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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS TUESDAY JUNE 3 1884 TWELVE PAGHHL
UNCLE REMDS.
TBR FUN AND PnlLOSOPHY OF THK
OLD HOME.
illn ot th. Atlmll-, Mr. Dr*. WHI
. Kaowi HU Taalk Toa .Mach tor Brie
i. sad Brtr Babbit Movaa to Boro
. DOI'J Sleuth 8.wad Up.
???Kvo???y time I run over in my min' 'bout
the prnats cr Brer Rabbit," Uncle Kemus
continuri], without giving the little boy time
to itk nny more emhirri&ing questions about
Mr. blen ar.il bis wagon inll of money, "bit
make me laugh mo* en mo'. Ho moot alien
tome CIO ton top, yit dey wuz time* w???en he
hatter be migbtyepry."
???When wu that Uncle Remus???? inquired
the little boy."
"I min' me er ono time w'en de t'er cree-
ture all git de laugh on Mm," reeporded tbo
old man, "en dey mike 'Im feel eorter
'shame'. UUacem lak dat dey 'ui some
kinder bodderment munga de creatures en
wui went out dat dey all got ter meet
trwge???er aomo'rs en ontangie de tanglements,
"W'en do time come, dey wuz all un urn
dar, en .! ;>??? hlltder confab right 'long. All
un uni got aump???n ter aay, en dey walk dir,
ilgydid, die lak dey 'ui paid hr talkin'.
Dey all had der plane, en dey jabbeied des
lak folks does w'en day call deyae???f terge???er.
Hit come 'bout dat Mr. Dog git a Beat right
close by llrtr Ilibblt, en w???en he open he
mouf ler ter Bay sump'n, he loofa look aolong
en so strong, en dey ahlne to w'lte, dat It feel
mighty kmc,
"Mr. Dog, he'd any inmp???n, Brer Rabbit,
he'd jump in dodge. Mr. Dog, he???d laugh,
Brer BtbbU. he???d dodge en Jump.. Hltkeep
on ills away, twel eve'y time Brer Rabbit'd
dodge en jump, de t???er creetnree d ey'd alap
der liau'a terge???er en break out In a laugh.
Mr. Dog, lie tuck'n tuck a notion dat dey ui
laughin' at him, cmdis make Mm so mad dat
he 'gun Ur growl en siap right auaariually,
en it coma ter dat pata dat w???en Drer Rabbit'd
see Mr. Dj< make a motion far ter say a
apeeeb, he'd del drap down en git und' da
cheer . .
"t'o'.se dll make urn laugh woe', en de mo
dey laiiiili de madder it make M. Dog. twel
bynuiby he git to mad he fi???rly bowmen Brer
ltisi.it lie lot dar, ha did, en thuck lak he got
er *ger.
???Atier w???ile Brer Rabbit git aorter on t???er
aide, cn lie make a .perch en say dey oughtrr
be a la >v far Ur make ail de creetura w???at got
tushes ketch en cat der vlttlea wld der clawa.
All mi mu ???gree ter dll???cep??? hll???l Mr, Dog,
llrer Wolf, ??? n Brer Fox.
"In dim days," continued Uncle Ramus,
"cf all de creetura aim ???gree, dey put It oif
twel nex' mcetin??? en talk it over some mo???,
en d/.i'n de way dey done wld llrer Rabbit
projiek. Dey put It off twel de ilex' time
"Brer it ibblt got a kinder sneakin' notion
dat de creetura amt gwlm do lak he want um
ter do, en he 'low ter Brer Wolf dat he apeck
lie lies way fir Ur do la ter git ell da creatura
ter 'urea for ter lmvo Mr. Dog inoul eew???d up.
ksr.c he tooln look so venomous; en llrer
Woli s.iv dey 'nil all go In fer dav.
"8bo null, w'en do day done come, D'er
Itabii.t lie gltun en say uat de bea??? way ter
do ia have Air. Dog mouf Bow???d up so bo tools
won't look an venomous. Day all 'gree, en
aou^^p iU???ite arm-chocr, bo
want '1e
kir. ??? den lie 'nil know it done bln done right,
llrer It ibbit, lie aurlor study, eu den ha
Mow:
" M slot got no needle.???
"Bur M'ar, lie sorter fool In de flip er be
coat collar, en ho Mow;
"'Yer. U cr Hibbtl;'yera great big onel???
"Brer itibbit, ho sorter atudy 'g'ln, eu den
he Mow:
" ???1 alnt got no th'ead.???
" ???llrer B ar, he tuok???n pull a rav???iln??? fum
de hoiiom er be weicut, en he 'low:
" ???Yer, Brer Rabbit; yer a great long
onel' ....
"Kf it had or bln anybody In deroun??? worl???
ho???d er 'gnu ter fact aorter ticklish," Uncle
Remus went on. "But ole Rrer it ibbit, he
des itick'u lay ha finger cross he noae, en
Mow: .
?????? 'Dji hoi??? um dar fer me, Brer II ar, en
I'll he much 'bilge ter you. Hit s die ???bout
uiv time er day ter ter taka a walk!???
Uncle Rsmua laoghed as heartily ai the
child, and added:
"Rome folks aty da creetura had de grins
on Brer 1!ibbit 'bout dat time; but I tilt you
right pine-blank dey atnt gtln much w???en
dey year Brar Rabbit say dau"
Nexi week. "Ou> uaiaar Gearrev Weir.???*
Oopytlgbt, ISIS
SHORT NEWS~NOTES.
Ohio man are worth $t5. That is to say,
dead and dellvned ailho medical colleges.
Tinea is mneh wisdom in this quaint Ital
ian piovcib: A man may become ao good that ha
ia good for nothing.
Or a class of Iwolva young ladles In an
academy In Hampton, N. II., a few years ago,
eight have died ot consumption.
"Why live and bo mlaarabla when you can
baoomtottably butted (ot Umo pounds loo." la
ehots-u thing advertisement of an Kniltoh under,
taker.
A mas in Kanina has atarted 'live paper*,
each it which died within a short lima. Ha has
I ml sianed another and rails It Kind Wolds, be
came, he says, kind wolds can naval die.
At a wadding the bride was a young lady
who had been a great flirt. When the clt rgyman
asked tbs question: "Who gives this woman
nwayr" a young man pnaent replied: ' '1 oaa, but
t wont
Tflaaa are 33 000 more women than men In
Philadelphia. In the oonntry generally thirty
Blahs and territories have mom men than women
and seventean ttalea and leirtlorlee havo mom
womeu than mao.
