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W A. SINGLETON, Editor &. Pro’p. VOLUME 111. Mary’s Little Do*. • Jifnry had a little dog, it’s hair was whito asiinow, , Mary’s tu was nil iqjog For fear of liydropho. jSlie tied the dog up with a string Tli.it moasuied four feat long; The Inw required this cruel thing, Though Mary thought it'Along. When Mary took her daily vr.dk> \ loading of the pup. It made the neighbors lurtgh and talk. 'J’o see him trip her up. Tf ran around a p’anut stand, i hat happened to lie near, And .Mary took a tumble, and Her stockings did appear. "IVhat makes the young men laugh so much Y” The neighbors did inquire. ‘ because a puppy's nature's such," Said .Mari’, red as fire. [A r . Y. World A SAD STORY. A Secret Marriage in Detroit, With its Tragic Sequel—Tlic Awful Ending of a Vatcliing Bridal Tour. From the Detroit Free Prejs.] On Friday even ng it wns known that, a lady had lost her lifts by drown ing on Lake St. Glair, but it was im possible to obtain lull particnlais of tin* tragedy. On Saturday evening the husannd > f tins lady arrived from Alt. Clemens by the Brand Trunk il nil way and iimm diately hit by die Great. Western Hoad lor his home in Ch i.ham. Ontario, having with him lue dead body i t Ins wife. A i < poit it of llie dm Press accompanied him to Wind vi. and learned from his own lips tlio whole of the sa 1 and romantic sioi.v. ij. A. tvioy, l p, ti reavTi husband, is : wehty-' wo .years nf a >■, ami hit i been married scarcely foili mouths. Tim his orv of his courtship an l marriage with bis wile seems almost Hi.... a .novelist, tule. Mr. So p m book keeper for bis father, who is propri eiiii’ nf the I til hy House, one of the ! ii-gesi hotel* in L'lialham. JI reii.s arc in v tv jrood cirenmsta and expected their son, when he in ar id and, to make wlnit is culled n good mutch, as lie seems lo he a talent b voting man, and of undoubted hand some appearance. II oveve •, lie fell in love with Elcnndor Powell, a bmiu tifu 1 mid accomplished young Ei-gl sh girl, who came lately with her pawn s to this country. The two families seem to have been on intimate term?, as Miss Powell’s brother married a sister of Mr. Soup. But reverses came and -.iss Powell's parents both died, leaving the family in cotnpara live poverty. Mr. Soop’s parents then became bitterly opposed to his marriage with Miss Powell, and lie was apparently forced to give her up. Miss Powell went to Dresden to live with relatives there, and Mr. S. contin u, and to work, seemedly Contented, m his father's hotel. But meantime the young people were making pr para tions for a secret martiage. On the 30th of May last Mr. Soop came from Chatham and Miss Powell from Dres den to Detroit, and they were mar ried at the Episcopal rooms, 53 Wood ward avenue, with only two friends, a lady and gentleman, as witnesses. So great was the dread of parental displeasure that the young couple de termined to keep the marriage a se cret, and the first and only intimation the parents ever nad of it was the to.lowing tragic telegram,sent yester day: “Nellie is my wife ; she is dead ; pleahe make arrangements to meet us to-night at the depot.” Mr. Suop visited his wife several tunes at Dresden, and as he is in llm habit annually of taking a summer cruise outlie St. Clair Flats,he asked bis bride to come with him this year, and said it would be their wedding tour. She gladly assented, and he began to make arrangement for their trip. He built anew yacht, which was finished and launched on Monday last, aud on Tuesday it arrived here in tew ol the Stein hoff. On the same day his young wite catne from Dres deh, and on Wednesday husband and wife started on their tatal excursion. They reached tho Clinton ltiver that evening. They enjoyed themselves extremely, and Mr. Soop says they seemed to have almost too much hap piness. All persons they became ac quainted wiTi did their best to make the trip agreeable. On Friday morn ing, about 7 o’clock, they bade good bye to their hosts ou shore, and start ed out to continue their journey to the Flats. Mr. Soop was teaching his wite hew to manage the boat and she was uidighed with the novelty of the ■ situation. She sat at the helm and stoured tlie yacht while bo reefed the mainsail and let nut llie jib, us the wind was blowing rather fresh. As lie stood up be saw a steam barge coming directly toward them from the Clinton River. Just then his wife said: “O, J’in. lam afraid wo'.l run into that black log’’ (meaning the buoy, winch was near them.) He told her what the bl-ick log was, di rect ng her how 10 steer to avoid it; htii little did he think as he gave these instruct! 