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U and Forgers Put in Office Under
Lshington,D. Eepnblican Rule.
C.Feb., 15, 86.
Lm-emeOts for the great Tele
suit are still in progress. Ex
me arrived m the city
...tor iv Thurman preparing the pa¬
to assist in
s' There is something like poet
j’stice in Mr. Thurman’s reten
bv the government in the iele
i suits." friends allege that
ne Mis
L s' been kept in corporations, retirement and lie¬
[ be fought public life to do
be returns to
re lighting of the same kind,
fou remember about two weeks
ce, a congressionrl committee was
powered to investigate the Pan
etrio and Bell Telephone offairs.
, republican members of the com
tee put on their war paint and
eatened to make some startling
wveries. Their first step was
sk the tiie Secretary of the Inte¬
nd the Attorney General what
cy had been expended by their
fitments in the Telephone suit.
Lamar replies, after careful' m
L that thirty-five dollars for
tiling etc., was the only money ex¬
iled in his department, while Mr.
Hand says ncr money has been ex
ided yet in his. Counsel has been
dined for the government suit, but
money has yet been paid the
nsel.
In I an executive session of the sen
yesterday, Mr. Edmunds pre
Ited a protest signed by citizens
■customs in that state. The ob
tion to him was that he had ap
Inted a deputy whose reputation,
Iras |r alleged, was not the best. Sen
Is Beck and Butler thought that
flimsy pretext and said if every
lublican official had been held, re
fcnsihle for all his deputies, there
juld Senator have Sherman been many made rejections.
an attack
ripen session upon the President’s
Rtudewitk regard to giving‘Tens
a’and Senator Edmunds expects
do the same next week. Senator
|ar the and presidency others who in 1888 are candidates only
[ are
[iting for the semblance of an ex
Be to score the administration in
Flic. They fee! it is high time to
juse the rej ublicans to the fact
it they are actually losing the post
ices. It is true this is not a greai
ue, hut there is nothing greater
hand just now.
hither willfully or ignorantly the
il issue in the pending controver
between the senate and the exec
ive has been misstated by certain
latovs and certain partisan pa
rSi 1 he attempt has been made
place the administration in a posi
u which it has never taken. It
sheen assumed thatthe President
desirous of concealing his reasons
removals; that he desires to make
between private and
i i le papers,—between executive
g>siative papers. From his of
replies to the senate through
to of be the dra cabinet, the clear fa¬
,, wn is simply this:
the chief ,. executive of the nation
m his possession certain pa
which public interest demands
m to withhold.
Expressions of opinion on the sub
!\ the relations between the
and senate are diawn now
Vm , Stft . . 1 P art lines
nit ' j y among the
th^w.A representatives. Both
at 0 reco - Di2e the fact
4 Can be in dcffinitely
a£nsffi° time * nSlderpreSidential gr .°7 in g opinion that it
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TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER.
Yol. 4. CONYEBS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 20, 1886. No. 5.
The Hampton Helper will be out
March 1st, and its novelty will un
doubtedly popularize the issue.
Rev. N. N. Edge will be down next
week with his family.
The Three Conditions.—“Why
don’t you marry?"
“Well, you see, I am very patieu
lar how r my intended should be—”
“Explain yourself.”
“My wife must be rich, handsome,
and. stupid.”
“Why all that?”
“Very simple. Bhe must be rich
and handsome, otherwise I would
not have her, and she must be stu
pid, otherwise she would not have
me.”
A true bill has been found against
the superintendent of the pauper
farm of Jackson, for mistreating the
inmates of the poor house. The
grand jury also recommended his im¬
mediate discharge and that another
man be substituded.
A few night since one of Our
“bloods” called on a young lady.
By request he was reading a selec¬
tion from some eminent author to the
fair damsel. He happened to think
of himself, and he was reading with
his back toward her. He immedi¬
ately turned and asked the lady to
excuse his back, when she remarked
that the “back of a goose was a de¬
sirable as any other part ” The
young man “blushed” and continued
reading*—Dooly Vindicator.
