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r. HAKE’S BA It k RESTAURANT IS THE PLACE FOR MARION AAR SCHLEY COUNTY PEOPLE TO (JET fiOOB EATINSS AND DRINKS.
SHu Snrna Cte jjutf
W. A. SINGLETON,
Editor flc Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY MOIINI O BEPTKMIIXR, a IW.
OCIH AGENTS
Subscription to the Airousoan l>c left
vrith either B. A. or W. O. Strange nt
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G. T. Walker, of Schley county.
J. M, K. Westbrook, Audereonville
P.O. Smith Butler.
J. H. Smith, Mucon, Gtt.
Tlic piano factory of Earnest Gob
ber, in New York, wua burned on the
251 b ult,
3.353.G51 letters and pnpkagcs
were received at the dead letter of
fice daring the last fiscal year. 2,-
700,000 hud been held for postage.
John hicks, of Jeffersonville, Ind,
aged 80 years, has just been senten
ced to the penitentiary. lie has
spent fifty years of his life in prison.
Of the many letters sent to the
dead letter oflicc lust year 202,000
were undirected, and 9,000 had no
address at nil, and 30,000 lud ficti
cious address.
~A lady on the fair grounds at
Lynchburg, Va., was balancing a fine
diamond ring on a toy balloon when
tiie string broke and the ring was
carried away and lost.
20,974 letters sent to the dead let
ter office last year contained checks,
drafts or notes valued at $1,526,217.
26,264 letters sent theie during the
same time contained $49,438.
It is said the Indians carried on a
trafic in oysters two hundred years
ago, and tw r o hundred years ago, it
was believed oysters were not good
food in any month whose name did
not contaiu the letter 'r.”
The manure produced by sawdust
when used for bedding for horses is
said to be a better fertilizer for cer
tain garden crops than any other.
When mixed with the soil in which
the celery is grown, is said to great
ly benefit those plants.
R. A Bishop, a gentleman living in
Norfolk county, Va., recently captur
ed an ordinary live turtle posessed
of two well formed heads, The tur
tled was brought to bay in the woods
by a dog, and is considered such a
curiosity that Mr. Bishop has decided
to send it on to the Smithsonian Ir
utitute at Washington.
Leprosy exhists to a considerable
extent in the parish of Lafourche,
La. An attempt to make an official
investigation was lately resisted with
arms, ttiat the sufferers were to be is
olated on an island in the ocean. The
report of the physicians is that the
disease is not gaining ground.
The President of the Lime Kiln
Club gives some advice to his const!-
tutents which may be of use to the
girls- He says: “Bcfo’ you put faith
in a man watch if he am willin’ to
crowd ‘long in a street kyar—if ’hell
sheer his umbrella in a rainy day—or
if he kin wait two minits atde pos’of
fice winder wid’out sw’ariu —if he
wants all de clothes in Jde fam’ly on
his own back —if he kin h’ur de cry
of a lone chile as quick as de voice
of a man axin’ him to drind.’’
The colored sods and Daughters of
Rebecca were dancing merrily in a
Sj. Louis hall, and the members of
the German Baptist Conference were
eating supper iu a room underneath.
A janitor entered an apaitment ad
joining the ball, where the gas had
struck a match. A tremendous ex
plosion was the resnlr, and an entire
set of dancers dropped the shuttered
ight on the clergymen’s tabic. Ball
and supper were both ri ined.
A Romewhat strange case came be
fore an English court of a few days
since. The llev. E J. Warrington,
.j cctor of Denzil, Essex was charged
with libeling Miss Andrews, of Den
zil Hall, by refusing to administer to
her the holy communion. lie aggra
vated the alleged offense by reading
that part of the rubic before the con
gregation which declares against evil
livers presenting themselves to tike
the sacrament, using the feminine
gender while doing so. When Miss
Andrews went to thetab'e the rec
tor refused to administer the com
munion. Lord Penzance, beloie
whom the case was tried, reserved
julgcmcnt.
GEORGIA NEWS.
There’s a fidle In Warren County 211
youi s old.
Charleston has a corner in eggs,
l" ho price is sixty cents per dozen.
The grand jury of Laurens coun
have'recoinmendcd free teries in the
county.
Dublin is wit! out a marshall, J M
Howard having resigned.
A five year old child in Oglethorpe
picks 100 pounds of cotton a day.
Laurens county will soon voto on
the question of whisky or no whis
ky.
