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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
Hymn to a FI amber.
cool, no calm, to bright.
owner of earth and sky!
[ fear it’a going to freeze to-night—
It's In yoor eye.
And pipea for water, gaa and a team
I know will boat .
Oieat man! Home fourteen daya ago
My aink pipe sprang seek:
You came auu looked and found It to,—
And in a week.
Yen aent two men to look again,—
They caine ard aaw and went.
And came again, and stopped, and then
They atopped the vent.
Your bl»l therefor, great man. la here.
By special post it came.
And I resign wbato'er waa mine
To pay the aame.
Dow could the world move on ita way
Of your great graap bereft ?
We know, however cold the day,
You're never left.
OVER THE STATE.
Two barrooms iu Elbert in will close to
day.
Over 500 acres will be planted in water
melons in Clay coanty this year.
J. A Polbill, drnpgist, of Waynesboro,
baa sold oat bis stock of goods there and
will re-open at Millen.
Bartow Superior Court convenes Mon
day with cases on tho docket sufficient to
keep it busy for several weeks.
Marshall Westbrook, of Albany, says his
city has been remarkably free from gam
bling for more than five years.
The W. I). Chipley, which sank in the
Chattahoochee last Saturday night, had
cleared over $3,000 this season.
The number of whisky licenses in Koine
is reduced from sixteen in 1884 and four
teen in 1885 to twelve at present
Mrs. E. Smith, dealing in general mer
chandise. < f Waynesboro, has sold out to
C. E. Smith and retired from business.
8. C. Lawrence, of the law firm of Ma
thews A Lawrence, of Millen, has been ap
pointed solicitor of Effiughnm county court.
The editor of the Dalton Citizen received
on the 1st a package from Texas containing
a pair of jack rabbit earn with the curd
“Happy New ’Ear.”
Sheriff Mathis has closed up Mr. Phillip
Cohen, of Home, on the foreclosure of a
mortgage for $2,000. llis total liabilities
are said to be $6,000.
At Elberfcm. l**t Sunday, a negro train baud fell
Kttween the ran while the train waa running.
With remarkable luck be Jumped out between the
front and rear wheels of the car and waa uninjured.
Thirty-aeven liquor-dealers have registered with
the ordinary and paid their ilcenae tax of #50 each
to the tax-collector for the privilege, so fsr as the
Htate snd county are concerned, of selling Uquor in
D.' gberty county.
Thursday night the barn of Mr John Terhnne,
who lives on the Etowah river, about eleven miles
up the Rome railroad, was burned with 1,000 bush-
els of com and some pit vender. A lot of goats
were also burned. Loss $1,000.
Liquor license for the ensuing year has been
placed by the town cocncil of Washington at
$900. for selling by the drink, and #150. for
selling by the quart Two bar-rooms have taken
out licenses and three qr Art houses.
During the holidays the Minor House, at Monte
zuma narrowly escaped a serious conflagration. A
lamp tut lied oviT is a clssct under the step • and re?
everything on Are. By prompt attention it was
extinguished without doing much damage.
Tbad Pace, a six-year-old negro boy, of Albany,
had a misunderstanding with a shot-gun shell or
cartridge Tbumday morning, and was badly burned
about the face and head. It seems that the shell
was charg'd with powder, but bad no abot in it.
Mr. Wm. V. Moore, of Wilkes county, is some
what remarkable as a man. Though 72 years old, he
still lives within a stone's throw of where he wsa
born; has never been over fifty miles from home,
and never rode on a railroad train. He never mar
ried. and has accumulated jflpit-tty good fortune by
•bieown labors*- He is yei-hala and.heaity..
The other night, Mr. Robert Miller, of Baldwin
oounty, heard his dogs howling and bis goats and
sheep came running to the house fr jra the pasture
greatly alarmed. He couldn’t tell what was the
matter then, but the next morning lie found a bal
loon in his sheep pasture, near his house. The
balloon had been seut up on New Year's night.
In Lincoln county a Cow days ago a negro living
on Mr. Dan Bale's place happened to a very seri
ous accident. While out bunting and after secur
ing his game be was holding it up for his dog to
Jump at, with the muzzle of the gun resting under
bis left arm. Tue dog in som* way struck the
hammer and caused it to discharge, the load pass
ing through the shoulder joint, breaking the bone.
EXPLAINS HIS ABSENCE.
An Kditor Gives his Reason for Keeping
Out of Town.
Rome explanation is necessary as to why
msined hid out in the cl«l fields during the Christ
mas holidays, At an early hour on the morning of
tbe 2ftth Thomas Patrick sent word that Esquire
Haniuel Cbafln, the oldest Bailiff perhaps iu tbo
world, was on his way to Covington with bis old
thread-bare, sore-back, run-down-in-tbe-beel yarn
about having "killed a squirrel, going to cook half
Saturday morning tbe mercury stood at
14 above zero in Warrenton. and Sunday
morning it fell to 12.
At Palmetto yesterday tbe mercury stood
2 degrees above zero with a light snow fall.
Iu Forsyth yesterday morning the mer
cury was 2 degrees above zero. Chickens,
hogs and cows were found frozen stiff
anil ddead.
In Barnesville yesterday the mercury
stood at zero. It was the coldest day in the
memonr of the oldest inhabitant.
At Thomasville the thermometor has
registered 18 j degrees in succession. The
weather makes the northern visitors there
feel very much at home.
THK BUZZABD AT LUMPKIN.
Ltmpkin, Os , January 11.—Tbe blizzard
struck us with full force' on Friday night
last, and by Saturday morning the mercury
had dropped 16 degrees above zero. All
day Haturduy the winds from the northwest
were laden with the icy touch of the Rocky
Mountains and the effect was a total sus
pension of all out-door labor. By Sunday
morning the mercury hod dropped to 10 de
grees, and while tho winds were not so
strong, the cold was more intense than it
was the day before. Everything was stiff-
'ftozAn ih the offlfce of'the Ih depend out, and
the publication of onr sprightly little weekly
was delayed until to-day.
