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FRIDAY. UHCRMUKR 15, 1 HiIv | TAW'JT C0VMTY1TEM9 I
tifV ' 7r, * n ' e ' 1 " l, J n Taylor conn\j tmuj, «i
uOiiAL PlKWlS* ! *'ry tobo* well-diggers. non* others need
i^«^———f—| apply, to dig gopher* for his Tolhot owuuij
(otuBiam."
Mr. M. G. T’arper. killed a ho* eighteen
lonthp old. i but had never been punned, that
wi-ighad 3*6 pmii.d*. He killed eleven oU»
* averaging over two hundred.
A flock of fifty or sixty alteep were driven
torough Talbot to Crawford county, one day
77nr touno miles gem
ki rwvtead and lie proved, in the t«rat and moat
soafsuing young folk*’ paper published for
tha an may. It atead* iu the first rank of the
)oumala of it* nlaas. ami hrot a luge* actual
-appellation than any otl or child’* paper in
'fc* nountry. It* «ffcm to agent* are airnply
a underfill frampls paper# are sent tv**> on
application. or for only thirty o>nte. aim a
tiautiful pictura,for i>o« year. A.ldruaa.Iohn
1. Clark, Wed# worth. Median County. Ohio
MAURI ED I
At tha vaaldaaoa of the hrida’a father, ou
Tnaaday la«t, Mr O M. Montfort.of Butler,
fn Mi*a Ella, aldeat daughter of Dr. L* F.
McLaughlin, ofTalbottou.
•njls happy aouple arrived bare *afe
cm th* evening Inin. Wo noticed also, In
attendana* upon thi* happy occasion, Mlaa
Clamh Leonard, and Mb* Lula Danuclboth
of Talbotter.
IRK VOM.MATIOM
ms thia oounty.ta aa followa : For Ordinary i
Jaiura D. Boa*. For Clerk Superior Court;
W. H. Jeukloa. For Kharlff; C.A. J. Pope.
, For Tax Receiver, A. M. Rhode*. For Ta*
Collett or; Joaiah Pyroo. For Treasurer ;
James Williamson. For Surveyor, James
M. fttawart. For Coroner; H. 1‘aaJ. While
i regret that any on* nhonld be defeated,
mt it waa inevitable. Better lock neat time
| boys. Now lot every man who prtUnde to
i Democrat, nine forward and vote for
I *ha regular nominee
A HNS JIg9 t
Mr. Wmiey Hill of thia county, inform*
that ho ha* a hog of bb own raising, th it
»■ eight »ix hundred pound* gross. It b
:u*| long. hIs and v half f*at around behind |
shoulder*, bright, three feet four inahaa;'
lega all inch** long. Ha ho* also,six piga of
'ha aama atock for eels.
OVR METHODIST CHURCH/
Wa are glad to learn that a plan ia on foot
'hat 1* Ukaly to raanlt in tha eonabnetion of
t, aaw and decent ohurch adifloa Cor the
Methodist poopls of our town. The ftrawd
witdimr b simply a disgrace to onr town,
and if nothing baiter aan be done,our worihy
Mayor and council shnuld have it abated aa a
public nuisance.
The membership of Butler ehnrch »unv
ben on* hundred and fifty, and w* kntnt if
ho momban will make tha effort, for th* are
ubta, and ought, to make that, with tha out
vie MttbUnct they can git.Uiay will sucoood
:a arooting a building that will bo creditable
•o our town,and not an oyaoor* to tha pnblic
Aa the pioaent old tumble-down barn la.
' 'ana, brethnu ami friend*, lot ua have “a
long poll, a et»sight pull, and a pull alto-
gather."
inat week.
The timunai void snap it ia fs*T*d, h*o in
jnrid the. wheat and oat crop* of this awtieti
The farmer* were somewh.it behind in got*
the wad in the ground, and a large area, es
pecially in the vicinity of B.-.ldwiuvi'.fo, was
ju t in the sprout, and doubtless materially
injured.
Jiutiee’a court at Prattshnig, bat
Friday, two ••domestics'* were oommittod to
jail, to await ibeir trial at the March term of
th# Superior oour*. for ateoling a bushel of
Peer feller*'" will bo deprived of
Christmas.
