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ar one 35 pounds, the while man easily go ten or difteen pounds more. the M. Timmerman still laughs over the watermelon joke that he played on night boys of Stockton last Tuesday be The owner of the melon patch was to when in certain secluded spot and hid the boys a with Timmerman, their leader, arrived, the gun fired, and Timmerman shot. The falling, pretended to be badly all fled at a lively rate of speed of what and notified two other young men to had happene They at boys once went repaired back the place Two of the and the with the ones they had notified, after others left The four who went Timmerman put him on a cot carried that they him made for that purpose, to and the depot, where the melon patch the operator laid him down until could dispatch for a doctor And during told that time Timmerman lumped up and has them that it was joke Every The thing tenth been roar of laughter since. part has not been told, as it is too good to tell all. Washington Gazette: At the close of in the civil war, there was some change we United States postage stamps, but informed that the old stamps were good. were The writer had a number of Confederate stamps with Jeff Davis on them. and being in some conf usion about stamps. did not notice that In perfect good faith and with no earthly idea of defrauding or insulting the United States of America, affixed Jeff Davis picture to letters to go various remote places, one of*which remember in particular was Boston, Massachusetts That the letters went know, by the token that they were we nswered. Before the treasury of stamps blunwas exhausted, we discovered our der and were nearly frightened death. We expected to be arrested and put in jail and were afraid even to tell tale As time went we plucked up courage to relate the story in but not to print it. Since Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Mrs. Grant have had a friend- to ly meeting, we think we can venture print the incident Lumpkin Independant On Wednesday afternoon last, between 2 and 4 o'clock, the heaviest rainfall occurred ever known in this part of the country. The exact record of the rain-gauge was 3.82 inches lacking only a little over an eighth of an inch to reach four inches of rain within little more than an hour. If properly tributed at seasonable intervals it would have been sufficient to secure the making and maturation of the crops now in process of growth By extraordinarily good work and timely management the mill dams near town were prevented from beswept away Several hundred feet of railroad track and a small trestle evond Sawyer's mill were swept away delaying the west bound passenger train from Americus about three hours. Another washout west of Lumpkin delayed it at It this place until late in the night washed down, chimney and all, a new house built by Mr M L. Everett on a level place in a field near his house. The street crossings in town were swept over like mole-hills, the great torrents of water rushing madl through the streets and alleys in wild glee. A special from Gordon says: The crop of cotton in this section of the state was never poorer than it is this season. There hundreds of acres around here that, unless there is great improvement, it will take four or five acres to make a bale, and the same land has héretofore made a bale to two acres, and the farmers are very much discouraged over the situation. There has never been more work done to crops than has been done to these this season, some of them having been plowed the fifth time and well hoed. The corn crops are very good. and unless the rains stay away too long they will be fino. Watermelons are very poor Instead-of three acres to the car, as in previous years, it will take seven or eight ácres. The affairs of the Bank of Americus have again been placed in the hands of a temporary receiver In chambers.Friday night Judge W H. Fish, upon petition of various creditors, appointed Thornton Wheatley temporary receiver to take charge of the affairs of the bank, and he is further authorized to carry out the proposed sale of lots in the town of Lyon the 4th inst. July 8th is the date appointed for the hearing of the petition for permanent receiver An unlooked for and somewhat startling scene was enacted in the superior court room at Macon Friday Judge Bartlett and Attorney John R Cooper were the actors. Jim Dean and Joe Peters, colored boys were tried and convicted of breaking into the Dunlap Hardware Company's store some time ago. Peters was tried several days ago and on being found guilty was sentenced to four years imprisonment in the penitentiary Dean was tried and also found guilty, and Judge Bartlett sentenced him to eight years in the penitentiary as this was the second time he had been convicted of the same offense. M. G. Bayne represented Peters and Mr. Cooper represented Dean. Mr. Cooper, who had been absent when sentence was passed on Dean, came into the court room, and on being told what the sentence was went up on the bench where Judge Bartlett was seated and remonstrated with him about the severity of the sentence. In the course of his remarks he reminded the judge that it was very strange that Joe Peters, who was represented by another attorney, had only received four years for the same offense for which Jim Dean received eight years. Mr. Cooper's remarks were not couched in as polite language as they might have been Judge Bartlett replied by stating to Mr. Cooper that he could pay a fine of $25 or go to jail for contempt of court The judge then turned to Sheriff Westcott and told him to execute the order of the court As the sheriff was approaching Mr. Cooper, that gentleman stepped down from the bench. and taking a position directly in front of the judge, asked permission to make a statement The permission was granted, and Mr. Cooper began by saying he had done the court a great injustice, that he had spoken without thinking, and that he beared the court to forgive him for what he had said. That he was wrong, and would retract every word he had said. Mr. Cooper spoke for several minutes, and said that no one felt the injustice he had done the court more keenly than himself. When he had finished. Judge Bartlett, W ho had remained perfectly cool and impertrubed throughout the whole affair. told Mr. Cooper that his apology was that shoriff
