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BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 18,1882.
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Brunswick, Georgia.
COT OFFICERS.
Mayor- M. J. Colson.
AUtrmm- t. J. Bpeers, J. p. Harvoy, F. J. Doer
Unger, 8. C. Littlollcld. J. M. Coapcr, J. Wilder,
W. W. Hardy. J. B. Cook.
Clerk d rwuurer—Jamci Houston.
Chief Mankal—J. E. Lambrlght.
Policemen—V. B. Goodbrcad, W. 11. Balaoy, 0.
Moore, 0. W. Byrd.
Keeper of Guard Houu and Clerk of Market—D. A.
Moore.
rort Physician—J. B. Blaln.
CityPhyticUin—Z. R. Bobina.
Sexton White Cemetery—C. G. Mooro.
Sexton Colored Cemetery—Jackie White.
Harbor .Valter—Matthew Shannon.
Port Wardens—Thoa O'Connor, A. E. Wattloa, J
M. Dexter,
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL.
Finance—Wilder, Cook and Spears.
Streets, Drains k Bridges—Harvoy, Hardy and
Littlollcld.
Town commons—Harvey, Hardy and Spears.
Cemeteries—Littlefiold, Doertllngcr and Hardy.
Harbor—Hardy, Cook and Littlefield,
Public buildings—Harvey, Douper and Wilder.
Railroads—Wilder, Spears and Hardy.
Education—Cook, Couper and Wilder.
Charity—Spears, Harvey and Cook.
Fire department—Doerflinyer, Ilaray and Spears
Polio*—Wilder, Cook and Harvey.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Customs—John T. Collins.
Deputy—H.T. Dunn.
Collector Internal Rovonne—D. T. Dunn.
Deputy Marshal—T. W. Dexter. *
Postmaster—Linus North.
Commissioner—C. H. Dexter.
Shipping Commissioner—G. J. Hall.
OCEAN LODGE No- 214,P.A M.
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Regular communication* of this Lodge are held on
the first and third Mondays in each month, si 7:30
clock, P. M-
Viaitiug and all brethren In good ■ tan ding are tra-
tcrually Invited to attoud. « T ,imoDa
J. J. SPEARS, 0. E. FIANDERS,
Secretary.
W.M.
SEAPORT LODGE, No. 68, L 0. 0. F.
Meet, every Tncedey night at eight o’clock,
H. PIERCE, N. G.
J. T. LAM BRIGHT, V. 0
AS. E. LAMBRIOnT, P. fc B. Secretary.
BAY STREET,
BRUNSWICK, - GA.
Convenient to Business, the
Furniture New, Table Good
w. e.wMcst* co.,
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PROPRIETORS.
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A SPECIALTY!-
*!&• Ju * 1 opened, in .tore ol Ham Moore k
of »bovo good., which I
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J. B. WRIGHT.
,i 'G. W. en
route,, from the vicinity of PhOadel-
phia, Tenn., to Palmer P. O., Col., was
swindled Tuesday dlghtid thede
ont of $1,016. He, together with a
large number of neighbors, left, their
home yesterday morning, arriving
here at 8:30 p. m. They entered the
NoBhville train at eight o’clock, and
while sitting there a stranger accosted
MeCracken, engaged him in couver
sation and induced him to believe
that be was going to accompany him
to Colorado. The stranger was very
affable, and made a very agreeable
impression on McCracken. While
they were sitting there talking pleas
antly, a man entered hurriedly, an
nounced himself os an express agent,
and demanded of the strangor talk
ing to McCraoken the payment of a
bill. The stranger said he had no
less than a $1,000 bill, at the same
time turning appealingly to McCrack
en. The latter was only too glad to
be of service to his new friond, and
readily agreed to give him the money
on receipt of the $1,000 bill in ex
change. He took a large roll of bills
from a belt strapped across his body,
whiA he counted hurriedly, seeming
anxions to secure the crisp, bright
bond. As soon as the man received
the money he and the alleged expresE-
man withdrew.
