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State News Paragraphs- Plenty of botne-made corn can be had on the streets of Buena Vista at $1 per bushel. Thieves, says the Constitu ion, are working Atlanta for all it is worth.— Burglaries and roboeries are of nightly occurrence, aud nobody seem- to be r-tfe. Mr. W. II. McAfee, of Dahlonega, last week bought Hiat he supposed to 1 e butter, but on examination found the bulk to be mo-tly of cooked Irish potatoes. This is a goon year for pota toes, and a large profi is made in sell ing. them for butter at 20 cen. b per pound Americus Republican: Jere Aius- ley, of this city, is in the constant use of a Mexican saddle which he brought home with him from Mexico when he was a soldier in the tfar between that country and the United States. It is q ite a curiosity, and is valued as a rel ict of the past. Atlan a Constitution : The finding oi a human foot and leg by officer ]<ynoh, Sa urday nigh 1 , in the rear of Beerntann’s tobacc > store, is still a mys tery, Sunday dhd yesterday a great deal of time was devoted to the mys tery, but with no good result. The limb appeared to be in a healthy condition, and why it should have been severed from the person we would like to know. By direotion of Chairman Fox, of the Board of Police Commissioner*, the leg was buried in Oakland cemetery. Pike county News: An old darkey going along the streets a few days ago, was heard muttering aboat the hard times now in the country. His mur- inurings were so sad and mournful as to be heard by a gentleman who is full of sympathy for all in trouble. Stopping him, he asked what was the matter.— “Well, boss,” said the old darkey, “I >• topped at Mr. R’s. store while ago, and sold him 1,000 of the finest pota- ttie draws I could find in my bed, at 15 cents, and he had the cheek to want nv' to insure potatoes as big as a gallon jug to come from them ; shorely, boss, bard times have struck him with the force of a cycoon.” Ac extraordinary trial is going on at Douglasville, Douglas county, in the case of the State vs. Willis Bagwell and his two sons, for the murder of Mary Bagwell, the daughter of Willis and the sister of the other two defend ants. In digging out the debris which had collected in an old mining shaft near Villa Ric* a few months back, the workmen came upon the skeleton of a woman and infant, which were identifb d by means of a breast-pin, and such other parts of the woman’s dress which had r- sistei decay, as the remains of Bagwe'l’s daughter and her illegitimate child. T..c father and brothers were thereupon suspected of throwing the wo man and infant into the shaft. They were lodged in jail, and the grand jury lately found a true bill against them. General News Paragraphs• Crops in southern Mississippi are good. Baltimore prohibits the sale of toy pistols. Dallas, Texas, is threatened with a water famine. The public debt was reduce $14,- 000,000 in July. Hog nholera is very bad in some parts of Alabama. A colony of Swedes have settled near Mammoth cave. President Arthur has vetoed the river and harbor bill. Lexington, Kentucky, has shipped 125,000 bushels of wheat this season A p- ir of coach horses sold in Lex ington, Kentucky, a few days ago for $1,500. There were 435 arrests made by the police of Nashville, Tenn., during last month. The honey crop of H. P. Graddick, of Orange county, Florida, is eight hundred pounds. The girls of Tampa, Florida, are adepts in the art of r >wing, and most of them can swim like fi-h. Col. Hugh S. Thompson has been nominated by the Democrats for Governor of South Carolina. It is said that there are spots with.-, in fifty miles cf Raleigh, N. C., where nojrain has fallen for weeks. A vein of silver thirty miles long has been discovered in the eastern portion of Minard county, Texas. An official report from Cedar Keys, Florida, says the dengue fever has made its appearance, an is now epi demic. A disease similar to spinal menin gitis in the human family has killed a number of horses in New Iberia parish, Louisiana. Mr. W. R. Johnson, of L<’e county, Alabama, made this year $1,500 worth of oats on the same land that produced $365 worth of cotton last year. Let our farmers cut this out and paste in their bats. Travelers with baggage are now allowed one hundred and fifty pounds on lull fare tickets and seventy-five pounds on half fare tickets on the railroads. All over the above named weights will be turned over to the express company and express rates charged fort lie same. Commissions have been i-suel to the following Ge >rgia Postmaster®: Solomon Mobley, Okefinokee ; S. M. Perkit s. Perkins’ Junction ; J. F. Water.-, Sylvester; W. A. Dodgen, Cicada, and B. W. Daniel, Aucilla.— A new post office has been establish ed at Harvilie, Bulloch county, with special service from Areola. During the spring and summer Gainesville ships daily 2,700, or 16,- 200 chickens, and 6,000 dozen eggs per week. The Atlanta market is prin cipally supplied from Gainesville, while other cities receive large shipments. Crawfordville Democrat: Eggs are worth eight cents in this market. We have not seen them so plentiful in many years. [Here they are scarce and high.] THE TRUE CITIZEN. