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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. ’ * * 1 • : O : Ilorseshoing Spec 'alty- : 0: CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND WAGONS Repaired at Short Notice aud in the-Best Style. : O : * 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. apr 141-0-0 J. O, BYRNS. THE TRUE CITIZEN. 1 , PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT WAYNESBORO, GA. 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