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DIRECTORY-
STATE GOVERNMENT.
James M. Smith, Governor.
N. C. Barnet, Secretary of State.
J. W. Goldsmith, Comptroller General.
J. W. Renfroe, Treasurer.
Joel Branham, Librarian.
John T. Brown, Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary.
Gustavus J. Orr, State School Commis
sioner. . . ' . . ,
J. N. Janes, Commissioner of AgllCUl
tUre. ~ - X
Thomas D. Little, State Geologist.
JUDICIAL.
BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT.
Noel B. Knight Judge.
C. D. Phillips, Solicitor General.
lime of Holding Court.
Cherokee—Fourth Monday in Febru
ary, and fourth Monday in July.
Cobb—Second Monday in March and
November.
Dawson—Third Monday in April and
second Monday in September.
Fannin—Third Monday in May and Oc
tober. ,
Forsyth—First Monday m April and
fourth Monday in August.
Giumer--Second Monday in May and
October. , . . ,
Lumpkin—Second Monday m April and
first Monday in September.
Milton—Fourth Monday in March and
third Monday in August.
Pickens—Fourth Monday in April and
September.
Towns—Monday after fourth Monday in
Mar and October.
Vnion—Fourth Monday in Mav and Oc
tober.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
C. AL McClure, Ordinary. Regular court
first Monday in each month.
J. W. Hudson, Clerk Superior Court.
M. P. Morris, Sheriff.
E. G. Gramling, Deputy Sheriff.
John G. Evans, Treasurer.
Wm. N. Wilson, Tax Receiver.
Joseph G. Dupree, Tax Collector.
Wm. W. Hawkins, Surveyor.
Wm. Rampley, Coroner.
JUSTICE COURT—CANTON DIS.
Joseph E. Hutson, J. P.
R. F. Daniel, N. P.
H G. Daniel, 1 Q
TO WN GOVERNMENT.
W. A. Tensly, Mayor.
J W. Hudson, Recorder.
J.M. McAfee. J. B. Birton. .Times ().
Dowda, N. J Garrison, Jabcz Galt, Alder
men.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
James O. Dowda, President.
James W. Hudson, Coun’y School Com
missioner. *
Prof. James U. Vincent, Examiner
Joseph M. McAtee. Allen Keith, Joseph
J. Maddox, John R. Moore.
Meetings q larterly, in the court-house.
'■’HEROKEE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIA
TION.
James O. Dowda, President.
M. B. Tuggle, Vice-President.
C. M. McClure, Secretary.
J. W. Attaway, Treasurer.
John 1). Attaway, Censor Moriun.
Prof. James U. Vincent, Association Cor
respondent
Regular meetings every second Saturday
i« each month, at 10 a. m.
RELIGIOUS.
Baptist Church, Canton Ga., tifne of
lervice fourth Sunday in each month.
Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pastor.
M. E. Church, time of service, preachers
in charge
Rev. R. R Johnson, first Sunday,
Rev. B. E. Ledbetter, second.
Rev. J. M. Hardin, third.
MASONIC.'
Canton Lodge, No. 77, meets first and
third Monday’ nights in each month.
Joseph M. McAfee, AV, M.
B. E. Ledbetter, Secretary.
Sixes Lodge, No. 282, meets first and
third Saturdays. 2 n. m.
C. 8. Steele, W. M.
O. W. Putman, Secretary.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
Grand Ixmnie of Cherokee County I. O.
G, T., meets 3d Saturday in February, May,
Angu at, nnd November, at 10 a. in.
H. J. O’Shields. C. G. C. T.
Jabcz Galt, C. G. R. S.
Canton Lodge, Nd. 119, meets every
Saturday. 8 p. m.
Jabcz Galt. W. C. T.
George I.Tcasly, Secretary.
GRANGE.
Canton Grange No. 225, Canton Ga.
Jabcz Gnil. Master.
Joseph M. McAfee. Secretary.
ATTEN'riON.
Citizens and Friends of the M. &
N, G. Railroad!
josepJTelsas,
At the old Pinckney Young Corner,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA,
Has a large stock ol
DRV GOODS.
