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THE TF.LkGRAPIT AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY- >IAY s, 1885
OVER THE STATE.
, |WI fRO* *UL SECTION «Y MA.L
* ,W .HO fXCHANOM.
Ctorgln New. In Brl.f.
Uof c ijo!cra is prevailing in Clay conn-
**•-,. ar e prevalent in Merlirether
M ““'L n saperior Court will convene two
«ek. front to-moirow.
Hed clover growe luxnriantly and anc-
“tolly in Henry county.
The avion grower, of .onthern Georgia
meet in AM>»ny on May 1<.
M.ny of the planters of Upson county
have^excellent stands of cotton.
The fence or no fence que.tion wil be
voted on again in Up.on coomy in July.
r,.,. it is Bald, seeds every fifty years,
.jdtbi* !• the year for it to seed.
*... p y. Hill, a Wilkes county farmer,
U patting up a thousand dollar barn.
Chicken thieves are now alluded to as
left fielders, because they take in fouls.
The Pylvania raUrrad is doing a very fair
tallness in the freight and passenger line
John Allen and George Turner, of Fort
Gaines, are cultivating a large squash
^ruiionia boasts of a giant team of ranle*.
Thiy recently pulled a reek weighing 2,$00
^Vr^Allen McSwaio, an old man, loved
by everybody, died in Meriwether county,
last week.
Washington is to be made a signal sta
tion. The postmaster will display the
weather lUgs.
Steel rails are being lait on the Atlanta
and West Point road, between Fairborn
and Red Oak.
Dr P. M. Tidwell, of Feirburn, owns *
genuine madstone. whose curative powers
are said to be infallible.
Two citizens of Qaitman while on a fish
ing tour in the lower part ot the county,
were twice arrested for tramps.
Eighteen negro women have died In
CnimniDg. or within a mile or two of that
place, within the Ia,t two years.
Rev. 8ini Jones wi l preach three weeks
for the citizens of Cobb, at the Marietta
campground, duriDg the gumraer.
Bob Brown, of Franklin county, killed a
baldett'eafewdays ago messing seven
feet anffthree iuch*s from tip to tip.
Mr. James OF«rreH’s salary as deputy
collector for the whole tState will be $1,800,
with an allowance of 9000 for traveling ex
penses.
Mr. George Drain had two fingers of the
right hand badl/ cut by a circular saw at
Mr. Miller’s gin shops iu Fort Valley the
other day.
There was a young colt at Alpharetta a
few days ago that was a deep sorrel with a
whit* tail It lived to be twenty-six hours
old and died.
The report that Prof. George Worthen,
of Pile county, had shot ami Killed a ne
gro on bis plantation one day this week is
without foundaiior.
The measles is about to measle its last
measle in tbese parts, largely because it
has nothing much more to measle on.—
Carrollton Free Press.
The first shipment of vezetables from
Perry this season, was made Wednesday
by Mr. J. H. Caller, CMi“itding of five or
six bushels of garden peas.
Mark Walker, a co'or*d preacher, is In
jail at Thomaston, charged with capturing
a po :kr:li,( k eoniaimiig two or three dol
lari irom a colored sister.
Mrs. F. C. Furman and children left
Milledgeviile last Thursday fur Berkeley
Cal., wnere she will spend several months
with her father, Dr. LeConte.
Joe Barns, a small negro boy,
rested in Crawlordvill* Saturday night,
charnMl with kr^«>ii — turningof Sir. .San*
Rhodes’ corn crib in Wilkes county.
Forest fires have destroyed a ccntider-
ab.'e amount ot fencing in Campbell and
Fayette out. tie*; but fortunately both
counties have the stock law, and no great
damage was done.
Mrs. Jane Simpson, of Jasper county,
while feeding her cows last week, had tut*
min'ort me to have h*-r arms badly gored
by a ball. Twenty-on* stitches
qaired to sew up the wound.
Mr. E. Dwd'on. 8r„ of Campbell county,
is I.* w MtM.l.t *«_’ years of ng*. hut is
lively as ordinary men are at 00. lie re.
'A* * " M’:t the *i I ot glanses, and ®an
walk to Fairborn, a distance of about f jur
Ml. . rt* qvick as ati) man.
A Church Mimbar Who Kicked.
One member of a church stole five
lars from another member. The one who
lost his money made a fuss about it and
got turned out of the church for his pain
—Camestille Register.
What Happens to Amataura.
Daring the progress of a game of base-
bal- Saturday, :n Jet?, rom, John tiilielami
let the bat tly out of his hand, striking E
H. Borders in the face, knocking two teeth
oat and otherwise bruising him.
Wnat Conscience Old.
So:n*> time iuo Hie ttore of T. M. (Jr.
in Wdkes county was burglarized and
or uk< u therefrom. Last Wtdnem
the burglar nt M r. Green the money w
the urgent request that uo questions
asked.
Why the Wedding Waa Delayed.
A negro man who was to be married last
Saturday night attempted to steal n pair of
pants from the store of J. G. Fox, in
Thomaston, Saturday during the day. The
wedding was postponed. Tae darky ipenf
the night in jail.
Killing the Mocklng-B'rdc
^The man who murders a song-bird I
ey or I/mtsiena has to pay i
Just Uko Him.
George 8ammers me hose r*e’-roakerof
^srorivlUe, gave Wide Awakes $10 for
winning first prize wi h the reel he made.
Lost Ita Terrors.
The chain-gang has lest it terrors for the
average negro, and it is lime to try some
other plan of puniahment, the whipping
post for example*— Thomas iille Enterprise.
Arriving by Section*.
Dawson’s steam fire engine is being re
ceived in tuat place by sections. Bo far,
the nozzle and name have arrived. The
wheels, boiler and pumps are looked for
daily.
Another Heir to English Fortune,
Mr A. M. Ill ike, --I thi* •• .untv, has
fallen heir to an estate in Eoglana to the
amount of $16 000 or 190,000, a part of
which he has already rtceived.—OafAoun
Times.
Struck the Wrong Man.
In a fight at Prentlsi last week, among
the colored people, a brick was thrown
which missed a bystander, split his lip aud
knocked out some teeth. A patch was
put on his lip and he thinks it strong as
ever.
