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THE WEEKLY CONSTirUTIQN: TUESDAY, APRIL 3,1883.
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
Maddogsarc In Dooly. A lew fiaysagooacuf
thaw roa.l rnulnn bit a gooso two dogs, and a
child. The gome and doge died from ihe effect*,
and the child, at lait account*, waa expected to die.
A aevere norm of wind and rain occurred In the
northern portion ol Dooly, twelve mile* from Vi
enna, yenerday about 1 o'clock. It carried treo*
and fence* to the ground In It* course. In aome
place* the bottom rail* of fences were blown
The Vindicator raya: One of our office boy* see
ing a marrlagalde gentleman leaving a residence
yesterday, the house of a certain young lady, whero
be makes frequent vlilta, remarked: "You will
have another marriage notice to write up soon.
And we think there Is aome ground for the little
observer’* opinion.
ThuMar and Friday waa consumed by Coweta
court wUhtho suit against the railroad by Harriot
West for ten thousand dollar* damages, for killing
her husband In February ol last.year. There were
nuite a number of witnesses. The argument ton-
suroed Hie entire day Friday- It waa the moat In
teresting case of tho court. Thu speeches on both
sides were very atde. The Advertiser says the Jury
gave the plainllirll.000.—Coweta Advertiser.
Ilr. Joe Nall, assistant postmaster of Atlanta, waa
In Newnan on Duuday.
An enterprising Coweta county farmer, from
redar creek, aold in Newnan. last week 100 pounds
of bacon and a barrel of syrup.
Newman Herald: The death of Mr. Hewell look
place at his residence at half i«*t tour o'clock |. m.
on Friday. Ihe ICth Inst. Mr. Sewell once repre-
tented Coweta countj In the Georgia legislature,
and at the tlmeof hla death ho waa postmaster at
Boacoc, thisrounty.
Hainbridgo Democrat: ft Is rumored that there Is
a quiet movement on foot to begin work at no very
distant day oti lire construct bin of the llalnbrldge,
Culhbcrtand Columbus railroad. We shall watch
the surface of affairs and will keep our readers ad
vised of Ihe truth or falsity of the rumor, and of
the'progrcaa of the movement.
Athens llanner: Mr. Iiode. the baker, baa Intro
duced In Athena a breed of tailless cals, and they
aro multiplying very fast. The kittens are all
hatched minus a caudal appendage.
Dooly county was always remarkable for curlosl
Ilea. The Vindicator tells of Mr. Tom Berry, who
la living noar Vienna, and who has a male hog aev
eral months old, which nurses a cow Just as* calf.
V(hcn this male awlne began this piece of Impu
dence and robbery the cow and calf both prolcrted
against it till the hog by perseverance and rough
treatment to Ihe calf, caused the calf to abandon Its
mother, and this shoal now has full away and
dtawa the milk from the cow dally by a right of
conquest, a* It were, and la an recognised by the
caw and Ihe calf without further objection,
Borne Bulletin: Up to date Home has received
within a fraction of K0.000 bales of cotton for the
year: In round number* It la ml,(too bales, and still
we can aee no material diminution ol the dally re
ceipts. especially If we may form an opinion from
the wagons which dally continue Income on our
streets with thla commodity. Wo should not be
surprised If the receipt* roll up to 100,(W) bales, and
If It falls abort ol this estimate it will nsl be far.
Thla Is a good showing for florae, but she deserves
It, being the beat market In the state. Verily wo
have every cattae for complacency In regard to this
matter, and by proper efforts on the part of our
eitlsena which happily, at last are under consldo.
ration, wo will Improve on this showing hereafter
Henry County Weekly: Judge W. N. Nelson, of
this county, has been a regular aubrcrlliei ui the
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist since
1043.
Marion Argus: In the garden of Mr. tVm. Wells,
of Mnlihtllle there are fourteen or llftceu hun
dred cuttluga of the Ire Conte pear. Ills youngest
aon has twenty acre* In the same |iear. and his nut,
the railroad agonl and telegraph operator, haa live
acres. IV* saw in tha backyard ol Mr. Bells a
Dooly Vindicator: On In formal Ion from a farmer
We stated a few Issues ago, that the peaches were all
killed, we learn later that this was not strictly cor
rect. hut still later we have had more cold, Ice aud
frost, and a general apprelrenilon prevails that
much of Ihe tieach crop la killed or badly Injuicd.
This Is an ImjKirtant crop, and will besserious loss.
Henry County Weekly: John Calloway, an aged
and worthy old negro living In the vicinity of
Captain llamp i ryan's had the mlrfortunu to lose
hla cabin by lira on Monday morulug last, together
with all the provisions and household
dlflOOTCr IOC lira mini it vuuivij W/U1IU uuu*
trol. The kind hearted people of the neighbor
hood got together Immediately end built him a
new houra, boride* furnlriitiiK It "llh bedding
and itit'h other article* of household
utility m their Immediate want* required.
Ilawklnirille Dispatch: Little Tommie Utaham.
of Dooly county, Is entitled to a p illion In the
front rank of the Oeoigfa bora who hare achieved
notoriety by their auwceaful and extraordinary
farming. Tommie la the aon n| short If \V. L. Gra
ham. of Dooly, and waa eleven yeara old laat year,
lie did all the plowing In a crop of twenty-two and
a quarter acrea, arid he la not a large boy tor one ol
Ida age. lie cultivated aeVcntoeii acre* In corn,
four acrca In cotton, ono acre In potatoc*
and a quarter of an aero In sugar
cane. The yield waa two hundred and fifty biuhela
of good coni, two baleaof cotton, one hundred and
fifty buahela of potatoes put up In banka, and sixty-
nine gallon* of syrup. Besides, ho made. It laeail-
maUNi. from seventy live to one hundred bushel*
of cbu(a*,whlch were grown In the com aud amistvd
In the fattening of roveral hogs. As Totamlo waa
under twelve ycara;of ago at the, time the crop waa
planted we think he h entitled to a premium or a
medal from tho Georgia Btato agricultural society.
Klbcrton South: On Faturday aome brute,
without the fear of Oodor man before him, entered
the MethixlDt burying ground In Klbcrton and dug
up and carried of! the lluwera that had been planted
on the grave of Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox'* little babe.
