Newspaper Page Text
WvkTl' JIERdLD-
EVENIN'*
it at es=
I $1.50
■
■ h . - 50
Boutin. . " in *„st !«• paid in
Kril . 1 ,,, renewed prompt -
will he diseontin
|aPVEß ISEMENTS
I , .an meter will be cliarg
lirst insertion, and 50.-
■ the * insertion.
BuliseO ions intended foi
I" 1 ""; w be onarged for
rates. .
K and newsy oommnniea-
Eiuv l-art of the oounty so
Leal Directory.
■ c ,m. UOVKRNMKNT
■ Judge Sup. Court.
Clerk Sup. Court,
Or linary.
■ifosby, Sheritl.
g r o«n, Treasurer.
tnilrcws. Tax Receiver ,
Tax Collector?
B| Matfett, Surveyor.
Blt’ilsoo, Coroner.
Chairman and Clerk, N
H' K Cloud, J. KII op Kins, An
Hdcard or education.
H sum School Commissioner J
B p. Palillo, .J. Webb
E,'T K. VVinn.
B MUNICIPAL.
Bp. Smith, Mayor.
B COUNCIL.
■ll.wre, El> Herrin 8 Townlej
B; u,
Bril' aND okparturkof train
Suwannee. 5.00 p. in
B, |o r Sinvaunee, 7 a- ni.
Em INI' DEPARTURE OP MAtI.S.-
Eimi'Mi—arrives 12 m. lie part
HMnud»y an,i Thursday.
Elbs Stork. -Ltcparts 0 a in ai
Enin. Monday and Thursday.
Eiiivili.*.— Arrives 10 a in, oe
Daily.
Eow River.—Arrives 12 in., de
r. , M e inceday and Saturday
I w. ii. iiarvey, p. a
■ churches
B rtist- -Rev b H Barrett, pastor
Bices every Sunday.
BicnoD tbe Ist and 2nd Sunduys.
■iidav School.-- A T fattillo, Supt
Br> Sum Jay at 3 pm
B«B«riMi*N— ltev P McClelland,
Hot. Services on 2nd nd4th Sundays
Hcb month,
Bonn School.— 1 T K Cowell. Supt
Hr Sauday at U. 30 a nr
■ FRATERNAL.
Hwbencbvii.i.e Masonic Lodok. — J
Hence W M., SA llagood, S W,
K'mu, \V. Meets ou Tuesday
Hon or befoi e full moon in each
■it
Hi Vkk.non Chapter, No 39, it A
■j(> Spence II f, A I fattillo
B Meets Fiiday nigli l belore the
iu each month.
Sr rumor Court —N. C.
utlge. Convenes on tlie Ist
in March und September.
B Hit'll)' 31. Johnson
B ATTORNEY AT LAW.
■ OAINESVII.I.K, HA.
■Will practice in this und adjoining
■nils, and the Supreme Court of the
Business intrusted to his care
receive prompt attention.
B»-bi.
B K. SV. BRIAN I',
B ATTORNEY AT LAW,
B Logansville, a .
BAH business entrusted to liis
B "ill receive prompt attention.
Bilious a specialty.
■ Apr.l4-ly
■ ,■ > \ ■■ - > 0
■ Negotiated on improved farm
H Gwinnett and Walton Counties
Hi five years time at eight per
Bent interest.
I Sept, 29th 1884.
| Wni. E. Simmons.
I I ms,
14 Whitebal l Street,
ATLANTA,
I Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose Disease
• !; ,J ... july7-U
J, A, HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NORCBOSB’. OA.
Will practice in the Superior Courts
sud courts of Ordinary of the coun
ties of Gwinnett and 'Milton, and iu
the indices’ court of both counties
Special and prompt attention given
to eolleetiug.
_ Feb H-’H&-6ino.