Academy Burned.
The academy at Johnionvllle wai de
stroyed by fire last Saturday night. It is
thought some one set fire to it. This was
one of the best furnished school-houses iu
the county. The lo<s is about $1,200. No
insurance.
Hang Your Harps on the Willow.
If it oe true, as claimed, that an acre
ot grouod planted in willows will yield ev
ery third year a crop worth $200, it will pav
Home of our Richmond county farmers to
hang their harps and hopes on a few of
these interesting sprouts.—Augusta News.
Mr. Anderson's Suicide.
Mr. T. J. Anderson, a farmer living
about i'X miles north of this place, at
tempted suicide on last Tuesday night.
He used for this deadly purpose a solution
of corrosive sublimate. The latest ac
counts are that he will die.—Dawson Ap
peal.
saw Mill Burned.
Wednesday night Mr. A. D. Hawkey’ en
title shfd and saw mill wereburned down,
about three miles from Americas. Th*
engine w as considerably damaged, bat the
saws ano machinery were saved. The loss
to Mr. Hawkes will amount to several
hundred dollars.—Americne Recorder.
Buralara at Work.
Gbjffin, May 1.—The handsome store of
Mrs. Burr & Bro. was burglarized last
night. The bnrglar or bnrglars broke one
of the large front windows, through which
they entered. Sufficient evidence has been
obtained to cause the issuing of a warrant
against a t arty here, who. however, has
kipped the town. He will be arrested.
Mntt O'Brien.
Matt O'Brien has resigned the position
of manager of the Southern Express of
fice at Colnmbas, and John Henderson has
been appointed his successor. It is under
stood Mr. O'Brien will locate at Atlanta in
another and more lucrative business. Mr.
Henderson, his successor, has been con
nected with the office a number of years.
Death of Mre. Judge C. M. Bozeman.
Mrs. Bozeman, widow of the late Judge
Cornelius M. Bozeman, died at MIHedgc-
ville on Tuesday, April 23, 1835. The re
mains reached Hawkinaville last night
and were buried at Orange Hill cemetery
10-day (Wednesday) nt 11 o’clock. The
funeral services were performed at the
grave by Rev. E. J. Burch.—Hawkinsville
Dispatch.
Fooling With a Pistol.
On Saturday in Grimsley’s saloon a no-
gro named 8am was accidentally shot In
the shoulder with a pistol in the hands of
a young man n»med Gofl. Dr.Mandevilte
w. sculled Iu and probed the wound'but
failed to find the ball. He pronouncad it
not dangerous, hut if we are to judge from
the wav the darker bellowed it waa very
painful.—Fort Gaines Tribune.
A Strange Disease.
It will be remembered that a week or eo
ago we mentioned tbe illness of Miss Mat
tie Reynolds with something like measles,
but It proved not to bo measles. Last
week her sister, Miss Ids, was '-ken with
tbe same disease. We hear that It is
pretty general through the country and
the doctors cannot tell exactly what it is,
but we are glad to say It is nothing serious.
Naming the Engine.
Dawson has ordered a steam firejengine
and the counc 1 named it H. G. Turner.
Mach dissatisfaction is expressed by the
citizens for the reason that Mr. Turner
lives in another county. To settle the
matter. It is now proposed that the youog
men vote at $1 per bead for the moat pop
ular young Udy of the place. Too young
lady receiving the highest number of votes
will have her name on tbe engine, aud tbe
company will be benefUted by tbe fund.
An Unknown Man Killed.
A colored mao, whose name we have not
vet learned in the employment of Mr.
ilatlantine, at Wheaton, was killed by a
train engine last Thursday morning. He
had dropped his ticket the evening before
as he came in. As he went back the next
morning he got iu front of tne engine to
look for it. When he saw it he started to
rnn ahead of the engine and get it, but by
dent fell and was ran over.-Baxley
*( .
bettor being able to read anything except
hfs own writing. He writes by imitation
and memory. The first time he ever
wrote his name a lawyer wrote the name
Shined the Wrong E»*.
A Pike county man weut iuto the brash
the other day to kill a rabbit for fish bait.
He soon shined an eye in the brush and
blazed away. Uo is now lamenting the
loss of a Jersey calf.
Yaat Bed of Shells and Bones.
It is -aid th« r® is a vast !>t* ! of t-lmlhard
hones In a certain locality in this county,
which, if properly utilized, would produce
thousands upon thousands of bushels of
most excellent phosphate. How the bones
and sheila came there is a mystery.—Dal
ton Citiien.
mokes can res
rail fence
ongiter without
of $50. but in (j
their .Vi shotguns on
shoot down »he Southern
fear of punishment.
A Georgia Ctrl's Wags’*.
Attbena-iit firemens tournament In
AmericasMr* Annie Beil wagered all he
pin money on Wide Awake*, and has
nlngs amounted to $i ■• >. With this mon
ey *>he purchased a handsome pi
va- s, which she presented tj the com
pany.
A Country Editor's View of Ba
uld do the
lie plow handles than a
anr readers wil pardo
vho play ih
’ had a tight in Je
tin/, d vu.h An lr<
of laudfltin.n, Le
pose of kidmg hit
in time.
At.
lia
A Chicken With a Head and a Half,
Mr. Aaron Johnson, of Appling county.
..as a chicken with a head and n half and
three eyes. Tbe chicken is natural all hat
its bead. The under bill Is complete, the
top one Is divided into two heads. There
[s an eye on each aide and one in the mid-
lie. where the two upper beaks come to
gether, jait above the lower bill.
And Yst It Is a Prohibition County.
On the Tauyard branch, rear of Oapt.
Bernard's, ls*a*tneadow that w* once
covered by a thh-pond belonging to l)r.
Jones. The place is now alive withanakea
of every kind, and a man passes through it
at the risk of bis life. Last summer, be
tween two and three hundred of these
reptiles were killed, and over this spring.
A dozen or more dead snakes may be teen
►catiered around most any day.—Athens
Banner.
Accident to Col. Tift.