Your correspondent has innuired as to tbe
condition of the oat crop ana the general
verdict * H that yonng oats in this section are
killed and that replanting will have to be
resorted to. This will be quite a Lordship
upon our farmers, as a large area of oats
have been planted in Stewart coanty since
November.
Hough on Hats In Coffee,
Jackson, January 10.—In the case of cor
oner’s inquest on the body of Charles Mays,
at Indian Springs, a chemical analysis of
the viscera was(made by Dr. B. G. Bryans,
of Jackson, also by John M. McCandless, ot
Atlanta, nnd traces of arsenic are found by
each of these experts. Ginsey, the wife of
NEAR TO ZERO.
Yesterday the Coldest Day Known In Macon
In Fifty Years.
“The oddest weather we've bed in fifty yen.”
That in what the oldest inhabitant said, jester
day morning, when he got out of bed and touched
On Sunday, the weather moderated somewhat
but by midnight the north wind, sweeping over tbe
■now and ice in higher latitude* caused the tempera
ture to fall until by 8 o'clock yesterday morning
the mercury in the thermometer* reached a point
not far removed from xero.
Thermometer*, like watche*. vary. Some regis
tered :» degree* above zero at 8 o'clock, j e«tard*y
morning, other* registered 5 degrees, and one regis
tered 10 degree*. It is. perhaps, safe to My that 5
degree* above zero are the correct figure*.
north wind continued to blow, and those whose
business compelled them to be out early suffered
but
The day waa perfectly clear; but the
little effect in contending against the wind. The
weather moderated but little by noon, and la-t
night it waa fully aa cold a* it wa* early in the
morning.
Throughout the day business wa* almost at a
aland still. People would not leave their homes t
tell, and those who were in their store* to *el
were, therefore, without customers. Unless abs<i
lately compelled to be out, people kept off of the
■tn-c-U. The coal and wood dealer* reaped rich
harvest*, while the plumbers danced in glee a* the
request* to mend broken water pipes poured in
upon them from every part of the city.
THE POO* WKHE SOT VoUOOTTEN.
BY THE WAY.
A baseball pl» ; ye
Mayor Price began early to make provision to
furnish them with wood. He worked all day,
aeeking out case* of destitution, and promptly sup
plying tbe sufferers. He bought twenty-five cords
of wood, which was distributed a* rapidly a* pos
sible. The city carts were busy all day in the
During the day. Mayor Price received the follow
lng telegram
Charles, administered to Charlie a small
quantity of Rough on Rata by patting it in
his coffee. Ho the prospects are that Butts
will have a second-class hanging.
Hanry Morrison, a negro, wentouthunt-
ing in Elbert coanty u few days ago. In
jumping over agullyhisguu wus discharged,
killing him instuntly.
The manganese excitement continues.
A. P. Silva is working fifty hands and will
aoon increase the force threefold, at his
mines near Cartersvillo.
Philip Cohen, a retail dry goods and cloth
ing dealer of Rome, was dosed tip by the
sheriff Wednesday by tbe foreclosure of a
mortgage for $‘J,9uO. Tho liabilities are
about $6,000.
Mrs. Beatrice H. Pope, a daughter of the
late Judge E. Y. Hill, of LaGrango, has
been pron oted from the $V>00 grade to class
one—$1,000—in the First And tor's office of
the United States Treasury.
While Mr. Dozier Brown waa walking in
the woods near his house in Hart county,
he found a mulatto child covered tip with
leaves with a chunk of wood across its
breast* No clue to its parents.
The Perry Manufacturing Company re-
feutned operations Monday, with an addition
of six to the working force. One hundred
dozen curry-combs were shipped Tuesday
to one purchaser at Louisville, Ky.
In Savannah, Thursday night, a negro
woman left at St. Joseph’s? Infirmary a bun
dle, nnd then skipped ont by the back way.
Tbe bundle contained a white infant two
months' old with a lot of fine clothing.
The ElbertonGazette publishes’this morn
ing: “If the man who sold us five dozen
Totten eggs just before Christums day, don't
come iu make them good, we will teach
him what thO penalty is for cheating and
swindling."
The State Agricultural “convention will
meet at Columbus, February Dili. A meet
ing of the local society will be held Satur
day to nrrauge for the occasion. The city
council has appropriated $50 for tho rent of
a hall for tbe meeting.
Eastman had plenty of anow yesterday.
Nine firms will sell whisky In Dawson this year,
ft. A. Heath ha* taken chary* of the hotel at War-
twnton.
Covington has received 15,000 bale* of cotton this
seajon.
The Methodist church at Jackson has 154 name*
on ita rolls.
Mr. Alex. Morris, of Greenesboro, waa bitten, on
Wednesday, by a mad dog.
Terrell county school commissioner paid out over
$3,500 to teachers for 1883.
Thirty-eight suit* have been filed for the March
term of Floyd superior court
Dr. M. R. Hall baa sold his steam flour and grist
mill* in Warrenton to J. 0. Gallagher.
An election for mayor and elx councUmen, of
Covington, will come off on January is,
A negro boy waa stabbed in the shoulder by a
cel >red girl, iu Covington, B.turday night
The citizen* of Je*up are organizing a stock com-
l*auy to establish an Iron and brass foundry.
The Preebytertona of llaines* U>e are preparing to
build a parsonage. Work commence* at once.
Hon. Wm. PiU Eastman has been chi* ted superin
tmduut of the Union Sunday-school, at Eastman.
Another steamer baa been purrhased to take the
place of the wrecked Chipley on the Chattahoochee
river.