A Christa*** store will bo opened In Bald*
winsvllte in due season.
Th* Texas favor la prevailing to a oooaid*
arable extant, fn tha upper part of tha eonn*
y. 8ev*ral of onr young men ha*a nlreody
left, and Mr. W. C. WUe*, In company of
Mr. Jno. Campbell will leava on th* 11th.
Th* elaction of oounty office** was held on
tb* 4th. Tha officers were all re-elected, #x-
oapt the Sheriff, J. R, Feraou*, waa sleeted
instead of J, H. Harvey. There was a alight
ahaxge in tha minor ofUoaa.
Mr. Mathews' mammoth mil! near Pratts-
burg fa now turning out a fine earn pi# of
flour, at the rat* of forty pouuda to lb* bash*
A of wheat Mr. J. K- Adams b tha pop*
Ur miller.
Htweniai.,— Married near Iteebons, last
week, by Kid. W. W. Stewart. Bar. Frank
Hloyd, to Mba Jeaaae Grace.
Vamouu,.—Dr. W. V. Mathews, who
married last woek to Mra.M. Lipaoorab,
of Uab county Ala., arrivad at hb home in
Pretesdurg. withhb lady and has atop dough.
*tr* last Friday, The Doctor nnw walks
or«und town wearing the incocant amile of
hb boyoood.
Our girla nr® leaving ua cue by one. Ml**
Joe Maxwell leave* ua in a day or two for up*
pax Georgia.
We are pleased to note th* appesnmea of
our excellent and "-euial" “Honey" Wallace
th* streets of Fnittebnrh last Friday. He
Is In tha bee buainaaa, and of ooun* that was
to* object of hb vbib
?H02KV TO DEATH,i
On k*t Saturday morniag the hr ay of at
negto man by the name of Aoiert"* U
wo# found near the residence of Dr J T ^ ^
Moje’a. The doctor aayi during th* earl* | ,«r *e toHowc
piut of the morning, about tour o'clock, b*. j TxsntHo 1
hmni a otKnge noise at bb front gate. h» a
oano kindled a light, went tc the fr‘*nt door
bat eonld so* uo one. returning to tbe fire be j
again heard this atiauge noise, or rnlbtr a
groan, as if railing acme cue, but mipj'-^ing
it to he on animal of sorco kind bo teurtii.
not kaowmg the condition of ike poor old
uegra A few hourx Uter th*> body cf this
m-gro was found near the front gate nt thih
gMi'lem m with l.fe nualoat extinct. Thu Cor
oner, Mr- U. Peed, immediately siunmouMd
jnry and on !i\jnost was held over the U-riy
and a virdlc*. rendered aa frozen to death dn-
rln« tha early poll of the morning. He has
gone wkare tne gbod old di.rkiea go.
KAIlftOAD SCHEDWlt*
HaVAMail Ga- Iwcember la^ 1K7B
O N oud after MtinW. Damanux 3d.
l'MweMQ (iwnc un die Gsntml oimJ
JUilmub-ar.l b«nn*»har, wUt
- • 001*0 SO®T a ASH V
iah
it HUMOUS OCCUR A NCR:
A few day* ago, two of ou* worthy citizen
of thb county, ware to the groc«r>-store of
Mr. J. W. Lipaey. whan a dispute occurred
between them, in regard to some previous
(hftcuty between thin*. On*—Henry Join
er, was struck over tb* head with a stick,
by the other—Wtricy Hill Mr- UT illiam
Wright, on* oi oot beat citisena, and who
dark* for Mr. Lipaey, interfered tb atop th*
Ight, whan Hill assaulted him in a vary m
vere manuar with th* stick he had u*ed on
old man Joiner. Hill left 9'JU.OO with the
marabal, for the benefit of tha town.
W« notice thb oucuraiico.not that wa have
aught against either party, but to give tha
plain fsob of tbe case,
TESTING OF lUEBOAhD OF STEW
ARDS OF BUTLER CIRCUtTt
On Mooday last, the Board of Steward*
cf Batter CUouit, held a maetieg with refer-
no* U cforiag up the bnilnaaa of the pres*
mtyaar.
