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The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
MASSACHUSETTS.
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BOSTON, Jan. 1.-THE will of Clarissa H,
Rindge of Cambridge, who died on the 4th
inst, has been fled in the Probate Court at
East Cambridge. OF the estate OF nearly S3-
$4,000 left her by her husband, Samuel b.
Rindge, who died in 1888, she bequeaths $25, 600
to the Cambridge City Hospital, $500 to the
Avon Street Home for Destitute and Orphan
Children at Cambridge, $25, 600 to the Boston
Homeopathic Hospital, and $4,000 to the
Cambridge Social Union. The members of
the family are given about $150,000, and the
remainder OF the estate goes to her son Fred
erick.
General Butler Sues she boston Herald
for Libel.
General Butler has, brought suit against the
Boston Herald, claiming $4,000 damages for
the publication of an article by that paper in
November, 1888, rejecting upon his conduct
during the war. The article in question,
which pnrported to have come from one of the
crew Of the steamer Mt. Vernon, claimed that
General Butler caused the arrest of the captain
Of the transport Mississippi while the latter
was on its way to Ship Island from Hampton
Roads, because he would not put into Hatteras
Inlet; that in consequence Of the arrest and as
sumption OF command by General Butler the
Mississippi went ashore and was damaged and
the Mt. Vernon was sent to her relief. These
allegations are denied by General Butler.
Matters in ,he Fall River willis.
FALL RIVER, Jan. lit is now stated that
the reduction of wages which goes into effect
on the 18th inst. will not extend to all tho
treasurers, supsriRtendents and overseers. The
compensation of these officials will be left to
the discretion of individual mills. Some will
be reduced and others will not. Secretary
Howard will tomorrow communicate with the
secretary of the board of trade and ask for
conference with the committee OF that body.
The result of this request will in great
measure Influence the action of the Spinners'
Union next Saturday night, when vote will
be takenson the question Of strike.
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
BURNING MINE.
The Largest Coal Mine in the Country ON
Fire-Wsrk of the Rocking Valley
Strikers.

COLUMBUS. oEIo. Jan. 1.-THE Columbus and
hocking Coal aud Irqn Co.. discovered this morn
ing that mine No. 5, at Straitsville on fire,
is one of the largest in the country. The company
so enraged that they announce their detez 9n ma
>Son to put themseFes on the offensive. Signal
io 2ts are reported to have been seen tonight In
the direction Of Haydenyille, gest particulars
have b. sen received
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
Failures.
FalIu
THE following failnran

Inc following failures sSs reported in Maine:
- Martin Brown, market, Auburn. have gone in
In insolvency. S''-N
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12

The Department Of State at Washington. has
received from William Egan & Co. of Cork Ire. a
solid silver model of Shandon Church In Cork
which is intended for exhibition at the New Orleans
exposition. This is the church made famons
through the familiar poem entitled the "Balis ~
Shandon," by the late Francis MahonYa
The New York Star announced SATURDAY. evan;no
that the daily edition Of that paper was to n. sns
SoNldbe published without interruption. ''OA
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12

The freight and passenger depot, all the sheds,
one hundred loaded cars, all freight in the depot
and also Links Hotel at Nashville Tenn, were
totally destroyed by fire Saturday night. Total
loss on depot 10000, not insured
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL.
The indications for New England to-day are
warmer, cloudy and rainy weather, followed
BY clearing and colder weather, with southerly
winds shifting to westerly. and falling barome-
ter.
Cautionary signals from Smithville to East
port.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
III 27 p MI
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
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There has been organized in Augusta tenn :
perauce order, on 8 somewhat new basis, called
the Augusta Temperance Society. It's main
objects ars to promote the temperance cause in
all its forms, to create sound and healthy
sentiment, and TO lift up the fallen, help the
needy, and save our young men. The meet
ings will be free from politics. 4 full set of
officers were elected, as follows: President.
vice president, secretary, chaplain, treasurer
and executive committee. A choir of IL voices
was organized. There were pledged condition
ally at the organization about 500 and MANY
friends outside have endorsed the work and
promise their substantial aid.
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
MAINE.
Mail Thief Detected

RocKLAND. Jan. 10.-Through decoy let
ter A. j. Crockett, assistsnt adjutant general
OF the department of the Maine G. A. R., dis
covered boy who has been stealing letters
from the post Office box. Mr. Crockett esti-
mates that $45 of the department funds have
been stolen
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12

On coming out of bis house one day the first
OF last week, the Hon. Hannibal Hamlin
slipped on his doorstep and fell, striking on his
head and hurting him for the time quite se-
verelY. Fortunately the injury was not seri-
ous, and although still little sorei because OF
the accident, he ia upon the streets again.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
A Correction.

