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Newspaper Page TextA. ■ 'M V • - y>^Cy/- jf- r ^ ;V; >A X. f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY ' IP VOL. 5. NO. 26. ATHENS, GEORGIA, MARCH 20, 1877. OLD SERIES, VOL. 56. .W XTOTXCES. £MOHY SPEEK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ATHENS, OA. dliMy OflM Nos.4 and 5 Court-Houip. J. B. DORTCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Carnesville,. Ga. ap!8-1873-tf Jamu R. Ltle, Watkinsville. Alex. S. Enins, Athena. CABINET BIOGRAPHIES. j^YLE Ate ERWIN, ATTOKNETS AT LAW. Will praotioa in partnership in the Superior’ Court or Oconee County and attend promptly to all buelneee intruftMto their care. jan9-3m. JACKSON & THOMAS, 'ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athena, Oa. Offloe Sonth Eaat Corner of College Avenne and Clayton Street, alao at the Court House. All parties desiring Criminal Warrants, can get them at any time by applying to the County Solicitor at this office. decl6-18i4-tf 0 D. inLL, , , ATTORNEY AT LAW, . , Athena, Ga. . * Prompt attentiongivento ajl buelneaa «id tha same rtapectfully aoHcited. janll-ly row. O. I>. Barrow. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga. ging Maries” ■• . ; y. lCxch.ang,e Saloon, COLLEGE AVENUE. The beet Cincinnati] Lager Boer, Cigars and all kinds of Liquors sold cheap decl9-ly. FOR (?ASH. SCHAEFER, T . ' ' . COTTON BUYER, ***** * V Tocoa City, Ga. ligheat.caali priee paid for cotton. Agent Winship’s Gina ana Preae. oc2Q-l&75-tf Jlbpe Office over Talmadgc, Hodgson & Cq. jani-ly - ^ ag as. THRASHER, ATTORNEY AT LAV/, \ Watkinsville, Ga. Offloe in former Ordinary’s Offloe. jrnkS-1878-ly rjl A. 1LEB, Watehmahaa & Jsuraler, At Michael'ftore, next door to Reaves & Nich olson’s, Broad street, Athena, Georgia. All work warranted 19 months. sept!2-4f. Stem & Saia.lt or Wlxolea«iX» maad Retail.' Dealers in Wines, WhteUea, Lager Beer, Ale, p G. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, For and iver. Post-Office Athena, Ga. 878-tf DRANK HARRALSON, ATTORNEY. AT LAW, Cleveland, Ga. e counties of White, Union, and Fanning, and the 'Su- Ive special at- care. * J Court at Atlanta. Will tention to all claima onustad to aag-111876-41-tf. JOHN W. OWEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tocoa City, Ga.’ Will practice in all the counties of the West ern Circuit, Hart and Madison of the Northern Circuit. Wiii give special attemon to all claims entrusted to hie care. oct20-1876-ly. Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb. jj&H. cobr, ATTOBNETS AT LAW, Athena, Ga *Office in Denprce Building, fcb22-i87«-ly Gin and Sign of*th.e Hig Barrel BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA. oct.81.ly. A Peep Into tbe Lises of oar Present Minister*. [Ghicago Times.] WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTB, Secretary of State, is a native of Bos ton. lie was born on tbe 7th of Feb ruary, 1816. He was educated in Yale College, and was a member of the class of 1837. In 1841, after a course of study iu the Havard Law School,.he was admitted to the bar of New York, where by force of in tellect and his superior poweras an inventor of ten-mile questions, he very Soon rose -to a prominence which be has since found himself able to im prove upon. , He received the degree of LL. D. from Union College in r. P. TALHAPS, —DEALER IN— Antrim and Imported Witches, Clods, Jewelry, 8ILVER AND PLATED WARE, lyCwniowl XaorfcrusLexxte, GKuam, Puerfcola, Etc. WATCHES,- CLOCKS AND JEWELRY RE PAIRED IN A NEAT, workman like MANNER, Ornamental and Plaid LetUr Engraving . Specialty. B&OAB RUST, tas din Oca tun A Wire, j^LEX. S. ERWIN, ATTOBNKt AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Office on Broad Street, between Center & Nich- , olaon and Orr & Co., np-stmrs. feb22-l878-ly For ire Holidays, Great Reduction in Prices. TRIMMED HATS 70, 81 and upward*. UNTRIMMED HATS 35, OO, 75o. and upwards. NECKTIES AT lO, 15, SO, 35c. and upwards. A large assortment of goods suitable for CHgigbga.aa Presents, at] remarkably low prices. Call early before they are picked over at MISS C. JAMES, dec!2-tf Broad street, Athens. M. COCHRAN, A.TTOR1TSS' JB.T LAW, Gainesville, Ga. F*nl Estate and General Land Agent for the purchase and sale of Mineral and Farming Linds in Hall, and the other counties of North- eaat Georgia. Mineral ores tested and titles to S roperty investigated. Special attention given >tne purchase and esle of city