It appeared upon invaetlgatfoii, there was
a considerable proportion of ta* a*»a]l
•atery allowed onr Pastor, the present year,
yet unpaid. Butler church and “Hays’" were
•«l tha churches that paid their asoessment
•1 full Tnavo is now btawaen seventy and
. -i<; hundred dotlata due Bro. Bobbon.
.Alary was small,and ovary (foliar of it should
Nate bean paid. There are seven hundred
iad filly members in the eivealt, and a pay-
ueot of leas than one dollar by each member,
would have paid off oar preacher. Wc trust
; wiB jot bo dons—oarteinly it will, if there
»the spirit that should bo pervading the
t> * vara', oh arches.
ITbar* b a probability that next year Bui*
if will too made a Station ; or at leeat that
0 o work will be so arranged so to give But
ler preaching two Sunday* in sach mouth by
eh* Parlor. We think tha ptei would work
wdl
A FA 1AL STAB BIBO AFFRTl
On Tuesday eight teat the 13tb, inet,
“Car." Canon, and Lewis Cook, both (ooL)
got into a fight about u gam* of cards, at
the Flint ltirer wagon oampiag yard, near
the depot, m thb plsot, where It seems they
had met fox the pntpoea of gambling. Cm.
cut Le*b tour flmaa. Once in tha aide, tha
knife penetrating to the hollow. One# ia the
abdomen, cutting to the intestine*, the other
onts were ou the hand and hip. Cook need
«a augor, and ws l«am he gave Cos. several
terrible blows on th* head, (Jar. ran away
asaoonasths fight ended, leaving Cook
weltering in hb own blood Bums nagroca
took Cook home and laid him down and then
lift olm without waking up auy of hb fanii-
ly. It was two o'clock, in the night i
vant of Mrs. Montfert, hoard him groaning
and went to him and found out be waa oat,
when Mr. David Montfort, got hb younger
brother, Mr. Thee Montfort, to go for Dr.
Bmitb, who pronounced the wouuds fatal.
Both of these nvgros arc a curac to oar
town, and if Cook die* and Cos u onuyht
and hanged, wo shall not cry.
York Oaszavn claims to publish the bts
family nmtspajm l and repuaates all uuaonnd
or objectionsL4e teaching. Even its Adver
tising columns are free from all qnookery and
dangerous advertisements; and the wnote pa
per, both in lie religious and in its secular
department, b filled with pure and entertain
ing leading. While wo command the posi
tion of the Omesvxb in' thb matter, w* siso
heartily eudonw it aa one of th* ao*t dnaira-
Lie periodicals for any household. The price
I3LI5 a year poet-paid,cau hardly be mode
_j return as much good,
way. ti.l. PrimaJt Oo.,
Lnavi
li>«vra \ugn*u 9SI/'- a M
Arrive ui AugunOi 4:46 pm
| Amvtti at klooon 6 .3b r m
| l.hnvus Macon tor Atbote 10.46 a m
' Arrival at Atlanta .4:00 r u
Ijh Mourn for AJba«v and Eufaftls 9:00 P >1
Arrivia at A llsmy C.-OO a u
Arrival at Eutaide 8:10 a m
IjHnve* klnoon for Oolurubw S<1V1 r m
Arrirw at C tlumbus 3.-U7 a v
Making close cudumiUod at AQnnU with
WimUtu and Atlantic and Atlanta and Etch,
mond Air-Line for all perms North uaa
West.
KfUianla train bavte Macon doily, except
Batoduy, no above, making ooimeotioo tor
Albany Mundnya, Tuesday* Wednesdays,
Tbuiwih»>a >uul Iridny night*.
Cohunlna aocutoiniolation Iwvee Maoon
tor Columtiua nolly exoupt Huuday.
oorfiso aocxw AJd> UtOT.
Leaven Atbud* J A5 r m
Avrivea at Macon 0:10 r m
Loaves Maoeu 74X) a a
teas AuauaU 950am
Arrives at llilledgevill* 9:44 am
Anivas at Eatonton ll;'.IO a m
Arrivan at Augusta. 4:46 r m
Arrives at BavanhAk & ‘45 r m
Leuves EufiiuU 6.-60 fm
L**vt* Arlingtou ... * m
Leaves Albany 9:40 v <t
Arrives at Macon 6.-A0 p m
I/wvasColumbus..., 951 ph
A rrivoa at Macou 4 ;u0 a m
Kufaula acoouimodatloo train lenvua £u-
Bute daily, ease^A San Any, >uid Albany
Monday, luatbvs,^ Wcdiatibys, Tliura-
day aud Friday tughte.
