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The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
THE BROWN DONATION.
The Senators Letters to the Uni
verSity Trustees.
ATLANTA, Marchs3lst, 1888.
To the Trustees Of the Unausrsity o1
Georgia.


J GENTLEMEN -Oa the 18th of Jnl,
lasr proposed IN written colnmuni.
cation, addressed t. Won, to make do.
nation to that University of fifty thon.
sand dollars for the purpose, and upon
the terms and condition thcr in men.
ii ned. Ode of the requirements of
'he Legislature of Georgia, at its next
session should provide for foceiving
said sum into the treasury of the State.
and for the issuance of fifty thousand
dollars of the bonds of the State to
the University in place of said amount
having fifty years to run with seven
per cent interest, payable semi-annu-
ally The Legislature met at the
usual time in November, nd adjourn
| ed without having i,la 10 provisions for
the receipt of the money, and thesis-
sue Of said bonds of the University.
The proposition was aoceptedsaby your
honorable body. when made by me,
bat as he Legislature did not make
provisions for issuing thesbonds, | sup
pose neither party is now bound by
the PROPOSE ion or acceptance.
1t is still my desire to appropriate
that sum Of money, for the education
of poor young men in the University of
Georgia, as specified in said PROPOSE
tin And with view of av Hing all
misunderstanding on the subject, and of
placing theft amount in the hands of
the Trustees of the University for the
purposes above referred to, have pur-
chased fifty thousand dollars of the va
lid bonds of the Shate of Georgia.
which are not now due, brt will ma
ture on the first day of April 1888,
and [ propose now to deliver said fifty
thousand dollars Of the above bonds of
the State of.Georgia TO the Trustees of
the University of Georgia, as the prop
erty of said University, for the same
uses and upon precisely The same
terms, except as here modified, as are
set forth in my written communication
10 this board, da,el 18th of july last
the said bonds on delivery to this bo I'd
TO become the property of the Univer-
sity for the uses and the tefms above
mentioned, upon the condition subse
quent that the Trustees of the Univer
sity sh I'll within a reasonable time.
say within two months from the matu
rity of the bonds, through their daily
Authorized agent or officer, present at
the Treasury of the State, for redemp
tion, the said bonds as the property of
the University and shall receive from
the Governor of the state in lieu of
said matufed bonds so presented for
payment, and obligation in writing, in
the nature Of bond in amount equal
TO the principle of the bonds, so ln e.
santed as provided in an act TO make
permanent the income of the Univcrsi-
ty of Georgia and for other purposes,
approved September Goth 1881.
This will place the bonds which I
now propose to donate to the Universi-
ty through this board upon the same
footing precisely as all other bonds of
the State belonging to the University
are placed by the act Of 1881. |
have the bonds now present, ready for
delivery if this proposition is accep.
ted
JosEPu E. BRowN.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
A KIDNAPPED BOY.
Restored tO His Father Twenty
Years Afterwards.

It is frequently the province of tbe
press to record strange occurrences,
and it has come to he recognized in
trite saving that facts are stranger than
fahricatirn.
The public is afforded an example
of this in what follows:
In 1868 the Federals were passing
along the streets Of Montgomery, Ala :,
leaving the city Richard G. Flanigin
Of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry, spied as
he rode past a house curly headed
little boy Of about fonr years, watching
wsth curious eyes the merry soldiers as
they rode away. He recognized the
little fellow, having seen him before,
and taking fancy to him, picked him
up to give him a ride. But having
gone some distance he made up his
mind to keep him, and did sc. The
by was the pet and darling Of the
camp for the next two wears, and at
the close of the war Flanagan took the
bov home with him as his own child
and giving him good ed Icatiou.
Meanwhile the father of the child,
unable to account for the loss of his
boy, had finally come to think be was
dead, and though he grieyed sorey,
had at last become resigned to bis loss.
In blissful ignorance of his birth the
boy grew to mans estate, thinking
himself Flanigin's son. 4 short time
ago, the latter informed him that he
was not, and told him the story of bi.
kidnapping from the south TIL
20 ng man, now twenty four years o
age wrote to Mont gomery, and accer
tanned that his father was still living
About two years ago, under his new
found name w. A. Sherah, he won't tt
Montgomery. The meeting betweer
son and father was v"ry affecting
as can be imagined The old mai
threw himself upon tue young one
neck, and sobbed and laughed by turn
over the restoration After a visit Q
few days, MIR Sheran went back t
bis Northern home
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
Saving Fruit.