11s that he had heard his wife utter her last Words in Miis world. Looking up lie saw the barge almost d'rectly on them. He says dint at tint instant lie remembered a friend ef his who was run down in a boat and was lost under it, so he call ed his wife io bis side, and, clasping tier hand, both awaited the moment .•I collision. One lran stood at tlie bow of the barge and seemed horror stricken, ami did nothing but wave his hands. Just as tlie barge struck the yacht, Mr. Hoop cried out: “Port your helm ! Don’t you see you'd run us down?’’ But it was no use, every one on board the barge seemed par alyzed, and the next instant the steamer crasln-d into the helpless boat. Air. Soon and his wife sprang into the water just as the barge struck, and wme whirled around and | around by the eddies. He, being an I expert, swimmer, kept his wife up and j shouted for help, but the imbecncs on the barge looked at him as if they did not know what to do. “It was an j awiul moment,” said Ah'. Soop to the iicporer ‘‘l wi l never forget it, I think I sec yet the pale, tenor strick j on face of that old man who was look ing down at us—but be never moved io help us.” Mi. So p encouraged his wife, and told her not to speak ns slm might get water in her inoirb. She, like a bravi- little woman, caught lm!d of him ligh ly by the coat, leav ing his arms free so a- not to impede his sa iinming. “I oft: n told her if wo were ever thrown in the water not to clasp me or we would both drown ; together : and she never said a word j bat Hidexactly us I had bidden her, J aml when I looked at her, she smiled, |io show ine she was not aliaid.” At i ! ast they got among the weeds, wh eh entangled Mrs. Soup’s dress, s-o that I no p ogress could be made towards lie buoy. Mr. Soup then ins ructed tins wife to work hands and feet to keep herself alloaf, while he would swim to ihe buoy and cut it loose and ! pu-.li it. to her. She managed to keep I afloat mini lie came to the bouv and 1 1 In u a wave ovciwh lined her, and j she ti I'e.v up her hands and sunk. Hie barge meanwhile had rounded to, and two men approached in a small boat and picked up the drown ing man. The husband, frantic with g.icf, upbra (led the fooii-h barge men for not thorw ing something sver board to cling to. He was taken to the Star Island Ilou-e, and thence to Detroit on the Marine City .The body of Mrs. Soop was found The unlay morning at 8 o’clock by a party of four from Alt. Clemens. She was about twenty feetfrom where she sunk, and her hands were full of weeds, sle wing that she grasped them in sinking, which prevented her from rising again. Mrs. Soop was eighteen years old. “Liitlodidl think,” said Mr. Soop, “that our week’s trip would end us it did." Horrors of Siiipba Valleys. War has made ilie once beautiful Vale of Roses, and neighboring val leys south of the Shipka Pass, a do sert tided with horrors. A corres pondent of the London Times writes: “All the Way from Shipka to Yeni Saghra, at which place we took the rail, flic air is polluted with the re mains of the killed. The bodies of men women and children are to be met with in all stages of decomposi tion at the roadsides, in the cornfields and gardens, on the banks of streams and in the beds of rivulets. Some hundreds were chok'ng the sh dlow river within a quarter of a mile from where we camped at Yeni Saghra. Desolation and ruin appeared along the whole way. Tho remains of for mally prosperous villages, which it was impossible to pitch tent even near, rippling mountain streams in which our horses refused to drink, the howling of wolves aiouund us at, night, brought dow from the moun tains earlier than usual by the horrid least prepared for them (the larges - I have ever seen lay dead, eviden'ly recently she by the roadside) not far from Yeni Saghra, and, worse, the occasionalithi ieks from human beings, followed by solitary reports, which made one shudder more than the night air—all these eights and sounds went to form one groat horrible phantasmagoria, which none of us are likely to live long enough to remem ber without pain. BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER >|, | 877 . THE WHISKEY LAW, An Act to 'prescribe the. mode of grant ing license to sell intoxicating liq uors in the counties of Jefferson, Baric and Washing ion. 230. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That, it sludl not be lawful tor the Ordinaries of Jefferson, Wash ngtou and Burke counties to grant a license to any p< r,-on to sell intoxi cataig liquors in said counties, in any quantities, unless the applicant for license shall, in addition to comply-' ing with all the requisites of the law as it now stands, present to said Or dinaries to be tiled in their office the written consent to the granting of said license, signed by iwo-thiuls ol the citizen freeholders living within three miles of the place at which the applicant proposes to sell. 231. Sec.lL That any Ordinary violating the provisions of the above section ol this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescrib ed in section 4215 Irwin’s Revised Code. 232. Sr c. 111, That the provis ions of this Act shall in no way apply to or affect any incorporated town or village in said counties, where bylaw the power to grant and control the .Ssueiug of license is vested in said town authorities. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved February 20th, 1873. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to prescribe the mode of granting license to sell intoxicating liquors in the counties of Bur he, Jefferson and Washington, approved Febru ary 20, 1873, and to extend the said recited act. as so amended, to the radons counties in this bill mentioned. Section I. Be it. enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Geor gia, That from and alter the passage of this Act, the said recited act, ap proved February 20, 1873, be, and is hereby, amended by adding after the word “Ordinary” the wo (Is “or County Commissioners,” and at the end of the li st section thereof these words: And bonaff.de dwellings and domiciled on their freeholds, wi.hin said area, at the time of signing said convent, and for six months contin uously prior to such signing, said dis tance when not satisfactorily known to the Ordinary or County Commis sioner, then to b. measured by the County Surveyor at cost of the appli cant, and his plat thereof to be filed with the written cons-, lit of said free holds S. Sec. II Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, Thai said re cited act, as so amended, be, and is hereby, extended to the several coun ties herein named, to-wit: Besides said counties of Burke, Jefferson and Washington, also the counties of Baldwin, Jasper, Laurens, Heard, Sumter, Harris, Talbot, Douglas, Chattahoochee,Troup,Mitchell, Craw ford, Johnson, Echols, Pulaski, Dodge, Terrell, Emanuel, Lee, Houston, Pike, Monroe, Thomas, Decatur, Lownes, Butts, Milton, and Camden: Pro vided, however, that this' Act shall be considered and held consistent with, and not contrary to, any exist ing local law now in force on the same subject of license in any one or more of the counties aforesaid, m>r contrary to any local act on the same subject of license, which may be en acted the present session of the Leg islature relating to the town and vi cinage of Newman, in the county of Coweta, or to Sharon church, or to Ward’s Station in Randolph county, or to Burney’s mill, in Clay county, or to any other place in any or either of said counties, or io either of said counties. Sec 111. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved March 5, 1875. Note.—ln order to obtain license under act amended, applicant must have consent of two-thirds of the freeholders living within three miles of the place at which he proposes to sell. An Act to amend an act to 'prescribe a mode of granting license to sell intoxicating liquors in the counties of Burke, Jefferson and Washing ton, approved February 20, 1873, ind an Act to amend said Act, ap proved March 5. 1875. Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That an Act to proscribe the inode of granting license to sell intoxicating liquors in the counties of Burke, Jef ferson and Washington, approved February 20, 1873 ; also, an Act to -/V DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER. prescribe the mode of granting license 'o si II intoxicating liquors in t!