Noesirrowa HxaaLo: l???rofeoaor Uerrlmnn
dtclaret that In I0.0M yaan the ooeea will roll too
feci deep over New YotkCfty. This shooldnot
alum the New Yorkers, however. By that data
apartment bonus In New Yotk, at the present rate
ol aldinds. will bo boUl IM feat b.gb.
A aovni. plan lor raising money bat been
adopted tu a Pmbyieiten Sunday school la Oaao-
srccranly, New Yotk. Bach member of the school
ta required oa the bandar next followlA hlsorber
birthday to ptaoa la the conulbutlou box t cent for
every yraiof age rolled up.
It fa noted as one of the queer phaaaa'of the
Well sheet flurry that flfe heudred man stood in
Itobi > t iha slock ??? actuate building, gating at It
as If they eapeeled to tea It blow up. Probably
not out in flhy had the iltghuat Inlerent la Urn
panic b.yond asorbtd cnttoaliy.
Soon will the marry picnic dayi
In laaaaa roll s round,
Whan, to escape the sun's fierce rays.
We'll ae-k the shaded ground.
Woere ecu have a peculiar knack
Of wandering I rota tholr bad
Da. CbakLtafi. Tckaat???LL, the wall known
anrlii sad oculist, ol Philadelphia, read aa !m.
pertain paper upon the ntvesdiy ol axtHlalng ike
eanol all applicants lor We loeutaaot, beton
the Psnnaylvaala suite medical society recently.
Be di dared that a chronic dlachsrgs traaatbamr
taide iite ieiuraece hstudosu In his experience
he found that two thirds of the cs-os were eatable,
although when negleeud they fnqneaUy became
a cense ol total 0leasts la adult ci old age.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
Kwragsa Seagate ia threatened with symp
toms of authoiablp, too.
Mu. A. T. Stkwaet is 8i yean old and the
richest widow la the world.
It ta reported that Emory A. Btorrs will
open a law office la New York.
In Fred Ward don not conclude to ran for
congress, perbtoe bn wilt lecture.
William I'itt Ksllooo made $00,000 tn
WAll street last week br soiling shor$|
Liland Stanford wants General Grant nnd
fatally logo to California to 11 real bit expenas.
Fredinard Ward ought to get htmaelf
TscdDated for a conscience without say further
fooling.
Tug prince of Walta bu found n new rotd
to popularity. He bu become an entbusluticaad
expert bicyclist.
Tut sue ytsi of Grant???s torn in Wuli street
It damaging tbs Lincoln boom very badly. Dad-
d/fia le at adlse run.
Mas. June Jacob Aaron gave a gold watch
and 1100 to each of her servants u a thank offer
lag for her recovery.
Brrrtxo Bull hu gold bimaelf to a ctrcns
for K0 a week, and the pride which once sat upon
bia brow at departed forever.
Srrrixo Bull bat signed a contract to trav.
el with a show and the sceuo of tbo Indian troubles
will now be changed every week.
Jgani June does not believe in sombre
colored dresses. She tblaks bright dresaet are
neor-ury to health and cheerful life.
Ward, the financial wiztrd, is now pathet
ically spoken of u that "Wall atrtet bunko man
Tbla la another drop In hla cup of gill.
Brnatob Harris thinks tbst congress may
adjourn by July I, but Senator Cockrell Is of the
opinion that the dale will bt neircr August 1,
"WriAT'a inie name?" A deed boa been
registered la Kinsu conveying a 'certain lot of
Und to William Usury liarrlaon Tyler Tippecanoe
Coon.
PuiLLirrg D'Knurry, author ot "The Two
Orphans,??? la said to havo amassed a fortune of
$3,000,100 from the nolrly three hundred pUysho
hu written.
ItcngLL Baoe is kept buiy from early
morning till tew at night signing cheeks. Ue
thinks II his ink holds oat he can pay all elalma
against him.
Sam Ward was stout, florid, bald, gray, rug.
ted and grizzled. But ho was well Informed on
all toples. aud hli Insinuating i???
experience mado him agreeable aud capdreUng
always
Queen VieroafA has not lived altogether In
vain. Bbe has Jail teen her nlneleenth grand,
daughter nahered Into the world aud Uarrauglng
to marry off her youngest daughter to a deceased
daughter's husband.
No substitutes will be allowed In the
notional republican convention for either delegatee
or allernetce. This will abut out Rev. 11. W.
Ileccber, who wae ui have uomlnsld Arthur, aud
Emory btorrs, selected si thi Logan orator.
Tiling la a large water-tank on the top of
tho Philadelphia Record building. In cleaning
11 the other dey, the engineer found n number cl
fnlt-growu eels nnd catfish in It. It Is supposed
that they originally came from tho UeUuylklll
river.
Tine new Cuban tariff which ta to go Into
effect ou the 1st of July, la such a buudlo of eiao-
Ilona and Incougrutltoa that the merchants nml
isxpayurs, gonurally stand aghast at Um pro-peel
Jt is supnosed to havobscumodeled ou ibe Amort,
can unlit ol ISM.
Mrs. Ward faistd to be dying of norroas
prostration at her mother's homo In Brooklyn. It
???AOmitltelUj ???xpcc'.ed that. Ward will make
ststiifffgfllBnWr
With sr.solver Ito lokt kfrluud tint in
never face a cilmlual trial
WuiLk Lawrence Barrott has lost $-10,000 by
hli London engagement, Mlnnlo Palmer haaaddid
to her coffers considerably more then that sum.
Mr. Barren la not so young and beautiful as Mlsi
P imer, and connoisseurs tu such mailers aay that
hfs aaklra arouoiao uoady runted as hera.
Captain Jack Bullivan was one of the
noted oaaraowia of New York. He was famous as
a shark catcbVr. The tad lattor weak of hit lift
waawbeaheoiughl eoven sharks, the largest of
which was sevauieon fool from now to tell. Cap
lain Jaek'a dtaih was an oouurrouoo ul tno Monday
just past
Eiuut yeari ago Jamea W. SheahRU, an eil-
ttor of the Chicago Tribune, wrolo an elaborate
obituary article upjii Charles U Conor, wao dc-
cllneit lo die. as expected. The ardele was saved,
aud wltn a change til dalrw, duly eppeared lathe
Trlbuue; but rbo wrtwr passed away nelora Mr.
O Cuuir.
Ksv. O. U. 3roR??xox, of London, will b
to yeamold next month. Uis admirers, ineludlug
many from ibis country, msau lo oalebrawrho
Jubilee by gtvlug him a piewut, and over 13,100
was lUtiscrioed si llm atari lo open the list, li
would belike this goal men lo quietly turn the
money over w same worthey chart ty.
Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the millionaire
hanker aud philanthropist ot Washington. Is slid
lo be exceedingly proud of hte ancestry, llo gioilte
In rba fact that bis father waa only a poor, honest
shoemaker, aud he treasures lbs old uoblsr't shop
sign hoard aniong bia eholocsl poesussloua. Mr,
Coroorau???a health la unusually goad this iptlng.
Tug Marquis Tseng baa three aoni???Duke
Kasl, Duke lit me and Oaks Poie-ihe oldest ol
whom hu alrredy lived five years In Ragland,
tqtee of thsm laving been paswd In a public
school. Ullage Uuow only 11, end be It already
euamred totomarrtad. Ilia 'geucral tuulUginoe,
aeuisncaa and eauaordluary vivacity" aw re
marked.
l???niR Iturr. the editor ot the Eau Claire,
IViacoatln, Democrat, hat fallen heir to fl.OM.ani
bequeathed him by an unola In New York. We
araaoinewbal curious to ito what he will do with
hUauddeuly arqulr d houanit lle beiougod to
Ihebraadrai gauss svbo.it ot rural editors; all bl-
vtatinn wars ??? grille!." ala otfleo waa a ???atucium,''
slid he III ed up hls voice regularly onoa a wetk
tu beast! ul oord wood and pouiota In exchaugv
for aubaeilptlou, advertising aud Job woik.???Chi
cago News.
Tug Caarowltg, who hu just reached hla
majority amid great rejoicing aud state ceremony'
at st Patenbu g. It 3fi yaan old???the lime el the
legal coming el age In Russia. Hit mother's be-
Uolhal wu somewhat peculiar Dagmar, the tie.
??? king cf
BETSY HAMILTON-
THE DIALECT OF FIFTY YEARS
AGO RETOLD.
Bttir Tel:* Her Dtar Goaila Bow tho flottioi
ffon-n Would Talk Oat to Alto
lUUtea Her Zxporloioo With Bor
7??p Wtf?? B* Como Bone Drank.
Last Farm. Ala., 1881. The li'tle ones
came rminlDg io from school one afternoon.
Eva in the advance of ibe inhere, panting
with excitement. "Obi grandma," abe ex
claimed, "I have heard some news, and i
am going to traas Brother Clifford???they
aay that he if going to marry Miar Fan Die
and I believe it 'cauae???"Come come, my
child???buab,??? eatd grandma, "yon moat not
fall into the bad habit of repairing goaaip.
If you will ait here, I will read whatUousin
Bewy aaya about' the old women gossips in
her neighborhood "
The children always ready to h tar from
Cousin Betsy listened with eagerness while
???be raarl:
???WIUT TURYTALXID ABOUT AT MKETtN.???
HiLLingg, Talladega County, Ala.???Deer
Cousin: 1 aimed lo tell you wnat them wo
men folks talked about at meetin, but it
would be a tight ceaier to tell you what they
didn???t talk about. They tack the cheers
out???ll (be waggle* nod was a setrfn under tbe
trees, and atter they et tbeir dinner old
sister FrcsLourseeenufl box lock tbe rounds,
but some of 'em smoked and Some chawed???
least ways Gramuaw Loftls alien ebawr???
and as 1 was a tellin you all of ???em talked.
They all 'peared to git tbe start ol ole Mbs
Pinkney, sbe bad her' cheer keeled back
kgfn a aappiin, and atter sbe hsd said her
say???w bleb none of ???em hearn???her uuder
jaw drapt, and her snuff brssh drapt, aud
abe drapt, and cue drapt off to sleep. But
they never rntaaed the po ole creetur, kase
they was loo busy ??? talk!a.
Me and Caledony atopa thar and listened.
"Did you uns ever bear who it wai that
wise tryin to lire the Slmpaobea?" says old
MiaiUreen, "Ah! law" sbe went on, "taint
for me to sxy who I suspicion, but I know
In reason bit aint tbe one ita layed to, 1
knows things l mought tell,??? says abe nod-
din her head, "bat X don???t want to hurt no
feellns, nor be tbe occasion of puttin no
body in Jail, nor stylo nothin agin no body,
norgitlin myself in no box to nave tbe law
run on me for things tbat I haiut worthy
t."
They all bushed and tried to listen, bat
tbe children was a frettin for ginger cakes???
aud a cryin for water???and ole Miss FresUoara
kicked "Trip ??? out'u tbe dinner banket and
besot upsicb a howl looked like we wasn???t
a gwine to near nothin for the fans. Gran
maw Loftia on-tied her ridicule and stopped
tne young 'uns mouth* with ginger cakes
lowtd sbe knowedin season they was born-
gry; then old Annuity Pendergrass pitched
in to tell all she kuuwed aoout rhe lire.
???That so sisier Green and lMLtell you 'uns
what ail X have hearn whispereu around
about the fire ef none of you won't say
nothin about it to no body. I don???t say u
for a fnck although it do look like it mought
be to, kaae you 'uns all knons the Dewberry
gang, hain???t got no use on tha face of the
yoih (or the Blnipsonses and you 'uns all
knowa how Miss Dewberry rarred when
Buck Simpson tried tu run away with her
Kilphy Aun, and you 'uus knows too when
Mirs Dewberry giu?? mad she's mad. Now I
duu't say it for a lack kaae I don't want to
aay noitim ngm nobody, and I never need
tne 'oiuan stick the torch, and I knows I
hadn't oner tell it, kase for all I know the
'oiuan may be an clear of it as me or airy
ono of you 'uns, and 1 all 1 knows about it
lr that the Himpsonaes was Bred, ???Uata a lack
auu It was dune in broad open day light and
they was a almlu to burn tho house, kase
tho lurch was stuck to the ben ???ouae aud it
burnt smack io the ground and they had
to wore to save dho house, now I duu't say
ns how Mbs Dewberry donp It, nor nad it
done kale 1 don???s know, and 1 don't want
to work uo barm ngin her, and I wouldn???t
tell you 'uns uuly 7 knows you 'uns haint
a gwine to sty nothin about It whar it ken
gii back to ole .Mbs Dewberry's years, but
anyhow that'-, ilie talk," aud alter ole
Annuity had ketched her breatu and carter
rested from that speech she lowed: ???Have
'uus h arn of the weddin that???s to coma off
toon? 1 recktn they???ll run away for 1 know
tu reason tier maw won???t let 'em marry io
tbo bouse.??? Miss Uooden lowed, "what's all
(hat y???all was a tellin about Miss Sirupeouies
hea 'ouse a burntn? Now 1 happens to
know mure about that ar ole mile besot hen
ouse than airy one of you 'uus tor 1 was
thar, and hit Jist snows what a tlnue aMtttle
spark of lire nas rix, and they've went so far
aa to lay tho btaiuo to po' Miss Dewberry
when she were'ni In a mile of thar, now I
rccktu hit mought amtze tome of you 'uns
el 1 was lo toil you that I air the very o'wan
what stuck that ar torch myself, now tnstid
of its being Mia Dewberry, why hit was me,
I sire the very 'oruaa wnat dnuo it. The
mliei was about to Cake the place, they wae
banlaoousty alt over over thing, and Mrs 1
' Ulster Simpson ther batnt bntone way to
get sltet of them ar mttes aud that's to ourn
Sin, aud me and her went uut thar audio
air the very'oman thatetnek the torch, but
never once't kaokerlated tbat steb a blue
wuit'd er ns from It.??? Me aad Gal couldn???t
siand it uo longer, we had io git away to
laugb, Jist then they called ue in the home
losing ibe "far so Jars ami dore-ray-uiezs"
aud we hadn't more'n turned onr backs tel
tbey said all they could lay they toDgues to
about ue. Auut Naucy.wu sorter bentod
'em aud they never seed her. Old Mug
Fresboura lowed; "I uy 1 know who them
folks la lust's gwine to marry. Wu they
dark complected, Annuity or was they fair?
