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Newspaper Page Text‘ f ■ • •> * «» <r.""t ’ «, ■' »r- • VOLUME YIII. DUBLIN, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14. ftSfc NUMBER.XLII. TOWN AND COUNTY CITY OFFIlT ALS. Mayor.—J. Cl Sch|l»9iyingli. Aldkumek —M. L? Jones. J.< B. Wolfe* ' R. H. Arnau, Dr. G. F. Green,-D. A. . Srailli.- : & Clerk.—ID. J. Tarpley. Marsoai..—W, R. Hudson. Lv COUNTY OFFICIALS. . Okdinahx ; —TolVn'l’.' Duneau.' fiiSHk.iukjB'. -J. C. 'Scarborough.* '*<B&P.rk and Treasurer — ttaixly Smith* Tax HrccKiviiu.—F I). Beall. Tax GoLiii CTxjR.—J. B. Jones.*' SuuvKYOR.—Ira V Hilliun. Cdift<»NKH.--Jrttu«j^urflcl‘d. ,r£* COU »tvSni? E CTO R Y .^^VCOi— ■ ' v'dfcs EHS COUNTY. Court of Ordi a y. 1st Monday in each month. Judge.—-John T. Dufhfcira. •SuBRiPB' • Sales.-—1st Tuesday ‘ la each * month. Superior Courts. 4th' Monday in January antf July. Judge.—C; C. Kibl.ee, Solicitor General.—C. C. Smith. i "■ C untV Coi] Court, Monthly, Sessions.—2d Monday in each month. Quarter Sessions.—2d. Monday in Jan '., ’ iiary, April, July and November. Judge.—Mercerll ay ties : Solicitor.—Tbos. B. Felder Jr. Bailiff.—T. B., ; Hudson, . Justice Courts, 342d. Dist. (Dublin) 1st. Friday th each .'mhnth. ; • . « *K;.U.v Walker'J.- P. %*Bfr Robinson N. P. , . 848if. DM^JPine TuckeyY.lst Saturday in! each month, . r -.; J. C. Braccwell J. P, Dennis McLendon N. P. h. Dist. (Lowrysj 8d Saturday in each month: mr Miller J. R. ’. Currie N. P. f. Saturday in each Satur- w.,,,,, J. Ola##. P. , 5 .,. - John Bureli N. P, . 1369 th. Dist. (Reedy Springs) - 4th day in each .month. R. A. Bcdi.ngsfield J.,P. • P. E. Griustead N w ?;-/ 344th Dist.- (Hampton’s Mill) 3d Fiiday'in each month. • . N. M. Cordcr J. P. S. T. Diirsey N. P. -845tfi Dist. (Harvaid’s) 2d Saturday in each month. . William Gilbert J. P. D. J. Pearce N. P. 341st Dist. (Burgamiys) 3d Saturday in each month. W. A. Wood J. P. N. S. Dixon N. P. •391st Dist. (Bailey’s) 2d Saturday jn each mouth. J. B. Peryy J. P. j. i. r • G Stanley N. P. j .. 80th Dist. (BucKeyc) 1st Saturday in each month. ' . E. M. Lake J. P. ,J. L.. Jones N. P. 1309th Dist. (Jackson's) 1st Saturday in each.month. John L. Keen. W- T. Bedgood N. P. 52d Dist. (Smith's) 1st Saturday in each *• month. A. T. Shell. Bennett Kc-aN. P. I JoinitV HAVE Y,OIT TAKEN THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION F R 1888? If not. lay tUis paper down and send for it right now. * *" ‘ ; ’ . If you want it cveiy day, send for the Daily, which costs $10.00 a year, or $$ .00 for six mouths or $2.50 for three months. If you want it every week, send for .the Great Weekly, which costs $1,25 a year Oh:’' THE imad bridegroom. Airidtig the sell let’s of the South-! west was old William Brown, who, w’iill ftls'dthighferJJeaii—a pret tyj blooming young wom^h of twenty—I occupied ti little house on the ettsr hunk of the River Bogota, notfaij from t he town of Santa Fq, , ■: ; As Brown. was a .Imuter, .and, tfa ’dor; 'lie knew mtinv of 'the people who earned cheir Jiving in the same wa.v. , : y The* heaiity of his dattghter at tracted suitors, an<i amongst were i wo i«.H-t.wins7 johh ah f d AlbeVt Jackson, so closely resembling each other in face and form that it would have been bard to tell one from the other but for a certain wildness of expression in John's eyes, not at all perceptible in those of his bmth- er. ■ ■ . ... / * In fitetVyJolm^^ wa^'^dt altogether of sound mind, and.