A few seconds later, while admiring
his bill, McCracken addressed himself
to another gentleman sitting beside
him and asked him to examine it
The latter took one glance at it and
saw at once that McCracken waa
swindled, and so told him. The bill
for which he had intended to give
$1,000, but in trath gave $1,016, was
a 7 per cent gold bond of the United
States Silver Mining Company, of
Denver, Col., but was not Bigned.—
The words “United States" appeared
in large letters at the head, and at
first glance the bond looks like a gon
nine United States security, but is of
course a worthless paper of a ficti
tious company. It is the same bonds
used all over the country by swin
dlers, a sojourner having been swin
dled out of $200 in this city in pre
cisely the samo ruannor a few months
ago.
When McCracken discovered that
he had been swindled the greatest
excitement prevailed, and it was with
the greatest diffionlty that the gentle
man who discovered ^it could persuade
him to inform the police and take
measures to apprehend the scoundrels,
The gentleman's interest was, aroused
in the matter, and he was active in
the search. The police became sus
picious of him, aad.be. was arrested,
it in a few moments succeedod in
iabhihing hia identity as a gentle
man of respectability and standing in
commercial circles. *•* u1 -
** A-tftlegnm fwaersoerredshortly af-
te^ from Bridgeport, Ala., signed by
B. F. Neville; who was on the Nash-
rifle train. .stating that he thought the
swindler was on the train. He waa
at tones directed to arrest him. ■'
McCracken is certainly a moat stu
pid creature. He sold a.farm a few
days ago for $4,000 cash, and placed
$1,950 in a belt strapped about him.
In his hurry, to obtain the bond be
gave the swindler $16 too much. He
counted bis money at 12 o’clock last
night, and fonnd that but $934 re
mained. His friends persuaded him
to deposit that amount at the Read
House.
■ a Romance in bbaE life.
•j-jsiu -/fcirnwimia* jamiw. -.t i-<> ;
About a year ago a party of gentle
men living near Green {Hill, Stewart
tattiy,Gm 1 ,A option that they
Nonld move ont West and grow up
with the qoun tryi . They went to Tex
as, and had been there bnt a short
time before they formed the acquaint
ance of * "wire walker" whose name
waa Bond. The acquaintance ripened
into friendship, and Bond was so
much pleased with his new friends
that he begged them to give him a
Georgia sweetheart. This was an
easy matter for them to do, and they
recommended a young lady in the
Green Hill neighborhood. And now
comes the strange part of the story.
One evening after Miss Annie Nichol
son had finished milking the cows
and had rinsed oat the strainer rag
and bang it by the door facing to
dry, she got a letter. This was not
an nnnsnal occurrence, bnt the letter
was a most unexpected one. It was
from her Texas friends informing her
that they had given her away and
that her lover by proxy wanted to
know if he could write to her. She
coaldn’t refuse such a modest request,
and answered yes. Bond wrote to
her immediately on receiving the per
mission. He liked her chirograpby
and tho smack of her letter. He
thought he would like her better, and
asked nn exchange of pictures. Again
she coaid not refuse. He was in a
haven of bliss at the sight of his fair
Venus, and at once made a proposal
of marriage. She had made a prece
dent and it wonld not do to violate it,
and again she could not refuse. Feb
ruary 16th was set for the time of cul
minating their happiness by the holy
bonds of wedlock. Those who know
of the affair said it was all a joke, bat
Bond meant business. A few weeks
ago a stranger called on Miss Nichol
son. It was her Adonis. Ho saw the
goddess of his heart’s idolatry, and
was pleased—aye, fascinated, charm
ed. He left her with a promise to
call at the appointed time, when the
marriage nuptials would be celebrated.
Ho was on time, und the happy mar
riage took place.
The mutakca of Life.
Somebody has condensed tho mis
takes of life and arrived at the con
clusion that there aro fourteen of them.
