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SUNDAY BANMER-WATCHMAN. '224- VOLV. ATHENS; GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17,1884. NO. 207 TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS, j ATIAHTA DOTS. _ ... . T ! OtrmipnZmmMamet-Wnt-Mmmm. The M«3ir of Danj<4 mi rec^iv* jcurned line die yesterday after- ed another letter from General Gor don showing that he is grill J»<c—« A case of yello#~ /ever hasbeeo reported from IHTUnited State* steamer Galena, and sent to hospi- _ - ^ J f.^re*pond«4 to. alter which they dis- fine yield on upland. The Great Falls -cotton mm* will nrrtfrf In' the best of soirits. The Sweet potatoes are later than usu «1> but they are daily making every follow*the otample until September J JZl New York, August 14—The stock market to-day was buoyant during thtf early hours of trading and there was an advance of } ~ 2* in prices. g, the distinguished French few Months ago , _ jehttatibcBii , died in Parij yesterday pf London, August 14.—The Lancet says that up to the present time there has not been this season a sin* • Richmond, Va.J August Mf- WreBn A Flfeet, tobacconists, arid S. P. Hswes, proprietor of the South saw works, have made as signments. ST. PKIlKSUUl<>T^UgHlt i$.— Three ^l<r:tM of a 1‘cm.irkable char* •cferoccurred near lids cityV They a ere caused by blood poisoning' in* duced by stings which bid been Htop^mm* win persed in the best of spirits. The of the Salmon banquet closed shortly after mid night The second meeting of the State Bar Association was n grand success. The citizens meeting, which oc curred last night at the court house, was an interesting one. The com* mittee, which w ere appointed to se lect .* ticket .for mayor, alderman and six councilmen, subject to the contact with cattle infected wjthi/eainqent will take place, Tuesday (rinderpest. [ * T * f\ ^ C\ of next'week at Griffin. . { Director Mock, ofthe Macon puli noon. After adjournment they were invited to take carriages await ing them, and were shown the city by the' local bar. Last night the association were given a banquet at FARM NOTES. Although the fruit was abundar t th's year, it failed, on account of rot, to do as much good as an ordinary crop Thousands of bushels have been fed to the bogs, and only a small amount dried. Fodder is being palled from up land corn and where the crop -had good attention, is very fine. Field the Markham. Several toasts were j peas are also good and will make a ratification'of the meeting, reported ttib-fbflowing'ticket: For .Mayor—- Hon George Hillyen for Alder- mtf»j—-John R. * Grambfinz; for Councilmen—1st ward, W. M. Middlebrooks; 2d ward, W.J. Gar rett; ad ward, D. A. Beatie; 4th ward^E.F. .May; 5th-ward, Z. A. Rice; 5th ward, J. C. Kirkpatrick. After a long discussion the ticket was ratified by -a large majority. The ticket is a strong one. Hon. George Hillyer was for several terms Judge of the Atlanta circuit, and is in every way fitted for Mayor of this large and growing city. An other municipal ticket writ no doubt be put in the field by the liquor dealers. Tbereunion of the 13th Georgia lie library and a member of the dry goods firm of Mock Brothers, is in luck. Yesterday he rectiived > a check for #50, won in the August drawing of the Louisiana lottery, and he also drew $60 in the July P UD »c dept o 1 1 drawing. T / T “* R *^7fiSV . | ' aace m the trea Birmingham, Ala., August^.— ~ ' The subterranean stream running from one end of thecity to the oth* er, which-was recently discovered, is still the towntalfc'. An dxplorfrig party wiil enter the aperture on Monday for the purple, of,making a thorough examination. It is rumored that Gencial Butiei wiU endeavor »o purchase The* Bos ton Advertiser and run it as an organ in his own iuterest during the cam- ‘ paigrt.- HchXrcvitJently tieffp.iirtfd of any voluntmy support Irom an) journal of stamtingVi influence, un less lie has cxvlitajye .Eqiitroi of af- himself. ‘ ' ...»1— The advocate* for Madame Patti presented a petition to-day for a di vorce from her husband, Marquis DcCaitx. IJie^, Usance of opinion expressed > by the bar is that the court will feluse to grant the great prima donna divor^c. on the groufld thatfthc laW reserve* the' right of divorce to s«th applicants as have received injury in marriagerelation. Hon. Henry W. Murray, grand master of the grand lodge' of Vir ginia Masons, died last night at Charlottesville, * here he was strick en with paralysis eight days since* The deceased was about filtyttour years old. He had>been a stKF senator, and