•. e counties of Burke, Jefferson and Washington, approved February 20, 1873, and to extend the same recited Act as so amended to various coun ties in this Act mentioned, approved March 5, 1873, be and t> same is hereby amended sous to apply the provisions of said Act and said amended Act to the county <J' Marion Sec. 11. Repeals all conflicting laws. Approved February IS), 1870. Democratic Mass Meeting Yes teiday. In pursuance to the call of the Democratic Executive Committee o! Muscogee county, the Democracy ol this com.tv met at the Court House yesterday at 11 o’ciock a. m. On motion of Dr. John E. Bacon, Col. F. G. Wilkins was called to the chair. Col. Wilkins, upon opening tlm meet ing, stated the object for which it had been called —to take into considi l’a tion the request of Chattahoochee and Marion count i< s for Muscogee to rend delegates to tile Senatorial Con vention which will meet in this city on Tuesday next. The chairman farther stated that it would be proper at this uneting lor Muscogee county to state her position in regard to the question of a Senatorial n mination for this District. An impression iad gotten abroad that the ‘’rotating’' plan, which had been in operation for some time past, was now in vogue He said that no binding agreemen* had ever been enter t and into by Mus cogee that she would adhere to this plan. For h mself. ne thought the plan very objectionable, and he was utterly opposed io it. He hoped the me. ting would give direction to the question. The Chairman then de clared the meeting open for business. On motion of Ciipt. Reese Craw ford, Dr. W. T. Pool Was elected Sec retary. J.J.- Chappell Offered the following resolutions : Whereas, The Democratic paity of Muscogee c unity ha, been invited by the D, inoer.icy of Chattahoochee and Mali, n counties, to meet them in a Senatorial convention to be held in the city of Columbus on the 13th of Nov. 1877, to lake inio consideration the nomination of a Senator. Be it therefore resolved, That we, the Demooi acy of Muscogee county in mass nn ct ing assembled, repre senting tlie sentiments of thegieat body of the people of this county, ami wishing to meet our Democratic brethren of Chattahoochee and Ma rion counties in a spirit of fraternal kindness, do heteoy appoint the fol lowing delegates with power to ap point their alternates to represent Muscogee county in the coming Sen atorial conventional of the 24ih Sen atorial Dis rici: Dr. Jno. E. Bacon, T. J- Nuckolls, A. J Odom, A. A. Boyd, L C. Levy and Geo. W. Rad cliff. Col. W. L. Salisbury moved to amend the resolution by striking therefrom the names. He did not object to any of the gent lemen named, but he thought it contrary to piece dent for committees to be, appointed in the body of resolutions. The cus tom had always been for he meeting to name committees through its chair man. The amendment was accepted. The resolution as adopted required the chairman to appoint a committee ol seven lo confer together, and re port, a committee of six delegates to the meeting, which committee should be scut to represent Muscogee in the convemion. The chair appointed the following committee: Col. W. L. Saulsbury, Col. M. H. Blandford, Drs. Jno. E, Bacon and D. W. Johnson, Col. W. A. Little, Messrs. T. J. Nuck olls and C, B. Grimes. This committee retired and after consultation x etuined with the follow ing report: The committee recommended that the delegation to the Senatorial Con vention be increased to nine, and that the delegation meet the delegation of Marion and Chattahoochee counties and act as instructed by this meeting, and the committee further recom mended the following gentlemen as delegates: Dr John E. Bacon, T. J. Nuckolls, A. J. Odom, A. A. Boyd, L. C. Levy, G. W. Radcliff, W. L. Saulsbury, D. W. Johnson and Thos. J. Chappell. The report of the committee was received and adopted. Col. Blandford then introduced the following resolutions. Whereas, the Chairman of the Ex ecutive Committee of the Democratic Party of Muscogee county lias called the party together to take into con sideration the action of a meeting re cently held at Cusseta, in the county of Chattahoochee, by certain citizens and Democrats of that county and the county of Marion; and