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pXXETjIE^ LD ' TUESDAY EVENING Sion bates: *1.60 ,fe» r ' . - * I 5 Months ..- - 60 * must be l>ald to m nub** 1 0 renewed prompt- U «liuou wiH be disuontin y»wUlSKM.ENTS A '/i hli rtl'ter will be cliarg ,<r t U liM iusertieu, aud 50e l(° r .Liiueut insertion. intended for r «"S will be euarged for )||6 ral lirittfJ- ClfU. GOVERNMENT • r Hutchins. Jndge Sop. Court. Ir Cain- Clerk Sup. Court, TUinkin. Ordinary, c p, Oosby, Sheri#. Brown, Treasurer. 'V,' Andrews, Tax Receiver. K Vcrner, Tax Collectorr y. Maffett, Surveyor. “H. Wilson, Coroner. ’ COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. D Spence, Chairman and Clerk, N 18en ; K Cloud, J. R Hopuins, An i Garner. BOARD or EDUCATION. s Winn, School Commissioner. J. n Spence,. T* Patillo, .J. V\ ebb i Noel, T K. WiDn. JUSTICES. mrencerille, 407th dist—W. C, tJ. P„ M. L, Adair, N. P, Ist Fri* luksbire, 40a dist—J, W. Andrews, p. Charles McKinney, N. P. 3rd irdflV Smith’s, 316 dist—W. D. Simm p j,O. Hawthorn, N. P, 3rd Sat t Creek, 1295 dist—VV. J. Baggett >/j. p, McKlvaney, N. P. Ist Sat- V- _ . jew&Dee, 404th dist—T. N. ith, J. F , A G. Harris, N. P. Saturday. juford, 550th dia—T. C. Bar- H,J. P., J. M. Posey, N, P. Fri i before 3rd Saturday. municipal. ohnC.Smith, Mayor. COUNCIL. tL Moore, E D Herrin S A Towniey Brown JIIVILAND DEPARTURE OP TRAIN irrives from SuwaDnee, 5.50 p. m mm for Suwannee, 7 a- m. iMIYAt AND DEPARTURE OP MAILS.- Ibksson—Arrives 12 m, departs j„ Monday and 'Thursday, funtia Store. — Departs 6am ar Mg pin, Monday and Thursday. hoanville.—Arrives 10 a m, de li 1 p ra.—Daily. (mow River. —Arrives 12 m., de iti 6 b m„We Jnesday aud Saturday w. h. Harvey, p. m CHURCHES limsT- -Rev L R Harrett, pastor rices every Sunday. Ihhodist—Rev M D Turner Pastor rices on the Ist and 2nd Sundays. Imdai School,-- A T Pattillo, Supt rySunday at 3 p m 'rbsbvtkrian—Rev F McClelland, Hr, Services on 2nd nd 4th Sundays ich month, School.— T R Powell. Supt. Sunday at 9.30 a m- PRATRRNAL. AVBENCBVILLE MASONIC LODGE.—J fence W M., S A Hagood, S W, Winn, W. Meets on Tuesday lon or before full moon in each ilk It VgRNON Chapter, No 39, R A ■J D Spence, H P, a T Pattillo Meets Friday night before the Boday in each month. unnktt Superior Court.— N. L. lehins, ndge. Convenes on the Ist Miv in March and September. Fltchr M. Johnson - ATTORNEY AT LAW. GAINESVILLE, GA. "ill practice in this aDd adjoining Sits, and the Supreme Court of the itt. Business intrusted to his care 1 receive prompt attention. Ujl. E. S. V. BRIANT, attorney at law, Logansville, a. All business entrusted to his * will receive prompt attention, a specialty, Apt. U-1, LOAAS OF MON AY- E«go‘.iated on improved farm Gwinnett and Walton Counties five years time at eight per t‘ mt srest. 29 th 1884. Wm. E. Simmons. I L t. 18, Whitehal' Street, ATLAN TA, A. J i e, J'; ar - Throat and Now Disease TOt y- july7-tf S. A, HUNT, ATTORNEY at law, NORCEOSS, oa. h Practice in the Superior Courts i ?. n * <lf Ordinary of the coun i ntr , ett anu Milton, and in Kill j?' oourt °t both eounties ~ronil>t attention given '“M*l C- P*E. •Rio#t r r and Brck* mason. tike. ™k»cfwlle, Ga. bho method to iiiform t-tee ( tbnl« ne , mlly > that he is still at ooni.l E-*’ an ' >s now prepared I line' a< r l f ’ r any kinr* of work in »w' 1 &U 1 uow "'ga. ed in the SZ ur « »f brink anil will do u tuur " u 9 hort not.ee. Satisfao i*v rt4|] it Coniraetinga speo mtvliM*'. »ood Farm —FOR SALE— i>C^O‘.2ona,'r«' of land for sale, «* s „ ,lx room dwelling, tenant Rtfwu., " , ,mru and out houses. °rivii, o i T'dtivation ,the balance II f'-trst well timbered, all *on th , ail< f under fem e. Situa hawieueeville road one tat,l,, ftom Suellville. Price rea- Applytu u w. P. MASON. O'titl, tlwinnett Co tla TYLER M. PEEPLES, Proprietor. VOL XV. _ EDITORIAL brevities The salary of a good designer in jewelry is $4,000 a year: In Roumelia, now much talked of, their »»re 18,500 gypsies. The new census iu Boston shows a population there of 386,- 000. No less than 18,061 young wos tnen are