served,- in the late war as captain in the confederate armyr Ireland, though raised'irf Yigmiad He resided at Louisa courthouse, where he will, bg buried with Ida- sonic honors. \He was a mAnber of St. Andrew* comoaudery/^ICnight* Templars, of Richmond, will attend as an escort the 1 gqut^ lodge at- the funeral. , ,, * * / a*nlltt«i >ext week 'StateTreasurer D. N. Speer has finished a quarterly statement of the condition of the treasury. The receipts enuring the quarter reach ed $203,62982, which was set offby the disoursement $508,095.97. The public debt of the state on July 1st '*“* 534: There was' a baL treasery the rst of the tbonth, of $206,715^63. J udge J. B. Estes, of Gainesville, *t»d\ Hon. W. B. Hill, of Macon, \yaairi the city yesterday. Clarkk. Jlurtwrit &*». Mr. Editor: Please publish the following statement-to my. friend* and the public: When fehtered tbe senatorial race, I did so expecting' the people of .tbe^iapict toy decide- the question at the ballot box, uri- ordered the primary *my name was announced as a candtdate in the primary. Though many kind friends felt that the method^ used against me during the canfatf -aad' on the day of-election, which out of a poll of sixteen hundred ^ecu/ed only the small majority 0*1 ftrty-siri against sent do hfUevirigTt would contlnnesptnfr gnd personal, divis ions already todmuttr enfcfcfidered. I shall cheerfully acquiesce’ id' the result of the primary, 1 ind contri bute my eawett . effort* to allay whatever bitterness that has sprung op during ^ heated personal can' DEATH OF JOHNNIE STORE; Who died in Athens, during the evening.ot August 13111,1884. While jt V G.jd's will that men should die, and we'have the evidence around us djily that God’s will must and hall be carried out, we are never prepared to give up our loved While the human tfiat in Christ caused ijim^.tb weep over the" * grfve "of Laiarus, when he had the power and him from the dead, it is per fectly natural that we, as human be- itigs^Ahould weep over the depar ture of our loved ones, even it they are like our Irierul. Johnnie, who prepared for .the change, as i gave eveiy evidence, and what wi most remarkable, to his brother he named the (Uy that would die, with full assurance ci his truat in his Savior, which should be a great comfort to his fam ily and friends; I have heard tny mother speak of Johnnie’s devotion Xo his notin' r, and how he wept Wfe though his little heart would break whem it pleased God to remove her from earth.'. What a..change there was in that wane..wbco.Uiey met again,in heaven.. Johnnie was a promising young inan who had just ripened into manhood, who was dil- igenrand faithful to busintfSvand ot a genial, happy disposition and al- *ways met Ms YriefldT^ tnchTcquain- ces with a smile. I have known Johnnie for many years past and I have never yet heard any one say aught against him. As Mr. Stovall, Ironi Morgahi county,’ entered the store on yesterday, he ' remarked, while I never knew, the.young man, I fee!"Very badly about ms death, 1 I find so many. : people expressing their griefs' over h» death, that 1 have became interested in him. I mVaelf feel adeep syirirfithyTor his - . TlltHti^ brdther, kindred and friends, d £T \ h * Prpl^UOO- Which the law -btie fttr none-more tharrthe young md ? rd **« ^ e ? ^ e . meeting | a jy ^ho had promised ito go band in hand withjfohnuie over this rug ged pathrof hte'ahd who showed her true and faithful character in pacing the last tribue of respect that it was possible, for: her to pay to him on earth, kfid *wi*y God bless ! them .all and make what seems such a dark dispensation,* npw prove to'- be a bright Hnk in the chain to lead them on to heaven. - J. T. Couxa. *' • OCONEE DEN OC RACY. 1 Pursuant, to a call by the chairman of the Democratic Executive Com mittee ofOcdoes county, there was a mass mebtiog-of the democracy of the 261 sf district, G. M. y at Salem, on the 13th, for the purpose of elect- effort to catch up. This important op promises an abundant harvest. Turnips have not showed their heads; but everybody has sowed more or less. The rains that are lised this week will start them p-v, » - * ic melon crops that was thought 1 ruined by the June rains, turns out well. Our city is now over i .TMfcuhh patches wUl „ rly sought after. ' .3.ap|U ,tarmshave, the best crops ttns yetn - ; 1. CottonJs perpaps growing foster and taking on forms more rapidly than at any time in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Bat it rests entirely with the seasons as to the size of the crop. An