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luicliins. Judge Sup. Court.
L, Clerk Sup. Court,
Lin. Ordinary,
toby, Sheriff.
Brown. Treasurer.
Ldrews, Tax Receiver.
[iier, Tax Colleetorr
liSeti, Surveyor.
Eusou, Coroner.
Lj>7l COMMISSIONERS.
(nee. Chairman aud Clerk, >.
IE Cloud, J. R Hopsius, An
f«D OF EDUCATION.
Kaa. School Commissi oner. J
fe„ T- Patillo, .J. Webb
I T E. Winu.
I MUNICIPAL.
ISraitb, Mayor.
I COUNCIL.
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Hen DEPARTURE OK TRAIN
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CHURCHES
■l L K Hariott, pastor
Sunday.
ij- !> Turner Pastor
Ist a:«i I'm] Sundays.
■H—A I’ Pattillo, Supt
at 3 |i m
F McClelland,
Ti'i nd 4th Sundays
■ i. -T li Powell. Supt
9.3'J a nr
H e.i-.i.\io Lodur.— J
■< S A liagood, S VV,
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ley at law.
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Itpt attention.
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Bey at law,
I Logansville, a .
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He prompt attention,
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hu~i ess w II liere
hi. or the firm name
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and have added to
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VOL XV.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
A new school bouse wilt be built
at Monticello.
The bills stokn from the coart
housejat Mt Vernon have been re
turned.
Brownwood, Morgan county, is
known in post office circles as
Brabston.
Cel Murcellus E. Thornton has
been in Atlanti several days, and
dill likely make it his fuiure
home.
Safuiday night the home of
Perry Clayton, a farmer, living
near Bed Clay, was totally des
stroyed by fire.
All the lands comprising the
\ lekers estate iu Lauiene couoty,
consisting of 4,075 acres, werJ
sold at administrator’s sale on
T’ueedav.
John Briggs, a tramp, was
knocked from the track by a train
nne miles from Valdosta Satur
day and died a few hours later
from his injuries.
It is now probable that Samuel
Jemison, of Maci n, who was
wounded in the affray in which he
killed Ed Strohecker last week)
will recover.
Giceu Rickerson, the negro
who murdered a negro hackman
in Macon a few months ago, was
sentenced to bo imprisoned for
life Monday.
A tramp v>Lo passed throngh
Macon on MLuday, stated to a p o
lice officer that an army of over
500 knights of luo road was on its
way to Florida and will probably
pay Macon a visit.
;/ Sunday.nitfhf, " blle pteacmng
in East Macon, Rev WrOrawford,
the pastor, fain/ed. Mr Crewlord
is a theological student in Mercer
University. He has been in poor
health for some lime past.
Ts e dead body of Samuel Lig
gen, colored, who was found on
one of the streets of (Jedartown
Sunday morning. He had fallen
from a buggv while drunk the pre
eeeding night, and been dragged
to death.
In Muscogee Superior coart,
Monday, the trial of the case of
the ca-e of the State vs the Davis
negroes, charged with the poison
ing of i lie Biggers family, was be
gun and a number of witnesses
were examined.
A negro boy names Smith was
injured in the gearing of a steam
pump on the place of H M Harpei
near Friendship, Thursday, and
had one of his arms snapped into
two pieces, between thv elbow
and shoulder.
It, was luinored a? Ma?en on
Monday that the Academy of Mu
sic Company were about to make
an assignment for the benefit of a
party in New York. This will
•brow the matter into the United
States courts and insure the col
lection of subscriptions to the
stock.
Mr Green the mail agent on the
G J and SR R, returned to Ath
ens after the conviction of his son
before rhe United States Court in
Atlanta for opening letters, and
waß at once taken wi h convulsions
It is thought bo eanr.et live.
At the High Ycbool in Tattnall
county; few wteks ago, a boy nam
ed Reddish made a remark reflect
ing upon the parentage of at other
boy named Joe Smiley- Smiley si
once plvnged his kuife in <ue
oreast of Reddish, the blade pass
ing through the left lung. Red
dish d'ed a few days ago, Smiley
has been arrested.
In Rome Thursday, near lb
grounds occupied by the eirci. -,
Marion Sirnino, of Cherokee, A
appicached his father and ask. •
for money. This was refured a;...
the old man was badly krifed,
John, a younger brother; came ut
to separate the men and was also
badly cut. Marion is in jail.
