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/ The V i J 1 i m News.
Official Organ of Irwin County.
A. G. DaLQACH, Editor anti Prop’r.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Tjy I.. STORY,
PHYSICIAN asp SURGEON,
Sycamore, Georgia.
ATOiwWTfHONY, ■X
PHYSICIAN Am SURGEON,'V
Bycamoue, Georgia.
r ill be lot* ’ted for the present at tho Dod
House. P&uouage respectfully soli cited.
f W. ELLIS,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
t Itunr, Geokoia.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
Irespecrfuli.v Itronage Office solicit iu B. a share H. Cockrell’s ot the public
score.
Kit. J. E GARDNER,
[ PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
J AsanuRx, Georgia
[Cads S“Speeial answered atceatiou promptly diseases day of or night.
to women
ML children.
ENXON STRANGE, M. D.
SPECIALIST.
Cordelle, Georgia.
[Diseases hd all priva.e of women, diseases. Strict Scrictures ires. Nervous dissolv
a out iu 2 Lo5 minutes by a smooth current
f Galvanism without paiu or detention
ram business; and given to patient iu a vial
I alcohol. Correspondence solicited and
est references given. Office nortu-east cov¬
er Suwaueo House.
> M. FR1ZZELLE,
LAWYER,
McRae, Georgia.
Practices in the State and Federal Courts,
eal Estate nr.d Criminal Law Specialties.
J A. AARON,
LAWYER,
Ashburn, Georgia.
Collections atid Ejectment suits a Soecial
fcy. 33f°i)ffic6, Room No. 4, Betts Builuing.
0 \V. PUL WOOD,
LAW, REAL ESTATE & COLLECTIONS,
Tifton, Georgia.
Prompt nttoution given to all business.
KgyOfficLove Building, Room No. 1.
JOHN hAKltb.
SHOEMAKER,
Ashburx, Georgia,
My prices are low and all work strictly
Guaranteed.
DIRECTORY.
CITY OF SYCAMORE.
Mayor—A. G. DsLoach.
gi. Councilman—W. B. Dasher, I. L. Murray,
W. Cockrell. E. R. Smith, J. P. Fountain, April
Superior October. Courts—First C. C. Monday Judge, Hawkins- in
®nd Smith,
yillp, Ga. General—Tom
:£k>lic:tor 'Clerk Eason. McRae,Go.
Superior Court—J. B. D. Paulk, Ir
Ga.
Sheriff—Jesse Paulk, Ruby, Ga.
Vifle, Deputy Ga.; (Sheriffs—C. Win. VanHouten, L. Prescott, Irwin- Ga.
Court Monthly Sycamore,
County Quarterly — session, second
Monday; session, second Monday
|n| January, Judge, April. Irwinville, July and October. J. B.
Clements, Ga.
ICounty Court Baiiiff—William Rogers, Ir
qrtuvilie, Ga.
day (County in each Commissioners’ month. M. Henderson. Court—First Commis¬ Mon¬
sioner, Ocilla, Ga.
Ordinary’s Court—First Monday in each
month. Daniel Tucker, Ordinary, Vic, Ga.
School Commissioner—J. Y. Fletcher, Ru¬
by. Oa.
County Treasurer—W. R. Paulk, Irwiu
vilie. Ga. Receiver—D. A. Mclums, Vic. Ga.
Tax
Tax Surveyor—M. Collector— Barnes, J. W. Paulk, Minnie, Ruby,’Ga. Ga.
Coroner—Dauiel Hall, Minuie, Ga.
Board of Education—Jno. Clements. Chair
(r an, Irwinville, Ga.; Henry T. Fletcher, Ir
winyille, Ga.; L. R. Tucker, Vic, Ga.; L. D.
T rylor, Ga. Irninvil.e, Ga.; S. E. Coleman,
O lalla, Justice
Courts—901 Dist. G. M., Second
Saturday in each month. Marcus Luke, N.
^P, and ex-offi, J. P.; Wm. Rogers, Bailiff,
winville. Ur. Saturday
1421 District G. M. Second m
:b month. J. H. McNeese, J. P , ICisse
>e, Ga. James Roberts, Bailiff, Ocala, Ga.