at college in this coun try- _____ Sea sickness caused the death of a yachts man off the English coast recently. The Mills building, on Broad street, Nsw York, gives office room to 3,000 persons. Immigrants landed at Castle Garden so far this year, and fewer bv 25,000 than in 1883, Somebody pocketed a S2OO or-, chidaf the sale of find plants in New York on Wednesday. Heidelberg University will cel ebrate the 500th anniversrry of its existence next Augnst. Lfeutenant Schwatka and En gineer Melville are again laying their plans t,o find the North Pole. M. Bourdon, [a chef, shot bin self in Paris because a wedding supper gotten up by him was a failure. At the Armstrong Works, in England, a gun that will casta one ton shell fifteen miles has been mede. “A crank is a man who has a capital idea with not sense enougl to carry it ou\” says Dr. Crcsby ■n e definition. It is estimated that there have been Turkish rugs sold in Boston recently <a sufficient quenily to cover Boston common. ‘ The custom of compressing the foreheads of infants is fast dying out.” writes a correspondent among the Flatheads, grimly. A North Carolina frrmer recent )y bought a tract of land for $2,- 200, and the very next day sold from it a towering walnat tree for SI,OOO. ’ Prof, Barthlow says that chloral is the most effective remedy for cholera, and its power is much in, creased by the addition of mor. phine. •‘Robinson Crusoe’s gun and sea chest,” were shown in down right earnest to an amused tour ist, in (Fifeshire. Scotland, the other day. Mr. Ish, of .Waco, Tex., wears as a watch charm a bit of ore dug 2,000 feet below the surface and that assayed $8,200 worth of gold to the ton. “A .Denver Chinaman; who stum bled over a nest of hornets, was seen the next moment flying down the street yelling’. “Josh! Dam 1 ‘■Mellican hellee, fire birds !" The London Medical Times thinks that the treatment of snake bite, by putting gnn powder on the wound and touching it off with a match may be thought rough bat it is often successful. A //untington sbiritualists states that his twelve-year-old daughter, though ignorant of the German language, recently spoke fluently in that tongue while boing possessed with the spirit of a Ger man. The experiment is being made of exporting living lobsters, in tanks, from the gulf of St. Law rence to England. England now consumes a large part of the pro duct of the New Brunswick lobster canneties. An experienced gardner says that a sure sign to find out if plant)6 it pots require wetting is to rap on the side of the pot, near the middle, with the finger knuck le; if it give forth a hollow ring the plant needs water; but if there is a dull sound (here is still moist ure enough to sustain the plant. According to « decision of the lowa Supreme Court, abotel keep er who receives guests while know ing that there is a contagious dn ease in his house is liable for dam ages to any guest who may con tract the disease. THE OLD LAWRENCEVILLE CAMP GROUND. SOME THINGS OF ITS EARI.Y HISTORY. CHAP. VII. Editor Herald— This article will conclude my chapters of the Old Camp Ground, Other things might be referred to l hat would beguile for the time the monotony incident to a life nearing its “three score years and ten,” but lest I weary you printers and your readers, I desist with the present number. For the last two or three camp meetings, the subject of “Holi ne.'s” or“ Sanctification," has .been pr< minently brought before the people, and many people, outsid ers as well as members of other denominations, have criticised it. Small preachers of other denom inations have antagonized it, and in many instances, have made it the basis of their talks from their pnlpits, by ridiculing it. g? This is no new doctrine of the Methodists, and is no new doc trine of the Bible. The old Methodists lived it more and talked it less. They liv ed it, but paraded it less in their own experiences. Their maxim was ; “It is more commendible to acknowledge our faults (ban to boast of our mer its.” Their theory was that it was a work of progression.