Mrs S. E. Champion, of Nor
ton, Mississippi, says: 81 saved a
great deal of fruit this season bv
a new process which I here des-
cribe: When it rained SO that,
| had to take it in | put it on a
scaffold under shelter and smok-
ed it with cotton seed until the
sun shined, then 1 put it out
again. In this way | saved ali my
fruit except about half gallon,
while it was raining every day and
my friends were throwing it away
by the bushel. I think all who
viii try this plan will be pleased
with the result. A quart OF cot
ton seed will he sufficient to
SMOKE two or three bushels Of the
fruit half the day. / was raised
in Georgia and have there many
relatives and friends but [ came
TO Mississippi over twenty-five
years ago.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

The Chattanooga Rural Record
notes that rye is one OF the most
valuable of all crops for soiling,
as it makes a good growth before
most grasses begin to shoot. tits
not always a profitable crop when
grown for grain, but its valuesis
inestimabIe for early pasturage
and soiling. There is another use
to which rye can be put to advan-
tage which is to allow it to make
a heavy growth and then plow It
under for early potatoes. Used
for this purpose, it largely increa
ses the WELD, especially il il ID
sprinkled with a mixture OF lime
and ashps.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
PerpIexjties Of Il Believer In I'm
lucky Thirteen.

= ~SFDtSAsbAeA O1 u hfeilcFcF Ia u n~
lucky Thirteen.
English papers tell an amusing sto
ry of well known banker Of Eless,
Belgium A short time ago he gave 1
party, to which ten guests we're invi:
ted, beside himself and wife, marking
twelve 10 all They were just about
20 sit down when in dropped friend
from the Ami ipodes, and invited him:
self to dinner, thus making the fatal
number thirteen The banker, 10 pre-
vent ill-luck, rushed down stairs 10
office, found the cashier just about 10
leave for the evening dragged him up
stairs fitted him with dress coat, and
led him triumphantly into the drawing
room amid the Applause Of The relevs
ed guests, three of whom declared that
they would not sit down TO the
best dinner ever served II there
thirteen at the table At thas mo.
ment the bell rang, and note was
brought for one of the guests
whose wife had suddenly fallen i'll,
and who, consequently, was una
ble to remain. Thirteen again !
Gloom and dispair and the cash
ier finding himself the Jonah of
the evening, volunteered to de-
part. The banker saw him down
stairs, and was expressing his re-
grets, when, joy! the family doc
tor heaved in sight Him the
host secured, and, happy in being
able to offer the hospitalities d
his table to his kind-hearted and
sorely-tried employee, the three re.
armed to the drawing room
Dinner was ordered to be placed
on the table, but, just "a &ll ready
the hostest, who was in doiicat,
health, and who had been unduly
excited by all the outward events
tainted dead away, and had to b
put to bed Ihirteon agsin
This time there was nothing 10
the cashier but to go and din
with what appetite he migh4 i
the nearest restaurant.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

They think they have discover
ed in Portland, Oregon, the mean
est man on the Pacific coast.
Some benevolent ladies contribu-
led money to buy a stove for a
poor widow AMI placed it in his
hands. He. made the purchase,
but kept the new stove himself
and gave the poor widow his old
one. The ladies threaten to roast
him on it.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

A smart trevellirg man from
Chicago trie,i tn I,aralyxe dining
room girl at Fort Dodge, Iowa,
during the snow blockade. AS
dinner one day he ordered "sponge
soup and quail on fence" The
The girl went to the kitchen and
got a quail and built a fence
around it on the plate out Of kind
ling wood Then she got a piece
of sponge from the bath room and
put it in the soup and served his
order in the presence of several
other travelling men, who gave him
he grand laugh. The landlord
charged him a dollar extra for
serving articles not on the bill Of
are, and it cost him six dollars
for cigars and drink to keep the
matter quiet
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

A new way to pay church debts
has been introduced in Rocktown,
Ohio. Church suppers are given,
at whichthose who do notlaugh or
talk are entertained free of charge
those who talk are charged twon-
ty-fve cents, and those who laugh
thirty cents. The church has al
ready paid off a large debt, and
money is flowing into the treasu-
Ty.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