Friday morning Ool. Nelson Tift met
with a painful accident at the Albany toe
factory. In walking through the building
he took occasion to croas a gangplank,
from which he fell to the ground, a dis
tance of six feet. At first it waa lappoeed
that be bad sustained a fracture of the
right hip, but Dr. Hil man. who waa
called in, after a thoroari examination.
«a\s that there was no fracture, but that
Col Tift was badly and fearfully bruised.
—Albany News.
An Incldantof Memorial Day. I |
Oa Monday last dowers were planted
upon tbe grave of a well known colored
man. AttMitchtlL *‘A«” was in theCou-
federate army irom first to last as a faith
l and devote d servant to aosne young
cn from Taliaferro. His nstfulneas was
ell known among the boys, and those
ho were present oo Monday could but
el mat tl >wers were on this day fittingly
ler*-' 111 he memory of “Alt.”—Crawford-
llr Dt ujerat.
Bitten by a Mnd Cat.
The little two-year-old son of Mr. Nat
H Vh*M WKS hit ten by a rat on IhM ."fir-
day, and some fears are entertained in
consequence. The cat had been having
fits for two or three days, and on being
fondled by the child, bit it on the hand.—
Irwinton lSoutherner,.
Suicide in Self Defense.
A coroner's inquest was held in this
county some time ago. Near the dead
mau a pistol was found. 8*veral ot the
jury appealed to one man for his opinion
as to tae cause of death. “Gentlemen.”
said he, “i think he killed himself in self-
dtfenae.”—Albany Medium.
A Man Who Celebrates*
Postmaster King, during his fifteen
years’ service in the post-office here, has
never failed to celebrate or observe the
glorious fourth of July, and as his term of
office expiree the 17th of May, he proposes
to celebrate tbe first of May as a national
holiday.—Hawkinsville News.
Attack bv Nesroes.
Thursday last, on Dr. Dozier’s plantation
In this county, Mr. A. D. Rogers, his over
seer, was attacked by three negro field
hands, armed respectively with a hoe, n
rock and a lightwood knot, when he drew
his pistol and shot one in the arm, when
the negroes all ran. The wound is slight.
No arrests have been made as the negroes
have all absconded.—Thomson Journal.
Attempted Sulolde.
A renort reached town yesterday that
Mr. J. T. Anderson, a good citizen living
abont aix miles from town, attempted sui
cide the night before by taking corrosive
sublimate and turpentine. The cause of
the rash act is said to have been derange
ment of the mind. J he physicians said
he would not live, and up to the hour of
going to press we could learn nothing fur
ther concerning his condition.—Dawton
Journal.
Two Lively Old Mem
Telfair county Is entitled to the premium
on lively old men. Mr. John 8pyers. of
that county, is 101 years old, and was at
tending OOUTt at MrKae l.^t and
gettiog around as liv is as s >m»* in-u forty
years younger could bays done. Mr.l
Henry Mlnlx, ot tbe same county. Is 07
years old, and it does not, it is said, seem a
bard task for him to shoulder a bushel of
corn and carry it to mill, a distance of
several miles.
Cored by an Ox.
Mr*. Jar..* ^.mp«jon. living about four
miles from Newborn, had her arm badly
gored by an ox one day last week and the
:N -h .'<• i; fu ly laceraTil. Mm wa* f*m l*nr
at tin* time, and li.td her arm
r !i :'i ■ i^'!i H crafk of the fetum when hi*
attacked It. The arm was so severely lace
rated n doc'or bad to be called and the
wounds dressed. It required twenty-one
stitches to sew it np, and she has since
been confined to her bed.—Cot ington Star.
Strrchnlna In Meal Bran.
Dr. Cochrane, of Tunnel Hill, lost a val-
MfihV Jerv»*y c >w* by death a few day* a.- >
The manner of the cow’s death created
some saspiclons, and an analytical exam 1
nation of her Mnmach wa* made when it
was found that tbe animal bad died from
strychnine, which lmd eaten away her i; -
testlnes. Tbe sacks of bran, from which
tbecnw had been fed, were alsoexamined,
and the bran, too, contained strychnine.
How tbe poison came in the food is a mys
tery.—Dalton Citizen.
A REMARKABLE WOMAN
Nlneiy-Bavfn Years Old and Yat Can
Bounce a Ten-ltnII Fence.
'I here is Lving in t ..*• upper part of Bar
tow r unity, an old lady, Mrs. I'arrie
Vaughn, whose history is as remarkable
as it is interesting. She was born in H ab
errant county, Ua., in 1783. making her
07 veara old. She was married at the age
of 17. Her husband has been dead forty-
one years. 8he raised eleven children,
saw them all married, with families of
their own. except one. The children are
now all dead, but she has grandchildren,
great grandchildren and great-great grand
children, numbering in all about 100. She
never wore spectacle* in her life. Khe
could to d.iy thread the linetil but
for nervousness of her hands. She is re
markably active and spry for her age
Ritherthango around to agate twenty
yarda ofl;ffiw ralifeooa.
when her children, who are very kind
and attentive to all her wants, go to the
crib to shell up her corn grist, they find it
already shelled by her own hands. Bhe
attends to her business with great dill
gence. No idle bread is eaten about her.
Bhe has smoked her pipe of tobacco regu
lar! v from early womanhood. She U all
sufficient to herself, asks no outside aid or
help, and has a comfortable homo and
farm. 8be and her husband were here be
fore tbe Indiana were removed. 8be is
atont enough to live many years ysL—
Car tersvi lie Qjurant.
A Randy-Mad* Egg Flip.
Mr*. J. 1! IU1I has a h**n that iat 1 nr
last *»-*k j'ist the shape of a jog,
mouth and at op per, but no ban 11*. l g
that hen had an idea of prohibition. •>.
wouM fix f »r supply
id*. Th
arJ A Brew
•lore.-- / '. i-
•itio
, A< • j.
Picking up
Mark I.-< n»rl. o
nugK*t of gold »•
nywvight
among the Cohurias
refuse* to divulg*. \i
more of th* preciou
sama ptare he ha* »«
tarring Place llintt.
ugaats of Cold.
fh- r-rart place h* ■
u*« he sey* there Is
i *t&], also at the j
J a sms!! ruby.— I
i Judga Had BeanThara.
bridge boy went to see a yonng
other night As tima was pre
tur'iH.l wntch back an boar.
