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VOLUME VIII.
TOWN AND COUNTY
DIRECTOBY.
CiTY OFFICIALS^
Mayor.—J. 0. Scarborough.
Aldermen —M. L. Jones. J. B. Wolfe,
. 11. M.'Arnau, Dr. G. F. Green, D. A.
Smith.
Clerk.—E. J. Tnrpley.
MXUBitAL.—W. tt. Hudson.
COUNTY 'OFFICIALS.
Ordinary.—John T. Duncau.
Sheriff. -J. C. Scarborough.
Clerk and Treasurer, t—Hardy Smith,
Tax ReoeiVer.—F. f). Beall.
Tax Colli-ct«»r.—J. B. Jones,
Suhvkyor.—IrR V HlUmn.
Coroner.—James Barfield. -
COU RT DI R ECTO R Y
—FOR—
LAURENS COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary.
1st Moudtw iu. each month. :
Judge.—John T. Duncan.
Sheriff 8ales.— 1st Tuesday in each
month.
Superior Courts.
4th Monday in January and July.
Judge.—0. C. Kibb'ee,
Solicitor. Generai...—iC. G. Smith.
County Court,
Monthly-Sessions,—2d Monday in' each
month. - - *
Quarter Sessions.—2d. Monday in Jan
uary, April, July and November.
Judge.—Mercer Haynes
Solicitor.—Thos. B. Felder Jr.
Bailiff.-—T. B. Hudson.
Justice Courts,
342d. Dist. (Dublin) 1st. Friday in each
month.
K. H. Walker J. P.
D, P. Robinson N, P.
343d. Dist. (Pine Tnckey) 1st Saturday in
each month.
J.4p. Brncewell J. P.
Dennis McLendon Ns P.
1887th. Dist. (Lowrys) 3d Saturday iffeach
’ ' month,
jiamiir Miller .T- P,
J. F. Currie N. P
lSOBtli Dist. (Burch) 2d Saturday in each
month,
(.V J. Clark J. P.
John Burch N. P, •
1360th. Dist. (Reedy Springs) 4th Satur
day in each month.
R. A. Bedingsfield .T. P.
P. E. Grinstead N. P,
344th Dist. (Hampton’s Mill) 3d Fiiduy in
cacli month.
N: M. -Corder J. P.
S. T. Darsey N. P. " .
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each month
William Gilbert J. P.
D. J. Pearce N. P
841st Dist. (Burgamies) 3d Saturday in
each month.
W, A. Wood J. P.
N. 8. Dixon N. P.
801st Dist. (Bailey’s) 2d Saturday in each
month, -
J. B. Perry J. P.
J, I.. 0 Stanley N P.
'86th Dist. (Buoiteyc) 1st Saturday in each
month.
E. M. Lake J. P.
J. L. Jones N. P.
1300th Dist. (Jackson's) 1st Saturday in
each month.
John L. Keen. J P,
W. T. Bedgood N. P.
52d Dist. (Smith’s) 1st Saturday in each
month.
A. T. Shell. J. P.
Bennett Kea N. P.
1338th Diet. (Oconee) 4th Saturday in each
month.
M. Thigpen J. P.
John Wilkes N. P.
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DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. ABRIL 28*'1886.
NUMBER XI.1Y.
THJE3 MIDSHIPMAN’S PROM
ISE.
Eight bells hud beeu struck, aboard
tileslbojvof-war 7iger, and the mids,
in their little berth,were partaking,
with a keen tolish, of salt junk, po
tatoes and sea biscuits, when one of
them jocosely remarked:
“If we eat too much of this ‘bull’’*
(the suit junk), “it may toss us over
board.”
At this there was laughter, with,
applause, 'from every reefer pres
ent. . *
“Although I cannot, swim a stroke,
1 could easily float if I did go over
board,” said John Harris, a youth of
seventeen. “I would lie over on
my hack, my chest expanded, my
mouth above thp.surfaee, and thus l
would—”
“Sink!” broke in young Thomp
son, one of the party.
Again tnero was laughter, which
provoked Harris, who was of a fiery
temper and quick to take offence;
“Miv Thompson probably meant
you won Id si n k m ease tile water was
rough, ’’Sngg'es ted William Slier wood
a fine-looking mid of eighteen.
“And f siiy that, even if the wa
ter was over si) rough j 1 conk) float,”
persisted Harris.
