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UNION-RECORDER.
MtLLEDGKVILLR, GA., JUNK 24, 1800.
EDITORIAL GLIMSSES
Hancock and Gwiuuett selected
Northen delegates last Saturday.
Asiatic cholera has brokeu out iu
Spain, and people are fleeing for their
live® from that country.
Heury R. Harris, of Greenville lias
formally announced himself a can
didate in the Fourth district.
It is sajd by tlie farmers that snakes
are multiplying very rapidly since the
stock law went into operation.
Judge Stewart will come home
about the first of July, and he and
Col. Livingston will stump the Fifth
district.
The-fartuers dou’t propose to de-
vide the democratic party. Not
much. They intend to keep pretty
much all of it themselves.
The clergyman wtiomai iie<lMr.de Na-
vano and Miss Mary And'non lust Tues
day in London, recievcd the small pay of
$2,500, for his services.
The Census tor tide decade was a perfect
farce. At least two months should have
been given the enumerators to get In their
reports. Complaints are being made all
along the line.
A bolt of lightning struck the
Heardmont cotton mills, seven miles
from Elberton, destroying it by fire.
The loss is $12,000, with no insur
ance.
The county Alliances iu the Seventh
district have called off Hod. Felix Cor-
put, and will unite on Hon. R. W. Eve
rett, of Polk, as a candidate against
Congressman Clements.
It is reported in Alabama that Com
missioner Kolb, lately defeated for
theJDemocratic Gubernatorial nomi
nation, will now be a candidate for
the United States Senate.
OUR POSITION.
It is best in matters political to be
candid, and leave no room for doubt
or misunderstanding. Hence we de
sire to be understood unequivocally
as to the contest for the next Gov
ernor of Georgia.
Long before Hon. TIiob. Hardeman
announced Ills candidacy, the Union-
Recorder had taken open ground
for Hon. W. J. Northen. We see no
good reason to change our first choice.
Col. Hardeman is a good democrat—
as good as any other democrat in or
out of the Alliance. He deserves well
of the democratic party, and we have
not been slow to urge his elevation
to posts of honor. But we cannot
support him for the democratic nom
ination against Mr. Northen. We
hope our position is clearly under
stood.
THE CHAUTAUQUA.
THE EMPTY SLEEVE.
George Bancroft, who was secre
tary of the navy for a year and a half
during the administration of Presi
dent Polk, Is the oldest ex-cabinet
officer, both in age and date of service
now living. _
The farmers, or “wool-hat boys"
comprise a large part of the “nnter-
rifled" Democracy of theBtate. They
will submit their claims to a Demo
cratic convention and abide its decis-
sion. Will that split the party?
Thursday was Augusta's big day.
Gov. Gordon was the first man. But,
as the grand parade took plaoe a
heavy rain fell and wet the feathers
of the bors, and the thirteen hundred
weut back to camps to “dry" up.
Hon. Frank W. Hill, who was re
cently nominated forGovernor ny the
Democrats of Maine, died quite "sud
denly at bis home in Exeter on the
I5lh. His death was a heavy blow to
the Democratic party of Ills state and
will seriously affect t lie campaign.
Apropos to Wui. O'Brien's marriage
a London correspondent save that the
leader’s bride “consecrates herself and
fortune to the Irish cause, and will
accompany h m, a few mouths hence,
to America, whither he will go iu
company with Join: Dillon, on a lec
turing tour for the cause. “They
wit) probably arrive early in Septem
ber."
The sub-treasury scheme is not a
party measure, but one of those meas
ures of expediency which often couies
up to destroy parries. It may be bet
ter for the farmer, or it may not, for
as yet it is untried. Till tbeu, how
ever, it should not be made a cam
paign issue, especially when so uiauv
true and tried Democrats are on both
sides.—Augusta Progress.