.• wu lammonnl »» « wit-
Ju .’•> loitra i’« coart Brxt
II- .... «n bo .r late, hiring
ir hi*, **■■. n v ■* I • ■'
• JlAa few Slip with «J«d
. h. iin*,on' i ra.n <- vn <*l mi*
-i tirnr lotr.tl.-ilion^bowrv.r.
THE MURDERED CONVICT.”
Anoth.r V.r.lon of th« Affair for tho
Public.
Wbiodtivilu, April SO.—My attention
hu been called to yeiterday’s lime ol tbe
TxLtoRirn ud Mnmoii, where your
Dublin correspondent grouty iniir.pre
sent, tbo facts concerning tbe death of on*
of the convicts at this piste. Here comes
tbe solid feet* is sworn to st tbe coroner's
jury. Tbs prtsousr. whose nsme wsi Bill
rftargls, esme from Thompson, McDaffle
county, and was put to work tbe next dsy
efter uls arrival. Ue worked very well for
nearly thraa honrj, when ba began to act
as ona trying to play tbe Insanity dodge.
Capt. McGuire, the doss, let blm roll over,
lay down and do entirely ns hi
pleased, thinking there might
probably be something wrong,
end called In Dr. Johnson, tbe camp pby.
sicisn, who said if thara was anything the
matter be failed to discover it. With all
this. Captain McUnill sulferad him to do
nothing until the dinner boar arrived,
when be bad him removed to a shade, and
and as a means of safety run the chain
through the ring end left nlm. On the re
turn from dinn.r be only seemed to be
retting rather easy and nothing more was
thooehtof him until an hour later tome
one went to him and be wu dead. As to
being mistreated, it is utterly false from
beginning to cud. I wss pretent end
have been with them on tbe Wrights
villa and TsnnIUe railroad from
Augnit until completion. I
have never seen one punished that I did
not think be deterred ll. I have ottsn
looked inthttrlanchcans, and while their
fare wu coarse It was anbitanllal, consist
ing of meat, pees, turnips, cornbread and
occasionally a biscuit. They work steady
bat arenotoverworkad; in proof of this,
they are working at tt per day, and not by
contract or year. Tba boa. is very kind to
them, so are the gnsrds. By Uttulration:
Oat ot forty-two convicts I have never
knoirn exceeding aball-doeen of them to
be whlpp-d, and I know folly thlrtv of
th-m if they ever have been reproved in
har-h manner I failed to hear It.
1 barebten employed by the company
grading: I Bin now tbe company’s
•ml am In a position to know all
n.vi- aril’*-:. I dot!. ; 1 .t the inns
uoore >n « . deviate from in. *
rule e, voir correspondent .n.i .<
Dane at L *. M.tiiii-
Act. Wriehiin It
SIR PETER LUMSDEN.
Hew Ho Calned Valunblo Info
Dlagu sad ns n Holy Man.
One of the members of the English lega
tion at Washington furni shes aoxe inter
esting gossip regarding General Sir Peter
Lumsden, of whom the papers speak daily
by reason of bis relations to tbe Ang’o.
Russian boundary question in Central
A«ia.
‘ From his youth,” said the gentleman,
“Lumsden has been a man of war. He
first saw it in the service of tho Rait India
company, and distinguished himself as *
youngster in the terrible mutiny of 1857
Having talent for Hindustani dia
lects, be studied them patently and
nr’vfully. In t!iH way <;••!!»- .;. I.vu
den acquired a knowledge of tbe
sentiments and character of the rank and
!' <* -*. f tin In linn nimv, liiat In- -*tv .-h
’■> t . • i -111;i’ • Ini- !'•■ ni rfimpA- ;:.v-•»!'. i . .
When Sir Frederick Roberts waa on bit,
way toCHiiduhHr a few yea •* ji m it wa-o'
the utmost consequence that be should
have some accurate knowledge of the route
and the forces likely to oppose him in the
mountain passes. This information Sir
Peter Lumsden. in his own time and way.
volunteered to obtain. Three days elapsed
f’.d If ha 1 not return*-.!. h-.<1 i. u.-rn
Roberts bezan to be seriously concerned
for the safety of hl9 daring a'aff oflicer,
and finally tboogbt he bad been
murdered. Tho general was sitting in
his tent late on tbe afternoon of the fourth
day when a dakir. or holv man, sud
denly appeared, riding furiously down
the mouutaln side, and wanted to pass tbe
sentinel, who was a grim old Highlander.
I'ii*- sucre1 in-in w.i- hu i*xtrm r i:*iar>
1- oking creature, and tbe reverse of tbe
saintly, as he appeared to European eje*.
He was almost naked, the only garment
he wore being a pair of dirty trousers made
of goat-ekin. Ills hair reached nearly to
his waist as it hung down his shoulder*
and back, and the lean, brawny arms were
coveted with a paste made of sandalwood
i !- :11 \. .1 u ith < m-! r nil. H .!*-<• ri*li..:i
< f t <•' u’uir sri!,< !i!v nu.I .1 |. »**frful -n v !
A rosegay of sandalwood, consisting of
ninety-nine beans, completed tbe equip
ment of this wonderful object. The
man dhraonnted from his beast, whose
heaving Hanks told of har-i riding, and in
adia ect of Pushtoo or Afghan, asked to
ace the head sahib. Tbe Highlander did
not understand, and motioned him back.
Just then Gen. Roberts came out, and,
keeping a wary eye on his visitor, asked
him in Hindnatani what he wanted. Tbe
visitor, in barbar us jargon, made the
General understand that ho desired an in
tervieiv. When they were alone tho dakir
said: “Don’t you know me?” It was
Lumsden, whose disguise, dirt, wig and all
had been so complete as to be even unsns-
pected to a man whose intima’e friend he
had been for t«n years.