Q IS URN HA M'S
S IMPROVED
* - STAND’D turbine
-jESLtI Is the best eonstri 'ted
and finished, give bet
E-aggjy ter percentage, r ore
■fJßffWsl power and is so 1 for
vH.lliLy less money per horse
» -TL,. power, than ano other
1,1 ***■ Turbine in the world
phlet sent free by
M, Bli 08., Ynt. P
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Phi ties due us eithe rbv note
or account, for Guano or Aiei chan
disc, due Oct.., 15, are notified
that payment must be made by
Nov. Ist, or else we will be com
pelled to sue. We have carried
you. friends, through the dull
months, now immediate payment
must be made—we can t carry
you any longer.
A J, Veal & Sort.
Stone Mountain, Ga.
October, 20, 1885- —ts.
New Firm.
Notice is hereby given that I have
this day associated with as partne. s in
the mercantile business in Lawrenceville
my sons, W It Kobinson and N S.
Robinson, and the business will here
after be conducted under the firm name
of
Ji 2V R()ISIXSON & SONS
We will keep in stock a fall hne o*
JTOttetal mTc lmmlisc ami have adoon t«»
the hubitie>s UonleCllons a-d hancy
floods, aud will do a general barter l>us
ness, and we offer our stock cheap for
sash or bartea Give us a trial
R N ROBINSON * SONS.
Lawrsncevhle Ga
(Wundt si# lirold.
TYLER M. PEEPLES, Proprietor.
VOL XV.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
The Republicans swept A'ew
York, as the T ribune prophesied,
but the Domecrais did ‘he sweej s
ing.
Billy Mahone—Dear Sir,’ Come
out ou tue Pacific coast and grow
up with me and the Rockies.
Yours, Mosby
Competent crhics who have
read Beecher's setmons on evolu
lion are agreed in the opinion that
hektows nothing about it.
As the Chicago Inter Ocean
says ; “Put 100 cents ol good
metal in the silver dollar, and the
people will see that it circulates.’
The boycotting scheme >g a
species of reveDge too low for the
American miad. eople win
practice it endanger their own lib
erties.
Shot man admits that he made a
mistake in not rnmpg the tour of
,Vew York in his bro ker Cump's
saddle, s/rapped upon his own hob
by.
Noting tbe faci that ihe AmerL
ican conbnlate at Shanghai is va->
cant, the Philadelphia Press says;
"‘//ere is an openingfoJ some Dem
ocratic rooster.”
The young i.. 1, , i u Philadel
phia Press, v 'i ■ i,a 1 his head split
with a hatch ' 1 ' <• h nds of one
of the color i .u.i i s of that jour
nal is imp ■
1/is r< a-w.vl iii t the army is
to be v i od. uv rom the tomb
of Guili I ’ H s ing stolen the
legislature, ».e.e h another chance
for the Ohio republicans.
A New York dude at tue late
! horse fair drove his mare around
the ling with a thousand dollar
diamond in each of her ears. This
was not calculated to please citizeu
Junetice Schwab
One of the conditions i i the En
glish demand on King Teebaw is
that the latter shall allow the Brit
ish resident to appear at court iu
boots. This is rather rough on
Theeb, who goes barefooted.
We ca’l Uncle liemus’s atien
tion to the fact that it is Br»r
Babbit who proposes to furnish
the virus /hat will outwit the by
drophobic dog. There is a deal
of wise marrow in Brer Babbit’s
backbone.
It may be that M. Pasteur’s
valuable virus will servo to destroy
the mugwumpus microbe as well
as the hydropoobic. Will uot the
Honorable Carl Schurz allow him
self to be inoculated in the inter
est of science?
The result in New Yoik means,
primarily, that the /Republicans
were beaten, ard, secondly, that
the Democrats were victorious.
Other consiruciions may be placed
upon it, but these two are good
enough for us.
The Richmond Whig, *hicb was
accustomed to refer to Gen. Lee
as F. Lee. is moribnn l. Tue edit
or reccommended the establish
ment of.the whipping pest for
bulldozers ard left before his ad
vice could be acted upon.