No worm or insect is ever found
upon on the eucalyptus tree, or iu the
earth where(the roots penetrates. A
row of trees plauted through an or
chard or viueyard will cause iusects,
worms, and caterpillars to vacate
that region. Two branches of the
eucalyptus u»ed iu the rooms, or
windows will cause iiiiisquitoes,
moths, ficus and flies to leave the
premises. ,
An interesting rumor concerning
the new Macon and Atlantic railroad
is in circulation, to the effect that the
builders of the road are seriously con
sidering the plan of not usipg Savan
nah as tlie terminus, as was at first
proposed, and that Instead they will
probably mu the road to a point on
the Atlantic ocean about half way
between Savannah and Brunswick.
In that event a new port aud a new
town will be established.—Americas
Recorder.
Mr. Stanley relates that one day
while conversing with a friendly tribe
during his r«eeut travels, one of the
chiefs present inquired bow many
wives be possessed. Upon Mr. Stan
ley innocently replying that he bad
none at all those present stood up like
one man, and unanimously exclaim
ed: “What a splendid liar!" They
Th-' third annual session of the
Piedmont Chautauqua, will open at
Lithia Springs, Ga., on the 1st of
July and continue ’till the 27th of
August. These Springs are on the
Georgia Pacific division of the Rich
mono nnd Danville Railway, twenty
miles from Atlanta. It is in the high
lands of the Piedmont Region, 1,200
feet above sea level, in the very heart
of a picturesque region. •
The Peabody Institute, held under
the auspices of the Department of
Education of the State of Georgia,
will be held at the above named
Springs from July 1st to22d.
Maj J. Colton Lynes, President of
the Middle Georgia Military aqd Ag
ricultural College of this city, will
have charge of the Department of
Physics and the Department of
French in the Chautauqua Summer
College, and will deliver lectures on
Natural Science before the Peabody
Institute.
As Dr. A. H. Gillet, Superintend
ent of Instruction, cannot be present
until the 20th of July, Maj. Lynes
hasbeenputin charge until his ar
rival. Some of the distinguished edu
cators of the country have been select
ed as Instructors, and rare opportu
nities are offered all who are so for
tunate as to be able to attend this
summer college.
All Democrat*.
There is a good deal of unrest with
many democratic papers in Georgia
about the Alliance men and the Dem
ocratic party. Now, there is no dan
ger, because the farmers want to pull
out of the slough they have been in
since the war.
A good Alliance man is obliged to
be a good democrat. It could not be
otherwise. If the Alliance men
should put a good democrat in the
Governor's chair, who shall say nay?
We will venture our judgment, and
more, if we had it, that the farmers
of Georgia will never do anything to
hurt the good old Democratic party.
You may talk about the pathos
In the hardabips of the war,
You may talk about the glory
Of the cause that you fought for;
But thcre'a nothing so pathetic
As the lesson we receive
From the quiet, idle flappUu
Of the useless empty
You may talk about the marches,
The scant rations and “bard tack
Of “tbo last drop In the canteen, ' 1
And “the empty haversack,''
There's nothing so convincing In
The Impressions that you leave
As the mute and speechless record
Of the useless empty sleeve.
You may speak of southern prisons.
But their Hbrron could not last;
Of the roar and din of battle,
And thank Qod, that, too, has past
But we see a grim reminder,
Kvery morn and noon and eve,
In the living, speaking presence
Of the useless empty sleeve.
Soldiers deck the graves of comrades
With the laurel that they won.
Poets sing of gallant heroes,
And of deeds of great renown;
But there's naught In poets' anthems
Or the chaplets that they weave
That can beat the touching story
Of the useless empty sleeve.
—Home and Country.
A BUTTERFLY.
Word* V*. Works.
Wlieu God Almighty made this
World, lie had no material on hand,
and hence he had use for but
few words. He said, (Genesis, Chap
1. va. 8,) “Let there be light: and
there was light." Now, was there
ever so much work done, and so
few words suit) about it as in this
grand display of the Almighty’s
power?
In this world of ours, we might
profit by the above example. Talk-
mere words- when work Is the grand
thing sought ami courted—are idle
and empty sources of profit.
