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VOL. 3.
H. H. M’DONALD,
Dentist*
Kvill be found at his Office Room No. 3 AVhite-
House, Conyers, Qa., where lie is pre-
Kiunxl to do all kinds of work in his line. Fill.
■jL, Teeth made a speciality.
Hgjtf dll work Warranted to give Satisfaction,
thankful for past patronage, he re
■jpectfully solicits a continuance of the same.
I ycTlLmm §&<mm
I SILVERSMITH l JEWELER,
COX YE US, CEOKGIA
■ Watches, Clock, and Jewilry of every de
■ seription repaired. AH work done neatly, and
■ order, at lowest prices for cash, and warran
* led to give satisfaction. Shop : next door to
■ Toil Office. aug231876-ly
JAMES C. BARTON. | CALEB J. BARTON,
BARTON & BARTON.
Attorneys at Law,
I CONYEIIS, : : : GEORGIA,
I Will practice in the Courts of thiß State, and
1 in th< U. S. Courts at Atlanta, Ga.
Special attention given to the Collection of
I Claims. v3-nls-tf
A. C. McCALLA,
Attorney at Law,
I CONYERS, ! : : GEORGIA,
Will practice in Rockdale and adjoining coun
ties. v3-n!5-ly
THE
National Hotel,
ATLANTA, - - - GEORGIA.
The rates of board AJJ K Aat this popular
hotel have been \/ jl1! reduced to $2.50
per day. For this raj I*/ V/ price offer ac
commodations ad fare unsurpassed by any
three or four dollar house in tbe South.
Come and get an old Virginia welcome,
I.EE &, HEWITT,
PuoI'UIKTOMS.
Bowers S'
BOGGY and WAGOH RMfffiY,
CONYERS, GEORGIA,
DKAI.KRS IN AND MANUS'ACTVKEBB OF
HAND CARTS,
WHEELBARROWS,
and VEHICLES of all kinds.
HARNESS, from the Cheapest to the
Dearest, both Hand and Machine Stitch
ed. We keep the best
H.IXD-JHDB mmm.
in Use, for CARRIAGES
BUGGIES, or one Ilorse WAGONS.
Can sup] ly any part of HARNESS on
short notice.
Also, a full stock of
L TJ M B H R
m great variety always on hand, for
house building purposes. Carpenters
and Contractors would do well to see our
special wholesale rates.
Mouldings, Latices, Stops, Strips, etc.,
speciality, and made of any width,
thickness, or shape. Window Sash—
primed and glassed—Blinds aud Doors,
-either white or yellow pine.
Also suitable lumber for Coffins. We
always keep in stock Burial cases and
Caskets of various sizes and lengths,
from infants to adults—all at very low
figures. Coffin Hardware generally.
With our facilities, we propose to make
Coffins of any style, from the plainest to
the finest, cheaper than we possibly could
by hand alone. Give us a trial and
see!
PATENT WHEELS.
Hubs, Spokes, Rims, Bodies,
Seats, Shafts, Poles Dash Frames,
Axles, Springs. IRON in great
variety. Screws and Bolts of best
make. Patent and Enameled Leather,
Enameled Cloths, Moss aud everything a
Dimmer needs. Full stock of best
Carriage Paints, Varnishes, Oils, Colors,
Ornaments, and Paints generally. NEW
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES
and WAGONS always on hand, in great
v ariety, and can make to order any style
bf quality desired. Old pjips Repaired,
f amted and Trimmed at short notice,
and at living rates. We buy the best
material, and having suitable machinery,
are able to turu off work with neatness
and dispatch.
With constant devotion to our Busi
fless > Honest Dealings with our Custom
ers > Experienced Faithful Mechanics, and
fic manufacture of Reliable Goods in
lour line, we hope to merit a liberal pat
foiiage from a Generous Public. Thank
mg you tor your past favors, we will be
toad to see you again at our office on
Depot Street, near the Geo R R.
Respectfully,
Downs & Lanaiord
fte j§ila!i; Xvgisfe®,
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Morton’s Good-Night Song, as
Sung by the Canandaigua
Glee Club.
