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THE BUTLER HERALD.
W. N. HKKNM.
Editor mid Pullslior.
Subncmvtion Prick $1.00. Pkh Annum.
TUESDAY JULY 22nd 18',9.
Wild IjUihIh uihI th© Coinptrlfor
General.
it should appear that the Corap-
troller was guilty, he should be
promptly removed from office. The
welfare of the State, to say notli-
iug of interest of the Democratic
party, requires that this matter
should be thoroughly investigated,
and the guilty parties if any there
be. promptly and properly pun
ished.
Our people have, for a long
time l>eli« ved that many frauds
have been practiced both on tho
State and frhe owners of wild lands
in Georgia, but they were not pre
pared for the astounding devel
opments set forth in the repoit
which the Wild Land Committtee
has recently made to the legisla
tion of this State.
From this report it appears that
in many instances sheriffs have
not made any returns of the sales
they have made, amounting prob
ably to thousands of dollars. Of
course the probabities are that the
State will never get a cent of the
proceeds of these sules. Iu other
instances parties have had tax fi.
fas. transferred to them, forced the
lands to sale and then under sham
titles claimed the proceeds of sale
of the lands, and succeeded in pock
eting the money. Many thousand
of dollars have thus goue into the
pockets of sharks and land pirates,
and iu the end the State will have
to pay the true owner for the laud.
One man for instance bought all
the fi. faR. in twelve counties, and
the State has not. realized a cent
from the sale of those lands. Fic
ticious names and ficticious trans
fers were, in quite a number of
instances unearthed by the com
mittee.
In conclusion the report says
that while the evidence does uot
show that the Comptroller Gener
al was pecuniarily interested in
auy of the wild land tranfactiotis
~~ further tfian a fee~6T "fifty cents fof
each fi. fa. issued (of which twen
ty thousand were issued) the tes
timouy does show that there Is
much confusion iu this busiuessand
that the State wifi he largely the
loser in consequence thereof. Tho
report further asserts that a large
portion ot this loss aud confusion
has been brought in consequence
of the blunders of Comptroller
General and a wrong const ruction
p'aced upon the Attorney Gener
al.
We regret to say that the report
shows a culpable neglect of dutyon
the part of the Comtroller General.
We believe if he* had understood
the law, and discharged his duties
faithfully matters would not have
been half so had as they are. We
tear that in his anxiety to collect
his fees on the tax fi. fa«. amount
ing to about ten thousand dollars
(and which amount the Committee
says belongs to the State), he has
lost sight m his duty aud opeued
wide the d or to frail 1.
The truth is, the report was
very damaging to the Comptroller
General which we dare say was
very keenly felt by him, In fact,
itst-ems that he or his friends re
garded the report as so damaging,
that one of his triends, Hiuton P.
Wright, endeavored by bribery to
induce the committee to sign a
paper that he, the Comptroller
General, had drawn up and which
fully exonerated that officer from
all b'atne in the matter. The bribe
was indignantly icfused, and the
Committee refused to sign the pa
per which the Comptroller, Gold-
hiii ith had drawn up. The mat
ter was brought at once before the
General Assembly. In ihe last
few days the Commiliee has made
another report recommending that
articles of impeachment against
the Comptroller General be at once
prefeired by the House of Repre
sentatives. We trust this course
will be adopted and both sides
sao then be heard\ and then, if
How Judge Warner Was Hang
ed.
Atlanta Correspondent Augusta Chronicle.
One of the stories told on J udge
Warner is that during the war a party
of Federal soldiers hung him in order
to make him tell where his gold was
coucealed, but that he clung to his
treasure laid upon earth more tenacious
ly than to life itself, and that the robs
hers finally retirfed baffled, but leav
ing him nearly dead, from the effects
of their brutality. Many regard the
story as a romance, but it is not. It
partly true und partly false. It is
true that ho was hung , it is not true
that he had any gold to givo up. Judge
Warner himself described the occur
rence a few days ago, and I do not vio
late any confidence in giving the sub
stance of his narrative. In tho spring
of 1865 (and after the surrender of
General Johnston, though that disaster
was not officially known throughout
Georgia,) Judge Warner was at his
plantation in Meriwether county, await
ing the npproaoch of one of Wilson’s
columns of Federal raiders which was
then passing through tho country. All
the whites of the place fled except
Judge Warner and his mavried daugh
ter. The later had a child only a week
old, und as she could not be moved the
father remained with her. During the
morning several detachments of calva-
■y hud halted at the house and made
themselves free with anything they tie-
d in the way of “portable property
hut no valence was done to the in-
ites. About noon another party ai
red and stopped to feed their horses
d to plunder. After satisfying their
appetites they began to pillage, and th
Ige.’s silx
u towed
4
ing within a few feet of him. He
thinks the heat of the Humes' restored
him to couciou4hcs8 und to fife. The
wretches had left him for dead and set
fire to tho woods to conceal the e\ idenoe
of their crime. The Judge wa
to find his way I
lay ill for man^'
/ 7 IRON
• J T O NIC
Preparation ot IRON and CALISAYA BARK, in combination with tho Phoaphatts,
by tho Medical Profession, unit recommended by them for Dyspepsia, General liol.ltlty, Fo-
iual« IMmmms, Want of Vitality,Ac., Ac.