Eatonton has nine lodges and
clubs, and two more will soon bo or
ganized.
ltice is only eighty cents a bushel
at Alpaha, Berrien couuty.
The new Chattanoo
ga to Home in an assured fact,
The people of Rome are greatly ex
cited on railroad questions, Wt
hope their excitement will extend to
Buei a Vista on iron oi steel rails.
Two merchants, of Leesburg Tisou
and Callawy had a row last Thurs
day night in which several shots were
fired and Tison was killed.
Worth county court house w 7 as
burned at 10 o’clock on the night of
tbe24th. The records were p/obablv
saved, the county having bought a
safe after the fire two years ago.
Wiley Merit who was shot in Tay
lor county on the 10th instant byJor
danßobinson.is dead. The Governor
will be asked to offer a reward for
Robinson, who escaped the officers.
Taylor county will hold a primary
election on the 17th of December for
the purpose of nominating county of
ficers. All who agree to vote the
democratic ticket will bo allowed to
vote.
Mr. Job Lester, of La wrens coun
has made this year, with own family,
(and his children are all small(, six
bales of cotton, 250 bushels of corn,
100 bushels of potatoes, six stacks of
fodder, and alleathered.
A number of young ladies of
Washington, Wilke3 county, have or
ganized themselves into a cooking
club. Their j ractice is to gave par
ties, at wich each lady furnishes some
article of food of her own cooking.
The following bill of fare graces
the table of a Noith Georgia bote'.
The landlord writes them himself in
order ta suve a printer’s bill; “Cof
fey, supe, roste befe fried bamm,
broylcd and bakt pertaters, fridc
could pudden, mins,pies, mutting
ehogs, veele culverts, harsh and cru
sitied chickens.’’
Robert Kendy, up in the Cot
ton Indian Valley, will make this
year, with one mule, and the assist
only of his two sisters, twenty bales
of cotton. Doyal McLendon, in the
same neighborhood, will make, with
one mule, and the help only of his
wife, sixteen bales. They plamed
the “Philips’’ seed, which is said to
be a very fine and uncommonly proli
fic variety.
A Man bv the name of Hoffman,
a quiet, ntoffencive citizen of Macon,
was attacked and stabbed in the face,
neck and hands by a man named Pat
rick, a few days ago.
LaGrange Reporter: In different
portions of Troup county we have
noticed that the farmers are improv
ing their dwelling bouses and build
ing more extensive barns, The
farmers are last regaining the pros
perity enjoyed by them before the
war. Our lands arc fertile enough
for all to reap plenteons harvests, and
those who engage in tilling the soil
are finding their occupation remu
nerative.
Aligatoks. —Cochran Enter
prise : On the place in Laurens
county, called the Grimsley place,
belonging to the late Hayden
Hughes, there is a large hole of
•water in which a “school or herd”
of alligators live. Last Saturday,
Mr. David Davis, took his gun and
walked down to the p’ace to try to
kill an alligator. He was gone
about an hour ?nd succeeded in
killing seven. We don’t know
that "Mr. Davis is related in
any way to David Davis of “aver
dupose fame,” or to the ex-presi
dent of the Confederacy, yet he is
infilled to be ealed a “whale.”
General Presentments.
Ootobor Term,; 1880.
GEORGIA— SchIey County.
We, the Grand Jurors, swcti for
the precent term of the court, bi g
leave respectfully t t m ike the follow
ing General lTesoot.ncnts:
Willi tl.o limited time afforded us
by a sess’on of only two days’ dela
tion, we have not been able to give
that minute attention to doiai's
which is desirable, bet wo fed satis
fied that we have done wl.at could be
reasonably expected in the line ol our
duties.
We find the roads and bridges in
good cond tion, except tbi low r
Turnpike bridge, which needs imme
diate attention; al-o, a poi tion of the
road leading fi om Rowland’s planta
tion to Daniels’ mills.
Upon examination ol the dockets
of the several Justices of the Pence
in the countv, we find them correctly
kept and lees charged according to
law.
We also are pleased to be able to
say that the jail is kept in good con
dition, and the unfixtunate inmates
thereof enjoy as much cotnfoit and
as good lure as could be reasonably
expected under the circumstances.
We also find that the Court House
is in good condition and has been
kept so during vacation. For the
comfort of jurors, who are often re
quired to sit for hours togeth' r in
Hie trial of cases and awaiting the
order of the court, we recommend
that the jury boxes be inclined back
ward, and that they bo supplied with
good, subst inti.il cushions.