When you hear men brag about
what they are going to do rest as
sured, they are going to doiiotliing to
better themselves or the place they
live in. When a tnan has his head
satisfied as to any project, lie talks
about it only to himself, and when he
gets the full measure of his plans
in shape and conformity to his
own ideas, he strikes out, nnd every
body wonders at his wisdom, when
really the man has been studying
about it for months, perhaps years,
wit ft ceaseless labor. Men may talk,
and talk, and use up a dictionary of
words as to some pet scheme, public
or private, but when you see them
plank down the solid silver on top of
their words, theu you may expect to
see Work—Work that will make the
world richer aud men more prospe
rous.
• ♦ ♦ —
Two Grand Men.
Augusta had in her limits on
Thursday, two of the grandest men
in the State of Georgia -Gen. John
It. Gordon and Adjutant Gon. J. M.
Kell. The former illustrated Geor
gia on the “Field” the later made
his name famous the world over by
his cruises of the “Sumter” and the
“Alabama" on the high sea9, un
der the direction of Admiral Sem-
mes, a commander who did great in
jury to the U. S- shipping and went
down only when there was no power
to save.
Tennessee.
Aud now the boom lias struck Ten
nessee iu earnest—the grand old state,
with her magnificent fertile valleys,
great mountains, winding rivers and
inexhaustible minerals—the home of
great men, lovely women, splendid
When Mrs. Walsingham lost the dia
mond butterfly which her husband had
given her on the first anniversary of
their wedding day, she was naturally
much perturbed by her loss.
For two seasons Mr*. Walsingliam’s
butterfly had been an absorbing topic
of conversation whenever pretty Mrs.
Walsingham herself happened to be
present, and on more than one occa
sion it had attracted the admiring at
tention of royalty.
And now the butterfly was lost. The
world—or rather such portion of it as
was crowded into the Court theatre on
that disastrous night—had seen the
Jeweled insect flashing and scintillating
in Mrs. Walsingham’s pretty brown hair
all the time of the performance. But
when husband and wife stood in the
light of their own hall lamp, the former
had uttered an exclamation of dismay.
The butterfly was gone I
Everything had been done that was
usual in such cases. The colonel had
looked carefully in the carriage, and
had made a thorough examination of
each separate fold in Ids wife's dress.
Next morning b e had gone off to the
theatre, and had himself searched the
box in which they bad been sitting.
Then, with commendable prudence,
be had cautioned his wife against speak
ing about her loss, even to the servants,
and in the advertisement in which he
offered a considerable reward for the
recovery of the missing trinket he had
described it as “a jeweled Insect (paste),
valuable to the owner because specially
designed for the Polish wife of Prince
Boris Ivanvitch, when she secretly sold
the Ivanvitch diainonds to supply her
compatriots with funds for a revolution
ary uprising.”
The colonel was very pleased with
the wording of this advertisement, and
read it aloud with a great deal of com
placency to liis wife.
Mrs. Walsingham was not quite so
pleased as her husband. She objected
to the slight put upon her cherished
possession by describing it as paste, and
the aristocratic flavor of its mythical
history did not console her.
“Even if 1 do get it back," she mur
mured plaintively, “1 shan't care to
wear it, if everybody imagines it is
l j , j . • , , i mi ui v in jor ri i n viuvui coivuuiv
intensely admired the apparent calm- < | lorgePi and the land of romantic his
16 „d< as they topical events! Andrew Jack60n lived
«>« m? 6< *. V* P* 88 on them a there, and the widow of James K.
wondrous traveler's tale.
— ^
The campaign for the selection of
a Democratic candidate for Governor
is now fairly ^open, aud narrowed
down to two distinguished Georgians,
either of whom would make a good
chief executive. A contest between
democrats should be conducted with
respect, courtesy, and zeal for a fa-
vorite should never go to the extent
of abuse, injustice or misrepresenta-
ti°n of the opp^ing ca ndi(iate. It is
well to keep in view the fact that the
man you oppose may get the nomi
nation, aud then as a good democrat
you are compelled to vote for him
Polk still lives in the shadow of Nash
ville's grand capitol. beloved by every
one in the laud.
The First Gun of the Campaign.
On the 20th of June. Hon. Tom Har
deman and Hon. W. J. Northen met
in Lawrenceville. Gwinnett county,
Ga. It was a grand meeting of two
of Georgia’6 grandest men. It was a
friendly meeting. Both men illustra
ted Georgia as gentlemen aud as
stateeemen.
