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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY. JULY 1,1884.™TWELVE PAGES.
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NOTES ON CURERNT TOPICS
A friendless pauper died Berlin the other
day, and bis carcass was promptly hustled off
to the Potters* field. Fourteen years ago this
pauper was known as the railroad king. He
was called the “Iron Count,*’ the “Wonder
Doctor." Great financiers and statesnffen did
not disdain td go to Strousberg for ndvice.
Strousberg ran just such a career ns some of
his American contemporaries have followed
He bought legislators and newspapers. He as
sociated himself with men of high position, and
the more dubious his schemes the more men
of fine reputation did he persuade to engage
with him. He became the companion of prin
ces, and his estate consisted of railways, fac
tories, foundries, palaces, libraries, valuable
pictures, bronzes and vast land possessions.
Such a man seen ed invincible, but the ruth
less hand of Nemesis laid him low, and to-day
he rests in an unmarked pauper’s grave.
Some of our money kings will do well to study
the lesson taught by Straus-
berg's career. It is but a step from the mil
lionaire’s palace to the pauper's grave. Im
mense wealth, rapidly accumulated, is almost
invariably the result of successful speculation
or questionable enterprises. It rarely remains
in the hands of more than two generations.
At best, riches have wings, but honest wealth,
gained by honest methods, remains longer in
a family than a colossal fortuue built up by
fraud.
T 5
Ex-Governor St. John, the Kansas republi
can prohibition leader, declares that he will
not support the republican nominees, because
their platform ignores the prohibition issue.
Ho will wait for the result of the national pro
hibition convention at Pittsburg, and abide by
it. There is some talk of nominating St. John
as the prohibition candidate for the presiden- J # ovm l years.
<7-
a prominent mesmerist claimed that magnet
ism was at tho bottom of it all, and gave an in
stance of a woman iu Kngland who could cause
a clifp or piece of wood to rise several inches
from a table by merely willing that it should.
A young lady iu Washington, lie snys, could
play on n piano, cuusing it ta hop about, first
on one leg and then on another, keeping time
to tho music.
Thk great temperance orator, John B. Gough
says that he bus not yet overcome the nervous
ness produced by the sight of an audience.
Even now his knees always tremble wh
first opens his mouth. During the first
eighteen years of his lecturing experience he
spoke only on temperance, delivering 5,400
lectures, 1,100 of which wore in Great Britain
his early youth he enjoyed no ad
vantages aud ho was twenty five years
Id before he read any literary produc
tions. In his early career i
speaker Mr. Gough felt many misgiving* on
account of his lock of education, but when
lie met'Wendell Phillips and Mr. Blaine they
made him forget his disadvantages and on
cournged him greatly. Mr. Gough says that
he has no desire to pose as ft great thinker or
a .great speaker. Ho consider* himself a mere
story-teller, but nevertheless he speuks with
an object in view.
Howard Croft Hyland is a well known
character iu New York. He has served sev
eral terms of imprisonment for various small
forgeries, and nt present is incarcerated as a
paujwr on Blackwell's island. Several months
ago one of Hyland's relatives died in Kngloml,
leaving him a fortune of $90,000, but the au
thorities would not release him, and he -will
have to serve out his term before stepping
into his fortune. With $90,000 a pauper ought
to \><i able to keep out of the almshouse for
driver not daring to interfere. She cam*
her death by the hands of her frienfis who
were attempting to rescue her from (he au
thoritics. A stray bullet ended her wicked and
romantic career.
Not only pictures of Blaine and Logan are
exposed for sale all over the country, but por
traits of Mrs. Logan have already made their
appearance. As yet, however,
strong cold face of Mrs. Blaine has
been seen in the illustrated pa
pers. It is said that Mrs. Blaine
never had her photograph taken, andahe can
not be persuaded to sit for a picture. She is
not a beautiful woman, but her face indicates
strong common sense, firmness and pride. She
lacks tho personal magnetism of Mrs. Logan,
hut when she makes friends she holds them.
If tho Spanish authorities have really swal
lowed the rumor that our government is will
ing to pay $500,000,000 for Cuba they are a
very credulous set of statesmen. In the days
of President Polk we otTcred $100,000,000 for
the island, but that was a fancy figure, and
would now be considered altogether too high.
The truth is that we can secure Cuba for little
or nothing whenever we are in the mood. All
that wc have to do is to quietly encourage the
various filibustering expeditions continually
organizing in this country. The Cuban rebels
arc paving tho way* for the annexation of
Cuba to the United States, and in the course of
time the persecuted little brunette will rush
nto Uncle Sam's arms for protection.
Now that pedestrian ism has become fasli
iouablo among the young ladies of our large
cities, the )M>mtcd toed, high heeled shoe has
gone out of style. The shoe of forriTer years dis
torted ft woman's foot and gave the wearer un
told agony. Tho present style of shoe ha*
heel of not more than an inch in height, and it
is placed where it belougs. The toe is round
and wide. Thu entire shnjH) follows tho until
ral outline of the human foot as far as prne
cable. The material is soft calfskin, and tho
make is masculine. If tho present fashion
lasts long enough the feminine foot will
longer be an expressionless bunch of bone*
muscle and skin, but it will be mobile, iu
stinct with life, shapely and free; in short,just
aucli a f*>oi as a pretty and lively girl ought to
have.
Samurl Folsom, a marine veteran of the
war of 1812, died the other dny at the good
old ago of 110. All his life he was n hard
drinker, au inveterate smoker ond one of tie
worst tempered and most disngreeablu of men
Under tho circumstances Folsom’s longevity
is a mystery. Perhaps his "unmitigated cus
acduess" had something to do with it.
Tmk inquiry into the mental condition of Mr.