“Noriio; you would sink, although
you think otherwise,” said Sher
wood.
“You lie!” shouted tlie impulsive
Harris. “I tell you I could keep
an oat. ”
Sherwood reddened and his eyes
flashed, but he made no reply.
Sherwood’s companions looked at
him. with surprise.;; . Although lie
had never before had occasion to
fight .with any of his shipmates, they
had all.believed hjin possessed of too
much, spirit tAJrunielvsubmit to
being called , a liar. Now, however,
as lie remained seated, slit)wing no
disposition to resent tlie insult .lu*
had received, they ex
changed significant glances, and
several of- tj pm shrugged their
shoulders. While it was evident, that
all cume to a'conclusion by no means
in his favor.
Jufit. then the noatswains’s pipe
was heard, followed by the call to
reef and furl.
The mids luirried on deck, to find
the ship driving madly along, before
a sudden gale. ' The wind, for some
minutes, blew almost a hurricane,
land the seas were tossed high in air.
With the spray flying in drifts to Ifrc
lower yards.*
Active as.were the nimble fellows
swarming alow and aloft, yet tlie bel
lying foretop.gallant sail, it conld
be reached for furling, carried away
the foretop gallant mast, which catne
down with a crash, smashing the
bulwarks across which it fell. Thith
er many of the* men hurried with
the officers, to clear away the wreck,
when ft chanced that Harris, who
remained aft, on looking behind the
round-house, perceived that the sail
or whose post was by the life-buoy,
Was several feet away from it, out
of reach of the drenching sprav.
A simple contrivance, consisting
of two long kegs, joined together by
strips of wood passing between them,
with four upright posts attached to
the kegs, to enable any one iu the
water to see where it was, when east
adrift, formed the life-buoy of that
period. This buoy was suspended
from the taffrail by a rope, and close
to it, in a sheath, nailed down to the
rail, wa8a sharp knife, with which
the person continually seated near it
could instantly sever the rope at the
cry of “Man overboard!”
Very necessary it was, therefore,
that the life bifov guard should al
ways be at Ins post, and now, on
finding him away from it, the mid.
Shipman; peremptorily ordired him
back to his place.
The man was a sullen, quarrelsome
fell >w of the name of Biggs, who
would not hesitate to use the knife.
He had once broil Hogged with the
eat for attempting to stab the boat
man's mate. Ho growled:
“I’m near enough to tho buoy
younkor. No need of vour meddlin’
with me.”
The fiery temper; of Harris was
aroused, :
“Go back to your place, I say!”
he shouted, . advancing toward tlie
man. • • ■ \
“Come, now, jest stow that, will
you ?” cried, Biggs, springing to his
feet. “I’ve been tyrannized over
enough, and I’m noPgoing io put up
with it longer.
With a blow of his fist he knocked
the midshipman* down; then, as tlie
angry youth rose and darted towards
him, to strike him, he dexterously
caught him by the throat with one
hand, by the waistband with the
other, and whirled him oyer into the
sea.
Harris, as' lie went, grasped the
end of the signal billiards, which
lmd been blown partly clear of the
pin, and ere the rope tautened, af
ter lie was in the water, he liar) pres
ence of mind enough to wind it about
his breast. Thus, holding on to the
rope, lie was soon being dragged
along in the wake o.f the ship.
Besides Biggs, there was no pier-
sons uft at the time, except the meg.
aloft at the mizzen Sherwood and
the sailor at the wheel. The form
er instantly yelled out, “Man over
board!” b’ut so loud was the roaring
of sea and gale that no person heard
Imn save Sherwood.
“Away with the life-buoy!” ho
shouted, springihg bohind the round
house, whioh had screened Biggs
and Harris from his guze, so that
he had seen nothing of the quar
rel. • .
To his surprise and horror ho now
saw Bjggsj instead of cutting away
the buoy, leaning over the rail to
sever the rope to which Harris was
IclitVging; ;
“Ay! ay!” cried the man, savage
ly. “May as well be swung for his
death as for mutiny. “I’ll have my
revenge, at any rate!”
With a single bound Sherwood
touched the speaker’s side, and
knocked the knife from his grasp,
just as he succeeded in cutting oiie
strand of the line. Biggs turned
upon him.
