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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY- JUNE 5, 1885.
at ARLINCTQNi
4 roix or OKOE4TIOX B-T.
TM 'ffmwhoraiilo' onrafuntryiMAi,
*®5moit c»«t Ito thailow where
Can » “fc, o’ a grand dlipair
The r ; nk , 0 f death await
1? iuS*ioodTnimp, tho Judgment Sun,
n*SMi for Eli, amt eoon or lato
w m«““ , ” rtho “ otArllDi!t o D -
^ggSSSSSSS> /d from every fray;
?Sl&SsS8«ffl?*Sv r
SS&W?aassjS"*
4^Ka«ar
I more, have bled to death. Mr. Brandt
| is a brother of Hon. Adolph Brandt, of
| Augusta.—Simrta IthmaeliU.
Atlanta's Y.M. C; A. Hall.
It Is thought that Atlanta’s object in
Ivanlm- to ti<it u Y..niu>
Men’s Christian Association building
is to get some place large enough for
the investors in baseball pools to meet
and hear the telegraphic reports of the
games.—Griffin Newt.
Another Artesian Wall.
We understand that the Central rail
road has made arrangements for boring
. i«.n,t tnit In tarried graver I an artesian well directly in front of the
*nrthMSWho seined the unequal fight, depot, in this city. Mr. Herrington,
I " ll ?, bored , tl,e W « U S‘ Smithville, will
aSrilnc day or dimmest night.
counsels arc generally wise. Ho has
taken an active part in politics, and
has twice been elected delegate to the
national Republican convention, being
one of the Grant guards in 1880. and
lias one of tho 30o medals. With but
limited eduratwii, Klbert lias made
good use of his opportunities, and is
an example of what his race can do if
they will.—Americut Recorder.
A HEW POSITION.
A Young Man Wanted to Stand Around
Covenlently.
Wo were told last Saturday by
young man of this county that ha was
offered twelve months ago $125 per
month to Btand about on the sidewalk
and invite “the boys” to go in and
"r. dliziln* (ley or dimmest Bigot.
iSe Wbo loit end three who won,
0 nretShoMe n0 ^ rl * T " hlcl1wu rlfht-
jeboreh Judge. Arlington.
do the work, and will begin operations take a drink* This offer was made by
in ft short time.—Americut Recorder. a barkeeper in a Georgia, city. In aa-
^ . dition to the $125 per month, the bar-
v ?' # ! ,op . Beckwith. keeper proposed to advance him at the
Bishop Beckwith has been spending beginning of each month enough money
the past week most delightfully as the to pay for all the drinks. This advance
guest of M3 friend, Mr. J. W. Doane, was to be made so as to cover up the
of Chicago, at the headquarters of the little game and avoid suspicion. So
Peelee Club, on Telee Island, in Lake you see the whisky dealer was to give
Erie, Canada. The Pelee is one of the $125 per month and furnish the free
. niost noted fishing clnbs in America, drinks. This young man was asked
And In the orpines* I Eishop is now in Chicago. to stand around and make himself
wShtncbenSelr a thrilling strain ’ _ generally agreeable and invite
T?* c ._..A.#A»unii *nd main. I Crushed by a Hnnd Car. unsuspecting people to drink with him,
Several days ago Mr. Zeak Smith one 1 and to accept $125 per month for do-
of the track hands on the Macon and ling this. Wo asked “how could heaf-
Augustarailroad stumbled and fell in ford to do this.” Said he: “I would
front of a hand car near Sparta and I represent a temperate young man and
was run over and badlv crushed. The would take just a little drink. After
car was heavily loaded with iron and going into the bar wo would stand
the injury of Mr. Smith is an exceed- about and he would feel under obliga*
HAMMOND'S CREAT LEAP.
When the news of Prof. Odium's fatal
leap from the parapet of the Brooklyn
bridge reached here we were* talking over
the affair in the “Gold Room.” Sam Gra-
ham, ex-sergeant of Rangers, called atten-
tion to a parellel incident which attracted
a great deal of attention on the frontier at
the time and gave the name of “H«m-
fnond's Leap” to a lofty canyon wa’l
the bank of the Rio Grande,
about six miles w«st from
where the alkaline water cf the Pecos
empty into it. The track of the Boathcrn
Pacino railroad runs close to tbe river
here, and as you whirl by the trainmen
11ME SINKS.
FROM WEALTH TO POVERTY*
How the Bottom Fell out of it Large Lake ( Perry Davit, Originator of the Celebrated
In Florida In 1840. “Paln-K IK r," In an Alme-Hou;
6. B. Wight, in Albany News. j A Pittsburg special says: It is jast din-
Your remarks about lime sinks brought covered that Perry Davis, the originator of
to ray mind a very singular one that I saw 0 f the celebrated “Pain-killer,” has for the
in Leon county, Florida. I lived In Deca- past titteen years been an Inmate of the
tur county, Georgia, within eight miles of Mercer County Alms House. Acorrespon*
the Florida line, In 1880, and saw many of dent to-night semis the following: Davis is
the singular things that occnrred at that '"“."‘.'L”
, . . . . t , . country to the united btates years ago.
early day, some of which are scarcely be- and at once embarked in the buslc ess of
lieved now when told. manufacturing and selling his medicine,
Iu Leon county, Florida, there la a lake 11* 1 * 101 ?, he Rurally disposed Of himself by
or pond, which is five miles long and from traveling around the country with
half a mile to one and a haff nulps broad. a teara . ani l a two-wheeled cart, stop-
Th 8 pond makes ont from the Ochlocknee | wherever he thought there was a
river, about ten o lies from the Georgia line prospect of a sale and selling to country
and the direction lays nearly up the river, stores of every kind. Old merchants still
The bottom of this pond is venr rich, and remember the small dark, keec-eyed
in 1830 some capitalists of Tallahassee, stranger, who would visit them period^
Fla., formed a stock companv to try to cally and leave a few bottles of liniment.
Utilise this rich land by building a dam These trips were not confined to any terri-
-u. dead bid rest: the dove of peace
YoiSihl?ad COM thatgrrel mmh'
^o t Xo^o?ld"c t u a rIOB , .tlnn.