\ Mr. Henry Pope, of Atlanta,
I was released on bond. Air. Albert
Howell is far belter than he has
yet been. He is able to si. up.
Judge tsimmoDS will soon resign
on account of the small salary.
A QUEER STO.iY.
Some fu«! v stories have been
abou.thu dtss.ee.ing rooms.
Ned Adams, janitor 0 f No. 202
Sou;h -ireot, was once employed
at the Bellevue //ospitul college,
and wby he came to leave it he
'bus tells to a Herald reporter;
I had charge of the dissecting
room of Bellevue hospital hospital
college from 18G4 to 1870, aud it
wus part of my duty to sleep in
that institution. To this, hews
ever, I did not object from the
veiy first, for, though I was alone
in that bui.ding, which is one o 1
the most weired and melancholy
looking institutions in the entire
ci y. I had become so accustomed
to dead bodies that I began to
tike it quite well. My room was
situated diremly next door to the
dissecting room, a/td in this dis
secting room lay upward one huu o
drfcd aud fifty cudtvers iu various
forms of mutilation. For one La-i
spent the greater part f his life
among such associations—ami we
«re for the most pan cieatures oi
habit you can readily perceive
chat if reqUireJ no very great ties
gree of moral courage to accom
plish ibis And thou, again, 1
never believed m ghosts and
laughed heartily whenever I heard
mention of them.
LIVE SUBJECTS.
■‘At that time, as now, Dr. Flint
was the professor of physiology,
and he took great delight in expos
rimeuting on living antmais for
the benefit of hi* cius. The
quadrubped that best suited Lrs
put pose m chio respect was the
dog ana he always kepit an
abundant supply of these animals
that, .a**..' . . - .
TTT . remark
best specimens of the canine iuu
und did not possess as much lu-
te! ligence as others of their spe
cies. They weie fed largely on
meat, and seemed to be getting
along very well indeed. Those
lL 0 s occupied a room next to
mine, which were separated by a
narrow patition, and I could redi
iy hear the least noise that was
made. Myself and the dogs were
therefore the sole occupants of
the immense ouilding. The dogs
never ouch broko the quietudo
that prevailed at night, and if
they only occasionally did so it
would not ba such a bad thing af
ter ail ”
“At that time, as now, Dr.
Flint was the professor of physi
ology, and he took great deiiglif
in experimenting on living ani
mals for the benefit of ins class
The quadrupled that nest suited
his purpose iu this respect was the
do 7, an the always kept an nbund
aut supply of these animals on
Uami. I need hardly remark that
they were not of the very best
specimens of the canine race and
did not possess as much intelii-
gence as others of their species.
They w re fed largely od wed,
ami seemed so bo geoli .g along
very wed indeed, Tuese dogs oc
cupied a room next to mme, wh ch
were separated by a narrow parti
tion, and I could readily hear the
least noise that was made. My->
self and the dogs were iheiefore
ibfc sole occupants of the immense
ouilding. 'The dogs never once
broke tbe quietude that prevailed
at night, and it they only occasion
ally did so it would not be such a
bad thing after all.”
“As I had occasion to rise early,
generally about five o’clock in tbe
morning, 1 was alvays in my bed
at fen, and «evr found much dif
ficulty in procuring sleep, and!
was always as methodical as a
clock in this respect.
AROUSED AT MIDXIGHT.
‘ It was on the 4tii day of Octo
ber, 1870, and I had gone to bed
at tbe usual time. It was a tine,
claer night and exceptionally
warm for that time of tne ytar.
A large Eugli-h clock hung in my
room, and as there was always a
hgh. burning low, 1 could, from
my bed, distinctly see tLo face of
tbe clock. I did net feel i s sleepy
on that niglil as was customary
with me, and I attribute! it some,
wbat to the heat of the day. I
rolled in my bed for quite, a time,
and when I again, turned to the
deck 1 saw it was close n mid
night. I now began to pass into
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L/*e.WivE3SIOLVILLJE GA December 15 1685
a k iutl oi taper, half iishep aud
haif awake, vlun all at once I fan
cied r In ai d a low, surpressed cry
as if of some o><e in great agony
of mind This was followed by
the yelp so the dogs and tdon a
low, prolonged giowl as such uni
mala geeeraily make when about
to attack some one. This was
maintained for quite a while and I
kept my ear insently listening all
the time.