early frost would nip thehopes of thousands of farmers, for the bulk of the crop was planted in May, and it will need to the 20th of October to in- a good crop. In making esti mates it is well to remember- this fact. Protracted meetings with Cuflee, and attending barbecues by the whites has about stopped on the farm. Very little improvement has begun in the way of building, fenc ing, etc. Where cholera left a supply of hogs, particular attention is being shown this highly important indus try, and beneficial effects are al ready visible. Alieady farmers are looking around and commenced getting up seed and insnutt$ifor the oat crop. Some will sow during the last plowing of cotton, and others on lan'd--*where they have early corn, while others will : fejg8g|5gttibble land and so wan early^jfQlf- there. In all seriousness we would urge tlje importance 01 putting in a large crop ol oats.. The failure this year ought to redouble the efforts to get seed and sow down the best land, for upon this most important crop hangs, in our humble opinion, the agricultural destiny ol the south. With cheap horse and hog feed, (and this is the cheapest la the ir.nrlrliJUy nmittrnan raise cotton cheaply^ind as cotton is the princi pal crop of this land, we should en deavor to raise it at the minimum cost of production. Rye and bar ley patches will also receive early attention, and we would here re mark that an acre sown before the the 24th of September yields one- third more than sown at any other date. The grass crop will be abundant, and could it annually be saved, would make the south independent in ten years. It has been demonstrated this year that as fine Irish potatoes as ever grew in Yankeedom can be raised in Georgia. We only need the proper preparation for saving them to enable us to supply the world with this important vegeta- ble. v . Horses and cattle show the ef fects of the finepasturage they have this year. It will continue* until - I On nearly every farm work i the crop never ceased until this week. Three-fourths of the cotton in this part ol Georgia has been worked since the late rains. 7 HERE AND THERE. •s Arosnd WjuWaetoa City-Uncle id’s Navy-Tfci 6rav* ef Jobs Wilkes Beoth—“HUTs- ‘-Scat"—The Ekjrth Wonder World—Great Natural Curves ia North There are **lqt of dead-beat guides in W ag££gton .City, who try to foist theqpielves on you at every step. Thdy-are all liars of and when they 1y him for all a statue on figure hold- id, and a se.cond Fjfcross .the lawn : upward. The every day, ex- plo.. j pitches 2, who catch- | ® fi n R« r - There are plenty of peojfe verdant enough to swallow every ,Word of the story without question.] In the rotutfdki a door, is the pau combat between Indian. The most fearfully looked at Upon return from Athi dining days of marked to a friei f icture, “You ndian? The face is an exact he Capitol, over ng of a deadly white man and skin has the ffice you ever . Emory Speer’s during the de reign, he tc- pointing to the the visage of that tpression on his unterpart of the f'rimaces made by the organized democrats at hora£ when I passed them.” , * The man and brother is undeni ably on top in Washington. The bearing of the negroes is as insolent and independent I* wood-sawyers. They consider themselves tar supe rior to the white iffian. The first night we arrivedjHn Washington we had to give otic of the fellows a pretty pbrin shot, for his imperti nence. They putk.themselves for ward on every occasion, and spend all their salary in fme clothes. The government office^ are filled with negroes, many receiving handsome salaries and holding responsible places.. > •A While in the city there .vas con- seta*pe at Bristol, says they hnd to siderable indignation over a flagrant change cars, and hence the mistake. rose-bush, now in full bloom, droops over the liumHe mound, r nd several of our association plucked a bud therefrom to carry home a^ a me mento of the- man who, vhr^*»g f * mistaken patriotism, aimed a most feariul stao a; the people he loved and hoped to aid.. None of Boc' k’s brotheis have ever vi.'ted Wash ington City since that unfortunate night, although offered large sums for a single performance there. In Luray Cave we were shown a large column, a solid stalactite, and measuring in length perhaps twenty feet, that had fallen from its place and laid prostrate upon the floor. It must have been centuries since some great convulsion of nature tore from its bearings this shaft, as the drippings from the wall has cement ed ? it to the earth, and it is again immovably