*he performed Ins purl of the wooing in ib striinge, ikiyd incoherent a- manner that he lightened instead p : l? jbt^)(^va^ing Jeaii,, whd,‘ at'tbe same tinio, Jiefibg li girl of feelipg, n j)itied liira for hrajnfirtnity. /Albert Jackson was tbe due upon whoid Ikr ebdicet..'Jell,-and whom, aho-idi-ea with all* t hrd'in^fisityrf'aj pure girl’s first passion. As the truth gradually forced it.- way to John’s confu^od, braiq, hr went ofi to parts unknown, previous ly having informed his brother, in a loud, fierce voice, that ho would yet have Jefin’for fei^ brile^ana thMt in* would be revenged on liith fur trying to win the girl upon whom h£*hiid set his heart. Albert tobk no notice of the threat, but endeavored to sooth5'JolHi,,w.lio. however, made some strange response and strode away. • . - ' : Albert searched long for his miss ing brother, hut in vain. Montlis went by, and still nothing was heard of him. At last jenn rind hfer lovor wen engaged to be married.' ; Ori the evening of the day prece ding the one dhosertffflr tlfe^vudding. she and Albert met, as they- Inn often done before, close by the fa nttbus cataract of Te<)uendaiha, about a'liiile.below jean’s residence. It was a wild spot with hng» mountains looming up before then, in the distance, and a dark, deej thicket' Stretchiing away on . their left, along the bank of the. riV er. Where they stood, this rivei'—-th«:j Bogota—-was but thirty-five feet" in width, sending its roaring .waters, sheeted with foam and spray down a perpendicular rock to the depth ol one hundred.and sixty feet. For some minutes, Albert, wh boat. This was Albert's, into which lie now assisted Jean, for t lie masses ' ‘ •••vvvvy; VI UIIV V>t KaillLb of . .the tangled t hicket wophl ' be; damii; bboiiiihg Viglit alieAd !: (litticult'for her to tread at tins late lion i 4 ;; r ” The young hunter, -pulling vigo rously at his* oars, lauded the gill tiear the door of her father’s house. . It waiai ranged tin t Albert shot)hi come in his boat for the muidCU’"ipn the fpllowirig night. Ho wotild then tnke her down the! stream to a selected liiti’ditig. place,, whence they would gb' tb•/•the mints- ter’s resilience.'half a niile off and he tot ’s lesidence. Jiiiif a mile off and be married; < • • : %feau-preferr6d having the ceremo ny performed in this private way, in order to avoid a noisy serenade from a*.-’'*- ■ Y- « ttcquuintnnces. The .minister had already been -poken. to on the subject, and the bride’s father^ who. Inul some- busi* ness to (transact iu ,*the neighborhood of.the clergyman’s':dwollihg would arriye there in time to * be ’jVrespfit; when tjfe couple were united; Having parted fronri the girl* -Al- bert now ro^ upfontho river^, un til- opposite his own house, a short' Jistanpu from the shore, where' he lived with an old aunt. * Then lie tied-the warp’s to a stake -ou tlie bank, after doing which lie entered the house. The follovying night ■ was a dark one, the gloom oniy slightly’rtStitJved by a new moon and the stars. V •’ * y'.fj # 4 * T 1338tl>. Dist. (Oconee) 4th Saturday in each.] w is a line, intelligent fellow- ol M. Thhrpin .T. P. ‘ | twenty-eigl.t, stood admiring,, or $5,00 for Clubs of Five. •-'THE WEEKLY C0N- , S'llTUTIOiN . la the Cheapest! Biggest andDest Prirtted in Americaf . - . , - — r .. It Las 12 pages cbock full rrf news, gos it should sot you against me—make in and &Uet<* ms »-v»-rv hj.w.It . T* J a •ip and sketches every week. It. prints mere romance than ihe story paj>ers, more farm-new- than the agricultural -papers* more fun than (he hunlorous papers—be- sidtsaH-thc news, ami