Beneath the glebe at Arlington.
will point out the spot where Robert Ham ..... ...... .
mond made a Bheer leanof 155 feet to the about h alf a mile across the narrowest J. or Yto particular, but were extended or _
muddy waters of tho Rio Grande below, and shallowest of it to stop the water limited at the pleasure of himself. By BanhofComrasroQ- Memphj^Tinn^. I5.r»»
too*..ia in tha aa*iw siiinmar I ik. .<<•» k. a-ieioK u ..o fo.« in I these nrocesseH lie had accumulated con- ** m c' , "'»‘ii. ■-'i»ring » n < k, i i-mq.collect
ed through First National Bank of
Jackson, I\.‘nn. , .,j
■SSSnsssfisrah
ntltoW ’«>>® ,l, P‘ “ Arlington,
mn.webergruiesand her shower.
To friend and foo at Arlington.
And *mid the gercrous spring there came
iSme women of the laud who strove
To nuke tbl* funeral Arid of fame
Glads* the May god's altar flame
With rosy wreaths of mutual love.
Unmindful who had lost or won,
■They scorned the Jargon of a name—
Ko North, no South, at Arlington.
Wfi5@BBSgS®
The garlands placed on Rebel *o<l
u',» trampled In the common clod
To die beneath the blrellnt'e heel.
Faring tnln triumph of the Hun,
Aur smoking Ctciar gave no nod
ffteep the peace at Arlington.
Jehovah Judged, abisblng man;
For, in the vigils oi the night,
HU mighty storm-avengers ran
Together In one choral clan
Sh?^&S&<2. w l ko won,
The terneit heaped them dewy bright
On Rebclgravesat Arlington.
And when the mom came, young and fair,
Brimful of blushes ripe and red,
Knee-deep In sky-sent rt»e« there,
Nature began her earliett prayer
Above triumphant Southern dead,
fie in the dark and in the sun.
Our cause survives tbe tyrant's tread,
And sleeps to wake at Arlington.
—James K. Randall.
This leap was made in the early summer from tho river by which it was fed in very these processes he had accumulated Con
or 1882, when the railroad wa9 in process of high water in the winter. This dam was siderable money, wh eh he invested in
construction. The painted red men from boilt at a cost of ten thousand dollars, ami property In the northern portion of Mercer
a safe hiding place on tbe Mexican side there was great rejoicing when it was county, near Sheakleyville. Although he
watched the busy scene with wide-opened done. But it was a failure, became the I had DO settled home, he Beeraed to prefer
eyes, heard the * blg thunder” of the D!asts following winter a tremendous freihft this place. «nd when not on the road spent
with loud beating hearts and stole back to came in the river, the water came up a great deal of his time there. Jnst
the Santa Rosas. The only animate beings this pond or slorgh nntll it came to the how he lost the title to the nostrum
that did not seem to mind the noise obstruction of the aam and soon melted it an fi never will be known, as
and tumult were those pestiferous away in places, and the lake filled np as it Davis, after entering the
little varmints, the vinegaroan, the had always done before. Then tho panic House was very tacitnrn concerning his
devil horse, the tarantula, the centi- 0 f 1837 came and the stook company failed, business and would never mention any
pede, the stinging lis&rd, and the rattle- so the dam was never rebuilt; but the Ijcts of the case. It is supp3sed, however,
snake. They rema’ned and disputed the mains of this folly can still be seen tifty that ne gave the receipt to other parlies
ground inch by inch with the invaders, years afterwards. Bat the singular part with ttt* understanding that he was to
They caused a groat deal of trouble, and about this pond is now to be told. During h**® an interest in the basinets. As he
the navvies feared and respected them. It the summer of each year the river would began to dabble in financial speculations
— -- ——- . Ul ,v,uv «»«*».« owe*... .a-x. u.mu V s*.ip. was a stiogtng fistld or scorpion that I fall and the water from ths lake run back I on a large scale and failed, bit aualra be*
ingly serious one and his ultimate re- tions to treat me. But I would insist caused Hammond’s leap. Hammond was slowly into it. Bat In the season of came very mnchmlxed up and the aneriti
THE ANNUAL RECORD.
Its Enormous Total and WIds Distribution
—Caorioea of Fortune.
id uolljirM, paid by tho Louisiana sti*e I ot*
ryCompHnydi.iliiK Die yc»r coding M»y,
with the tinmen an 1 h Hri-atea
veu to the (’ompaay t.y tin- h.il l«i, 0 m;ula«
lose who have reqm->ted it. *
Receipt, lor the Hmou.it. are on Ole at the o(-
flees of the c
npany.
DRAWING JUNK 17, ISM.
Nt Rothchlld, 232 Church at,New York
Philip J Gruber, \
lected through Sc
Bank. 3IilWMUkf<
Philip Hollman, Is
Lou 11, Mo...........
D Geo Henkt‘1*, Phliadelphiii.Pa
Chfts Clark. Pniladelphla Pa
WsU*,
aukee, Wli.
I Ward Savings
’a-s avenue,’bl *
2.500
J.O'M
Cal..
Francisco,
DRAWING OK JULY 15, UN.
E B Comstock, 235 Ninth at, Milwauk e.
Wli„ Iir ,
W Loud. West Oakland, rial
Chri« IB itlngt r, Memphis, collected
L200
sti, New Or!eaa«,La....„
nwrn v,, r oTATL* er8 01 enuurance
OVER THE SI ATE. Ben.—Toecoa A<un.
coverjr is uncertain.—Sparta Ithmae- that I wanted nothing more, but would
I hie. insist that he go ahead and take what
lie wanted. This he usually does.
* Pretty fair of Preachers. Maybe he sees me tho next day and
The once noted Kev. Dr. W. W. then feels that he should invite me in.
Hicks, one of the most eloquent of Thus, you see, it is a good scheme to
preachers, and meanest of politicians, draw custom, and tho dealer makes
is now plain Mr. Hicks, and is engaged money by it. 1 ’—Toccoa Newt.