An election on the local option quevtlon will
moat certainly come off In Newton county before
very long.
The election for mayor and aldermen of n*«-
klnsville for auother year will take place on Wed
nesday next.
It 1* announced that another large party of ex cur-
elotilsU from Ohio and Western States will visit
Georgia in February.
Thirty-five yonng men who have been engaged
daring the business season are uow out of employ
ment in Hawkinsvillc.
Deed carp in abundance have been found In
many of the streams in Hart county, washed out of
Ihe ponds Sunday night
Gainesville I* to have a steam fire rngine and a
better water supply. The council committee
negotiating for a steamer.
Mr*. T. H. Rutherford, of Douglasville, the other
day caught on fire and was very badly burned. So
waa her husband in extinguishing the flame*.
At a meting of the director* of the Central rail-
Tua^at Savannah a few day* ago, the aum of #250
hours to relate this story, giving details and
spitting every two minutes, require* live hour*
more. Nearly every mao in Newton county haa
felt the weight of bis four-inch auger, in the shape
of tliis squirrel yarn, and when it liecomes known
that be has remodelled it snd propose*
a "relating tour,” everybody hide* out and leaves
tbe .Hqnlre all the room he could desire. Such wa*
the cane last week, and we lit out with about forty
others. One man, Edward McJunklu, failed to get
off in time and so Mr. Cbafln bad a regular-picnic.
He talked Mack out of bis place of bu*inena into
lived In Newton and Jasper, related bin ex|>orience
with tbo ntock law, told bow long be had been
bailiff to the grand jury, and commenced anew on
tbe "squirrel breakfast." Mack grntned and
grunted, foamed at tbo mouth, and like historic.
Job, cursed tbe day he waa born. The 'Squire look
ed happy indeed, joy was pictured on his pleasant
face, as arm in arm bn journeyed with poor Mack
from placo to placo, talking, continually talking, as
he went Mack ttually got *u opportunity to get
away while the 'Squire was in the act of taking a
chew of tobacco, and if ever a man run for bis life
McJunktn must have been lu»t man, for he says
two hours more such boriug would have put him
Into sausage meat. Ho get* red in the face when he
hcar« tbe name of Cbaliu, sleeps in hi* boots and
overcoat and keep* a Texas pony tied to the knob
of his backdoor, ever bearing in mind the undis
puted fact that "self-preservation is the first law of
A Negro Frozen to Death*
Wasbkktoh, OK., January 9.—Joei Haii, a negro
living a few miles from Camak, wa* found dead
near Macedonia church to-day about 12 o'clock.
He is supposed to have been under the Influence of
whisky, and froze to death.
Two Degree* He low Xero.
Adaiostim-e, January 9.—It is intensely cold here,
with a strong wind from the north. Yesterday
morning tbe thermometer registered two degrees
below zero. Streams sic frozen over hard onough
for wagons to cross. All trains on the Western and
Atlantic are two to four hours out of time.
Cuthbert's City Officers.
CrrHBERT, January 9.—Onr municipal election
for mayor and councilman resulted in J:c election
of Hainuel K. Free mail for mayor, J. W. Healy,
George McDonald, J. \V. Stanford, 8. II. Gamble
pd H. Tobias as councilmen. There being no on-
waauonated to Montezuma steamboat company.
A letter from Allentown My* It 1* probable that
the Macon and Dublin railroad will suspend bust-
neea for three months, because of the cold wcether.
The Governor offers one hundred dollar* reward
for Dockie Uaieon, who killed JeaaSjfcBitb. hi*
sweetheart. In Macon
Christmas.
prof. II. W. Key, of Cuthbert received a check
for 1100 this week from CoL Y. L. G. Harris, of
Athens, to be added to the repair fond of Andrew
Female College,
Mr. W. E. H. Searcy, who ha* been stenographer
of the Flint circuit for nine and a half years, baa
- I w m devote himself en-
r..L«n,4 it.«> iMliiOBUd
ttrilj to find mining.
The merchant* of Hbertom have agreed "not to
open an seroun*. with any one, without any excep.
Mon. or sell any good* on time to any one before
the lit day of February.”
Dr. M. Cook, the gentleman living at Fairtmrn
who was so seriously iscalded and tojuradta the
the 17-mile tank oe the Oeorgia Pacific
Eastman** Municipal Election.
Kaktmvn. January 9.—Venr little interest i* man
ifested in the municipal election which takes placo
to-inorruw, Monday, 11th Instant. There is but oue
pronounced candidate for Mayor, Mr. U. J. Sapp.
Another ticket was suggested but the gentlemen
named did not sigoif> their intention of running.
Tbe late prohibition election absorbed everything
political, and so th's proves to be
an off year iu municipal affairs.
rulaahr* Officer*.
Hawkimmyillm, January 9.—U the meeting last
niqhtof flee company Pulavk I No. J, the following
officer* were elected: U. K. Vavlo**, foreman; W. A.
Jelka, first assistant foreman; R. G. Jaudan. second
aaslstant foreman; U. J. Taylor, treasurer; E. N.
Jelka. secretary; J. N. Reynold*, engineer; C. Smith,
assistant engineer; W. W. Leman, fitstnlnemr-- “
C. McPhatl, second pipeman; J. L. Wilder,
pipeman; Willie Homiucra, fourth plpeman,
third
Another Failin'* In Jackson.
Jackson, January 10.—J. J. Thornton, of
Jackson, lias failed. Liabilities small.
Think assets sufficient to cover indebted
ness.
Short and Sweet.
The Macon Teleobapb's editorial page fairly
eparkles with wit every day. It la certainly very
charming resiling. Resides this the TeikoiuI'H is
a idee* of typographical perfection.—Washington
Gazette.
THE NEW YEAR FASHIONS.