NOTIONS.
HATS, CI OTHING.
CROCKERY WARE.
BOOTS AND SHOES—the best custom
made work.
Which be offers cheap at Panic Prices.
Call aad see fur yourevlf. No trouble io
ite to von whst is jpnng <*n in «*W
ing goo?-- 1 now. dunng panic l>u<xs, when
goods iuhs; bo sokl tor cash, and cash only.
Thanking all my Mends for their liberal
patronage, and asking a continuance of live
M mr, 1 am, xm u. pectiu', \\
J 7 JOSEPH ELSAS.
@lje (Bljwto (Becngitut
Creative Statesmanship.
Creative, or common-sense statesman
ship, is that which seeks by every legitimate
means to build up the material intercstsof
the State. It improves all occasions to
strengthen established interests, and to de
velop and build up new ones. Having
mastered one field it looks about for others
to conquer—for new sources of wealth and
power. True statesmanship is progressive,
restless, and never content, but is always
striding earnestly and with tireless energy
f< , State’s good, for its development.
A e and inanimate nature is ever pro
gi ng. All nature moves. Nothing in
God’s works stands still. Action is God
like, for it but copies after nature. Action
is life. Non-action is death. A State that
halts in her onward course of development
is lost. Restless action, energetic and never
ceasing, is the life, the soul o f a State, nay,
its very being. The policy of a State, moulds
and shapes the character of her people. A
broad, comprehensive, vigorous and saga
cious policy of development, gives breadth,
scope and vigor to the mind and action of
the people. A narrow, selfish,self-satisfied,
waiting, dependent policy begets a narrow,
cramped, non active, non-productive, death
ly lethargy that infuses itself into and
through the State, and is the forerunner of
death itself.
True statesmanship is action, ceaslees,
tireless, never content with the past or pres
ent, but with an intense longing for the fti
turn, is always reaching out and anticipat
ing all possible opportunilies lor develop
ment and progress.
False statesmanship is that which con
tenting itself with the pas', an I present, for
nets that progress and development'is the
first law of nature, and that a State once
adopting or drifting into this petrified poli
cy, must not only fall behind in the sharp
race for commc.cial supremacy, but that it
also dwarfs the minds and paralyzes the
energies ol the people, and is a sure precursor
of decay and death.
How s anils Georgia t< - 'ay? Wb'c’i pol
icy has she adopted ? Is she advancing or
receding? Wbat great public words are
there In progess, tending to a development
t her int-rests ? What railways are there
being constructed, which, when completed,
will tend not only to retain our present
population, but to also invite immigration?
What are our law makers and rulers doing
for the development of Georgia? How
long will it take to advance Georgia to the
front ranks of States with her present poli
cy of noil-development? How long will it
take to dwarf the minds of her people to
the do-nothing, paralyzing, dependent poli
cy of the present? Whither tends this
miserable abortion for statesmanship?
Docs it lead to wealth, power, independence,
or does it lead to poverty and dependence?
Which ?
As with States, so with cities. The same
law governs one ns the other. A city that
adopts the “1 can’t” policy, “hides her light
under a bushel,” and is finished.
A city that adopts the “I can” policy is
ever progressive, always advancing, pros
perous and hopeful.
Lithe one case a want of actirn begets
doubt, doubt begets fear, and fear produces
a paralysis fatal to all enterprise. In the
other case, action begets confidence, confi
dence dispels doubt and prompts to an
earnest, active, hopeful future, which leads
to sure success. A city that in times of fi
nan< ial depression yields to the pressure in
matte’s which materially effect her future
iotci. \ has entered upon a course which,
if p- tted to continue, can not but lend
to he< serious injury.
