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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-22

The BELL-PUScH.-The beginning Of the
reign OF terror to liquor-dea!ers lin Gull
pepper Courthouse commenced on Saturday,
the assessors serving the various firms with
the bell-punch. A speedy liquidation OF
the State debt and farewell to cheap
drinks !-RappahdnnOcE NearS. ~:
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The MoFFETT REGIsTER.-In Charlottes-
vile proprietor of one Of the largest gro
Gerry firms in town informed a Chronicle re-
porter that, although there was an unusual
sale OF liquor before the registers were put
up, there was no diminution Of sales on the
subsequent days, and he was satisfied that
his firm would find the use of the register
Of great peeuniarY advantage. His neigh
hor, another dealer, expressed the same
opinion. i.
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CoSFAB.-Flrst Citizen: GLASS, OF the
Petersburg Post, is apologizins for the late
Turkish defeat. He's not on that side, is
he?
Second Citizen Oh, GLASS has been
Turk all the time. ..-.
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Let us not for moment forget that grand
plank in the platform of the Hon. THOMAS
S BoCocK-that it is our duty "To PRE-
SERVE UNTARNISHED THE 1RADITIoNARY
I" NAME AND HONOR OF OUR MOTHER STATE"
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THE WHrsKEY TAx.-The Moffett register
indicates that Fredericksburg will pay an
annual tax to the State of eight thousand
dollars. Under the old law about two
thousand dollars would have been paid in
Fredericksburg Star. f-..@ -
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DYE.rNG, CLEANING, &c

m INNEMANa& CO.; STEAM sDYEISG
~ AND s sc URN 42o BROAD STREET, BE-
garments Cleaned and Dyed, Also. Kid gloves.
feathers. ladies' dresses, and shawis. Orders per
posta-sard promptly attended to. Goods called for
aug deiiferea III any part OF the city.
L. LlNNEAIAN & CO.,
Steam Dyers and Scourers.
improved machine for sponging. ID
sc 2s-d2taw&w3m
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n"THE CRY is STILL THEY
COME"
II. II. PRICE 6 co.
announce that Il second supply of desirable
e. a..f.-, FALL FABRICS

announce that Il second supply Of desirable
a- FALL FABRICS
has arrived. These embrace, in part,
An elegant line of BLACK CLOTH and MATE.
LASSE CLOhKS;
Foreign and Domestic KNICkERBOCKERS
BOURETTES, CASHMERES, and other latest
novelties. -" " ...
To their stock of BLACK SILKS they invite spc-
cial attentions -.'sgn.H ;ass.30.E. ..
COLORED SKIS. In newest shades, at 81;
New and nobby designs In French. English, and
American CLOTHS and CASSISIERES.
This department receives particular attention,
which assures the buyer in getting just the ariico
represented. s...s 80 =
Genlemen's furnishings in SOCKS, COLLARS and
+ CUFFS, HANDKERCH1EFS dd, Dogshih'
Berlin, Castor, and other GLOVES;
The best assortment Of gentlemcns sCAhFs III tue
RTJFFffNGs, EMBROIDERIEs, LACEs, aud
other articles fer the Iadles onr,ro,-,-ps..
Al, ossortInent of LINENS and CRETONNES that
can nleaSc the most fastldlous;
sIIT GAMBRIC, and ALPACA UMBRELLAS
chSHMERE. MATELAsSE, and SHETLAND
:. WOOL SHAWLS.
Give them call.
- , ~ 7. Il. PRICE & Co..
:. 90 lG s.- 11O1 Main street.
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MILLINERY GOODS.

GRAND DISPLAY OF FALL ago
N Y.-Latest styles ofSEay&
ROUND HATS and B0NNETS; all the:SNsNe
TRICH.FEATHERS. BROCADE RIBBONS, &c,
Largest stock In the city, the very lowest prices
The public aud my many friends are Invited TO call
No regular opening day. Styles now ready for in
snection i! 80 Mrs. FANNIE HUTZLER,
oc S-3m !, $50 Broad street, Richmond Va.
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UNDERWRITERS.