Any case of extreme Bowel Disorder
may be prevented by using Lamar’s
Diarrhoea Mixture in time.
paste."
Wlieu, however, the colonel pointefcL The door wa8 open ttnd
out that he had referred the public
the first instance to a neighboring sta
tioner's, and that there was nothing
whatever in the advertisement to sug
gest to a captious world that Mrs. Wal-
singham’s famous butterfly was in ques
tion, she was greatly impressed witli
her husband's cleverness.
That evening the Walsiughaius did
not dine out, but had a cozy tete-a-tete
dinner at home, so as to be on tho spot
if any one came with news of the stolen
jewel.
“Not that 1 am at all sanguine, ” said
the colonel, as lie thoughtfully peeled a
banana. “If the thief had happened
to be a stray pickpocket, we might hope
to see the 'fly’ again. It’s more likely,
though, that tho vagabond who has the
thing now had his eye on it for some
time past."
But even as he spoke tho solemn but
ler came softly in.
“A person to see you, sir,” he an
nounced, deferentially; “he won’t give
his name, but he says Foster, the sta
tioner, has sent him, and that you will
know all about it."
Mrs. Walsingham gave a little start
of delight, and the colonel could scarce
ly conceal his excitement. “Show him
in here, Bailey,” he said quickly, “it is
some one we are expecting."
The butler withdrew, and in a few
seconds ushered in a slight, gentleman
ly looking man with sharp gray eyes
and smooth face.
* Col. Walsingham, I believe?” began
the stranger, taking with easy self pos
session tho'chair which the colonel in
dicated at the far end of the table.
Tho colonel assented. “You have
coine, I presume"
“To give information about some
lost property of yours. Precisely.”
“Have you found it?” queried Mrs.
Walsingham, eagerly.
“Well, that’s just what I wish to as
certain," said the stranger suavely.
“My name is Sawder, Fred Sawder,
late of Scotland Yard, 11 he continued,
Knowledge to be particularly pleasing
to the colonel, who actually deigned to
bring out from a cavernous cupboard
his latest extravagance, to wit, a hand
some fur lined coat he had recently im
ported from Russia.
“What do you think of that!” lie
asked.
“Think?” said the detective, “why,
that it’s not a tiring to be left in the
hall.”
“Rather not,” laughed the colonel;
“we keep it in a cupboard in this room.
Why, that coat cost me eighty guineas!"
“It looks as if It did,” said the de
tective. warmly; and the colonel being
now ready the two gentleman got into
their hansom and drove off.
It was scarcely half an hour afterward
that there was n hasty pull at the door
bell. Mrs. Walsinghjun was tired, nnd
had gone to bed, and the household
had followed her example. Tho butler
alone was still up, busy with the silver
in his pantry,
“Why, master’s forgotten Ills latch
key!” he cried, hurrying to tho door;
“it's lucky for me lie's coine back so
early!”
But it was not Col. Walsingluun who
stood in the doorway—it was Mr. Saw
der.
“Sorry to trouble you, my man,” he
said, speaking very fast, and slipping a
shilling into Bailey’* hand; “but 1 left
some important papers behind me,
which I was showing to Colonel and
Mrs. Walsingham. Vill you give them
to me?”
“Papers, sir? I haven’t seen any.”
“But they must be here,” cried Mr.
Sawder, looking very worried. “The
fact is—I daresay Mrs. Walsingham told
you—these papers have to do with the
Fenton Court robbery. We nabbed the
man and his swag this afternoon, and
the owner’s coming up to-morrow. So
you see the papers are awfully impor
tant.”
“Of course, they must be,” said the
butler, unbending from his solemn dig
nity on the instant. “Well, I’ll just
light a taper and see if they are any
where in the dining room. I may have
overlooked them, but I don’t tliink I
have."
The detective followed him into the
dining room and helped in the search,
but no papers were found, and he grew
more and more anxious.
“I tell you what it is,” he began, in
a vexed tone, “Mm. Walsingham must
have noticed them directly we had
gone, and, knowing their importance,
must have locked thorn up somewhere.