Sherwood know how to use his
fists, and Bigg’s feet chancing to
slip us the vessel rolled, the mid was
enabled to deal him a blow which
knocked him down. Ere he could
place hud reached the officer of the
deck, and several marines had the
offender in their clutches, with irons
upon his wrists.
Sh-rwood, who had fought only
for tlie purpose of saving Harris,
looked toward ilia latter, to discover
that the half-severed line to winch
he clung had just parted!
“He is lost!” cried the firsr. lieu
tenant. “With his knife Sherwood
cutuwiiy the life-buoy; then kicking
off his pnmps, he vaulted over the
rail into the ocean.
Harris, about sixty feet away, hud,
by this time, discovered the useful
ness of trying, to keep afloat, in
rough water, by throwing himself
upon his buck. The seas dashed
over hint, and, being unable to.swim,
he went down.
As he rose to tho surface, still
feebly struggling, a strong hand was
pushed under his right arm, and the
voice of Sherwood ' rang in his
ear:
“Here’s the life-buoy close to us.
Be ready to grasp it!”
He shoved Harris along, as he
spoke, keeping his head as much as
possible above water,^uid the buoy
was soon reached.
■ The half suffocated mid seized it.
and hi? companion was quickly at
his side, also holding ou to it.
For hours tho two drifted along
with the buoy, ere the gale abated,
and they were picked up by a boat
from tlie ship.
On arriving ubourd, Sherwood was
cheered by the sailors for t is gallant
conduct, while hit brother tnids,
who had heard with |tirpri-<- of his
, desperate fight with Biggs, shook
hands with him and praised his
pluck.
“We hardly expected it of you,
though,” remarked Thompson.
“ Why?” inquired Sherwood.
“Well—yon know—you see you
permitted Mr. Harris to call yoh a
liar, and) after that wo thought
you—”
“Enough, Mr. Thompson. I un
derstand yon,” interrupted Slier wood
gravely, and lie said no more on the
subject. . : , J
A day later tho Tiger arrived at
S'. Augustine, her first destined
port.
Here Harris was visited by liis sis
ter, . Grace, a beautiful young lady of
fifteen, who wus residing with an
aunt to whose Florida home she had
repaired by steamer after the death
of lioi mother, which had taken
place juat before the Tiger left Now
York. The mid now informedl his
sister how his shipmate, Mr. Sher
wood, had fought in his behalf and
hud saved*1iis life.
“i must introduce you to him/;
he added.
“Mr. Sherwood and 1 have met
before,” said Grace, blushing. The
tears arose to her eyes, as she con
tinued:
“I am glad to hear h’e basso nobly
kept his promise to mamma,”
“What?” cried Harris, with a
start. “1 don’t understand you.
Please to explain.”
“He came ashore beforo the vessel*
sailed from Now York, and h®
brought to our house;a noto for yon
from tho captain. It chanced thut
yon were gone at the time, to bring
atiotber doctor to poor mamma.) who
was,dying. She sent a leqnest to
see Mr. Sherwood. Whon he ouine to
her, she asked him to promise that
lie would watch over you like a
brother, would try, in every way, to
prevent your quick temper from
drawing you into quarrels, and
would not quarrel with yon him
self, under any circumstances. It
was a hard promise to require; but
mam tna’s brain weakeued by d isease,
she did Lot realize that. fact. Ho,
however, would not refuse tho dying
reqn^t of a lady, and so lie pledged
then left the house, and you re
turned, soon after, to ■fiivd mamma
dead.”
“Yes, and as the note from my
rise infdrmation of what was rairnTj^ "SnpTaln informed me that my leave
of absence from tho ship was .ex*
tended a week longer, I was enabled
to be with you for poveral days, yet)
during all that time, you said noth
ing me of Slierwood’e pronnse to
mot her. ”
“No, I thought at first I would
not mention it to you, as mamma
had requested, Sherwood not do so,
lest it might offend you—wound
self-esteem. But I have since changed
my mind, and so tell you in order
that you may appreciate so good a
friend.
Harris, soon after, tmtdo known
to his shipmates the prqmiso his
friend had given to his mother, and
in the estimation even of these
young' mids, this was a satisfactory
80liH|on of Sherwood’s mysterious
forbearance at tho time ho was in
sulted by being called a liar.