I don???t .mud a (clliu you'uoa, aaya Annuity,
It you'll promise not to azy nothin atomic
lo no body. 1 don't kuow as iisao, and I
don't tell it for a lack and you 'urn nnui'nt
uy nothin about U to nobody, but ita tbe
talk that Caledony Hooker is a gariae, to
marry Cap Dewberry, and that Belay llamil-
oud daughter of the
' Denmark, was ea.
brother, who would Inherit toe crown, ahoun. >.??
accept Dagmar as bis prospective qut-n. After a
proper aoasou cf mourulog .he agreed lo to* ar
raugement, aud tu duo time became the empress
mower r t Ike future Nicholas II ot Riualt,
Tai Rev. Chaslks A. 8taesly, the poet-
preacher, la now pastor of one of tho most promi
nent churches lu Ibe south, the Citadel-square
Baptist church, of Chazleaton. 8. C. Uateaaldrobe
oue of Iha meal remarkable of young man. Ha ta
only 31 Iran ot ate At tha age of IS ha published
a booh ol poemi of rare moth, t??o editions of
which wen sold latideof o year. Ue la celled iha
flpuigenu ol tooth Carolina, aud iha audience
room, which la Iha lancet lu the die of Charlestoo,
can am aocomumdaM tbo crowds which throng to
Saar him 1 hero hu boeo no minister lu Charlie,
iAn lu twenty lee yean who hu ro ulmd the
multltudeouhela doing. Though small of a-at-
ura, be u a king of coogiegottona, and should hit
Ilia and healih bo spared, there Is no aailmatlni
the greet work he may do tu tha religious world
>ribe high postdocs he may attain
JgrrgRSOR Davis???s estimate of Mr. Benja
min h that he ???could uol be called eu ocelot nor a
debitor, aad yet hashed on every subject be die.
cuved u tight which answered the purpose aad
had Iheefficl of both. In Basanets gentle and
es-nrl'latory. with a voice eeery tone ol which was
rtlveiy. be waa both pertuaiive and couvinclna.
Noielth.tandlBg the wide range ol hla know ted ce
hJwas so gsuiicea always lo be setmtug to r, reive
IntormeUuu. end oerbapr none ol hla outer familiar
arqalutanoos can mart ever having seen
him daring social luleieohias engage In
beared ergum.-nl mined to tho elom tuveeU-
gallon Ol in- tew, ha found periods ol relaxation
during which rl.m.m ry bream-a storehouse cf
pietry end fiuioa.end In limes ef dtrXtet p-aspect
and deepestUapreaakxT would enliven bis oom??
redes by ledtailnnt from bis 1st.,rite, Tennyson.
The pride of Loufaleua. the roeeof all trueoo-ifed-
era we, the admiration of alt Americana who r. tofeo
la tho glory or their counts) wa n. mast loagktsp
frees tag memory o< Judah BBaeJiaHn."
ton ia a gains lo mtrry Tom Davn.??? "1 uy
ii," aaya old Mlu Freanoura"I knowedtt, (or
??? Ureamp 1 icon Gap ami Tom both dead and
seed 'am plain an 1 sec me hair aloro me.???
" fust a auoro sign of a weddin" uyi old
UUa Greet:. They vo got it a alngin now alt
over the Mtilauaut, auu you mights- welt
try to m.ka Gooey rivar run backarda ar to
try to stop a report atter it gits in old Arm-
utty l'audorgramas mouth.
Tap come noma itgbl lothcr day, but be
was madder'll ha wu drunk. "1 naint got
much use for some folks in this letlltmeni"
says ho, "1 know gome of 'em is st good as
over mid shoe trainer, bat tothers won???t git
tney jes dues tel the devil gits ???em, but Bets,
honey,duu't get p.giersd ef you wasn't worth
noucin they wouldn't say nothin about you,
Hiu a set that wants your sweet hearts lor
for some of ther own gals lhata doin all this
talkin. Talkin and tatlltn is wrier Uke
lire. Ole Annuity strikes tbe match, ole
Mira Green feelings on a piece ot light 'ood
to rates the blase; then oid Mias Freahoura
neves would be out done by none of ???em, she
piiee on oak wood to keep np tbe Are, and
tho more they aay the hotter and wuuer it
gits.
M -I Gooden is the best one tn the gang;
???ho iliogs in a word, and ita u good ga one oi
these hero "hand grenades" dung on to pot
the lire out. ???Wnat aira hand grenade?"
Sava Aunt Nancy. ???Why its tneao here new
fangled bottles with sums tort of truck tn 'em
lo pur out a Are," lays pap "and it beau
water all to smub. 1 wu np thar at Tails
deifa town miner day and seed ???em put oat
a tiro, tbey flaog them bottles in and it put
tha fliaout uutcker???n yon could say Jack
Robtne.-n. 1 tell you Bela, bonej" aayg he
for ha waa mad "ef thte hers aattlement
don??? keep they months ofl'n yon, and stop a
stnglnofyoor name around longer that
possum mouth Tom Davisu. I low to atop it
abd I wont use no hand grenade nuther -see
this here band? (doubling np hit fir), well
this hire ii all the hand grenade I'll use."
