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State News Paragraphs-
Nearly every col< red youth in Darien
carries a pistol.
Judge Win. Schley died on the 14th
inst.. at Saratov , New York.
Seyenty gold mines are now being
worked successfully in this State.
Gr'ffin has shipped over 600 crates
of fruit to Jacksonville Fla., this season.
The line of the proposed railroad from
Dalton to Gainesville is being surveyed.
The names of twelve colored men were
placed in the jury box in Albany Inst
week.
A handsome monument to the Con
federate dead will soon be erected in
FtfH Valley
Gen, Gar rell will deliver aa address
to the people of Coweta county, at New-
nan, on Saturday.
The papers say that Mr. Stephens
proposes to makt a racket for Speer in
the Ninth district, soon.
Augusta Chronicle : Butter is very
high. To obtain a good article you
mast pay forty-five cents per pound.
A new steamboat, named the Thron-
atee«ka, the Indian name for Flint river,
was launched at Columbus on the 13th
inst.
Col. Wm.M Wadley, late president
of the Central railroad, was buried on
Tuesday at Bolingbroke, with Masonic
honors.
r rhree escaped convicts'are hiding in
a Dougherty county swamp. They are •
being hunted with dogs, and will soon
b* captured.
Havanuab News, 15th inst: The
first bale of new river cotton arrived
bore yesterday on the steamer Katie
from Burton’s Ferry.
The emp’oyes of the Central railroad
in Savannah, be,d ameeting Friday and
} used reso utioDs of regret over the
death of Col. Wadley.
Heidsville Enterprise : Mr. Redden
Yotmans picked a peaeh from his or
chard, a few days ago that measured
nine and a half inches in circumference.
The Democratic executive committee
of Muscogee county has decided not to
call a convention to nominate candidates
f r ( the • Legislature and the county
offices.
A dove party from Macon that went
to Butler on Monday, counted up the
th- number of birds killed and found
the figures to be 550. This for a party
of five.
Atlanta, Ga.,. August 15 —A, D.
Candler was nominated by acclamation
at Gainesville, to-day, as the Democrat
ic candidate lor Congress in the Ninth
district.
Thornton held his convention all. by
himself on Wednesday. The Green-
backers also held a convention on Thurs
day in Atlanta. Truly, Atlanta is a
convention town.
A Clay county negro, the other day,
was employed to kill a dog, which he
dhd, but going beyond his contract he
skinned and ate the animal he had kill
ed, believing it to be nicer than venison.
Judge Pate wat\ in Eastman on the
12th v for the purpose of ordering a
special term of the Superior Court to
Iry the rioters. There are 22 prisonors
in jail awaiting 'rial, and three more
awaiting committal.
The schedule of the mail rider be-
tween Swainsboro and Fortner has been
changed. Now the mail leaves Swains •
b ro on Wednesdays and < Saturdays)
si'id arrives at Fortner at\l:30 a., ni.,
and,leaves Fortner on Wednesdays ttnd
Saturdays and arrives at Swainsboro at
7 pi-no ' *
iW/dkcr County Messenger: Wed-
HHS'lfiy last, a m< ccasin was sunnintr
itself on a polo over the water of a
branch near Janies Bond's. J. M.
Spark-* wiib a i.tonc, tried his skill as
u markon an. The stone cut the
snake in two, and as it fell to the
water out caine u perfect nest of
little ou'S.
General News Paragraphs-
The Treasury Department at
Washington has been officially noti
fied that an International Exposition
will be held in Rome, Italy, in 1888
and 1889.
Hon. G. W. Hewitt has been re
nominated as the Democratic candi
date for Congress from the Sixth
Alabama district. The nomination
was made on the 576'h ballot, the
two-thirds rule prevailing.
During a fight between John Metz
ger and his drunken wife, at Colum
bus, Ohio, Chas Wagner, aged 17
years, a stepson, took his mother’s
part, and killed his father instantly
by stabbing him to the heart with a
penknife.
A dispatch from Kansa- City of
August the 15th, says: Dick Little,
a well-known member of the James
gang, was arrested here to-day by the
United States Marshal charged with
complicity in the robbery of a United
States Paymaster at Mussel Shoals,
Alabama, on March 11, 1881. The
amount taken was $5,200.
Philadelphia, Pa., August 15.—
Albert Harrison, while intoxicated this
morning, stabbed his son William iti
the abdomen, inflicting a wound which
it is believed will result fatally. The
affair occurred in their home, No. 7
Court alley, and was caused by the
son’s interposing in behalf of his sister,
who was being abused by her father.
The father was anested.
If you need Billheads, Letterheads,
Notes, Mortgages, or Legal Blanks
bring your work to The Citizen
office, and it will be promptly and
neatly executed atcity prices. May26
ANY ONE who has a good Cow
with a young calf,and desires to exchange
them for a good Double-barreled Shot
•Gun can hear of a chance to trade by
applying at this office.