The Velvet Hage—Nor,' Corsages— Illack
Bashes—Homespun Again.
Duchesne lace is made in full Jabots.
Beaded collar* show Byzantine effects.
Doucle cloth has stripe* of plush or moire.
Visiting and home dresses have demi-trains.
Evening anil dinner dresses have long trains.
Materials with woven border* for Dimming
favorites.
Shirred collarettes of ribbon
in color to the dress.
Plush beaded with garnet ornaments is used fur
millinery purposes.
The iialest colors prevail for ball dresses. White
b worn contrasting
ts tho favorite for these airy creatlSus.
Fine jet is much employed in millinery, made up
iu wings, leaves, aigrettes or spikes.
In spite of predictions to the contrary, corduroy
is popular for walking suits,
Plush i" *Hs leading fabric for all toilettes;
lli in evening dresses are trimmed with it.
Yellow continues In favor, and some times is too
lavishly used on walking costumes to be in g«.od
taste.
Chain-gold purses, with agold initial or diatnoud
monogram, are the latest Parisian faucy.
An EngU <h fancy is to wear theater bonnets and
muffs of black crape over bright colored silk.
Tabllcra of tulle, lace or gauze, richly embroider
ed with beads, are worn with all robes of cere
mony.
Curly Astrakhan or krimmer will be superseded
by the soft wavy astrakhan. Thu galloons
showing less curl.
Tho new striped brocades h-vvo water lilies and
leaves and dcliuat© feru designs on grounds shut
or
Marlatan, crepe and tulle evening dresses have
finely pinked edge* instead of hems, sUhnugh
many have satin nbbou run through hems of
flounces.
Tulle ball dresses have two plain skirts of tulle
over a silk petticoat; over these is a draped skirt of
tulle studdied with pearls, or chenille or ruu with
threads of stiver or gold.
Square shawls of knitted silk lace edged with
fringe, in all tbe evening colors, are novelties.
They are light and may be used as fichu*
covering the head.
Folds of white or colored crapo have superseded
ruchings for the neck. Sometimes the folua arc en
riched by large pearls which always match the
crape In
If a lady has an old paletot, nothing Is easier
than to turu it into a jacket; and if it chances to be
too uarrow, a stylish plastron is set in of astrakhan
or other fur, velvet or plusb.
very rich evetting dross is of white satin
duchesse and brocade. The bodice and train are
or tiie brocade and tbe side panel* of superbly em
broidered tulle with pearl pendants. The long
fichu is of crepe embroidered with pearls.
Military pompon*, stiff and high, of herons*
feathers, or else in a thick cluster shaped like
shariug- brush, trim tbe rigbt ride of tbe new high
toques of cloth, or of velvet, or of astrakhan fur.
Black braid crosses the front, and is iu loops
leftside.
A bonnet fur reception wear haa the crown of
pearl embroidered velvet and a high brim of puffed
strings are ot ribbon.
A bonnet of Labrador-blue velvet haa a smooth
crown and tbs prim is edged with beads of gold and
steeL The trimming consists of a bow of satin rib
bon. of the same color aa the velvet, and the feath-
-* a lighter tint.
Doubtless the present fashion offers new things,
but novelty is not tbe characterization; this render*
A Hero In Illack.
The most heroic deed we have witnessed f.
many years, was that of George Armstead, colored,
who threw himself iu front of a runaway bona, and
at the risk of his own life, perhaps saved the life of
a white lady and her babv. The runaway took place
en the public square, and many were the congratu
lations tendered George for his brave act A small
purse was made up for him by those who witnessed
the exciting scene.—Covington Enterprise.
A Kind Word Duly Appreciated.
Columbia Sentinel.
In an editorial on the opening of the
now year the Macon TKtr.oHvrn makes a
gratifying statement rel.itivo to the paper's
prosperity. Allow us. Bro. Tkleotuph, to
congratulate yon upon your success, and
may you live many years to give tho peo
ple, as yon are now doing, a clean {taper
ami one of the most readable, os well ns re
liable in the State.
Jekyl Island. •
The Brunswick paper have not stated
that Jekvl Island, near that city, hud been
purchased by Mr. William K. Vanderbilt,
son of the la».o two hundred millionaire,
though mention has been made of a recent
visit by bim to that. Island. A special to
the New York Herald of yesterday state*,
however, that it is understood the sale has
been, or soon will be, consummated.
and is one ot the most beautiful islands on
the Georgia coast. It is nine mile* long
and about two wide, and iU whole length
forms one of the most beautiful beaches of
tho Atlantic coast Mr. Vanderbilt is much
pleased with it.
Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire iron
king of Pennvylvaott.Jpiow owns Jthe ex
treme end of Cumberland .Ireland, adjoin
ing Jekyl. and has apent $250,000 in improv
ing it Ilia kouso alone cost $130,000.
Savannah Tiroes.
f**!ilon*<l polonaise readily forming a separate
lumiurn corsage sod aa overakiit draped in one of
tue styles, g
Red, blue or brown homespun costume* showing
double disgonal hues are made tip with wide pleat*
of b!a k watered ailh on (be lelt side, low front
draperies and sintiqbt full block breadths. The
basque has a soft vest of black watered silk, and tbe
jerkei has cuffs and collar t-f astrakhan far.
Opera c'oaka of white, fawn, gold, gray or red
plunti. or else rich brocades or sea* let cloths, are
made to cuter U.c W£*:er from bead to loot and
open up to the back to permit tbe train to escape, or
else they aru mantle that ara ve*-y long in front
and qutto short behind, leaving the whole hack of
the wit it t uncovered. Fur, feath era and beaded
naments are ti’e trimmings for these.
The newest fans are tbe "Princess Beatrice.
They are painted gauze with silk appliques, and
1 mg loop fastened with bow and ends.