Grace Harris and her biother’s
noble rescuer, having been attracted
by each other from tho first, renew
ed their acquaintance at'this port,
became engaged lovers, and were
evontindjy united in matrimony.^—
Iiufus Hale m N. Y. Ledger.>
The d rest? coat miist go. Evoty
little' while a $G0() clerk is mistaken
for an $800 waiterMinneapolis
Tribune. ■
“John,” said a patient wife to a
dissipated husband, “I would rather
you’d have one Smile pn your face
than half a doden in a tumbler.”
Governor Hill has appointed two
ladiests notaries public for Buffalo.
They should do a thriving business
for a woman’s facilities for making
a man swear are something unequal*
Q&,—Rochester Democrat.
The Dying Husband’* Cry,
In tho year 18Gi, when tho troops
were volunteering for tho war, a
married man living in Carroll coun
ty, having a wife and five children
enlisted in the army as. a private
soldier. At the battle of Missionary
Ridge, near Lookout mountain, .in
Tennessee, the ireoei.ved a box of sup
plies and a suit of clothes, whioh liis
wife had sent lilwii II© put on tho
suit, but remarked to bis coulrados
that it' was tho last snlf ho Would ov
er pint on as ho would bo killed to
morrow. His companions, who heard
tins strungo prediction; told him if
ho folk so lie-should not go into the
fight, but remain back. 1 This ho re
fused to do stating that an officer
should load 1 liis men whenever duty
ctUled them. Ne.yt trior hi ng, at the
Ijoad of his oompany, ho oVitcu’cel tlie
fight and about noon a bullet from
tiio enemy hit him in tho heart,
killing him almost instantly. In his
-last moments while a fellow com
rade liold his head' in his lap,'lie
cried albtild, “My poor vv'ifb and fi||
litllh chiTdrbti what %vill hqcomb ; of
them?” and oxpired. Oh that diiy
about noon, his wife was 8iarllod;by
tho cry of, “My poor wife ..and five
little children,” Tho voice seemed
so familiar to her and so certain was
she that it was her liitsba.tid, that she
rushed to tho door to meet him.
Rnil’ng to find him, she wont around
tlie house and looked for him, and
went to one of her neighbors to en
quire if they had seen her husband.
Juet five days lifter this she received
a letter from tlie soldio^, who was
with her husband in his dying mo
ments, relating to her the last, words
that he uttered, which as she now
claims was the very words she hoard.
—Ncioria,n
Were They Marriott.
The 01 i n ton Public tells of a young
man and womah nt Wapella whV) ap
peared before a j ustice t o got 'married.
The young man luvnded the just ice
what Ito thongnt was the Inarriifge
license, and tlie ceremony was pro
ceeded with. Arriving at home
the justice discovorSfi that wlmt lie
supiiosed was the licdnso wits stm-
. . , ■ , u ply a podigreo of «• bull. As fast as
his word to do as she wisIkxL - Ho a
xW'W.au.ld oiirry liini lie ran to
the house oT I'Htl Ittrtv
couple. Tho young Indy hud t|l-
ready rotirod and tho young man
was in tho act of disrobing. In an
excited tone lie yelled: “Hold on
tlicrel! Bjiton your clothes..aguip?
You are hot manned! You gave me
the wrong license.” Wlieti tjio lai
ter was explained the young man
dressed himself again, and, epping.
his stupidity for prosenling a regis
lured bull certificate instead of a
miirritigo license, lie bade his intemi
cd brido good night and went away
sorrowfully. The next day tho cer
tificate was fou ud, and tlie core m o -
ny was performed over again, add
happiness reigiis in that household.
An Executive Session.
She was tlie daughter of a Spna-
t-or, and her swcethoui’t had bypn to
see her eyory night since Lent had
given them time and opportunity.
Her father became some what alarm
ed, and this morning lie called hot*
into his study.
“Well, pupa,” she mid sweetly,
“you sent for me, wimp is it?”'
“My dear daughter,” he replied.
/I believe Mr. Blauk has been to
see yon-every night for sometime
past? / »t \u >'• * ‘
“Yes papa.” . - '
i/‘And"ho was hero last night?”
“Yes papa.”
“WelL daughter, I want to know
what occurred during your protract
ed inierview in the parlor. Task it,
my child, because I have especial
raisons for dialling to know.”
“Dour papa,” replied tho girl with
tears in her eyes, “l do hot doubt
vonr right to ask what occurred
tliejo; but, papa it was an executive
session; and puna you would imt
have mo divulge the secret* of such
a meeting would you?”
