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I "iSJi'ETI HERA Lb I H£S EVKBV TUESDAY EVE.MNf, ■Lst'KIPTION RATES: I , . - - *1.50 ■ea> 7f *. . . . 50 must l>e paid in | if not renewed prompi- BTeil lll uu,,il Ue diseontiii- I aD verwements rlmnu-tt rwill be chai-f: Rf ilie tirsi iusurtieu, and Stic Kjiibseqaeut insertion. Hiiuuiiiicatioiis intended for will be enarged for K.iiliiradvertised rates. Kji and newsy eomimmica ■niuuy part of the count} so Ural Directory. flVlt UOVKKNMKNT 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. |e, K 1) Herrin S T owniey Hen DEPARTURE OK TRAIN Hum Suwannee, n ot) p. m He DKI'AKTI KE OK MAIL 8.- Arrives 12 in, de pnrb and Thursday. Hr ire. Departs li a ni ai Hm nday aud Thursday. H.E.-ArrivcK 10 u m, de Hivsa.—Arrives ]2 m., de- H ;:•»>•«i aul Saturday ■ a Harvey, f. .v 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, Meets uu Tuesday H lull moon in each ■ m.O'TKR, No 39, K A ■ >1 P. A 1 Pattillo H •». niglit before tbe month. H > —N. I„ ■ onvi ms on the Ist ■' and Sentember. If I >1 hi > t, ley at law. ■EBVILLE, GA. |iu this and adjoining BSupreme Court of the Hi intrusted to his care Itpt attention. Iv. briant, Bey at law, I Logansville, a . ■ entrusted to his He prompt attention, ■specially. ■OF MON AT- Bon improved farm Bafli H'ulton Counties B tune at eight per ■IBB4. B IVm. E. Simmons. [lll, ■&W Street ■ ATLANTA, A. B lir " :i1 and Nose Disease KulyT-'.f m hunt, ■-NEI AT LAW, ■CKOS*’. iiA. ■ : t lit- Supt'riui t'ourta liuary 01 the (■ m 11- H anri Milton, and in of both counties at tint ion j:ivt-ii ■ BURNHAM.' ■ IMPROVED turbine v 'ln' best coustn -toil ,l( l tinishod, give bet ■ " bm-entage, i ore and is so I for money |ier liorse ■i' than aim other ■‘urbine in ; tie world ■PWnt Ben t free by PtliUb., Alik. 1> m Firm. liven tl at I have with as partne s in 9 b in [.awrenoville Ktii.inson ami N S hu~i ess w II liere hi. or the firm name B ;/ - v SO.V & SiJXS stock a full line of and have added to ’-'hfcc: ions and Fancy E' r ral barter bus ■ stock cheap for ,|Si a trial A- SONS. ■ Luwrenctvllle (ja At Viif. Market Km i m ■ ASD B Ei -ery, ■ ■ • '•> .li |M A BT, ■ Oa, TYLEK M. PEEPLES, Proprietor. 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 <>nr Own Section He Labor For Its Advancement. 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,