The railroad now being summed
from London, Ky., to Toccoa, makes
the western connection by way of
Elberton and Augusta.
A three weeks old girl baby in
Brunswick has two teeth.
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Lulu; Ilurst lias entered Shorter
College at Rome for the purpose of
educating herself.
In Greenland there are no ipen
over sixty years of age. When a
man of that age falls seriously ill
he" commits suicide by throwing him¬
self into the sea at the demand of
his relatives. In Georgia, if a man of
that age is a widower he dj’es his
hair and goes Chasing around after
every fourteen year old girl he sees.
If not, the state relieves him of jury
duty.
If the discharge from the bladder
is light colored, and demands night fre¬
quent attention, especially' at
you have reason to suspect an un¬
healthy condition of the Kidneys,
use Dr. J. H. MeLenans Homoao
phatic Liver and Kidney Balm. For
sale by Drs. Stewart and Lee. Jan.
30, 3 m.
It the cowboys go to fight the In¬
dians, who will be left to terrorize
"travelers on the Western railroads.
When the difficulties at Seattle
aie settled, no doubt many new
settlers will settle in Washington
Territory.
Spring is approaching and it is
time to begin to organize anti-cat
societies in the cities and towns in
the country.
At Albany Friday night fifteen
dogs, some of them valuable point
ers, bit the dust from poisoning.
The Hill monument at Atlanta
will probably be unveiled April 10.
The affair will probably be made
one in which the whole State will be
represented.
Rev. Dr. Armstrong, of the Pro¬
testant Episcopal Church, on trial in
Atlanta under charges of drunkeness
and immorality, has been fund guilty
of violating his ordination vows, and
suspended from the ministry, not ex
ceeding ten years, in the discretion
of the Bishop. The charges were
made by the reporter of a Cincinnati
paper, to the effect that Dr. Arm¬
strong, in that city last summer,
was intoxicated and visited houses
of ill fame. The Doctor admits that
he took a glass of beer in a hotel,
and also that he visited several
houses of . the kind mentioned, but
his visits were for the purpose of
trying, to rescue a y'oung female rel¬
ative, who had recently become The an
inmate of one of those houses.
substance of the finding is that the
doctor has been guilty of indiscre¬
tion rather than crime.
A. H, STEPHENS ON LEE.
THE GREAT COMMONER WRITES OF
GEN. R. E. LEE.
The ancestors of Lee were many
of them military- men, and he, born
in Strafford, Westmoreland county,
Va., Jan. 19, 1807, was, in boyhood,
almost in sight of the ravages made
by the fleet of Admiral Cock burn
along the Chesapeake Great during our sec
ond war with Britain. His
father died when he was 12 years
old, and he became a cadet at West
Point in 1825. He is said to have
been so studious and blameless in
deportment, and at .the same time
so courteous to all, as to have passed
the four years without demerit or
reprimand, and graduated at the
head of his class July, 4, 1829. He
w-as appointed Second Lieutenant of
Engineers, and soon after promoted
to First. In 1832 he married Mary
Custis, a granddaughter of the wife
of Washington, and in 1835 he help¬
ed to mark the line between Michi¬
gan and Otiio. His estate of Arling¬
ton came later, through his wife.
In 1859 he was in Washington
city, and on the night of Oct. 17 of
that year really began his first ser¬
vices in the cause of the Southern
States. On the 16th John Brown,
an old and notorious offender against
law in the Territories, had, at the
head of a band of- conspirators,
seized tire arsenal at Harper’s Ferry,
with its 50,000 stand of arms, which
he proposed at once to distribute
among the slaves of Virginia. The
negroes entirely failed to respond,
and John Brown’s iortress, the en¬
gine house, was carried by storm,
after he refused the unconditional
surrender 1 tendered him through J.
E. B. Stuart, the Lieutenant of Col.
R. E. Lee. Mr. Brown was tried
and hanged, and w-hatever progress
his soul has made in the “marching
on,” of which a popular song speaks,
he ended his Cartlily journeyings in
Iiis first bloodshed of the war, and
the man then in his way was the
United States officer and Virginia
gentleman, RobertE. Lee.