I in selling a stump-pulling machine in
Florida. Rev. Dr. W. H. H. Murray, a murder is momroe.
at one time the greatest preacher m 0n# of „ g am u, 0 < Black criminal. Kills
Boston, Mass., since his downfall, has „ woman
been keeping an eating house, livery Fob8YIIIi June o.-Near Russellville
*5jrJ e cal “ e rjnen. 1 reachers yesterday an inquest was held over the
without the grace of God can fall just dead body of Emma Murphey, a negro
as low as ordinary smners.-Milfcdye- woman a J,d a verdict returned in which
1 occurs this language: “We, the jurora
. „ aforesaid, upon our oaths, say that Ben
seaborn R.«.'a Opposition. Wsdkins difi on the 20th of May, 1885,
Hon. Keabom Reese was in Toccoa in ut d county, unlawfully and with
Tuesday. Ho says that Col. Camps’ mslice aforetboiiglit, kill the said
candidacy remmdshun of the tnan who Emma Murphy, by then and there
r5 nt , ed . ,0 J? mp , U, . e fe ? ce ’ stabbing her with a knife.”
off about 500 yards to geta start. He This family of Wadkins negroes is
ran rapidly for about 300 yards, and i notoriou8 in our county as violators of
then gave out before lie got to the the law. Ben Wadkins, the murderer,
fence. Mr. Reese says Col. Camp will W4S prosecuted i„ Monroe County
run himself down before he gets to the Court , for larceny from the house. Af-
election. It is evident that Mr. Reese (e r several arrests and as many escapes
knows nothing of the wonderful potv- from the oflic ers, he was finally placed
ers of endurance possessed by Col. in jall where he remained a short time
v '”’* 1 and escaped. He was again arrested,
.lodged in jail and about six months ago
,, _. H ; lrl “ ,le *'. , , pleaded guilty to the charge, and was
Mr. Chris. Klesshng, the printer who J unt t0 tho chain-gang for six months,
was run oyer in attempting to board The n j gh t after Ben was sent to the
th ,*V? u V? oi , Ilg . A H‘ nltt ,'? u . T rl ^ y chain-gang, Warren Wadkins, his
night, died yesterday of bis injuries, brother-in-law, set fire to the gin house
' <3
DRAWINOOK AUOU6T12,1S8I.
I/Ii'cti.- 11 til '.n> ■ 1 ~t p. *(•--• ■ VI):
leans, La, warehouseman for Metire.
B unorato & Co 15,000
LouU Seymour, carpenter. Exposition
building!, New Orleans. Lft-.^««... MW . 15,003
William de B Elliott, Whitney National
Bank, New Orleans, La
6,000
Minor Item, in short Meter. Alter consultation the surgeons de- 0 « jj on w jj.’H. Bush and burned it
Athens haB two (flute barbers from cided that he conld not live through io {he ground with Feveral bales of cot-
Atlanta. the operation, and so did not amputate ton ^Ir. Bush was prosecutor in
Cartersville will n<lopt tho six o’clock his leg. An inquest was held after his t j, 0 bill against Ben. Daring
movement. death and a verdict rendered in con- t j, 0 laat term of Monroe Superior Court
There are 350 colored patients in the formitywith facts already published. Warren Wadkins was convicted of
lunatic asylum. I R P/1 relieving we Georgia railroad of burning the gin hoase of Mr. Bush and
seven inches in circumference. — meanors and felonies. Ben having
■ Thousands of rotato Mips are sold in Aibant’a Oemprene. served out his term in the chain-gang,
Cartersville at 20 cents a hundred. An informal meeting of business returned to his old home about a fort-
Milledgevillc is to have a new atring Albany was helu at the office of n ight ago and found that Emma Mur-
band, and the instruments have boon Wright Davit & Co., to^ discuss the I pliy v one of his sweethearts of days
ordered. pracUcability and feasibility of estab- by| ha(l moved a few miles away,
A large and ugly (.ran tola found its a ^M.ittonhaaXSTmadc *'? P roc f cdea '° her house and attempt
way into Cartersville in a bunch of ^ MrtlM to“SS nn a .*? ! orce hcr point of In
bananas 16pon*iDle parties to put up a compreM 1 pjatoi to go and live with lmn.
‘ * costing $oO,000, if the city will Rive instead of acquiescing in his very un-
The bee rniPers of Butts county are them a bonus of $2,000 and release the demand .she sent out and had
reaping abundant quantities of honey enterprise from taxation for a term of warran t issued against himforassaa
this Mason. five years. The meeting resulted ip *ith intent to murder. The officer
Rosetta Traywick, n negro woman, the appointment of Alessrs. L. L. came> Knowing tho desperate char-
f«ll dead while at work in a field near Welch, T. M. Carter and It. Hobbs as ac ter of his man, he drew his pistol
Milledgeville. a committee to canvass tho city for the aDl j order him to surrender. Ben said
The LeConte pear trrows well in North purpose of raisingthe ^2,000. I “all right,” sat down on the bed of
Georgia. Col. J. W. Harris, Jr., of . . J ^ his former concuhlmi and began to
Cartcrsvfllo, has an orchard in Hour- Whr ih. eom.pcnd.no* doMd. gtab j ler w ith his pocketknife. Tho
isliing condition. Some tinie ago Mr. Alex Jolly, of woman’s cries attracted tho attention
Butts county, wrote to President Cleve- ot the officer, who rushed up with a
land to tho effect that he wanted an stick and began to cudgel Ben over the
office, and in presenting bis claim npon head. Ben made a break for the door
tlie new government said he had ever and as he passed a brother-in-law of
been a strict adherent to the principles the murdered woman waB knoeged by
jionroo I t nAntnAMMP and had wnrlrml and him In *hla knona. hut van annn tin
«, navvy, born in England, and at the time isiO those farmers who lived on the finally sold his goods for debt. Davis dis-
he made the leap aboat 26 years of I borders of the pond one day saw the appeared and was found several aays
ace. He was of rather slander build, bnt wrier begin suddenly to ran rapidly up I afterward roaming through the woods a
wiry and muscular, and Jack Harris, the stream, and in 48 boars It had all gone lunatic. A large gash across his throat
contractor for whom he worked, consid- except in occasional holes where it bad seemed to Imply that ho had st
ored him his best cbnrn driller. Harris’s been deepest The fsrmsrs gathered to- temp ed suicide, and his clothes and boots
camp was at the head of a deep canyon, cether and found that the bottom at the were in a very bad condition. Alter his
about one mile south of Vimgaroan. He upper end where the water had been about capture he became morose and sullen,
was engaged in making a fill and two side twenty feet deep, had dropped oat to tbe rarely speaking and moping around, ror
cuts, and worked gangs day and night. extent of several acres, leaving hundreds a Period of two months at a time he would
Hammond workedj.n the day gang, and of wagon loads of fish, and thousands of not speak a word, and then VOW talk
the'big wall tent he shared with six or turtles of all kinds, and many alligators only of his early history or of trifling al
right others was about 300 yards from the } r om two to twenty feet long. Tho hogs hfc He Is a well educated man, and is
edge of the lofty wall, against whose base an j buzzards lived high, for a week or said to speak seven languages. He is also
the mighty waters of the “great river” two, upon tbe fish of all kinds an excellent penman, as samples written
dashed and tumbled. At this PtrUenUr which were left by the receding daring his confinement will show. One of
point the river is quite deep One night waters on dry groand and in the small I his peculiarities is that he will never take
the sleeping occupants of Harris's camp water holes. The torUee lived a long m«I cine under any circumstances.. Hap-
were aroused by a series of startling yells, time, aa they were amphibious, and many P‘**y .» enjoys good health, ao that not
which esme from Hammond's tent, Be- 0 f them were eaten by the slaves who Jived much trouble arises from his whim. Fer-
fore they could collecttbeir senses and set- on4be borders of the lake. Alligators live sonally, 'ha Is a small man with
tie In torir minds whether or not the camp iiPJbe water and mod, and dig out for iron gray hair and mustache and
had been attacked by Indians, Hammond themselves deep holes in which they de* sparkling eyes. He Is called Doc.