SHE attended ball--Ganced to a late
hour-became oveI Iheated-went home
thinly clad, in cold, damp night air and
caught cold. Next day-headache-loss
of appetite--slight fever--dry skin
pains and aches--chilly sensations-in-
disposition TO get up. Rerneay-one bottle
Dromgooles English Female Btttsrs.
Tough On Cn!lis,"
Cures 5 casesf for 25 cts. 10 cash or stamps.
Mailed by John Parham, Atlanta, Ga.
BAILEY's SALINE ApER7ESr is now
recognized as the best and cheapest, and
most pleasant cathartic in use, for the
special cure Of headache, constipation,
heartburn, acid stomach, dyspepsia, etc.
Itcoolsand quiets, while as o spar 1g
summer beverage. it is delightful.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

The Atlanta Constitution states
that "the money made by farming is
the cleanest, best noneyin the world.
1t is made in accordance with Gods
first law-under honest and genial
inhuence--away from that taint Of
trade or the fierce heat of specula-
tion. 1t fills the pockets of the
farmer at the expense Of no other
man. His gain is no mans loss
but the more he makes the better
for the world at large Prosperous
farmers make a prosperous people
Whatever benefit our agriculture
benefits the Commonwealth.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

The price of a wife in Siberia is
8 dogs, but what worries the Low
ell Courier is that not knowing the
price of dogs in Siberia it can't
fell whether this is cheap for a
wife OF not.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
Take Time BY she Fore'ock.

A kind hearted lady, of the
philanthropic kind, strolling about
in the suburbs of Austin, heard the
cries of child aud the sound of
blows. Looking over a fence she
discovered that a colored woman
was beating one of her children.
what are you beating that child
for ?" asked the female philanthropist
'On account Of de pitcher, was hel
reply:
what pitcher p
De one / am gwine to give her tC
fotch me some beer!'
Then you are beating the chile
about pitcher sEa has not broker
yet
Jess so. Hits too late to beat he
after de pitcher am done broke
TEXTS Slfftings.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

Solitude is powe full aidto refec-
ton and imagination 2he brighter
fa' u'4ies dwindle in perpetual
bustle.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

The latest way Of popping the
question has been introduced by one
of our modest young men. The
recent cold snap made aim ask,
"Miss-, do you wish to warm
your feet against my back this win
ter p and she bushed and murmured
"this is a terrible cold winter.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

Now is the time to subscribe iof the
Journal. Only two dollars ! year.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

Fame comes only when it is. de-
served, aud then 1t is, inevitable ns
lestiny, for it is destiny.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31
A FLYING VISIT.
The Raymond Excursion Party
in Omaha,
From the Shores of the Allan,
tic to the Shores Of
the Pacific.

At l o'clock, p. M, yestesdsy, a
special train arrived from the west,
with the Raymond excursion party
on board, en- route east from Cali.
fornia.
The party left Boston on April 9th,
came west vla Chicago, Kansas City
and Denver, from which point they
made excursions to several places in
Colorado; thence via the Atohisop,
Topeka g. Santa Fe to Dsming, and
over theSouthern Pacific to California.
The party have been spending
their time at various places on the
Pacific COAST, and have had a most de.
lightful time, and they consist of In.
telligent people, who are travelling for
recreation and enjoyment. Their
train consisting of Pullman palace cars
was made up at Salt Lake city by the
Union Pacific. and will run through tc
Chicago without change. They re.
NAMED at the q. p. depot about ter
minutes, and then pulled across owe,
to the Transfer hotel, where dinner
was had.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31
PANIC IN a POKER GAME.
False kumor, Involving Gen. Roches.
ter--Civii and Military Steps
Against Gambling.
Special Dispatch TO THR BEE

Special Dispatch to TIM BEE
WASHINGTON, May 30.--The army
poker business continues to excite
general attention. In sensational
guesses at Its members, ones eastern
paper has Included the nam of Gen.
eral Rochester, the paymaster gen.
eral. 1t Is well known by his friends
here that he Is scrupulously careful
about taking part In games of
chance, and that he has no inclination
or habits which lead him in that d.
rection. At the time of his candida.
cy for his present position q desperate
attempt was made to defeat him be.
fore the senate, and o variety of
charges were brought to prevent his
confirmation. These extended as far
back as the Hodge defalcation. They
we're all investigated by an examina.
ton, under oath, of all the witnesses
whom those making the charges sug.
gested, and the result was a full vindi.
cation of General Rochester and a
prompt confirmation.
Meantime the real members of the
Poker Club are in q bad state. One
of the ludicous matters connected
with the affair is that several eff ,ers,
who not been mentioned anywhere by
name, are telling their friends they
are going to u the newspapers for
libel. All of which shows that the
Generalization is very great, and that
the effect Is something like that
produced by exploding a shell
among them. In the
meantime the city police have begun
to lock after the players. On Satur.
day two places were raided, and from
one ''two gentlemen" were taken and
held as witnesses. To-day two of the
arrested were fined 800 and SEN
fenced to a day In jsil. This, how.
ever, Is only a start on civilians. 1t
is said that General Sherman himself
Intends to take some severe measures
to correct the abuses now made
known.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31

