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tv ;> If At Iwt. £. •'. •!: w. J j from ti-i Journal's Corrnp srdont.! Wushfcglon Juno 3,. 188 b • Th* (iwfui doing© in Ib.m.*yl-, '■!■■■ :1 v.-i:'.- • ’ ...V;■ .r/Uipru hy ; .( re, and dir Moi./nx Fo-t !:• . read; be . recoi l subsc a ( nr.s lor the r-TGf of the ruffe-y ’ ato, n. i-. -Otineral Schofioid. ruin ; Soerrxxy of Mbr 1;: by di-! ■ ■'■](' •.<i he pro.-./lon t already cor. .-.ilciay iiaiirau!' relief and by to-, •: !omo pint ill : e [*■; y whit i;! •; Js&iional from :\ u.uy furnish sue. *.r. The prat;l or., n ; v-W of syrapV:; diiurday, and requited the mayor J ••:..csUv,T: ton:’ll e a siirlif draff , .. .. übscrini -r.. Tit • loca‘ inundation lias reached a joint thai ©yr attained (limn .. ill - j food of 1381, which was Inid ' mos an I. private Individuals is visiy great. The- loss of life lortu v*ii not reach half a dozen '•; li ■ vjdnitv. Pennsylvania • ar ea us >.i flooded and the street car lines hr s closed travel. No trains arrive from the west or north; boats piy avenues a mil© for the -/.rev pro; -r. The reputation of G• ’ . ./n .ton as a sagacious ■•/■.gir-.0.'.-r in selecting the site of •Va - Pm.'tou o-r the capital is sui te eg a sere strain. The-eStea si vc • lprovonrents on the flats are nea: !y ruiotcl. Trr- great ponds of th© lb S,lish on i.:- on ijll o and wii hcar•> ti o ode and and f.ha fish escaped yesterday mint!.- to the deiighl of the small lev. A o. : ;ip twenty inches long, ; on Pei nsyl va nia aven th National Hotel. In the evening thousands of the bh were attracted by the electric al h /d.s. and could plainly be seen .disporting m the fidotl. Nearly two hundred pounds of .litters addressed to 2£r Cleveland dm-/. ins nrtiidenioal term were .. ed to the flames the other clay. Ihe\ were epistles from eras*. - :.iv represented the oddest : ;miS.d.-.‘ 0! in sane! v.'hi as that couli I.?' imagined. They did not gener ally coi.est, as might have been 4ct-.l 01 req aosts for ofilcia Ifa rors. The; cranks who address the VTi"; lent ire generous, and long cal ' i .'re, not to recoir*. The loti".v.-re full of advice on civil iv. Ico ret jrm, tariff, foreign af fairs. Samoa, Oklahoma —every- thin,;. mice jt Hi® White House rats. There was nearly two hundred let ters from one David God, seem iy-Iy :>n as i any different subjects. Masv of the ospistles were irom evT ently demented on re igioE, aad. in th®S9 letters the strains of piety are interrupted T ;'; werje tirades of filthy obscen- I-|;b?.;ny and billingsgate •Tan •ever fall from the mouth of a - heron D’;.- r. fiTierwoman. Expur gated of the filth, tha colleelien would h- ibesn of value to dime nvoseuios. A* a specimen of the most curi vjs letter, is the following from Vermoat: “Pear Mr. President: When I got up cl;is morning and v;out fo light the- fire.. I found the stov*- pipe ~onv. I looked :;li around the for it, hut • OH id not hud ih Einaliy I found it ken my p r grins' i-.-or on th*- out • :• f v.-j ruso. Ti: i wortii -v is wurm .ad pleasant. w ...ni 1 c get .'don r very well without v.y .-■I-; : ■ - ;;>•-> VV-y ♦r.;!y yom - friend j. it. old ti ng. Vvhal d-it. :r s dance of ideas is This? The writing fair and legi ble/ the signature is made with a flourish. re were a dozen lot | ter.v from the same man on as in ■ < v , rjer-./r : gubjest:-. Siv Julian i'aanceforto is the last mao you would select as a' swor-isman—:• • - *■: ;nl!v a knightof! the toils. He is heavy in figure ' and indolent in manner, his eye-! lid.: are fleshy and the expression fl/.e cudl. Like most elderly i' .i. of his class in England, the British minister shows in appear ance the triumph of wines and