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§MCMI err •- aasrrsr; ■■ i ,.r. i .;rr,r- .r*x ~ - • * Rate* and Rulesf or Legal Adver t-ising. Short IT Rhlop, 10ry....?, • $ 4*oo Mortgage 11 Katas, oa<h levy. . H <)() Tux Collei t*>r*H HiilrH, nach levy 4.00 Citation for Latter* of Administration aiul (luardianaliij* - —• • tOO Ai'i>ll( uti(ufor <li ■mission from AflmiuWiraUoii Guardian slftpand Kxorutorshii> 7.00 Application for leave to sell hnl lor anu eq*r.. ft.oo Notice to debtor* and creditor* 4.00 Laud sales, Ist square, $4, oaahadditional... 3.00 Sales of perishable property', per square 2.50 Kstray notice, f*t) <luy 7.00 Notice to perfect service 7.00 ltuloe ni si to foreclose mortgages per sq’r.... 3.50 ftulen to establish Inst papers, per square.... 3.50 Jtule* eompelliiiK titlea 3.50 ltules to perfect services in diverse oases.... 10.00 Application lor Homestead 2.00 j 'VfOU/f Good from M. HAIR &KON, on tin* South gide ofpPnlilfo Square at Harrcy <f X Story’s old stand, where you will find a complete stock of all kinds of usually kepi in a store either in country or city, which have been bought especially to roee lie wants of the people of Marion county. Yoa will find enumerated some of the articles we keep constantly on hand, which wo will sell at a very small advance on Our stock consists iii part of fSbtpJe and Fancy Drv Goods, V si..* . if.;- K* ady mad * Olothing, Yankee Notions, Saddles, Bribes, Hardware, family niul /\ rh • is Christmas Tricks in great variety, &c M’fS if 'WW # A % Mi Jfeir & Son's A. M. BRANNON, e\ra I? ay AT* Sf <£l Kfi 4fet tl w!C m O <m $ J 35 Bread Street, Columbus, Ga. The old and Well-known Vi--' €>’ A. M. Mr&si&on., jfropzieio:?, Which has been dispensing medicine for the many ills of mankind for the last twenty years still continues to solicit the patronage of its many friends. It is unnecessary to enumerate the many inducements to buy from me, “sufficient to say,” it will make it to TOUR interest to buy whatever yon wish from a FIItST-CIASS DRUG STORK, come and see me at 107 or HIS It!K)AI) STRKET, fa* 1 urn Prepare,l now to Oflec lire is. ter Imtucciuctitai to PL/gf tOfiVTUV M Kite at VTS ttiau ever Before. Very Respectfully, tlecß,3m A; M . BE AITNO IT . Importer of and Dealer in Jiwli feflu'i'jj & <fowigii , " ©l & & & mm 9 and funci| ,^b. A W I have just oponed a largo stock of VASES, TOILET SETS, German China Toys and Fancy Goods. I offer a large variety ot Lam psc at very low figures for cash. ’ SALESROOM---120 Broad St. 3 Columbus, Ga. Columbus, Ga., December 8, 18YG-lm ,£■} 4ff“t'i' jiT V • V "\ “Y‘i ~p /■ 3 g-~gf.lJ ' —i. in i 3STEW ETTRIsraTtrEE STORE ■No. 98 Broad Street\ Columbus, Ga, r "ell prepared with a full stock of fine and medium FURNITURE, to sup ply the wants of his customers. Bedroom Suits, Parlor Suns, Office Desk? an Chairs, Mattresses, Bedsteads, Sofas, Spring Beds, &c., at Low Prices. No Goods constantly reeeived. Country orders solicited aud satisfaction guarantee ! Mimns' / AMERICUS GA / TO THE CITIZENS OF SO ENA VISTA 4 SURROUNDING COUNTRY HAVING purchased and refitted the Photographic Gallery in Ad/ERICTJsJI am prepared to execute every style of Picture in the best manner, and at moderate prices. SMALL PICTURES copied and enlarged to any desired size. A visit to IPs Gal lery and patronage respectfully solicited. j, KIINNiSf Amerieus, Ga., December 15-3 m V- Photographer. TUB BUiSNA VISTA AIiUUS A- M- C- RUSSBLL, Propristcr. VOLUMS 11. -A- DEMOCRATIC FAMILY ISTEWSPAPER. BUEN 5. VISTA, BIARION COUNTY, GA,, FEBRUARY 21, 1977, PHARISEE AND SADDIJCEE. To church the two together went, Both doubtless on deyAtion bent| The unison preached with fluent ease, Oh Pharisees and Siiddueces; And us thev homeward slowly walked The lovers on the sermon talked: And he he and. ply loved the maid— Tn soil, and lender accents said, . “Darling, do you think, thftl we Are Pharisee and K.iddneee?” She flashed on lihn her bright black eyes, In one swift look of vexed surprise, And then ho hastened td%ver Ho was her constant worshipper. “But, Mary. T insist,” said lie, “That you are'very fair, 1 see; I know you don’t care much for me, And that's .what makes mo sad. you see.” MY FLIRTATION. I had plenty of beaux when I was young, and liked that very well, i However, I had heart enough at bot i tom, ?tud when Stephen Lasbley a.