The books of the Ordinary were
thoroughly examined by a commit
tee, and we find that he not only
keeps all the records nqnrred, but
they are kept in a manner which is
very creditable to the Ordinary and
his clerk.
We also examined into the solven
cy of si cmities on sAdmiuistrutors
and Guardians’ bonds, and are of
opTiou that, without exception, the
bonds are good.
So far as we have been able to ex
amine them, we report that the ofi>es
of Clerk of the Superior Court and
Sheriff are neatly kept. The records
required by law were placed befoie
us—for our inspection—-anil are in
accordance with law.
The books of the Board of Com
rniss oners of Roads and Revenue
show that thev have expended for the
fiscal year ending September 30,
1830, the following amounts:
For county expenses such
as medical services to
paupers, officers, station
cry, etc $1,100.21
For support cf paupers 385.05
Total expended ... $1,485.20
No further financial showing is
deemed necessary at this term of the
court, a3 the receipts into the treasu
ry since the April term amount to a
ve ry small sum.
We recommend to his Honor, that
C. C. Owens be appointed Notary
Public to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of R. M. Dupriest, in
the 946th District. G. M.
We recommend that T J Myers be
appointed Notary Public in the 882
District —vice B F Green—whose
term of office has expired.
We have olectnl V\ D Murray, the
present County School Commission
er, to fill the vacancy in the Board of
Education caused by tie resignation
of C L Battle, Esq.
We recommend that for the enu
suing year the court room bailiffs, al
so jurors, be paid each odg dollar,
and the riding bailiff-s each two dol
lars per day, for services to be ren
dered.
Having discharged our duties, to
the best of our ability, in conclusion
we would congratulate the court and
our citizens upon the general preva
lence of good order and a law-abid
ing spirit throughout the county, and
the very marked decrease of crime
that has been observable during the
past two or three years, as well as
the decrease in litigation, To His
tlonor, Judge Crisp, we tender our
thanks for the prom; tness, suaviti
and ability which he displays in the
discharge of his duties; and Solic
tor Hudson has our thanks for val
uable advice and ready assistance
afforded us.
We requ st that these presei t nents
be pabl shed in t.c Buena Vista
Argus.
J. It. McMighael,
E. S. Baldwin, Foreman.
Secretary.
Dupree Peacock, T J Murphy,
W U Womack, Louis Pilcher,
R F Wiggins, W W Childers,
P F Dixon, W G Sims,
Peter Stewart, Robt. Patton.
Bonj. Grantham, JA S Baisden,
R 11 Slappcy, J J Snipes,
J W Lit le, J R Battle,
Thos. Collins, II Beckwith,
S A Sellars, A L Jordan,
Z T Baisden.
Ordered by the Court that the
foregoing General Presentments be
published as requested.
C. F. Crisp,
0. B. Hudson, J. S. W. C.
Sol. Gen.
A true extract ITom minutes. Oc
tober term, 1880. J. N. Cheney,
Clerk.
Rev, J. 11. Campbell, of C duinbu 3 ,
publishes a lemale imposter who
passed under the name of Mrs. Pon
der as a Baptist, and Mrs. Wilson as
a Methodist,bas been playing ofi as
needy sister trying to make
her way to her brother, at Uni n
Springs, Ala,
THEY SAY
That coqm try is a continued lie,
which renders a woman more con
temptible and more dangerous than
a courtesan who never lies.
That b fore promising a woman to
love only her, one should have seen
them till, or sec only her.
That real love has no age; it is al
ways in birth.
'I fiat it is a terrible thing to b>-
obliged to love by contract.
That one expresses well only to
love which is not felt.
That you cun trust your dog to the
end; a woman—till the first opportu
nity.
Tbatof all licivy bodes, tlio heavi
est is the woman that we lirve ceas
cd'love.
That a woman who protends to
laugh at love, is like the child who
sings nt night when be is nfiaid.
That rivals who blow out each oth
er's brins for the eyes of any woman,
prove that they have no brains.
Th it 1 vo pleases more than mar
riage, for the reason that romance is
more pleasing tliau history,
That the highest mark of esteem
a woman can give to man is to ask
b : s friendship; and the most signal
proof of her indifference is to offer
Lirn hers. —Indianapolis Herald.
THE BEST SCHOOL.