On April 20, 1861, live day-s after
the call for invading troops, Gen.
(then Colonel) Lee, now commanding
his regiment, resigned, by letter,
from Arlington, Va., to Gen. W.
Scott. Upon the day of my arrival
in Richmond he had been made Ma¬
jor General of the- Virginia army.
On the day after my arrival this
rank of Major General of the army
of Virginia was solemnly conferred
upon him by President John Jan
ney, of the convention, in the Hall
of Representatives.
As he stood there, fresh and rud
dy as a David from the sheepfold,
in the prime of his manly beauty-,
and the embodiment of a line of he
foie and patriotic fathers and w-or
thy- mothers; it was thus I first saw
Robert E. Lee. I had preconceived
ideas of the rough soldier, with no
time for the graces of life, and by
companionship almost compelled to
the vices of his profession. I did
not know then that he used no stim¬
ulants, was free evon from the use
of tobacco, and that he was abso¬
lutely stainless in his private life.
I did not know then, as I do now,
that he had been a model youth and
young man, but I had before me the
most manly man and entire gentle¬
man I ever saw.
I remember seeing him in Savan¬
nah, conspicuous by the blue uni
form which he w-as the last of the
Confederates to put off, scarcely no
tilted among the gay uniforms of the
new volunteers, and ledst likely- of
all men to become the first charac¬
ter in the war for States right.
Toward sundown at the battle of
Seven Pines, Virginia, on May 31,
1862, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston fell
severely wounded, and, as the com¬
mand devolved for a time on Gen. G.
W. Smith, the time of Gen. Lee had
come at last. His appointment by
Mr. Davis was very unpopular, as
the South had little confidence in
him, and even Virginians doubted
their old idol.
From that time I need only to call
the roll of his battles.
Dr. J. H. McLean’s Celebrated
Catarrh Powder will cure Catarrh,
Cold in the Head, Ozena, and sores
up the nostrils. With this little in¬
vention -a bent glass tube—which
will be in every box hereafter, y-ou
can blow the Catarrh Power up and
on the inflamed mucous membrane.
If you blow to hard and some of the
Powder goes down your throat, will
do no harm. For sale by Drs. Lee
and Stewart. 3 m.
It is estimated that Henry Ward
Beecher has received for his “chin
music” during the last forty years
the magnificent sum of $750,000.
A teacher in one of our schools
asked the class what w-as the longest
day of the year, and promptly got
the answer: “Sunday.”
Mayor Reese, of Carrolton, has
been appointed United States Com¬
missioner for-Carroll.
The combined ages of Sheriff An¬
derson and ex-Sheriff Ilight, of
Newton county, is near 140 years.
At Atlanta eight sat down to a
quiet game of poker Saturday- night
in a private room. Before the game
wound up Sunday morning $1,400
had been lost. One actor lost $200
and another showman $250. Three
drummer boy-s scooped in all the
money-.
A bailiff in Hart county- found it
necesary, .after levying, to whip the
defendant in fi fa.
The South Americans put sausage
in bark. The North Americans put
bark in sausage.
Sitting with the girls is pleas¬
ant pasttime, but remember,
young man, that it takes hog and
hominy to keep house.
In close application to business
nothing on this footstool exceeds a
mustard plaster.
At a recent meeting of the town
council of Summerville the license to
retail liquor was fixed at $200.
Clay county will soon test the
strength of prohibition. Meetings
have been held recently in its inter¬
est.
A day or two since a local walker,
Mr. Emmet Walker, of Alexandria,
La., met, while out walking, Miss
Walking. They concluded to get
married. It was go-as-you please
match, so they- ran away.
The bluebird twiltereth at this
writing, and “spring time is coming,
gentle Annie.”
The patriotic ladies of the McDuf¬
fie County- Association will soon be¬
gin preparations for the annual ob
servance of Memorial Day.
It is an almost settled fact that
Hartwell Is to have a cotton seed oil
mill and guano factory.
Some body should persuade the
home missionary societies to under¬
take the work of converting the Sal¬
vation Army. The idea of sending
men and money to enlighten the for¬
eign heathen while these people are
running wild at home is preposter¬
ous.