A city that in a season of embarrassment
resolves not to yield to the pressure, and
conscious of her impregnable position,
strikes out intelligently and boldly in new
enterprises which have in their conception
and inevitable results a certainty ot success,
and which cannut.fail to strengthen her po
sition, both for the present and future; an
enterprise which, in its practical effects up
on her own people, cannot fail to inspire
them with confidence, and the completion
of which, under the circumstances, would
challenge the admiration of the work!—
such a city, such a people, w ith such an
enterprise, would draw to them men of cap
ital, energy, sagacity and vigor from all
parts of the country, for there they would
find kindred spirits and full scope for their
ambition.
Atlanta has that position. She has that
enterprise in her proposed and partially
completed Western Coal Road, and she
has that opportunity. Will she lx* true to
herself, and take action worthy of her past
history 1 Will she improve the opportuni
ty and make use of her future as a manu
laetuiuig city ? The true valuation ol real
and personal estate in Atlanta exceeds s2o,*
OOOJMMI We cannot, therefore, plead pov
erty and innbditv, for we are abundantly
i*blo to fiuish the road to the coal fichfe
1 within a reasonable time.
We are now paying an interest account
.4' $21,000 l*r annum upon a road beet
thirty- two miies in length that is rapidly
washing away. Seven years’ interest ac
count xx U complete the thirty-two miles
Darrow gauge.
Virtue and Safeguards of .Liberty.
CANTON, CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1876.
False statesmanship doubts, halts,, stum
bles and fails; paying more for its doubts
than the true cost of an enterprise.
True statesmanship never doubts, but,
.having full faith in itself, boldly strikes for
success, and wins it —wins it beciuse it de
serves it, and because it is the only road to
success.
Which shall we chose, defeat or success ?
—Atlanta Commonwealth.
For Tns Cherokee Georgian.
( apital Pimwhment.
The readers of The Georgian are doubt
less tired of the subject of “capital punish
ment,” but they must indulge me in a brief
rejoinder. “D” says, in speaking of Cain,
“We think “AL” is right as to the law,., but
in error as to the penalty,” but he seemsto
have forgotten this admission, when he en
quires, “were there only nine command
• nients given, and one picked up to make out
ike ten?" My position was,-that the laws
| of God were written in the book of nature’
i and upon the heart of man, and that after
I the fall ol man, these laws were revealed to
j man in the Scriptures. And, that after the
I Hood, the Almighty instituted civil govern*
ment, and invested man With authority to
punish crime. “D” assumes that the pen
alty of the law is not death, because Cain
was not executed. It would seem that the
death penalty was in the law from the de
struction o f the Antediluvians.. It would
be just as reasonable to say that the laws of
Georgia do not contain the death penalty,
because the Governor had, in one instance,
commuted the penalty due to murder, to
confinement in the penitentiary. If the
case of Cain is to be taken as an example,
then man has nothing to do with the mur
derer at all; for in this case. God was judge
and jury, and executed the sentence. But
man is not left to mark out the line of duty,
by example or inference. Plain precepts
have been given him, and none plainer than
ibis: “Who o sheddeth man’s blood, by
man shall his blood be shed.” The idea
that man is prohibi'e I from killing, is as
cleaUXJU'igbl in th:-- y».?. j
command, “Thon shalt not kill.” But “D”
says why deduce the law of nature from
“murderers an I barbarians?” Were they
not human beings, poscssing a common na
ture? How did the opposers of capita l ,
punishment get to be better exponents of
human nature than others? To show that
the command, “Thou shalt not kill,” means
that we arc not willfully and maliciously to
kill, I gave the Savior’s reply to the young
man, “Thou shalt do no murder.” But “D”
correct! me by very modestly saying, “we
affirm he never said any sucn thing.” Well,
s micbody has made a mistake. Verily, I
th<nigl)t the Savior know what he was teay
ing. But since “D” has turned teacher, we
will hear him for the present. Our Sav.or
in quoting the commandment under con
sideration, uses these words: “Ou phontu
seiK," which is translated “Thor shalt not
kill,” in the fifth chapter of Matthew, and
in the nineteenth chapter of Matthew Hie
same words are translated, “Thou shalt do
no murder.” “We maintain,” says he, “the
first translation is right, and that the other
is wrong as a matter of course.” Because
he assumes that “kill” is right, it does not
follow that “murder” is wrong. As I am
not- versed in Greek—having graduated m
the corn ti Id—l will let the Greek lexicons
define the verb phoneuo, which is the pres
ent tense of the verb'referred to. Bullion,
ami Harkcss in the vocabularies to their
Greek readers, and Donnegan in his Greek
lexicon, define this word to mean “to mur
der, to kill, to slay.” Phonos, the noun
from which the verb is derived, is rendered
“mui Jer, assassination.” a noun
which is derived from phoneuo, is rendered I
“a munleref’ Kteino is another Greek verb ■
and is defined by the same authors to mean
“to kill, to slay, to put to death.” Murder
is not rendered as one of its meanings. If!