Bill Arp's and Betsy Hamilton's leltets. Uncle Remus s Sketch- •: .,CS! ' TALMAUE’S^SKRMU, *"“■■** ■ AJost.'ia.l'eutH t& It weck--tukes t> read itf * Ymi riyi't yelUjtrqi or owt It! . " 'Y me \VtuE baine on « ‘ to ’ vine .. pretty, goiden hair, upon which tlie sunlight, 8treiim‘ing through an opening ip a range' of hills Lehitid tin* two, fell a« if loving to nestle then*. . ,, „ r „ Then a sad Took settled upon his face. ’‘Jea'n;” hji said,.taking her hand, “I ani afiatd. it was wrong for me.to win you withmit first telling you what is now on my mind, in fat t I sliouId have told you that ffiy in. sanity you have seen my brother show symptoiis of i« hereditary. I had both a grandfather and an uncle who were thus affected, but I have hitherto feared to tell you this, lest- you fear that I, too, might—” /‘Oh!.no' no!” interrupted Jean. “Nothitfg could do that"' 1 So long air you werfe'hot'jiisane me that .youjoved i ?v *" •"* »«*• •Av<* * ■ * ‘ .4*' 4** f I. arms about the round, suppU* the girl ami joyfully kissed tw.»« O- „. I 8Lraw.'-i ! Aftliis ‘ ^ uri Sli'c'^hiiched the hunk of the river. io see the.outline of her loyor’s boat ill I * ,-.y.■» • v V V *• •* . \Ylieii- it reached that part of' the dioro where she stood, its oocupijnt held out' lijs-arins to assist her. ' Site -■oiild not help natRhng, with some urprise, that ■ li.^'imir—which, in lecordairce with ihe custom of many >‘f the young- hiinters of the. South west, her* \f()t^yery long—was dis 1 leveled~ and uiicombed. Ib||fel 1 ibout his face, like 'a vaiV, through which his gray eyes flashed w “Dome!” he said, as lie took land, and she entered the boat, mve waited a long time.” ‘•Why. no; you have just arrived,” lieamAvered.” ' ,'f,\ S. “Perhaps you ^nro I’fgh'T.^^Hbw jiiio flics!” •/« I fc^ieil,:i;:farLing up. His strange inannej- puzzled and ‘aijnedjher.';; &■ £• M. ,“t«»r voice is hoarse, not taken, cold?” she said. “Away W’q {.<*! They arc wiptiQg for us,” was his only response, us he • ;<>'nititet)eed to .ply the oars. ' The bout, assisted by the current, flew along'ns,if it.diaiT wings. “Not so fast, please,” said Jean. ••If makes n^' dizzy.^-;,^ **>■' “We have no lime oTose.^he an swered. “It will be a white bridal— won’tup?” ♦-. *» .• •?. .-..-a •‘Allien^- what do you mean by iliat?”-cried Jean, yet more sur prised. “Cau it be., that, you are jesting??’ f*-.i jjj/1. \£ ' *. At this He hltered. a yoH of laugh ter so wifd a sliVill tliiit itweht jutlie heart b^ tho startled girl' like a •;kuife, > • “Don’t!” she said, laying both hands on his shoulders. “You make rne feel afraid.” Then- he showed his wlpte teeth. ;HU eyeballs rolled strangely under his black hair, as it blew across bis face. A terrible fear seized her. She began to think he had become riisuue, iorsiio iiow roealloiLtd-Trtind .wljap Ije.hid salil to her* whep, tjiey An'et by the cataraet on the day be fore. 'V ; It sepnied as if’ he guessed thoughts. 4 ?^ * VV; ‘ ”lliuft be afraid,” he said. “You know it is hereditary. Ilb*,v fast We .are going.. MIX r 7 la fact, the boat was rushing for- who- *wiwltii Uie-fiUl force of the ,un narrowed to thirty-,five.-filet,' with the roar of yfo etUariiTOYiSTeduw* .“Stop, Albert, wo have already. .' pusaed the placo wlioi^o we \yorp ?tol land!” she cried in terror. BP' lrm*alb are going down among the water' shakes!