“I could not be mistaken in the
sound of the hurnuD voice. I
rubbed my eyes with my hand and
stood up in the bed to assure mv—
seif that I was not dreaming, aud
I came to tue conclusion that if
was perhaps some woman who re
mained iu the building over night
llie voice certainly was of the
sharp, shrill charucier of a wo
mau.
AL this tine I was not one bit
afraid, and I proceeded to dr.ss
miseif to ascertain aim cause of
ihe commotion. I put on my
punts and waistcoat and walked
out in my hare feet When 1
reached Luo room whore the dogs
were I opened the d or gently
and peeped in. Good heavens!
j.ight in the middle of tbo dogs
e-ood a strange w man, all °u
white, and as I looked in upion
her she t rew a glancs at me tLat
almo.t froze the blood in my
veins. Presently the door flow
| apparently of iiy own ac«-
cord, and strango form glided out
and pressed info the dissecting
room. I tried to follow it, and
at I did so she raised her hand iu
a menacing atiit ide and suddenly
disappeared from sight. There
wi.s not a spot in that room I war
n >t familiar with, and I knew there
Were no secret trapdoors through
to open up in front of her and she
disappeared from viewi
DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
‘T need not fell you t hat I slept
but l : /tl • tbit night. 1 did not,
in fact, go to, bed at all, but sat
on tbo side of it with my clothes
on, and I lodged eagerly for the
return of the day. I tried in my
wind to erpla n me cause of that
extraordinary phenomenon, but
every time the difficulty grew
greater, and if 1 had been any
under the influence of liquor 1
might attribute it to some morbid
condition of ths nervous system
inducted oy over-slim Ration.
But the fact remained aud I could
not dispute the evidence of my
senses.
“The next day I handed in my
resignation to the faculty, but
made no reference to the cause of
my leaving. I liaye never visited
a dissecting room since that night,
and never wi.l agaiu if 1 live for a
hundred years.”—New York Her
ald.
THE TOM RENTON PRIMER
Arkausaw school teach (to hoy)
—Why doesn’t your father buy
you another book?
By (holding up a volume of
"‘Ben on’s Thirty Years in the
American Senate”) —Cause I ain t
wore this here one out, yit.
Teacter—-But that Look is not
the kind yuu want; you must be
gin with a first reader.
Boy—This one is the fust. I.’s
the fust one I ever had. Pap
lows that when this one is read
up he will rar arour’ somewha,
and git another. This isn’t too
big fur me, fur lent me tell you, I
ken hold a yearlin’ calf when I
try
'leather —Why, you can’t spell,
yH.
Boy —Nurtber ken pap
Teacher —You don’t know your
loiters.
Boy—Nurther does mam.
leather—Well, you'll bavu 'o
get anoiher book cr I can’t teach
you
Boy—Wall then, that let’s me
oui. //ere Bose [calling his dog"j
we'li go out an’ tree another pos
sum. Arkansaw Traveler.
The Roman nobilily, at tne close
of *he tbiid Punic War, B. C. 134,
wore a stripe of purple on their
tunic and a gold ring on their hu
gtr, to distinguish them from the
pluebias.
WHAT IS ITT
For some time past peisors com
■ntr to this town from u westerly di
rectiou have reported seeing a
strange adimal, but just what it is
no one has been able to determine.
it has been variously described and
discussed, until manv people only
ti-vvel through the section cf conn
tiy .vest of here with fear anti trep
idation. The unknown animal is
said by some to be as large as a
mule, aud when pursued or disturb
ed utters a piercing scream like
unto that of the whistle of a steam
engine,
Lht> heas readily takes to water
swqns with marvelous rapidity.and
at intervals where the water is
deep enough, dives beneath the
waves out ol sight and remains un
det for quite a time. The reports
as to the appearance of the best
ditier very much. One gentleman
wao claims ne saw it at close rang
soys it bad a slinggy coating of
hair, a largo head, and ran with
great speed. Another account
sta es that while (ho animal spied
-brongh the water with amazing
swiftness, when it came to the
sliouis its guit changed to a ;umb
iing locomotive, similar to the prog
ress of a seal.
Mr. Beauregard Heath, who
lives near Flat Shoals, while walk
ing along the Towaligu river re
ceutly, was suddenly (Darted to
see a strange monster shooting
through the water, snorting aud
blowing m a manner that was ap
palling. The vi a ter where thd
creature was first seen by Mr.