JUSTICE TO WHOM JUSTICE IS DUE l
Wo published some months ago, aa article
stating that Dr J. P. Moya, a worthy aitfsen
ir town, waa sweated by the t beriff ot
Deoetor county, Go., claiming to kav» saver-
al bench warrant* against him. The faeta of
sa* are that onr friend Dr. Moya b not
th* gailty party, but proroa to be that the
present Clark of the Buparior Court of said
county, Tkoa. F. Hampton, b the causa of
all tha crime that hoe boen oommilled in ro-
UUon to th* whole matter, whioh will be
ahowB at the next term of tha Court, where
the wrong Ilea for onr friend Mr. Moye has
received grant injustice, by tk# eaid Hamp
ton, in relation to soma land deads.
Valaabli Naans Fax a. —1’roL ritalla.agri-
cultural editor of tha Mobil* Bcgbter. and
editor of the Jotrual of l’rogreoa, b now
Bonding out in dolbr poiaab hundreds of
pack oka* of rare garden and troo seeds,
ekufae, etc., free. Bend your name on a
postal card ad dr cosed Journal of Progress,
Mobile, Ain, and a* will oead you a copy
of hb valuable Monthly containing kb lbt of
free seed.
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Roohaafor, N. Y.
TI1A1M HO. 2.- OOLNOMOU1B AWD W1JT.
Lchvo* BuvamiMh SiObi'M
Arrives at Milledgevilte -a,. .9:44 a m
Arrives at Eatontoo :.<Ii :3U a m
A irivoa at Mocou....
Leaves Macon fix Atlanta....
Lravra Mituou for ilolntnbua.
Leava* Macon for LuftiuLi....
Leave* Maoon for Albany
Arrives at Atlanta
Arrives at Columbus
Arrive* at Kufaula
Arrives nt Albany 2:05 am
Trains on At* schedule fot-fencon, Atlan
ta, Columbus, Eufoulu and Albany uail>
making close connection at Atlanta with
Wustarn and Atlantic *nd Atlanta and Rich
mond Air-Line.
At Kufaula with Montgomery and Eufonla
Baiiioad; atColuiubuN with Weutcrn ltul*
ruad uf Alabama aud Mobile and Girard
Railroad.
005*ISO SOUTH *m> Xiws.
Leaves Atlanta.
Arrives at Maoon from Atlanta.,
Leaves Colmnbus.. .
Learra Eufuola 12:30 r m
Leaves Albany 2.40 » m
Arrives at Mkoou from CoUunbuo . 7.-06 p m
Arrives at Maoon from Eulaula and
Albany 7:80 » m
Lenvos Macon 3.45 a m
Arrives at Bavannah 11:16 am
Paaaengsra for Milledgerilte aud Eatonton
will taka train No. 2 from Httvannah, and
train No. 1 from Macon. Tha MilbdgovlUo
and Eatonton train runs daily, oxcept Mon
days. WILLIAM ROGERS.
OenT Hnpk C. K. R., Savannah.
W. G. RAOUL,
Supt. Southwestern K. B., Maoon.
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OUR HOME b the name of th# moat ale
gant French CU Motto Ohromo ever lamed.
The motto U cumranded by one of the moot
exquisite and riohty-oolored wreaths of hsau-
dful flower* on dark background, and b
parfaot In all its details. It b 11x16. We
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Address*
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Boot cm, Maas.
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ban. and all old ones who renew and pay
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For (1.C0 oenta, we will send yon tbe Butler
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tot on# year, and a pair ot beautiful Clm>-
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and entertaining, aud has the latgoat circula
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UnHeil Btit.w. Their offers to agents ai*o
simply wonderful, and the beauty of it all U,
the! they always do jnst what they aay.
Don't let thb ohonoo «hp by, but siuwrribn
just now and get two papers and a nice chro
me for the price of ono.
kork, for Pamphlet of 100 pogeu, oon-
(uimng lbt of 3000 newspapers, an estimate
having coal of adrertbiog