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BRUNSWICK, - GEORGIA
SATURDAY MOBNINO. XCLV 35. 1885.
GEN. Git ANT DEAII.
After months of weary waiting, the
end has finally come, and Gen. Grant
is dead ! He died on ' Thursday
tuorniog at tight, o'clock. Ho passed
away very quiet l_v, n slight tremor be-
iug the only sign t> mark the moment
of dissolution. He was surrounded
by his family and the physicians. The
place of his burial has not yet been
di t -rmined.
Aud so has passed away a man
whose fame extended to every part of
tlm civilized globe. While many
bated and despised him, nono have
successfully assailed his geuius. Al
though he has gone from this world,
he will live ns long as the history of
tin- American people is porpetuated.
John McCullough, the tragedian,
hue been adjudged a lunatic, and a
trustee over his estate been appointed.
THE LOCAL OPTION BILL.
Dr. Ircenens W. Prime, whose name
lots been associated with the New
York Observer for a half century, died
on the IStb inst. How wo shall miss
his weeklv lette.s in that most esti
mable paper!
Miss Cevpl iii.l talks a big quanti
fy about woman’s rights, but, strange
•Vi a iy, it took two express wagons to
carry her trunks to the depot when
she left for her summer trip of a few
days. Now Miss C. should either do
more like a man—carry less baggage
—<>r else “dry up" about woman's
lights.
Barnaul's Asiatic elephant “Albert.'
was shot at Keene, N. H., on Monday
.hi account of his increasing vicious
ness. The location of his heart and
tiriiiu was marked with chalk, and
thirty-three soldiers fired simultane
ously. The huge beast died without,
a groan. His value was $10,000.
Hie remains have been donated to the
Smithsonian Institute nt Washington.
William A. Pledger, the colored col
lector of the port(?) of Atlanta, has
resigned his position, in responso to
a request of Secretary Maiming.—
Pledger will devote several months to
literary pursuits in Athens, after
which he will make a lecturing tour
through the Western and New Eng
land States. It is thought that the
Atlanta custom house will ho abolish
ed, tbero never having been any use
for it. Another cropping out of good
eolid Democratic sens,-.
John Roach, tho shipbuilder,, is re
ported failed, and Secretary of the
Navy Whitney is blamed therefor, on
account of his action in tho Dolphin
matter. Tho idea that the refusal of
the government to accept a single ves
sel should break the subsidized lie.
publican contractor is extremely ri
diculous, and especially so when it in
remembered that llonch has received
nearly all of tho price of the Dolphin,
as well ns largo payments on two oth
er government vessels in conrso of
.construction.
Tho Augusta Chronicle, discussing
tho Gubernatorial question, soys:—
“The liumo of Hon. A. O. Bacon, of
Bibb, seems to meet with popular fa
vor in all sections of tbe Stnte. The
Chronicle, without prejudicing tho
claims and the fitness of other honor
able citizens whose names have been
, mentioned, is free to say that Major
Bacon has tProug claims upon the
people. His character and his qunli
ticatious would adorn the oflice. He
would make nn able and an efficient
Executive, aud would, in all respects,
be a most worthy snccessor to Gov
ernor McDaniel.”
At Columbus Saturday u colored
hrbkeiuuu on a Columbus aud Rome
passenger train swept hiscsr as usual.
He cleaned the spinous nicely and
set tbe whole lot in m slanting posi
tion on tbe cross ties with their tops
touching tbe iron ou tho track. He
set them in this position to dry.' A
train came along aud cut a smooth
piece from the top of each one. j
Aa the prohibition movement is
now receiving mach attention in onr
State, wo give below tbe full text of
tbe local option bill as it passed the
Honse, and now awaits the action of
tho Senate:
A BILL,
To bo entitled nn uct to provide for
preventing the evils of intemperance
by local option in any county in
this State, by submitting the ques
tion of prohibiting the sale of intox
icating liqnors to tho qualified vot
ers of such county; to provide pen
alties for its violation, and for oth
er purposes.