—First, the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.” “First, babes >n Christ, then the young man then tbe full grown man in God.” Tre difference was, not in theo ry, but in the practice. As an outsider, I would not ario gate to find fault or antagonize ei ther the theory and practice ofHhe fathers, or those of the pseaeat day. Any doctrine that will make men and women better, will meet no epposition from me, whatever my opinion of the abstract propo-, sition may be. At the last camp meeting,a new feature in the service, of a woman Evangelist. This was a new feat ure in the public worship in this part of (he country. _ Woen she talked some men stood aghast, others sneered, and others ridiculed. Some women were pleased and interested, oth ers curled their noses, as much as to say ; “She is out of her place an a unsexes herself !” This opposition comes mainly from the fact that we have nol been used to it, and is considered a “new departure.” and our preju dices get the better of our reason. Did Mrs P. talk good! No one who heard her will dispute this “ But she is a woman.” Was her manner and bearing ladylide, sincere and earnest ? “We admit that, bat she is a woman.” Were her songs beau tit u I and sweet and appropriate T “O, but she’s a woman.” Were the prayers she offered chaste in language and fervent in spirit ? “O, yes, but she is a woman— an enthusiast, and out of her place.” Ye men! If she is a woman, where’s your galar.try towards the sex that ye boast ? Has it petered ontt If not, why deride this wo man ? Did your own mother never lect ure you, sing for you, pray with you and point you to hoaven, and was she not a woman ? And where is that mother now? If a woman may leoture and pray with her children and houses hold, and point them to heavem why may she not do so in the great congregations, if she nas ca pabilities ? Sneer if you will, but it is no compliment to your manheod, and less to your galantry. * * * • * The first camp meeting held on \lie territory of this county, was at Old Midw ly, one mile north of Ho-ea Camp's residence. Next at Sardis ; then at Borings, now Be<* thesda: then at Fair view by the Presbyterians ; then at “Elkins,” n> ar Suwannee; then at Lawrence ville and then at Flint Hill \Yho can supplement these chap Our Own Section—We Labor For It# Advancement. LAWRENCEVILLE, QA. October 13 1886 ters with some account of these t Not a man is living that was at Midway—but few hat weie at Sat dis—but very few that were at Borings and at Fairview, aud scarce a dozen that were at El« kins. Flint Hill coming later, the ready pen of Col Geo H Jones might here be brought into lequi sition to the interest of some read ers of the Kebald. W, HOW TO KEEP THE MOUTH SHUT. A little conversation that took place the other day may throw some light on this statement. Two ytang ladies, bosom friends, were about to retire* it was the hour of midnight—the hour when young girls are confidential with each other. Alice was polishing her finger nails. Ethel was braid ing her hair. Tbire was a spell of silence, broken only by the steidy rub, rub of the polisher and the rattle of Ethel’s bangles. Sudden ly an idea struck Alice. With one bound she sprang to her feet, show ering pink nail powder all over the carpet. Z"Z “Ethel, what do you think 1 I only heard it to day. I forgot to tell you before, and I’ve been just wild ever since.” Ethel—(with a mouthful of tor toise-shell hairpins)—“Urn-urn.” Alice—“ Now, brace yourself. You’re going to get tbe biggest surprise you ever had in your life, Bobby Burton is a married man, and he’s got a boy 17 yeaas old right here in San Francisco. Ethel—(letting the oairpins drop on the bed and wiping her mouth) —“1 thought so, It neve fails. Alice—“ Thought so! //ow could you think so 1 Haven’t we all snpdosed trim a bachelor for years and years! Wgxt never fails ? Ethel—“Oh, somet ing Now, /(lice, if I tell you, will you give me your solemn promise never to notice what I say, or think any of it.” Alice—“On my solemn word of honor, Wo on.” Ethel—“ Well, remember your