The foil text of the papal circular
has just been published. After read
Ing 1t many will be surprised that such
an apparently i%noffensive document
should have given rise to such bitter
controversy. The Pontif deplores the
condition of Ireland, sympsthizeS with
her In her sufferings and says nothing
that can BIO contorted into a denial of
her rights to better hor conditions by
legitimate means. He does, how
ever, denounce murder and felony as
crimes forbidden by the church and
which cannot be palliated even on
the grounds of patriotism. He disap.
proves of collections raised In order
to iufsme the PASSIONS, and to be
used as a means of leading men into
rebellion against the laws, especially
when In such movements ''no GEN.
sures are pronounced against the
crimes and murders with which wicked
men stain themselves, and especially
when it Is asserted that the measure
Of true patriotism is In proportion to
the amount of money given or refused
80 as to bring the people under the
pressure of intimidation" The tircu.
lar concludes, as follows:
''In these circumstances it must be evi.
dent to your lordship that the collection
called the 'Parnell Testimonial Fund can
not be approved by this sacred congrega.
ton; and consequently 1t cannot be toler.
sted that any ecclesiastic, much less a
bishop, should take any part whatever in
recommending or promoting it,"
1t Is to a misquotation of this last
sentence of the papal letter that ex-
ception has been chiefly taken by the
Irish Catholics.
A careful reading of the circular
falls to show any prohibition of agita-
ton on the part of the people. 1t Ia
addressed to the bishops and the
clergy. It forbids their participation
In politics but virtually leaves the
battle to their flooks. There Ia 10th.
Ing In the letter, so far as We can see,
to raise any discussion as to papal
infallibility or as to the right of the
most loyal Catholics to contribute to
Whatever funds they please. A tenn
pest has been raised In q teapot,
through butchered reports of the
Papal circular, which on the whole Is
a very harmless document containing
some sound morality, a good deal OF
common sense, and q sprinkling of
paternal advice.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31
The National Board of Trade.
Special Dispatch to THs BEE.

CINCINNATI, May SO.-The e1ecu.
tive council of the national board Of
trade Is In session to-day, Hon. Fred.
erlck Fraley, Philadelphia, president.
The business Ia to consider matters re.
ferred to them at the last meeting and
to arrange subjects for the next meet
ing of the board; also to consider the
sdvisibllity of the Increase of mem,
bership of the body by setting forth
TO various commercial bodies its
advantages. 1t will be In session
several days. The discussion of the
form of the billfor creating a new do.
psrtment of commerce with a place In
the cabinet for the chief, occupied
the closing part of the meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31

The perfect safety of the Brooklyn
bridge and utter groundlesuness of a
panic must be apparent to every in.
telligent person oonvsrsant with the
following facts which were published
by leading New York papers the day
after the opening:
The instruments for determining the de-
lection Of the East River bridge cables on
the opening day showed that In tho mid.
die OF the day, when . great many were
passing back and forth, the DETECTION was
= trifle over three inches. When the pro.
cession with President Arthur at its
head came across, the In.
struments marked o def sction of three
inches more, making about six altogether.
When the procession had reached Brook.
Ign the bridge came back again to its
original detection Of about three inches,
The engineers had expected o DETECTION of
more than six inches, and were surprised
at the solidity of the structure. One of
them says the bridge spa can drop down
four feet before the limit Of the elasticity
Of the cables Is reached "a detection Of
live feet represeats the limit of the cables
strength. In other words, 1t would be
next to impossible to pack any such
load upon 1t as would render It unsafe.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31

changes upon the G.. A. r.. and thu
army In order TO advance their own
personal and political interests.
There are hundreds Of old soldiers
who have refused to connect them.
selves with posts because they had no
respect for local commanders, and
there are tcores of veterans entitled
to wear the @, A. r. badge, who will
not pin It on their coats and obey the
orders Of men with whom In private
life they would be ashamed to as
ISOLATE.
The aim Of the Grand Army of the
Republic Is an excellent one, but the
organization In Omaha has been Sc
riously compromised by being made
unconsciously to many of It's members
tho tool Of scheming politicians.
On this account 1t is no Cause for
surprise that lis ranks are thin when
an occasion comes for OIL exhibition
Of Its members.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31
A MIND
The Sad Termination OF a Romance in
Rea Life.