O Chandler, I am tired now,
1 do not care to here you blow:
Just pour some camphor on my brow,
And tnvu the gas down very low:
O chandler, dear, the gamo is up,
I hoar the mighty Tilteti-tread:
Now stir some nervine in my cup,
And put me in my littc bod.
(Cho.)-Come, Chandler, come, kiss me good
night,
I’m sorry now for what I’vo said.
They've whipped us fairly in the
fight,
So put. me in my little bed.
Do you remember. Chandler dear,
You said we must wake up the war !
We’ve cvershot the mark I fear,
And pushed the business quite too far;
The fighting men have left our ranks,
With Hooker, Sigel, Farnsworth, Corse,
We’ve only Butler, Schenck and Banks,
And things have gore from bad to worst.
( Chorus ) —
O drop the ourtains, Chandler dear,
The bonfires make my eyeballs ache,
And stuff some cotton in each ear,
Those victory notes w* heart will break,
An awful ghost is in my room,
With horrid blue jeans breeches on,
I ffeo the shadow in the gloom,
O ! bid the haunting thing begone.
(Cho.) —Come, Chandler, come, bid me good
night,
I hoar the mighty Tilden-tread,
They’ve whipped us fairly in the
fight.
So put me in my little bed.
The Abuse of Credit.
It is to be hoped that the business de-.
pression through which the country is
passing will have the effect of putting
an end to tne inflated system of credit
which has latterly been the bane ot the
business community. Without believ
ing at all in the extreme views of jthose
who insist that the business vocabulary
should contain no such word as credit
and that all transactions should be cons
ducted upon the strict pay-down princi
ple, we are yet firmly convinced that a
system of credit such as has been in
vogue the last few years in the invete
rate foe of business stability and that
our old time business prosperity .will not
be restored to a secure foundation until
anew departure is instituted in vliis re
g.-.id.
The interminable array of failures and
suspensions that have been chronicled in
these columns and the business crashes
that are continually occurring would
seem to tell a tale sufficiently suggestive
of alarm as to the true proportions of
the bloated system of credit which has
attained such a dangerous growth in our
midst, but such symptoms, alarming
though they be, by no means tell the
whole story —they are simply the out
ward manifestations of a disease so
chronic and deep-seated as to have be
come a vampire upon the very vitals of
trade. Many business houses which are
weathering the storm and are regarded
as impregnable in a financial point ot
view are living solely upon borrowed
strength and owe all their factitious sta*
bility to the leniency and forbearance of
tbeir creditors. It is a common remark
that, were our business houses called up
on to meet their indebtedness at once,
nearly all ot them would be obliged to
suspend, and some that are reputed our
‘strongest’ firms would probably be una
ble to jiay twenty five cents on a dollar.
The remedy for the existing order of
thing is in the hands of creditors, and it
would seem that the instincts ot self
defense would prompt them to see that
It is applied at once. One thing they
may rest assured, that as long as they
are reckless in giving credit there will
always be those who will be given more
reckless in accepting it. Trade has come
to be infested with a gang of sharpers
and shysters who make a business of
preying upon the innocent credulity and
gullibility of business men, and only the
contraction of credit to its legitimate
limits can drive this crowd of vultures to
the wall. The so called ‘failures’ ol this
class of men are nothing less than down
light swindles, and it is a dangerous len
ity on the part of business circles to
make such robberies fashionable by pal
liating them under the names of gentle
euphemisms. We have in nnnd a sam
ple ‘failure’ <4 this kind which recently
occurred in Boston. Since the ‘failure’
which, by the way, was for a large
amountrxfthe ‘financially embarrassed'
party has given up house keeping in the
suburbs and taken his family of three to
one of the most aristocratic hotels—if
not the most aristocratic hotel in the
c ity where he is obliged to pinch him
self to a hundred dollars a week for
! h u; r d. VVe tuuiliou this ‘livaueial cm
gUOiN VEILS, OA., THURSDAY. NOV KM If UK |, | S ?<i.
barrasninent’ not as anything exceptional
at all, as the limes are going, but simply
av illustrating a type of high toned steal
ing which has latterly cornu to he ol
common occurrence. Parties arc failing
every day with liabilities of $15,000.
