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Ulje Atlanta
VOLUME 11l
ATLANTA, GA., NOV 27,1880.
The City’Election.
The people of Atlanta will’next Wednes
day decide the question of the mayoralty,
and vote into that position one of two men,
English or Kimball. We have elsewhere
shown that Kimball has no claims
to the position on account of his financial
ability, special qualifications or past suc
cess, for the excellent reason that his suc
cess has been altogether in the line of fail
ures, and his election would endanger the
financial prosperity of Atlanta. Let us
now discuss the matter from another stand
point.
Kimball is looked upon by the people as
one of the men who oppressed them in the
days of radicalism, and so odious has
been his name whether justly or unjustly
that an enemy of Atlanta, when he wished
to cast approbrium upon it, could think of
no better way than calling it “Kimball
ville.” Is it policy, is it calculated to bene
fit the city, to elect mayor a man
stands in the eyes ot the people? Il is not.
It will tend to injure the reputation of the
city, to keep away capital, and to lessen
the influx of new citizens. Moreover, At
lanta is the Capital of the State, and as such
the people of Georgia have a special inter
est in it, and their feelings and wishes should
have some respect. A strange sight it
would be indeed, to see Kimball, H. I.
Kimball the Mayor of the Capital of Geor
gia, and that by the free suffrages of its
people. Can it be? Is there a solid citi
zen, merchant or merchanic, who will vote
t.o fasten the name of Kimballviile upon the
city among the indignant people of our
State? We cannot believe it till we see
it.
We therefore counsel every citizen to go
to the polls and vote for Capt. English. He
has ability for the office, is an old citizen, a
man whose time and means have been free
ly given to many of Atlanta’s great enter
prises, and a safe man in whom to trust the
city's future and our charter.
Who Shall be Mayor?
This is a question of profound interest to
every citizen of Atlanta, rich and poor,
high and low. It not only affects the gen
eral prosperity, but likewise tlJ> individual
welfare and- pecuniary condition of every
man, whatever his occupation. It is, iher e
fore, the duty of every citizen to vote and
to vole right. He owes it to himself, to his
family, and to his neighbor; and he owes it
to the people of his State. To vote right
it is necessary to think right, and to think
right a man must examine carefully all the
bearings and issues dependent upon the re
sult. No man that will do this, calmly and
without prejudice, can vole for 11. I. Kim
ball.
It is needless to refer to his history. It
is too well known. To sp?ud money is a
mania with him. As the mayor of the city
of Atlanta, he can do no more than others,
unless he can get the money. It may be
said that the charter will prevent him
from passing a certain limit.
A grand thing is ’.hat charter. It has been
Atlanta's salvation and one of the main
springs of her prosperity. It stopped the
indiscriminate appropriation of past years,
which was rapidly accumulating a debt ne
cessitating the increase of taxes, oppressing
the citizen and especially the poor, and
crippling the prosperity of the city if not
bankrupting it as is the case of so many
cities since the war. But docs any man.
who knows the history of Kimball, believe
that charters can stop him? Will he not
invent expedients to evade it, or plausible
excuses'from time to time for thi innova
tion and that, for this amendment and that,
till the charter will scarcely be a straw in
his way ? Has he not in the past shown
himself a master in the ait ot commanding
an immense amount of funds, and how
long will it be before upon some pretext
he will be instrumental in saddling the city
with more bonded debt? Advancing a
step, let every voter ask the question—
What successful enterprise did Kimball
ever accomplish with the money after he
had obtained it? He has failed in every
thing. With hundreds of thousands of dol
lars with which to operate, he has expended
it with almost surprising lack of foresight,
and in numerous instances without any
judgment or common sense. A man who
has time and again been bankrupt is cer
tainly not to be made mayor of a great city
because of his financial ability and enter
prise. Tlte very statement of such a thing
is proof of its absurdity. If you judge
him by the great rule we apply
in the ceneral business of life, test
him by bis past career, the conclusion is
irresistible that he would make a financial
failure as mayor, though he had unusal
funds in bis hands to accomplish something
great, but which he connot have without
violating the charter or evading it.
We hope, therefore, that no citizen will
make so grave a mistake as to east his vote
for Kimball. It would be a vote against
his interest and against his city.
zb member of the Legislature On being
asked about the effect of Kimball’s election j
expressed himself emphatically, that it
would be a misfortune to Atlanta and would
be a source of great grief to every friend of
the city throughout the State He said that
he had heard the members of the Legisla
ture discussing it and this was the general
view.
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The New York Sun thinks Gee. Grant
ought to go to work if he has not money
enough to enab'e him to live at his ease.
Well, why not ? Labor is not degrading.
It would not detract from the dignity of an
ex-President- It would be infinetly more
honorable than going in debt or living as a
pensioner upon the misdirected bounty of
the nation. Let Gen. Grant work up his
Mexican railway scheme, and it will bring
him more honor and profit than any pen
sion could give him.
Uxpbb the fast mail schedule on the A
Line R. R. the New Yoik papers of this
morning, for instance, will arrive here by
nine o’clock to-morrow morning. This is
almost equal to living in New York, so to
pea k.