Two defeated candidates for the
Presidency-, both Democrats, have
died within the last week.
The rumor that Lulu Hurst re
tains her Electric powers, we fear,
betokens an early reappearance of
the y-oung lady upon the stage.
Alimony of $5 per month was giv¬
en last week at Jackson county- court.
This is the smallest one on record.
The lawyer’s fee was $25. i
The Queen of Italy employes a fe
male physician. Whenever the
Queen feels a. little out of sorts she
sends for her phy-sician, and the two
talk about the latest fashions. This
is a medicine that w-ill cure almost
any women.
For horses or other Animals, Dr.
J. H. McLern’s Volcanic Oil Lini¬
ment is superior to all other remedies
in cases of Bruises, Fistula, Sprians,
Sores, Cuts, or an special disease. It
is a specific for Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia and Nervous Pains, which im
mediately yield to its magic influ¬
ences. When used according to di¬
rections it relaxes Contracted Mus
cles, renews elasticity in stiff joints
and shriveled limbs. For sale by
Drs. Stewart and Lee. 3 m.
A genuine professional beaver
trapper passed through McDonough
last week. He captured sixteen of
these varmints down on Towaliga
river last week, and was on his way
to the headwaters of the Oconee.
The beaver hides sell in New York
at $1,50 per pound.
For their services in Cincinnati
Sams Jones and Small received $802.
They were in that city about 5
weeks.
Emanuel county- boasts of a child
now about six months old, which
wheighs less than five pounds cloth
ing and all. The little midget is al¬
most perfectly formed, its arms be¬
ing about the size of an ordinary
person’s thumb, and its legs very
little if any larger. The child’s par¬
ents are average sized people, and
this is their first child.
At Oxford, recently, a horse, be¬
longing to Rev. W. A. Farris, bit off
four inches of a cow’s tongue.
The State Fair committee, consist
ing of President Livingston, Mobley
of Hamilton, Lyon of Cartersville,
Hollis of Macon, Nisbet of Bibb, and
McCall of Quitman, will meet in
Macon on February 23, at which
time the place for holding the state
fair will be thorougly discussed.
A Kentucky Judge has improved
on Solomon, oral least made a varia¬
tion on that wiseacre’s famous de¬
cision. Two mothers recently came
before him to claim a baby', and he
settled the dispute by declaring
that neither of the women was fit to
take the child, and then sent it to an
orphan asylum.
A million dollars, it is said, will
weigh one and two thirds tons in
gold, twenty-five tons in subsidiary
silver coin, tw-enty six and three
fourths tons in standard silver coin,
and one hundred tons in nickel.
The J. Woods Pierce—J - Pierce
Weaver injunction case was called
by Judge Marshall J. Clarke at At¬
lanta, Saturday, but continued till
to day because of the absence of Mrs.
J. W. Pierce on account of unavoida¬
ble delays.
Business men, Lawyers, Clergy¬
men and others, whose occupations
are of a sedentary character, often
have the feeling of being literally
worn out, and are reminded very for
cibly of declining years, when if they
knew what ailed them, they would
find all their troubles arose from the
inaction of their kidneys or liver if
they would at such times, take Dr.
J. II. McLean’s Homoeopathic Liver
and Kindey Balm, would again feel
the vigor and strength of maturity,
For sale by Drs. Lee and Stewart.
3 in.
In the Mississippi legislature on
last Saturday in a contested case for
a scat in that body between a white
man and a negro the negro was awar
ded the seat. This act does not smack
much of the old shot gun policy.
A little white boy who was struck
by the stream of water while Gaines¬
ville’s new fire engine was being tes¬
ted, is in a more serious condition
than was at first imagined. He is
now spitting up blood and undergo
ing much pain.
Mr. Joel Chandler Harris has been
suggested for president of the Geor¬
gia Press association, in the event
Colonel Estill declines a re election.
Hancock and McClelland’s funer
als were unostentatious. It was not
necessary to whitewash their char
acters with the pomp and pageantry
of uniformed processions.