It Is icvoltliig to think that the community pos
sesses an Inhabitant no lost to adf-rcspcct aud
reverence for tho dead.
lira. Mary Ann Turrcntlne, a twin slater of Sena
tor IIIll's mother, la atill lit lug, aged about eighty-
five. Her home la In W averly Hall neighborhood,
Harris county, (the gave tho future senator tho
name of her tlrat husband—Benjamin Harvey.
Klbcrton Houth: That Mr. A. Omer Harper haa
one of the moat plea»*iit homeaatid well arranged
farm* In the county Ilia fences are In flue eondi
each; 300 bushels corn, 200 bushels potatoes, 200
buahela oats. Hi gallons syrup, 1.600 pounds pork,
910.00 worth melons, 3,000 pounds fodder, 100 bush
els ground peas, 50 bushel* chofas. Mr. Butler's
plow horse consisted of a (Ingle black ox.
In Hart superior court 250 Jurymen were chal
lenged before a Jury could be obtained for the trial
of William Doaby, charged with the murder of the
late marshal of Hartwell.
An order baa been recelrcd at St. Simon's Island
for two hundred red birds.
In Early superior court a colored man. aays the
News, was put upon trial for stealing money
from Mr. Grubb, of Leary, Soon after the theft ho
confessed tho crime, and restored most of the
money upon Mr Grubb promising not to pro*e utc
him. Mr. G. kept his promise, but some of the offi
cials of the town decided to prosecute him, and had
him arrested. At the preliminary trial, he again
confessed. A t the final trial all this waa proven by
good citizens, and there wa* not probably a doubt
In thotulud of a single individual as totheguJItof
the accused, yet the Jury was not permitted to p
upon It, and the prLoner waa discharged.
Kavanuah Times: The strangest freak of nature
occurred here at my hotel to day. One of my cats
gave birth to a live twin kitten. In other words,
there was ono body, a rather large head with a face
on each side, four fore lev*, four hind leg* aud two
tails. At last arcounta this kitten was livlug and
apparently enjoying good health.
The Hartwell Bun has been sipping lemonade
from a fourteen ounce lemon brought In by Colo
nel W. Y. Holland.
A large flsh-bawk was seen Hying over Kt HImons
Island with a trout of some two pounds weight In
hla talotia, about noou laat Tuesday.
Floyd county Jail now has only ten Inmates, nine
of which aro colored and ono while, eight males
and two females.
An unusual freak of nature, says the Sumter Re
publican, occurred toour knowledge recently. A
red oak rapling waa cut down, a stake of six or ter
en feet In length was cut off and driven with the
top end up Into the fenoetorner laat July, when it
sprouted up near the ground laat year and up to
ccntly when It wa* extricated It waa growing.
Columbia county has called a meeting for the
purpose of forming an agricultural widely.
The Dublin Tout says that Captain Wilcox will
run his two boats up to Dublin regularly from
below. With two good boats working from the
Central road and two from the road below, Dublin
ought to get her freights on such terms as to make
this tho trade cento: of a circle forty-five inllea In
diameter.
McDuffie Journal: About 3 o'clock Hunday after-
mam, March 11th a serious attempt to murder was
made near handy Hun. at the bourn ol Mr. Humell
Dye. She waa quite 111, notable to leave her
, and they attempted to take her homo with
them. Mr. Dye respit'd and fired the content* of
hrsgun at Ibom and then tried to escape, but the:
followed hhn. ami with an ax split his skull to
tho brain The doctor pronounce* it* very dan
geroiiN wound. Detective I'lnther, of Augusta, and
sheriff CamptKdl have arrested the parties, aud they
aio now awaiting trial.
Humtcr Republican: Tho wife of Mr. Gus Lara-
more of Lee county, dropped dead suddenly, about
nine o'clock Haturday night. Her death
unexpected, and was a sad blow to her .. .
and friends, Mr. learamoru had only been married
about two years, and had every reason to look for
ward to a long and happy life with his loving wife.
We extend to tho sadly bereaved husband and
friends our slncurcst sympathy.
Talbot ton New Era: lion. \V. It. Gorman, former
state senator from this district, baa an elegant
home In Geneva district and 1* oue of Talbot'* live,
progressive farmer*. He has this year perhaps the
largest area of small grain sown on any ouo farm
In thoeoutity ami It is looking exceedingly fine.
The Aucrlcu* Republican says a gentleman who
has recently traveled over Taylor county tells us
that the iuett and women of that county aro all up
and at work, earnestly endeavoring to movo their
coin cribs and smoke houses from tho west, home.
They aro dotennined to plant raoro corn aud raise
more hogs and make cotton a secondary considera
tion, aa the future with all cotton crops showed
them a life of servitude and poverty. With bread
aud meat In abundance tbey can keep fat and
happy, If they do not grow wealthy.
Columbia Fontinel: Laat.Saturday a negro man
brought five hen* to town, which were reputed to
lay eleven egg* a day. One of our cntcrprlMng
young merchants purchased them,and la uowchcr-
string them for a trial.
B. 0. Mitchell, of Bumicr county, haa commenced
■ult for damage* va. the Houth western railroad In
two case* of 92j,U00each, and Lockett A Bryan va.
the same road for 12 000 damage.
Captain Robert Brook* haa been mail commis
sioner In Talbot Valley for twenty-live year*,
and tho New Era say* he has
never been presented for neglect of duty, aud
during the twenty*/!re year* there haa never been
the slightest accident of any kind on his road* and
wagon haa over so much aa stalled ou them
during that time. A pretty good showing for one
Georgia road commlMlotier.
mey *tv wuriu, hum mi (beep, hi* bogs. Ilia cattle
and horvra from thetr healthy appearance show
that hla bln* and rick* are plethoric with provisions
for their wants, Mr. Harper la a progre*slve farmer,
taking a number of newspapers and reaping beue-
tit from the experience of others. He la a hosplta
ble boat, a clever neighbor, and ono of the coming
young men of tho county. Ho has a worthy assist
ant tn tho iwmmage of hi* brother, Mr. Lyndsay
Harper, who las merchant, a mechanic and a far
mer all in ouo.
