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OVER IN WORTH. COUNTY POLITICS. NO SUMMER SESSION. DOOMED TO DEFEAT. Mis fi .» BCDUKT OP NEWS NOTES AND I.OOAIi POL1T1CAE. GOSSIP. ’Qntrlerlr llosfcrrnco—change in »hc .VInll Schedule From lonbelln «o Sylvester ~ Politics Gel ling W nr in. TI1E PRESENT OFFICERS WIU. Alili HI? CANDIDATES FOB DE-ELECTION. THE GOVERNOR VETOES THE BILL ON CONSTITUTION A L ' GROUNDS. THE MOT.DIER’S HOME BILL HILLED IN THE SENATE. Mo Fnr There Is no Toll, of Opposition, Rut the Eleventh Hour la Not Yet Come. The Sennle Huey Considering the Gen eral Approprinlion Rill* Special Correspondence to the HSB ald, Isabella, Ga., Deo. 14. —The eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. John T. Ward, of Asliburn, was -seriously, and, perhaps, fatally in jured by falling down the door steps of her father’s residence one day last week. —The contract for cultivating the pauper farm and caring for the pau pers was let this morning for the en suing year to Thos. Tipton for #160. This was getting the figures down to, rook bottom. The same contract was let last year for #208, with three pau pers less to care for. —Thos. M. I.lppitt, the present Or dinary, is making an active canvass against the Democratic nominee for that oillce. He is stumping the coun ty and placing his olaims before the people, and, it is thought, will reply to the recommendations of the last Grand Jury in this week’s county paper. —Tile Union Sunday Sohool at this place organized a cotton grower’s club last Spring, and several of the members planted cotton for the school. They are to meet next Friday morn ing and weigh the cotton, have a basket dinner at the church, and have and give leotures. A pleasant timo is expected. . —The schedule for the mail route from this place to Sylvester has again been changed by the postmaster here. The mail now leaves here at 1 p. in. and returns at 3:30, instead of leaving at 7 and returning at 9 a. m. The change is not satisfactory to all par ties, and it is likely there will be a petition for another change. —The Quarterly Conference for the Sumner Circuit of the M. E. Church was held here last Saturday. Our cit izens were treated to eloquent ser mons Saturday and Sunday by Dr. J. O. Branch, P. E., who is ope of the anost eloquent divines that ever occu pied the Methodist pulpit in Georgia. At conference nearly all of the present stewards and Sunday school superin tendents were re-elected for the com ing year. —Politics is a little warm here just mow. The P. P.’s were to have had a meeting here yesterday, but only two appeared and the time was changed un til to-morrow, when it is thought some aotion will be tjaken on the ticket put out here two weeks ago. The acting Chairman of the Democratic Execu tive Committee has called a meeting for the Democratic candidates, Execu tive Committee and all other members of the party, to meet here on the 21st 1nst., for the purpose of mapping out a campaign plan for the January elec- tion. H. AN EFFORT WILL BE MADE Candidates for county offices, so far, are having a smooth sea and easy sail ing. But the eleventh hour is not yet come, and tbero Is no telling what time will bring forth. Then, too, none have announced but those who now hold office, and as they are offering for re-election, they are in the best posD tion to set the ball in motion. v However that may be, it is hardly probable that a fight will bo made on any of them, as each and every one of the county officials has come right up to the notch when n quostion of duty was at stake, and has studied how to best conserve the interests of the county. For instance, it would sound very strange to hear any talk of opposition to Sheriff F. G. Edwards, who has been the county’s faithful servant in tlint capacity for more than fifteen years No fault has ever been found with his work, nnd it can confidently be said that no opposition can defeat him. Then there is Mr. IV. P. Burks, who has been Clerk of the Superior Court al most us long as Mr. Edwards has been sheriff; Judge Sam W. Smith, who has been Ordinary for three years; Capt. J, T. Hester, who has been Tax Collector off ami on for nearly ten years, and Mr. J. W. Stahlnnker, who has held the office of Tax receiver for one term. All these officers have given the county nble service, nnd there is no reason why their re-election should be opposed. Coroner Grant Wynn and Surveyor J. K. P. Keaton have ns yet made no announcements, but they have served the county well, and there is no doubt but that they will offer for re-election. 