Many new corsages are very short, not reaching
to the waist llue, with* baoquo undc.ccath either
square, rounded or cutaway. Nothing is easier
than to transform an old waist to suit this fashion,
or to make such a oue of a scaut pattern of stuff.
The collar, rever* and cuff* may also be made of a
different material from the dreae—velvet, plusb,
astrakhan, or plain of brocaded silk.
Black watered ribbon sashes are also much used
with dark wool dresses, black bring considered
now the moat stylish color for trf mmiug dresses of
any color or any fabric, from wool to velvet. Red
velvet dresses have black watered sashes on the left
side, and tbe bodices are rnnimed with jet passe-
menierie. Red plush -"maks with jet ornament*
autl black fox or featier board era arc very stylish.
If any one has not sufficient stuff for a whole
•roldered tulle, according to the purpose for which
the drees I* designed. Every scrap oi stuff can thus
be utilized; the time is gone by when a conjg*
Atlanta, Oa.. January 11, 1SS5.—To Mayor H. B.
Price. Macon, Ga.:—It Is extremely cold here and
must be so iu Macon also. Please buy tweuty-dve
dollars worth of wood for me and have it distrib
uted among the poor. Send bill to my office.
“A. O. Bacc
Mayor Price at once replied as follows:
Macon, Ga., January 11. WM —To Hon. A. O.
Bacon, Atlanta. Ga Your telegram is received, and
your requej* in being complied with. To-night, the
poor will TrSSTyou around the hearthstone* upon
which your contribution will have kindled fire*.
• s. U. Price."
Mr. Sam Welchselbaum also opened his heart and
purse and gave Minor Price twenty-five dollars to
be used for the relief of the poor.
Others also contributed, among them Mr. Charles
Hcrbat, who early carried a contribution to the city
hall.
Uow many went to the relief of the poor in secret
is, of course, unknown, but they wore numerous,
because not many were left without warm fires at
the close of the day.
Tho mem tiers of the Macon bar, aided by the citi
zens generally, started a subscription list, which
reached large proportions before night. It will be
open to-day, auu those who desire to subscribe
should see Mayor Price.
Alderman F. 8. Johnson, for the city, furnished
wood to tbe poor during the day, and will continue
to do so to tho deserving, to-day.
Those who wish to contribute wood or other arti
cle* for the relief of the jioor to-day should setid
their contributions to Mayor Price, at tho city hall.
It would ho well, also, for those who know ot cases
of destitution to report thorn at the same place.
INCIDENTS or TUE DAT.
3Tbe river waa an object of much interest to those
who cared to brave the cold to visit it. All day long
immense pieces of Hvow-covered ice floated slowly
down. At one time an ice jam formed just above
the city bridge, presenting an uuusual and beauti
ful spectacle.
Nine cart loads of ice were taken from around
the water trough in the enclosure in rear of the
city hall. In was piled up iu the middle ot First
street, forming quite a little mountain.
A skating party, headed by Mr. Charles Herbert,
went aero** the nver to AuuniHiit’ai brick yard and
hid acme fine sport. No broken limbs, but a
ber of bruises resulted.
When Mr. L. Merkel started out in tfie i
ing on his rouuds with hi* delivery,
wrapped a piece of cloth around a hot brick and
placed it in the wagon to keep bis fee t warm. Tho
heat from the brick iynited tho cloth, and Mr.
Merkel had a lively tirno getting rid of tho fire.
Quite a number of fowls were frozen to death
Among the number waa a fin-* game rooster be
longing to Lieutenant Wood, of tliu p- dice force.
From Saturday st 12:30 o’clock until yesterday
morning at 9:30 o'clock, nobody was confined in
the city prison. It was also empty last night.
The trains on all the railroads were more or It
delayed.
As far as known, no serious accidents occurred,
The indication* point to a continuation of the t
tri mocold. Tho wind hvl pot (hanged its course
st 1 o'clock, this morning, and evinced no signs of
doing so.
GHOST IN A BANJO.
Station House Keeper G. L. Henry Has an
Unpleasant Experience.
William Brown, a very black negro, stole a banjo
from another negro.
William lirown fell into the hand* of tho police,
Monday afternoon, and that night he slept iu a cell
in the city prison.
a top of the
The stolen banjo spent the night
iron sale in the station house.
Station House Keeper G. L. Ilenry went on duty at
12 o'clock. About l o'clock, he, Lieutenaut Wood,
and the bat)Jo. were the sole animated objects that
occupied the station house. Henry and Wood p
mpauyingtho movement by a rnuri
mg. twongl”H ■
Wood dropped their papers and gazed
a
be banjo,” remarked Wood,
i not," replied Henry.
* are too tight; Ml loosen them.’
rom bis chair, picked up tbe banjo,
ihe suing* uutil they were apparently
sound other than a dull thump,
tea after. Wood started on his rounds
ow many policemen he could catch
r posts.
id up a paper and began to read,
y immersed in reading an account of
<ed man ran away with and married
oman up in Kentucky, Henry was
startled by hearing tbe lianjo sing out:
anty, twunty!"
out of his chair and bent his eyes
iiment suggestive of negroes, sweet
ST* * edge of the safe.
While he was wondering what was tbe matter, the
banjo suddenly humped itself, sprang a few iuchea
Into the air, and fell upno the safe, giving vent to
Philharmonic coucert all by itself.
"Twiug-tuuky-ting, twang-tinky-tung, twungty,
twangty. twlngtj!"
*' t widened until they resembled full
«:
!«
tu
ar
at
at
Ids he did. and then resumed his seat
sin the story of the one-legged
cdproman.
rotes profound quiet reigned in the
th
a furtive glance at the haujo, and
lated himself upon having silenced it
another iustant the haunted musi
cal machine moved, violently back aud forth, while
the strings vibrated with frightful rapidity aud
squealed:
••Bunk—thunk—a—lanky—ty—bunk—lnnk!"