dashed from the tent, and although held posit their eggs and sleep. As soon as tor by the ocher inmates and seems to
by his companions, tore himself away, these creatnres found the water had left enjoy the title. Of late he has begun to
and, veiling at every jump, made giant them they ran to these holes—then the exhibit signs of insanity, and now will suu-
bounds towards tne river. The farmers had made alligator hooks to catch denly break Into a song or a wild harangue,
drillers and blasters in tbe cut them with. These hooks were made in sometimes ini entirely different language
stopped their work and ran Uhls way. A piece of iron about two feet from ours. He is also prejudiced against
up on the bsnk to ace wbat was the mat- h 0 ng and half an inch thick, had a socket wearing clothes, and in his cel! generally
ter. They saw Hammond as he dashed atone end, while the other had a sharp goes aronndattired in only a shirt. When
toward them and beard hia agonized yell*, point on one side with a hook on the taken ont for exercise ho will run and
A cry of horror burst from tbeir lips as the other. This hook had a strong caper about like a boy. Daring his most
yelling man reached the brink of the preci- Inole made to fit the socket. As soon as lucid moments be will tell scraps of his
pice and without a second’s hesitation Jn e of their holes was found, the pole with early person*! history, but every nOorttp
leaped ont and shot down like a plummet I the hook on the end was shov»d down un- C®t him to teri about his business lias fail-
to the boiling flood 155 feet below. They til the animal was fonnd (if he had not M, he becoming ahent when tho cause of
heard the loud splash made by his body I been caught before), and he was soon kill-1 hfs misfortune is brought up In converse-
when it struck tne water and then, with ^ with the spear and drawn out with the tion.
blanched faces and hashed volcw, hurried hook. Many of them were so large, heavy
down to the river level to search for the an d strong that it often took several strong only five alivk.
poor fellow's mangled body. A\hat was men to pull them out. 1 _ , , . ... ,
their surprise to meet the supposed dead This lake remained dry until the next • * w Ramalnlnsc Members of the Late
man alive, nnlnjnred. He was shivering I winter, when it was again filled up from I Confederate Oablneti
with cold, however, and the mnddy water j the river. By one < of those s’ngnlar and I Cincinnati Tlmes-Star,
The recent appointment of R. M. T.
or searchers in chorus. I AndYfis now one of the fine it fishing lakb 1 Hunter, of Virginia, to be collector of cus-
“One of them infernal stinging lizards I j n tj ie gammer and hunting places for wa-1 toms at the port of Tappahannock, at
SM H.mmon n d?' ! L d t r0 h. <, Sp C Adoat “ r '° WlS «»» atitoer ever known. p „ io[n!ly , ma „ ^, call , attenlIon t0 th ,
when I struck the water. By the way, GRANT'S BAPTISM. whereabouts and condition of the few re
boys, what co you think of that Jump?” — mahring members of the Confederate Cabi-
“It ought to have killed you, said one A Touching Scene Which Occurred When net. There were fourteen of them—Ben-
m “n didn't, though," cried Hammond «h. H.,own. Supped «o t>. o,in«. j Brata, Bm-k.nri.ke. Mallory. Mt-rn-
wlthalaash! "I'll make it attain lor a New York World. minger, Randolph, Bedden, Trenholm,
ten dollar bill.” . . _ . . .1 A story is told by the friend, of General Kv,ik er Davie. Reagan, Toooib,, Watte
thTdl.Unre measured, and thetTpe line ^rant of the ecene whlcb tookpl.ceontbe , nd Hunt „. 0[ theM only flTe now „.
held dose to tbe cllfl edge, marked 155 Thursday morning when it was thought main—Davis, Reagan, Toombs, Watts and
feet and a few inches when the the nation’s hero was dying. The weeping Hunter. Of these five only two, Reagnn
other end touched tbe crater. Ham* family were grouped aronnd the bed where and Toombs, were members of the original
mond old not appear to sutTer from his I t he old soldier lay wearily and painfully cabinet. Honter is not only an old man
terrible flight through the air. He worked breathing. His thin, white bands clutched now, bat very much reduced in circuin-
for Harris until the latter s contract was t he counterpane and his eyes were closed, stances, as is shown by his willingness to
li'.ithed mill went into .vexiro to Suddenly l>r. Dotulas placed his ear to the nrc-pt a position which pays but about
work on the Mexican Central. He w*? . *ick man's breast and strode from the room SGOO a year. There are few of the mem
his underclothes that night, and bis reet hastllv. An instant later he returned bera of the Confederate cabinet who ert
were protected only by thin “J with Dr. Bbrady. wealthy. Bob Tcomks, who lives near At.
struck the water feet fret, and nesenbea “Nothing can save him,” murmured Dr. lanta, is wealthy Reagan Is worth some
th* MDtatlqp experienced as similar to Douglas. thing, but not much. Watts, of Alabama,
that If fhe feet bad been smartly | •-Brandy.” murmured Dr. Shradv. and Davis,of North Carolina, though pret-
“He can't swallow. It wonld kill him.” ty old men, continue in the practice of law
*T'U give it hvpodermically.” | at their respective homes.