'This corps of county officials is nil efficient one, nnd should meet with no opposition. It is not q wise policy for a county or city to change its officials at every election, unless it is for some error on mal administration in office, for the longer a 'competent official serves the better he is supposed to un derstand the duties of the office. Thus county politics stnnd at the present writing, and the outlook is exceedingly favorable for the smooth sail all the way through. THE CENTRAI. (STRIKE. The Hnllrond’a Business la Crippled. Somewhat Hr H>e New Council to nave the City Iilnalta Extended. From Tuesday's Evksinu 11KKAM'. Mayor Gilbert announced to a Herald reporter this morning that the new Council would make strenous efforts to have the city limits extended. As is well known there is a largely populated area just outside the city limits, yet so near as to receive practically many of the benefits of the municipal government. Of course as long as they arc without the limits the benefits arising from the water-works ■fcnd sewerage systems will be denied them. . “I have talked to quite a number of those who live outside the limits,” said Mayor Gilbert this morning, “and I find that there are manj who are in favor of an extension of the limits, and who will willingly come in if the proposition is made. It will require a two-thirds majority, however, of those to be affected by the change be fore the law can be passed. The mat ter will then have to go before the Legislature in the shape of an act to amend the charter of Albany.” The City Council will probably make some efforts along this line early in the coming year, so as to have the petition and the bill ready for the Legislature when it meets next July. The Herald has always advocated ■ such an extension of the limits, and it is to be hoped that it will soon be ac complished. City pride if nothing else should prompt the desire to see the up building and progress of the city, and this may well be called the starting point for some rapid strides which can be made with proper enterprise and push. Albany is now set down in the census report as a city of a little over 4,000 inhabitants. She could easily have 7,000. IV by not'? Copyright! of Song». A number of musical copyrights have recently been sold in London. The more important items were as 1 fallows: Ga briel's “Cleansing Fires,” £880; Leslie's “Font Jolly Smiths," £261; Hnllah's •'Three Fishers,” £340; Bodington's “After," £218; Blumenthal's “Requital,’’ £188; Hullah's “Storm,” £108; Pent- land’s “John Feel," £93; Pontet's “Nea,” £88. Christmas hunts are all the talk now. From the Atlanta Journal. Despite the frantio denials of the offioials of the Central railroad, that lino is seriously affected by the strike of the operatives. The Btrike is felt more at junotion points than anywhere else. Some passengers, who have always considered the Central a safe road, now feel that it is just a little bit dangerous to ride on its passenger trains. At Atlanta the effeots of the Btrike are noticeable. Last night the yard was crowded with oars. This morning many of them have been moved. No efficient operators, so far as can be learned, have yet been obtained to fill the positions vaoated by the strik ers. The officers of the line claim that tlieir line is running the same as it did when the operators were at work. It is rumored that a terrible wreok occurred on a branch line of the Cen tral naariColuinbus last night. Noth ing positive about the wreck could be obtained. It is also said that Receiver Comer lias asked the telegraphers’ committee to confer with him to-day about a set tlement of the strike. Specinl to the Hkrald. Atlanta, Deo. IB.—The Senate lias been engaged a|l day on the general appropriation bill. They struck out all appropriations -for the Geological bureau and agreed to appropriate $20,000 to the military of the State. Tlie'Senate adopted the report of the Gober committee exonerating Judge Gober. The House will not on it to morrow morning. The Governor vetoed the bill to hold tlie, next session of the Legislature next July, claiming that it was un constitutional. So the session will be gin again next Qotober. THE CENRAL’S STRIKE. II in Girina Some Trenble, Hat eo Ear All Train* Are Still Running. From the Atlanta Journal. , Savannah, Ga., Dooember 18.