fixed in its place. This prostrate column is pronounced by scientists the eighth wonder of the world. On the line of the railroad, about five miles north of Warm Springs, N. C n is Paint Mountain and Chim ney .RocJd <• The train passes direct ly under the former. These are great natural curioslics, aud wor thy. of a visit. from the sight seers. Paint .Mountain is streaked with various colored minerals and is said to have been, painted by the In dians. Chimney Rock is an immense tower of stone, 300 feet high, stand ing upon this mountainside, and is as perpendicular as a well. In one place, however, it .can be scaled. No section is .richer in natural won ders than Western North Carolina. V Capt. W. B. Burnett, of Athens, was born and reared near Warm Springs. During the war his fath er’s house was saved- by a deserter from, the Confederate * army. A Yankee officer was in the act of applying a torch to the building, when the soldier stepped up and begged him*to desist, stating that while he was fighting in the Union army the owner of that mansion had. by his kindness, kept bis fami ly from starving, and that he would sacrifice his life rather than see this noble old man’a home burned from over bis head! Cql. Binns, of the Butler Herald, *•“ his explanation of that valise AT TALLULAH. The falls is immensely popular this season. Tallulah is destined to be the resort of the south. The phantom party of last Satur day night proved an enjoyable suc cess. M ; *s Fannie Mem nan, of Sen eca, S. C-, is at the falls, and is quite a belle. Augusta is represented in Mrs E T Miller, Mrs Burt Miller and Misses Hattie and Bessie Miller. Mrs Julius Cohen, of Athens, and her two little daughters, Bessie and Sallie, are at Moss’ hotel. Misses Florence and Laura War ner, of Jacksonville, Fla., are spend- *ng the summer at Tallulah. A description of the falls and sur roundings has been written up for the Century magazine, by a regular contributor, and will appear in the next issue. It will be illustrated and will no doubt prove a big ad vertisement for Tallulah. Mrs C G Talmadge and her daughter. Miss Maude, are the guests of Young’s hotel. The new livery stables are large ly patronized by horseback riders. The music and singing at Moss’ every night is delightful. Mrs. and Mbs DeGive, Prof. Horian, of At lanta, and Mrs. Lewis, of Hawkins- ville, comprising the best talent. Mrs. Clyde Lamar, of Jackson ville, Fla., who has been spending the past month at the falls, leaves this week for Saratoga. At the falls from Macon: J N Birch and wife. C A Caldwell, Mrs Turpin, Geo R Turpin, Mrs M A nd J \V Washington, H V Wash- ngton, j J Cobb, G A Smith, Mrs Payne. Misses Kirkland and Me- Avoy. * An attractive party arrived Fri day, consisting of Mrs L Mimms, of Atlanta, Misses Daisy Breaux, of New Orleans, Daisy Irwin, of Mo bile and E DeMoville, ot Nashville. The list of arrivals this week is 1 very long that lack of space pre vents its publication. < The list of visitors was very largely increased Saturday, both trains coming in crowded. ATHENS TaCTORY. To those who supported me so J log delegates to meet in Watkins- gftlbmUy words ere , inadequate to ville on the first Tuesday in Septem- express my thanks. Against a ber next, to nominate a candidate to powerful coaa^VMttion of influences, represent Oconee county in the tweked up witbC^plentyl of. riioney, I lower house of the next General * ' ' * Assembly. Messrs. G. L. Anderson, R. A. Moon and S. H. Thrasher almost siogle-baaiU^l they rolled up a vote fqr me by fur { the 1 largest I have ever received in any contest. ( Such a result cannot be considered* altogether in the light of a defeat. ' Entertaining no unkibdoesa toward those who eppoeed me, I would do injustice' manyrdnn deeUngs. did 1 me to faithlhUy and true have the were elected. On motion, it was requested that the proceedings be published in the Banner-Watchman. .Meeting adj° urn efl- E. C. Anderson, Ch’m. G. L. Anderson, Sec. ' ■ >1^ ■». tr * 1 ■ . \ SycaMorb. Ill., August 14.