In Japan, recently, the courts
impo-ed a heavy tine upon an «d
itot for failing to give credit for
the clippings he published. If it
had jurisdict’oo, a Japanese court
could give journalism in Atlanta
and Savannah a terribie set back.
Colonel Pearson, the Mugwump
postmaster of New York, is said
to have ihe business of that insti
tution in a very unsatisfactory
condition. This was to be expect
ed when ne undertook to election
eer for one Ira Davenport.
Little Phil says: “I fought in
the Valley to whip McClellan ai.d
to elect Lincoln, which is the
nearest I ever came to participat
ing in politics.” The has not for
gotten the political didoes of
small Phillip in Texas aud --ouis
ana. .
Colonel Abe Hewitt is reported
to have said ; “Some people ire
wiser than / am.” Then the Cub,
is i.i a proper frnmo of mind to
heed tie admonition not to fool
ronnd one Horizontal William
Morrison during the coming Con
1 rt«sj j
RUM’S STRICKEN VICTMK
Down on the lower basement of
Bellevue Ho.-.pitul a long, low
room extends from north to south.
On either side heavy oaken doors,
in each of whicu is a small sliding
wicket, giving it a prison- like air.
To the right a small office looks
upon the corridor, and here was
found Mr. Connelly, the orderly iu
charge, //e is a slight, c.eau-sliav
en gentleman, with /winkling gra*
eyes that give no token cf the
heartrending scenes he has wit
nessed during the nine years he
has presided over the ward.
“Yon want so know our treat
mem of patients?” He queried,
when asked what course he follow
ed. “Well, / had better begin by
telling you the story in ray own
way. It has never been written
up and 1 am sure will prov e inter
esting.
“Wa are obliged to receive only
people si nt from die station Uouse R
°r the polico courts. Our patients
are generally in a pretty bad con
dition wlmu they arrive, and our
first care is lo see that they are
immediately bathed. In all casts
this can not be done, but wb- re
it is possible we do it.’’
“What are the worst cises?’
“Beer-drinkers. It seems tome
that whisky does not make such a
toal wreck of a man as the milder
stimulant. Take the drivers of
brewery wagons, wuo continuous,
ly dabble iu beer—human sponges,
it fact. VVe always expetiece con
siderable difficulty in getting them
ou their legs.
“Of couse, the patient’s stoirn ch
is disordered, and unable to re
ttiin any solid nourishment. The
con-tant use of liquor creates an
abno- mal action of the nerves and
a craving fer something to quiet
the unusual excitement. Lime
water and milk is the only thing
that will rest upon the stomach
after a protracted debauch, To
quiet debauch. To quief the
nerves we administer bromule of
potassium.”
‘Do you ever give stimulants?”
Mr. Oonrelly smikd at the qnes
tion.
“Bu( very seldom, and only on
a doctoi’s prescription. They beg
or i t, but we can no( permit them
to keep up theii spree. They
come here as would a ship to a
harbor until the storm past-es
over.
“.Some of the cases that come
here are quiet; others again res
quire ihe straight-jacket and stv
eral little appliances which we
keep on hand. ’
Hardly had the words passed
ihe speaker’s lips when a kick
sounded upon the door. V\ hen it
was opened a tall, straight man
with a high, white forehead siood
upon the threshold. His hands
were manacled to a heavy belt
which encircled his waist.
“J/r. Connelly,” he sa'd, as his
fingers worked convulsively, “it’s
time for my medicine ’
The orderly rose and took from
his cabinet a small vial containing
a dark-brown fluid. With tremu
lous lips his hands s ill bound, the
patient swallowed the draught and
left the room.
“I remember one case in panic'
u ar,” resumed the orderly. “He
was a clergymen in this city, and
had been drinking for more than
three weeks. H wever, he was
never really drunk —a'ways had
what ihe boys call ‘a quiet load.’
