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IjVMOItY 8PEpK»
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attorney at law,
ATHENS, GA.
(119-1 y Office Nos. 4 and 5 Court-llousc.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Carncsvillo, Gn.
apl8*1873-tf
JACKSON «fc THOMAS,
nOBNEVS AT 1AW,
Athens, Gn.
Asa M. Jackson. . L. W. Thomas.
James S. Lyle,
Watkinsvillc.
Alex. 8. Erwin,
Athens.
ATTOM&Y’S AT LAW.
Will practice iu partnership in the Superior
Court of Oconee County, ana attend promptly
to all business intrusted to their care.
janSKim. : r rr ■ •
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declfi-1874-tf > \ '/ 1 i ‘ • - * •
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
< (Athens, G*.
Prompt attention given to all business and
the same rtspcetfully solicited. janll-ly
pOPE It AItnOAV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
[Office in John II. Newton’s new building.
jan4-ly _
p 13. thhasiier,
* ATTORNEY at law,
Wntkinsvillo, Gu.
Office in former Ordinary’s Office.
jan25-1876-ly
rior SylaxlsS*'
Kxchanp;e Saloon,
COLLEGE AVENUE.
The best Cincinnati'! Lager Beer, Cigars and all
kinds of Liquors sold cheap
decllMy. FOE CASH.
£ SCHAEFER,
COTTOXT
SUTSR,
Toeoa City, Go.
Highest ansli prlSo paid for cotton. Agent
for AVinshifrs Gins jfba Press. oe2o-l675-tf
rjt A. 1I.KK,
Whtehmsker & Jeweler,
At the New Drug Store, Broad St., Athens. Ga
All work warranted 18 months.
septl2-tf. t 1
Stern. <& Saul ter.
"Wiaolcsale and Fotall.
Dealers in Wines, Whiskies, Lager Beer, Ale,
, _ Gin and Cigars. '
Sign of the Kig Barrel
BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA.
oct.81.ly.
P.
G. THOMPSON,
attorney at law,
For
and
inU J1UII. Jl/KVIU Viupwii. iuuiiijtutuv
Office over Barry’s Store, Athens, Ga.
feb3-187Mf
pRANK IIAUItALSON,
attorney at law,
Cleveland, Ga.
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Will practice In the counties of White, Union,
Lumpkin, Towns, and Fanning and the 8u
tehtion
aug-11 1875-41-tf.
JOHN OWEN, ;
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Toeoa City, Ga.’ '
Will practice iu all the counties of the West
ern Circuit, Hart and Madison of the Northern
Circuit. Will give special attenion to oil claims
entrusted to hi* care. oct20-1875-ly.
F_ F. TdLMdSE,
—DEALER IN—
Amtricn and Imported Wattles, Clocks, Jewelry,
• SILVER AND PLATED "WARE,
•Q£m£tLg3lL GiVUHO^
FaerboLo, Sbo.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY RE
PAIRED IN A NEAT, WORKMAN
LIKE MANNER,
And warranted to^Dre entire satisfaction..
OniniffiT imi Plei» Letter Emframmg
Specialty.
BSOASBTSrST, ns deer ftca Lust kVui,
Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb.
£ & H. COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT CAW,
Athens, Ga
Office in Dcuprec Building,
feb22-l 876-1y
j^LEX. a ERWIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
Office on Broad Street, between Center & Nich
olson and Orr <fe Co., up-stair*.
feb22-187C-ly '
r. COCHRAN,
dTrOSHEY AT X*A.W,
Gainesville, Ga.
Real Estate and General Land Agent forthe
purchase and sale of Mineral and Farming
Land* in llal), and the other counties of North
east Georgia. Mineral ores tested and titles to
property investigated. Special attention given
to the purchase and sale of city property.
may2—6m J. N. DORSEY. Attomev
, Ion the Holidays.
Great Reduction in Prices.
TRIMMED MATS 7S, SI and upwards.
CNTRIMMED HATS 35, SO, 75c.
upwards.
NECKTIES AT lO, 15, 30, 35®. and
upwards.
A large assortment of goods suitable for
Ohris-baaias 2?reserrbs,
atjrcmarkahly low prices. Call early before
they are picked over at MISS C. JAMES,
decl2-tf Broad street, Athens
^HHURVG. McCURKY,
iL-fc-fcomoy a-b Law,
Hartwell, Georgia,
Will practice in tlic Superior Courts of North
east Gcoigiu and Supreme Court at Atlanta.
Aug 8.1876 tf
It. LITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Carnosvillc, Ga.
anl8-187S-tf
Faota mad Fa&caoa.
MRS. L. CLARKSON.
Free ’ittle toad-stools
Don’t you see ?
Jes’ as tunnin’ as
Wo tan be.