Now, if you can get them for me to
night I’ll not forget you."
Bailey’s kindness, or his affection for
the prospective coin, made him consent,
after a little demur, to do what he
could.
“I’ll go up stairs and coll up one of
the women servants," ho said, “and
then send her to nsk Mrs. Walsingham.
I'll shout up to the under housemaid,”
lie added; “she’ll come like winking
when she hears my voice.”
It took longer to get the housemaid
to come down, however, than the but
ler had anticipated, but at last she had
gone oil on her embassy, and had
brought her mistress' answer to Bailey,
patiently waiting on the upper landing.
“I am sorry, sir,” he began, as he
j descended the last (light of stairs, “but
Mrs. Walsingham hasn't seen your
j papers.”
Then ho stopped short. The rosy
tints fled from his well nourished face,
aud a bilious hue took possession of
that broad expanse.
Mr.
Sawder had disappeared.
“A ‘do,’” murmured Bailey, faintly;
“a real old ‘do.’ ”
lie thought of his plate, and almost
breathed uguin as he remembered that
he had deposited it in the plate chest
and turned the key before he had let
the insidious stranger in.
“Depend upon it, lie's only gone off
with master's umbrella,” lie said, try
ing to reassure himself.
The next moment he struck his hands
wildly together and rushed into the
colonel’s study. When he came back
he was perfectly green. The colonel’s
fur coat, for which he had paid eighty
guineas only a few weeks back, was no
where to bo found.
The officials of Scotland Yard next
morning listened with polite attention
to Col. Walsingham's account of what
bad happened.
“A clean shaven man with gray eyes,
you say?”
“Yes,” was the answer. “He gave
the name of Sawder—Fred Sawder."
‘ ‘Fred Sawder 1 The man was Janies
Croft, alias Sleepy Jim, the cleverest
rogue in the United Kingdom, and os
slippery as an eel. I am afraid you will
never see your coat again, sir.”
And he was right, for the colonel
never did. But one result of his little
experience was that ho completely
changed his views of criminals.
“It is not that the public is so
stupid,” he was often heard to say; “it
is those scamps who are so horribly
clever. Argosy.
Calmnait.
It is well known that it is particular
ly desirable for the principals of female
seminaries never to lose their self com
mand. Miss X , the preceptress of
an establishment of this kind, is noted
for her coolness. One day she heard a
number of her pupils screaming violent
ly in the class room.
turning to the colonel. “I’m a detec
tive, and a few hours back I came
ncross a piece of jewelry answering to
your description.”
“You don’t mean to say so?” cried
the colonel excitedly. “Where did you
And it?”
Well, it’s tong story,” said Mr. Saw
der, deliberately, “and brings in mat
ters which are, so to speak, professional
secret* at present. But there — the
whole Mseount will be in the papers to
morrow, so's there’s no ham in my tell
ing you.”
Both the colonel and Mrs. Walsing
ham waited anxiously tor him to go on,
andy after a few seconds’ pause, he was
graciously pleased to do so, pointedly
addressing himself now to Mrs. Wal-
singham.
“Of course, madam, you have heard
of the groat Fenton Court robbery ?"
Mrs. Walsingham made a motion of
•assent.
“Er—well—the fact is, today I had
the good fortune to recover nearly all
that stolen jewelry. I have just tele
graphed to Mr. Fenton to come up and
identify the things to-morrow.”
“You have got back the diamonds?”
“Everything, madam, as far as we
can tell.'’
“Tell us all about it,” commanded
Mrs. Walsingham, in her pretty, impe
rious manner, while her husband’s face
seconded her request.
“Oh, well, there’s not much to tell,
ma’am. From Information received
we made this morning a raid on the
house of a party called Sleepy Jim—
sleepy because he just isn’t sleepy,
don’t you see, madam? Well, Jim was
very easy and caaeless, and we searched
and searched, and not a thing could
we find, and at last we gave it up. I
was the last to go, and as I went
heard—for my ears are quick—I heard
Jim give tiie least little bit of a sigh.