Gantt has the happy faculty of extracting conso
lation from adrcrslty. Referring to tho c*ca|«
of tho prisoners from the DanfeUville Jail, ho says
the ueewsrity for an adjourned term of theauperior
court la obviated. Judge Dottle will now doubtless
rescind his order, sal ta session would only bo an
unnecessary expense and trouble *o the people.
Meriwether Vindicator: Mr. Monroe Davidson
has arveuty acres tn wheat sowed lu drills. A friend
who recently walked over tlilrty-aix acre* of this
Wheaton tho land* purchased from the csb-te of
Thi* la the second year ho
has settled hla wheat In drills. Laat year he made
10 bushel* per acre with drilled wheat In addi
tion to hi* wheat crop Mr. Davldsou haa a large
area devot'd to oata. which aro looking well. ThU
year he 1* also planting sugar cane very largely tn
order to ratae a Urge crop of seed cane for next
year, when he designs raising a full crop of sugar
cane, buying a mill and making a large quantity of
syrup. Mr. Davidson is a very aueeewul cotton
grower.
The Vindicator has had « meeting with Mr. K. M.
Brooks, the great inventor, now ol like, but for
merly a citlien of Meriwether county. He aays that
Iheflret patent ever taken out by a citlien of Meri
wether was granted him la 1*49. This was for a
cotton planter. Since that time, Mr. Brooka ha*
been given t ateut rights for ti inventions. He was
the first to Invent the cotton acrew in iu Improved
method of packing cotton. The moat profitable in
vention 1* hie car coupler which is rapidly coming
Into notice, the sale ol which will render Mr.
llrooks one of the wealthiest men In the south.
Another valuable luwution is one patented April
4th, USSJ^known as the Brooks Eccentric cotton
gin. The Improvements belong t> the feeder and
condenser and are of great value.
Lieutenant Oscar J. Brown, of the first cavalry,
Is a member of conrimartlal at Fort Hal leek, Neva
da. Ills m »ther U a resident of Newnan.
There is nothing like work, in {aiming. The
Early County News says: A geutleman, w bona we
have always found uptight and truthful, tol lust
few days since that Mr. Wm. Butler, of Miller coun
ty, made, last year, on poor randy laid, the follow
ing crop: "5 bales cotton, weighing 506 pounds
The Irwlntnti Appeal says: There ia a little Ma
ry connected with one of the chlmueva across the
way, attached to the house occupied
"•*-*- -* *—— ■ ‘“id J
we hare Iteen
r lory connected
wiili tho pieco of masonry In question, however,
1* this: We have been Itifonued from an authentic
standpoint that tlie brick of which the chimney t*
built wa* manufactured conjointly by man and
wlfa, using their feel In preixtrlng the mortar for
the molds. Tho "modus operand l" of how this
anclvn: pair manipulated the mortar Is not giv
en, but It la to be presumed tnat tho woman must
have appeared rather ridiculous Jumping up and
down and squelching the sticky mud between her
toes.
A vcntleman In llawkliisvllle haa aome educated
chickens.
Crawford New*: There is a wooden legged negro
In Crawford who slip* upon something vine than
the truth occasionally. Ho waa asked the other
day why he didn't come to cut wood for certain
"Oh," he Mid. "msMer, I had a rising
their attention to the law parsed In 1874 by the
Georgia legislature on that subject. Another law
limiting (he period of tbootlog doves, partridges
and turkeys Is laid down elsewhere, and takes effect
at the Mine time these birds begin to mate and
nest; but here I* the law first referred to: Georgia
laws, 1874, p. 400, you find p. 74 section 1. "Be ft
enacted, etc.. That from and after the postage ol
this act any person who aball kill, trap, snare, or
otherwise destroy any whlp|K>rwill t *pArrow,tbru*h,
mocking tdrd, finch, martin, chimney swallow,
flicker, oriole, red biro, cedar bird, yannager, cat
bird, blue bird, or other insectiveroiis bird, or
shall rob or destroy the nest or eggs of any such
bird shall be held and found guilts of a misde
meanor, and on coufiction thereof shall be pun
ished as prescribed in section 4705 of the code of
Georgia/’
The Eagle says that Lonzo Stringer, and two mer
by the name of Hampton and Roberts, have been
arrested, charged wilh killing William Gaddis,
last Wednesday night, about seven miles from Dah-
lonegA. The warrant was sworn out by Gaddls'i
wife, who stated that her husband waa a witness
against Lonzo Stringer iu the United States court,
and waa called out by these three men and shot by
Stringer In her presence on the night mentioned.
It Is generally believed that she is mistaken ax to
Mr. Hampton, as he fed the Pigeon Roost mill
tho night the deed was committed. On the same
night Mr. Cart McDonald’s wife (hot at some oue at
her com cnb, which Is not far from where it is eald
the murder was cowmitte<l%nd next morning a
sack was found with blood on It, and it Js thought
by some that this man was (hot at the crib by thi
woman Instead of Stringer. A11 three of these par
ties are In jail, and will doubtless have a hearing
to morrow, which will solve the mystery.
DeKalb News: We heard yesterday of a shock
ing carnality which occurred at Lfthoiila Monday
evening. Mr. J. C. Johuson'* ha'f Jersey bull at
tacked Mrs. Farmer, wife of Mr. Newt Farmer, and
daughter of Mr. New, and gored her terribly. It is
sold that several rib* were woken, aud other Inju
ries received. Mr* Farmer wa*standing inside the
yard near the street, when the vicious brute carnc
day wheu he came across what be took t§ he an
enormous decayed trce.but finally discovered that ff
was a rattlesnake, and went on to state that the
snake was about four feet in diameter, and that
had moss ou its bock and (ides three Inches long,
aud that iu ribs were four inches wide and thatiu
mouth looked, wheu open, like a cave, and wheu
It (hook its tattles it sounded terrible. He said he
killed the snake and cooked it up Into oil; he says
he got four barrels and a half of pure oil out of It,
and that the snake, bysctual tape Hue measure
ment, was eighty-five feet long. lie also stated
that no longer than a week ago he went /hiring at
an old pond near hip place and that he came across
an alligator two hundred and eighty feet long and
that it had cracks In Its back a foot deep.