JUDGE 0. A. LOCHRANE.
His Views on the Situation.
The Republican Party the Party of the
Future.
Meeting Judge O. A. Lochrane in
the rotunda of the Kimball, yesterday,
a Post-Appeal man at once embraced
the opportunity of getting a little
light on the political situation.
“You have conversed with a good
many of our leading statesmen dur
ing your recent trip,” said the
reporter, “and doubtless picked up a
few points—what do you think of the
proposition to form a new party—a
Nation Union party ?”
“It is a ridiculous movement,” said
the genial Judge with a smile. “The
idea of commanding the Republican
party to hull in the very flood tide of
victor} is preposterous. Why should
the Republican party go to pieces and
assist iu building up a new party?
Such a thiog was never heard of be
fore—it is utterly impracticable. The
Dew parly, if it should be organized
at all, will be a party of sore heads
and will fail to command respect or
control anything.”
‘ What prospects have the Demo
crats'?'’ asked the reporter.
“The Democrats,” said the Judge,
“oh, they have no prospects before
them —their case is hopeless. They
have bungled all the way through the
last campaign; they have no leaders;
they displayed no statesmanship, and
their inconsistent policy has caused
the nation to doubt their sincerity.
The party of the Union,
the party of the future
is the Republioan party,
and I am going with it. The re
publicans have been all the ti ne on
the side of progress,#nd it is natu
ral that they should meet with suc
cess.”
“Who is the coming man for
1881?”
“I don’t know,” siiid the Judge,
with a significant smile. “I know
nothing about it,” and with that be
walked away, leaving the reporter to
cogitate over the probability of Loch
rane’s appointment as Minister to
the court of St. James under Grant
in 1884. It may come to that.
GEORGIA’GOSfifiF.
Weather prophets predict a bitter cold,
snowy winter for Georgia.
About G,OOO names have been signed to
a petition to do away with the sale of
liquor in Forsyth.
The cooks and house servants of Macon
are on a strike for higher wages. About
GOO have banded together. .
Isadoie Finkenstein, the young German
who attempted suicide several day.- a-ro at
lime, is progressing favorably, and hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
The Albany News learns that the Flint
river and Brunswick Railroad company is
to run a road from Newton to Camilla,
'hence to Sumner on the Brunswick and
Albany road
Three "soiled doves” i f Oxford boarded
at the county’s expense tl r-. e -ays in Cod
ington jail. They were ar.es ed on true
bills found by the last grand jury and re
leased on bond la c t Monday.
Mrs. Lacey, a widow lady in Savannah.
fiO years of age. is cutting another set of
eye tei th. She is about as spry as she was
forty years ago, and superintends her
household affairs with remarkable precis
ion and exactness.
The business of the Central Railroad is
flourishing. Ten to twelve freight trains
arri' e and leave Savannah daily, and the
steamers carry freight to their capacity
each way. The cotton compresses at Sa
vannah are also in operation from early
dawn uuiil late at night.
The Americus Recorder is disgusted with
the Rai'road Commission, and thinks that,
so far ns its city is concerned, it is worse
off now than before the Comm’s ion was
established. It thinks the only remedy for
tne ills of Americus is to go to work and
build a new branch road to Hawkinsville,
to connect with the Macon & Brunswick
Railroad, or to Isabella, Worth county, to
connect wiih the Brunswick & Albany. It
believes such a road could be built cheaply,
as it would pass, for the most part, over al
most a dead level.
After serving four years in the peniten
tiary the Crawford rioters, with the excep
tion of George Brawner and Victor Dod
son, were pardoned and reached Crawford
last Friday. They did not look much the
worse for their service. The darkeys re
ceived them with open arms, and they will
doubtless be treated by their race like con
quering heroes.
The walls of the Rockdale “gran
ite” jail are about half completed. It
will be, when finished, the most se
cure prison in the State.
A swift hand at writing prescrip
tions can make a good thing of it in
Conyers, by keeping a little King
Alcohol on hand.
At last our State exchanges have
about gotten through with saying, in
alluding to the late Presidential elec
tion, “The agony is over.”
The second down freight train ran
info the rear of the first night freight
near Wadley Wednesday night offer
midnight. Several cars were wrecked
but no other damage resulted.
Considerable dissatisfaction is ex
pressed by certain parties in Augus
ta at the recent sale of the new sixes
of that city at a fraction above par.
The dissatisfied think the bonds are
I worth 115.
Last Wednesday a little boy was
taken suddenly sick ia one of tne
public schools of Columbus. He
went homo and was seized with vio
lent spasms. The cnly cause which
could be assigned for his attack was
that he had been eating orange peel.
While the temperance question is
agitating the people in many sections
of Georgia, the people of Cartersville
are disbanding their tempereuce or
ganization.
Several people were foolish enough
to leave middle Georgia, seeking
homes in Texas, last week. Quite a
number left Barnesville Station.
Pike county belongs to the wes
tern division of the Southern district
jof Georgia, in accordance with the
I division made by the late act of Con-
I gross.
i The Sibley Mills, of Augusta, em
! ploy constantly from 300 to 500
j bauds, and it will be increased to
! 50,000 spindles in a short time.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER j7, 1880.
