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Editor & Proprietor,
lliiena Viulu, Marion Co*, tin*
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1877.
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Vacant Cadotslvip at Aimpolis.
The Board Examiners appointed
for tlm Fourth Congressional Dis
trict having failed to recommend
any of the applicants who appear
ed before them on the Bth inst.
hereby give notice that another,
competitive examination will be
held at LaGrange by the same
Board, on Thursday the 28tli of
June. The time cannot be ex
tended, because the regulations
of tlie Navy Department require
that the nomination of the candi
date shall be made and reported
prior to the first day of July
Applicants will address Prof.
J. T. Johnson, Chairman of the
Board at LaGrange, for Circulars
and all information they may de
sire. 11. li. Harris.
Greenville, Ga., June 11. 1577
Bioivn and W. J. Short and their
friends met near Thorntonville last
Sunday to fight out a difficulty. Jus
tice J. J. AicDowell was defied. They
commenced shooting and clubbing
and Brown was disabled by pistol
balls, cuts and bruises. No one killed.
Columbus Enquirer.
Our cotemporary is mistaken. The
affair was bad enough at best, but
when one of our most useful and ac
ceptable ministers is assailed it be
comes worse.
It was Newton Short , of a different
family, and Brown.
Mr. Tilden and Ilendrirks have
at last been made to speak out on
the late presidents elction. "We
had hoped they woul l keep cpiiet,
and let their friends do their work
of condemnation. Every body
knows they have been wronged ;
and neither them nor their fmmds
can change the result now, but let
two defrauded candidates keep
their souls in patience until I next
time 1880 then look up cheefully.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE MURDER.
From the Sumpter Republican.
On Thursday afternoon Mr. Jourdcn
Dykes while fishing along the banks of
of Lightwood Knot creek, a small
stream flowing three miles south of An
dersonville, came across the headless
body of a white man, entirely naked, at
a point known as Dykes old mill place.
One leg rested on the edge cf the bank
and the other portion of the corpse
was lying in the stream. As the re
mains were considerably decompose
it was evident that the tragedy occurred
some ten or fifteen days previous to the
discovery of the body by Mr. Dykes.
From appearance the unknown victim
of this mysterious murder must have
been fu'ly six feet high and weighed,
probably, about one hundred and sixty
pounds.
The stragest an l most mysterious
part of this horrible affair is that the
perpetrator or perpetrators of the foul
deed l ad built a fire on the bank of the
creek, but a few yards from where the
ghastly trunk was found, and endeavored
to burn up and destroy the clothes oj
the victim forever. In this effort they
were happily not altogether successful.
Tho parties who visited the scene with
the Coroner discovord the trace of the
tire, ox er the remains of which some
dirt had been thrown, but which the
recent rains had washed off in a meas
u!c and by carefully examining the
heap of ashes they succeeded in finding
several small portions of the clothing
which the fire had not consumed;
Among these was a small piece of strip
ed cotlonade, evidently a portion of
the pants, a piece of cloth' which has
the appearane'e of broadcloth, some silk
lining of a coat, and also the buttons
of a shirt and the irtm frames of tho
coat buttons.
(} eo , C. F. lienningscm is dead.
(He was aniabuster with Walker io
Central America.)
Marions Consolidated lto
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Convention... 92 I IS9 38 13 30 8J
NoConvoution 206 | 11 36 3 7c
P. Ingram.... 133 | 121 0 41 32 -
J. Peabody... 127 i 120 27 13 0 o
\V. A. Little.. | 230 142 24 41 31 a
F. Fontaine. . 1 220 | 8 62 35 24 5
J. I). Wilson. I 217 I 153 67 45 34 g
J. IF. Howell 1 200 I 152 71 45 36- a
THE CONSOLIDATED VOTE.
CONVENTION 340
No Convention 320
Ingram 320
Peabody 302
Fontaine 358
Little 478
Wilson 546
Hewell 513
Scattering..... 16
Chattahoochee's Consolidat
ed Returns.
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Convention. . 03 12 25 13 i23,45 !12
No Oonven. 12 70 45 13 112 2 | *
P. Ingram.. . 73 45 22 27 135|47 j -
W. A. Little.. 94 7S 87 16 136|45 | 5
J. Peaboily. . 61 ll 46 |34 | I "
F. Fontaine.. jIIjB2I 29 !24 1 43 . 1
J. W. Hewell j 991 83 J 63 15 35 i4sj Jo
J. I). Wilson j 09 ! 66 ] 40 ! 17 i 36 j 4o { 15
THE CONSOLIDATED VOTE.