A young lady noar Brninbridge has about four
acres in onions, and expects to realize 11,500 on her
crop.
Camilla Clarion: Mr. John Frazier,of this county,
owns 1400 sheep and several hundred cattle. If you
want to see an old time Independent patriarch,
who lives at borne happily, and owes no man any
thing, Uncle John is your man. As fast as hla sons
marry be settles them eff in a comfortable home.
There are two more ringle ones, girls.
Several new gold mines will soon be opened-In
White county.
Red strawberries and white frost have been eeen
on many a strawberry bed in Early this month.
At Hampton, a negro girl attempted suicide by
taking morphine. The physician gave her stripes
enough to have lasted ten years In alav4b time,
and thereby saved her life,
In the Thom a.* ton Times Mrs. Jane Weaver gives
the following notice: This Is to give notice that my
daughter. Molllc Zorn, who married ram Weaver
up 'U several times, but without effect, and after
being followed some distance into the woods turn
ed upon his pursuers and ran them out, and was
left master ol the situation.
Oglethorpe Echo: Ben Williams, the well known
colored blacksmith, ha* been seut to the chain
gang nine months lor Kidnapping.
DohlonegaSignal: Mr. Washington Edmutidson,
who died Four mile# northeast ol this place on the
2d instant, was a soldier in Jackson's war, and a
noble one. too. He drew a pension for bis service*,
which enabled him to live without the help ol
others. He left a third wife and three,small chil
dren. Mr. E. was eighty-nine year* of ago, and
spent the greater number of his days In this county
A man with an ox cart, from Cherokee county,
N. C.,a dlaiance of 130 miles, was in Gainesville Bat-
urday, getting hi# year’s supply of goods. He
livednys In coming.
A man near Wahoo, in Lumpkin county, has a
nail three Inches long ou hlslittle linger.
Last week while two little sons of Joseph Church,
of the Fork district, Rabuu county, were out chop
ping near the house, a sapling accidentally fell
upon tho bead of the younger ono, ccalplug nearly
all of the back pari of bis head, causing a ghastly
aud dangerous wound. The*llttle boy is yet alive
but hla final recovery is doubtful.
Tho Gainesville Eagle rays: A young lady In our
town gave birth loan Illegitimate child*on Monday
night. Her character is forever (tallied whilo her
seducer lives chaste In the eyes of the world, and Is
ready to carry ruin and degradation to some other
happy household. Oh, tbanm avenging God may
smite him for his wickedness.
Mr. Joseph Durden, a young armor of Emanuel
county, sold live hundred pounds of incat—hams,
shouldeis and middlings—In Bwainesboro on Fri
day last at an average of 13 cents per pound. 8ure
ly there's a little meat In.the old land yet.
Humtcr Republican: On Tuesday night three
men from Schley c- untygot too much mean whisky
til them: one of them knocked a negro woman
down as she was leaving church. The police toon
had them tn the calaboose, and the next day Sol.
lfolsey swore out a warrant against two of them for
assault and battery: J. It. Ueuaou and oue of the
Etheridges are now in Jail.
The little daughter of Sfr. Cicero Moon, of Mon
roc, was burned to death last week.
ThomasvlUo Times: Our very beat acknowledge
ments aro tendered to a good ludy friend fora large
dish of delicious ripe strawberries. Banked and sur
rounded by some rare and beautiful flower*. May
"Ou the wooden part, sir?"
parties,
rn^b'g.
We learn from the Hamilton County (Fla.) Times
that Mr. T. A. Polhtll, of BcllviUo, has a hog which
weighs 800 jH>nnd». He proposes to keep him until
next winter, when he expects him to weigh !,f00
pounds. Mr. PolhlU has a brother living In this
couuly who says that his brother In Florida has
killed a hog every winter for the past ten yeara
which would weigh over lOO pounds. This demon
strates the fact that hogs, big bogs, can be raised In
the south.
lion. IV. T. McArthur, of Montgomery county,
has returned from hla recent trip to Cuba.
Greensboro Home Journal: One of our farmers
rought loltie village.* few days since, thirty bale*
of cotton and carried offabout 1,000 pounds of meal.
Truly It looks like prosperity when a man can pay
cotton for meat for Ids hands at the time ihe meal is
bought instead of walling to make tbecottou. A
small pleasure party, piloted by a young lady of the
village, started one day recently about noon to vUH
(he Hat Rock. They got lost, and arrived at the
Rock tn time to view it by the "failing light of the
dying day." Got home at Oo'clock safe and sound.
The young lady thinks she will know the way the
next time. Perhaps with different compauy.
Mary- Ivy, a negro girl lirittg near Parks Mills, was
bitten by a mad dog on last Monday morning. The
animal waa afterwards killed by Nathan llutcldsou.
Within the last four or five years Appllug county
has nearly doubled itself iu taxable property. The
turpentine aud lumber Industries have gained a
strong hold in this county, while the farming in
terest bare suffered more or less, owing to the
scarcity of farm labor.
I«a»t Faturday night about 9 o'clock, rays the Car-
tcrviUe Free Press, as Mr. Jason Fowler, a man who
lives near Howard's l<rae kiln, was quietly wending
his homeward way, be was suddenly confronted In
the dark by a man who asked him lu a surly voice
why he kept following him, at therama time (dung
ing a knife at him. Fortunately for Mr. Fowler, no
serious injury was sustained.the knife merely graz
ing the skin on his left side, though a* he raid one
might as well be kilted as scared to death.
There Is not a Jew In Greene county.
Cempbell County News Utter: The calaboose
wassri on fire ou hut Wednesday night by a pris
oner confined therein. In the hope of getting out
by bunting the deordown Fortunately the fire
wa* direovrred from the outside and extinguished
before much damage was done. ThU raved the
prisoner's life, as he would, certainly have been
sn inhered to death by the stnok# aud dames be
fore the door was buried down.
Hon. W. T. McArthur’s residence in IHxlge
her f*ce ever wear the bright smile of contentmen
and heart bo as happy as T tla pure. .