Henry Haveifteyer, of New York, develops
some quoer facts. Mr. *ll#vcnioyer enjoys
such a princely fortune that his luvith man
ner of living would not have been considered
out of tho way, but certain eccentricities have
caused a good deal of talk. His guests
dinner partica, for instance, were
frequently afttoniahjd at being
ushered into tho dining hall with great core
mony by Mr. Havameyer himself. When all
were seated the host placed himself at tho
head of tho table and tupped a silver bell. In
•tantly doors flew open on different sides of
the room, and in filed what sceinod to be a:
imposing deputation of military commanders,
hut they were really waiters bedecked ill the
gaudy uniforms of Austrian and Prussian gen
erals, French marshals and officer* of ©tho
effete European countries. The mimic officers
were helmeted,plumed, spurred, sworded aud
. cpauletted. Each generalissitno boro in his
bauds a dish of sumptuous viands. After thi
tho dinner proceeded in orthodox fashion. Fi
a long time nothing was thought of this ami
similar freaks, but now that Mr. Havetnoyer
sanity is questioned they aro regarded ns evi
deuce of his unsettled mental condition.
A ORNTI.RMAR connected with the “Queen
and Crescent" route told a Cincinnati repor
ter the other day that not a day pasted with
out from five to twenty-live farmers and me
chanics from the northwest |>a*sitig over his
line for points in the south iu search of luml
and locations. Tho “Queen aud Crescent’
office in Cincinnati receives every dny an nv
crags of a hundred letters from people talking
of emigrating to Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama
Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida or the
Carolina*. Reduced rates are now offered to
the land explorer who desires to visit the
south, and this policy is producing gratifying
results. If the movement southward increases
for the uext five years iu the same ratio as for
the list five years, every hill aud valley iu
the south will soon “blossom aa the rose."
Governor Ci.zvri.axi* has won great distinc
tion on account of his exercise of the par
doning power. Succeeding a governor who
boasted that he pardoned uone, he ha* boldly
pardoned or commuted whenever he felt justi
fied in doing so. liecently Dr. Tnlmsge iu a
sermon complimented Governor Cleveland
upon his courageous exercise of the pardoning
power. A weak man in the executive office
Is frequently deterred from showing
clemency to Qic innocent because there is a
strong disposition on the |*art of the public to
regard a verdict of guilty as conclusively es
tablishing the defendant's guilt. The dread
of losiug votes is another restraint. Now all
thi* so far from*aiding the course of justice it
an obstacle in its way. While stupid aud cor
rupt juries frequently suffer the guilty to
escape, they also, at times, convict the inno
cent. This makes it necessary to lodge the
pardoning power somewhere, and the man
who exercises it boldly and wisely deserves
well of his country.
Misa Li la Hirst, the wonderful electric
girl from Georgia, has been exhibiting her
power* before a party of scientific gentlemen
in Washington. Miss Hurst went through the
remarkable performance* with whish many of
our people are already familiar. When re
quired to go through the same feats on a small
A Texas preacher recently made tho pocket
pistol the subject of a very striking lecturet
The speaker said that thu pistol is inode fo •
but one purpose, and that is to take httmnn
life. The huntsman has no uso for it. The
man win* puts one into his |»ockct contem
plates n poHsiblo difficulty and homicide. I
is the instrument of nine-tenths of the slough
Nixz times as many children die in the five
summer months as in tho other seven. The
causes of this frightful mortality are mainly
two, impure water aud impure vnilk. By ex
ercising extraordinary caution in the matter
of water and milk during the summer months
it is possible to save the lives *of thousands of
children every year. •
Conversation has been called a lost art, and
pcoplo are perfectly willing to allow it to re
main lost. No circle of men to-day would
listen to such a talker as Coleridge or Macau
lay, and Madaine do Steel's brilliant har
rangiies would empty a room. Tho prevailing
talk of the dny is the lightest kind of chnt-
. ter. 1'eoplo think hurriedly and talk in a
that stxrilo .ocivljr, mi,I J. bln, with J( , rky( brok ,, n way . Wo have no limo to in-
iU bloody work night end d»y. Tho remedy d|||ge , tllmp >Irecchofl am | the nrau who
jirojxwod by the Tcxu preacher i. to moke It ni „ hi< IcBrlling Pr goci lnto , hc dbouM | 0 n of
o pent! oireH.o to curry, roll or mniiuhctnro » wc|ghty , ubj ,. cU ,, generally voted a boro,
pl.tol. l)„t reform doe. not ond with tho I Bril | i(ll)t conversation require, lci.ure, and
prohibition of tho pistol* To make the work tll0 lR , k( . r , B11(1 lit i cllcr , of tlie . preient (Uy
complete there must be a suppression of tho I j JftVe no j e j lure#
lawlessness behind the pistol. This is llie J —-
great problem of the age. I Josh Billings reads nothing. He gets the
| materials for his numerous paragraphs through
Tiik famous 8t. Bernard dogs aro very care-1 his eyes and cars. He never wrote anything
fully trained. A traveler jwho visited some of I until ho was forty-fivo years old. Up to that
tho monasteries of tho monks of fit. Bernard, n I time the world was his college and men were
fow years ago, found tho monks tonehing their | his books. Billings says that humor does not
logs from the earliest stages of puppybood. I p„y as much as it did a fow years ago. The
Not only is physical and mental training in-1 market is overstocked, and tho young man who
eluded in this teaching, but spiritual culture I thinks of going ln^> humorous writing is simp
is by no menus neglected. At mealtime tho I \y wasting his time,
logs sit in a row, each with a tin dish beforo 1
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
Walton News: On last Friday Mr. Eli Smith at
tempted to burn the mites out of his hen house,
when the hen house caught on fire and the whole
top was burned out before the crowd could extin
guish the flames, although it was raining hard.
Loss, 1,000,000 mites, 100 feet lumber, oue dozen
roost poles. No Insurance.