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT WAYNESBORO. CA. Subscriptions are positively casid John L. Ashton, Attorney at L, a w, WAYNESBORO, GA. jun28,’82.b-y. ICE. ICE. Icc can be had by Constantly on hand, House. mayl9,’82.t-f. Whole ale and Retail, at the Waynesboro Ice C. E. SCHERER, Proprietor. T. D. OLIVER, A. T r r O XX JV E Y WAYNESBORO, GA a r r X. a w -BY THE SULLIVAN BROTHERS. -toOo:- Will practice in the Augusta, Eastern and middle circuits. Special attention (riven to Justice Court practice. inay5,’82.b-y. Waynesboro Barber Shop* At Evans, Thomas & Fulcher’s Corner A. M. WILLIAMS, TONSORIAL ARTIST ON HUMAN HAIR. Shaving and Hair-cutting in the latest style. Whiskers Dyed and Hair Shampooed in the most artistic man ner. We have tne only first-class shoo in town. Clean towels furnished to each gentleman. Bay Rum and Hair Tonic FREE. Barbers polite, and prompt attention to customers. Give me a call. ,Tune9.’82.t-o-o A negro man, engaged on the pub lic r.»ad some miles distant from Mil ton, Florida, came to town and pro cured a jug of whisky, and set out on his return t > camp, and becoming too drunk to proceed, fell by the wayside in a svvatnpy section of the read, where he was besieged and lit erally cove r ed with mosquitoes, and when found lie was dead. Sucked to death by Florida gahinipptr®. DENNIS’ Y or Blood Purifier For working out of the system the malarial poision that is causing so- much sickness, and will cause much more unless the system is cleansed. Rev. Henry Walker, the colored preacher, having authority given him in the Gospel, Luke 9:1, cured and prevented a large amount of sickness and saved expenses in his churches with it until he was stopped, THE TRUE CITIZEN says it acts like a chiim, but is obliged to send to Aueusta for it. June9. 82.too ,WM YOELKER, Undertaker* ~ Memphis. August 1.—A. E. Sholes, Dalton Citizen : We learn of a trag-, .... „ . . . . , ,, the publisher of the Memphis*city ecv that was enacted in the upper end of this county, last week, which is un paralleled for brutality and fienishness. A negro, whose name we failed to learn, appeared in the neighborhood with the small poi. When it became known, the ciiizens of that section quarantined him in a cabin isolated from other houses, and warned him there to re- nain until the disease had subsided, lie patient then being iu a state of con- descence. But when the negroes at‘ rk on the Red Clay and Ooltewah lection, now in progress of constuc- , learned that a case of small pox Waynesboro, Georgia. Undertaking in all its branches at the lowest prices. A full Stock of Coffins Independent in All Things, Neutral In Nothing. -oO:o Not Pledged to Any Party, Faction, or Individual. -o:0:o- A JOURNAL FOR THE PEOPLE. -—o:0:o- always on hand and from $5 to $80. .principles of government by the people and for the people—a just, upright Also, Cheap Coffins made to order trom $1.5?) to $10. JOHN HAENEL, Agent, julyl4,’82.b-v. Waynesboro, Ga. directory, was arrested this afternoon on a warrant charging him with libel. The complainant is C. F.« Wc»th'*rbee, formerly in the employ ofSholes, hut wh«> is getting out a directory of his own. Sholes the other day published and distribut'd a circular warning the public agains* Weatherbcc, and stating he had been discharged from his (Sholes’s) cm- p'oyinent for unreliability. Hence the arrest. St. Louis, July 31.—On the 7t.h of the month Guy Smith, the 12 year old BLACKSMITHING IN ALL ITS BHANG HE S. : O : Devoted to the interests of the people of Burke county, their in struction, entertainment and advancement—a faithful and impartial chronicler of all Burke county happenings—a fair recorder of all import ant events elsewhere occurring—a sturdy advocate of correct Jeffersonian Hors echoing : O : Specialty- near by, several lawless and heart- ■ son of Milton G. Smith, living near undrels, fearing a spread of the *e, armed themselves a few nights roceeded to the patient’s cab- bo lay in bed shot him low, tired the h use, ed CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND WAGONS Repaired at Short Notice aud in the Best Style. .0: Kirkwo i«l,.quarreled with hi* broth er Louis, Vd hi? fither gave them both a whipping. Guv gut a shot gun. r turned t>> the kiiclnui where his iailo r was mi einriti"d one barrel tho poor victim. | ol the gup into his h-dy, i<.Dieting n de their escape.— | wound from which he died in a few vo bspn issued; lmur*. Gay'was arrested an n- ’ for murder, and on Su unlay wa e par-, fouMi guiti.y He will probably b iCO'I to dea T. HE undersigned begs leave to inlorm the public that he is prepared to do black- smithing in all its branches, at his shop, opposite Mr. S. A. Gray’s Stables, ai:d asks a share of the public patronage. He makes Horse Shoing a Specialty, and does his-work promptly and well, lie has se®red the services of a competent carriage maker and hero is no c . j Wheelright, and is prepared to make your 11 *' 1 broken or worn Carriages’ Buggies and Wag- is as good as new. I-iff Prices to suit the limes. l>j5U t live him a trial. upr l.; t o o I. O. BYRNS. mid honorable journal. In all these things the GlTIZEN hopes not to prove retniss in its duty—it is a public institution, and every subscriber and patron is a stockholder— the Publishers are merely their agents, and their duties and responsibilities are reciprocal—we think we call promise that the man agement will do its duty, and if the public will do theirs, it will pr. ve «n immense power for good in the community -o:0:o- *E8«s m One copy :w one year, Cash in advance, six months “ “ three months “ “ $2 1 Advertising rates liberal, to be obtained on application. Address, | S. L. SULLIT AJ\, Business Manager, WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA. sss