$20,000 aud $25,000 who ought never
ought to have been trusted for the
clothes on their backs.
The truth is that people have been ab
eolutely crazy in the matter ot granting
credit, and it is high time that they put
their foot upon the mercantile Ku-Klm
ism so rampant in our midst. Failures
with liabilities of thousands and avail
able assets of less than as many cents
should be understood by this time, and
it wculd seem that we ought soon to hear
the last of such shameless spectacles as
‘embarrassed’ business tnen, with $50,000
homes by tbeir wives), offering
five or ten cents on a dollar. As we
have said before, the remedy for such
outrages is in the hands of creditors, and
it is for them to say when it shall be ap
plied.—Boston Paper.
Grape Gathering in Turkey.
Correspondents at the seat ot hostili
ties in Sei vii and Turkey relieve their
war pictures with the brighter side ot
life iu the disturbed districts. The men
have all gone to the w nrs, and the wo
men are at home carrying on their do
mestic affairs, apparently in the best pos
sible spirits. 1 here are no men to ce
seen, either old or young, in the regions
round about the battle fields. They ai e
all engaged actively in the work of wftr.
This is especially the esse in Turkey,
which does not look as if Turkey could
be symbolized by a sick man. Turkey
appears to be in the best of health, and
it is evident th t all the male strength cf
the country will be expended in the
struggle, if such a draft is necessary to
cury through Tirkey's cause in Europe,
l'he Turk is evidently not. going to be
driveu out without a sufficient cause cf
armies to dislodge him.
After witnessing carnage and devast; -
tion, a London correspondent makes a
brilliant picture of the female liomeguaid
in Turkey, It was in the midst ot the
grape harvest. The Turkish women had
already hai vested the wheat aud barley
and were gathering grapes. The country
was full ot pretty damsels grape-gather
ing. Except that no men were to be
seen, there were no evidences of the car
nage hovering near and the de.vas'ation
almost within sight. The Turkish dam
sel dons her attire, plaits her hair with
gaudy ribbons, fastens to her head dress
pieces ot gold if she is rich, or copper .f
poor, and goes forth to the grape gather
ing. Every now and they break forth
into snatches ol song, then peals of
laughte.i follow, and all seem careless of
the fate of their fathers, and husbands,
and brothers, and lovers, in the deadly
strife. They are gathering grapes for a
festival of victory or a funeral.— St,
Louis Republican.
An Anecdote of Tchernayeff.
One of Tcherhayeff’s soldiers was
charged with cutting off two fingers iu
order to render himself unfit for service.
The soldier when taken to headquarters,
admitted that he had coaxed a comrade
to do him the favor. ‘And were you not
ashamed,’ asked the General, ‘to abandon
the field when the Turks are on the soil
of our father land?’ ‘I am quite willing
to fight ths Turks,’ was the reply, ‘but I
wanted to see my home again.’ ‘Well,’
remarked the General, ‘you shall have a
long leave ot absence. Say your pray
ers. You will be shot this moment.’
The platoon advanced, aud the soldier,
after making the 6ign of the cross, step
ped in front of bis executioners. Sud
denly he turned to the General and pla
cing in his hand a few pieces of money,
said, ‘To be given to my wife after ’
‘Go and be ’ said Tchernayeff; ‘rake
them to ber yourself.’ The man who
loved his wife was pardoned by his
country.
John Adams, colored, was elected to
the Legislature from Lee county by a
large majority, but a few days after
wards, the county surveyor, in the course
ot his rounds, found out that the lion.
John lived ixactly seventeen feet out ol
the line, and* hence could not take
his seat from Lee county. 'J he Demo
cratic candidate, therefore, is elected, and
the Hon. John lack* just seventeen feet
of the State Capital.