Mr. Hamilton Clarke, of Dodge
county, was bitten try a spider on
Tuesday last, and his life is despaired
of in consequence. He has convul
sions.
The Appeal says : The B. & A.
R. R. sold, and yet not sold. What's
in the wind ? Destiny is slow in
working out problems sometimes,
but come what will, this beautiful
city will n >t suffer—rest assured of
that, and keep cool.
The captain of a Spanish vessel
threw his ballast overboard in the
Brunswick harbor, and was fined
SIOO for the act.
Carp fish are being distributed in Macon.
Cartersville is disbanding her temper
ance societies.
The Sibley mills, at Augusta, will soou
increase to 50,000 spindles.
A young gardener of Covington is gath
ering ripe strawberries from his garden.
It is thought Mr. Clark Hamilton, of
Dodge, will die from the effects of a spider
b * e -
The claw of an eagle killed in Worth
county the other day measured eighf inches i
across.
Dogs cause men in Hancock county to ■
abandon sheep raising. Legislature, do
your duty.
A kerosene lump in the hands of an in
toxicated woman in Savannah exploded,
enveloping her person in flames. She was
fearfully burned and it may prove fatal.
President Wadley will put the eclectric
light on the cotton presses on the Central
wars at Savannah. The workmen there
won’t know whether they are working day
or night.
Since the strike of the longshoremen has
been amicably adjusted, the Central Rail
road is moving double quantities to catch
up with its immense shipping business.
A certain Griffin young man asked his
sweetheart if she had ever read Romeo and
Juliet? She replied that she had read
Ro.reo, but did not think she had read
Juiet.
Mr. James W. McFerrin only son of Rev
Dr. McFerrin, of Nashville Tenn., was
killed in a railroad accident at Birming
ham, Ala., day before yes'erday. His fath
er is at present in Dalias, Texas, attending
a Methodist conference.
The Albany News learns that the Flint
River and Brunswick railroad company is
to run a road from Newton to Camilla,
thence to Sumner on the B, & A. road.
Mrs. Webb, wife of the late Capt. John
G. Webb, of Fort Gaines, has been paid
§2,000 by the Supreme Lodge of Knight's of
Honor-—the Capiain having been a mem
ber of the order entitled bis family to this
amount.
A telegram received at Augusta by Major
Thos. P. Branch announces the death at
Modesto, California, o! his brother, Mr. Win.
A. B-aiich, formerly a citizen, of Ajlgusta
The remains will be carried to Virginia for
interment.
The colored immigration fever is en
croaching upofi Southwest Georgia. The
Albany News and Advertiser says; "An
emigration meeting was recently held by
the colored people of Georgia and and Ala
bama, on the Montgomery Fair Grounds,
at which the attendance was estimated at
between four and five thousand. A deter
mination to move somewhere seemed to
aeisate all, while Kansas, Colorado ante
Libera were the favorite places. The ma
jority favored settlement in the young Af
rican Republic.”
The Savannah Recorder says: Miss Jen
nie M. Payne, the young lady who accident
ally fell a victim by inhaling chloroform,
was buried yesterday from the residence of
Mr. J. B. G. O’Neill, on Jones street. Miss
Payne was a beautiful t-r.d charming young
lady, highly accomplished, and had a large
circle of friends. Her coffin and grave
wore decorated with immortelles and floral
offerings.
Jackson has no candidate for coroner.
Jefferson has a three-story building.
Waterman of the Athens Banner, wants
the jail of his county heated, ft is a crime
to let the poor unfortunate prisoners suffer
during the cold weather.
Senator James L. Pugh, of Alabama, is
a native of Georgia, and the coming Sena
tor from Connecticut, Joe Hawley, is a na
tive of North Carolina.
Mr. Thos. S. Bothwell, of Jefferson coun
ty, died on lost Saturday from paralysis.
Dr. A. A. Lipscomb will commence the
delivery of a series of lectures on Julius
Caisar, before ths students of Lucy Cobb
Institute in Athens, on the first of Decern
The sick of Carnesville are about all well
and the town once more free from typhoixl
t- ver and oth >r siekne s which h is affecteu
it since summer. The whole number o
cases during this time was something o lr er
thirty, and the result was four adult deaths.
Mr. William Butler, of Elbeit county,
met with a terrible accident yesterday
While in Talmadge, Hodgson & Co’s, in
Athens, he walked into thee'evator opening
iu the third story, and fell to the floor of the
second. He was so badly injured that his
life is considered in danger. He was taken
to the residence of Mr J C. Hill, and re
ceived the best medical attention.
Dußose Humphries shot and killed John
Duckworth at Reyno! d;- in an aflray Mon
day afternoon, Humphries escaped.
Mr. Martin Burke, of Americus, died on
the 10th inst. He was a prominent citizen
of that city, and was silty-two years old.
The business of the Central railroad is in
a flourishing condition. Ten to twelve
freight trains arrive and leave Savannah
daily, and the steamers carry freight to
their full capacity each way. The cotton 1
coinpresses at Savannah are in operation
from early dawn until late at night.