EDITOR JOURNAL
The Dawson Appeal says: owe
are glad to see that the Nelson
Institute is following in the foot
step of the South Georgia Col
lege by having a roll of honor
published" Now, while we ad-
NIT that this is a noble institution,
and altogether worthy to have 9th
er schools walk in its footsteps
OH the road to- improvement, at
the same time we are glad to in
form the Dawson Appeal that we
are not JUST NOW GETTING in the
right direction, but have been
keeping up with the times" for
the past three years by having
the maximum report for the month
published in the colleges and
schools with which we have been
connected.
We were not aware that the
South Georgia College was the
originator of the "roll of honor"
We had understood that they had
only quite recently stepped into
the ranks Of the onward march"
in that direction.
TEACHERS.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
BOILER EXPLOSION.
Destruction of Property-Loss ofLife.

EDITOR DAWSON JOURNAL
Our Deighborhood was intense
ly Mortified yesterday at the sound
of an exploded boiler at a small
saw mill five miles south of
Wards. The mill was being oper-
ated by a Mr.. Conner, but be-
longed, as | understand, to Mr.. s..
III. Lee, of your town.
The cause of the expl 9sion, I
was told by two of the employees,
(who were white men, was: the
safety valve was set to blow off
at one hundred pounds, but that
did not give as much pressure as
desired, and additional weights
were put on the lever, holding
down the safety valve. They sup
posed that they carried usually
not less than two hundred pounds
of steam, but at the time of the
explosion had no idea how much
steam they had. The sawyer says
there was plenty Of water few
minutes before the accident.
The exploded boiler is in nu-
merous pieces The largest piece
| saw was the dome, about the
size of bushel measure, that |
found about one hundred and fif
ty yards west Of the mill. I sup
pose it must have gone consid-
cradle distance up in the air.
When the boiler fell to the ground
part of it struck a green pine
stump about six inches in diane
ater and about four feet high,
which broke a hole through it
and pieces of the boiler are now
strung on the stump like beads on
string. [ saw signs of two
pieces of the boiler south of the
mill, one piece striking pine
tree two hundred yards from the
mill, cutting it in two where it
was about twelve inches in diam
eter and carrying the dismem-
bered part one hundred yards be-
You'd. Another piece struck the
frame of house (being buiit) on
which were two men at work.
The house frame was knocked to
the ground and a small fragment
of the boiler struck a nail box in
the hands of one of the men
neither Of them were hurt. 9th
er signs of the boiler can be seen
on trees in every direction. The
mill shed was completely demol-
ished.
Mr.. Jernigan, who was firing at
the time of the explosion, and
standing between the boiler and
engine, had the back Of his head
torn off and was otherwise horri-
bly, mangled. The sawyer was a
little hurt-don't remember his
name. No others seriously hurt.
Feby17, '85. j. l.. j.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
Executors Sale.

MILL be sold to the highest bidder for
~ cash in hand, before the court house
Eor IN the cty Of Dawson, Terrell county.
drofHa, 81 the first Tuesday in March
FAL within the legal hours OF sale, the
blowing property to wit:
. house and lot in the city of Dawson,
G ~, described in deed as part Of lot No
'|O' containing five (5) acres more or less;
g ", tract of land containing twenty
" acres IN Putnam county, Fla, de
9cfloed as follows: South " 4lh of S. W.
IN II quarter Of section No 81, Town hip
4" <, ). of range No % E., containing
nl Sald west half twenty and eleven and
Oue nail one hundredth acres more or less.
j. B. ARMOR,
o. G. CLEVELAND,
w. s. ARMOR,
Jan29 IS.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
City Prop
erty For Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale the two
laory brick building ON east side of
Ysin street, recently occupied by T. r.
hrnton The Store Room is 24X60 feet,
With brick addition of 30 feet added to the
Tar end, and is now used as a Tin Shop,
4 upper story is divided into offices, etc.
laso offer for sale my residence on Lee
eft, and the lands belonging to same, be-
4 .ayout 100 acres 65 acres Of which is
aaei and in a high state of cultivation, 49,
@@anCe is well timbered and fertile
Ga. The dwelling and ont buildings are
I'll frst-c.aSs, and convenient to both
shoots and churches.
Parties desiring to purchase such prop
Il! would do well to see me at once.
w. r. BALDWIN,
JaA' -, '85-2m. Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
A WONDERFUL PEA.