CHANDLER & SINNO Il $500
" PRACTICAL CkBINET-MAKERS>s-Ss
AND UNDERWRITERS. No. 722 Main street, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth streets, keep on hand
full stock of WOOD and METALLIC CQFtIfNSsS
and CASKETS.' The finest HEAR$E and HAChS
In the city furnished promptly on all OCCASIONS on
liza m oot raa soDat1p terms, &C 10-lm
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pYssoLUTIoNs & PARTNERSHIPS.

.TOHN +. DOVE HAVING RETIRED
- fl ON the firm of Dove & Day on the 1st OF Sep
TENDER, shall continue the business under the
take this occasion to return thanks for the very
liberal patronage extended 10 us, and toeXDrcSs the
hoy that rict attention TO business. large as
class drugstore and earnest effort to please
all in their various wants, will merit continuance
of the same. WILLIAM 9. DAY,
.a..- ~ of Dove 4 Day, Druggists.
. oc lS-Th&M2t corner Third and Main streets.
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n57- NEW GOOD! CHEAP GOODS!

NE NEW GOOD! CHEAP GOODS!
GO WHERE YOU CAN GET THE MOST
GOODS FOR TIE LEAST MONEY.
AND THE PLACE Is At
THAI IIIMER BROTHERS, COL BROAD STREET.
where they arc receiving aud selling the best par,
gains 1t has ever been their pleasure to nticr' kcad
their advertisements, and give them acaIl.
DRESS GOODS at 1Gs,c, reduced from CSC:
DRESS GOODS at zoe, reduced from SOC:
DRESS GOODS at 25c. rcduccd from SIC.
Al RR sSss e Woks II Se ;f9sE
'>' 25c' ward !: new styles BALLOONS and But
TONS 10 match at the lowest prices.
$50 pieces BLACK ALpACAs from lG's TO 75c.
60 pieces BLACK cAcHEMIREs from Csc. to
Give Us 9a cali Ion on BLACK GOODS, us we guarantee
bargain in them.
BLACK aud COLoRED SILKS for dresses, and
TRIMMINGS from 73c. 10 sl.25-thc cheapest
goods ever sold.
4 large lot of BLANKETS. QUILTS. SIIAWLS,
SKIRTS TABLE-LINENS. NAPKINS. TOW
ELS. SHEETINGs, BED-TICks, &C., at prices
lower than ever. ...- ... ,....
In Ladies. Childrcn,s. and Gentlemen's UNDER
VEAL; VIC have the greatest bargains Of the sea
New styles CLOAhS just received III astohlshlhSiy
low prices.
IT'S picces new CASSIMERES from 25c. to 81 80 a
yard. We call Snecial attention to our ,arge
Stock of CASSIMERES, and ask call on them.
Go pieces BLUE. BROWN. GRAY, aud BLACK
WATERPROOF CLOTH at very low prices.
225 pieces WHITE, RED: GRAY, and BLUE
FLANNELS from 16 to 75c.a yard. some Spc-
cial bargains IN FLANNELS from auction. Call
and see them. - .-.
KID GLOVE EpO T.-Having made ar
rangements we are able to offer the best Il I'D
GLOVES at SOC. ever sold in the city: also full
line ut 7Jc, 81. and 1925. AS we have very
large stock on hand we are able TO furnish any
shade desired. -
Also. a very large stock OF HOSIERY, GLOVES,
HANDKERDHIEFS. CORSETS. .SCARFS,
RIBBONS. RUEFLISGS, RUBBER BANDS,
and lots of other goods too numerous TO men
ton, which will be sold ut the very lowest prices,
as we believe in quick sales and small profit sand
customers will hnd It to their ady3ntaGg 70 give
call at TllALHlMElt BROIHEltS,
or 90 COL Broad street.
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A GREAT cIrCI'S

4 GREAT CIRCUS
OF NEW AND FAMOUS FACES.
OVER ONE HUNDRED PEERLESS PRINCIPAL
+. .2 ~ PERFORMERS! tr-.. 80"
Well worth going 100 miles to behold, and exhibit,
=. ing much more than can he advertised. =
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DENTISTS.