A German named Schroeder was ar
rested in Rome by the police authorities
yesterday evening at the railroad depot on
the arrival of the Selma train, lie was
charged with getting goods from Lehman
& Sternfield, of Talladega, Ala., in some
wrongful way,
Thomas Haynes, of Tatnall county, a
thrifty colored man, was robbed of §IOO in
that delectable retreat known in Savannah
as Cooper Shop Lane. A faithless Deliah
was the cause of his misfortune. He recov
ered his money, however, by legal process,
and returned home disgusted with city life.
The Columbus Enquirer says :
M e learn that a terrible cutting affray
took place in Macon about 12 o’clock Sat
urday night, in which Mr. Daly Price was
dangerously wounded. We could not learn
the particulars more, than he and a gen
tleman named Pittman got into a difficulty
in which both were seven ly cut, ami it is
thought that Price’s wonnds may prove fa
tai. They are both residents of Macon
and the affair is much deplored.
A correspondent of the Athens Chronicle
says :
"I will begin by saying that in my trav
els through the ‘Free State’ of Madison and
Banks, 1 have not seen ,'o much corn since
the war. One man in Banks told me that
his individual crop of corn made six bar
rels to the acre. The people with whom 1
came in contact, appear to ‘live at home
and board at tin same place.’ Nearly ev
ery man has his cane mill evaporator. I
saw and tasted syrup made from the genu
ine sugar cane. In my judgment, it was
good. A gentleman told me that in his
section of the county they could and did
make everything, even to rice. The only
difficulty in growing rice is, that they have
ne mills to clean it.”
A FEAST OF DEATH '
Thirty-Five Persons at a Wed
ding Feast in lioane Coun
ty Poisoned.
Five of Them Dead —Others in a Pre
carious Condition.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 24. —Intelli-
gence has been received of a dreadful case
of poisoning in Roane county. It was at a
wedding feast, and thirty-five persons were
poisoned. Five have died.
The poisoning is supposed to have liap
p -ned in this way: There was arsenic near
where the soda was kept, and the cook,
thinking she was getting soda, sot the
arsenic instead. Right here housekeepers
have a warning which they should heed.
Always put poison where there can be no
possibility of its being used, except tor the
purpose tor which it was obtained. It is
dangerous. By being careless of arsenic a
shadow has been thrown over many hearts
and homes. Some time after the feast the
whole party became sick, and terror reign
ed where mirth and gladness once were
found. About thirty-five were poisoned.
It would be hard to describe
the consternation of the neighborhood
where the poisoning occurred. We did not
ascertain the names of all who were pois
oned. Up to 12 m. Monday five bad died
from the effects. The dead, so far as known
tons, are as follows: Robert Dail, brother
to the bride. Mr. Robert Dail leaves a wife
and children, who depended upon him for
a support. Another was a Miss Lowery,
an orphan and a grand daughter of Rev.
Mr. Lowery, of Kingston. Miss Lowery
was a sweet little girl who was loved by
all her acquaintances. , Another victim
was a Mr. May, of Missouri, who has been
visiting Roane and Knox county relatives
It will be sad news to herald to his family
in Missouri Mr. Gallaher, cf Kingston,
was another who met with an end so un
timely. The name of the fifth who died we
were unable to obtain. Col. Dail, the father
of the bride, was expected to die, but seems
to be recovering.
THANKSGIVING I>lY.
“It is a good thine togive thanks unto ‘lie
Lord. Enter into His gates with thanksgiv
ing, and into His courts wit praise. He
thankful unto Hi.n and bless His name; tor
the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting,
and Ms tratli enduretUho all generations.
Jkirl/ZIS.
This d -y is sei apart with prayer and praise.
For Gcd hath blessed us in our earth!-- ways;
Smiled on our homes, and eu our fruitful
felris
And so the earth a rlclier harvest yields.
The Pilgrim Fatbeis-bless them for .the
thought—
This holy day first into being brought;
With them It was a time for sterner things,
Than in this age to us It yearly brings.
Beset by perils that were truly great,"
They knew not what might be their cruel fate,
And when the year in safety reached its cie-e,
Their thanks to God in solemn form arose.
It was a lime ior prayer and sacred thought—
A day with no vain wicked pleasure iraught;
And when they gathered round the family
board, ;
They sat as in the presence of their l ord,
Not like the Puritans of that st .rnerage.
Shoii'd we in duties of this day engage ;
Yet, its most stored purpose we should
cherish,
And<never let t’s due observance perish. z
Happiest are they who seek to keep in view
Tile reverence that to this day is due ;
Who share llie’s many blessings with con
tent,
And make of this a day to God well-spent.
He rules the earth with a protecting hand,
That stretches kindly over this fair land ;
Pence and Prosperity hold their steady way,
And to still happier seasons point the way.
Health sits enthroned upon our old red hills,
And keeps us safe from epidemic ills;
Commerce goes forth with open band again,
While Manufactures follow in her train.
Then at '.lie e tables spread with lavir . care,
Let tiue thanksgiving with the pi sure
share;
F;-om shop and field, from ollies mid horn
May all the guests God’s goodness here .-i.lti; e.
