Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-17
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thinks of home-a place he believes
he can go to when all other places are
closed to him."
Attention is called to the fact that
the reward Of s47,500 offered for the
detection of the Nathan murderer il
still in force.
A New York girl has started a novel
scheme for the relief fund of the Irish.
She sells kisses at fifty cents a piece.
They are assisters kisses.
"Pa the bare wun hund dolls" is the
way a half-millionaire in Chester,
Penn, wrote il, but they don't 90 back
on the check on that account.
A Georgia man fired seven shots at
a wildcat, killed his dog. wounded
farmer in the leg and put one of his
own eyes out. The wildcat escaped.
A Kansas boy earned a nice Bible
by committing 300 verses to memory,
and then he traded his Bible for
shotgun and accidentally shot his
aunt in the leg.
Geese are raised for their feathers
in Texas. One goose ranch in West
ern Texas, has 300 geese, whose feath-
ers are plucked every two months,
each one averaging pound and a-half
year.
An Indiana girl who sued for breach
of promise found all her love-letters
confronting her in court, and rather
than have the jury know that she
spelled it "mairy" for marry, "harte"
for heart and "hapie" for happy, she
withdrew the suit. Young men, save
your love letters.
1t was the voice of that middle-aged
reprobate, MacStiggins, as they march
ed him off to the station-house on the
charge of violent inebriation, "Fare-
well, the spirit-stirring rum, the ear
piercing wife; fellows occupations's
gone."
Knoxville Chronicle: Judge Head,
of Gallatin, and DR.. Baird, lectured
OH the same night in Lebanon, their
respective subjects being "The Boy"
and "The Devil" There arc people
mean enough to say that the two lee
lures were really the same under
synonymous, but different headings.
Advices from Isabella, Ga, give an
account of the killing of an old man
named Martin (colored) in Worth
county few days ago. He had been
hunting bis COW and sat down on the
river-bank to rest. An alligator was
few feet off and made a sudden rush
upon the defcnceless old man, struck
him down, seized him by the head in
it's powerful jaws and dragged him
into the water.
The mutilation of coin by clipping
has increased 80 greatly of late in the
Northern cities that it looks very
much as if some enterprising scamp
or scamps were making regular
business Of extracting the metal for
money making purposes. The mutt
lation is punishable with fine and i'm
prisonment, but the law is seldom en-
forced, owing to the great difficulty
experienced in detecting the Offend
ers.
About two weeks ago a child was
born in family in Buckhorn, Penn,
which was natural curiosity. 1t
was two-faced child. inasmuch rs
the back part of her head also had the
appearance of face, lacking only a
mouth. On the front face it had two
mouths, two eyes and a nose that ex-
tended to the chin. 1t nursed and
cried from either side, or rather from
either mouth. The child was fully
developed, yet it only lived ten days.
Many people called to see the curiosi-
ty during its short life.
A large number Of colored people
in Ohio, claiming to be the descend
ants Of the slaves Of Samuel Guist, of
England, who settled in Virginia, are
organizing to prosecute claim for the
large estate said to have been devised
TO them. Guist settled in Virginia
and in dying bequcathed freedom and
portion of the estate to each slave.
The latter were taken to Ohio in
ignorance of the will, and the descend
ants only lately learned of ii. A large
portion Of the estate remains in En-
gland, while the lands are in Hanover
and Amherst counties, Va, and in
cludes the Dismal Swamp,
Says the Palatka, Fla, Herald: owe
pay this compliment to the colored
people Of Palatka: For ten or eleven
years in this community we have wit
messed their upright walk and good
conduct. A case of petty stealing is
an exception-ouroutdoor matters are
never disturbed by them. They have
two churches-Mothodist and Baptist
Both are well filled with hearers,
Their ministers have the confidence of
the citizens. They seem TO be pro-
crossing mildly and regularly, moral
ly and religiously. They have re-
spectacle homes of their own, and are
doing their best to improve them"
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