U.3SS Disk _D. M., Third Saturday in each
bntii. kiliff, it. V. Hanley, J. P ; David Troup,
bsa Minnie, Ga.
Dist G. M., Third Wednesday in each
path. Jones C. & P. L Royal, Royal, J. P., Sycamore, Ga.; Ga.
[982 . Dist. M.. Bailiffs, Sycamore, Ex
G D. A. Ray, A. P. &
Poio J. P.. (Sycamore, Ga,
_
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Svc.-mioiv communications, L™lv«. No. 210 F. Saturday. & A. IV' V
egula-- -'nff
;ory, W. M.: A. D. Ross, Secretary.
Ocilla Lodge, F. & A. M.—Regular the 4ih Sunday com
lunicaiiou ’i hursduy J. before J, Heuderson, W. M.;
l each month. A.
I. \v, M. Whitley, Sec’y, OciU.i, Ga.
CHUgCH directory.
i SYCAMORE CIRCUIT.
I I Sycamore—2nd Sunday aud Sunday night.
Cycl imeta—Fourth Sunday.
Lb jta—Third Sunday.
” urue—1st Sunday and Sunday night.
’ T. D. STRONG, Pastor.
UNION PRIMITIVE BAPTIST.
Brushey Creek—4 h buuday and Saturday
before. Creek—2nd Suuday and Situr
Sturgeou
day beiore.
Salem—3rd Hopewell— 1st Sunday & Saturday before.
Eld. Sunday IV. H. anu Harden, Saturday Pastor. before.
Little River—3rd Sunday and Saturday
before. Turner’s Meeting House—2nd Sunday and
Saturday before
Oaky Gruve—1th Sunday and Saturday
before Etnau»—1st Sunday aud Salurdnv before
Kdd, James Gibes, Pastor.
NOTICE.
Parties are ollowod warned thstno lots of bunting land Nos. or fish¬ IS,
ing will be on
14 17. 18, 19 and 44, in 3rd district ot Irwin
fljjpuy.________\UUi2 FiaAOuaR.
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., MARCH 9 1891.
GENERAL NEWS.
Wholesale Summary of the News of the
Week Gathered from Every Quarter.
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Tlie beautiful dome of the agricul*
tural (World's Fair) building was de
stroyed by tire.
Tile smallpox hospital at Chicago is
of patients. Fifteen now cases,
totaTTTf/derTfeatnNJJDt, 160.
, ,, snia pox. mi. V
an a, xa., m >
in the old barracks and a oaiard 13 is
laced riot,-o around t
°ed machor will? in m b^Bn” at Au „ usta 5
Ga b ’ cbm cba ® a with wire who heatm 0 , at
tempted to burn his way out and was
burned to death.
Eighteen inches of snow fell at
Cincinnati, and a very heavy fall is
reported over all the region of the
sources of the Ohio.
A train of ears passing over Port
Louis bridge, on the island of Mail
litius, was blown into the river and
five people were killed and ten in
>
At Pittsburg, Pa., Pitcher McNabb,
of ihe Baltimore club, shot Louise
Kellogg, of the Alvill Joslyn ac
tresses, fatally, and then shot himself
at! ’
Two men, Newt Reed and John
Faulkner, were arrested at Searcy,
Ark., charged with passing couterfcit
silver dollars.
In Craven county, N, C., a fu r c
year old daughter of Brice Ipock
caught fire. Her iittle brother, a year
older, tried to save her and both were
fatally burned.
At Chestnut Mound, near Carthage,
Tenn., Grady King,s6-yeur-old daugh¬
ter of Dr. A. H. King, was accident¬
ally shot and killed by Earnest Pax¬
ton, a 12 year old boy.
H. C. Furman of Winona, Minn.,
is a defaulter as custodian of Hum¬
boldt Lodge, I. O. O. F. His short
age is §400. His defalcations in other
trusts run the toial up to §10,000.
A Mr. Mcliight was found near
Dresden, Term., frozen to death.
Two other men, who were with him,
are supposed to have been frozen, and
200 were out looking for then
bodies. r
The laic cold wave brought the cold¬
est clay of the winter to New York
city, and passed over the country
from that city to the Rio Grande with
rain, snow and sleet.
