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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. VIC IC S IllUSTRATIO PRICED CATALOBUE Fifty pages-300 Dloetratioaa, with Da- scriutioiAS of thousands of the brat Flowers and Vegetables in tha world, and thi wxy to grow lAm—all for a Two Canx pontage Htamp. Pnntod ux German and English. Vick’, Flcral SolUc. QmiwiIj.M mcu Clck’i Ikctrui VcgeUM* Guln, 60 eanta in paper; in elegant doth oevare, 11.0b. Address, J4MB9 TICK, 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. ..1:30 a . .8:00as .8:00 a k . .8:60 a a .. l:2UJr a ....; 10:45r y U.... .f:15 A a fuiO r s GOD BLESS 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 send thb motto cliromo ani th* BOSTON WXBKLY CLOCK, r. Urge eight-peg* fami ly, story and nran papur, with agricultural, chess, puzzle, hoasebold, and all popular de- y artment*, 8 months for only 60 orntm Cbrra mo and paper, G months for $1.00. A bean* Hfnl holiday gift. Agent* wonted. Address* WEEKLY GLOBE, 238 Washing ion Street, Boot cm, Maas. TWO 7AFEE51 AND A MAUTIUL CHROMO l FOR TtxE PRICE OF ONE. Young Fclks' Gem, Wadsworth, Ohio, enables ns to offer to all new siibac-ri* ban. and all old ones who renew and pay cash in advance, the following liberal terms; For (1.C0 oenta, we will send yon tbe Butler Uzbau) for oue year, tha Yocnq For kb' Gmu tot on# year, and a pair ot beautiful Clm>- moa -choice of the following : Basket Fruit; Children's .Sports;Angcb; Awoke aud Anirap oml Cherry OirlK, Tile Gkm b an 8-y<uge, $4*c>lujnn paper, devoted to the iuterrate of tbe liUie folks. It is nmualug, iustrucUve and entertaining, aud has the latgoat circula tion of any child's paper, publiskad in tha 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