Wrlgbtsvlllo Recorder: Mr. Sampson Johnson
killed a largo owl one night this week.
Tno Recorder tells the following: Perhaps several
of our readers have heard It, but Is nevertheless
true, that an old lady living ou thla side of the Oco
nco river, paid Wilkinson county a visit several
years ago, and on hor return, as she was crossing
the river, before the boat bad landed, leaped out
and exclaimed: "Thank God I'm back to old Geor
gia."
The Llncolnton News throws all the oilier cam!!-
date*to the winds, and boldly declares that "Hon.
Patrick Walsh, In thU section more popular than
any other public man In thi state. Is strengthening
his hold lu the hearts of the people by the public
spirited and generous aid which he is giving to the
building of our road, lie is a legion within him
self, and with the other prominent and rc*i<cctablo
citizens, who, a* directors,support tho management
of President Verdery, how could we be otherwise
than perfectly satisfied, and indeed, proud of our
railroad enterprise?"
The Conyers Weekly states that the capital stock
of the new factory contemplated at Pcacbstone
8))o*l* has been Jnrreased from 9250,000 to 9650,000.
Only cotton yams and glughams will be manufac
tured.
A little girl of U. T. Ma-burn, of Gwinnett coun
ty, was bitten by a rabid dog last week.
Louisville Farmer: On Monday night last a ne
gro wa* shot and ki ted by Mr. KelghUey Harper, at
Halley's Mill, iu Camden county.
The old bale of cotton recently sold by Mr. John
Morgan, of Rockdale, will be sent to the Louisville
exposition.
t'onyen Weekly: It will be remembered that a
young man. claiming to bo from charleston, was
taken out of the negro car of the const ruction train
by a party of young men, some time ago and pub
licly honwhtp|»ed. The young man i» now travel
ing fora Richmond, Va.. tobacco house and p*«sed
through the city last week. He say* that the whip
ping he received has made a mau of him. If ft haa
such an Industrious • tVect the boys should try
their hand on every tramp that comes through.
Emanuel Itemfzer: Two weeks ago we announced
that Mr. L. B. Clay was about to commence the
boring of an arte*iau well at MidviUe, thi* county
Oa Thursday we received a note from that gentle
man announcing that he had stnick water at the
depth of feet, aud that the flow was steadv and
copious. Mr. C. my* that when he gets tn his larger
— - • ■- - - allons per minute.
buradsy from that
village, aud brought a Jug full of the water with
him. which was clear aa crystal aud of excellent
luality.
The ftemizerhas been informed that at Summer-
town. iu Kmanual, Mr. Chess Falrcloth, a member
of the mercantile firm of 8. C. Coleman A Co., of
said village, wo* severely wounded by being ihot
in the head wilh a pistol in the baud of Thomas J.
Kent, coustablc of the 67th dis
trict. The cause* that lead to this
difficulty ary entirely too iudcccnl and cost
to besmear the column* ol a journal. Bufilceitto
my, that the frailty of a woman, a wife, la the secret
of the whole affair.
1 >*uieIsvtile Monitor: On last Sunday Mr.J. E
Gordo* and family had a very narrow escafie from
what might have been a serious affair. It seems that
he. with bis wife and two children, were In a buggy
and driving a latge mule which he t hough t waa safe,
when It became frightened and ran Into another
booty iu front In which there waa a you tig man and
lady, and turned the front buggy over and emptied
iu load, and thtew John and his family from thetr
buggy, aud ktiocked.Ute hone hitched to the front
buggy down, and the mule that John was driving
broke loose from hla buggy and ran off. leaving the
two buggies and alt the people and one horse piled
up together In the road.
Borne miscreant set fire to the corn crib of Mr. A.
F. Prevail, of Ihornas county, on Tuesday night
The building and something over six huudred
bushels of corn, thirty odd bushels of peas, and a
lot of fodder was entirely consumed. It was clear
ly the work of an lucendtary.
The Mirror rays: Edmond Laws, a worthy color
ed man .and a deacon In one of the county churches,
a mau who is respected by his race, and to doubt
QBUKiuvr. numv »ujui
contrary to my wishes is not quite sixteen yean old
and 1 am entitled to her services, and that 1 shall
prosecute any one who gives her employ meat with
out my consent and I shall claim her wages.
Leary Courier: An old colored man by the name
of Martin Burch presented! himself before the
grand jury last week aud it was recommended that
Be be placed on the pauj*er Hst. JI«j is truly an
object of pity. Taking charge of the court house,
he awaits the meeting of tho board of commission
ers. The citizens kindly feed him, but no colored
people go near him. He reports the wonderful age
of 101 years, raying lie knew George Washington
very well besides being acquainted with General
Cogbam. (Loot history state who that general
was?) He rays he waa a young man. during the
revolutionary war. aud about 15 yeara old when
the stars fell. He states he lived In Bheiry. N. C„
and heard the bfg rock wnon it fell lu Georgia,
and which sunk four feet Into the ground, and
had writing on the bottom which no man could
read and signed by tlie Lord.
Berrien county haa had a romance. Mr. Jake
Barnes, aged seventeen, took unto himself a wife
the other day, Miss Whitley, aged fourteen. The
News says: May the sacred flame they have kindled
upon their altar continue bright during their voyage
over the turbulent waters of life.
George McMillan killed a fine deer Thursday in
Berrien. He came through town with It. and was
the cyuosure of all eyes: and we candidly believe
he wa* one of tho happiest beings this side of
lleaveu-
Talbotton Reporter: Colonel T. J. I.urosden. on
Friday last, brought a sick gentleman a bowl of de
licious strawberries grown lu the open air.
It coats Jasper couuty nearly $25,000a year to keep
up her fences, and still many of her citizens are
opposed to tho stock law.
Mr. J. W. T. Jones, of Talbot county, has pro
bably tho largest collection of old coins and Indian
relies, to be found In any private collection in Geor
gia. The Register says: Hi* cabinets are worth sev
eral thousand dollars. Mr. Jones Is also thoroughly
posted a* to numismatics and the prehistoric In
dian occupation of this country.
The Dublin Gazettosays the woods aril redolent
wilh the perfume of crabappleand hawthorn blos
soms.