It is alleged that Fred Freeman, a
boy of fifteen, killed and robbed the
boy Mauldin, in Toccoa, Ga., whose
mutilated remains were found a few
days ago.
It is whispered that Judge Estes
will be a candiate for Congressional
honors in the Jackson county dis¬
trict.
The Univcrsalists church is gain¬
ing ground rapidly in Franklin
county.
The President will stand by his
Cabinet, and the Democrats in the
Senate will stand by the President.
Some Stewart county farmers are
beginning to raise their own horses
and mules.
At Athens, Friday, a carriage ran
over and broke the neck of a retriev
er dog worth $100.,
Vermont is talking about estab¬
lishing a whipping post for drunk¬
ards, but, as Vermont is strictly a
Prohibition State, how can there be
any drunkards to whip?
job raokij
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*EASTY MAKEIAGH.
“I had rather be in the hands of
God than in my‘ own hands,” wrote
a young Western girl after a few
months of married life. They found
her dead with her throat cut.
This girl was the daughter of
wealthy parents. The man she mar¬
ried was not acceptable to them and
so she ran away with him.
Tfic judgment of the older heads
proved good. The romance wore
off in a few months. Her husband
began to come home drunk, and fi¬
nally he deserted her entirely, leav¬
ing her in wmnt and misery. Her
despairing cry adds one more to
the many warnings that have come
back from undutiful daughters.
Marriage without love is not to bo
advocated, but marriage without
other judgments than a school girl
can exercise is not to be thought of.
—Macon Telegraph.
£. C, Whitehead, who at the re¬
cent term of Superior Court, of
Oconee county was convicted of the
murder of J. L. Hardeman, has been
granted a new trial.
Aunt Hannah—“But don't you
think people will talk and say all
sorts of things about you re marry¬
ing so soon alter the death of your
first wife, Henry?"
Henry—“That’s just like you wo¬
menfolk. It is no fault of mine, is
it, if Clara should be so inconsider¬
ate as to die a short time before my
second marriage?"
The registration books were opened
in the various districts of Baldwin
county on the 10th inst., with an
eye to the prohibition election which
it is understood, will be ordered for
the 22nd of next month.
“Why do you swear at such a lit¬
tle thing?" Bhe asked. “It’s very
wrong, j ou know.” “The size,” said
he, “don’t indicate the thing. ‘Tull
oaths from little ache corns grow. 9 9*
A Western paper wants to know
why a woman always sits on the
floor to pull on her stockings. Prob¬
ably it is because she can’t sit on
the ceiling.
“Some one 1ms invented a theatre
hat that shuts up, to be worn by la¬
dies.” That’s all night. Now lot
the same party invent something
that will hold a young man in his
seat between the acts and tw r o nui¬
sances will be abated.
A manuscript epitaph now in the
possession of an Italian reads: “Here
lies Salvino Armotod’Armati, of
Florence, inventor of spectacles. May
God pardon his sin. The year 13-
18.
Parson (sternly-)—“How could
you come to church to be married to
a man in such a state as that?”
Bride (wceping)““It wasn’t my
fault, sir; I never can get him to
come when he is sober.”
The man tvho prayed for those who
sit under the “drippings of the sanc¬
tuary” was a near relative of anoth¬
er who besought the Lord to “prop
up de brudder and sister with tho
properations of de gospel,”
It is said that Gainesville is about
to have a morning paper.
Commenting on the quiet funeral
of Hancock, the Philadelphia Rec¬
ord says: “So the soldiers of the peo
pie should be buried—their bodies
in the earth, their memory hidden
away in the lasting remembrance of
grieving hearts.”
Some time ago a negro died at In¬
dian springs. There were some cir¬
cumstances attending his death that
justified the suspicion that he had
been poisoned. In order to satisfy
themselves, the Butts county author¬
ities secured the services of an At¬
lanta chemists, who analyzed the
dead man’s stomach. Last week
the chemist presented a bill for
$500 for performing the service re¬
quired of him. Judge Carmichael
thinks the chemist’s charges are ex¬
orbitant and has refused to pay the
bill.