Henry threw down bis paper, rushed to tbe door,
dashed out upou the pavement, and did not return
uutil daylight apiieared.
The banjo was too much for bim.
A musical expert said yesterday, after hearing the
story, that the curious actions of the banjo were
cauM-d by the beat of the room. Uia explanation,
however, did not satisfy Ilenry.
A Cold Hath.
On Saturday, Messrs. Jack Marita and John C.
Van Hyckel were in a buggy near 1^-ary. They had
, drumming tour, aud were returning to
take the train for h>
Arrive! at a creek, they found Ice In the water
upoa b.*h sides. Tbe horse refused to euter the
ford. As an inducement to the animal to proceed,
ccedcl In reaching tbe middle of the creek. There
the horse balked. No amount of whipping or |«r-
■ Mas ion could indue.* him to proceed. Finally,
Mr. Martin told Mr. Van Byckel that he would go
back a mile or two to a farm house, hire a saddle
horw. and come back and try to lead the stubborn
Harper’s Bazar says that low velvet waists am
the caprice of the sutson. perhaps because velvet is
the most becoming of all fabrics, aud a low velvet
body may be worn with various skirts. A red vel
vet waist may have a pink tulle or scarlet tulle
The Cold Snap.
In Kfart* y„t«nUjr morning at 6 o'clock
the thermometer marked S degrees above
zero. Once before in the history c< tho
town waa tho aamo point reached—Decern-
«f «■» bersa 1880. Famem think the oaU are
j Utlaad
akin, or one of either white or black lace.
velvet bodice may be used with blue tulle skirts, or
blue watered silk or satin. Black velvet waUti are
worn with black lace over red or over white or pink
satin or with an entire skirt of watered silk, or
above all else, with black tulle that has metallic or
pearl beads.
Sudden Changes or Weather
Are produdtlve of throat (diseases, cooghs, colds,
etc. Thar* to no store effectual :*l*f In these dto-
mmn to he found than la the tme of Brown’s
Imochmi Tsvemm. Ttavi 2Z XSM.
horse. When he got back, he rode into the creek
aud caught the bridle of the balky horse. He
pulled one way aud the balky home pulled the
Death the cold water.
The bath came near causing him to freeze.
How the two gentlemen finally settled their dif
ferences with the balky horse to not known.
An End to Hone Scraping.
Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, I1L. aaja:
“Having received so much benefit from Electric
Bittei*, 1 feel U my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had a running on my leg for eight
jremni; my doctors told me I would have to have the
Raaktw A Lamar's.
. elected to the Legislature is said
to have been very successful In catching tLe eye of
the 8peaker.—Boston Commercial Bulletin.
We don't remember to have seen "Misfit Teeth,
Suitable for Holiday Gifts.” advertised this season;
but we didn’t scan the advertising columns of our
contemporaries very closely.—Norristown Herald.
The Mikado of Japan never wears a garment that
has been washed. This probably accounts for the
appearance of the Mikado costumes in some of the
traveling companies, that bavo recently visited
Troy.—Troy Telegram.
An Iowa man haa discovered a remedy for rheu
matism, consisting of maple sugar dissolved in
apple brandy. In less than a week after he mad*
the discovery the whole neighborhood was limping
around with rheumatism,—Peck’s 8un.
New York newspaper* announced a few days ago,
when the temperature was fifteen degrees below
the freezing point, that Jay Gould bad "left th*
zrreet " That showed his good sense. It wa* too
cold about that time to stay on the street.—Nu*rt>-
ttwn Herald.
The hero in a new novel is an artist who strangles
himself with the long locks of golden halrwhlchhis
lady has cut off and left In his studio before she
committed suicide. This must be a pretty satisfac
tory novel, provided both suicides take placo In the
first chapter, and the other characters die of broketi
hearts in the second. If the hero had got a single
hair of the long locks in bis throat while eating
bash at bis buardinq-hov.se, he would have bceu
more deserving of sympathy.—Norristown Herald.
Fun for tile Family.
Jack—"Grandma, have you good teeth?"
Orandma—^"No, dear; unfortunately, I have not"
Jack—"Then I'll give you my walnuta to keep till
back."—Boston Beacon.
First dude—“You look wather pale, Cholly. m«
boy.” Second dude— 1 "Yaas, I feel wathaw offish.
Got vacciuated yestawday." F. D.—"Ah! Did it
8. P.—"No. I took ether, ye know.”—Boa-
hurt?’
ton Courier.
Johnny laboriously lugged a pail into the parlor,
where tho family was aiueratileJ, snd asked hi* ma
ternal grandmother to kick it. "Why should I kick
it, Johnny?” grandmother inquired in amazement.
"Just to amuse papa.” said Johnny. "He said he
would give $10 any time to see you kick the buck
et"—New York Ledger.
•Hello! John. Do you go to Sunday-school?'
—bed an Oakland gentleman, aa he met a Chinaman
one Sunday morning. "Me go allee time Sunday-
school.” "Do you like it?” "Alice same vou. Me
got good teacher; me washee for he, stealoo skirt
stealee stockings; she no sabee. Sunday-school
■tealce; sabee!”—Stockton Mavorick.
"Will you please give me some dinner, ma'am?”
begged a tramp. "1 guess so,” was tho reply. "Will
you have some soup?” "I'm not particular,"
•aid the tramp. "There was a time," he went on,
mournfully, "when I wouldn’t think of settin’
down to diuoer without soup; but things is differ
ent now. You can shirt me on roast beef or pie, or
even an ontry. for all I care."
"Do you think this roso suits my complexion?"
■aid one dude to auother, in a flourist'H store the
other day. "It la a bit trying 'cause it is pink, you
know, and it don’t exactly suit me."