Section 1. Tho Goneral Assembly
of the Stnte of Georgia do enact, That
upon application signed by(one-tenth
of tho voters who are qualified to vote
for members of tho General Assembly
in nny county, the Ordinary shall or
der an electiou to be held nt tho plac
es of holding elections for members of
the General Assembly, to tako plnce
within forty days niter tho reception
of such petition, to determine Whether
or not such spirituous liquors ns nre
mentioned in tbe sixth section of this
ant shnll bo sold within tho limits of
such county; provided, that no elec
tion held under ibis act shnll ho held
in any month in which general elec
tions urn-held, so that such elections
ins are held under this net shnll lie
separate and distinct from nny other
election whatever; provided, farther,
that the Ordinary shall determine up
on tho sufficiency of tho petition pre
sented by the tax books of the year
before.
Sec. 2. Bo it further enacted, That
notice of such elections to he held ns
are by this net provided sha’l be pub
lished once a week for four weeks in
tho oflicinl organ or orgnns of the Or
dinary and Sheriff of tho comity
where such elections are to he held,
and such other notice may bo given
os tho Ordinary may think proper to
give general publicity to the election
Such elections shnll he held under the
same regulations ns are now pre
scribed by law for holding elections
for members of the General Assembly,
except ns otherwise provided by this
act. All persons qualified to vote for
members of tho General Assembly
nrp qualified to vote under the provis
ions of I his act, provided that they
have actually resided within tho terri
torial limits to ho nffeetod thereby at
least six months next preceding the
election; provided, further, thnt nil
voters at elections held under this net
shall bo required to cast their ballots
iu their own uiilitia districts.
Sec. 3. Bo it farther enacted, That
all persons votiug at elections held
under tho provisions of this act, who
arc against the sale of such intoxicat
ing liquor mentioned in the sixth sec
tion of this act, shall have written or
printed on their ballots "Against the
sale,’’ and nil who favor the ijale of
the articles mentioned in said sixth
seel ion shall birve written or printed
on their ballots, “For the sale."
Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That
the iiiuiiugurs of elections held us liv
this act provided shall keep, or cause
to he kept, duplicate lists of voters
aud tally sheets, aud it shall he the
duty of the innuagers to deliver one
list of tho voters auR tally sheets to
tho Clerk of tbe Superior Court, to he
filed in his office, and one list of the
oters' ballots and tally sheets to the
Ordinary, who shall carefully consol
idate the returns and decide nil ques
tions and contests arising from elec
tions held by virtue of this act. If the
ivsuli of any election shnll he “Against
the sale," ttie Ordinary slmjt publish
the same ouce a week for four weeks
ill tho pnper in which ho gave notice
of tbe election. This act shill take
effect ns soon as tho result is ascer
tained, except us to vested right of
persons whose annual license have
not expired.
Sec. 5. Bo it further enacted, That
if the result of nny election held under
the provisions of this act shall be “for
the sale,” then no other election shall
be held in the county in less thnn two
years thereafter, which must be doue
upon a new petition as aforesaid, mid
by otherwise conforming to.this net.
Sec. (i. Bo it farther enabled, That
if a majority of tho votes cast at any
election held as 6y this uct provide.I
shall be “against the sale,'' it sli ll
not he lawful for nny person wit lain
tho limits of snch county tu sell or
barter for valuable consideration, ei
ther directly or indirectly, or give
away to induce trade nt his place of
bnsin08s, or furnish at other public
nothing in this act shall be construed
ns to preveul the manufacture, sale
and use of domestic wines or cider,
or the sale of wine for sucrifnental
purposes; provided, such wines or
cider shall not be sold in barrooms
by retail, nor shall anything hereiu
contained prevent licensed druggists
from selling or furnishing pare alco
hol for medicinul, art, scientific aud
mechanical purposes.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That
no election shall be held under the
provisions of this act for nny county,
city, town or other places in this
State, where by law the sale of spirit
uous liquors is already prohibited,
either by high license, local option
or other legislation, so long ns these
local laws remain of force.
Sec. 10. Bo it further enacted, That
any person voting illegally at any
electiou held under the provisions of
this net, or otherwise violating any
provisions of the same, shall, on con
viction thereof, bn punished as pre
scribed in section -1310 of the code of
1882.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That
all laws and parts of laws iu conflict
with this act he, and- tho same are
hereby repealed.
1U.IUK TWAIRiI PENSION.
Samuel Clements, of Elina, N. Y.,
lias been granted a pension, and the
notification was by mistake sent to
Samuel L. Clemens, of Elmira, N. Y.