Tho old man said never a word in
r ply.—* Washington Critic,
Casting of a Gi*cat Gun;
The fou/til attempt to cast the
last of t.liedargo breech-loading rifle
cannon for the Gown me ill, by the
South Boston Iron Works, was made
oh the 6th, and was entirely sue-
cossfuh It was witnessed-by tvnom-
bor of prominent military men, i.u?
oluding Lieutenant Borop of tbc ar
my and Lienlonunt-Commaiidor
Lyon of the navy. Snvoral wqoks
lmd been spout in preparing for this
ousting. Throe largo furnacos were
used, each containing about thirty-
five Ions of inotal. The fifes were
started at nine o’clock pn. tliO.ipW
vions o\oning, and the casting uindo
shortly aftor noon. f Jiie cun pit lmd
beeh prepared with tlie greatest
care; the core which hung do.vn in
the middle of it, was one of tho
stoutest and best ever made. At tho
end of about iwenty-two minutes,
tho inotal had filled the pit, and tho
i’ongl) shape of the hut 54-ton rUlo ;
cannon was completed.
Tho gun is ubw.fioqi.ing, and in.
several weeks the core will bo re-
mpVod and the gun taken from the
pit. When the present one is fin
ished, tho four largo gnus cast at
these works will each bo 12 inch,
boro, and will monsyro 80 feet ir>
length. The powder charge will be*
205 pounds; Lite weight of projectile*
800 pounds tho tnuzzlo velocity,
1 ,SG() feet per second; Lite muzzle cn-
ergy. 19,000 tons; the pressure psr-
squaro iiioli of bore, . 15 tons, and
tho penetration of itojl plate, 23
inches.— Scientific A mcrican.
■ . ,. .;~T Tfyuf
Tlie Biggest Lie oil lee.
A dispatch from LuCrosuc. Wis.,
dated March 21), says: Pntor Applo-
by, a druggist of this city, quarreled
with his wife. In a fit of passion luv
dashed out of the house after hurl
ing a' glass at her head. He was
soon running hi the direction, of tho
river and nothing being heard
of him for three weeks, Mrs. A|»ple-
jby piibiicly linnoniicod that lioi’
ih.nsbaiid lmd cum mi lied suicide by
.drowning. She a', once became en
gaged to August Tiarit, jt youth wlio
assisted Appleby in liis drug sloro.
Willie Ohristtmts and Timothy
two lads, were playing on,
tlie banks of the river this morning
**-!<<*« J.h cals mod a bic block of icb,
floating 15 6i’*i()TfeoFr( , fjrrri'mo BTioru.
Tlie ice was u uusually (dear. The
lads noticed a black object inside it.
Their'onr’ositV was aroitso.d. Tak
ing a boat, they rowed out to the
idO, anti throwing a rope around it,
toWod*it to land. Then they saw
that tho black object' was tlie figure
of a inah. Tho ico lmd formed
about ft foot thick ’“all around liipi,
from 'liic top of liis head to tho solos
of his foot.
The lads summoned assistance.—
Tho ico wiis lifted out .of the nvor
and taken tc a neighboring hotel,
wlieio it was placed by it hot stove.
It rapidly pielted away, exposing tho
jjody of the pian insiilc.'V One of tjio
ivaitoi’s r'ebogtiizqcl hjm as druggist
Applcbyl Aftef lib lmd coinpletely
melted out of the' lop, rcstoniti ves
Were applied, In a short time lie
jmd sufficiently recovered to ask
qtte.-tioiiH. When l.dd (lie day of
the month, he said lie must have
evidently been frozen up for throe
weeks, it being just three weeks
qinco the day lie left liis wife in an
ger. lie says that lie rushed down
to the LiiOrosso river to commit
fjuioido. Ho tduiigo'd into the water;
Unlit was so chilly that lie c)imhed
back-to the fiaiik. Tfioii recolleot-
ing th'ut he had a phial of laudanum
in his pocket, he drank tlie contents
phd lay down by tho river to sleep
the sleep of deal!). The LuOrosso
must have overflowed him and ro*
(jeded several times,* thus enusing
,lhe ice la form around him. Final-
Lty the block float oil down stream
with Appleby inside it.
When his wife was told of the oc
currence, she contented to give tip
the young clerk, forgave her hus
band, and took him back to her.
A cold snap— breaking an icicle.