Advices from Brazil indicate the
election of Moreas president, and
Reriera vice-president. The former’s
majority in the city of llio was 3,305
cm of a total of 7,709 —Deaths from
yellow fever average 111 daily.
Gladstone has been tendered a peer¬
age by the queen- He declined it.
He recommended that the premier¬
ship be tendered to Lord Eoseberry,
and it is understood that it will bo
done aud that Eoseberry will accept.
A towboat from Pittsburg for New
Orleans struck the middle pier of the
bridge at Memphis and sunk ten
barges of coal. Proceeding oa her
way, she struck a hidden obstruction
at Peter’s Towhead and sunk three
barges. Loss estimated to be 836
000,
Anderson Carter and Bud Mont¬
gomery were shot to death in the jail
at Mountain Home, Ark., by a mob.
They were two of a trio of murderers.
The third one, Bart Carter, had made
a confession. Their crime was ihe
murder of Hunter AVilson on the
night of Dec. ISth; and robbing hi?
house of 81100.
It seems shat Chambers, the
Liar,” while perpetrating his recent
fake of pretended suicide, lied to
some purpose while liis baud was in,
aud several Memphis gentlemen who
befriended him financially are left
with worthless checks on hand varying
from 820 lo 840 in amount.
Henry AIcDonald, the young At
lantaiau, who was detained in Chatta¬
nooga upon charges of obtaining li’ad
board upon false pretenses, has a
preliminary heating and was bound
over, on a new charge, that of obtain¬
ing money on false pretenses, His
family, who are of the very best peo¬
ple of Atlanta, have, it is said, de¬
cided not to interfere in his behalf.
Late advices from Brazil convey the
information that while the insurgent
steamer, Venus, was bombarding the
government fort at Aladema Point, a
shell, dropped by a sailor, exploded.
Her magazine was blown up, tearing
a hole in the side of the ship, through
which ihe water rushed, and she soon
afterwards sunk. The crew was
saved by boats from another vessel.
Near Berlin, Texas, two ladies,
Airs. Behrens and Mohril, having
gone to tho family burial ground to do
some cleaning up, were returning
when two negroes sprang out of tbo
woods. One of them caught the reins
and held the horse. The other at¬
tempted to seize one of the ladies.
Tho man, Joseph Donjan, who ad¬
dressed to Vice President Stevenson a
postal card bearing the following mes¬
sage: “Doomsday if you do not send
me my expenses, 825; then you will
be one of tho first to be kicked out,
but if you do, then I will see you first
before I do auj&iug else, Send
„
“In Union. Strength and Prosperity Abonnd.”
^uick,” lias been tried at Baltimore,
Md., convicted and sentenced to lb
months in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Behrens knocked him down with 1111
a shovel, and, leaping from the
buggy, beat him until he was uncon
scions. Meantime, a dog, which ac
companiod the ladies, had a'tackcd the
other negro, but was getting the worst
of it when Mrs. Behrens came to the
rescue with her «pade, and felled the
negro brute at a blow. After beating
him severely, tbo brave woman re
seated herself in the buggy and drove
.jpjowu, where she reported the facts
lo oilh«rs, who ot once set out tor the
scene of \he \ov light.
The bill the consolidation of the
cUicsof Ncd( ^ York and Brooklyn has
pagsed both onses of t j 10 R f ate Jegis
lature, and onJy awaits ratification by
a popular vote'of the two cities and
outlyiuc , vilIa ^8 to become a law.
rpj 10 ,, q ,pulation csf the city, when her
limits shull have been extended as pro
vided by this bill,'.will be 3,000,000,
making her the second city iu the
world in point of imputation.
« fo f Widgeon cm ; se .. JRaleMi
a ana ud the me gnnooat <nmboat wiu 0 bom of oj. the me B>it- x>.u
ish squadron on they West African
corst was was sent ash-ore to punish
Chief Fodisilah who hhd been carry
ing away and selling ., into slavery
many natives of the ullages over
which he rules. They matched some
distance inland, and, falling into an
ambush of the Chief’s followers', were
defeated, losing three officers and ten
men killed, and foriy-seven wounded.