ifhatored by the Dr. llarter Medicine Co., No. Via N. Main Ntreet, «t. bonis.
* ItowliiK la ono of the very many testimonials we are receiving dally
'mm:—Some throe month* ago I began the use of I»r. Hartrk’h Iron Tonic, upon tho advlco
-tend* who knew Its virtues. 1 was suffering (Tom general debility to auch nu extent Unit i.if
exceedingly burdensome to me. A vacation of a month did not give me much relief, but on
iry. was followed by Increased prostration and sinking chills. A t this time I begun the use of
t Tonic, (Tom whloh 1 reidlsud almost Immediate and wonderful results. Til* old energy
soldiers
n belonged'
sin calvary,
ber any of theitj names.. Judgi
tier is wont to «y that he has suffered
all I he pangs of |issolution and has been
‘ as near dead as ha ever expects to be.
Wo learn
t my natural force was not permanently ahu
using It 1 nave done twice the labor thatl overdid —... __
• w With tho tranquil nerve and vigor of body, Iu
• id has not done the work, I kuo-
never before enjoyed. If the Tonii
!S
Most gratefully yours,
Jus. F. Simmons,
ost populai citi-
ict hud a narrow
Ihe othir duy. He
Flint ri^^^r Ad-
one of the hi
zens of Red hi
and peculiar
was tolling
uin’s bridge aij^ hud
swim across tljpfivcr^^Hp|R>utteau
from the opposite sitl^^^Rbout half
way the stream he stopjtcd on a root
o r tree to rest. After remaining ther e
a short time plunged off* for the
other shore. Just as he made the
plunge a tremendous fish known as the
gar, struck him, catching his thigh in
its mouth and ^leaving an ugly painful
wound. A regular battle then took
place between ihe man und the fi.xli and
lasted for some minutes until finally
Mr Simmons got back on his resting
place and his enemy departed,
ing the melwu/Mr. S. threw the fish
some feet abovMlie water, hut it con**
tinned the attack. It is stated that
Mr. S. was thoroughly frightened (and
a lio would not lmvtf been), and called
lustily fur help. He has several ugly
and painful wJuuds given him by the
fish, yet is nothing serious. This is the
first time we iTuve ever heard of a Gar
attacking a man, yet they say such
frequently the case.—Till button Stand
ard.
SPM6
I have the pleasure of informing my friends and patrons
that I am now receiving my
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STOCK or
MILLINERY, FLOWERS, ORNAMENTS ETC
At my New Location, No. 84 Randolph Street,
to which your special uttenfinn is invited. ]\ZLre. /: T' JjIHj
W. liiljd EY has c/arg; of the "Y Fulfil ]rfl G.
VST Pleating and Slumping to Order, Also Dvvhh Mai,ing
Mrs. M. L BUSSEY,
No, 34 Randolph Streu, Coln'iibi***, Ga. oct.8-3m
TO Sli'MtO A YEAH. «*r
?5 to *20 a d.i\ in jn.i.r
locality. No risk.
Fatal A evident.