Jock Russaw, colored, of Walton county, died on
lost Saturday, and a petition for money to buy his
shroud, coffin, etc., was carried around Monroe in
tha afternoon. A few years ago the Russaw fam
ily was a large one, and its members were large,
healthy, stout-looking people. A strange fatality
seems to have overtaken them, as they are all
dead but one.
Lon Booker, a negro brakeman on the Mont
gomery and Eufauia raifrpad, was killed near
Eufaulft Tuesday night while attempting to couple
cor*. His body was terribly mangled and he died
in fifteen minutes after the accident.
A representative of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun
heard a southwest Georgia farmer talking about
the crops in his section. He said that the p aspect
is most encouraging and the farmers are hopeful
of a full crop. They have planted more largely of
corn and other grain than heretofore and propose
to make the cotton crop a surplus. They have not
suffered for rain and all the crops are growing 1 oxtruditfed.
finely. The fanners of southwest Georgia are on J Washington county will send delegates to the
the high road to prosperity. j temperance convention which meets in this city
Amcricus Recorder: Sunday morning the town I on the2lth of July.
re,K,rt ‘‘‘'it “"other I A If Harvey, who attempted to outrage a white
house had been tired. In company with Dr. W. I, . , ' . » f. , , .
Burt, a Recorder man visited the house, which ^dy ,n cla >' count J r about two ww * k * * ,nce * and
was the old Brake property, on Jefferson street, I for whom a party of men has been looking, sur-
£ e colored contractor, j rendered himself a day or two ago and was carried
It seems that some time during the night one ©f I # u*
the inmates of the house awoke and heard Ntcph- I to * ort ^ a ^ ne8 and Pfaced in J*H-
ens's dog barking very furious. On arising uml | The mayor of Thomasville bos offered a reward
SfrtlncUy e *een In ^fhe^roid mM «. h rouId bc I °f 1500 for the discovery of the incendiary who set
turned and looked** nt the ° house I flrc to the Lcben house.
and then moved on to the bridge, I A brother of Leonidas Johnson Is serving a twen-
sonteace In the cliaingnng. He Is notv nt
of opium when once they become addicted to Its miss of (according to his statement) twenty odd
use. summers. Mr. Bradwell proceeded to ply the usual
Hon. C. R. Pringle, of Washington county, haa questions, ages, place of residence, consent of
been elected one of the trustees of the Wesleyan parents, etc., etc., when, like a truthful man, the
female college, ; groom-expectant owned up that the bride’s parents
Tb«CatoosaCourier saysoj the arrest of Ed. ■ glffjS%U
Norman, who was arrested at Graysville, and * themselves from the red hills of the county of
lodged In Jail by the sheriff ol Catoosa county, j Randolph to the more fruitful lands of Decatur;but
under m'trm.oH.^Ivcd from .he police .a- I
thoritics of Nashville, Tennessee. | ert « n d iu abundant caution, asked to be permit-
He had with him a little girl, supposed to be ted,to see and question the bride herself % (who was
officer armed with } returned,
from that city this they are safe
pur* *****—
Nashville. On Tuesday
a requisition arrived
to take custody
ties. A writ o( habeas corpus was sworn out
against the sheriff before Judge James II. Ander
son, ordinary’, but the sheriff could not be found
and the ofllcerjln charge of the writ did not succeed
in serving it; and on Wednesday morning the
prisoners were delivered to the Nashville officer,
who left wUh them on the 5 o'clock a. in. train.
Subsequently the sheriff was brought before the
ordinary, under process for contempt and a fine of
twenty-five dollars and cost was Imposed upon him.
Information from Nashville Is to the effect that
there was no abduction whatever In the case. The
girl, Annie Mason, was Infatuated w ith Norman,
and left home willingly with him. This being so,
the action of the shcriffof Catoosa will be criticised
for conniving ut the delivery of a prisoner to the
officer of another -state, when the prisoner was
gufliy of no offense for which he could have been
otb residents of Randolph
him containing his repast. Grace is said by I
M. Worth, tho greet dressmaker of Poris
one of tho monk., tho dog, sitting motionless H r, 1 lh *‘ "' e fn " ,lion ot dog i. not
with bowel heads. Not on, of thorn .tin un- 0rcck - ", or 1 Ko "‘“ n - ," or " ,edi " v * 1 > , nor » on f iB
nance. It hns no definite character) it is i
mixture, a salad. Most of the new fashions
first see the light in M. Worth’* establishment.
Worth creates them. Ho employs about
workwomen. Tho success of the fashion ran
ker’i art depends upon tho variety pf f<
. | nnd tho comparatively low price which ujlowi
ft ,f|th« merchant to realise ft rcftsonaWJ^roffr
7 1 Naturally tho persous who buy the clotn, silk
trimmings and luce must he thoroughly com
According to General lairing, the women in I potent judges. It is of a combination of all
an Egyptian harem lead monotonous lives. I these articles upon a roughly cut out pattern
They amuse themselves crunching melon I in muslin that tho most wonderful fashions
seeds, eating candy, smoking cigarettes, and I come. When tho Paris season closes the
showing their jewelry, and fine toilets to thoir I clothing left over is shipped to South America
friends. Living a life of perfect indolence, I whero it is sold a* a novelty the following
they never soil their hands with labor, or rock | year,
their brains with thought-
run for town. The smell of kerosene wo* noticed,
nothing was thought of it. In the morning it was
found that kerosene had Men thrown on the I hear until last week that Leonidas had been hung.