“Knowing how superstitions the Af
ghans are, Lnmsden. had selected a d*s
gulso they would not readily question, for
they are dreadfully afraid of oilendiDg
those holy men whose superior sanctity Is
indicated by a degree of dirtines* that Is
appalling to tho civilized mind. He knew
the dialect of the class he represented
perfectly, and Itsreligious stock in trade In
quotations from the Koran; so whenever
he approached an Afghan encampment he
dashed fearlesslj up to it yelling:
Fah allah Mahomued resonl allab.*
the mystic words of the faithful,
and though questioned pretty sharply
once or twice, bis identity was never sus
pected. The information obtained by him
enabled Candahar to be captored, and
made tba campaign the most sacccssfal
on**« vernmdf Rinhl those bleak mountains,
so often fatal to England’s arms. For this
distinguished service Gen L *msden was, in
Jnlv, 1881, commissioned a major-general
of the Bengal staff, and given a large grant
of money, amounting to about $100,000.
This is the man on whose report and judg
ment, above all others. r**t tne chances ot
a war that may change the entire map of
Central Asia.”
Man and Women In tha Rinu Ltarnod
their Business.
Philadelphia Tl
“There are no circus apprentices nowa
days,” said W. D. Hutchinson, of Bar-
nuui’s show, yesterday; “circus proprie
tors get their talent rrady-raade and only
want tho best. Tbe old way of training
for the ring was by an apprenticeship of
seldom less than six years. Ouo of the
best old-time traiuers was Levi J. North,
ho was in his prime about 1840. *At that
time circus people were not brought up to
do any particular act A good man was
supposed to be able to do everything, to be
as good an acrobat as a juggler, or as
clevtr a clown as a bsreback rfder. The
noy apprentice would usually commence
learning to ride a pair of ponies. The
method of teaching boys to be bareback mas
riders was almost the same in those days
ua at the pre eat time. They were first
put to wo k on a ‘mechanic,’ which con
sists of a pole set In the middle of a saw-
dust ring, with a high aim, over which
ran a rope. The ena of a rope was fast
ened to tho boy’s belt as ho stood on the
horse and the icstrnctor held the other.
As the horse galloped around the rieg the
pole and arm revolved. If the pupil
slipped from the horse's ba*k he wa9 saved
a fall by the rope fastened to bis belt
They were mado to practice three or four
hours a day.
“Levi North’s circus performers were
made np principally ol app: entices, and
Nor«h himself was a performer in the ring.
For practicing on the road where no ‘me
hanic’ coild be erected a short rope
I'M4 M. il trs fins nnnll'a Kal* .1
AFTER TWENTY-THREE YEARS.
Damns# for Baggns* Deatroyad Nearly
a Quarter of n Century Ago.
New York Special
The Court of Appeals has just decided
the peculiar cose of Cyraa H. McCormick,
resident of Chicago, against the Penn
sylvania Central railroad, in litigation
twenty-three years. The suit was begun
in and has been pawed upon four times
By the.Supreme Court and three by the
Court of Appeals. For the plalntii! ap
peared Daniel D. Lord. E. W. Stoughton,
Beach and Brown and Iloscoe Conkling,
and for the def*ndant Match ford Seward,
Griswold and Da Costa.
On March 11.1802, Mr. McCormick, with
his family and ba/nrnK*, applied to defend
ant company at Philadelphia for trans
portation by rail. The baggage was placed
on tba train and wbi e Mr. McCormick
was procuring the tickets and having some
dispute about the checks the train started
oil with tbo bapgase. the company’s ofll
cers refusing to Rive Mr. McCormick tirher
Il or tbe checks. The baggage, containing
costly clothing and Mrs. McCorm'.ck’s dia
monds, was earned on in Chicago and de
stroyed at the depot by fire.
The jury awarded a verdict in favor of
Mr. McCormick for tbe fall value of the
goods and interest, which amounted to
$10,431. The Pennsylvania railroad ap
pealed the case. The p'.aiutilTclaimed that
the defendant had wrongtnlty se z*d and
held his property in resistance cf his
claims, and therefore was liable for Its full
value. The defendant argued that tne ef
fort of the plaintiff to have his bagzag*
stopped waa virtually a waiver of his light
of action, that the plaintiff had no right to
recover for sneb p operty aa had been pre
sented by him to his wife, and that jew
elry could net be designated as baggage.
The action on appeal was began In April,
1877. Tbs plaintiff bus been eome time
dead.
AN UNLOVED WOMAN.
Jilted Annie Cross Becomes Insane-
Rector In the Story.
Philadelphia Press.
It Is rarely that a more pil'fal Mory is
told than that contained in a return to a
wr t of lunacy filed in tbe Common Pleis
Court. Tbe subject of tbs proceedings was
Miss Annie H. Gross, formerly residing
near SbawmonL Tbe cause of her Insanity
was told in tbe testimony of her uncle, tbe
Rev. Mr. Grots. He said that when quite
a child bis niece had been smitten with
young army officer. After a long court-
• dp aba was, ai be avows, “shamefully
lilted.” 8be was prostrated by the shock,
in tba fall of 1883 a rector, aa her uncle
avers, “entered tbe circle of her acquaint
ances.’* He bore a striking resemblance to
her old lover. Though be was married,
she exhibited a sort of fascination for him
and became so marked in her attentions
that the matter became a subject ot got>ip.
Her family feared for her mind and pre
vailed on bar to join an excursion party to
California.
Oo her return sba became afflicted with
absolute melancholia, bhe would Ue pros
trate for hours, wishing that aha waa dead.