The latest advices from Brazil are
unfavorable to tho insurgents. An
insurgent steamer, Jupiter, was sunk
by the Nictheroy batteries. The in
surgeut transport, Mercuric, also gone
to the bottom. A battle lias been
fought in San Gelbriel, in which tho
rebel forces under General Piani were
defeated, and General Penetro killed.
The van guard of the government
forces, „ under , Hypo yto, attacked , , the ,,
rebels near Dam I edrito and defeated
them. Sixty-three insurgents were
killed.
Henry McDonald of Atlanta, Ga.,
who a little over a year ago was mar
ried to Miss Lou DeGratfenreid, was
arrested in Chattanooga on a charge
of abduction of a pretty little Miss
Webb, also of Atlanta. He sent the
young lady, who had accompanied
him to Chattanooga, back to her fath¬
er, whereupon the prosecution was
abandoned, and tho gay Lothario
would have been released but for the
demauds of certain hotel proprietors
who insist on bis detention under a
charge of getting board on false pre
tenses.
According to resolutions adopted at
a public meeting at Paisano, Texas,
there were no crops made iu that sec¬
tion last year, and tire people are
threatened with starvation, A
drouth has prevailed for thirteen
months, and 90 per cent of all domes¬
tic animals has died. The resolutions
appeal for help to the benevolence of
those whom God has blessed with
greater abundance, and ask that con¬
tributions be sent to the relief com¬
mittee at Beeville or Alice, Texas.
The names of Matias Garcia and W.
G. Gutherlaud are appended as chair¬
man and secretary.
At St. Charles, Ark., Will Farrer,
while drunk at an early hour, was
amusing himself by breaking down
the doors of stores. While demolish
ing tho door of a store occupied hy
Mr. Wilbur Parker, Walter A, Bal
lard, who slept in a house adjoining,
was aroused by the noise and ran out
to investigate. Just then Parker,
who had been sleeping in the back
room of his store, appeared at the
front door, and, taking Ballard for a
burglar, shot him. Ho then fired the
other barrel of his gun at Farrer,
killing him instantly. Howard died
of the wounds inflicted by the shot.
Harper’s Alagazine for Alarch more
than sustains the high standard of ex¬
cellence which has heretofore marked
the pages of that monthly. “A Steel
Tool” is a highly interesting and in¬
structive article on the invention,
progress and manufacture of steel.
Aliss Shelton gives in terse stylo some
details of history relating to the “New
England Negro,” that will be interest¬
ing to tho southern reader, and per¬
haps surprising, if not startling, to
some of a higher latitude. Dr. T.
Alitchell Pruden has an article on
“Tuberculosis and its Prevention,” in
which he combats the notion I hat it is
hereditary and maintains that it is
contagious. Uis suggestions as to the
hygeine of the household are es¬
pecially valuable.
The measures taken to ascertain the
identity of the man Dranghn who was
lately admitted to Grady Hospital,
Atlanta, afflicted with )o3.s of memo¬
ry, resulted in the discovery of a vil¬
lain as well as his lost name. It trans¬
pires that Dranghn, after living three
years with his wife at Salem, N. C.,
deserted her and afterwards married
a second wife at Ashville, whom, af¬
ter six months, he abandoned also,
lie then went to Bryson City, where
he courted Aliss Ella Alitchell and in¬
duced her to elope with and marry
him. Her father and brothers follow¬
ed and found them, after several days,
at a hotel in a neighboring city. The
deluded girl returned with her father
and brothers, whose vengeance
Draughn escaped by flight.
AT THE CAPITOL.
»ixiT-Pir.t uay.
House—S peaker Crisp was in his
place and rapped the house to order
at noon. —The senato joint resolution
for printing G,000 copies of the Ha
waiian correspondence sent to COll
gross since Jan. 1st was reported and
referred—On a motion by Mr. Bank
head that the house go into committee
of the whole on the seigniorage bill
and that debate be closed in thirty
minutes, tho vote was 120 ayes, nays
none. No quorum. Tho remainder of
cla > 8 .-omou was taken up in
dilatory mouons and voles and at 3
ck tbe Mourned until Moa
da >
tiixtySccon<l Day.