Convention 226
No Convention 157
Ingram 256
W. A. IiITTLB 312
John Peabody 131
Francis Fontaine 191
J. W. Hewell 346
J. D. Wilson 307
Scattering 11
CcSSEta, Ga., June 13th, ’77
Editor Argus:
Dear Sir: — The above is a correct
return of tho various precincts of this
county. The election passed off' qui
etly.
Mr. D. C. Cody spoke yesterday in
Coleman’s District against the Con
vention .
J'U'- majority over Mr.
Peabody is sixty.
Respectfully,
W. H. McCroreY .
Schley’s Returns-
Editor Argus :
Dear Sir:— The following is the offi
cial vote of /Schley County. The
blacks voted in masse against Con
vention, and for no delegates :
J. R. Resspass 138
G. F. Cooper 172
J. B. Cobb 170
T. M. Furlow 170
A. A. Green 169
J. C. Ellington ~170
No Convention 152
Convention 132
Majority against convention 20
Very Respectfully,
B. A. Strange.
We clip tho following items from the
Atlanta Constitution:
We learn that a gentleman now in
this city has received the offer of a
place upon the personal staff of Gen.
W. S. Hancock, to accompany him
to the east, where he will observe
the methods and progress of the
Turco-Russian war.
General Gordon has succeeded in
patching up a peace between Egypt
and Abyssinia. The Abyssinian king
was on bis muscle aud peace making
was no easy job. Gordon Pasha
seems to be on tho brains of Egypt,
ne is doing more than any dozen
missionaries.
Tho coal bearing district of India is
probably the fifth in area in the world,
those of the United States, China, Aus
tralia and Russia being respectively be
fore it in size. The coal hitherto
worked has been of inferior quality mark
ed by its lamination and large quanti
ties of ash. Some ol tho scams in the
Damuda district arc of thickness, reach
ing with the partings, ono hundred and
fiby feet. The coal foimd in Assam is of
better quality than any ether Indian
coal yet worked.
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The Commencement of Furlow Fc
male College in Americus will begin on
Monday 2-oth. Commencement Sermon
on 24th.
LATEST ITEMS.
Convention majority will probably
reach 12,000.
Cotton advanced an eighth of u
penny on the 15th.
A farmer laborer in France, while
plowing somewhat deeper than usu
al, found his plow arrested by what
he thought a stump. It proved to
be an ox hide filled with gold pieces
ol ihe reign ot Francis 1., worth
860,000 for their weight alone, wbh
out reckoning their special value as
coins.
Litcst advices say the Montene
grins have not been driven bom Du
ga Pass.
Attempts to cross tbe Danube was
hourly expected on the 17th.
There was great indignation in
Constantinople about Grecian af
fairs on the 17th.
Mount Vesuvious in severe erup
tion again.
It is thought the Russians will bo
forced to retreat with great loss.
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GENERRL NEWS.
lowa is the greatest corn growing
State, the production tlicro being
155,000,000 bushels per annum.
Next comes Ohio, Indiana, Missouri
and Kansas, in the order mentioned.
The Rev. Dr. Tvng, of New York,
is said to be worth half a million dol
lars,
Tire increasing demand for postal
cards, and stamped envelopes, indi
cate a revival ol mercantile prosper
ity*
There were 13,036 awards at the
Centennial. Over one-third of which
were bestowed upon Americans. The
national awards were as follows :
America, Portugal, Spain, France,
Great Britain, Germany, Cauida,
Russia, Italy and Brazil, in the order
mentioned.
An effort is being made to have a
grand excursion from all points of
the compass to converge to a center
in Atlanta on 4th July next.
A mans eeping on the track of
Selma, Romo and Dalton Railroad,
‘had Both legs, one arm "and Ills head
cut off.
A man carried 500 pounds of hon
ey to Atlanta, week before last, and
sold it lor 15 cts perpound.
College Commencement at Butler
21 to 27 inst.