This is the kind of a case that
b there us. Because your cool,
selfcontained men are nearer t: e
grave than they think for.
“Well, we got him to bed. He
hadn't slept for more than four
days, and when he told me that 1
knew his condition was precarious-
You see, when a man can’t eat or
sleep it’s time for him to seek med
ical attendance. After awhile I
was startled by 'he most blood
curdling shriek I ever heard. 1
ran to my patient’s ceii aud found
him writhing on his cot and twis
ting hiinse'f into every eoneeivas
ble shape. Two of us wore in suf
fioiout to hold him, aud a l iutef
va s be broke out in sreams that
would raise the hair upon your
head. I sent at once for a brother
clergyman of his. but the attempt
to soothe him was futile. He rav
ed and foamed aud beat the an
Onr ihrn Section—U t‘ Labor For Its Advurcenient.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. November 17 1886
with his lian ,( s. An mjeciou of
morphine was used, and alter
awhile he sank asleep under the
juliuence of the by photic.
“Three days nfter we were able
to diflehurg him cured. Before be
went I asked him in vvliat Ins
dreadful illusions consisted. He
told me that lie imagined a huge
dog, with gleaming teeth, crouck
ea at the foot of his bed. Every
once in a while the brt.te would
spring upon him and bury his
fangs in his breasi; thea he shriek*.
ed
• Do you ever have the man re
turn?'’
"W iiy, cur ainly; ihough a man
who comes here the third lima suf
sering from the delirium tremens
is doomed. Theie is no help for
him, because his system is totally
enervated aud ihe heart and sto
mach unable to perform tnair ut*.
ual functions. Our deaths aver
age about two per cen% of the
people admit ted.”
“2’hey tro searched, I suppose?’’
“Undoubtedly, and ihe examine
tiod as time 3 develops some curi
ous results. I remember once a
fellow c.ume here iu a most ragged
condition. You wouldn’t give
two cehts for all ho had on him.
Covered with filth and veririn as
he was, we expuriencod considera
ble difficulty in cleaning uim.
During the process I went through
his clothes. There were u mini
her of pawmtickets in his pock ts,
aud I bardiy expected lo find any
thing of value after seeing that-
As 1 surmised, he had nothing.
Next day he had lecuperated iu a
most extraordinary manner, and
asked very solicitously whore his
shoes had been placed. I got
them for him, and he asked me to
le ive /he cell. ’
Mr. Connelly paused in his ear
rative and smoothed fits chin
wl ils the merry twinkle in liis eye
became more noticeable
“From be.ween the two portions
of tne msole ’’ he weni. on, “that
old tramp /ook out a small piece
of oiled siik. I was watching
him through the wicnet, V’hen
its waterproof covering was re
mo'ved there lay a ijil.OOO bill. 1
opened the door, went in aud took
it from him. A’ext day we learn
ed that he had a wife und two
children, whom he had deserted
“Very ofien ltn.ippens /hat men
are ten 1 Bore who curry
wlk them not only money but
valuables. The Warden receipts,
for them aud they are defivertd to
ihe patient when he leaves.
“.omenuifs tLe cries and
groaus in this place would sicken
you. Men cursing audTuVing anil
twisting at their bonds, when it is
necessaiy to manacle them, i
have au‘ msis’unt, and we always
keep a close watch upon the uitu
under our charge. Should a pa
limit require any extra nourish
ment, sueu as «ggs, beefsteak or
chops, not down in the regular
hill of far?, he can ulway- get it,’
As the ordeily reached this
point in Bis »tory, there was a tim
id rap at .he outer door, the bolts
were shot had, aud a trembling
woman a 00. l upon the threshold.
“Back gain?” queue! Mr. Con
ue-liy, lot unkindly. “I can not
do it.”
“Only ot.e drink -look at me,''
said the deoauclied visitor as atm
held out her shaking, toi-staiued
bunds.