-— •weit ot here, was -killed by Louis ' Taylor, a farm band, yesterday. KSCAriNO A LIVING DE ATH. A dealer in toilet articles, named Legrain, was supposed to have died veiy suddenly last week, and on Friday an undertaker’s assistant went to his house to prepare the corpse-foe fouviaL. They had cloth ed ft for the grave, and were about to lift it into the coffin, when the dead man suddenly opened bis eyes and resisted their efforts. Ter rified, they at once put the coffin out qf sight, but not fo quickly that the unfortifimte LegmiR did not see it ‘ His family were summoned and a doctor sent for in haste. The funeral bangings and other marks of mourning about the dwelling were hurriedly removed. The patient, however, bad been thrown into vio lent delirium by the excitement of his return |o life and the certain con sciousness that be Igad so narrowly escaped the living death for which he had been prepared. The sight of the coffin and the shroud could not be effaced from his imagination, and yesterday he died, this time in reality, raving to the fast about these dreadful emblems. , New York, August .5.-11 i. said that the presidency of the Erie railroad has been tendered to John King, of the Baltimore and Ohio company, who will accept it under certain conditions. King wafe for merly receiver of the Ohio and Mis sissippi railroad company. .It» re ported that the Erie is to be reor ganized.and six new directors are to be elected, among them D. O. Mills, David Daws ao& John King. The English holders, it is said, have agreed to advance the needed mon ey to carry out the reorganisation. violation of the laws by a negro club. They asked permission of the Commissioners to stretch a re publican banner ft^oss one of the principal aviuue^Ww*: we« refused. That night, under a notorious leader and politician, the blacks strung up the banner, in defiance of the com mand ot the |city authorities, and there it was permitted to swing. The Commissioners hadn’t back bone enough to take it down and punish the outlaws. One of the most interesting places we visited was the Navy Yard. There are a number of old field pieces on exhibition, captured in the Mexican and other wars. We were shown plates of iron, twelve inches thick, that had been shot through with balls, and England has a gun now that can go through three feet of solid steel. One man invents a plate, and another sets his brain to work and manufactures a gun that can penetrate it The on ly protection iron vessels have against modem ordinance is that the entire hulk is sunk in water, only a revolving turret, causing a ball to glance, being left for a mark* *.* We went on board a man of war anchored at the Navy Yard, and it seemed to us a most formidable and death-dealing vessel, with its enor mous gun revolving in a solid iron tuiret; but the commander tells us that a British vessel could sink it .at three shots. The men are all be low the water during action, and every particle of wood about the vessel removed. The officers speak with great contempt about the American navy, and say our ves sels are nothing but old tubs. In the verand^Pbf the National Museum we noticed a number of large trees petrified into stone. They were just as when growing in the forest, only every part of them were as hard as marble. We regretted very much that we could not gain admittance to the building, as* it is said to be one of the most interesting sights at the xapifal. In driving out, we were shown the house where Senator Sprague resided, which Roscoe Conkfing in vaded and wrecked the happiness of this peaceful family. It is a plain brick building, without any pre tensions to outside elegance, that characterizes so many of the pri vate residences in Washington. We were also shown Mr. Hill’s seat in one of the parks, where he always spent his evenings after the senate adjourned. This great Geor gian and Mr. Blaine would meet and chat lieie for hours. The bench is opposite the fountain,, and is known: as “Hill’s Seat. : * ' V In a quiet church-yai^ in Balti more repose the remains of John Wilkes Boothe, the assassin of President Lincoln. His'heart and *MI *re preserved in the medical museum at Washington. A little le only the association that “changed cars,” tbe same coaches in which we left*Atlanta carried us through to Baltimore. ivWfckfe rather inclined to suspect that the genius of the Butler Herald.thought that Henry Cabaniss had some designs on his baggage. We* will add that Binns’ valise contained a paper collar and a copy o! his excellent weekly. We -formed the acquaintance of two mighty clever preachers on Trip, Mr. Underwood and Mr. Parks. They are two of the most high-toned gentlemen we ever knew, and added greatly to the success of our party. Mr. Under- woo^ is the happy father of thir teen children, but said he was just takirfg his bridal tour. With such a nhble lady for a companion, the whble life of this good man has bee'h'one continuous honeymoon. It “would be like eating bread without salt to run a press excursion without the presence of that hoary old‘veteran, John Triplett, of