promise, now. Well, /’ve got a way I can tell a married man from a bachelor, and it never failed yet, only 1 thought it had until just now.” Alice—“ You mean thing, and you never told me ! Go ahead.” Ethel—“ Well, when a bachelor wants to kiss a girl—now, Alice, if you giggle 1 won’t Bay ar other word—wheiPa bachelor wants to kiss a girl he ala eye asks her per mission or says something about it first. And that isn’t .all. He generally says something about it afterward, too, which is very ero barrasing.” Alice—“Ac d a married man— why-y, Ethell ? Ethel (with dignity)—“l don’t say a married man, you horrid thing, I say a man who bas been married. When h 6 wants to kiss a girl he doesn’t say a word, He just kisses her.” Alice—‘And afterward. ’ And that’B all there is about it.” FORGOTTHeT TEETH. It was at a local restaurant He had ordered a beefsteak. He waited. The waiter did no t wait. He came and went and came and went, but the beefsteak did not arrive. The guest oalled the mete oric individual. “Have the cows come home y et ?” he asked. Tue waiter gave a feeble smile— waiters are very hard to reach with sarcasm. •Tl’U be here in a minute, sir; all right.” The clock kept going all the same. He stopped him again. “Tell the cook I’ll take the part of it that is done. I am not in a hurry, but my wife will never beg Have this as an excuse for my stay ing out all night” At length the beefsteak was brought. He began on it, It was like leather. Once again he called the waiter. ■‘l say. are you sure you have forgotton ?” “No, sir; I’ve brought you every thing—a knife, a fork, two spoons, a plate—no, rir.’’ “Don’t you provide a set of testh for this beefsteak?” BILL'BOARDING RELIGION. Athens u billed with flaming posters printed in different eolorc, in regular circus- minstrel Btyle, cnlling all* aliuu to the grand Ho liness camp meeting now progress iug at Augusta, and which will eon tinue until Oct 13. No minstrel troupe ever got up a more careful ly prt pared hill to catch the pub lic. It is printed in colors, and reads like a regular saw-dust ling rally. As one of the “catches," the usrne of Sam Jones appears in big red letters (evidently with a design to lead the party reading to the opinion that this greet cler ioal clown will be on but be neath are the explanatory words in small fatten, “Tent, with a set-1 ing capacity of 10,000. It will be ligated by electric lights. A iine large organ will supply tne instru. mental music and a well selected choir will furnish thj vocal mu sic.” Now isn’t that a nsw depart ure in advertising religious meet' ings? In fact, the bill was so fir from the purposes and deportment of the Holiness disciples that we sought out Rev A J Jarrell for au explanation- This gentleman said that his people had nothing to do with either prepairing or circular ing the bill, Iwtitat it was an ad* veriiaement gotten op by Hie iailv road lor the immediate benefit of that company. We advise our friends of the Holiness band to en tei their protest against such an uuusual and significant use of tneir name and mission. It puts them in the wrong atitude, and we do not think tne Christian world is prepared for anch a revo lution izing departure. While there is no direct harm in the bill, anys one who has ever gotten up an ad vertisement for a show will see that it wos prepared with an eye to milead the hasty reaoy, and al so that it is written in a whoop' ’em-up-boys style that does not conform with the humble and sin cere cohfeseiens of the believers in sanctification. — HOW TO KEEP COOL. Don’t work as bard as usual dur iug the middlh of the dav if it can be escaped. Don’t e«t as much as nsoal. It is not necessaro, and a little fasts ing in hot weal her always pays. Don’t drink extremely cold ice water. It » always better to eat the ice or let it melt in the monte. Don’t have any fires going in the houso unless absolvtely neces sary. Use cold foods and do with out hot drinks. Don’t wear youi clothes tight, It impedes the already depressed circulation and is a great source of discomfort. Don’t eat any meat