rich foods over fhe ones splendid physique that early training de veloped. And yet Sir Julian giv es prc-mise of rnakiag fencing popu Tar in fashionable society hero, Thtsewh© know him say that lie is tli3 most skillful, and enduring ioiisman seen bar® in years, These I upper class Englishmen are always ! phy./cai surprises. There was Lord | Sackville; ha had the same bored indolent manner, and yet ho was n magnificently preserved man and could reel oif ten miles on (lie high road in a manner that would make a professional pedestrian envious. Land Commissioner Stockuiager (landed in hi* resignation Satur day and it has been accepted to take affect July 1. ex-Gov, Stone of lowa, who was appointed depu ty commissioner of tha general land office several weeks ago, is expected to succeed hiw, his ap poinfmenfc as deputy having been mads for the purpose of iamiliariz iug him with the work of the office prior to his election. i *■ I The president has finally prom ! ised to receive the anti Mahone re publicans in Virginia, en June eleventh. What 1 hey will accom plish is easy to see—nothing. The president is evidently inclined to snub them and is simply putting oil' the torture tor a-few days-. Af a cbarck party held recently in McDonough, Chenango' county, forty young ladies were pat up at auction and sold to the highest bidder. A hayseed believed the sale was bcaa fide and put up all bis cash, $7.49 on the prettiest lady bid off. It iaok con siderable perenasioa to convinea him that be could not remove his purchase to As paternal ratals. She glided taio the office and quiet ly approached-the editor's desk. “i have written s peom”—she said. “ Weill” exclaimed tha editor, with a Irak and tone intended to annihil* ata, but she W'omida’t annihilate, worth tt sent, and returned. ‘'l have written a pees* oa ‘My Father's Barn, and —’’ “Oh!” interrupted tag editor; with extraoidinary suavity, “you don't know how relieved I feel. A poem written on your father’s barn. I was afraid it w&s written on paper.” The beg trust wifi make ths lover i;f pork chops bristle with indignation. <r*i :ut.. V.- o<a tf , B lie C k--/ahin:,-- t o.i y -slii. fir. Os. Ov>u was dior throngu ths ':oart 1 y l.i.< st .’iou-ii . , f,:-w dayr sum. i.L.-. h.m alarge iin ti ■ Grass i> growing very f now. irmerg afeh. hloily Pruitt has gwt 'to o© a roving isiai-iae. The ca is-.* s not j known, yet. Ada !' ;-tf has just learn ed.from a vi.-if to Alhohs. Mr. A.M. iiordc: will start ins thres] sr th second Monday in this month. The farmers are reaping their grain and stirring fhoir crops at a lively rate. Mr. A. N. Payne has vacated his school for awhile The Banks County Sand •< - school Celebration w/i convec. • at New Salem this year. Mr.. Arthur was thrown Iron his mule and hurt very badly & few days ago. Depuitment of the ir.ie.-ior. Washington, D. C-, M*y 1, 1539. To the Medical Picfession; —The various medical assooiatioßS and the isiQiiica! profession will be glad to learn that Dr. Join 8. Eijlinge, surgeon [J. S. A any, has cothseEtod to take charge j of the report f the Mortality and Vi* Ital Statistics, of the united States as i returned by the eleventh cetssns. Ati tb# tiritod States has no system j of registration of vital t*titic9, aack i as relied iif on by other civilized na- ! lions for tbs purpose of ascertaining the aahia! wovoniect of populatiea, car ceasns affords the only oppertaai ty *f obtaiaiag near an approximate sstais of the birth aad death rates of much the larger part of the country, whinh is entirely unprovided with any ; satisfactory eystera. of stale and muai cipil registration. la view of this, tho census office, dmingtke month