—Su perintendent McNeeley, of the Central railroad, left Savannah yester day morning for Macon on a specinl train, lie lias dosed some small offices for the time being and has opened those lie found dosed that were re quired to ho opened. When the derksin the various depart ment of the Central who understand telegraphy heard of the strike, they wont in a body to Superintendent Wadley nnd volunteered their services ns operators. Six of them were sent out on the road last night and are at work to-day. Among those who tt’fiht Wits City Ticket Agent IV. G. Brewer, of Savan nah, who is an old operator. He is now on duty at Onemilo Hill, a very important place. All operators on tlie line arc not out. The superintendent has received several letters from agents and operators stitting that they have no desire to leave' the servioe of the road. All trains, including freights, are running on time, and Superintendent Wndley this morning s&id it is a hard ■natter to (joint out where tlie road is crippled by the strike of the men. All of tbs members of the O. K. T. commit tee are still in the oity. They Bay the running of the road with the strike on is not as easy as the authorities try to make the public believe. In Albany no one has so far been af fected by the strike, unless perhaps it is some traveler whose train bnnr him in a few minutes iate, which, by the way, is nothing unusual. The trains both yesterday and this morning came into- the oity very nearly on time and seemed very little irioonvenienoed by a laok of operators. President Comer says the strike amounts to nothing, ana that it will be settled aB soon' as the newspapers drop the subject. THE OPERATORS STRIKE. Slaughtering Rills Right trail Left — Jnd|(ti Gober Kxouorntn!—Mo tion* For New Trial the Nubjrct •( Nome lies* lakatlou. THE SOLDIER’S HOME BILL WORTH COUNTY HAM PANNED THE HEN ATE AND Wllili GO RACK TO THE IIOUNB For Uoucnrreuee in An Aincndment- The lllll to Fund the Intereat on Public Debt 1.0*1—A lionrd of Pnrdona. - - - r RUN1NENN TR ANN ACTED 1 SUPERIOR COURT LAN — Wlmt the Grand Jury Did—A Be Vuatitnted Agnluat liippitt—Other Matters of Ii ::: Railroad Trains Running on Their Own Hank. SENATOR IVOOTKN. Spoken of Yery Highly North Georgia Paper. hr n Along with a picture of Senator Wooten which is a fairly good like ness, the Dalton Argus lias the follow ing to say of the young Senator from the Tenth, who lias made so great a reputation in legislative fields: “Senator William E. Wooten, of the county of Dougherty, is tlie youngest member of the Georgia Senate, and is one of tlie ablest and most effective of Georgia’s Senators. Mr. Wooten is a genial, clever young man, and is an accomplished gentleman from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet. He is an able lawyer, and for yerfrs was City Attorney of Albany, ill which city he lives. This is his second term in the Georgia Assembly; he was a member of the last House, and made such an enviable reputation in that body, that the people of his section, recognizing his merits, returned him. to the Senate in October last. Mr. Wooten is a son of Hon. Council B. Wooten, one of the leading lawyers of the South, and a man whose nlme is a household"word in South Georgia. Will Wooten is a worthy eon of worthy sire, and will no doubt in tbe very near future represent his district in the lower House of Congress. If he does, and we hope he fwill, tlie entire State can well be proud of the young Congressman from the Second.” From Tuesday's Evinino Herald. Yesterday afternoon tbe telegraph ers on tbe Central railroad went on strike. It was 3 o’olock when the operators left their keys, but the news was not received here until a later hour. Tbe strike was ordered by Chief Assistant Tobie of the Order of Rail way Telegraphers, and the men say they will not return to work until the slight increase in the salaries which they have asked for lias been' made, Some days ago demands were made upon Supt. Wadley for a renewal of contraots and slightly increased pay. No attention was paid to tlieir de mands and yesterday they went out upon a strike. There are about 400 telegraphers In the employ of the Central system, nearly all of whom belong to the Or der of Hnilway Telegraphers. It will go pretty hard with the Central until matters are adjusted in one way or another. In speaking to n'Journal reporter one of the Atlanta operators said: “We are sure to win. You see the days of running trains by schedules are gone and it will be dangerous to ride on any line where telegraph oper ators are not employed. There will not be an operator at work on the Central to-morrow.” This strike will not affect any one in Albany as there are noCentral rail road operators here. The one at the Central office is a joint operator and.is employed by tile Brunswick & West ern. The open fireplace in the new pnblic library building at. Mnenias, Me., will be constructed of stones which were used for ballast on board the British war schooner . Margaretta, captured by the Americana near Machine during the early part of the Revolution. A curious wedding ceremony recently took place In Dublin, when the clergy man, the eon of a well known Dublin artist, married his father to a second wife. ■ J. A. SIMS.