Whereas, our great respect for our Democratic brethren demands that I we should give said matter our pro found consideration—regarding, a- I we do, the region of territory tor.ni | ing the Twenty-fourth Senatorial I) s ■ I rictus embracing' only one political ] division of this State, and in theselcc -1 tion of a candidate to represent that . List rot, we do not think it proper to | inquire as to the locality of his res'- j den, c, or upon which side of a coun | ty line or cm ck he miv reside, but rather to look alone to the qualifica tions of such a candidate; and Wheieas, we are unalterably op posed to the “rotation system”—a system which is pregnant with evil to the best interests ol the Deinocrati (tarty and of the State, and Whereas, The question of repre sentation is an important one, and should receive our careful attention and consideration, and the delegates to such convention should be selected on some principal of equity and jus tice, and not on the arbihary rule which has heretofore prevailed in ap propriating so many delegates from each county composing the district without regard to population or Dem ocratic vo eis, and because we thick that a fair rule would be for each county to appoint one delegate for every hundred Democratic voters and the fractional part thereof over fifty, ensuring thereby representation to the entire party in the convention; a sate guide to determine the number of 1) tnocrauc voters in each county would be the vote cast in the Presi dential elections immediately preced ing the assembling of t he convention, this means wo think being the best Ti st is aVadablo and one which will nearesi approximate the truth: and Whereas. That if we adopt this plan of appertaining delegates among the several counties composing this district, it will be easy to find the number <1 delegates to which enCh county will be entitled, because the votes cast for the Democratic candi date at the last Presidential election were 1,828 lor the couny of Muse >- gee, 583 for Marion, and 03(1 for Chattahoochee, under which appoint ment, by the above plan Muscogee would be entitled to eigSttecn dele gates, Marion six ami Chattahoochee six, allowing one delegate for each one hundred Democratic vo ers, and one for every fractional part thereof over fifty. Which pro rata of repre sentation would make a convention composed of thirty delegates; and Wli. rt as. We think this plan a a fair equal and just one, founded on prin ciple and not on an u* just and nrbri trary rule. Be it therefore resolved, by the Democratic party of Muscogee: First, That we utterly condemn the system of “rotation” that now pro vails, and henceforth we will not be bound thereby, that we regard such system as dangerous to tlm best in terest of the party and fraught with mischi f to the State. Second, That in the formation of a convention to nominate candidates, the Democratic voters should alone be represented, and we think a fair and just jilan would be for each county to be entitled to one delegate for every hundred Democratic voters and the fractional part thereof over fifty. Third, That the attention and con sideration of our Democratic brethren of Marion and Chattahoochee coun ties is respectfully called to the lore going by the convention to assemble mi the 13th in Columbus. The resolutions were adopted, and on motion the Committee of delegates were instructed to lay them before the Convention as the sentiment of Muscogee county. Col. 13. A, Thornton th*-n intro due. and the following resolutions : Resolved by the Democracy of Mus cogee county, That the Republican party of Georgia bavin*, dissolved their .State organization, and there being in effect but one party in this State that we deem it inexpedient to make any nominations for the Hom e of Representatives, but urgently so licit the voters of this county to select the best in in for tho positions, un based by any party dictation. The resolution was adopted unan imously. Col. Biandford then moved that the present Executive Committee of the Democratic party of Musco gee county do continue until fur ther ordered. Col. Thornton amended by mov ing that the Chairman of that Com mittee appoint, .at his leisure, two more members from each Town District to serve upon the Execu tive Committee. The motion as amended was car ried. On motion, the meeting there upon adjourned sine die.