Again the orderly shook his!
head. “I can./ do it,” he answer
ed; “but here’s ten cents.”'
With a muttered prayer of
thanks the woman lefu
‘ l’heie vou see tl’e effect ol
drink,” said (ho orderly, as he
turned again to the reporter.
‘•That poor soul was here this
morning to ask me to give her a
drink from the medicine store
I couldn’t doit without an older
from a physician, aud toid her so.
Her husband was a patient uot
more than a mouih ago, and I sup
pose she’ll be in the woman’s ward
iu a few days.”
When the reporter was leaving
a man whose glaring eyes showed j
bu( ts o plainly that ha was within I
a few moments of an attiekof the
dreadful dir ease was led in, i.is
hair was disarranged, and there
was a nervous, shifting air about
his actions that left no doubt of
his purpose in being there.
With his experience eye the eir
derly noted his appearance, and
saw that the case was worse than
it appealed upon the suifacee
Rapidly man was undressed and
iiiki-u to a room. Hardly had lira
shrunken form touched the white
Couuteipmie than whatever litlia
light of reason still lingered .n his
duiled eyes faded away, and his
face became distorted with the
horror that was filling liis diseas
ed bra n.
“'Lake them away!” be shouted,
as he toie ai the collar of the
while night dress that had been
put oti him, “Take I hem away!’’
“The jacket, Jim,’' said the or
derly,’* quietly, aid a long, sick
like garment was brought in by
the ass staut.
After a snuggle the wriggling
patieut was inclosed iu it, aud
ilieu the door was lucked.
•‘He'll probably last until to
morrow, ” sunl Mr. C innslly, as he
turned ihe key,
“//ow men can drink when they
have such awful examples before
them is more than I can under
stand.’—N. Y. Telegraph.
A SHARP DRUMMER CAUGHT
The following little anecdote of
a local nature we find iu the Sav
annah correspondence of Ihe Wall
Street (N. Y.) News.
At. Charleston I me! a min
from Bingliampjon, N. Y., who
was agent for some sort of cotton
machinero, and almost the tiist
thing he asked me was .•
“How do you manage with the
betel wvbers ?”
“Why I have to fee them of
course.”
“That shows how green you are
I am going to stop here four days
ard I won’/ pay ’em a cent.”
“Then you won’t get much ser
vice-”
“I won’t eh ? Well you juHt
wa/ch me and learn a thing or two.
Sea that ?”
Jt was a lead half dollui, neatly
covered witn gold foil, ar.d at first
gladce it seemed lo be a twenty*
do'lur piece. When the Non York
er’s trunk came up stuirsandthe
two darkeys lingered around for a
quarter apiece die “twenty” appeal
ed to view and he said ;
“Sinullen I've got .o day. i’ll
see you before I go.”
The .same thing was worked on
the table waiter, on die wuite, who
brougyt up ice water, and on sev
eral other colored individuals, and
when we were all ready to lake
the train for Savannah the trunks
went down cn the wagon and we
walked to the depot. Two min
utes before (he train pulled out
the /Yew Yorker turned to the
Afric/iti wid his gripsock and
said.
“James, will you take this coin
and square up all ?’J
“Yes sah,”
“Place it carefully in your pock
et, and don’t loose it.”
“.She’s dai, sab; an’ Ize millyuns
o’ *imes bleedge to oou.”
“Never rnird that - Well, we
are off.”
Allthavny down to Savannah
that evening my companion chuck
eled over his keenue -s in beating
tile colored yopulation, but when
wo reached the latter city his chin
took a dtop We were not clear
of the depot when lie was arrested
for passing counterfet money, and
ad his explanations did not prevent
his return to Charleston by next
train. I met him afterward in Al
abama and he told me the affair
-cost him #(JS
“I understand Mr. Phillip Jen
kins is to be married next week,”
lemarked Mr. B iukenshp to bis
wife.