Ererytbiagyou hear lately is ???ump'n that
wu told at qumerly meetin. Yourn.
Briar Hamilton
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
The Albany News says mat two negroes, Rollins
James and Bis Al.ck, went to the plantation of
Hears. Jonc-s & Jones, fa tbe edge of Lee county,
about five miles frem tbla city, and commenced
rocking iha residence of Mr. Moore, the ovenccr,
Mr. Moore esme out amt remonstrated with them,
when they fired upon him. Mr. Moore Is an af.
fllcttd man, end retreated to tne negro quarter on
ihe piece. During hla absence the negroes broke
In to hls home at, d stole ererjthlrg cfralae sod
made off with It, Joit beyond waa a negro
oabln, which these desperadoes entered and de
mended romethlcg to eat. Tbe woman wu alone,
which the. dlicovered, and aa sbe turned to go
out, one of the scoundrels relied her by the throet
and choked her, and threw hrr to tbe floor. After
both had ecoompllibed their faelilib purpore. they
picked op fhcfr booty end fled. By this time, how,
ever, tho nrgroce from the querter bed been
aroused and they made pursuit, locating the ne
groes In a certain cabin on an adjoining plantation.
Home staid to watch their movements, while
others started to Albany after Mr. Jonea. Mr. Chan
Jones started onr to the place and met them. They
told him what had occurred, and be went with
the two negroes to Cqnlre Fleetwood and rued out
warrants against (hue desperadoes for rape and
burglary, fqnirc Fleetwood having no bailiff ap
pointed JefieJohnron and Lymus Hardin aa spe
cial bailiffs, and requuted Mr. Chnn Jonea to ac
company ibem u one ol the pease. Tbey
relumed to the negro quarters, and, as
they approached, tha negroes seeing them coming,
rnihed Into the house and barred the doers. When
tbey reached tbe house an old musket was seen
poked through a crack In the wall, and the negroes
lnaldo the bouse fired on the bailiff, but without
effect Johnson returned the Are, while Mr. Jones
went tn the other side of the houso. Johnson hat,
loed to him, ' Lxikout, or they will kill you.??? Jnat
then Mr, Jones raw the muxxle of the gnn and
dropped, and the load passed over hte bead. Mr.
J. then returned tne Are through tho crack
and beard one cf the men cry cm that he wu
shot They them broke in the door and the other
nrgro wu reloading the old musket. Tho bailiff
covered blm with hte gnn and Mr. Jocea ordered
him to surrender, which be did. They started
with the negroes to Leesburg. The wounded one
wu helped along, while the other, when they had
Jnat started, made a stroke with hls knife at the
balflffsnd started to ran. Hewu ordered to atop
or they would die on him. Ue said ???Fire and ha
d???n!??? Mr. Jonea emptied ono
barrel ot bis gnn In hli
back, which brought him down. He arose and
started off again aud the second barrel wu dle-
chargerl. which made him willing to go along.
About haii a mile farther he made a second
attempt, bnt wu Anally knocked down and cap
tured. They were sent to Lceabnrg and their
wouuds droned and every atteniton given them.
Tbe negroes on tho plantation Indorsed the course
of the halltlTr, and wonld have lynched the des-
seradoea If they had not been hurried out of their
way. They had a commitment trial yesterday at
Lceabnrg.
Thera are over twenty residences In course ot
erection In Gainesville. There is great activity in
real ertete.
Danfetsvlllo Monitor: Rev. D. V. Buthnrford sent
entered the woods, over brash, under brnih,
arourd uptlngs, behind trees, atonnd and ove.
bill! and branches and creeka, bnt Jim was on bia
native heath and In bis accustom'd billiard et
length escaped the tevenne man. There hiii been
no such foot race In tbla county aince the Indians
left It.
The Washington Gazette say* that Mr. W.
Bcrdelt brengbt In a floe load ol about fourteen
bur.died pounds of red clover bay and sold It at
eighty cents per hundred. It beau western hay by
all cddi and Is pare clover. Bat tbe finest feature
of ail, It la hcme-relitd. Hr. Buidett bu three
acres In thte clever end bu already cut about 13,-
??0 pounds. He lays be can cut It again In
month ok two and get about arnsch more hay
and tbat with good rains ho will make two cut
tings. He cuts with a mower and rakes up
hay.
Berrien News: Mr. George MoMIllan while
shearing hls sheep last Saiurdur came near being
setlonsiy Injured. While builly engaged In clip
ping tde flreco from a sheep, an old tarn, not tlae
fug bis appearance, mace for him and gave blm a
terrible ??? bun" Just under hls 1st! cheek bones
Tbe sbtep came out of the afftay nnhur*. but
George waa Injured to the extent ols broken tooth
and a strained Jaw bone.
Mr, Blmpion. of Stewart county, hasbocn exhib
iting a ??mp!o stalkcf cotton that measures fully
ten inchrs in hetgut' Itwu an arerafe sulk of
three acres.
Borne Bulletin: Mr. Fmtthltowtkl, an Angloe
Butsian. Germanic Itelluaikl, te lu the city, con-
tiinj tetlog the beauties oi our natural scenery
ana tbe pitce cf shoe leather. Wo were neTereiskg
better d.llgbtecnoitenmbnttktiky iban by Ihu
superiaUTece-lacyontbebalfihellnawaky of make
In- hla acqoelDisnceouih.boulevardthlainoilug
byihcgatllghuwtanppoaeyoucatchoDikl.
Wiley Eerae, a colored man who wu living
the Douglass place. In Mitchell county, waa drown-
r d In the liver at the fetry on Saturday night. He
had Imbibed too frrely and undertook, while
dtut k, lo catry hlmreif actors the liver on tho
ferry rope hind over hand, when he fell In and was
drowned. His body wu recovered and burled
Tuesday.
Last Sunday Light a negro named Price, who
livnwlib Elijah Fitldi in Mitchell county, wes
called to hie gate by an unknown party who fired
and wcuzded him very dangerously.
Dahlonega Signal: The N Q A college hu an
honest man for jauitor, In the potion cf Albert
Meriwether, colored. Last week Miss Deris Stow
lost a valuable gold ntedal, which she look a yrar
ago tar i xcelleuce tn botany, and atter searctrtog
thoroughly for It about gave it up. Next morning
when Albert went to sweep out tbe collexe he
found It, and ???found no rest ferDhe sole of hls
foot" umil ho ban restored It to Miss Doris: We
hte son, the olher day. to Mr. George Griffeth to ask
permission to put hls eow tn hls pasture. Mr.
Grlffelh slated that ha ??????had taken tn several head
pasture. Mr.