House—A motion to take the anti
option bill from the committee on
wa >’ 8 and means and refer it . to the
committee on agriculture was carried
b y a voto of 171 10 78 -— Mr. Bontelle,
republican, of Maine, ollercd a reso.
b,t!0 n > ' vitb a K»ghty preamble, to
acquire . the recall of Minister Willis
1-0,11 tbe > r ° vorum ® llt of Hawaii, and
lll ° appointment of another represent.
ativo in Ins place. Referred to com-
1 ju 0,1 f roie ore :„„ '?, n relations.—Mi. relations —\1r
UUnd movecl , that the house go into
c0, *- ,nl ^ tbc '?'?* °“ the 8ei S n -
f b'll, general debate f to close , at
“ Hiesday atternoon, ami the
bil1 t0 be lurlher considered under Ihe
live minutes rule, and demanded tho
previous question. The yeas and nay.
were ordered, resulting yeas 163, nays
, elevci than a quorum. —After
a ,, call of iO house, showing 273 pres
eut, Mr. :uul withdrew tiro pending
motion, d moved to go into cominit
vholo nil on the seigniorage bill
jy, z w j, hout • Cion of debate). Carried
joq t0 1 Mr. Hatch took the
c [ la j r ^ , Ui fler some time spent in
debate tho unmittce rose. No other
business wa- transacted and at 5:25
the bouse adjourned.—The senate
helda sessioll oE Eol . ty minutes during
w i)j 0 |, the correspondence between tho
treasury department and the depart
merit of justice on the question as to
wheilic;- silver certificates are lawful
money, was presented in response to
dm resolution calling for it. Tho
opinion of tho department of justice
a8 presented is that these certificates
‘•are just what they purport to be,”
tlnU. ting- arc only lawful money to
the extent that they are receivable for
customs, taxes and other public due=,
and not lawful money within the mean¬
ing of the statutes cited.—Chairman
Morgan reported tho opinions of the
committee on foreign relations as to
Hawaiian affairs, and notice was given
by Mr. Frye, republican, of Maine,
that he would address the senate oa
the subject on Wednesday. The sen¬
ate at, 1:15 adjourned.
fcixty-Third Day.
House. —A new print of the anti
option bill was ordered.—After the
call of committees, Mr. Bland moved
to go into the committee of the whole
on the seiguiorage bill, limiting debate
to 3 p. m. to-morrow. No quorum
voting, he renewed his motion without
limit of debate and it was carried.—
Mr. Hatch of Missouri, took the chair.
—The debate on the bill continued
until 4:35, when the committee rose,
aud tho house adjourned.
Senate. After the presentation of
a number of petitions relating to tarifl
and internal revenue, a resolution was
offered and passed asking the presi
dent to suspend action in the consoli
dation of the land offices until the
passage of the uext sundry civil ap
propriation biil.—A resolution asking
why the census report on manufactures
has not been completed, and iustruct
ing the Secretary of the Interior to
furnish the senate with the most ad
vanced printed copy of it, was agreed
to.—After a brief executive session
the senate, at 1:25, adjourned,
KixtvFoiirtli Dny.
Senate —Air. Voorhees, of Indiana,
ottered a resolution appointing Mr.
Mills, of Texas, a member of the
finance committee during the absence
and disability of Air. Vance, of North
Carolina, and asked immediate action
on it. Upon the suggestion of Air.
Hoar, of Alassachusetts, the resolution
went over.—Mr. Frye, of Alaiue, ad¬
dressed the senato on Hawaiian affairs
until 2 p. m., and after a short execu¬
tive session the senate, at 2:20, ad¬
journed.
House— After the call of commit¬
tees, Air. Kilgore ottered a resolution
calling on Ihe sergeant-at-arms to re¬
port whether the law to withhold the
salary of representatives who have
been absent,except in case of sickness,
has been enforced, and, if nol, why
not. lie said this ought to be a ques
tiou of privilege. The chair held that
ji w as not a question of privilege, and
I he resolution was withdrawn.—Air.
Bland moved that ihe house go into
committee of the whole on the seign¬
iorage bill and tbat general debate bo
closed at 3 o’clock Thursday. The
vole was 127 yeas, 2 nays. No quo¬
rum. The yeas and nays were called,
Before the vote was announced Air.