MILWAUKEE, May 25.-The police
patrol wagon was called to the Union
depot ct 1915 this morning to convey
to thu Central police station a young
married lady, who was suddenly taken
Insane while on the train between
Chicago and 3his city. Her name Is
Mrs. Mary A. Cowan, and she wss on
her way from her former home In
Boston to join her husband, Corporal
Oowan, Of the Twenty. Eighth
United States infantry, stationed
at Fort McGlnnis, Montana. There
Is a sad story connected with the
young woman, with which three years
ago, the papers of the east were filled.
The lady's name before her marriage
was Hampton, and her home q sub.
urb of Boston. a. G. Hampton, the
lady's father, was a man of means,
doing a heavy real estate business In
Boston. In the course of bis specula.
lions he became interested In Montana
mines, and purchased large tracts of
rich ore, Astounding lands in that terri.
tory. Three years ago, owing to COM
p!icatlons In business and difficulties
experienced In securing a proper
settlement of certain transactions
In the west, he was called
to Montana, and In the
journey was accompanied by his
daughter Mary. They were visitors
at Fort McGinnis, the guests of the
commanding ofiJer. During their
stay there the daughter made the sc.
qusintance of q young private in the
ranks. They were thrown together
constantly, and finally became en-.
gagged unbeknown to the father and
and officers. Knowing that the
wealthy parent would oppose the
marriage of his only daughter with a
common soldier, arrangements were
made for an elopement, the
young couple finally evading
the watchfulness of father and
authorities, and ran away to st. Paul.
There they were married, living hap.
PLY together until the officers sent ia
search of the desorter succeeded In
finding the newly welded ones and
srresting the groom. The young wife
was taken to her home In the east by
her father, and Cowan was returned
to Fort McGinnis. The young man
was tried for desertion before q court
martial, but was finally acquitted.
His young wife was Informed of the
fact, and letters were at once sent
to her, asking her to start at once for
the west. Despite the circumstances
Of her father, she started from Bos.
ton the first of the week, but under
the long strain of cares and troubles
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31

The procession on Decoration Day
was noticeable tor the small number
OF veterans who marched ip the line.
The Glee club turned out In full force
and the section devoted to ''other 30.
cieties" was we'll 6lled, but less than q
company Of old soldiers took part in
the street parade. The Grand Army
of the Republic does not contain a
fifth of the discharged soldiers of the
late war but there was scarcely a
corporal's guard of the G. A.. r. fol.
lowing the carriage In which rode the
grand commander of the order for the
United States. With nearly q thous.
and ex-union soldiers In Omaha and
vicinity, scarcely a hundred took their
places In the procession.
There must be some reason for this
refusal of III veteran soldiers to par.
ticipats In the ceremonies OF a day
which appeals powerfully to their
sentiments of loyalty, and remem-
branoe of the dead. We believe that
1t Is founded In Omaha In repugnAnoe
to that GLASS Of men who have rung the
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31
Work for the Next Congress.
RIanclsco Chronicle.

1t is an old provgrb, "Who own.
the land will rule the country" The
wisdom of this proverb was overlooked
by the several congresses that granted
away 200, 600, 000 acres of the national
domain to railroad corporations, for
In 30 doing they virtually abdlcated
the government Of the country In
favor of tho grantees; and as If this
were not enough the grants were
worded In such a slovenly way ss to
deprive the states aud territories in
which they are located of the power
to tax them. 1t Is reported thst, on
account of the efforts of the Central
and Union Pacific companies to eyade
the obligations of the Thurman act of
May, 1878, q number of senators have
announced their intention to move In
the next congress for suoh amend.
ments of that act as will make Its pro.
Visions more stringent and more GER.
tainly insure a sinking fund sufi aient
for the payment Of the bonds, prinoi.
pal and interest, loaned by the
United States to these corporations.
That IL very good as far as It goes,
but the assurance Of payment Of the