Aa tba months weut by her condition be
came worse. Her temperament, which
had always been mild and even, became
irritable and excitable. On one occasion
she was discovered seated in bed, with an
open sunshade over her head, bhe mads
large expenditures for which she had no
poMbl* uie. aud spoke of herself jokingly
as a new Mrs. Toodlea. One ot lierbiila
was for $400. 8be talked constantly ot tbe
new rector and of tbe man who had
edher. Some of her relatives obtai
certificate setting out tbe fact of her
ity ar d took her ti thePennsy vanla llos
pital for the insane. ft>* made n-> r*- *t-
ance, and it is testified she ■anted to un
dent and where sba was going to. *hebM
an income of f l 100 a y**r fretn an estate
in her own r^nt. TbU will he taken charge
of by
Some people have a mania for wo
for saving. There have been misers
ml spendthrifts since the world began and
ill be until it ends. Although the accu
mulation of wealth Is perhaps the strongest
the majority of people who strive to pos
sess something, yet there are many who
a mania for collecting odd
and carious artlclss of more or less
value. Many persons of wealth,
ether they have taste or not, are
fond of spending their money .‘or alleged
works of art, objects of vertu, bric-a-brac,
and, in short, anything which will lead the
to believe them connoisseurs. Oth
ers, with moderate means and taste, by tbe
judicious expenditure of their means, can postmaster
secure oblect, to beautify their hom-s not H. 8. Whitney, a.-l.t.ut poitnsMUr. p m .
deform them. Any one with the least nam, Conn , writes: **'
shrewdness of observation will admit that waa vcrybiV
tbe old adage. “There is no disputing about bloo'i. Hunt'* (Kidney and Liverffeemedv
tastes," is strictly true when be encounter* hae benefited me more than all other medf
half a dozen collectors of something or dneslua**
“ii
was tied to the pupil’s oelt and fasten* d
toariDgin the saddle. This prevented
him torn falling to the ground. The old
gymnasts always had ths young-
■ten with them learning, but In
these times gymnasts come ’rom the
city gymnasiums or le irned their business
in the barn loft of the old homestead.
Sometimes a performer finds a smart bot,
teaches him daring tbe winter and the
next season brings him oat in a ‘brother’
or combination act ”
“Did tbe women riders serve appren
ticeship?”
“Well, no—that is, not In this country,
for most of oor riders are foreigners. Yet
some of the best and most daring hr rse-
women we have ever had i- the riDg were
American girls. Alice Lake, who espti-
vated the whole country about 18fi0 by her
riding, was the daughter of ‘Bill’ and
Agnes Lake, of Robinson & Lake’s circus,
dhowas taught to ride from infancy, and
what she dia not know about a circus was
no‘. worth knowing, as her father was a
clown and her mother a ulack-wire per
form,^ In the height of her succe c ses her
deatlrstartled the professional world.
“Crossing Lake Ponchartrain on
steamboat with her husband and a crowd
of friends one day, ehe leaned over the rail
watching the water, when a large diamond
cross valued at thousands of dollars be
came detached from about her throat and
fell overboard. She clatched for it. lost
her balance, fell and was never again seen.
“Rose and Sally Stickney were great
women riders twenty years ago; they
served a sort ot apprenticeship to 8am
Stiesney. the rider and general performer.
Bose Madigan, another good rider of that
time, was also a pnpil of her father. One
of the pet stories of the old-time circus
is that told about the famous bareback
rider, Ella Zoyara. who appeared in
this country about 18G0 with 8. Q. Stokes.
«n old-time showman. In New York
Zoyara’s daring ridlig aroused great en
tnusiasm. She did things on horseback
that no woman had ever yet attempte t,
and as she win very pretty and of apicodk
physique she soon had hundreds of ad
mirt-r-. .She hagan a tour of the c .untry,
but bad not gone far before she met with
an accident. It was trivial in nature, but
mo-ft alarming in its results, for in halt an
hour the whole show knew that E la
Zoyara. the beautiful woman rider, was—
a man! it was afterward found out that
her proper name was Omar Kingsley, an
American lad. Kingsley afterward mar
ried Sallie Stickney, the rider, and died in
India.
“All the great riders served apprentice
•hip in their younger days. Jim Robin
son, who was famous in I860 as a bareback
rider, served under his father, John Rob-
insr.n: Bob Slickney, who was a favorite
in 1«57, was taught by his father. Bam
btickney; ’Billy* Morgan, who was with
the Earopean Circus as late as 1873 and
who astonished people by bis dariug bar*
die jumping, was another of tbe old-time
apprentice boys. He was murdered by
robbers last winter in Texas. Charles W.
Pith, one of the finest of modern riders,
was apprenticed to Charles Rodgers,of the
old circus firm of Spalding ec Rodgers, aud
William Dutton served his apprenticeship
with ‘Bill’ Lake.”
KILLINQ A BEEF.
Tha Jewish Rabbi Inspactlnstha Cnroaaa
to 8aa That it la Fit for Food.
I “Come by and I will show you some
thing that will dot) make an item of,”
said George Booth, tbe batcher, to a bun
gry reporter yesterday. “The Jewish Rab
bi has jast been out to my alaughter*p<
and superintended tbe killing of a tine
ibeef and two muttons. The beef is not
knocked in tho head, as we usually do,
hut be la strung up and his throat cnL
When tbo beef has bled to death the batch
er opens it. and the Rabbi inserts his hand
lintothe inside of the beef and feds its
lumrs and other iotcrnal arrangements
until he is perfectly satisflt-d that
the beef Is sound and fit
the followers of the Rabbi
eat He then has It nicely dressed ana
outs bis brand on tbe fonr quarters ot the
beef. Tbe brand is in Hebrew and hok*
more like heirogtypbica than anything
else. Tbisbraiuttsa certificate that the
beef baa been examined In the same man
ner. and oa th* tor* shoulder of each oo*
yon cau plainly s.e tbe atamp of the
I rabbi.”
The rabbi will a*tend to tbe butchering
of ibece beeves and muttons three times a
wrek, and from the manner of his exami
nation tbe dty coaid well do away with
the Inspection of cattle; for if there la the
leas: thing wrong tbe rabbi will discover
it. and will not put his seal on tbe beef.—
Athens Banner. ^
A DREAM FULFHED.
A Railway Employe Killed In the Man
Foreseen In Hie Bleep
Hannibal (Mo.) Special.
Cbas. Cranston, an employe in tbe car
department ot the H.mHbsl and nt.
Joeeph abOM, w.« killed at 4 o’clock thla
eYtiunf. He, with other employe., wu
engeied In remorlDK the ildeboar.U from
■ coil car. He atooped down to pick np a
Dimmer, end the other., thinking be had
gone nnder the car, threw oil the eide-
board ll .track bfa head, literally crash
ing it to a Jelly. He llred but
* few moment, without speaking.