n w. JONES AND @z4
w. II. G. COWARDIN, eSfE
,,. DENTISTS,
having formed a co-partnership for the practice OF
dentistry, have opened new anG elegant office on
Ninth street in Of st. Pauls church. Our rooms
are furnished with all modern improvements and
eeth extracted without plin with the use OF gas or
chloroform when desired by the patient, and all
senior partner returning thanks for the liberal pa
tronase of his friends and the public for the last
twenty years, 5egs continuance of the Same
to himself and his associate DR.. CowARDIN. who
Is n graduate Of the Philadelphia Dental College.
Neighborhoods schools, or colleges in the country
secure the services of oncof the firm by corrc-
spondence. ,-.,...,~ &C 9-1m
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> T1'.-1sFsgzI- 1900 ; .sl-. .7I5-,E ! i !
SPECHAl. N0EGCES.

.-o~--~-~---~~~~~~
NE NEW SHADES SILK VELVET
only $3.50 ynrd-resular value $3.50;
EvEEING-sHADES- SILK ct 81 q yard-cheapest
goods ever offered at The price;
BLACK and COLoRED. GROs-GRAIN SILKS
lower than the lowest; :.
KNICKERBoCKER sUITING only s5.c. a yard
and real bargain;
BOURETTES for. polonases In qualities to suit
every one; y,s-... .aE /
BLACK CLoAKS of the handsomcst desisns-wc
call particular attention to our very elegant as
sortment of imported BERLIN CLOAhs-
ranging in price up to $50; -~f5-.r
HAMBURGER EDGING and INSERTING we have
several very cheap lots Of and cal! attention 70
them;
BLACK CASHMERES VIC sell lower than many
Others giving superior qualities OF these goods
Mt very low prices;
Great bargains in BLACK ALPACA
WHITE DREss-sHIRTS four own make, Wnm-
su,ta Cotton and fine Linen, only IL apiece and
the best and chea pest sold at that price;
FANCY CASHMERE PANTS PATTERNS;
CENT? EMEN's INDICATED RED-FLASNEL
UNDERWEAR; III.
GENTLEMEN's MERINO SHIRTS at 50c.-very
good:
LADIES ami GESTLEMEN's SHIRTS and
DRAWERS In WOOL and MERINO;
Good bargains In RIBBONS
NICKEL-PLATE BELTS, is..-.
BALLOONS IN Il variety OF styles,
SEQUIN PEARL BUTTONS.
sAsU-RIBBoS,
EVERLASTING and CROCHETTRIMMlSG,
RUFFLING, COLLARETTES,
JEWELRY, and every variety of
DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS,
NOTIONS, CARPETS, OIL-CLOTHs,
LACE CURTAINS and WIEDOW-SHADES,
at the lowest cash prices.
.... LEVY BROTHERS,
oc 22 1917 and 1919 Main street.
EI ANDREW ANTONI,
RESTAURATECR AND CONFECTIONER,
NO. 1105 MAIN STREET.
Citizens and strangers will always fluid the
DELICACIES OF THE SEASON
.-sl AT THE
LADIES AND GENTLEaIEN'S RESTAURANT
AT REASONABLE PRICES.
Also, FINE FRENCH and AMERICAN CON
FECTIONERY. oc22
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TTAY & SUTHERLAND. -.
i l{sCcCEsSORs TO LIAMMCRRAYl,
FURNISHING UNDERTAkERS.. .r

.-.3 - 4 Ne'7 lO7 Governor street.
swo reen m hand n. full stock Of WOOD and
,META Iii BURIAL CASES AND CAskETs.
Orders promptly attended to in city or country at
nrices 10 suit the times. Also. FURNiTURE-RE.
paIRING and UPHOLSTERING done In the best
manner, Mr.. HAY Having had an experience OF
taking and Misunderstanding business. jy 31-3m
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nfS THE LARGEST STOCK OF GOODS
- ever offered In this city is now exhibited ut
COHEN BROTHERS.
GREAT BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
TIE THIRD LARGE SUPpLY FOR THIS SEA-