the writers of the New Testament had not I
intended to convey the idea of murder,;
they would certainly have used this word. |
“D” would have used it every time. Now
if these Greek scholars knew what they ■
were talking about, “D” is wrong; but he
assumes that murder —although the first
n.e ining given by most Greek writers—is ;
wrong, and it follows as a matter of course
that the Greek lexicons, and the translators I
of King James's Bible, must all “stand from I
under.” “D” harps a good deal on this,
that “what is prohibited by the law, cannot !
be legally embraced in the penalty.” Well,!
I think that I have shown conclusively that |
murder is what is prohibited by the law, J
and that the execution of a criminal is not j
murder —not being done with “malice afore-'
thought;” therefore is a very different thing \
from what is prohibited in the law. “D” (
having lust the race on bis English pony, ]
bravely mounts a high Greek horst*, and |
comes hastily on the track, and is g >ing to I
show by Lis snp< ricr skill in riding, thM !
this horse will not fiy the track with a good i
rider. But ad having paid close attention!
to his bottom, hegelsoutof wind and is
left far behiad oa the i.ome stnsteh. And if 5
“D” concludes to ride again, yon will doubt
less see him coming very leisurely on a He
brew pacer. M. J
Communicated
Lost Tuwn.
Elsiiturs ov The Georgian: Bi re
queei i rite to inform the nu nerns renders
ov your paper, & the .senior ritin’ in in ov
your etimp my ov the locality ov Lost Town
It iTis bin a matter ov dispute a long time
whet it waz ; wher ihe line run & who livs
in the town —people all kind ,ov dispute 1
about its wherboutg. your senior waz
trubblcd about its ioef ity when he waz in
the paper bigness at C iitersvill several
ye is back. He wrote sum fu lines on the
subject & printed it in his paper—sed it
waz a hard matter to get a man to own
thrtf he liv -d in uost Town—never signed
any reason, i vlways thot it waz. a pretty
goodplase to liv iirthar ar sum mity clever
people livin over thar & lha rais sum ov
the fattest hens i ever seed. One man said
he . AHUed one this summer about harvis
that had ni onto a quart ov oil; he said she
wag so fat that she cud not Hie into the ben
lions, its a good plase to rais corn & s ir
guM &e. But i started to tell wher the lines
run ; i want .to let the peop’e kno wher Lost
Ti .vn iz. It begins up close to the shet in,
& runs down close to ihe ereek on the last
side to Ihe moutji, that iz wher it goes into
Shoal creek, then it goes over the creek &
crosses the Lig m id not. fur from the 6 mile
post, then it goes along an old road in the
clirexun ov squire Knox’s leaving him to
the- left band side, then it goes up a trail to
the tig road then down the road across a
branch, & then to a deep cut or ditch, not
fur from the river, & cuius rite close to the
plase wher Harrison's moving waegin got
st<)?e up last winter. It runs west from
this corner till it gets nearly to Kirk’s tan
ya d, enms close to it, then it goes back up
the big road & crosses it not fur from Air.
L’; leaving him to the left, then it goes pret
ty close 'o wher capt. R : ppy maid whis—
sorginn befour the war. From thar it goes
thru the wo ids most ov tbo wa till it gits to
Alcove’s school-house, then it takes down
the road close to the creek thence North to
the first starting place. U will see bi look
ih;si it iZ r .!;:e'-a >ong town
But who can help it now ? its bin a town
tu long to change the lines without the
unanimns consent ov the people that con
stitute the to A’n. It is nearly b g enutf fur
a city, but laid off badly. Hoping this will
be ov sum general interest i close far the
present. Verry respccfully submitted,
Peter Slatle.