—Colum bus Times, Hth inst. 23,534 more hogs have been elaug tered up to this time than at the same date last year. A MERIC US ONE PRICE STORE j. :o: - u e nre now rccieving our Fall Stock of I>UV , ’ OOI,S ’ HATS, SHOES, UMBRELLAS, LADIES & GENTS MERINO A ES'i'S, LENTS LINEN SHIRTS AND COLLARS, ‘-RON TON” CORSETS —an extra article, KNITTING and SEWING TIJ SODA, POTASH, POCKET A- TABLE KNIVES, “RAZOR STEEL” SCISSORS, Ac., Ac. THE LARGEST AMD BEST ASSORTMENT OF CARPETINC J.V SOUTH WESTERN GEORGIA, AND AS low as they can bo bought ia our larger cities. Besides a general and we’l assorted stock of s - s v CM* As£ <jIOTH 1X G. W c are now Laving manufactured to order, in New York, a tine lot of Southern-Made doeskin jeans suits, WHICH WILL BE VERY CHEAP, AND SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER HOODS AT THE SAME PRICE. lE eaUo have the same goods in the piece. " hli '' 1,0 Uf,t impose to sell a few items at less than cost,for effect, we do intend that our aveiage profits shall be as low as those of any house in Georgia, G-ranberry &, Barlow, Americus, Ga„ September 10, 1877 -2ms New Stock. WE ARE NOW RECEIVING A Large k veil selected stock of Groceries, Ta which we ask the attention of the Surroundiny Country, and respectfully solicit a por tion of the patronage of all who buys their supplies in this Ma rket — ESPECI tLLV TIAHIOA, WEBSTER and SCHLEY COUNTIES. 'Vo will give PERSONAL and PROMPT ATTENTION, to all business en trusted to us—hoping thereby to merit the confidence of all. C % Ha P <? * f lYc have in Store to ■which we are making additions daily BACON, LARD, HAMS, COFFEE, SUGAR, SYRUP. MOLASSEES, TOBACCO pxt~ FLOUR, SALT. CHEESE, CRACKERS, MACKERAL, BAGGING & -®st . TIES, SODA, POTASH, SOAP, SHOT, POWoKR A CAPS. PC' SMOKING TOBACCO—WHOLESALE & RETAIL, at,a ALL OTHER WBT VA. ARTICLES USUALLY KEPT IN A GROCERY STORE. We >vil! Kcr;, a Complete Stock, and will be Undersold by Hone. Thanking our friends for past favors, we ask a trial in future, to prove what we sa> to ta true. A. J. BUCHAUHAN & 880. Ist and 2nd doors south of Grange 'Warehouse, Cotton Avenue, Americus, Ga. sept 12-t^ CHAP XIAI STS hu&bfmam m&mm llEiaiti Eiquqb BeilEb* ms'Kmnm.T ns w FIHSX-CLASS FAItE, ANO OXEN AT ALT HOURS. BAR AND BILLIARD SALOON CONNECTED WITH THE ;HOUSE LAMAR STREET, AMERICAS, G V. c-mpiim ° ° mwmmmm. RUG 011 Jin. JE* JML A\. iKT . Who never shuts up late or soon, Who meets his guest with friendly Simla, Who cooks good things morn, night and noon, And for his friends will go his pile, Who keeps a number one Saloon ? And give them grub in any style? Buoo Chapman. ikua Chapman. Who has good Oysters, Crabs and Fish, And when at night lie sits well fed. Beef, Mutton, Turkey, or any dish, With Tlugg's “Log Cabin,” and level head. From Sausage, up to* what you wish,? Who’ll put him in his little bed? Bcgg Chapman, Book* Caapman Who night and day stands there to sell, Oh 1 good old house on Lamas street, Plant Oysters on tlio big lmlt shell, Oh 1 good old Rye—good things to eat, With Stews and Fries as hot as well? Oh 1 best of places where you'll meet ' sept 1241 ms Buoo Chapman. Boas Chapman . W. J. LICOK & CO , GENEVA, CPA. 30,000 j T ds. Bagging, 50,000 lbs. Iron Ties, One Car Load Liverpool /Salt. One do. Virginia Salt, 50 kegs Nails, all sizes. 10 bbls. “a” Sugar, 10 bbls. “C” Sugar. 10 bbls. ex. ‘C” Sugar, 25 Saeks Coffee, all grades, 50,000 lbs. Bulk Sides, 10 Casks Canvassed Hams,' 20,000 lbs. Bat on, with a complete stock of DRY GOODS. BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPs, and SKSA&Y O.©OTI*<S. We have secured the services of Mr. J. C. Candler, and all Cotton entrusted to us will receive his personal attention. octl73ms W* Sj I*loos & GO, COCKRELL £ KNOWLTON’S FLOOR MILLS, lillAville, . We Annouee to the PEOPLE OF SCHLEY, MARION, SUMPTER, WEBSTER. MACON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES, THAT WE are making from GOOD WHEAT FLOUR \\ IIKIII m IT BE SURPASSED Bf ffi MILS S IN Si WE GUARANTEE AS GOOD AND A3 LARGE A YIELD OF FLOUR, FI ON SAME WHEAT, AS ANY MILL IN THE STATE, AND FAR E RIOR TO ANY WE HA VE SEEN IN THIS COUNT VST WE ASK BUI A TRIAL— LOIV.II .01 111 (IL JT COCKBItL * ttQWLIQW, Eiiaville, Ga., Aug. 29,1817. Proprietor? Annual Subscription $2 OO IVo. 8