Livingston of Georgia, calling atten¬
tion to rule 8 which, he said, requires
members present, if not excused, to
vole on every proposition pre¬
sented to the house, de¬
manded that Mr, Tracey of New
York, who had refused to vote, be
brought before the bar of the house
and requited to explain his refusal,
$1.00 a Year In Advance.
The speaker said ihe rule was
known. The chair could not enforce
it otherwise than by appealing to
members to observe it. After some
further parley, the chair announced
the vote, which was 109 yeas, nays 6,
—Five short of a quorum. A call ot
the bouse showed 205 present
Bland renewed his motion ami the
yeas and nays were called, resulting
yeas 177, nays <. Mr. Outhwaite ot
Ohio, presented an order from the
committee on rules limiting debate on
tile pending bill and amendments to
two hours. After putting the ques¬
tion the speaker stated that Air. Tracy
find interposed a motion of reconsid¬
eration. Mr, Outhwaite demanded
the previous question on his motion,
and yeas and nays were ordered, rc
suiting 170 ibr the demand to 10
against. The vote oil the order limit
• ing r . debate . lo two hours, was 1 In to'O.
The yeas and nays were called, re
suiting 165 to 11— three short (f a
quorum and at 4 o’clock .he he use
adjoiiUica.
feixry-Fi* i n Jir.y.
SENATE—A resolution, ollercd by
Mr. Cullora, of Illinois, for the ap
pointment . Of . a. tanll ... CQinunLeo. . ot c
nine to equalize rates on the basis of
Kuropean and American wages, was
temporarily laid aside.—Mr. Voorhecs
withdrew tho resolution to place Mr.
Mills, of Texas, on the finance com
rolltop mittee, at .. t flip tile inmipst lequest of OI Ail. Mr Ji Mills— ns
Mr. 1’ rye, of Maine, resumed ins
speech on Hawaiian affair*, and
brought it to a conclusion, when, after
brief . reply , , by Mr. ,, Gray, .. ot I * ml.- l;
a
ana, the matter went over.—The Sen
ate bill to provide additional accom¬
modations for the government printing
bureau, was taken up sud Mr. Dolph
proceeded to discuss the tariff'bill.—
At 4:25, after an executive session,
the senate adjourned.
House— After the reading of the
journal and its approval, a number of
executive communications were read
and referred.—Mr. Cummings, of
New York, ask unanimous consent for
present consideration and passage of
th« bill authorizing the secretary of
the navv to expend 845,000 for the
recovery of the wreck of the Kearsage.
Mr. Kilgore, of iexas, objected.- Ihe
order limiting debate oil the scigilioi*
a ire bill was passed by yeas 166, nays
13. 1 lie author of the bill ottered i a
substitute directing the secretary of
the treasury to.colli, the seigniorage of
the silver bullion in the treasury to the
amount of 855,150,651, and issue cor
tie-catos thereon as fast as coined, such
coin or certificates to be used in pay
meat of ordinary expenditures of the
treasury, and authorizing the issue of
such certificates in excess of such
coinage if he deems it necessary, not
to exceed tho amount named The
second section provides for the coin- and
age of the bullion in the treasury
the destruction ol* the ceuiiieaies is*
sued against, it, aud it is provided that
this act shall not be construed to
change , the legal tender or redemption , ...
quality of notes under tho act of 1890.
The final vote by which the substitute
was was ado lidonted pie a was was ui 171 IO to 9G ao. iui. Mr
1 racy moved to recommit the bill to
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures—lost. The bill was put
upon its passage and carried by a yea
and nay vote of 168 to 129. So the
bill was passed.—The biil appropriat¬
ing 845,000 for raising the wreck of
the Kearsage was then called up aud
passed uuauimouslv. The House then
at 5 :20 adjourned.'
Sixty.Sixth 7 Day. ,1
House , A resolution, . olKied , i by at.. Ml
Bankhead of Alabama, chairman of
the committee on public buildings,
iriilHii autlioilzing ivinv a a SUD snh-rommittce comniu.ee to to lines inves
ligate the erection Ot a new public
building at Chicago, with the privi
lege of holding sessions in (hat city,
expenses to be limited to <j.1,oo 0 and
to be paid out of the contingent fund
of tbo house, was adopted.—The re
port of .he auditor of .he world’s fair.
showing receipts and expenditures
was ordered printed in the Uncord to
complete Mwlta'- the official history of the ex- .