Sidney Hi:i'.bert.
Markham House, November 25th, I.SSo.
THANKSGIVING EXEKC'ISLS,
How Our Legislators Observed ihe
iiiiy.
At 11 o clock this mornijiji Representa
tive Hall was well filled with members of
the legislature and citizens. The galleries
were crowded with spectators, and in front
was stationed the superb Post Band of the
Fifth artillery.
Mr. Lamar, the c’ airman of the Legisla
tive Committee on Thanksgiving exercises,
introduced ministers who had been invited
to conduct the exercis-s.
After singing the 30th selection from the
Gospel Hymns, given out by Rev. J. W.
Heidt, the Rev. A. T. Spalding D. D.,
read selections from the Scripture in refer
ence to God, God’s special government in
nature and the Son of God. After prayer
by Rev. J. W. Heidt. three stanzas of the
S4th selection werg sung by the congrega
tion, and Mr. Lamar then introduced Rev
Davi 1 Wills, D. D.
Dr Wills took for his text the 3rd verse
of the 126th Psalm. His discourse was
about an hour and a half in length, and was
in every respect a model Thanksgiving
sermon. The eloquent divine dwelt upon
the omniptence and omniscience of the
Almighty, th* evidences of His existence
the monstrosity of atheism, the beneficence
of a Special Providence, the great bless
ings we enjoy at a nation and a State,
and in this connection gave some
gratifying statistics in reference to the
moral, mental and Christian status of our
public men. In conclusion he adveited to
important bearing which industry, temper
ance, religion had upon our
civilization.
After singing “Praise God from whom
all blessings flow,” the congrega'ion filed
out well pleased with (the admirable ser
mon they had heard
The music of the Post Band wis an at
tractive feature of the occasion.
Gov. Colquitt and Mayor Calhoun were
present, besides other well known public
men.
An Important Bill.
A few days since Mr. Garrard, of Musco
gee, introduced in the house the following
inportant bill Being of general interest
we print the bill in full:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AMEND
THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE
Section First —Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia that
the following be added as an amendment
aud an additional clause to the second
section of the seventh article of the, consti
tution of this State and shall be numbered
as paragraph sixth, towit:
The General Assembly shall not levy or
cause to be levied an advalorem tax on real
or personal property which shall exceed
two and one-halt tenths of one per centum
tor any of the purposes authorized by this
constitution except to pay the principal of
the public debt or to suppress insurrection,
to repel invasion and defend the State in
time of war.
Sec. Second—Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that when this act
shall have been passed by the requisite vote
of two-thirds of the members elected to each
of the houses of the General Assembly iu
the manner required by the constitution,
his excellency, the Governor be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed to cause
said amendment to be published in one or
more newspapers in each Congressional
District, for tw& wonthspri-vious to the time
of holding the next general election and at
said election the qualified voters of this
Stijr<|hall endorse their ballots—."-For
rayw&tion of amentKJent limii'uiff tax
ation.’ And the Governor shall by j-.rocla
mati'on announce tlie? result of said
electgph, and if said anr - dnient shall re
ceiv.- a majority of cue sa’d qualified voters
thqNlovernor shall declare the same adop
ted.
Sec. Third —Repeals conflicting laws.
THE M. A- B. EXTENSION.
Outlines of a Big Railway Project.
The Macon Telegraph has the following
to say of the proposed Macon & Brunswick
R. R. extension :
The line of extension has t ot yet been
ad jpted. jhe surveyors have been at work
for weeks upon the Covington line, which
town they have now n< arly reached. Two
or three other lines will be run to Atlanta.
Os course nothing has yet been, or will be
done to extend the line further westward
until the Legislature disposes of the pend
ing bill. But a brief glance at the rail
road mans will show the line from Atlanta
to the West. All that will be needed is a
road from Atlanta to Rome, and from Cary
ville, Tennessee, to Livingston, to put
Brunswick indirect communication with
Cincinnati!, over a new line.
A bill to charter the Atlanta and Rome
railroad is now before the Legsiature, and
the road from Caryville'ter Livingston,
tw.-nty miles long, is in charge of engineers,
and th > money to build it has been raised.
From Livingston the company Aas choice
of routes through Cincinnati and Louisville
to the West. The proposed route from
Brunswick is_ to Macon, Atlanta, Rome,
along R. T. Wilson & Co.’s road to Kuox
vilje, Caryville, Livingston Lexington, La-
Grange and Louisville or Cincinnati.
This is but au outline of the route to the
West, which as a business necessity the
company.is obliged to complete.
A Singular au«l Horrible Gecurrcnae.
Belton Nor.h Georgian.