He wu <•» ,oher, lnduitrion, yonng
men, and had been married but a few
moutiu. Hi. young wife ia (ramie with
grief at hi* tragic death. Cnneton
dreamed Jut night that he had been killed
In tbe exact manner thsi be met his death
to-dty. It telling hi, dream hie friend,
laughed at him, but be regarded it e, e
premonition ot approaching death end for
•ome time put ha, talked almost inoeee.
antly of en eeddent which would befell
hlmaoon. iiewuemembero!oneoftbe
Muonic lodge, of thla dty end will be
buried with Muonic bonore.
> of Imitation. «
m Houston co-inly
ti.oamg tae alpha !
j t-ar w
$3.5U.
Pfe.
rt Ntj
"How my httrk d'H-i acr.*:'’ A I tlis-
-eiof tOe kiln*,s. retention of urine
.1 female vreakm-._•«!, are cured by
unt's Remedy.
A -tamped specific and aba- lute cure a
und Ir. the great liver and kidney medi
le. Hunt'* Remedy. Beware of Imita-
Manr, Many Thousand.
A grant many people who have been
cured by Brown’s Iron Bitters, ihow such
grateful appreciation of what this medi
cine baa done for them that they freely
send their testimonials. To publish them
a!I voold requfr-i a volume as b g as a die*
tionary. No secret abont them. Ho limit
on*>: — ti.- or a few. Mr. IVrr\ i «,f
other.
Although the feminine portion of hu
manity is supposed ’o be essentially weak,
WHEN it COMES TO COLLECTING
trifles as fight as air, yet there are men
with as much, or perhhp* greater, Vanity
than the softer sex. Perhaps there is not
a girl in the city who hasn't her room dec
orated with placques, picture cards, chro-
inos or something of the kind, bat there is
a young, dudlsh fellow, clerk in a dry
goods store in Denver, can carrv off th»»
palm. Hfs mania is Japanese fans, and
bis room in one of the blocks In the city
would be well worth 25 cents to see The
c- i 1 ir:«r tl wal's are fo'nple’ely hi.id- n by
fans cf all shapes ard sizes The head
ani foot-board of his bed are radiant with
Japanese beauties, daubed on cheap paper
with cheaper paint
SACO ONE or WHICH IS HIS FATBON SAINT
A young lady on Champa street has a
crazv quilt made from the »iltc lininga nt
300 dismantled hats yielded to her clutch
ing fingers by adoring swains, who were
perfectly w lling, when solicited, to give
np the brightest thing about their heads.
Bat she has done the fair thing by the
boys, and every square bears the auto
graph of tbe man to whom the lining be
longed. As Bho sleeps under tho quilt she
certainly has pleasant dreams.
Another yonng lady, also on Champa
street, Is a collector of handkerchief*. She
has laid her male frhnds under contribu
tion, and woe ba tne young man who ex
hibits a handsome wipe in her presence.
Jii-t li .a nnny n •«-** muz;!*M she h »< no
one knows, bnt she appeared at a fancy
drees carnival one night in an elegant gown
m d® entirely of handkerchiefs.
Ii h ti rmum m thing for many young
en to adorn their rooms with the pic
tures of actresses, who they plain off on the
unknowing as yonng lady mashes, bnt In
narked contrast to the dude with tbe fans
and tbe others of the same ilk, struck on
photographs, is a your.g man, not exces
sively muscular In development, who Is
struck on pictures of priz*-tighters and
athletes, and his room is plastered from
top to bottom with the mugs of short-
haired gentry.
And still another young lady—this one
lives on the West Bide—is a bangle fiend.
From wrist and neck and waist dangle
bangles, principally silver dimes,
but hero and there a gold dollar,
each and every one with the
M ON OGHAM or THE DONOR UFON IT.
The lady is young yet, but if the contin
ues through life to have as good lack ns
she has had daring the past twoyears.it
will not be long before the will be worth
her weight in gold. She evidently has a
prac'ical turn of mind.
But your small girl and small boy are
your inveterate collectors. A girl gener
ally commences on a string of spools, then
has a string of battens, and when a little
o:der has picture cards, making life rather
wearisome to those from whom she levies
tribute. It ruay be added that no girl be
tween the ages of six and twelve years con
siders herself excessively happy unless she
’ is a smalt bag of nsrorted beans.
Everything is grist that comes to the
•mail boy coll* t ir. Marbles, tops, kite*,
balls, strings, knives, and a thousani and
one things which go to swell his pockets
and make him feel that he is tbe
proud possessor of something his play-
mats* haven’t. The rage of collecting
postage stamps Is also a trait ot
NUMEROUS SMALL BOY0,
d a Denver lad who has applied himielf
Hssidnousiy to the task for three years has
a collection which would make him mod
erately wealthy were it not that they are
all defaced.
Another boy has a collection cf knives,
and how he has inansved to secure 400, as
be Ls only ten years of age, is a marvel, y» t
be has them nevertheless, and is fond ot
exbibi'iug them to other boys, taking good
care that none of them are pocketed oy ad
miring kids.
The trae collector, whether of costly cu
riosities or trash, mast havt a tou:h of
me mess in bis brain or la a ge. iua in his
tine, ns he apples himself so attentively to
tbe one thing that his mind becomes bril
liant st one point of action.
Louisiana negro is reported by a
Southern paper to be a great snake fancier,
but this finer gets no fariher than lh<ir
headi. Iu li - < »> in h* bus ov -r 1 •
heads of snakes and other rep'iles. Tne
heads are all tacked to I ho walls and he
ls fond of exhibiting bis treasures to his
visitors as a pompom, well-fed gentleman
is of displaying
THE OEMS OF DIB AHT GALLERY.