“ ‘Come back, men!’ I shouted; *the
things are here, and we won’t be such
numskulls as to go away without them.
I^et’s have one more look around.’
Then it occurred to me that Sleepy Jim
had not been sitting on the table for
nothing all the time we were turning
his place upside down. So I just push
ed him and it on one side, kicked over
the square of carpet on which the table
had been standing, and lo and behold,
t here were plain signs that the boards
had been raised pretty recently.
"We had those boards up again in a
jiffy, and there in a deep hole under
neath was all the Fenton Court jew
elry!"
The detective paused impressively
nnd looked at his two eager listeners,
ns though challenging their admiration.
“Well, nnd my wife’s butterfly?"
asked the colonel inquiringly.
“I am coming to that, sir. Among
the things there were several pins and
brooches not included in the list sup
plied to us at Scotland Yard. I liad
seen your advertisement, and I. thought
one of the miscellaneous articles looked
very mueh like your insect. So i just
asked Sleepy Jim about it, and he told
me that it had been brought to him by
a man who had picked it up in Sloane
street and had been afraid to pawn it.
Jim gave him thirty shillings for it, for
lie saw the diamonds wero uncommon
good paste, and"— : —
“But they are nothing of the sort,"
put in Mi-s. Walsingham, indignantly;
“that was only my husband’s idea to
call them paste.”
“Ah I tiiat was smart, sir, very smart.
You ought to he one of us.”
The colonel looked gratified. “Won’t
you take a glass of wine, Mr. Sawder?”
he said, pusliing the decanter over to
him.
“Thank you, sir, I don’t mind if I
do,” replied Mr. Sawder, helping him
self, and he required little pressing to
be induced to repeat the action several
times in the course of the next hour.
As a conssquence he soon grew ex
ceedingly communicative, and enter
tained the colonel with the most thrill
ing Scotland Yard narratives, all illus
trative of the cleverness of rogues and
the superior astuteness of detectives.
“It’s not that the criminal classes are
so especially clever," he remarked, ju
dicially, as ho wound .up one of liis
tales, “but the public is so uncommon
ly soft!"
The colonel acquiesced. There were
a great many fools in the world, he
opined; but for his part he had no pity
for them. He himself had never been
token in in liis life.
“I can quite believe tiiat,” said Mr,
Sawder, politely; “and If I may make
so free, I repeat again you ought to be
one of us.”
The colonel did not at all resent Mr.
Sawder’s freedom. He was particularly
pleased with him and his stories, and
in the fullness of liis heart ho told him
he was going down to liis club for half
an hour, nnd would be cliarmed to give
liim a lift.
Mr. Sawder was quite sensiblo of the
colonel's Condescension, and accepted
the offer with effusion. Having ar
ranged witli Mrs. Walsingham that she
was to come down to Scotland Yard the
following morning, he went off witli tho
colonel into the adjoining room, waft
ing there while this gentleman got ready
to go out. This room was a sort of
sanctum of Col. Walsingham, andwliile
lie drew on his gloves he passed in re
view liis collection of firearms and other
objects of warlike predilection.
The detective seemed a bit of a con-
saia, reprovingly, entering the room,
“what can be the matter, that you
shriek in such a way V'
“There’s a mouse in the room I"
“Indeed? But why should you be
come excited over so small a matter?”
And then, with a sharp eye on the
floor, she turned to a subordinate, and
remarked with great coolness:
“Miss Janet, go and get a policeman
just as quick as you can.”—Youth's
Companion.
Proof Positive.
Manager—You bring no references i
Actor—None whatsoever.
Manager—Then how am 1 to know
that you are experienced in old man
parts?
Actor—I will prove it to you—here—
(assuming a tragic position)—Oh, give
me back me cliee-ild!
Manager—Ail right; you're engaged.
—Chicago Tribune.
The State Univeraity.
Athens, Gn., June 18.—[Special to
Constitution.!—Tho board of trustees,
after a session of hard and earnest
work, adjourned to-day. Their meet
ings have been held with closed
doors, until the hour of adjournment.