NA'J VIC hdt q Sdll
from Mr.. L. j. Lightfoot, of Pei
ham, Ga, who was on his way to
visit his daughter in Randolph
county. Mr.. Lightfoot has made
the growing of the Conch pea Ca
small white pea) a study and mar
rated to US its many virtues. He
claims that the wonderful growth
of the vines make this pea an ex-
cellent fertilizer, as they cover
the entire ground, and can be
turned under easily after being
killed by frost, Before they are
killed, however, it is impossible
to turn them under, as he says
the vines are SO stout that two
horses cannot pull pillow through
them.
Something can be judged Of the
growth of the vines by the fact
that he planted four hills of the
peas in field twenty-five feet
from cane patch, which was BE-
tween them and strip of woods,
and they covered the ground to
the cane, then entirely covered the
cane and then grew some distance
in the woods. He saw that if
they were not checked they would
cover almost his entire place, so
he pulled them up and fed them
to his COW three times a day for
four weeks, before they were con-
sumed- giving the COW as much
as she would eat each time. An
other instance is: A Mr.. Nc
Laughlin, Of near Bainbridge,
planted only one pea in his gar
den and the vines entirely cover
ed it. He pulled it up to save his
vegetables.
Another strong argument in IA
vor of the Conch peas is that they
are an excellent dish for the sick.
Mr.. Lightfoot says he has seen
sick persons eagerly eat them
when chicken soup and other
delicacies had just been refused.
The drier the weather the more
these peas seem to flourish. Mr..
Lightfoot planted some Of them
last year and not a drop Of rain
fell on them until they had been
killed by frost. He says the hot
ter and dryer it got the more the
vines fourished and actually turn
ed greener. The yield was sim
ply enormous-far surprising
anything ever before seen.
A pint and a half of these peas
will plant as much ground as two
bushels of the common pea-plant
them twenty-five or thirty feet
apart and the vines will cover the
entire ground.
They are not spring pea,
and should always be planted for
a fall yield.
We would have had some
doubts as to the truth of the above
facts had not squash vine grown
from Judge Orr's garden to r. f,
Simmons corn crib, distance of
nearly a quarter of a mile, and from
which half dozen families used
squashes.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
SOCIETY CHAT.
RHYMES OF THE RINKERY


Involving all that is human;
But you ought to go to the skating rink
And witness the fall of woman.
The dire effect of the first great fall
Are awful, you well may think,
Bat more awfully awful is the squall
OF the woman who falls at the rink.
Her arms are madly beating the air,
Eyes wildly rolling with fright,
With fiuttering skirts and disheveled hair
The way she comes down is sight
Mrs. G. l.. Mize is visiting
her parents in Americas.
Miss Eva Leonard has re-
turned from visit to Cuthbert.
Miss Doodle Kendrick and r.
L. Farnum attended the military
ball in Americas last Tuesday
night.
A new wedding march would
fill a long felt-provided some of
our old bachelors would keep
time to it.
Jack Salmon makes frequent
visits to Cuthbert. There is an
attraction there, and the reader
can guess what it is.
They are going down to dinner.
He: "May L sit on your right
hand?" She: ooh, better take
chair?" He takes one. -Ex.
Last Thursday Mr.. Mark
Miller was married to Mrs. Jane
Mccall, at her home near Dover.
J. J. Bradley, j. p, officiating.
Misses Matte Hawkins and
Ellie Oliver returned to their
home in Americas last Friday,
much to the regret of some of our
young men.
Miss Mary E. Cheatham, of
Edgefeld, S. c., who has been Wis
iting Mrs. w. r. Baldwin, left
Dawson last Monday for Ameri-
Gus, where she will visit friends.
--Edd Orr now stands iii the
store door and makes "mashes'' on
widows as they pass on their way
to the post-ofice. One says that
he went so far as to propose mar
rage to her one afternoon.
White stockings are coming
back into fashion again. Just the
newspaper mans drafted luck. He
no sooner goes and buys a couple
of pairs of darked-colored hose
than the fashion plates have to
| 90 back on hin.
Quite n lumber of Valentines
were received by persons in Daw-
son. Some were comic, while the
faint-hearted and humorous swain
aviled himself of this propitious
occasion to pour forth, in impas-
stoned strains, the fiery emotions
of his swelling heart.
The Valentine party at Judge
Rogers last Monday evening was
quite an enjoyable occasion.
Many nice valentines changed
hands, while fun-loving young
men did not fail to tease the young
ladies' with the comic ones.
Bill McLain desires us to adj
vertise for wife for him. Bill
is handsome, has blonde NOUS
tache, weighs about l60 pounds,
wears a number nine shoe and,
with a little training, would learn
to rock the cradle well. Here is
a good chance for some lass.
When you see the ladies COM
ing around soliciting donations it
is no use to run behind the coun-
ter and hide-they'll find you.
They will then make a charge
on your stingy and withered
old heart with bewitching
smiles and earnest plead
ings until you open your pocket
book and give therefrom literally
1t is better to meet them on hall
way grounds and shove the filthy
lucre at them without a word
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19