reg . imt " ,t wm
erboarding was burned to a crisp at the bottom, I on tbo °* August,
and was charred nine boards high. The frequent I Whitfield county will produce one of the finest
rains we have had lately, and the boards being
old prevented them from burning. We under- ■ _ „ , ., , . . , „
stand the bottle which held tfio oil has been I Two octogenarians, Alex. Lonford mul Susan
found. It Is evident that something must bc 1 Parks, were married in Catoosa county one night
done to check the growth of inceudlurism in this I woc jj t
/' Corrwpon-lcnt of tho Hftwklnsvlllo Now,, I A fad accident occurred «t Ringgold n few days
writing of recent exhibitions of electricity, brings I *«° ln willch » »« le two-year old child of Captain
to mind a curious incident of (orty-fivc years ago I Anderson met with a horrible death. An older
in Pulaski: * I sister had placed u pot of boiling peas on a table
An old gentleman by the name of John Rawls I *° co °* ^hen the child, climbing upon It, over
bad a corn field on the north side of town, and a I turned the pot and received tho scalding contents
m’nu!n.!JP*!V? r .‘ About I upon Its body. After several hours of excruciat-
• clock a. m. a thunder cloud caino up and the I. , .. ~ ,
hunds repaired to a warehouse just across the I * n 8 I** 1 * 11 “ c *"“ c * u " cn l r died,
street from Merritt A Niles’s store. They were ac«* I Mr. Vance, of Spring Place, has a pear tree in his
kon’
up and the
tho
SfJ.'lUwK S^'iuCka ISlv on Vliife AtaS'l ^en of the dwarf rarlety which to.I* feet high
between two old negro men, Lewis am! Joe. Their I aud which contains four hundred and twenty fine-
feet rested on another bale. Six or eight negroes I Iy developed pears.
Hberton South: George Long, the Madison
struck the house, prostrutiug ail hands on the I
J round and instantly killing Lewis and I
oe. There was no mark or scald on them. Young r
; l/)ll|ii II1U t iJIllr
Sheriff Alexander con-
whero inite, unreasonable and unreasoning pa
rents cannot molest nor make them afraid. The
groom, wo leArn, is named Jernlgan, and ia quite
u clever young man. And jthat
the bride Snow—botl
county.
. Mr. W. J. Scarborough, of Dublin, has growing
In his garden a cabbage which has on one stem
five separate and distinct well developed heads.
Some of the children of Anthony Lovett, a negro
living nenrSylvania, while playing with a pistol,
one day this week, dihcbarged the weapon, lodg
ing a ball In the head of one of the number. The
child hns since died.
Brister Lawton, Jr., a colored man of Screven
county, has a forty acre field of cotton w hich will
average above knee high.
Married in Catoosa couuty, Tuesday the I2th
Inst.. Mr. J. B. Lansford and Miss Susan Park, The
ages of the happy couple are 84 and 77. The groom
was for many years u prominent citizen of Walker
county, while the bride is the mother of Dr. Pork/
of Catoosa and the sister of Mrs. Culberson, of
LuFa.vette.
On last Sunday night Abram Bush, a negro liv
ing on the plantation of Mr. J. T. Wade, near
Burton's ferry. In Screven county, was bitten by a
rattlesnake. His dog, which was blocked (in the
yard, had gone under his house and gotten
fastened,when Abram crawled under to loose him,
and came In contact with his suukeship, and was
bitten on the instep. He has been suffering con
siderably, and, although every effort has been
made to relieve him, he is still in a critical condi
tion. The snake was killed, aud measured a lit
tle over three feet ln length, and had five rattles.
Hancock Bulletin: Lucy. Mr. David Dickson’s
dusc girl, has been sick for some weeks with a
complication of diseases, among others that of
Jaundice. She received a letter from her brother
who is teaching school in Baldwin county, statinjr
that if she took nine lice and put them into a gill
of whisky, and drank it, that she would be cured.
If any of our renders are suffering from this dis
ease, they would do well to try It.
Waynesboro, June 24.—The negro who fatally
stabbed Mr. Elbert Altaway from which he died
nnd for whom the governor offered a reward was
captured In Beaufort, 8. C„ on Saturday last.
Mr. W. D. Chance, a prominent fanner in our
county, fell dead of heart disease in his own yard
« day or so ugo. Ho was quite well and hud been
for some time and hnd not felt a pain in years.
Romr, Go., June 21.—[Special.]—A large meeting
of bu&luc-ss men was held at the city hall to-night
to organize a stock company to develop anfl op
erate the Etowah manufacturing property in Bar-
Kuwls was literally scalded from his feet tol..„
head on one side, was taken to the store above
named nnd physicians culled in. He recovered,
and so did all the balance, except Joe and Lewis.
J was at the time standing on the gallery of my
uncle's. Colonel Bozeman's hotel, when a nc~
* lie Has broken nil tho chains I Ww «"d Chctokco counties. The mooting was-
that hnre ever boon pht on him,and requires tho | «"T successful ond a considerable nraonnt was
service of a blacksmith lilniost dally.. flic : 1 '* —
^ _ sheriff I subscribed. It fs intended to raise $125,000.
had both hands and both feet chained to the I Acworth, Ga., June 24.—Mrs. Lee, who resides
a%te ,, or*;u , n b d at uX*.gsfSffisys "r wws z i ?r u -
Inv on the floor. On Friday evening last Mr. I * n R to give attention to her cow, which hod i
i'lri «mo 4 *m»niln'g ! u l pfho street 'dcehiriniTui? I A &" 1 >'!‘ r , ,w«» very much surprised on going I young calf. As she was about to tnko hold of the
miriJohn uS %o end iSSSs wSre iff ,n ‘.° °> B 1,11 to . "?d hong hnd broken every chain I calf the cow made n lunge for her, pressed her
klll"l, nnd she hnd l“en klMcd too but tmd I * n< ' ' ,M ,0< * c 1,11,101#U ' * I against the fence nnd was"using her 6udly with
got up and run. Now, the singular part Stilt I The grade of the M. and N. O. rallroud is com-1 J ,cr horns. Mrs. Duke, who was near by, ran to
fs this: John Kawu, Sr , iSSl V,. “ I „,n„. „ w„ mm.. I ,Kr “^'Unce,. The cow turned on Mrs. Sukeitnd
is this: John Rawls, Hr., had gone across | pleted ten miles above EllijAy.
nLZZ ,°.“SThe Mesons ol Gilmer county:
til the “anicn” is spoken. If u frisky puppy I
attempts to sample his meal beforo grace in I
over, one of the older dogs growls and gently [
tugs his ear. Tho intelligence displayed by I
these unimalt in -rescuing unfortunate travel
ers among tho mountains is absolutely won
derful. Many n limn who Iny down.
snow drift owes Ids lilt to the sn
the 8t. Bernard dogs.