—Demise S]>C0illl to the IlKKAl.l). Atlanta, Deo. 14.—Tlio Senate re considered its action tills morning in passing the Soldier’s Home bill, the re sult of which was to postpone tlie measure indefinitely. This kills the 111, It may be introduced again at lie July session. The Senate killed two of Bacon’s railroad bills this morning. One to put the issuing of bonds nnd stooka under the clinrge of the Railroad Com mission, while the other bill put tlie fixing of schedules ill clinrge of the Railroad Commission. Bacon’s bill making' the wracking of railroad coinpapics a felony was pass ed. Hodges’ bill to allow receivers of yailronds to lie sued, was lost. • THE OOllKll INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE will report to botli Houses to-night. The report is lengthy, nnd it exoner ates Gober, and snyt there is legisla tion needed to make tlio practice of judges in overruling motions for new trial uniform. It is considered n com promise report. Sonic of tlie members of the Legislature say they will de cline to vote on it to-night nnd will wait until they can read the testi mony for themselves. Others favor adopting the report of the oommittee, and this will probably bo done, Looking for Ills Fatlisl. Recently a westerner 0 feot 6 inches tall, with broad shoulders and weighing over 200 pounds, appenred at Titusville. He was William Ferguson, of San Fran cisco, nnd was in searoli of Ills fa ther. His paronts were married neur Salamanca, N. Y., thirty-nine years ugo, and a few months beforo William was horn ills father deserted his mother, who was then a little more tlian sixteen years of nge. Ferguson never returned, nnd his deserted wife eventually wont west witli her boy and married again. Within a short timo pnst she told him for the first time tlio story of his father. WiV liam not only failed to feel a repugnance toward tho father, but desired to see him, and on leurnlng subsequently that he was still living came east to find him. He was informed that the old mun was lending a hermit's life somewhere in the Alleghany mountains. In his search he fottud a woman who said she had beou married and deserted by Fergnson, and was working to sup port herself and two ohildren. The searching son finally got on the right track, and scouring here n man to go with him drove to the vicinity of Mo- Graw Center, located in tlie woods, some miles from Titusville. There, in a tumble down Bhanty, living alone and with apparently nothing to live on, he found his long lost father.! William concealed his identity, and the old man was drawn into reminiscent conversa tion, during which he took no pains to conceal the faet that bin first wife wai living in the west. Then the son made known his identity. The shock of surprise caused the old man to swoon. Then tbe son, who it Well educated and in good dronm stances, offered to take the father west with him and contribute to his snpport, The old mun declined, and the son left. The son is now in the vicinity of Titus ville, and hopes to persuade the old lpan to return witli him to tho west.—Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch. Special to tho It Kit A LD. Atlanta, Deo. 18.—The Soldier’s Home bill passed the Senate tills morn ing with the amendment that the peo ple vote on It on the first Wednesday In July instend of the 7th Jnnuary. If the House ootiours the bill will be come a law. Tlie bill to fund the Interest on the public debt so tlint the the money now in the State trensury for that purpose of paying that debt enn he used for paying public school teaoliers more promptly, wnB lost by r> vote 10 to 83. The Sennte Judiciary Committee re ported favorably, this morning, on the bill to oreate n Board of Pardons, to consist of one member to receive a sal ary of $1,800 per annum, to get up tes timony for the Governor In cases of applications for pardons. The Senate bill, abolishing county tuaolier’s Institutes and deductions from salaries of teachers while attend ing any Chautauqua, passed the Sen ate by a decided vote. The Action of n Hpluot. Tlie spinet instrument Vftu an improve ment 11(1011 what was known ns the clavi chord, tlictouo of which, although weak, was capable, unlike that of tlie linrpsi- cliord or