-k --| ed mo to many him, in the end I con l seated, tli >ngh 1 kept him in suspense j along al first. I j Neither Sieve nor I were rich. My father had sufficien! income to keep j the family in a good style,of living; but be saved nothing, and I could ex pect nothing from him when I mar ried. Steve had just begun to prac tice medicine, and was struggling as young doctors must. There was a pretty house just outside the town that Steve and I bail our eye on for a long time, and I had promised to become his wife as soon as he could call it his own. By dint of such struggling and economy as I never could have guess ed, he put by enough for the first payment and was plodding patiently on toward the second and last. I can see now what a selfish crea ture I was, what a wretch indeed, to pleaso myself with the flatteries of others while Steve was working so faithfully for me. That sounds as though I wasn’t going to marry Stove for love, but I was. Our town wag something of a fash ionable resort for summer boarders ; and many of tho people were in the habit of taking boarders then. Fa ther had alwaj s objected to our doing so, bnt the summer of which I speak he fell in with a stranger, as lie was returning from a long ride in the country, who having shared his phae ton with him during the homeward drive, succedcd in so ingratiating himself with my father that lie allow ed him to board with us. Tho stranger was very much in my line—distinguished looking, pos sessing an eloquent pair of eyes, near ly the color of my own, and having a propensity to saying “pritty things” that was just delicious to a girl of my turn. It was such fun to draw him out, and then laugh at him; to pre tend shyness ; to invite and repulse in the same breatff. It was a genuine flirtation, as.much so to him as to me. Steve came often to see me, but he did not sec mo alone, and ho never stayed late. Steve’s sister, Marian, and I were intimate, and spent much time to gether. Poor Steve enjoyed my vis its to Marian much better than.he and and seeing me anywhere else,’ and I liked it too, as much because of see ing him as Marian. It was then n miserable piece of heartlessness lor ma to permit Mr. Fqrdyce, the “stranger,” to accompany me thith er, thus parading as it were, my con quest, and the accomplishments.arid attractions of Stave’s now rival, in the most disagreeable manner possi ble. • " *W " , Stove was good-natured and kept this di .appointment to himself, but he did not like Mr. Fordyco, and he was quite alone in that. Everybody liked Mr. Fordyco but Steve. Ho was an immensely popular man in our small community, entering as he did with such genuine zeal into all our interests, and bearing himself genially towards all. When Parson Hammond, whe liv - ed nearest to us, lost a valuable horse from his stable, and came over to our house to see about pursuing thief, Mr. Fordyee, though he bad just got home from a jaunt with some friends which kept him almost all the night, insisted on being one of the pursuing party, and, indeed, quite led it. It was the same when .Mr. Dudevant’s -d iop was broken tvpen and robbed. Miy Fordyee went over and over the i ground, and reave shrewder guesses | ns to how tho robbery had been man aged than anyone else. When other i thefts of a similar nature, and also I of h.