That gentleman replied us follows:
Elmira, July 8, 1885.
John C. Black, Commissioner:
Dear Sir—1 have not applied for a
pension. I have often wanted a pen
sion—often—ever so often, I may say
—but inasmuch ns the only military
service I performed during the war
was in the Confederate army, I have
always felt a delicacy about asking
yon for it. However, since you have
suggested the thing yourself, I feel
strengthened. I haven’t any very pen
sionable diseases my self, but I can
furnish a substitute—a niuo who is
just simply a chaos, i museum of all
tile different kinds of itches and pains,
fractures, dislocations and malforma
tions there are; u man who would re
gard rheumatism, piles and sore eyes
us inert) recreation ami refreshment
after the serious occupations of his
day. If you grant me the pension,
dear sir, please hand it to Gen. Haw
ley, U. S. Senator—I tpeun, hand him
the certificate, not the money—and
he will forward it to uie. He has al
ready congratulated tue. He thinks
I've til rend v got the pension, whereas,'
I’ve oiliv got the rhisiiiistisin. But I
don’t want that'. I wish it were catch
ing. I know a man tlmtl would load
up with it pretty early. But never
mind all that—you may ho busy.—
Just Imnd it to Hawley—the certifi
cate, you understand, it not transfera
ble. Very truly yours,
Samvel L. Clemens,
Known to the police iin ‘Mark Twain.’
District iNOIIIes.
STATE SCRAPS.
Albany is sodn to have a cotton
compresp.
On petition of the barbers of the
city of Atlabta, Council has passed an
ordinance closing barber shops on
Sunday.
It is said of a countryman who
does not live far from Macon, that
wheuever be visits that city his wife
prepares food for him for two days.
The countrymen eats before leaving
home, aud does not break his fast nu-
til ho returns.
Carroll Free Press: Mr. John Mon-
crief has laid upon our table a cab
bage with eight heads, seven, small
ones nroutid the main one. Tt was
raised by C. C. Williamson, who lives
just beyond the river.
A swarm of bees has taken posses
sion of the gable end of the Inland
Shoals mill, and are working finely,
and a hornest's nest in the other.
Wind a lime tho miller will have if
the two tribes get into war.
Col. Primus Jones sent to Albany
this week forty melons, tho smallest
of which weighed forty-four pounds,
nod the largebt sixty-eight. . The
News mid Advertiser wants to know
if anybody iu the State can beat tlint
received.
.nORB ABOUT THE BRBRIN CASE.
Dr. Urn liner Correct* ■ Clerical Mis
take.
Thu A Innt:i Constitution, tinder
the head, "Constitutionals," gives mil
this list of informuti
Judge M. L. Mershon.of tho Bruns
wick circnit, will be a candidate for
Congress tu Succeed Hon. Tom Nor
wood in the first district, and will not
he a candidate for re-election to his
present office of circuit judge. It ad
dition to Judge Mersbon it is under
stood that Hon. Jno. C. Nichols, of
Pierce, Captain S. D. Bradwell, of
Liberty, and Judge Pratt Adnms and
Senator Boh Falligant, of Cliathniu,
will also contest for Mr. Norwood’s
sent. To succeed Judge Mershon ou
tho hunch of tho Brunswick circuit, it
is understood that ox-Seuutor Jack
Holton, of Appling. Frank H. Har
ris, of Glynn, and Hon. J. L. Sweat,
of Cliucb, ex-members of tho House,
will bo candidates.
IIItEAK OP A BA1IN BURNER.
Chattaxoooa, July 21.—The barn
of Samuel Williams, a wealthy farmer
residing near this city, was burned
ten days ago by John Woods, a des
perado whom ho had convicted of
robbery. Two horses and consider
able grain was burned and fine horse
was stolen. Seven hundred dollars
was offered for his capture. He was
found about forty miles above the
city last night. While being con
veyed to the city on mi express train
ho leaped through a car window while
the train was runniii
35 miles mi hour
Jnnu Hudson, a colored woman of
Atlanta,relumed to that city this week
from Liberia, Africa. Site bits been
gone seventeen years. Site went out
with a party of fifty, almost of nil
are dead or Have come hues to their
old homes.
