as a cordial and tonic.
That settled it. The seductive stuff took
hold of Htorra’ brain aud made him iu
slave, just m the doctor might have known
it would. He had quit drinking w hisky
and wine, hot he wasn’t strong enough to
Uirow away this sednetire liqueur. Why,
I re been told that a few weeks before hie
death he wm in tbe habit of drinking f * ur
or five quart bottles a week aud often one
in a day. And hia friends tell me that he
wm never so witty and brilliant m when he
had had about half a bottle.”
Dv^NurtwTtecetvrd.
Dyyocrlsy Is Um com ptiSMet vice pays to vtrtoa.
Imitation is tfrs compliment failure pays to soo-
FACTS FOR THE FARMERS.
L'HKFUL HINTS TO HAVK ABOUT
THK HOUSH.
Itrrpln, ttir Cmr, Clritn -Hr.lurlnff Kv|>rn-
iw, l>y C.ri'fii 1 llrffdlnff—\ tutcli
of Note, thut will b. Found
Quito llundy.
(iront enro should ho taken in bodiling in
winter time, ulut iu oleauing the utnhleu.
■Unless oxtru p;iiun uro taken fonl-ouielhng
.table, will lie tho re,ult; consequently the
milk will be more or less affected. 1 am
well HHtiatleil thut tilthy habit, of milking
uro the chief e ‘.uses of ho much poor bat
ter being ir.mio iu winter and in opting. 1
mu well aware Unit butter mode in winter
lneku flavor and color, bnt with proper
care it can be mule sweet and clean. Very
much depend, upon the food the cow, cat;'
in order to liuvo color, corn meal witlibeuna
aud ground oata fed Uborully, and a little
oil meal added, ia about a» near perfect
rutiouu aa cun bo given tn winter, with
plenty of good, bright timothy hay and a
mixture of clover. It ia quite a common
Might to aee in thia part of tho country
cowa in winter time with their hipa loaded
down with manure, their bag, ditto, alaa
their baclu covered with hay need nnd duet.
The bru,h and card arc never ,een in the
caw .tallies; to them the cowa are total
Mtmnger,. Now, tliia ia all wrong. Aa a
rule the cow, are well fed; Home havo bank
barn,, bnt there ia a want of era in groom
ing nnd handling. It pays to card and
brutili the cow, daily. They look better
and are better, and certainly the milking
can bo done rnoro cleanly.
Itr.lnrlnf Kxpenac, by Careful llreedlng
The value of nur Improved breed, of
atock does not depend upon aize, early ma
turity, or tlie production of meat, miik,
butter or wool, nut rather upon the capaci
ty of the animala for producing the large,!
amount at tin leant expenue. Nor 1* It to
bo denied that an improved animal will eat
as much na a mongrel. In fact, the beat
farmura are thoao who teed largely and de
sire animala that will eat all that may bo
given them. In doing no, however, they
aro aware that while tho improved breeds
demands plentiful supply of food, they
also have greater capacity for digesting nnd
assimilating the food un coraparxd with
those not so well bred. On the farm all
olaaien of animala are regarded us no many
machine, for practical work, nnd tho larger
tho quantity of food conaumed, provided it
ia being converted into high-priced pro
ducts that are readily aaleablu, the greater
the profit.
Uutil tho termer nndernt ulus that his
profita will bo alow unions he takca advant
age of Ume lie will keep hia animala at a
loan. Our heal breeder, have learnod to
calculate (hat a steer or a barrow should
gain a certain amount every day, and often
the acute, are brought iuto requiaiticn in
in order tc satisfy in that respect, but they
do not expect such result, from inforior
stock. They bane their estimate, upon tbe
kind and quality of the food, the age ot the
animal anu tho condition* of management.
They are aware that the Shorthorn, Here
ford and Scotch polled cattle are capable of
making a certain gain of beef doily under
favorable conditions, and that economy i*
heat practiced by their use, while the skill
ful dairymen, who aim to secure the largest
yield* of milk, u*e the Holstein* and Ayr
shire, having no u*e for those animal* that
havu a tendenoy to convert their food into
beef. It 1* the knowledge of the character
istic* and merit* of tbeNoparate breed* that
enable* tho really akillful former to take
otlvantogca which are not monopoliied, bnt
within the province of all.