* We will have a quick, swift rj.de over the cataract, which will majfetv'y.on:^ fine white wedding rpho! It #illrbo tt uohlo-Gridall” . j | The terrified girl looked more closely at tlie spoakbr than sho hud hitlierto done, So deep was the obscurity that she; could not see his face, plainly; butit struck her that it was too sharp and) thin for Albert’s. Then the, truth broke suddenly upon her ‘ : ■' -. . Prefer a woman 5 feet and 2 incli- Lnis man was not her lover; it wax C s high, bilious temperament, with Ins brother! the unsuccessful suitor p U g flyS c;'ulso, that she bo a little' vbn Did IlilPll an Imvr ■■■iuoiii'T uml ' * ■ , . J '. . ' . AVliQ-had been so long missing, wpl now had returned more insahe-Wmn ever. - ‘ ■’ . “^MhlijVl Jdga! 1 know you!” she cried. “But where is Albert-?”, n.-/ j She endeavored, to speak firmly,j iflthoug-lr slhiking ft'oin head tq'fppt! “Tito ohiiVgb is ^the;heUer. 5 ? he> said. “You did. not ape vino liflpjciif^ ,t| heuivlilte a wolf,- yosterday',; ;'tiatcfi-; . ing every word yon and he-said;’ there by the cataract! - I caught ihe tuords in my teeth, and held on to Mfem. I was determined to.' jbanlk him! I' lay'ni wait for liinvtcHiigiiv, near where he. keeps his boat,-ami I j (iin ! firebugs playing in' ii)is:ii.ui,i 1”. • ’’Ybu have killed <-him!” she davds were .dying every week, pt was '-’reported that Geniry was dead. A ioiig row of coflins laviittbe trtlder- .ijvJ '’'"“The cataract now was not top fathoms ahead. Joan could sec the white gleam of roariog. w-atcrA-as (hoy. poured over tlie rock iti broad, gliding masses. She was about to make, a for a rock which extended rtlo.ngftlib water Some yards , at thi«Mpoipl. when the maniac seized . and held her in nHight grusp. Vainly she struggled. Meanwhile the boat ivus drawn on toward vthe cataract. Onco over‘its briiknptli- mg could save its bcfiipapts from that fall of one hundred and sixty! feet ^ r Jeuii knew tins, and '- Stpjl, strug gled frantically. The unguided h.ou». was hurled against a spur projecting from the rook Joan , hud previouslr endeavored to gain,.. ' ; Tlie shock hurled the maniac sideways; ho losened his hold of the girl, who taking .advantage of , it cmight at the^pur and threw'herself cut bn tlie riigged mass. Ere John could follow, the light craft plunged with him over the cataract, and the wild cry *. lie utter ed as. ho disappeared down t,he fi'ighftil d.eceht was the last over heard from him in this world. ■ 'i” . • • J Jeaii .by her own efforts could not' reach the shore, althougli th'orc wem many detached rocks in. thb.-. tumult* bus waters between Jier and the bank. Her cries, hoWeyer, at last att i'setbd tlie attention of. her^afher ( who alarmed at her protracted ab sence, had'left tbq minister’s house to lookfbjr*hef. • , -T. •' m. ' / With great difficulty, he succeeded hi getting hereto the land, and hav ing heard her story, he proceeded fWith' Tier to Albert’s'dwelling, where the two found her lover lying won Tided, tended by his aunt »»d a doctor. Albert said that when about knowledge, sprang up suddenly'from a clump of shrubbery pear, stabbed him iii the side, then leaped ^iu h cr bout and tnadc off. Alhert contrived to crawl to House, and iiis liuntut once house, and his aunt at once sent a , ,,L T Y K boy, whom she sometimes employed Wharowouh hedia at hathonr? ahmjV the.premises, (o'y. a 4 df»otor, ' “ 1,11 ^ u '^ lUI * ^ ur whbtaid tho wound Was not dun- room -.. v ,uiii- gerous. , IIW ,a.,r««»*is ... me uni.eq of the dead to whicln M c ^“v ^ ; y l where the nyerV A monih later, the young inau Btatos give work to 630,,000j>eopU*. even ftom ilia thitym of Mi# having recovered,die aud Jean were married. . ’* * . ■ Sho is a happy wifo, but sho often Thinks with tv shudder of that terri ble nights ad tenlurb with her hus band’s -maniac brother.