nroperty. mays—dm J. N. DORSfet. Attorney ^SIHJBYG. MoCURRY, Attorney a-b Law, Hxbtwell, Georgia, Will practice in the Superior Courts of North- * cast Gcotgia and Supreme Court at Atlanta. Ang 8.1876 tf # THE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED TO FURNISH MARBLE OR GRANITE Cnt to any designs they are desired, Plain or Elaborate’ Monnmebts, Head and Foot Stones with side pieces. Marble or Granite Box Toombs, Cradle Toombs, Vases or Statuary. Marble or Granite Vaults for Ccmetary and other purposes, designs and prices furnished at the Marble Yard. A.R. ROBERTSON, jnneSO.tf. Athens, Ga. -^y IL LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, aplS-1878-tf Garnesville,- Ga. ST7SXXTS3S CJSJRES- A A. WINN. " —WITH- GROOVER, SHIRRS & GO., Cattoa Factor* sad General Commission Merchants, Savannah, Ga. Bagging, Ties, Rope and other anppliea fur nished. Alao, liberal oaah advancea made on consignmenU for aale or ahipment to Llverpou, or Northern porta. may 80-1875-tf AE.THTJR EVA2TS Practical Watchmaker. H A8 removed to his old stand at tbe New Drug Start, where he will be glad to aee his customers, old and new, who wish fine work done on Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry. All work warranted. feb20-6m. ARTHUR EVANS. JjlVEBT AND SALK STABLE. Carriages, Buggies & Horses for hire. Terms reasonable. E. M. WHITEHEAD, Washington, Wilkes county, G. 10V26-1875-tfjjJ For the Benefit of the True of ATKEITS And Northeast Georgia. ej^wut 33- jsnsvrroxT, 1 SALESMAN FOR Messrs. Qpdycke, Terry & Steele, White Goods, Notions, Linens, Laces and Em broideries. - -AND- General Merchandise Broker. OFFICES: 375 Broadway, Slow ITorls, —AND WITH— Messrs. Thomas & Fleming, DEUPREE BLOCK, ATHENS, GA. XTotioe I All persona are forbidden to bunt, or other- wiso trespass on mr land. Ssid property bein, ■ near Farmington, Ga., and adjoining the land of J. J. Branch, Esq. feb20-2t. JOHN WHITLOW. 1857; from Yale in' 1865, and from Harvard in 1870. Mr. EVarts has never, until this appoinment, held hat oue public position that could in the usual sense of the word be called an office. In 1868, he was the leading couusel for the defense of Andrew Johnson, who was then President of the Uuited Staten, and under im peachment; and from the close .of that trial until the end of Mr. John son’s terra lie was the Aftorney-Gen’ eral. He was counsel of the United States in the Alabama arbitration at' Geneva in 1872. His name has fre quently been mentioned in connection With high posts in the Government/ hat owiug to its having in every in stance, hat. that alluded to, not been mentioned by tbe right parties, ho has ,never been favored with an del opportunity to decline, hot- he prob ably would not hare improved it if be bad. Mr. Evart’s most recent no toriety was gained by his participa tion in the Beecher Tilton smuttmess of two years ago. SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, was horn at Lancaster, O., in May, 1823. He studied in the Mount Vernon school awhile, and at the age of 14 was sent out to make his own living. He earned it cn the Muskin gum, in the employ of the Muskin gum Improvement Company, where he became acquainted with the sci ence of engineering. At 16 years of age he dissolved partnership with tbe Muskingum Company, and went to Mansfield, where, in the office of bis brother Charles, he applied himself to the study of the law. When he reached his majority, he was regular ly admitted to the bar, and for eleven years thereafter was a partner with liis brother, doing the outside busi ness for the firm. Sherman first got into political notice as a member of the Whig National Convention in 1818 and 1852. In the latter years he was a Presidential Elector. Two years later he waB elected to Con gress, and was subsequently re-elected —twice. In 1861 he was again sent to Congress, and in the following yfcar the Legislature of the State lifted him up into the Senate, iiY which body he was nut upon the Finance Committee. To him is largely due the existence, in its present shape, of the greenback, as well as the national banks. In the Thirty-ninth Congress he feathered the reconstruction law. In the Fortieth Congress he was again pnt upon the Finance Commit tee, and introduced the measure known as tho Sherman resumption act. Secretary Sheaman is a guant, cadaverous specimen, hollow at the stomach and sharp as to features. He may he most accurately described as having the appearance ol a