Tom James does not confne
himself strictly to the drug bust
ness. He has contracted to paint
the roof of Melton Bros. store
house, and uses the paint brush
himself.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
Makes Things Shine.

POLISHING Soap; the best prepa
ration known for cleaning and
polishing Silver, Brass, Tin, Brit
tannia, Glass, Gold plate, Metal,
Show Cases, etc, ever made. A
certificate from w. J. Land that
it contains neither acid nor mer-
curry. For sale at
CHRISTIE Il LAISd's
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
The wife Of Col. LG Pa

The wife of Col. J. G. Parks
has an old bureau which once be-
longed to the distinguished Geor-
gia authoress, Mrs. Caroline Lee
Hentz. 1t was brought to Daw-
son by Mrs. King, mother of Ca
pers King, who resided here a
year or two, and, on leaving. sold
it to Mrs. Parks.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19

Consumptives can rely fully
upon what is claimed for Brewers
Lung Restorer. Improvement
begins after a few dos and con-
tinues until their health is fully
restored You absolutely sign
your death warrant when you hes
itate to lake this great remedy.
Jan. s I'm
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
New Millinery For
Fall and Winter.

Mrs. M. M. Anthony HIS re-
celved select lot Of goods, en-
blacing the
Most Approved Styles,
in Straws,F Felt and Velvet Bonnets
and hats for ladies, misses and,
children. Also new styles in in
fants' hoods, neck-wear, notions
etc. Give her call. Prices to
suit the times.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19

The Superior merits of the
matches h0UinS SteUeJGSr
Patent improvements are
0ccR 0tcJedGed By erery . r.
son 1oedFi75G MeD1 hull
road men, CG5zd others re-
curing great accuracy in
time pieces, endorse them,
and zCe are prepared to
ShOic by iBcOJateStdbic proof,
that no other Wntch not
haptHS these improvements
lCiLt produce such accurate
results in time KeepinS.
Then are durable, dust
proof, md reliable, and
c071SlderInG gudhtY, the
cheapest 1eUtcE in the mar
ket. Send tor our iLL1tstrG-
tel c0t0IO6t6e and prices.
]. P. STEVENS & Co,
FEB. 19,-tf atlanta, Ga.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19

Attention is called to the adj
vertisement Of Miss o. l.. Parker,
to be found in another column.
Miss Parker has recently opened
a Millinery Store in the rear of
Mr.. Jesse Rogers store. Her
stock is fall and complete, and
her prices will suit the times.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
CHICKAsAwHATcHEE NEWS.
]. II. HAMMOND, Editor.