the ThomasvUle Times. John is the'best posted man on almanac literature m Georgia, and one of his jokes - would make a grave-yard yawn. . It was like reading the riot, act ■ to a mob for Col. Triplett to start on the Gettysburg picture narrative. We were finally induc ed to listen to him at the muzzle of his pistol. They have lost the ceipt for making truei or better fel lows than John Triplett. A REMARKABLE NEGRO. Old Willis, who occasionally visits* this county, is a most remark able negro.. He has been blind since infancy. However, he learn ed the blacksmith trade, and can •poke and tire a wheel as well as any one. lie can bottom chairs, and can do most any kind of me chanical work. Recently he made a wheelbarrow out.and out; body, wheel, tires, spokes and all. He is very industrious, refuses to receive aid from the county, and goes from place^to place doing odd jobs which the people give him, He nukes a comfortable.living and has saved up some money. Although he never’went to school he can calcu late in his head any ordinary sum. Numbers oi negroes' with two good eyes are far less useful citizens than Willis with none, and they could profit by his example of patient in dustry.—Gre^nesboro Home Jour nal. Houston, Texas, August 15.— An incendifty fire at Lampasas has destroyed the business part of the town. The loss has not been esti mated. G. B. Malone & Co., bank ers; and S. D. Crittenden, merchant, are the heaviest losers. The same town experienced a frO.oOo fire a fortnight a^c' 1 The record df cholera cases in the Toulon hospital for to-day is as fol lows: Admissions 8, deaths bone, discharged £ under treatment 69. OBJECTIONS OVERRULED. Why a Newspaper Man Changed Boarding Uous- Ben Rideway, a Louisville, (Kv) newspaper man, who for the first twenty years of his life had been ac customed to feeding on champagne and diamond-back terrapin, has lor the last twenty years been having a catch-as-can wrestling match with the usual boarding house spread, and is still alive, but weak. One day early in the spring he went to his landlady with a complaint. “Madam,” he said, with a tlemi- quaver in nis voice, and a piece of wetness in each eye about as big as buckshot, “haven't I been a pretty good boarder for the two years I have been with you?” “Why, Mr. Ridgely, of course you have. Only yesterday a lady asked me how long you had been a member of the Young Men’s Chris tian Association,” replied Jhe lady in surprise. “Yes; and when you gave us eggs with feathers on, did I ever kick?” “Whft-r-wbat’s that?” stammered the woman, thrown off her balance by the suddenness of the blow.* “And did - I ever insist on your clipping their wings?” „ “pir, I don’t—7-’ “And didn’t I keep right on, even though you let the butter wear its hair banged, when you knew I lis ted bangs?” “Mr. Ridgely, this is. going to—'* “And did I complain, when 1 found a button in my pie, because there wasn’t a buttoii-hole in mv flap?” “Sir, I won’t stand this any ” “And did I report you to the So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals when I picked that poor, helpless cockroach out of the bis cuit?” “Shut up, you •” “Yes; and when I found a min now in the milk did I ask you wheth er you milked your Cow with a fish ing, pole or a seine?” “ W ha—w ha—w ha *.* “Don’t mention it, madam! When the steak was a little tough, was I one of the hoarders who sent a buzz saw and a steam engine up to the house?” “I—I—I ” ; ‘And did I ever object to paying for furniture repairs because the broad was so heavy that,when I swal lowed it, it knocked the bottom of the chair out?” /. “You mean good fqr nothing-—*’ “Don’t get excited, madam! Did I ever inquire whether you drew your tea with a windlass or a chain pump?” “O, you villain, you wretch, . Dear Banner-Watchman: Our radical friends tell us that a protec tive tariff makes a country prosper ous; that it enables the manufactu rers to pay good wages, &c., but I find my friend Lawshe says he has not time to argue the question. If it makes so much to the poor man’s advantage, can’t he give us a small touch of the modus operandi. No, or any one. else can, for it ^s not true. When I make an assertion, if I don’t give the true inwardness “I hear you, madam; : and I want of it, don’t believe it, for it is noth- to ask if I ever reflected on yo ing but wind. The radical protec tionists try to make believe that free trade is the cause ot all the poverty, degradation and want now* in La- rope; that free trade makes low wages, &c.; but it is not free trade, but too much labor