—Rufus Rale in N. Y. Ledger. H .‘ r L-.n': * ' : A \ViIo Wanted Uild. [Sc.ioiu (Gu.,) Sentinel.] A wife is wanted by a man who .makes his living poisoning rats and tanning flog liitjos. lias a cork leg, and little inclined to bo dudeish. Hoad ia tis ’ lutld iis uiv egg, libnce wears a *vig. Doesn’t know one Card from another. Never told a straight out lio nor stole anything. Has an income of $3 to $5 per week. ; Is disgusted wfth single dussediidss ; 'ivnfl ■ i hiban's“ crosseyed and .have false tooth, and to walk; a-iHtj|9(pigoon-1oed. but docs not particularly . require '.thte;.. Slio; must have big feet and know the art: ,un 11110 li *'°^ ow Strangoiys it of J rob iid dn ne.iVi a- r rimy seom to the average teader, tfflfti 'bf’roitlifl dahciVig. -a-4,* a,. >»i Any one comparing favorably with] 4Vbovo ,flqsgiyption can got furtheij Notice .by"writing lock box No. 197, ^oiyoiarGit; Gentry nnd the Havauddh News. * [Baxley^’(Ga.,) Bamibr. f Mrf R. Jj. QbYi,tPy. \lio renowned Ml^llilig'’pighpV ^^tji, :S f tyamiaI. News, tells- tho - fpllpwjng joke on ^jniself, which illustrates Iiis usual : crest in tho News: - ,:l 1 ; '*-M n{iii J .1 1AXU..*.t reiuly to uocompany their ioved ones tdlheir last resting place. . A gen- ticniun oa.no walking hurriedly up .id-tlie place and asked the undeiv •taker if lie would he kind enough to show him the case occupied by Mi*. ’Gent|!y7 'Wajkitig along down the line of coffins for several steps they gt last, reached’ one which the utuier- takei'* sivid was Gentry’s. Lightly rapping the coffin li<i the inquiring stranger called ! ,[.Jf\gentry, 0, Gentry!” •‘All’was silent. Again lie rapped the coffin lid and cUi.led fflr Goiitryj but still no answer came. By this tinio lie yceme.d to be a little . vi/xbd, and with a hard lick oil the box lie cried out: “Gentry, I want the SiiMvoiiuli Newsl” r 4 All right, my son, and here is one of our Water.hury watcheB,” tin - svyered Gentry as he raised lip in his colli n. A Model- for Albany Statesmen* ’'f V [OHjcagb News.] Crowfoot, chiof of the Black foot ‘Indians, received a perpetual f.iis^ over the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Hn acknowledgement of tho courtesy, hb wrote: “Great chief of the rail way, I salute you, 0 chief, 0 greatl I ain pleased with railroad key open ing road free' to me. The chains and rich covering of your name writ ing, its wonderful power *o open the road. 1 have done.” This epistle shows the' Superiority of the red man, ‘An Orflinury white legislator would have shoved tho pass into his pocket and grumbled because the privileges did not include palacecur and lunch counter rights. Illustrating An Oati!.—Teach er—Jolinriie do you know the nature of an oath?’ - UWIUI. -TIUCIL BUM, UiaL WIIC'.I SUIHH to enter his- skiff, his brott.er, of Johnnie—Ycs’m. It is something wlmse return he had had"no previous rt ,,,lin gives when lie wants to ><*« I 1 « B „ till li/lt Mil ...! * ' ' » (■ iw^lMyHpnppppill^ . Toucher—That’s right. Now/ l^t: piration from the 08 1 ,UV C it^illust'raie.j, •*'Johtiuie r * ’ suppose your father should sweat* to t | )fl your mother that-he would heal home at 10 o’clock in the evening. The railroads in the United. Just an He Was Going to Hang* Not far from Fort Dodge, Iowa, itv 18G7 or theroiibouts, lived a man ijatnod'''John Etninersotv. Some relatives of his in ijite east had put him on a piece of land to make