The Walton Newt has this: Mr. Benjamin Leach,
of this county, whose marriage was to have taken
place dnriug court week, but was postponed bo
cause ho was locked up on the Jury in the murder
case, was married lari Sunday, at I*ocust Grovci
Henry county, to Miss Sarah F. Jinks. A few Jays
since the flue hone of Dr. thomas, of Walnut
Grove, ran away with him, throwing him out of the
buggy.’ The doctor hollered to a man in tho road
to stop bis horse. Tho man picked up a heavy
stick, but tho horse paid no attention to
stick, and went dashing by. As he passed the man
struck the hone with the stick and killed him
dead.
Vtldosta Times: it is almost a dally-occuircnce
to see a cart or a waton load of homemade bacon
on the streets of Valdosta for rale. In the history
of tho town so much country cured meat has uet
been offered for rale lu our midst In one season be
fore, aud it is the most positive evidence of pros
perity we have seen The country, the cotton-
growing country, that can make lu own bacon,
and have some to sell, is certainly In a flue coudi-
POLITICAL NOTBB.
tlon. Five years ago it was the rarest thing con
ceivable to be able to buy country haras. Now
they can be had almost any day in our grocery
stores. Lowndes county Is In a good condition and
is yearly getting better. Her farmers, aa a rule, aro
Industrious, economizing, improving their farms,
and a good many aro laying something away for a
rainy day. she stands among the first counties
in the state and nothing but a dlaaatroua actuon
can check her prosperty or blight her prospects.
Mr. A. M. Cox brought into Covington,' tho foot
of an owl, oa Monday, which he had killed a few
days ago, and which measured four feet from tip to
tip of his wings. The Star treasures it as au omeu
of good luck.
Tslbotton Era: A lady In Talbotton put twenty
kept burning In the parlor until a late hour that kaa been telling us some wonderful tales. He rays
night. *»? «**:?*** ■ ll1 . *»■’ i «»• porauws In bis notion are so plentiful that he
drraeath the hearth, and the family having retired- L/.k w« Y
no one discovered It until next morning. , 10 tlc * l “ cm out bis way with his feet in
Gainesville Eagle: As the shooting of bird# j, trough the woods. He rays he was para-
raging among our youth, U will do no harm to call: * n * Along a skirt of woods back of hi* hocze one
to hear of the succera of
good people of MidviUe to have good fresh water,
(bough living upon tho banks of theOgccchec, they
have Invested in an arterial well, which now is a
Mim'M,delivering thirty to forty gallons per minute
aud will take the water twenty five or thirty feet
above tho surface of the ground* Wc tender
congratulations more especially to
L. D. Clay, whoso inde
fatigable energy has brougu tout there results, and
in this line will call the attention of our city
lathers and those Interested to the fact, that such
an Institution would Ire of an invaluable benefit to
our town aside from the benefit In increased health-
fiilnem (and our town 1* oue among the healthiest),
the safety from fire—lessen lug insurance—coaling
the tolling horse and the weary traveler. Mr. Clay,
herc'sihe place to put your next "hole in tho
ground."
Fort Gaines Mirror: Mr. B. F. Hudspeth killed
a wild turkey Saturday morning last that weighed
19‘, |M)und* after it was dressed and had aboard
cloven Inches long. *
Pike County News: A little fellow being told by
a young man to get off ni* knee—he waa too heavy
to hold in that way, made quite a sensation among
the trenouspresent by yffltug back: "Too heavy,
hey? sister 8al weighs a hundred pounds more than
I, and you held her on your knee for four hours
lust night."
JoliUM>n superior court eonvenea next week. The
editorof the Dalton Gazette intimates that he will
Ire on band with an empty pocket, seeking from
whom lie may collect back subscriptions,
ready double due.
The new Tallret jail will be built of brick and
Iron, and Will cost from 95,000 to 17,000.
SWKBT BELLS JANGLED.
I wl*t not If I ree the imllc
Of any lad. In street or lane;
I only know that after w hlle
He will not Mnilc again.
Edmcnm and Harrison for 1884 it a Kansas
combination.
A coMPrL?ORY education bill hat passed the
Rhode Island legislature.
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, has ap
proved the high license dramshop bill,
Senator Blair favors David Davis as the
next republican presidential cundidate.
Eliiiu B. Washburn declines to run for
mayor of Chicago ou the republican ticket.
At the ln«t queen’s drawing room the
princess o! Wales wore two shades of green.
The Missouri legislature is considering a
bill to levy a tax on the gross earnings of railroads.
A little tin liutler on wheels" is what
the Bpriugfield Union calls ex-Governor Bpr&tue.
Tup, Malagasy commissioners, who have ar
rived in New lork, will sail for Germany in a few
days.
The democratic legislature. of New York
has killed a bill forbidding political assessmeutson
municipal employes.
Hon. Thus. A. Herndon, merabor elect to
congress from the first district of Alabama, died
yesterday, aged fifty-five years.
Ex-Governor Ht. John, of Kansas, now
wautstobe mayor of Leavenworth, where he will
settle down after his lecturing tour.
About the only ruler who holds grimly out
agalubt the fatigues and burdens of office is Presi
dent Grevy, of Franee. He is a tough one.
Spyglasses are in great demand by Massa
chusetts republicans who are trying to And a candi
date to beat Governor Butler, remarks the New
York*htar.
If Judah P. Benjamin is elevated to the
Brltirii bench, ho will be the second Jew thus hon
ored; Sir George Jewel, who has just died, having
been the first.
Tins is the season when "Bob Veal" is seen
la tho market. Bob real is a calf lira than lour
weeks old. In Vermont it is a line or Imprisonment
for selling it.
The Hon. Lionel Sackville West, tho Brit
ish minister lu tbi* country, and Senator Bayard,
have engaged rooms at Saratoga for the coming sea
son.
Jefferson^Davis, cx-president of the Con
federate states, will deliver the opening address at
the meeting of .the Bouthem Historical society in
Nashville on May 21.
Miss Margaret vk Doodahy, credited with
being the most beautiful girl in Hungary, died
suddenly a few days ago. She had just been be
trothed to young Bismarck.