“You don’t say ?" she replied in
that interrogatively contradictory
way, common to women.
liYes,” ,
“What, that poverty stricken, I
palsy salaried thing ? ’
“The same "
“Welt I’d like to know whai he’s
going Vo matry on.
t “Really, my dear,” saiu her bus
baud, charitably. “I haven’t read
the cards vet, but I think Le will
•be married on Wednesday,” •
•m • m
A poet entered our .omnium
yesterday on tip toe. He went
out in a similar manner, but it
) was on the tip of our toe. —Yon
Tiers St* l .esm»n.
Pushing is (ohave an industrial
school.
conedderate gold.
j
$20,000 FOUND BUItIED IN WILKsS
COUNTY,
A gentleman just retiuneJ from
Wilkes county informs uv that
there is considerable excitement
in that county over die trading of
a large imouiit of gold, buried
near Woshing, on the fiiuu of Mr,
C 'euaalt.
Some time ago an old negro
died on the place aud informed
Dr. Walton i but there was a large
amount of Confederate gold buried
on die place, bui fai'ed to tell the
spot where 1 was buried. The
patties who found the gold are
not kuowu, although several per
sons have left the oounty, no douln
thinking they would bearresied
and made to give up what they
hud found. The hole where die
box came fro n looks something
like u grave, and is three feet loog
and four feet wide. Two cat;
rails 1m 1 been placed on each side
of the box, which had rot ed, show
ing ilia l the box bad been buried
a long lime. 7’he people iu Ril
kes county a'e certain that the
gold has been found, and from
the size of the hole there uiusl
have mien between twenty aud
twenty five thousand dollars in the
box.
h wfil be remembered tho/ the
Confederate treasury wagons, la
den with gold belonging to ibo
Richmond banks, were overtake
and robbed in Wilkes county, bv
disbanded Confederate troops, as
there was uo chance to keep 'hese
funds from /lie hands of the Fed
ends. Each soldier tilled Lis hav
ersack and pockets will specie,
taking away all he could c»rry, and
it is reported that thousands of
dol'ars were buried by the raid
ers or tßrown into an adjacent
creek. This stream, a few year .
ago, was drained by the tifumiet
through whose lands it ran. wi‘b
a hope of finding some of the linl
dsu treasure, but not a dollar was
brought to I'ght. The ground
around tne scene of robbery was
dug up by searchers, but if any ol
the money was discovered uo one
is aware of the fact. There is no
doubt about ih« “sfidierit getting
all they wanted, aud there an
several men now living iri counties
below Athens who are surpectid
of having a hand in the matter, as
they caiiit on/ ol the war poor men
aud at once bought and pai i cash
for lino farms. They had sense
enough, however, to keep their
lips closed, and no evidence could
be had against i hem. On- infor
uiant of this week /.ays /here is not
a shadow of doubt iiboo/ a pocket
of gold being struck this time,
and it wil/ no doul t give renewed
encouragement to a search /hat
has been dropped for several
y«ur» A barber, a few yours ago
in Washington, mated a sensa
tion by stating that lie km w
whore a (tan of ilie gold was bur
ned, but, {.tie lellow turned out to
be a liar.
WONDER,S OF THE SKIES,
dny one fond of viewing the
wonders of t- e heavens will have a
rare treat as soon as the dark
nights return, The planet Saturn
will rise about 10 o’clock, and
about the same <iwe Orion, which
patient Olb Job saw with wet eyes
so many centuries ago, comes
within view and airides up the
sky—a youth begirt with a belt of
stars and armed wiih a sword, it
toe scobbard of which is ihe most
wonderful of the nebular mys.er
es. About 7 o’clock on Wednes
day morning Tallin) serenely came
in on the home stretch of a long
run of tweuty-niLe and a half years
in that 5,000,000 000-milo race
course whicn his orbit describes,
The ancient planet, without stop
ping tor a moment’s rest after fin
ishing its long, tireless rac«, sailed
on to repeat the task. To speak
sciejt’ficalltt. Saturn was a*, peri
helion—as near the sun as ihe
Grant Ruler of the universe will
let the big orb go. Wi'h all its
golden r.ngs Sa l urn is now oft'
for uuotber splendid dash into the
unknown and unfathomable realms
of space.