WHITE FI,ANNELS at l2H. 20. and 25c.:,
WiIiTE flannel at sac. reduced from 45c:: at
37I:c. reduced from 55c.: at Soc, reduced from
Canton FLASNELs at Sc, formerly sold at
stock of DELIEvuE XXX CANTON FLAS-
MA fE;LE DRESS GOODS at 25 and soc.;
ALPACA LusTREs at Ice, formerly sold at 20
12o PIECES BLACK ALPAGA Csc, formerly sold
at 43c.; SILK LuSTRE at 33c formerly sold
coio RED AtL-W MOO CASHMEkEs ! at &c.
Al, fe 2a%a sGq E 4 SIE2 cAsHErEs at 2sc
T BAc NV Gss sf a, SOC. the popular
DECOSSE brlnCsut &C.,: ut 81, sold last season
DRAP. D'ETE CLOTH, sl.45, sold heretofore at
% pieces GuINET's BLACK SILK just received
Az shadss Of SILKS from Use. to sl2o
invite comparison in SILKS with New York prices.
Another large lot OF BLACK and COLOREDc SIN LIN
VELVETs at very little above one half their
l mET st Just r &c WHITE from
s s2so BGpAS sERfEsTps w st'Th! fay & 'f
10 pieces GERMAN IiAND-WOVEN TABLE
hTEfW f ias at 'G 5oc reduced from &c.,
i EssSSs5 4kSGh
CLOTHS at greatly reduced prices: -.
81 dozen LADIES' ERINOkNIT-YESTSa SOC;
81 dozen LADIES' MERINO kNIT-VESTS at 81
1 %SEs s e qE &EsE and cHIE
The INDICATED KNIT. WEAR for ladies and
large stock Of CLoANs from $3.50 to $45;
A large stock of BEAVERS for Cloaks from 81 to
BLACK, WHITE, and coLoRED Two;ByTToN
KID GLOVES at 75c. worth fully Sl.25. Try
their LEROY SEAMLESS. 49,
800 dozen HANDKERCHIEFS far below market
value.
Save money and buy your CARPET ut
oc IS COHEN BROTHERS..
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.,s[TILITARY- NOTICES.

IRAYs, ATTENTIoNiII;1AA,s.ssemq1b,lI s on on a
NTnN INV AND Tuesday NIGHTS al, 7h u
o'ciocE. In undress uniform, for company drill.
Nv order Captain DosstEUX.
oc 22-2t .. T.. II LEV. wv. =.
4 TTENTION, HOW1TZERS:- AyiA
N Assemble q. the armory TO-SlGHI EuA12
with Sabrcs. 80. 90
"''e'eeA " " G. +. HALVES.
f. oc bolt s,a"-ic3 Orderly Sergeant
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SPKING, FNUNI1NG On DNOf11
Admission, soc. Children under nine years half
price, Reserved (numbcredl chairs. 25c. extra.
Doors open at l and +. Nj. Grand Animal and
Arcuic Entree one hour later. ...
For the accommodation Of those desiring to avoid
the crowds usually congregaed At the ticket. wagons
tickets and reserved seats may he obtained for the
usual Slight advance ut Wyatts mu.ic-Store, No
92O Main street. oc 17-Gt
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GRAND BALL AT M0NTICEL- 23
" 10 HALL FOR TIE BENEFIT OF 4 "a
DEEPEN DENT WIDOW LADY;1A GRAND LIN,
BALL will be given at MONTICELLO HALL =
on MONDAY the 22d instant, commencing at
O'Clock Pm. a... l. ,r,,
ADMISSION: Gentlemen, 75c.: ladies free. TICK.
cts NAV lie obtained ut Cerslcrs. In Manchester;
George SchGn's. Eleventh. and Main streets; ana az
Wyatt's music-store. DC lo-eoutd'
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FURNITURE.