Where did we turn from?
We don’t know;
Guess from the same place
Violets grow.
What are wo dood for I
Jes’ to keep
Rain from do mosses
When dey sleep.
What else dood for 1
Lem me sec I
Fool boys, sometimes,
’Tween you an’ me.
How old are wo ?
Don’t know quite;
Reckon we came iu
A shower lost night.
Where are we doin’ to I
0, my soul I
Wifall de flowers in
A gate big hole.
“Have I not, my son, offered you
every advantage ?” “ Oh, yes, sir,
but I could not think of taking ad
vantage of my own father.”
A lazy fellow, falling a distance of
fifty feet, and escaping with only a
few slight scratches, a bystander re
marked that he was “ too slow to fall
fast enough to hurt himself.’’
A shoemaker out West, with a
literary turu of mind, has the fol
lowing poetical gem attached to his
sign:
“ Here lives a man who never refuses
To mend all sorts of boots and tboeses.”
Two quaker girls were ironing on
the same table. One asked the other
; RTjews Stosas-
1 *•; ‘‘oJhL**'# vn" * •; ’■
—,fhj,mere ty‘ , ° bet year
went von New Albany. Ind., to
_ -.jKgnTV '*•.!. . r ■'
Te\as,-imve returiu><l, with extreme
ly dole® tMjjft. tc;, t^U jof tin; condi-
tion % ^
State, ,
—Thp ; New Orleans Republican
regular-issue, but . comes
ly. i when Packard re;
conraging news from Wash-
-irfail ttr -i .'XiVJ , - C “
tit-'a third of ono of ' Mrs.
Was cut off by a locomo-
Lofiis, and a jury awarded
: 66f ’ damages.' The
amount in'dicatOB that the jury esti-
raated the Entire l6g tls worth '612,-
60®. - < ■-
—for the temperanee
cause. fTHy Kentucky Live Stock
Record*eports an increasing demand
for slioA Ubms for Texas.
A STARTLING STORY.
Wells on his Knees to Gov.
Niclkolis.
HE PROMISES TO TELL 'ALL'‘IF GRANT
ED PROTECTION, IJCT REPENTS
AVHEN HE GETS WORD FROM
WASHINGTON.
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THE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED TO
FURNISH
MARBLE OR GRANITE
Cut to any design* they aro desired, Plain or
Elaborate Monuments, Head and Foot Stones
with side pieces, Marble or Granite Box
Toombs, Cradle Toombs, Vases or Statuary.
Marble or Granite^ Vaults for Cemctary and
other purposes, designs and prices furnished at
the Marble Yard.
juno2<Vtf.
A. R. ROBERTSON,
Athens. Gi
STTSXXTF3S CARES.
^ A. WINN,
—WITH—
GROOVER,
, STUBBS & GO.,. ,
Cottoa Factors ami (imcral Comndsidon Merchants,
Savannah, Ga.
Bagging, Ties, Rope and other supplies fur
nished. Also, liberal cash advances made on
consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool
or Northern ports. may 30-1875-tf
IMUnlzy,
(Successor to C. II. Phinizv;& Co.)
COTTOH FACTOR,
Angnstu, Ga.
jun^G-4^ B ^ v * nec * made on consignments.
JjUKBl AND SALE STABLE.
Carriages, Buggies A horses
xor hire. Terms reasonable.
_ E. M. WHITEHEAD,
nov26-187Wf* gt0 “’ Wilk * 8 ^
For the Benefit of the Trade of
ATHEWS
And Northeast Georgia.
EBWQT XL XTRWTOXT,
SALESMAN FOR
Messrs. Opdycke. Terry & Steele,
IVblto Goods, Notions, Ltucns, Laces and Em
broideries.
c —AND—
General Merchandise Broker.
‘ OFFICES:
375 Broadway, XTew Torix,
—AND WITH—
Messrs. Thomas & Flaming,
DEUPREE BLOCK, ATHENS, GA.
what she would take, the right or
the left ? She answered promptly,
“ It will be right for me to take the
left, and. then it will be left for thee
to take the right.” • !
“ Does the traiu start this evening
at thirty-five minutes past six, hs
and usual ?” asked an elderly lady of a
railroad employee. “ No, it leaves at
twenty-five minutes to seven,” was
the reply. “ Dear me, dear me, how
they do change these traius!”
A colored mail carrier in Virginia
was recently well shaken by a man
for kicking his dog. “ Look-a-here,
massa,” said he “ you’d better be
keerful how you shake this chile! cos
when you shakes me, you shakes the
whole of the United States; I carries
its mails.”