One of those strange and inexplicable
occurrences usually attributed to some im
proper influence on the mind of the pros
pective mother, has ju-t occurred in our
town. The victim of th-s misfortune is the
first born eon of Mr. H. M. Breaker, son of
the editors of the Christi ni Monitor, pub
lished at this place. Mr. Breaker marrietl
Miss Jennie E. Brown, of Chattanooga,
about two years ago, and came to Belton
shortlyafierward and went into busint sswith
his father. Tliere is in the neighborhood a
woman whose face has been partly destroyed
by cancer. Mrs. Breaker has known her
ever since she came here; ard. having seen
her so frequently none of the family thought
there was any rish in seeing her after she
became enciente. But the child is n. fae
simi'e of the woman referred to. 'The oc
currence has <-.st a gloom over the entire
fatojly. Mr. Breaker is a handsome man,
and his wife is a very pretty lady. They
huj’c' the heartfelt sympathy of the tntire
community.
IS<>v. Onof Lal'ilte’s Pirates g>t the
Eestol Beu Butier,
Jacinto Labrano, supposed to be the last
of LaFitte’s officers, has just died in New
Orleans, at the green old age of ninety nine
years. The City J lem relates that iu 1862,
when Ben Butler held the city, and had or
dered the people to surrender ail th- i;- arms
ot eYery‘description, old man Labrsno took
down his sword, presented to him by Jack
son in recognition cf his services tn defence
of the city in 1815, and with the historic
weapon, be presented himself at the custom
house, wijt-ie tiie Beast sat in "royal stub-,”
aud slid: “i'ou order citizens to give up
their arms; these are mine—this sword was
given me by my friend, Gen. Andrew Jack
son, fi r meritorious services, and I rd'use
to give it up”—or words to that effect Ta
bleau—Butler in a state of custom house
emotion on account of his extreme suscept
ibility' to military weaknesses. Triumph iff
the sword.
LEGAL TANGLES.
A Curious Complication.
Chicago, November 22.—The Superior
Court had in f ire it this morning a case ct
curious complications. Some months ag?
Win. A. Sloan, was married to a aw n ia
Ohio, moved to lowa and there obtained a
divorce through a Chi ago divorce lawyer,
and upon the same d- y married another
woman.
The Courts of the latter State declared the
divorce proeeedirgs illegal and th second
marriage adulterous. To-day the Chicago
Court hel l that the divorce was valid, ac
cording to the laws of Illinois It is, there
fore, illegal for Sloane to live with eith r
wife, although married to both and although
he has children by both.
He might, however, legally, live wirh Lis
Ohio wife in lowa and with liis lowa wifein
Illinois, but could not live with ths Ohio
wife in Illinois, or with the Ohio wife in
lowa.
And StiSl They Come
There is nothing like it —the way that
busin, ss men, professional men and health
seekers are flocking to the Ga'e city. At
lanta has go: a mighty magnetic atn-action
for all classes of people, especially those
that are seeking health, peace and prosper
ity, and the word prosperity is the secret of
it all, the magnet that is drawing so many
good people from all parts of the United
States, and among the last arrivals is that
of Dr. H. Mosley, of St. Louis, who - has
rented the store No. 68 Whitehall St., and
ib having it fitted up for a first-class drug
store. The Post-Appeal extends to the Dr.
a hearty welcome in his new enterprise.
of President Wadley.
Macon Herald.
We understand that last Friday was the
68th birthday aniversary ot President Wad
ley, Esq , ti.e able President of the Central
Railrof d, He celebrated the occasion by
a family reunion at his elegant country
site, near Bolingbroke. It was also the
anniversary of his marriage day.
We trust the distinguished gentleman
may live many more years and gather to
gether a family reunion, with not a mem
ber missing from those who circled a’ out
him on his G 9 th birthday.
May strength of mind and b My be given
him to manage through another decade, the
■iflalrs of the great railroad corporation at
whose head he now stands so pre-eminently
high, and whose wonderful wealth and
prosperity is attributed to the g ent fimn
cial ability of Wm. M. Wadley —the rail
road Magnate cf the South.
A Bes« rved Tribute.
The House C ini'Tiiitea on the
State Blind Asylum at, M icon have
returned from an inspection of that in
stitution, and make a very compli
mentary report, in which a long
tribute is paid to Prof. Williams and
his associates.
A crowd of police surrounded a saloon
in Columbus the other night under the im
pression that several burglars were inside,
as mysterious noises were heard within.
The proprietor was sent for, and come
armed with a shot <un. When the saloon
was opened it was found that a case of ale
bottles had fallen in front of the fire, and
the heat had caused the corks to pop out-
I This ex'plained the noises which had
I alarmed the police.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Parnell is (going to Paris.
i It is said Italian rifles are being
shipped to Ireland.
Two nihilists were hanged at St.
Petersburg yesterday.
.Agram, Austria, has been visited
by another earthquake.
John Bright, speaking at Birming
jam, condemned the Irish land laws.
The National Board of Healfh con
firms the report of the withdrawal of
Dr. Bsmis-’ resignation.
The British government is said to
be meditating a modification of the
cattle import, restriction.
Francis Raed Porter, who smashed
the windows of Peter Cooper’s resi
dence, in New York, was, upon the
affidavit of Abram S. Hewitt (Mr.
Cooper’s son-in-law), committed yes
terday for trial in default of §SOO
bail. He waived examination, de
clining to make a statement. The
charge is malicious mischief.