-sser degree, continued to vex and puzzle us from time to time, it was Mr. Fordyee who %sisfcd on severe measures, prevailed on the authorities to offer large rewards for the appre hension of the offenders, and made himseli so active in the matter us to twin the gratitude of the whole town. He often joined our social gather' iftgs and became the life of them. I was quite envied in having his escort so frequently, and the rumor was very soon circulated that we were engaged. Steve and I had some words on the subject several times; and because it was so unusual for him to insist in such a matter, I resented it when lie did, and the more I sus pected myself to be wrong, the more I resolved I would not own it. I detected Steve’s dislike of Mr. Fordyce and taxed him with it. Steve said nothing, but be only shook his head and looked gravely at him when I praised Irm. lie never said worse about Mr. Fordyce than that be did not believe iu him. Steve ob jected to my intimacy with him on rather general grounds, and I an swered in such an illtcmpered man ner that Steve, not being ice, ami flint, struck (ire and retorted angrily for the first time in all our acquaint ance. The result was r, serious cool ness. Steve apologized lor Lis pari the nest day, but I listened coolly and retained my anger. I flirted with Mr. Fordyce more desperately than ever after that, but the affair had ready lost all its relish for me. I went recklessly on my foolish course, till Mr. Fordyce in so many words asked me to marry him. I do not know what it was about the man that all at once struck me as in sincere. I knew that he did not mean w hat ho said ,and yet lie wore a very love-like air, and bo would have clasped and kissed mo if I had not shrunk swiftly away. I answered him, however, as though be bad spoken sincerely, and* told him, what I do not often ac knowledge, I was engaged to Steve Lashley. No man likes to hear “No,” from a woman’3 lips when even his petition is an idle one. For tho first time I sow Mr. Fordyce’s lace distort ed with a sneer of mingled anger and dislike, and I knew that my poor Sieve’s strange fooling toward Mr. Fordyce was reciprocated by that gentleman with equal intensity. One night there was a party at Steve’s fcthrerjs. It was Martin's birthday. Mr. Fordyce tqoje,me ovpr. aaboufc. eight o'clock. It was. a ,g£y party. Ve had. dancing, which we do not always hare, and the mimic Annual Subscription, $2,0 NUMBER 20 and supper were good. I danced with Steve several times, and, being in good spirits, found it rather diffi cult to maintain the distance I had lately adopted towards him. His eyes, too, had such a soft, tender light iu them, aud his lips such brightness. “Come into (ho garden a minute, Bell,” he whispered to me at the close of a dance; “I have something to say to you;”—and for the life of mo I Could not say no. M hen we were in i lie bright moon lit garden he stopped where a clump ot lilac bushes hid us from the house and drew from his bosom a roll of notes. “I shall finish paying for our house, to-morrow,.dear,” he said in a voice that exclusive happiness made trem ulous. ‘T drew the money from the bank to-day—twenty-live hundred dollars. Ah,-howl have worked for this hour!” I should have been harder than a millstone if I had not forgotten all my-foolish anger at that moment, if I had not melted rather Jrom my coldness, for I was as glad as ho was, and I dropped my head on his shoul der there in the moonlight-, and cried happy, happy, remorseful tears. “Steve,” I said, “you shall let me keep tho money till morning. I shall j think I hate dreamed if you don’t.” j Steve laughed, but let- me have my way. Ah, what a foolish whim it was ! Few women would have dar ed to take charge of such a sum of money, and fewer men would have permitted them. But Steve knew it was safe, to all common calcula tions, with me as with himself. As wc turned toward the house for a single instant I thought I saw the shadow of a man across our path, I but, looking back, T saw nothing but j tire lilac bushes tossing in the sum- j rner air. ‘‘vYhat’s the rnatfer?'’ said Steve, noticing my backward gaze. “I thought I saw the figure of a man crossing the path,” I replied. “Nonsense!” said be, and we were in doors. Well, Stove and I were the happi est pair that night, and Mr. For lyce saw, and coUd not quite keep his eyes from saying he hated us bolh for it, or I fancied so. The party broke up at twelve o’clock, that was late for us, and Mr, Fordyce. having brought me there, took me home. On the way he told me of another robbery that had taken place the night before at one of the hotels. A person had been robbed of $500,00, which he had just received at the bank. Perhaps it was that story that made me, tired as I was, bestow seme thought on a hiding place for Steve’s money. I pondered very seriously as I took down my hair and arranged for the night, then with a laugh at my own ingenuity I tucked the roll of notes in my luxuri ant tresses, and drew a net over to hold all in place. I was asleep al most the instant my head touched the pillow. I ought to have slept soundly and dreamed happy dreams, but I did not. counter influence seemed to ruffle my slumbers and I awoke. Nome one was in my room. I knew it as well as though I could see, and the room was too dark for that. There was no sound either, but for all that I knew I was notakme. I tried to scream, to raise my voice, I was fro zen with terror. I never thought once of them oney, or robbers, or anything that I know of. I was only frightened so that I could not move hand or foot, guemt Published Every Wednesday* BATKS OF SUBSCRIPTION! IJfGW/DIJMJ POSTAGE. One Year $2.0-0 Six Months ) 00 Three Months 75 Alwa-ys in Adver.©. or make a noise. I don’t know but I stopped breathing. I can remem ber yet how cold I felt, though the night was warm. Suddenly, without the warning of a breath, I was conscious that a band was creeping steadily about my pil low. I did of money even then. As terror had stolen my senses, go now it brought some of them back. T gave one scream and sprang’from tiie bed, or tr ed to. Two strong bands dropped me, a firm hand held mo, while the other hand vainlv sought to looso my hair. The net, more obstinate than nets usually arc, would not come ofl, probably, be cause iu hi3 hurry, my mysterious assailant was unconscious of its pli ant meshes. He pulled my hair iu his awkward attempts horribly. The p:uu was like a spur to me. As his turn lay across my arms, l bent my teeth upon it with a vicious snap that only a woman in my situation would have been capable o f . The unexpectedness of the attack dissolved my bonds. With au audi ble oath be let me go, aud I darted away with winged feet, and met Fa ther in the passage. Of course I fainted tlica and there, and by the time anybody got into my room my robber had made good bis escape. Alas, however, he should not have allowed himself to swear, above all, to a woman of such acute ears as I had. I had heard the voice and I knew it belonged to Mr. Fordyee. Father fairly turned pale when I told him, but he cautioned me not to betray that I suspected any one pres ent, and he took Steve’s money un der bis special charge. We all met at breakfast. I should have said that Mr. Fordyee had made his appear ance about tho 6amo time ns the rest of the family whom my screams had aroused, and in the most natural manner. Tie came down to break* fast now, smiling and interested enough in my adventure. Father went away into town after breakfast, and Mr. Fordyce sat in the garden and smoked. The officers who came to arrest him stole upon him from tho back way and secured him before he thought of resistance. It was a plain case. They found prool enough of robberies ho had been at the bottom of all along, hid away in his trunks, and lie owned them at last, with smiling nonchal ance turning back his sleeve actually, when no one was looking, and show ing me the prints my teeth had made on his right arm, and kissing them with the old gallant impressment. Of course Steve made his payment, and wo were married at an early day. Despondency has taken hold of the hearts of the people in regard to the presidential complications. No confidence whatever can be placed in the oath of a Republican, though he be on the Supreme Bench. The Radicals are resolved to “countin’’ Hayes in defiance of all law,precedent aad right, and at all hazards, event to embroiling the country in a terrible internecine war. The Moors,.after occupying Spain over seven hundred years and making it during the middle ages the home of agriculture as other arts and sciences were expelled in 1492, the'same year Columbus discovered the now world. Stute Line Press :—The farmers say they ..are backward with their work, the cold., weather in January thoroughly impeding all agric'uHhil'al labor.