that makes low wages, for any one with three con secutive ideas knows that supply and demand, as a general thing, con trol the price of everything, labor not excepted. The‘«r population in Europe is too dense. There is more labor on the market than-there is a demand for, hence wages are low, and low wages and too much pop ulation will bring poverty, and with it degradation and want. The ter ritory of Europe is too small to sup port a large population, especially in some localities, and to transport their supplies from a distance makes them dear. Still we . see protec tionists trying to iucrease our work ing force in this country by immi gration societies, and a rapid . in crease of the working force into this country would be the worst drawback to tbe laboring class that could happen. A protective tariff don’t do tne laborer any good, for the party protected will always get his labor as cheap as possible, and its cheapness will depend upon the quantity and quality of the labor. Then, when he sells his goods, he will sell them as high as he can, tariff or no tariff, and with a tariff of 40 or 50 per cent., it enables him to sell for that amount above what he could get with tree trade. Free trade and state rights is my sheet anchor, and if I can’t get it, I will come as nearit as I can. I am not pposed to a regular influx of popu lation, but let it be slow and gradual, and such as wish to come on their own means. Don't prevent them, but restrict them, and don’t let criminals and paupers be sent in to us. Iam for progress, but don’t wish to get ahead of the music. Peter Culp. McNUTT DOTTS. The nomination of Dr. H. H. Carlton for state senator shows the appreciation and profound wisdom of the several delegates. Long may they live to enjoy that noble work. Mrs, Mary Benton has divided her river plantation among her adult children, who will proceed at once to make it a scientific and productive farm. Our society is highly honored with the presence of the beautiful and highly polished Miss Hattie Winfrey, of Antioch. C.B. D. The cattle men are meeting with only indifferent success in stamping out tbe Texas fever. molasses-can by asking if yo patent on that fly-trap?” “U— p-—o you—o •” “I ask,,‘Madam, did I ever do arty'of these thing*?’ And I an swer by saying, Never—no, never.* Therefore, I want to know why in the thunder—excuse my forcible language, please—when they bring me a plate of soup with a dishrng in it, they don’t bring along a pair of scissors to cut the darned thing up, so a man won’t choke on it. That’s all, madam.” When the lady was resuscitated Ben was compelled to go out into tho cold, cold world,and get another boarding-house. Such is woman’s inhumanity to man. THE MAN WHO STRUCK l’.ILT.^ PATTERSON IS BROUGHT TO LIGHT. Camtstille RrgUter. February 7, 1S83. Ordinary Fuankun County. ■—My father struck Billy Patterson. It was a great many years ago, or at least I suppose it was, as I was a very small child when he used to tell about it. He is dead now. As near as I can And out he was a wild, mischievous boy when young, and ran away from his home in Vermont, where he was born and raised by tender parents. He was of a roving disposition, and among other places which he visited was Franklin coun ty, Ga. As he was fond of sport he attended most all public affairs. He attended the one in Georgia, I say because he left Georgia as soon as was possible, and never re turned to see how Billy or anybody else came out He said when the row began, and when “Mr. Peace Maker,” as he called Billy, stuck his name to break up “the sport,” as he called it, he just leveled him and dug out” as so n as “possible and left Georgia;forever, as he thought there might be more blows than one and^ie might get his share of them; so he never waited to tell who struck the lick. He came to. Cleveland, Ohio, and as he grew older and wis er, bef an to g:ow strictet, and be came as good an engineer as ever was on the road, and ran fifteen years on one road besides others. My mother went from this place to Ohio, and married my father, and I was born there. We came back here to live and his name was Geo. W. Tlllison. He never knew there w*sa will made, and I am not sure as he would have cared to tell who struck Billy Patterson, if he had, lor he always had money enough, but I don’t see the hurt in me telling tfav0. -As I r am an invalid, I might USiwell hat$ the money, if it is rightfully mine. Please address Jennie G., Gorey, Athol, Warren county, New York, and let mo know full particulars concerning the will.