T 8 Tutwilcr. Sanford, Flu, collected
through colnmbns Insurance and
Banking Co. Colambas, sst— |,o>>
A B Glover, 25 8 Comptonlave, St Louis,
DRAWING OP SEPTEMBER 9, MM.
Mary CupnlfT, 1206 Spruce at, Pn>Udel-
Louts i’ Alpmftu,l2i8prQce*st, L i tis,*
Mo I5,ft)i|
Henry W Rahner, U 8 TOwborn "Wm
Stone,” St Lout!. Mo 13,000
Drovers and Mechanics National Baas,
Baltimore. Md... nM ..., mmM « r ..«. 15000
J Jacobs, 1400 Mission at, San Franciaoo,
Mrs R 8 burst. San FrancUoo,*CadHT 5,003
Union and Planter*' Bank, Memphis,
Robert Locke, STTmphli*,**Tenn 1ZT 6,000
F II Rudd, Columbus avenue. Boston,
Mass 4,000
A Brown, Exchange Bank, cor Mont-
oinery and Washington its, Ssn
_'rancl«co. Cal 4,000
Bsnk ot New Hanover, Wilmington, N.
_ BrowniNew*Yoirk .. 1,200
Nathan Lelber, 40 Wylie avenue, Pitts
burgh. I’a — - 1.2T0
W Hall. Suffolk, Va.~... 1,200
Waller, 151 MluasL San Francisco,
DRAWING OF OCTOBER 14.1AM.
Louisiana National Bank, New Orleans,
Miu...
'.000
8,000
C Bennett, 210 Sedgwick st, Chicago,
WmCBiiggs, Chlrago, ni* M lZr.r.!V~.*ir.
O C Fox l'ortsge, 1.000
Hergt James BcotS.^.,.Taxing District/ .
Prttriilinsu J Dougherty, i»*>.n «* f..n \
Patrolman Con Daley, Memphis, Tenn... 1,200
Mort Hodge, Columbia,Tcnn.....„....... MM I.joj
DRAWING NOVEMBER 11,1551.
Tho* Muihern, 'A -0 1 j Washington street,
Boston, M»ah f.,000
Frank Crockett, engine No 12, corner
Drumm and Commercial streets, San
slapped with a broad strap. While in the
air he felt no difficulty in breathing, and
tbe increased velccity as bis body neared
the water was not perceptible.
“How much?”
“A barrel fall, if necessary.”
Hunter, as indicated above, is poor. Of
those now dead none except Benjamin
Movamente of Georgia People.
Miss JuliA Moore, of Columbus, has
gone on a visit to Florida.
xAnder, of
1 • arl Aloxamier, ot . lonroo Democracy and had worked and him to *his knees, but waa toon up
county, is visiting friends m Jackhon. vote j f or Cleveland. Knowing the again and managed to get clear of tbe
Mrs. Hunt, of Jones county, Is visit- President’s motto “to go slow/* he I clutches of the officer and is still at lib-
ing her son, Mr. K. P. Hunt, in Jack- wa ited with Job like patience and final- erty.
son.
Mr.s. ,S. B .Marshall, of MilledgerWe,
is on a visit to her brother in Morgan
county.
Mr. Lanta Barfield of Jones county,. , - ,
is visiting ids brother, M. G. Barfield, [ respoudence clo. e«l.
in Jackson this week.
Mrs. Dr. Thomas II. Kenan has re
turned to Milledgeville after a visit of
about two months to Memphis
. , tv\
ly received Piesident Cleveland’s re- Such a demon as this negro has
ply. The President thanked Mr. Jolly proved himself to be is a dangerous
for his support anil assured him that factor in any community, of which so
li l* hod a perfect right to want on office ciety should rapidly rid itself.
as well aa anybody else. The cor-1
OrsPoatmattsr assigns.
Thomaston, Jane 3.~B. J. Jones v
Th* sum* oid Riundnrbuss. I postmaster at Thomaston, Upson
Lee A Bro., in Covington, keep in county, Ga., has tendered his resigns-
their store a sort of blunderbuss so ar- tion to take effect Jane SO, 1885.
. ranged aa to bear npon tbe doors as a
Mrs. \V. II. McPhaul, of Sylvester, protection agalnat burglars. Unfortu- Death of a cood citizen;
is on a visit to her parents, Mr. and nately,their friends have been the only JxrrxasoxviLLK, June 2.—Col. E. II
Mrs. A. A*. Adams, in America*. victims yet. About two months ago B. I Wimberly, an honorable citizen of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goctchius, of W. Bacby had several buckshot dis- Twiggs county, died this morning at
Columbus, are in Milledgeville and charged into his leg by kicking one of hit homo at 8 o’clock. He died in tho
are visiting Mr. G. C. McKinley.
Llewellen Hlllycr, Ed Mallory and
other young men «*f Slaeon art* paying
weeklv visits to Monroe Female Col
lege.
Miss Fannie Lane, who has been
teaching school in Jasper countv. is
at home in Milledgeville to spend her
vacation.
Crop Ntwl.
Heard county; Crops are reported
fine.
t county: Seasonable* rains
rs happy.
BOldi
and fan
WMt
byt
ers are set back
Haralson county: Everything hide
unty. A \
crop sine
ring
DOderf ill outcome
3 the rains is no-
Abundant rains;
)ats esjH-cially, are
lair fo
Monn
rapidlv
well.
Barto
of the grain <
table.
Butts cou
crops, wheat
booming.
Two Children Burned.
On Wednesday night last some ne
groes living on T«»m Brantley’s plai
wont nr to take a boo tree,
thoy returned found ihoir I
contontK, together with two chUdron,
a^red four and oialit yonro, had l»o(-n
llUrnod.—Sl":rt‘l I Kin'll I,', .
F.ll Out About 1M. Work.
A noirro by the name of Heal
killed Monday on tbe planta
Hr. Watkins, ah.int six mile
Palmetto, bv a Mr. Attasuv. 1
tliat they left nut »l»-at the'noin
yoinit to work, i’oitli wore cn
m-titllo, the no^- ii fatally ami .'I
way slightly.—J-'nlrt,,irn .Y' • *.