a living, but h’o wassickly, had a largo family to support, and between doc tors’ bills and poor crops waa finally ground down until ho was little short «a5li:tiTv»ug. One mbriiTng, after taking tho wholo night to do- liboi'Hte, Emmcrsoh arose, took a ropo from the shod and started for tho woods. lie had como to Ilia conclusion td Hang hitn’seif. Indeed, ■his wife, who was fretful and fault finding undbr hor trials, had often flung out at liini that any than who could not make a living for his fami ly Had "belter ehoko himself to death with a ropo. Eulritersoii entered .i* pibco of'woods ort his own land, and was looking around him for a con venient limb, when ho saw a nibbit ii trifling incidClitchttiigod thbcurrqur, of his thoughts, and ho flung down tlie rope and run and plugged up fha end of 'tlie log *so that, (fie rdfibijs could not escape. It was a pretty old log, Hut the hollow only extenfled half its length. The man rbttii;nod t‘b ’ thoy Uquab for his ax to chop tho rabbit out, and as lie cut through to the hollow lie hcur.rthd clink of metal against the blade Of the ax.. A 'fow mQrb strokes ainl an ifl*6 l n jtrought to light enough ten and twenty dollar pieces to foot up the gross sutu ■Hf r !|4,i)00.’ ' T’lie' CdiiiS liud once been enclosed in a canvas bag, but only a few decayed remnants of-tlie cloth romaindd. Emmoi'SijiV was an hoti*- .wt. jnM; and let Iiis fillkiiowin^ btitnobwtici' waa over dbtaitiefl for- it. ''Tire’ll)vestigatidn by legal ou- thoritids discovered that an old country 'immiiirunt; who laiided 4it Milwuuj&o three of four years btiforo had coni plained of tlie loss of a bag containing $5,000 in gold, but ho had loti# since passed from sight; and nopnc could toll whither he had gone. Jf.it was Iiis money, thp thief Imd taken out $100 for current ox* poiiBcs ajid then hhldeii tho rest, bjit ae tlie | robbery ocoajped between Oliicago .and H ihvaukco, and as the gold vyiia' fomni hundreds of miles awuy, it wquifl hayo been diffionlt to prove.the conncotjpn. Einmeraon was left in full possession of bis find, ujid lie soon rciooved to a dis tant state.—Ex, * tt Was Mur Far Away. “I wish I were yon star,” he said dreamily. “Sp do 1,” sho returned promptly, heroipally swallowing a yawn. “/>.id why, dear one,” lie uskod imptilsively, “why do you' .wish I were yon brilliant orii?” “llocause,” she replied in cold, maHer of fact Bostunese tones, “bo- eau^eyoii brilliant orb is just 11,760,- .971.in lies away.” And lie faded silently out like a mist before a summer sun. . i A diffident member of tho Ken tucky Legislature wus in process of being married, and his best man was a fellow-member. When the preacher came to that part, “Will you take this woman to be your wedded wife,” etc., the victim lost his head and wasn’t saying a word in reply, when his best man reached over and said in a loud whis per: “D—u }t, man, vote aye. Y'ote aye; what’s the matter with you?”—Washington Critic. j Teacher (in California, to boy Jn gmmrnai class)—“John, correct the TO low ing sen'cnecj*. “It are very field.” John (as he.wipes the pers- . hi* forehead with his shirt-sleeve); “It are domed hot.” LHtlo maiden (who isspending tho afternoon wi h tqy^qunt)-— 1 “Auntie, mot ljer said 1 uipihtG^ittk vou for unythtug to eat, Bu| I’apwful bull- gry.” There is a voice from th# tomb sweeter that, song; there is a remem brance of ll.e dead to which we (nr#,.

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The Dublin post. (Dublin, Ga.) 1878-1894, April 14, 1886, Image 1