Irascible Old Party.—“Con
ductor, why didn’t you wake me, as
I asked you ? Here I am miles be
yond my station!’’ Conductor—“I
did try, sir, but all I could get you
to say was, ‘ All right, Maria; get
the children their breakfast; I’ll be
down in a minute! ’ ’’
A Rochester wife, being caught by
her husband with her arms around
the neck of the laudlord, explained
the situation in this way: “ You
tee, my dear, I am determined to
force that man to reduce our rent,
and we weak women, you know,
must fight with such weapons as we
have.
A very tall, thin man remarked to
his lady love that he “ had caught
colH in his head, originating in wet
feet.” She looked at him slowly from
head to foot, and hack again, as if
f
—The Herald says if' Florida .be
;n he is elected ; if
just him be has no possi
f securing Louisiana, and
will be gloomy enough
—Boston belles are troubled.
They wlml; to go to the Moody Tab*
ernacle,-but ;fcar if they go they will
have te give up dancing and lots of
other delightful things.
—Alexander H. Stephens finds
sweet solace in listening to tiie obitn-
ariea which. Are read to him by his
private secretary as he sits propped
up by Oj(bolster. They do him more
a oiftor’* stuff, /i
—ThU new suspension bridge oyer
the Mississippi at-^$Xipneapoli8 has
been so fhr completed-as to allow
the passage of street-cars ever it. It
will be ready to bear general traffic
shortly.
—The farmer may not get rich as
fast as the mere speculator, but he is
not so likely to lose his honorably
earned wealth by the first adverse
wind of fortune.
A farming company on Elm river
California, is breaking in a prairie six
miles wide for wheat. Each of the
teams cuts a furrow of that length
and back, before and the same after
dinner.
Notice !
There will be a meeting of tke Stockholders
of the Oconee Fair Association on Tuesday
January 16th at Court House in Athena.
Business very important.
jan9-lt. H. R. J, LONG, President
measuring the distance the cold had
had to travel, and then ejaculated:
“ Gracious me! You must have got
your feet wet last year!”
Carry a Joke Too Far.—A fel
low stole ,a saw, and on his trial told
the Judge that he oulytook it as a
joke.
“ How far did you carry it ?” in
quired the Judge.
“ Two miles, sir.”
“ Ah! that’s carrying a joke too
far,” said the Judge, and the prisoner
was sent to jail for three months.*
There is an unknown insane wo
man in La Fayette, who thinks she
is 10,000 years old, and that being
the case glie thinks it is time to die.
To encompass that end she sits in the
snow and crochets nubias.
A New York lady was surprised
on the occassion of her wedding the
other day, to receive as a present an
article of silver she had presented to
a bride six months ago. This shows
how hard times arc.
, Mrs. Partington is in Washington,
the wife of a very wealthy contractor.
She has been explaining why she
had not been able to receive calls.
“ We are building an extenuation to
our house,’’ said she.
The Columbus Enquirer says that
there are forty five cotton factories
in Georgia, all in active operation
and paying dividends, either in money
or stock. They consume about
50,000 to 60 000 bales of cotton an
nually. • Columbus claims one-fifth
of the total manufactures of the
State.
As an evidence that the quality of
railroad iron in market has deteriora
ted of late years, it is stated that
some very old rails in use on the
Louisville New Albany and Chicago
road, are proof . against the severity
of this extraordinary hard winter. In
no instance bas.one of these old rails
broken, while the new ones snap
[Special DispafpU to tke Baltimore Gazette.]
New Orleans, Feb. 4:r—On the
12th of January Mr. Wells sent for
Mr. E. J. Barrett, a member of the
Odd Fellows’ Hall House from
Rapides, and an almost life-long
friend of Mr. Wells, and told him
that after having long and thorough
ly discussed the matter with himself
he had firmly determined to make a.
statement to Gov. Nicholls for the
benefit of the , people of Louisiana.
He expressed much solicitude and
earnest anxiety to act upon his re
solve, and suggested to Mr. Barrett
that the best way to reach Gov.
Nicholls for tho purpose desired
would be through Mr. P. J. Ken-,
nedy. He. therefore’ begged Mr,
Bereft to ask Mr- Kennedy ,,to call
on him j( Wells) for the purpose of
furthering the project in view. Mr,
Barrett accordingly visited Mr.
Kennedy at ouCe, laid the matter
before him r andTthen, on tho evening
of the same day (January. 12)^
Messrs. Kennedy and Barrett
company called at Mr. Wells 1 bouse,
and^.fioding him at home, where at
irated to Mr; Kennedy what be
had stated to Mr. Barrett, to wit:
That he wanted to make a full state*
ment to Governor Nicholls, detailing
the part he had taken in matters
affecting the gravest interests of the
people of Louisiana, but that before
making the confession ho wonld
exact a pledge that he would not be
prosecuted ; that no harm would be
fall him; that he would be protected
iu person and property, and that his
confession would be accepted as such
reparation for whatever he might con
fess to have done; that he would re
tain his standing among his fellow-
men ; and that, in short, he might
be as a citizen as if nothing touching
the matter under under consideration
had been placed upon record.