When they toil
their solo occupation is to beautify themselves.
Tiir variation of a quarter of n cent in petro
leum quotations scares the aversgo dealer of
When young they nre very beautiful. Yol no , mt tho CRrlv , loy> ofoll ipccuta tlon
" ,,n " ,low "‘ h> xdmiro thc.e beuutHhl creot- v , loMjampw , up „ 11( | down nt a fe.rful rote,
un-., except their muter., nnd the belle, "f Theycnr tHdi wu.the most notebleof .lifer
tho herein pu. their live, in whet i. virtually „ uclll „ loll , j,, tbo petroleum market. It
prison. ^ I opened with tho price nt 40.M n barrel. Before
Tiir. disagreement of the Cincinnati jury in I January had gone tho price had advanced to
the ease of T. C. Campbell, who Is charged with I $10* U fell to $7 in February, aud March
attempting to bribe a juror, is almost as discs- I < % amc in with values down to $5 a barrel, the
Irons to the defendant as a verdict of guilty I lowest they had been in a year. Tho price
would have been, rampbell's law practice has I advanced $2 a barrel before April and remain
greatly declined. This week a committee np- I od through that month steadily at $7. It ad
|toiuttMl by the bar nss<viation will make an ef-1 v a need to $8.25 in May, fell to $5 in June, was
fort to disbar Campbell. This notorious law- I bold at that figure until August and then turn
yer has been practicing in Cincinnati for Hie I bled toft, the month closing, however, with
juist fourteen years. He gradually organized I •» advance to $5.25. When September closed
his forces and became wonderfully auccessAil. I the market was tending towards the big fig<
He controlled |M>litieal inventions and placed I ures of the year before, $9.25 being the quota-
his tools in high (Hisitious. Ho had the nm- I tion. October brought $fi.50 as the market
hiuery of justice lagely under his control, nnd I price, and during that month the market ad
iasperate men whom he had saved from the I vaneetl to $9.50, receded to $0.50 and advanced
penitentiary did his bidding. His defense of I again to $8, which figure was maintained dnr
Berner, it will be recollected, caused the riot | ing November. The market was as low as $5
and his downfall.
in December, but the year closed with quota
tions strong at $8. The average for the year
had been $0.18 a barrel, a figure that the oper
ators thought ruinously low, but if one third
f that price should happen to strike the mar
ket to-day there wouldn't be a sane pctrole
uin speculator in any exchange in America.
AavaiCAN actresses and singers cannot
plain of their reception iu Euro|»e. Last win
ter Mile. Van Zant, Nevada and Mine. Valda
achieved distinction in Italian opera iu Paris.
Miss Maud Powell, of Illinois aud Miss Net-
Carpenter, of New York, are now near the
topmost round of the musical ladder. Mary I l * »• »aid that a great pressure will be brought
Anderson's triumph is too fresh in the public I to bear on Mr. Hendricks to prevail on him to
mind to need more than a passing allusion. I become tho democratic candidate for governor
Genius will make its way anywhere, and I Indiana. It is a little singular that whenever
even uow the Old World does not disdain to I Mr. Hendricks haa an opportunity to serve the
look to the New for amusement and iustruc-1 democratic party it should be necessary to
tion. I bring a heavy pressure to bear upon him. If
lx Mexico the (wpular .vutiiuent L rxpidly *** “/• '
erjreUliiiu, egein.l A.neric. rellroe.l.. Thi.
feelin, i. particularly niHicmble in «h. *’ h ? v * “ br °** h ‘ Cn "'- V bul
liUtrirl. where ignorent (wople ntlrihulo I * ro " '
their ill, to reilreeil*. The nominntion of I ,,,,w Low# H.-it Hr.
Bleliie h.i» inten.ifinl the anti-roilree.l, enti-1 "H«w Ion*mr yexwino trrbe hi town. Zeker’
Amerieen epirit. The m,». ignor.nl greater * ,kod ' V ’ l ; c ' u * r , tht ;
■ •> %, I line In hand, wstcUiug her husUand, leavinx for
already knows Mr. Blaine's foreign policy. I xtlanU. 1
Every Mexican believe* that the election o
Blaine bodes evil to Mexico. The newspaiHTt
talk in this vein, and the .election of the
plumed knight would be regarded bv thou-
•.ml. of Mexiren. „ equivelent to . , ! r * x ‘- hlm neatly .Unit the neck. Then
declaration of war I * ,u> K “' ° hcr ou ‘ l ol ,ho Un « * i"k, and
, I .natehed Zi-ke off of hi. feet* gasping for breath*
L» Cxm»»«ot>», the famou. female bandidt, I *tow long air ye gwtne ter ba tn town?
been kille.1 at last. K..r year, this daring rrt “ ncd M * ltod T- » l0 * 1 > dmgglng the fallen mu
woman wm tbo terror of the road* about t0 K r
Qurctero.
’Bout six foot, I reckon,” answered Zeke.smart*
| Iy, bnishlng loud.