,???- . -. ji sever'd head
of cattle aud hla puture wu also very thin, aud
under the cltcnmitaucts he could not let the cow
ran In the putnra,?????? although the preacher offered
to pay blm wbat wu rlaht; but Mr. Grtffetn wu
not wllllrg to give permission. So all Utlijgs re
mained qutetu we understand It, unUllutSebbath
evening, when Mr. Gilffethsent Mlsa Evas missive
asking iK-tml.-slon to call on her that evening after
ll f. .MDahva. responded to bis compliment, and
tohl him that ho would cot let her lather put hla
cow lu the pastute, and thercleio he oould not call
uuleia he would reverse that decision. He gladly
accepted the opportunity; and now, whflo he
visits Mlzs Eva. with a smile from ear to ear, tho
cow mcandeta to nnd fro over tho pa-turc, thinking
ol the Ingenious trado MUr Kva has mnde. A pas
ture Is a very good thing lo have lu a family,
Mrs. Annie Mason, wife of Mr. Wlllism Mason,
of Uawklusvllle, fsdesd.
Mr. J H Parnell, of We t Point, expects to ship
eight thousand boxes of peaches this season.
Fannie Freeman, of Baldwin county, who bad
bar leg broken tn fbc accident on the Central rail
road lut December, hsa received 1150 damages.
Tba case wu compromised by tbe parlies.
Petitions for the removal of tbe Murray county
alio lo Pleasant Valley are being circulated quite
freely north of Mill creek and so soon u tho rcqnl-
???Ito nnmber, two flf tha of Ute poll lax pxyets are
obtained, they wilt ba laid before the otdfnaty.
Die J Fand Bartow Cole were called on last
Monday evening lo peiform a very difficult surgl
cal (petition. A little girl of Mrs J T Uamtlck,
living four miles north ol Carrollton, while play
ing on the banks of a ditch which her father was
coveting, bad the stub ol a smalt cane to stick
through her fool, going In on tho under side of
the Instep. Tho piece otcane wu altogether near
ly two Inches long, and went clean through tho
loot and had to bo taken out from above. Ether
mi administered, and tha Carroll Free Preta says
the operation was performed iuccceafnlly.
Mr. Jack Robert*, of Jones enunty. Uvtng seven
miles (ram Macon, anocecded recently in captur
ing a couple ol bustards. To each be itteched a
bell, palming one ufihobclls white. Ustheugave
tha bussatdi their freedom and they went on their
way rejoicing,
James Boyd, of Lumber city, fa dead. He wu
bora In Camden county, Georgia, April 11,
Jgtf7, near the town of 8L Marys, aud died at hfs
home In Montgomery county January I, ISM. In
bis early boyhood Great Britain aud tho United
dtales being at war, and the coast of Georgia being
threatened by Invasion, ha itfugecd with hls par
ents to LoniavlUa, Jefforson county, Georgia, la
U12. dlopping hero only a tew yean, ha
moved with his parents to Montgomery
county wtieio ho lived until a
law yean before bis death. The peattlons of honor
and unit which be held tn tbe county ol hte adop
tion daring hls tong life, were many. Among
ihcm tha year ba attained hls majority, ha wu
sleeted lo the office of eheriff of Telfair county.
Ue afterwards served the same county u tax col
lector for a number of yean aud also represented
ibe same county lutbe lower house of tho lefts-
leiure.
The widow ot Thomas Smith, tha old man who
wukUltd by a Western and Atlantic train, hu
been given tZO by the railroad.
Redmond, the notorious South Carolina outlaw,
wu born and relied tn Rail county.
Tho cntwiordvllla Monitor prints the following
Interesting story:
BYLuroaxB, Ga., May the 13 1SS4???mr Edlttor
ulnae alow mo a .mall space la your Colium.
whet bu bln golngou-ln this dr.ct-.lon Minnie W1I-
ilemsoa hu been fling around Uka a Salon since
eta Bun off with Mr W J Cmverson .but 1 think
.-be bu lit oa a flower at lut, which win teat her
bom# .off her EvtiteaUug borrow. John Lankford
hex. Taken: U T Portion wife and. gone to pans
uuknuwn. and. HT Portion bsi btneoTaken mr.
Johu Leuklord blaur Mbs Becker, Lankford, and
???one to pans u known mr. Portion Seem to have,
revenge. II Mr. CC. Lankford hone, had not to died
ao would have Caugt them Mrs, K Drake la lu a
nad Condition on the account of of. h.r non. A lad
en make, hehuuoldiay ai home but one Day.
since hls Father ban dead and tbat wu Sunday 1
drink than Snake la about fobbed, batesnapfug
at Eeer thing that Mated by him Mr Atednt Drake
would not Stay at home .that dy. but Mr W W Cut-
breath bad carry hta ??lie olio boo her mother Ma-
dhla Please pte* this Bill In sdy noae: If seem Uk
mr A Drake Brains le welkins out at hla noae Jost
lat tha WritUuuou Family. Bril. She. huComa to
a. Bud. ai LttL
Camming Clarion: A few dayi ago the revenue
menul Atlanta laid a ichema by watch they felt
into they could efftet a cap-are ai Jim Strickland,
noted among 'hr m ua blockade distiller. Tbe
Etea wae for an (f&ctr lo dr fee In a woman's
c???othra and bring with him Atlanta's tenets ran-
uet- Ther came???Jim wea standing in the public
road near hte boose talklbg to same oaa. When
ibe men were In a lore teet ol him. Jlm smeli reT-
eonoandeouifag lo hta Mend, leaped the fence
Into a cotton petdh with Atlanta's
runner ctoao behind him. II wu
e fnll quarter aocas too field. Jim
being eomo manor htmaelf mad* tha distance In
lea than ao time, the reruns man having gained
had melted It up and sold tho gold, u many
one In hls place wonld have done.
Leary Courier: Mr. J.H. Slnqnefleld, .'of Bake
ccunly.ball.ff for the ?th district, while trying
effect tho emit of a woman on tho plantation of-P.
W. Jonea In tbat county, last week, was prevented
from doing so by the Interference of Ibe hands on
the pteco In a very threatening manner. In (ho
melee which occurred Mr. Slnqnefleld wu foroed
to defend himself and knocked one or two
of them down while advancing on him with up-
raietd weapons of every description. The7 sat tne
tewatdiflsncr.and MrStoqnefleld only escaped
with hla llle by the closest ???.nave??? The maji-sty
of (be law sbsnld be ut-bcld, and these parties
should ba made to pay the penalty cl their resist
ance.
Bure A Bro., oi Bremen, have lost their sawmill
by fi re.