The auppoaitlon that only "fancy" for
mer, avail thomielvea of the improved
breed, i, a mistaken one. There i, noth
ing "fancy" about it It ia a matter of
business in oil its details, aa not only 1* the
farmer enabled to increase production with
fewer anim*U but the velue of the quurten,
tho labor and food are footora. It 1* true
tlmt with aome breed, it require, n large
amount of capital for farmed, of moderate
mean, to invest in improved stock; bat for
tunately for them thero i, alwaya a largo
surplus of males through the agency of
wbluh bui a limited amount of capital and
a abort period i, required for improvement,
fin iuv.stmeot in a thoroughbred undo la
money that soon bring* it* return, and
when farmer, begin to keep strict accounts,
taking into consideration tlui fact that the
beat animal is the flout economical, they
will reullze that, while the host conducted
farms may not prove profitable when no
atteufou is given tho breed used, bat little
more outlay is required for improved ani
mals, while the result* will be more eatis-
bictory. Tbe rule to apply ia to grade up
every season. The flrxt effort will be half-
breeils, then three-quarter,, next aoven-
eighls, and thus continuing until tho pro
portion of thoroughbred blood i* very large,
with u corresponding dimunition of that of
tho ualive. It ia the ouly safe method for
reducing expenses, aa tho profits will be
C ter aa tlie improvement ia forwarded.
t the farmers liuve not fully realized
such fact may ho shown by an inspection
of the thousands of inferior hnimal, that
ureannuully scut to the markets of our
large cities.
Farm Notes.
Ono great waste of tbe farm rcanlta from
misapplied energy—labor applied ut tbe
wrong time, in tho wrong place; weeds
hoed up in the field alter they have attained
u height of two inches, when they ought to
have been destroyed immediately after ger
mination. Awl tho great point in this
statement is, it is easier to avoid the wsato
than it iajto practice it.
Emerick Bell, of Mansfield, Ohio, report,
a cow that gave birth to aeven calve, in
twenty-three months first triplet, anil
twice twins. The triplet, were two year,
old September 1; weight, No. 1, lUiji)
pounds; No. fi, 11120 pounds; No. it, 1200
pounds. Twin,, one year old—No. 1, 075
pounds; No. 2, 020 pounds; last twins, tour
eek* old; weight of cow, 1I<H> pounds.
During tbe peach season the editor of the
tiaugutnek Commercial wm shewn a twig
of a peach tree a quarter of on inch thick,
not over eighteen inches long, upon which
he say, there were sixteen peaches of good
size- none smaller than u hen's egg—and
all un a space of ten aud a half inches.
The pesche, wen of the Smock variety,
and hung to the limb like a cluster of
grape*.
At the rate of incrcau which ha, been
going on for the post few year*, Java will
soon produce aa much augur aa Cuba.
The sugar planter, of Java appear to be
making money in apiU of the low price,
now obtaining, and claim that it ia a mot,
profitable crop than coffac There are
only about 1(M sugar mill, in Java, bat
luited to tha cultivation of Urn
ia practically unlimited.
. that the experi-
farrn near Anaheim,
Two ahipmenta
, of tbe
d to be
Where the insect enemy known aa scale
attacks plain, the cheapest remedy some
times is to throw the letter ewny and start
anew. Beale can, however, lie removed by
considerable trouble, and the only way is
to mb it off with a smooth stick, then wash
tlie plant, with diluted carbolic acid, after
wbicli rinse with clear tepid water, bnt a
constant watchfulueaa will be required to
destroy this peat if once it gain, scenes to a
plant.
Mr. Osgood Perry, of Norway, Me., ia
reported in the Liwiston Journal oa hav.
ing a colony of bee, forty-two year, old,
which mean, that the bee, now occupy
ing the hire aro lineal descendants of
those which nccnpM it at the beginning
of this long period, for it is well under
stood by most bee-keeper, that worker
heea live but a few week,, months at
moat, and that a colony ia being constant
ly renewed by young stock.
In experimenting with Paris green for
the codling moth at tho New York Agricul
tural Experiment Station, every alternate
truo in the row wo* sprayed with Puri,
green anil water, while tho other tree,
received na treatment. The fruit upon
the trees sprayed was mach fairer, and a
much smaller proportion was wormy than
on tho trees which were not sprayed lle-
peatoil experiment, prove that the spraying
of urebard trees with Paris green is both
beneficial and practicable. .
Perhaps it is not generally known that
barley, (like tho plno tree) grows all over
tbe world. It is grown alike in Arabia and
Norway, and it will vegitite and grow at a
lower temperataro than any other email
grain. It never blight, or rnata,. and will
make something on almost tny kind ot
land and under any circumstances, though
good, rich, dry soil auite it best. It is
Uno feed for horses and mules, and when
cut before it is fully ripe the straw ia
equal w the best Northern hay.