Sub cribe fur The Citizen.
STRAYED.
O NE large bay mare mule, with collar galls on
each shoulder, ntar the top. Any Informa
tion will be rewarded.
A. A. WOOD,
aug.4,'82,l w. Scarboro. 6a.
ICE. ICE.
Ice oan be had by Wholesale and Retail.
Constantly on hand, at the Waynesboro Ice
House. C. E. SCHERER,
T* D. OLIVER*
AT TORNEY AT LAW,
WAYNESBORO, GA.
Will practice in the Augusta, Eastern and
middle circuits. Special attention given to
Justice Court practice. may5,’82.b-y.
Mercer University.
Maoon, Greorgia.
T HE Fall Term of this institution will open on
the last Wednesday in September next. Stu
dents tnay pursue the regular collegiate course
of studies or a select scientific course. Large
and valuable additions havewecently teen made
to the apparatus of the department of i hysical
science. The Law School has a faculty of three
professors, whose chairman is the Hon. Clifford
Anderson.
Board in “Students Hall” can be bad at $12
p?r month, and in private families at from $15 to
$20. For catalogues and other information.
Rew T’j. BATTLE. D. D„ Pres.,
or JOHN J. BKANTLY. Sec. Faculty.
aug.4,’82.1-m.
The Pall Mall Gazette >ays it is ins
f< rmed that there is good reason to
believe that the troubles of the most
serious kind have broken out in
Corea, the relations of which with
Japan are not altogether lriendly.
There is also a very powerful party
iu Corea strongly opposed to the re
cently concluded treaties with the
United States and England.
The ex-king of the Zulus, Cetewayo,
has arrived at Osborne. It i9 rumor
ed that the queen at an interview to
be granted him, will inform him of
the decision of her government to
restore him to his kingdom. It is
stated that the British resident will
be appointed to reside at Ulandi, the
Zulu capital, in order to advise him
on questions relative to external re
lations.
London, August 15.—The corres
pondent of the News at Paris says ;
“T. ere is talk of disturbance between
France and Madagascar. The Queen
of Madagascar has prohibited sales of
lajid to French colonists, as contrary
to the treaty of I860. The French
Consul has been forced to strike his
flag and seek refuge at Tamatad.
A French naval demonstration is
expected.”
At a special meeting of the National
Board of Health in Washington on
the 15th, it was announced that Sur
geon Billings had been relieved as a
member of the board, and Surgeon
Charles N. Smart, U. S. A., detailed
in his place. Dr. Thus. J. Turner
tendered bis resignation as Secretly,
and Dr. Smart was elected to fill the
vacancy. Dr. Turner was then elect
ed a number of the Executive Com
mittee.
Shelbyville, III., August 15.—
They had a regular lively time Fri
day night at Richland church, this
county. The occasion was stival,
and a short time, after proceedings
opened one after another of the guests
were taken very mysteriously ill
with grippings of the stomach, and
visions of the cholera, arsenical poison
ing, or some other gaunt spectre ap
peared to the affrighted imaginations
of the multitudes present. Not less
than 300 or 400 persons were thus
affected. A doctor was called, and
the result of his investigates show
ed the trouble to be rooted iu the
substitution by mistake of tartar
emeiic for tartartic acid in the man
ufacture of the lemonade provided for
the occasion. Financially the festival
was not a success, but as an emetic
cathartic its equal was never before
l seen in thin country.
Waynesboro Barber Shop*
At Evans, Thomas & Fulcher’s Corner
A. El. 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 Lave tne only first-class
shop 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
DENNIS’
Y or Blood Purifier
For working nut of the system the
malarial p<»ision that is causing so
much sickness, and will cause much
mure 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 ot sickness
and saved expeuses in his churches
with it until be was stopped, THE
TRUE CITIZEN snya it acts like a
ch im, but is obliged to send to
Aunusta for it. Juae9. 82.loo
WM VOELKSR,
Undertaker,
Waynesboro, Georgia. •
Undertaking in all its branches at the
lowest prices. A fuM stock of Coffins
always on hand and from $5 to $80.
Also, Cheat) Coffins made to order
from $1.50 to $10.
JOHN HAENEL, Agent,
julyl4,’82.b-y. Waynesboro, Ga.
BLACKSMITHING
IN ALT, ITS
BRAN C H.-E S.
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Ilorseshoing Spec 'alty-
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CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND WAGONS
Repaired at Short Notice aud in the-Best Style.
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* 1 ^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, and
asks a share of the public patronage. Me
makes Horse Shning a Specialty, and does
his-work promptly and well. He has secured
the services of a competent carriage maker and
Wheelright, and is prepared to make your
broken or worn Carriages’ Buggies and Wag-
ons as good as new.
Mr Prices to suit the times.
ggU Give himatrial.
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