The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-30
Miscellaneous Items.

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Pleurorpneumonia is said to have
been efectually stamped out Of New
Jersey.
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Three Southern papers claim that
executive delay caused the yellow
fever epidemic,
A new style of paper collar has
been named after Lige Halford,
General Harrison's private secreta>
ry. This is fame.
The Aiken Recorder .hoasts that
some South Carolina farming lands
recently sold for s58 an acre. This
is very good record, but as much
as $f00 an acre has besat paid for
farming lands in Georgia. :. =.
We don't find the following in
any Of the almanacs, but it ought
to be there: about this time Gen.
Malone will visit Florida and 9TH
er states. Expect petitions in his
favor for a cabinet position. "-Sa-
vannah News. Il $50:
1t was Mrs. Mackey who started
the ia hionable fever for black I'M
derwear by wearing it unrFer a
wondrous ball gown Of black tulle
with diamond ornaments, that she
wore in Paris at private fancy. ball,
at which she personated the Queen
of Night, -
Tiresome Home Life. Mrs. Gadd
Why do you so MUCH of your
time attending debating societies
and controversy clubs ? j.:
Mrs. Gabb (with.an air of iniur,
ed innocence -What else can | do?
Ny husband never eontradicts me.
Philadelphia Record.
Mr.Jinks-I don't know how you
will feel about it, sir, but the fact
is that my wife, your daughter, is d
dreadrully hard woman to live
with.
7lr. Blinks i can symnathigo
with you, sir, | married her mother.
-Ncr York Weekly.
Travis (picking up an album and
scanning its pages)-What's his,
Younghusband? Photographs of a
baby show =?
Younghusband (indjgnantly)-
No, indeed, Those are pictures of
our darling little Willie at success
i've periods Of his career. -Burling-
ton Free Press.
Republican politicians in Wash
ington are disposed to growl be>
cause Mr.. Cleveland goes on maxi
ing appointments for vacancies Just
as if he would not give way to
republican President soon. These
are the same politicians who urged
President Arthur to fill every Office
possible before a democratic Presi-
dent was inaugurated. -Ex.
It is stated that it Col. Buck is
not given n cabinet. position, he mt
least will be allowed to distribute
the Georgia patronage. C,I. Buck
is a native 0f'N hine, and he became
a Georgian for patronage, Being
from Maine, he doubtless regards
Mr., Blaine as the greatest living
statesman. The Blaine rcpubli-
cans seem likely to come to the
front in Georgia.
It is said that the cattle Of Stew
art and Webster counties are diving
out rapidly from what Che people
call mad murrdin " Some Of them
are very dangerous while suffering,
and one day lest week one COW act.
ually toya another enc up with her
horns after the disease struck her.
They generally die out in twenty
four houss after the attack be.
gins.
A queer story IS told of RadcliH
D2b'on, a pennsylvania oil mill,
ioaairc. Bobson went to Baden
where he drank heavily and lost
barge sums Of money gambling
His wife beard'ot it and followed
him. Shd'cut off her HAIR, dressed
like man am gambled with her
husband until she won his entire
fortune. Then shcrevealed herself.
Dobson was ovefjoyed and gave up
all his bad habits, but two months
later he blew odt his brains in a
public park.