Mr. Kennedy says that Mr. Wells
uttered these remarks and gave ex
pression to his wishes with feelings
of the deepest concern, as if his mind
were irrevocably fixed upon relieving
itself of its confession. Mr. Kennedy
iuformed Mr. Wells that he would
call on Governor Nicholls without
delay, bear to him the message en
trusted for his cars, and speedily
acquaint Mr. Wells with the result,
On tho next day, therefore (Satur
day, 13th), Mr. Keunedy saw Gov.
Nicholls, laid the matter before him
and was empowered to see Wells and
arrange an interview for Sunday,
14th ult., at 10 o’clock in the morning
at Mr- Kennedy’s rooms in Cassidy’s
Hotel. Thereupon Mr. Kennedy re
turned to Mr. Wells, who, upon
learning that Gov. Nicholls consent
ed to an interview, promptly agreed
to meet him at the time and place
mentioned. On Sunday morning,
14th, therefore, at the appointed
hour, Gov. Nicholls met Mr. Kenne
dy at the latter’s apartments. Direct
ly after Gov. Nicholls arrived Mr.
Barrett called, bearing a communi
cation for Mr. Kennedy, which upon
being opened was found to read *ra
follows:
New Orleans, La., Jan. 14, 1877-
—Hon." J. P. Kennedy, Cassidy’s
■ Hotel—Dear Sir: I am quite unwell
—too much so to fill our engagement
to-day. Will infoim you to-morrow
relative to a fulfillment.
Truly yours,
J. Madison Wells.
An hour afterward, Governor
Nicholls, being still in the apartment,
messenger appeared with a
second written communication, as
below: t “ ’'
[Confidential.]
Hon. J. P. Kennedy, Cassidy’s
Hotel—Dear Sir: An hour after
our friend Barrett lefV my room I
was placed in possession of matters
requiring my absence for a few days.
Will return in a few days, when we
will meet again. Truly yours,
J. Madison Wells.
On the evening of that day Mri
Wells hurriedly left for Washington
in response to an urgent summons,
which was, undoubtedly, what he ro-‘
ferred to in saying, “ Possession of
matters requiring my absence.” It
seems very reasonable to suppose,
that if. that summons had not come
when it did and thus interfered with
the plan afoot, Mr. Wells would have
then made a dean breast of the entire
returning board business; for to Mr..
Kennedy it was clear, beyond the
shadow of a doubt, that such was /
Mr. Wei’s’ purpose, honestly meant,
and only checked by the interposi
tion of the sodden movement to
Washington.
Some Remarkable Winters.
The Methuselah of the Nejv Lon
don Telegram volunteers the follow
ing information concerning reraarka-
le winters. » Nofie but -‘’•■oldest'
inhabitants” will 1 be likely to recall
the'periods to which allusion is made.
Hear him:
Now is the.time to-trot out para
graphs about remarkable winters—
winters that have distinguished them
selves by being either colder or warm
er than the law allows. ,J7o well,
regulated newspaper will neglect this
duty. Referring back to our files,
we find that in 1172 the temperature
was so high that leaves came out on
the trees iu January. In 1289 the
weather was equally mild, and the
maidens of Cologne wore wreaths of
violets and corn flowers at Christmas
and Twelfth, day. In 1421 the trees-
flowered iu the month of March and
the vines iu tho month of April.
Cherries ripened in the same month
of April. Peaches appeared in May,
and little boys commenced to fall out
of apple trees a little Jater. In 1572
the trees were covered with leaves in 1
January, and the birds hatched their
young in February, as in 1172. In
1586 the same thing* was repeated,
and it is added that the corn was in
ear at-Easter. To the best of our <
memory there was in France neither
snow nor frost throughout the win
ters of 1537, 1607, 1609, 1617 and
1659. Finally in 1662, even iu the
north of Germany, the stoves were
not lighted, the trees flowered in
February and out-door bouquets
were showered on the newspaper
offices without number. It seems but
as yesterday. Coming to later dates,
the winters of 1846-47, when it
thundered at Paris on the 28th of
January, and that of 1866, the year
of the inundation of tho Seine, may
be mentioned as very mild.
A smile costs the giver nothing;
yet it is beyond price to the erring
and repenting, the sad and cheerless,
the lost forsaken. It disarms malace,
subdues temper turns enmity to love,
revenge to kindness, and paves the
darkest paths with gems of Bunlight.
“Do you like codfish balls, Wig
gins ?” Mr. Wiggins, hesitatingly t
“ I really don’t know. I don’t recol
lect attending one.” _