Bov. T. Mi B. George, former rector of tho Pro
testant Episcopal church ol the Msdtelor at Wuhi
lrgtOD, in Wilke county, hu been called to take
cherge ol bt Luko'e church at Hawklnivlllo.
Johnson county farmerearo making fine prog,
resa with their crppe.
Mr. Jsaao b. Clemente, of Camming under date
May 21,wiltea. ???In your Issue ol tbla morning
yon say, 'ar matlrne ago a Dae jersey ol Mr.
Bell, In Forsyth county, wu killed. Bo tho dog
of Mr. Issec 8. Clements hu been put fodeaih as
appears by tha reward I offered. As to tho killing
of ihodog, allow me to aay that Mr. Bell's Jersey
ball wes not killed and that tho killing of (ho dog
bu no connection whatover with the ahootlng of
tho bull by a negro boy In my employ.
Elborlon Bou'h: A rather novel caso was before
tho ccuniy court on Palurilay luL A young man
by the name ot tVanrlcy waa charged with seduc
tion, under promise ot marriage, which contract
he had refuted lo comply with until ho fonnd that
ho had got into a light place. Jn the court room
afteralull investigation of the charge, and it ap
peering to be hls only chance ot escape
from the penalty of the. tew, ba con,
eluded there and then to exeenta 'ht
connect and having the ordinary with hte license,
and a minister ol toe Gospel preen t to perform Iho
ceremony, he told hte victim that he wu ready to
marry her right then and then-, bnt she dceltned.
and raid she would let too law taXe Ha comae, be
lieving that If he Intended to marry her lu good
tilth, that he would havo doneao before that time
Tbo yout g man wu placed under a bond ol 1300
lot hls appearance at the superior coart to answer
toe charge above mentioned.
The Columbus Enquirer says that Hsa Cm mb
wife of ???Jack??? Crumb, bad teen murdered at her
home at Pino log, on Crooked river, In Florida.
When found she wu lying la (ho front yard, and
her young baby wu in too house at play. There
wore several braises upon her body, and her neck
showed signs ol where toe vile asaaseln had choked
her. The tody looked u If It had been In thte
rondlllnn tor several days It wu discolored Mon-
*???3 "
Dr. Veto N. Jordan and Dr. J. J.
Mason, ot this city. Upon their arrival If wu
thonabt by iha family that the child wai dead, bnt
toe phytlctene decided to remove toe grain of com
by culling through toe neck into the windpipe.
Tula wu donp, and .by pumping aboot flftuen
minutes tho child wu rcsuiilcated. Tho operation
was a wry nice one, and toe child???s iccovery will
be remarkable, considering tbe unfavorable dr-,
cumitancca under which It wu performed.
The agilcnllnral clubs of Pfka aad Upson conn-
flea are becoming Interesting to the farmer a
large club at Tbomiaton under the management of
A. J. Williams, te engaging toe attention of too
young farmers of toe connty. A similar club at
High tower's mill aud the BatneavlUe club are woll
attended.
Americas Recorder: ftetarday a negro named
John Breedlove, while vlsltlog a companion at toe
Jail, sllnpcd a file In whilo the guard wu not look
ing, and promised to brlug another, Ue wu not
suocersl ul to getting too other In, though, for bheri ff
Mlsi waron tho watch, lie calico Policeman Bub
Wheeler Monday night, and itarted to arrest Bread-
leva but beard ha wu not at hi,me, Tue-day
Wheeler met np with him and arrealod him. The
prisoner in Jail had filed two ban nearly tn two,
and would soon have escaped.
Frank W. Smith, tho decoration tramp, hu an
other engagement to inflict himself upon tho poo
pie of AcdorsonvlUe on tot 30th of Jnne.
Tho supremo coart sustained toe decision o
Judge R W Carswell lu the cue of toe State against
Vifirren Price for the murder ol hls soa ln-law, to
Johnson county In to* year 1833. Thte te toe only
murder cue that appears on Iho dockets ot toe
Johnson superior court Price will b* kept if tho
Sanderevlilt Jill nnUl toe fourth Monday In Sep
tember, at which lima ha will be carried to Wrights,
vtlla, and then and there receive hte sentence from
toe court.
Butler Herald: Taylor eouaty. among other
tolnn worthy ol note, can produce a negro man
who hsa bean atone blind for *1 yean, yet be bu
almre been sole, wHh toe arttnance ol hls wife
to make adecentUvinq for themselves and a larm
na him until a. Jim want over tha fecc*. dear
leap, remans lost a moment laying hta heads on
theicp rail and scaling tot lenc* on a fly. They
lactthet keaoaa pick 130 pounds of cotton par
day, and with ih?? aaalaunc* of hte two little boys,
can Ue Into bundles aU toa grain of any kind tost
tores ???cradlera" can cat as tut u It falls
from their cradle. He can cut wood.
port hta family on a little farm.
there are some perrons blnaed with healih and
two good eyes, who my It b a hard taah to makes
rapport, if there lr a p-reon In tha county that
nel St assistance we think It U blind Ban Caldwell,
rhe cause ot hte bUnducaa wu from sore eyas when
at to# age of eighteen years. One el toe moat re
markable features ol hla charec-er la that ha never
fe gets a voice, alter once catching Ita round, and
uineb ed to call most any person by name with
whom ha te acquatated.
The story of Bev. Mr. Kannard. pistsr ol tha
Proms'ant Episeopal church In Oedartown. la oaa
ot peculiar sadness. H* had foe route'tore been
paying hte addresses to a beanUfnl young
lady of that place. Tha lady did
not receive hte advances with favor. Her rejec ion
of bis soli ro preyed npsn his mind tost he became
moody, and later developed inch a violent formot
Insanity that ho had to bo taken to tho asylum.
Tho following hymn, which ho ukod toe choir to
slog at too lut service conducted by him, will be
read with Interest In the light of these develop
ments:
In toe hoar of trial,
Jesus plead for me:
Lest by base denial
I depart fromtoen;
When toou ree'atme waver,
With a lo >k recall.
Nor 'or fear or fever
buffer me to fall.
With forbidden pleasures
Would tola vain world charm.
Or lu sordid treasures
Spread to work ms harm;
Bring to my remembrance
bid uethtemane,
Or, in darker semblance.
Cross crowned Calvary.
Should toy mercy send me
Sorrow, toll and woe;
Or ahenld pain attend me
On my path below;
Graut that I may never
??? FaU thy hand lo see;
Grant mat I may ever
Cast my care on thee.
When my last hoar cometb.