•Look here Pete,’ said a knowing
darkey to his companion, ‘Don’t ,stan’ on
de railroad/ ‘Why, Joe f ‘Kaso if do
cars see dat mouf ol yourn, dey willt ink
it am de depo’, and run rile in.’
A man took off hi/coat to show what
a terrible wound he had received some
years past, ‘O,’ said he not being able to
find it. ‘I remember now,, it was ou my
brother L ill’s arm.’
A SAD STORY.
From Wealtli to Inanity and Po v *
erty.
Among the shabby, dirty and ragged
unfoatunates who came to the Southern
Station last night to obtain a night’s
lodging was an old man bent with yours
aud showing the evidences of fatigue and
travel by his tottering footsteps and
wreUhed apparel. He gave his name to
Captain Delunty as Paul Veuilor, of New
Orleans, and was shown baek to the
room assigned to tramps. A glance at
his rags and careworn lace would never
suggest to the observer that Paul Vcni
ler was at one tiino a leading business
man and a prominent citizen ot the Crt •
cent City, but such is indeed the case,
and the history ot his life has in.it all the
elements of a dramatic storry, which we
may raad, throw aside and say it is im
possible. A few points in the life of
this unfortunate individual may not bo
uninlarcsiing. About thirty five years
ago there arrived in New Orleans a young
and handflom mar., accompanied by his
wife, a Creole, in the lull bloom ot her
youtnful beauty. The couple had come
from Martinique, and brought with tin m
a large sum ot money, which VeniJer
proposed to invest in trade. They set
tled in a magnificent house on*ll'e bank
of Poncbartrain, which became, on
account oi the social qualities of its mus
ter and mistress, the central point of at
traction for all the aristocratic people of
the neighborhood. The husband lad in
the meantime embaiked in the shipping
and commission business, and was very
successful. Realizing largely on bis
nvestmeuts, he became one cf the weal
thiest citizens, while he at the snmotime
•attained a reputation lor unblemished
business integrity, probity and honesty.
Three children had been born, and every
bright prospect in life seemed attainable
without effort to the young couple.
About this time a gambler, well known
i:i those days for his success with cards,
and remarkable for his handsome exteiior
and pleasing address, met Madame Ve
rnier at a pal-masque. Other meetings
followed, and the foolish woman aband
oning her luxurious home, ber children,
her husband and her honor, listened to
the seductive addresses of her destroyer
and fled to Cuba. Die husband follow
ed, but never succeeded in coming up
with his wife, to whom ho had forgive
ness to offer ; nor with her seducer, tor
whom he Jiad vengeance. He gave up
the pursuit and returned to New Orleans.
But business had no longer any interest
for him, now that she for whom ho la
bored so earnestly had deserted him
The three children fell victims to the
cholera, and Vender, a broken down
man, aged before he was old, sold out
his business interest and dissppeared.
Some weeks later he was discovered on
levee wandering up ami down, homeless
and without a penny ot the large sum lie
had realized by the sale ot his property,
lie was taken to a madhouse, where lie
remained for twenty-three years, and
finally, when former friends had forgot
ten him and ha was no longer an object
of interest to the outside world, he was
released, helpless and penniless, to live
or die as chance befell him. In hi*
wanderings bo reached Baltimore las t
night, carrying with him, as a link con
necting him with happier days, the New
Orleans and Mobile papers which told
he story of his wife’s desertion, the sub
sequent death of his children, and of his
immurement in die mad-house. Poor
aid man ! he has but few steps to take in
life before ho will go out with the tide,
the wreck of a life blasted by a woman’s
perfidy.— Baltimore American.
In front of the Union League House,
Saturday night, gas jets were arranged
to form the words, ‘Virtue, Liberty and
Independence,’ and, before the wind be
gan to blow, looked very handsome.
But soon ‘Virttue’ wan wiped out, then
‘Liberty,’ and as a bystander observed it,
he exclaimed : ‘How emblematic ot the
Republican party ; there’* ‘Virtue’ gone
and Liberty’ gone, aud but d—d little of
‘lndepeneence’ left.’— Philada. Evening
Chronicle.