The filling up of the Suez canal,
which was anticipated by so maDy en
gineers, as well as the great mass 0|
unprofessional critics, iu an event
which fortunately does not seem very
near realization. It appears that last
year, between the two seas, only 52,-
700 cubic metres of stuff was removed
and the canal was navigated with facil
ity by steamers drawing as much as
twenty-seven feet and over four hun
dred feet in length. The bod of salt
which forms Lire bottom of the bitter
lakes is gradually desolviog, so that this
portion of the canal is found to be
steadily improved, and thus with the
increase of vegetation along the hanks
of the canal, there is a prospect of the
production in a not remote future of a
fertile ami populous tract of country out
of a sandy waste,
Three att .eks were made by the Rus
sians on Friday against Fort Towa*>
which was erected in 1855 to strength
en the defence ol Fort Yeli Pacbi, which
is the key to Kars. Other returned at
:acks followed on Saturday, but tbe re
sults are not known.
Reports have anived from Kars lliat
the Russians have massed around Kars
all the troops which they brought from
Ardahan, Gumry, Kagishitnc and Soil
l'ieamicbe.
Suleiman Pasha has forced tho entrance
Duga Pass, after a sanguinary battle,
and is advancing on Nicsics. Tue
Montenegiins arc in full retreat.
Rome last week shipped 40,000
pounds of car wheels for Mobile. They
went down the Coosa river by steamer to
Gadsden, thence to be transferred to the
Alabama and Jhttauooga rail road.
Mr, Thomas C. Hendry on Blh inst.
made a decent of 400 feet down the
sleep side of stono mountain. He was
aided by gentlemen, who let him down
and with drew him 400 feet.
It is said 2000 feet of rope is necessary
to reach the bottom, to which Mr, Hen
dry says he will go,
The Commencement of North Geor
gia Agricultural College will begin Ju
ly 2nd llisbop Pierce will preach the
Commencement Sermon, and Dr, Uny
good will deliver llic address before tbe
Literary Society.
The Ruslans have been defeated at
Kars after live days bloedy fighting.
DID WELL.
A Cobb county woman, who mov
ed to Kansas a few years ago, writes
back that she has done as well as she
coird expect under the circumstances.
She has buried three husbands, and"
had two pairs of twins and the small
pox.
JPECIAL NOTICES,
Buena Vista, Ga., June 13 ’77.
Notice is hereby given hat the
Colored Public ScliGol of Buena Vis
1, will begin on Monday, tho 18 h
met., and will continue, it is hoped,
uninterrupted, for three full months
irom that time.
Regular attendance upon the part
of ehildtvn is great 'y ossent ial o suc
cess in school exeicises and for this
reason it is hoped parents will mop
their c, iklren as litt lo as possib e fr.an
School. E. J. LEWIS,
fit • Teacher.
Marion County, Ga., )
June 20th, 1 877. j
The colored people of I’inevide and
surrounding community take notice
that tho Colored Public School near
that place wid begin Monday, 251 h
inst. Thankful lbr past support, 1
hope to merit a greater confidence
and limre liberal patronage in future.
I will t a.Ke this method of asking you
to - trirt, your children early and con
tinue th'm regularly for throe months.
It will b better for parents, children
and teacher. T. B. KING,
tf Teacher.
—COLD SODA WATER & ICE
LEMONADE AT M. Ha lit A Son's
“3ly Mother's Ditllgliter.”
“My Mother’s Daughter,” an in
tensely interesting story from the
pen of Mrs. Ophelia Nisbet lleid, of
Ea'onton, Ga., will be commenced
iu the Savannah Weekly News, of
June 20th, 1877. The price of the
Weekly News is only SI.OO for six
months, or $2.00 per year, postage
paid.
Oranges, Apphrarantl Lemons, at
G. A. TurpiNe’s, Amerieus, Ga.
I’ROFjiliiTwiElJl
WJI give an Entertainment on Fri
day night, June 221. at this place
for the benefit of the A. M. Church,
let all tun out and see this great and
wonderful Illusiouist. As the enter
tainincnl is given for a good purpose,
;o help our colored brethren long, let
all turn out.
The price of admission will be 25
and 15 cts.
ICE—M. Ilair & Son are prepar
ed to supply the community with
Lake Ice.
MURDER IV 11,1, OUT.
A few years ago “August Flower” was dis
covered to be a certain cure for Dyspeps.a and
Liver Complaint, a few thin Dyspeptics made
known to their friends how easily aud quickly
they had been cured by its use. The great
merits of Green’s uuust Fi.ower became
hora'ded through the country by one sufferer
to another, until, without advertising, itssale
has become immense. Druggist in EHEi t T
TOWN iu the United States are selling it
No pe in suffering with Sour Stomach, Sick
Headache, Costiveness, palpitation of the
Heart, Indigestions low spirits, etc., can take
three doses without relief. Go to your Drug
gist McMichael 5s Stev-ns aud get a bottle
for 75 cents a. and try it. Sample bottles 10
cents.
