The morning news., 1889-04-21

of the President and Vice President, the
governor, the mayor Of Fl. Valley, car
count up to fifty and say the alphabet with
| great rapidity Besides all this she is bright
! 10 many other things, which any one would
| doubt did they not see and hear her talk.
One Gay last week her mother, Mrs. J. L.
| Harris, had her give an exhibition Of her
intellect at a neig Dor s residence. and every
| one who heard her questioned were as
founded at her splendid memory and train
ing.
Hartwell Sun: T. J. Weaver Of Bowers
Vile called on us last Saturday. He was
gallant confederate soldier, aud was
| badly wounded while charging a federal
battery at Frazier farm A grape shot
| struck him in the groin and went through
| him, carrying a large section OF bone, for
ever after disabling him from anything
| like hard labor. He was badly rupt-
ured, and has never been able to find q
| truss to suit his case. He uses for that pur-
pose a square piece Of board, and whenever
| IL slips from its place, which II frequently Y
| does undsr slight exertion, he becomes faint
| and deathly sick. Mr.. Weaver came 10 be
examined by physician with view Of
applying for a state pension. He has made
application twice Def re- but for some un-
accountable reason it was refused. II any
soldier has grounds for a pension, Mr..
Weaver certainly has.
A3ericus Republican: A gentleman from
the coultry said: II saw that piece you
bad about the haunted house. in the
fifteenth, and some people don't believe
such things, aGd neither did l. | tell you
have changed | have heard their noises.
hoard them walk, aud seen them cut capers
One night | was lying by my wife, who
was asleep, and tue moon was shining
brightly, "a window was near by
and the curtain was up, when |
head noise and right in the moon
shine up popped q little nigger about
2fset hi 20, without sigl OF a head
raised up on my elbow and looked at it
carefully. 1t hobble around, and got about
as good as if 1t hnd head took stick
and pu u1ched it, but fel, nothing. | thought
70 catch it. but 1t commenced getting
larger, and kept on until it filled the whole
side Of the house AID gradually disappeared
and got up aud looked Tor II, but it was
gone I've scan gaosts hut amt bit afraid
Of them, for ez 2ect TO be one myself some
time.
Columbus Eaq1irer-Sun: strong fight
will be made against Charlas w. Arnold,
En Is an applicant for tire position of III
ternal revenue collector, which is now held
by Tnoma, {. CreushAw. There are several
incidents connected Win Mr. Araold's past
life, in which be did not cut n very brilliant
figure OHs ot these il recalled by the fol-
lowing notice, which appeared in the local
c1iumas OF the C0lu nbu Enquirer, Sept g..
1874: A Strange Spectacle. Our com
munIty was cJnsidsrabIY stirred up yester-
day evening at seeing Charles Arnold, sol
Ct John d. Arnold. marched through our
streets in female apparel, accompanied b. a
guard, lie WAS arrested, we learn IN AL
bay, Ga, a day or Two ago. He left
this city some time since to avoid coascrip-
tio1, and il Is pres lm ii hs has been passing
OIL as female IN parts Of the country
where he WAS not kno@n. IL is indeed a
serious diiiculty, and we doubt not is owing
in a great measure to tue misguided afcc-
tion Of his ,arents. We trust, should . e
get out 0f tbi most diSgraceful affair that
he viii 60 forward and prove him elf a man,
and in sOme degree retrieve the bad name
lie has thus incurred In the Columbus
Sun Of Sept. S, 1854, he Glowing add
to al notice refere Q. to the matter ap-
pearel. Charles W. Arnold informs us IN a
note that he was employed on the steam
boat Uchee q nIoath after the Kronan trial,
ard that he was not preparing TO leave for
the yankee lines In a wagon at the time Of
his capture, and that had he desired to 20
north be could have done 50 long ago He
says he has no more af1iliation FIR the
yankees than bis brother soutnerners have
Our Information vas obsaine from a gov
erument officer We give Mr. Arnold the
benefit of this explanation, as VS. have no
desire % add - bis modification The fact
of young aud able-bodie man hlVing
been arrested in female apparel carries it
own co umeut.N