Fraught with strife and pain,
When my dost relurneth
To too dust again;
On toy truth relying,
Throngh that mortal strife,
Jesus uka me dying,
To eternal llfa.
POLITICAL NOTES.
In eleven states women are allowed to vote
on school affaire.
"Boii ???LiNcoLN is not a very dark horse but
he 1a kept well blanketed.
The Pharisees of the party want Lincoln,
because be te without a rrcord.
Ex-GoVEBK3R McCreary, of Kentucky, is a
candidate for concrete In Phil Thompson's district.
The president has approved the bill grant-
log a loan ofSl.OtO.OCfi to the New Orleans exposi
tion.
Senator Voorheis Is very cheerful nnd be-
lives that toe democrate will hare a waik-awsy
tola year.
The Berlin Kreuz Ideltungssys that Count
Herbert Bismarck hu been appointed minister to
The Hague.
Dos Cameron la for Logan, with Arthur as
second choice, and 1s opposed first, lut and all toe
lime to Blaine,
The prince imperial of Austria speaks, it
1s asserted, every dialect known In tbe Austrian
dominion., except Turkish.
The robust candidates are in a perspiration
with too work of shaking toe tree, while Tilden
quietly gathrre up too (roll.
The most active specimens of the snake
???peeler, so fer reported thte season, ars tha addera
belonging to Mcnre Arthur and Blaine.
I am for Tilden for president,??? said Sena
tor Camden. "I do not think that Senator Bherman
will bo able to secure tbe republican nomination.
It looks Ilk* Blaine hu ft.???
Mr. Edmunds pretends that he dosen???t wan
the presidency; bnt people havg begun to notice
too increased poll terns with which ha 1a showing
visitors throngh hli tombstono manniactcry.
All the demoerstio state conventions for
toe election of toe delegates to the national
convention in Chicago In July have now been
called, with toe exception ot Delaware and Ohio.
The New York Herald comes to the conclu
sion, already reached by cool headed political cal
culators hereabouts, that iho presidential lightning
??? qnl'ouapt to strike Secretary Lincoln u any
body ouuldeo! the favorites.
Mr. John 0. Ego, the young banker who
lostSS.OOO.COOIn Wall street toe other aay, 1s treu-
nrer of tho Now York Civil Service Reform associa
tion. The yonng man seems to bo In need of somo
kind of reform nos laid down In too civU service
rales.
Roscoe Conklixo told a gentleman in
NewYorkyeaterdsy that he favored Blaine rather
than any of too other aspirants, becanso hli F-
administration would bo one of forco. Tho senator
added ho wu tired of administrations that gravi
tated anywhere and lauded nownore.
Or 113 democrats at Colnmbla college,
Now York, forty-five are for Tilden, twenty-nice
for Bayard, nineteen for Cleveland, and thereat
Mattering. Of the republicans one hundred and
seventy ono are for Komuoda one bundrr'
three for Arthur and slxty-toieo for Blaine.
New York atatae has a voting population
of 1,108,363???353,(01 nAtlvo born, 330 333 fortegn
bora, and 90,K9 colored. In New York dtyalono
there are 330,037 votcis, or nearly one-fourth of too
33.211 are nallve bo
311 are foreign born.
Friends of Blaine, atter a careful canvass
make toe following estimate of hteatrengto on toe
first ballot: New England, M; middle steles, 87,
central states, 80: northwestern, 0. ; Pacific, 28;
southern 81; territories, 8: total, SOI. Northern
269; sonthsm, M; territories, 8, Neccuary
lolee, 411.
Only two notices of contested seats in the
republican national convention havo ao ter been
filed???ono from toe first district of Alabama and
toe other from too first district of Georgia. Two
more are expected, however, from Now York, and
ono from Illinois, with possibly another from Mis
souri; and too whole delegation from Vlrelnte will
have to bo passed npon u between toe Manono and
anti-Mahona wings of tba party.
Senator Plumb, who is R delegate from
Kansu to the National republican convention
thinks that Btelne will be nominated for presi
dent by tho republicans, and Tilden by toe demo-
emir, judging from present Indication*. Ho
think* 'he democrat* will offer Tilden too nomina
tion. but that pouiDly he may, on account ef phys
ical infirmity, decline in favor of a Now York man.
The New York Morning Journal thus
monrnefor Logan:
"Tba boom tost one* through Illinois
The li??ht ol hope did shed.
Now darkened Is, and all lu Joya .
Are Jangled, mangled, find.
Tbe owner ol that bunted boom.
Which came down with a crash.
Now grim and glum, flares at toa gloom
And twirls hta fierce mustache.???
Nine democratic state conventions have
been held so far for tb* appointment of delegates
to Iha party's national convention.. New Jersey
and Virginia are to be coanted for Tlldan.whohu
carried alx states, with nlBetv-totikiJ'*?????tei. Bam
dallcomr a next wilh sixty delegsirW-riou reuuiji.
vanla, and Butler and Canute have twenty-six
eack from Massachusetts and Kentucky respect
ively.
But little is now heard of Edmund:, and
a candidate he te believed to be dead. The
fight wiU be between Blaine and Arthur, with
Bialne in the lead. If neither of the leading can
didates can win, one dark bone hu u good a
chance aa another, with John Sherman presenting
toe strongest points. Tna gush about Linco.n for
first place te now quisled. A gusb candidate U
bard to keep up Interest in. In a campaign run
ning nearly five mouths.
A coaagaroNDfNT in Washington states in
toa Chicago Tribune that a senatorial syndicate
wu formed lut tall to cany the election ot dele
gatee in tbo western slates for Arthur. Sabin, of
Minnesota; Wilson,of Iowa; Manderaon, of Ne
braska; Conger, ol Michigan, and Sawyer, ot Wls-
e-wuln. nr* named u membsrx of to* combination.
Tbe result of too attempt; u summed npbythe
correspondent, I* "an occasional Arthur delegate,
a sprinkling of Edmunds men and aa overwhelm
ing majority for blalae."
Or republican* prominently mentioned for
pneldeucy, General W. T.bherman lathe
oldeet, at 01, and hte brother John ranks next at
Robert T. Lincoln te toe jcungeu-lf). All
toa others an between 30 and 00 Senator Logan te
about 33. Edmunds 30, Hawley 38. Allison 53. Har
rison and Gresham each 51. and Blaine and Arthur
each 31. Tha democratic candidates are ranch
Older. Tilden te 73 Payne 71. Thurman 7L Me-
Dooitd 05. Hendrich. 00, Bayard 5L General Pen-
i Randall 53. Flower. 19, te Ibe youngest
re the raca except Governor Cleveland, who
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