Mclindy’s face ftushiSl, and grasping the rope
she held in a firm hand, flung it dextrously at her
she )
. *i “’Bout—'bout »lx—ngh--lnrhre long-em—oh,
Thore who have .eon her «y that [ U»Iy_ugh-l d bin ef~ce, Undy-ye hedn t .
• wm about thirty, remarkably beautiftil, | flung---ouch-that air ropc-ahh-’reund my
platform the young lady did not succeed so I with a clear complexion and abundant hair. I neck.”
well. Professor Simon Newcomb, who 'Her personal charms were so .irresistible that I “How ’longycgwincterbe tharr' again quer*
was present, expressed the opinion that ih« rarely failed to get into the good graces of I calmly,
her performances were the result of nms- travelers on the roads. 6he hM been known I ffLlSS ..v-
color strength, but she admitted that she was to shoot two men dead in a stagecoach and gtij" * ^ ° Wf
Unconscious of its exercise. On the other hand, make her veesp^with their valuables, the * Aral Zckc got.
build n new temple. A committee 1ms been ap. I Smith, the nttending physician, thinks tLere is no
pointed to look after the burning of one hundred I chance for Mrs. Lee’s recovery.
**« *«»«* kooo out ii urc 11 steps wneti | buildhii^ln^iMirlv Siaitambc^ cotnmcQt ‘ c on 1 Waynesboro Citizen: Colonel 8. J. Bell, now
lighting struck and inode splinters of the tree he I bu “ dln ® * n uirI > Stpttmbcr. I c ie r k of the superior court of Burke county, and
e.--. x.._.... .... — . . ... i inrjnton Appeal: A strange occurrence took I who was first lieutenant of the Burke Guards,
B lacc at F. C. Carr's on the night of the 7th Inst. I which company went from this place, nnd ws»
•urlng the night Mr. Barr nnd wife wero awaken- I company A., thin! Georgia volunteers, was woun
ded nt HnarpKburg, September 1»V2, Just above the
. liegallanUjr
The wound
ftiid remained there for months. ' *’ I that the water of his well was not right, a close I lump over the rhleo " which* v * has re-
The Columbus Times «vv* thst nr v \ I examination wm made, and[tho carcass, of a large I mained there ever since, but which gave the-
nil n il T let u 1 • J:* I Wild cat aud tho missing house cat was drawn I colonel no troublo until the early part of last week,
DeGraffcuricd, who has taken charge of the sumll-1 from his well, the wild cat still holding Ids »»«•«* I~ .
the deer. Thu cloud passed over, and the light- I
nlug striking around, caused the old mnn to leave I
the tree. IIo had gone but fifteen steps when 1
lighting struck and made splinters of tho tree he I
had just left. Hnd he remained one half minute I
‘ ingcr ho would certainly have been killed. As f
poof that lightning strikes from the earth ns well
the purtNisc of pmcurlng the nccossary supplies
required in their treatment. He reports two cases, | instead’t.
Mre. Coleman and Johnson, # a little son of Major I tho well L._ .. f , „
Camp, Uiqugh^fljtti.jtra apparently ligbt. Mrs. | .The.peach crop of .Talbot connty^is the most | the^body.
Wiiemnn Jins awHffiuu ot a few months 'which
the house cat, and wm going enrouto for the I of the missile was covered over when tho wound
i, mistook the well for tho yard fence, and I healed, and still remained In tho flesh, and that it
I ol Jumping over tho fence, Jumped into I was about to suppurate and come away. It i*
II and wu drowned. I certainly a long time to carry a piece ol castlron In
, peach crop of Talbot county Is tlio most I the body,
inouths’which | A J randimt ,or yo * ni ’ 1,louty ot now °“ Tho Citixon is pain*d ta Uam ‘th*..t»»Hta doath
£»p""J Ir, .bree“ht«. M b.". rMa .Waiffo, “"V hutTZ ‘tent It
exposed to It] and will probably Iks attacked. I baps othetcitlzeus of our county, were complete-1 behind the horeolot some 50 or CO yards from the
The citizens of Wavcrly Hall held a meeting ye,- JUtanta^On F?ldav last Johnmn ,hoot „Remaining out rather long,,
terday tor the purpose of establishing a strict quar- I traried with these gentlemen for one hundre<l and I ^ ni ’ Chance called him, but received no answer,
antiue about the Infected home. Dr. DcGmfien- I fifty head of sheep. Tho price-f1.5e por head— I oo>nc time afterwards n negro boy who had been,
reld will give the sufferers the benefit of his entire I SeH^Vn^uisTon thefr I h0Cl ^ ?, 0tt ? n durInff the dn ? tor ul Mw ' ? ftnc ?
time and sendees, and he has heretofore been miw- t j psomise, they hired hands, went to work, hunted I ^ the house to get pay for his work, and
successful In this branch of the practice. I up tho sheep, and had the desired number lu I asked airs. Chance for him. She asked the boy
Hon. Henry R. HnrrK comm dinner for tho {! 1 , !* t Sff mnSuS' T .I"*. “ n0 ‘ . " ecn Mt - chll '* re '
fourth congressional district, has made the follow- ( mui the parties, all clever, honest, fair dealing I he saw 5Ir. Chance lying down be
ing appointments in the counties of said district to I men, wafted impatiently for him but he failed to I hind the lotas he came np to the house. Appre-
xld in having thi. .cctlon fairly reprccnlcl nt the SKTL JhtaTutfiffthit'hS 1 reSufX!?Wko’uio h ‘ n<Un * th V " om ' thln * wro »* Mix. Chance
New Orleans cottou exposition: For Carroll, W. R. I sheep ami woufd explain by letter. • Mr. Johnson I J* 11 to tbc P* ftCC designated by the boy, where abo
Russell. of Carrollton. For Chatta- I wm a perfect stranger to the parties, and tho les-1 found Mr. Chance lying across his gun, without
they have learned will not soon be forgotten. I tho appearance of ever having moved or even
•fvbS thM."^™ thSy tSreM .hi.^ breathed after he foil. Hi. gun waa on the full
and returned them to the much. I cock, and grasped as If he was about to fire It. Mr.
hoochec, W. W. 8hlpp,
Cusseta. For Coweta, I*. \V. Martin, of Ncwnnn.