On Tt.Bsdly morning last M
and other valuables weroj Ivey ISandei|i who lived seven miles j Portland, Maim
•ay in the capacious sad-1 from^ Co^Rty, and five from! -
die-bags. While they were robbingj HavkinsvilTJ 'was, on his owu
tho smoke house of hums and pickles i premiHld accidentally shot aud
tho Judge k.lleil. Ar we gather the circum
stances, it seems that Mr. Sanders
and a young man, Henry Spumw,
were handling a gun, and while
Sparrow was doing something to
the lock, ^r. 8ander« happened
to get in front when the gnu went
off; discharged the contents into
the abdomen of the unfortunate
man killing him almost instantly
Women do as well
than ibe umouut h
fail to make money fast. Any oho can do
the work. You cun nuko from 50 <*ts u. -2
an hour by devoting youvewnings and spare
time to the business ii costs nothing»*• try
the business. Nothing like it for mo«ev mak
ing ovtr offered b.foro. liiisiue s pliusu’il
aud striculv honorable, ltendcr.il' vrn wain
to know a|| about the 11.-st paying basin, s
before the public, send us join mldr> ss n :
we will muuI yon full part-f.nluh n*d prim:
terms IVee; s.impltH worth $5 also free: ; n »
cun then make up vour mind for vmtrs If.
Address, GEORGE STIX8'*NA '<
[Jnut 17-ly
m this mm.
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and wines and prei
stood by in silence watching the pro-
ccedings. After the hniidiughad been
thoroughly gutted, a revolver wut sud
denly presented at his head and he was
ordered to uccompauy the party. Mid
way between the house aud tho “negro
quarters was a body of woodland, and
into this grove Judge Warner was con
ducted bv his captors. Reaching a
place secluded from observation, the
leader of the band, who wore tho Ittii-
form of a Foileral Ouj.i'tal, took out ills' fll ] ciliz , M forf » Mlc ce.-sf 1,1 farmer.
j Mr. Sanders was a good and use-
watch and said he would give him just,
o minutes to tell where his gold
hidden. Judge Warner protested
that he had no gold, but to no avail.
They had been informed along their
line of mai ch that he had a secret hoard
and ihe “cl—d old secessionist” must
;ivo it up. The prisoner urged that
he had been a strong Union man, and
the only money he had was in confeder
ate eunency anil in Central Railroad
bills. They robbed him of $5,000 of
the former and $15,000 of tho later
which they found upon his person,but
continued to insist that he. had gold
and must produce it. At the expira
tion of the three tniuutes the Captain
made a signal, one of tho men took from
a horse a long leather strap wilh a
mining noose at ono end, while tho
others extemporized a gallows by bend
ing down the end of u stout sapling.
With an oath, the officer made them
select a larger and stronger tree, Judge
Warner remaining silent, for the very
sufficient reason that lie hud nothing
to tell. One end of the strap whs ad*-
justed around his neck and tho other
fastened sucurly to tho tree. The sap- \
pling was gradually released until the'
line became taut, when it was turned
loos3 and the J tulge’s body dangled j
ill the air. When ho recovered con-1 ,\ Dm.Lh-Ui'.l (Jmit'utMinn,
ciousuess the brutes still surrounded! At'STiN, Ti.x., July 7.- Five years ago
him, and he was again ordered to give j Mrs. Faust and Mis* Voeker \u to mur
up his gold, under penalty of death, dored in bed with an ax at New Rutun*
He could only reply as before, and ■ fels. Tin* husband of Mrs. Faust was
again the suppling was released. This ] arrested for the murder, and afterward
occurred about 2 o’clock. When he taken from jail l»v a mob and shot, M.
He leaves a wife and flirev chil
dren. Just the day before he
spoke of ’he comfortable condition
he had put his home in. Alas, fot'
the shoit flightednesa in man’s
calculations — Cocbrau Enterprise,
1Ji-:e In A Man's Eak—We fre
quently hear offices creeping into
the ears of people, which is gener
ally attended with great danger
and considerable pain. A eas
this kind was reported to us last
week. A bee entered one of the
eats of Dffcvid Liebenknecht, of
Lower Windsor township, and al
though it. Would occasionally work
its way out so far as to be seen, a’l
methods |^L)ted to eject it front
its hi iiiijHc" proved unavailing;
finally sniWtng a cigar was pro-
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The first guide contains lfi j.itprs ; vreond i
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contains 09 pages.
First grade per dozen 50 cents ; Second
Grade, per dozen SI; Third Grade, per doz
en $1.50.
Copies of each giedc will be famished to
all who may desire to see them, on receipt
of six cents, in postage stamps,
A very large editiou of the series lias been
published, neatly printed on good j.upcr.
L'b° publisher? hope that the book* will find
ready sale, and that they will be generally
idopted by the Sunday Schools throughout
the country.