Perhaps young Mr. Bayard,who
goes to Arizona as a clerk, may
return as a Senator.
JOHN T. WILSON, Jk., Publisher
NOTABOVE WORK
Chief justice Marshall was a
giea ami goof) man. Good men
are not j roiul men, for pride is an
I indication of a I'll’c uind, Chief
I Justice Marshal. dimliol too proud
to wan upon himself. He was in
the huhii ol going to market hints
self, and carrying home his purs
chases-
Often might he be seen returns
ing at sunrise with poultry m one
I hand and vegetables in the other
in the most homely fashion.
On one of these occasions a
fashion tide young man was sweat
ing violently because be could
find no one to carry home bis
game. Judge Marshall stnpp.d
up, gently rebuked him, and asked
him where be lived. When he
heard the reply, he said.- -‘That
is in my way, uud 1 wdl tuke vour
game home for yeu.’’
When they came lo the house
the young man inquired ‘-What
shall I pay yon ?”
“Oh, liothiug,’' said the Judge;
“you are welcome. It. was all iu
the way, and it was no trouble to
me ”
“Who is that polite old gentle
man who ornughl home my game
for lie f ” asked the young man
of a bystander
“Oil, that was Judge Marshall
Chief Justice of the United
States.'’
“Why did he bring home my
game ?”
“He did it,” said the byatan ler,
‘I suppose, by way of teaching
vou not to be above attending to
your own business.”—Truth in
Life.
MORE tiAM JUNE ISM
Folio ving are a few sayings of
the grear rivaust;
A good man is like a city sei
upon a hill—you can’t hide him
If you want to kuow what you
neighbors think of you, disguise
yourself and go among them.
A pre'ty womau has ruined
more than one church.
Some of y<tu oaeu have sowed
enough seed to dam the world.
Grocery stores with barroom at
tucliiuents are moral hell holes.
V. man who gets di m k will steal
if he is not too much afraid of the
jad.
A until who would swear before
his children is a \nutp.
The gambler i< invariabl e the
son of a Christian family Why
is tliis? **
There is about forty men in
this congregation who are going
to hell on a btonded horse
Live so your children may put
their feet in yoi.r trucks and be
hokorable. , , j
1 •
THE IMPENDING CRISIS
He got a letter out of his box
at the posl-oftice yesterday, which
he uurriedly read and indignantly
flung on the floor. On second
thought he picked it up and p'acs
ed it in his pocket, but he was
still red in the face when a friend
queried ;
“From your tailor
“I wished it was!’’ was the reply.
“No; its blackmail.”
“How*”
“Why, it's from a friend who
got married a few yeaissgo, I
had ail invite to his wedding, and
I had to fake a present flouting
tweny five dollars,”
“Of course.”
“Then his first anniversary oc
ouied, and it cost me twenty
more,”
“I've been there old fel.”
“Then he had a boy born ami
our set had to whack up ou that"
I guess he named that cub after
af|leasf thirt’’ of us.’”
“I see ”
“Then came his birthday. Then
his wife's birthday. Then the
second anniversary Tlien the
cub’s birthday.’’
“Ex icely. And now f”
“ Wei!, his •!,_other in law has
come to live with I'm, and this is
an invi a 1 ion to come around and
leave a seven dollar rucking chair
on her sixty sis h anniversary.’'
“And you'll go ?"
•‘.’ll have to, or be ruled out of
our set, but 111 have revenge.
There’s seven of us iu the family,
and I'll be hinged if we don’t
go at >t and bold an anniversary
l or something or other exery two
weeks for the next ten years.