A writer m the American Cultivator tolls
how he pro arved spp'es and krpt them
fresh and good for eighteen or twenty
months. Itu take, the apple, ripe and
fresh from the trees, in the fall of the
year, but late in the season, and, coven
them with dry, fine coal ashes, to a depth
of fourteen to eightcon inches. He has ap
ples that have passed twe winters thus
preserved, out of doors, exposod to rain
and frost, and yet the fruit came out fresh
and fair. He thinks other articles may
be kept in the a line manner.
In an ad l eai before tho Massachusetts
Horrid ltural Society, Colonel H. W. Wil
son sold that white clover and blue grass
were undoubtedly the finest plants for
lawns, from the lieauty and thicknew of
the turf which they make and their dolic-
ions fragrance when mown. They aro
fond of calcareous soils, and a free use of
lime should lie mnde while preparing tho
lawn, 2(M bushel, not being too much
wheu the plot is trenched or Hubsollcd.
At least two bushels of plaster sbonld bo
used ns an annual top dressing.
C. M. Covey declares tho new "Comet"
pear U simply nu old variety, the French
Jargonelle, long ago condemned aa worth
less. It is n bountiful pear, so for os size
and coloring go, hut only passable in qual
ity when gathered aud eaten at jnst tho
right moment. So»reely had that iu ment
strived before it was cither dr; aa mca! or
rotten oa tank. It has as many alia eias
a pickpocket, I o ng called Itul Mux ltd,
Boliasime d'Etu, Fusee d,Ete, Bummer
Beauty, French Jargom.Uo, etc. It is beau
tiful lint not valiuhle.
Squash and melon seeds which have
been grown In oontignity aro never trust
worthy. AU the gourd tribe are so close
ly related os' to interhreod with great fa
cility, and the aoeds, which are really tho
fruit, become mixed and impure. Melons
grown from seed tha, adulterated have a
coarse and disagreeable flavor and are
wholly worthiest. Aa tha mixing is duo
to tbe effect ot insects, which carry tho
pollen from one plant to another, tho
•ceil should be gathered only from plants
which are grown in the centre of a field.
ir patch.
W. F.
Brown aaya in the Indiana Farmer,
it ia a common pnotice to throw the ma
nure from tho stable out of a window and
allow it to occumlste in a heap against tho
barn, where it rote the building and often
contaminates tba air of the stable. Flush
manure should never bo left in a conical
heap, Probably the beat way to manage it
is to unread it evenly in an adjoining abed
in which stock is kept loose to tramp it.
If, however, it is pntoat of doors it should
always be wheeled away from the building
aud mixed with tbe cow manure and waste
from the straw stacks. »
Don't hawk, hawk, blow.aptt, and dUunal svsiy
bo-ljr with your offensive breath, bnt na Dr. Bngea
Csurrb Hewed* and end Ik
Faying fur Her I're-i-nt,
8k raid Qlybe.
Last Wednesday night a well-dressed lady
sat on cn empty beer keg that had been
rolled np against a smldl brick building on
Rice street. The people that passed along
tbe sidewalk looked curiously at her, but
she spoke no word, nnd they passed on.
A dozen small boys gathered In a groapnud
m ale guesses on what she was doing and
IV she waa there. UUe seemed somewhat
embarrassed at the looks of the people, but
she Bat there all tha same for two hours by
tbo watch. She bail naked her husband for
a silk dress for Christmas. He at first re
filled, but finally agreed to give it to her if
she would sit in the above place two hoars.
Nbe did it, and the husband invested in the
necessary dry goods like a little man.
i.. •juirmwm
23 YEARS IN USE.
Tha Greatest Kcdkal Trinrr.?h of the Age!
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Izosaol appetite. Dowels costive* Fain In
the head, with « dull sensation In tho
haek tart. Fain under tho shoulder-
blade, Fullness after eating, with n dis-
Inr liuntinn to exertion of budr ortnlnd,
IrrltnMIitrof temper, Low spirits, with
n fcrlin:;of l«:i\Iik; neglected some duty,
Wamrtneae, DIzzIneM, Fluttering nt tho
Heart. Dots before the eyes, Hendarbe
ewer the right eye, llestlrsmness, with
fitful dreams, Ilishly colored Lriue, and
CONSTIPATION.
Ttrrrs PILLS are e*r*< ; Jlv adapted
to snob esse*, ono dose effect* eucli a
change of feel i n ? r-•» to nsto n! - i 11 tio suffere r.
. They Increase Cbe Appetlte.aoii case* the
body to 'take on » iHb.tb m 1 r
aM$fMMd,aitdbf their T<> nil- Art inn • n
lillfs wM SnRSAPAfllLU
itonovatai the body, run h**olttij flesh,
the* sjhtorn with pure I4oo?oivl haul mu
I liaahoed. ehk, haetaf £*edtn raim mrTM j
| remedy, see sisenMI a simple mmi of ■■ i
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