THe attention of farmers Is ealled to our
Jituiricafl Mammoth Rye;
OR
DIAMOND WHEAT,
FOR FALL OR SPRING SOWING.
,1 NEW VARIETY, Entirely distinct from
the Common Rye or any other
Grain ever introduced
It was found gi - ng wild on the Hira
boldt River, Nevada; since which time it has
been successively cult it ated wherever tried.
I t yields trom sixty to e ighty bushels to aero.
Mr. A. J. Dufur, United States’ Centennial
Commissioner from Oregon, asserts that ho
has known it to yield eighty-seven and a half
bushels to the aero. Ii was awarded the
highest . ml only premium at tiie United
States’ Centennial Exposition, and pronounc
ed tlm finest and only grain of the kind on
exhibition.
It has been grown as a F. 11 and Spring
grain v ii equal success, faj-single grains
measuring one half inch in length, the aver*
close that.
Price per package 25 cents; Five packages
§1 00; One dozen packages, s;d,oo. Sent post
paid by mail
Agents wanted everywhere to iutfoduco
tliis wheat
Nowck. —We arc in no way connected
with any other seed liojisc in Oleaveland or
Chattanooga. All orders, letters, etc., should
be plainly addressed, thus
1 S V. HAINES * CO..
Cleveland Fir" riyC Tern.
BRANCH UOUBE, .Sweetwater, JUonroo
Cos., Tenn.
sent Free oa receipt of a three
cent Stamp. 4t
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS!
JUST RECIEVED AT
MCMICHABL k STEYMS.
Our purchases exceeds that of any season past, and
we feel confident that
Our Stock Can't BE EXCELLED
Ih town in prices and variety
We solicit an early call from the people of the county,
As we will do our best to please in Prices, &.O.
McMichael & Stevens.
•flmericus
VARIETY WORKS.
JEHZOIvrE 3ST STITTJTIOTsT.
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IKiOilS, m, fiiIUIIHBER ID ALL
Kinds Of BUILDERS SUPPLIES.
rr tIF undersigned is prepare to furnish anything pertaining to building,
1 such as Sashes, Doors, Blind:, Mouldings, Brackets; Counters, Slielv
ing. Window ami Door Frames tea ly for use, Mantles, Flooring, Celling, Dress
ed Lumber, Plastering Lathe, Bed Slats, Coffin I oxes, etc., etc.
C M WHEATLEY.
Mar 7 6m Proprietor,
AMT3IIIOUS Oft.
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
Wagons, thiggjfS, £)axntss t SabbUa,
BACK-BANDS, NAMES, TRACES,
And in fact everything in the Carriage Work. Repairing promptly executed
1 use nothing but the best materials, and employ firstelass Mechanics.
GOOD GOODS, LOW PRICES.
Satisfaction gtlarahteed. Before purchasing, be sure lo call and examine mjr
St.-ek and prices. Don’t forgel the place, Win, Sirrino’s old stand. Court Ilous
Square. H. C. HYATT*
Mar? Cin Amerieus, Ga.
Hardware, Stoves & Tinware.
ATTENTION EVERYBODY:
BUY YOUR
Stoves, Cutlery, HOLLOW WARE
Glass-ware, Willow-ware,
WOODEN - W ADE TIN WARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
FROM
W 31 SA. WS 3s &® 9
WHO HAS received and offers for sale, at astonishing LOW PRICES, one
of the LARGEST STOCKS of these Good ever brought to this market
Consumers and Connty Dealers will find it greatly to their interest to pur
chase from lnm. Full Stock of Tin PLATE, SHEET IRON and WIRE kept
cousiantly on hnud, Repairing Work in his line done promptly and at reasonable
rates. Also, Agent for COOK’S SUGAR EVAPERATORS & VICTOR CANE
MILijS.
He is also Agents for the Celebrated Lafell Water Wheel, the best in the
World. Those wanting to change their wheels should see him before purchasing
elsewhere. Wi B. Saville,
AMERICUS, GA.
Mr. C. W. Stallings
IS NOW WITH THIS HOUSE and would be pleaded to meet his friends
when vis ting the city. He can also give experimental inforrmation relative
to the advantages of the abpy? named Wheel,