For Harris, James M. Mobley, of Hamilton. K<
Heard, J. V. Daniel, of Franklin. For Marion, K.
IV, Butt, of Bcuua Vista. For Meriwether, \X. | »"h«~w^rwlth hi* Tiitie doir which'I f—’ V***' *? w ‘ 1143
Reeves, of Greenville. For Muscogee, Dr. J. M. I attracted hh» attention by coming to him, whining I ^" cw tbcrc was anything whatever the matter
Bussey, of Columbus. For Talbot, W. K. Munifor*!, I and exhibiting signs of great P«in. Suspecting I with him. Mr. Chance was 53 years old.
of Talhotton. For Taylor, R. W. Montfort, ot But- bad beM^ten by■ «: make, he went to The phyldan. of Carroll county will meet at
ler. For Troup, 8. II. Fannin, of LaGnuige. I rattlesnake, which he dispatched at once. T^e I Carrollton on the 2»th of June for the purpose of
Savannah Time.: A gentleman, an omcial in the 11H«1« dog had been .truck in the .Ida by it. deadly I organl.lng a medical .oeicty.
cltr has an old .Dlnnlna wheel which waaciven I ton ** U v «d. about Hftmm minute., dying In I Dubllu (larctte: The baneful hnnd ol misfortune-
city nasunom spinning wncciwnieit was given I convulsion, and the utmost agony. The snake wu, I b n« rested heavily ujion Mr. Tboma. Towren and
tohim by hi. ancestors, and handed down us a I fifty-seven Inches long aud Hvetnchca In diameter I his family. He Is one of the noblest of God’s
rich and liivaluablc heirloom from one of the I and had seven rattles. Mr. Adams says another I works, "an honest man," hard working and haa
trlelan I rattlesnake with thirteen rattles w-aa killed on hh I few enemies. For more than a year William, a
iritlual colonists. Over It some of the patrician 1 . _
ladles of nearly a century and a half ago spun and I place last week. Tri*|«uwcrs on his premises had I son about fourteen or fifteen, has lien lying upon
sun* In melodious measures. The spinning I tetter be watchful for there Is "death ln tho pot," I his bed unable, by some direful disease, to move a
wheeHs sacredly kept, and Is aa qstcnutjpual^ I wheat .cutting ha. begun tn ricken. county. 1 "
1 The artillery salute (luring commencement In I
(itn in.il uiiuuii:, uj nots.w Ulivilll titnttHf, IU IIIUYC ft
single limb. Soon after he became afflicted an
older brother, Charles, died of fever. And agnin
‘ “ ‘ chi ic^
winder that such an article should brtV ,“ I miles (ll"tant. # I might confidently lean, wasetaimed by death^freuS
been prized and utilized by our grand- I _ «•» . I fever aNo While this last yet lay u cold cortw*
mothers who were taught In » different I Mr. JoshuaJoues, whe has been managing: the I lt 1 ln htsangcrhadpnt theelfr
school from that in which the fashioned belie I office of the Camilla Clarion aud acting m local I menta in their fury against him. One of his
now graduatini from. It now rest* in JuxtapoMi-1 -jm,- will soon begin the publication of a paper I neighl>ors, Mr. J. H. Vopp, had Just ridden up
tion with elaborate and costly furniture, or rugs. I w,u “ 1 * 11 I amidst the fury of a thunder storm, and whilo
and soft carpet* not dreunuM of when the usofu I In Georgetown, Quitman county. I tethering his hbree to a tree, a stroke of dectridte
spinning wheel tossed the flax that was haudled | Rich Byrd, charged with burulng the Baptist I or lightning hurled lUelf against the tree, and
rider and hone were both prostrated. It wm some
time before Mr. Vopp could be resuscitated, and
the hone, fora time, was dazed and badly affect-
on the delicate fiugen of our historic voneti. | . hliw |. gn .i MMAnaim i„ Amorim* had hfucom-
Another family, a prominent one, whose anewaont I churc . h * nd P«™nago in Americas, naff ms com
were among the tint aud most honored of the I tnittal trial and under the evidehee he is commit-
early scttlen, and who are mftv respected and es-1 ted for trial at the next term ot superior court,
teemed, has• iofty dock that counted the hour* I Enfaula. Ala., Bulletin: The brutal black
which ebbed away with the live* of our forelnth-1 wretch, All Haney, who recently made such un
cd.
The Gazette is also sponsor for the following;:
which ebbed away with the live, ol our forelath-1 wretch, Alf Haney, who recently made such un I “ : —* 7~™
era standing in all iu stateliness against I outrageous assault upon Mn. Fincher, in Clay I A few duys ago Mn. T. L, Daniel wished to change
“The whitewashed walls, the nicely sanded floor, I county. Go., eame in from the woods on last Tuts-1 shoes, and when she picked up the pair not worn.
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. I day night and surrendered himself to Mr. T. J. I *i»«« .hnimtinui , h ., „„„ . _
This hM been resuscitated aud re*U In the lap I MethX living In the fower edge of Quitman I for “f 10 tlme : * he D ® IU «* tbat one ot them
ot luxury, enjoying s — -* * * *■ “ “*— — *
lusty*
This hM been resuscitated ami rests In the lap | Methvin, living. In the lower edge c. , . . . , *
! luxury, enjoying a green old age, and Is as I county. Ga. lie Wl been pursued tor the last two I very heavy; she ran her hand into it to Rscertaln
Lii-n? - not n>n * vu? ®!3 | weeks, but by # keepingJn the woods and being eon-1 the cause, and to her great nurprise and fright she-
year out and the new year in for ages. The old I cealed and fed by some of the negroes In the I f lt ^ lhIn - ver ,, The .thoe u.i*dronn«t
pendulum pulsates with m long, loud and lengthy I neighIwrhood. he managed to elude his pursuers. I l€ J* <om « in | n a *er> coin. tiu. shoe was dropped,
tread m lu the days gone by. ami its striking is m I Yet be knew that It wm only a question of time I when a snake about three feet long ran out, which
had been there safely ensconsed.