Tennessee pays a pension of $10per month
to each of her citizens who fought in the war and
lost one or both eyes, whether he served in the fed
eral or confedetate armies.'
The SL Paul Pioneer-Press says the temper
ance people of Minnesota, if they will go into the
canvass on a high-liccure platform, can elect a ma
jority of the next legislature.
Thomas J. Stevens, the democratic candi
date for mayor of Cincinnati, is u practical and suc
cessful business man,*about CO years of age, who
started in life as a cabin boy on ihe river.
Edith Fish, a tine woman with the Eng
lish accent, is to marry Blr Stafford Northcote’s sou,
a triumph of the Alabama claims Joint commission
Edith at thirty has the repose of Vera de Vere.
Boxes of w*edding cake have been received
in Washington from the wedding of ex Ucnator
Davis. They are ornameuted with a couple of coo
ing turtle doves, and the idea of tho huge bride
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Tha Latest Neva About Ihe iestb aad IU Falks-
Ceadcaacd for the Oeastltatlea.
Virginia.
The Virginia state Normal colored school is
to be erected In Chesterfield county, to ccst 985,000,
not including 913,500 for the rite.
Virginia is about to build a college for col
ored youths within a stone's throw of the Crater
fight, Just out of Petersburg. In the struggle at the
Crater hundreds of colored troops were riaughtered.
Moutli Carolina.
Northern tourlatu continue to pour into
Charleston.
The cotton seed oil mills In Boutb Carolina,
do not seem to be doing so well.
The Charleston, South Carolina, factory
continues steady shipments of yarns to New York.
South Carolina has 2,078 manufacturing
establishments, with a capital of fl,205,8W inverted.
Value of products 910,738,008.
In Newberry county, 8onth Carolina, there
are eight Lutheran ministers, five Methodist, two
Associate Reformed, two Baptist, one Presbyterian,
and uo Episcopalians. •
Florida.
Work has commenced on the railroad
from Ocala to Tampa, Fla.
The orange crop of the current year, in
Florida, will be tho largest ever grown in that state.
W. H. Pillow, has shipped north from Jack
sonville, Florida, this season 20,269 quarts of straw
berries; also, ill crates of tomatoes.
Some 3,507 passengers arrived in Jackson
ville, FIs., lost week.
>y iconoclastic jesters.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE,
I have no ulml to feel the touch
Of gentle hand' on brow or hair:
The lack of thi^ once pained me much.
And re I have a care
Ah! once I fared not all alone;
Atnl once, uo matter, rain or 'now.
The 'ummer reu forever shouc—
Because 1 loved her re!
With always tremblings in her hand*.
And alway* blushi> unaware.
Aud always rippiea down the strand*
• Of her long yellow hair.
I need* must weep a little space.
Rem mberlug her laughing e>e* (
Aud curving Up. and lifted face,
Aad look ol mock surprtre.
O Joy i« dead In every part.
And faith and hope: and so I sing—
In all the graveyard of my heart
Love is the iT *
Whiter
ib Riley.
Mr. Vanderbilt, the millionaire, is having
built a 950,000annex to his picture gallery.
Miss Anna Dawes, daughter of 8enator
Dawes, of Massachusetts, has accepted an editorial
iresitlon ou the Pittsfield Bun.
The trial of llev. Reginald Heber Newton
for dissemination of doctrine unbecoming an Epis
copalian, will begin In a few days.
Sitting Bull would not again take the war
path under any consideration, but thinks lie would
make a first-class Omaha ticket-scalper.
Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun
proposes to build an 980,COO house at tho corner of
Madison avenue and sixtieth street, New York.
Joint Richard Green was an omnivorous
reader, and like Macaulay, owed much of bis sue
cess to tho rapidity with which he could go over
authorities.
Robert Goelkt, of New York, has com
pleted a 9100,OOOcottage at Newport.
Mrs. CpWLEJt, Senator Thurman’s daughter,
proposes to build a flue villa at Newport.
The reigning beauty of 1 Ireland is a Belfast
mill girl. Crowds, it is said, surround the mill
dally to see her as she takes her departure.
There is a thrilling rumor that a Miss
Woodhull who has been masquerading in London
as an American actress is none other than our
YJctoria Woodhull redivlva,
1’kince Leopold, of Hohenzollern, brother
of the duchess of Connaught, has been apprenticed
to learn the trade of a locksmith, In accordance
with the custom of the royal family ol Prussia.
According to u recent 8|>uech in the cortes,
the Spanish army is snrprUiugly "over-gener-
ailed," having ono general to every 518 men. In
France the proportion is oue to 1,500; in England
oue to 1,759, and iu Germany one to 1,514.
General Grant, when asked to sign the
petition in favor of making all physicians equal
before the law in the government service, said be
would "give hoinn-path# uo encouragement dl
rectly or Indirectly!"
It is a part of Madauie Nilsson’s perfect art
that her whole manner chauges with the subject of
her singiux- If It is some great oratorio aria that
she Is rendering, (he rises to the dlgnits
theme and puts on her grand manner. I
ballad, she i* simplicity itself.
Certain sections of the New York city* re
mains as provincial as they were when they were
little scattered villages and before they took on
brown stone dignity and became connected. There
are people in Yorkville who are as distinct in their
way* from the down town New Yorkers* the people
of Bath, Clifton or Rutherford. The other evening
a Harlem man was saying. "Some of you people put
ou airs because you are Yorkers."
And wbat, in the name of goodness, is
this?" atked Mr#. David Davis,as the senator lugged
remethlug into the room and dropped it at her feet
"This is my shirt, darling, and f will be greatly ob
liged tf you will sew on a button for me." "David
Davis," mid the lady, sternly, "when you briugme
your shirt I will sew on a button for you.with pleas
ure. as becomes* fond aud dutiful wife; but just
now, sir, I must insist upon your removing tblsclr-
u* canvas from my apartment."
Mrs. Langtry sent the buff leather shoes
she wears when she is RosalltM to the shop for re
pairs in Pittsburg. The fact having been ascertained
by the Pittsburg ladies at the Central hotel, they
prevailed upon the accomodating shoemaker to be
allowed to try the shoes on. Mach o the dbguft
of the fair experimenters only one lady was found
who could get her feet into Langtry's No. 4s. And
yet the avenge Pitlrirarg woman Is rather proud of
her feet.