Their work comprises many features
of interest to the alumni all over the
state. One of the most thoroughly
discussed subjects of the session was
thatof branch colleges, and the board
after mature deliberation, concluded
that they could only give to Dahlonega
$2,000 as per contract, and to each of
the other colleges their prorata part
of the Gilmer fund. 1 his matter was
the subject of careful discussion.
the state college reorganized.
The state college was reorganized
and under its present organization,
Professor Henry C. White was elec
ted President. Professor Leon H.
Charbonnier was elected dean of the
faculty of art. Professor W. D. Hoop-
re of Cuthbert, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Virginia and a young
teacher of rare attainments, was
elected to fill the vacancy of adjunct-
professor. Among the best work
the board did was to promote Profes
sor Chesmorton Stranan to the chair
of engineering. Professor Strahau
is one of the most energetic men In
the faculty, and has made tho col
lege one of its best teachers. In
fact, he is one of the best Instructors
iu the state. His many friends are
delighted at his promotion.
Chancellor William E. Boggs was
unanimously re-elected, and the
board expressed itself as very highly
pleased with his work, and the rich
resuits achieved. The chair of an
cient languages was named the Mil*
ledge chair, after the late Governor
Mllledge, who so munificently en
dowed the institution.
Claim was laid to the old cemetery
lot, which was given to the oity so
long as they used it for burial pur
poses. It is not now used a* such.
A committee was appointed to repre
sent the university before the legis
lature next session. The committee
will lay before that body the urgent
needs of the university.
MAJOR COBB RESIGNS.
Major Lamar Cobb stated that he
could not longer serve ns secretary
and treasurer of the board, and that
he was compelled to resign. Mr. A.
Hull, of Athens was elected in his
place.
A committee was appointed to see
if they could not lessen tho number
of entertainments at the commence
ment of the university, and thus se
cure a larger attendance, upon the
exercises at the chapel. A great
deni of t he time of the board was ta-
kon up in the discussion of the pro
posed re-organization of the univer
sity.
Middle Georgia R. R.
The charter for this railroad was
granted by the legislature in 1881, but
since that time nothing definite to
wards its construction has been done.
The charter provides for the building
of the road from Sandersville crTen
nile to Union Point, on the Georgia
railroad, in Greene county. This is
the line frequently alluded to as
Hart’s road, or the extension of the
Union Point nnd White Plains rail
road to Sandersville. Since the 1881
charter was granted, Captain John
Hart of Union Point has built a road
from Union Point to White Plains
over the route of the Middle Georgia,
and it has been his intention to ex
tend to Sandersville. It is said now
that he will consolidate his move
ments with those of the Middle Geor
gia’s incorporators, and the road will
be built.
A meeting of the incorporators un
der the Middle Georgia charter was
held at Sandersville a few days ago.
There were present: Dr. H. N.
Hollifield, Colonel. R. L. Warthen,
Hon. B. D. Evans, Sr., Dr. W. Rawl
ings, Dr. J. I. Irwin, Hon. C. R. Prin
gle, Judge M. Newman, Hon. 8. G.
Jordan and Hon. J. N. Gilmore.
A majority of the incorporators, be
ing present, a temporary organization
was perfected, and the company was
organized by the election of M. New
man preident andH. N. Hollifield sec
retary and treasurer.
As soon as possible the vacancies
caused by death and otherwise will
be filled with good, solid men. Then
a surveying corps will be put in the
field between Sandersville and White
Plains, and as soon as the route is
definitely located, the work of grading
will begin. The road will run by way
of Sparta.—Constitution.
<rtr i ji , ,. . noweeur, and his enthusiasm was suffi-
Mto, young ludie.1” etotl, ' a„hM
Scrofula is an impurity of the blood
which produces unsightly lumps or swell
ing, which, accumulating in the glands or
the neck, causes painful running sores cm
the arms, leg6 or feet, which develops ul
cers in the eyes, ears or noso, often caus
ing blindnoas and deafness, fawf'r. r. x.
(Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium-)
It has proven itself the most romarkaon
of all blood purifiers.
Erysipelas 1 —I. L. Irvin, of Thoma
Ga., says ho was afflicted with Erysl
for ton years and was only cured when
P. P. was used.