or batter if you can do without tbam. They are heating, and anyone is better without them in hot weather. Don’t fail at meals to give pref-i erence to fruits and acids, which are more agreeable to the stum ache in hot weather than anything else Don't neglect any chance to get out of the city to the country or seaside even for half a day. Such an ezeuraion will often bridge a person ever an entire heated term. Don't walk any faster than than is necessary. Strain a point and ride as much as possible, as every street car fare in hot weather is a great saving of physical wear and tear. Don’t diink any strong stimu lants, as simplest and plainest bev erageb, such as lemonade, milk or iced coffee, do more for the tired energies than the best brandy, Don’t worry and fret. Try and put off tbe unpleasant with which you hive to deal until cooler weatli er, and make up your mind not to mad at any thing. Don’t neglect your feet Bath them ‘night and morning, pay more attention than usual to corns, and wear the oldest and roomiest shoes you have. No onb can keep cool Jwith tight shoes on their feet. Dou’t miss any opportunity that is offered to batn or go into tbe water. If nothing else can be donh d p the hands in a basin of water and rub them them all over tbe person on rising and before retiring. Don't wear a stiff hat, Compro niise on something light and soft straw if possible—and ventilat • 1 abovo to let out the hot air. Faequent sbampoomng and wet tiug the top of the head is ohe ef fective means of keeping cool. DEATH VALLEY The name is fearfully suggestive and yet few places in the world deserves their appellations so well as does the Death Valley of Cali fornia, nor is it easy to find any other locality in any aonatry what - ever which gathers about itself so mucb that inspires borrow and dread. A region where a man can die of thirst while he has water within his reach, more than he can drink, may weil bear the most ter rible title that can be given it; and this name—Death Valley—given from tue first known event in its history, thirty-five years ago, wil doubtless cling to the spot to the end of time. It is in the southeastern part of Inyo county, CvL, and at the point at which the meridian of 116 de grees 45 minutes west crosses 36 degrees 10 minutes north is as nearly as possible in its ceuire of borrows. Probably only one oth er spot of which we have any knowledge, the Guevo Upas, or Vale of Poison, iu Java, axceeds the fatality of Death Valley. The valley itself.it forty miles by eight, running nearly north and sou(h, and every portion of this is desert and barren in. itie extreme, as is in fall tho entire surrounding country, but a narrow central space along the eastern side, about fifteen miles in length, embodies the typical features in their highest intensi. Into this very few persons have ever gone, that is, who returned to tell the tale, and what ia here related per tains te the higher and compara* tlvely moderate parts toward the borders of tbe valley. The dangers are the result of at mospheric conditions solely. Lack of mater may be a fatal evil, but this can be avoided; supplies of water may be carried, or bette r still, it is now tolerable well ascer lained that water is available by sinking even shallow well in much (he greatea extent of the upper portions of the valley. But the water fails to afford its usual life giving value from two causes. The first of these is the heat. Of course this is moderat ed during two or three of the win ter months, and for that space of time a fresidence on the borders of Death Vally is possible without any exceeding great risk. Bn‘ this soon passes away, and the furnace is in biast By about April the average [of day and night) is from 90 to 95 degrees; by May it is 95 to 100 degrees;and a little later it averages over 10C degress reaching often 120 to 125 degiees in the coolest pine* that can be found. If this was with a damp atmosphere it would stiille any human life with rapidity, but a certain amount of dryness en* ables it to be borne with more safety. Here, iioweve', comes