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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY yjim »#-.w ttr.ta Um’ i -»ih ’ !•* is ' Ini inodliV- ,!>'^Vntj ; < * - :ii .Jtilljt T “' : Is©* i I liW ri^at^rtrn» '■ *r . i- '*■ ,*• t&TOW t*;:T •>/. tun 5 ; r. . vail b. 1 i j v I *> iJ i<> j. *I i •> i’j, , (77/!M ,mM j *iol rnul >i ir ■’ OLl) SERIES, VOL. 56. x*a.w ITOTIOES. IjVMOItY 8PEpK» li / i \ r • | # -L £1*1 attorney at law, ATHENS, GA. (119-1 y Office Nos. 4 and 5 Court-llousc. j s-nonprcff.; [09(7<5 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 ■ • '■jp. 1 ’ - * declfi-1874-tf > \ '/ 1 i ‘ • - * • ^ i>. 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. » 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. cqunt conn ble ch his pr< mwm$ 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.” _