Most people would soy (if they told
the truth) that there was no limit to
the mistakes of life, that they were
like tho drops in the ocean or the
sands on tho shore in number, bnt it
is well to be accurate. Here, then, are
fourteon great mistakes:
It is a great mistake to set ap onr
own standard of right and wrong and
jndge accordingly; to measure the en
joyment, of othera by onr own; to ex-
pect uniformity of opinion in this
world; to look for judgment and ex
perience in youth) to endeavor to
monld all dispositions alike; not to
yield to immaterial trifles; to look for
perfection in onr own aetiohs; to wor
ry ourselves and others with what can
not be remedied*; not to alleviate all
that needlr alleviation as liar aa Hea in
onr power; hot to make allowances
for the infirmities of others; to con
sider everything impossible that we
cannot perforin; to ‘believe only what
oak finite minds can $rasp; to expect
to be able to understand everything.
The great#* of mistakes is to live only
tor time when any moment may
launch ns into eternity.—Ex.
Phonograph: Coses of “didn’t know
it was loaded” are getting to be en
tirely too frequent, and it is about
time somebody was punished for such
criminal carelessness.
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Aft Asiatic shell Weighing 5*8 Fault
San Francisco, Mar. 10.—The min
ing bureau here is indebted to J. E.
Davis for a valuable donation to the
state rnasenm. Prof. Ward, of RioMr
eater, N.Y., arrived lately by the Chi
na steamer Rio Janeiro from Japan.
Daring a visit to the mining bureau
be met Mr. Davi3, and in the mention
of some of his oriental experiences
told of an immense bivalve shell
weighing 528 pounds, which he had
secured as a great prize at Singapore.
Mr. Davis expressed a wish to present
such a specimen to the State, and ask
ed the Professor to name its price.—
This was done, and instantly accept
ed, and the State rnasenm has become
the owner of this magnificent and
rare specimen. The name of this
monster shell is the tridocna gigas.—
The generic name tridacna is from
two Greek words—tri, three, and
dakno, to bite. The name seems to
be derived from a passage in the thir
ty-second book of Pliny’s “ Natural
History," chapter XXI, in which is
mentioned that the expedition of Al
exander revealed the fact that oysters
were found in the Indian sea which
were a foot in diamoter, and that cer
tain gourmands had given to them
the whimsical name of tridacna, in
ferring that it required three bites to
eat them. The specific name, gigas,
is Latin for giant.
A pair of the valvos of the tridacna
gigas ore used in the oborob of St.
Snlpice, Paris, os benitiers or holy
water fonts. They weigh upwards of
500 pounds and are two feet across,
probably about the eize of Mr. Davis’
donation. They were sent to Francis
I by the republic of Venice. They are
objects of special interest in the mag
nificent church, and are highly prized.
A Pathetic Incident.
A touching incident occurred at tho
Midlothian mines, in Virginia, tho
other night. Superintendent Dodds
mounted a car,and, addressing the
waiting crowd of women aud children
around him said: “My poor friends,
it grieves me to have to state to you
that for tho present our search for the
bodies of those yon know and love will
have to be abandoned. Yon know
what fire in a coal mine means, and it
may take months of watohing to sab-
doe it. We will close the pit now.”
The speaker’s voice quivered with emo
tion. When he finished, a boaatiful
little girl of fourteen years, Annie
Crowder, the only daughter of one of
the victims, nttered a piercing scream
and rushed to the month of the pit,
crying: "O, do not leave my dear papa
to bam dawn 1 there! Let mo get in
to tho cage and go down after him.—
Let me save him 1" The strong arms
of the miners held her' back as the
fragile thing tried to make her way to
the cage, and more than one black-
oped face was made blacker as the
hand went np to wipe away the tears.
Men sobbed aloud and turned away
to conceal their emotion. The little
girl finding her progress barred,
swooned at the month of the pit.