Heath was deep,
on ahead wx-tv.
i vV-o tbo river so groat
shoa! p A w *
us momentum grown that it
shot upwards and out of >he wafer
landing with a splash on its side
Then began its tumbling, pitching
gait. Though it was a most awk
ward motion, its speed was far
greater than an ordinary fast walk,
In less time than it takes to tell
it, the amphibious animal was over
ti e shoals, and with a shrill cry
uisappeared in the deeper water
beyond. vVhen some 20 feet from
wuere it shot under the wattr, it
rose again, with & savage puff, and
shaking the water from its huge
head, went careening on its tvay,
A bend iu the stream hid it from
Mr //eath’s gaze. In conversa
tion, Mr. Heath said it was uh
mige as a good sized mule, and
weighed, lie should judge, 600 or
700 pounds.
Other reputable gentlemen have
seen it, Mid all are ui.auimom in
saying ihev never saw anything
which even resembled it. None*
how over, took 'he time to study
its looks eriefally, for when it pre
sented an appearance fhey had ur.
gent business in oiber quarieis
a darkey saw it last week while
out hunting. H« was ir* the wood-
sneaking on a squirrel to get a
shot, when, turning at the cracks
lit gos a branch, he saw behiud
him an auirnal, wnich he said look
ed , ikea lion, a bear and a moDkey,
Having no desire to.post himself
op in natural history —being no
natuia'ists, and not caring to
find out io what beast family the
uncanny filing actually belonged,
he took a well. As soon us he got
the proper use of bis limbs, he
fairly flew through tbe woods
over stamps, through briars,across
gullies, until he struck tne d;r
road, and was at home. A News
reperter asked the negro about
the circumstances yesterday, and
fur li r askeu him 'o describe the
animal’s looks “Po’ God, l oss, I
nebber slopped to ’xamiu’ : it close
ly Jest as I wuz makin’ up my
mind <o look at hit, hit showed
hit’s teeth, ar.d I left in a hurry.”
Mr. 0. P. Williams, who came
into town yesterday, when crossing
the Towaliga river, saw a strange
locking objec swimmiug the river
some distance away from him. He
could not deteimin what it was,
having never seen anything re
sembling it. On his way to town
ho met Mr, Willis Evans, accom
panied by several other parties,
who stated to him that they were
;uing in quest of tbe unknowu
be ist wnich had been terrorizing
the people along the Towaliga
river. Mr. Williams then reculled
<o mind the strange creature be
bad seen swimming the river, and
he spoke to the party about it
Breathlessly they informed that
was what they were ia quea/ of.
ami leaving him they burned on
towards the liver. The result of
their Luut wilt bo anxiously looked
for, aud it’s to bo hoped that they
will be successful.
M hat sort ot a beast it is ro one
can oven conjecture. It possi
ble that ii is some animal which
has escaped from a strolling melts
ttgerie, and fhovgh a stranger in a
'trange laud, has managed to live
aud th ive. The News will keep
its readers posted, aud if tne un.
known creature is captured our
readers will bo fully apprised of
the event, together with the most
minute particulars pel taming there
to, —Jackson Mews,
CANNON MADE OF WIRE.
Siege guns built of wire are the
newest description of ordinance
for the British national service- A
very tough steel wiio is used, liav
mg a breaking s rengtli of 110
tons so the square in jh, which is
wound over a rteel lube as tape
may bv wound on a reel, being fie
queutly fastened oil" to secure its
cohesion, and so neatly piut togetli
eras to pook precisely like solid
meial. An experimen al howitzer
has been made upon this principle
and passed a satisfactory proof at
the royal arsenal, Woodwich. It
has a caliber of ten inenee, but
wcglu only about 7,000 pounds.
iu its trial this howitzer threw
a shell of 360 pounds with a
nay be compared wun iwo guus
of u similar weight which are as
present in the service. One of
ihe.vo is the eight inch howitzer
which fires a shell cf just halt the
weigh!—namely, 180 pounds
with a velocity of 920 feet, and
the other is ihe 100 pounder gun
o! 6 6 caliber, which, with its
ligh< shot of 100 pounds, manages
to reach a velocity of 1300 feet pier
second. The weapon seevus in no
impaired by the strain to which
ii had been subjected.
HE GUESSED HE’D FIGHT
Politeness was oru in him; and
he couldn’t help it. He drifted in
to a prominent town in the South
soon after Johnson's surrender,
and before anybody’s temper had
colled down, i/e wis there alte r
cotton, aud he lot it be kniiwn. He
Wt»s fromOonuecticutfc ,und lie did
not try to conceal it. He hadn’t
been iu the 'own two hours bes re
an “uugeueratei” pulled bis
nose.