The fireside is a seminary of infin
ite impel tanoe, because it is univers
al. and because the education it be
stows, being woven ill with the woof
of childhood, gives form and color to
the whole texture of life. There are
few who can receive the honors of a
college, but all are graduates of tlie
hearth. The learning of the Univer
sity may fade from The recollection,
its classic lore may moulder in the
halls of memory, but the simple lessons
of home,enameled upon the heart of
childhood, defy the rust of years, and
outlive the m6re mature but less viv
id pictures in afUr years.
So deep, so lasting, indeed, arc the
impressions made in early life that
you often see a man in the imbecility
of age holding fresh in his memory
the events of childhood, while all the
wide space between that and the
present Lour is a blasted waste. You
have, purcbance,seen an old and ob
literated portiait, arid in the attempt
to have it cleansed and restored, you
may have seen it fade away, while a
brighter and more perfect picture is
revealed to view. The port rat, first
and awn upon the cnyavs no faint d
ustralion of youth; though it. may be
concealed by s mu- after-design, still
the original trait wil shine through
the outward picture, giving its tone
while fresh and surviving its decay.
Such is Ihe fireside, ti.e great institu
tion of Pr< vi.ieuco for the edu ation
of man. —Ex.
‘■Jins GIIVNDY SA YS.”
Mo.-t people use or hear the ex
pression “.Mrs. Grundy says,” as np
pl.ed to gos ip, and meaning the f.-
male part of society, according to
fashionable slang, without knowing
their origin. “What Mrs Grundy
says’’ means “what the gossip says.”
The original Mrs Grundy was the wit
of President Van Buren’s attorney
general, the Hon Felix Grundy, of
Tennessee, and she ruled the aristo
cratic society ol Washington with a
rod of iron. Her edicts were law, her
presence was ii.dispensable to all
fashionable gatherings, and such an
authority did she become on social
topics that the expression Mrs Grun
dy says” become so common as to
outlive her fame.
The Irish Troubles.—Tlie land
leagues are creating much confus
ion and disturbance. Whether
they succeed in their object re
mains to be seen. ylss ssinations
of land agents are not legitimate
means of securing it. More seri
ous difficulties are expected when
tiie government arrests the leaders
charged with conspiracy, and at
tempts to carry t etn to England
to be tried. An agent is now' in
this country soliciting funds for
the cause. Already an immense
sum has been expended. There
has been grecat commotion created
but.whether any good has been
de.ived for the people is a ques
tion of debate. We always doubt
tlxo efficincy of revo’utio tary
measures when peaceful processes
are more certain They alays pro
mote disaffection among the poors
er classes who are the sufferers if
if any mishap occurs,
JONES & 00.
II vc just added to their attractiotions
a largo stock of
LADIES' JACKETS
and
ENGLISH WALKING COATS
in black and light delicate shades.
Would call attention of pur.
chasers to Novelties in
< !, and 4r
MANS, can com
mend them
otii for
iteful effect
and perfect fit.
We open to-day addi
■■
Vli Plain, Striped
aicd Plain, and Handsome
PLAID WATERPOOFS
■&I.£KKTS.
10-4 White R'anki’ts $2 50.
10-4 While Blankets 5 00.
10-4 White Blankets 8 00.
10-4 White Blankets 10 00.
12 4 White Blankets 15 00.
12 4 Scarlet Red Blankts sls 00.
Biiglu Colored Carriage and Buggy
Blankets.
Cretonnes.
Elegant designs and
Colorings in I?aw
ait sure Creton
nes at popu
lar prices.
lifiiis.
50,000 Letter Size Envelopes 5c per
ack.
100 Reams Commercial Note Taper
5c per quire.
1000 Ilexes Toilet Soap at 25* —12
oarkes to the hox.
500 Boxes Toilet Soap, largo cakes,
30c—0 cakes to the b x.
Call tor our Linen Towels at 10, 15
and 25c, 'They beat them all.
Come and see our cassiiners for men
and boys.
Look at our assortment in Belts and
Hags, Veil Pins, Necklaces, Watch
Chains, etc. We open daily more 6tuff
than we can name. Come and see
them.
f. B. JOSEY,
of Marion, is with us and will be pleas
ed to serve bis friends who will give him
a call.
J. S. JOKES & €O,
Cdliinihus, €3 a.
sept2o-lm
Has now become
asthe Local Mew§-
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counties, where it
lias a large rcarciila
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and Its ciculafien
other * paper from
Macoia to Albany lie
a-
tween the branches
off he 2 Wo K. It.
who waaat the trade
off this section (espe
cially Marion and
Schley) can find no
better advertising*
medium,
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