P. 8. If this is not satisfactory i will
hunt up the map A try it agin. P. S.
Cincinnati Convention.
HAYES AND W’HEEUER THE NOMINEES.
The National Republican Convention,
after a stormy setsion, on Friday the 16th
nit., succeeded in making nominations for
President and Vice President. The candi
dates before the convention were Blaine,
Morton, Bristow, Conk ing, Hartranft,
Jewell, Wheeler, Washburne and Hayes.
First ballot: Blaine. 285 ; Alorton, 124;
Bristow, 113, Conkling, 99 ; Hartranft, 58;
Jewel, 11 ; Wushb me, 1 ; ll*yes, Gl.
Blaine and II each gained votes on
cren-liallot afterwards cast and it was ev
ident on the sixth ballot that Blaine, being
195 ahead of Hares, would get the nomina
tion, when the Alorton, Bristow and Conk
ling delegates went over in a body to
Hayes, deciding the contest and defeating
the “bloody Hyena,” the seventh ballot, by
five majpriyg. On the seventh ballot, the
vote stoo l for Blaine, o 51; Bristow, 21; and
Hayes, 381.
The names placed before the convention
for Vice President were Stewart L. Wood
ford, Gov. Hawley, Frederick T. Freling
huysen and William A. Wheeler. During :
the first I*ol6, the two first named gentle- |
men withdrew and Wheeler was nominat
ed by accLunatioji.
Rutherford B. Hayes, the Presidential
nominee, is about fifty years of age, and is
now Governor of Ohio, and has been elect
ed Governor three times, having gained
notori ty and prominence by defeating Bill '
Allen la.-l year. He »erved in the Federal I
army during the war and made a good sol-1
dier, it is left the ranks as a Brig
adier Gcmual. He Las been a member of
congrcfs. and rs a lawyer of ordinary abili- j
ty. He is said tn be a man of good eharac-1
ter and standing. He is the great “Un- _i
known.”
William A. Wheeler, of New Yoik, who
was nominated Vice President, is aiiout
fifty years old, a lawyer, and at present a
member of congress, to which pi/sition be
has been elected for four or five times. j
These two w® men, whom the Radicals
had to nominate as a party necessity, to ,
save a Sinking ship, arc men possessing !
neither qualifications ol statesmanship or ,
leadership. Alediocrily is their average ,
ability. While BI due was the choiceol the ,
worst dement of RuHcalism, be was s .cri |
of his corruption and trading
principh s, a load too heavy for the party to '•
carry sutTCsS, and the nation rejoices that |
the lk«st has liven slain in the house of Lis ’
friends —Exchange.
Marriage is described by a French
critic as a tlr'&omc boik with a very fine
preface.
An Ohio man m ill's brick, but he is
Ligh bo n a d c.l s hims If “a tcuiptor in
clay.”
pg?” What is the diff rencc between a
spendthrift and a pillo v ? One is hard 'q>
and the other is soft down.
A Chinaman spoke all the English
he knew in Indianapolis, the other day, and
was fined $7 for profanity.
A lady says there are more superflu
ous men th in women, and the rest of her
’ sex ivould like to know were they arc.
The statue of Columbus, the gilt of
Italy to America, wis to arrive from Car-
• rar in time to be inaugurated on the 4th of
• July in Philadelplii i.
tdy* “Does this raz >r take hoi 1 well,”
asked Ihe smiling barbar. “Y<-s,” replied
the unhappy victim, “it.ttansk n s hold well, but
it don’t let go worth a cent.”
“Is the moon ma le of green cheeae.
youngster?” “No, sir, c Ttainly not.”
“How do you prove that ?” “Oh, easy—
the moon was made before the cows.”