“Ah —yes 1 ,” said ihe man from
Connecticut!, “was tnat accident.
al r
“No, sia! no sir!” was the tierce
rejoinder.
“Did it a purpose, eh ?"
“Of course 1 did,”
“Well, I shouldn’t a thought it
ol you! Pit pass over as a case
of lempfrary insanity.”
Vn hour later, as he sal in the
hotel, a fire-eater approached him
aud spat ou his bqpts, and stood
glaring at him- >. N ‘
“You must have a wobble to
your tongue if you can t spit
otraigbter than that,” said the
Connecticutt man.
“I meant so, sir—meant so
“Wanted to get me mad, eh?’’
“Yes, sir—yes, sir.”
“You shouldn't do so. When
| Ym roused I’m a to ban
I Tie. Pl* excuse tbq* on ijie ground
tnat yuri tfoif’t’khow me.”
liAthS-ufternoon he was given a
hint (hat he baa better leave town
ot once, ard when he demured a
lawyer sent him a challenge,
‘ What’s \t fur?' asked the Yan
kee, as he read the missive.
“Yon insulted him, and he de
miftds satisfaction.'’explained the
i messenger;
“Can’t I aigy the case with
him ?”
“Pc, sir,”
“£j pose’n I give him $5 to set
tie ?”
j ‘:He wan s to fight yen,si r.
; And you must either fight or he
| will horse-whip you-”
“Warm me up with a rawhide,
eh?”
JOHN 1. WILSON, Jit., Publisher
l 'J/e will.”
"Shoo ! j but who’ll ’a’ thought it!
Say. I’ll give him slo.'’
“Sir! You likewise insult me!’
Do, elt? lewnn [ didr't nieau
so. Thee I've got .o fight?’’
“You have.”
f'May get killed, or kill the oth
er fellow ?’’
“Exrctly.”
"Well, I m kinder sorry, I nev
01 had but one fight iu may life,
and time I got licked I don’t
want to be hurt; and I don’t want
to injure anybody ehe. and, .’’
on 11 wait to be horsewhipped
then?”
I ratuer gue s not. I guess
1 11 light. I'll choose rifles at twen
ty paces, and you t an choone your
own ground. JisP lot me know
when it’s to come off, aud I’ll try
and be.thur.”
If. came off Lext morning. Ho
was thar. They offered him an
oppor!unity to uppologize k but ho
wouldn'p 1 ouch it He stood up
as siiff us a new door and
bored a bullet through his man’s
shoulder, uud erme off without a
scra/cli himself.
‘Bein' as I’m out hero now! and
hsin as somebody else may wan,
to hosswhip me “ tosmerrow
wouldh’t this be a good time fur
him to show up and save timet’ he
asked, as ho leaned ou Lis rifle
aud looked around him,
i .No oue showed up. The Yanv
koe liked the 4 town and sent for
his family. The people liked the
Yunkee aud made him postmasior,
uud ho stuck there until five years
ago.—Sum
That the fruit of success ripens
slowly-
That he is the richest who wants
the loasl- \
That a million dollars will not
buy a ray of sunshine.
That, the greatest of faults is to
be conscious of uone.
That the brigntest thoughts
sometimes come from the dullest
loyking men
That Methuse’ah, evon, never
complained of time bungingheavy
on his hands.
That all of the good things of
this world are of no further good
thau as they are of no use,
That a newspaper may be a sew
er, or streom of pure wuter, ac
cording to its source-
That what a man gets for noth
ing he is very apt to vflue at just
about what it costs him.
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CUIil
OUS.
New Gnineai» the largest is
land in the world
Divers, by a recent Freuch in
vention, are said to be enabled to
go down a distance of 800 feet be
below the surface of the water.
Weasels wore kept in houses in
accien Rome, instead- of cats, for
the purpose of killling vermin.
Prof. Huxley s idea ot a well
proportioned man is one weigh
ing 154 bounds, three pounds of
which ai d brains.
A hand placed near the orifice
from which a high presure of
steam is issuing will not scald.
The rapid expanson renders the
heat latent.
The microscope shows that
mould is a forest of beautiful
trees, with the branches, leaves
and fruit; that butterflies are fully
feathered; that hairs are hollow
tabes; and the surface of our bod
ies is covered with scales like a
fish.
The African elephant will be
extinct in another hundred years
unless a stop is put to the indis
criminate massacre now going on.