Messrs. Calloway amt Camp, of
Gainesville, are ranking arrangements
to have a baby show in a few weeks,
offering to the finest baby a prize.
No squnker two years old will lie al
lowed to contest, and no one under S
years of age will be peimitted to vote.
Mr. Julius Brown lots several pho
tographs of Atlanta streets and corn
ers taken by order of Gen. Sherman
just before the city was fired. He oh
tained them from Dr. Nichols, wh.
was Gen. Sherman’s medical chief of
staff. They show tip a curious old
town.
It is not generally known thut “lice”
is not in the lexicons, some people
even going s > far as to believe that
the name is applied to a distinct
breed of dogs, as pointer, etc. It is
pin-ly a Southern word, said to be
use.i only in the fur South, .and ap
plied to small curs.
A plan lately in vogue in GuiucH-
vi'le, of nllowing drug stores to sell
liquor upon a physician's certificate,
liny proven to lie a delusion. Drum
mers played around the city with
whole books of certificate*. One drug
store took in 350 liquor prescriptions
iu twenty-sever days.
Mr.W.M. l’ayton of Buchanan killed
a suake, known in this county as the
corn snake, one day this week. Small
snakes commenced to crawl out of tbe
mouth of the olie, and Mr. Payton
called his brothers George and Litm
to see the sight. Either of the three
entlemen are willing to »we«r that
sixty-five small ones came out of the
large one.
It is n curious fact thnt the Dodge
county lands now iu .dispute before
Judge Speer ouee ia-iunged to the
State of Indiana. Long time ago
Georgia needed some money h.itlly.
She borrowed it from Indiana and
put np the deeds ol these lauds as
security. It is probably the only
case, w hero one State owned part of
tho territory of another State. ,
On Monday a sensation was created
nt Kingston by the trial of W. J.
Coker, a prominent merchant of this
city, by United States Commissioner
Beck, for the breaking open of a let
ter addressed to a sister-in-law of his.
It was written by William Wishart,
who has been paying attention the
lady, and who got a severe beating
for it by Mr. Coker some weeks ago.
Mr. Coker's objection was that Wis-
hnrl was a married uu.iu aud that he
had no right to pay attention to other
ladies. Mr. Coker was hound under
a bond of $500 to appear before the
present term of the United State-
Court for the Northern Disliiel of
Georgia.
Dr. W. F. Brunner, the physician in
charge of the Snpelo quarantine sta
tion, writes to the Savannah News in
regard to its recent articles about tho
Erbrin case, aud explains that the
same resulted from n clerical mistake
iu his office. The Doctor writes:
After boarding the Erbrin nnd get
ting all the information it is necessary
to obtain, I wrote off this information
to ho copied, ami to be handed back
to me in the shape of a letter to tjl»
department. Tho gentleman wfj«
copied this information being a most
careful aud expel t clerk, I simply
signed my name to* tho copied letter.t
Tue letter, ns written by me, read this’
way:.“She had entered the port of
Brunswick, aud when about to dis
charge her ballast was ordered to this
station." The letter, when copied
and forwarded to flie Savannah office,
read this way: “She bad entered tbe
port of Brunswick, and was discharg
ing ballast, when ordered to this sta
tion.” Dr. Blain, tho Health Officer
at Brunswick, is a gentleman too pru
dent to be guilty of aoy carelessness,
and ns the unfortunate mistake seri
ously affects him, I hope it will'be
rectified in ttie columns of jour valu
able journal.
The Captain of the Erbrin gave lue
the following account of the course
pursued with bis vessel after making
this coast: Euiering St. Simons sound
on Wednesday, July 8, he anchored
until permission was given him to go
tip to the local quarantine station,
where he remained lin'd noon of the
following day (Thursday), when lie i
was ordered to leave the wharf an I
drop out into the stream. Early Fri
day morning a tug enme to him
and towed his vessel to this sta
tion. In your issue of July 10th*
you say that the master of
ttie Erbrin is mistaken iu stating
that cholera had not broken ant
before his departure. In justice to a
man who willingly submits to the dis
comforts of disinfection, aud they are
many, I will say that the Americuu
Consul and tile Spauish authorities
assert that no infectious or contagious
disease existed in the city of Valencia
up to tbe time of the departure of the
Erbrin. They gave her clean bills of
hea'th. The cholera may have ex
isted iu the proviuce of Valencia, aud
possibly iu the city of that name; but
I feel assured thnt the Captain
believes what he says- I do not wish
the inference drawn that she should
have remained at Brunswick. This
station is her proper destination. 1^
will say in conclusion that this vessel *
discharged her cargo of lumber of
at Valencia and took in her ballast of
situd at a point iu the open hay some
distance from the town. Very ie- 4
spectfully, \V. l‘\ Brunner, 51. D.