An Essex farmer is obliged to chalk
his nose every time be takes a walk round
the farm, to save himself from an old bull
which has a strong antipathy to ted.
Cis’” A celebrated pact advertised that
he would supply “lines for any occnsion.”
A fisherman sought him soon after, and
wanted & line strong enough to catch a
porp >ise.
<
The Chicago Times thus puts it:
“Horatio Seymour has declined the pres
idency twice. The presidency has declin
ed Horatio Seymour only once, which
leaves Horatio one ahead.”
A young la ly viewing Dom Pedro
the other day remaiked, as she fixed her
eyes on the carriage: “It isn’t exactly im
mortality to see an emperor, of course, b it
its a glimpse at least of King Dom come.”
On Sunday a badlsh boy observed
an old toper yawning and gaping on the
street corner, and said to him : “Better not
open your mouth too wide” “Why?” was
the surprised querj’. “There’s a law agin
opening a Saloon on Sunday,” continued
the youth as he slid for the middle of the
street.
Love of supremacy, miscalled polit
ical glory, finds most, and leaves all, dis
honest. In contentions for power, the phil
osophy and the poetry of life arc dropt and
trodden down. Domestic affections can
no more bloom and flourish in the harden
ed racc-cour.se of politics than flowerscan
find nourishment in the pavement of the
street. In the politician the creature is
facticious; if evei he speaks as before, he
speaks either from memory or inven i >n.
Never forsake a friend. M hen ene
mies gather around, when sickness falls on
the heart when the woild is dark and cheer
less, is ihe time to try true friendship. The
heart that has been touched will redouble
its eficcls whan the friend is sid or in
trouble. Adversity tries true friendship.
They who turn from the scene of distress
betray their hypocrisy, and prove'that in
tercat only moves them. If you have a
friend who loves you—who has studied
your interest and happiness, be sure to sus
tain him in adversity. Let him feel that
his former kindness is appreciated, and
that bis love was not thrown sway.
An Ancient City in Missouri.—ln
New Ma hid county, Missouri, a parly has
> Ixjen exploring in the woods, the remains :
|of an ancient city in the shape of earthen L
I walls, and outworks traced f>r several ,
milts. The decayed brick foundations ,
show that the dwelling bouses were from
eight to twelve feet in diameter, and lo-
I
cated about ten feet apart. A number of
I mounds were in the main enclosure, from !
‘ which pottery drinking cups, gourd shaped
! bottles, and fantastic and well shaped atone ! *
figure of animals and birds were taken. ‘
These articles will be sent to Philadelphia. 1
The city was strongly fortified, and must ,
! have contained a large population.
'., * 1
Recipes and Remedies—The f< How- [!
Hng Is said to be a pet feet cure for corns! 1
and warts: Take a small ptice of raw I
beef, steep it all night in vinegar, cut as • 1
much from it as will cover the wart, and , 1
tie it on it: if the cxcresence is on the fore- ’ 1
bead, fasten it on with strips of sticking I
plaster. It may be removed in the day 1
a d put on exery night. la two weeks the < 1
wart will die and peel off. The same pre- 1
scription will cure corns. i
To cure croup, take a knife or grater and ! I
dl ive or grate off about a ters >oontill of i
ahim. mix it with about twice the quantity . '
oi sugar or honey to make it palataolc, and t
administor as quickly as possible. ILe 1
doses should be seperate at intervals of sis f
teen minutes, until the phlegm is ent and t
cast off. This will give almost immediate I x
relcif. The patient should also bathe bis ' J
feet in hot water, and apply cloths wet in <
water to the throat and chest, changing 1
when they get warm. j <
VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 48
General News.
' —Harris county Lusa negro 103 years
old.
i —A firm in columbus in thirty days sold
> 62,115 yards of calico.
—Au Albany gent is Dying to teach a
young woodpecker to sing.
—ln Polk county, recently, fourteen tur
-1 keys xvere struck and killed by lightning.
—A den of wolves was recently found in
a gulp near Dickson’s mill, Walker county.