"Well,” said tho other, "I generally weab wed
woses myself, but lam such a decided bwuuetts
that that color is just fit. Van Dudeu always waars
white, but that is becaui>o Mins Cashbox, his fiancee,
gave him a white cwyHanthenmiu once, and she
likes them, but then he in such a splendid dwenned
HOME MADE FRENCH BREAD.
Every Ilou<u-keeper Her Own IlaKer by
Following m Few Kany Rules.
Town Topics.
Wash perfectly clean half a pound ot potatoes,
id then steam them without removing the skins.
tboroughlr with a half pint of flour.
and the
Ma*h the
half a pint of tepid water and half an ounce of salt.
When well mixed, put away in a place where tho
temperature is 78 degrees of Fahrenheit for one
hour Then add and mix with It half a pint of good
yeast and put away in the same place for nine
hours. It may require somewhat longer than
nine hours, or a little less, but it may l»o known in
this way: the compound will, after awhile, gradu
ally and slowly foam for some time and then begin
U begins to fall, mix a little tepid
to fall;
water with it and strain through
away potato skins and eyes; mix what is strained
ith two pound* of flour aud sufficient tepid water
crajks on the top, which will occur in about
hour. Then put six pounds of flour on tho |>astc-
board aud make a hole in the centre; place in this
a little tepid water and cracked dough ; salt to taste;
knead the whole woll with water enough to make
an ordinary dough. To knead it well Vt ia necessa
ry to raise tho dough, or part of it, aud then throw
it back with force ou tho Mate-board. Tho
To shape loves of French bread, divide the dough.
mj soon as kneaded, In as many parts as you want
loaves; then knead each part, ono after the other,
so s« to form a sort of ball: then, by rolling and
pulling it. give it an elongated, sausage-dike shajx*.
A pound loaf can be made one and a naif feet long
■’’ - four inches; it will, ,of courso, be nar
rower and have more crust.
Klinrtentnf the Route North.
Charleiton News snd Courier.
Th© work of building the railroad between Wil
son, on tho Wilmingtou and Weldon railroad, aud
Faycttnvillo, which wss commenced some time ago,
la lielng carried on with great energy, and in Mid to
fairway to completion. 1 his is a part of
bo in
tit* new road by means of*which It is propoasd to
shorten the route North by way of thtAU^atic
Coait Line. At present this liuo has a large loop in
it between Florence and Wilson for tbe purpo«e of
passing through Wilmlugton.butthe now rosd.when
it is built from Wilson to Fa>ctteville, and thence
to Florence, will make the line almost straight snd
although leaving Wilmington ont in th* cold, will
shorten the distroce between Charleston and Rich
mond by about seventy miles.
A PATCHWORK COLUMN,
X have just half-a-dozen clocks,
With faces round and bright
And every day it puzzles me
. To know which one to right
The cuckoo coo* at nine o'clock.
Another says half-past
I know not which is right or wrong.
Or which to slow or fast
My bed-room time-piece says I have
An hour in bed to dwell.
The cook looks at the kitchen clock.
And ring* the breakfast bell.
The study clock at half-pest twelve
Sends me to bed elate,
And in a fleeting hour or two
Another clock strikes eight
By that which says I've ample time
I ml** the train and swear;
The one that make* mo jump and run
Proves 1 have time to spare.
I some times rise and dress in baste.
Because it's striking ten;
When, finding it’s but seven, X
Oo back to bed again.
The clock by which I'm never fooled
Is stauding in the hall,
O, hundred-dollar Gallic clock.
That never goes at all.
X'd rather see you standing there
Beside the oaken door.
Telling me all the hit-sued time
'Tla twenty-five of four.
O clocks, you're never uniform,
And always seem to mo
Perplexing more than doctors, wbsn
The doctors disagree.
During tho year just closed 2,906 person
died in Pliiledolphia of consumption,
1,485 of pneumonia.
A man in Wilmington, N. C., bus just fi&
ished tbo tusk of eating thirty quail*«
thirty days. He called for more.
Tiik society paper business is great!
overdone in London, and some of th*
pnblications barely pay expenses.
Boston constructed more buildings durst
1885 than in any vear since that follows
the great lire. The total value of thes*
$8,000,000.
Tiie treasurer of- the Grant fund at Sait
Louis says that he has sent 7,000 drcal _
into the State asking for subscriptions, i:
has not received a single cent in reply.
Tiik citizens of Rending, Pa., are sendir
up an indignant protest against large a
bills. They can’t understand how it is tia
“when the price of gas w lower the bill*
higher.”
The New Orleans Daily States declan
that the tilth which has for years saturate
the li net ruined and unsewered streets of ti.
city “is a menace not to the city alone, t
to all the country."
Tiik Cincinnati Timos-Star declares tl
Thomas Keene's attack of partial panlyc
is due to excessive smoking, that being
only dissipation. He is seldom withe-ut
cigar for hve minutes.
Tue attorney-general of Minnesota 1.
decided that, for the purpose of foriuii
cemetery associations, women are pernotf
unless the opposition should contend th
they are ungels, and hence do not re.pu
burial.
The success of the Millais exhibition, :
London, has led to arrangements for a hie
ilar exhibition of the pictures of Holms
Hunt nnd it is probable that this kind (
displays will continue while they rum:
popular.
IIkiie is something new in the way of
P ertinents for tho thousand nnd one* yo-B
hilndelphiitUH who delight iu umateur u.
croscopy: On a slip of gluts pnt a drop c
liquid auric chloride or argentic nitrut
with half n grain of metallic zinc in the
ric chloride, and copper in the silver,
growth of exquisite'gold and silver fer:
will grow beforo the eye.