Henry Morrill, a wealthy Califor
nian, aged seventy, was found dead
in bed at the St. Cloud Hotel, in
Philadelphia, yesterday morning.
, He retired in apparently good health
I the night before. A list of over SIOO,-
000 registered bonds was found
among his effects. He has two broth
ers living.
Twenty-four families at the South Moor
colliery, Durham, England, have been evic
ted, and turned out into driving sleet and
snow, because the miners refused to accept
a reduction of a shilling a day in their
wages.
trouble is brewing in Vermont.
Mr. W. W. Grant, a member elect to Con- j
gre s, is said to be ineligible, because he is
an unnatara'iaed foreigner born in Canada.
He claims that though his parents resided
in Canada they never renounced their alle
giance to the United States, and ne is there
fore an American citizen.
A delegation of the Hancock column, a
political organiaation of New York city,
visited General Hancock yesterday and read
him an address, assuring him of the con
tinued love aud confidence in him by the
people of the whole country. The General
replied, thakiug them for their visit and
saying that he would formally reply at an
other time, but motives of delicacy pre
vented him from saying more at present.
Postmaster-General Maynard orders the
postmaster at Cincinnati to refuse payment
of money orders or delivery of registered
letters address to Byron H. Robb and oth
ers proprietors of the “Singapore Tobacco
Company;” also to "American and Euro
pean Secret Service Company,” and “The
Monitor Lamp Company.”
A cable "pecial from Shanghai, dated
November 18th, just received, states that a
treaty was concluded yesterday between
the United States Commissioners and the
Government of Pekin, thoroughly controll
ing the question of Chinese emigration.
This news excites much interest, and, al
though the details of the treaty are not at
hand, it is generally understood, from what
information has been recently received from
the Commissioners, that the stipulations
will be perfectly satisfactory' to the citizens
of the United States, and especially of the i
-Pacific Coast. »
Mr. p;t i.-Ml baa reduced bis rents.
An. anti H brew agitation is excit
ing Germany.
An Irish landlor-l has been tarred
and featherec 1 .
Speculations as to the course of the
British cabinet are "ife.
Chilian squadrons are carrying
troops to lay siege to Lima.
A case of wholesale eviction lias
been rtpGi’ted from Durham, Eng
land.
Pbe most cordial understanding is
said to exist between Germany and
the United States on the subject oi
Gt rman-American citizenship.
■The It-vre luborers, truckmen and
rottou rolleru cf New Orleans are on
i strike for forty cents an hour.
Steamboiis offer but twen y-five
cents.
Tom Popper shot and killed Sim
;>e Alnse near Mendota. The parties
had quarrelled over a game of cards,
and finally Pepper picked up a gnu
wbioh was resting against a tree.
Mi’.se frightened thereat, begged him
not to shoot. As the gun would not
stand cocked, Pepper deliberately
pulled back the hammer with his
thumb an I shot Mi se through the
liead, the load of buckshot literally
tearing bis skull to shreds.
The New York stock market
opened strong Saturday, and was
bouyant throughout nearly the en
tile d'ay. American railway and
government securities were also
strong and advanced considerably in
London.
R ;v. M-. Enright aud Rev. Mr.
Green, ritualistic clergymen of Eng
land, have been declared in contempt
by the Court oi Arches, and will be
imprisoned.
Payne’s Oklahoma colonists are
getting ready to move into the Indian
j Territory, and have sent on a com
mittee to Washington with a letter
to Mr. Hayes and to Congress, asking
that the army be prevented from in
terfering with them.
Sir Alexander Cockhurn, Lord
Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench,
died suddenly on Saturday night
from fatty degeneration of the heart.
He was apparently well up to within
an hour of bis decease.
it is announced that Jay Gould
has rec ent y purchased the controll
ing interest in the Texas Pacific
Railway from the Philadelphia syn
dicate. H i has also bought out the
New Orleans ami Pacific; Construc
tion Company, and it is said that one
of the considerations was a bonus
of §500,090 of the new Missouri Pa
cific s ock.
A speciable cable from Loudon
says the members of the lan 1 league,
apprehending, in the present condi
tian of affairs, a seizure of their per
sons and property by the govern
ment, have invested the entire amount
of their funds in foreign securities,
and lodged them in a continental
bank. All their books and papers,
which might be of service to
ernnaent in securing their conviction,
have been removed to a place of
safety.
The obsequies of Gov. 'Williams
will take place at Wheatland Wed
nesday.
Field Marshal General Sir Charles
Yorke, Constable of the Tower, died
in London Sunday, aged ninety
years.
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when It ean be done with propriety. When,
from tbe nature of the ease, or other reasons,
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ICE-WATER IN CROUP.
Dr. Maunsell, a regular physician of Eng
land, gives a report of a case oi croup
treated by him ; and as the treatment is the
simplest aud the best in domestic practice.
I report the ease very much in his own
language, whi'h is freer from medical
tenchnicalit'fi thin most cases published
in medical journals. He was called to
visit a boy, eight years of age, suffering
from croup, or, in medical language, la
ryngo-tracheitis. That is, inflammation of
the larynx and windpipe, with the usual
symptoms of difficult breathing, hoarse,
brazen cough, fever etc.