THE CHOLERA SCOURGE.
Judge Lynch has held bloody as
sizes this year. Since January. 1st
the Dumber of persons lynched in va
rious parts of the country is 99, of
whom 9G were males nnd 3 females,
58 white and 41 colored. In detail
the'Stutea are represented as follows:
Alabama 3, Arkansas 1, Florida 2,
Georgia 2, Iowa 5, Kansas 3, Ken
tucky, 3, Maryland 1, Mississippi (J,
Missouri G, North Carolina Ji, Ne
braska 2, Ohio 3. Oregon 2, Tennes
see 7, Texas 31, Virginia 2, West Vir
ginia 2. Iu the Territories: New
Mexico 2, Indian Teiritory 7, Dakota
1, Montana 3, Washington 1. It f
may also lie of interest to know
that of these f)9 departed citizens 41
were lynched for murder, 21 fc.r horse
stealing, 14 for rape, 3 for incendiar
ism, 2 for truiti wrecking, 3 for mur
derous assault, 2 for unknown rea
sons and 1 frr burglary.
The Albany Nows hits at tho root
of the mutter wlmii it mij<:
Now we shall r, <• it doing.• of local
registration bills pour in ttie House.
Would it not better, in every respect,
merge all of the special I.ills into a
gem-rid net? Will costly folly of un
necessary legislation nev.r end? It
is utterly unreasonable from the stand
point of business methods mid vet it
rionslv injured, lie.
Madrid, July 22.—Incomplete n-
„ t , nrI ! 8 of tho progress of cholera in J is true that one hundred liml two
iiiug at th ; rate of | ycstirduy show n total of 2,327 .cial local option nnd prohibition hi
•...m! tvas verv s«-! oases and 9tl deaths. These in-J were passed be‘
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in tu-- .
cloeK t.
places, any alcoholic, spirituous or|h,« alighted, mid reached tie . uy to
malt liquors, or intoxicating biiters,
or other drinks which, if drank to < x-
ces-i, will produce intoxication, uml.i
pennlt'es hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 7. Be it further eimcted, That
section 4570 of the code of 1882, iu
regnrd to prohibiting the sale or fu:-
D’shing of spirituous liquors ou elec
tion days, shall apply ty all elections months and two days,
held under the provisions of this act. j lejirimit to plow hcliii
Sec. 8. Bo it further enacted, That
•lit.
Woods .lied fr.
: inj.llirs at 11 II
C,»i.'eesed.
t)i i uncle Billy Wo.slyi
count), has just lost a i
ripe o'd age of thirty-jit
before the Legislature
.(seethe propriety of enacting a
ral option law. It is likely that f
aim* schedule will he run in tl.e
■•r of tlm registration of voters.
eluded 13 new cases and 9 deaths in
I the city of Madrid, 48 new cases ami g,.
| ten deaths in the province of Madrid,'th,
i’-els ..t |,J K ' 1GH new cases and .‘JS death* iu the ini
i*|d|. Hei^i'J -iai iigossa, -F.il new eas> s innl —
,i 14.1 in the proviiieeot .S il‘Hgossa, 10 ■ a i j-, ■ ■ tv ■ /v tv *
,i.i.... k t >" : J. S. JOHNSON.*
It. of D.ailj , SegoVi i, dll I, tv ei«t s amt 200 le .ths
iule the ill the province .It' S -g-ivi .,.3 new e.s-
ie.it>-, three(cs and 5 death, fti the city of Murcia,
All of his land 230 new cases ami GO OvattlK iu
in I itiis aged ' the province of Murcia. Cases have
'appeared in Hnesci and Caccres.
ATTORXKY AT LAW
BRUNSWICK, -
GEORGIA.
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