is the second of the two evils, which have been indicated, the intense dryness of the atmosphere. This is so excessive as to be in many instances fatal, in spite of every precaution. The writer has never tested the full severity of this feat urein Death Valley itself but his experience along its immediate border renders him ready to give full credence lo the statement thaf many cases of death have occured “when water was plenty, but could no* be drunk fast enough to supply the drain caused by the desiceative power of the dry, hot airy.” In fact, in ore instance he himself nearly reached that condi tion, and a few hours longer of the heat and dryness would have placed his own name among those of its victims. It is said that birds drop dead in attempting to cross the valley. Mr. Hawkins, who visited it in 1882, says that he “picked up, at different times, two little birds, a mile or so from water, whose whose bodies were still warm, hav ing evidently but just dropped dead ” The bodies of mt>n and their horses are liable to be en countered at any time; they have been found within a mile of water, and in one case with watei still in their canteens, and a supply es food as well, showing that the climate was the cause of death. With these facts in view, it is not unreasonable to say that the name JOHN T. WILSON, Ju., Publisher Death Valley is well bestowed- And if this is the state of things on the elevated borders, ranging from 1,200 dj 2,000 feet and more above (he sea, what trust be tne heat and dryness in the very focus’ For one of the additional wonders of Death Valley is that i(a central region lies away below the level of the sea, There is peihaps no other spot on tbe globe which at so great a distance from the ooean reaches suoji a depression—lso feet. The Dead Sea, with the gorges of the Jordan atln the Ara bah, of oourse greatly exceeds this, but it is not widely separated from tbe eastern parallel border of the MeditorraDeau. The climatic violence of this deep trough of Death Valley must be left to conjecture. It is certain that no man could Gui Vive there long enough to secure continuous observations of anyextent —Mo chauical News WHAT BOYS ThINK THEY SHOULD LEARN. According to the ideas of many of the rising generation, a young man should learn. To lie; To flirt. '* - • To Cheat. To swear. To drink. To dance. To smoke. To gamble. To be unchaste, To play billiards. To be a “masher.” To despise relic- To dress like a dude. To wear pointed khees. To swager on the streets. To live witout hard’work. To hold honot in contempt, To be insolent to working girls, To ogle every pretty girl he meets. To treat his elders with disre spect. To talk loud in the pre-ence of others. To pnt on style—whether he can afford it or not. To boast of the feminide con quests he has made. To have every slang term at his tounge’s end. To go dressed well if he has to beat his tailor to do it. To lounge aoout .valoons and other public resorts. To gossip with his chums abost bis lady acxuaintances. To attract all the attention to himself that he possibly can, To walk like a loafer and a fop instead of lika a quiet and sensible man. To call his father “the old man,” end his mother the “old woman.” To have a fast horse if he can get it—aLd n fast woman at all events. To think idly of every woman he sees, and to Bpeak ill o her ev ery chance he gets. To tarn up his nose at those vuil, sober, industrious young men that do not train in his crowd. Here is your pitcure, fast young men, true to life. Look at it. llow do you like it ? What have these characteristics made of you! And what will they do for you * What has the future in store for yjn? Unless you change your course most radically.