>. M Domeetteuisf 1, ’ : '
■> j blm'tfl' MUtf 'lliaut on dliw nan
Pleasure is to woman wbaMhewn.
is to a flower; if moderately enjoyed,
it beautifies, refreshes and improves;
if immoderately, it .withers, deterio
rates and destroys. Bnt thb duties
of domestic life, exercised, as they
rnnst bo, in retirement, and calling
forth ail woman’s sensibilities, are
perhaps as necessary to the fall de
velopment of her charms as the shade
and shower are to the rose, confirm
ing its beauty whilst increasing its
fragrance.
Treating a row aa Von Woilt a Lllfr.
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. ('>1 i .‘r.’CMtagoTribune.
A man came into the office on Tues
day with a black eye; a strip of oonrt
plaster across hie cheek, one arm in*
sliDg, and as he leaned.ft*.iat cratch
iand wiped the perspiration away from
krottnd a lamp on bin forehead with •
red cotton handkerchief hs asked if
the editor was in. Being answered in
the affirmative, he said:
;■ j i •* JbrritG i i»)iipf.l
n Well, I want to stop my paper,
and he sat down oil . the edge of a
chair as though it might hurt.—
“ Scratch my name right off. Yon are
responsible for my condition.”
“ Can it be possible?” we inquired.
“ Yes, said he. “ I am a farmer, and
keep cows. I recently read po article
in your paper about a dairymen’s con
vention, where one of the mottoes over
the door was, “Treat yonr cow as yon
wonld a lady,” and the article said it
was contended by onr best dairymen
that a cow treated in a polite, gentle
manly inannor, as though she was a
companion’ wonld give twice as much
milk. The plan seemed feasible to
I had been a hard man with
stock, and thought that may be that
was one reason my cows always dried
np when butter wns forty cents a
pound and give plenty of milk when
bntter was only worth fifteen ceuts a
pound. I decided to adopt yonr plan
and treat a cow as 1 would a lady. I
bad a brindle cow that never bod
been much mashed on me and I de
cided to commence on her, and the
next morning after I read yonr devil
ish paper, I pnt on my Sunday suit
and a white ping bat that 1 ^bought
the year Greely ran for President and
wont to the born to milk. 1 noticed
the old oour seemed to be basbfnl and
frightened, bat, taking off my lxat r
bowing politely, I said: ’Madame, ex
cuse the seeming impropriety of the
request, bat will yon do me the favor
to hoist!’ At the same time I tapped 7
her gently on the flank with my plug
hut, and, patting the tin pail on the
floor under her, I sat down on the
milking stool.”
“Did she hoist?” said we, rather
anxious to know how the advice of
President Smith, of Sheboygan, the
great dairyman, had worked.
“Did she hoist?” Well, look at me
and see if you think she hoisted. That
cow raised right up and kicked me
with all four feet, switched me with
her tail and hooked me with both
horns, all at once, and when I got up
ont of the bending id the stall and
dag my hat oat of the manger and
the milking stool from un dor rao and
began to maul that cow I forgot all
aboht the treatment of hornecl
Why, she fairly galloped ov^jr me, and
I never want to^ead jotujo^ yaiper
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We tried tp explain,^ bin^that the
advice did not apply brindle cows
'f ?’ JIM
dqst man that ever. Mked. a cow to
boiBt in diplomatic language.
ed o’ ot •<>» u-*lf .(Jmty out
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» > Perllteu«,»»» u qhyt |,n ,i
A Vonng man, the eon of * well-
known family, recently retained home
After a protracted absence. 05 A 11 fridnd
met him shortly after his return, and
askedvi f ' *-*v i orfi !<> guu.
Where have yon need this long
timet’ I haven’t' seen yon for more
than a year.” ' 1 1 : 1 '
" I haven’t been nowaree, exoeptin*
to grammar school.”
" What else did'yea leera there be
sides good grammar?”
“Porliteness, yon darned; 1 bandy
legged, uo-account whelp. That’s
what I learned, you low-down cuss."
—Texas Siftings.