A a.v.r. H.moffhn...
Mr. I^mia Brandt, w!,o is ro|
in; u toli.o oo at .-.tvar.li
eov.-re h. imirrhav 1 f the lunys in K-> * 1
r - store ..n VtmrwUy last, ami foil : >
fur the timely administ'.nni; of properl
the door* to arotue the clerki. Mon- same room in which he was born, in
clay morning John Peck had his foot 1820, April 7. Ho was held in tho
lacerated by a load of shot from the highest eitcem by all who knew him.
same gun. Mr. Peck waa an employe He waa a bright and one ot the oldeat
of Leo & Bros., and hia duty waa to ar- Masons in tho county.
range or tot the gnus at night before I
leaving the store, hut ho seems to have It.m. (of Butl.r.
forgotten all abont the gnn when ho Birrura, May 3.—Rev. J. R. Rcspesa
nt to open up the atore on the follow- made a shipment of fruit to-day.
lag morning. The peaches ore targe and nice and
will well well.
ATroutnnd Kinaflah.r story. I Next week will ho a largo week in
A gentleman who travels a great deal Butler— the prohibition election, com-
told me a funny atorjr about a king- mencement exercises and a teat game
fislier and a trout. The man waa driv- of ball between tho Butlers and Tubot-
ng along near a creek in this county tons.
.»lien his attention was directed to a Miu Kora Sanford, ot Everett’s la
kingfisher that waa trying to catch a visiting friends in our town,
four pound trout that he discovered Mlsa Annie McGlaotblin, of Buena
near a sand hank. At last the fisher Vista, la the guest of Was Mary Mont-
larted down and fastened his talons in fort.
the• trout and tried to fly away with It, R. L. Williams left for Geneva to-
hut the fish waa too heavy, and being day, where he will remain several
frightened the treat made for deeper weeks assisting the agent there,
water. They were pretty -ellmatched. Mr. J. K. Battle left a few days ago
Tho trout would dive, but the buoy- for Baltimore.
y o( the bird would cause him to Rev. Dr. Potter, of Macon, will
after each ducking. In vain be preach commencement sermon here,
tried to extricate himself, and the trout ■
„a-1.ptally anxious to rid himself oil confumoiionCured,
the incubus. At length the fish struck AnoM pbTslclan.reHredfrom prac-
a bar where the water waa ao shallow tice, having nad placed in hia hands
that ho could not swim, and tbe bird by an East India missionary the forma-
tore Ms claws out and perched himself I la of a simple vegetable remedy for
on a branch looking very crestfallen, the speedy and permanent cure of
‘'■J The gentleman secured the flah, which Consumption, Bronchia-, Catarrh,
I-l .anice dinner. I Asthma and all throat and Long affec
tions, also a positive and radical core
Hia freedom auiT. | for Nervooa Debility,and all Nervous
warms in. Cloth., h. had on Wh.n h. I Complaints, after having tested in. the
8*t Fr**.
Tears felUrom Mrs. Newman’s eye*, and died wealthy. He made a nmxnriicent
[a STRANGE CASE. fhe called upon her hnaband to speak to fortune, as Is well known, in the practice
~ her. Then the Rev. Dr. Newman procnr- of law abroad. Of the few members still
Sarlflctng On* of th* Family to Rais* nl a silver bowl filled with water and with living each resides now in the Ktate fion<
Money for th* R*st a his fingers he sprinkled the brow of the which he waa chosen lor bis cabinet post-
Nashville Union soldier and baptized him. I tion—Reagan In Texas, Hunter in Vir
■ft n A smile dawred upon the white featu-eshrinls, Watts in Alabama, Davis in North
Major James Grddes, tne resident super and the blue lips moved faintlr. Then Dr. Caro: In a and Toombs In Georgia. Only
intendeutof the Louisville and Nashville Shrady injected some brandy into each the civil branches of the Confederate gov-
railroad, finished nnaarthinx a case yes* arm. There was a faint fluttering of the erument are now represented, all the sec-
terday that tamed oat to be one of the heart, as of some bird weary of captivity, retaries of war and navy having passed
| coolest and most deliberate a'teinpts ever and then it slowly resumed its regular pul- away. Hunter and Toombi were aecreta-
{made to get damages from a railroad com- aations. I lies of State, Davis and Watts attorney-
papy. In addition to this the unraveling “Doctor, how Is he?” asked Dr. New general*, and Reagan postmaster general,
of toe conspiracy ceveloped ao atteznpt of J mtn# | Keegan is probably the most active pbysF;
| a man and wife to perpetrate • most Bead- ..j 5-11. Vft wJ i, t .^t 11 ca ly and mentally of any of those remain
Uhoutregi,Md«»ni»h« WOHBctolttgfr I 1 Our pr.yetj have been anawtred,” »i!J >“«• He Is itroi.g nod vigorous, though
own child in order to cetgroandi on which C | er i~m&n devoutly. hem at deith i ucor a year ago, when
no eue the r»Uro«(I comp»ny. I “j think it was the brAndr” observed » n operAtlon by some .kllllnl physician
Ciller the engineer ol a p..se_nger trslo I (hB p hy,icUo, Inm ldy. ..vetTIdm. Mr. K. M. T. HuSter’i ad-
Hgfd B |Sd| r ' n '■ duuu|| 1 Ueneral Grant yesierd.y felt the efiecte drew ts I.loyds. E>,ei ewtnty. Vt-J llr.
l ot hit eleepless night, ana remained very Jffsgan «, I aleitlne, Texas; Mr. T. Ml
near ths tunnel on the Decatur dtylslon of qn [ et uarin*- the day. The afternoon wss •■Hu’s, Mon'goiuery, Ala.: Mr. Oeorg<
tko loutorMu and Maahrfflt r^hol mi|gSffgl19- Davla’a Wilmington. ± O.; Gen,
hat day. who teemed dMlroua ol commit- but th# 0enerlll won i,i not g0 out. Gener- Toomb. s, M ashlngton, Ga.
log suicide, the (.meThitendent referred ^ b# W| bat bedM)ded not w
ag’emof is^er HIMlon.^hlch ts nell lhs * ums work on hi. book Mil Monday. Bo,, a. w.ddln, Paa...
tunnel. Major GediWs letter was re I Cemoresl's Monthly,
tamed last nlsht with the following in- HI. Id.a of th. Esiraordlnaiy. . Itiln - fuhlo[1 , ble now [or ^y, t0l
rn nili Cardiff Mall. slst at weddings at page.. Two little lei
1 A Scolcb snballern at Gibraltar waa one lows wore recently artistic coetumes of
Of the ttmnel^WhO DO* hbont ten children. j a y on KUHr ^ wilh another cflicer, who crosrn-ribbed seige, with rutiles of old lace.