WHEN YOU BUY FuRNliukEsO
wv or MATTRESSES don't fall TO sec my ~
fan stock OF elegant and superior designs Inc
prices have been reduced until they are can Ia
snites have goods that viii please the rtcn OF
the POOR. Examine my stock, aud me ts yS si''
please. SAMUEL w .,l maERMs eSmomd.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-22

PIT BARNUM's SHOW. -'.
LOCATION: ELIZA PARK, NEAR BUCHANAN
SPRING, FRONTING ON BROAD STREET"
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CARDOIO. FOURQUREAN < GO. make I'll \, Is
and MOURNING GOODS 4 specially. They ha'"
the finest stock Of these goods ever brought t"I'
city, which they show In the yer! hest ii@ for Tue
buyer.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
Fast Mail.

On January 1st one Of the greatest
events in the history OF the railway mail
service of the United States will take
place, being the introduction of three
daily lines of railway postoffices, both
east and west, from New York TO Chi.
cago via the New York and Central and
Hudson River, and Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern railroads, upon the fastest
trains of those lines. Bound west, they
will leave New York at a m, 6 and
$50 p. M, on trains known IS The s. Chi
cago express" " St. Louis express" ard
" Pacific express" their mail arriving at
Detroit at 9:45 a. m, 5:45 and $50 p. m.
Letters can be mailed in New York (at
the car) as late as p. m, and be ready
for delivery in the Detroit Office at 6:15
p. m. of the following day. BY the same
train. mail will be received from large
portions of New England and all the
principal points on the Hew York Cen
trail and connecting lines. Both this and
the $50 p. N. railway postofIice will
pouch direct on the principal cities and
routes in Michigan, given them direct
communication from nearly all eastern
points and their mail in many instances,
twenty-four hours early than it has been
possible heretofore. The same Offices
viii also pouch hack on these railway
pos tofices via Buffalo, thus giving them
the full benefit of the service both ways.
The $50 a. n. railway postefiice will
connect with NEST of the mail trains
leaving here the following morning.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
A Feathered Bandit.

John Burroughs, IN Scr1bner for Janu-
airy, calls the shrike " bird with the
mark Of Cain upon him" He says /:
But let me change the strain and con-
template Tor few moments this feathered
bandit-this bird with the mark of Cain
upon him-( CoHyris bOrealis), the great
shrike or butcher-bird. Usually, the
character of bird of prey is well de-
fined; there is no mistaking him. His
claws, his beak, his head, his wings, in
fact his whole build point to that he
subsists upon live creatures; heis armed
to catch them and to STAY them. Every
bird knows hawk and knows him from
the start, and is on the lookout for him.
The hawk takes life, but he does it to
maintain his own, and it is a public and
universally known fact. Nature has
sent him abroad in that character, and
has advised all creatures of it. Not so
with the shrike; here she has concealed
the character of q murderer under form
as innocent as that of robin. Feet,
wings, tails, color, head and general form
and size are all those of a song bird
very much, indeed, like that master
songster, the mocking-bird-yet this bird
is a regular Bluebeard among its kind.
Its only characteristic feature is its beak,
the upper mandible having two sharp
processes and sharp, hooked point. 1t
cannot fly away to any distance with the
bird it kills, nor hold 1t in its claws to
feed upon it. 1t usually impales its vic
tim upon thorn or thgusts it in the fork
of a sirlb. For the most part, however,
its food seems to consist of insects
spiders, grasshoppers, beetles, etc. It is
the assassin of the small birds, whom it
often destroys in pure wontonness, or
merely to sup on their brains, as the
Gaucho slsughters wild COW or bull for
its tongue. 1t is wolf in sleeps cloth
ing. Apparently it's victims are unac-
quanited with its true character, and
allow it to approach them, when the
/ fatal blow is given.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
Aunt Liza Wins the Good Fight