' —The Grat gis of the United States have
over $18,00),000 invested in their various
enterpr'ses.
f —A Henry county chickch has four xvell
- formed legs, four wings, two bodies and one
f hea I.
—Dom Pedro has presented the Wash
ington Fire Department xvith a check for
SIOO.
' —Coiigress, according to the best opinion
that can be formed, xvill not adjourn before
the first of August.
—Grant is now talked of as-the successor
' to John A. Logan as United States Senator
from Illinois.
j. c. Ayer, of Lowell, Alaisachusetts,
the patent medicine man, lias been sent to
. the insane asylum.
1 —Another spiritual change in the cabi-
I net. Bristow has resigned, and Grant says
"righteousness exhalteth a nation.”
—Spain, if we may credit a telegram
from Cadiz, will in a few days, send an ar
my of thirty thousand men to repress the
insurrection in Cuba.
—Judge I. C. Branson recovered $250
and a free pass for himself and family from
the Rome road, for damages caused by
turning water through his land.
—The Savannah News says we arc in.
formed that Air. Rosenheim, near the Tel
fair bridge, Ogeec.hee canal, bad 250 bead
of chickens swept away by the heavy rain.
—The Press and Cultivator, of Griffin,
has absorbed two papers, and is now issued
as a si’mi-xvcekly. It is printed in the best
style, and is bright and newsy.
—Vanderbilt has given $300,000 more to
the Nashville Uuiveisity, thus making it
one million dollars he has given to that in
stitution.
—The grasshoppers have made their ap
pear nice near Fort Valley and have already
de-troyed one hundred acres of cotton and
commenced on ihe
—Schley county claims precedence for
the possession of a white beet, the body of
which has the resemblance of the human
form. It has two legs and feet and looks
exactly like a little doll baby, minus head
and arms.
—Gov. Irwin, of California has taken off
from one to four years each from the sen
tence of one hundred convicts in the State
Penitentiary, because of the good conduct
of the body of convicts at a recent fire in
the prison.
—The indications are that lion. Alex
ander 11. Stephens will be returned to Con
gress from bis section without any opposi
tion, either in the Convention or at the polls.
His health is improving rapidly, and we
hope to hear of him in his seat before Con
gress adjourns
—The belles of Athens have adopted a
new and ingenious device. They keep long
Ind inn-rubber speaking tubes in their rooms
and drop them to their lovers, who are thus
enabled on the lower level of the streets to
feel their dames’ breath on their cheeks and
to whisper soft nothings into their fair ones’
ears.
—George Sullivan, an operator in the
Eagle and Phenix Factory, on going into
the carpenter shop, xvent near a circular
I saw which was revolving so rapidly that
jhe thought it xvas motionless. He placed
- his hand upon it and the hand was split
from the main joint of Ids fingers to the
wt s . H s Gingers were considerably cut.
—Forsyth Advertiser : Dr. J. 8. Law
ton and Sir. R. L. Gallajvay, who farm to
gether, sowed ten acres is xvheat, xthich was
threshed last week, yielding two hundred
and three bushels and three pecks. The
only manure used on the land was cottcn
seed, except one acre, which was enriched
with a waggon load of stable manure.
This one acre thus manured, yielded thirty
five bushels and two quarts. This is a fine
yield, and would have been larger still but
fur the mold and rust, which attacked the
wheat when it coramenced.to head. Wo
have heard of no other crop in the country
to equal this. It would be more than an
average at any time.
—The Griffin Press and Cultivator says
t'ae greatest curiosity of the season was
brought into our office last Friday by Mr.
N. H. Woodward, of Butts. It was a twig
from an apple tree, a little smaller than a
pencil. A ttacbed to about five and a half
laches of the twig were twenty-seven ripe,
well developed May apples, growing firm
and fast as if nature had done the work.
We found tw o places where the apples bad
grown and been pressed off by those next to
them, making originally twenty-nine. The
whole bunch, including the apples, wa?
about eight inches long. Mr. Woodward
expects to send them to the Centennial and
Lave them returned for the State and Mid
dle Georgia fairs.