A citizen of Leavenworth, going to hi*
barn to milk hia oow in the dark of the
early morning, got into the wrong pen,
and undertook to milk a mule. Re don’t
remember which side of the barn he
went out at, but expects his bucket down
in a fesv days
A few years since, at tho celebration
of an anniversary, a poor peddler who
was present, being called upon for a
toast, offered the following: ‘Here is
health to poverty—it sticks to a mtpr
when all bis fricuds forsake Lim.’
HERALDING Tills advent
—OF THE—
M STANDARD EXliim
at tmm bay oily
Friday, Decease: Ist, 18*76.
OLD JOHN ROBlim CHUT MOTHMI Siifif!
ADMISSION REDUCED TO 75 UTS !
Great World’s Exposition. Mauaprie, April! arid Circus'
ItwcoKsria’CTßi*, Kkmohki.ru and fii.nio oi:a!i:i>.
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Now on 1(8 Afiy-fifth triumphalannual tour, ovoiy. hero meeting '-vitli unprecedented ac
t;oß6, absolutely augmented to double its fornior magnitude and tei tidies ii. pristine grandeur
Everything bright, fresh and sparkling. New eW tiolu. new \uns, now dent?, new wardrobe,
new curiosities, Dew animals, ar.d tlie Centennial quartette of Elephants. viz : Empress, Bin
mark Sultan and Pasha all performing in the ring at the same time. The only red inane bsa
Lion ever captured. A giant Ostrich 1(5 font high. A huge Rhinoceros or Unicorn of Holy
writ weighing (5,000 pounds. The Great Tartary, Yak, African England and the wonderful
performing Elk, “-Juno,” recently added to the best traveling Menftgerio in America. The
leaders of tho orenic Celebrities a; a The Champion E<|UoKf,riitn, Mr. Robert Stickr.ey and in
fant, son. Mr. John Lowlow, tho Challenge Wit of the world. John Wilson, Frank Robbirs,
Eddie Rivai-s, Herbert family, Geo. Slowan, Chits. Mm hiirthy, Wm. Thompson. Ehnina Ed
die, the unrivalled and remarkable tight-rope performer. Miss Minne Marks. Miss Jennio
Tumour, the Ariel Queen. Miss Christine Ktiekney, the Arens: Poeros. Miss Rosoline, Miss
Emma bake and Miss Gertrude. Herbert Brothers, the Acrobatic Wonders. The Black Won
der—The colored boy lie win. Together with a full corps of Equestrians. Acrobats, Gym route,
Vaulters, Reapers, snd an efficient force, forming in all tlm most complete and elegant C'irous
Compauy on this Continent,
•STAt 9 o’clock on the morning of the exhibition; there be given, as a preclude to tho day's
sports,
A GRAND HOLIDAY PARADE!
Tho most elaborate street pageant the world ever saw, head', and by apoOdrous team of Elephants
driven in harness, drawing a MAH'S IV E GOLDEN Oil \ RIOT, containing Pro?. M. Sexton’*
superb Military Brooklyn Band taslofully uniformed, discoursing the most popular airs of,tla
day. including the great Centennial March, arranged expressly for the occasion, followed by a
team of Egyptian Dromedaries drawing the ear of all Nations—a team of 40 diminutive postal
drawing the liberty chariot, containing a beautiful tableau of Goddess of Liberty, George and
Mart ba Washington guarded by a company of Continentals, and the long line of Vans, fDens
and Cages, artistically decorated with historical pointings and flags of every nation, forming a
living moving panoramma, displaying the manifold rr.-sonrocn r THE GREAT CENTENNIAL
EXPOSITION. Regardless of the many new and important acquisitions employed for the
present season; tho price of admission has REDUCE 1) TO ONLY SE VENTYiFIVE CENTS.
iHTA few reserved cushioned opera chairs cau bo soon* vdat i'm additional charg of 25 cents. ]
DOORS Ol'IA AT 1 a lie 1 G p. m.
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