- Mr. Kilg.ro',
relative to tiie enforcement of the law
as to withholding the salary of ab
sent sent members inemoci S, was t\ as cl'UhI o.u.eu im up ami nml re- 11
lerred to the cornmuteo on the jmliea
l-y.—Mr. Mcliaeof Arkansas, chair
man of the committee on public lands,
reported a bill relating to the disposal
of abandoned military reservations.
The bill was ordered printed.—The
venerublo Galltsba A. Grow, the
newly elected i epre.-outativo st
largo of Pennsylvania, was sworn
in. He was speaker of tho huuso
thirty-one years ago and his seventy
years {. of age ' seem to sit ligluly ° G, on
him. r Inc „. , house committee . of the
_ m .
—
whole, took up the fortifications bill.
The bill, after the adoption of certain
amendments, was reporjed to the
house and then passed, ihe bill ap
propriat.es 82,324,654.—The house
went into committee of the whole on
the pension appropriation bill. After
a stormy debate the committee rose
and, at 4:35, the house took a recess
until ■■ 8 p. m—The ■■■■■ night session was
devoted to die consideration ot private
pension bills. The members present
we.e loss than half the number requi
site for a quorum, fourteen bills
were voted upon in committee of llio
whole aud reported favorably, and at ■
10:35 the house adjourned.
Teacher—What killed happened whet, laic j
the man the goose that,
the golden egg' J Dick Hicks—Hh
gocss vwi cooked.
VOL. IV, NO. 43.
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Ucn . xxviu „ to-29-r.oldea
Text: f - en . xxvlu ., 13
-.Commentary,
10. <; And Jacob went out from Becrsheba,
rind went toward Karan.” Since the last lea
son Isaac has been to the Philistines, and,
hoinsc forbidden to go to E?ypt, hesojournea
at Gerar, where he fell into his father’s sin
mcornt ’ ng his wife. He afterward made his
| home at Beersbeba in the extreme south,
where his father dwelt when called upon to
< ' Per up his only son. Then follows the story
1 ‘ ‘ the deception practiced upon Isaac by
i Bnl^kuh and .Ta<v>n. with Esau's consequent
hatred of Jacoo, resulting in Jacob s leaving
| home to go to his mother's ceople at Ha ran.
| in Padanaram. where Abram Torah had died, sojourn eel
! on his way to Canaan till
i W as set, and he took of tho stones of that
place and put them for his pillows and lay
down in that place to sleep.” If we consider
Jacob from this on apart from his nature
and conduct as a sinful man, there are sov
I eral things in. his history suggestive of facts
I in the history of the Lord Jesus. Ke c:oea
forth to obtain a wife (verse 2). for whom he
j ' Uis great love to her (xxix.. 20). Christ
loved tho church and save Himself for it
(Eph. v., 25). Eliezor seeking a bride tor
j the son at homo With his father is suffges
tive of the present wor'-c of the Spirit in gath
i invent tho church. As you sae Jacob in
loneliness with the stones for his
mi lows : yon can t help : thinking o: Him who
, , uo Tl . ileroto 1; y }IU head (Luke ix.*
gat.
12. “And ho drrr.me I. nml behold a ladder
set' up on. the earth, onu the top of it reached
lo heaven. And behoM the artels of God
asc Hidiu^-and descending on it.” By eom
panipir John L. 51. the ladder is suggestive
of the Sono i Man,who boeomJng and man being reached God
down to where we were,
reaches up to heaven, the angels being rain.
Storing spirits nnto the heirs of salvation,
it will be fully seen in tho hereafter of the
milieaiai kingdom.
18. “Anri behold tho Lord stood above it
nml said, I am the Lord Go Isaac l of Abraham,
: thy father and tho God of ; the Land
whereon thou blest, to thee will I give it and
to ed.” Notice in this verse and the
last three beholds—behold a ladder, behold
! tlm onsets, behold the Lor.l.
tlio'-'arth^and^thovf shaU spreaa^abKxm to
t)io west and to trio, east and to the north and.
to the south, and in thee and in thy seed
slml! all the familiesot theearth b« blessed.”