Yeaterday they sgrted that one of tne ull -| uckl jy ^ down a precipice 400 Tbe half cloak hanging from the ahoulder
' Jeet antl wa * kifled. Non-militarv was lined with yellow silk, the ato,'kings
I wonderful curative powers In thon-
in^ito~Su StoitlSSStof.fr enfferingfdlowik
::‘. r I Actuated by thi. motive and A (Mr.
remedii-s he would, ir. a few minutes { Amon '^
fmm I white shirt and white apron, and
. I'.rmed na that U waa the twentieth an- «° reUwa human auffesrf^, I »end
I twenty years ago when set free. Ll-
U-rt ia a man of strung natural ability
and has made good nso of the yearn of
' liis freedom. By untiring industry,
. economy and judicious investments
ii, he lias .(. Ululated pr ; rty to t!..-
|,,,_ amount ol |2D.i<», md bt liil L oi-
;1 imluitry haa won the r.—; -.
p*-.'pie among whom he lives.
gllati, with full directlona for prepar
ing and naing. Rent by mall or ad
dressing with stamp, naming thla pa,
SocheatM- S’ 05 ?*’ Block,
I'aUpboas says ihat
.III ■ . twain O a rt tL.t I ***• ■IltA "El ElliCU, »» UII’XaJ 111II l > aiucva "HU JCUUn BliK, 111" BUI
I 1 I readers should understand that in th.|"«• of yedow|Hk also^.nd^ Uie^*>«»’«f
three cornered hits turned up with feath
Si?:*•i 1 ..amg.!>.,«ii,-.,-c,d.m..„,i
' 1«■ to«|» dfrt *nce and th. hom^fh^g^: major ^“.“tThU
2S|qB«rlteio«ilit part of toe officer ccm-
down
JESS i ^EJHHSSR crS?,
Uaincame »iom to within about un feet , lemaml K ; neI , Hnati J )n Y on say *N.’ B An actress was married In Boston tbe
when the chiybecime frightened and ! jj olhir extraordinary aicce iruard olher day,, and one of the embhma n*»«d
Rtmoto offT The mother whlpped the I^enyour'mother^fflcSVn|™a Uor'.l wreath'ilth'th. HnngaTl
child aevsrely, mlthoogh It pmlatedIB I hufallen downs Drecinice <00 ten I worJ Grokle’ 1 (lorevrr) In ilie centre. ..
UUlug her that the was going to die for her | ana y btfn mi^t ■> B [ r .. re .,i jf ,| rosy be for years and it msy Iw for orokie,
he, “Idlnna think there'e'any’lhlrg ex- AM, 110 l "* l! 1 ’*"
iraordlnary In that; tf he'dtaun doonapre-1 divorced bosbaads living, it wonliln t
LITTLE BUND SOLDIERS. I clplce iOO feet and no twen klded, 1 should be,t ,0 «* mble much on tbe o'okic boti
hae thought it very extraordinary indeed, De “-
. George A. Gammon, oil inspector of East
Tennessee, was run over by a runawav
team at Knoxville, Tenn., and had his ley
broken below the knee. Other slight In
Bolsndld Drill of a Battalion cf Cadets | and wad bae put It doon ta ny report'
Who C.l'inu 8...
Philadelphia Timet I A Child Kll ed br a Fowl.
A rather noTel treat la promised to a Llrerpoot Courier. _
few friends by ths mansgement of the A remarkable fatalllT to a child nearly Juries were tu-tained. Mr. Gammon h
PennsTlTanla lnatitntion for the lnstruc I J years of age has Jnat been lnreatlgated at I oeen appointed Collector Gregg’s chief
Uon of the blind, to be given on the alter- Hempston. On Friday the deceased clerk, anil waa to have entered on hia du
o( June 4. This U to be nothing leu * u taken ont by a neighbor's child, and Uea Monday,
than a military drill ol two companies ol .Imost lmmedlately waa hoard to cry, as U
b'md boys, atndeota at the lnsUmtlon. | i .“F^!?^"-__T h, ' I,0, . ber . r ?*^ 0u V ,lni1 1
Tbe boy. wsre put through a practice drill observedI e Urge game fowl standing upon
yesterday afternoon by Prefect Stewart 1 , J“ h ** d , 01 ber ™ld, who wee iylng upon
and nerformed the Tarloue mamrarree ,l * b,ck In the reed. It seems that the
and the manual of arms with surprising eht'd bad palled the uil of the bird, whlcb
cxce'ltncr. Borne at them ere not orer I h *'* Immedistely turned apoa it, knocked
eerra years of age and it Is astonishing to down and struck It saeigely three or four
see how ept they are to learn the more- Um '* ln •neceaston wl'h hia apure. The
meota and the accuracy with which they P®*. showed that ths
execute them. spur ot the fowl, which was two Inches in
■Only two or three ot them can are at all Bad penetrated the child's skull be-
I ...— e .a - - -» * a .. x i.l I hind the afr aa. Are) a I alf > M ftw aawa ii.
Cartful With HI* Brush.
Galveston News.
vrwij .saw w. 1 .....,.. « • -r .r —-- t _ —-- -- . The British lion U »lmcst afraid to
and ttien only at certain angles at which ^ to save Us hia tail now to keep flies off.
the fight Slrlxee the eye. In n-.ichlng la I llt ' tmaralllng.'’ L
fours or ootnln* to a company front they j "" Outoa.t London
S I ' nm ?m' nn ~- I M*h«dt«nentkg.toao» P d.