Judge William O. Barrows, of the su
preme eourt of Maine, who, within a few years, has
passed the (cntence of imprisonment for life, the
highest the laws of Maine then allowed, upon nine
murderer*, cays Uri* is not a case where frequent
repetition makes the duty light. "On the contra
ry," says the judge. "my heart Is more and more
oppressed with the feeling that thenumberof th«> *
who harbor malice, until their heart* become re*
gardltss of serial duty and fatally bent on mbchief,
is Increasing in our state."
The Grand Duke Vladimir has just given a
\t azure g uze. picked out with wa er lilies, and a
.au. When this princess approached to do homage
to the empress that august lady cost a look of dis
gust on the fair naiad, then turned her back on bet
and whispered a few words to the emperor, who
was also visibly shocked. A few minutes later the
Alnlmmit.
The Presbytery of Tuscaloosa will meet in
Gadsden, Ala., April 18th.
Thebe is not a White, a Black, a Brown, a
Jones or a Robinson, living in Tuskcgee, Ala.
The Alabama State Teachers' association
will convene in Montgomery April Ilth, I2th and
13th.
Most of the farmers in southern Alabama
have finished planting corn and in many locali
ties it is up and looking well.
Birmingham, Ala., will soon have another
hotel.
There were 2,000 arrests Jn Birmingham,
Ala., lost year.
A $150,000 factory will be erected at Leu
Islaud shoals. on the Coosa river, Alabama.
The legislature, of Alabama, has defined a
bushel of cotton reed to be thirty two pounds ar-
vordiipols.
At a luncheon given to some friends in
Mobile of Augusta C. Kvsns, the wine served to her
guests was made her own hanuj.
Kvidence of Birmingham's, Ala., prosperity
aro on every hand. Numbers ofatrangen In tho
city, and real estate attracting attention.
Mr. Pat Powers, of near Montgomery,
Alabama, was tho first In that locality to have green
peas la market. Jfc sold (hem lor 94.00 per bushel.
JflMlNKlppl.
Vicksburg, Miss., is to have waterworks.
Planting has begun in the Mississippi bot
toms.
Greenville is to have the first Musunic
temple in Mississippi.
Long staple cotton is attracting attention
In the Mississippi bottom.
The unnual meeting of the sanitary council
ol tho Mississippi valley will be held at Jackson,
April 3rd.
Mississippi lias 1,470 manufacturing estab
lishments with a capital of 91.727.000; value of
products 97,518,302.
Senator La.war, of Mississippi, recently
sold* fine Jersey calf from his Lafayette county
stock farm, to Seuator McPherson, of Now Jersey.
LonJaJnnn.
Thebe are being built at the present time
in Louisiana more Jails than school houses.
On the 14th instant, the largest sale of cot-,
ton ever made in Shreveport, La., wa# recorded,
•mounting to 2,273 bales.
MARKSV1LT.E parish, Louisiana, is making
efforts for tne largest com crop made in years.
The death list In New Orleans last week,
.wa* the largest since the epidemic of 1878, being 172
from ail causes.
Texas.
Fifty citizens of Dalles, Texas, have sub
scribed ihe money to build a $30,000 opera houw.
Tim name Texas, is from the Indian word,
"Toh.l," meaning "paradhe.”
Bomk farmers in Colorado county, Texas,
Hill have cotton in their fields notyet picked out.
Tiixrk ie an artesian well in Tom Green
county, Texas, coo feet deep that sIToids 00,000 gal
lon, ol water per hour.
„ r.nnemee.
The East Tennessee Hunday school conven
tion meets in Morriatowu in May.
Metcalf county .Tennessee, farmers are sow
ing a vast quantity of clover and grass eeeda.
Cholera liax appeared among the hogs in
some part, ol Tenneuce, •
A 110 pound turtle was caught near Ripley,
Tcuncmee, last week.
Smallpox cases aro beginning to reappear
lu portions of East Tennessee.
Kait Texxehaee Is now full of northern and
western people huntlog homes.
The session of the Medical society of the
ststo of Tennessee will be held In NsshvlUo Apnl
10th.
1'EBav WttALEV and sons, of Seiver county,
Tennessee, have killed'tire largo best, the past
winter.
So far, the prospects for an abundant fruit
cropofall kind, was never-more promising in
Tennessee.
Two thousand bushels of Irish potatoes
here been .old In itockwood, Tcnnnsce.i during
the pest week.
The Hast Tennessee farmers convention
will meet tn Knoxville Uey 22nd.
Chattaiioooa, Tennessee, will have a first
clam race course In a few monthi.
The East Tennessee 8unday school conven
tion meets In liny next In Morristown.;
The new waterworks at Knoxville, Tenn-
sce. will be In operation within a month.
The fruit prospects In East Tennessee, have
not been Injured by the late cold weather aa the
trees sre not tar advanced in budding.
The railroads guarantee Chattanooga such
rates tor esrrylng fruits and vegetables aa will en
able them to compete with any other points In thc-
state.
Os a deed which was registered at Dresden,
Tennessee, a lew day, sgo Ihe .Ignatlire, ol ten par
lous were required, and out ol the numbers nine-
made their mark.
Thebe are 00 Mormon missionaries in the
south who calculate to secure stout TOO converts
thla year. The elders my East and middle Tennes
see^, re the most fruitful fields for the mlmfons-
I.v the immediate vicinity of Chattanooga,
fruit teems to have escaped damage.
Kentucky.
A Hatcav Cocsty, Ky., goat gave birth to*
eight kids last week.
Lexixotox claims to have the handsomest
courthouse tn central Kentucky.
Dubieu the winter one house in Owensboro,
Ky.,.hipped l.unbarreltof potatoes.
Arkansas.
A bill baa b^n introduced in the senate
Arkansas, by Mr. Thomptoo, of Julsskf. which
provides that two or more j'Cr.ons armed with
deadly weapon., who shall errtcpttn rob railroad '
trains, stage* steamboats or oUrer vehicles used as
public conveyances shall 1* deemed guilty ol