Abram was promised c send as Humorous as
- , dust of the earth and as the stars ot
heaven (xiii.. 16 ; xv.. 5). The latter was ra¬
P«ated .to Isaac (xxvi.. 4), ami now the
i® e f.A n C a b«holil I am'with thee and wilt
heap thee in all places whither thou soest
and will bring thee again into this land, for
1 wiU BOt leavi! tllao umil 1 have doae tbat
which I have spoken to thee o?.” Hero is a
fourth behoicl and associated with what
seems to me the most comprehensive with thee.” assur¬
ance in tho Bible. “I am Com¬
pare Ex. iii., 12 ; Joshua i., 5 : Juilsr. vi., 16,
Jer. i., 8, 19; Isa. xli., 10; Hag, i., 13; ii.,
i : Math, xxviii.. 21). etc. Consider well this
promise ot God’s presence and loving care
your soul is not comforted and strengthened
by the fact that this God is your God, th«
same yesterday, to-day and forever
16. "And eacob awaked out of his sleep,
nni , ho Bald< Sllrely the Lord is in this place,
and I knew it not.” His partnership with
his mother in the deceit practiced upon
lsaa c would net tend to fellowship with
God?butlobe ;ll0D0 deep and thought, away from horn*
sometimes causes «vnd it is
possible that ere Jacob slept he had turned
to God with true penitence and confession,
and that this vision was the answer to his
pray ers. he afraid and
17. "And was said. How
dreadful is this place I This is none other
but the house of God, and this is the gate of
heaven.” Ever since Adam sinned and
said,“I wasafraid"(Gen. iii.,10).siu of the has ma;l«
man afraid at the presence Lord. And
>: et is love a “ d >° v ? d “? when we were
dead in sms, . and C hrist died for sinners.
Wo cannot have peace in the presenceo!
God apart from the forgiveness of sins, bwi
this also He has provided Eph. i.,6, in 7). Jesus Christ
(Acts xiii., 38, Jacob 39; early in the
ls - "And rose up ntorn.
lu g and took the stone that be pat for Ms
pillows and set it up it.” for a pillar and poured
oil upon the top of A sanso of the pres
ones of the Lord is now upon him, and he is
It should
^ u | Wa y S ao W illi the believer, with, jov ih«
added—joy in the Lord and the joy of
Lord, serving the Lord with gladness. ~ Til.
id. "And he called tho name of that pta,e«
Bathe!, but the name of that city was called
Luz at the first.’’ Near this place was <mm> at
as‘-tho ^,*g1£fffiSSS?S2Srt«K God of Bethel” (chapter xxxi.,
But Jeroboam deffied it when ho here l.-jy.
set up
onu of his golden calves (I Kings xii.. 29).
Evory spot lu our p ii sr defileIc i nmRe may be to oa a
Bethel it we will not by any idoi.
20, 21. “And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,
It God bo with me and will keep mu in ihie
way that I go and will give me bread fo tut
Lord m ' m >“,“her’"bouse be God.” In J^pea^ view tlSLtfS
my ot tbo most cru¬
clous and unconditional assurances of vats»
15. it is surely too bad to hear Jacob come ia
with Ins great big -‘if.” and yet how tnmvof
us leave out all the “Us,” and when Gal
says a thing boldly declare, *-l believe God,
1 -’at it snail be. even as it wiis told to me," or
gratefudy say, "Be it unto me according
my words” (Acts xxvli.. 23 : Lukei.. 3fi?
,22. “Aud this stone which I have sat fax
J’ 1 llar sdad bo God's house, au l of all that
.
l0 without m2 unto number S.”" 19 YoUhere^C^I^
who never .therefore’ yet h»g* a
( >0'I a tenth and are raw
moan than , crooked, scheming Jacob, ft
Ih^‘we are Ybreia’o's 1 ^^‘(GaL*lif
but Abram therefore gava Mulchisdaa tithws rY
clnse-iee tithes of. cheerfully all giv.> our Mm
its t;io vary brz&t ^
'lo, an.] thou pii a tho trew trill
offerings on top of that. Lot no one m* m
«^ape hy sayin r. “AH I havois His.'*
nroailHls. Read « a’liui^XceTn^^ X’rov. xj.,24,28;xsa.,
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