The Christian Index Semes ok Soi,ip-
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n fact and sound iu doctriny Concise,
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Send for sample copies. Address,
JAB. P. HAliltlSON & CO.. Atlants, Ga s
Taylor County Sheriff’s Sale.
Will l>e sold before the Court Rouse do..r
Butler, in said count} .outlie
rir^BEST E TES WORLD.
better than am suaratis.
.omul of this So.lu iimmI v
nils Four tonspooimfstls o
hcv-r /taking Powder,
ug Twenty Times its
M. See paekilgu lor
produce good re-nl
, uso luxs alto wards.
forcing
sale, to tbediigbeet and bust bidde.,
the smoke down tho throat I tor cash the following named property to-wit:
Lot ot land No. 105 in tlic 13th District of
into tlw* eiiMttiehiM.ii tiilioH lbnt e.m- 1 •, OI ,l * n “ 1 Wo - 105 >** "*e 13th District
ltilo lilt eirHtacmat) iUDOH Mint con said county, the property of Reuin Wiudbii
nect with the head, it had the de- 'y "alisfy three fi la's, issued from Tuyl
ired effect to dtivo the troublesome
insect out^and thus relieved Mr,
L from any further
trouhl^^^HHrs a very temple and
certai^^lPf—York (Pa) Daily.
revived tho sun was nearly down. He
lay at the foot of the impromptu gal
lows, that had lieen removed from hit*
neck, aud the leaves, which covered the
ground several inches deep, were burns
P. Plavirw, who has justified in Han
dera county confessed <>ii his death-lied
that he committed flic murder for robs
bery, and that Faust was wholly inno
cent of it.
Court, in favor of Willis N. Wh!.°t-
ley, and officers of Conr., against Ruiibin
Windham.
Also, at the same time ned place, will be
iold lot of land No. 7(5 iu ttu? loth District
f said county, the property ot Ariadna A.
and G. W. Amos, to satisfy
troiu Taylor Superior Couri, in
than Laud,for use of oiliccis of
Ariadna A. and O. W. Amos.
tbr. some time and pli
.• I’bao
on. Sold as tho property of \V. H.
■rs. to satisfy a fi fa, issu«*d from Taj lor Su-
•erior Court, in favor ot H. Hodges, ,fc Bro.
tH. W. H. Caritbers. July 7th 1870.
. . „ , * O. A J. POPE
JulyS-tdH. . sheriff
CMOKP
a J BLACKWELL’S 11 I
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TOBACCO
NEW F1AN03 $125
Each and all styles, including Grand
Square and Upright, .ill strictly first.
class, sold ut the lowest not t'usli wludc*-
siile factory prices, direct to the purchas
er. T 1k»u Pianos made ono of the finest
displays at the Centennial Exhibition, and
were unanimously reoomimnded for tho
Hiohest Hon-.r -over 12 (KMi in use. Reg
ularly incorporated Manufacturing Co.—
Factory established ever 315 years. Tho
Square Grand- contain Mathnsbek's new
put. iu Duplex Overstrung Scale, the great
est iuuiroveiuent in the history of Piano-
making. The Uprights are the finest Ilf
America. Pianos sent on trial. Don’t
fail to write for Illustrated and Descriptive
Catalogue Of 48 pages-mailed free
MENDELSSOHN PIANO CO.,
21 East 15th Street, N. Y.
Executrix’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Taylor County :
Will be sold before the Court House door,
in tue lowu of Butler, said county.within the
usual hours of side, at pnblic outcry to tbo
highest bidder, on the First Tuesday in Au
gust next, the following described properly
to-wit : Lot No. 12 on block N*. (5 in said
town having a front of 50 feet and Turning
back 150 feet with all tne improvements there
on. Sold as tto* property of W. H. Montfort,
decease’). Sold ior th" benefit of the 'egatees
of sab I deceased. Terms Cash. This -July
7th 1879. A. A. M.ONTFORT,
Ex. W. li. Moutfnrt du-eased.
A MONTH guar-
iidteod $12 a day
home made by
he industrious. Cnp-
tal not required;we
Men, women, boys and girls
mako money faster at woik for us thau hi
any thing else. The work is light and pleas
ant. aud such as aryone can go rigut at.
Those who are wise who see this notice will-
sen d us their address ut oueu aud see for
themselves. Cosily Out Iff and terms free.
Now is the time. Those already at worn are
laying up orgo lsums of money. Address,.
TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine.
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