So says Josef Manges, the great
importer of African wild beasts,
and probably tbe most eminent
authority oa such subjects.
A phy-ician of India proposes
Qiuk.ug experiments in the treat
ment of cholera on criminals sen
fenced to death. The sousent of
I the prisoner would be obtained,
with the promise cf exemption
from further punishment if the
experiment should not be fatal.
GWIJYJVETT herald.
A WIDE AWAKE COUNTY NEWSPAPER
JOB PRINTING
A SPECIAL FEATURE!
Book work, legal blanks, letter
Bds, note heads, bill heads, pose
s, cards, envelops—everythin#
job printing line done in nea
a it tasty 6tyle and on short no«
l e. Priots low aud work guar
anteed: Cad on us.
Kilt. I,MI aI || ltt i»„ sl Office at Law*
teiii eville, us teooud a lass mail ma»-
NO 41
The descendants of the common
biook trout sent to Tasmania have
shown & remarkable tendency to
vary in shape and markings. For-
Ui or more toey are migrating to
salt water, and thus becoming
anudromous. The same is true of
the New Zealand aeclimataote.
THE FOOLISH GOPHER.
Ihe ways of the Georgia gopher
ure cuiious. Dr. Bruce, of Baiu
hridge, says that oae of the first
things he learned after coming to
this section from Virginia was uot
to bet on gophers. He was
bunding with old Mr. Peabody,
who had a field of corn and peas
on new ground neur town. The
old gentleman complained terri
bly ol the gophers, and one morn
ing at she breakfast tabie he said
ho was going to catch one which
was doing him Special damage.
“How are yob going to catch him,
MR Peubottyf ’ said the youug
doctor. “I am going to bury a
box at the mouth of his den, sir,
aud ufcftut 11 o'clock he will come
out to feed and will tumble in and
I will have him.” -The yoßng
Virginian laughed at the idea
“111 bet you $1 the gopher is not
that big a fool,” said he. “Good,’'
said the* old geutloman, and the
money was put up. Tue box was
duly set at the mouth of the go
pher hole, and both gentlomen
went on about their business down
town. A little after, 11 o’clock
Dr. Bruce remembered the bet,
and slipped off down to the field
to boo for hinibolf. His own
words tell the rest: “J’ll oe hang
ed if tllG.qJil tc“.i —•— »* -- a
thrusts I thought necessary to
make him stay there. / then
went back down town and hunted
Peabody, who hud forgotten all
aboui the gopher until I reminded
him that it was paHt the gopher’s
dinner hour. ‘Sure enough,’ he
said, ‘corno aud go with me, I
want my doilur.’ "Mr. Peabody,
I’ll bet you another you don’t get
him.’ ‘Good, I’d rather win $2
than s4.’ VVhen we arrived a*;
tho gopher’s hole I’ll be hanged
if he wasn’t in the box again. I
lost my money, and muke it a rule
never to bet on a gopher.’*—Ca
rnulla Clarion.
GEORGIA NEYVh-
The fence election in Americus
Friday resulted in a victory for
fence.
Judge David Irwin;. once a very
prominent %iau in Georgia, died at
his home near Marietta.
Jane Gibson, a negro woman
living at Noiwood, committed sui
cide Wednesday, 1 : by taking blue-,
stone.. *
General Toombs is reported
much better. His survival fo r
tbe past two months has been al
most a miracle.
’ t ,
Phil Dodd, an Atlanta mer
chant and a prohibitionist wi n
SOOOO on the election in that city
on Wednesday.
Prohibition went info effect in
Fayette county Thursday, the last
Kqaor license having expired the
day previous.
A BEE SUPERSTITION,
Says an English exchange: The
instance given of the carrying out
at Get stod, in Rutland, cf the su
perstition that bees will not re
main after a death In the house
of their own«r, especially of the
owner himself, unless an intima
tion be given to them of the fact
migh be multiplied indifinitely, for
it prevails over a considerable por
tion of England. In the case men
tioned, the widow knockbd at the
bee-hives one alter another, re
peating each time the formula,
«*He’s gone, he’s gone,” and aa she
the bees hummed In rerpy it was
understood that they accepted the
news aud would stay. In Heres
fordsbire if is considered sufficient
to ti 6 a piece of crape io a stick
set in front of the hives, and in
other counties those or similar pre
cautions are always observed by
persons who would not loose their
bees. It is difficult to account
for this widespread belief, or to
give anj possible conjecture as to
its origin,