of May this year, will issue to the medical profession throughout tho country “Physician's Registers” for tho pur. oss of cbtain ing more accurate returns of deaths than it is possible tor the e Burners tors to make. It is earnestly hoped that physicians in every part of the country will eooperate with the een ssa office in this important work. The record should be kept from Jane 1, 1.889, to May 31, 1800. nearly 20,- 'OOO of these registrstiea books were filled op and returned io tho offiea is 1880, and nearly all of them used for statistical purposes. It is hoped that double this number will be obt&isea fer ilia eleventh census, Physicians not receiving Ilsgioters can obtain them by sending their names and addresses to the Census Of fice, and, with the Hsgister, an official envelope which requires bo stamp will bs provided for their return to Wash* isgtoa, If all mediae!, surgical practitioners throughout tb country will lecd their a,id, the mortality and vital statistics, of the eleventh ecs.ivs will bo more i eoasprehomsiv® and complete than they hare eyar been, Every physician i should taka a personal pride in having | this report as full and accarata as i; is possible to make it. It is hereby premised that all iafor- I rn&tioa obtained through this source | shall be hold strictly confidential. Robert E. Perter, Supi. of (Lucas. You Can never judge ot a uiaa’asor saw by t3 sighs ot his hat ’sand. i ®, -.-i • m-s m m at \j mw To 1 - : " V*. U.f';• "/'*£ < : S VV* £s£? 6alik j iu u<*m ft W jfa’ ’+ \sij W jLj & J W James T. Comer, MAYSVILLE, ; GEOtGIA hi as hmt-’ojed A Pirsl (/asa C\- J- *OO- „ , \ (C\. \ „() 6 * b V t.q w-j vit’j* jvV>'v 'wv Va<v * vVv w C v#CvvO •„* 'Jk ti VA ’li> o L W .. 0 \ l -Al With * N*w Stock of Tats fl .-oi Stt j oik a* • 0-ultimo •- -f 1u styles, from tha finest to the cheapest. Also fine Dress Good*. Rib Em- ..l L\ees, Kid Glove?, Emhroidstica, Corsets ma : kia-ls. In tset a stock af fancy notions. S.n.a?, Mats and Clocking. Tjban.o, htapte Giv-ter ioe, and Ilainess and Lsstksr. All iiiads: of Drugs and Patent Medicines, COMER'S GUARANTEE CHICKEN CHOLERA CLUE, Standard aad Pacific li'.eroceae, and f'..st,-.r Oils, by - A ’.o’- V- <-i gallon. Agent for Athens Factory goods, and mscy more A < ■■■],n’a ; l?orgia Test and Acid Work’s Pare Bone, Fe;man’s 8)lob!e i : *-oa. K :-m --leal Guano. Tlsa beat line ef -gaanvs in. tbe united etates, pr;--,e ■lh.;,. as the chcapcsc. Breeder of fifieea varieties or fancy Backs, Chicken? r.> Omm, Eggs for sale. 44. 1 -rll TVn ft i fi, fV Vs* 'v,Wy adki wYV wfs? wwsjj .v ,a—JHARMON7- GROVE -A- DEALERS IN f SfSßfeSSf I I S® fit SB f-J I*% *l*l ymf 3j V 8! YffS I*f isfe BfiefeysSuse v 4& WtJbwarai iw V .G vis W&sifs 3SA Vln Xjl .00. V \ XT /rx i wQ.VvtVi w\vu ; rTh 0 . 0 *a f? _ u /A u. SaJ'v'Sg rs t kVWw v&t WwVte't - We Keep ia stock a lull supply of good and freak goods. We can not be surpassed in Ideality and Durability. Wo bay at. lowest market figures; we defy competition is prices. We want only a living profit on cur sales. We do not si aim to b Vanderbilts, nor do we vtiah to accumulate thoir fortussaa. We arc receiving daily, a full supply of oar Customers every day wants-. Country Produce Taken iu Exchange a: Highest Market Prices. wap m JS& m K rifWf' 'mT stsHßfaAlajM WacSMSwßiSgVttai Ve V wsliKfliaj V a Ft® y * i f s sUA\!tj i 1 AJ-Viv./IN 1 uivy V HD DEALERS ID ss&sss Wf aesa p* t sssaa jQLfe&i %Ar * t&WJL ife WW* yJa fila v£a Oar Line of Steves, Tinware. Agricultural Implements, Ete., can cat A tenad in better Quality trad Parabiiity, EiswLt-re. Ve Aso keep a good lino ot yn-os for the fall trade. Call ad exsmiae oar stock sad prices. 19