—Rum— Quincy Journal. “Yes, George, I will marry you but you have to elope with me.” “Why, Clarissa ? Do your pa rents object to me ?” “No, they think you are ju«t splendid.” “Then, why must we elope ?” “Why, George, don’t you know that if we elope the papers will speak of me as the beautiful dangh ter es wealthy parents. ‘:l'm afraid, Johnny,” said the employer, “that I shall have to discharge you.” “ What for ?” “Inattention to business. You are altogether too fond of baseball There is nothing left for me to do but discharge you.” *Naw, yer don’t,” said Johnny, “I don’t take no discharge; but if yer wants to let me go I’m willin’ to accept a rslease.” G WINNETT HERALD. A WIDE-AWAKE COUNTY NEWSPAPER. JOB PRINTING A SPECIAL FEATURE Book work, legal blanks, letter ade, note heads, bill heads, pos« s, cards, envelops—everything job printing line done in nea d tasty style and on abort no* e. Prices low and work guar anteed: Call on ua. - Entered at the Poet Office at Law* reuoovllle, as second clans mail mat -' ter. NO 32 GEORGIA NEWS, The Southern telegraph office at Madison is closed for lack of en op eratoe. Americas decided again*; issu ing $20,000 in bond* for wafer works by a vote of 12$ to 74- Toocoa has, in Hie last twelve monts, ltad bvt one death (white) an infant, undar 7 years old. The Daily Madisonian.kaa made its appearance at Madison. It is very neat and deserves to auected , Tom Bryan wjll commence a( once the erection of a brick store house on the south side of the square at Jackson. The Burke County Agricultural Society is preparing for a splen did exhibition at the next fair, to come off Nov. 4,5, 7 and 7. ' u . . ‘ ti •l/ .11 Sixteen columas of the Atlanta Constitution are required to print tho list of property advertised for sale there by the city marshal. Saturday. Mrs. Houtzahn, of Waynesboro, received $6,000 from the Kinghta of Honor, being the ainouat of insuranoe on Mr. Rout zahn’s life. ""‘7* Stephen Brown, an old and much esteemed citizen of Newton couni ty, died very suddenly Saturday morning. He lived near Salem camp ground. Charles Blaakman has been con victed of assassinating Mr. Ton neat Ellauille a few weeks ego, and has been sentlnced to bt hang ed November. Capt. F. M. Gout tar baa bean appointed master of the steamer John L. Beao, and ebb will run only between Gentra and Rome, and will run regular echedulee. Win. Burpee drank n vial of laudrnura, at Athena, Hatnrday- The only excuse, given wae that he was tired of life. At last ac counts he was in an unoanseioaa condition. The rain was so heavy Thursday that the fast train wae compelled to stop several times betweenCon* yers and Covington and move the rafts that had washed upon the road From gentlemen who has just returned Irom Atlanta, Editor Gantt, of Athens, learns that the bill amending the railroad com mission laws will, in ail probabili ty. be defeated, or the lloast’s substitute passed Thomas Pitts, white, who bas been in jail at Columbus several weeks, charged with neing obi scene language in the pfeset.ee of females, was taken before Judge Brocks, Saturday, under a writ of habeas corpus and relersed from custody. The boats will not be able to pass through the locks on the Coosa this year on acooconnt of the government appropriation giving out, The steamers City of Gadsden and Rome will lose con siderable trade by the failure to open up the louks. A gentleman who resides near she river in (he 68tk district, of Bnrke county, says there ere net less than 2.000 wild turkeps with in a radius of two miles of his house. He knows bis estimate is not large, for he he has seen three ffocks with twenty each in them. Jerry McCalla, colored, who ere ated quite a sensation by rocking conductor Hill and the feat train, was tried in Newton Superior Court last week aud found gwity of assault and battery With at tempt to murder. He waa sen* once to three years in tha peoii tentiary. Foxes have become numerous and troublesome in certain parts of the Ninth district in Mitchell county, and the boys, led by John Hornsby, have been having rare sport fox hunting. Mr. Hornsby has caught six, aud arrangements are being made for a grand chase in the early future. At Douglasville, Friday after* noon, Marshal Aderhold arrested George Haynes colored, on a warrant sent him irom Ac worth, issued on the affidavit of a mer. chant of that place, charging h'iu with cheating and swindling.