The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-01-25

same time. This will be great help to
poor, prosecuted, overworked fathers.
ANOTHER rumor is afloat that Mr..
Cleveland is opposed to the election of
Speaker Crisp, and will throw the weight
of his influence for w. davidson of West
Virginia.
THE latest crack on the pension grab
bers is noted in an exchange as follows:
"a pension has been granted to a man
who fretted himself into nervous pros
tration because he wasn't old enough to
90 10 the war;
general WEAVER is in Arizona en-
delvoring to capture that territory for
the spopuIists in anticipation Of its be-
coming a state With somebody to foot
the bills General Weaver is having gay
time travelling in the west.
THERE is now on exhibition in Angus
ia a genuine Richmond county rattle
snake melon. 1t was raised in hot
house by j. Roster. He raised large
quantity of them. 1t is really novelty
to Heat watermelon in the depth of win
ter,
lis announced from Atlanta that the
trustees of the proposed soldiers home
in that city will endeavor to make the
acceptance of that institution an issue in
the next campaign. Atlanta seems hard
to convince that the people don't want
that burden imposed on them.
NEBRASKA is a regular hot bed of Of
flee seekers. There are candidates for
the United States senate galore, there
being forty-three of them in all and each
confident of election. The legislature is
expected to be occupied three weeks
with The election.
SOME members of the press and the
pulpit-two classes who for widely diff
ferent reasons, should be ever unwilling
to sit in judgment on their fellow men
are getting rather reckless in consigning
to perdi5ion the souls of few men
brought into prominence by the fate of
circumstances.
THE Salvation Army makes new de-
parture in passing around the contrbu-
ton box at wedding. 1t may be open
to, criticism, but it isn't asking any more
of the wedding guests than is usually in
volved in wedding invitation, which
has come to mean that a present would
be very acceptable 10 c4o happy pair.
The plan of reorganizing the Central
railroad on the basis OF the issue oil $780,,
coo, 900 in bonds and stocks is enough to
make the lamented Wadley turn over in
his grave. Way didn't Mr.. Collins com
mittee make it an even 100,000,000, as
the properties could have stood that fig
ure just as WELL In the meantime the
public seems to be little slow grasping
the magnitude of the plan.
THERE is at least one burro in the
world that is not to be despised. He is
wandering fn the mountains near Duran
60, Mexico loaded with $1,000 worth of
81 yer, having escaped from pack train.
Few men would hesitate to swap their
trotters for the miserable little quadru-
ped provided his load were included in
the bargain
Two babies will in few days be in
cluded among the celebrities at Lake
wood, for in addition to baby Ruth, the
infant son of j. Hooper Hammersly of
New York is to be there. AS this young
man, not yet able to talk, has inherited
$1,000, 900 he probably will never have
to dig greens to raise circus money nor
shovel snow to pay for skates OF sled.
THEY are having little racket in At
lanta now over an attempt on the part of
several gentlemen there to induce Robt.
Ingerson to come down and deliver
lecture in that city. DR.. Morrison is out
in long card opposing it. DR.. Morri-
son is right. If it is an idle curiosity
the movers in the matter have to satisfy
let them read Ingersoll's lecture, and not
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