j. III. HAMMOND, Editor.
Ye good old bards of ancient times,
We tune cur harps to join your band
Though not to sing of foreign chimes,
But our own dear native land.
But as we are not very poetlcal
we will give way to these who are
Listen:
SWEETHEART NELL.
Sweetheart Nell, I want to whisper
Something tender in your ear;
Something /, and not the roses
Or the listening robins hear"
Never mind the rose or robin;
If you've something nice to tell,
Take girls advice AID tell it :"
Answered laughing sweetheart Nell.
Listen, then; love you, darling,
More than any words can say;
If I'd make you understand it
must find some other way.
Love must find a better language
Than mere spoken words to tell
All its passion, all its longing
Find it, Them laughed sweetheart
Nell.
81 have often thought that kisses
Were the language of the healt,
When lover to his maiden
Would his tend'rest thoughts impart.
| could make you know, in KISSES
What in words | cannot tell"
e Y a -
Laughed bewitching sweetheart Nell.
Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph.
We hear some complaint of. the
young oats being killed by the
late freeze.
Farming operations are moving
On very slowly, owing to SO much
bad weather.
Dr. Talmage's sermon, "The
Old Folks VISIT" is one of the
best we ever read.
Mrs. Merchison, who has been
friends and relatives at
Macon and Cochran, Ga, has re-
turned.
Judging from what we see in
the papers, we think the roller
skate business must be on a regu-
lar boom, as baseball was during
the past summer.
The Rev. DR.. Talmage says in
one OF his sermons that Galen,
the most celebrated OF ancient
physicians, took so little of his
own medicine that he lived to be
140 years old.
Miss Minnie Huff opened her
school at the Greer Academy on
Monday of last week with q pref
ty fair attendance, considering
the inclement weather. Miss
Huff comes very highly recon-
mended as a teacher, and we hope
her school will be literally pat
ronized.
We notice that a good many
farmers are adopting the plan Of
planting their oats il
drills, and planting cottor
between the oat drills
thus making two crops on the
same land in one year. We think
Mr.. Frank Harrell is the origina-
tor of this system Of farming il
this section.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
How to Keep Birds from Pulling up
Corn.


Mr.. EDITOR
Thinking that an article on this
subject would be of interest to
your many readers, | will endeav-
OF to give my plan which has been
successful in keeping the bird
from pulling up my corn for the
last five or six years.
I take about one-half teacupfull
of tar; | place the tar in pot and
get the tar to boiling condition,
and then [ put in the tar about a
teacupfull of water, and [ have
the mixture boiling hot. This
amount is sufficient for a half
bushel of seed corn. I pour the
corn down on a hard, clean place
and pour the boiling tar and water
on the pile, and by little stirring
every grain will have small
touch of tar-not enough, howev-
err, to make the dropping of the
corn difficult, or to cause the
grains to stick together.
In preparing seed corn in the
above manner, it not only pre-
vents the birds from pulling ny
the corn, but keeps moles from
disturbing it and renders the
stand to be more uniform, as the
tar makes the seed corn less La
bic to rot from a continuous rainy
spell Immediately after planting.
Yours in the planting interest,
c
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19

WANTEH-One agent, lady or gen
" teman, in every county. steady
mpoymen; Oar agents are making from
@to ~ per day Full particulars sent
IRE, address at once
PARK MFG. CO, 800 Broadway,
BGlj2l New York.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
The Contested Election Case.

At the election held in January
for Justice of the Peace for the
eleventh district of this county
Messrs. George Kaigler and NJ
Il. Marshall were the only candi-
dates, and while the election was
quiet, each candidate, as we'll as
his friends, did his best work, and
the result was the election of Mr..
Marshall by a small majority.
The law requires that the polls at
a county precinct shall be closed
ut 3 o'clock p. m, but it seems
that the managers of the election
permitted the voting to go on and
did not close the polls until about
5 O'Clock. Mr.. Kaigler contests
the election on the grounds of IL
legal voting, and at the hour of
3 O'Clock, when the polls should
have been closed, that he was a
few votes ahead. The evidence
in the case was heard on last Fri
day before the ordinary and for
warded the Governor, and the
Governor set Tuesday to consider
the matter. In the meantime, lei
the people be assured that in eli.
ther case they will have a good
j. p.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19

Sugar, Coffee, Apples, Gran
ges, Cigars and Tobacco, always
to be found at
1t, JESSE RoGIRs'.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19
For fresh and pure candiess
either stick or fancy, call on
JESSE ROGERS.

Pork sausages, 15cts per
pound, 2 por nds for 25cts at
L. ID. HATCHER q Bros.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19

If you want fresh Garden Seeds
be certain to buy them at James
Sons drug store.
The Dawson journal., 1885-02-19

Genuine Eastern Seed Irish
Potatoes, 40cts per peck at
L. d. HATCHER & Bros.