Doctor, is I got TO go?"
"Aunt Liza, there is no hope for you"
Bress de Great Master for his good
ness, Ise ready"
The doctor gave a few directions to the
colored women that sat around 'Liza's
bed, and started TO leave, when he was
recalled by the old woman, who was
drifting out with the tide.
Marsc John, stay wild me ill it's ober.
I wants to talk oh de old times. l knowed
you when boy, long fore you went and
been doctor. called you Uarse John
den call you de same now. Take yo
old mammy's hand, honey, ana hold 1t.
Ise lived a long, long time. Old master
and old INSISTS hab gone before, and de
chillun from de ole place is scattered ober
de world. I'd like to see EN- fore | starts
on de journey tonight. Ny ole mans
gone, and all de chiIlun I nusssd at dis
breast has gone too. Dey's waitin' foi
dere mudder on de golden shore. bres,
de Lorh, Marse John, for takin' me "a
meet 'em dar. Ise fought de good fight
and Ise not afraid to meet de Savior. Nc
mo- wo'k for poor old nanny, ne mo
trials and tribulatiens-hold my hand
tighter, Marse John--iadder, mudder-
Marster - missus - chiilun-Ise gwine
home"
The soul, while pluming its wings fol
its fight to the Great Beyond, rested on
the dusky fac of the sleeper, and the
watchers, with bowed heads, wept 81.
lently. She was dead.-Missouri Brlns
7cicLer
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
ChRRENr PARAGRAPHS.
southern news.


The incoming South Carolina legisla-
ture will likely call convention to draft
new constitution of that state.
Ralph Bingham, the seven-year-old
Richmond, Va, oratorical prodigy, is
dubbed the &c Boy Orator of Bethel"
Walter Malone, of Waldron, Scott
county, Ark, recently shot his father-in-
law dead when the latter interfered to
prevent the former from beating his wife.
r. E. Robinson, of Petersburg, Va,
was dangerously wounded in the side on
the Oath ult. by the accidental discharge
a. pistol, which he was showing to his
wife.
The Mobile Register thinks the revolt
of the western coffee dealers against the
Baltimore and New Yoak merchants and
of the railroad lines running eastward has
called attention once more 10 the advan-
tages Of Mobile as an entrepot for coffee.
There is mammoth scheme on foot to
abandon the James river and Kanawha
canal and build a railroad along the
tow-path but it is believed the legisla-
ture will never grant a charter giving
Richmond 4 controlling interest in the
road. 1t seems now to be conceded that
the canal Will not be repaired west of
Lynchburg- Between that city and
b uchaBan a charter is being pressed for
a railroad between those two points.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, has &c
ceived the silver salver given him by
columbia women" and in acknowledge
meut whites "What assistance | have
been abe TO contribute to the relief oil
voEI state from the evils of inisgoveIn-
ment was rendered to people bound to
those who sent me here by every tie OF
kindred, of interest, of deathless mem
cries and enduring sympathies. shall
treasure this beautiful gift through life
as 4 memorial of South Carolina new (
s1-rtis~lnd of -ths- too generous tribute
paid TO me by her daughters for the aid /
it wss my privilege to render in the time |
other distress ana humiliation.
Aiken Is. CO Journal: DIR. J. L. /
Smith, of Silverton township, while open
ing up a new turpentine farm, noticed /
fall TO the ground and crawl /
toward the tent where he was sitting.
On examing the object he found it to be /
an alligator. IN the course of a few mo-
ments a second one made its appearance. !
The doctor found six others within a
space of two hundred yards The ami /
mails were all quite lively and about
twelve inches in length. The place /
whereon they fell is situated on high /
sandy ground, about six miles north of /
the Savannah river. The ann ais are /
to have been taken up in a
at some distant locality, /
and dropped In The region where they 4
were found.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
Blunt but True.

There is said to be young man in the
Missouri penitentiary whose parents at
their death, left him fortune ofs50, 600.
There is where his parents made fatal
mistake. If they had taken the precau-
ton to invest that sum in small dog.
and shot him, and then had simply left
the young man a jack plane or wood
saw, with printed Instructions how to use
it, the chances are that, instead of being
in the penitentiarv, he would to-day have
been gradually but surely working his
way up to handsome competency and
an honorable old age. But ever since the
days of Adam and Eve, parents have
made it point to toll and struggle all
their lives to realize sufficient sum of
money to purchase, when they are dead
and gone, their sons each first-class
through ticket to the devil, and it is not
much to he wondered at that so many of
their sons, reared in vice and idleness, as
too many of them often are, have 10
higher ambition than to invest their IN
heritance in just that sort of Transports
ton,