- —the(5Ieth- I The Country Schoolhouse.
“SiSjSJy 1 “w*nt"Mff“wid*Alf I T h .l! e A oo . m _“!“f_ , _ t0 ?d.btsMe theway,
niM.II up. Mr. Mvthvin sent for his I
posreff over tho root of Its own ora who lmve I Alf. pouMromo np nnd surrender. ‘
S ue ffowu unanx tho shallow,. I vin) woul.l see him 1 1
lere are several plives of antlqtratcl furnltmv lmnoorsh.it to i.i.hx
atnatthyi'ity that are of pri<\-leaa value. Some of I an.l he save himself up. -
of ebony, reaewootl, tnatao*»n; amt the I nephew anct neighbor, James Methvin, and put-1
L-r kind of plnestalued and itltded. There I tiu their prisoner tn a wagon that nisht. started ^XmnvhvriicHttlehomeren^rein
PRM beyond ooinparison. Many rarearttelea 1 10 Fort Gaines, where he was safely lodgrai Injatl. I A,i t h.^wero™mew^mreW M ^B
that eame over with the provincial governon and I Alf. Is about 2i years ot age and a very worthless I TlSi otters rouwould remrrehare^inSsM^
Isettlers are in this city and no amount of money I and brutal looking wretch. Mr. Methvin says I 7JY. i“‘r..? ;arc<! n, y8guesseff„
tsiutd •ntBcieutly tempt their ow ners to sell them I that lu.t v, soon a- Alt. was put Into the wagon. I
In two Mr. W. W. l-ri.v put up a steam mill In I [ne felirowfe that hejell tnw ^^deep sleep that |
Pringle. Washington county. The place has now I ‘ lrt
It is a secret known to few.
15 families, 57 inhabitant*. 4 stores, 2 blacksmith
I lasted until he reached Fort Gaines.
William Miller, of Brooks county, hM boon s
shops, l wood shop. I steam gin, 1 doctor, and n tcnctfd 10 toar > e * n lu lhc t**H**ti*ry for horse
good weekly school and a Sunday-school, a nice I B h*aliug.
A. Hutcherson’s factory, near Whitesburg, Car-1
roll county, hM >3 400 spindles in operation.
church U Uing built, the platv i.-* hcaltliy nntl i.-t
located iu a mile and a half of New's bridge.
Dougtasvllle Star: There ha. Just dle.1 at the l H - will add ttfty more loom, atan curly day.
[county poorhon*e,an^)ld tally wb# was a confirmtHl | Before the war Mr. Jasper Morrison, or Elbert |
I opium eater of ten or twelve rear* standing. Mrs. I county, owned a negro woman by the name of
Hhoda Tate, was born in South Carolina and wo* I < » rt-f »g.n.i*n»« now nnmW jm m*nv
67 year* of age at the time of her death. Being a I wbo *° descendant* now number 400, m n>
great sufferer from rheumatism, she was put on I of them living in Ilart. She had eight girls and
laudanum by her physician, and a* the disease | W ven sons, all ol whom raised large families. The
continued she wm obIiKv«l to increase the dose of I
the laudanum to alleviate her sufferings. Finally | °‘ d wom f“ “ Bti *** .f*® m , e * ...
|she was compelled to abandon the laudanum and | cotton without assistance Her grandson Jack has j
the u«e of gum opium. ou account I been a tenant of
. cheaper, aim at the time of her death | the la?t eight years,
the dose had Increased to such an extent I Tu«n,
that she could take enough of the I olf^ond Nuwbaum, a young man of Bain-
drug in one day to kill ten men. It was sn utter I bridge, hM been selected by competitive examina]
impossibility to quit the use of the opium, and at J Uon in Albany for appointment as cadet at Anj
the same time It wm the same to her m a living I M
death, and finally she conld no longer take It and I M P oW -
then death stepped in and mere!fully ended her I Bainbridge Democrat: One day last week there
How important It is that physicians I meandered into the ordinary * office iu tbiscit;
. Jcareful how they prwTibe the deadly gentleman of hopeful mien and honest, truth]
but fesclnating drug, for it b a well known '— - - - - • ’ “
that lew Indeed ever ate able to aUvn<lon ti:e
tv a I
Stretched all along the township hill.
Whence the brood lands sloped either war*
And smiling up did strive to fill -
At every window, every door.
The school bo use with that gracious lore
That God’s fair world would fain instil.
8o softly, quietly it came.
The children never knew its name;
Its various uuobtrusive looks,
The tender lesions it would te eh:
i entle, children, brave and true,
enow the great God loveth you.’”
Only the teacher, wise of heart.
Divined the landscape’s blessed art;.
And when she felt the lag and stir
Of the young idlers fretting her.
Out-glancing o’er the meadows wide,
The ruffling woods, the far hillside,
8he drew fresh breath of God’s free grace,
A gentler look came tn hcr face.
Her kindly voice caught in its own
*—of tr * —
An echo of that pleasant tone
eadly ’ gentleman of hopeful mien and honest, truthful I In which the great world sang its song-
fact tongue, and applied to Deputy Ordinary Bradwell I -Be cheerful, patient, still and strong.”
u*e for a marriage license for himself and a fair young I —M. E. B
song—
Bennett.