High life In Philadelphia, a* portrayed l
an item: “As she passes out the dJor .
her long opora clock and tlecccddined sli;
per covers, James, the footman, brings h
on a tiny silver salver her bouquet and ti
lumps of sugar dipped in white rose c
ogne. These latter she munches in here
rinse to make her eyes largo and bright, f.
belladonna is dangerous.
A firm at Biel, in Hwitzerland, baa :
ccntly put upon the market a carnage cloc
which winds itself during the twenty-fo:
ho irs' driving for twelve days. It is sir:
lar in construction to Breguet's perpetu
movement watch. Breguct made one f
Napoleon I., which was inherited byt
young Princo Napoleon, and at his ilex:
fell into the hands of the Zulus. The £•
press Eugenie has finally succeeded in r
covering this priceless memento of her dt^
son.
Accident on the East Tennessee.
A collision between two freight trains occurred,
yesterday morning, on the Brunswick division of
the bud Tennessee, Virginia snd Georgia railroad
at West I*ke.
Freight train No. 22, north bound, had orders to
ret freight train No. 23 st West Lake. When the
former reached that place, the engineer saw a train
standing on the side track, and supposing it to be
No. 23, did not stop. Just north of West
while rounding s curve. No. 23 wu seen approach
ing. It was too Is to ‘o prevent sn accident, and the
two trains collided. Both were running st a low
rate of spsed. so that ihe damage wu slight. The
pilot* or both engines were broken off;'and the
front wheels of one of the engines were derailed.
An empty fist car wss also derailed. Nobody wm
hurt.
From all accounts, the collision
gross carelessne s.
The Southern Seed Company
Comes to the front this morning with a bright, at
tractive advertisement, which commends itself to
all interested in the successful cultivation of tbe
fl*dd and garden. One thing to be remembered in
this connection is that the Southern Seed Company
sells only seed that are fresh,aud that are adapted to
Southern climate, Houtnern soil and noutuern
crop*. Xn tnelr advertisement this" morning they
make a special offer on oats Their stock of other
seeds ta also complete, and offer e|*cial advantage
r advertisement
The Bartlett Memorial.
Yesterday morning at II o'clock, the committee
to prepare resolutions expressing th* esteem for
Judge G._ T. Bartlett entertained by the meiuhere
of tne Macon bar, met
court house. The resolutions
afterconsuiUUon. it wu decided that os tne JuH«*
bail been discharged, and only the bar being pres
ent it would be beet to delay the reeding tnat the
public mignt be in atisndance. In con*©queoce,
the memorial exercises were postponed until the
. * *1** °* *** e A P r *l term of the Superior Court. It
will bath* first order of tha day after organize-
Take Cara of the Children.
For children, Brandreth's Pill* are simply inval
uable. One or two ptlto taken every night for ten
days will cure them of acariet fever, diphtheria,
whooping cough, colds, diarehira or local pains.
Brandreth's Pills are purely vegetable—contain
no mercury, mineral or dangerous drug. They ra-
trfe
quire no care in dieter exposure, ■
rfectly
two at night for a week, taken
ech will cure tbe worst case of dy spep*ia, rheums-
.. ■ llvtr complaint
Resigned for Lack of Inllaanca.
Harper’s Bazar.
Gentleman—"How are ibingsprogroaMinq
in tbe church. Uncle Rahtas—floarshfng?”
Uncle Rtstns—"I hain't prenchin’ tla no
mo.’ air,” Gentleman—“Why, wbat'a tbe
troubler Uncle Rastmns—‘ ‘Hit’s all owin’
ter de drouth, seh." Gentleman “Tbe
drouth?" Uncle Rostns -“Yea, sah. Yo'
sees, I prayed fo’ rain fo' Sunday* in con-
cesshtin, «an, and da didn't no rain come,
an* so de membahs obtle congregaahua
aaked to my remgnaahnn on de groon'a of
diaincability.”
_ DZNTX8TBY—DR. 8. B. BARFIELD.
Ho. SO* Mtdbsny Street, Macon. Georiit,
Otak-n ta.re.keip.re.
AcconDixa to tbe Detroit Free Press, k
atrolinan in that city pnlled tbe bell o.'N
patrolman in that city pnlled t
bouse ut 10 o’clock the other evening
said to tbe lady who came to tbe do<
“Madam, a utan, whose actions are very st|
picious, has iust entered the yard by
alley gate. Wouldn’t it be well for me
search the premises?" “Ob, no, sir,” si
sweetly replied. “That suspicions person I
my husband. When he comes home holj
be enters at tbe front door. When he
tight be enten at tbe back gate. Yon ad
never raise an alarm over him."
A specialist in throat troubles was t
to treat a Boston Lidy, who manifested i
much interest in his surgical instrument
that be explained their uses to ber.
laryngoscope, said he, “is fitted with *
mirrors and au electric light; tbe interior!
your throat will be seen by me as clearly j
the exterior; you wonlil be surprised r
know how far down we CAn see with an
strumeut of this kind.” The operation »»vr
the lady appeared somewhat agitatr
“Poor girl,” said her sister, who was pru
ent: “It must have been very painfQj
“Oh, no, not that, not that,” whispered t
Boston lady; “but just as he fixed his f
strumeut in place I remembered that 11
a hole in my stocking.”
The Greatest Medical Triumph of the J
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER*
Loss of appetite, Ilovvels costive, 1'aiol
Che bead, with a dull sensation In t*
back part. Fain tinder tbe eboaMer
blade, Fullness after eating, withe
Inclination ta exertion of body or
Irritability of temper. Low spirit*,
i*. irrilng of hr vine nr*I .-■•f r-.l sonic «!“’
Wrsriufu, Dizziness, 1 luttcrlng ut ,r ’
Heart* Dots before Ihe eres, lleadstes*
over cho right ere* Restlossnes** wf*
fitful dreams. Highly colored Urine#*
CONSTIPATION. .
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