cross between a Western farmer and sandhill crane. When the writer this met him one afternoon in Se temher last, at his handsome home in Mansfield, he had every seeming of having just been asleep in a hay-loft with his clothes on. RICHARD W. THOMPSON, Secretary of the Navy, is a Virgin- lian. He was born in Culpepper in 1800. InT*i$19 he poshed west as far as Kentucky, and in 1831 took a position as derk in a store in Louis ville. For some reason that Western courtesy forbids inquiring into, he did not remain there. He went to Indiana, wh%ie, for a short time, he taught school, and then, in 1834, was admitted to the bar. In the same year he was sent up to the Legisla ture for thjee months, which time he served out, only to find his way back again the next year. The next year after that, being by this time an old offender, he 1 - was sent. tor -the State Senate for two years! , WhOe serving this term he was, a part of the’time, called upoi to act as Lieutenant- Governor, and /jjart as President of the Senate. He. was a Harrison Presidential elector in 1840. The same year he was remanded to- office and_sent^V Congress. He was in full enjoymentjof his liberty after 1 that until 1874, when be was sent hack to Congress, and then again in 1849. was a Presidential elector again 864. - .This was the last public :e he held In the Cincinnati with his parents to Iowa, in 1836. The family settled in Keokuk, where George received such education as he has, and where, at the age of twenty, he was admitted to the bar. In 1857, he was sent to the Legisla ture, and in I860, he was sent to the State Senate for four years. In 1868, he was elected to Congress, and was twice re-elected. He is more partic ularly distinguished' for his fealty to' party than for his ability. The most widely, known move he accomplished 'during his Congressional career, was the introduction of what was known as the McCrary railway bill, an instru ment founded upon the same princi ple as the Illinois law, which, in many respects, it resembled closely. David m. key* the new Postmaster-General, was bom fifty-fdnr years ago, in Greene county, Tennessee. Of his early life, little is generally known. He was a Colonel in the Confederate service, and is reputed an excellent soldier. In 1870, and from that to 1875, he was Chancellor of the Chattanooga Circuit. In T875, Gov. Porter, of Tennessee, appointed him to fill the A Fearful Suicide., Lady Throws llcruoir from the Top of tbe Yea- dome Column. % [Lacy Hooper’s Paris Letter to the AVorld.] I have witnessed a horrible sight. The bright sunshine and balmy air tempted me to lay aside my writings and go forth to enjoy them. Loan ing on my husband’s arm, I was walking on the Rue de la Paix, about one block trom the Vendome column, aud was looking up at the column itself, admiring the effect produced by the dark bronze of the shaft against the gold-flushed hue of tljg sunset sky, the hour being about five in the afternoon. Suddenly, down the face of the column , -fell a human form with white and black draperies fluttering in the air; it struck the wreath of immortelles that surrounds the column at its.juncture with the pedestal, and rebounded with such force that it was thrown clear over the railing that surrounds the base and fell into the centre of the outside pavement. I could not realize, for a moment, that I had really beheld that acancy iu the United State* SenatqJ spectacle a human being self- Convention of June last, Mr. Thomp son was the-nitfutb-pieoe of his dele gation, made the speech nominating Morton, and ''"■ iv5v, 'the little row precipi of Pen caused by- the death of Andrew Johnson. He was an unsuccessful candidate before tho Legislature of his State for the .same position in tho recent election.. —!—•/' — ! A New Star. tUnkssch Kerans* (100,000 Prise—Ties Coatag ... Prists Bubs. etween Mr. Maurice Strakosch and liss Emma C. Thurshy, said to be he most liberal of any American inger ever made with a manager, ts provisions require Miss Thurshy o sing in concerts and oratorios, both lere and in Europe, for three years rom the 2d of April next, while Mr. Strakosch agrees to pay her a sum lependent for its exact amount on sertain contingencies, hat which is jstimated to exceed $100,000. Fur- iher, it provides that Miss Thurshy jhall have the months of July and August of each year for recreation, ind that die may fulfill all her present engagements, including that for the forthcoming Handel and