spinet, of increase or decrease, reflecting the finest gradations of the touch of tlie player. In this power of expression it was without a rival until tlio piano wui invented. The eurly his tory of the clavichord previous to the Fifteenth century rests iD profound ob scurity, but it is said that there is one bonring tho date 1520 having four oc taves without tho D sharp and G sharp notos. Tlio spinet was the invention- of tho Venetian Spiuattu. The action is unique. Tho instrument is similar to a small harpsichord with one string to eaoh note. Tho stringsnro set in vibration by points of quills ele vated on wooden uprights known as jacks') und the depression of tho keyB causes tlie points to pass upward, pro ducing a tone similar to that of a harp. Springs are usod to draw tlio quills back into position. The keyboard is arranged in a manner after tbe present modern piano.—Providonoe Journal. Similarity In the Names of Peers. Several peers have uurnes nearly alike. There are Lord Amherst of Hackney, and Earl Amherst, There are two peera with only the difference of a letter in the spelling of their names—the Earl of Lindsay and the Earl of Lindsey, the former being a Bcotoh representative peer and the latter an English peer. There is ouly the difference of a letter also in the names of Viscount Midleton and Lord Middleton, hut there is a dif ference in rank which makes the dis tinction easy. There are several instances in which the territorial titlq is necossary to distin guish peers, the more notable being Lord Stanley of Alderley and Lord Stanley of Preston, and Lord Howard de Walden and Howard of Glossop. Formerly Lord Willoughby de Broke and Lord Wil loughby de Eresby sat in the house, but the latter has been made an earl, and will henceforth be known as tbe Earl of Ancestor.—London Tit-Bits. specinl Cmrospondonce of tlio Hkra Isabella, Ga., Dec. 18,1892.- deal of business was disposed t the Superior Court of this ooun in session last week. Judge Bower find Solicitor have become a terror to evil do this county. Of all the crli tried in this oourt during the la years there have been only bIx i tills. Last wuek, out of thirteen i tried, only two resulted In i There was a large attendance i the week, nnd polltios were ilinme considerably. , The grand jury brought In general presentments Friday ev All the public buildings were In good condition except thejnll courthouse fences, and the buildings. The books of the ju and N. P.’s were all found onndition, and the books of tli officers nnd sohool commissioner r and correotly kept, with the ex of one of tho ordinary’s aooount: wns not properly Itemized. It wns recommended tl;at suit i once Instituted In Supreme Cour lot of land on which the town of is situated, No. 414 in the Beventl trlot. ' The Ordinary was Instructed t operate with Berrien In bridge aoroBs little River, betvi Ty and Tifton. It was also recommended bridge bo built noross Adam’s c the cow ford, A reward of $200 Was also offei Richard Singleton, the ness against the Kerce Negro Jesse W. Walters wns was ins to at once begin, suit against Th Llppltt, Ordinnry, for the $1,122.80, which It Is claimed lie the county. It was also recommended vaults recently oontraoted for Ordinary should not be built, s no public buildings be contra by the Ordinnry unless mended by the Grand Jury. J udge Bower was nskeil I adjourned term, for tho olearlngthe docket, at ns e as possible. Tho Judge i jury that he was ready to o at any time that they oou when it was possible for t to ntii'iid. Hum ward In Jail 111 llnln Dodging Uni Ollli ri-x I Four Years. J. G. CUTLlFF.—Dentist. E. H. DENNISON-Dentist. F. P. PEPPER—Photographer, Death of a Decline. Tlio bachelor hermit of Clinton coun ty, Owen Mulligan, 1ms paid tlie debt of nature and joined tlio great majority upon tlio other .slioro. He was a re markable man. He emigrated to Clin ton county upward of a half contnry ago and accumulated a neat fortune there. He was at the time of liiH doutli worth $100,000. Tlio liormit reached the ripe old age of ninety years. Ho lived all alone in a modest farmhouse a fow miles from Aviston. Many years ago robbers broke into the farmhouse, and, believing there was money hidden there, they tortured tho hermit to make him give it up. His feet wore burned black by tallow candles, but lie kept his secret. After that ho purchased a shotgun and prepared for robbers. A few years later ho was awakened one night by robbers in tho house. They had forced an entrance into the honse through a door and were hunting fur the hermit with drawn revolvers. He lev eled his shotgun at one of tlie robbers and pulled tlie trigger. Tho villain's head was literally blown off. The other rabbet escaped. The dead maw was never identified, and he was buried by the county. Owen Mulligan’s fortune will go to relatives in Ireland.—Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean. The^iommissioners of the District of Columbia have issued an order to the effect that all the theaters in Washing ton must be fitted throughout with elec tric lights. Mr. Clarkson, of the national Repub lican committee, is not a general and does not like to be called by that title. Hurled VniAr Seventy Tone of Coal. James Bordley, of Chester, lost bis life in a strange manner at the Wellman Iron, and Steel works. The company Imve an appliance for loading coal into :ara through chutes. Bordley was on top of a 400-ton pile of coal, and when the chute was opened he was sucked into the clinte, und seventy tons of coal cov Bred him over. Twenty men worked for sn hour to' move the coal pile, hut when Bordley’s body was recovered life was extinct.—Philadelphia Times. llollltiff a l’funut. Some very funny election bets are now being paid here by good Republicans who were confident of the BncceBS of their ticket. A Sixth ward man rolled a peanut, seven squares with a tooth pick nnd had a broken back when his bet was paid.—Harrisburg Cor. Phila delphia Press. John T. Stone, of Henderson, N. C., Ik the youngest editor and proprietor in the United Staton. He Ib tlie boss “hus tler” of the Henderson Daily Hustler, and is only thirteen years old. A vault 4 feet high, 4 feet, wide and Jt4feet long was I uncovered a few days ago by workmen at Whitely, Ind., who were engaged in removing a pecnliar mound. Tbe personal estate of the late Duke of Manchester was worth only $8,168. There is a good deal of long staple cotton raised in this section of tbe country. . 2 A person doesn’t know how big Al bany is until a view of the oity is ob tained from some eminence like the water-works tower. An Anchorite In Durance Vile. Hermits arc generally supposed to be holy men who spend their lives far from the madding crowd, occupying them selves in works of prayer.and medita tion on the vanity of the world. Jean Galade, an anchorite of tho Nineteenth century, who has been arrested near Perpignan, can hardly be classed among tbe disciples of St. Anthony, or of any other pions tenant of the Thebaid. While supposed to bo leading a contem plative life lie was going about tbe country stealing like a gypsy. Bis dep redations having been brought to the notice of the proper authorities, the gendarmes were sent out after Jean, and he was captured at St. Paul. The gyves were promptly placed upon his wrists, and he -was marched between two stern faced men to the prison of Prades, where he- will remain in real seclusion from the world for a consid erable period,—Paris Cor. London Tele graph. DOUlIItll'CY DICHEIt GA EOENI F*EIIE ■ ,v From Thursday's Kvkhiku 1Ikhai.ii Sam Ward, a Negro who other Negro on Mr. W. II. plantation In the Western i county about four years ag has been n fugitive ever i Inst been captured. Officer J. W. Kemp reoelv gram this morning from W/J at Bainbridge,snying tlint H was in jail there, and reque an officer be sent for him at c Officer Kemp turned tlio t over to Sheriff Edwards, an Sheriff Godwin leaves this for Bainbridgeto bring thi home. Ward has been heard fron times since he committed j which made him a fugitive tice, but the officers have n< able to get hold of him. Officer Kemp says that there I ward of $100, o'fl'ered b/tlie ( soon nfter the murder wns < for Ward’s arrest and dcllve Sheriff of Dougherty county. ne Canrl In Calhoun. Judge Bower, Solloitor I several lawyers who went out. Extension train Sunday afl expecting to open Calhoun I Court at Morgan yesterday t returned to the oity this mor; (No court was held on fact that there was no place t The oourt house, which down Inst year, lias not yet bj built. Of oourse the Judge lawyers knew this before they i Morgan, yet it was proper f Honor and other offioers of to be there at the regular time I ed by law for bolding court, < they were there. Judge Bower announced h lingness to bold court as best 1 be done under tbe clroumstai left the matter to the Grand 1 latter deolded in favor of noo tbe term was accordingly at Theoounty officers promlr Bower that they would have oourt house ready for him in the next regular term af c Drs»*pe*» and Liver I Is it not worth tbe sn to free yourself of ev these distressing 1 ! think so, call at o bottle of Shiloh tie lias a print! according! iti -