' * ~ bOTpUc.
ttratght line Is kept by there.rb . . I
Int hie left hand on the shoclder of the
. ... I reports recently published on the v
^A Meridian man went trout fisMng the | condition ol thaalnmaol London, d
one in front of him. Tne arms are th* reg I
handle I hwui ^Hinnch vrraSS
. Id wero odwl- ^ miod was 5KS5 and urged him tore- % Wlfe » naked and dirty
himr !■ * nt h uh t h I ,ract W* ***** suuoient, tut ne fteraiated children, and one pig. In some parta
ndi ,it-I.n whin h* Jl 3 » mrmln K«U This rrmarksbleInstance there ia one rin-mUl to erery hundred
I/>uls J Wild, DanHldHouTllle, La 10,000
Robert Richter,2511 ChrMUu st, Phils-
Frault K Duffey, 47 Vvsahinjtou 81,'Hurt-
ford, Conn......... 5,(00
DLOrr, StophenvIUe, Tox j,uw
H?Brotherhood, Milwaukee, WIs, col
lected through American Express Co.,
I ii .'.000
Chs« K Mu.Her, I'fj Locuat st, 8tl/)uls,
Mu 1.2V)
First National Bsnk. IndIaospolit.lnd 1,-DO
Browntou dc Sibley, bxukers, VlcWrls,
UnlouNsilouai Bank. <:inrinnsuTobio 1,'aw
DRAWING OF DEt KMBER16,1»|,
T ZI Kut'.ner.GeorgftuwD.Ky :to,oro
Canal Hank, New Orle
Klr.t National Bttk, Mem
" California st,
Panl Tltche; J _
ney. Han Francl»t
Henry Levy,lun Kranclt'
phi-.
...rere«.....«. 15 000
rf Levy. Bun Krancltco, Cal 15,UO
Geo M Hhackelford, flrtunan M ante It
It, colltTted through Bauk ot Com
merce, M mphls, Tenn 15,000
Germania National Bank, NewOrleau*.
Albert Me
foreexTreub j Kmrlnje, ofAOoe-
W ,n liT,.nim..r >53 .U’o. Brow.:.,De-
ssj. gsr^jtrett. Mich 5.0
Gn» I'hililtw. erner Hernando end El
liott streets, Memphis, T*nn
[raMarx^ret Breiaal, I 2 Shelby street,
John J M idler, 1't, Hailing street, De
troit. mleb...... ~
W J II Uh tower, Dublin, Oe
5,000
DRAWING OF JANUARY 11,1516.
Thomas M Thornton,^ShelbyvlUs.IUi.rere. 1
Daniel i _
Htate National IU
B K Browne. Faina >
A K Hall, with Benge
New Orleeaa, La
t, 2nd ..re..--
Hroa, Dalles,Tsx
11 <■ Vine. Line iln. Neb I jnd
Ws'.la, Fargo Am -an KrtueScn ftl 1 .*uj
John H M»»ou, 0 Howard at, New Loq- ^
H G White, iieleua, Montene. re J,-X)
DRAWING 07 FEBROABY10,14^5.
AVetnonc, Hotel Italia, corner Faclflc
end Haiuome ats, Hau Franclico, Cal . 75,«aio
Bertha Carey, Alsona, I* ........ 6,000
Mrs JB Franz, Manaflel.l, f> 6,uoO
Flr»tNatlknal Bank, of Birmlurfhim,
'1 ttibury -outh Side; l’a 1.000
t.’l I nt. WB»hiTiK’«)!i In : »•)
K* utfeu Joel,« Monroe Ht.f.yim, Mui . 2 i«X)
B W Bradbury, Woodland Dak.collect
ed through Commercial National Bank
Chicago,Ilia — - - 2.000
DBAWINO OF 51 ARCH 10,1885.
Geo A Spear, B*y ntf, uii»h -?.annn
Henry L Schmidt, Memphis, T»n n
Gtil*e Poindexter, Maxou Depot, Tipton
T K Koarh Mate NatlooiJ Bank,New Or-
I leans. !<*. . to
State National lUuk, St w Orleans, La... 2.u
Lewie JohnsoadtOo, MAshlimion, .JC 2,0
Louis Hlnx, 433 Turk st, Ben Francisco,
CaL.
Keagtn, 402 Haynes st. Sen Frsa-
ranclico,
OalregL
t W Bsryln. Klchmond, Ky,
W. Washirifton, Detroit. Mleh
>as s‘vh*. Ear y Grove. Mise....
State National Bank, N
I 3)0
1..1W
1 -DO
Oriean*, Le— l,v
DRAWINO OF APRIL 14, lltl
John W Haywood, 3i Charlton st,Saran- ■
nah. Oe
W <; l'.fii. r Windfall. I: 1
F Spend nip. DonalJA.mvllle,
. W**hii; K t/ifi DC ...
J V B Putnam. Mt P . n-nMt, '
■ it. 6 an J 7 N W, Wa.«
Hank ol California, San Treoclsco, Cal
Jonn M * - I .
lnyten, DO.. ...~reJH
I»Hn M Muriarty - :d eve/N. a V -a
Bn ton A Koeid/, Natchez, M ••
Eh Foo, 275Tremont at, >io*ton, Maa»
HC Donnelly, BlPanl, Minn — ....
A Carter. Uanly, gy
DRAWING OF MAY U,
Oeo Williams Washington. D C.
Orilut Zapp, Round Too, Tex —
Sam P speuctr, Greembary, Ky.^1
Harry Duthon, Melrose, Uui.
P(i Sexton, Stewart co.Teun
hrii.k of « r. envl.le. liTreuv:
hio rac
on. The profieeora say Uie drilling has a
hentfidal edect upon the boje, “
straightens them up.
A vicKKL-fiLm Witerbuy watch 1
ami tlie Weult Telb-hapii for One (
tear will !>«.* wi*t to any a«Mre-s (dr,
| ;.'x). S-d advertiscn.ent.
Is M
the mayo
hark in the
Will be pot I
impurities ofu
i invited him to ride to a respondii. n
, !' u > I'»;*'|-. a(“ih. bnauMood, lharre
" : v 1., ,»n’, Ir-.n I;.:t
l trolyboneairm *n"* I atrengthencr anl pn
exbibiliun
and '
the ire de
3
tark Lake, Florida,
is the U*ht l>!,j«y.l
It given an the
•eheme la
i pa(-«r to-dxy.