Haydn festi val in Boston; and be at liberty to sing at as many private concerts in Europe as she chooses—this last pro viso being estimated as worth fully $4,000 to her. Mr. Strakosch also undertakes to pay all the travelling, hotel and other incidental expenses of Miss Thurshy and her chaperon. An additional contract engages Miss Thurshy to sing in a concert tour through the West, beginning next Monday, in company with Ole Bull and Mme. home and enter the army, where he Esripoff, under Mr. Strakosch’s direc- rose to tho rank of Major-General. jj on< she is at present under an en Two years after the close of the war, g ageraen t with the Broadway Taber- he was elected to the United States Qacle church—Dr. Taylor’s—where Senate. His course from that time ghe receive9 a 6 alary ot $3,000 per out—his temporary sanity superin- annum> but it is understood that in duced by the outrageousness °^l 8 p}te of the congregation’s anxiety to Grant; his part in the liberal move-* her, they will place no obstacle ment of 1872; his surprising mi I in the way of ' fulfillillg her new con altogether queer flop last summer— j trac t s . are aU too fresh in the public mind Mig8 Thnrgby is a native of Brook . to need recital. ]yn, where her mother, two sisters Charles devens, an( j a brother are now residing, sop- Attorney-General, is a Massachusetts ported roainly b y her. She fiist dis- man, who has not figured with any p^ygjj her musical tastes and abilities prominence in public affairs of late. whiIea mera her of the Sunday School He served during the war in the cla8g of Dr Potter , s Church, in the army of the Potomac, and lost a leg Dislr j ct . From there she iit the service. Since the war, he went io pj ymouth Church, obtaining has been upon the bench, and at the time of his appointment, was a mem-! her of the Supreme Court of his State. , GEORGE W. M’CKARY, 'Secretary of War, is a townsman of Belknap’s. He was horn in Evans ville, Ind., in August, 1885, and went hurled into eternity—but such was ‘,\ ; indeed the meaning of what I had seen. In a moment-, the prostrate figure was surrounded by a dense crowd. The emotion of the specta tors was extreme, and one old lady who had chanced to be walking along the Itue de la Paix near me burst out cryinic in ^her ngitatiou. At my confessed, to iearn the particulars of the horrible event. The victim was a yonng and neatly dressed woman. She lay prone on the pavement as she had fallen, but no trace of blood or mutilation was visible, as one of the bystanders had drawn her water proof cloak around her shattered bead, that having been the point that first struck the pavement. Her shoes, 1 a neat pair of lasting bools, had been forced from her feet by tho fall, showing clean white stockings of a quality never worn in France by the working classes. One of her garters, also jerked off by tbe foil, lay near\ her—a dainty blue silk affair, with A gilded clasp. She had, as I after wards learned, gone most deliberately to work to excute her purpose. She had concealed a camp-stool under her water-proof before making the pscent. Arrived at the top, she had profitted by a moment when the guide was busied iu pointing out certain objects of interest in the view to another party, had then gone around to the opposite side, had placed her camp- stool there, mounted upon it, and so contrived to clamber over the high railing. I passed by-the spot an hour later. The body had long since been removed, and the crowd was gone; but a few bystanders still lingered under the darkening sky, looking alternately up at the summit of the gigantis shaft that towered above them and down at two crimson stains upon the pavement, upon which gravel had been hastily strewn, hut which still revealed a dusky and ominous red through the pebbles and sand that tried to hide them. a position in the choir. Personally, Miss Thurshy is of petite figure, a very expressive face and •a most charming and modest hearing. —Vote of Gwinnett county—Bell, 389; Speer, 447; Archer, 61. Sings Like a Bird. The delightful effects of this new principle, Dr. J. H. McLean’s Cough and Lung Heal ing Globules. As the saliva in the mouth acts on the Globule a gas is generated which soothes and heals irritation of the throat and luugs, makes the voice clear as a bird, cures Horseness, Coughs, Colds and Con sumption; 'Jrial Boxes, by mail, 25 cts. Dr. J. H. McLean, 314 Chestnut* St. Louis.

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