G mXNE 7 7 // ERA L D
JOE HUNTING
A SOCIAL FEATURE
Look w iik, legal blanks, letter
mis, note neads, hill heuds, pos«
s, cards, envelops—everything
j"l> printing line done in gen
d tasty idyls and ou short no*
e. Prints low and work guar
anteed: Cat] on us.
Kutcred at tlie I’osi ontce at. J.aw»
l oneevllje, ns senomt elnss mail tmit
l«r.
NO 37
GEORGIA NEWS.
Cept. KouruJ is 12 years old and
served 'hrough the war.
Georgia gunners say/hey kill a
thousand lice birds at a shot.
Om-quarterol un inch of ice was
sees in Adairsville Saturday moan
ing.
Sau /ones, the Southern evan
gelist, will lecture in Madison,
Win., soon.
There is considerable enthusi
asm ih Macon over the prospect
of the new Macon and Poviuglou
raihuad.
A cat's cries savul the lives of
some ho.el gutsis in Atlanta, and
a go it hand now encircle the cal’s
neck-
Rev. Sam Jones has received a
letter threatening him iu case he
emues to Atlanta to preach against
whisky.
As was expected the Central
railroad has me*, the cut made by
tbs E T, Ya. A <>a- It lias re
duced rates between Atlama and
Macon to sl.
A correspondent of the jf'iioin.
asville Enterprise, writing from
Atlanta, says that Cell. Cordon
will be a candidate lot Governor
at the next election.
'Squire J N Puett, t f Cam
ming, has an apple tree from
which he has gu liertd fifty bush
els this year.
Savannah has two artesian wells
and Tybee three, ranging from 500
to 000 feet de«p, anti all costing
not over S2OO together
An A'ubaiua mail attempted sui
cide at Fort Gaines a day tr two
ago, but. was prevent, d from com
mitting the rash act.
Samuel Fitzgerald, aged 15,
dangerously stabbed Boyd, age l
24, ai Dawson, a day or two ego.
Bo ih are colored. Boyd may die.
One of the members of Dublin's
legal fraternity predic.s bad luck
for the people next year, because
Friday is the first day of the year.
Apples are selling from wagons
at 2(1 >*iits per bushel at Gaines
ville. A mountain wagon eanie
into dial place a day or two ago
loaded widi 40 bushels of chest
nuts
Judge Lumpkin fined three ju
rors iu Kpuilu last week for being
late. This makes forty five lie has
fined since he started ou Ins
rounds tins tall.
Mr George it. Lumpkin, of Lex
ington, took a potato vine from
his potato patch the other day
.hut measured twenty seven feet
in length.
It seems to be imposMble tocou
vict a man for selling liquor to a
drunken man or miuor in Atlanta,
There were several cases of this
kind iu ike city court the past
week, and iu ail the defendants got
off
The blood-curdling apecial pub
lished last week, stating that two
de ectives hail been killed by
moonshiners m Telfair county,
proves to be iueorrect. Tbe par
ty way tired upon, but nobody was
hurt.
The Macon street railroad has
been solo to J. ,S. Brunsford, of
Nashville, Tenr., for
i hich gives the present owners
and builders a clear profit of S,OOO.
Ths line was built last spriDg.
Wednesday, in Wayne county,
Mr. James fjweatt, a young luin
berman, met with a horrible acci
dent that caused 1 is instant death
lit was -.tanding near a tree being
cut down, aod as it fell a largo
limb struck him on the forehea !,
tearing away ihe top of hie skull.
The youug man leaves a family.
Wi’.liitm Whiddon was killed
near-Calvary, in Decatnr county,
last Thursday. He was dtivinga
team down a 1 bill when tbe peg
which held the tongue to the wag
on became loose, precipitating and
entangling him among tbe horses,
which 'aking fright, ran awav.
Mr. Whiddon lived about one nour
after the nceident occurred.
The most beautiful sight in this
world is to see a man leading his
wife and cliildien into the .-ates of
heaven.