One of the queerest geniuses of th*g*n *
onllector is a junk urnler on the \W«i
Side. Plying hU occupation he has secur
ed quite a number of quaint and
carious things, bat he is always
ready to sell any and everything
bot his collection of bottles. He has a
variety that would bring him a considera
ble sum of monev we * he to dl»n3»e of
th*m; hut this I,.- ref lines to •( >. II*
has thum piled in fantastic rows in hia
back yard, and Ims mad* the history of
every bottle a stody.* For ins’ance. h* will
point to a bottle thnt once contained Ayer’s
sarsaparilla, and will tell you in bis broken
English who Ayer was, how he came to be
s manufacturer of patent medicine* and
the virtue of the medicine. The man is
a walking encyclopedia on bottles, and
would take a long journey for a
bottle of a strange sba * if he
thought It bad ever held anything from
whicn be could weave a history. His
friends laugh at him over his monomania
for bottles and call him a bottle maniac,
but be goes on collecting as unperturbed
as If he were collecting gold by the cubic
lOOL
The collector, boy or girl, man or wo
man, probably supplies a vacancy in the
world, bat if he were to disappear it is not
probable that be wonld be mfised. It
would be like putting your firger in a bowl
of water, drawing it out an t looking tor
the hole.
Homo 1o
TOWN CLERK.
Mr. Othnlel G»ger, town clerk, Norwich.
Conn., 83 years old, writes: "For years I bavo
" ith dlm-as-s of tho kidney and bla 1-
ltanoy In recommcndlnr
Mverj Remedy as a spe’
•urn
Hunt’s [Kidney
eifle for thetccoinpl&luta.
“Punctuality be*et* confidence.”
DEPUTY SHERIFF
Hunt’s (Kidney and Liver j Remedy Is a
wonderful medicine. Icordia.ly recommend
lUute to those suffering from dropsy or kid
ney trouble*.—Geo. It. Robertson, Detmtv
Sheriff, Bangor, Me. 1 *
"A willing heart lightens work.”
SHERIFF.
Mr. I«Aiab Cook, sheriff of Nkowhcgaa, Me
wrltei: “I have been afflicted for overtwen-
tv years with weakness of tho kidneys and
liver. Tho first bottlo of Hunt'# [Kidney and
Liver] Remedy relieved all pains in the back
and side*.”
Price $1-25 Pend for Cl nitrated pamphlet to
HUNT'S REMEDY CO., Providence, R. L
Sold by all druggists.
C N CRirTENrON. Cenernl ARent. N Y.
GILES’S HAHrlBLETONiAN
Foaled May 10,1878, sired by Adminis
trator, first dam by Sentinel, second dam
bv Bellfonnder. Administrator was by
Itysdyke’s Ilambletonian, who sired more
trotting hones with records of 2:30 and
nnder, than any horse livingor dead. Ad
ministrator’s dam was by Membrino Chief
sire of Lsdy Thorne, record 2:18^. Seutinei
was by Rvsdyke’s Hambietontan. first iimn
by Lady Patriot, and is a lnil brother to Vol
unteer, sire of St. Julian, 2:11^. Bed-
founder was the sire of the dam of Kye
dyke's Hainbletonian,
This horse took the first premium for
three-year-old stallions at the Georgia State
Fair in 1881, and the first premium for the
bestatalltons open to tbe world,over afield
of fourteen others from ail parts of the
State, at the Georgia State Fair in 1884.
This horse will make the reason with
stand at my house on the Houston r osd
Macon, Ga.
Terms for Season,820 Cash
Season commences March 15, and enda
July 15.
Mares failing to get in foal ran be re
turned next season,tree, provided the horse
amt mare are owned by the same parties.
Apply to
mrlsnuvkwy 2m
MOTHERS’
FRIEND.
SCIENCE
CONQUERS
Suffering !
MOTHERS 1
Take Conragti
PAIN IS
PAST.
Till' n.rtKti h1 mmt*ill lot
ood la simply IndLqicuna-
«• In i-vt-ry l:u-rea*!ug
irally. Non* who havo
i-*r ones used It win bo
lthout It.and we dealrc : la
underfill hem-fit# extend-
l to every mother In the
jar Mother)
fourth cot
her tcrtlmi
ed through
half the suffering
eiuu-r of her roiiflne-
!ut«. and recovered from
efforts in much 1cm
i*. -Ii® a>«» recoin-
nended It to a lady frleud
In her tir-t confinement,
und mys: I have never
pav* through
Trcaluoon the Health aud llapploe**
Worn so mailed free.
THB BKADriKf.lt KROrLATORCO.,
Ho* at Atlanta. GR.
Catarrh Cured.
years from that loethaome dl*eeie. catarrh, I
after trying every known remedy without «ue-
» *t la»i found a prescription whlehco.n-
ly cured and saved him from death. .*ny
s itTerer from thla dreadful dl*ea*e tending a
self-addressed itamped envelope to Dr. J. A.
Lawrtnee. 199 Dean etreet, Brooklyn, New
York, will race tvs the receipt free of charge.
THE FAIR,
66 MULBKBRY STREET.
The finest line ot Notions, NoTelliee
and useful article* in th* city, all of which
are offered at price* which cannot be du
plicated in the Bouth.
Call and see for yourself.
R. F- SMITH,
PROPRIETOR.
aprftiAwtf
Manhood Restored
ha*is^ triad lo^
IsggdV K f’kjo hVi'fil
AUdroM. J. IL KEfc. V L.S. 43 Chatham bu.N’aw V*
All Sorts of
hurts and many sorts of ails of
man and beast need a cooling
lotion. Mustang Liniment.
Mobile, Al.
“Weak bi
.Dll
Tru
Mr. Dwyer, of Mt. Ca
••Dyspepsia, nervoc* ■
DMi." Mr. Birn*. of Milton, Ind.. Iu.1
gc,turn and po.r apatite/' Mrs. Ha,*,
mg. Cambrulget -t, Man., M L*Benesa in
•id* and back, short br*tlh and coughing.
Try it your*elf.
No fragrant wild fl®.w*r of the heath
. *w*et*r than my JuJia’s sigh .
No pearl whltn than her teeth,
\\ hi.'e her soft lips the roee* dye.
For Hozodont is her delight,
It keeps those charms so pure and bright.
COTTON-COTTON
NO FREIGHT TO PAY!
Within one hundred miles of Macon. ONLY half fr*(«ht from any point In the State OH
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nn.l to MACON VARIETY W( BKr, which are fitted with every appliance for making »r<
, fee lers, conden«era. cotton planters. Ac. Adiscouut from my price lUt will b
. Nil • 1 A J >*•
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rite for prx
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