Tha boy had been to school the day be
fore, though slightly ailing, but had grad
ually become worse. An emetic mixture
of sulphate of zinc and wine of epecac Mai
administered twice at intervals of ten min
utes, until vomiting was produced. A blad
der was then partly filled with iee cold
water and applied to the throat and upper
part of the ehest, being kept well up under
the chin, as the patient reclined ou his
back. The child naturally objected at first
to the cold, but soon became quieter and
fell into a doz >. Tbe respiration which had
been hard and crowing, gradually became
less so; the cough lost somewhat of its
singing or braznsound, and the skin, which
bad been hot and dry, became cool and
moist. The doctor remained two hours
with his patient, and then left, giving in
structions that a large, warm poultice
should be applied for au hour, in place of
the bladder, and then the ice-water to be
again applied, alternating thus each hour
until his return. He concludes his report
in these words: "In about ten hours I
came back and found everything progress
ing favorably.
"The child is now well; and I believe the
result might have been very different, at
any ra'e, the chances of recovery much di
minished. had that treatment not been
adopted."
This. I will add, is without doubt the sim
plest and best treatment for croup in do
-1 rnestie practice. The cold wat r treatment
should ce commenced as soon as the fever,
and should be continued till these symp
tomc subside, as in the case just reported.
If this alone does not bring speedy relief, I
would advise an emetic of alumn instead
of the zinc and ipecac as used by Dr. Maun
sell. A teaspeonful of powdered alum may
be mixed with honey or syrup and given
every ten or fifteen minutes until vomiting
occurs. Tiffs is a very effectual emetic,
and less protracting ‘han the preparations
of ipecac and tartar emetic, or antiomial
wine usually resorted to in such Cases. Tbe
prineiple or theory of using hot and cold
applications alternately is good; but in
put ing it into practice, it will be better to
apply a folded towel or piece of flann-1
wet in hot water, instead of the large,
warm poultice prescribed by Dr. Munsell.
I he towel or flnunel should be doubled in
to three or four folds, put on as hot as it
can be borne, and then covered wiih a thick,
dry towel, or be ter, with a piece of rubber
cloth or oiled silk, s o retain the heat.
This treatment will often effect a cure
before a doctor can be found; and the ad
vantages of the hot towel or flannel over
the warm poultice are cleanliness, conven
ience, economy of time and material, and
the little trouble of changing frequently, so
as to keep up sufficient heat,
COLD FEET.
A writer says, "What a common ccni
plaint this is! And yet no one seems to
know anything about it. You suffer from
it for years and yet you don’t go to a doc
tor, or if you do you derive very little bene
fit from his advice. Some people suffer
from it at night only, while others are
troubled with it in the .day time as well.”
He then goes on to give his remedies. The
best of which he tells us is hypophosphate
of lime in oue or two grain doses twice a
day. Another good remedy, he says, is five
drops tincture nux vomica three or four
times a day. For paleness and bloodless
ness he recommends cod liver oil, iron and
quinine, with Parrish’s chemical food.
Now people may resort to any or all of.
these things, if they see fit. the remedies as
recommended being harmless, but disap
pointment will often follow all this druggery
as in the doctor’s prescriptions so disparag
ingly spoken of by our writer.
Be it known then, that there is a more
excellent way to remove the trouble of cold
feet.which is not only an annoyance,but an
evidence, a cause, or a consequence of ill
health, >
The best remedies for cold feet are not
drugs, but good, nourishing food, exercise
and bathing. The diet should consist of
browu or Graham bread, fresh butter, beef,
mutton, etc., with such vegetables as are
palatable an! suited to the powers of di
gestion. Those containing oil, such as
peas, nuts, etc, are good in such cases if
the stomach can digest them without op
pression. A foot bath should be taken ev
ery morning in cold water, letting the feet
remain in long enough to produce a slight
aching sensation. The feet should be then
well rubbed wilh a coarse, dry, towel, the
shoes and socks or stockings drawn on, and
a brisk walk be taken, or a dance around
ttie room, sias to excite the circulation and
bring about a vigorous reaction. It is on
this reaction tbe good effects of the cold
bath depend, and being a vital action in
stead of a mere artificial imparation of heat
by hot water, the warmth thus generated is
much more peroianeut. If the cold water
atone does not have the desired effect,
which may be the case with persons of very
feeble reaction, then a hot foot bath should
precede the cold, and the former may be
used, or bath the hot and cold, followed by
the evercise, as before directed. This will
be more pleasant and effectual in perma
nently removing the very disagreeable
trouble of cold feet than any or all drugs.
And this is something that should be at
tended to, for habitually cold feet are a fre
quent cause of disease. Death gemrally
, begins at the extremities.
In Aberdesn, Mississippi, last week a
i party of young ladies of the Presbyterian
• chureh turned out a day to pick cotton for
the benefit of the c hurch, at the rate of
; sixty-five cents per hundred weight. They
made ten dollars in the day’s operation, be
ginning at 10:30, which was late for field
hands. Besides the money, they won a
good deal of fun in the picking.
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